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The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-13
Triumphs of 1902.

Seldom If ever in any one year of
the history of the world have so many
important events of universal interest
taken place, America, England, Ger
many. and France have each partici-
pated. The President of the United
States welcomed and entertained H.
lf. II. Prince Henry of Prussia at the
White House, Edward the VII. was
crowned King of England and Emper-
or of India, the German Emperor had
his American yacht, Meteor"
christened; France had the unwilling
of the Rochambeau Statue. and at all
functions attending these celebrated
Moet e. Chandon's Champagne was
used exclusively. This indeed is an I'M
paralelled record. which is proof pos
tive of the superiority and popularity
of the renowned branch of Moet &
Chandon's White Seal.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-13
WORK ON NEW GERMANIA
BANK BEGUN.

The work of excavating for the
foundation and cellar of the new Ger
mania Bank building was begun yes
terday. A representative of the con-
tractor is on the grounds. Twelve
teams were put to work hauling out
dirt. About three weeks will elapse
before the foundation work is begun.
as 1t will take that time to excavate
to the necessary depth.
The foundation will be built from a
depth of sixteen feet. The cellar will
be built from depth of ten feet. The
hosting machinery and the other
necessary equipment of the contractor
is here, and will be placed in position
as soon as necessary.
The building is to be eight stories.
built of cream brick and trimmed with
stone. When completed it will be one
of the handsomest Office buildings in
this section of the country, and will
be equipped with every modern con-
Venience
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-13
FORMER PASTOR
AT ISLE OF HOPE.

Rev. G.. NJ. YarbrOugh visiting
Scenes of His Early Efforts.
Rev. G. NJ. Yarbrough of Thomson
is spending few days in Savannah.
Yesterday, with Mr.. r. B. Reppard, he
visited the Isle of Hope, where he had
charge of the Methodist Church in
1860. The town was then only a lit
tie hamlet with half a dozen resi-
dents. but the church was we'll attend
ed by the planters from Skidaway ISL
and and other nearby plantations.
ALI of the residents of forty-three
years ago have moved away or passed
to the great beyond with one excep-
ton, and the old planters and their
plantation have disappeared. Rev.
Mr.. Yarbrough to-day will visit the
Bethesda Orphan House, a place where
he spent many pleasant days while
stationed at Isle of Hope.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-13
SKIDAWAY ROAD SOON
A PUBLIC HIGHWAY.
Papers Will be Prepared by County |
Attorney in a Few Days.

AS soon as County Attorney Cam
is able to draw up the necessary trans
fers to be signed by the Skidaway
Shell Road Company. the road now
owned and operated by it, and which
since the Civil War has been a toll
road, together with all of its branches,
will be transferred to the county, and
will be used as a public highway. The
county has the amount, $1,000, avail
able, and is only awaiting the necessary
transfers.
At the monthly meeting of the COM
missioners yesterday a communication
from President Rowland and a certi-
fed copy of the action of the stock
holders of the company was read, in
which the proposition Of the county,
Offering $1,000 for the road, was ac-
cepted. The board thereupOn instruct
ed the county attorney to draw up
the necessary papers. This will be
done at once. Col. Cam has already
Investigated the title and the regular
ity of the sale, so that all that is
necessary is the drawing up and sign
ing of the muniments of title.
The resolutions of the stockholders,
accepting the offer of the commission
ers represented about $4,000 of the
STOCK OF the company, which does not
altogether amount to more than SIS, 900,
the offer of the county being about II
per cent. 1t is thought that within
thirty days the Skidaway road and its
branches will be declared free of toll,
and all but one of the toll roads of the
county will have been abolished.
Many of the stockholders of the Shell
Road Company are of the opinion that
it is but a question of time before the
White Bluff toll road. the only one now
remaining, will be bought by the coun-
ty. Because of the numerous new and
exCellently paved country roads which
the county has of late years construct
ed, many of which run almost parallel
with the toll roads, the corporations
owning the toll properties have failed to
realize much from them The stock
holders of the Skidaway company free
ly acknowledge that their road has
steadily lost money since the construc
ton of Dale avenue.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-13
WANTED HIM TO SPEND
A NIGHT IN JAIL.

Emma Jones, colored, who failed to
appear in Police Court to prosecute a
prisoner whom she had had arrested the
day before, simply because she just
wanted to see the prisoner spend a
night in the barracks, appeared before
the Recorder yesterday morning in an
swer to a charge of contempt of court.
She was sentenced to be locked up that
she might have time to become i'm
pressed with the fact that the police and
their court is not to be trifled with.
When, to the satisfaction of the Re-
corder, she has become duly impressed,
she will be released.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-13
REFUSED TO ALLOW
TOOL HOUSE IN SQUARE.
Chairman DaHn's Little Difference
with the Mayor.


with the Mayor.
The representatives of the contractor
for the new Germania Bank building,
who are preparing to begin work, re-
ceived a setback yesterday. They
want to erect a small temporary office
near the site of the main building in
which to keep their tools, etc. Con-
gress street being too narrow, and
there being no available place on Bull
street, permission was asked of Mayor
Myers to erect the structure in john
son Square, near the curbing on Con-
gress street. The Mayor informed the
representatives. of the contractor that
it was a matter for Chairman Dafftn
of the Park and Tree Commission to
decide, and gave him a letter of in
PRODUCTION to the commissioner.
Mr.. Daffin refused to grant the re-
quest. The representative of the con-
tractor returned to the Mayor and told
him of Mr.. Daffin's refusal The Mayor
wrote another letter, citing that as
the bank to be erected was to be a
splendid Improvement to the city, and
as there was no other place to put the
temporary structure in which it would
not interfere with the traffic on the
streets adjacent to the site of the new
bank; that the streets are now partly
blocked by the enclosures necessarily
erected around the site; that little dam
age would be done the square, there
being nothing but grass to be hurt;
and that, as the contractor had prom
Used to repair all damage which might
be done, he thought it proper the per-
mission sought should be granted, and
recommended that it should he.
Mr.. Daffin, however, would not give
his consent, and the Mayor requested
that a meeting of the commission be
called and that he be notified of the
time selected for the meeting.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-13
POSTAL CABLE
OFFICIALS HERE.

Looked Over Savannah Office and
Rode Out with Manager Hughes.
c. C. Adams, general superintendent
of the Southern division of the Postal
Telegraph Company, headquarters At
lanta, I. r. Rusk, division superin-
tendent, headquarters Augusta, and
j. A. Hargrave, electrician, head
quarters Atlanta, were in Savannah
yesterday. They were taken in charge
by Manager z. II. Hughes of the local
Office and shown the improvements
which have recently been made to
their offices in the Board of Trade
building.
Manager Hughes has not only seen
the office improvements property ex-
ecuted, but the close attention he has
given the business as shown by in
creases made a favorable impression
upon the visitors. During the after
noon Manager Hughes took the Wis
itors on a drive to Thunderbolt and
the suburbs.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-13
MRS. VANDERBILT
NEARLY LEFT AGAIN.
Forced to Run and Had to be Helped
on Moving Train.

Forced to Run and Had to be Helped
on "a Moving Train.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilts expert
ences with the railroads of this part of
the country did not end when she
caused the Southern's Palm Limited
to stop and run back % miles for her.
Yesterday she had another experience
with a train, this time the S. A. L.
and instead of having the train go
back for her she had to run for the
train.
Mrs. Vanderbilt accompanied by DR..
Taft, a guest at Mr.. r. T. Wilson's
place near Button, reached the city
yesterday morning on the launch ida
S. Through instructions previously
sent the Union Transfer Co., they were
met with a carriage, and one of the
young men connected with the company
was engaged to pilot them about the
city. They drove for while, visited
Thunderbolt and lunched at Bannon
Lodge, stopped at a florist on the way
back and bought a lot of flowers and
then started for the Union Station.
They arrived in ample time to board
the train but apparently seemed to
think they had more time than they
did have, and were still some yards
away from the train when it began
to move. Mrs. Vanderbilt and her
escort, DR.. Taft, ran until they reach
ed the platform of the rear coach to
which the lady was assisted by DR..
Taft and a Pullman porter. Meantime
some officer of the train or of the sta
ton had tagged the train and it came
to stop by that time the passenger.
was already aboard.
Dr. Taft did not accompany Mrs
Vanderbilt to Garnett, but after the
train had gone drove around the city
for an hour or two then took the
launch on the trip back to Button
report was current that Mrs. Van
derbilt had been met by her husband
and that 1t was he who accompanied
her about the town during the morn
ing but as a matter of fact such was
not the case
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-13
southern's Palm Limited

This fast and elegant train, the per-
lection of all modern service, leaves
Savannah, northbound at $50 D. m.
city time, daily except Sunday. arriv-
ing Washington 1915 a. m, and New
York Alb p. m. Solid Pullman train
electrically lighted and steam heated
Dining cars all the way. For reserva-
tons or information as to rates and
schedule, apply at city ticket Office. 141
Bull Street. Phones S50.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-13
Low Rates to the Mardi Gras
Via Seaboard Air Line Railway

For the above occasion the Seaboard
will sell excursion tickets to Mobile.
Pensacola and New Orleans at the low
rate of one fare for the round trip.
Tickets sold Feb. II to %, final limit
Feb. 2S. By deposit of tickets at points
named and payment of so cents, limit
may be extended until March ID.
Tickets and full information at No.
Z Bun street. rad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-13

Is that unfortunate woman who, hav-
ing sufficient money and credit, is al
ways out of something at every meal.
She rushes to the telephone while the
children fly to the beef market and the
servants go helter-skelter to the corner
grocery Relieve this tension by buy
ing from us at wholesale and have
plenty, as we'll as peace. at home.
southern Grocery Company, ia Bar
nard street.-ad
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-13
At Shnkespeare's Home
"stratfOrd-on-Avon.,

II am finishing a tour of Europe:
the best thing I've had over here is a
box of Tetterine I brought here from
home"-C. H. Mcconnell, Mgr. Eco
nomical Drug Co.. of Chicago III
Tetterine cures itching skin troubles:
soc a box by mail from ]. T. Shup-
trtne, Savannah, Ca. IL your drug
gist don't keep it.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-13
12-YEAR- OLD PICKPOCKET.

Joe Jones, a 12-year-old negro urchin,
who practiced the art of pocketpicking
successfully. taking s6.1O from the OUT
side coat pocket Of Richard Byrd last
night on Little Jones street, was not
nearly so successful in eluding detec-
ton, and Detective BosticlS nabbed
him. Byrd was "pn the town." and the
boy saw him carelessly put the money
In an outside pocket of his coat and
stole Il out
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-13

Leave Savannah via Southern Rail-
way daily except Sunday $50 D. m.
city time. arrive Augusta 1910 D. m.
Pullman cars all the way. For infor-
nation apply at City Ticket Office
141 Bull street-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-13
For Over sixty Yenrn

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. It
soothes the child. softens the gums.
allays all pain, cures wind collie, and
is the best remedy for Diarrhoea.
Twenty-Five cents a bottle.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-13
show Coming.

The Miles Orion big 10 and 2O-cent
shows, under canvas, week of Feb. 16.
corner East Broad and Bolton street
Trained horses, ponies, dogs and mon
keys, acrobats, gymnasts, etc. Two
performances daily, and Sad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-13

The importation of G. H. Mumm &
Co.'s Extra Dry into this country dur
ing 1902 were over one and one-half
millions of bottles, the next on the list
being 407, 304 bottles behind-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-13
Feb. Is.
The indications for to-day are for
fair weather.

Maybe you feel bad-no en-
ergy-don't know just what's
the matter, yet not ill enough
to consult your physician;
well, a few "Warburines"
will put you straight; they are
little sugared tabule that
contain the proper medicines
to touch the liver, kill ma
laria and cure constipation.
Only IS cents, and see that
the trademark "Warburines"
is on the package. Beware
of ''just as good" "same
thing"
"Gef 1t at RoWIinski's"
Broughton-Drayton Streets.
Telephones 40S.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-13
OF Interest TO All.

If Panknin's Neural has cured your
headache. your friends will be glad to
know tad
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-13

CONTINUED on Seventh Page)
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-18

The king Of Italy has recently made Wi!l!o==
z, Thaye. knight o: the Order OF the Crown
OF Italy, in recognition o: his historical work,
The Dawn Of Italian Independence" Only one
other Harvard graduate the late William w.
Story, has been decorated with this orde. Mr.,
Thayer is the editor OF the Harvard Graduates'
Magazine
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-18
Books We Have Not Read.

Some literary periodicals are in the habit of
requesting eminent men, at the end of the year,
to the two or three books which they have
read with most profit, interest or pleasure during
the past twelve month. One of these is the
London Academy. and the replies it ELECTS
sometimes amusing and surprising Taken col
lectiVely, the opinions expressed In the 1909
symposium confirm the adage that there is no
accounting for tastes.
For example, Thomas Hardy names but one
book, The Princes of Hanover" and Edmund
Gosse, the would-be organizer of a critical trust,
has been impressed by Mr.. James new novel and
nothing else. Mr.. Pincro finds nothing worthy
of praise except De Vets Three Years War"
and rather commonplace book of diplomatic
"recollections." Sir Charles Dixie mentions two
French books novel (Which is really quite
markabe, as VIC can testify and historical vol
ume Think OF the books these distinguished
persons have not read during the year. in spite
perhaps bcoause-of the deluee of so-oalled liter
aturei
Still that certain books have not been read
does not prove that they not worth reading.
One recalls the witty definition Of the classics
those everybody admires and nobody reads We
do not admire all current literature but perhaps
future generations viii in certain elements
of it more things to praise and cherish than we
do now, 1t is rather shocking to behold con
tempt for contcmporaneous writing carried TO
such lengths as are indicated in the replies of
writes 81 have not read any books this
wear" What Was nothing published during
the period worthy OF the philosophers attention?
Prof. Skeat says None have quite enough
to do to read the old ones" This is not SO
laconic as Mr.. Spenccrs reply, but the mean
ing is the same What would become OF the
poor authors ii intelligent readers generally acted
on this principle
Mr.. Shorter complains that the novel has
ceased even to have justice done it by modern
critcs--why, indeed" he adds none o. the
best critics now ever condescend to read latter
day fiction" Ee wonders at this but the matter
is very simple. The quantity and quality Of
imaginative literature" have made criticism inn
possible. Talk about Justice TO the contemporary
novel In the great majority of cases silence is
positively generous The real question is whether
the reading public does the novel and other cur
rent literature Justice"
To have read new books used to be badge
Of culture The rule is reversed. People
give themselves the benefit of the doubt and read
/ old books-those that have withstood time and
tide. And wise they are in this course. But 70
/ ignore entirely the thought and work OF the
present day is a mistake. The thoughtful man
should read half dozen new books each year.
! A judicious selection will yield that number
! EhicdFO Post.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-18
His Nequ Years Diary.

1900.
Nineteen hundred Married-never.
Thirty-three and never caught.
Write it Bachelor forever,
Nineteen hundred--knotty-not
1901.
Met a maiden from the city,
Courted her a month-for fun
Married her for love-or pity
Now it's Nineteen hundred-won.'
1909.
Bought cottage last September.
Bills are getting bigger-whew
Things thousand to remember
Debts for Nineteen hundred too"
1903.
Little Tommy born to mingle
In the growing family.
What a change Once lone and single
Now, In Nineteen hundred, three =
--ALoYsIus Coll. IN Lesiis's Weekly
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-18

picks up his philosophy and his living. He is
young as yet and his greatest work is still to be
written He Is also too ready to squsnder short
sketches among importunate editors; too ready to
respond to the demands Of the pseudo-p hilan-
thTeeist and too ready to give chocolate to chill
dfen
His great power seems to lie in his ability to
depict low life as it Is; with its human nature
Just as manifest as in the higher spheres, and
although he does not lose sight OF the sad and
the pathetic, he reveals the humor that bright
ems their lives truly as 1t does those of their
more fortunate brethren. This characteristic is
shown TO advantage in "Erb'-a short name for
Herbert-whieh, while ii has laugh on every
page, gives the reader close insight into the
lives aud loves of these people who struggle
nlong for an almost hand-to-inouth existence.
Lord Alingham, Bankrupt" (Dodd, Mead &
Coz, by Marie Manning Is still another of those
novels reeounting the mishaps Detailing an En-
glish lord and his naneuvering family seeking
to retrieve their fallen fortunes by annexing the
millions OF matriageable American heiress.
In the very first chapter Lord Alingham asks
OF his uncle: Doesn't it impress you as sim
gular the way Americans leave their luxurious
houses for months at time and live in dreary
little lodgings off Piccadillyi In fact they
seem to feel at home unless they are travelling.
Us that bull or an epgram1"
But an epigrsm Is trained bull"
And such trained bulls" disport themselves,
sometimes cubersomey must allow, on al
most every printed page Of the story.
One fine artistic principle of composition is
consistently and perfectly put forth throughout
the whole book, and that is the describing of
natural scenic and atmospheric conditions as
they impress the characters they environ. and
never they would appear to the writer any
other outsider. The still life in all Miss Man
ning's word-paintings is marvelousy well wrought
in. The description of the symphony made by
the noises Of London night is POLITICALLY real
AT that point in the story when the bankrupt
lords moral condition seems to be at its very
lowest ebb the following little speech he makes
in TO his uncle's urging Mrs. Gordon's
ceverness along with her other attractions
shows that some wholesome, manly instincts still
linger in him That's It," he said. She's
clever. She's too deueed clever for me She
belongs to that third sex that's in at the death
OF the century-wonen with heads instead OF
hearts, theories instead of passions, careers in
stead of children. They like paper flowers
neither age nor sorrow can wither then--they
only become stoles, dusty and shep-worn.'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-18
Cr. Holmes Letters.

Il interesting letters of DR.. Oliver Wendell
a ioaes' Aaherto unpublished, appear in the
~ Iy .,. DAYS, Lillian Writings new book One
Cs ,asse tell the story of his greatest poem, The
says:
ma eonie'i ! thought the poem in its own way
o.s,s ~ zoe best have ever written" The lith-
an pI 80 reproduction Of the original MS. of
DIS Ehanhered Nautilus" never before repro
e.o Is S !, be found in this book Letters of
y,rs "p.aiA Curtis. President FELTON, OF Har-
IL, many most characteristic letters OF Whit
SriIps and Emerson, never before published, add
ton life '''"s psse oN' Oh DUO
,r.l important feature is Miss Writings keen
Of the character of DR.. Holmes, who
An,-;s sns believes, the most unique figure in
f1rS;.'4ni literature. He united wit and pro-
n oorully she continues, ideal and speculative
~. ', accurate and practical research, imagina-
4NSe and microscopic observation"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-18

destroyed the hne fabric of consistency to the
construction Of which had sacrificed the clean
illness Of my attire, by walking on absens-mind-
edy in the second act with a smoking cigar
protrudng from his mouth Just previous TO his
entrance in the first act he detained his speech
in the wings, and from this ! took the key,
lines were only partly committed, 90 that be-
tween thinking OF Robsons peculiar voice and
mannerisms--whieh ] was expected 70 initiate
faithfmly--and of my own speeehes--whieh
should have been delivered with equal fidelity to
Shakespeare sweitered IN body and mind all
night--From Leslic's Mosshiy.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-18
Decay of the Movel.

Literature appears to be an attempt on the
part Of a minority to do the thinking for the
majority. And this formidable task may be
eomplished in two ways. That is to say writer
may have no other ambition than to become an
echo Of the average mind and 20 be sort Of
public photograph, which is so adjusted that 1t
will reproduce every sound that enters into It,.
thoughts and be master in his own intellectual
household and zee the world through the lens
of his own imagination In the first case we
have hardly what may be called literature, or at
least we have art in its lowest and most initiative
form The artist has become only sounding
board But In the second case we have that new
creative force of which the best literature is
always full. In the affairs OF the mind, there
fore there works a law which Is ubiquitous In
human things, namely, that thing and its irnita-
ton or oaricature exist simultaneously. II is
so in marble jewelry bonnets and furs, and GER
tainly Il is so also In the products of the i'm
agination. ] hope I shall not be guilty OF IN
justice or OF exaggeration II / cay that the con-
ditions under which modern imaginative work is
produced are such as 20 encourage the creation
not of the reality but of the counterfeit. In
deed the literary form of this sort of uncon-
scious caricature threatens TO drive the genuine
article out Of the market. Like everything else
literature is invaded by parasite which destroys
the body upon which It feeds.
have always believed that IL any artist is 70
attain his ends he must be allowed to make not
| other peoples but his own emotions the basis
Of his creative work. This does not mean that
he ought to turn himself inside out for the
| worlds inspection but only that his choice OF
material and his method of handling It must be
determined by his own consciousness. Other
| wise be becomes 4 Observation-Disclosures
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