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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-29
OFEICIAL.

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OF this ordinance, the owner of -
real estate so abutting and shall me cie
from the city treasury It's iust 10y 10y
rata as such owner of the cost Of 60,
work according to frontage, in ada;
ton to its one-third Q-3) of the entiI-
cost as hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained IT,.
after the improvement hereinbefore
provided for has been completed ~
said director and the said commit ti,s
shall prepare and submit to the Co1,s
Gil of the city of Savannah a ST.
ment showing the cost of the imnro,,o
ment herein provided for and aiso . e.
assessment roll showing as to ~
thirds (2-3) of the cost to be ann,
toned, how 1t is apportioned amons
the several abutting parcels 'incIudi-ss
the street and lane intersections an5
giving the sum chargeable to each ~ .u
Gel. with the name of the owner
Upon the consideration and adontio.
of said statement and assessment ~,
by the Council of the city of Savanna.
it shall then become the duty If an
city treasurer to send to the abuttino
property owners their proper hiII 80
the same, as it may be ascertainad ~ bI,
the City Council, and If such hin ~
sent be not paid within thirty (9M davs
after the presentation or sending of tba
same, it shall then become the A.,
of the city treasurer to issue execution
for the amount, together with the costs
against the persons and property afore9
said, which execution shall be mada
and levied out of the property described
therein, as are executions for citv
taxes. The said statement and as,
sessment roll shall also show tba
amount payable by a street railroad
company and should such company fai1
or refuse to pay a bill for the same
thirty 500 days after the presentation
or sending of the same, it shall be the
duty of the city treasurer to issue eye
cution against said company and its
property for said bill, together with
costs, which shall be made and levied
as are execution for city taxes.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained. That
all ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict with this ordinance, are
hereby repealed.
Ordinance read in Council for the
first time April Is, 1903, and published
for information.
]. ROBERT DREAMER.
Acting Clerk of Council.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-29

shipping Memoranda.

Steamship Lexington, Kirwan, Bal
timore.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-12
TAX-DODGERs OF THE WORST
STRIPE.

Persons who know that they are liable
for taxes ought to list their poll or prop
erty or both. At the present term of
Craven Superior court seven hundred
presentments were made by the Solicitor
for non listing of taxes for last year
The Kinston Free Press learns from the
register of deeds Of Lenoir county that
he sent out cards last year to between
400 and 500 people who had failed to list
their taxes.
Men who list their property and under
value it are not in the same class at all
with men who refuse altogether to list it
for taxation. The one who undertakes
may not Intentionally be guilty of wrong
doing, and shows his Willingness to pay
toward the expenses of government. The
non listers are the shirkers and they
ought to be brought to book.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-12
SHOULD BRING THEM TO THE
PINE LANDS.

The New Jersey Legislature has made
an appropriation of 100000 for SANTA
rium for poor consumptives. Other States
have made large appropriations for this
worthy work. 1t has not succeeded as
wou as was expected because treatment
has been carried on in the same climate
whore consumption was contracted. the
Greatest need of a person suffering from
oorsumption is a change of climates
e.. no taken to a dry atmosphere in the
sond hill country of the pines Hundreds
of Northern people, suffering from con-
sumption. have been restored to health
nv coming at the proper time 10 the
Southern Pines or Pinehurst sections OF
this State. others, who came 100 iate
70 be cured, have had their life pro-
Ionged by residence in that climate ana
inboI;nr the healing odor of the pine
If the New Jersey authorities will spend
that 5000 900 in bringing consumptives to
the nine-land section OF North Carolina
II will mean more to those who are &c
he treated than five times that sum eX-
nonded In the New Jersey climate.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-12
WAS WILLIAM J, BEST A RI I
DUMMY?

The death of William ]. Best last eek
suggests the inquiry: Was he a dummy
for the Richmond and Danville railrad?
One of the queerest incidents inthe
history of North Carolina was the Em
j. Best sky-rocket railroadng caree in
North Carolina. He came into the Safe,
shortly after the publication of the
''mud-cut' letters had scared tose
committed to building the Western NTH
Carolina railroad He talked like heaaG
men as rich as the Rothschilds BEND
him and many believed him a railpad
magnate of the first magnitude. He but'a
few miles of the Midland North Cardua
from Goldsboro to Smithfeld, and PAN
ned to buy from the State the Atlanticard
North Carolina railroad and the Wesern
North Carolina railroad and build Ink
from Goldsboro to Salisbury to join tbsc
two properties. A special session of he
Legislature was called nobody ten
thought of leasing for ninety nine vars
or selling such great property by hnd-
full of men with short terms of ofce)
and under whip and spur the great YES
tern North Carolina railroad was gwen
away. The pittance of 100000 was prm-
Used for property worth millions andan
agreement to build the Paint Rock md
Murphy branches. One great North Gar
olinian-the lamented William T. Dorcc,
of Wayne-raised his voice in proest
against the monumental blunder of CLING
away this magnificent property to anad-
venturer. But the West, fearing the
Legislature would not vote money to
complete the road, was insstent. lost
of the public men thought sale the only
way to complete. Mr.. Dortch had title
support in his heroic effort to TEN
the tide. Later events proved hat
though in the minority he was the sites
man of the hour and his voice the vote of
wisdom.
1t turned out that Best was eithe an
adventurer with no power to carry out
his contracts or that he had been put
up as a dummy by the Richmond and
Danville railroad which wanted to gel
the property at song. 1t may nevF be
known whether he was dummy or ad'
venturer, but all the subsequent trims.
actions have indicated that he was the
decoy of the Richmond and Danville nail
road
If the State had been wise enough Il
complete that road, it would now conto
great railroad from Morehead City Il
Murphy and to Paint Rock, and receive
from it enough profit to pay the expense
of State government. But -- what
the good of crying over of a mistake
policy which good men, with the light
before them, thought best?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-12
A DISAPPOINTED BURGLAR.

story comes from Red Springs to the
effect that burglars entered the home of
Editor Mckenzie with the felonious in
tent to steal valuables. One report says
that the burglar went through the sleep
ing editors trousers, finding therein
seven pennies, a barlow knife, three
"chaws" of tobacco, and lead pencil.
Another report is that the burglar. find
ing nothing at all except a jack knife
feeling pity for the editor. put a five
dollar bill in the editors pocket
These reports recall an incident that
happened in another State:
IF you stir, you're a dead mani" said
the burglar. I'm hunting for money"
Just let me get up and strike a light, "
replied the editor pleasantly, Il shall
be glad to assist you in your search
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-12
SPIT" OR "ExPECTORATE."

In the good old times" before legis-
regulate everything, the idea of perfect
freedom found expression in the common
saying: Il will 'chaw' my own tobacco
and spit where 1 please" Now that even
village commissioners are forbidding spit
ting on the streets or the public highway
that saying has become obsolete.
The test now between a city and a
town seems to be this: city statute
reads: You shall not expectorate, "
while a town ordinance reads: You
shall not spit" Which is the best express
sion? The town folks have high of
fetal authority for the use of the mono
syllable >"spit." Nearly ten years ago,
when the first nti-expectorating law
went into effect, Theodore Roosevelt was
police commissioner of New York City,
and wrote the following letter:
Hon. Chas. G. Wilson, President Health
Board:
Dear President Wilson: Can't you
have our form of notice changed SO as
to read spit instead of "expectorate?'
Expectorate is a vile word and the
Health Board ought to use good English.
Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Police Headquarters, 800 Mulberry street.
New York, March 81, 1895.
When it comes to using good old
fashioned English, Teddy is all right
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-12
DIVORCE STATISTICS.

Chicago leads as the home of the most
fertile divorce mills in America. In that
city alone nearly one-tenth of all the
divorces in this country are granted every
year. Some legislators are envious of
Chicago's primacy in this direction and
are trying to let down the bars here so
that North Carolina cities and towns will
be able to reflect some of Chicago's meri-
torious notoriety.
The Chicago Record Herald has been
making some Investigations as to di-
yorces. 1t finds there are now in the
United States about $4,000 divorced peo-
ple-32, POS women and 1884 men. In Chi
cago alone there are 1873 divorced men
and 2,46S divorced women. Mex: to Chi
cago the cities with the best-or rather
the worst-divorce records are in the
order named: San Francisco, Indian
apolis, Kansas City and Louisville. This
, would indicate that marital ties set more
lightly in the north Mississippi Valley
than in the East. OF the forty mine
American cities granting most divorces,
thirty seven are in half a dozen central
Western States, Iowa and Illinois lead
ing.
The Record Herald's figures show we'll
for the South. But, if more and more
lax divorce laws are enacted, that good
record will soon be blotted out.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-12
WHAT AN EDUCATION is WORTH

Many computations have been maze Oh
the value of an education. The highest
value of education, of course, is the
power it gives to those who possess IL to
enjoy the best thoughts of the world S
masters. But that cannot be computed
Attorney General Haines, of Maine, VINO
is regarded as an authority as an edu-
Gated statistician in Maine, has made
a summary of the value of education
from a financial point of view. which is
interesting. He makes these four state
ments:
% That an uneducated child has one
chance in $50, 5000 of attaining distinction
as a factor in the progress of the age.
(2) That common school education
will increase his chances nearly four
times.
90 That high school training will in
crease the chance of the common school
boy twenty three times. giving him
eighty-seven times the chance of the I'M
educated.
(4) That a college education increases
the chance of the high school boy nine
times, giving him 219 times the chance
! of the common school boy, and more
| than 500 times the chance of the un-
trained,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-12
WANTED MORE PREACHERS
LIKE A. C. DIXON.

Rev. A. C. Dixon, OF Cleveland county,
North Carolina, who Is now pastor of A
leading Baptist church IN Boston, has
been receiving some severe criticism
which will cause thousands of good peo-
pie to love him for the enemies he has
made The criticism directed at him is
because of his refusal to perform the
marriage ceremony for persons who had
previously been divorced from their
former mates. He also refused to admit
divorced persons who had remarked to
membership in his church on the ground
that they were living in sin.
In his first resolution. not to perform
the marriage ceremony "for persons who
had previously been divorced from their
former mates" Mr.. Dixon should be up
held and applauded As to excluding di-
vcrced persons from membership in his
church, there will be two opinions as to
it's wisdom.
But there cannot be two opinions as
to the growing divorce evil and the ne
cessity for stringent laws to suppress or
decrease this evil that threatens the
very foundations of our civilization.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-12
A MORNING TONIC.

"Arise!" went forth a mighty Voice,
''all we
That sleep" earthborn Lily, who told
thee
To come forth with the living, from
the dead?
The white-robed Lily answered, The
great Head
And Heart of Nature, God Himself, called
me.
"He said, The Christ is risen" and ten
derby
My earthly cerements loosing, He babe
following the way where Christ has
led
Arise!"
Trust thou this promised Immortality,
o troubled, doubling heart! Fear not
that He
Who wakes the lovely Lily from her bed
Whose own hands loose the grave clothes
from her head,
Will Easter Day forget to say to thee,
'Arisei'
james Terry White.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-12
TRYING TO LESSEN THE LOVE OF
STATE AND DESTROY STATE
PRIDE.

Mr.. Hamilton wished the thirteen orig
and to be governed almost wholly by the
Federal government. The Republican
oarty. the lineal descendant of the Fed
eralst party, holds views almost as sub
versiye of all the reserved rights of the
state. It seeks to destroy all those
rights by indirection. The only differ
once between me Republican and the
Federalist party is that the Republican
party lacks the courage to express its
distrust of the people to rule
The latest attack upon the sentiment of
love for ones State was uttered by Sena
tor Beveridge, of Indiana (ForalSer's cam
didate for vice. presidenD, in speech
at the dedication of Indiana's monument
to her dead at Shiloh last week. When
he saluated the Stars and Stripes he
said:
sIet it be the only flag Of every State
Let Carolina forget her Palmetto banner,
dear though it may be with beautltul
memories, and remember only the flag
OF the Republic!"
This is the modern way of tearing
down State boundaries in the minds OF
men, making the love Of the Republic
swallow up all other loves. The State IS
| first with all disciples of Jefferson. The
| Republic is first In its own sphere, ex-
ercising its delegated authorities The
war settled forever that no State has
right TO secede. 1t took away no other
right from a sovereign State. If the
State flags are to be abandoned, Mr.
Beveridge is wise enough to know that
love of State will wane and soon this
will be Nation with big n.
Let Massachusetts, cling to its State
flag and hold fast to it's State pride and
State glory. Let South Carolina not for
get the Palmetto. Love of their State
flags and proper State pride will increase
| their natural love of the Stars and Stripes
and make them proud to be parts of a
Republic composed of sovereign States.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-12
A HIGH KICKER Is MAYOR JONES

The most unique character in American
politics is Golden Rule" Jones, who has
been elected for the fourth time mayor
of Toledo. He was elected first as a Re-
traces and has three times been elected
in opposition to the candidates of both
parties In his recent campaign, not a
paper in Toledo would print his an
nouncement. He distributed it in pam
phlet form, denounced all political ma
chimes as evil, and closed his appeal
thus:
'' Here l stand, cannot do otherwise
God nelp me- 1t is signed Samuel NJ.
jones, A Man Without a Party"
He made a million dollars or more by
an invention He says he is governed in
his private and public acts by the gol-
den rule of doing to others as he would
have them do to him. He is, popular, lib
eral, helpful, and his fourth endorsement
at the polls shows that he makes an ac-
ccptable mayor. He is independent-nay
| cranky, if you please. He does queer
things things that might be expected
in man full of freaks. A Toledo CORE
| spondent of the North American gives
| this picture of his queer ways:
''He breaches Walt Whitman and the
Bible, the Golden Rule, non -partisanship
and physical culture. A year or two ago
| he began system of starving himself
as part of his system of physical cul
ture. He delighted to get into a big
CT ovid or at some public doings, or even
| in his own drawing room in the pres
ence of his guests, and show how easily
he can stand on his head. In the parks,
any place, for that matter, at the sug
gcstion of this hobby, off goes his hat
down goes his head and up go his heels
in the air
"He resides about a mile from his
office. 1t is nothing unusual to see him
start on the dead run from home. down
through the crowded streets and make
the full mile on the keen gallop. He
prides himself on his high kicking. On
the day of the city Republican Conven-
ton he amused number of guests in
the Body House by showing that he
could kick the hat off the head of
six-foot man standing beside him.
During the past winter special law
was passed by the Ohio Legislature
which abolished the old police board of
the city, of which Jones was ex-officio
chairman, and created new one in it's
stead, the members of which were to be
appointed by the Governor, Mayor Jones
refused to deliver up the books and rec
ords TO the new board. and won out in
the legal battle that followed. the SUI
preme court declaring the law unconsti-
tutional."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-12
THE FISHING INDUSTRY PROF.
TABLE.

The fishing industry is one of the mines
of wealth in North Carolina which is not
always enume rated in summing up the
States chief wealth producing in
dustries. The rivers and sounds
of Eastern North Carolina teen
with the choicest fish and give
to the people in that section food fit for
the gods. 1t gives employment to many
and has brought wealth to not a few en-
terprising men. The Elizabeth City
Economist gives one case showing the
big profit in fshinG We quote
Fishing in the waters of Eastern
North Carolina certainly seems to be d.
very profitable business. This reporter
was reliably inform ned this week that
gentleman by the name of John Smith,
living on Roanoke Island cleared 81. 900
this season fishing. Every day during the
month of March he averaged net profit
OF 500 per day. At this rate there Is
pretty good living in the fishing business
in these waters"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-12
THE SUCCESS OF cox.

The defeat of Mr.. ingalls,, candidate
for Mayor of Cincinnati, is to be regretted
not only because he would have made an
admirable chief magistrate Of that great
city, but chiefly because it strengthens
the hold of the most corrupt municipal
ring and the worst boss in America
Savoyard, his weekly bright letter, spoke
a parable in the following:
THE bosses, operating through the sa-
looms, gambling bells and bawdy houses,
have so befouled politics that in great
many good people will have nothing 20
do with it, and fanatics like Foraker
have taught other good men that the
worst Republican in the world is to be
preferred to the best Democrat
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-12
THE INLAND WATERWAY.

Hon. John II. Small, by request of the
News and Observer, has written for to-
days paper, a brief statement of the
good results that would follow the con-
struction of the Inland Waterway. Mr..
Small is not the first to agitate the con-
struction OF this inland waterway, but
he Is the first to understand that to Sc
cure it there must be united action by
the commercial bodies and shippers from
Baltimore to Jacksonville. 1t is a great
undertaking, and Mr.. Small correctly es
Inmates its magnitude. No Congress will
appropriate eight or ten million dollars
at the request of one Congressman. Mr..
Small has brought to the advocacy of the
proposition the commercial bodies of Bal
timore. Norfolk. Charleston. Savannah
and Jacksonville, as well as North Caro-
lima ports. The business of these ports
is of such volume as to give great weight
TO any great scheme of Improvement ad-
vocated by them. In obtaining their CO.
operation Mr. Small has shown his wis
dom and his breadth
There are more benefits that will fol-
low the construction of the canal than
are generally appreciated. It's construc-
tion would ultimately involve the deep
ening of the waterways from New Bern,
Washington. Elizabeth City and Edenton
to corresponding depth with the water
way. that is, sixteen feet. which would
intellectually promote the growth of these
towns. The stragetic Importance of the
waterway in time of war is fully appre-
ciated by every engineer.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-12
AN INSPIRING EXAMPLE.

The best item of news printed in the
North Carolina papers this week was the
fact that, by very large majority, the
people of Greenville voted a special tax
to establish a graded school. Already
in these columns have been printed the
names of the school trustees. In the
list of the trustees is embraced the name
of Hon. Thomas j. Jarvis, Ex-Governor
and ex-senator. 1t is a good thing for
any community when it's most illustrious
citizens interest themselves in the es-
tablshment and management of the pub
lie schools In the case of Governor Jar
Wis, he has long been a leader in public
educational progress in North Carolina
and the Greenville school is to be con-
gratuIated that it is to have the benefit
of his wise counsel and ripe experience.
A few years ago Maj. John w. Graham,
the ablest man in Hillsboro, was elected
a member of the public school commit
tee They had no special tax, but acting
in concert with other progressive citi-
zens, Maj. Graham served with marked
efficiency and the public schools were
greatly improved.
Schools do not run themselves. Taxes
voted for public schools need to be wisely
applied so that all the children shall be
town or city where its leading cit
liens take deep interest in its public
school system.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-12

Washington Republicans are said to
believe that the decision in the Northern
Securities Company case will greatly
benefit the Republican party. The de-
cision was written by a Democrat, con-
CURED in by three Democrats and one
Republican judge. If the Supreme court
affirms this decision and the Roosevelt
administration goes ahead and breaks up
the other monopolies, it will be entitled
to great commentator and will be bene-
fitted. If not. then it cannot claim the
credit.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-12

"He is a true and tried prohibitionist"
This paragraph occurs in an article in TIE
Statesville Landmark advocating a GER
change! A few years ago, nobody III
urging candidate for office would as
sert, as an argument in favor of his
election, his advocacy of prohibition
The world is growing better DR.. Mott
would have "a harder time organizing an
prohibition party now than he had
twenty years ago.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-12
-FOUR FOUL MURDERS AND NOBODY
PUNISHED.
Whiteville News.

Whiteville News.
Within the last two years four foul
murders have taken place in this county.
viii Bardin colored, was shot and kill
ed in the swamp near Fair Bluff and not
a one has ever been charged with the
crime Felix Foley was called from his
home and shot to death at his own gate.
No one has ever been punished for the
crime.
Jesse SoIes and James Stalley were
murdered and burnt up in one fourth of
a mile of the spot where two murders
were committed a few years ago. 1t be-
gins to look like Columbus county only
Furnishes negroes for stealing chickens
and let's the robbers of human life so
free.
The man they have in the clutches of
the law charged with the murder of
Jesse Soles and Jim Stalley If guilty at
all, is only one of the guilty parties and
probably the most guilty of them all.
Will the people of Columbus let the
others go free? They can be caught anC
Columbus County expects every man to do
his duty.
We think and the people think IL is
high time TO call a halt and save the
honor of the county.