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The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11
why 1t CouIdn't Be Heard.

She nestled close to him, and for one
brief moment her head was pillowed
on his breast, says the Brooklyn Eagle.
Then she startled up affrighted.
why, George" she exclaimed, you
startle me!''
Whats the matter with my being
a bit startled MYSELF" he interrupted.
Then more gently: What's the mat
ter, dearest? Did you hear it, too"
Hear it," she said. NO; it stop
ped"
Yes; that's so. But I'm sure I
heard it a minute ago."
"Of course you did. But, George, it
stopped. Dear George, there must be
something wrong" The girl was wor-
ried and excited.
Maybe you're right" he said, look
ing little worried himself.
But, George, it ought not to stop.
1t ought to be regular"
George looked puzzled.
What are you talking about, Ma
be?" he asked.
Why your heart, George. 1t stop
ped beating
stopped beating!" he exclaimed.
Stopped beating. Why what in the
world do you expect it to do-climb
up into my mouth the way it does in
novels when the hero hears the old
mans step in the hall?"
why, George, father is out of the
city"
George heaved an eight-ton sigh of
relief
TRY it again, Mabel, he said. 81
guess you'll find it going now"
She found it attending to it's regu-
lar business.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11
Personal.

Mrs. Maud Richardson, wife of a
professor in the University of CaIifor-
MIA, chased a burglar into a closet in
her home in Berkeley, slammed and
locked the door and stood guard until
the arrival of the police.
Nine. Wong, wife of the Chinese
commissioner to the st. Louis Fair, as
sisted at the dedication of the site
chosen for the exhibit of the Celestial
kingdom on Saturday. This was the
first appearance of any Chinese woman
of rank and social position at any
public function.
Gen. Ian Hamilton of the British
army, who made an enviable record in
South Africa as a cavalry commander
in the Boer war, will shortly pay a visit
to the United States, and besides in
speeding the military academy at West
Point, will pay visit to some of the
noted battlefields near Washington.
The German Emperor uses as pa
per weight on his writing desk the
summit of one of the highest noun
tains in Africa. DR.. Buchner, an Afri-
can traveller of some fame. broke the
piece of rock from the highest point
of Mount Kilima- Marc, which is on
German African ground, and presented
if to the Emperor.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11
GEoRGIANs AT SEA GIRT.

The explanation given by Col. Cam
of the failure of the Georgians to make
a better showing at Sea Girt is salts
factory They were not as well ac-
quainted with the rifles used as were
the teams from other states. They
did not know that ammunition left in
the rifles for a short time deteriorated
greatly, they did not use the helps
by other teams and the rifles used by
the other teams, being of a more re-
cent issue. were more accurate. These
and many other points were discovered
during and after the contest.
1t seems that the teams from other
states had been practicing for months
with the -Jorgensen rife, and it
was the consensus of opinion among
rihemen present that the Georgians did
remarkably well considering the diff
culties under which, they labored.
The Georgia team was cordially well
coined and was shown more attention
than any other team. AS far as learn
ed from the dispatches all of it's mem
bers feel that next year they win be
able to make a better showing. There
is no doubt of course that Georgia will
be represented in future contests at
Sea Girt.
It has been demonstrated in former
contests that there are no better marks
men than are to be found among the
rifiemen of this state. In future con-
tests the Georgia team will go to Sea
Grit better prepared and with fuller
knowledge of the fine points that help
to win in such contests as take place
there.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11
A BAD OUTDOORS FOR COTTON.

n BAD OUILOOh fOH COIIONF
Mr.. o. B. Stevens, the Commission
er of Agriculture of this state, thinks
that the last cotton crop report of
the government is altogether too rosy.
From information which he has he
is confident that at this time a report
showing the condition of the crop to
be fully ten points below that of the
government would be nearer the truth.
He takes the position that al the time
the government issued its report the
facts did not warrant so favorable a
showing, and says that since that time
there has been considerable deteriora-
ton in the crop. He thinks that the
crop will be very short, though he eX
presses the opinion that it is possible
that it will be as large as that
of last year. Much will depend, how
ever. upon the weather conditions
which will prevail between now and
the completion of the harvesting of
the CROP.
But was not Mr.. Stevens .Imisquoted
in that part of his interview in which
it is stated that the boil weevil had
seriously damaged the crop in Middle
Georgia? We have been led to be-
lieve from statements sent out by the
Department of Agriculture at Wash
ington that the boil weevil hasn't APP
peared in any state except Texas. If
it be a fact that that insect has made
it's appearance in Georgia there is
cause for serious alarm among cotton
planters of this STATEN fact the stu
alton is alarming for all interests.
Mr. Stevens must have been mis-
understood. He probably spoke of the
boil worm. About eighty counties Of
Texas are afflicted with the boil Wee
vii pest and the evil is steadily spread
ing. Texas has offered a reward of
SIC. 600 for a remedy for it, but thus
far none has been discovered. The
United States Department of Agricul-
ture has put it's best men at work on
the problem, but thus far they have
been compelled to admit that they are
bafIied.
If Commissioner Stevens views as to
the crop are correct there isn't much
probability Of the price of cotton go
ing below what it is at present. on
the contrary, there is likely to be an
advance The last crop wasn't suffi-
Gent for the worlds needs and a short
crop this year would justify a high
price At the beginning of every sea-
son, however, and until well along in
the season, there is great difference
of opinion as 10 what the size of the
crop will be.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11
Long-peferred Explanatlon.

Years afterward the man who re-
fused anesthetic and called for his
violin, which he played without miss
ing a note While the surgeons were
saving his leg off, was speaking of
the incident to a friend, says the Chi
cago Tribune.
II got a good deal of a reputation
for bravery out of the affair."" he
said. land the papers all played me
up as a hero, but / wasn't anything
of the sort. 1 was afraid of chloro-
form, and at first l thought I'd keep
the leg and take the chances. Then,
all at once, l thought of my fiddle.
You never heard me play the fiddle,
did your"
mo, l never did"
well, that made the surgical opera
ton just nothing at all. Anybody
that acould stand my fiddling could
stand anything"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11
Tom johnson of Ohio.

Tom L. Johnson was not more indie
pendent in politics and business than he
was in love when he won his wife, says
the Pittsburg Dispatch. He was about
twenty when he bluntly put the ques-
ton 10 his father7in-law-e
How do you expect to support
wife, young man." asked the old man.
With these, sir" replied Tom, dis
playing his two hands.
The old man was pleased and salts
fed
Many years later Johnson became an
enthusiastic bicyclist and brought up
his son to love the sport 1t was while
Tom l.. was in Congress. A wheel was
stolen from the boy, and the father
went at once to police Headquarters.
which he lecture1 for lack of zeal in
running down thieves. He gave the
officials to understand that If the BIZ
cycle was not found speedily there
would be trouble in the department
The police bestirred themselves to such
good purpose that they not only found
the machine but captured the thief
The culprit came Of a good family who
pleaded with Johnson for mercy. John
son relented. but when he asked the
police department that the thief be nor
prosecuted. pointing out the shame and
suffering IL would cost innocent and
respectable people, the authorities were
obdurate. They also declared that II
Johnson refused 20 appear against the
prisoner. after swearing out q warrant
Tor the youths arrest, johnson himself
would be liable n prosecution Tor com
pounding felony.
= viii. chr said johnson. well
wen see about that Here young man
J make sou q present of that bicycle.
iis yobfs ~ 90 anything y0u a,snf
with Dr. Sow. Mr chief sou CANT ~
man for stealing hlf own pfoperfv
ana J DOM see boz gcu can f0fre f9e
~ sppear agsinsf hiu
ihe teief % one 80 hls bieyeie and
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11
BRIGHT BITS.

Judge (sarcastically)-" you
ever earn a dollar in your life?" Va
grant-"Oh, yes, l voted for your
honor once!"-Puck.
-Minnie-"Well, I'm glad Kit Spur
long is going to be married at last"
Lutie-"The tone of your voice doesn't
indicate it," Minnie-"But I am. When
the list of marriage licenses is publish
ed everybody will find out she's 81
years old.'-Chicago Tribune.
Yes" said the actor who claimed
to have been in Cuba during the late
fracas, "a big shell burst at my feet
and l barely escaped with my life.
SOP" queried the hardware drummer.
And did they find the fellow who
threw the egg?"-Chicago News.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11
It Is for Ladies, Too.
They Can Stop Their Hair Falling Out
With HerniCide.

whose hair is falling out, can prevent
the hair falling out and thicken
the growth, with Newbro's "Herpicide"
Besides. Herpicide is one of the most
agreeable hair dressings there is. Her
picide kills the dandruff germ
that eats the hair off at the
root. After the germ is
destroyed, the root will shoot up,
and the hair grow long as ever. Even
9 sample will convince any lady that
Newbros Herpicide is an indispensable
toilet requisite. 1t contains no oil ror
grease, it will not stain or dye. Sold
by leading druggists. Send Zoe. in
stamps for sample to The Herpicide
Co., Detroit. Mich.
Livingston's Pharmacy Company,
Special Agents.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11

In all probability all three of Sir
Thomas Liptons Shamrock yachts viii
shortly find their way TO the junk bean.
Shamrock II, it is said. has been al
ready condemned 10 be broken up and
the others If not sold shortly. may SUI
feF the same fate. Sir Thomas is rich
ana can AFFORD the sacrifice. Of course.
put u does seem pity 10 put so much
money into a boat that is 10 be OF use
only month or two al best The craft
are good for nothing else than racing
ihey cannot b. turned into cruisers.
nor even into oyster boats. hence no.
BODY wants 10 buy such a boat after
she has finished the races for which
ale aas built
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11
index TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices-Delicious Rice
Birds, Union Station Restaurant.
Business Notices-Second-hand Bicy-
Giles. G. W. Thomas; Don't Jump From
a Good Grocer to a Poor One, Munster
Friday Special Sale-Gustave Eek
stein & Co.
our Made-to- Measure-B. H. Levy
& Bro.
To Patrons of S. w. Branch Com
pany-McGrath & Ransford.
Before and After Your Vacation-E.
& w. Laundry.
Before You Go Home Get the De-
lineator.
Silver Polish-The Gorham Company.
Foods-Postum Food Coffee.
This store Is Great On Easy Shoes
Bxck Bros.
Piano Bargains-McArthur & Sons
Company.
Cheap-Falk's. Around the Corner.
Warburines-Get Them at Rowlm-
skis
Time Nearly Up-At Lattimore's.
There Can be No Mistake-The Del
monico Company.
Savannah Theater-"Devil's Auction
Tonight and Tomorrow Matinee and
Night.
Legal Notices-In the Matter of w.
A. Bird of Emanuel, and r. L. Foster
of Liberty, Bankrupts.
Medical-Chamberla Remedies;
Herpicide.
Cheap Column Advertisements
Help Wanted; Employment Wanted;
For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal;
Miscellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11

News from Turkey will soon take on
some Of the characteristics of the cor
respondence Of the American West.
The Sultan, it is announced. has em-
ployed Joseph =. Marcombe of Cedar
Rapids, Ia. to go TO Turkey and be-
come the official press representative
Of that country. AIr. Marcombe VIII
prepare and give out for publication
such information as the Turkish gov
eminent cares 70 have made public ia
foreign countries and an other ilz-
patches VIII be censored m Constaau-
nople. by this means the sultan hopes
~ have the acts and policies Of DE- GOV
eminent "set right before the world
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11

Solomon with all his wisdom was no
match for some of the officials of the
United States customs service. That
which the customs people cannot clas-
SHY for the purpose of collecting a
duty does not exist. Recently Ken
lucky man imported a bushel of snails
from Italy. Search was made through
the tariff schedules for snails, but they
We're not mentioned either directly or
indirectly. But the customs man was
not puzzled for a moment He called
them wild animals" collected duty on
them as such and permitted them ia
enter the country.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11

that the apportionment of the patron
age in Delaware, otherwise the division
Of the spoils, between the two senators,
Alice and Ball. was agreed to by them
on the suggestion of President Roose-
welt. That eminent civil service refor-
mer seems to have surrendered to the
practical Payne. of the Postofice De-
partment, who is a spokesman of the
ultra sort and doesn't care who knows
IT
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11

o. yes we are getting imports from
the Philippines some very interesting
ones. The transport fitzpatrick. from
Manila to New York by way Of the
suez canal. has in her hold the bodies
of 800 dead American soldiers. the vic
tins of Filipino bullets and boloes and
Of the tropical feyers. This has been
referred to as the largest shipment"
Of dead soldiers back 10 their native
soil. but quite number ~ other ship
ments have been made. running the
number Of bodies transported into the
thousands. These are not the kind o.
imports that the Republicans promised
the country, but they are coming. just
the same. and VIII doubtless continue 10
come for some years.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11

The New York social set is much in
terested in the story that Mrs. w. K
Vanderbilt No. u now Mrs. o. H. p.
Belmont, has offered to present to Mrs.
w X. Vanderbilt no. ?, formerly Mrs.
Lewis Morris Rutherfurd, the splendid
villa at Newport known as Marble
Hall, said to be worth ST. 500, 600.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11

]. Pierpont Morgan, owner of the
yacht Corsair, has sued the Jersey Cen
trail Railroad, which is composed of j.
Pierpont Morgan and others, for $500
for damages sustained by the yacht
from collision with the railroad COM
pany's steamer Monmouth. during the
yacht races.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11
The Weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
day are for fair weather. except show
ers on the coast, with increasing east
winds on the coast. Eastern Florida,
showers, except fair in extreme north
portion, with brisk to high northeast
winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11
GETTING THE BEST OF THE FRUIT
MEN

The fruit growers of Michigan are up
in arms against Armour & co. They
say that after Armour & Co. get it's
toll out of the fruit there is but little
left for them. 1t seems that the Ar
mour car line and the Fruit Growers
Dispatch Company are owned by Ar
mOur & Co. That concern provides
the refrigerated cars and forwards the
fruit.
Armour & Co. seems to have got it's
grip on the entire fruit growing por-
ton of Michigan. The statement is
that it has run out every other con-
Germ that was in the same line of bust
ness, namely, that of furnishing re-
frigerator cars and forwarding fruit.
That is the way a monopoly makes its
money. BY getting absolute control of
the field of operation it is able to
charge whatever prices it pleases. That
is what Armour & Co. seems to have
done in Michigan.
There has been great complaint in
this state against the eXactions of Ar
mour & Co. for refrigerator cars. Be-
ing about the only company that could
furnish such cars, or at least the only
company that could do it to the salts
faction of the railroads, peach growers
have made appeal after appeal for a
reduction in transportation rates, but
if we are not mistaken, they have met
with no success. Having the power
Armour & Co. has used it and charged
such prices as it pleased.
This year there was not so much
complaint for the reason that good
prices were obtained for peaches, and
peach growers could stand the tariff,
but when there is big crop and prices
are low, there is not much left for the
growers after the expenses of trans
portation and commissions are paid.
rhe fruit business of Michigan is
very large. The average is about 10000
cars annually. 1t is evident from this
that Armour & Co must make a mint
of money every year out of it's trans
portation of fruit to market. 1t looks
as if it's aim is to monopolize the fruit
carrying business of the entire coun-
try. 1t is probable that it carries
peaches from all of the peach growing
states. and if it is the monopoly that the
Michigan fruit growers say it is, it has
that part of the fruit of the country
that has to be carried in refrigerator
cars in it's grasp.
1t is stated to be the purpose of the
Michigan fruit growers to carry their
grievance before the Interstate Com
merce Commission. 1t seems there is
a chance for relief for them under the
Elkins law. At any rate. the company
may be compelled to show what it's
profits are, so that the public can judge
whether or not they are exorbitant.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11
Washington Seminary.

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Small classes; individual method: list ses.
sion - students and 10 teachers, giving one
teacher for every ii girls. Primary coiieane
preparatory. academic courses Music am
elocution. Certificate admits to Eastern Col.
leges; 10Th session begins Sept. 10. MRS. W.
Il. CHANDLER and U. D. SCOTT Princinals
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11
ROCK HILL COLLEGE,
EILICOTT CITY MD

LLIICOII N4I1, MD.
A select boarding school for young
men and boys, Is miles outside of Bal
timore. Courses: Literary, Scientific
Commercial. A thorough preparatory
course for boys not under Il years.
School reopens Tuesday, Sept. g.
THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11

Tom L. Johnson and John II. Clarke
may not win in Ohio, but the other
fellows will know that they have been
in a fight.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11
NEW YoRK's MUNICIPAL CONTEST.

Il.
The indications are that Mayor Low
will be the fusion candidate for mayor
of New York, and that George B. Nc
Clellan will be the Tammany candidate
The fusionists are composed of Repub-
licans and nti-Tammany Democrats
BY a portion of the fusionists Mayor
Low was Endorsed on Wednesday night
last and on several occasions Mr. Nc
Clellan has been mentioned favorably
by Tammany leaders.
That the contest is going to be a not
able one there isn't doubt. Tammany
is firmly convinced that the people are
not satisfied with the Low administra-
ton, sand they have been disappointed
in several important respects. Every
thing will depend, of course, upon the
number of Democrats who will vote
the fusion ticket. A rather serious blow
to Tammany was the proclamation is
sued by Lewis Nixon a few days ago.
Nixon, it will be recalled, was the Tam
many leader chosen by Mr.. Croker He
failed utterly in that position. He
seemed to be unable to control and di-
rect that organization. In his procla-
nation he said that the leaders of
Tammany did not show a disposition to
correct the evils complained of when
Tammany was in power.
1t is evident that Mr.. Nixon does not
favor a return of Tammany to the con-
troll of the city. 1t may be that he has
a spite against the organization be-
cause he was not retained as it's chief
The suggest ton has been made that his
proclamation was a bid for the mayor
atty nomination, since the leaders of
the anti-Tammany Democrats are de-
manding that the fusion nominee shall
be an independent Democrat. If that
were his purpose it is already evident
that he missed his mark. Nobody
seems to be asking for his nomination.
| The probability is, however that his
| action was due to a desire to injure
Tammany, because of his failure to
maintain his position at the head of
that organization.
Mayor Low promised to give New
| York a genuine reform administration.
| In the opinion of many of his friends,
! both Democrats and Republicans, he
| hasn't done so. Doubtless he has tried
| pretty hard to meet public expectations,
! but he has found the elements against
which he has had to battle too strong
| for him. He has spent as much, if not
more, money than did any of the Tam
many administrations and he has no
more to show for it. He has made
| vigorous war on the Matchmaking evil.
/ but even that still exists to a consid-
! cradle extent, if newspaper reports are
! to be credited.
1t seems to be the consensus of opin-
ion that the contest for the control OF
the city will be hard fought one. If
Tanmany is beaten it will probably be
good many years before that organ
| ization gets into power again.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11

The days are rapidly approaching
when the country at large will be once
again discussing substitutes for coal
as fuel for household and manufactur-
ing purposes. The coal trust is holding
coal at about the famine prices of last
winter and shows no disposition 10
make any reduction, realizing that it
has consumers at a disadvantage and
can squeeze them hard. There was
much talk last winter about substitutes
for coal. but none of them has come
into prominence or offered a solution
of the fuel problem
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11
POLISHED PLATE GLASS.

We are the Southern distributing
agents of the Penn American Plate
Glass Co. We carry at our Atlanta
warehouse the largest stock in the
South.
WINDOW GLASS, lots of it, all
sizes, single and double, at our ware
houses both in Savannah and in Al
Ianta. Dowell Pins, Blind Staples
Glaciers Diamonds, Putty and Points
Mail orders promptly shipped.
FL. COOLIDGE & BRO,
SAVANNAH. ATLANTA.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11

A New York state senator the other
day lost a pocketbook containing
among other things a $1,000 bill. Have
they been having baking powder legis-
lation in New York lately?
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11
Ward Seminary fs a,'''iIs ladies' i'd,

Ssth year begins Sept. 2.. Literary Courses Music A.
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ans College. Faculty so. Mild and equabio elns,.
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