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The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24

We've drunk to everything we know,
From Lang Syne to The Ladies;
Now, one more Toast before we go
Mephisto, Prince of Hades!
When sober we are wont, It's true,
To bury, not to praise him;
But let us give the Dell his due,
And toast him while we raise him.
For tn his company we're taught
To shun, there's no denying
Mephisto never yet was caught
Beneath false colors flying.
He wears his coat and plume of red
With candor so answering
We must applaud, although it's said
He took some points from Irving.
Think of the Stage, think of the
Church.
Without their villain rudy,
If Old Nick left them in the lurch
Without an understudy!
AS well "Othello" played without
The Gentleman of Color,
Or Hamlet" with the Prince left out
Could anything be duller?
A world from all temptation free
Would sadly lack in flavor;
And what would Untried Virtue be
But Salt without its SAVIOR?
To pawn his soul the sinner goes
More than halfway to meet him.
Yet when Mephisto would foreclose
He does his best to cheat him.
In church to-day we sound his mort.
Tomorrow at a revel
We fall to raising HMM short
We treat him like the Devil.
So let us toast our foe Of foes,
Long may we live to rout him.
Here's to Mephisto! Goodness knows
What we would do without him.
And. good Mephisto do not spurn
Our toast with hooking laughter.
Nor yet the compliment return
BY Toasting us hereafterl
Oliver Herf0rd Ia Golfers Weekly.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24
CURRENT COMMENT.

Cleveland Plain Dealer Dem.): New
scandals in the Washington depart
ments emphasize the necessity for a
thorough fall house cleaning before
Congress meets. But will they get it?''
Washington Evening Star (Ind.
Rep): Admiral Dewey has not CEN
tured any expression of opinion on
these suggestions that it would be a
good idea to run Gen. Miles for public
office"
Philadelphia Inquirer (Ren): with
a Russian fleet in the Black sea, a
British fleet in the Mediterranean and
Turkey between them, the prospect
would seem to be good for a grand in
ternational shooting match"
Columbia State Dem.): I'VE may
expect another commendatory letter
from Roosevelt to Durbin. The Gov
ernor has called the Presidents atten-
ton to an Indiana mother who re-
Gently gave birth to her third pair of
twins"
Chicago Chronicle CDem.): Help!
your excellency, helpV shouts Wall
street. Call an extra session right
""e9 HAlh give 10 I'll NAeSliS currency
or the devil will be to pay. Dispatchl
Dispatch Hold hard. your excellen-
cyl shout the politicians. Don't on any
account call an extra session until
after the elections or the devil will be
to pay. II thus seems that the devil
will be to pay no matter what the
Presidents decision may be. The only
question is which Of the contending
factions is most likely TO put up the
funds TO make the payment AS Wall
street unquestionably has the most
cash II looks as though the politicians
will have 10 plead and warn in vain"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24

An interesting little war is going on
between ministers and priests of fash
ionable churches at some of the East
ern summer resorts and women who
attend these churches. 1t began last
summer, and Is being waged with con-
siderable show of feeling this summer
Particularly is this the case at Asbury
Park, N. J. 1t seems that the women
of Episcopal and Catholic churches at
tend the churches without wearing
hats. and to this objection has been
raised. To a reporter OF the New York
Herald recently the rector of the Epis-
copal Church at Asbury Park, N. j.,
said:
The practice has been growing,
ana as 1t is a distinct violation of
rule which has existed in the church
from the beginning, 1 felt that it was
my duty to put stop to 1t. The rule
is based on the twelfth chapter Of
Pauls first epistle to the Corinthians.
The entire chapter refers to the con-
duct of women in the churches. In
reference to their going uncovered i'm
to the churches Paul said: But every
woman that prayeth or prOphesieth
with her head uncovered dishonoreth
her head, for that is even all one as
If she were shaven.'
Father McShane of Atlantic City,
pastor of a fashionable Cath
olic church of that place, has
rebuked women for entering his church
hatless, and at Long Branch the rec
tor of the Episcopal Church has noti
fed the women that they must either
wear their hats in church or stay
away. The women cannot see the use
of wearing anything on their heads
during the warm weather, and there
fore they are inclined to be rebellious.
They say the importance the ministers
and priests have given the matter is
much greater than 1t deserves and
they are inclined to pay no attention
to the rule requiring them to wear
hats when they attend Divine service.
They are not disposed to take serious
ly the threat of Bishop Scarborough
of New Jersey to adopt severe meas
ures to check the practice of appearing
at church hatless.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24
-
PERSONAL.

-Hezekiah A. Gudger, the United
Mktes Consul at Panama. arrived
from Colon to-day on the steamship
Yucatan.
Vice Chancellor Chatterton. the
Irish High Court judge, and the doyen
of the judges of the United Kingdom,
is about to retire With a baronetcy,
according to Dublin rumor.
The Rome correspondent of the
London Chronicle says that the demo
cratic Plus x. employs the human
singular instead of the official plural
number in addressing his visitors. He
even bids ordinary people to sit in
his august presence during an audi
ence, thing hitherto permitted only
to sovereigns and cardinals. He soon
verses with friends through the teIe-
phone, and to crown his enormities
he invites simple clerics to sit to eat
at his table.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24
A SERVICE PENSION.

1t is not at all surprising that the
| Grand Army of the Republic put itself
on record In favor of a service pension
at its meeting in San Francisco. No
doubt this movement for pension for
everybody that enlisted in the service
of the United States during the Civil
| War has been skilfully worked up.
Probably the pension attorneys have
| had as much to do with it as any
body. In fact. it would not be sur
prising if they were the chief pro-
moters of the movement.
few years ago many of the Union
veterans were in sympathy with the
agitation to purge the pension rolls,
on the ground that many undeserying
persons were drawing pensions. It
was said that the pension roll should
be made roll of honor. Now 1t seems
that the entire Grand Army of the Re-
public favors giving q pension of $12 a
month to every person who enlisted,
without regard to the length or charac-
ter of service. If a man served but
single day he is to have the same PEN
sion as that given to the man who
served throughout the entire war.
Just how much such a pension would
take out of the treasury annually 1t
is impossible to say. Those who are
advocating it Say the amount would
be only few millions of dollars. That
is what was said when other pension
bills were introduced into Congress,
1t will be recalled that during the ad-
ministration of President Grant, Gen.
Garfield. then a member of the House.
said that. the pension charge would
never be more than $30,000,000 a year.
1t is now more than $13O,0OOO00. If a
service pension should be authorized
the total annual charge would doubt
less be pretty nearly $20O,0OO,O0O.
Are the American people willing to
bear such a burden for pensions? 1t
is safe to say they are not. And even
if a pension service should be allowed
1t is possible that it wouldn't be very
long before there would be some other
kind of a pension proposed. AS long
as the politicians think the soldier vote
is valuable to them, and the pension
attorneys see a chance for additional
business, there will be a demand for
additional pensions.
And there is another thing that helps
the promoters of pension schemes. 1t
is the steadily accommodating surplus in
the treasury. If the treasury did not
have so much money the chance for
increasing the pension burden wouldn't
be so great. With more money in the
treasury than is needed for the de-
mands of government, the Republican
leaders Of Congress are pretty certain
to favor using the surplus to keep the
old soldiers friendly to the Republic
can party. They will get rid of the
surplus in that way for still another
reason. namely, to keep down the cia-
NOR for a reduction in the tariff taxes.
The work in behalf of service pen
sion has iHst-been begun in earnest.
1t Is probable that 1t will be successful
unless the Democratic party gets con-
troll OF the government.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24
BRIGHT BITS.

-"How fast can you go in that au-
tomobile?" "Oh three times as fast as
the law allows. Life.
The sins of the parents are Wis
tied upon the child" yes, indeed.
They heir their domestic troubles that
way, as a rule.
First Show Girl-'I hear that
Gypsy Fay is working for a very low
salary with that summer opera COM
pany." Second Show Girl-"Yes, poor
thing; she hardly gets enough to buy
basoline for her auto!"-Town Topics.
-Dollie: o. Granny. do the heather
savages wear trousers?
Granny: No, dear. Why?
Dollie: Well, then, why did pa nut
trousers button in the collection bag
at church to-day?-Pick-M e-Up.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24
GROWING HOSTILITY TO IMMIGRA-
TION.

In newspaper articles and in COM
that there is a growing hostility to
much of the kind of immigration that
is coming to this country now is crop
ping out. During the last fiscal year
the number of immigrants was pretty
nearly a million. At least a third,
perhaps half, of them were undesira-
BILE.
But the question is, how is immi-
grafton of the undesirable kind to be
prevented? The steamship companies
are doing all they can to increase it.
1t matters not to them how undesir-
able it is. Their object is to carry
every person who can pay the passage
money. They are seeking business,
not looking out for the welfare of the
country, and it is not to be expected
they will take into consideration the
interests of this country. The most of
them are foreign companies.
Before the present law relative to
immigrants was adopted only those who
R6eSVA NAN AAAoPCNlAVAA Va Wi SOAo0AS
at the ports at which they embarked
were permitted to land on their ar
rival. That wise regulation was strick-
en- out in the new law. Perhaps the
steamship companies found it inter-
fered with their business. In place
of it the regulations at our ports
were made more strict, but it is found
that these additional regulations at
our ports are not as effective in keep
ing out undesirable immigrants as the
one requiring the approval of our con-
suls was.
Time and time again it has been
proposed that there shall be an edu-
cational test-that only those immi-
grants shall be permitted to land who
can read. Such test would undoubt-
eddy shut out a very large percentage
of the undesirable element. Congress,
however, has not yet been able to get
it's courage to the point of adopting it.
Perhaps the steamship companies have
been largely instrumental in prevent
ing it's adoption. They are very much
awake to their interests in this matter.
A large part of their revenue comes
from the transportation of immigrants.
1t is evident, however, that the peo-
pie want something done to check the
coming of so many who do not under
stand our institutions and who have
no desire to understand them. Such
immigrants are of no benefit to the
country and they are a cause of dis
content because they crowd native
workmen out of their places by work.
ing for less wages. And they are also
source Of danger, since. in strikes,
they are inclined to be lawless.
immigration is getting to be an evil
of which the people are becoming
tired. If the party in power does not
enact laws for limiting it in accord
ance with their wishes the immigra-
ton question will become an import
ant political issue.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24

Between 1880 and 1900, according to
the figures of the Census Bureau, the
increase in the population of the Unit
ed States was 21.25O,OOO. The increase
in the United States proper, exclusive
of Alaska and the recent insular ac-
cessions, was 1905, SCI, or 207 per
cent. Only one country, Argentina, has
shown a more rapid increase. A strik-
ing fact was that the rate of increase
in the Southern States. for the first
time in their history. was greater in
the decade of 1S9O-19O0 than that of
the Northern States. This speaks well
Tor the progress and growth of the
South. The indications are that an
other decade will make the difference
increase in population in the South, as
has been its increase in wealth, will
be remarkable. The South is adding
to its assessed wealth at the rate
of 5000, 000,0 600 to $3.50, 100000 a year.
For the year 1860 the combined as
sessed wealth of the Southern States
was 1876, 800 900. In 1860 theiri as
sessed wealth was $500. 19O,S1s, but
then came war and destruction. TWEEN
~ years later their wealth was $4,000, .
100000 less, showing what the ravages
of war and the Liberation Of the slaves
p had cost the South, TO say nothing Of
her baptism of blood. 1t Is believed
that the assessed property Of the South
ern States VIII be more than doubled
by the Census Bureaus figures, which
are expected 10 give IA valuation OF
nearly ;i4OOO,OO0O00 That almost
equals the wealth OF the entire coun-
fry before the Ciyn War.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24

The war game" is on again. After
a few days reports of fanciful losses by
land and sea may be looked for. Some
of the finest ships in the American navy
will be blown out of the water, while
the guns of the vessels will retaliate
by silencing a fort here and there.
Plenty of noise and smoke about this
administration. The President looks
out for the entertainment of the peo-
pie. He has something doing" pretty
much all the time.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24
FREIGHT AND PARCEL CAR.

Leaves east side OF City Market for Thunder
bolt, Cattle Park Sandhy. Isle Of Hope and all
intermediate points-s:I5 a. M, 1l5 p. M. 5:15
p. m.
Leaves Isle OF Hope for Sandfy, Cattle Park,
Thunderbolt and all intermediate points-e:o0
a. m, II 100 a. m. 800 p m.
Freight car leaves Montgomery at $50 a. M.
and 2:35 p. m, connecting at Sandfy with reg
ular parcel car for city.
Parcel car from the city carries freight to
Montgomery on each trip.
Regular parcel car carries trailer on each
trip for accommodation of passengers.
Any further information regarding passen
ger schedule or freight service can be had by
applying 10 G. B. KIDDER, Manager.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24

1T has been said that the ideal
American type of the future will COM
bine the head of the Greek statue,
tresses of classic tint, the eyes of the
odalisque. the flesh tints of Bou-
guereau, Roman shoulders, Ionian
arms, Austrian bust and Boetian feet.
She will be d marvellous being, ami
mated with French SAVIOR faire, Irish
wit, German Imagination, Russian
adaptability, Hindoo grace, japanese
talent and Indian fortitude.'' If this
is true she will be an individual con-
gress of beauty. Should she be I'M
fortunate enough to be wrecked on
some cannibal shore she would make
a fine pot of that delectable hetero-
geneous dish known as Brunswick
stew.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24
index 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Amusements-Vau at Casino
This Week.
Silver Polish-The Gorham Co.
Our Special Blend-The Delmonico.
Warburines-Rowlins Druggist.
Three Good Ones-At Lattimore's.
Our Baby Tender-Lindsay & Nor
gan.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneOus.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24
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HILL ON LYNCH LAW.

In his discussion of lynch law the
other day, in his address at Olcott
Beach, N. Y, ex-senator Hill of that
state made some points that it would
be well for those citizens who think
lynch law a necessity in some cases to
ponder WELL In the course of his ad-
dress he said: Mob violence is not
rendered less Objectionable, even if it
be true. as is often asserted, that I'M
less 1t shall interpose it's stronge arm
the guilty may escape punishment
through the lax administration of the
criminal law. This excuse is a refiec-
ton on the community itself where the
crime has been committed, and the
remedy lies, not in the people them
selves overriding the law, but in the
people upholding and enforcing the
law and in an appeal to their patriot
ism. their good sense, their innate love
of justice and respect for order-qual-
tiles which are seldom invoked in
vain"
Mr.. Hills view is the correct one. A
community which complains of the
courts as an excuse for mob law is one
in which there isn't such a healthy
public sentiment as will compel the
prompt enforcement of the law. The
fault is with the community and not
with the courts. The courts are, as
a rule, in harmony with the public
sentiment of a community.
sition that crimes that cannot be pun
ished except by mob law had better
not be punished at ALL because in the
end 1t would be found that the remedy
was worse than the disease. That this
is true there is no doubt. If the mob
is permitted to rule in the case of one
crime it will soon rule in other crimes;
in fact, it will rule altogether. Law
will give place to violence, and there
will be safety for neither life nor prop
erty. 1--WE cannot" said Mr.. Hill,
permit the government to become a
moboeracy, which acts upon impulse,
feels no restraint and recognizes no
appeal from its hasty prejudgment."
Few of those who excuse mob law
seem to consider the danger there is
in such law. They think only of graft
flying the feeling of vengeance and
perhaps hope that quick execution of
offenders will have the effect of check
ing crime. 1t must be evident to them,
if they give the matter consideration
at ALL that lynchings do not check
crime. 1t seems as if the crimes for
which lynchings are the most common
are committed oftener now than they
were when lynchings We're fewer. They
must know that the lynching spirit
will become stronger if encouraged,
and that finally it will terrorize the
communities where it prevails.
Now and then there is a report of
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24

Too bad that the San Jacinto got
cheated out of her christening because
she broke her cables and slid down
the ways prematurely. She is now
about grown up and doesn't know the
taste of champagne 1t was another
case of the slip 'twixt the cup and the
lin
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24

While Sir Thomas Upton believed
or gamely professed to believe. that
his yacht would beat the Reliance, this
view was not held by all of his crew.
Some of them have said all along that
they had decided. after looking the
Reliance over, that she was the better
boat
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24

What does Sir Thomas want with
the cup, anyway? If he wins it one
day it win mean a headache the next.
That's one of the unfortunate things
about getting too intimate with cups.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24

Twenty-eight per cent. of the mar
riages in Polk county, Iowa, are shown
by the divorce records to be failures
1t would seem that the brides do not
marry the best men"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24

Savannah Jared badly in her efforts
to win a visit from the Governor. 1t
was expected that his Excellency
would visit the recent enuampment of
the First Cavalry but public business
prevented him from appearing. Then
the military hoped that he would at
tend the state shoot OF last week for
at least day. but he did not. Officers
and men would have appreciated his
presence. Business again interfered.
How about a visit this week? The in
terstate shoot Will be on. and he would
be given warm welcome.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24
The Weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
day are for fair and continued warm
weather, with light south winds. East
ern Florida, local showers, with light
to fresh east winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24

Wouldn't our sport-loving President
have enjoyed being along with the
Cox boys when they killed that bear
near Hybert? A 55O-pounder would
have won a Rooseveltian smile and an
ecstatic delighted.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24

Brush up your nautical lore. You
will have to read some of w. Clark
RusselPs stories so as to talk wisely
with your friends about the Reliance
and Shamrock III while Sir Thomas
tries to modest the mug.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24

Horseman and automobilist FLASHED
in New York state when Justice Alton
b. Parker made his complaint against
Chauffeur Bridges. who drove the car
of Mayor Julius Fleischmann of Gin
cinnati. The two might have gone
on forever in their respective spheres
of Democrat and Republican, but it
was too much for the lover of horses
when the exponent of automobiling
ran his machine too swiftly through
the streets of Kingston. Mayer
Fleischmann probably regarded the
$3.50 he had to pay out for damages
resulting from runaways his auto
caused as but an incident of sport.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24
THUNpERBoLT LINE

City Market to Casino via Bolton Street
Junction
Beginning at 5:4h a. M. cars leave City Mar.
ket for Casino at Thunderbo every Is minutes
until II 80 p. IN.
Cars leave Bolton Street Junction Is minutes
after leaving time at City Market.
Beginning at 553 a, m, cars leave Casino at
ThunderDolt every 10 minutes until 1908 mid
night.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24
WEST END LINE HincoIn pa

WEST END LINE (LincOln Park.)
Cur leaves west side Of City Market for Lin
coin Park 500 a.. m. and every 40 minutes
thereafter until II 80 p m.
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Market e:20a. m.
and every 40 minutes thereafter until IL clock
MID irbf
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24
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 At
Ianta- Dowell Pins, Blind Staples
GLACIERS Diamonds, Putty and Points.
Mall orders promptly shipped.
FL. COOLIDGE & BRO,
SAVANNAH. ATLANTA.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24
COLLINsvII.I.EI.INr

IFaIr Grounds and Dale Avenue)
Beginning at 800 a.. m, cars leave Bolton
and OFT streets every Is minutes returning
cars leave Estill avenue and Waters road at
6:07 a. m and every 10 minutes thereafter con.
Meeting with cars on Thunderbolt line, until
1900 O'Clock midnight.
Through cars are operated between Market
and Thunderbolt via Collinsville and Dale
avenue as follows:
Leave Market. Leave Thunderbolt
40 A. M. 80 A. NJ
9 As p. M 730P M
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-24

Sir Thomas wouldn't know how to
look, anyway, If he won the cup. A
more jovial, smiling face than his. as
invariably depicted in the newspapers.
was never seen. His visage would have
an impossible job II IL were called upon
10 express the overpowering Joy that
would undoubtedly be his IL Shamrock
III could only win.