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The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-11
ron Observation-Disclosures.

FOR SALE. 1 HAVE FOR SALE
at your price anything found An
hotel Or restaurant line. Goods on stor-
age and must be sold, complete suits.
with moss mattress in first class order.
toilet sets. large range complete, cane
seat solid oak chairs, rockers and
straight back. bedding of all kinds.
Wandells, 209 Jefferson street.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-11

WILENSKY, JEWELER AND 0P-
tician, is selling at reduced prices at
his opening sale, 244 Broughton, west.
Bring your repairing along; satisfac-
ton guaranteed.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-11

WATCHES, CLOCKS AND LADIES
stick pins, brooches. necklaces, rings.
hair pins and all kinds of jewelry at
j. & c. N. Thomas, corner State and
Whitaker
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-11

GIVE US A TRIAL IF YOU NEED
any repairs on your boiler or machin-
cry of any kind. Mingledorff & Co.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-11

ONE-POUND BOX FINE AsSORT-
ed candies or chocolates, Csc, at Het-
terichs 10 State street.. west
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-11

CHINA MATTINGS. 12hc, 15c, 19c,
25c per yard and up; private patterns
I'm fancy Japanese carpet weave; brass
rods, 10c; white enamel poles, 10c; rugs
of every kind and size: come and see
us. Miller's, 207 Broughton street,
west.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-11

So CENTS PER PAIR, MUSLIN
curtains at Millers; better ones at CSC,
$1.45 and $1.75 per pair; rufled net
curtains, $1.75 per pair up to SO 90;
couch covers, $1.5O to Sc co. portieres,
$3.50 per pair, up to $12; table covers
and upholstery goods. 207 Broughton
street, west.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-11

YOU CAN'T DO BETTER THAN
to buy a ball bearing New Home"
sewing machine. 119 Whitaker, corner
State street. A. ]. PurseY. agent
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-11
wANTEp-MIsCELLAYEoUs.-

WANTED, BIDS ON DRIVING $50
to 300 60-foot piles. Apply 4O2 Bay
street east CITY
The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-11

KIMBALL'S ANTI-RHEUMATIC
ring is giving relief to the many that
use them. Why continue to suffer
when so simple a remedy can be got
ten? ]. Gardner, Agent, Is Broughton
street, east.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-23

! In 1877. when he was twenty-five, the
Democrats of Ulster county nominated
! him for surrogate of the county. He
was elected for six year term and in
| 1883 was reelected.
| In 1854 he was a delegate to the
| convention 1T Chicago that nominated
Grover Cleveland for president, and he
/ helped to pull the candidate through
| in the hotly contested campaign Of
that year. Cleveland was elected. and
in January he turned over to Lieuten-
ant Governor Hill the uncompIeted
| term OF office he was obliged to sur
render to become president.
Governor Hill was nominated in the
| fall The Democratic party was worn
out with the efforts it had made in
the preceding year. its money was ex-
hauSted. and its stock of patience was
growing small.
Hill was urged to select this or that
man TO take charge of his interests in
the conduct of the campaign. He. too,
had come to know Parker very we'll,
and he had q clear conviction of his
superior fitness for the difficult posi-
ton 10 be occupied He sent to King
ston for Parker, who not only over
came the apathy OF his party and dis
regarded the disadvantage of an
empty cash box. but overcame all the
advantages supposed to be enjoyed
by the Republicans and saw his candi-
date victorious by 1000 plurality in
the state in which Cleveland had with
difficulty secured about 100 the year
before.
During the campaign Supreme Court
Justice Theodore X. Westbrook died.
Governor Hill was urged to ill the va
cancy at once. After the election"
was his answer to all pressure. When
the election was over he announced the
appointment of Alton Il. Parker to the
judgeship.
In June, 1889, was created the second
division of the court of appeals to ac
celerate the work of the highest court.
Judge Parker was designated by Gov
ernor Hill TO sit with this new court.
He was only thIrty-seven years of age,
the youngest of all judges of the court
of appeals. He sat in this court until
1893, when, upon its dissolution. he
was appointed by Governor Flower,
urged thereto by many judges. to be
member of the general term of the
supreme court of the First district.
Here he remained until the creation of
the appellate division of the supreme
court. when he resumed the trial terms
in his own district In 1897 he was
nominated to be chief justice of the
court of appeals and was elected by
plurality of GO.SS9.
That not every one, however, re-
CARDS Judge Parker as a Delphic oracle
is shown by the following anecdOte:
4 very able New York attorney who
was quite deaf and very sensitive
was arguing n case before the New
York court of appeals. He dwelt at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-23

Virginia house of delegates. He was
delegate from West Virginia to the
| Democratic national conventions Of
| 1868 and 1872. while in 1861 he was
| elected to the legislature of his state
as a Union Democrat, being reelected
two years later. In 1871 he was made
| United States senator to succeed w. I.
Wiley, Republican, he being the first
Democratic member of that body from
the then young state of West Virginia.
At the expiration of his term he was
reelected After serving twelve years
| in the senate he declined further po-
litical honors. preferrinG to devote his
entire time to his rapidly increasing
| business affairs.
Early in his public career he assumed
an unCQuivocal position on financial
questions from which he has never de-
| parted. Almost at the beginning of
| his legislative service he was confront
| ed with the issue of the responsibility
of West Virginia for Il portion of the
| debt of the Old Dominion. Despite the
advice of friends who considered mo-
mentary popularity rather than justice,
he took n bold stand in favor of his
! states meeting her just proportion Of
the debt of the mother state, when that
| equitable proportion could be ascer-
tanned. BY reason of his determination
he made a profound impression upon
all his associates.
Until recently Mr.. Davis was presi-
dent of the West Virginia. Central and
Pittsburg railroad, which he projected,
and also of the Piedmont and Cumber-
land railroad. He was one of the dele
gates TO the pan-American congress
and was n member of the United States
intercontinentaI railway commission.
Today he is known as one of West Vir-
ginia's Big Four" and had the boom
IF Senator German materialiZed he was
TO have managed it.
In 1888 he married Miss Kate A.
Bantz, 4 daughter of Judge Gideon
Bantz Of Frederick. Md. He has two
sons. John T. Davis and Henry q. Da-
Wis. Jr., and three daughters, Mrs Ste
phcn p. Elkins, Mrs. r. NJ. G. Brown,
wife of Lieutenant Commander Brown,
I. :. ", and Mrs. Arthur Lee. Mr..
Davis wife died two years ago. He
has a beautiful villa at Deer Park, Md,
where he passes the summer months,
but his home as Il voter is at Elkins,
W. Va, where his residence adjOins
that Of United States Senator Stephen
Il. Elkins, his son-in-law. The people
Of Elkins are very fond Of ex-senator
Davis. who has done very much for
that town. He built the Davis Memo
rial hospital at a cost Of nearly $780,
900 in memory Of his son, who was
drowned while cruising on the African
coast. With Senator Elkins he has
founded the Davis and Elkins college,
a Presbyterian institution at Elkins
that soon will be dedicated He was
also instrumental in the erection of the
Davis Memorial Presbyterian church
ar Flkins
Ex-senator Davis, though in his
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-23

road in the United States. He was
soon advanced to the position of con-
ductor and was then the only railroad
conductor in the country. An anus
ing story illustrative Of the grip of ear
lly associations on a retentive nature
used to be told of him in Washington.
1T is said that we'll toward morning of
a wearisome all night session of the
senate Senator Davis was asleep, his
head resting upon his desk. Senator
Edmunds had provoked Judge Thur
man to a speech, and by introduction
the Judge unfurled his red bandanna
and blew n blast of more than usual
power Mr.. Davis may have been
dreaming of his old railroad days. At
any rate. he sprang to his feet in a
half dazed condition and, catching
sight of the red fiag-the old signal of
danger-and seeming to imagine that
he had heard a shrek of alarm from
the open throttle of locomotive call
ing for Down brakes" seized his
desk and with the brakeman's quick
twist wrenched it from the floor.
1t was while serving as Il conductor
that Mr.. Davis met and formed the
acquaintance of Henry Clay, who was
a passenger upon Mr.. Davis train
while going from his Kentucky home
to the capital and returning. Clay
would board the train in Baltimore ana
leave it at its western terminus and
make the journey over the mountains
into Kentucky III the old fashioned
stagecoach. Mr.. Davis got his first
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-23
A Stanley Story.

Stanley used to relate the following
funny story: One day while he was
conversing with a friendly tribe during
his travels one of the chiefs present
inquired how many wives he pos
sessed- Upon Stanley replying that he
had none, all those present stood up
like one man and unanimously ex-
claimed, What splendid liar"' They
intensely admired the apparent calm
ness with which he had. as they
thought, tried to pass off on them a
wondrous travellers tale.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-23

| length upon a fundamental law princi-
pie. Finally Judge Parker interrupted.
1t would seem. Brother -, that
you infer that this court is not well
versed In this elementary law point
Now, the attorney didn't catch what
was said, but he made ii rule to
agree always with what the court said;
so, smiling and bowling, he said:
Precisely. your honor; precisely. You
have stated the proposition correctly"
The court laughed, Judge Parker
smiled, and the lawyer continued his
argument.
Nonconspicuous in the public eye
has been Mrs. Mary d. Parker, the
wife of Judge Parker. This * because
she has led an unusually quiet life.
Mrs. Parker was born at Accord. in
the township of Rochester, in Ulster
county. and is a daughter OF the late
Moses l. SchOonmaker. Her early Lie
was passed upon the farm upon which
she was born. Her Girlhood was pass
ed at Accord. and was much the same
as that of most American girls reared
| in the country She continued 10 re-
side at Accord until her marriage to
Judge Parker.
Since then Mrs. Parker has spent her
time between Albany and Esopus. with
frequent visits TO Kingston. the home
of her daughter. Bertha Parker Hall.
wife OF the rector of the Mission
Church of the Holy Cross.
The Schoonmakers. from whom she
is descended. were among the early
| Dutch settlers Of New York state. and
the good Dutch vrouws would look
with pride upon so worthy descend
ant ana daughter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-23
Alton Brooks Parker Career n t2s 2sTe o

crops. the cattle. sheep. pigs. chickens.
turkeys or ducks. Whether in the
peach or apple orchard. in the COW
pasture. barn or sty. he is the master
Of all in knowledge as well as in
energy. He will ply his pitchfork or
put his shoulder under n heavy load
with the best of them. and il is a good
man who can keep up with him. He
drives his family to the church of his
sOn-in-law. Rev. Charles Mercer Hall,
at Kingston, every Sunday and sings
so heartily that strangers in the con
gregation are apt to turn their heads.
Nor does he forget to have his do
nestle servants who are Roman Cath
olics driven to their own church regu-
larry.
The judge IS vestryman in the
Kingston church. and. although a man
OF very moderate means. he is prob
ably the wealthiest man in the CON
gregation. He is the practical pillar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-23

ever, his practical skill, courage and
energy overcame all difficulties.
Piedmont was the center of the Cum
berland bituminous coal region. The
present great coal fields of that part of
the country We're then undeveloped,
and Davis perceived that that section
was one of immense industrial prom
ise The firm of Davis & Bros. en-
gagged in the shipping Of coal and
lumber for the producers, and its bust
ness grew rapidly.
In 1860 Henry G. Davis organized
the Piedmont Savings bank and be
came its president. This bank was sup
planted by the National Bank of Pied
mont. of which Mr.. Davis is also the
guiding spirit. He and his brothers
whose possessions were originally in
significant, have since been able, To
count their capital by millions, while
their landed estate at one time approx
mated 100000 acres.
Before the war Mr.. Davis was q
Wing. while after its close he allied
himself with the conservative wing OF
the Democratic party.
He made his entry into politics in
1865, when he was elected to the West
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-23
Why EnEIishmen Like Punch.

Mr. Sydney Brooks. writing in Har-
per's Weekly, gives some Of the rea-
sons why Punch has so strong a hold
on the affections of the British public
and why it fails to appeal to Ameri-
cans The great virtue of Punch, he
says, is its seriousness, in which opin-
ion there will be many on this side
Of the water to agree with him. The
great fault of the American comic
papers, it appears, is that they are not
serious enough. They are always max
ing jokes Punch, on the other hand.
evades these mistakes, because it is
really not a humorous, but critical
journal The American comic paper is
like the professional funny man at 4
party. You listen and laugh for a
while and then you want to murder
him"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-23
Halter OF SPARROWS.
Indiana Apiarist's Warfare on the
British Bird.

Evan E Edwards Il prosperous
farmer and apiarist, living in the sub
urbs of Alexandria, Ind. is waging
warfare against the English sparrow,
and he never loses an opportunity to
kill the birds, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean. He makes it point to talk
death to the sparrow at every agri-
cultural meeting.
His hatred of the sparrow is deep
seated, and he is seeking Il deputyship
as game warden that he may protect
other birds and eXterminatc the spar
rows. Every red headed wOodpecker
is worth 500 to the farmer with whom
it summers says NJ. Edwards.
Robins are the farmers friends, and
with the bluebirds are particular suf-
ferers from the English pest.
Il had q family of bluebirds sum-
mer with me for years. but now there
is Il peStiferouS sparrow, living 100
yards away, which, every day after
the bluebirdS come back this year, led
4 host of sparrowS and assaulted the
former. After driving out the male
these foreigners disposscssed the fe-
male. and 1 reached the scene only to
find the disconsolate bluebirds grievinS
over a nest of picked eggs. which the
sparrOws had destroyed. The spa rrOws
are the only birds in the world which
will not tolerate another feathered
companion. even in a wide area. They
are killing off and driving away the
common birds. and fruits, vegetables.
everything, i'll fact, in the in
sect burdened limbs bears witness to
the Intolerance of the sparrow.
Tell everybody to kill every sparrow
he can, and mayhap VIZ can get a
bounty on their heads after awhile.
Certainly in Madison comfy it would
be money well spent"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-23

wilderness is a feature that does more
to denote advanced age than any
other.
The whole bearing Of the man de-
notes an alert, vigorous interest in life
and the matters that appeal to him for
action.
His daughter, Mrs. Stephen B.
Elkins, IS one of Washington's noted
entertainers, and her gracious woman
Illness has won her many friends.
Ex-senator Davis Is but one Of many
vigorous old men who are still active
in public life. Here is list Of some
of the prominent old men who are still
active and hale like Mr. Davis:
Ex-Speaker Galusha Grow Of Penn
sylvania, so; ex-Vice President Levi +.
Morton, 80; Senator John 7. Morgan Of
Alabama, 80; Senator George +. Hoar
of Massachusetts, II; ex-Secretary
Boutwell,, Sc; Senator Edmund W. Pet
tus Of Alabama, 50; Senator William +.
Frye of Maine, ~.
Russell Sage, capitalist, at the age OF
eighty-seyen IS still active in Wall
street, and Charles Haynes HasweIl
works every day as civil, marine and
mechanical engineer in New York, al
though he is in his ninety sixth yeaZ.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-23

Of the church and takes an active in
tereSt in its charities. its cooking and
sewing and dancing schools. its phys
ical culture class and its basket ball
games for boys. He is also con-
tributor to the funds of the local or
phan asylum and is one of the man
! ayers of the Kingston City hospital.
His neighborly usefulness is to he
| seen on all sides. He is even the
| freight agent of a steamboat company,
so that the little private dock on his
| farm may be used for the convenience
of the community.
He IS confirmed magazine reader.
! He seldom reads poetry. but is fond Of
good novels Mrs. Parker is always on
the alert for new story for her hard
working husband. But his natural
taste is for Dickens. Thackeray and
Scott. He delights in the vigorous out
of door atmosphere of The Scottish
Chiefs" jefferson is his favorite po-
litical writer. Any book or article on
agriculture or cattle breeding is sure
To interest him.
After he has spent morning work
ing on his judicial opinions-hours Of
grave Nbllttllllsll4bLls " AlIll III pAlt II
permitted to interrupt his Quiet-and
when he is waiting for lunch his sec
rotary. Arthur McCausland. will sit
ut the piano while the judge in n
sweet tenor voice sings old fashioned
ballads or hymns, Il Feel Just as
Young as 1 Used to Be" only an
Armor Bearer" Hold the Fort" and
so on.
Judge Parker was born May II. 1852.
at Cortland. y. Y, and was the son Of
farmer. Two hundred years ago his
ancestors had come from England and
settled in New England. From genera
ton to generation they We're OF the
hardy farmer class. and they drew their
love of country from the soil TO which
they had been transplanted. Judge
Parker's Creat-Grandfather was SOL
der in the ranks of Washington's
army.
As early as he could do so young
Parker attended school at Cortland
academy and later got out Of the Cort-
land Normal school all the equipment
for life that IL could give him. His
parents We're not able to send him to
college or even to take care of him
while he was trying TO find a foothold.
At sixteen he became a country school
teacher.
Reluctantly he was obliged to give
mp the hope OF n college training for
his profession and 20 think of the old
fashioned approach to the bar through
the office of a preceptor. Having sur
rendered one cherished ambition. but
not his chosen profession. lie was adj
mitted 10 the Office of SHOEMAKER
X Hardenbergh of Kingston as n stu
dent OF law. Working his way, he
was ut last enabled TO enter the law
school at Albany, EraYitatinC between
the Office OF his preceptors at King
ston and the law school, according TO
season and necessity. In 1872 he was
graduated. and soon after the sign of
Parker & Kenyon was hung out at
Kingston.
He speedily demonstrated decided
ability for political management
J From the start he was q Democrat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-23

"Out Of doors" man. He keeps his mus
Giles hard and his mind clear and keen
by much exercise in the open air horse
back riding, driving and walking and
farm work.
He is alert and energetic in his APP
pearance. movements and speech. His
manner in association with friends is
affable and kindly and without the self
assertivencss of the judge.
His conversational habit is to be di-
rect and frank and scrupulOusly care
full In his choice of expressions. Usu-
ally when his opinion is asked on any
subject his reply Is instantly ready.
Judge Parker is one of the best eX-
amples OF self made man in the
United States today. Born poor. he
has built up Il small fortune that am
ply provides for his needs. and above
that he appears 10 have no further am
billion in n monetary way. His three
farms, one Mt Cortland, another at Ac-
cord and the third M Esopus. complete
his land possessions. and in all his
wealth is estimated ut not more than
$4,000.
Saving and good judgment have
brought to him what he has and not
any stroke of good fortune.
RosemOnt, the judges house at
Esopus. is n modest but comfortable
wooden structure. standing on the
stone foundations Of n Dutch house Of
colonial times. IL is set on the side OF
n hill among shade trees and fronts
the river. II is the abode Of hospital
ity and refinement. the typical home
OF an American gentleman. The pic
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-23
r ENRY GAsSAwAY DAVIS. the

Democratic vice presidential
nominee, is n man with more
than an ordinary business and
political career. In West Virginia and
nearby states he long has been regard
ed as Il financial giant, and his pOliti-
cal life has been characterized by con-
servatism and sagacity.
His nomination at st. Louis cOnfers
upon him the peculiar distinction of
being the oldest candidate ever select
ed for the Office, Mr.. Davis having
been born in Woodstock, Md, on Nov.
16 1923. His father was Caleb Da-
Wis, a successful Baltimore merchant,
who died a few years after the sons
birth. and his mother was Miss Lou
Use Brown. whose sister was the moth
er of Senator German of Maryland.
Like Judge Parker. Mr.. Davis spent
his early days on a farm. He received
his education in a village school and
at the age of twenty entered the en-
ploy Of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road as a brakeman. This was the
first railroad built in America, and Mr..
Davis has the distinction of having
been the first brakeman on any rail-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-23

taste for politics from Henry Clay in
his conversations with that great
statesman during these trips over the
baltimore and Ohio. and he cast his
first ballot for Clay for president
Later he became station agent at
Piedmont. Having served with the
railroad company for fourteen years,
he turned his attention TO commercial
pursuits and established the firm Of
Davis & Bros. at Piedmont.
Socially he always was difhdent, even
backward at times. but when called
upon he never failed to declare his
convictions. In his railroad life, how
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-23
THE CANDIDATE IN BRIEF.

Henry G. Davis is eighty years
old.
Left an orphan at an early age.
began his career as superintendent
of a plantation.
Became brakeman on the Balu-
more and Ohio at twenty and
later was promoted to conductor.
At thirty he was supervisor Of
trains.
Invested in coal lands and laid
foundation of immense fortune.
Founded the West Virginia towns
Of Davis and Elkins.
Was a Cnionist during the war
Elected TO lower branch Of Vest
Virginia legislature as Union-Con-
servative 1865 and TO the senate two
years later.
Elected United States senator in
1871 and served until Iss2.
Has been delegate TO six national
conventions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-23
LION BROOKS PARKER.

IA Democratic candidate for pres
Il u ident. is fifty-twO years old. six
years older than Theodore Roose-
Eelt and nearly ten years older than
was his rival when he assumed the
presidential authority
He is just a little under six feet in
height
He is broad shOuldered. deep chested
and weighs 1876 pounds
His cheeks are ruddy, and his hazel
brown eyes sparkle with the glow of
health.
His hair. which is thin on the top
and sprinkled with gray on the sides.
is OF an unusual but attractive shade
Of red, characteristic Of other members
of the Parker family
His mustache, which is usually worn
close trimmed, is a shade darker than
his hair.
Like President Roosevelt, he is an
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-23
SnrR GIUn

Watts-Tebson must be awfully
afraid OF his wife. He is always tell
ing us how she will give him fits if he
doesn't hurry home. Potts-Thats the
best sign in the world that he is not
afraid of her at all The man who is
bossed by his wife never says a vord
about it.