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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10
RIackshear News.

Blackshear, Ga, July 9.-The in.
creased volume of business done by
the Blackshear postoffice has caused
the department to advance the post.
masters salary from SLIGO to 81 200 pei
year.
Work is underway on the new Meth
odst Church. The building will bt
of brick and is of modern design. Ir
addition to the main auditorium there
will be Sunday-school room and 9th.
err conveniences. The estimated cost
of the new structure will be IS, 900. Mr.
T. J. Darling has the work in charge
The work of installing the Bell Tel.
ephone Exchange will begin at once
The exchange will begin business with
about fifty subscribers.
The City Council is continuing the
work of street paving. Blacksheal
now has a number of beautifully paved
streets.
Mr.. ]. w. Bracken of Offerman has
moved his family to Blackshear, anc
will make this his home.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

print some Of them sometimes?" retort-
ed Gilbert.
The reputation of Mary Queen of
Scots having been thoroughly aired in
history and fiction and hung up for
examination this spring, her cousin,
Ellzabeth is to take her turn in new
literary inspection. Mai. Martin
Hume, the author of 1.-The Courtships
of Queen Elizabeth" who is in charge
of the Elizabethan state papers at the
British Museum, has lately unearthed
large number of original documents
which are said to throw new light on
Elizabeth as woman no less than rs
a Queen. These papers will be used as
material for two added chapters of
his book, which Mcclure, Phillips &,
Co. will bring out in a new edition in
this country in the autumn. The first
edition treated the courtships merely
from the political point of view.
While Ella Wheeler Wilcox is more
or less Gin the public eye" as the
saying goes. her husband, who isn't
at all given TO posing, is very much
of a hustler. He has for years been
a travelling man for the Meriden Bri-
tannia Company, says the New York
Commercial His name is Robert Will
cox, and he is a quiet, home-like body
with a mighty prediction for attend
ing to his own business. He is bound
to come more into notice this season,
for it is said up around Short Beach
"a rather attractive and very quiet
shore resort about eight miles west
of New Haven-that he is to take a
vacation of a years duration, the first
few months of which will be spent
at that Connecticut retreat. Mrs. Will
cox calls her place The Bungalow"
though it is a two-storied affair with
only a remote resemblance to bunga-
low. 1t is luxuriously furnished and
quite the biggest" thing along the
shore between Bridgeport and New
London, because of it's unique fea-
lures.
Here the "poetess of passion" has
Markham, the poet of the hoe; cow
boy poets, poets whose rhymes don't
get into print-presumably because
they are too fine for publication and
submission to the eyes of the vulgar
herd-Hindu fakirs OF the fashionable
quasi-religious sort and all sorts of
freak artists and literary folk for
guests at intervals frequent enough to
keep the curiosity of other shore
jewellers constantly excited
At her reception Mrs. Wilcox does
the Greek-goddess act-poses as the
Queen of Flowers, recites. receives
homage. has a good time generally and
particularly in the exploitation of a
new sort of religion of which she is
the presiding goddess and which is
dubbed THE New Thought" It is
occult and non understandable and
weird and socialistic and appeals to
the prevalent spirit of unrest" that
the editorial columns OF Mr.. Hearsts
newspapers are supposed TO voice-for
political purposes, say his enemies and
critics. It's all great fun for Mrs. Will
cox-a heap more for her neighbors,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10
Gridironists ON a Trim.

Washington, July 9.-The Gridiron
Club of this city, many of whose rep
resentatives are now in st. Louis, will
leave there over the Southern Railway
tomorrow morning on the return trip
to Washington. The members will be
personally accompanied by H. B.
Spencer, general manager Of the st.
Louis-Louisville lines, and Assistant
General Passenger Agent G. b. Allen,
from st. Louis to Louisville; by S. H.
Hardwick, the passenger traffic man.
ager, who will make the entire trip,
and by w. II. Tayloe, the general pas
senger agent, who will go part of the
way. The party will be taken to the
Sapphire region of North Carolina, go
ing by special train from Knoxville to
Lake Toxaway. where they will spend
two DAYS.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10
BOOK REVIEWS
and
LITERARY NOTES

The Confessions of Club Woman. By
Agnes Surbridge. Cloth; PIP. 241. IL
lustrated by A. I. Keller. New York
Doubleday. Page & Co. Price $3.50.
The story is dedicated to that prod
uct of modern conditions, wherein are
commingled all the virtues and some
of the faults of her sex, the Club Wom-
an 1t is an entertaining, readable,
well-told story. 1t recounts how a girl
from a little Western town married a
chicago grocer and began life in "a
city tenement; how she first came into
contact with club-life. the growth of
her social ambitions with her hus-
bands financial rise. and the deadlock
caused by the conflict of her club in
terests with her married life The
human interest element is strong. Each
reader will imagine he knows the tvpes
that are described
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10
PASSED BILL RAISING
THE JUDGES SALARY.
But Revoked the Action Because of
TechnicaIity.

But Revoked the Action Because of
Technically.
Atlanta, July 9.-The House was in
session but an hour and a half to-day
and transacted no business except the
passage of a number of local bills and
the introduction of few bills of minor
Importance.
Several bills were passed amending
laws in regard to city courts. Among
these was a bill from the Chatham
delegation, increasing the salary of
Judge Thomas NJ. Norwood of the City
Court of Savannah from SO, 900 to $1,000
a wear.
Mr.. Fielder of Bibb called attention
to the fact that the regular order of
business as determined upon by the.
House yesterday was that only local
bills would be put on their passage to-
day, and as these City Court bills were
general bills, the point might be raised
and they would not stand the test of
the courts.
Mr.. Harden of Chatham and Mr.
Jones of Dougherty had their city
Court bills tabled. but two or three
others were permitted to stand as
passed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

who hold government positions know
nothing of really hard work when they
labor only from In the morning to
4:3O p m, with months vacation,
with pay, in the summer time and an
allowance of one month during the
course of the year in which to remain
at home on account of illness. But
this is said by those who never tried
1t. During those hours the clerks sit
or stand at machines putting out heat
and fumes and impurities. They do
not have actually to touch the ma
chimes, but they cannot keep out Of
contact with the printers ink and
grease that is all around them, and
the atmosphere of heat is intensified
by a row of gas stoves between the
machines. The freshest girl is war
ranted to fade here quickly and be-
come a haggard old woman before her
time.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10
LITERARY NOTES.

There are two things the literary art
list craves-praise and money. OF the
latter it is interesting to speak, says
Harper's Weekly, because the matter
Oh money-making is changing the whole
course of literature, and a few great
fortunes made have beckoned all sorts
oil stragglers, halt and crippled, into
the neld. In view of the fortunes made
oy Hall Game and Marie Corelli. it is
wholesome to reflect upon the twenty
nVe dollars that Milton got for Para
disc Lost" Shelley never made any,
thlhg out of his poetry; Browning for
1MeIIy years and over paid to get his
"VIh printed; the greatest of English
HoNellsts earns his livelihood by read
nIs Tor publishers, and although we
HaNe no data, it would be safe to guess
Lndl Mr.. Swinburne could not support
ee!llselt by his poetry. To sum up, in
SleVensons words again: What you
nay uecently expect, if you have some
zen, .aIenI and much industry, is such an
l-ooiIle as clerk will earn with a tenth
Gus output"
w. s. Gilbert and the editor of
"a I,unch, Sir F. c. Burnand, are not be-
HeNeu 10 be on very good terms, owing
70 little polite dinner conversation in
wnlch they engaged many years ago,
Mhen both were younger. ''I suppose.
.ue author Of Bah Ballads" is alleged
20 20 nave said to the editor of Punch,
lnaI you get some capital jokes sent
70 YOU? "Oh. yes" replied Burnand.
conscious. however. that he had re-
!eCIea some of Mr.. Gilbert's contribu-
'iols' lots" Then why don't you
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10
NEGRO WAS LYNCHED
FOR INSULTING WOMEN.

Columbus, Miss, July "a negro
man, name unknown, has been lynch
ed at Gordo, Ala, for making insult
ing proposals to two white women.
The negro was taken from the Jail at
Gordo by mob and hanged.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10
Cyclone in Lowndes County.

Valdosta, Ga, July "A cyclone is
reported to have struck the Sims dis
trict yesterday. 1t spent most of its
force in the air. but was accompanied
by the great roaring noise. It dipped
down on NJ. Popes place and literally
stripped his cotton patch for a short
distance, blew down his fences and cut
a swath through the woods near his
house leaving hardly stump standing
The storm covered a path about $50
yards wide, and not over half a mile
lOf1U
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

most of whom are wonderfully sane
and hard-headed.
How Robert Wilcox, commercial
traveller and business man, is going
TO mt into that sort of a thing is a
mystery to business men. The pair
get on most famously now as a model
family party, but the prophets are pre-
dieting less of the esoteric and flap
doodle philosophic business this sum
mer and more home life than THE
Bungalow" has ever known
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10
WASHINGTONS SOCIAL SET
OFF FOR THE SUMMER
The White House and Capital Deserted Society
at StandStiI

washington. July with the de-
,arture of the President for Oyster
nv that suburb of New York be-
.o,,as TO all intents and purposes the
GUNNER capital of the United States.
Tho White House is now practically
asserted and even the visits of royalty.
which this season are so numerous in
washington as to be almost unno-
iced. will not cause a ripple N the
ration's house.
The President was accompanied from
+ha capital only by his secretary, Mrs.
roosevelt. and the other members of
his family having gone some time be-
fore him to their summer home. Miss
Alice Roosevelt, who remained at the
White House after the departure of
ber step-mother, is just now at Man
hester. Mass, the guest of friends.
She was present at the Harvard ale
rara and will make a series of visits
along the New England coast where
her invitations extend from Boston to
R9r Harbor At Manchester, she took
her host and hostess for a lively spin
along the shore road behind a spirited
nair Of black horses. She was gowned
wore no hat On the same evening
at a dinner given in her honor, she
wore q very fluffy gown of white chif-
fon with decollete bodice, and car
ried a bunch of white roses. Enter
tainments are planned for this favor
cd young lady's entertainment morn
ing noon and night, and her gowns
are setting the fashion.
The Cabinet Families.
Mrs. Hay, wife of the Secretary of
State did not accompany Mr.. Hay on
his Western trip. She will leave
Washington the latter part of this
week for their summer home on Lake
Sunapee. The Secretary of the Interior
and Mrs. Hitchcock, who for years
have been leaders of the social colony
at Dublin. will also leave this week
for that resort. Mrs. Shaw, having
Just returned from a Western visit,
IS content to remain at her home in
this city as long as the weather makes
Washington life tolerable.
Mrs Taft, wife of the Secretary of
War, left a few days ago for Muir
ray Bay, Canada, where she and her
three children will remain throughout
the summer. Miss Wilson, daughter
Of the Secretary of Agriculture, is
spending Une month IN Colorado, the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas F.
Walsh. They are going about the
country in automobiles, climbing
mountains at Colorado Springs and en-
joying themselves at the top of their
bent. The two new additions to the
cabinet circle, Mrs. Victor Metcalf and
Mrs. Paul Morton, will not join their
respective husbands here until autumn,
except, perhaps, for brief visits
The family of the new Secretary of
the Navy consists of his wife, their
married daughter, Mrs. William Chap
man Potter of Chicago, and Miss Paul
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

Richmond. Va, July 9.--Judge Grim
nan OF the Chancery Court here to-day
entered a decree 10 the case OF the state
Council Junior order American Me-
chanics against the National Council.
IN which the State Council is recog-
nized as the body entitled to the use
OF the name In this state.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

A sort Of cup was formed by the re-
mainder of the cigars, and in the re-
cess lay the diamond packed around
with cotton. / took out the diamond.
replaced the cigar ends and the decep-
ton was again complete"
where Is the diamond?' I asked.
1T is now in the hands of the Brit
ish minister"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10
Hospital for Rome.

Rome. Ga, July "a large number
OF citizens met this morning 10 elect
officers and arrange for establishing a
hospital in Rome. Mr.. ]. N King
promised to give $500 to the hospital IL
ten others would do likewise. II is ex-
pected to raise 10000 for the institu-
tiOn
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

Bailey, Ga, July 9.-The Confederate
Veterans and the Daughters of the
Confederacy held a meeting here to-
day and were addressed by Hon. r.
B. Russell. Probably 1900 persons
were present and listened attentively
to the able address of Judge Russell.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10
Cnmmissnry nurned.

Rome. Ca. July 9.-The commissary
of the Rome Brick Company. near the
city, was destroyed by fire to-day. The
loss will amount TO several thousand
dollars, which Is covered by insurance.
The origin Of the fire is not known.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

Ocilla. Fla, July 9.-The sawmill and
public ginnery of d. J. Hogan, eight
miles from this place, was destroyed
by fire this morning at o'clock. The
loss is estimated at about $1,000 above
the insurance. II originated from the
furnace of a boiler.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10
$3.50
$3.50
ID. o.. md Rcfnrn

Washington, ID. O., and Return
via seabosrd Air Line Railway. Tick
cts on sale daily Limited for return
until oct. g. Call at No. 7 Bull street
Tor full information or phone 2s-ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10
Cromnrtie Dangerously III.

Baxley. Ca, July 9.-Hon. John A.
cromartie, representative Of this coun-
Nv. Is dangerously i'll at his home in
Hazlehurst.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10
Postage Stamp Making.

1t takes two days to produce the
plate from which an ordinary postage
stamp is printed. Unless you have a
special permit you cannot be shown
that most interesting part of the bu-
reau. All this work is done by skill
ed artisans. AS a general thing, three
engravers have worked on the pattern
that makes the decoration of the fin
ished stamp. At this stage of its man
ufacture the stamp is called a die The
process by which this die is transform
ed to a plate of metal on which it is
stamped 400 times, and from which the
sheet of stamps is printed. is a matter
not for the comprehension of the I'M
scientific man. / cannot tell you any
thing about it. except that this trans
formation occurs. and that it requires
two days work. No employe becomes
proficient in the complete manufacture
of stamp, and thus he cannot work
over time at home making stamps for
his own use, or for a little private in
dustry of his own.
When the plates are taken from the
engravers, the real work of printing
the stamps begins. 1t takes one in
animate and three human machines to
operate four of these plates. A woman
is feeder. She takes the plate that has
been carefully polished by a man, who
STANDS at ner lett, ana lays InlS over
the specially-prepared paper upon
which the stamps are to be printed
She pushes the plate under the roller
that, by it's pressure, transfers the pat
tern of the stamp on the plate to the
paper. She is then ready for the Sec
ond plate. The girl directly opposite
her. who can sit down at her work,
takes the sheet of stamps from the
plate and pushes the latter under an
other roller of the machine. where IL
is re-inked for another impression. This
work goes on from in the morning
until in the afternoon. In room
above the sheets of stamps receive their
coating of glue. There are eight cleo
trio machines to do this work, and
each of them requires the assistance
of three women.
Work in 100 Degrees Temperature.
On an ordinary summer day the at
mosphere OF this room is 100 degrees
Fahrenheit. There are other women
assistants in this drying room, one
who takes the sheets from the ma
chine, and another who makes a neat
pile of them. At a table in one cor
ner sit the counters, who inspect all
work before 1t is allowed TO go into
the next room where II is perforated.
Each machine in the perforating room
requires two women for It's operation.
The number of stamps sent out daily
from this bureau is 100000.
1t is sometimes said that the women
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

Inc Morton, who recently graduated
from a Hyde Park seminary and will
be debutante of next season at the
capital. Mr.. and Mrs. Morton lost
their only son a year or two ago. The
eldest daughter, who married shortly
after her debut three years ago, will
probably spend much time here with
her parents. Mrs. Paul Morton was
Miss Charlotte Goodridge. daughter of
wealthy Chicago family. She has
all the social graces. and dresses with
great taste and style and looks so
young that mother and daughters are
often taken for sisters.
Mrs. Metcalf is we'll known in Wash
1ngton society, having spent each sea-
son here with her husband during all
his congressional career. She also is
young and handsome woman. fond
OF society, and being without any
family cares will be a distinct acquisi-
ton to the rather strenuous life, So
cially considered, of the cabinet cir
Gle.
Mrs. Cleveland in Massachusetts.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland and her chill
dren are at their new place near Sand
Wien Mass, where they will be Joined
IN the next few days by the EXPIRES
ldent, who is now cruising in New
england waters with Commodore E.
Z. Benedict. Those who know Mrs
Cleveland best say she has changed
greatly since the death of her eldest
daughter. Ruth
Admiral and Mrs. Dewey have gone
TO their summer quarters at Manhat-
tan Beach. Justice and Mrs. Brown
are greatly enjoying their honeymoon
stay at Atlantic City, where they take
part daily in the boardwalk prone
made.
Representative and Mrs. William r
Hearst have given up the house on
Lafayette Square, near the White
House, which they occupied through
the spring and early summer. and
nave gone to Manhattan Beach, where
Mrs. Hearst has as her guest for the
season her mother and sister. Mrs
John A. Logan has left Washington
for an extensive Western trip. She
will be the guest of her son-in-law
and daughter, Maj. and Mrs Tucker
for the greater part of the summer.
The British Ambassadors Daughter.
The following account of the British
ambassadors daughter comes to us
from the summer place where she is
staying with her parent: Miss Du
rand lives out of doors a great deal
and is so typical of the American girl
IN her habits and demeanor that her
free and unassuming ways have often
been remarked. She displays exuui-
sitely simple tastes in dress. and while
her leadership in her set in Washing
ton society next season is a matter of
course. it may be said that she is more
fond of open air than of the ballroom.
AS a horsewoman she excels. and rid
ing is an everyday diversion. She is
also an enthusiastic pedestrian, and
takes frequent long walks about the
paths of Lennox in the early morn
ing"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10
WOMEN MAKE
UNCLE SANS MONEY
WHERE AND HOW 1T is DONE.
1900 IN THE BUREAU OF ENGRAV-
ING AND PRINTING.

Making Paper Money and Postage
Stamps-It Takes Thirty Days to
Make a silver Dollar Bill ana
Forty Days to Make n Gold One.
15.OOO.OOO Stamps Sent Out Daily
from the Bureau.
Washington. July 9.-Women are
famous the world over for the ability
to spend money; but did you know
that all of Uncle Samuel's paper mon
ey. as we'll as his stamps, are made by
women? The government and the
banks, an even the postoffices, would
find themselves in a hole, for a time
at least, if all the women in the Blu
reau of Engraving and Printing should
drop dead all at once. That shop
would have to close up for the time
being. You can't even go over there
and look around without a woman to
show you.
All the guides to the bureau for the
benefit of tourists (and there are seven
of them), are women, young and good
looking at that. Should you happen
to go over to the big brick building
which doesn't make thing but money
and stamps all the year around, be
sure to go on Saturday. That is the
accepted day for tourists and visitors
in general-just why nobody knows
And how people do visit there! Three
thousand a week said a guide. That's
500 a day, or one a minute for every
working hour of the day. Not so many
years ago three decrepit old men We're
the guides. Now the seven women
give far greater satisfaction to the
constant stream of callers. They eX-
plain to you all about how American
money is printed on the back and then
put in cold storage, so to speak, where
it goes through a drying process; then
sorted and the imperfect sheets thrown
out; then printed on the face, and
then perforated and put in packages
to be sent to the Treasury for the
government seal. They tell you how
useless it would be for anyone to try
to rob the wagon containing the money
in its journey to and fro. In the first
place, because six guards always &C
company it, and in the second place
because the money at this stage of
the manufacture is no good anyway.
They tell you that it is seven days
after bill is printed on it's back be-
fore it is printed on the face.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10
How Long 1t Takes to Make 81.

It takes thirty days to make a sill
yer dollar bill and forty to make a
gold one. The gold one is printed three
times, twice on one side, because it
has to have the word gold" and a
little splotch of gold on this side be-
fore the face can be printed. Then
the guide leads you to see the framed
dollar bills fastened to one of the walls
in the hall. and calls special atten-
ton to the gold certificate. And then
she gracefully leads the way back to
the front door and says adieu, and you
find yourself outside before you know
it. 1t is all over in ten minutes, but
you have learned enough to keep you
thinking some time. OF the 5000 en-
ployes in the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, more than half are women.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10
THE ADVENTURES OF
THE QUEENS MESSENGER

Continued from Page Twenty-three.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-05-25

Results of Red Iron Racket'S
Lower Prices for same mer-
chandise outweighs other Poo
pies Promises.