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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-16
CAROLINA LEGISLATION.
No Drinks to BE Had on Election
Days-Othcr Matters.


Days-Other Matters.
Columbia, S. c., Jan. 15.-The House
yesterday passed a bill making it I'M
lawful hereafter for any person to SELL
barter or give away or treat another 10
any malt or intoxicating liquor within
three miles Of any voting precinct dur
ing any primary or other election day
under a penalty upon conviction ther-
for of not more than 500 nor less
than $50 or thirty days imprisonment
with or without labor.
Mr.. Wade's bill to outlaw slot mach
ines was given a third reading Mr.
Wade stated there are 1900 of these
machines in the state. They are gam
bling devices and attract loafers; and
God knows we have got enough OF
loafers," he added.
ImperSonated an Oifcer.
In the United States Court yesterday
r. NJ. Batenlan. formerly of Columbia,
pleaded guilty of impersonating a
Tinted States official and collecting
money on such misrepresentation
Bateman's mind is said to be under
mined by disease. He was tried in Char
lesion on one of these counts in the
United States Court in 1902 and was
acquitted. Later he came to Columbia
and worked the same scheme among
negro blind tigers for short Whlle'
but was detected for a fraud by a
white alleged tiger operator who mad
him arrested.
Yesterday before Judge Brawley he
pleaded guilty and begged for mercy,
reciting to the court his terrible mental
and physical experience. The sentence
was one year in the government prison
at Atlanta, Ga This is not hard
ship but a blessing to Bateman as the
court ordered the prisoner transferred
TO the government hospital for treat
ment.
All on Account of Dancing.
The court martial of several <of the
officers and privates of Troop f and
the major of the First Cavalry Regi-
ment, will begin in Walterboro, Cole
ton county, on Friday. The following
officers and men are to be tried: Maj.
Marvin, of the First Regiment of CaVil-
~, and Capt. John Slattery, Lieut..
Moore, Lieut.. Marvin, Sergeant Fat
sersoE, and Privates Guest, Capers
and Bellinger of the Combahee Mount
cd BlIlenlen. II Is liIhI
summons have been issued to seventy
five witnesses.
The trouble dates back to picnic
which was given by the Combahee
Mounted Riflemen. Maj. Marvin, it
appears. is religiously opposed to dane
ing, and when he was in command of
the company. previous to his promo
tion to the majority in the regiment,
dancing was always debarred from the
entertainments of the company. At the
picnic in question. dancing was start
ed by some of the members of The
company. and was in progress when
Mai Marvin entered the hall and or
dered it to stop. Capt Slattery took
the part of the dancers, saying that
he was in command of the company,
and seeing no harm i'm dancing, he had
permitted the young people to indulge
themselves.
The penalty for the offense is CASH
iering from the service or a fine.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-16
MACON is TO HAVE
A NEW PLAY HOUSE

Macon, Ga, Jan. Arrangements
were perfected here tonight for the
erection of new theater, complete in
all modern details. with a seating ca
pacity OF $500, the structure to cost
5000 Architect Lunn's plans We're
accepted and the contract was award
ed. Work is to begin April 5.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-16
SUPPOSED GIRL is A MAN.
Sensational Disclosures Made at
Fish University, Nashville, Tenn.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 10.-A sensa-
ton has developed at Fisk University,
this city, the well known negro edu-
cational institution. the discovery be-
ing made that one of the supposed girl
pupils was in reality a man and had
been associating with the girl students
as one of their sex. The man has been
sent to his home, which is said to be
St Louis. 1t seems that he had been
reared as girl and had always thought
himself to be a girl. Recently how
ever, it developed that he was a man
and upon the advice of physicians he
had changed his garb.
The authorities of the university re-
fuse to disclose the name of the man,
but it is learned that he came here last
year from GAINESVILLE, this state. stood
high in his classes, returned to Clarks-
vile at the end of the last term and
came back to the school at the be-
ginning of the present term. Access
to students to know anything about
the matter is denied reporters, but
the facts were secured from one of the
professors.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-16
WITH FLORIDA BAPTISTS.
Work of the state Convention at
Kissimmee.

Kissimmee, Fla, Jan. 15.-The third
days session of the Baptist convention
opened with a resolution which will
possibly in time reorganize the board
of trustees of Stetson University.
The report on education showed both
Stetson and the Southern Baptist Sem
mary to be in most flourishing condi-
ton. About 5000 was subscribed to the
students fund of the seminary.
At the missionary rally last night
some $4,000 was subscribed, and this
sum was to-day appropriated equally
to the home and foreign boards.
Seven thousand dollars was granted
to various parts of the state for the
advancement of the work of the state
boards.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-16
sixth Dirtricf Rennhlicnn..

Griffin. Ca, Jan. 15.-The Republican
Executive Committee of the Sixth dis
trict met in this city yesterday, with
twenty-three out of twenty-six votes
represented in person or by proxy They
called a convention for March 3. at
GAINESVILLE, to select district delegates
to the National Convention at Chicago
on June p.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-16

Camden, Ala, Jan. 15.-The second
grand jury summoned to investigate
the lynching of a negro at Pineapple
has refused TO indict the five men who
have been held for the crime, and they
We're discharged. A negro prisoner in
the Pineapple jail was lynched Dec. 20
and the Jail fired, the fire spreading to
a great portion of the town and caus-
ing heavy loss
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-16
Dangers of n Cold and How to Avoid
Them.

More fatalities have their origin
in or result from a cold than from any
other cause. This fact alone should
make people more careful, as there is
no danger whatever from a cold when
it is properly treated in the beginning.
For many years Chamberlain Cough
Remedy has been recognized as the
most prompt and effectual medicine in
use for this disease, II acts on ma
lures plan. loosens the cough, relieves
the lungs, opens the secretions ana
aids nature in restoring the system to
a healthy condition. For sale by all
druggists.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-16
BEARD " ONT RUN.
Ladies Pstitioned Him to Continue
as Sexton.

as Sexton.
Columbus, Ga, Jan. 15.-J. A. Beard,
who was a candidate for sheriff against
+. F. Roberts, the present incumbent,
announced tonight that he would with
draw from the race. Mr.. Beard has
been sexton of Linwood, Columbus
is very popular, especially among the
ladies. The ladies sent in two long
petitions, asking him not to resign the
office of sexton, and they were so earn
est and insistent in their request that
he finally decided to continue to hold
his present office. He has made q
splendid sexton. 1t is probable that
City Council will increase his salary.
Petitioning a person not to resign a
public office is rather novel proce-
dure, and the incident is probably I'M
precedented in local history.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-16
WILL BURN UP NUIsANCEs.
Three Small Houses Are So Voted by
the WaycrOss Council.

Waycross, Ga, Jan. 15.-City Coun-
Gil tonight condemned as nuisances
three small railroad houses located near
Gilmore street, and the houses will be
burned about 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
As a mark of courtesy Council re-
quested Supt. Kirklands presence at
the meeting, and when the nature of
the nuisance was explained. he raised
no objection to their being burned.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-16
INSURANCE..

Insure to-day in the Standard Ac-
cident Company. Very liberal policy
contracts. both accident and sickness,
issued. All other forms of insurance
effected. A share of your patronage
solicited.
w. T. HOPKINS, Agent.
is Bryan st, East. Phones 219.
Chas. Inglesby Manager.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-16
81 Fl. n OSBORNE. chm T. A.


O1tice Of Savannah Water NUIH9i
Savannah, Ca, Jan. 6, 19O4.-Seaie,es
bids will be received at the mayor
Office until Jan. 10, 1904, at IL o'cioo5S
noon, city time, for repairing anu
painting both sides of the roof of the
new water works building. .,s.
Before painting the said roof II mus nus
be thoroughly cleaned inside ana o ~
getting off all cracked paint ana sc sea-
of rust, repairing all leaks and tasIeH
ing down roof where loose. -. %
The committee reserves the rlsnt -
reject any or all bids Envelopes mus
be marked bids for painting roof.
I II KINSEY. Supt
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-16
IN MY MANY YEARS

experience / have never seen Roses
grown anywhere to surpass, If they
equal. those [ am now growing. Or
ders solicited for Cut Flowers and
Floral Designs.
A. c. OELSCHIG,
Both Phones 496.
]. GARDNER, Agent, Is Broughton
street east
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-16
NOTICE.

Personal property returns for 1903.
Office Board of Tax Assessors, jan
1. 1904.-Notice is hereby given tnat,
under the tax ordinance of the CLg
of Savannah for the year 1904 TINS
board is now prepared to receive re- re-
turns of personal property OF az
kinds. The tax ordinance proVl1,e-ss
that If any person required to MAKE
any such returns shall refuse or neg
lect to do so on or before Jan. ~
it shall be the duty of this boaro 70
proceed forthwith to make the re-
turns themselves from the best IN,
formation they can obtain, and sil "a.
assess a double tax against such ue
faulter.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-16
SUPERB FLOWERS

at The John Wolf Nursery. American
Beauty Roses, Carnations. Lilies of the
Valley. The most extensive and ex-
cellent assortment Of Cut Flowers ever
offered in Savannah. Roses for fall
planting. A great stock to select FROM
Get our catalogue and make your Sc
lions. Phones 634. OFT and Anderson
streets,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-16
HObson with His Mother.

Boulder, Gal, Jan. 15.-Capt Rich
mond p. Hobson has arrived here from
Birmingham, Ala. and is now at the
bedside of his mother. The condition
of Mrs. Hobson is still very serious,
but she is reported to be resting easily.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-16
Blaze at waycross.

Waycross, Ga, Jan. 15.-The big
planning mill and variety works of T.
S. Singleton caught fire this after
noon from the boiler room, but the
flames were extinguished without much
damage
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-16
CITY PROPERTY no RENT

City MarshaTs Office, Savannah, va;
Aug. 3, 19O3.-For rent, the store a N
warehouse at the northeast coIhei ror
River and West Broad streets
particulars apply to u~oOs
HENRY e. DREESoN.,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-16

II spent a week in New York re-
Gently, but it was a disappointment to
me-" why so?" Wasn't in a sub
way explosion accident all the time 1
was there" Shake! / was in Chicago
for three days and wasn't held up
once. These big towns aren't what
they are advertised to be, by a long
shot. Cincinnati Times-Star.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-16

If you are interested in real estate,
would be pleased to confer with you.
have all classes of improved and I'M
improved city property. Also at Isle
of Hope, Beaulieu, Montgomery, and
1,776 acres of fine land on Skidaway
Island that can be bought very cheap
Any business intrusted to me will be
promptly attended to.
w. ]. e. ADAMS,
Phones 1905. "a Bryan. East.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-16
SPECIAL NOTICE.
NOTICE..
SPECIAL NOTICE.

The Remington Standard Typewriter
is still the standard. Durability, ease
of operation, simplicity, and the fact
that you can put 1t In your inventory
are it's chief merits. See the latest
models before buying a machine.
r. M. HULL.
Sole Dealer for Savannah,
10 Drayton st. Provident Building
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-16

Office of Savannah Water Works,
Savannah, Ga, Jan. Is, 1904.-The
water will be shut off Saturday morn
ing, Jan. 16, at o'clock, on Bay street
from West Broad to Whitaker, on
Whitaker from Bay to Bryan, and on
Williamson from Montgomery to JEFF
ferson, and will remain off for several
hours l. u KINSEY Stunt
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-16

A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.
Itching, Blind. Bleeding or Protrud-
ing Piles. Your druggist will refund
money II PAZO OINTMENT fails to
cure you. in to IA DAYS. 5Oc.-ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-16
SPECIAL NOTICE.

Neither the master nor the agents
of the British steamship Simeon will
be responsible for any debts contrac-
ted by the crew of said vessel.
WILLIAMSON g. RAUERS. Agents.
Savannah, Ca, Jan. 16, 1904.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-16
SPECIAL NOTICES.
TO WATER TAKERS.

TO WATER TAKERS.
Office of Savannah Water Works,
Savannah, Ga, Jan. is, 19O4-The
water will be shut off Saturday morn
ing, Jan. 16, at o'clock, on Bay street
from West Broad to Whitaker, on
Whitaker from Bay to Bryan, and on
Williamson from Montgomery to JEFF
ferson, and will remain off for several
hours. l. U. KINSEY, Supt.
AT GROOT'S MARKET.
All kinds of selected meats. Plenty
fresh vegetables and fruits, plenty
chicken, cartridges.
Phones asa. THEO. GROOT.
Fresh Country Eggs S5c per dozen.
COMMERCIAL COLLECTION
AGENCY,
No. East Bryan street.
Bell 113S-Phones-Ga. 1929.
CLAIM FORWARDING and
RENTAL COLLECTIONS
OUR SPECIALITY.
OPEN JAN. 4, 1904.
Central Hotel. S1S West Broad street,
Savannah. Ga. Near Union and Cen
trail Depots. T. A. Newsom, proprie-
tor. Rate S15O per day, equal to
any $3.50 house in the city. Special
rates to permanent boarders. Excellent
table. Comfortable rooms.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
We are not a collection agency.
We collect regular monthly bills for
mercantile stores, physicians, dentists,
manage estates and collect rents.
COLEMAN & THOMSON,
Phones As. Is Bay St, West.
LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER.
We have the largest stock of the
you pay more to others.
ANDREW HANLEY COMPANY.
WANTED,
$35, 900 to he subscribed for an indus
trial stock which will pay 25 per cent.
to 40 per cent. per annum; $4,000
already subscribed.
GEO. w. BECKETT.
YOUR FURS ARE GOOD.
Now is the time to get your furs
cleaned. We do the work like new.
White gloves made as good as new.
No need to discard your old suit. We
make it like new.
N. Y. STEAM DYE WORKS,
state and Whitaker.
JOYCE'S LIST TO-DAY.
Spare ribs, backbones, hogshead
cheese, liver, Finest juicy steaks,
roasts. chops. beef. veal, pork, NUT
ton. Fine ducks, doves. quail. snipe,
woodcock. Turkeys and poultry.
Phones 107. JAS. ]. JOYCE.
PITTSBURG PLATE GLASS co.
have removed
from NJ. e. NJ. T. Co. wharf
to A. C. L. Warehouse No. 4, Wheaton
street.
Bell Phone 800. Ga. Phone 1918.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Neither the master nor the agents
of the British steamship Simeon will
be responsible for any debts contrac-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-16
AT GROOT's MARKER.

All kinds of selected meats. Plenty
fresh vegetables and fruits, plenty
chicken, cartridges.
Phones asa. THEO. GROOT.
Fresh Country Eggs 35c per dozen.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-06
MORTGAGE ON GAS PLANT.
One-HaIf Amount Will BE Expended
in improvements and Additions.

One-Half Amount Will BE Expended
in improvements and Additions.
A mortgage to secure the issuance
of $1,750,00e worth of bonds of the Sa-
varpah Gas Company has been filed
in the Superior Court.
The mortgage is made to the Penn
sylvania Company for Insurance on
Lives and Granting Annuities, which
is made the trustee for the bond
holders. The bonds are 1,750 in num-
Der of $1,000 each, They are dated
March /, 1904, and become due Sept.
/, 1928, bearing interest at per cent.
from date. The interest is payable
semi-annually, on March 1 and Sept.
!, and constituting the first mortgage
per cent. sinking fund gold bonds of
the company.
1t is provided that $1,0O0,000 is to be
turned over by the trustees to the
president and secretary of the com-
pany, and the remaining $7b0,000 to be
held by the trustee. Among the ex-
penditures will be the payment OF the
bonds of the old company which ag-
gregate 100000 and mature April /.
The Savannah Gas Company was rep
resented in the deal by Messrs. Adams
& Adams, and the old Mutual Gas
Light Company of Savannah by
Messrs. Lawton & Cunningham. The
deal was contaminated in Philadelphia,
Pa,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-06
SAVANNAH SENDS
PROMISED MONEY
FOR ST: LOUIS BUILDING.
GIVES IT'S FULL SHARE FOR THE
GEORGIA BUILDING.

Mayor Myers Forwarded Cheek for
800 to Commissioner of AgricuI-
ture o. ID. stevens, Who Is Treas
urer of Georgia Building Fund.
Another Check, for $500, Will he
Forwarded Early This Week-sa-
yannah IIns Done Her Share and
Georgia Building at Worlds Fair
Is Now Assured.
Seven hundred dollars was yester-
day sent by Mayor Myers TO Hon. o.
B. Stevens, Commissioner of Agricul-
ture, who is the treasurer of the Geor-
gia Building Committee that is rails
ing funds for the state building at
the ST. Louis Worlds Fair.
In the letter Mr.. Myers assured the
treasurer of the fund that Savannah
would give all that had been pledged.
$1,000. The remaining $500 will be for
warded within the next few days. Sa-
vannah has done her full part and the
building representing Georgia at the
exposition is now assured. Mayor My
ers and Col. Estll made a canvass
during the day.
Mayor Myers letter to Mr.. Stevens
is as follows:
l take pleasure In enclosing here
with check for 800, covering the fol-
lowing subscriptions to the Georgia
building fund at the st. Louis Expo
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-06
POOR HOUSE WILL
SAVE CITY MONEY
COUNTY WOULD PROFIT, TOO.
OVER $4,000 NOW GIVEN ANNUAL
LY TO CHARITY.

Plan Is to Start Institution on n
Very Modest Basis and to Enlarge
1t as It's Needs Become Apparent.
County OH cers Favor Plan as
Greatly as Do the City OmciaIs--At
Least $4,000 That Is Now Spent
Would he stopped by Poor Farm.
Few Inmates Expected mt First.
The prevailing opinion among the
aldermen and the members of the
Board of County Commissioners is that
a poor house to be used jointly by the
city and the county can be established
for very small amount, a smaller
amount, in fact, than is now being
paid. out annually on the charity ac-
count.
During the first year, when build
ing will have to be erected, the cost
may, of course, exceed what the city
and county now pay out on this fund,
but the maintenance cost would hardly
equal it. The plan now favored by
the aldermen and the commissioners
is to establish a poor house with as
small a cost as possible. This can be
done for about $4,000. it is believed. The
maintenance cost will, of course, de-
pend entirely on the number of in
mates that are received. The actual
cost, the payment of a superintendent
and the keeping of the place in order
will be small,
The maintenance per capita should
be very small. The number of per-
sons to enter will very largely deter
mine the amount of the cost. The poor
house, il is believed, besides the phil
anthropic purposes that 1T will aecom-
plish, will be an actual saving to the
city and county. On charity the city
and county together now spend over
$4,000 annually. OF course, the estab-
lishment of the poor house will not
stop all of this expenditure, but 1t
will supersede a large percentage of IL.
Large sums for Charity.
Mayor Myers has estimated that the
city will this year spend $42,5S3 on
charity. A large portion of this goes
to appropriations for hospitals and the
refunding of taxes on church and hos
pital property. These expenditures
will continue, regardless of whether
a poor house is established or not.
There IS, however, gwen out Dy the
city about $500 annually in small
monthly payments to the needy. The
county pays out almost as much, a
little over $1,000. These two amounts
together. it is argued, would support
q. poor house, after it was establish
ed. During the first year the expense
would, Of course, be greater, as build
ings would have to be erected, and
the whole thing gotten into working
order But after the first year there
Is every reason TO believe that the
institution could be run at an actual
saving TO the city and county.
The city's charity fund, as now dis
pensed, goes IN very small amounts,
ranging from 80 cents " " a month
10 numerous parties. These little do
nations enable many who are IN NEEDY
circumstances 10 get along IN some
sort OF fashion. The amounts, how
ever. are 80 very small that they
hardly benefit those 20 whom they
are given. while ia the aEgregate they
are sualcient 40 prove q large drain
on the city, The county IN the same
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-06

country at large. / have not the
snghtest doubt that il Mfr. Brannen
should go to Congress he and his
friends would soon be crying aloud
that ne should be returned, that his
ABILITY to do something for the district
was greater than when he entered Con-
1.-THE men who have accomplish
ed anything at Washington have
oeen the men who were return
ed time after time. In the next two
years. with his sixteen years of past
service, and accumulated influence to
pack him. Col. Lester could do more
Tor the district as a whole than any
three other men in the district.
Col. Lester Not Inhrm.
AS to age the congressional records
are a sufficient reply. II is only nee
essary to instance Senator Morgan of
Alabama, over so years of age, and
senator morrill,, and others nearing that
age who WELD unusual power and in
nnence, to show that there is nothing
IN this cry against a man like Col,
Lester. who is only in his sixties. And
the charge of infirmity is a gross ex-
aggeration, as all who have seen him
lateiy can testify. His mental powers
have never been impaired and his
physical condition was poor only dur
ING MS Illness, ana has been steadily
improving ever since, instead of getting
worse as his political opponents would
like to have the voters believe.
nave recently seen Col Lester. both
here and in Washington, and know
whereof I speak.
i have already answered the third
charge, that of failure to get postal
routes. OF course in politics one ex-
poets all sorts of things to be .trumD-
ed up in favor of a new candidate
whether there is anything in them or
not. In this instance there appears
to be absolutely nothing on which to
base the position which has been stak-
en- by Col. Testers opponents. The
people simply need to be undeceived-
to have the facts fairly and squarely
stated.
1T is the browning desire of Col
Testers congressional life to round up
and complete the matters now pending
and with which he is familiar-with
thirty feet of water in Savannah har-
Dor, the rural routes established, good
roads secured, and the other moye-
ments with which he has ben identi-
field completed, he could close his ca
reer with satisfaction to himself and
to the people he has served so long
and well.
From all that / can learn believe
that his laudable ambition will be
gratified and that he will be returned
TO Congress for another term"