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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-31
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Providence (R. - Journal (Rep.)
says: "Of course. the Addicks dele
gates from Delaware are going to Chi
cago instructed for Roosevelt. The
President did not handle that pitch for
nothing"
The Cincinnati Inquirer Dem.) says:
Mr.. Roosevelt is an accidental Pres
ident. A good many people hold that
he will be an accident still if elected
next fall-an accident which comes
from the mistakes of Democrats"
The Brooklyn Eagle Dem.) says:
"Some newspapers are saying that the
best way to beat the two-thirds rule
is to abolish the state unit rule in the
Democratic National Convention. That
cannot be abolished by the next Demo-
cratic National Convention, though
that convention might abolish it for
the future. The states are now choos-
ing and instructing their delegations
and are binding them to the unit rule.
Their present instructions cannot be
disturbed by the next National Con-
vention, to which they are chosen.
Moreover. the Democracy feels, acts
and works through and by states. Con-
gressional districts in that party are
merely changeable expressions of leg
islation."
The New York Post Qnd.) says
1.-THE President is displaying his usual
belated sensitiveness after rash act
this time in connection with his PEN
sion ruling. He has found out that II
Is of doubtful legality and of an UNI
popularity not at all doubtful; conse-
quently he Is about 10 rise TO explain,
so the Washington dispatches inform
us. Certain presidents are to be cited,
Il appears, but the chief defence is
that this lesser evil was accepted only
20 avoid a greater. That Is 10 say,
the movement for a general service
pension act was getting 10 be for
midable. Congress felt itself too weak
10 Withstand Il; the heroic President
himself distrusted his own ability 10
oppose demOralizinE and ruinous
measure. So the plan was devised OF
squandering tl4,00o,000 IN order 10 pre-
vent the Hquanderlng % $50, 900 600 The
idea that II II the duty OF thu chief
executive 10 prevent all aQunnderlnR
Is, o. course. obsolete. 80. apparent
~ b. also the pToyerb fhat n you
EiVe certain people an Inch. they viii
take an eli Certainly. che SOP which
me President has thrown 90 the psn-
slon lobbyists eili, instead ~ nailsfy-
me them. only Nhet Their appetite for
more"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-31
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-31
Two Epitaphs.

Representative Gregg of Texas de-
scribes an inscription on a tombstone
which he saw in an Arkansas grave
yard, says the Washington correspond
ence of the Philadelphia Ledger. 1t
reads: This stone is sakred to the
memry of William Hardy, who comes
to his death by fooling with a colt
revolver on one of the old brass mount
ed, and of such is the kingdom of
heaven"
This reminded Representative John
son of South Carolina of a queer in
scription on a headstone in his own
state. 1T is all a matter of punctua-
tion," said johnson. There is in my
state a tombstone which reads, Erect
ed to the memory of John Dawson who
was accidentally shot as a mark of af-
lection by his brother In telling this
TO one of my representative friends"
continued Johnson. ''he remarked,
You people in the South have pecu-
liar ways of showing Affection
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-31
Engineer,s Mistake.

Lynn, Mass, was favored not long
ago with a visit from Representative J.
Adam Bede as a banquet guest there,
says the Washington Post. He was IA
cetious, as usual and in the course of
his post-prandial remarks spoke about
the folly of jumping at conclusions.
Let me illustrate" Mr.. Bede con-
tinued. II never knew but one locomo-
tive engineer who had long, flowing
beard. He was a friend of mine. and
lived in a certain Western state. One
day he was running about sixty miles
an hour, with a straight track stretch
ing ahead.
This engineer poked his head out of
the cab and the wind whisked his long
beard back in his face Obeying his
first thought, that it was a haystack
he called for down brakes and while
his audience was laughing at this Mr..
Bede sprinted away to another ludi-
crouS observa ton.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-31
s.ua,y,s ALLEGED PARTNERS.

The impression prevails in cotton
circles in New York that Mr.. Sully, the
recent king of the cotton market, will
soon be doing business again on the
Cotton Exchange. His creditors appear
TO be pretty well satisfied that he is
disposed to give up all the property he
has for the payment of his debts, but
they are not satisfied with the attitude
assumed by his alleged partners in
some of his cotton deals. These alleged
mariners are said to be Edwin Hawley
and Frank Ray, both reputed to be
very rich men. Hawley and Ray have
been summoned to appear before
special examiner in bankruptcy pro-
ceedings tomorrow. ostensibly the
purpose OF calling them as witnesses is
to find out If Mr.. Sully has assets other
than those which he has disclosed, but
really the purpose is to find out what
relation they held to Mr.. Sully in the
recent cotton deal which brought about
the failure of Mr.. Sully's Arm.
Mr.. Sully's creditors appear to have
no doubt that they will be able to show
that Hawley and Ray were partners
of Sully in that deal. If partners.
they will be held for their share of
the debts Of the firm in SO far as that
deal is concerned.
Sully's obligations are placed at
about $4,000 900. He has offered to turn
over cash to the amount OF $1,100,000
and 1t is hoped that $1,200,000 can be
obtained from the alleged partners. If
this plan is successful the creditors will
get about 20 cents on the dollar for
their claims.
The impression gained from the re-
ports that are appearing in the news
papers is that there will be sensational
developments at the examination of
Messrs HAwley and Ray. If reports
are true they both claim they were not
partners of Mr.. Sully in any of his cot
ton pools. but were simply customers
of his firm. The understanding is that
Mr.. Sully claims they were in a pool
with him. II will go much against the
grain with them IL they have TO give
up about 100000 apiece. The probab-
Titles are, however. that they made
more than the amounts claimed from
them in their cotton deals with suliy.
assuming. OF course, that they were
partners with him I'm the most success
full Of the pools which he has engin-
eered. The testimony OF Messrs. Haw-
ley and Ray II awaited with much in
terest IN cotton circles IN New York.
and. In fact. by cotton men generally
throughout the country.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-31
Whit. He Learned.

Bishop Potter was preaching one
Sunday evening in a small town in
the Adirondacks, where he has sum-
mer camp, says the New York Times.
When the services were over a tall,
gannt man with the air of a back
woodsman came UP to the Bishop with
outstretched hand.
i've heerd We preach twice afore
this" he said, "an' I like yer preach
in. alluz Parn somethin' new from
We. I rid ten mile tonight to hear We,
an I'd a. rid ten more, fer as usual,
l heerd somethin' new tonight that 1
never knowed afore."
We'll, I'm glad of that" said the
Bishop, shaking the outstretched hand,
land what was it you learned to-
night?''
why, Bishop. found out fer the
fust time in my life that Sodom and
Gomorrah want twins
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-31
Correct Statement.

who has just returned from a brief
visit to England, tells Of CONVERSE
ton he heard before he departed from
the other side, says the New York
Times. A farmer, who had bought a
horse from a dealer. said:
THAT horse you sold me balks, bites,
kicks, runs away and tries to batter
down the sides of his STALL"
We'll, 1 can't help that" was the
calm answer.
But you told me If I got him once
1 wouldn't part with him for $780,"
That's right don't think you
will
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-31
DEALS WITH MILLIoNs IN THEM.

The testimony which Thomas w.
Lawson of Boston, Mass, has been
giving in an equity suit in one of the
courts of that city. is attracting con-
siderable attention. The suit deals
with the Boston gas combination. In
Mr.. Lawson's testimony millions of
dollars were spoken of as lightly as
the general run of men would speak of
hundreds of dollars. Mr.. Lawson
himself is a millionaire many times
over, at least, he has that reputation,
and it is a fact that he spends money
as if he had it in quantities. Some of
the statements he made about profits
in deals surpassed belief, and doubt
less would not have been credited If he
had not made them under oath.
For instance, in answer to a ques-
ton as to the terms on which he was
with Mr.. Rogers. one of the group of
the Standard Oil mllionaires, he said
For nine years we have been contin-
uously on very intimate terms. BUSH
ness transactions aggregating over
500, ZOO, 900 have been carried on with
out any writing having passed between
us concerning them. We had one deal
which netted more than $4,000, 900
profit, concerning which no writing
ever passed between u.s."
Think of one DEAL made by two men,
netting $46,000,00o Mr.. Lawson didn't
say how long it took to complete the
deal, but presumably not many months,
but it appears froiN Mr.. Lawson's tes-
timony that he wasn't always treated
fairly. On one occasion 100000 in
the stock of a gas and coke company
was set apart for him, and the man to
whom 1t was entrusted for delivery
didn't give it to him, but he didn't
seem to feel that he ought to make
an outcry about the matter.
Much OF the wealth that is piled up
in great fortunes is the product OF cor
porations, which have as their basis
franchises which the Legislatures have
given them. 1t is said that there are
a dozen bills now pending in the New
York Legislature which call for fran
chises that are easily worth 5000, 900, 900,
or will be in the course of a very few
years, and the probabilities are that all
of them will be passed. The wealth
that will be represented by these cor
porations will go into a few pockets.
1t is not to be wondered at that there
is a growing feeling of dissatisfaction
among the people on account OF the ac-
cumulation OF vast fortunes in a few
hands.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-31
No Fourth Part.

A farmer tells of an old Irishman
in his employ whom he once permit
ted to make use of certain land for
farming purposes on condition that
Pat should give him one-fourth of the
crop he raised, says an exchange.
At the harvesting of the crop the
farmer was amazed to find the Irish
man had not kept his part of the
agreement, for while he hauled away
three wagon loads of produce. he had
not sent single load to his masters
barn.
The farmer called Pats attention to
the fact that he had taken the entire
crop, asking:
Nov, how's that, Pat? Wasn't 1
to receive a fourth of the crop?"
You was, sir-you was" excitedly
exclaimed the Irishman, but there's
only three loads; only three loads"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-31

DR.. Gorgas, who has sailed for Pan
anna with the Canal Commission, is
an expert in yellow and other tropi-
cal fevers. He was for some time
after the American occupation Of Cuba
stationed in Havana in connection with
the sanitary work in that city, and
latterly had charge Of that work until
the Americans turned the island over
TO the Cubans. Under his regime DR..
Gorgas had the satisfaction of seeing
yellow fever entirely disappear from
the Cuban capital
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-31
THE coTroN-GRowING OUTLOOK.

Representative Lowering of Massa-
chusetts is one OF the best posted men
in the country on the cotton situation.
He has been actively engaged in cotton
manufacturing nearly all his life, and
has made an exhaustive and long-con-
tinued study of the supply and demand
of the raw. material along with other
details of the business. Mr.. Lowering
expresses the conviction that the day is
not far away when the cotton belt of
the United States will be called upon
10 supply an annual crop of not less
than 100000 bales of cotton. The
world will want that amount of Ameri
can cotton, and will be willing to pay
a fair price for 1t. Furthermore, Mr..
Lowering thinks there is no place in
the world where cotton can be grown
so cheaply and to so good advantage
as in this country. Many of the Eu
ropean governments are seeking to de-
velop new sources of supply of raw
cotton, but the climatic and other ad-
vantages of the United States are so
great that it is within the power of
American planters to maintain their
supremacy in the markets of the world.
With the increasing demand for raw
cotton from the South, the question
arises, who is going to grow it? Who
is going to cultivate the land and har-
vest the crops? There has already
been noted tendency towards scarcity
of farm labor in the cotton belt. In
some sections the scarcity has become
rather acute. Mr.. Lowering gives some
statistics from the census reports that
may indicate a reply to the questions.
He finds that in 1876. 40 per cent. of the
cotton crop was made by white people
and so per cent. by negroes, whereas
in 1900 the proportion had been exactly
reversed, so per cent. of the crop being
raised by white people and 40 per cent.
by negroes. The census figures further
show that, while it is the tendency of
the whole population to become more
urban and less rural, the movement
from farms to towns in the cotton
growing countries of the South
ern states is in greater pro-
portion among the blacks than the
whites. Another fact from the census
is that the white population of the
South is increasing more rapidly
than the black. Should these con-
ditions continue, as they undoubtedly
will, it will not be a very great while
before two-thirds of the population of
the cotton belt will be white, and white
farmers will be raising ree-fourths TO
seven-eighths of the crop. The facts
and deductions of Mr. Lowering ought
to arrest the attention of Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie. who some short while ago de-
clared the South ought to thank God
for the negro, because he produced the
cotton crop!
If the South, as Mr.. Lowering says,
must prepare TO produce 100000 bales
of cotton a year, she must have a con-
siderable increase in the white farming
population; immigration not neces-
sarily from abroad, but from other
parts of the country. The movement of
such newcomers is already under way
Georgia, Alabama, Texas and other
states have felt the impulse of it and
are hoping for its increase. There has
been some movement of white foreign
ers into the Gulf section. too, that
promises well
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-31

Robert Hilllard and Thomas Mcguire
played parts in a pathetic scene in
New York the other day. It was at
a hospital. Mcguire held out his hand
TO hiS close friend billiard and said:
"Good-by old man; hold my hand;
these are the last words shall ever
speak" Then he laid himself upon a
surgeons table and his tongue was cut
out. because the organ was diseased
with cancer. Hilllard sat by and held
his hand while the doctors made his
friend silent for llfe.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-31

In the course of his sermon last
Sunday. Rev. n. A. Biwood 81 VIII
Iningtop, Del. said with reference %
J. r. Addicke. ~ the honest men
u the state viii rise up Ia righteous
in1ignation and stand 70 see justice
done fbfY will zee thia man ana mis-
chfckbook running for safety 70 = more
enjoyable cline ~. Elwoo1 Niii BE-
recalled 80 fbf minister WAC preached
fhe proIynebinF sermon ths day BE-.
fore ne nfRfo white was burned "a
fht stake nsaf WnpinRfens
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-31
Hoods JdrSdp1riLL0
and Pills

Eradicate it, positively and absolute
", This statement is based on the
thousands Of permanent cures these
medicines have wrought.
"My daughter had scrofula, with elevsu
sores on her neck and about her ears. Hoods
sarsaparilla was highly recommended and
she took it and was cured. She Is now in
good health" MRS. ]. Fl. JONES, Parker
City, Ind. q
Hoods SarsapaFIila promises 60
cure and keeps the promise.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-31

A New York paper says that during
the fire in lower Broadway the other
day "the work of the firemen was
greatly hampered by the great clouds
of dense smoke from the engines. :,
Fire engines burn soft coal because
il makes steam quickly. But why is it
not possible to evolve a smokeless fire
engine, using some other kind of
quick burning fuel?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-31

Western woman claims that her
husband rubbed poison on his lips and
then tried to kiss her, wherefore she
prays divorce. Inasmuch as the
poison did not hurt the man. he must
have made discovery in the art of
poisoning worthy Of a Borgia.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-31

The term "landsmen" in the navy
Is an anomaly that Rear Admiral Wise
thinks should be abolished. There is
really no such thing as a landsman in
the navy, and the term is employed
by the seasoned sailors more in the
way OF derision OF the new men than
anything else. II has been suggested
that apprentice seamen" should be
substituted for "landsmen. There IL
a tang Of salt about that.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-31

senator Dick Of Ohio IL the FIRST
veteran" ~ the spanish-American
War 70 enter the United states SEN
sc. hut those veterans" have al
ready become prominent in public NE.
One ~ them 10 n me White House
enc there go several in ths House ~
Represented gas.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-31
The weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-day
are for fair weather, except showers
in north portion. with fresh southeast
winds. Eastern Florida fair weather,
with fresh east to southeast winds.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-31


The newly discovered tin mines at
Gaffney, s. c., of which we made men
ton some time ago, bid fair to prove
much RICHER than was at first thought
Shafts have been sunk to a depth of
fifty feet, and the report is that 1.-The
deeper the shaft goes, the richer the
deposit is found to be-" One expert
expresses the opinion that the mines
will prove to be the richest of their
kind in the world. Machinery is be-
ing established for the working of sew
eral tons of ores per day. We con-
graduate our neighboring state upon
this unexpected source of fortune, and
hope soon to see one or more flourish
ing tin mills near the mines. Charles
ton and Columbia ought not to be con-
tent to see the ores sent abroad and
the finished metal worked up in Penn
sylvania and elsewhere outside of Caro-
lima. Alabama is manufacturing her
iron ores; why should not South Caro-
lima do the same with her tin ores?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-31

Chile and Argentina are preparing
10 sell three and two ships. respective
iy. Of their nayies. But that doesn't
mean they ere going 20 disarm. They
are merely going % unload some Of
their Old stock ana che money they
rsosiys 10 % b. put into newer ana
more powerful ships.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-31
Jcr0fuLd
II Is commonly inherited.

It IS commonly 1nnerlteu.
Few are entirely free from it.
Pale, weak, puny children are
afflicted with it in nine cases out OF
ten, and many adults suffer from it.
Common indications are punches in
the neck, assesses, cutaneous erup-
tons, inf1amed eyelids, sore ears,
ricketts,, catarrh, wasting, and general
dahi;ifv
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-31

A Pennsylvania poker player de-
clined to swear off from the game for
all time, but took an oath to abstain
from it for ninety-nine years.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1904-08-19

Montreal, Les NOMINEES Boni-
ward ct Nelson, condamn6s en- 1902
q chacun douze ans de p6nitentier,
pour tentative de meurtre, ont WI
samedi dernier les portes du ba-
gne s'ouvrir devant eux sur por-
Dire du ministre de la justice.
Dams la mutt du % au "a jan
vier 1901, trois bandits tentaient
d'assassiner M. Auguste Racette,
garden de mutt de Ia manufacture
de produits pharmaceutiques, La
jole ct Gle, q Lachenale pres de
Terrebonne.
LIE detective Normandeaul de
PAssomption, fut aussitot pr6venu
de paffaire ct ouvrit une enquete.
LIE lendemain de la tentative de
meurtre le policier apercevait
trois individus qui lui parurent
avoir une mine suspecte, marchant
sur la vote ferr6e entire Terrebon-
ne ct st Henri ae Mascouche.
II les arreta sous soupeons ct
les condulsit au poste de police de
Terrebonne, -oh Racette pr6tendit
reconna1tre ses agresseurs. Les
pr6venus SO nommalent Bonivard,
Nelson ct Gagnon.
LIE magistrat pr6sidant Penque-
to pr6limlnaire trouva la pre- euve
assez forte pour envoyer les accu.
s6s subir leur process en- cour d'As.
sises sous une accusation de tenta.
tive de meurtre.
LIE process cut lieu q Ste-Scho-
lastique aux ASSESSES de f6vrier.