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The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06
JANUARY SALES
WERE NOT HEAVY.
Most Important Offering Was Part
of the Estate of DIR. A. o. Best.


of the Estate OF DIR. A. o. Best.
Owing to the cold weather yester-
day the January Court House sales
were held inside the Court House.
| The sheriff had no sales for the coun-
ty.
Col. Bowdre Phinizy of Augusta,
| representing the estate OF DR.. Ashley
o. Best offered the property in the
southern section of the city on Bull
and FOrty-third streets, which was a
part Of the estate. At the suggestion
of bidders the twenty-five lots were
sold in parcels, and were disposed of
as follows:
Lot No. 5, to ]. O. Bewan for 1890;
lot No. 2, to ]. 0. Bewan for 1915;
lots 8, II and 10, to G.. Noble Jones
for 1925 each; lots q, %, %, a. %, 26,
q and ~, sold to w. Norman Beckett
for $21O each. The remaining nine lots
We're sold to Capt f. w. Garden for
$3.50 each. c. H. DOrsett was auction
eer for the estate.
The other sales were two lots in
the McNeiss tract west of Montgom-
cry street extension, sold by Youmans
& Demmond for $50 each; lot in Ia
temVille belonging to the estate of
Sarah Ferrebee, to w. N. Beckett, by
Platshek & Co., for S175; two tracts
on Thirty-eighth street, east, belong
ing to Philip and ]. P. Brown, sold
on executions from the City Court
for $1,000 each to the Oglethorpe Real
Estate Company; 515 acres of the G. A.
Kellar tract, timbered, for SO an acre,
Gordon Saussy, agent, being the pur-
chaser; five shares of the capital
stock of the Savannah Trust Com
pany to Capt Fred w. Garden for
$3.50 each; eight shares of the capital
stock of the Southern Bank, part of
the estate of Mary l. White, to Capt.
James Rogers for $96 each; one bond
of the city of Savannah of the par
value of $1,000, due in 1909. for 81 ,006:
personal and household property of
Thelma Owens on a mortgage fore
closure, for $50, to A. Kramer, agent
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06
TWO ARE CHARGED
WITH SIMPLE LARCENY.

For the theft of one crosstie from
the Savannah Electric Company. in
front of the car barns on Gwinnett
and OFT streets Caesar Daniels, col
ored, was arrested yesterday and will
be arraigned before Recorder Myrick
in Police Court this morning.
On complaint of r. J. knight, Mount
ed Patrolman VIM arrested George
Williams, a 12-year-old negro during
the morning. The boy is held at the
police station and is charged with the
theft Of IS. He will be given a pre-
liminary examination by Recorder My
rick in Police Court this morning.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06
GRAND JURY WILL
MEET FRIDAY.

Number of Cases VIII Then BE Pre-
scented by the Solicitor.
A meeting of the grand jury has
which time a number of indictments
will probably be returned.
One of the most important cases to
be investigated is that of the state VS..
Nat Evans, charged with assault with
intent to murder Doc Rosenthal on the
night of the fatal shooting affray at
James Doss' gambling room.
According to Rosenthals statement
he was shot in the hip by Evans. and
on this charge Evans was held under
$1,000 bond. Witnesses have been sum-
moned in a number of other cases that
will be presented by the solicitor.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06
Repairing walks Through Squares

Pedestrians who use Barnard street
will appreciate the work now going on
in Orleans Square, where the city is re-
laying the brick crossings. Barnard
street, like many other thoroughfares
in the city. has some terrible ankle
dislocating sidewalks, and the example
set by the city in repaving the walks
i'll the public squares may have a SAL
utary effect upon property owners who
pay no attention to the condition of the
sidewalks abutting their properties. In
the southern section owners of lots
have been made to put down good side
walks, and those in the older part of
the city should be compelled to do like
Wise,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06
Going TO FIoridas

Because it is the Short Line" and
has Pullman cars on all trains. Two
trains daily with through Pullman cars
to Tampa without change. Direct con-
nection at Jacksonville in Union Sta
ton for all East Coast points. Sea-
board Air Line interchangeable mile
age tickets are just the proper thing
for tourist travel in Florida. Saves
money. Seaboard City Office, 7 Bull
street. Both phones No. 2S.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06
NEW COMPANY
INCORPORATED.

Juchter-HenEes Co. Ask to he Incor-
pOrated Under Laws of the state.
Judge Cam signed articles of incor-
poration for new firm TO be known
as the Juchter- Henges Company yester-
day afternoon, the firm to be composed
of John Juchter and F. w. Henges.
In their petition they set out that
they desire to engage in a wholesale
liquor and grocery business, and that
they desire to be capitalized at $4,000,
with privilege to increase to 5000, 900.
and that they be Incorporated for TWEEN
ty years. The principal place of bust
ness of the new firm will be in Savan-
nah.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06
THREE DIVORCES GRANTED.

Three divorces were granted in the
Superior Court yesterday. one of them
being a consent verdict. Minnie L..
Kersh was given a total divorce from
Benjamin o. Kersh, and both we're
given the right to marry again.. Two
children, the issue of their marriage,
will be awarded next Friday. Molly
George was given a total divorce from
Jack George, and the nuptial knot be-
tween Catherine A. Pearce and Alex
ander Pearce WAS united
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06
Life Isn't worth Living

To one who suffers the maddenine
agony of Eczema, letter and such ir.
ritating itching skin diseases. Every
roughness OF the skin from a simple
chap to letter and Ringworm, even OF
long standing, is completely, quickly
and surely cured by Tetterine. Is com
fort worth so cents to you? That's the
price OF Ietterlne at drug stores, or by
mail from J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah.
Ga.-aG.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06
SETTLERS FROM WEST
BRING FINE STOCK.

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Butts of Min
neapolis, Mimi, have come to Georgia
to settle, and expect to do an extensive
farming and stock-ra,sing business
near Savannah. probably on Burnside
Island. AT present Mr.. and Mrs. Butts
are at Shipyard, the guests of Mrs
Yates, who is the sister of Mrs. Butts
The visitors have brought with them
a carload of stock. consisting of fine
breeds of horses. COWS and hogs.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06
OFFICERS OF
COMMERCIAL BANK.

The directors of the Commercial
Bank yesterday elected officers for the
coming year as follows
President. H. H. Entelman.
Vice President-J. Ferris Cam.
Casher-Barron Carter
The directors were elected several
days ago. The officers are the same
that served last year.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06
Held Two Examinations.

The Military Board, Georgia State
Troops, Savannah district. last night
held an examination of Lieutenant
elect Augustus F. Lee, of the SWANS
boro Guards. and of Lieutenant-elect
Mack Cummings of the Chatham Light
Infantry. colored. of this city.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06
CONNOLLY'S LEVY
ILLEGALLY MADE


Attacbment Against GaynOr-Greenc
Property Dismissed.
On motion of w. G. Charlton, Esq,
counsel for defendants in the attach
ment proceedings of Michael A. Con-
molly against Benjamin D. Greene and
John F. Gaynor, in the City Court yes
terday afternoon Judge Norwood dis
missed the attachment on the grounds
that the property was not levied on
as belonging to them.
Argument was commenced on the
common law features of the intricate
proceedings yesterday afternoon, and
written argument of defendants will be
read this morning.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06
HUSSARS WIN MEDALS.

Medals for perfect attendance during
the year 1908 have been won by the
following members of the Georgia
Hussars: Sergt. Charles Edmondston.
Jr., Sergt. E. w. BarnweI and Pri-
vate E. r. Banks. The medals have
been ordered and will be presented as
soon as they arrive.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06
Mexican Drawn work.

We have the genuine article import
ed from Mexico. Call and see some
thing exquisite in table cloths with
dcilies to match, dainty. grand, ma
Jestic, really fit to adorn a kings table.
at, Lippman's. corner Congress and
Barnard .-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06
Luncheon Cloth.

With doilies to match. is a Christmas
present superior to anything, is what
the ladies think. OF course, it must
be Mexican drawn work, at Lippman's.
corner Congress and Barnard. -ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06
TWO GAMBLING HOUSES
SAID TO HAVE OPENED

1t was reported early this morning
that two public gaming houses that
were in full blast until the fatal shoot
ing ARRAY in Doss' place opened for
business last night.
So far as is known, no attempt has
been made to write policy since the
recent raids by the police. and the
doors of the gambling houses have
also been closed to the gaming pub
lie
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06
What DE. striclInnd Save.

Il took two bottles of Graybeard for
rheumatism and was cured. A men,
Der of my church took it for paraly-
sis and it helped her surprisingly.
Rev. A. r. Strickland,
Daisy, Ga"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06
SAVANNAH THEATER.
ALL WEEK

PERUCHI AND COMPANY.
#. Matinee To-day-"Forgiven."
. .To-night-"The Old Judge"
. Tomorrow Night-"Jesse James
. Prices-1Oc, zoe. soc.
Next Mon. Night-"A Texas SteeF'
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06

Rich new styles in the celebrated
Hamburger" make of suits at M.
Dryfus. These suits hold shape and
fit finely. Only at NJ. Dryfus can you
find them.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06
What Mr. Clark Saws.

Il suffered of rheumatism a long
time and found nothing to relieve me
until l took Graybeard. l tried al
most everything 1 heard of, that is. in
the line of blood medicine. All failed.
can't praise Graybeard enough for
what it did for me.
C. c. Clark,
400 Park aNanna
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06

The one great virtue Of Burnett's
Vanilla Extract is purity. 1t is real
vanilla extract and nothing but va
nilla extract. II Burnetts Vanilla Ex-
tract was no better than other ex-
tracts its price would be the same.
Once tried, always used.-ad-
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06
A Pretty Collar

OF Mexican drawn work. It is a
beautiful prize to win at a euchre
party, at Lipplnan's, corner Congress
and Barnard .-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06
FRIPP STILL IN
CHATHAM JAIL.
Sentence Does Not Begin Until He Is
Actually i'm Penitentiary.

NVtU"1IF III I-tHIIentiarN.
William G. FripD. the confessed en-
bezzler, is still in the county awaiting
the coming of the guards who are 10
take him to the state penitentiary
Fripp is in excellent health ard is
spending his time reading.
According to the law Fripp's sem
tence does not start until he is actual
~ at work in the state penitentiary.
and he is anxious to get away and
start on his sentence.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06

Atlantic Coast Line gives benefit Of
short line mileage attachments be-
tween Savannah and Augusta, 1872
nlileS.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06

Graybeard is found at drug stores
81 a bottle, six for So. Graybeard pills
Csc a box. Graybeard Ointment, 25c
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06
42O Park avenue.

Graybeard is sold at drug stores, 81
a bottle, six for IS. Graybeard Pills,
CSC box. Graybeard Ointment, Csc a
box.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-06

Continued on Seventh Page.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17
Question Of the Crab.

Bishop Gambler. of Georgia, Is
known as N of the best story tcllevs
in the south. AT a recent dinner given
in his honor he told this one on HIM
self; Il shall never forget my embar-
raSSment when first introduced to a
hard shell crab. | came down from
the mountains Of Georgia to visit
some young friends in Richmond. It
was crab season, and | was invited to
a crab supper. | had never seen a
boiled crab served before and had not
the slightest idea how to go at It
Finally | was forced to confess my
ignorance on the subject and said: II
this delicacy before me was a gopher
or a 'possum | would know what to
do with 1t, SO If some one will be kind
enough to tell me where to bite in
will tackle it. IN. Y. Herald.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17

In the smoking room of the Oceanic
a number Of Americans were talking
about promptitude and punctuality,
according to the Baltimore Herald,
when Clarence Macak said:
"Punctuality is a virtue that We may
insist on gracefully as a rule. In one
case, though, it is ~ungracefU, and IN
dignified to demand punctuaIity with
any emphasis.
This odd fact was brought home
to me at the London ZOO. | visited
the zoo with one of the fellows Of the
Geological Society last month, and in
the magnificent carnivora house we
found ourselves, at the feeding hour,
wedged in a corner behind an old
man and a little boy.
"A terrific and continuous roaring
reveberated through the building, and
[ heard the old man say to his charge:
Don't be frightened, Herbert, The
lions are about to be fed. That is
what makes them roar So
"'Oh, | amt frightened" returned
the little boy. Father goes on just
like that when his meals amt ready
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17

volumes OF "reminiscences which should
be the most interesting of the year. AIDE
and ''Dooley' Dunno cOme from Chica-
go to buy houses in the heart of the
metropolis. Hamlin Garland raises
sQuashes on his western farm, while
the weather's fine, but the snow beats
OF him in Fifth avenue. Churchill comes
from his lordly New Hampshire estate,
Bachelor from his rough rock den by
the Connecticut coast, where the waves
dash beneath him as he writes. Only
Mrs. Deland and Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps of the New England contingent
are seldom seen here; since her marriage
Mrs, Mary wilkins Freeman is an an
neXed New Yorker. Marion Crawford,
born in Rome, comes to New York fire.
quently to remind us that the Wards
and CrawfoTds were old New Workers.
And Henry Harland. prosperous author
Of The Cardinals SnuffbOX' and other
beautiful work, casts a curious eye as
he passes it upon the %surrogate's Office,
where once he worked as a clerk, Won
dering, after the publication of "As It
Was Written" and the yoke Of the
Torah," if he could ever hope to cast
loose and live by letters.
That wonder is not SO keen now as II
was years ago. When I began serving
the GENT of the inkwell I could count
on my fingers the men who in this coun-
try made respectable incomes by litera-
ture alone, Most were newspaper men
or lawyers or brokers in their sun
lighted hours. To-day It is different.
Not only have big editions made the
popular novelist a nabob dwelling In
princely state, but the multiplication Of
magazines and the competition for
Understandable copy" has enabled a host
Of small navigators to push off from
shore in apparently frail barks Of verse
or prose and make very good weather
Of II.
The "pot-boiler" is no longer neces-
sary. Mr.. J, Dufield Smith, the au-
thor Of Heart Of the Rose" no longer
fingers as John d. Smith upOn the roll
Of the searchers in the county clerks
office; and Mary Jones has given up her
job in the public school.
Is that burlesque? Consider the case.
merely, OF Myra Kelly-a sure enough
name this time, Myra Kelly was a
teacher in the Speyer school IS months
ago, when her clever stories of New
York school life began anpnarinp in +be
Mcclure. Her instant success meant
financial independence. the giving up OF
her place in school, and time to devote
herself wholly to her work. David GRAY.
David Graham Phillips, Elizabeth Jor-
dan, Olivia Howard Dunbar, Irving
Bachelor, G. c. Eggleston, Max Foster,
were all hard toilers five years ago upon
a single newspaper, the World. Not to
speak Of the newspaper artists who have
graduated to book and magazine illus
tration.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17

land, Even the so-called American
Line is owned in London, although two
Of its ships were admitted to American
registry on the scOrc Of their owner
ship. and Oh condition that two more
should be built in Philadelphia, 1t was
done, and they're the american liners
still; but Britain owns even the PhiIa-
CeIphia boats,
Meanwhile the German lines, with the
swlftest ships and a very capable man.
hgement. get the cream of the business,
Kaiser Wilhelm is personally a stock
holder in each Of the great German COM
panies. 1t is due to his personal watch
fulness over trihes that German cham
payne is served on the wine list Of the
German steamers. That brilliant young
monarch omits nothing, sees everything
Nothing to him Is a trifle. Ten years
ago nobody knew that there was any
German champagne.
The cutting Of the steerage rate has
turned out differently from the dolefui
anticipations Of the pessimists, Instead
OF piling up undesirable immigrants
upon our shores it has encouraged poor
Americans of foreign birth to buy cheap
return tickets and take n flying visit
home to see the old folks, An unusual
proportion Of the steerage passengers
coming ashore from the liners now are
American residents.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17

To get the full effect Of that dravl yor
should hear him tell how once soms
Americans came to call upon him in his
apartments in the piano mobile OF q
Florentine ma1sion-wbat We should
call the third floor, there the finest anc
best.
As the guests sat listening. sounds Of
commotiou came from below, where the
impoverished prineely family lived
Marks landlords. At last the guests
could no longer restrain their curiosity.
"Oh. that" said Mr.. Clemens, puff
ing slowly at his cigar. "Oh-that-ii
nothing; nothing-at-all. The fam
lily
their-rooms. It-can't burn-long
Just-sit-"
But the callers were already halfway
down the stairs, not stopping to hear
the explanation that a fire really
couldn't do much damage in a house with
thick stone walls and solid stone floors.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17

SAN az AAlAlSl
were victorious over about 5000 Amerl-
car troops, which, with the exception of
some 900 enlisted soldiers and sailors,
were the raweSt Of inexperienced mill
tia. The Americans became democrat
lied early in the fight and the 5000 Brit
ish regulars drove them through Wash
ington and Georgetown and captured
the national capital.
There is very little remaining to sug-
gestthatthis Important battle was fought
and the capital invested by the British.
The town of ~Bladensburg has grown
very little since that day, and two or
three old buildings still remain as they
were 30 years ago, when they afforded
shelter for troops on both sides. There
is nothing. however, about the capital TO
indicate that IL was burned, as the build
ing has been enlarged and rebuilt sever
al times since that disastrous day. The
British soldiers on that occasion used
the congressional library, Of some $4,000
iolumes, as kindling for the fire that
Quilted the capitol building. The white
house also was burned, the outer walls.
However, remaining intact ana much Of
The interior arrangement. The story is
told that President Madison, during
whose administration this war occurred,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17
Twas Badly JumbIed.

While Secretary Hay was in the
country n summer an important
piece Of oflcial business was pending,
relates the Argonaut, and he arranged
with Washington that any news that
might arrive concerning the matter
should be t~elegraphed to him in cipher,
Day after day he waited, but no tele.
gram came. One morning, happening
to go to the lonely little telegraph Of
fee, he said to the operator:
Il suppjsc you have received no dis.
patch for me-"
why, yes, sir" the operator repli.
ed; there was a dispatch for you the
other day, but it was all twisted and
confused, and | couldn't make heads
OF tails Of 1t, SC l didn't think it was
any use to send it up to you"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17
WHAT'S THE USE
To Keep a "Coffee Complexion"


A lady says: Postum has helped
my complexion so much that my
friends say am growing young again
My complexion used to be coffee col
ored, muddy and yellow, but it is now
clear and rosy as when I was a girl
was induced to try Postum by .
friend who had suffered Just as I had
suffered from terrible Indigestion, pal
pitation Of the heart and sinking
spells.
After I had used Postum a week I
was so much better that I was afraid
1t would not last But now two years
have passed and | am a we'll woman
| W it all to leaving off coffee and
drinking Postum In its place.
Il had drank coffee all my life. ]
suspected that 1t was the cause of my
trouble, but 1t was not until | actually
quit coffee and started to try Postum
that | became certain; then all my
troubles ceased and l am now we'll and
strong again." Name furnished by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Look in each package for a copy OF
the famous little book, "The Road To
MELVILLE"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17

OF the Saratoga obstetrics. The United
States and Grand Union led it in extent
Of dreary ugliness, in miles of piazzas
where dowagers could rock in easy
chairs, in acres of slippery dining-room
floor. Yet all three have lost their once
proud prominence. Not one of them
can longer claim to be the biggest hotel
in the world'-as if that was anything
to be proud Of. The rest of the world
has zone ahead, while Saratoga has re-
NAMED, in outward aspect and as to its
hotel world, little changed.
A few years ago the town seemed
doomed to slow extinction. The recent
fame attending its race course and par
ticularly the perfectly open manner In
which gambling is conducted hays
brought back its old prosperity.
We grumble here in New York that
the town is wide open" And tits. But
there is here at least hypocrisy, the
tribute that vice pays to virtue. II
family pretends to be shut. You cannot
so along the street and enter a gambling
house at will. You must be vouched for
by seine one, led, conducted. There is a.
little mystery Of door-opening, a crack
first, then wider; a password IS at
times insisted upon.
Not so Saratoga, Assuming that Won
are not a resident--in which case "club
houses are not for you--you simplv
walk up, walk in. SIT down and ..
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17

was 20 confident OF American victory
that he had prepared a feast for the
American commanders, to be Pdrtaken
Of IN the white house when the battss
was over. The feast vas prepared, but
the rout Of the American troops through
the capital warned ihe president that Ii
would be well 10 seek safety across the
Potomac into Virginia. and be did so.
leaving the tables spread with the good
things he had prepared for the Ameri-
cans. This feast. It Ia said was enjoyed
BY tie British when they reached the
white house.
This hasty departure Of President
Madison is denied and II does not agree
with "a" well-authenticated story Of the
action Of Dolly Madison, the beautiful
mistress Of the white house, who had
time to remove much Of the furniture
from the mansion before the British ell
Tered Washington. The fine, mil-length
portrait ot Gen. Washington, which has
FOR ii century or more occupied the place
o. honor In the executive mansion, was
fescGed by Dolly Madison on this occa-
ion. She had the presence Of mind to
cut the picture out Of It's frame. conceal
II IN a roll Of carpet which was taken
across INTO Virginia and preserved until
after the war. when It was brought back
into Us place in the mansion.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17
6ERNHARDT LIVES IN FORT.
Great French Actress Spends Strenu.
Gus Vacation on Bare and Rocky
Brittany Isle.

Sarah Rernhardt has taken her yaca-
ton at her fort OF Belle Isle, in Brit.
tauy. She went to this island on 4
little excursion with a friend ten years
ago. and before she left had made terms
with the proprietor 10 buy the old cas-
tie there. now called POnlains.
Nothing could be barer and rocker
than the surroundings of the fort then.
but Bernhardt's magic will has made
fruit trees and flowers grow, though
her friends and the inhabitants said she
never would She also has cultivated
melons and vegetables, all under her
supervision. Her days are spent in the
open air and hunting fishing and ath-
lgtir games