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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27
CLERK WORRIED FOR A YEAR,
Then Discovered Deposition Didn't
Know Certificate Was for $500
Too Much.

Then Discovered Deposition Didn't
Know Certificate Was for $1,000
Too Much.
From the Portland Oregonian.
An ex-bank official said that during
his career in the banking business he
had known more than one employee of
a bank to get into trouble on account
Of carelessness in handling money.
One collector, who was light heart
ed fellow, was going along the street
in high water season. Tipping up
500 piece with his thumb and finger, and
catching it as it came down. Finally
it slipped and fell through a grating on
the sidewalk into about two feet of
water. He made some efforts to recover
it. but finally decided to wait till the
water was gone, and then it was found
that the coin was also gone. Another
time the same fellow was coming up the
street with $4,000 in $40 pieces on his
shoulder. In some way he lost his hold
on the sack, and in striking the side
walk it burst and the coins rolled in all
directions. A number Of people rushed
to his assistance, but he described a
large circle around the sack, and, wav-
ing his arms wildly, ordered every body
to stand back" He recovered most
of the coin, but decided to get out of
the banking business.
Another time a Chinaman came into
the bank and deposited $500 and took a
certificate of deposit. The clerk who
made out the certificate was preoccu-
pied and wrote $500, on it and on
the stub. When he made up his cash at
night he was $1,S00 short. He knew
where the mistake was, and tried to
hunt up the Chinaman, but, although
he got a club, he could never find him.
and he remained 1880 short on the
books. He had a notice of the date of
the certificate, amount, etc, pasted in
his desk, and was always on the look
out to catch the certificate as il came
in. Just a year from the day the de-
post was made the Chinaman walked
into the bank. and presented the GER
tificate to be cashed. When asked how
much he wanted he said all-$200. lie
had never noticed the mistake in the
amount of the certificate. and he has
never found it out, and the clerk suf-
fered the worry of being short, in his
mind. for a whole year, all for nothing.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27
LOCAL PERSONAL.

Mr.. r. E. Staple of Hagan is a guest
at the Screven.
Mr.. w. t. Furlen of Fort Screven is
registered at the Screven.
Mr.. L. Fields Of Macon is spending
few days at the De Soto.
Mr.. H. d. Islar of Tampa is spend
ing few days at the Pulaski.
Mr.. L. H. Hilton of Sylvania was
among the arrivals at the Screven yes
terday.
Mr.. L. z. Burwell of Augusta was
among the arrivals at the De Soto
yesterday.
Mr.. w. w. Lambdin of GAINESVILLE
was among the arrivals at the Pulaski
yesterday.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27
Coroner shot Thief.

Valdosta, Ca, Feb. 26.-There was a
good deal of excitement to-day by the
shooting of a negro named Red" by
Coroner Solomon. The negro entered
the coroners home early this morn
ing and stole number of articles, in
Guiding a bottle of whisky. A white
boy saw the theft committed and told
Mr.. Solomon. The coroner set out to
find the negro and located him in the
act of taking drink of the stolen
whisky. He placed him under arrest
and started to Jail, when the negro
showed fight. The coroner drew his
pistol and shot the negro, the wound
being only flesh wound.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27
To Develop Turpentine Lands.

Mr.. J. Ward Motto, secretary OF
the Ellis Young Company, has return
ed from Augusta, where he went to
look into matters connected with the
B. j. Forlaw Company, in which the
Ellis-Young Company has an interest.
The Forlaw Company, Mr.. Motto says,
owns several thousand acres of tur-
pentine lands near Augusta, which
have never been turpentined. Opera
tions will be begun this season. The
entire product will be handled by the
Ellis Young Company.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27
THE REAL CAUSE.
The Ancient Scalp-Fev Theory Ex-
ploded.

The Ancient Scalp-Fever Theory Ex-
ploded.
At one time dandruff was attributed
to the result of feverish condition of
the scalp, which threw off the dried
cuticle in scales.
Professor Unna, Hamburg, Germany,
noted authority on skin diseases, ex-
plodes this theory and says that dan
druff is a germ disease.
This germ is really responsible for
the dandruff and for so many bald
heads. 1t can be cured if it is gone
about in the right way. The right
way, of course, and the only way, is
to kill the germ.
Newbros Herpicide does this, and
permits the hair to grow luxuriantly,
just as nature intended it should.
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c
in stamps for sample to The Herpicide
Co., Detroit Mich.
Livingston's Pharmacy Company
Special Agents.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27
CITY BREvITIES.

The old house on the Skidaway road
near the electric car line crossing was
burned Thursday afternoon. 1t was an
old landmark, having been built many
years before the Confederate war; 1t
was the property of the estate of
Thomas Henderson.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27
VALD0STA'S POPULATION
ABOUT 5000.
Showing Made by the New vaIdOsta
Directory.

Valdosta, Ca, Feb. 26.-The new
Valdosta directory, to be issued in the
next three weeks, will give Valdosta
a population of about 5000. The can
vassers are now closing up the last
of the work and over 5000 names of
people over Is years of age have been
secured.
Another interesting showing is made
in the business of the railroads and
postoffices. The Atlantic Coast Lines
business for January was $1,000 above
the same month last year, and for
February it was $1,000 above. The
passenger business showed an increase
of about $1,000 for each month. The
Georgia Southerns business showed
about the same increase. and the per-
centage of increase would have been
much larger had it not been for the
very short cotton shipments this sea-
son. The business of the postoffice
for the two first months of the year
is 16 per cent. greater than last year.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27

valdosta, Ca. Feb. 26.-Tax Collec-
tor Staten says there will be fully 500
tax defaulters in Lowndes this year.
in spite of the fact that the year has
been a prosperous one. The tax rate
was increased considerably to raise
money for the Court House, and this
fact caused many tax payers to de-
fault. The taxes collected so far
amount to $4,000, against $4,000 for
last year
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27

Dublin, Ca, Feb. 26.-Dublin now
mas direct communication with Savan-
nan by wire. For years the only way
saVannah could be reached by wire
was via Atlanta. The Western Union
mas now completed a line to Dublin
rom Savannah. Dublin now has d.
Savannah,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27

Lyons, Ca, Feb. 26.--Percy Akridge,
a small boy, a nephew Of Mrs. Anton
Smith, was thrown from a horse and
possibly fatally injured. The horse be-
came frightened at some children
playing in the street and became un-
manageable.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27
South Georgia's Sea Island Crop.

Valdosta, Ca. Feb. 26.-About the
last of the sea island cotton crop was
marketed here yesterday, Messrs. L.
J. Clements and John O'Bryan of Ber-
rien county, each bringing in seven
bales. The Clements cotton was of
good quality and sold for 27s cents.
The OBryan cotton was of poor quail
ity and brought only rs cents.
These two farmers are generally the
last to bring cotton to market, both
of them saving few bales until every
body else has sold. 1t is said that the
only cotton in the hands of the farm
ers in this county is a lot of twenty
seven bales, belonging to Benjamin
Holmes, the rich bachelor farmer on
the Florida line.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27
MAKE EATING 4 BUSINESS.
Indians Pay Professionals to Per-
form Feats of GastronOmy.
From the Hyglenlc Gazette.

From the HYGIENE Gazette.
one Of the most striking customs OF
the past that are preserved by the In
dams Of to-day Is found among the
tribes on the Devils Lake reservation
IN North Dakota. Supervisor Wright
Of the Indian service gives the follow
ing account Of this peculiar practice:
From time immemOrial the DEVILS
Lake Sioux have adhered 10 an old GUS
tom 10 regard 70 the treatment Of a
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27
AT THE THEATER

"A Friend of the Family" farce
comedy from the German of Robert
Pohl was creditably presented last
night. Adaptations from German
comedy schools have hardly ever
proven satisfactory to the American
theater goer but Pohl's piece has APP
preached more nearly the. desires on
this side of the water, and so far has
proven a success far beyond the merit
OF many of the companies that have
essayed to interpret it,
Miss Alice Johnson and Mr.. George
w. Barnum were the capitalized indi-
viduals in the cast. In Miss Johnson
a most excellent selection was made by
Manager German. AS Nancy Noyes
Bohemian chara cter with all the adj
venturous spirit commonly accorded
the modern American woman by for
eigners, Miss Johnson was justly ac-
corded the major portion of the APP
plause from the audience.
Mr.. Barnum has been seen through
the South before when he has been
more fortunate in the cast. He carried
MS part, however, with exceeding clev-
erness. Altogether the piece was cred
itably read. "a Friend of the Fam
ny will be seen at two performances
to-day.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27
SOCIETY EVENTS
AND PERSONALS.

Mrs. E. A. Cults is the guest of Mrs.
H. c. Bagley in Atlanta.
Mrs. J. A. Yates of Birmingham
will arrive Tuesday to visit her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Edward Frost.
visiting their brother, Mr.. B. F. Fin
ney on Hall street
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Frank Wilkes of
Charlotte, N. c., are visiting relatives
in the city.
The shakspere Club will hold a
meeting Monday afternoon at AIS
o'clock, at the home of Mrs. William
Harden, the president.
Mrs. F. H. Robertson of Dublin is
visiting friends in Savannah.
Miss Maude Gamble and Miss Fan
ME Brown have returned to their home
lin Louisville after spending several
weeks in Dublin, the guests of Mrs.
F. H. Robertson.
Mrs. Charles Parsons of Durham, N
H., is visiting her aunt. Mrs. B. Ell
lott Guerard, at 209 Charlton street,
east.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry NJ. Johnson,
who have been visiting relatives in
Augusta, returned home yesterday.
Misses Emma and Adele Meyer have
returned home after a month in New
York city
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27

Mrs. Charles Parsons of Durham, N.
H., is visiting her aunt, Mrs. B.. FL
lott Guerard, at 209 Charlton street,
east.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27

King Dodo," by Frank Pixley and
S5ustav Luders, viii be the attraction
tuesday, night. King Dodo' has been
prayed with success in all the large
cities of the country.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27

Haverly's Mastodon Minstrels, in
Producing Mr.. Billy Van, THE Min
strel Man." viii be the offering Mon
cay matinee and night.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27

The Storlxs," the musical fantasy,
Is announced for next Thursday night.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry NJ. Johnson,
who have been visiting relatives in
Augusta, returned home yesterday.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27

Mrs. F. H. Robertson of Dublin is
visiting friends in Savannah.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27

Mrs. Edith Johnson and children are
visiting their brother, Mr.. B. F. Fin
ney on Hall street
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Frank Wilkes of
Charlotte, N. c., are visiting relatives
in the city.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27

Misses Emma and Adele Meyer have
returned home after a month in New
York city.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-27

Mrs. E. A. Cults is the guest of Mrs.
H. c. Bagley in Atlanta.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-15
.oIMLETs" BORED THEM.
book Of Conceited Author Lacked
Popularity with the Read
ing Public.

Though Robert W. Chambers Is a pop
ular author, he will rarely talk about
his books, says q literary exchange.
81 hate literary conceit," he said the
other day. "If an architect builds a
good house, his friends, on account OF it,
don't regard him as a god, and he doesn't
regard himself as a god. The same with
an engineer. If he builds a good bridge
it Is in the days work, and that is all
there is about it. But if a man writes
a good book, why, then there must be
genius in him, and before this genius he
himself, as well as all the world, must
bow down. Rot.
Literary conceit il distasteful to mo"
Mr.. Chambers said, ~and l like to see it
taken down. 1t was we'll taken down in
the case Of a New York man recently.
He has wri4en a novel, 'Gimlets,' and
the public libraries have put this book
on their shelves. The man called at one
Of the libraries to find out how his work
was going with the public. He hoped 70
have his vanity tickled q little.
"Is "Gimlets" in? he said to the Ii
brarian.
"It never was out was the reply"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-15
TOO GREAT A RESEMBLANCE
partrait So Like the Original That
It Lacked Charitable Ex-
preston.

Bishop Olmsted, of Denver, is interest
ed in a number Of charities, and obtains
many generous contributions on their be-
half from rich Episcopalians, says the New
York Tribune.
There is in Denver, however, a million
aire who will rarely consent to help
Bishop Olmsted's pet projects. He is. a
generous man, and in his own way he
assists the poor, but to organized char.
ity, for some reason. he heartily OBJ.
jects. The bishop often asks him for
subscriptions, but these requests are al
most invariably refused.
Recently the millionaire had his por-
trait painted. Bishop Olmsted met him
the other day and said:
Il saw this morning your admirable
portrait" -
"And did you ask it for a subscription? p
said the millionaire, smiling.
mo" said Bishop Olmsted. 81 saw
there was nc use-it was 80 like you"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-15
FOREIGN

Alfred De Rothschilds, IN of the
famous banking family. has q private
circus at his country seat, Halton House,
England. The.ring, about 100 yards in
diameter, is surrounded by trees.
Eminent German professors are be-
coming proverbial for their longevity.
The latest to celebrate his SEVENTEEN
birthday is Ewald Herring, of the Ger
man university at Prague. Like Helm
holtz, Brucke, Dubois. Fechner and
others. he has done original work in
several branches of science, but perhaps
his most important discoveries relate
to the physiology Of memory.
On Lord Kitchener's recent tour in
the interior of the Simla hills he re-
ceived al address Of welcome from the
rajah of Bashahr, who assured him that
"the songs Of your excellency's stain
less glory. of the sincere, impartial and
the honest acts of the late Transvaal
war (Which are the real ornaments OF
the honorable officers of your excellen-
| cy's ~position), are c%heerfully sung by the
Aheavenly nymphs in Paradise"
5(Nilliam Evans, formerly protector
ut Chinese In the Straits Settlements.
WIN was induced by the British gov
eminent to go to South Africa to super
intend the arrangements connected with
the Importation and the housing of the
Chinese in South Africa, has refused to
remain there. He said he would never
consent to be a slave driver, and thai
the conditions under which the Chinese
worked in South Africa were inde-
%scribable.
The late Sir William Vernon Har-
court, though an ardent fighter, was
one of the most forgiving and kind
hearted men. On one occasion, years
ago, T. P. O'Connor asked him in the
house of commons regarding the size of
cells in convict prisons. Sir william
gave the desired Information with such
exactness as to suggest a laugh in the
house, but cheers followed when the
head of the home office quietly ex.
planned that he had considered 1t his
duty to visit several such cells, SO as to
know by personal knowledge how the
unfortunate beings who were con-
demned to dwell there were accustomed
to faro
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-15
CONSUMERS AND FRESH EGGS.
Beget Confidence I'm the freshness
of Your Onerinss, and y Good
Markct IL Assured.

Fresh eggs sell at all seasons and In
all markets. Cold-storage eggs, or
those that are picked in brine or lime.
do not interfere with the prices Of
strictly fresh eggs. Consumers, how
ever, do not always know where to buy
the best, and many of them, in order to
procure strictly fresh eggs, are satis-
fed when they can get them from
some ''old farmer" But ever tho "old
farmer" Is not always wiser than the
customer, allowing for producing them
some "old farmers buy eggs, or bring
them TO market for their neighbors.
There is a great deal of faith" in
buying eggs, and much depends on
confidence" and from whom they are
purchased. When the markets are
well supplied, the least desirable goods
brings very low prices. It is then that
the p%oultrymen ventiiates his opinion
of the commission merchant, and
charges him with many sins that
should be laid at the door of the poul-
tryman himself. If everything sold
in the market depended on quality.
much light would be thrown on the
business of buying and selling. The
farmer has many advantages, how
ever, if he only will use them. If he
had a reputation as one who made q
practice of selling choice poultry and
eggs, he would soon find the commits
sion merchants seeking his articles,
and they would compete with each
other in the endeavor to secure his
trade. 1t would require some extra
time and labor Tor the farmer to es-
tablish this reputation, but that is no
more than is required of men engaged
in any other industry. Make a repu-
%tation, however, and it will last for
life. or as long as the farmer MAIN
tains it. Prices can lie kept up by
one price, the farmer can demand
more. There are always W in a BAR
gain, and the one who has the advan-
tage will dictate the price. The mer-
chants who sell Eggs know that the
customers are willing TO pay extra
prices for fresh eggs, and that they
frequently judge Of the quality of eggs
by the prices asked; the merchants,
also, when fresh eggs are scarce, some
times select the best on hand, and add
from two to five cents on the price. II
they did not do SO, the customer would
not buy them. This shows that the
customers are willing to pay something
extra for a good article, and they will
pay the extra price more willingly to
the farmer than they will to the mer-
ohant.-Farm and Fireside.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-15
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

1t takes mall at least seven days to
90 from Chicago to London.
San Francisco is thinking of having
. worlds fair on the completion Of the
Panama canal.
The skeletons of four men who mys-
~teriously disappeared there. between
two days. 20 years ago. have been dis
covered in an old water hole near
Quartrite. Ariz- They were on their
way to California and no doubt were
murdered for their money.
Eastern capitalists have bought
three Of the heaviest timbered canyons
In the Rockies neal Colorado Springs,
Col. with the purpose Of making a
great game preserve. More than 300
head of elk have already been pur-
chased. 1t is reported that the princi-
pal stock Will be elk, deer and ante
lope.
A curious effect of the war in the
far east il the migration Of sharks to
European waters. The submarine ex-
plosions are supposed to have fright
ened the creatures, which have passed
through the Suez canal, and have been
making havoc among the fishes of the
Adriatic. Invasion of the Black sea
wen has been feared.
The forestry department of the Unit
ed States government has three expert
men in the field at Colorado Springs,
Col. Close to the city they have es-
tabiished nurseries and they have col
lected and planted the seeds which
with growth will replace the fallen and
burned timber on Pixies Peak and the
adjacent range Of the Rockies, The
work may cover a period of 20 years,
and 1t Is estimated the expenditure
Will approximate 20. 900. 000.
Mexico is credited with being at the
head of the Latin-American countries
in the matter Of letters. Besides pos
sessing the oldest organs of Spanish
American journalism, it is said to have
in active existence the first library
established In America, which Is now
at least 800 years old. In Chill. Ar
g~entina and Peru there are papers that
have been published for so years and
more. One is the Ell Concrete. OF
Lima, which has had a career of GO
years of uninterrupted daily issue.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-15
ron PEACE IN THE HOME
d II Interests There Should BE a
System Of Equal Consid-
Grafton.

4 mother should be perfectly Impair
tai in the treatment Of her children II
there Is to be peace in the home. Prob
ably ons Of her children viii be dearer
to her than the rest-the youngest or
~ eldest, the cleverest or the most
|~loving-but II she Is q good mother.
sSys the American queen, she viii
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-15

49,. s.matr;oaI rronortiops in
- -, -, a,o n,aos,ng IN
wna'eNo. ''-aa,s aao,nv q more i'm
49, e. ~ hot thew arc a true
i~a,aatsaa 80 ,,i,;tv perhans nc more
~ ;,rnstrat;on az his truth can be
49, 80 hon on incident which &C.
pvn,od ~ tha Ct louis show grounds.
49, sar ohamn;onsbin If fat
40 wear there was a
oan,o"s shon,;,s which included
iai,iy $50 ~ ct honnrs in each of
onS - h,.oads rho comnetition
-, ILL narrou,ed down to Po-
80 rh;na . perksbire and a York
- ~ snaI decision being in favor
~, pe,and china
tha oonc,usion Judge Ferguson
! h;s reasons for This disposition Of
b. ,;hhop and in these remarks were
;na,,,dad Information as TO the general
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-15
HUSTLING.
The Hustler, De He Tanker, Mer-
chant or Farmer, is the Wan
Who Gets Things.

A little book, which n of our banks
is distributing as an advertisement,
mas a number Of proverbs scattered
through its pages, one of which says:
"All things come to him who waits.
Int a choicer collection may be had
by going after them The ann
is that while one is waiting for the
slow process of time to bring around
his share, the hustler has gone on
ahead and secured the best. This IS
rue in all things, and as much SO IN
dairving as in anything else. The man
who is satisfied to go along with his
l25 pounds of butter, per COW, per an
num-, is just as certain to tall pehlnu
L. noirhhnr -whn knanS