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The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-12
LEAGUE NAMED
NEW OFFICERS.
Continued from Twelfth Page.

Continued from Twelfth Page.
ownership. He gave some figures from
his own city in support of his position
stating that the cheapest water pow
er in the country was in Augusta,
where the city owned the canal. He
said the city had been contemplating
putting in it's own lighting plant. All
cities, he stated should own their
lighting and water plants.
Good Even With Grating
Mayor Bailey also spoke in support
of municipal ownership, asserting that
he believed it was good thing even
where graft existed.
Mayor Horne of MilledgeVilIe made
an interesting talk, showing some of
the evils of private ownership He used
his own town as an illustration. The
waterworks there are owned by a cor
poration. The plant cost $4,000, he
stated, and is bonded for 1925, 600. The
city pays the company $1,000 for the
use of water for fire purposes alone,
and he said there had been only one
fire in two years, so the city paid ST.
600 for water used at that fire. The
contract with the company has already
cost thousands of dollars, he said,
and the water furnished was not fit
for drinking purposes
AS to State Chemist.
Mayor Horne said he had repeatedly
sent some of the water to the stare
chemist. but that official would not
condemn any water unless it would
kill man within ten minutes after
he drank it. He evidently stands in
with the corporations, declared Mayor
Horne.
DR.. LONGING of Atlanta, and Mayor
Chappell of Columbus. spoke in favor
of municipal ownership, the latter
speaking at length upon it.
Il urge small towns that have not
yet embarked in the enterprise to profit
by the example of Milledgeville ami
Columbus" said Mayor Chappell.
wait until you can issue bonds and
have your own plants"
In Columbus he said the waterworl1s
were owned by a private corporation,
and that the city was suffering from
it. Mayor Monk of Moultfie, Mayor
Lovejoy of Hawkinsville, Mayor Coch-
ran of GAINESVILLE, and a number of
others also advocated cities owning
their own plants.
Two Papers Were Read.
Recorder Picquet, of Augusta, read
a paper on police courts. and Dir.
Drummer, of Savannah, read a paper
on the smallpox situation in the state.
The discussion which followed the lat
ter was responsible for no others be-
ing taken up. These papers are given
below.
The time for the meetings of the
league was changed from the second
to the third Wednesday in August.
This change was made because of the
summer sessions of the Legislature
now.
Mayor James n. AtwateF
James r. Atwater, the newly elect
ed president of the league, is just
80 years of age. and is unmarried.
He is a son of Capt. James Atwater
and a grandson of Nathan Respess
founder of the first cotton factory i'm
the state. He has been mayor of
Thomaston a progressive little town
of 1000 inhabitants, for ten years.
He is a banker, a cotton and oil mill
operator and a planter. He is chair
man Of his County Executive Commit
tee, and OF the Executive Committee
of the Sixth Congressional district,
embracing the city Of Macon. He is
also captain OF the Epson County
Guards. He has taken a deep interest
dn the league since its organization.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-12
LOCAL PERSONAL.

Mr.. s. e. Waters OF Richmond is at
the De Soto.
Mr.. Walter Harper Of Atlanta is at
the De Soto.
Mr.. w. E. Holmes Of Pensacola Is
at the Screven House.
Among the guests at the Pulaski ia
Mr.. II. l.. Trumbes OF Macon.
Among the guests al the De Soto Is
Mr.. r.. w. Newcomb OF Chicago.
Mr.. s. c. Brooks OF valdosta sailed
yesterday In the Frederick for Balti-
more. on his way 10 ST. Louis.
Mr.. G.. I. Taggart, Jr.. left Fast night
for Nova Scotia on a business trip.
He will be gone about three weeks.
Mr. r. E. Fleming OF Augusta Is
registered at the Pulaski. Mr.. 3. #.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-12
CITY BREvlTlES.

Rev. George Solomon has returned
from Waynesville. n. c., and services
will be held in the chapel at o'clock
this evening.
An important meeting Of the Board
OF Governors OF the North Carolina
Society has been called for 3 O'Clock
tonight. at the home Of Mr.. j. p.
williams Notices we're sent out to
the members yesterday by Secretary
Donlan.
n was reported 10 the police at an
early hour this morning that come
one had entered the house Of Sec
ton boss Of the Atlantic. Coast Line
near the Gorrie Ice Company outside
the cry limits and fred q shot az one
Of the occupants. The police are in-
ve8tigating the matter
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-12

Continued from Sixth Page.
colleague, Senator Bacon, in pressing
congress for the necessary appropria-
ton to secure a depth of at least thirty
Ieet OF water at mean low tide. 1 be-
1IeNe that such an expenditure can be
wisely made and will be followed by
d vast increase in business from the
territory naturally tributary to this
port
AS the result of such an expenditure,
undoubtedly the farmers and manufac-
turers of large territory will secure
an easy access to the markets of the
world at reduced cost of transporta-
uon. The government statistics dis
tIhctly demonstrate that in order to
secure the lowest possible freight rates
the largest vessels must be used. The
tIehd OF ocean commerce is largely to-
wards larger freight carriers. Your
committee in a memorial to Congress,
Drlm full of valuable information,
points unerringly to the fact that
deeper water is but meeting the uniG
Versal demands OF the time for a min
llnum expense in the exchange of COM
Inodltles. But I must not digress from
'He point that l was discussing.
why Building Is Needed.
Why has it become necessary for
TINS city to spend $3.50. 900, for a new
city Hall? l have already pointed
out your rapid growth in wealth and
population. l have pointed out the
tact that you are the third cotton port
OF the world. You draw cotton not
only from Georgia, but from Florida,
south Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee,
Mlsslsslppi, Arkansas Louisiana and
even the Indian Territory and Oklo-
nonla' Savannah is the chief primary
market of the world in naval stores.
ohe is the first port handling the
IIouucts of spirits Of turpentine and
am informed that the prices of
snese articles are fixed for the world
mere and that the buyers located here
IVt only take the naval stores receiv-
"a at savannah, but handle IS per
I'M or all naval stores received at
oLher points. Savannah's pre-emi-
Nenee in this line Of business is con-
Se1ed by everyone. Savannah draws
Her naval stores from Georgia, Flor
ga, Alabama, Mississippi, and South
drolina. ] have read with amaze
".eht and interest the great increase
VI YOUR lumber and timber trade.
last year you exported 205 100000 feet
ol lumber. | am informed that every
.'altlonal foot OF water has tended
10 swell the volume OF the exports of
our lumber and timber. / shall never
- quite willing to quit Congress I'M
an you get thirty feet of water and
can accomplish this deed, am
ere that you win not let me quit
lHgress. In your memorial to Con-
sI'ss asking for deeper water you
ont out the fact. and Il is fact
way cannot be disputed. that you ex-
l''t 205.00O. 900 feet OF lumber every
7H that you are the third cotton
tot Of the world the chief naval
ores port. one OF the greatest lum-
~ ports. the second phosphate port
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-12

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The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-12
ANOTHER FULL PROGRAMME
FOR THE LEAGUE TO-DAY.
Extra Session VIII He Held as Bust
ness Was Not Finished.

Extra Session VIII He Held as Bust
ness Was Not Finished.
There will be a session of the league
this morning shortly after 10 O'Clock,
at which time two papers will be read.
Col. c. p. Goodyear Of Brunswick
will read paper on Home Rule of
Municipalities as Related to Municipal
Prosperity" and Hon. Minter Wimber-
ly of Macon will read a paper on "The
Policy of Municipal Authorities in re-
gard to Claims for Damages"
There will be an inspection of the fire
department of Savannah just before
the meeting this morning. The entire
department will pass by the De Soto,
that the officials may have an oppor-
tunity of seeing it. In the afternoon,
leaving at l o'clock. there will be an
excursion down the river to Quaran-
tine Station. and then out to sea on
the steamer Clayton. Lunch is to be
served on board.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-12
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.

Mr.. P. s. Hay. Southeastern passen-
ger agent of the Mobile and Ohio,
with headquarters at Montgomery, was
in the city yesterday.
Mr.. F.. ]. Walker, of Jacksonville,
freight and passenger agent Of the
Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis
road, was here yesterday.
The Southern Railway has notified
it's agents Of the untruth of the rumor
that the Toxaway hotels in the Sap
phire country were full of guests and
could therefore accommodate no more
patrons. General Passenger Agent
w. II. Tayloe is authority for the
statement to the effect that the hotels
can accommodate a hundred regular
guests and all transient guests COM
ing to that section Of the country.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-12
CONVENTION NOTES.

Municipal ownership is a subject
of the deepest interest to the former
president OF the league. When Mr.
Smith learned that Mayor Howell OF
Atlanta could not lead this discussion
he began to enlist the other Mayors
in the subject. 1T is a matter of the
most vital interest to all cities" ne
said. And IL is sure to be more and
more talked OF and aRitated. About
the only real argument ever offered
against municipal ownership is that
politics may creep into IL. And poll
tics slip into everything. / am a mem
Der Of the educational board and I
think / find about as much politics In
IL as anywhere else"
President Bridges Smith Is an old
newspaper mana brainy one and a
Jolly one. He spent twenty-five years
Of his life writing
YES" said he. they tell me that I
have a journalistic graveyard. And
I have Inferred a few periodicals. i
confess. Sam Small and / buried two
that ] recall"
Mayor Thomas W. Cochran OF
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-12

in the state bordering on Georgia. While
every one of these states has a state
board of health, which has been in ex-
istance for years, Smallpox has pre-
vailed in these states. with little or no
control of same, since IL was intro
duced over FIVE years ago. This city,
itself, three years ago. after being free
from smallpox for over six months, was
infected by negroes living on the sea
islands of South Carolina, and after
repeated efforts to interest the State
Board of Health of South Carolina in
suppressing the disease, but without
success. for the reason that the pop
ulation Of these islands had but small
commercial relations with other por-
tions of that state. the national gov
eminent, through the Marine Hospital
Service, took a hand in the fight and
placed interstate quarantine on the
waterways leading from those Islands
to Georgia, and in sixty days, that
source of infection was eliminated.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-12

GAINESVILLE is one of the best known
business men of Middle Georgia He
is proud of GAINESVILLE the home of
Gordon Institute. known all over the
South. Mr.. Cochran will spend sew
eral days at Tybee after the conven-
tion.
The bringing of the band from
Sullvan's Island was due largely to
the efforts of Alderman w. H. Wright,
chairman of the Transportation Com
mittee Alderman Wright was a tire
less worker and carried out his part
of the programme without a hitch.
Alderman James NJ. Dixon. chair
man of the Automobile Committee.
was congratulated yesterday on every
side for. the excellent parade Wednes-
day afternoon. Mr.. Dixon worked
hard to make the parade of the autos
a success. and devoted much time
and attention to the details that were
necessary for a successful trip.
Judge A. j. Crovatt. Mayor of
Brunswick. is among the most en-
thusiastic of the visitors. IF there
is any city in the world that knows
how to entertain, it is savannah, !"
said Judge Crovatt yesterday. Il
don't see how you fellows can ever
think of so many things to entertain
strangers with. And such splendid
roads. And such beautifully paved
streets"
The trip down the river to-day will
be a stag affair. Luncheon will be
served on the boat and the visiting
officials will be given a good time.
The Clifton will leave the foot OF
Whitaker street promptly at l O'Clock
and at that hour luncheon will be
served.
A message was received by Mayor
Myers last night from Surgeon General
Weyman, regretting his inability to
be present at the meeting of the
League of Georgia Municipalities.
The United States band from Sulli-
vans Island gave a concert at the De
Soto last night that was enjoyed by
the members of the league and a large
number of others Who were present.
The band won the highest praise here
yesterday. 1t was complimented on
every hand. 1t will return to Charles
ton this morning.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-12
OdOrs of Precipitation
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Stops Ginning. cure S

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The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-12
PineappIes for Sale.

The best Tor grating, preserving
and table use. Strictly fancy
smooth Cayennes. per crate of 16,
weight about rs pounds, 1915. Strict
ly fancy Porto Ricos, per crate of to
10, weight about as pounds, 1915.
N. B.-The digestive properties OF
the pineapple are equal to that of
pepsin.
Strictly fancy Manatee River
Guhvas, per six basket carrier crate.
$3.50.
Shipments via express. Remit by
check or money order for any guam
tity desired. VIM. HANSON,
Braidentown, Fla.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-12
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COURT HOUSE PICK-UPS.

The petition OF Stephen e. Prentiss.
trustee. and others, praying that an
order be given transferring the trust
20 the Jurisdiction OF the Probate Court
Of Barnwell county. 8. c., was granted
yesterday by Judge Cam.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-12

ulations as seemed to be essential to
national union, strength and harmony,
and without which the purpose in or
ganizing the national authority might
have been defeated"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-12

The case OF George W. Beckett.
plaintiff IN certiorari. against George
s. Cargill. defendant In certiorari, was
filed yesterday in the Superior Court.
The oase Is an appeal from the court
OF Justice Bevans when Mr. Cargill
secured verdict for SIS on a suit on
account
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-12

Large variety of other
Rugs, both large and small.
at Phenomenal Low Prices.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-12

Removed AZ once
from armpits,
feet, etc, ~
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-12
Our entire stock of
Mattings

to go at and below New
York cost. To properly
appreciate this fact they
must be seen.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-12
ELOQUENT ADDRESS
DELIVERED BY UNITED
STATES SENATOR CLAY.

Continued from Sixth Page.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-12
AS to DR.. WestmoreIand.


I heard the president of the state
Board of Health of Georgia make a
statement to the Committee on APP
preparations of the Lower House or
Legislature. on Tuesday July II, that
smallpox had existed in South Geor-
gia for ten years; as a. matter OF
fact, it was introduced in the year
1899. Being asked by a member of
the committee if the disease existed
in North Georgia. he replied that 1t
did not. OF course. 1t does not APP
pear reasonable to thinking man that
a contagious disease like smallpox
could exist in one section of the state,
for ten or even five years, without every
other section of the state becoming m
fected also.
As president of the State Board Of
Health, a position that he had held
for nearly a year, he should have
known that the city he lives in, At
lanta, had been infected as long as
any other portion of the state, and
that, during the first period of the
present year, four counties in North
west Georgia, namely: Polk, HARRISON,
Heard and Carroll, had been badly in
fected and had been visited by the
state health officer, presumably under
his direction, with instructions to look
into the prevalence of the disease in
the said counties.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-12

has been the talk of the
town. Call and secure one
before they are gone.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-12

Mayor Thomas w Cochran Of
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-12

The amount of money he asked for
showed, conclusively, that he had no
practical knowledge OF the disease
when he asked for $1,000 more than
the board had received last year, with
which to combat the disease. when We
all know that ten times that amount
would not be sufficient to make the
fight l make these statements to
show that the State Board of Health
of Georgia is not different from any
other state board of health in this
part of the country.
Smallpox is a disease, the germ or
micro-organism of which has never
been discovered, therefore, it is no
laboratory fight. The state medical
officer must be in the saddle; must be
practical man, with a knowledge of
men, and he should prosecute the
work in all counties of the state.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-12
Is a CoIlege Lecturer.

The state health officer of Georgia
| is a professor in a college and from its
| catalogue he is scheduled to lecture
|. four days in every week from Octo-
| Der to March. inclusive. and / would
| call your attention to the fact that 1t
is during these months that smallpox
prevails to a greater extent than at
any other period of the year. l say
these things in nos spirit of malice,
nor from any disappointed ambition,
for / twice refused an appointment
on the State Board of Health from
Gov. Terrell. which he was kind
enough to offer me.
l would like you gentlemen who rep
resent every section of this state to
look at the situation fairly and square
ly. 1t is not matter of North Geor-
gia or South Georgia, and no men, or
set of men, without practical expert
ence and without sufficient money, can
clear Georgia of this disease, for it
takes money and practical experience
to wipe out smallpox. Most of the
cities can meet these two necessities.
The disease can be fought there sue
cussfully, but it will be fed 20 them
from the smaller towns and villages,
from the country and from other states
and unless YOU wish this disease to
continue, probably for five or more
years, 1t will be necessary to invoke
the aid of the national government.
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