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The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-15
SONS OF THE SOUTH DlNED
AT THE WALDORF-ASTORIA
Occasion Was the Nineteenth Annual Dinner Of
the Southern Society of New York.

New York. Dec. 14.-Three hundred
and fifty sons of the South gathered
in the main ball room of the Waldorf
Astoria tonight at the nineteenth an
nual dinner of the Southern Society of
New York, and the boxes were filled
with ladies', the relatives and guests of
the diners.
Enthusiasm was aroused by the
playing of Southern airs, and diners
rising to their feet and cheering wildly
when my Maryland" and Dixie"
were played.
Among those at the guests table
with President Harrison, who presid-
ed, were Mayor Mcclellan, who re-
sponded to the toast. THE City Of
New York." Col Robert Bingham of
Asheville, N. c., who told of 1.-The
Past Status of the South, the Deca-
dence Of That Status and Its Restora-
tion;" George S. Graham Of PhAadel-
phia, whose theme was, "The South
My Country" and DR.. e. A. Alder
man of the University of Virginia.
who spoke on 1.-The Supreme Need Of
the South" and the presidents of a
number of local societies.
President Harrison. in his introduce
tory remarks, reviewed the history of
the South during the past year. In
conclusion he said
"The South stands for domestic vir-
tues. IT stands for hospitality. II
stands for democratic liberty. II
stand for tariff for revenue only and
not robbery or extortion. There are
many things like these on which the
South is solid and i'm those things let
us remain solid
Mcclellan and the War.
Mayor Mcclellan. who was then in
troduce, said In part:
you people OF the South a CEN
fury ago fought for your ideals and
you won. Still later you fought and
the world said you lost. Lee and
Johnston and Stonewall Jackson were
idealists. every one. and so were Wash
ington and jefferson. and their assoc
ciates. But OF some OF these. say
you. their dreams came true. while
the others dreamed IN vain. An. me,
no man has dreamed or lived IN vain
who has sought for lofty inspiration.
The spirit Of 81, like the spirit 0f
'7G. was idealism. and now that we
can look back after nearly half a
century and see that unhappy fratri-
eidni strife. through the vista ~ years
we can appreciate that w The broad
ana true sense there were no van
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-15

pushed, but that all were victors, I'm
that they fought for what they DEEM
ed the right, and in fighting for IT.,
fought like men and gentlemen"
Col. Robert Bingham i'm the course
of his address, referred to the negro.
After all. he said, 1.-The world has
found that he is still a negro and
it grieves me in way, to see some
of our Northern friends forced to put
the negro on political and social
equality and occasionally as a super
Tor. If the North would let the negro
alone the people Of the South, who
best understand the colored man,
would in time make him useful and
industrious citizen"
wants No Solid south.
George S. Graham. district attorney
of Philadelphia, took exception to the
statement of the president Of the so
ciety that he hoped the solid South
would remain So. He declared that
the South had no greater enemy than
this expression and that II is continued
so by external pressure OF a "nagging
North"
Remove this pressure he argued, and
the atoms will reach their proper po-
litical place, perhaps in the form of the
party. When the inference is removed
the South will take its rightful place
side by side with pennsylvania and
sometimes by New York.
DR.. f. A. Alderman, president of the
University of Virginia, declared that
the South must recover its national
spirit that its chief difficulty is the
need of men trained TO the minute. such
as II once possessed. He declared that
the quality OF the leadership of the
South is weak and the crying need is
for trained men. For their training,
he said, great Institutions Of learning
are requisite, and for them there should
be great endowments.
Graham Made Annual Address.
Hon. George S. Graham OF PhiladeI-
phia delivered the annual address
which was one OF the most brilliant
ever made before the society. Mr..
Graham Is a Northern man and he re-
ferred TO this fact I'm beginning his
address Further on he said:
MY toast Is. THE South-My
Country" Let me emphasize the per-
sonal possessive and claim ownership
with you IN the grand and glorious
South. IL II my country as much az
4 Is yours Equally 20 the North 81
your country as much as mine.
would have every man, woman and
child, whether dwelling IN the
gast. the West. the South or the
North. 10 claim tonight the whole
land. let geographical lines be oblit-
Grated. and iet AZ view our common
heritage az u lies between the inland
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-15
STRUCK BY A TRAIN.
Narrow Escape of Two Men frem
Death at VaIdOsta.

narrow Escape OF Two wen ATouh
Death at VaIdOsta.
Valdosta, Ga, Dec. 14.-A distressing
accident occurred at the Hill avenue
crossing of the Georgia Southern to-
day. Messrs S. NJ. STANDBY and ]. H.
Coffey, the superintendent of the two
state convict camps in this county,
were driving out to Mr.. Standley's
camp. long line of freight cars was
on a side track. leaving just enough
space for vehicles to pass.
AS they passed between the cars and
on the main line a freight engine came
along, pushing some fiat cars. The cars
were upon the men before they knew
it. The collision of the cars with the
horse and buggy resulted in smashing
the buggy to pieces and badly injur-
ing the horse.
Mr. Standby was thrown on top of
the fiat car and badly bruised, while
Mr.. Coffey was caught under the car
and dragged about thirty feet before
the train could be brought to a stop.
His heavy overcoat became tangled in
the brake beams or he might have
been killed instantly. His back was
badly wrenched and his body bruised
He was taken from his perilous posi-
ton in an unconscious condition, and
1t was thought that he would die, but
he later rallied and is resting easily
now. He was carried to the home OF
DIR. ]. c. Wilson, the physician of the
camps, where he is receiving every
possible attention.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-15

of assault upon the system of slavery
came, the South alone was placed in
a position primarily to suffer. Was it
any wonder that men whose social
system, teachings and property were
alike inwrought In the system of slav-
cry could not see clearly its evils and
be led voluntarily to sacrifice so much
for its effacement? Mo- Had we OF
the North stood related to the South
as you were, we would In all human
probability have stood as you did and
fought as you fought.
But to-day, blossoming with a new
prosperity, filed with the energy OF
a new birth, measuring up to their
full merit and her wonderful re-
sources and possibilities, the South I'M
derstands that beyond human thought
and action the hand of God rested on
the wheels of Providence and has
wrought out for her a far greater and
gFander deliverance-an emancipation
and the result Is unfiinchingly and
periodically accepted. A Supreme Be
ing was dealing with the affairs of
men, and he builded for them better
than they knew.
II wish to emphatically deny tonight
that there is any 'recrudescence Of
sectionalism / wish. on the other
hand, TO emphatically affirm that there
is a renaissance Of friendship and SYM
patby.
Brethren OF the South. let us unite
for the renaissance OF American unity;
let us turn our faces forever against
every form in which an attempt may
be made 70 revive sectionalism; let us
adopt as our own the immortal Ian
guage of Patrick Henry, when he said:
The boundaries of the several colonies
have been effaced; the distinctions be-
tween Virginians, New Workers. Penn
sylvanians and New Englanders are
no more. / am not a Virginian. but
an American Regarding the past as
gone, we will let the dead past bury
it's dead and turn our eyes to the hori-
zon Of the future with high hope and
courage and a determination to make
our nation within successful and pros
porous, and without respected and hon
ored. Truly tonight. more so than
when quoted by Webster sixty years
ago, and by Grady twenty years ago.
can adopt from them and use the
words Of the poet:
Those opposed eyes,
Which. like the meteOrs OF a troubled
heaven,
All OF one nature. Of one substance
bred.
Did lately meet in tn internecine
shock,
Shall now. in mutual Notwithstanding
ranks,
March all one way"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-15

seas on the north and the Gulf OF
Mexico on the south, and extends from
the wave-tossed Atlantic to the far
horizon beyond the Philippines on the
calmer Pacific, and let us all say
with loyal hearts-my country Every
state, every territory, every island of
the sea Is mine. is yours, is our be-
loved country. / voice the best, the
truest and the noblest sentiment Of
those from whom / stand tonight,
when, figuratively speaking, l turn
my eyes to the land of cotton, a land
of chivalry, poetry and song, a land
Of brave men and beautiful women,
and with a sense of proprietorship,
born of our relations as copatriots and
fellow citizens, excaim of the sunny
South-"my country" Henceforth, IL
we adopt this possessive and hold sim
cerely the views which have uttered,
we cannot live apart each for himself,
but whatever interests you will inter-
est us; whatever affects you will af-
feet us: your prosperity will be our
prosperity, and our interests and pros
perity will likewise be yours. We are
all parts Of one great body polite, and
each part is as necessary to all the
others as the parts OF the human
body. The eye cannot say to the ear
l have no use for you. Neither can
the mana say 10 lHt lOOl HdNt HO
need for thee. A fearless and gifted
leader from the state OF Georgia,
speaking I'm this state at New Eng
land dinner nearly twenty years ago,
brought a message from the South
that was delivered with glorious pow
err and splendid eloquence. His mes
sage was one of peace. He exclaimed
In language never to be forgotten, and
which ! now repeat
+" I am glad the omniscient God held
the force of battle I'm His almighty
hand, and that human slavery was
swept forever from American soil-the
American Union saved from the wreck
of war He brought this message
TO us from consecrated ground. He
demanded What answer has the
North to this message? VIII she per-
init the prejudices of war to remain
I'm the hearts Of the conqueror when IL
has died In the hearts of the conquer
edg That question thrilled the North.
That message touched and stirred the
hearts OF the people everywhere. IL
has brought its answer, and the spirit
OF Henry w. Grady, that brave and
patriotic American, whose utterances
we quote because they were the voice
of prophecy, II he can view this land
OF ours to-day. and gather with pre-
ternatural power OF hearing from the
busy hum OF human industries ana
interests The notes OF patriotic thought
and sentiment pervading our people,
must rejoice tonight IN the answer.
The hand from the soldiers heart
which Grant offered 10 Lee at APP
pomattox was symbolical. and repre-
SCENTS tonight the hand Of the peo-
pie OF the North extended IN cordial
hearty handclaep 20 the people Of the
South. The graves Of the gray ana
the graves Of the blue are each crown
"a with flowers. FOR they were equally
heroes.
In the clearer light which succeed
"a discussion and conflict u "a now
seen that in the inscruiaDle wisdom
OF God the South was fhWarted in her
purpose. honestly pursued ana her
bravo armies we're defeated in order
that she mlghi b. cmnnclDatqi ana
tho only peril menaClnf fhe Union
mlnhf bo removed, When the order
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-15
WAYCROSS NEWS NOTES.
Claim of the Carnival Company May
r Be settled. .

Claim of the Carnival Company May
BE settled. -s
Waycross, Ga, Dec. 14.--Messrs. w.
P. Little and j. r. Odum have pur-
chased the stock and fixtures of the
Waycross Jewelry Company from A.
M. Knight, the receiver. They will
continue the business in this city un-
der the firm name of Little & Odum.
A double daily mail service will be
instituted between Waycross and Cor
dele on the Atlantic and Birmingham
Railroad on Dec. 10. At the present
time mails are only carried by trains
and 2, but beginning next Monday
trains and will also carry mails.
The carnival company which was TO
have held a street fair in this city
next week has decided to fill in the
week at Fitzgerald, and it is not be-
lieved now that the company will en-
ter suit against the city of Waycross
for the action of the City Council in
first granting license and then re-
voking it. The carnival company,
however, will ask that the city reim-
burse it for all advertising and other
expenses, Wnlle preparing lot tne car
nival here. and it is believed that the
Council will do so.
In the City Court of Waycross to-
day, Evans Talley, a negro, was award
ed 81, 900 damages against the Atlantic
and Birmingham Railroad. Talley ask
ed for $4,000 damages.
The jury i'm the case of M. G. Hodge
awarded him 5000 for being elected
from an Atlantic and Birmingham
train after having paid his fare.
Waycross lodge of Masons at their
meeting last night elected the follow
ing officers: A. G. Vile, w. M; w.
Granville Taylor, senior warden; j. M ..
Young, Jr., junior warden; c. w.
Virgins, secretary: D. A. MCGEE,
treasurer: A. C. Blythe, tyler.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-15
WIDOW OF YOUNG
WAS ON STAND
NAN PATTERSON GREW PALE
WHEN SHE SAW THE WOMAN FACE
TO FACE.

The Widow Was Wanted in Order
That She Might Identify "A Letter
That Was TO he Admitted as Evil
dence in the Case-AgaiR the
story of the Quarrel Between Nan
Patterson and Young in the Sa-
loon Is Told.
New York, Dec. 14.-Mrs. Young,
widow of Caesar Young. was a wit
ness to-day in the criminal branch of
the Supreme Court. where Nan Pat
terson is on trial before Justice Yer
non M. Davis. charged with Young
murder.
Although she was on the stand only
long enough to identify a letter to
which another witness had referred,
Mrs. Young's presence there develop
ed one of the most intense situations
of the trial. AS the wife of the dead
man took the stand. Nan Patterson
became deathly pale, but watched
intently every movement of the wit
ness during her brief examination.
The letter which Mrs. Young iden-
titled had been produced by Bernard
L. Mexican, one of Young's brothers.
in-law, who testified that Young had
mentioned it in a conversation with
Miss Patterson early in May and that
Miss Patterson had said the letter was
written by her sister. Mrs. ]. Nor
gan Smith. The letter has not yet
been read in evidence.
Quarrel i'm the saloon.
Another of Youngs brothers-in-law,
William Luce, told ofNhat occurred be-
tween Young and Miss Patterson at
their meeting in "a saloon the night be-
fore Young was killed, and John Crow
ley, cab driver, repeated his story of
having seen Young slap the prisoners
face during a quarrel on the street that
same night.
Assistant District Attorney Rand to-
day withdrew his request that the
grand jury subpoena served on j.
Morgap Smith be admitted in evidence.
Mr.. Rand said he was actuated in with
drawing his request by information
which satisfied him that the admis-
stability of the subpoena was not free
from doubt. At the conclusion of Mr..
Rands statement, and upon sugges-
ton of the attorney for the defense,
Justice Davis directed the jury to dis
regard all references made to the miss
ing witness.
William Luce, brother-in-law of
Caesar Young, said that on the night
preceding the death of Young, Luce
and Young met Nan Patterson in a
saloon and that Young and the wom-
an quarreled there. Luce heard Young
tell her he would get her a cottage.
Young told her that he was going
away and she replied that he was not
going. He told her that she did not
know the name of the boat he was
leaving on. She answered that she
would not give him the satisfaction of
telling him the name of the boat. She
also said: Don't get up early and go
aboard. the boat, because you cannot
hide from me, even if you get into the
hold. You won't go away
Young was excited and the woman
was crying. After the talk Young put
Nan Patterson in a cab and sent her
off alone. Luce said he neither struck
nor kissed her. He
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-15
LINES OF DEAD BODIES
A CHASTITY SIGHT.

Before Port Arthur, With the Third
Japanese Army, via Fusan, Dec. IA
The work of removing the dead from
the slopes and crests of 2O3 Meter hill
mas been completed on the North side.
me south slopes are still covered with
bodies buried under the debris OF
trenches and bomb-proofs.
The long lines of Japanese dead laid
out on the top OF the hill and the slopes
previous to interment presented an
aWtui appearance. Most Of the bodies
were partially naked and terribly torn
by dynamite bombs.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-15
REV. }. A. HowLAND's FUNERAL.
Hemains Laid 20 Rest In the Gene
terry at Madison.

NeFy AT mudtsOns
Madison, Fla, Dec. 14.-The body OF
Rev. James A. Rowland, an account
OF whose sudden death while attend
Hlg the recent conference OF the Meth
oulht church al Orlando, two days ago,
appeared In the Morning News. ar
INea This morning, and after service
at me church. Rev. ID. n. Cole, the
pastor assisted by Rev. Partridge OF
Mynilcello, and Rev. Crandell OF the
madison circuit. officiating. was
ctery.
ilF father. a new Highlander set
N'o here over sixty years ago and
married ln this county, where the de-
''hhed Nas born about forty years
-tp. hls ability ~ IA preacher was rec
.tMted by the conference BY assign
~ MIN % some ~ the moaf lmpor-
t.Nf churches. Last ~ which WA fhe
thti'h 40 Quincy. a wife ana fNo
tNlilfen. hla mother. now over Az
t,aiH ~ Hff. ana fN0 br0inrfH. phil
np y lioNIHud ~ aNau0 county,
lnlifa. ana Nnram noNlana ~ tas
Fannan survive lInA
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-15
ONE SMALL BUG
CAUSES THIS TODD

Continued from First Page.
ed and incorporated as a part of the
resolution. 1t is as follows:
The result of the experience of all
the scientists and practical farmers in
time is that cotton can be made even
under boil weevil infestation if the
farmers are properly organized.
The Cultural Method.
This means the adoption of what
is known as the cultural method. In
order that every farmer in the South
may have the benefit of this cultural
method. we recommend:
THAT the president of this conven-
tion shall select five members. who,
with himself and the secretary, shall
constitute the general executive COM
mittee.
THAT the vice president of each
state shall select six prominent men
from each state, who shall constitute
a state executive committee.
THE state executive committee shall
organize each county in their respec-
tive states by appointing a chairman
who, in turn, will select an executive
committee to assist him.
THE county executive committee
will enroll the names of all the cotton
farmers of their country, sending the
same to the state executive commit
tee, who will. in turn, report to the
national executive committee.
1--WE recommend that each state raise
sufficient fund among the cotton
farmers, merchants and bankers to
carry on this work
To Reach Each Planter.
1--WE recommend that the various
state legislatures and Department of
Agriculture, through the bureau of
plant industry and the division of en-
tomology, cooperate in the campaign
of education with the state executive
committee and the county executive
committee, to reach each individual
planter, as they have done in Texas,
and that sufficient appropriation be
made by Congress to provide the nee
essary literature and instructions to
carry out the cultural methods.
Until some remedy is found which
will destroy the boil weevil and elm
mate him from the cotton fields of
the South to make a cotton crop will
depend upon the individual efforts Of
each cotton farmer, and without this
organization, the government cannot
aid the farmers as it should.
"As 70 per cent. of the cotton farm
ers are tenants, it is absolutely imper-
alive that they and their landlords be
organized. AS so per cent. of the cot
ton farmers are negroes. il is more
important that they be organized, as
the boil weevil will affect the tenants
and negroes more than the landlords
or those who own their own FARMS"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-15

Mrs. Mary Fowler, widow OF the
late Peter Fowler, died yesterday
morning az s o'clock. at her home, No.
s45 Tattnali street. She was 70 years
OF age. and had been IN declining
health for some time. She WAS born
In Ireland. and was a dcyOut Catholic.
She n survived By one daughter, Miss
Dora Fowler. Tho funeral VIII take
place this afternoon az $3.50 o'clock,
from the resideace.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-15

Philadelphia. Dec. i4-ciark Davis.
odiior-ln-chief o. fhe Public Ledger ~
ihls clty. died ~ he home here TO-
Aay ~ heart disease. BE- WA 20 years
~ age De- b. survived By a widoH.
Iiabsrra Harding Davis "a daughter.
ana AGO fufa. aHf ~ fIe latter being
hsahard nsrolns DaYia
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-15
PoRTER-DExTER. LIVE OAK. FLA,

Live Oak, Fla. Dec. t4.-,An imp6r-
tant social event IN Live Oak was the
marriage this afternoon az o'clock
Of Mr.. Edward Porter and Miss Claire
Dexter az the home or thf brides
parents on Duyal street. The home
was beautifully decorated with cver-
greens and moases intermlxed with
delicate little electric lights. giving n
. yefliable falrylnnd effect,
The popularity Of the bride ana
groom was aifeHted by 4 large mum.
Der Of very handsome presents After
receiving hearty congratulations from
inr large number 0f friends Hno h11
assembled 40 witness fnr ceremony fnn
young couple lefi Cor h tNo-aeeAs
honeymoon
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-15
BODIES WERE TORN
BY HAND GRENADES

Continued from First page.
bomb-proofs were torn to splinters by
shells and dynamite
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-15

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The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-05-12

The sheepnlen of this section are
elated over the early spring, and,
although the weather has not been
very warm, there has been no cold
rain and snow to interfere with the
focks Oh the range. The clip this
year will be very large, and those
who lost large bands of sheep last
year from big head, will have
a chance to even up this spring.
Many large flock masters have re-
ported to Us that the lanbing season
with them is practically over, and
their loss has not been worthy Of
mention. One gentleman informed
us that out Of one band he had
1000 lambs without the loss of a
single one.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-05-12

The Marysville Republican, is
the latest venture in Newspaper
dom, the first issue of which will
make its appearance OF Tuesday of
next week. Marysville is to be
congratulated upon having a news
paper to champion its cause and
bring that wealthy agricultural
district III touch with the outside
world. The name of the paper
would indicate that it will the Re
publican i'll politics. Q. II. Cusick
is the star actor and Will control
the destiny of the new venture.
We heartily welcome The Marys-
Vile Republican and wish its
management abundant success.
Arrangements have been made for
the mechanical work to be done at
the Peak office.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-05-12

Idaho stock men will be greatly
pleased at the happy outcome of
the loug course Of negotiations
looking to the restoration Of the
return-pass privilege to attendants
of live stock on shipments to the
east. The Rock Island, the Chicago
& Northwestern and the Short
Line having restored the privilege,
the other interested roads are almost
sure to follow. The cutting off Of
the return passes was due to a
claim made by some of the railroad
people that attendants who had no
intention of returning sometimes
secured the passes and sold them to
scalpers. The stock men feel that
they have been subjected to a great
injustice, and their business to a
considerable loss. Considering the
long haul which they have to
overcome, Idaho live stock men
need every facility for the trans
portation of their output to the
eastern markets. - Mountain Home
Republican.