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The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-14
LYNCHINC CHECkED.

According to one authority there was
not a lynching In this country during
the month of November. The reason
for this good record isn't hard to find.
1t was the new and very determined
attitude of state authorities against
| lynchings. The action Of the grand
jury in the Huntsville, Ala, cases and
the excitement stirred up by the action
! of the state authorities i'm this state,
showing purpose to require military
companies to prevent lynchings when
ordered out for that purpose. has had
a good effect.
1t is true none of the accused parties
in the Huntsville cases has been con-,
victed, but it doesn't follow that there
wouldn't be convictions in other similar
cases. The evidences of a determine
tiOn to enforce the law against lynch
ers has no doubt had a most salutary
influence. If it becomes generally un-
derstood that no efforts will be spared
to bring lynchers to justice there will
be very few lynchings. The would
be lynchers will let the law take its
course rather than risk the infiiction
of severe punishment upon themselves.
There ought to be the most vigorous
enforcement of the law against all
sorts of lawlessness. Whitecappers
should be even more severely dealt
with than lynchers. Both lynchings
and whitecapping lead directly to-
wards anarchy.
1t was stated in our dispatches yes
terday that number of the most
influential men of Lincoln county, Ala
bama, had been indicted for whitecap-
ping. 1t seems there has been a great
deal of that species of violence in that
county, and the Governor determined
to put a stop to it. The men he en-
ployed to. get evidence against the
guilty parties did their work we'll.
Many indictments have been found,
and among the indicted are some of the
wealthiest and most prominent men of
the county If a few Of the prominent
and influential whitecappers should be
convicted there would be no more
whitecapping lawlessness in Alabama.
1t is difficult to get capital and i'm
migrants to settle in communities in
which there is lawlessness of the
whitecapping and lynching kind. They
seek communities where there are
school houses and churches. The rail-
roads and other interests are making
every possible effort to bring in i'm
migrants and the lawless elements are
doing all they can to keep them out.
These elements ought not to be allow
ed to have their way any longer. They |
have had it long enough. The courts
are capable of dealing with criminals |
of all sorts. There is no call for lynch |
ers or whitecappers.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-14
INDEX ~ NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Clinton Lodge No 81, F.
& A. NJ
Special Notices-Card of Thanks, A..
L. Johnson; Dividend No. S5, Ogle-
thorpe Savings and Trust Company:
Crew Notices, ]. F. Minis & Co..
Agents; Notice to City Court Jurors;
To My Friends, Mark Apple; Crew
Notice, Strachan & Co., Consignees.
Business Notices-Visitors to the
City, Sommers Cafe; Juvenile BIZ
cycles. G. w. Thomas.
Dress Goods Days-Leopold Adler.
Special Daily Sale No. 9-B. H.
Levy, Bro. & Co.
Perfumes-Llvingston's Pharmacy.
A World of Delight-Cortez Cigars.
Mince Meats-The Delmonico Com
pany
misunderstanding & Co.
Foods-Royal Baking Powder.
The Quality of Our .Work-E.. & w.
Laundry
Place An Early order-At Latti-
mores'
Eyeglasses and spectacles-Dr. NJ.
schwab's Son.
Nothing Better-Tetterine
Cough and Cold Medicine-Rowlin-
ski, Druggist
Catoosa Springs water-Knight's
Pharmacy.
Red Lion Courage Gin-Henry Sol
omon & Son.
Red Cross Coffee-Ha1ry Solomon &
Son.
Just Bear in Mind-C. A. MINISTER'S.
Legal Notices-In the Matter of S. L.
Folsom of Tattnall, Bankrupt.
Savannah Theater-To-night 1.-The
Beauty Doctor"
This Touch of Cold-Savannah Gas
Company.
Through Train Service to California
Union Pacific Railway.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted, Employment Wanted, For
Rent, For Sale Lost. Personal, Miscel
laneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-14
Virtue in Scotch whisky.

Two municipal officials entered a cafe
recently to transact other than city
business, says the Baltimore Sun.
Each was aware of the convival habits
of the other, hence the surprise of
the one when the other ordered Scotch
whisky
What's the matter. John?" inquired
the friend of the Scotch-whisky advo-
cate. you can't play golf in winter"
I am going home,' John replied.
pouring out his Scotch.
Il am from Missouri and you'll have
10 put me wise. happen to know
that you take rye. in yours"
Take your dose first, and I'll tell
you something you'll Remember as long
as you are able to- swallow alcohol, !"
explained John as he downed his
Scotch as if it were So much medi-
cine. -e<t e9s}
i said l was. going home. That
means am going, to see my wife in
very short While. AS you know. she
objects to my drinking; hence the
Scotch"
Well, 1 am still from Missouri" re-
joined the other.
"Well, it's this way. If you went
home now your wife would know you
had been drinking. Mine would not.
The difference is that you have taken
rye and have INDUCED in Scotch
My breath will be innocent of intoxi-
cants. That's the characteristic of
Scotch whisky. Remember this and
it'll save you trouble. When you're
going home and your friends insist
on setting them up make yours Scotch
and all will be well.''
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-14
PRoUrY TO THE RAILROADS.

Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Prouty is quoted as saying in Chicago
day or two ago that there will be
either government ownership or gov
ernment regulation of the railroads. "
Further along in his interview he is
quoted as saying: IF the railroads do
| not want government ownership they
will cease their opposition to the
Presidents plan for preventing the en-
forcenlent of rates which are unrea-
sonable.'
1t is hardly probable that Mr.. Prou-
tvs deliverance will impress the pres
idents and other officials of railroads
greatly. There is no doubt, of course
that he is very much IN earnest and
very sincere, and it is certain that it
is his judgment that something is going
to happen If the railroads don't cease
making discriminating rates-that is,
if they don't stop making unequal
rates-but it is hardly probable that
he is in a position to forecast what is
going to happen if the advice of the
commission of which he is a member
that advice being, in effect, the Presi-
dents plan-isn't accepted by the rail-
roads.
AS a matter of fact. there isn't the
remotest probability that the railroads
will agree that the Interstate Com
merce Commission shall make rates for
them. They do not hesitate, to say as
iS ,fr,1y hax
have just about as much. .influepee with
Congress as the President has. In that
opinion, however, they may find them
selves mistaken. That the rates of the
railroads on interstate commerce are
very unjust there isn't any doubt--at
least there isn't any doubt if pub
lished statements contain the truth.
The big shippers practically dictate to
the railroads what their rates
shall be. The small shippers cannot
run them out of business. That is
condition of affairs that the country
isn't gonig to stand forever
The indications are that the Presi-
dent is going to press his plan on
the attention of Congress. The rail-
roads haven't determined what course
they will pursue. The trunk line pres
idents are to have a meeting soon for
the purpose of mapping out plan of
action. The impression is that they
will appoint very select committee
to go to Washington and remain there
as long as there is danger of legisla-
tion against the interests of the rail-
roads. Mr.. Prouty's forecast may come
true, but not Immediately.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-14
Painless nentistrr.

"Wilf-will it hurt much?" she ask
ed the dentist, when he said that the
tooth must come out, says an ex-
change.
well, it will jar you little, of
course" he replied, with smile.
IL never had a tooth pulled be-
fore" she said, as she glanced around
as If seeking some avenue of escape.
But it will be all over in a sec
ond or two. Now"
One moment, doctor. 1 am not sure
l can stand the pain. Folks have
died in the dentists chair. Don't YOU
think would better wait until to-
morrow
Madam" sternly replied the dentist.
as he winked at his assistant, ''let me
say that / am giving 300 trading
stamps to every woman VINO has a
tooth pulled to-day, and the offer won't
hold good tomorrow Therefore
Therefore go ahead and pull it as
quick as you can!" she said as she
leaned back and opened her mouth and
shut her eyes.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-14
THE SwAYNE CASE.

The action of the House in deciding
to impeach Judge Swayne of the
Northern Florida district, in view of
the report of the committee which has
charge of his case, is not surprise.
The committee has gone into the case
pretty thoroughly. 1t has taken testi-
mony in Florida and Washington, and
it is probable that it has got about all
the facts there are to be had, either
for or against him.
1t seems the committee was divided
as to the grounds of impeachment. One
part of it thought he ought to be I'M
peached for accepting a railroad car
of a road in the hands of "a, receiver
appointed by himself for trip to the
Pacific coast. Another part of the
committee thought he ought to be, i'm
peached for charging $40 per day for
his expenses when on his circuit, his
actual expenses being, it is claimed,
much less than that amount.
There has been complaint against
Judge Swayne for long time in Flori-
da, and it seems there was reason for
it. Whether or not the Senate will
think he is guilty of the charges that
have been made against him, it is, Of
course, impossible to say. No doubt he
will have more to say in his defense
than he had during the taking of the
testimony by the committee.
He doesn't seem to have made many
friends in Florida. The fact is he
doesn't appear to have spent any more
time there than he could possibly help.
That is one of the reasons perhaps for
his lack Of friends there. Even though
he stayed but little in the state, there
is no doubt that there is very great
interest there in the outcome of his
case. 'e
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-14
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-14

Senator Cockrell of Missouri, went
fishing down the Potomac with a
friend not long ago, says the Kansas
City Journal. A stone tied to a rope
held the boat at the place where the
two decided to try their luck. The
fish did not bite, so after an hour or
two the Senator and his friend return
ed, the latter rowing. They noticed
that the boat seemed to be very slug
gish in responding to the oars, but had
no idea of the reason until the landing
was reached.
Then the man from whom they rent
ed the boat said: fa.sa.4t
"Jedge. you don't look drunk, and
you haven't the smell of liquor on you
but this is the first time l ever saw
two sober men pull a boat for three
miles with the anchor dragging"
II paid for the boat, didn't II" re-
piled the Senator. testify, not caring to
admit his forgetfulness. well, then. IL
is none Of your business II we wanted
TO get little extra exercise"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-14

The proceedings of the National Cot
ton Convention. in session at Shreve-s
port. La, for the especial purpose of
considering means for checking or ex-
terminating the cotton boil weevil, will
be watched with interest by planters
throughout the cotton belt. For sew
eral years the weevil has been maxi
ing it's way North and East at the
rate of sixty to seventy-five miles
a year, and It has covered and de-
vastated a considerable part of Texas.
1t has. indeed, reached over into
Louisiana and Arkansas, though. its
ravages in those states have been so
far confined to small areas The fed
eral Department of Agriculture recent
ly expressed the opinion that 1t was
only matter of time, If no means
were found TO check Ii, when the wee
vii would cover the entire eotton-pro-
ducing territory That any such oc-
currence would be a calamity needs
not to be argued, since n is self-evi-
dent. The best informed men in the
country with respect TO the menace
are ir attendance on the Shreveport
convention. II is to be hoped their
conference viii result I'm some practi-
cal plan being adopted and If they
conclude that government aid is neces-
sary to the achievement OF the ends
desired, that aid should be readily
forthcoming The preservation OF the
cotton crop is not sectional but a
national matter. 80
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-14
Five Jack. Reat Four Aces.


Col. Jim Furlong, who keeps the bis
Holland Hotel in this odd corner oi
Texas, was thrown into a reminiscent
mood the other evening when some
one brought up the subject of poker
says an Orange CTex.) dispatch to the
New York Sun.
''Poker!" said he. Il used to be quite
fond Of poker myself, but after that
little game sat down with up in the
Texas Panhandle, a few years ago, J
dropped out of the recreation for
good"
Cleaned you up, did they?" said
Farmer F. C. Hanford of Rochester,
N. Y, who is down here getting in
the rice crop from his 5000 acre patch
of Cow Bayou prairie.
Well" replied the Colonel, they
raked in that particular spot, but that
wasn't why 1 quit. It was the beat
ing of the hand 1 held that discour-
aged me-"
'Ha, hal" said Farmer Hanford.
What did you hold?"
-Four acres" responded Col. Jim.
-Four beautiful aces, and they might
just as well have been a pair of deuces,
they were downed so easy"
Some one held a straight flush
against you, eh?'' said Farmer Ham
ford. Il don't see anything so awful
discouraging about that. You might
have kept on with the game until now,
and not run up against another
straight fiush.''
Straight iush!" exclaimed the
Colonel. You don't suppose a straight
flush would have broken my heart. do
you? No, no. 1 held four aces. The
other fellow held five jacks
Five iacks!" CALCULATED Farmer
Hanford. Pooh! Impossible!"
Col. Furlong gazed at the owner of
the 5000 acre rice patch as if he
couldn't believe he had heard Alright,
and then concluding that he had, he
said, with an injured air:
Young man, did you ever play po-
ker up in the Texas Panhandle?'
Farmer Hanford said he never had.
asking you," said Col Jim. "Well,
then, let me tell you something.
IF you ever do sit down with a
game up there, and when it comes to
call a tall citizen with fringe on his
trousers, greasy wide trimmed hat, a
mustache that rests it's ends on his col
larbone and with the smell of cattle
waiting from him; begins carelessly to
whittle the corner off of the table with
a knife a foot long and reckons that
he's got five jacks, you just bunch your
cards, toss 'em on to the deadwood and
say, cheerful like:
'Them's gooder than 80, 900 head of
longhorns landed safe at the stock
yards, pardner!'
Straight flush! Why, a straight
flush amt deuce high up in the Texas
Panhandle, young mani"
Col. Jim Furlong was born and grew
up IN Buffalo, N. Y, and although he
mas been thirty years in Texas he
seems to be a truthful man.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-14

Gov. Brady of Alaska asks for IAN
influx Of good New England girls"
into that territory. II Is the common
belief that New England has a consid-
erable excess Of girls, some OF uncer-
tain age, that could be disposed Of TO
advantage. But before the New Eng
land girls are gathered up and ship
ped out of the country TO any OF our
possessions" IL would not be bad
idea % sec how we stand az home
Statistics show. as a matter OF fact.
that we are somewhat short OF girls
IN the United States. According 10
the census figures there are 2i6 more
young men than. young women IN every
10000 Of population. That knocks into
b cooked hat the theory that there is
an ahiniiy somewhere FOR every man
ihaf II born-unloss fhe man b. to 20
~ Canada Or somewhere else 10 and
his amnity. ~ fbe country az large
there nfe pfrify nearly 100000 moro
males Shan females. Careless y0unf
bsfhfiefe might ~ well 10 make >
nsit VI ihis.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-14
KEIGHr AND PARCFT.CAp-
LEGAL NOTICES.

>~~~-~~O~~~-~-~~~~~-~-~-~
IN the District Court of the United
States for the Eastern division of the
Southern district of Georgia. In the
matter of S. l.. Folsom. doing busi-
ness as S. l.. Folsom & Son, bank
rupt. In bankruptcy. To the creditors
of S. l.. Folsom of Aliph, Tattnall
county. Georgia, doing business as S.
l.. Folsom e. Son, a bankrupt. Notice
is hereby given that on the 18th day of
December, A. D., 1904, the said party
was duly adjudicated a bankrupt, and
that the first meeting of his creditors
will be held at the office of the referee,
No. 4 Bryan street, east, in the city
of Savannah. Ca. on the 2Sth day of
December, A. D., 1904. at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon, at which time the said
creditors may attend, prove their
claims. appoint a trustee, examine the
bankrupt and transact such other
business as may properly come before
said meeting.
Savannah, Ga, Dec. 13, 1904.
A. Fl. MACDONELL,
Referee in Bankruptcy
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-14

In Guthrie. Okla, every one be-
longs to some Masonic lodge. Re-
Gently a new man came to Guthrie
and located Just across tho street from
II. T.. swearengin, prominent Scot
tish Rite Mason, says an exchange.
One day. about a week later. Swear
engin saw a 5-year-old boy Of the new
neiRhbor, as the lad was passing, and
after a few preliminaries. asked II his
father was a Mason. mo. SIR" an
swered the boy Probably, then. he
IL an odd Fellow" suggested swearen-
Gin, but the boy again denied A. "rhcn
he must be n Pythian," said the Scot
tleh Rite man, but the boy said mo"
Isn't your father d member of any
lodge7" asked swearengin, incredulons-
iy. mot "a one" answered the lad.
Then why does he mako an ~ those
Higna when be comes out IN front each
morning." asked swe1renFin "Why.
that's easy" said che boy, Pas ROi
ft. Nituf dance"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-14
BRIGHT BITS.

The Lawyer4-"H'm! What makes
you think you wish to study to become
a lawyer" The Applicant-"weIl, me
folks object to me bein' burglar."-
Judge.
-Travers-"I hear you are lecturing
on the Strenuous Life" Palavers-
Yes. got tired of hustling, and it's
so much easier to tell other people
what to do than it is to do things
ones self. Detroit Free Press,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-14

Secretary Of State Hay has felt i'm
PEELED to recommend that the salary
of our minister to the Argentine Re-
public be increased by the sum of
$1,000 a year. This, It is understood
is because Minister John Barrett re-
ported to the department not long ago
that he had been compelled to pay
SO for a shirt in Buenos Ayres. OF
course, 1t is highly desirable that our
representative at the Argentine capital
shall be able to afford an adequate
supply of shirts, hence Secretary
Hays recommendation. The increase
would enable Minister Barrett to pro-
vide himself with a new shirt every
other day, with several extra ones for
Sundays and holidays. Meanwhile,
Secretary Hay has recommended, also,
that the pay of the American Minis
ter to Liberia be increased by $500.
II has not been so stated. but If this
is another case Of shirts, there is apt
TO be some objection raised. The de-
mands of fashion I'm Buenos Ayres and
Liberia are entirely different. In the
latter native simplicity and a smile
make up the costume of a great many
of the people.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-14
Personal.

Arrangements are being made for
the establishment of a colony on the
Dowie plan at Hines Spur, Beltrami
county, Mimi, where a tract of over
5000 acres has been purchased. A
man named Jake Hines has charge
OF the enterprise and under his direc-
ton building operations have been be-
gun. He refuses to give any specific
information, but cit is thought the
colony is intended to be an Independent
one, having no direct connection with
the Chicag 90 ''nronhet -
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-14

British court has held that a
schoolmaster is no gentleman, in the
view Of the law, however well-to-do.
educated and refined he may be. He
may be gentleman i'm fact, the court
said, but he cannot be one in law, be-
cause under the terms of the law a
gentleman does not work for his liv-
ing or income. For instance. the mer-
chant with an income of ESQ. 200 a
year is "tradesman." while the man
Of neither trade nor profession who
has an Independent income of $50 a
year is gentleman" for court pur-
poses.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-14

Calhoun Ward--Lot 3. qrs.; west
10 lot 4. 2 qrs.; east y lot AZ, 2 ors
Chatham Ward-East Ia LOT 10 ;
qrs.; west 2-S lot 10. qrs; lot 2i. ?
qrs.; mid. 1-3 lot 27. 2 ,qrs.
Columbia Ward-North Y lot. 25, 2
Crawford ward-North y lot 21 ?
qrs.; lot 20, qrs.; lot 26, 2 qrs.; lot
-, 2 qTs:: lot S5' qrs.; northwest
Elbert Ward-West part lot "a. 9
qrs,; southeast part lot "A. 2 qrs.;
east 2-3 lot 20, qrs.
Franklin Ward-Part lot 21, 2 ors..
lot "a, qrs.; east " lot 27. 2 qrs.
New Franklin Ward-West u lot 1.
2 qrs.; lot 2, 2 qrs.; lot 9. qrs. east
II lot IA, 2 Qrs.
Greene Ward-Lot 4, 2 urs.; lot & ?
qrs.; east u lot II, qrs.; south "a
lot is, qrs.; south u lot 25, qrs.
Jackson Ward-East u lot l3, 2 qrs.:
lot 27, 2 qrs.; lot 2S, qrs.
Jasper Ward-Lot 9, 2 qrs.; west a.
lot II, qrs.; lot "a, qrs: lot 81. ,
qrs.; lot AZ, qrs.; west u lot 46,
qrs.
Lafayette Ward-west Y lot I.
qrs.; lot 21, qrs.; lot %, qrs.; lot
AZ, 2 ors.
Monterey ward-East "a lot Is, 2
qrs.
Pulaski Ward-Lot 4. 2 qrs.; lot s. 2
qrs.
Stephens Ward-Lot 16 qrs.
Troup Ward-West u lot 2, qrs.
Warren Ward-Lot 2S. qrs.
Washington Ward-North 1-3 of
south " lot 16. qrs.; lot 80. 2 qrs
All persons having interest in above
lots are hereby notified that if the
amounts now due are not paid to the
city treasurer on or before Dec. IA
inst, will proceed on the morning of
Dec. Is to re-enter according to law.
HENRY E. DREESON,
Citv Marshal
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-14


No sympathy is being wasted on the
officers of the wrecked bank at ober>
lin, o., whose downfall was brought
about by the Chadwick woman. The
national banking law restricts loans
that national bank may make 70
one person or one corporation 10 10 per
cent OF the banks capital stock; new.
ertheless these people loaned Mrs.
Chadwick a sum Of money amounting
10 four or nye times the banks entire
capital And they did Il because
she had promised them handsome
rate of interest for the bank and large
bonuses Tor themselves. The avan-
cioua. grafplnK. get-rieh-quick spirit
was upon ibem. They were willing 20
take chancen for fbs sake of the pronts
fhsY thouFht they snH Thsy gam.
blsa. and lost
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-14

Col. William Jennings Bryan is re-
ported to have purchased recently a
massive white marble punch bowl that
once rested on the sideboard of Thomas
Jefferson, the third President of the
United States. Possibly when Col.
Bryan has brewed brew in this bowl
and partaken thereof plentifully, his
writings will be more Jeffersonian
than ever before.