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The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-10
HOW TO SMASH COTTON CORNERS.

In its latest issue the American Cot
ton Manufacturer discusses the ques-
ton of the cotton corner and the eff
feet of the corner on the cotton man
ufacturing industry. 1t is not the
high price of cotton to which the Eu-
| ropean spinner objects, says this au-
thority, so much as the high price that
results from a corner. The spinner is
willing to submit to a price that is
high because of the scarcity of cot
ton. What he objects to is the arti-
fetal high price, a price that is the
result of gambling. 1t is because he
thinks the gambling is going to con-
tinue that he is making such ex-
traordinary efforts to open new cotton
fields
1t seems that a high price that is
the result of a cotton corner is not
followed by high prices of the manu-
featured products. Therefore the
spinners are losers by the corners. On
the other hand, as a rule, the price that
is high because of the scarcity of cot
ton is followed by high prices of the
manufactured product.
OF course cotton manufacturers in
this country are as much effected by
gambling in cotton as are the spin
ners in Europe. and they and the Eu-
ropean spinners are seeking to find a
way to get the best of the gamblers
in other words to smash cotton cor
ners.
One plan, says the American Cotton
Manufacturer, is for the mills to get
control Of, say, a million bales, hold
1t in warehouses and use it to break
the market when it became apparent
that the market is being manipu-
lated by spectators, that the prices
is being run up in the efforts to form
a corner Non-negotiable receipts
would be issued for the cotton simply
to indicate ownership, and the cotton
wouldn't be used until the season was
SO far advanced that there wouldn't
be much. if any, danger of a corner.
1t is probable that a much smaller
amount than a million bales would be
sufficient to scare the gamblers, but
lnen WOuluH the SplllIIcIS Dc AeihpbSu
to use this cotton, if the price We're
higher than they desired it to be,
higher from natural causes and
not from the effects of a cor
ner, to depress the price? The
chances are they would, and then
would follow efforts on the part of the
growers to hold their cotton in ware
houses for higher price. But If what
the spinners say is to be relied upon,
namely, that they are not Directing to
high price, but to the instability
of the price, they wouldn't have any
objections to the farmers holding back
their cotton for higher price.
The subject is just now attracting a
good deal of attention from spinners,
but it is doubtful If in the immediate
future any plan will be adopted for
rendering prices more stable.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-10
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Presence or Mind.

Senator Dubois of Idaho during the
days when he was practicing law in
Boise City was on certain occasion
sternly reprlmanded by the judge of
a court in that city because of alleged
contempt of court, and in addition was
fined in the sum of $50, says the Satur-
day Evening Post.
The next day according to a custom
followed in the Idaho courts, the judge
called upon Mr. Dubois to occupy the
bench for him during the transaction
of some comparative unimportant BUSH
ness. After the judges departure from
the courtroom Mr.. Dubois exhibited
an instance of that remarkable pres
ence of mind for which he has ever
been noted. The future senator said to
the clerk of the court:
Turning to the record of this court
for yesterday, Mr.. Clerk, you will OBJ
serve recorded a fine of $50 against
one Frederick T. Dubois. You will
kindly make note to the effect that
such fine has been RENTED by the
order of the court
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-10
How stephens Would Have Eaten
Them

How stephens Would Have Eaten
Them.
Few men possessed more tact and
wit when one on the hustings that did
Alexander H. Stephens Of Georgia,
says the NASHVILLE Banner. Though
small in size, he had wonderfully
prolific brain and was regarded as an
exceptionally brilliant orator. A
Georgian tells this story;
"Mr. Stephens was slated for joint
debate with Rance Wright during a
presidential campaign. Wright, by way
of a tale. said that Stephens had said
he could eat himself (Wright) for break
fast, Ben Hill for dinner and Bob
Toombs for supper
Mr.. Stephens possessed very little
storage room in his stomach, and when
1t came to his turn to reply he said
that he denied that he had made any
such assertion. If I had contemplated
any such feast said Mr.. Stephens, j
certainly would have changed the
order. / would have taken Benz Hill for
my breakfast. Bob Toombs for dinner
and my friend Rance Wright for sup
per. My mother taught me from
early infancy to eat a light supper,
and so I would have tipped off with
Wright
THE answer completely snuffed out
the good impression Col. Wright had
made"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-10
MEREDITHs IpnA uNPoPuLAR.

If George Meredith, the English nov
elist, is susceptible to adverse criticism,
he must be heartily sorry that he ever
| suggested the making of marriage a
limited contract. say for ten years,
with privilege of renewal or dissolu-
ton as the parties to it might elect,
they being held by the state response
BILE for the care of children in any
event. Not one word in defense of the
idea has made it's appearance in any
periodical, so far as the information
goes; and Mr.. Meredith has come in
for a good deal of severe denunciation,
notwithstanding he merely gave ex-
preston to an old idea-an idea about
as old. in fact. as the marriage Gus
tom itself.
There can be no doubt that Mr.. Mer-
edith meant well, however badly he
may have bIundered in his solution of
vexed social problem. He wished
to suggest some way out of the muck
and mire Of divorce proceedings; some
way by which unhappily married cou-
pies could lawfully sever their rela-
tions. after a period, without scandal
attaching to one or both parties. And
yet some of the severest denunoiations
of him have come from states and COM
munities in which divorces are the
most frequent. A Chicago paper, for
instance, SEES that every person own
ing one of Meredith's books should
throw it into the fire, by way of pro-
test against the man who proposes to
degrade the most solemn act of hui
man life into a mere commercial con-
tract and make marriage nothing more
than licensed concubinage." Yet the
statement was recently published that
in the city of Chicago there were 3d.
900 divorced persons and the courts
were crowded with divorce cases.
Where such conditions obtain, marriage
is not even a limited contract. bound
to hold for a specified term of years.
1t may be broken by the courts at any
time-ln year. a month or week
after the contracting parties have
plighted their troth for life. This, by
the way. is not said in defense of Mer-
edith and his idea, but to suggest that
harsh criticism of any idea advanced
for the purpose of lessening the rec
ognized evil of divorce comes with poor
grace from a community in which the
worst forms of that evil are prevalent.
1t is hardly possible that conditions
under Meredith's proposition could be
worse than are those in some sections
of the country under the present di-
vorce laws. There would doubtless be
fewer scandals in the smart set" of
Newport under the Meredith plan; nor
is it likely that there would be more
"commercialism" in marriage than ex-
lists at present under the accommodate
ing divorce laws.
But limited marriage will not solve
the problem any more than convenient
divorce has done it. What is wanted
is a stringent marriage law and that
law applied uniformly in all parts of
the country, in addition to which there
is needed a strengthened public con-
science with respect to the holiness and
life-continuity of the marriage vow.
And the most important of these desid-
eratums is the awakened and strength
ened public conscience.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-10
Plenty of Danger.

They were spending the autumn in
the Pennsylvania mountains and a
shooting expedition had been planned
for the next day, says the Youths
Companion. The talk naturally turned
on the prospects for various sorts OF
game.
1--WE miss the spice of danger that
gives zest to hunting in the far West, -
one of the younger members of the
party began, a little pompously.
''Ah, ant it is danger wit your sport
you like?" earnestly returned the old
German farmer. who was to act as
guide. "Den you keeps close by me
sir. De last time l have sport
shoots mine brudder-ln-law in de leg
1 gladly takes you unter mine own
wing" he concluded in all seriousness
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-10
lNDEX " NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-German Friendly Society
Georgia Hussars.
Special Notices-Crew Notices. j. f
Minis & Co, Agent; Crew Notice j.
Dunn, Master: Ship Notice, William
son & Rauers. Agents; Ship Notice
Strachan & Co., Consignees.
Business Notices-Always Open for
Business, Sommers' Cafe; Fine Honey
G. w. Thomas: an Evening of Rare
Enjoyment, Casino Restaurant.
Bernstein Iron Beds-Lindsay &
Morgan.
1t Holds En- Tight-Dy M.schwabs
Son.
Do 1t To-Day-Lattimore
Control My Brand-Pete Daley.
criptions-Rowlinski, Druggist
Destroys the Germ-Tetterine.
Delightful Coffee-The Delmenioo Co,
Publications-The Delineator for
November.
Ladies' Suit and Cloak Parlors-B. II
Levy, Bro. & Co.
Legal Sales-Sohooner Emily F.
Northam, by United States Marshal
Return in Boxes-E & w. Laundry.
Legal Notice-Libel Against Schooner
Emily F. Northam.
Hotels-Hotel Highlands, New York
City.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent: For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-10
Night

From the New York Times.
Come, Night, upon thy raven wings
Plumed with their rich imaginings,
To fill my dreams and charm away
The din and clamor of the day.
Fling thy deep shadow over me
Till by thy weird necromancy
Thou hast dissolved this solid care
And made 1t shapeless with the air.
Come like some stealing shadow flung
From leafy branches overhung
In this oasis of the day
Where for a little while 1 stray.
Come with thy cup of dreams and be
An agel ministering to me,
AS one who, weak from battling lies,
Unconquered, but too worn to rise.
The warrior, Day, has harried me,
A foemAns pitiless is he,
Yet vanquished when, with plying
eye
And palm of peace Thou contest nigh.
Come with thy velvet darkness, Night,
Thy cloak of mail so soft and light
Yet turning every missile sent
From Care, as falls an arrow spent
Come with thy wealth Of twinkling
gems
Like Jewels set in diadems
Of dreams. and on my Bonded knee
Let me fall down and worship thee.
Come, Night, upon thy raven wings,
Plumed with their rich imaginings,
And through the gathered darkness,
keep
The vigil of thy sister, Sleep.
i w. Foley.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-10
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The Common Things.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The sunshine and the gentle rain,
The clear bird song that halls the
morn,
The meadow land with flowers stain,
The swaying banners of the corn,
The grass that whispers to the breeze
What common, common things are
these
The broad blue mirror Of the lake
That smiles back at the sleeping
sky:
The pillows, too, that leap and break
And fling their foamy Jewels high
The silver clouds that one by one
Toss back the lances of the sun.
The stars that blaze as Jewels blaze,
And make the world old mystery,
While they, on their appointed ways,
Go speeding through eternity
Across unfathomed seas OF space
On paths that we but dimly trace
All these are common-brook and bird,
And rose of red, and meadow green
So common that they seem unheard,
So common that they seem unseen,
And yet there Is no day or night
But borrows all of their delight.
No common thing is held apart
From us. or pent with lock and key,
But in the goodness Of his heart
They are all made for you and me.
II always seems God loves the best
Things He makes the commonest.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-10
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-10
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND
SOUND MONEY.

From what Mr.. Roosevelt said in his
letter of acceptance he would like the
people to believe that the Republican
party had always stood for sound
money, and that It is entitled to all
the credit for establishing the gold
standard. Those who take the trou-
BILE to look UP the record of the Repub-
lican party ON the money question
know that that party is no more en-
titled to the credit for the gold stand
ard than the Democratic party.
1t will be recalled that it was the
Republican party that enacted the
sherman silver purchase act an act
that came near forcing the country
to a silver basis, and 1t was a Demo-
cratic administration that caused that
act to be repealed. II it had not been
for Mr.. Cleveland that act would, In
all probability, have remained in force
until silver had supplanted gold as the
monetary standard.
But even after the Republicans had
won the election OF 1896 on a platform
containing a sound money plank, Pres
ideht Mckinley sent a commission to
Europe to arrange for opening the
minis OF this country in connections
with those of Great Britain, France
and Germany to the free coinage of
silver The understanding is that an
agreement was made by this commits
sion with commissions of Great Bril-
tain. France and Germany that il
Great Britain would open the minis Of
India to the free coinage of silver then
Germany, France and the United States
would follow midas lead.
IT reports made at the time, and not
contradicted, are true, this agreement
was defeated by Sir Miles Hicks
Beach, who threatened to retire from
the British cabinet II his government
approved It. So il seems that IL It
had not been for an English states
man In 1897 the minis OF this country
would have been opened to the free
coinage of silver. Mr.. Roosevelt has
been challenged to deny this statement
regarding the result Of the visit OF the
Wolcott commission to Europe to adj
just the silver question ON an inter-
national basis.
Assuming these are the facts, to
what credit is the Republican party
entitled for putting the money OF the
country on gold basis7 And yet Mr..
Roosevelt would have the people be-
lieve 1t is entitled to all the credit
He certainly is not frank IN his letter
OF acceptance in dealing with the
money question.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-10
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Philadelphia Record (Dem.)
says: at is somewhat creditable to the
Republican newspapers that not one of
them has undertaken to defend or
apologize for the reckless libels OF
Roosevelt upon the memories of Jeffer-
son, Madison, Monroe, Jackson and
nearly all his predecessors in the
presidential office. But what would
be much more creditable to these Re-
publican newspapers would be the COM
dign population Of the author of these
libels upon the illustrious dead. Their
silence, however, betokens their shame"
The Louisville Courier Journal CDem.)
says: 1.-THE trusts continue to cut
wages, Notwithstanding the monopoly
they enjoy in the market for their pro-
duets, the steady rise I'm the price of
the necessaries of life and the approach
OF winter, with its increased hardships
for the wage Garner. At the Joliet
plant of the Steel Corporation there
has been a reduction in some depart
ments Of from 20 to 40 per cent. II
this is done before the election, II
is easy to predict what would be the
policy If the Republican ticket should
be elected"
The Montgomery Advertiser (Dem. }
says: "Bourke Cochran says. 'Repub-
licanism is an appetite. Many years
ago a public speaker referred to the
opposite party as AN organized APP
petite which was a little more pointed
than Cochran's way of putting IL, but
both expressions are good. They reach
out for the office Ms II increase of APP
petite had grown by what It fed on.
As a Party II is never satisfied, and
as individuals the members of the
party are never satiated. IL is an ex-
cellent time TO choke the Party off the
public teat and give It a chance to
learn a little moderation"
The New York World CDem.) says:
THE spooner Republicans Il Is said,
will AJAX the courts for permission to
print the names Of the Republican cleo
tors at the head OF their independent
state ticket on the ground that cleo
tors are federal officers and candi-
dates for such office DO not come with
In the provisions of the anti-fuslon
laws. In a Michigan case the courts
held that candidates for Congress came
within the provisions Of the anti fusion
laws. The ONCE OF elector would seem
10 be as much a state once as that
OF Representative, 50 II may be doubt
ed n the courts viii help the stall
warts out OF their predlcament."
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-10
LEGAL NOTICES.


THT UNITED STATES OF AMER.
lea, Southern district of Georgia.
whereas, on the S0th day of September,
1904, the Propeller Tow Boat Com
pany, and Van B. Avery, master of
the steam towboat VIM. f, McCau-
ley, filed their libel in the District
Court of the United States for the
Southern district of Georgia against
the American Schooner Emily F,
Northam, her tackle, apparel and fur
nitIre, in cause of Salvage, Civil
and Maritime. And whereas, by vir-
tue OF process in due form of law. to
me directed, returnable on the 18th
day of October, 1904, have seized and
taken the said schooner Emily F.
Northam, and have her in NV GUS
tody. Notice is hereby given. that
a District Court will be held in the
United States court room, in the city
OF Savannah, Ca, on the 18th day of
October, 1904, for the trial of said
premises, and the owner or owners. and.
all persons, who may have or claim
any interest, are hereby cited to he
and appear at the time and Mare
aforesaid, to show cause, IL any thew
have, why final decree should NOT
pass as prayed.
GEO. F. WHITE.
United States Marshal
by JOS. F. DOYLE,
Deputy.
proctor for libellants.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-10
LEGAL SALES y
United STATES MARsH11Is s11'T

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UNITED STATES MARSHAL'S sAI,H
By virtue of a writ of venditionl
exponas issued out of the District Court
OF the United States for the Eastern
division of the Southern district of
Georgia, on the Sth day of October.
1904, at the suit of the Propeller Tow
Boat Company, and Van B. Avery
against the American Schooner Emily
F. Northam, her tackle, apparel and
furniture, and in obedience to the SEN
tence and decree of said court, / win
expose for sale at public outcry and
will sell to the highest bidder for
cash, on Saturday, the 18th day of
October, 1904, between the hours Of
10 O'Clock a. M, and o'clock D. m.
OF said day in front of the United
States Court House door, in the citv
OF savannah, Ca, the schooner Emily
f. Northam, her tackle, apparel and
furniture, as she now lies at the wharf
in the city of Savannah, Ga. between
Drayton and Bull streets.
Dated at Savannah, Ca, this 10th
day of October, A. D., 1904.
GEO. F. WHITE,
United States Marshal,
by JOS. F. DOYLE,
Deputy.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-10

one to four acres. The package can
be carried in your pocket, and yet
does more work than several cart loads
of fertilizer. 1t costs the government
less than cents cake, or less than
cent an acre. and saves the farmer
$50 or $40, which he would have to
spend for an equal amount of fertil
izer. Different cultures are sent for
different crops.
This is, indeed, very promising to
the farmers. The process seems. sim
pie and the cost is very low-only a
few cents per acre. Farmers who care
to look further into the matter may
obtain information by applying to the
Agricultural Department at Washing
ton,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-10
OFFICIAL.
NOTICE TO OWNERS of BUILD

INGS.
City OF Savannah, Office Fire De-
partment, Savannah, Ca, Sept. 90,
J904.-Notlce is hereby given to the
owners of all buildings in the city Of
Savannah three stories or more in
height, not Including easements. used
as a factory workshop, lodge room
hotel department store, boarding
house, public hall or sleeping place
or. apartment, to provide suitable and
substantial fire escapes constructed
and erected I'm accordance with an
ordinance passed by City Council
Aug. II, 1904. All such fire escapes
must be approved by the Board Of
Fire Escapes, and the Board OF Fire
Escapes shall determine the number
and location Of all such fire escapes.
In accordance with section 65 OF
the above mentioned ordinance the
owners OF all buildings coming under
the requirements OF the ordinance OF
August IT. 1904, must provide and
erect on such buildings, within four
months after this date, such fire es-
capes as are required.
Applications for inspection and To-
cation of fire escapes may be filed at
the office OF the Superintendent OF the
Fire Department, Indian and West
Broad streets.
JOHN E. mcguire.
n. BARTLETT.
q. NJ. GADSDEN,
Board Of Fire Escapes.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-10
BRIGHT BITS.

-Binks-"Jones hasn't an ounce of
brains, yet he seems prosperous. What
does he do for living?" Jinks-"He
writes musical comedy librettos for the
Theatrical Trust. ''--Cincinnati Com
mercial-Tribune.
--Bacon-"Here' a statement that
the war in the East costs Russia three
times as much month as II does Ia
pam" Egbert-"Well, Russia is GER
tainly getting a run for her money -
Yonkers Statesman.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-10
synonymous.

earnest Partisan. who was visiting the
fair, relates the Cincinnati CONNER
cial Tribune. "It makes me cent mile
troubles. Mon ami Brown tells Mon
smit' has one level head. 1 require
Of re dictionaire what it is that level
means. Re dictionaire say level is fat.
Next day see Mon. Smit, an COM
pliment heem. 'Ah, Mon. Smit', yous
ayes re grand fat head Mon. Smit'
is not compliment. He knock me
down."
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-10

If the members of the Amish colony
Of Hiram, o., are not good and con-
sistent Republicans they ought to be.
Having declared their belief that the
earth is nat and not round, they are
standing pat" on it, Notwithstanding
all scientific arguments to the con-
trary. Isn't that just like the Repub-
leans? Having declared that the pro-
tective tariff is the panacea for all
human ills, they are standing pat
on it. with all OF the fanaticism Of
the Amish brethren.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-10

In South Chicago the women have
been driven by the necessity of pro-
lection to organize themselves into an
anti-burglar club. to arm themselves
and take lessons in the handling of
guns and pistols. One of the clubs
bylaws is that every member shall
learn to shoot, and shall shoot to Kill
If a burglar enters her house. Yet
. Chicago is paying hundreds of thou
sands of dollars year for police pro-
lection.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-10
THVNnERBOTT LINE

City Market to Casino and Thunder
DoIt via Bolton street junction.
Beginning at $50 a, m. cars lesva
City Market for Casino and Thunder
bolt every half hour until 1900 D. M.
after which cars run every Is minutes
until 1880 p. m.
Cars leave Bolton street junction Is
Market.
Beginning at $3.50 a. m. cars leave
Live Oak station for city every half
hour until 2;38 p. m, after which
time cars leave every Is minutes until
1900 rnidnivht