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4 gbe JflgtHing ICctogL Morning News Building. Savannah. Ga TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1901. Registered at Postofflce In Savannah. THE MORNING NEWS is published every day in the year, and served to subscribers in the city, or sent by mail; one -week, 18 cents; one month, 70 cents; three months, 82.00; six months, $4.00; one year, SB.OO. THE MORNING NEWS by mail. Six time a week (without Sunday Issue), one month, BO cents; three months, JLSO; six months, $3.00; one year. $6.00. THE WEEKLY NEWS, two issues a Week (Monday and Thursday), by mail, one year, SI.OO. Subscriptions payable in advance. Remit by money order, check or reg istered letter. Currency sent by mail at risk of sender. Transient advertisements, other than local or reading notices, amusements and classified cohinin. 10 cents a line. Fourteen lines of agate type—equal to one inch in depth—is the standard of measurement. Classified column ad vertisements, 1 cent a word each inser tion. Every word and figure counted — iNo advertisement accepted for less than 15 cents week days. 25 cents Bun days. Contract rates and discounts made known on application at busi ness office. Orders for delivery of the Morning News to either residence or place of business can be made by mall or by telephone No. 210. Any irregularity in delivery should be immediately re ported. Letters and telegrams should be ad- Bressed “MORNING NEWS,” Savan nah. Ga. EASTERN OFFICE, 23 Park Row. New York City, H. C. Faulkner, Man ager. Mil 10 MW AUVERIiSEMEATS Meetings—Confederate Veterans As sociation; DeKalb Lodge, No. 9, I. O. O. F. Special Notices—Election of Direc tors, Merchants' National Bank; In surance, W. T. Hopkins; Dr. Warfield Has Returned; To Holders of Securi ties, James Hunter; A Breakfast Sug gestion, Roos' Market; Corned Beef and Saur Kraut, M. S. Gardner; Ship Notice, Strachan & Cos., Agents. Business Notices —Never Varies in Excellence, Sommers' Cafe; A Bicycle for Christmas, G. W. Thomas; Spanish Raisins. A. M. & C. W. West. Special Dally Sale No. 2—B. H. Levy. Bro. & Cos. Exhibit of Footwear—Alfred J. Cam meyer. Every Lady—Crystaline Salt. Oranges, Grape Fruit, Etc.—W. D. Simkins & Cos. Gentlemen's Clothing Department— Leopold Adler. The Merchants’ Lunch—Jerry George New Restaurant. Foods—Grape-Nuts. Savannah Theater—Wednesday, Mat inee and Night, Barlow Minstrels. Well Laundered Linen—Savannah- Georgia Laundry. 1 Genuine Goodness—Pete Dailey. Club Blend Scotch—Henry Solomon & Son. Firearms or Fists—Edward Lovell's Sons. The Toilet Things—Shuptrlne's Phar macy. Sachet Powders—Rowlinski, Drug gist. Christmas—At Lattlmores’. New Shelled Nuts—The Delmontco Cos. Auction Sales—Stocks and Bonds, by C. H. Dorsett, Auctioneer; Executor's Sale, John L. Archer, Auctioneer. Malt Iron Ale—The Kalola Cos. Medical—Swamp Root. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis cellaneous. The Weather. The indications for Georgia for to day are for fair weather, with fresh ■west winds. Eastern Florida rain, with fresh northwesterly winds. Mrs. Chadwick will probably wake tip some morning soon to find that she has been dramatized over-night. The Chicago Tribune keeps a close watch on the criminal records of the country. It reports that there was no lynching during the month of Novem ber. and that November, 1904, is the Brst full calendar month to pass with out a lynching since 1885. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson esti mated that the cotton crop of this sea son would be worth $600,000,000, calcu lating the price at 10 cents a pound. But the slump following the govern ment’s report the other day knocked a big hole In the magnificent sum named. ‘‘We should stop chewing the rag," sadd an Atlanta preacher, in the course of bis sermon the other night, "and pibch our politics on a higher plane." Meanwhile, what should we do with the English of our "popular” preach ers? Imagine George Whltefleld, Dr. IPahner or Henry Ward Beecher mak ing uee of any such expression an "chewing the rag” in his pulpit! f # The thrifty workingman who has saved up enough to commence building a little house of his own will doubtless be much pleased to no tice that the price of wire nails has been advanced 10 to 20 cents per keg, and that there have been advances In the prices of other hardware. Secretary Shaw thanked Providence for high prices, and the consumers of wire nails *lll. ot course, follow his example. Senator Crane of Massachusetts has transferred his lntsrest in the paper making firm that beers his name to bis son, in as much as the firm has a contract with lbs government. It Is against the isw for a member of Congress to have guy Interest In a government contract. By the new ar rangement the buniness will he kept tbs temMy, but Uie Senator will no interest tn tt. HEIFER'S MISSION. In the statement which he has is sued J. Warren Keifer of Ohio, elected to Congress at the recent election, says his mission is to see that there Is legislation to prevent the disfranchise ment of voters In the South. Mr. Keifer has been dead politically so long that It is doubtful If he will be able to bring about his resurrection by the means he has adopted. The Re publican party will not be so eager to follow him In this matter as he seems to think It will. As we have pointed out several times, the signs are multi plying in the North of a disposition to let the South settle the race problem in the way she thinks best. The Re publican party doesn’t seem to be in urgent need of votes, and, hence, the political leaders of that party will not be very prompt to let Mr. Keifer lead them into taking a position that would be certain to be productive of a great deal of bad feeling between the sec tions. In fact, it would create a good deal of feeling against the Republican par ty in the North, since there is a strong and growing sentiment there in favor of doing all that it is possible to do to promote the prosperity of the South. The trade of the South is a very Important factor in the business of the great cities of the East and ■West. The more prosperous the South becomes the larger this trade will be. Asa matter of fact* the Northern people are not very much concerned about the negro having the ballot, except in so far as the negro vote is a factor in the political situation. Just now the Republican party doesn't seem to need that vote. If the Republican party thought the negro should have the ballot simply because he is a citi zen it would be more liberal in its treatment of the Filipinos, who meas ure up well in intelligence with the ne groes. Representative Crumpacker is a much more important figure in Con gress than Mr. Keifer is, and he hasn’t been able to get Congress to act on his disfranchisement bill. How, then, can Mr. Keifer expect to take the leadership of the House in this matter? In his Spartanburg (S. C.) speech on last Friday night John Sharp Wil liams, the leader of the minority of the House, said if Congress should re duce the representation of the South the Southern people should go on electing the same number of repre sentatives; that they should apply for their seats and salaries, and, on be ing refused, should carry their case to the Supreme Court. In his opinion the South should abide by no less au thority than that tribunal. It is not necessary now to discuss the wisdom of Mr. Williams’ proposi tion, though, it might be said in pass ing that, it is a question whether or not the South would agree with the position taken by him. At present, as already stated, there Is no marked Indication of a purpose to reduce the representation of the Soutji. If the evidences of such a purpose should be come certain It would be time enough then to discuss Mr. Williams' propo sition. There would be other proposi tions on the same line. In his letter last Sunday Senator Bacon suggested as a last resort that the South give up a part of her representation. But it is a long way to a state of affairs where the consideration of such propo sitions will be necessary. A NEW INDUSTRY. As announced In the Morning News yesterday, Savannah is soon to have a new and very important industry. We refer to the plant for refining wood spirits of turpentine. A year or more ago we called attention to the need of such a plant. It seemed to us at that time that it wouldn't be many months before spirits of turpentine would be produced from wood on a large scale, and that, as the turpentine thus pro duced would be of many different grades, a refinery for reducing it to a uniform grade and getting rid of its impurities would be necessary. No better place could have been se lected for the projected refinery. Small plants for making spirits are being es tablished throughout the territory which for years yielded the bulk of the world’s supply of spirits and rosin. The stumps on the abandoned turpentine farms are full of the material out of which wood spirits is being made. The product is full of impurities, though if we are not mistaken the process of making the spirits is being improved all the time. Still, a plant for refining the spirits that is made in the various plants is needed, and it is a safe propo sition that within a few years an im mense business will be done in refining the output of these widely scattered stills. There is a fair prospect now that Sa vannah will regain much of the tur pentine business she lost by the devel opment of the turpentine industry In the pine forests of Florida. Of course the spirits made from wood isn't as yet of as high a grade as that made from the gum of the pine tree, but it wouldn’t be surprising if means should be discovered of so refining the wood spirits as to make it almost If not quite as desirable as that from the gutn. It is the understanding that there Is ample capital behind the movement to erect a refinery here. No doubt able chemists have been consulted as to the quality of turpentine a refinery of the kind projected would turn out. It is therefore practically certain that the new industry will be u success, and that we shall see other refineries of the same kind here In the near future. Asa manufacturing elty Savannah is steadily gaining ground. With fac tories and a rapidly Increasing com merce her future is full of promise. Probably no science has made more rapid advancement during the past twenty-five years than that of the practice of medicine; and yet. accord ing to the statistics of the German Medics! Moclety, the number of quack prat tltloneiN and the variety of quack remedies for diseases were never greater than at present. It Is assert ed that thera are one-third mors quack doctwi e in Berlin than there are re gular physicians. SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. DECEMBER 6. 1904. THE TVBKE DEFENSES. In making Tybee Island the de fensive point for the city of Savannah against an attack by sea, the govern ment has made practical use of the experiences gained in the war between the states. But In the present condition of the island, Fort Screven could in all probability be isolated by an Insistent and persistent enemy, since there is no way of re sisting the landing of a hostile force on the southern end of the island or of one coming in by way of Warsaw sound, where there are sixteen feet of water on the bar, and landing at Laz aretto creek. All effective coast fortifications for the defense of harbors and channels must necessarily have supplementary land auxiliary de fenses —earthworks for infantry and field artillery—and good lines of communication between them to facilitate the transportation of troops and guns. The value of good roads connecting stations is especially apparent in times of war. At present Tybee Island is without roads. The only means of communica tion for vehicles, other than steam ears, is the sea beach, from one end of the island to the other; and the beach is available only when the tide is out. The old public road from Laz aretto creek to the lighthouse was years ago made use of for a railroad right-of-way; and in many places the land adjacent to the railroad track is so cut up with borrowpits, from which the earth was taken to build up the railroad embankment, that travel over It In any sort of vehicle is out of the question. To complete the harbor defenses at Tybee the government should erect earthworks at defensive points and build a military road, available at all stages of the tide, from Lazaretto creek to the southern point of the is land, by way of Fort Screven and the lighthouse. In addition to the mili tary road a plant for powerful electric lights should be built, and also a dock at Lazaretto creek where vessels could land out of sight of an enemy lying off Tybee roads. An appropriation of about SIOO,OOO would probably be sufficient to defray the expenses of all the improvements suggested, with the exception of the construction of the new batteries. In the present temper of the world there is no predicting with any sort of sat isfaction how long peace will be maintained or how soon a war involv ing this country may break out. And in the event of war. Savannah, as an important seaport and distributing point, would doubtless be one of the first objective points of a hostile fleet. Tybee Island has been the scene of military operations in two great wars, and during our last war with England the British were on the coast and preparing to attack Savan nah when peace was announced. What has occurred is likely to occur again, and our congressmen should give this matter their attention. POLICE PROTECTION RKRI'ESTED. We feel sure that if the Mayor and chief of police have read the com plaint of the rector of St. Stephen’s Church at Habersham and Harris streets they have already taken steps to give the congregation the protec tion which the rector thinks is its due. According to the complaint of Rector Bright, white boys annoy the congregation to such an extent that it is almost unbearable. He says that during his ten years connection with the church he “has had no greater trial to contend with than the malicious and persistent disturbance of our re ligious worship by vicious white boys who congregate in the square in front of the church.” He doesn’t under take to enumerate all of their acts of lawlessness because it would be well nigh impossible. He calls attention, however, to some of them. Recent ly a gang of boys threw stones in the church while the sexton was clean ing it. and on last Sunday afternoon, during religious services, boys opened the church door and hooted the wor shippers. . If a white congregation of the city had been subjected to such Indignities the police would have been called upon at once for protection, and arrests would have been made if the culprits could have been found. We don’t know wheth er or not complaint has ever been made to the police by Rector Bright or mem bers of the congregation, but if there has, we feel confident steps were tak en by the police to guard the congre gation against annoyance. If no com plaint has been made the chief of po lice should now see to it that an of ficer is placed In the square and kept there until the annoyances cease. Not only should that be done, but the rector and the congregation should be given every possible assistance to discover the guilty parties and bring them before the Recorder. Public sentiment in this city will not tolerate the disturbance of public worship whether the congre gation be white or black, nor will it excuse the police department if am ple protection isn’t given a congre gation after complaint of annoyances Is made to it. If the St. Stephen’s congregation has been annoyed for ten years it seems strange that steps have not been taken before this to secure the necessary police protection. If complaint has been made why haven't outrages been dealt with by the police In a way that would put a stop to them? Insuranee Engineering, a technleal Journal, hns been keeping an eye on the casualties due to acetylene gas during the past five years. It finds that Its figures, which is says are incomplete, show that 36 men have been killed, and 170 Injured hy acety lene explosions; that 143 buildings have been burned, 13 railroads cars destroyed and nearly $206,000 worth of property destroyed by such ex plosions. That is a pretty sensational record for a gas that Is scarcely more than half a doxen years old. A Chicago man has applied to the courts for an Injunction to prevent his wife talking too much. But thera are certain limitations beyond which tbs power of Injunctions cannot reach. A large petition has recently been sent to the Pope praying for the re moval of the ban of the church against the cremation of the dead. It is be lieved that the prejudice of the Chris tion churches against the incineration of human dead is largely based on the fact that cremation was practiced by the Romans and other persecutors of the early Christians, and the Christians had a horror of adopting or following any of the pagan customs. But mod ern scientists are practically agreed that burning dead bodies is the most desirable manner of disposing of them, for the good of the living. The Pope’s sanction to the suggestion of remov ing the ban of the church from cre mation would doubtless have consid erable influence towards popularizing the scientific manner of disposing of the dead. To be sure, all shoplifters should be punished alike, whether they are rich or poor, or socially prominent or “nobodies." The idea that there is, or should be, one moral code for the rich and another for the poor is al together wrong. What is called theft In one class should not be called klep tomania in another. It may be that the desire to steal is a disease, as some of the alienists hold; but the law recognizes no such disease. At the same time the law contemplates that there shall be meted out equal and exact justice to all. without dis tinction of class. The exposure and prosecution of a few “socially promi nent’’ shoplifters would doubtless do much towards checking the evil. It Is announced that Secretary of the Navy Morton has taken hold of the quarrel between the line and staff of the navy and will settle it. If he can do that he will prove himself to be a most tactful and resourceful man. The quarrel is of many years’ standing. It relates to the relative ranks of line and staff officers, and is so intricate that a mere landsman cannot possibly appreciate its distinctions and differ ences. But it evidently involves a whole lot for the navy people, since they have fought their verbal battles with so much energy and persistency. If Gov. Vardaman of Mississippi is a subscriber to a press-clipping bu reau, as he doubtless is, he must be pretty well convinced by this time that public sentiment in the South, as re flected by the Southern press, is not in sympathy with him in his recent affront to the President. The trouble seems to be that Gov. Vardaman does not know where to draw the line of partisanship. The thrifty Ameer of Afghanistan has just turned a shrewd business trick. He has bought 200 sewing machines, one for each of his wives, and proposes to turn his harem into a big dressmaking shop. He says the women have got to make their own clothes. The man with one wife can figure out approximately what the man with 200 wives will save in the run of a year by this arrangement. St. Louis now has a feeling that Is very closely akin to that experienced “in the cold, grey dawn of the morning after.” personal. —Dr. S. M. Brickner, a celebrated New York physician, tells the story of a reporter for a New York newspaper who was assigned to cover a mys terious death in Harlem. He tele phoned the city editor and said that the death was caused by uric acid poison. He immediately received in structions over the telephone to "visit every druggist in Harlem to ascertain who sold or purchased uric acid.” —Dr. J. Mackintosh Bell of Ottawa, an Austin instructor at Harvard, has just been appointad geologist for the gov ernment of New Zealand. Dr. Bell, who received his Ph. D. at the last Harvard commencement, was former ly attached to the geological survey of Canada. A few years ago while lead ing a government expedition in the ex treme north in search of minerals he had some unusual adventures in the Arctic region. IIRIG IIT BITS. —“A man owes a great deal to his country.” Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum, "and it is a lucky thing for some of us that our country can’t fore close.”—Washington Star. —"Now; my boy,” said the man to the messenger boy; “don’t be an hour going a few blocks with this message” ‘‘But,’’ replied the boy, feeling in his pocket for his dime novel, "you must remember, boss, dere’s a speed limit in dis town!"—Yonkers Statesman. CURRENT COMMENT. The Louisville Courier-Jonrnal (Dem.) says: "The Denver courts are crowded with women charged with fraud at the election, several having confessed that they sold their votes for $5 each. Is this the way that woman suffrage is purifying politics in Colorado?" The Charleston News and Courier (Dem.) says: "Our criminality as a people consists partly, at least, in the puerile defense which we make for it by saying that other people in other parts of the country are more criminal than we, or at least no better than we are. Why not be fair to ourselves in the discussion of such questions? We ought not to do murder because mur der is done In Massachusetts, In New York, in Connecticut and other states. We ought to punish murder and out rage and crime of all descriptions, high und low, by the methods provided in the statutes, and depend upon the law and not upon the rone and the faggot for the punishment of those who com mit crime in this part of the coun try." Referring to Secretary Taft's plea, in his annual report, for the remission of duties on Philippine products shlp l>ed to this country, except tobacco and sugar, and a sealing down to 25 per cent, on these commodities, the Phil adelphia Record (Dem.) says: “But of what use is It to appeal to Congress for justice to the Filipinos when some Americans are to make money by in justice? The shipping law was a gross injustice to the Islanders. On thslr behalf it was protested against by Mr. Taft, then etvli governor, and by Mi. Boot, then Hecretary of War. Con gress paid no attention to either of them, because some American ship owners asked s monopoly of the is land carrying trade, with the avowed purpose of raising freight charges when they should bo protected from foreign competition.” A Fine Tnulr. A member of the family of the Uni versity of Chicago tells of the sad case of a young woman from Indiana who was desirous of attaining social prom inence in Chicago, says Harper’s Mag azine. Soon after her arrival here she made the acquaintance of a student at the university to whom she took a great fancy. Evidently it was at this time that she realized for the first time her early education had been neglected, for she said to a friend: “I suppose that as he is a college man I’ll have to 'be awful careful what I say. What’ll I talk about to him?” The friend suggested history as a safe topic. To her friend’s astonish ment. she took the advice seriously, and shortly commenced in earnest to "bone up” in English history. When the young man called the girl listened for some time with ill conceal ed impatience to his talk of football, outdoor meets, dances, etc., but finally she decided to take the matter in her own hands. She had not done all that reading for nothing; so, a pause in the conversation affording the desired op portunity, she suddenly exclaimed, with considerable vivacity: “Wasn’t it awful about Mary, Queen of Scots?” “Why, what’s the matter?” stam mered the student, confused. “My gracious!” almost yelled the girl from Indiana, “dind’t you know? Why, the poor thing had her head cut off!” The Freshman's Tribulations. A University of Pennsylvania fresh man, followed by a strapping sopho more, strolled into the buffet of a Broad street hotel the other day, says the Philadelphia Record. The fresh man slowly walked to the bar and then turned to his companion, who stood several feet behind. “Tell the man what you need,” commanded the sophomore, imperatively. The fresh man sheepishly said to the bartender: “A glass of milk, please.” While a dozen men looked on the freshman drank about half the milk. “Drink the remainder,” said the sophomore. The freshman gulped it down. “Now, what should you do to show your re spect and admiration for the lords of the sophomore class?” asked the sopho more. “You know what you have been told.” “Buy the grand man a very good cigar,” the freshman replied. “And what should you smoke?” queried the sophomore. “Oh, nothing!” was the hesitating reply. “Smoking isn’t good for the health of children. It prevents their mental and physical growth, and then they would never get to be big.” The cigar was pur chased, and turning to the amused crowd, the freshman solemnly said: “My, but the sophomores are great.” Then he wheeled and marched away In front of the sophomore, to another hotel where the same scene was re hearsed. Not Available. Francis Curtis, author of the "His tory of the Republican Party,” had charge of the literary department at the Republican national headquarters in New York. The other day, relates the New York Sun, a gentleman called to sell to the committee something he had written on Republican issues. Mr. Curtis looked over the manuscript and handed it back to the visitor. “That’s fine," said Mr. Curtis, “it is well written and it is a valuable cam paign document.” “Well, I think SIOO would be a fair price for it,” said the caller, “and you can have it for that.” "I’m afraid I cannot use it this year,” said Mr. Curtis. “But it may not be appropriate in the next presidential campaign, and you have just stated yourself that it is an excellent piece of work. There is still plenty of time to have It print ed and distributed before election day,” the man Insisted. “Yes, there would be time for that,” said Mr. Curtis in his calmest tone, "but we axe not sending out chest nuts. The Republican National Com mittee of 1900 paid me SSOO for that very same pamphlet. I wrote it my self four years ago. Good day.” The Vanishing Plumber. E. W! Kemble experienced a burst water pipe in his studio some time ago, says the Saturday Evening Post. The deluge ruined a promising drawing on which he was at work, and after fail ing to stop the leak with court plaster he sent for a plumber. This worthy proved to have the weakness of his craft for a job of length, and opera tions lingered. A friend met Mr. Kemble a week later and asked him when he expected to be able to occupy his studio again. "Never,” replied the artist In a dolor ous key; “never. The plumber came Monday and stayed three hours. Tues day he came and put in two hours. Yesterday he was with us one hour. This morning he turned up. flirted with the cook fifteen minutes, ate a piece of pie, hit the pipe two cracks with a monkey wrench and went away.” “But there are still to-morrow and Saturday,” protested the friend. "To-morrow,” returned Mr. Kemble with set Jaws, "that plumber will tele phone, Saturday he will stay at home In bed and think about us.” When the Rulers Jest, The story regarding James Jeffrey Roche is taken from the Springfield Republican: On a recent visit to the White House the President, so it is said, was chaf fing with Roche about the places he was going to have after election: "Jeffrey,” the President is reported to have said, “I am going to appoint you minister to the Court of St. James.” “God save the king!” exclaimed Roche, and the two enjoyed the joke immensely. Watching for Snntn Clans, From Leslie’s Weekly. From Florida's golden orange groves To rocky shores of Maine, A million happy children watch For Santa Claus again. They sit together round the fire And will not go to bed. But listen for the silver chime Of sleigh-bells overhead. They picture him a Jolly man With beard of flowing white. And eyes that twinkle like the stars Upon a frosty night. They wish for all the gorgeous gifts The glittering shops display: He could not bring the half they want In his capacious sleigh. The child of luxury awakes On Christinas morn to find A wenlth of rare and costly toys Of every shape and kind. But scattered on the nursery floor Neglected soon they lie. With battered wheels and broken springs. Or legs and arms nwry. Among the crowded tenements. Up many a narrow stair The dawn goes stealing like a ghost To And no Christmas there. But empty hands and lonely hearts Where Joy end mirth are not. And baby feces pinched und pals By Msnin Claus forgot. But hark! was that the winter wind That shook the chimney tall, And made the soot in flaky showers Upon the hearthstone fait? I! while the drowsy golden heads Are nodding tn a row The saint lie* filled their stockings up. I And vanished In the anow. I Hood's Sarsaparilla Has won success far beyond the effect at advertising only. 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Can offer few single rooms, with bath, beautifully furnished, suitable lor two people, S6O per month. TRANSIENT RATES: One Room, with bath $2 so per day Parlor, Bedroom, with bath, $3 and $5 per day Parlor, 2 Bedrooms, with bath, $5 and f7per day Every improvement known to modern in genuity. , Writ ' for put magazine, “The Hotel Belle claire World.” * MILTON ROBLEE. Proprietor. DE SOTO HOTEL, Savannah, Ga. Open all year. Large airy rooms; 7,000 feet piazzas; 100 rooms with pri vate bath. Telephone service in every room. Liberal Inducements to fami lies desiring permanent board. WATSON & POWERS. Proprietors. SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. Savannah Preparatory School Barnard SL, between Gwinnett and Hall. Instructors for 1904. Ormond B. Strong, A. B„ Cornell, Mathematics. Horace Mack. A. 8., Cornell, A. M., Yale. Drawing, English Grammar and Lit- erature. Samuel W. Coons, A. 8., Trinity, History and Geography. Chas. H. Hayes, A. 8., Princeton, Latin and Greek. Eric Berstrom. Ph. 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The petition of John Rourke James A. Rourke and John Rourke’ Jr., all of said state and county re! spectfully shows: First. That they desire for them selves, their associates, successors and assign to become incorporated under the name and style of SAVANNAH SHIP BUILDING DRY DOCK AND REPAIR COMPANY. U Second. The term for which peti tioners ask to be incorporated twenty (20) years with the privilege of renewal at the end of that time Third. The capital stock of the corporation is to be ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars, divided into shares of one hundred ($100.00) dollars each Petitioners, however, ask the privilege of increasing said capital stock from time to time not exceeding the aggre **** sum of five hundred thousand ($500,000.00) dollars, said increase to be made at any time a majority 0 f the stockholders may determine Fourth. The whole of said capital stock of ten thousand ($10,000.00) dol lars has been actually paid in. Fifth. The object of the proposed corporation is pecuniary profit and gain to its stockholders. Petitioners propose to carry on the following kind of business: (a) Building, buying, selling and repairing iron, wood and steel steam boats, yachts, tugs, lighters, barges launches and every other kind of wa ter craft; (b) Building, owning, renting, buy ing, selling, operating and letting marine railways, dry docks, floating docks, and other appliances for build ing, repairing, cleaning and docking all kinds of water craft; (c) All kinds of diving and sub marine work, wrecking, and salvage work, and in this connection owning leasing, hiring and letting all kinds of water craft and machinery neces sary for the carrying on of said busi ness; (and) Buying and selling directly or as agents for other parties, ship, yacht, mechanical and electrical plies; (e) Owning, maintaining and oper ating a general foundry, machine shop, blacksmith and boiler shop bus iness; (f) Buying, owning, leasing, rent ing and selling upon its own account or as the agent for others, steamboats, yachts, tugboats and all other kind of water craft: (g) Buying, owning, building and selling marine engines or boilers, and all and every other kind of equip ment for vessels and water craft; (h) Doing a general marine con tracting business, that Is to say build ing by contract, wharves, docks, slips, dredging, jetty work, piers, sub-ma rine excavations and foundations, and doing any other kind of harbor or ma rine work; (i) Receiving and holding personal proprety in pledge, including stock in other corporations as collateral se curity for indebtedness; (j) To own, acquire, lease and hold all real and personal property neces sary or incident to the proper and successful carrying on of any of the kinds of business above specified; (k) To act as general or special agents for other persons or companies in selling or handling any articles or class of articles appropriate to the kinds of business above specified or usually or conveniently connected therewith, and to make contracts to act as such agent and to exercise the usual powers and to do all usual, nec essary and proper acts which pertain to or may be connected with the car rying on of any of the kinds of busi ness above specified; (l) To have and to exercise all the general powers incident to corpora tions under the laws of the state of Georgia. Sixth. The principal office and place of business of the proposed cor poration will be In the city of Savan nah, said state and county. Wherefore, petitioners pray to be made a body coroporate under the name and style aforesaid, entitled to the rights, privileges and immunities, and subject to the liabilities fixed by law. OSBORNE A LAWRENCE, JOHN ROURKE, JR.. Petitioners Attorneys. Original filed in office Nov. 21, 1901. JAMES MURPHY. Dep. Clerk S. C. C. C. A PARADOX. Qn to the Golden Gate, |n comfort all the way, Let any one gainsay: Burn oil to keep you clean. Unhealthy smoke Reminds you no more. Nor cinders in your eyes galore, Exhaust your patience and pleasant mien. Remember the SOUTHERN PACIFIC to all points Louisiana, Texas, Mexico and California. Special rates to Louisiana, Texas. New Mexico and Arizona in November and December. Information cheerfully given. J. F. VAN RENSSELAER, General Agent, 18 Peachtree street, Atlanta. Ga. NEW BOOKS at Estilt's. 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