SCHOOLCHILDREN HONOR LEE, t:K EXERCISES AT THE ANDERSON

STREET SCHOOL,

So nft** Recitation* and Anecdote*( oinniemora tins; the Life and Vir-tue* of the Great Southern Chief-min—Father Ryan’* Poem “The*worci of Robert Lee,” Head in>#nrly All the Clanne*—I The Kxer-ci*es a Fitting Testimonial of He-

*lcct to the Ran Whose liirtli Will

Hr Celebrated Throughout theSou tli To-day.

Exercises in honor of Robert E. Lee-v an interesting feature of the day at

ti. Anderson Street School yesterday. The... , ial exercises were taken part in by

a l; the classes, though four of the~ , ics, the Seventh, Sixth, and the two

j iiih grades, had special programmes asfohows:

< w nih Grade—T. S. Lucas.i,i th and Early Life of Gem Lee,"

j, Bolshaw.it n and Educati • t Wilson,

i vices in Mexican War," Lila Car-michael.

. vices in the Civil War," Charlie

Brooks.• Life Subsequent to Civil' War—-

j), ,th.’* Bessie Stubbs.• 1: e Sword of Robert Lee (Father

,n) Saida Stovall.I'.aracter of Gen. Lee," Helen Wynn.~ rewell Address," Constance Chest-

nut.An-' dotes read by various members of

ibe class.The room was decorated with United

States and Confederate flags..< m:i Grade, A.-Miss M. E. Johnson:"Thej. . Family," Daisy Derby; song, “My

Fountry ‘Tis of Thee, 1' class; "Lee as aSchoolboy," H, Janow; song, "Dixie,"

, i >; in Mexico,” George Mc-Ghan; "Lee and Washington," Ber-i -a Dennis; "The Sword of Lee,"

Sue Prince; "The Bonnie Blue Flag,"K) ng, class; "Lee as a Teacher," SallieAnderson; "Arlington,” Augusta Wood;• Lc.'s Farewell Address;" sentinel songs.\>\ the class; song, "Tenting on the Oldrump Ground;" "Robert Lee," (Paul H.Payne), Stanley Peck and Louis Thomas.

This room was also decorated with Con-federate flags.

Fifth Grade—A, Miss S. M. Cabaniss.Song. "Dixie,” class.Reading of composition on "Lee's Boy-

hood." Frankie Riley, Allan Gannon."Lee as a Soldier," Joe Winkers, La

Treile Hutton.“The Character of Lee,” Carrie Stubbs.Song, "Bonle Blue Flag,” class.Reading, "Lee’s Surrender," Almeda Mc-

Ginnis. Schley Wescott and Robert Train.Reading of composition on Lee, Hal Mc-

Leod.Recitation, "The Battle of Antietam,”

Ralph Bailey.In this room excellent blackboard draw-

ings of Lee werewmade by Ralph Bailey,

J." Winkers andnSchley Westcott.Fifth Grade, B. Miss M. W. Maccaw.

Song, "Dixie,” by class. Recitation, by

Kibbie DeVane, ’Myrtie Ha.vman, NinaMorgan, Nellie Sauls, Daisy Austin. LouiseHodgson. Ray Basch and Mildred Rees.Song. "Bonnie Blue Flag." Original com-p* •.-itions, by Willie Fleming, John Hop-k. - Louis McGhan. Recitation, "TheSword of Robert Lee," by James Smith.

<vted readings. This room was deoo-r.iic i with laurel wreaths and Confederateflags.

s'.- sides the papers that had been pre-par*.l by the pupils themselves, a numberoi in- < dotes were read, of which the fol-low it g two are the most characteristic:

G n. Lee was seated in rear of a earof a railroad train going to Richmond oneday during the war. when a poorly dressedo. l woman entered at one of the stations.

its were filled with officers and sol-di- rs. The woman, finding no vacant seatand having none offered her, approachedth.‘ end where the General sat. He im-mediately rose and gave her his seat. In-stantly there was a general rising, eachn n offering his seat to the General. Buthe .a.d significantly: "No. gentlemen, ifthere was no seat for that infirm womanth< I .- can be none for me." The effect ofhi- rebuke was remarkable. One afteranother the officers retired from the car.and soon Gen. Lee and the woman had itail to themselves.

'•■a. 1-jCe rode Traveler, his pot horse.Fin -arried him through the war, to Lex-iii-ion, when he went there to assume• presidency of Washington College. One

• met a rusty, weather-beaten moun--1 o’ • r lounging drowsily upon the roadb - rickety cart. Gen. Lee’a cordial

: | morning,” aroused the old Confed-t!l - instantly.

"Whoa!” he called out to his old nag.“Am’t ihat Gen. Lee?” he Inquired, as he

a * 1 down and caught Traveler by thebridle.

v sir," said Gen. Lee, wondoringly.w li, then,” said the old fellow, in a

‘ a of excitement, "I want you to donh i favor.”

a ill, with pleasure, If I can,” wastli* response.

HI right, you just get down off Trav-eler. ’

' 1 Lee did so, and to his amazementhorse was led away and tied in the

while he stood alone in the dusty

1 1 ; 'i gr at perplexity.* a. said the excited veteran, "I am

°i of your old soldiers, Gen. Lee. I wasu you all the way from Mechanlcsville• ’ N i'pomattox. 1 was thar every time.A ! Jnst want you to let me give three

- eheors for 'Marse Robert.’ ”

L< *:'s head dropped in most painful1 issment as the first yell1,!, < along the mountain-side. The

II was choked with sobs as theh*r dropped on his knees in tin*

; ging Gen. Lee’s legs, and the!l 'd away in tears.

' Ik close of the exercises, in each,n which the children were old

io understand and appreciate It,•l Father Ryan’s poem, ‘"J he* Sword

l lve.”

1 1 i*nr its scabbard, pure and bright,1 lashed the sword of Lee!'be front of the deadly fight,

‘ 1 " * r the brave in the cause of Right,‘'“b'ss sheen, like a beacon light,

c-ed us to Victory!

ul its scabbard, where full long,ir slumbered peacefully,from its rest by the battle’s song,

Ij the feeble, smiting the strong.'' * he right, avenging the wrong,

'* ‘Mined the sword of Lee.

1 Q-uii its scabbard, high in airl:,-neath Virginia's sky;' who saw fi gleaming there,

■|‘ hl vv who bore it, knelt to swearA ■'re that sword led they would

• lirefollow—and to die.

' f its scabbard! Never handA 'vod sword from stain as free,

''t* r sword led braver band.' r bled for brighter land,

‘•filter land had cause so grand,•N,or cause a chief like Lee!

from its scabbard! How* we prayedsword might victor he;

A, our triumph was delayed,* man y a heart grew core afraid, 4

We still hoped on while gleamed the bladeOf noble Robert Lee.

Forth from its scabbard all in vainBright flashed the sword of Lee;

’Tis shrouded now in its sheath again,It sleeps the sleep of our noble slain,Defeated, yet without a stain,

Proudly and peacefully.

'WITH srinn II \\|> SONG.

Son si >f Veterans Will EntertainVet era um anil Dang liters To-Night.

The local camp of Sons of ConfederateVeterans will be the hosts to-night at aninformal entertainment in honor of thetwo camps of Confederate Veterans andthe chapter of Daughters of the Confed-eracy. The entertainment given will beat Confederate Hall at 8:30 o’clock.

The programme for the evening includesa welcoming address by Capt. U. H. Mc-Laws, the commandant of the camp; atalk by lion. Walter G. Charlton and anumber of war stories told by Hon. J.R. Saussy, in the inimitable style that hehas made famous. The exercises will beopened with prayer by the chaplain, of thecamp. Rev. M. J. Epting.

The medal that is to be the gift of theConfederate Veterans Association to its re-tiring president, Gen. P. McGlashan, willhe presented to-night by Judge RobertFalligant. Gen. McGlashan is expected tomake some brief reply to the presentationremarks.

Dainty refreshments will be served bythe camp of Sons of Veterans, and the ar-ranged programme v ill be varied by im-pressing into service such members of anyof the organizations as can either talk orsing. The evening, it is hoped, will bepleasantly spent, and certainly everythingpossible will be done to assure those whoattend a good time.

POLITICIANS ARE AT WORK.

The Registration List Is Mounting

I p Rapidly.

The county registration is growing at alively’ rate. Yesterday broke the recordfor the year, the number registered up to2 o’clock being 148. The total registra-tion to date Is nearly 1,400. The rapidgrowth of the registration is due to theefforts of the politicians, who are shov-ing their men in as rapidlv as possible.Both the local factions have agents atthe tax collector’s office who are suppliedwith funds with which to pay the taxesof their friends who do not happen to havethe’eash. From the business-like mannerin which both sides are preparing for thecoming campaign it is evident that thereis a battle royal in store. It seems to beunderstood that only this year’s registra-

tion will be used in the primary and hencethe anxiety of the politicians to get theirsupporters registered.

DAUGHTERS MET YESTERDAY,

Accepted Invitation to Entertain-ment of Son* of Veterans.

There was a called meeting of theDaughters of the Confederacy yesterday-afternoon to consider the resignation ofMiss Nina Pape as treasurer of the Char-ter Chapter, which was received* and ac-cepted with regret. Mrs. George C. Free-man was unanimously elected treasurer tosucceed Miss Pap*:l .

The chapter received an invitation fromthe camp of Sons of Confederate Veteransto attend the entertainment to be givenby the camp at Confederate Hall to-night.The invitation was gratefully accepted.Mrs. Margaret Branch Sexton, the presi-dent of Charter Chapter, begs that every

member will make it convenient to attendthis meeting of all the Confederate clansin the city-. This action was urged byMrs. Sexton at the meeting of yesterday.

TO DIVIDE REMAINING FIND.

Reunion Executive Committee WillMeet to Wind Up Affairs.

At 11:30 o’clock this morning the mem-

bers of the Executive Committee of theConfederate reunion will meet at the officeof the County Commissioners, at the CourtHouse. The meeting is for the purposeof winding up the affairs of the committeeand of deciding upon the disposition of thefund remaining now on hand, something

more than S4OO.Two plans have been suggested, the

furnishing of the quarters used by theFeveral Confederate organizations in thecity. In Confederate Hall, and the erec-tion’of a monument to the memory of Gen.Lafayette MeLaws. It is possible that onappropriation will l>s made for both pur-poses.

CHILDREN TO ORGANIZE.

Vouthful Confederate* to Meet at

Confederate Hall To-day.

The* Winnie Davis Chapter of the Chil-

dren of the Confederacy will be organized

at Confederate Hall by Miss Addie Bar-nard, at 10 o'clock this morning. All thechildren in the city who are eligible tomembership under the rules of the generalconfederation are invited to attend.

Miss Barnard will be assisted in the or-

ganization of the chapter by Miss Ninapape . u is hoped that there will be av rv large attendance, and it is expectedthat more than 100 children will be present

ind will take advantage of the opportunityto be enrolled as members.

HEW OFFICERS OF REGIMENT.

Col. Lawton’* Order In AccordanceWith That of Adjt. General.

Col. A. R. Lawton, commanding the

Firet Regiment, published an order yes-terday, in accordance with special orders

from the adjutant general’s office, an-

nouncing the appointment of ( apt. Henry*Blun. Jr., to rank froqj Nov. 13. 1899, as-

signed to Company P. and of Second Lieu-tenant Richard W. Batighn. to rank fromNov. 27. 1899, and assigning him to Com-pany H.

“WHAT W ILL PEOPLE SA Vf”

Rev. I. P. Monde** Subject at Mlckvalurncl Temple To-day.

At the Temple Mlckva Israel this after-noon. Rev. I. P. Mendes will lecture on•What. Will People Bay?” This lecturelike the preceding ones of the serifs will lieof a popular nature and Is sure to proveboth interesting and instructive.

1, on Ladies’ Garments,/jm strictly up to datej costumes, Furs,

_

Waists, Skirts, Jack=IS?1 ets’ at

V BROUoHTON a BULL STS

TO BE PUNISHED BY DEATH.(Continued from Eighth Page.)

the child in his arms, and Well orderedhim to put the baby down.

Threatened to Kill tlie Roy.

“If you don’t put that child down,” saidMell, according to the witness, “I’ll shootyou.” The boy would not obey this de-mand, and refusing, dared Mell to shoot.Then the first shot was fired, with thebaby’ still in Buz bee’s arms. The boy'smother took the child from him. andMell’s wife attempted to prevent furthershooting, It was then that the secondand fatal shot was fired. According tothe testimony of this witness, Buzbeenever made an attempt to strike Mell orto attack him In any way, though lie hadpicked up a small piece of brick from thestreet and held it as if for his defense.

The cross-examination of the wine-s.conducted by Mr. Golding, though it didnot serve to interfere with or confuse thestory of the homicide she had tol l on thdirect examination, was not compl m mu-ray in its results to the character of thewitness. Stye was forced to confess thatshe had once been known as Jennie Buz-bee and declined to answer a question asto the nature of the house of which shehad formerly been the proprietress.

The next witness was Lula Taylor, agirl who had lived in the same house withMell and his wife, and was an eye wit-ness of the events culminating in thetragedy. Her testimony was virtuallyand in all essentials identical with that ofthe witness who had preceded her on thestand. She had seen the difficulty froma window in the Mells* house and kn£wthat Buzbee had never made any attempteither to strike or attack Mell or to en-ter the enclosure surrounding the pr ra-ises. The witness could not be shakenby counsel, and with her evidence thestate rested its case.

The Prisoner** Statement.The prisoner was put on the stand to

make his statement. It was long, ram-bling and involved, but very’ cleverly word-ed. and contained just enough of senti-ment to make its drier portions palata-ble. Leaving out the unessential prelimi-naries, his story of the homicide madeout a complete, case of self-defense. Hetold of the quarrel between his wife andhimself and of her leaving for her moth-er’s home, to get someone to make himgive up the child. When Buzbee approach-ed it was with an oath directed at Mellon his lips and a threat to follow it Mellrelated how he had expostulated with theyouth and tried to get him to leave, butthis Buzbee would not consent to do. Theargument had become heated, and the boy,

with a motion towards his pocket, madea threat to shoot. “It was then and nottill then,” said Mell to the jury, “that Idrew my own pistol ami fired. 1 was sorry*to do it, but I had to in order to save my*own life.”

The prisoner then told how he had goneon his bicycle to the home of his motherand of hi-s arrest there by Patrolman Mel-drim. At this point in his statement,the prisoner attempted to describe someinterview’s he had had with his wife onthe subject of Buzbee’s killing and thedisappearance of the revolver which Mellclaimed the boy had at the time he wasshot. Solicitor General Osborne objectedto this form of introducing in evidence thestatements of the wife, that the law pre-cluded her giving in person, and JudgeFalligant sustained the objection..

In his story told the jury Mell went intodetails as to the life formerly led by themother of his wife, and, for that matter,by* his wife herself, showing the abandon-ed nature of the older woman and themanner in which she had made use of herdaughter to fill her own pockets. Mellsaid that he had rescued Annie Buzbeefrom this life, and that after a lime, whenhe saw that she w: determined to doletter, he had married her. With thestatement of the defendant his counselrested.

Tlo Rebuttal Testimony.

In rebuttal four witnesses were intro-duced by the solicitor general before theadjournment for dinner. Eliza Black <%?-

titled that Buzbee did not have a pistolat the time he was shot by Mell, or anyother weapon from which the slayer mightapprehend that his own life was in dan-ger. The boy. said his mother, never hada pistol of his own in his life. Lula Tay-lor, recalled, testified approximately thesame state of facts.

A. J. Reynolds, the next witness, cameupon the scene after the shooting, hav-ing been attracted there by’ the crowd ofpersons who. had gathered. He spoke offinding the hoy wounded and dying on theground, with his mother at his head,weeping and sobbing. With P. Buttimv,’who was also placed on the stand, Rey-nolds had taken the lad to the home ofliis mother and had carried him into thehouse and assisted In undressing him andplacing him on the bed. He had search-ed his pockets and round no weapon. liehad wen none near the boy’s hand oranywhere in the vicinity when he cim*up. The witness, Buttimer, whose testi-mony concluded the morning session,swore as had his predecessor on thestand.

When court again convened at 4o'clock in the afternoon, Judge Falligantannounced that after ccnslderat'on andconsultation with the solicitor general, hehad decided to permit the defendant tomake that portion of his statement thathad been previously ruled out, and M* 11,in accordance with this+p i mission, againmounted the witness stand and faced thetwelve men who had become the arbit* rsof his fate.

The supplementary statement Was tothe effect that after his arrest and thecoroner’s inquest his wife had com** to seehim at the jail. He described minutelyhow he had succeeded in getting her toconfess what tie contended was the truthof the cage—that young Buzbee had a re-volver at the time he was shot and hadattempted to use it. His wife, so Melltold the jury, had told him that his moth-er-in-law had taken this revolver andgiven it to Mrs. Fennell and that Mrs.Fennell had dropped it down a closet inthe presence of itie wife. Thia w.Ts theessential part of the statement, but it wasbacked, up a number of circumstantial de-tails, that seeified to he thrown in for thepurpose of giving it authenticity.

In rebuttal Lula Taylor was placed againon the stand. She reiterated all that shehad formerly testified and told the juryof several attempts made by the wife ->fMell to induce her to remember the pis-tol and to testify to Fhizbee's possessionof It on the stand. She had refused. Shehad first heard of the pistol alleged to havebeen held and flourished by young Buzbeeafter his wife’s visit to the jail to seeher husband. It was upon the return ofthe wife from this vlft that the attempthad been made foect hef to swear to thelad’s attempted use of the deadly weapon.

Mrs. R. Y. Fennell testified that she hadbeen the first to reach Buzbee after hehad been shot and that t(he found him inhis mother’s arms. TV mother was sob-bing and almozt hysterical. .There was> no

pistol anywhere about. She denie<l, indig-nantly. that she had had anything to dowith an attempt to conceal or to makeaway with the weapon. There was oneother unimportant witness, t'n- testimonywas all in and the arguments began.

jirtruiuents.

The first argument for the defense, thatby virtue of having introduced no evi-dence other than the statement of thedefendant, was emitted to the openingand conclusion, was made In Mr. JosephA. Oronk. Mr. Cronk’s attention was par-ticularly directed to the character ofEliza Black, one of the principal witnessesfor the state, whom he painted In the!blackest colors, accused ot having de-stroyed the evidence that would nave serv- jed to still the very breath of suspicionagainst Mell. and because of the mannerin which she had acted Jn the past, ofIk lug absolutely unworthy >:' i.elief

Solicitor General Osborne followed forIhe state, in a speech of about thirty min-utes. The prosecuting attorney's argu- |ment was a masterly presentation of thecase ogainst Mell, riveting every link in ,the chain of evidence atni drawing it in iuntil the defendant was caught and heldin a position from which his statementcould not extricate him, and which. In-deed. it contributed to mak. even more se-curely strong.

Mr. Cronk's plea for mercy for his clientwas disposal of by the solicitor in abreath. “Give him merry. he said,"and if in so doing you hav. ignored jus-tice, you have done a wrong to the com-munity. It is a question of whether ornot you shall mete out to this defendantthe same justice you would to the igno-

rant. the poor and those without influenceor friends."

“You feel for the mother and the rela-tives and Ihe other good peopa- with whomthis defendant is connected. Of courseyou do, end so do I. and so does every

man within the sound of m\ voice. Butto say that you shall let that sympathyweigh one grain in the den rmlnnlkm ofyour verdict is an insult to every honestjuror. More, it is a men:)., to the state,for all that restrains the evil-disposed fromwrong-doing, is ihe cons, iotisnoss thatmerited punishment shall s.tally followtire commission of crime.’

In short order also, the solicitor swept

aside the contention of the defense that

the mother of the boy had made away

with the weapon it was alleged he hadheld, and with which he had threatenedMell. "Do you believe,” he risked thejury, “that this weeping moth"fa holding

in her trembling arms the form of herdying hoy, should have then and there beenplotting in her own mind the destructionof evidence, to the end that this man mighthang? You know that you can't believeit." The solicitor spoke only about halfan hour, but when he had finished he hadexhausted the arguments and covered theevidence.

Mr. C’ololiiij*** Speech.

In conclusion, Mr. ColdinK made a touch-ing and eloquent plea for the acquittalof the defendant. Every point in ihe casethat could lx*, resolved in favor of Mell re-ceived attention, and it was not the faultof counsel that a mitigation o( the sen-tence was not recommended by the Jury.

Mr. Folding- concluded his argument at 7o’clock.

The delivery of the charge of Judge Fal-ligant occupied only about fifteen minute*.The case was not involved, so far as thelegal proposition went, and Judge Falli-gant covered it in a few brief sentences,charging, 'at the request of counsel forthe (iefense, the law relating to manslaugh-ter and justifiable homicide.

Shortly before 9 o’clock ihe jury an-nounced that ii had agreed upon a ver-dict. Judge Falligant and ihe counselin the case were summoned and at 9:15o’clock the prisoner was tyrought into thecourt room and the jtyry called from itsconsultation up stairs. The crowd hadnot perceptibly thinned, but an awed hushbrooded over the room and gave, if itwere possible, an added solemnity to thescene.

“Gentlemen of the jury,” asked JudgeFalligant. “have you agreed upon a ver-dict?” Foreman Everett answered in theaffirmative. “Mr. Clerk, receive and readthe verdict,” directed the presiding judge.“The state against W. S. Mell. murder,”recited CJerk Carr, in the official mono-tone. “We, tlie jury, find the defendantguilty. Edward S. Everett, foreman.”

Mell’s face did not change in expression.No emotion was visible and his counseland friends seemed to he more affectedby the verdict than was he. Judge Fal-ligant announced that he would not passsentence until this morning, at 10:30o’clock, and (he prisoner was carried backto the jail.

LOCAL PERSONAL.

Mr. FI. A. Almond of Atlanta Is at thePulaski.

Mr. W. A. Scott of Selma is at thePulaski.

Mr. C. N. Walker of Aliph Is the guestof the Pulaski.

Mr. Edward Loh of Macon fs the guestof the Pulaski.

Mr. J. K. Maner of Garnett Is the guestof the Pulaski.

Mr. J. \V. Wiley of Atlanta is registeredat the Pulaski.

Mr. M. A. Pierce of Columbia is regis-tered at the Pulaski.

Mr. D. \l. Bradley of Hagan is regis-tered at the Pulaski.

Mr. J. W. Morrison of Winston is theguest of the Pulaski.

Mr. J. W. Ferguson of Atlanta is theguest of ttie Screven.

Mr. A. H. Mcßftg of Claxton is regis-tered at the Screven.

Mr. C. M. Sheffield of Camden Is theguest of the Screven,

• Mr. William Pritchett of Dublin Is reg-istered at the Pulaski.

Mr. 11. M. Tucker of Charleston is theguest of the De Koto.

Mr. J. W. Wilson of Statesboro Is reg-istered at the Pulaski.

Mr. J. C. Welborn of Columbia is theguest of the De Soto.

Mr. J. H. Turner left for Atlanta lastnight via the Central.

Mr. R. A. Strain of Darien registered a:the Pulaski yesterday.

Mr. Warren Lott of Waycross Is theguest of the Pulaski.

Mr. Charles F. Fulton has gone to At-lanta for a short visit.

Mr. William N. Cobb of Charleston isregistered at the Pulaski.

Mr. W. I). Dalton‘of New Orleans Isthe guest of the De Soto.

Mr. R. P. Williams of Valdosta regis-tered at the Pulaski yesterday.

Mr. F. B. Fielding of Charlotte regis-tered at the Pulaski yesterday.

Mr X. Monroe Ogden of Macon regis-tered at the Screven yesterday.

Mr. James T. Wright of Macon regis-tered at the De Solo yesterday.

Mr. J. H. K. Stelling of Charleston reg-Lm rod at the Screven yesterday. *

Mr. M. A. Mcßamoy of Nawnan isamong the guests of th Pulaski.

Mr. A. (’. Brinson of Atlanta was amongthe arrivals at the Streven yesterday.

Mrs. J. 8. Darby and daughter of Amer-icas arc the guest* of the Screven.

Mr. W. B. Thomas >f Ailanta wait amongthe arrivals al the Pulaski yesterday.

Mr. Walter M. Clements of Eastman wasamong the arrivals at the Pulaski yester-day.

Mr. E. H. Crawley of Waycross was Inthe city yesterday and stayed at the Pu-laski.

Mr. Lowndes Walthour, who recentlywas injured in a bicycle collision, is ira-,

proving rapidly, and his early apd com-plete recovery is looked for.

Mr, D. B. Falk was among the passen-gers of the Southern yesterday for NewYork.

Mr. W. P. Brawley of Charleston wasamong the arrivals at the De Solo yes-terday.

Mr. James Glover of Grahamville wasamong the arrivals at the Pulaski yes-terday.

Mr. E. W. Garvls of Columbia wasamong the arrivals at the De Soto yes-terday.

Hon. W. P. Price of Dahlonega is visit-ing his daughter, Mrs. Walter S. Wilson,No.i 207 Duffy street, east.

Mr. C. L. Houston and family left forCoatesville, Pa., last night via the FloridaSpecial of Hie Plant System.

Mr. J. W. Hunt of the Peacock-HuntNaval Stores Company left for Washing-

ton las* night via the Southern.Mr. G. H. Williams of Swainsboro was

in the city yesterday, being interested ma bankruptcy case that came up beforeReferee A. H. MacDonell. Mr. Williamsenjoys *ho unique distinction of being theyoungest member of the Legislature, andit is said will probably be the next so-liictor general of his circuit, lie returnedto Swainsboro Inst night. g

THE WEATHER.Forecast for Friday and Saturday:Georgia: Rain Friday, followed by fair

at night; fair Saturday; fresh southeast-erly winds, becoming northwesterly.

Eastern Florida; Rain Friday; probablyfair Saturday; southeasterly winds, be-coming northwesterly.

Wesiern Florida: Fair Friday, precededby rain in eastern portion; fair Saturday;light to fresh northwesterly winds.

South Carolina: Friday, rain, followedby fair In western portions; fair Saturday;light to fresh southeasterly winds.

Yesterday’s Weather at Savannah-Maximum temperature, 3 p. degreesMinimum temperature, 8 a, m...fi& degreesMean temperature .60 degrees

Normal temperature 00 degrees

Excess of temperature 10 degreesAccumulated excess since Jan. 1..18 degrees

Rainfall 2.16 inchesNormal 11 InchExcess since Jan. 1 07 inch

River Report—The hlght of the Savan-nah river at Augusta, at 8 a. m. (75th me-ridian time) yesterday, was 7.9 feet, n fallof 0.4 fooi during the preceding twenty-four hours.

Observations taken Jan. 18, 1900, 8 p. m.,75th meridian lime, at the some momentof time at all stations for the Morning

News:-

Name of Station. | -pT.| *V. |Ra!fBoston, cloudy I 32 ! I, I TNew York city, cloudy...; 44 j 6 | .01Philadelphia, cloudy | 44 | 6 | TWashington city, cloudy.j 46 | I. j .06Norfolk, ptly cldy | 56 | 12 | .00Hatteras, clear j 56 | 12 j TWllming;on, cloudy | 62 | 8 | .(H)Charlotte, raining I 44 I L j .04Raleigh, raining | 58 | L J .26Charleston, cloudy I 60 | 6 | .14Atlanta, raining I 48 j 10 | .01Augusta, raining | 54 j I j .14Savannah, cloudy j 60 j 6 | ,02Jacksonville, cloudy | 60 | 6 TJupiter, cloudy I 72 ( 8 [ TKey Wdst, (Sly cldy j * | E .00Tampa, clear |6B l | .01Mobile, raining | sft i E I .08Montgomery, raining 60 | E | .12Vicksburg, cloudy ' 48 | 8 TNew Orleans, c10udy....,| 56 ] 10 TGalveston, clear j 56 | 18 .00Corpus Christ!, ptly cldy.| 5! j E | TMemr*tls, raining ! 72 | 12 ! TPalestine, cloudy ! 44 i 8 j .00Cincinnati, raining | 54 | E j .06Pittsburg, raining I 46 j 8 .14Buffalo, cloudy | 46 | 8 TDetroit, cloudy j 44 j E .08Chicago, raining | 44 | L .08Marquette, ptly cldy. | 30 | E .00St. Paul, plly Cldy 28 [ 6 .00Davenport, cloudy 34 6 02St. Eouls, cloudy j 36 | 16 TKansas City, cloudy .....| 34 | 12 j .01Oklahoma, cloudy ! 36 | 12 j .00Dodge City, clear , 38 | E | .00North Platte, clear 4<> I. w".i-T. temperature; *v, velocity of wind.

H. B. Boyer,Local Forecast Official.

CITY BREVITIES.

The heavy rains Af Wednesday nightconsiderably damaged Ihe stock of Gut-man's, on Broughton street.

on account of Lee's birthday the grandJury of the Superior Court will not meetthis afternoon The next meeting will beMonday afternoon, Jan. 22, at 4 o'clock.

JAI" V\IOSF. <ll AllACTEHIBTIOS.

Am The, Art- !**lrn by ilff Ani<-rlcnOkifrvrr.

Kobo. Japan, Dec. 27, 181W.-A telegramreceived via Dondon, dated Dec. 21, gives

the following information:"A bill has been introduced into the

United States Congress to authorize theappointment of a commission to report on

the industrial condition of China and Ja-pan.”

As this is In pursuance of President Mc-Kinley’s message*, 1 have no doubt thatere; this reaches you, the bill will havebeen passed and the commissioners, perhu[>, appointed.

Is <his commission going to become an-other of ttie farces, or will really com-petent men be appointed thereon 7 * Willthey come out here and be wined anddined by officials,'given Geisha spree* anddance*, have a Jot of statistics rammeddown their throat* and then go home,saying what a fine country it is. andwhat a splendid race of people the J ijw

are? An investigation of this sort, whichIs to be a reference for cornrnero; andwill no doubt have some effect thereupon,should be made rigorous and impartialto all concerned, the bad as well as thegood side of the country being shown upto the light.

I do not wish to take away from theJaps any credit that Is due them, nut cso much has been said and written “pro,”don't you think it time that someput a f* w “cons” in the caw. Compari-sons being at all time odious. I shallavoid them altogether; besides, I am notacquainted wlUi the Chinese, except byhearsay, though their aptness for businessand commercial proclivities are far supe-rior to any other Oriental nation.

The Japanese, as uII foreigners doingbusiness here know, are with a very fewexceptions, strictly unreliable, a fact ofwhich the government officials anl evensome of the bent merchants are fullyaware, and will, when pressed, admit astruth. Occasionally, articles appear inJapanese newspapers which, when m ins-

lated. prove to be no more nor less h:inappeals for reform in tills direction.

‘ Strict honesty in business is almost un-known. What Importer In the country,when the question is put straight* to himcan deny that if the market price fell,how much trouble he would have in mak-ing his customer take delivery of good.*if he succeed at all? What exporter isthere who has not found out after makinga contract for merchandise that his mdgh-lor, who all unconscious of the’fact hasbeen willing to pay a trifling advance inprice, is receiving him goods? The Japsays he is very shim pal (ful of anxiety)about it, but shlkutngH nal (it can’t behelped). When this hitter phrase is ob-literated from the language mid no sub-stitute a Towed then will the Jap becomea tellable merchant. Ii is ho much . asierfor him to shrug his shoulders and say,”Shikat>ga nai” than to give the real andtruthful rep y.

"Make contracts” the uninitiated say.Very good, but a contract in only good

when you are holding cash money as asecurity and this can seldom lie furnished,as the Japanese do a larger business on asmaller capital than any one can readily

imagine. Also Internet rates are veryhigh, owing to lack of proper security.

Will a contract hold good in a Japanesecourt? Well, figuratively, It Is supposedto do so, hut It will be many days beforea foreigner can get Just Ice in a Japanesecourt, unless some of the Powers who

, were so ready to ratify the treaty, willstep In and take a hand.

X beg to call attention to a case which Isexciting the indignation of every foreignerIn the Orient and I feel sure that (ho

British consul is only waiting for theproper lime to have his say In the matter.The case In question Is that of Mr. Kent,second officer of the “Tamba *Maru," AJapaneses steamer, with foreigners forchief officers.

Mr. Kent reprimanded and reported theJapanese quartermaster for Smoking onduty, which was against the rules.

Next day the quartermaster came Intothe cabin of Mr. Kent, and in an Insult-ing tone said it was a diamond in his ring

that was taken for a cigarette, put his fistIn the officer's face, whereupon the officerpushed hls hand away, receiving In returna blow in the fare from the Japanese. Inthe fight that naturally followed the Jap

was knocked down and received a blackeye, and the officer was severely bitten Inthe thigh In six different places.

Now, here Is Japanese Justice. Mr. Kent(British subject), after a long trial (bail(King at first refused and afterwards al-lowed), Is sentenced to six months hardlabor. The counter charges against theJap, the aggressor, resulted In a sentenceof five days' detention.

If thal Is the sort of verdicts that aregiven at the beginning of the new regime,what can foreigners expect under Japaneselaw in'the future?

Japan has at present for a visitor Mr.Dlosy, the gentleman who first wrote abook on the country, "The New Far East,’*and Is now visiting It for the first timelo see If he struck It right. He Is, ofcourse, being entertained nicely by theJapanese authorities, and Is the laughingstock of the foreigners, papers and resi-dents. If our commissioner wants to havea nice lime, let them follow hls example,write a book and send a few copies outfor distribution. I will promise thema warm reception. But If they want tomake a study of the situation let themcpme Incognito as tourists, or, better still,as business men. Instead of bringing ,ct-

terß to the embassy or consulate, to busi-ness firms who do not have to be po-litical for political reasons. You will thenbe able to get as proper report. Why hasthis nor been brought forward before now?Government officials could nol well do so.Tourists do not see enough of It (thoughthey realise the truth of it).

Residents •Ithir have become 100 indif-ferent. as they Ix-comc accustomed to Ori-ental life, or for business reasons they donol wish lo have their names brought for-ward in connection with same, becausethey have to remain here. But as noneof Ihe above conditions apply to me. Iunhesitatingly slate the facts and signmyself Irving A. Ryltcnberg.

I,eft t'ourt In UnrWltesa.

During the trial of Ihe Moll murder coseyesterday the electric lights in the build-ing went out. Mr. Osborne had to con-clude hls argument In the dark, and a de-luy of thirty minutes was necessitatedwhile the brtakuge waa being repaired.

THE MORNING NEWS; FRIDAY, JANUARY 19. 1900.

GUTMAN’SStock Seriously Damaged

..BY WATER..The heavy rains on Wednesday night came

clean through the roof on half of our stock, dam=aging everything in its path,

NOTABLYOur New White Goods, Cloaks, Suits,Down Comforts, Blankets, Towels, Ta=ble Linens, Percales, Lace Curtains, andother goods too numerous to mention,all of which will be placed

On Sale Saturday Morning at 9 O'clock:

A N NOUNCEMENT.We are now located in the

Old Postoffice Building, cornerWhitaker and State streets, andare ready for business. We in-vite you to call and examineour stock.

LINDSAY & MORGAN.

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