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HEN-PECKED TOWN.
D -a SKETCH of a city under
W WOMAN’S RULE.
, nrae of the for Men and
wire Men Vote for Women-The
Jlen in the Midst of Her Parlor
L ean ‘ C^y om the Boston Globe.
. 1 (..town of but few more than
earlier settled cor
°nl apter in the battle history of
J cml war was made in that region.
There the north and south first grappled in
M and bloody fight. It is a country
w th its rocks aud brooks, ups and
T ; very much like a good deal
TANARUS, ,’J free state me . from New England
£ behind them. They must have felt at
at once, and fought as men always
Ifw ht who feel home.
Oskaloosa wears the airs of age. and the
m 2 ami a half stage drtve from the rail
ed = :atiou to the town .s evidence that
„ as there before the railroad
they would be together. The
own lacks the glare aid rudeness that the
i ~ o-pnerallv finds in Kansas towns.
!S gterner e d slable loo k. There
It ha-' about it aud people from
parts f Kansas call it lazy
” The town is built around a
a " d t I*' kmc court house in the center of a
K r -ouare The trees have been planted
.1,1 are so numerous that they form a
! forest. The gardens have an
,1 1 s .nell i hat is sweet and peaceful. The
place is as much of a stranger to booms as i.
ft * umbered ,n an out-of-the-way valley up
n “anklin cunty. Yet Oskaloosa is the
Hrst municipality in America and prob
er The first in the world to give its gov
srnment over entirely to women.
In Kansas both s xes are allowed to vote
in t,v.v ; . and c.tv elections ami to hold local
offices Tins same measure is rejected by
Ibe general court of Massachusetts every
vear Some time it may have better luck.
Hence we ought to feel a peculiar interest
in the experiment which Oskaloosa is mak-
U£T.
Oskaloosa is a city. Any community in
Kansas with 500 people or more may have
a .ry government. IV tide I was out iu
Kansas not long ago I visited Oskaloosa.
Until my stage driver bad brought me to
the court house square, where the little
stores are, he was the only man 1 saw in
O kaloosa. We met women in the streets
and saw them in their gardens, but it hap
peiied tbat w© did not com© in sight of ft
man until we arrived in the court house
square. 1 began to feel a
PITY FOR THE MEN,
and when I saw them lounging silently about
the square I still wondered if they did not
feel like apologizing for drawing their
breath. It is no fancy of mine that they
! looked meek and hushed. I had expected
to see them restless and contemptuous un
der ihe political domination of w men.
But 1 was disappointed. A good many of
them told me the town was disgracing itself;
that the women had not had time to 111
themselves to run the government alone,
and th tit would i ever happen again. But
there was no radical talk about taking the
ballot away from them. I did not hear a
mail hint such a thought or hope. Woman
sull’rage in municipal elections is accepted
as thoroughly in Oskaloosa as manhood
suffrage is in New York.
It is astonishing to find that nobody there
sees anything h on. .rous in the situation.
The new departure is no longer a laughing
matter with the townspeople. Their solem i
earnestness is the funniest element in the
whole affair. These city mothers, in their
private characters, are treated with gal
l lant deference, but iu their official charac
ters they do not got off but a very little
more ea-.il ,• than city fat hers generally do.
However, when an aggrieved citizen of
Oskaloosa wishes to go the full length of
denunciation aud imputation he finds it
convenient as a rule t ) apply himself to an
energetic apothecary, locally derided as
Bo Beasley, and who is c mm'.only accused
of misleading the women of the
the city government. When a citizen is
content mildly to disapprove of any meas
ure taken by the mayor and aldermen, he
pityingly says that tiie ladies mean well
but don’t know. If, however, lie wishes to
go more deeply into the subject, he lights
into Boss Beasley and gives him hail Colum
bia.
The local editor is a woman’s man; that
is what the opposition calls a supporter of
the city government. This gentleman told
me that the new administration was with
out u flaw. Ho said that the first sugges
ti'n of elec i, ga woman’s ticket was not
u‘y made. That was in the spring of
aud t e ticket put up by a few women
was defeated. The next year, however,
the men s.id that suey would
NOT PI,AY HOG,
and so a small group of them made up a
ticket composed entirely of women. The
candidates were all amiable aud popular
ives and mothers; there were no short
hairs or corkscrew curls among them. But
even then t! e proposition was not seriously
taken and it was m the spirit of a joke that
\f en fire woman’s ticket was elected. Mrs.
i l i<J' vu,!Ul ' the canditate for mayor
rereived H 6 votes, w-hile the ma i who op
posed her received only 68. Then Oskaloosa
news T my ' Ulthin hours the
w i K P ?K nieu swarmed the town, talked
and w-°f men ?, n , and I looked at the women,
We up Oskaloosa by the column.
, usnooTiety was unexpected and astound
iokit had r,J gardod it as a
thmr t ' lem , sel . ves ’ and it fairly took
lo’.eka''' sT T tfl ° OK at the Kansas City,
K rue of Louis al ? d Chicago papers,
into th,> i ' v °men thus suddonly ttirust
t,, ii, t sunlight of publicity ac
r ndof tT? ,° vor ' ho descriptions that they
r,t A tea °" n faces and gowns.
were sworn in “u Way their tears and
end,,i thev ha/T , th 6 tlme eir ytar " as
an one <£ y had .!?“S osed to be a joke
into su\; ;L y’ StltUent!i ’ wbo had formed
th- me i.g f J factl °us m the discussion of
tC i f he u , ew administration.
ordiL;T ™f n , h f d P assed but a single
soberly an<fT a ndl!a ?i COilduf ‘ ,ed themselves
excludedf ro This ona ordinance
of I rTlj:™ I !,' he tovvn center the business
subject , r w 3S ’ - immediately this
Politics .. e the chief in municipal
sw 'rTt'i a; t ' H t n T h °/ a . VOrod the old Plan
fined if this A r , adeoftll ® town would bo
tut the o, , , ordi: 'ance should be enforced;
question ff liL** W r‘ S < ‘ n f° rc ed, and on the
'••err „ t fl lts enforcement the women
gain st t™ I Spr “* K - Tho fi h t
tte entire Tom.ff. “T-T* and warm, but
flavor i m,iri s ticket was succtsful
■.*.S“ r r“ v "‘ s m
•fc...,uYr u "" T
This , , the Ilame of Noble.
of the yeaT I L?nS° S Vn WiCe , “ groat **
w v exciting yl The el6etlon was
carriages . Zea *°us women rode in
T jis were open a 1 , da - v ’ ' vtnl ° the
Tce ece:. UnK reluct ant sisters.
*® ussurTd hT kIT V °f lng I ,laco we re, I
f and P- pin o > the C to h w Slde ?i'.i WOrthyof thH
l *oa \y., i ‘. e town, Ih© only ezenn
!'s: so say their om ltlo4 ,° f “}' wom n to
‘ en fr (Ji; , y „ u opuonents. I have heard
’"'Men cueawt iT artS n° f Kan ' a s say that
widely * t ßlievrf P tn S ? 8 readily as they
, av o Bskf*d n it ■ 1 to cke3 t at eucher. I
the cheating> USerS Why thoy did
eXClaira ’ “Chal
r;ut of town” 1 CUes * not i wh >’ l’ d
theTwT M ia , tbi * state of
'fee and thafi' tell me of this in
T n a 0, d ®° tl ‘ 6r . Tls 'ting for a^ew
b d to the TTn 1 ° r arato ' vas
h^ and as if She ?* * L- V ber n ' iste3s , Who
**? to T' Ught th suffrage had
The. W:thr mt anT r *7- 7 ma " under her
wj. ls truly the m ?. C lOrl ° r co,| ditlon.
J a £uiust aJlow? * er,OUB talk that 1
allowing women to vote.
Most of the men said that it was an incura
ble evil.
Very often in the Oskaloosa election hus
bands and wives came together and voted
the same ticket, but there was a number of
instances wnerein the two heads of families
stood apart;always without any unhappy
effect on their domestic relations. 1 heard
of w ives who voted the me .’s ticket, while
their husbands supported the women can
didates. The sexual line was not drawn,
for it is estimated that in spite of the s ac
cess of the women’s ticket half the women
who voted threw their ballots for the men.
Social jealousy and a notion that the women
in office were foolishly making talk about
themselves were the motives generally as
cribed to such voters.
I was taken to
THE MAYOR’S OFEICE
to see the interesting chief magistrate of
this interesting little town. Mavor Low
man’s husband, I had been told, was a
crippled soldier, who did a small real es
tate business, while his wife acted as assist
ant to the register of deeds. Her husband
was once the register, aud it was during his
term that sne le .rned tne work of the office.
When we visited the register’s office there
was no woman to be seen, but a man with a
pleasant, intellige it face and only one arm
was seated at a desk writing in a big book.
I asked: “Is the mayor here?”
“No.” he answered. “.She’s at hom9 to
day. I’m her husband and doing her work;
can I do anything for von?”
I told him that I would like very
much to meet the mayor herself be
fore I left town, whereupon he
kindly directed me to her home. This is
a pretty little cottage on the edge of the
town. Tnere is a well-tended garden be
hind it and in front is as clean flowered lawn.
As I rang the bell the report of carpet
beating came from the ell of the house.
After a minute a woman of medium hight.
50 years of age, slightly silvered hair, and
with a face lighted by native intelligence,
sharpened by an honest keenness and gently
lined by earnestness and decision, opened
the door and bade me good morning.
I asked if tie mayor was at home, and
the answer was, “I am she.”
After the introduction had been made
mutual I was welcomed into a homeiike sit
ting room, with its flower pots, sewing ma
chine and workbasket.
“You must excuse my appearance,” the
mayor said, slowly and precisely, in a warm,
natural tone. She was born in Pennsylva
nia, and is, though two centuries removed
from Scotland, very Scottish still. Mani
festly the fundamental trait iu her is that
sort of calm patience that is succeeded iu
due time by a persistence equally calm.
There was little to excuse in
IIER APPEARANCE,
for she looked as well as a housewife could
who had come, as she explained, immedi
ately from her “parlor cleaning.”
Mrs. Lowrnan said that she had never
taken any part in politics until the mayor
alty was thrust upon her, although sho had
always followed the political discussions in
the newspapers. The only attention that
she had ever given to political affairs was
to feel sorry that Oskaloosa was so carelessly
governed in respect to the streets and side
walks and nuisances. There had not been
any liquor selling that she knew of since the
state adopted prohibition. When sho was
elected mayor she regarded it in the light of
simple duty to assume the responsibility
and do the best she could. Bhe had never
thought of woman suffrage until her offi
cial life began, and she did not know of a
woman suffragist in Oskaloosa before that
time. Now, however, she and the alder
men and a good many others of both sexes,
were convinced that if the suffrage were
extended to women in the broader p ilities
of the state and nation, not as a privilege,
but as a duty, it would not belong until
her sisters accepted it and contributed to
the aff .irs of government the benefit of
their love of peace and morality.
The mayor confessed that she and her
sisters in the city government had not found
themselves able to do all that ought to be
done, but she felt that no money bad been
wasted, and that the town was better off.
The taxes were less than to'JO a year, she
could not remember exactly the sum; and
there were no debts.
But Mr3. Lowman thought that an im
portant improvement which had been ef
fected was the doingaway with wrangling,
and the prevalence in city affairs of more
general harmony than Oskaloosa had been
used to enjoy. There were some differences
of course, but the aldermen had been unani
mous in every vote save one. No frivolous
and meddlesome actions had been taken,
and sue was sorry to see the newspapers
printing such fibs as that in which it was
Slid that, for the protection of red-h >aded
women, white horses had been banished
from the streets of Oskaloosa, and another
iu which it was asserted that the men had
been forbidden to spit on the sidewalks.
Speaking of the sessions of the hoard of
aldermen, over which she presided,
THE MAYOR SAID
that the old custom had been to address the
chair as “Mr. President,” but now the al
dermen simply said, “Your Honor.” Mrs.
Lowman believed that, so little remaining
to interest them in the affairs of the town,
the women would become somewhat indif
ferent, and, in anothor year the men
would again possess the government. She
would not he sorry, for there was no reason
why the women should always be in power;
they bad already done enough to prove
that they could be trusted whenever a
change was needed.
The exception which the mayor noted to
the unanimity prevailing in the board of
aldermen was made, I afterward heard, by
Mrs. Carrie Johnson. Mrs. Johnson was
an alderman in the first year of the
women’s reign and the youngest member of
the board, being only 23 years of age.
When the proposition came before the board
to make Alderman Johnson’s rich father lay
a sidewalk around a vacant corner lot,
she not only opposed it, but when defeated
she left the board and never came again.
This is the story as it was tol 1 to me.
The marshal, street coiuissioner, treas
urer and cieik were chosen by the
mayor and aid rmen, and they are ail men.
The police magistrate was the’ only man on
the woman's ticket. He has had only one
case since he took the cilice a year and a
half ago.
The jail, by the way, had only two prison
ers in it when I was in Oskaloosa, and they
were free lovers, who had been arrested in
the neighboring town of Valley Pails, where
there is a very small community of cranks
surrounding the radical editor of a paper
called the Lucifer.
There are four other Kansas towns where
wowes hold offices. In Cottonwood Palis
the bad citizens mocked the scolding editor
of a local paper by nominating bis wife for
mayor. The people elected her, and I heard
that she was trying to make the bad citizens
laugh out of the other side of their mouths.
In many places it is complained that the
woman’s vote is more influenced by a can
didate’s whiskers than by his principles.
GEN. ALGER ON ALASKA.
The Michigan Millionaire Gives Some
Interesting Facts About That Coun
try.
From the Detroit Tribune.
“A strange thing,” said Gen. Alger last
night, on his return from his trip to Alaska,
“is the lack of information among our best
posted people concerning the geography of
Alaska. The steamer on whioh we took
passage carried 100 parsons, all on the same
mission, namely, sightseeing, and all equal
ly ignorant of the topography of the land
toward which they were journeying. Our
boat was a small stern-wheeler, and the en
tire trip was inland; that is, we did not put
to sea. The coast is a perfect kaleidoscope
of small islands, and the boat picked it,3
way bet wee > the entire distance of 1,200
miles from Tacoma to Sitka Only in one
plaoe, in Queen Charlotte’s sound, did we
get a glimpse of the ocean.
“During the entire trip the weather was
delightful. On a July day at Sitka the
thermometer registe ed 62° at noon. The
air was clear aad dry, and davlight pre
vailed almost all the time. There is lest
than two hours of actual darkness in the
THE’MORNSNG NEWS: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1889.
whole twenty-four. Mrs. Alger threaded
a needle and dul some fine sewing on the
deck of the boat at 12 o'clock at night with no
other light than that furnished by the
heavens. That would be a great cou try
for courting—a young man could sit it out
all night. Not a drop of rain fell during
the twelve aud a half days that wo were
out from Tac ma. The captain said that
that was his 109th trip, ami the first outs
without rain.
“A remarkable feature of the country is
that t ere is scarcely au acre of land that is
inhabitable. Alaska is a great pipe, and
Sitka, theseat of government, is situated
about the c?Dter of the stem. Of the vast
interior little is known, but the stem, ex
tending southward along the coast is little
more than a mass of islands, rocky and
barren except for a dense growth of cedars.
It is impossible in all that great country for
a person to secure title to an acre of la .and or
a stick of timber. It all belongs exclusive
ly to the government. Of course, in due
time that will be rectified, as it should be
eighty away.
“Alaska's mineral resources are immense,
and I nave uo doubt will, in tho future, be
extensively developed. We viiite 1 the
famous Treadwell mins on Douglass Island,
opposite Juno, and 150 miles from S.tka.
T his mine is owned ami operated by Senator
Jones, D. O. Mills and an English syndi
cate. They are working 210 800-pouiul
stamps and turning out $2,400 iu gold every
day. There are a great mauy ; laeer mines
that are paying well, and coal has lately
been discovered. The fishing industry has the
lead at present, and the company having a
monopoly of that business has alrea ly paid
to the United States government six-sev
enths of the original purchase price of the
territory.
“Sitka has a population of about 800, in
cluding the governor and United States
officers, and four-fifths of this population
are Indians. They are an isolated class of
people, with nothing to do or to do with.
Their only means of communicati >n with
tho outside world is by the steamer that ar
rives once a week with the mail. What
they need is a system of cables, and this
ought to be furnished at once by the gov
ernment, as no private enterprise can af
ford It. There snould also be a government
steamer at Sitka, and as soon as possible a
line of steamers plying between San Fran
cisco and Tacoma aud Sitka. A wagon
road or railroad through such a country is
utterly out of the question.
“I learned at Sitka that Alaska has a
total population of 32,000, of which 1(5,000
are Esquimaux, 12,000 Indians aud 3,000 or
4,000 white persons. In tho inte
rior the country is not inhabitable on
account of the mosquitoes, which often
drive bears and other wild beasts to the
coast during the summer months. Its only
value to the government is its mineral re
sources and its fisheries.”
Gen. Algor found at Sitka a Presbyterian
chapel ana mission school, the latter having
150 native pupils, representing 20 different
Indian tribes. There was also a Greek
church, . stablished when the territory was
under Russian control. He saw no evidences
of the immorality that, it is asserted from
some sources, exists among the inhabitants
of these coast towns and mining camps. It
was formerly tho custom of Indian parents
to jiell tlieir iemale offsprings to the highest
bidder, but this practice has been effectual
ly' stopped.
Strictly Business.
What is the Swift Specific Company?
Who compose the organization? Is it a
clap-trap medicine humbug, gotten up to
deceive and make money out of the people?
These questions we think are answered by
the officials and citizens of our city and
state.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 10, 1888.
We know the gentlemen composing the
Swift Specific Company. They are promi
nent citizens of our state, men of means
and of high character and standing.
IV. A. Hemphill, President Capital City
Bank.
J. H. Porter, President Merchants’ Bank.
Paul Romare, Vice President Atlanta
National Bank.
L. J. Hill, President Gate City National
Bilik.
Jno. B. Gordon, Governor of Georgia.
Alfred H. Colquitt, U. S. Senator.
J. X. Cooper, Mayor of Atlanta.
H. W. Grady, Editor Atlanta Constitu
tion.
The Best in the World.
I think Swift’s Spooific is the best blood
remedy in the world. I have known it to
make some wonderful cures of patients who
were considered incurable.
D. M. Grayson, Crowville, La.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
The Swift Specific Cos., Drawer 3, At
lanta, Ga.
Fine line of Neckwear at B. H. Levy &
Bro.’s.
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parts of the stato. It offers many induce
ments as a
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not equaled by springs in the north. Free from
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works and drainage; hot and cold water, direct
from the Springs, in every room, bath room to
every cottage; steam launch and row boats on
the river; billiard rooms, bowling alley; cro
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j avillions for pleasure of guests.
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Rates: $12:50 per week; special inducements
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"THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS.’'
“ The annual consumption of this fa
vourite beverage, which, it is stated, now
exceeds twelve million bottles, affords a
striking proof of the widespread demand
which exists for table water of absolute
purity, and it is satisfactory to know that
■wherever one travels, in either hemisphere,
it is to be met with; it is übiquitous, and
should nows be known as the cosmopolitan
table water—'Quod ab omnibus, quod
übique.' ” — BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL,
Aug. 25, 1888.
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A T
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50 pieces best American Sat etis, French patterns, at J'JVje,; were 250.
50 pieces Wool f hal .es, beautiful designs, at 14c.: were 25c.
85 pieces Wool Chatties, double width, at |o%c.; were 30c.
75 pieces Figured Batiste, latest designs, at Klc.; were 15c.
100 pieces Colored Lawns, down they go. al 614 c.; were 10c.
50 dozen Misses’ Hose (to close out) at 15c.; were 30c.
50dozen Misses’ Hose (to closeout) at 20o.; were .’>oe.
75 dozen I-adies’and Gents’ Handkerchiefs at l’-bje.; were 350
850 Fancy Parasols, can t inatcii them, at $1 50; were $3.
50 dozen Men’s Gauze Undershirts at 85c.; were 50c,
40 dozen Men's Gauze TJndershirts at !6%c.; were 35c.
75 dozen Men's Seamless Hal Hose at 15c.: were 25c.
Black Silk Lace Flouncing at i 35; were $2 25.
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WILL OFFER ON MONDAY
Embroidery and Hosiery
AT
These Goods are not Damaged, but must be Sold.
ALSO
All the Remaining Stock of White and Red
Flannel, Bed Tick and Cotton
Flannels, Etc.
I*o I'T KltY.
BALDWIN COUNTY, GEORGIA, '
MANUFACTURERS OF
JUGS, JARS. CHURNS, FLOWER ROTS.
TJrns, Fire and Grate 13rick,
Chimney Flues, Stove Tops,
SEWER AND DRAIN PIPE, BORDER BRICK, ETC.
ALL ORDERS FILLED WITH PROMPTNESS. PATRONAGE SOLICITED.
STEVENS BROS.& CO.,
STEVENS' POTTERY O-A.
J ■■■■ . '- 1 - ■
FOtt RENT.
EESIDEITCES FOR REITTI
One of those elegant houses ON JONES, BETWEEN
HABERSHAM AND LINCOLN STREETS, for Rent.
Also, one No. 170-i JONES, BETWEEN BARNARD AND
TATTNALL STREETS; and one ON LINCOLN, BE
TWEEN WALDBURG AND NEW HOUSTON
STREETS. To desirable tenants the rent will be moderate.
Apply to SALOMON COHEN,
Bav and Montgomery Street?.
ICE! ICE!
A.TtT JSSTWIsT ICE!
THE ICE COMPANY respectfully Inform fhelr friends and patrons
that they are now prepared to furnish ICL in any quantity from a carloa 1 to a
daily family supply at lowest market prices. Large consumers should vet our prices before
closing contracts. Families. Stores, Ofhcea, Saloons, Restaurants, Sola Fountains nerved in a
satisfactory manner by competent men. A snare of patronage is respectfully solicited.
J. H. CAVANAUGH, Manager.
OFFICE. 172 BAY STREET, TELEPHONE 217
T. J. CABLING & CO.,
GRANITE COMPANY.
Building and Dressed Granite of every description, Flagging,
Curbing and Belgian Block, Crushed Stone for McAdam, Con
crete and Sidewalks.
Quarry near Sparta, Ga. Yard corner Cherry and Sixth
streets, Macon. Office 574 Cherry street, Macoa, Ga.
FURNISHING GOODS.
til,ll Mill,
Ail Rained Bard and Long.
Casters Came to Us, Too,
But Not as Many as Rain Drops,
HUT
Lal^Aß
'till Bas a Few Nice Things for Rot Weather.
o
'I N' HATS. COOI. UNDERWEAR,
ELEGANT GAUZE NECKWEAR,
SILK BEI.TB, PAJAMAS,
ALPACA COATS anil WHITE VESTS.
NIOHT HARM ENTS in Cambric and Pongee Silk,
CORK HELMETS,
FLANNEL and SILK SHIRTS.
SILK and GINGHAM SUN UMBRELLAS,
And Men’s Summer Wear Generally,
La FAR'S,
21 > Hull Rtreot.
clothing.
GREAT REMOVAL
SALE.
On orabnut Oct. 1 we will move to the elegant
Mice now being; built for us. on the site lately
'eoiipiod by John A. Douglass & Cos., on
Broughton street.
Not wishing to carry over there a single gar
mentfrom this season’s stock, we will from now
on inaugurate the grandest and largest sale of
Clothing.
Furnishing Goods
and. Hat s
Kvprbcld in Savannah, and at Buch REDUCED
prices that will astonish all.
Do not miss this sale, as it will b to the inter
nt anti advauluge of all to call and see wnat wo
can offer.
We are anxious to havn everybody in Savan
nah and its vicinity benefited by this
TREMENDOUS BARGAIN SALE,
r>in£ confident it will result in our gafniug
nany new and permanent customers.
Itespoctf ully,
A. FALK & SONS.
SAUCK.
LEySPLRRLHS:
SAUCE..
3 HOT AND I
1 MEATS, |
I GRAVIES,g* . s
5 soups, |
f RAREBITS, i
I&C..&C. t
Signature on every bottle of tho genuine* & original.
JOHN DUNCAN’S SONS,NEW YORK.
LIQUORS.
LIQUORS.
B. Select Whisky per gallon j-t 00
Baker Whisky per gallon 4 <>)
Imperial Whisky per gallon. S 00
Pineapple Whisky pr gallon 2 00
Old By* Whisky per gallon 1 50
WILTES.
Fine Old Madeira rier gallon... >1 00 to S3 50
Fine Ohl < own s Sherry per gallon a 00
l ine Old Port per gallon 200 to SOO
Fine Sweet Catawba per gallon... 100 to iso
Fine California Winos per gallon.. 1 00 to 150
—for sale by —
A. 11. CHAMPION,
15S CO.YGREH# HTREET. 7
t o r ion SEED MIAL.
Cotton Seed Meal,
CORN, OATS, HAY AND BRAN.
FEED MEAL.
KEYSTONE MIXED FEED.
OUR OWN COW FEED.
SOLE AGENTS FOR ORSOR'G MANHATTAN
STOCK FOOD.
T. J. Davis & Cos.,
150 Bay Street.
MOTHER MfTON’S
FL< H it
nAS no equal for making Bread. Cakes and
Pies; is th© pride of every family who
uses It. All popular grocers have it tor sale in
fi, 12 and 2-lpound Backs. If you hat© not used
it, TRY IT AND BK HAPPY.
THE TRADE SUPPLIED BY
HENRY SOLOMON & SON.
PAINTS AND OILS.
JOHN G. BUTLER,
WHITE LEADS, COLORS, OILS, GLASS,
it varnish, etc.: ready mixed
PAINTS; RAILROAD STEAMER AND MILL
SUPPLIES; SASHKs, DOORS, BUN US AND
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE Solo A(f nt far
LADD LIME, CALCINED PLASTER, CEMENT.
HAIR AND LAND PLASTER.
HO Congress street and IF.) St Julian street
Savannah, Quorm*
f|frfn MORNING NEWS earners rate*
I I U pver y port of the city early. Twenty j
AIIL five cents a week pays for theOuAw. I
A. H. ALTMAYER A CO.
The latent, the very latest thing n gentle
men's Silk Sa'hes. price $1 50.
ALTMAYER’S
STIMULATING
THE TRADE
WITH
ASTONISHINGLY
LOW PRICES.
Quality First,
Price Next.
A BOTTLE OF COLOGNE
GIVEN AWAY FREE
G LO\ ES. Monday and
Wednesday, three special
olleri-ngs in Ladies’ Beautiful
Silk Gloves: One lot at 39c.;
have been selling at 50c.
One lot at 49c.; have been
selling at 75c. One lot at
73c ; have been selling at sl.
Monday and Wednesday, be
tween 9 a. m. and 5 i\ m. we
will present to each purchaser
of any of the above a full
sized bottle of cologne free.
This offer stands good only
Monday and Wednesday be
tween 9 a. m. and 5 p. m.
CREDIT TO WHOI
CREDIT IS DUE.
Household Ammonia 7c.
per bottle. Previous to our
putting this very necessary
household article on sale 2 r c.
was the regular price through
out the city. “A hint’s as
good as a nod to a blind
horse.”
I,ooobottl s “Standard Florida Water” soli
throughout Savannah at does, and 60c. Wo offer
tills v eck at 21c. per bottia.
1.000 cation of our regular. 15c. quality Toilet
Soapdown this week to 7c. p-rcake.
HOSE.—Monday, Tuesday and Wivluesday:
50 dozen Ladies'Fancy Hose, last colors, iron
frame, extra length, regular price 50c.; for the
above days only we wid offer them at 25c. per
pair.
HOSE.—This week: 100 dozen Children’s
Ribbed Hos *, in solid fast, colors, extra fine
gauze, regular price 25c., down to 15c.
One week longer at last
week’s ruinous prices:
White India Lawn at 7'tc.;
wortli i 2sc.
White Cross-bar Muslins at
12Ac.; worth 25c.
DRESS Of'CDS.—One grand lot 40 inch Drcn*
Ooodn, in solid*' checks, stripes, etc., vorv suit-
Able for traveling suits, have bo n selling at
65c . 75c. and 85c.; now down to 48c.
TICIM.MKD IfATH at less than half price.
Imported Pattern Huts were $G now down to
?2 50; $7 50 down to $350; $lO down to $5, and
so on throughout the department
A STUNNER.—Ten ’ dozen Ladies’ Cream
Colored Ail Wool Blouse Waists, with sailor
collar, shirt sleeves and cuffs, $143; sold else
where at $• 50.
“PAPA'S PANTS WILL SOON
FIT WILLIE,”
But Willie won’t need ’em. He can get quite a
nice y air for 20c.; a better pair for 50c.; an ex
cellent pair for 75c., and a really first class pair
for sl.
BOVS’ SUITS.—One large counter filled to
overflowing with Boys’ Knee Pants Suits, Odds
and Ends, the accumulations of tuo season’s
tear and w ear. None w orth less than 8150,
many worth $2 50: your choice of any for $1 25.
SEASIDE SUITINGS, cool and pretty, "ific.:
down from 10c
COLORED LAWNS 3c.; regular price sc.
GLORIA SILK UMBRELLAS, with gold
handles, 2(5 and SS inches long, Si 25 and $1 50;
worth $3 and $2 50.
RIGHT
IN PRICE,
IN MAKE,
IN STYLE,
IN QUALITY.
That’s why our Shoes have
taken the foremost place with
the people of Savannah.
Jus. in. a complete line of our Gent’s Famous
Calf ?2 99 Shoes. For style, lit and wear they
are unexceled. Try them. Every pair fully
warranted. Pr ce $2 99.
Ladies' Beautiful ITAud-Sewed Button Shoes
51 OS; wor.’h $3.
Ladies’ and Gents' Low Quarter Shoes down
to actual cost.
Negligee Shirts
in endless variety from 50c.
upward.
ALTMAYERS
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