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Savannah Escaped With Lit
tle Damage.
TYBEE IS ALL RIGHT.
The Greatest Damage Feared to
the Rice Crop.
COVERS A WIDE TERRITORY.
Warning of Its Approach Saved Thou
sands of Dollars of Property.
ALL OF THE SHIPPING TIED UP.
A Dau of Anxietu on the
Coast,
The West Ipdia cyclone, which has
been awaited for several days with much
anticipation of disaster and possible loss
to life and property, has passed without
doing serious damage
It was a heavy and long continued
blow, but the predictions of alarmists
failed to be reali ed in My instance.
Fortunately for Savannah the storm cen
ter passed at a sufficient distance
to the eastward to save the
t ity from its most serious ef
fects, and the fortunate veering of the
wind to the northwest late in the after
noon pretented the piling up of water in
the river and the consequent damage by
the overflowing cf the wharves and the
flooding of the rice tieids.
It is now believed that the damage to
the rice crop is small. The plauters will
be glad to escape with slight less when
such serious damage was anticipated.
A HAY OF ANXIETY.
Although little damage was done the
storm was not to be sneered at and the
prospect was a very threatening one all
day. The expectation that the storm
would prove most severe about 0 o’clock
in the afternoon, at high tide, was suf
ficient to cause great anxiety among busi
ness men, especially the naval stores buy
ers who had large stocks of rosiu and
turpentine on the wharves. General
anxiety was felt as to the possible re
sults of the storm, which
wss not diminished until a late
hour last night. Many anxious people
sat up until midnight expecting every
minute to have the roofs blown from
above their heads. By midnight, how
ever, the storm had passed east of Savan
nah and was continuing its way north
ward with the prospect of striding the
South Carolina coast north of Charles
ton and passing northward through North
Carolina. The wind was still blowing a
brisk gale at 1 o'clock, but the rain had
nearly ceased and it was evident that the
storm was passiug away. High winds
will probably continue this morning, grad
ually dying awa.y in the afternoon.
A THREATENINO^PROBPECT.
Yesterday morning opened with a fall
ing barometer and the wind blowing
twenty-four miles an hour from the
northeast. A heavy rain was falling
driven with force by the wind and mak
ing pedestrianism both unpleasant and
difficult. The barometer continued to
fall during the morning and the velocity
of the wind to increase. At noon the
barometer stood at 2y.68 with the
wind blowing thirty-six miles an hour
from the northeast. Every one prepared
for the worst and the general expectation
was that Savannah was about to experi
ence one of the worst storms of its
history. The rain was swept in sheets
through tho streets, and umbrellas
proved worse than useless. Occasionally
the wind would take sudden starts and
come in gusts of from 50 to 60 milos an
hour. Fortunately these gusts did not
last long, or great damage would have
resulted. At 1 o’clock the average veloc
ity of the wind had increased to 4k miles
an hour from the north and the barome
ter still falling. Between 1 and
H o’clock it reached its hight,
a maximum of 46 to 48
miles an hour being maintained
for the greater part of the time, an ex
treme velocity of sixty miles an hour be
ing reached occasionally.
THE SHIFT OF THE STORM.
The barometer continued to fall slowly,
but steadily during the eutire afternoon,
and the wind blew at a velocity of from
thirty-eight to sixty miies an hour. It
was variable, however, appearing to come
from every direction, but chiefly from the
northeast until after 4 o'clock, when it
veered to the north and fre
quently to the northwest. Ob
server Smyth at once announced this
as a favorable sign, showing that the
storm was passing to the eastward of Sa
vannah, and that its full force would not
be felt here. His prediction was verified
by 9 o’clock when the wind settled down
•teadUy from the northwest, showing
that the storm had passed this latitude
and was on its way to the northward.
The following are barometer readings
aud the wind velocity and direction from
8 o’clock a. m. until midnight:
Wind Wind
Barometer. Velocity. Direction,
inches. Miles.
8 *• m g1i.85 24 NK
Pam 2 *.BB 21 v
l°a. m 2V.7D 22 NK
• m 29.71 35 NK
lz noon . 2-i.Gs so NK
1 P U 1 2.1.01 42 N
; P m . 29.58 41 NK
*P m 29.46 38 NK
P ® 29.40 40 NK
J P- m 29.36 42 N
® P m 29.37 38 N
l P* m 28' 30 36 N
Si*- “ 29.35 36 N
p m 29.34 38 NW
J., p 111 29.31 37 N
1-midnight.... ~ 29.31 38 NW
50 mii,b ax Horn.
The maximum velocity of 4* to 50 miles
an hour occurred about 1:30 o'clock.
The extreme velocity of 00 miles an hour
was taken from one minute records and
occurred in gusts during the afternoon.
This velocity was maintained for five
minutes at a time on more than one occa
sion. The total local rainfall for the
twenty-four hours ending at s o’clock last
night was 8.05 inches.
Business was practically abandoned in
the afternoon, as few people cared to
brave the blasts of wind and rain which
swept the streets. Many stories of
the storm's doings were told, but
few of them were verified. It was
reported that a street car had been blown
; off the tra k on Bay street, but as the car
was found to have gone in theteeth of the
wind, the opinion of sober minded men
was that it had run off the track. Presi
| dent ( urse of the Board of Trade de-
I dared,that the car on which he came
down town after dinner was stopped by
the force of the wind, but persons on the
street averred that it was only the trol
ley which had slipped the wire.
FEW ACCIDENTS BEI’ORTEn.
Only one accident resulting from
falling wires was reported
during the day. A young man who was
coming along Bay street at noon caught
hold of the dangling end of an electric
light wire at the foot of Abercom street.
He was knocked Hat on the ground.where
he remained struggling, being unable to
release the wire which he field in his
hand. Several gentlemen who saw the
accident rushed to his assistance and one
of them knocked the wire from his baud
with an umbrella. The young man did
not appear to be seriously hurt and
was able to make his way off
alone. Fallen wires were seen in various
parts of the city, but no further accidents
were reported The Electric Light Com
pany shut off its current during the after
noon, but resumed again when it was seen
that the worst i>eriod of the storm had
passed. The street railroads managed to
operate their cars with tolerable regular
ity all day, but afier night they seemed
to experience more difficulty and cars
were uncertain and not to be depended
upon.
SHUT OFF ITS LINES.
The Electric railway shut down
altogether about UP.:*) o’clock, but the
City and Suburban mauaied to operate a
few cars at intervals for an hour longer.
The weather observer's office was
thronged with eager inquirres all day and
up to a late hour at night. In fact, it
was the center of interest, and
the latest nows from the weather bureau
was constantly inquired for on the streets.
Observer Smyth was as courteous and
ready in furnishing information as he is
efficient in his reports. The thor
ough mauner in which he has
kept up with the storm and
his promptness in giving notice to all in
terested of its possible results is worthy
of the highest commendation.
danger to the wharves.
The expected high tide in
the river did not materialize last
night, due to the change in
the direction of the wind late in the af
ternoon. The result is a great saving to
the rice planters, and to the naval stores
men and lumber dealers, who had large
stocks upon the wharves. There are
00,000 barrels of turpentine and 110,-
000 barrels of rosin on the
wharves, besides several million feet
of lumber, and the damage in case of a
very high tide would have been very
great. The water in the river brought
in by the morning tide receded very
slightly during the day, owing to the
continued northeast winds, but the wind
having changed to the north the evening
tide was but slightly in excess of the
average high tide. It was reported that
the tide came nearly to the level of the
Savanuah, Florida and Western wharves,
and that considerable water accumulated
on tlio wharves by flowing in from the
low ground in the rear, but there was
not sufficient water to cause any damage.
The work of loading cotton was discon
tinued yesterday on account of the stormy
weather, but will probably be resumed
to-day.
INSURANCE SHUT OFF.
Storm insurance was cut off yesterday,
and all the agents refused to write any
more of it. Plenty was offered, but it
looked too much as if the storm were
heading this way, and they did not desire
to take the risks in the teeth of it.
There was little business transacted in
the city during the day. The approach
ing storm seemed to have a demoralizing
effect on the business community which
it was unable to shake off. The wind
and rain kept everybody in-doors except
those who were compelled to be out. Bay
street talked of lUtle but storm, and the
probable damage to the rice crop, the
naval stores on the wharves and the cot
ton. The clerks In the Broughton street
stores had a cinch. Their chief amuse
ment was in gazing through the closed
glass doors at the falling rain and listen
ing to the wind howl. It is an
ill wind that blows nobody good,
and, while some of the stores
thought it advisable to close,
up for the time being the waterproof-coat
and rubber-shoe man had his hands full.
There was a run on these articles. One
merchant said he sold more of them yes
terday than he had for the past year.
The business houses fronting on the
river made preparations during the early
part of the day to confront the storm.
The cotton exchange had carpenters at
work barricading the glass windows to
protect them from the blow, and other
houses made necessary preparations to
avoid accident.
TYBEE ALL RIGHT.
As usual, Tybee caught the worst of
the blow, and it was beueved for a long
time that the Island b
before the storm ceased.
Considerable anxiety was felt too for
the people and the property on theislaud.
’1 here are aCout fifteen of theinhabiianis
there, and as to the property, practically
none of it is covered by storm insurance.
But the reports last night indicated that
the damage would be slightin comparison
to what it was a year ago.
Among the people who remained on the
island were Mrs. Naylor, who said she
would not desert her house, and if that
went she might as well go with it, ar that
was all she had; Mr. /.oiler, the watch
man at the hotel, his wife und eight chil
dren; Mr. and Mrs. Evans at the light
house and the Martello tower, who said
they would have to remain at their post
until the building crumbled; Mr.
james Smith und Mr. James Campbell,
who remained to look after prop
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1894.
erty. Mr. George Wortham. Mr. Buzbee
and Mr. Moody, who are in charge of the
work on the Lazaretto bridge, a colored
man named Haywood, the watchman at
the Chatham Club, and two fishermen,
who refused to come up on the train
that went down the day before. From
the latest reports received yester
day, however, they were considered
safe and little alarm was felt
RAILROAD’S CONDITION.
Mayor McDonough, when seen in the
afternoon, said he thought the Tybee
railroad in a pretty solid condition, and
he believed it would stand the storm all
right. He did not think’ it could stand it
as well or that it would stand as much of
a blow as it did in August,
ls9B, but then he did not, from all ac
; counts, expect as much of a gale as came
at that time '1 he roadbed was not as
; solid as it was at that time, as it has just
been reconstructed. It had all been ac
; cepted. however, and with the exception
i of the Igt/.aretto bridge, the contract on
Mayor McDonough’s part is com
pleted. This contract amounts to
about fS,OUU. but the cylinder is down
and half filled with concrete, and new
piling has been driven at both ends of the
bridge, so no damage is expected there.
“The 'St. Augustine bridge, too, is a
solid one," Mayor McDonough said, and
he apprehended no trouble at all so far as
the Tybee road was concerned.
A TRIP OVER THE ROAD.
To make assurance more sure, however.
Mayor McDonough decided to make a
trip down the road and take a view of
the situation. At 4 o’clock the mayor,
Supt. Saussy and a representative of the
Morning News left the Tybee depot, the
objective point being as far as they could
go. Engineer McCarthy was at the throt
tle and he knows every inch of the
road. The track was solid and in no dau
ger whatever between the city and St.
Augustine bridge , with the one exception
of a small portion of it, including a little
trestle over the Bilbo canal. The engine
passed over this all right both going and
coming, but the trestle was reported
down last night.
On McQueen's Island as far down as
the nine mile post the track was as sound
as could be desired, and the water had
not covered the marsh. Between
the nine mile post, however, and
the thirteen mile post, or almost to Laza
retto bridge, the water was right at the
track and washing under the ties. A
heavy northwest gale was blowing with
such force as to sweep before it almost
everything that was not weighted down,
and the marsh for that distance looked
like a sea with a heavy surf washing
against the roadbed. It was beiieved
that this portion of the road could not
stand the blow if It became much harder,
and those who went down believe they
would have been unable to get back to
the city at that time if they had waited
half an hour longer.
THE ROADBED IN DANGER.
In several places within this distance
the water was slowly eating its way under
the ties and the track, and it looked very
much like about four or five miles of the
road would have to be put back again, or
extensively repaired, after the storm is
over. In other places, however, tho
roadbed seemed secure, and was not be
ing washed, except by & slight rain. The
bridges were perfectly solid.
On the trip down the quarantine sta
tion and the schooner Gen. Adelbert
Ames could be indistinctly seen, but in
returning fifteen minutes later there was
such a heavy, blinding mist that it was
impossible to see that distance. The
quarantine station and wharves seemed
standing all right and the schooner was
head to the wind, though it seemed she
was being carried to the island.
Reports from Tybee were sought on all
sides. Everybody wanted to know how
the island was faring and all seemed re
lieved when they heard it was not as bad
as was anticipated. At 4:80 o'clock in the
afternoon the wind was blowing a gale
of eighty-eight miles an hour, and the
water was up around the MarteUe tower.
It lacked then one foot of high tide. Be
fore night the north end of the island
was pretty well under water though the
tide was a neap tide and not as high by
several feet as the water way piled up in
the storm of last year.
THE PEOPLE THERE ALL RIGHT.
Mr. Evans, the lighthouse keeper, made
a trip to the south end of the island about
5:30 o’clock, and his report was that he
saw nothing to cause any great amount
of uneasiness. He said the people on the
island were getting on all right and that
there did not seem to be danger of much
damage to the property. Two of
the cottages in the Butler row he said
were in a rather bad condition, and Mr.
Sullivan’s cottage appeared to be getting
the worst of the gaie. If any of them
went, he said that would be the first.
There was water of slight depth all
around these cottages, but at that time
the tide was falling and there could
not have been much damage from that
source. There were some fears for Tybee
in the afternoon, as the report got around
that the island was liable to be sub
merged. Asa matter of fact, however,
there was only a slight amount of water
on the northern end, and that was at
high tide when it had the aid of tho
wiud also to pile up there.
NO DAMAGE AT OTHER RESORTS.
No reports of any damage at Savan
i nah’s other nearby resorts were received.
| Montgomery. Isle of Hope, Beaulieu and
| the other places were all right, and got
no more of the blow than was felt in
j Savannah. Many of the summer residents
i at these places iiad moved in, and experi
i enced no inconvenience from the storm
there.
QUARANTINE BELIEVED ALL RIGHT.
Health Officer Brunner ana Dr. J. B.
Graham, of the quaram ine station, made
a trip down to the station on the Theckla
| in the morniug for the purpose of making
| everything there as secure as could possi
bly be done. I hey were there between
11 and 111 o’clock, at which time the tide
; was low. and was not near the top of
j the wharves, but the wind was
j blowing a pretty stiff gale, and
j things looked rather shaky. Dr. and
Mrs. Graham came up to the city on the
Theckla the night before, and all tho
! hands at Iheslalion were brought up at
j that time. It looked then us if there
were going to be a repetition of last
year’s destruction, and it was thought
safest to got out of the way.
THE BUILDINGS PROTECTED.
Several hands were taken down to the
s aiion to put things in shape to stand
the storm. Tho tools were all put under
shelter, and all the buildings, doors, etc.,
were nailed up. Even with these precau
tion*. however, it was not believed that
the station could stand another such gale
as struck it a year ago. Both Dr. Graham
and Dr. Brunner were of the opinion that
if the s'orm went much higher than it
was when they were there, the station
could not stand. The wharves are not
strong and a steady gale at fifths or sixty
miles an hour could damage them ma
terially. The quarantine station is
valued at #50,000.
Fortunately there are no vessels an
chored at the station. The only vessel of
any consequence in the river is the
schooner Gen. Adelbert Ames, which was
anchored just this side of the station.
She has a cargo, and was waiting
to go to sea, but came back up
the river to get a safe harbor.
She had out two anchors, but the chains
became crossed early in the day and they
began to drag. It seemed that she was
in danger of being carried over onto the
island.
LITTLE DAMAGE IN THE CITT.
In the city the damage is almost nothing.
A few trees were uprooted, some win
dows broken in, signs blown away,
leaks were started in roofs,
and telegraph, telephone and electric
light wires slightly damaged, was the
principal damage. Some further losses
may develop to-day, but no serious loss
j of any kind was apparent last night.
With the exception of a washout on the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway
at the (M-mile post, the railroads appear
to have suffered very little Some of
their telegraph lines were down, but the
breaks did not appear to be of any
great extent. Passenger trains
were operated regularly through the
day. with the exception of the north
bound trains from Jacksonville on the
Florida Central and Peninsular railroad,
none of which had arrived at midnight,
and No. 78 on the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway, which was detained by
the washout. The Savannah, BTorida
and Western railway sent out no freight
trains during the day on account of the
storm. The Central railroad operated
all its trains on regular schedule time,
but some slight difficulty was experienced
with the wires.
THE WIRES IN A TANGLE.
Wind and water got in their work on
the wires perhaps to better advantage
than on any other property, as they seem
most susceptible to these attacks. Much
trouble was experienced with the wires
of the Western Union and Postal tele
graph lines. The wires going northeast
would not work at all, and the only way
in which press reports could be ob
tained was via Augusta, and con
siderable trouble was occasioned in get
ting them in this way. The wires to
many places south of Savannah were
dowD, and it was impossible to get a good
many points, though the Western Union
managed to rig up a round-about wire to
Jacksonville. Beside the trouble from
wires that were down, the Western
Union had much trouble with crossed
wires, which made them work very badly.
The telephone system was in bad work
ing order last night, though very few of
the wires had been blown down. The
great trouble with the telephones re
sulted from a crossing of wires, and
about a third of the wires were out of or
der on this account. Very few of the
wires were broken.
TYBEE CUT OFF.
The line to Tybee kept pretty well un
til about Bor 9 o’clock, when It became
grounded and no connection could be
made. Reports from Fort Pulaski stated
that there was no trouble there from the
water, but the wind was pretty high.
The w.res of the Brush Electric Light
Company were In trouble between 0 and 8
o’clock last night, and for about two
hours there were no lights on the street.
They were straightened out, however, and
after 8 o'clock the lights were burning
all right. Fortunately there were no
live wires down or they might have
proved death traps in the dark.
The street cars ran pretty well during
the entire day. Now and then a car got
off the track in some manner or other,
and difficulties with wires and motors
stopped them here and there until tem
porary repairs could be made, but other
wise there was no cessation of the street
car business.
THE TUGS TIED UP.
The Propeller Towboat Company sent
; all of its tugs, with tho exception of the
, Cynthia, to the Central railroad slip
! early in the day. The Cynthia went
down the river to tow P. Sanford Ross’
dredge No. 5 and two lighters to a safe
harbor in Back river, between Screven’s
| Ferry and the jetties. She finished her
work and went into the slip about 4
| o’clock.
The vessels along the wharves were
securely fastened with extra hawsers,
and all preparations were made to with
stand the blow.
The dredgeboat Tomoehichi was towed
into the Central slip for a safe harbor.
The Propeller Towboat Company and the
Savannah Lighterage and Tranfer Com
i pany s lighters were all safely harbored
in slip at the Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad wharves,
i The tug Sophia got a line in her pro
i pellor during the blow Tuesday afternoon
I and was laid up at the wharf for repairs.
The Italian bark Checchina, due at this
port from Charleston, was ready to sail,
but was delayed on account of the storm.
The new double dredge No. 9, belong
ing to P. Sanford Ross, arrived from New
York night beiore last in tow of the tug
Kate Ross, and was safely harbored from
the storm.
The steamer Vigilant was moored at
: her whari, but kept steam up so as to be
prepared to move in case the tide rose
above the wharf.
DAMAGE TO THE RICE.
The rice planters are like the little boy
the calf run o.er, but while they are not
saying much they are doing a deal of
thinking. Many of them went to their
farms day beiore yesterday to do all that
was possible for the protection of their
crops, as there was no doubt from the re
ports that the storm, or a sectiou of it,
would strike them.
This makes the fourth year they have
suffered from storm and flood and it is
likely that few of them will be in a
humor alter this to talk rice or think
about planting it for some time to come.
The rice men in this city yesterday, how
ever. took a hopeful view of the situation,
even when the storm was its highest.
The wind was then to ull
intents aud purposes from tho
northwest, and instead of blowing the
water up in the rice fields was blowing
bak nb Po * 3 - R
Better and Cheaper.
The ROYAL BAKING POWDER Is more
economical than other brands because of its greater
leavening strength, as shown by both the United
States and Canadian Government reports.
The other baking powders contain from 20 to
80 per cent, less leavening gas than the ROYAL.
So the ROYAL, even should it cost more than
the others, would be much the cheaper.
In addition to this the superior flavor, sweet
ness, wholesomeness and delicacy of the food raised
by ROYAL BAKING POWDER would make
any difference in cost insignificant.
the salt water rather away from them.
This was a favorable sign, and beyond a
little heating down it is not believed the
damage to the late rice will be great.
FIGURES OF THE CROP.
The early rice, however, was pretty
near all cut and stacked in the fields. Not
over 20,000 bushels of the 350,000 raised
around Savannah have been marketed. It
is estimated that nearly 250,000 bushels
were cut and stacked on the fields wait
ing to be thrashed. Some efforts have
been made by the planters to tie this
down or anchor it in some way to keep it
from being blown and washed away, but
it is believed that it will be pretty well
scattered about and considerably dam
aged.
Few reports have been received from
sea island cotton districts, but the cotton
that was well opened and In the path of
the 6torm will undoubtedly suffer. Lots
of storm cottou were brought
into Savannah last year after
the August storm, and so small
is the demand for this damaged sea Island
cotton that it cannot be made to bring
half price. The chances are the effect of
the storm will be like a bull in the sea
island market, and those who have been
predicting a crop of 75,000 bales may come
down a little in their figures.
WITH THE POLICE.
The police barracks reported last night
that no accidents or serious damage of
any kind from the storm had been re
ported there. The Gamewell system was
working well.
A large oak tree was uprooted at South
Broad and Drayton streets last night. It
had been w eakened by last year s storm
and had been propped up.
Supt. Fleming of the Savannah, Flor
ida and Western railway was on train 78,
which was stopped by the washout at the
sixty-four mile post last night, and imme
diately set a wrecking train to work to
repair the damage. The train is expected
to arrive here about 5:30 this morning.
EFFECT OF THE LIGHTS.
The Nearness of the Storm Clouds
Made It Unusual.
An interesting incident of the storm
last night was the effect of the electric
street lights on the situation. Owing to
a disturbance of the wires, the current
was not turned on the lights at sunset, as
usual, and darkness came on early. And
when it came, it was darkness tnat could
be almost felt. The streets were
shrouded in Cimmerian blackness,
against which patches of red, pink and
green light shone through the glass [lan
ds of front doors and windows. The
sidewalks and roadways, however, were
all darkness intensified.
Later in the evening, however,
the electric lignt wires were un
tangled and the current turned on.
Immediately the city was re
vived. For, notwithstanding the heavy
clouds overhead and the thickness of the
weather generally, the streets and even
the alleys became light; lighter at dis
tances from the street lamps than they
are on cloudless and moonless nights.
The appearance of the streets was very
much the same as when the moon is veiled
by a thin cloud and is struggling to shine.
The explanation of the phenomenon
may be found in the fact that the storm
clouds were close to the earth, and re
flected the electric light rays.
ALDERMEN DIDN’T COME OUT.
The Council Fails to Mist for Lack of
a Quorum.
The city council did not meet last night
owing to the inability to secure a quo
rum. The appealed liquor cases which
were to have been heard will probably be
taken up at the next regular meeting.
Mayor McDonough was very anxious to
have a meeting to dispose of the regular
business of council. To this end he in
structed the city marshal to send car
nages to tho houses of the aldermen in
order to make certain of their attendance.
There was some misunderstanding, how
ever. and oniy four of the aldermen ar
rived at the council chamber. This pre
vents any meeting foratiention to regular
business until the first regular meeting in
October.
Among the matters which were to have
been passed upon was the petition for
transfer of the license or N. C. l’earson
from under the Marshall house to No. 123
Bryan street, whi h was favorably passed
u [ion by the committee of the whole at its
meeting this wet k. It is understood that
the tote of the committee upon thisques
tion was very close, and the failure of the
couucil to act upon the matter last night
makes the result uncertain, as some of
the aldermen now absent from the city
will probably return by the next regular
meeting. There is likely to be a lively
discussion of this matter wheu It is taken
up-
Hood’s Stopped the Doctor's Bill.
“Every year 1 have had a doctor's bill
to pav, hut last year 1 was advised to
take Hood's Sarsaparilla, and I am
pleased to sa.v that my doctor's bill was
only B.i, which l paid tor Hood’s Sarsapa
rilla.” Mrs. S. F. Harrison, Monteiih
Ga. ’
Hood's Pills are especially prepared to
be taken with Hood s Sarsaparilla.— ad.
Buy a Lot on Best Street.
Lots arc well located, terms easy, and
prices cheap. John L. Archer, 118 Bryan
street.—ad.
Pure hops and barley alone are used in
the St. Uiuis A. B. C. bohemian bottled
beer brewed by the Aim ricun Brewing
Company. It Is delicious and refreshing
bnmh Bros., wholesale dealers, -ad.
DISCRIMINATIONS REMOVED. □
No More Disadvantage to Savannah
in Rates Within the State.
Asa result of the work of Capt. D. G.
Purse, president of the Savannah Board
of Trade, in bringing to the attention of
the slate railroad commissionthe discrimi
nations tnat existed in rates against Sa
vannah, those discriminations will be re
moved practically without tho interfer
ence of the commission.
The complaint was made to the com
-1 mission about a week or two ago that
rates into Savannah from interior points
on almost every class of product were much
I higher than they were from Savannah to
I those same points. The Morning News
published a statement of those rates at
the time the complaint was made to the
commission, showing how they affected
Savannah, and to what extent the dis
criminations went. Tables showing these
facts were prepared by Capt. Purse, and
they were placed before the commission.
, Capt. Purse appeared before the commis
sion in this matter, or was to have done so
last Tuesday, but subsequent facts made
it unnecessary for him to do so. He went
up to Atlanta, however, and returned to
Savannah yesterday.
It was found that a hearing before the
commission was unnecessary, as Capt.
Purse, before going to Atlanta, had had a
conference with Receiver Comer and
Traffic Manager Shellman of the t entral,
and an agreement had been reached by
which Savannah was to be relieved of all
discriminations so iar as that road was
concerned. This was considered satis
factory and an argument before the tom
mission was unnecessary. It is understood
that Receiver Comer wrote to the com
mission explaining the jiosition of the
Central railroad in this matter, and
stating that he was ready to see that all
the discriminations were removed. This
ended the matter, as the commission was
ready and willing for the matter to be
settled without argument.
There are other discriminations against
Savannah, which it is the intention off the
board of trade to see removed, but most
of these matters come more properly be
fore the interstate commerce commission,
as they are interstate matters. For that
reason it may be alter the establishment
of the freight bureau at this point before
anything can be done in that direction
Efforts, however, will be made along that
line and. no doubt, much good will be ac
complished.
There will be a meeting of the commit
tee appointed to look into the matter of
the orgaui/ation of a freight bureau at
the residence of Capt. D. G Purse on
Liberty street to-night at 8 o’clock and, a
full attendance is desired. The commit
tee is going to take up and finish the work
at once and will be ready within a day or
two to report on the cost of such a
bureau, and the manner in which it should
be conducted for the best interests of the
port. It is likely that this committee
will report to a meeting of the citizens
within a few days.
GRATITUDE.
Dr. H. Moseley—Dear Sir: Since
usine your Lemon Elixir, I have never
had another attack of those fearful sick
headaches, and thank God that I have at
last found a medicine that will cure those
awful spells.
Mrs. Etta W. Jones.
Parkersburg, West Va.
A CARD.
For nervous and sick headaches,
indigestion, biliousness and constipation
(of which I have been a great sufferer) I
have never found a medicine that would
give such pleasant, prompt and permanent
relief as Dr. H. Moseley’s Lemon Elixir
J. P. Sawtell, Griffin, Ga., Publisher
Morning Call.
50c. and #I.OO bottles at druggist.—ad.
KEENE AGAINST THE STORM.
A Good Audiencs at the Theater in
Spite of the Blow.
The attraction at the Savannah theater
last night was Mr. Thomas Keene in
‘•Richard lit.” Considering that the
wind was blowing a gale and the rain
pouring in torrents, it was an unusually
large audience, and It is safe to say that
not one who braved the storm regretted
it, for the performance was one of the
most enteitaining seen at the theater in
some time.
Mr. Keene's representation of Richard
was all tnat could oe expected, and his
support was admirable. It is very seldom
Savannahians have an opportunity to see
a performance as entertaining and in
structing as that of last night, if Mr.
Keene should play a return engagement
there is no doubt whatever but what the
“standing room only” sign would have to
be hung up.
The Spider and Fly.
Savannahians will have an opportunity
to-night to get even with the anxiety
caused by the storm. After a day and
night of apprehension they will naturally
want some sort of recreation. The spi
der ana Fly will afford jusi that sort of
epteriainment vvhi*-h people want. The
piece has been entirely re-written, aud is
presented with new faces, new costumes
and scenic adornmeut, aud a host of ud
to-dalc novelties in the way of special
features, one of these is a carefullv pre
pared series of Living Pictures, pat
terned after the celebrated Kilanvi group
ings, which created such a furore in New
York last summer.
The play is an olla podrida of new
bright and mirthful things of burlesque’
pantomime, comedy and vaudeville'
I here are no stars in the company which
comprises over fifty people, but’all the
principals have been stars in other or
ganizations. The ladies are joung at
tractive and clever, and the several
specialty people are leaders in their
lines.
• Aren't you going home to-day. Mamie’"
No. not till to inijir.i.. l . i'vc one more en
gagement to croak 1 -New York Proas.
JLUDSEM 4 BATES S. W. H.
r, I ? r .? A V, H ¥ :R PROBABILITIES— THUR
£A> : Riin followed hr fair weaih
Thursday afternoon and night: corthwe . ?
weal winds, diminishing in force tr n,.,'°
Thursday; warmer. * noon
“THE~
SUN
DO
MOVE”
And tha People Do Move Also.
The time is ai hand when you will ba
moving into other quarters and tha! Diann
must go along to and its pari toward makl.is
the new heme h ppy and life worth th
living Whom can you trust to handle tha
piano without dropping it on tie
breaking the wails, tearing carpets or do.
stroying the instrument itsolt 7 Easy enough
—get
Ths L & B.
S. M. H. Giants,
Don’t trust your piano to unskilled and
indifferent handlers, but rather to those fu ly
competent, anJ thus save damage, expense
and annoyance.
Remembtr, also, that true economy points
to employing only strictly
FIRST-CLASS TUNERS
in the care of your piano.
We Have ’Em!!!
And they are at your service at reasonable
prices. Send in your orders tor drayaqe and
tuning early.
L.&B.S.M. H.
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You can get what you want;
but as it is a little early,
try some of our bargains in
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any kind. It is made by a secret pro
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$ 100,000 Has Been ow lor me Me®.
“UNDINE is the test Flour ever sold
in this place.”—L. McCrary & Son, Fowl
town, Ga.
“The UNDTVE gives perfect satisfaction.”
—J. B. Shearhouse, Guyton. Ga.
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ESTILL springs, TENN.
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