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WIND, WRECK
AND RUIN.
Savannah and Brunswick Vis
ited by a Cyclone.
DEATH AM) DESTHI'CTIOS BEIGS.
Buildings are Wrecked, Ships arc Lost.
I lie Damage Amounts to Millions.
Savannah. Ga., Sept,3o- Nine liven
lost, a million dollars worth property
destroyed is the record of the cyclone
which swept Savannah yesterday 11:
30 a, m. until 12 :30 p. rn. to day.
The loss of life and damage to prop
erty are yet mere estimates, and both
may he greater than is now known.
The storm which has been lurking
in the eastern gulf for the last two
days, swept rapidly across Florida, at
8 o’clocK in the morning was at Jack
sonville, and without Warning burst
upon Savannah at 11 :30 o’clock.
The parks are in ruins, and many
building were raised to the ground.
The immense Plant system passenger
depot was the first building in the
path of the storm, and was a complete
wreck.
The magnificent train of the Plant
system, exhibited at the Cotton states
exposition, and stored in the shed,was
wrecked and the cars are almost, a
total loss.
The Central railroad and Georgia
and Alabama railroad freight ware
houses, on the opposite side of the city,
were unroofed and the walls demol
ished.
The public mailcot was blown in.
The theater was partially unroofed,
and the second Baptist church is al
most a total wreck.
The Savannah hospital and the Geor
gia infirmary were unroofed.
The City and suburban street rail
way car sheds, in which were stored
twenty cars were blown down.
The Georgia Hussars’ armory was
badly damaged.
Nearly every store in the retail sec
tion of tho city was more or less dam
aged.
The street ear lines stopped running
soon after the blow began, and the
cars arc standing on the track in every
pari of the city, hut blocked in by
trees and tire debris of fallen houses
The warehouses on the river front
were badly damaged.
Tho Savannah Guano Company’s
mills, Comer Hull a Co’s guano works,
and the Southern Cotton Oil Compa
ny’s mill and storage shed on the riv
er front were badly damaged. The
heaviest damaged was sustained by
Comer liuH * Cos., their mill being
almost a total wreck,
At Gordon’s warf a Hying timber
from a building 100 feet away,
Struck Wallace Jolison a clerk, killing
him instantly.
W. 8. Thompson was killed at the
wreck of A. 8, Bacon a Cos., mills,
several negroes were also injured in
the destruction of Gordon’s warf.
Bhvnsw i k’s Dam.uik.
News from Brunswick says that tin*
storm there was unusually severe. The
city was almost completely swept over
by the storm, and some of the largest
and finest buildings were demolished.
The loss of life could not be learned,
as the excitement and confusion were
so great in consequence of the storm.
The street ) are in an almost impassa
ble condition, owing to the debris of
fallen building, which at some places
entirely block the streets. The roof of
the large fieight depot.of the Southern
railway and Plant system were lifted
off and considerable damage done.
The Oglethorpe Hotel, ws'ie.h is one of
the larges hotels in Brunswick was al
most destroyed. Heavy loaded freight
cars Were picked up hy the cyclone
and smashed to pieces. In the beau
tiful cemetary the devastation was
great. Tito large and costly monu
ments were picked up like feathers by
the storm and hurled to the ground.
No tombstones were left standing.
Passengers from Jacksonville at Ev
erett City report Jacksonville wrecked
and all tracks between Everett and
there, with damage terrritic.
The entire couutry along the route
is laid waste, vnd one man was killed
at White Oak. Indications are that a
heavy 10.-s of life has resulted through
out southeast Georgia and northern
jflorida.
PLAIN LIVING AND HIGH THINKING.
On Flow Much or How Little Mlniiitcrg
I.ivt-d 150 Years Ago.
We have heard a great deal about
plain living and high thinking, with
illustrations from men who lmd
hardly the wherewithal to keep soul
and body together,hut who, in spite
of that, have written books that have
left their impress not only upon
their own time, but upon after gen
erations. Wo are a little suspicious
of such stories, lost they should be
quoted to justify the niggardliness
of thoso who “receive of the gospel”
in providing for tho wants of those
who preaoh tho gospel. But tho fol
lowing instanco is too remarkable to
he overlooked, and we givo it to our
readers, since wo can vouch for its
accuracy, having examined the roo
ord only Saturday last.
Jonathan Edwards is tho greatest
theologian that this country lias ev
er produced. Robert Hall, tho fa
mous English preacher, used to do
vour his hooks with suoh amaze
ment at tho power of reasoning they
showed that ho exclaimed, “Ed
wards is tho greatest,”—perhaps he
meant solely in tho field of philo
sophical a l theological speculation
—“of the sous of men.” Yet this
great man was settled in a country
parish in Northampton, where the
peoplo, who oould not appreciate his
greatness, fairly drove him away,
after which, as if ho would find a
lodge in some vast wilderness, he
went over tho mountains and took
rofugo at Stockbridge, on the banka
of tho Housatonic, where there was
a mission to tho Indians, with a few
so tilers from eastern Massachusetts,
and tho records tell us that a meet
ing of the town (i tof tho church,
for in thoso days there was hut one
eburoh, which was established by
law, and the town "was to provide
for its support 1 hold on Feb. 22, 1750
(when, perhaps, down in old Vir
ginia, Georgo Washington was cele
brating liis eighteenth birthday), it
was votod that “in case Rev. Jona
than Edwards should settlo with
thorn in tho work of tho ministry”
he should reoeive tho sum of £6 15s.
•Id. per year—about $35. It is com
forting to know that ho was assurod
in tho contract that it should bo
“lawful money.”
When I read this, I confess I could
hardly bolieve it; yet no rubbing of
eyes or of spectacles could ehango
tho figures. Thero they stand as
they havo stood for 140 years, for
tlio benefit of whosoevor may havo
a curiosity to read them. The
amount seems indeed incredibly
small, and perhaps was supplement
ed by a contribution from tho Eng
lish Society For tho Propagation of
the Gospel In Foreign Parts. But so
far as tho record goes that was the
salary, and tho whole salary, so far
as it was paid in money. But with
this tbore was also a provision for
keeping the minister warm. If tho
peoplo oould not supply much to
stimulate him inwardly, they would
at least koep tho blood from freez
ing in his veins by keeping tho fire
burning on his heartlistono. And ac
cordingly, with this munificent sala
ry, it was voted also that 1m should
havo 100 sloighloads of firewood, of
which tho Indians wore to furnish
80 and the white sottlers 20, which
they wore to chop in the woods and
draw on sleds to liis dwelling house.
With this very modest supply of
that which oould buy food and cloth
ing, yet with the fire burning bright
ly on his hearth, Jonathan Edwards
wrote books that will bo immortal
in the history of his country. Plain
living and high thinking indeed.—
Henry M. Field in Now York Evan
gelist.
When Flying Machines Work,
"Sooner or lator tho inventive gen
ius of Professor Langley or of Max
im will solvo tho flying machine
problem and give us aerial naviga
tion,’’said Dr. Henry D. Zollars of
Boston. “But tho chances are thpt
even if they suooeed in their offorts
only a portion of mankind will caro
to make excursions through tho up
per atmosphere. 1 have no idea that
tho flying habit would become uni
versal.
"Look at the bicycle, for in
stance. That it is tho greatest fad
of modern timos everybody will ad
mit, and yet there are hundreds of
thousands of men and women who
will never mount a wheel. Tho time
will never oomo when all the popu
lation will take to cycling. So it is
that even if a first rate flying device
is perfected there will be millions
of people who will fail to use it.
But I Think that we shall see people
sailing through tho air in tho next
decade, for 1 have great faith in the
practicability of tho idea and in tho
men who are striv nig for its devel
opment. ’’ —Washington Post
A Thankful Soul.
Perry Patettie—Tho Lord is purty
good to tho human race, ovon you
and mo.
Wayworn Watson—l’d like for to
know how?
‘ Well, for instance, in making ns
so wo kin swaller our boor down.
S'poso wg had to go to the exertion
of swalloriu up, like tho horse does
water. ” —Cincinnati Enquirer.
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f 7 45 f 8 45 Wavnesville f 745 f 7 04
f 7 55 f 8 52 Atkinson if 738.1’ 6 57!
f 8 08 f 8 59j Lulaton If 7 ;;o f (i 50' .
f 8 12 f 9 071 Nahunta f 7204 0 40
s 8 804 9 24 Hoboken If 7 oof 6 24<
£ 8 39 f 9 31! Schlatterville If Calif 0 10j...
s 9 Oil's 9 50 \V A ACROSS 1vG30'1v555 A. M.
No. 89 No. 87 No. 88 No. 94
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flO 14. fit 14 Millwood f 5 00jf 4 3(li
flO 21 If 11 221 McDonald f 4 55if 429
fit) 84 I'll 36j Pearson f 4 40'f 4 Iff
flO 40 I’ll 44 Kirkland f 4 32jf 4 111
fit) 50 FT 1 52 98 Mile Post f 4 20;f 4 02|
flO 561f 11 58 Willaeobohe® f 4 10 f 8 56
fll 17 112 15 Alapaha f 3 50 f 340
fit 31jf12 27 Enigma f 3 35;f 3 80|
A. M. fll 55 12 451 TIFTON Iv3 ]o|lv3 10
arli 00 112 05j1v1255 TIFTON ar3 00 at 2 55
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7 10412 3G'.f l 281 Sumner f 2 20 2 20
7 30412 44'f t 35 Poulan f 2 11 2 12
7 47 fl 2 50 f 1 42 Isabella f 2 03 2 05
810 fl3 59:1' 1 53 Willingham f 1 53 156
8 404' 1 10 f2 00 Davis f 1 42 1 44
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Direct connection made at AVaycross with through Fullma > sleeping ears
for St. Louis, Montgomery, Nashville, Savannah, Charleston and all points
north ; also Tampa and St. Augustine Reclining chair cars between Way
cross and Montgomery via. Thomasville.
IS. Dunham, General Superintendent. Deo. W Coates, Div. Pass. Agt.
B. W. Wrenn, Passenger Trafiic Manager.
GA. SOUTHERN & FLA. RAILWAY.
Suivanee Hirer lloule to Florida ,
TIME TABLE XO. CO.
: 7 80am 7 59pm'Lv, Atlanta Ar-i 'entral. ! 7 45am| 8 04pm!
SHOO FLY; 11 00 ! 1118 ,vr Macon Lv GS A F 415 j 4 40pmiSHOOFLY
4 pm |ll 14 j 1128 Lv Macon Aril SAFI 404 j 4 27pm 11 lCarn
712 ; 1 34pm 1-17 am, Ar Cord. le Lv GS A F 147 j 2 16pm 8 20am
8 50* 305 306 av flittou Lv GS A F 12 15 12 55pm 6 10am
10 30 452 445 ;ArValdostaL\ G S <Sc F 10 80 1103 am! 5 00am
11 59 ... ArQ'iitainiiLv P.’a t Sy.-i ; 335 am
12 50am j : Ari hi'svT LvjPlant Sys ! 2 48am
2 10, V | j Ati'.ainb’geLv Plant Sys j j 1 88am
!6 00 ]5 50 Ivr Jasper Lv GS A F 9 23pin. 9 sGamj
- |7 00 650 AvL-ikeO'yLv iBA Fj 8 25pmj 8 eoanij
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?5 45 ; 5 learn Arw.iVr s-sLv;Plant Sys 9 40pm!10 45aml
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OporaVs Pullman Buffet Sleepers the year round between Xashville, Tenn .and
Jacksonville, Fla. via Macon and Tifton.
Operate - Pullman Sleepers between Atlanta and Brunswick, via Macon and Tifton
making direct conneet'im v. ith boats to and from Cumberland and Si Simons,
Ope v.tes its own sleepers be!ween Macon and Palatka via G S A F direct.
Hired line to Fitzgerald Soldier Colony via Tifton
Sboo-tly train runs daily except Sunday and will make every local stop.
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t B lIHOPES Soliciting Passenger Agent, Macon Ga
J LANK, General Superintendent G A MACDONALD, Gout Pas Agt.
MURDERED!
In Pearson, Go.
High Prices Killed.
There is no reward out for the murderer. On the contrary he is considered
a public benefactor. Prices on many things have been cut down without
regard to value. Everything is on tho bottom shelf and in reach of all.
Fast en to tliese prices.—— SggraßSS^M
G ranulated sugar, 1916 sl. Full Patent Flour now at $4,75 per barrel. Best
iii i Coffee 41 51 lbs for SIOO. 3 lb. can of Tomatoes at 10 cents per can.- 2 lb.
can ot J omatoes at <c a can. Raisins at 121 c worth 20c. Stick candy 10cformer
pri -o 15c. Pure Leaf Laud !)c worth 10c anywhere. Best Cured Hams 13c and
wor: li 15c anywhere. Bacon smoked 71c W 01. Best assorted crackers 10c.
Everything else goes at proportionately low prices. The rich and the poor
iiign and humble, are invited to make my store their headquarters and to
partake of the bargains now being offered.
A P Mucks.
PEARSON, GEORGIA.
PEARSON’S LEADER
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• PEARSON, : ; GEORGIA.
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