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DR. ATTACKED IN THE DARK.
DR. J. L. SMITH LURED INTO A BACK
ROOM AND BEATEN MURDER
OUSLY.
2Ttvo Men Amked to Be Shown in
Electrical Machine-!* the Dr. En
tered Hi* Operating Room to Show
Them He W* Knocked Down by
a Man Crouched There and "a*
Beaten Into Seeming Ineonacion*-
nc* With Hillle* and Bras*
Knacks Hl* trie* of Murder
Brought No Response Leaving
Their Victim Half Dead the As
sailants Fled.
A murderous attack was mad* upon
Dr. J. L. Smith last night by three white
men, who entered his office, No. 15 Lib
erty street, west, and induced him to go
Into one of the rear rooms, where they os*-
©suited him with billy, brick end knucks.
After breaking both of his hands and cov
ering hi© head with cuts and bruises they
coolly left the house and made their es
cape.
The story of the assault as told by the
doctor is (hot he was sitting in his of
fice about 8:30 o’clock, w hen two men came
In and inquired if Dr. Cochrane, with
whom Dr. Smith practices, was there.
Dr. ©mlth answered that he wee not
then in, but probably would be within
half an hour or so. One of the men ask
ed If Dr. Cochrane did not treat nervous
disease©, and being informed that he did,
asked that he might see the electric ma
chine That is used in the treatment. The
doctor eaid he would be giad to show it
and went from bis office, followed by the
two men, into the middle room of the
flat where the machine is kept. The room
was without a light, and no sooner had
the doctor entered it, than a man, who
was ooncealed Jo the room, struck him
heavily over the head, knocking him
down. He got. up, and though nearly
dazed by the blow, in turn struck his as
sailant end floored him, but the other men
who bad followed him into the room took
fi hand, and being overcome by the three,
the doctor was beaten into seeming In
sensibility.
When first attacked he shouted ‘'mur
der" and "police," but no aid coming, he
feared that the men would beat him into
insensibility, and ao feigned unconscious
ness in order that they might think their
desire accomplished, and desist from fur
ther attacks. When his assailants found
that be no longer moved or struggled,
they let up with their blows. One of
them told his companion to get out of
the wav and give him a chance to shoot,
but to this the other demurred, telling
bim that the man was done for, as H
was. and that to shoot would only at
tract attention* Then, according to the
doctor’s story, the men searched the hock
pockets of bis trousers, and walked out
leaving him apparently dead on
the floor. When he was sure that they
bad gone. he staggered to the
the door, and seeing a hack standing near
the curb sent the driver for Dr. Coch
rane. As soon as the latter arrived and
saw the extent and nature of his friend’s
wounds he took him to the Savannah Hos
pital and sent for Dr. T. J. Charlton. Af
ter examining and dressing the wounds,
Dr. Charlton said that while extremely
painful they were not dangerous.
The colored hack driver who was sent
for Dr. Cochrane, says that he was In his
hack a* the curb, almost in front of the
door of the house when the three men
entered, and that shortly after they had
gone into the house, he heard the cries
for ihc police, and also the cry of "mur
der.” but that he wasn’t paying much at
tention and neither investigated nor re
torted the maft-’r to anyone. When the
cries w'ere first heard, he said ,a white
man who had come to the house with
the three that had entered, and who was
still standing at the bottom of Ihe> steps.
Went up to the front door and closed it
with the purpose, apparently, of prevent
ing the cries being heard in the street. A
few minutes afterward the three men
Joined the one on the outside, and they
walked leisurely up Liberty street.
The assault was reported hy Dr. Coch
rane at the police barracks as soon as he
reached the house, and the entire detec
tive force went to the scene of the at
tack and made an investigation. It was
there they found the hackman and heard
bis story. It was also reported that a
gentleman who had been sitting in front
of the store of Mr. J. H. Helmken had
seen the men as they came from the house
and said that Dr. Smith had appeared at
the door of his house and asked that they
send him a doctor. This request was made
when they were quite near the store and
one of the men remarked to his compan
ions: “I guess we'd better send a doctor
to the
of this witness the men were white and
were well dressed.
Dr. Smith was unable to give a descrip
tion of his assailants, and he doubted
bis ability to identify them, even should
they be arrested. He said that the light
In his office was dim, and prevented his
getting a good look at them, and after
be entered the other room, he was in to
tal darkness. Of only one thing in con
nection with their appearance was he
Bure, and that is that two of the men
Wore straw hats, and the third a gray
or white felt hat. He also thinks that
the men are medium sized.
The police are puzzled to account for
the attack. The idea of robbery is not
considered for a moment, for though the
men went through the pockets of their
victim, only the rear, or pistol, pockets
were searched, doubtles to make sure tlfkt
no weapon was left with which he might
Injure them as they left the house. Had
they Intended to make a haul, they would
undoubtedly have gone Into the other
rooms of the house, to do which they
had ample time, and they were likewise
Bure of getting enough swag to recom
pense them for their trouble, as there
were u number of articles of value Hithin
easy reach.
About two hours after the attack four
men were arrested in the "Tenderloin" by
Patrolman M. Davis. They were taken to
the barracks and then to the hospital to
I see if they could be Identified. The doctor
fought that they were not the ones want-
B, and as th. re was no evidence*on which
so hold them they were released.
In the struggle with the doctor the billy
used by one of the men broke from the
wrist strap and this strap was found
when the room was searched. Aside frem
this and the very vague description of
"’medium sized men wearing particular
kinds of hats" the detectives have no clue
p Which to work,
AT DEL’S IN SHIRT SLEEVES.
So a Rooky Claimed When He Wai
Called Down at lflck*’.
Another recruit for the army was re
| ceived at the office yesterday, and off he
marched to Hicks’ restaurant to break his
fast. When a man presents himself and
passes the examination, he is entitled to
; be fed by the government. An arrange
ment has been made with the restaurant,
and all the rookies board there for a few
days before they are shipped off to their
commands.
This was a coatless recruit. He said he
belonged to the shirt-sleeves brigade.
That’s what ho told the young lady cash
ier when she remarked upen the fact that
he had presented himself without a coat.
The man’s ideas seemed to be running
on military, end belonging to a brigade
impressed him as a l right. But the brig
ade. as it was fashionably constituted for
the very few days of its rfal existence,
would have looked askance upon such a
recruit for its ranks, for there was no
n itty shirt, smoothly fitting troupers and
tightly buckled belt.
"You can’t eat here without your coat/’
said the cashier.
"I haven’t any coat," replied the recruit.
"Then, you had better borrow’ one. Go
ask the corporal to lend you one."
"I don’t see why I can’t eat here In my
shirt sleeves. I used to up North all the
time."
"In some cheap place, maybe."
"No, ma’am, at Delmonico’s," was the
rejoinder, but the Weary-Willie look he
wore had no suggestion of Del’s. "But
look here," the rooky went on, "I’m hun
gry. What are you going to do about it?"
Then the cashier relented. She called a
waiter and told him to make two sand
wiches. Wh n these w. j re brought in they
were handed to the recruit, who had stood
waiting at the counter. He went away
with them in his hand, seemingly not in
the least disconcerted by his experience.
This is the second time the thing has
happened at Hicks'. First it was an army
surgeon at Fort Screven. Enlisted men
certainly cannot complain that favoritism
is shown officers at the restaurant.
ARE MANY DEAD WIRES.
Snpt. Maguire Sny* Something
Should Re Done About Them.
From the number of "dead" wires in the
streets attention has been called to the
overhead electric wiring in the city in or
der that "dead" wires may be removed.
The introduction of the underground elec
tric system in the business section of the
city for some of the wires has relieved the
streets of the great network that former
ly might be viewed overhead, but there
yet remains enough wires to make it dan
gerous for the unused ones to be allowed
to swing idly and unnoted.
A careful inspection from almost any
tall building will be rewarded by the dis
covery of one fcr more wires that, appar
ently, are not used at all. They have been
cut off from the connexion they formerly
afforded, and remain only as a menace to
lives or property. A dangling end of wire.,
should it come in contact with another
heavily charged, would be a dangerous
proposition for a wayfarer*to meet
■Supt. Maguire* of the fire department was
asked yesterday if the overhead wires of
the city come within his jurisdiction. He
replied that they do not. His authority
extends only to interior wiring. Some
time ago he was made an inspector of
the electric appliances and wiring in build
ings, in addition to his duties as superin
tendent, but the outside wires fall to the
lot of some other department of the city
administration for regulation.
The fire departmert, Superintendent Ma
guire said, will willingly lend my assist
ance to cut away useless wires. He feels
that he should do anything to decrease
the possibility of property loss by fire.
The dead wires about the city are a
menace, and should he removed. He said
there are man> such wires, nnd that
something should be dene to remove them.
WERE KSOW.V l\ SAVANNAH.
Report* of the New Orleans Tronble
Showed Familiar Names.
Many Savannahians noted with interest
that the citizen police of New Orleans were
commended by Col. Elmer E. Wood, who
is recalled as colonel of the Second Louisi
ana Regiment. Col. Wood directed the
efforts of the organized citizens in their
efforts to repress the rioting growing from
the murders, committed by the negro des
perado. and was at hand to aid in his cap
ture or killing.
It is said, too, that Adolph Anderson,
the militiaman whose bullet, it is said,
killed the negro Charles, was a member
of the Second Louisiana. If such is the
, ase. two who took very prominent parts
in the New Orleans tragedy are known
in Savannah, as the regiment was en
camped here for several months.
lIEFUHE THE RECORDER.
Few Cases Were Disposed of In Po
lice Court.
In the Recorder’s Court yesterday Henry
Stults, white, for cursing and abusing
Mrs. Snow the night before, was fined $5,
with the choice of ten day 6 in Jail.
Rat Connelly and L. Fordham, both
white, who were arrested the night before
as suspicious characters, being found
sleeping on the wharf, were released with
the understanding that they leave Savan
nah immediately.
Charles Lewis, colored, charged with
pointing a gun at H. Alexander, was dis
charged, but Alexander, and William Ben
jamin, who appeared as witnesses against
Lewis, were fined each $5, with the option
of ten days in Jail, as it tvas proved that
they had started the row In which the
alleged attempt to shoot them occurred.
EP WORTH LEAGUES TO MEET.
Gathering of All I.cagner* In the
City to Be Held.
There will be a union meeting of the Ep
worth leagues of Savannah Friday night
at 8:30 o’clock at Grace Methodist Church.
Mr. M. W. Howard of Bainbridge, who
was elected by the Rome Conference first
vice president of the state, will deliver an
address. Savannah's representative at the
State Conference and also at the Southern
Conference now in session tn Atlanta will
also be present, and some of them may
make short talks.
Cl’T BV AN UNKNOWN NEGRO.
Wm. Jen Ulna Seriously Wounded In
an Aflfrny In Frogtonn.
In a row tn Frogtown. about 9 o'clock
last night, William Jenkins, colored, was
dangerously cut by an unknown negro,
who escaped, and who, up lo an early
hour Hits morning, had eluded arrest.
Jenkins, who was taken to his home,
which is in the neighborhood where the
affair occurred, was treated by Dr. Love,
who pronounces his wounds dangerous.
♦ ■ j
Five Hundred
Austrian < bleu Condiment Seta
To Be Given Atvny Free Monday.
Just received, 500 Austrian china condi
ment sets, Dewey decorations, four pieces
in a set. This beautiful Austrian china
set, consisting of salt shaker, pepper
shaker, mustard cruet! and china tray,
will be presented to all purchasers free
with one pound of A. & P. baking powder.
Don’t blame us if you fall to secure one.
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea
Company, 100 Broughton street, west.—
>d.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JULY 29, 1900.
GROWERS GOT ALL WAS LEFT.
REFRIGERATOR CAR LINES AND
RAILWAYS TOOK PEACH PRO
FITS, THEY SAY'.
Year Ha* Not Been a Successful One
for Peach Grower* Charge*
for Transportation, Refrigeration,
Commission* and Other Expense*
Have Combined to Ent I p Their
Profit* on the Crop-Some Statis
tics to Show Host the Money Goe*.
Meeting of State Xlortlcnltaral
Society at Dublin Will Discuss
Conditions Which Surround the
Industry in This State.
The Georgia peach season is virtually at
an end and, despite the glowing prognos
tications that were made by growers and
railroad people alike before the crop had
reached maturity, it would require the
temperament of the most confirmed op
timist to pronounce the year successful.
The railroads, the growers say, have
had their usual and accustomed rake-off,
the proprietors of the lines of refrigera
tor cars have made good money, the com
mission merchants in the cities in which
the crop is handled have received value
at least for their services and the growers
have added materially to their stock of
experience. Seme ef them have even added
a little to their bank accounts, but
strange to say not even these are alto
gether pleased and contented with their
lot.
A glance at statistics may perhaps show
the cause of their lack of enthusiasm at
the conditions that now surround fruit
growing in Georgia. For the purposes of
the case it will be fair to take an average
carload of peaches, containing 570 carriers
of fruit, shipped from Tifton to New York
and sold at the rate of $1 per carrier.
The freight rate on peaches from Tifton
to New York Is 90 cents per 100 pounds
and the carload of peaches would be esti
mated to weigh 30,000 pounds; the rate for
refrigeration is 12I& cents per carrier; the
combined cost of freight and refrigeration
from Tifton to New York would b*>, there
fore. $251.25. The commissions of the mer
chant by whom the peaches w r ere sold
would amount to S7O additional. The cost
of the packages in which the fruit is
shipped would be about $75 and the cost
of gathering, sorting, packing and loading
a carload of peaches about S4O.
The expense to which the grower would
be put would be $251.25, for transporta
tion and refrigeration, S7O for commis
sions, $75 for packages, and S4O for gath
ering. sorting, packing and loading, a
grand total of $436.25. If the peaches
sold, therefore, at $1 per carrier, the grow
er would receive $134.25, or about 23Vi cents
per carrier.
This is the net result to him. deducting
only the items of expense incurred from
the time the fruit is picked from the
trees until it Is sold. These figures do
not show the interest on bis original In
vestment, the expense of keeping up the
orchards throughout the year, taxes, in
surance or many other item© that would
have to be deducted from the credit side
of the account.
It is clear, the growers think, that the
only people who ore gel ting rich through
the. peach crop in Georgia are the owners
of railroad stocks and bonds. The price
taken as an illustration, as that at which
peaches were sold, $1 per carrier, is a
fair overage one, and though many cars
were ©old for much more money, there
were many others, which, by reason of
the unsatisfactory condition in which they
leached New York or other points, were
sold for very much less. The share paid
to the railroads and refrigerator car lines
amounts to more than half the amount of
the gross sales.
The annual meeting of the Georgia State
Horticultural Society will be held at Dub
lin on Aug. 2 and 3, and will he nt tended
by the prominent peach growers from
every section of the state. The condition©
by which the industry is surrounded in
Georgia nt the present time, will come
in- for a large share of the discussion of
ways and means, that will be fimong the
features of the meeting.
At the last meeting of the society there
w-as a committee appointed to confer
with similar committees from the State
Agricultural Society and the Georgia
Fruit Growers’ Association. The joint
committee, representing three three oi
ganizations, met and organized at Macon,
and has endeavored, during the year, to
obtain from the railroads some reduction
in the existing scale of freight end re
frigerating rates on peaches. Nothing,
however, has been accomplished.
The report of this committee will be
rendered at the Dublin meeting, and it is
promised tha< it will make interesting
reading. The fruit growers say that the
healthy expansion of the industry in
Georgia is crippled and the Industry it
self, as it exists at present, Is menaced,
by the present scale of freight rates and
rates for refrigeration, which are very
much higher than those obtaining from
other peach sections to the markets of
the North and East.
The committee of the Horticultural So
ciety has included in its labors ~• com
pilation of a table of statistics, showing
rates from the various fruit-growing sec
tions of the country ro the markets in
which the fruit is sold. It Is asserted
that these statistics will prove beyond
doubt or question that the growers in this
state are not being treaied with the jus
tice or consideration to which they are
entitled.
It is said that the railroads and refrig
erator car lines have received from peach
growers in this state during the present
season nearly half a ml lion of dollars,
and the crop was not as lree as it was
expected to be by fully 1.000 cars. Had
the full crop been matured, gathered and
shipped another qua:ter of a million would
ha\’e been added to the charges and re
ceipts for transportation and refrigera
tion.
The Initial lines in the state say they
are not responsible for the freight rates
that obtain and have always contended
that ihey would gladly consent to a re
duction If the connecting Northern lines
would agree to it.
Maj. G. M. Ryals has returned recently
from the orchards of the Ryals Peach
Company, nt Ty Ty. where he has been
directing the shipment of the company's
crop. He Is among those who are thor
oughly convinced then a revision of the
rates is necessary to the success of the
industry and that it cannot take its light
ful place among th: important industries
of the s'ate until a decide 1 reduction has
be en made.
Maj. Ryals say* that the thtng that has
done the crop of this year more harm than
anything else is the flamboyant reports
as to its size that were distributed
throughout the country. This report
once beaten into the heads of Northern
buyers they were convinced always that
the market would lie flooded within Ihc
next day or two and were only willing,
therefore, to offer very small prices for
Hie fruit. The overestimates had the
same effect on the |n ach crop, of course,
on a very much smaller scale, as had .ho
estimates of the celebrated Mr. Neill of
New Orleans, on the price of cotton.
To Brußittlck nml lleturn, *I.OO Via
the Plant System. Sundays.
In addition to lhe Charleston Surdav
excursions, the Plant Systim are selling
round-trip tickets to Brunswick, good on
Sundays only, at rate of SI.OO for the
round trip. Trains leave at 2:10 a. ro. and
5:20 a- m —ad.
Daußorous Work
to cut prices eo far below the cost line, but
our mock must go before moving to the
big building. P. T. Foye, successor to
ijfoye & Morrison.—*d.
BRUNSWICK WON BOTH GAMES.
Defeated the Poit Team* at Baseball
JO to 1 anil 6 to 1.
The Brunswick and the Post baseball
teams played two game# yesterday after
noon at the Bolton Street Park, both of
which were won by Brunswick by the
scores of 10—1 in the first game, and S—l
in the second.
Owing to the rain, which began to fall
about the time the first game war o be
called, play w’as postponed until so late
that it was impossible to play tw f o games
of nine innings each. The first was, there
fore, limited to five innings. King and
Charlton composed the battery and did
very good work considering the wet ball
and 4 the condition of the grounds. There
were no sensational features to this game;
it was a ease of hit and run and the
Brunswick team, as can be seen from the
score, did the most of both.
In the second game things began to look
brighter for the Post team. Anew pitcher
—Ed Garrett—whom they borrowed from
Brunswick, was put in the box and start
ed out very well, indeed, but after an
inning or two the Brunswickers got onto
his curves and batted them around in
pretty lively fashion. This, in connection
with numerous passed balls and the. to
say the least, not over brilliant fielding,
accounts for the numerous runs. Quite
the best play of the two games was
made by Kelly, left field of the Post
team, w'ho, In the first inning, after a
long run, caught a long fly from Hallo
well’s bat that was jammed up to the left
field fence, and which looked to be good
for at least three bases, if not a home
njn. Another excellent play was
made in the third inning by
Ghent, right fielder of the Post team, who
caught a most difficult foul In right field,
after quite a long run. This same player
had previously distinguished himself by
catching, after quite a sprint, a fly from
Harper’s bac and by throwing quickly to
first base, scoring a double play.
Charlton played, os ho always does, a
dean and conscientious game, but his
team was up against the real thing, and
not even his catching or coaching, both
of which were really good, could help
matters much.
Wiggins, the Femandina pitcher, who
was expected to pitch for the PosA team,
could not get to the city, as hi© team
was scheduled to play in Jacksonville
yesterday.
The Brunswick men all played good hall
and at no time was either game in doubt.
In Kapdam and Weiss, and Hallowell
and Ballantyne, Brunswick has two bat
teries that, to the natural qualifications
for their positions, add excellent abilities
as hatters and fielders and play the game
for all that her is in it.
This morning the Brunswick team will
leave fWr fharleston. where three games
will be played, after which the same, num
ber will be played in Augusta. There is
also a possibiility, said Manager Hirsch,
that the team will go to Rome for a se
ries of games there.
While the three games that have been
played here have not been of a quality
to bring out much enthusiasm on the part
of the spectators, it is quite likely that
better sport may be provided later in the
season. Manager Hinsch of the Bruns
wick team is very anxious to get a series
with the Jacksonville aggregation, and
with that etui in view, will offer to play
them for the best three out of five for
either SSOO or SI,OOO for the series. He stip
ulate© in his offer that the games shall
be played in Savannah, as he considers
thi© diamond to be a better one than can
be had in either Jacksonville or Bruns
wick. He feels sure, also, that Savan
nahians will turn out in force to see a
series of good games such as will be as
sured. should his offer* be accepted by
Jacksonville. The challenge is open for
acceptance any time after thi© week.
TEMPORARY ALIMONY" ALLOWED.
Judge Fnlllgnnt Passed Three Or
ders to Dissatisfied Couples.
A consent order was granted by Judge
Falllgant in the Superior Court yester
day in the suit for temporary and per
manent alimony, instituted by Mrs. Su
sie Whitehurst against her husband, Le
roy W. Whitehurst.
The order provides that the husband
shall pay to his wife, for the support of
herself and children, the sum of S2O
monthly, and that he 6hall pay the fur
ther sum of $25 as attorney’s fees, and
the costs of court. The restraining order
previously granted, prohibiting the de
fendant from alienating or incumbering
any of the property w-hich the plaintiff
claims to own in common with him, was
continued in force.
A second order by consent was that
granted in the divorce and alimony case
of Ira Estello McKewen again* John
McKewen. The plaintiff appeared in
court accompanied by three or four gor
geously accoutered members of the music
hail brigade of the dramatic profession,
in Savannah, who, it appears, were wit
nesses for her husband and ftiends and
companions of her own.
There was some disappointment exhibit
ed among the court spectators and
loungers when the attorneys for plaintiff
and defendant succeeded in drawing up
an order for the signature of Judge Falll
gnnt that was mutually satisfactory. The
opinion was prevalent that the testimony
upon the hearing for temporary alimony
would be interesting and spicy, and the
court habitues were aggrieved when they
found it was not to be delivered in their
presence.
The plaintiff has entered suit for divorce
upon the ground of cruelty. She charges
that her husband cursed, abused, vilified
and insulted her. and on several occasions
subjected her to personal violence. He
accused her of criminal intimacy with
other men. it is alleged in her declaration,
all of which charges were false and de
structive of her happiness and peace of
mind.
The consent order that was reached in
the cose before the hearing on the ques
tion of temporary alimony was begun,
provides that the application shall be de
nied. Mr. W. H. Boyd, counsel for the
plaintiff, is to receive the sum of $lO on
account of Ills fee.
The third application for temporary ali
mony was in the case of Susan Davis
against Sam Davie. The wife charged
that she and her two little children, one
of whom is but eleven months old, had
been wantonly and cruelly deserted by the
husband nnd father, without any provo
cation given on her part and without any
circumstances of mitigation or exctise.
Judge Falllgant's order directs that the
defendant shall pay to the plaintiff the
sum of $lO per month as temporary ali
mony. $25 as attorney's fees and the costs
of court.
First. If well, keep well by taking
Johnson's Tonic. If sick, get well by tak
ing Johnson's Tonic.
Second. Wise men insure their lives:
wiser men Insure their health by using
Johnson’s Tonic 1 .
Third. Johnson's Tonic Is n family
physician, ready to answer ten thousand
calls at once. Its fee is only 60 cents and
the good it does is beyond human reckon
ing.
Fourth. Johnson’s Tonic costs 50 cents
a bottle if It cure*. Not a single cent If
it does not.—ad.
Sunday Trips m Brnn.nlrk Via
Plant System ft.OO.
The Plant System will sell round-trtp
l.ckcts to Brunswick cn Sundays, limited
to date of sale, at rate of SI.OO. Tralna
:ea\e at 2:10 a. m. and 5:20 a m —ad.
Abbott'a East India Corn Paint cure3
every time; It takes off the corn; no pain;
cures warts and bunions and Is conceded
to be a wonderful corn cure. Sold by all
druggists.—ad.
SOLDIERS AT THE RANGE.
SAVANNAH MILITARY MEN SEEK.
ISO TO ftI’ALIFY AS SHARP
SHOOTERS.
The Avondale Range Vlalted Dally
by Detachments From One or More
of the Local Commands The
Prizes Offered to Winning Teams
at the State Shoot, to Be Held In
September, Add Incentive to the
Practice—Saturday n Favorite Day
for Target Shooting and Fifty or
Sixty Men Were nt the Batts.
Baths to Be Rnilt In Time for Sep
tember Contests.
The Avondale Rifle Range la visited
every afternoon by detachments from one
or more of the military companies of the
city, the members of which exhaust many
rounds of ammunition In the effort to
And and keep within the elusive and dis
appointing bulls-eye.
It is a poor day when they are not
twenty-five or thirty, men on the range,
and on most afternoons this attendance is
doubled. The explanation of the unusual
activity Is fourjded in the desire of the
ciiizen soldiers to qualify as sharpshoot
ers or marksmen, with the added incen
tive of the prizes offered by the Savan
nah Military Rifle Range Association, to
the successful regimental and company
teams at the state shoot that will be
held here in September.
It Is believed that every company in the
First Regiment in Savannah and the
Georgia Hussars will enter a team in the
company match, for the winner of which
the De Soto Cup is offered* as a trophy.
Each company has a day of the week as
signed to it for practice on the range, the
number of targets being sufficiently large
to permit of two or three companies en
gaging In practice at one and the same
time.
Saturday afternoon is a favorite time
for practice, many of the soldier boys
finding it possible to be absent on. this day
from their businesses, who are kept away
from the ranges at all other times. On
yesterday there were fifty or sixty men at
the butts and the noise of rifle shooting
became, when the practice was at its hot
test, an incessant rattle. Some of the old
time shots of the Georgia team at Sea
Girt, among them H. E. Wilson, C. S,
Richmond, Fred Myers, Tom Philpot and
others, were out encouraging and instruct
ing the novices and taking an occasional
shot at the targets on their own account.
Some good scores were made, but other
marksmen, after firing with desperate de
termination, fifteen* or twenty rounds, only
succeeded in* inducing the individual in
the pit to do some frantic signalling with
♦hie red flag. “If you don't succeed
in getting inside the target,” remarked
one of the bystanders to a would-be sharp
shooter, who had been thus unsuccessful,
"you will make the people on the street
cars think we are conducting a bull-fight.
Why don't you slip up behind the target
and throw a rock at it?”
The artesian well that has recently been
dug at the range is a source of much con
venience to those who are making the
effort to qualify. It is promised that by
the time the state shoot is under way,
baths sufficient in number for the partic
ipants will be erected, the well furnish
ing the water necessary to make this im
provement. It is a much-needed one, os
after a man has shot at 200 yards stand
ing, at 300 seated, at 500 lying down, and
then concluded his afternoon’s exercise
by running the skirmish, he feels that a
bath is the one thing in the world that
he needs, and that he really wants above
everything else.
The baths would be a convenience and
a source of comfort if they were in po
sition and operation at present, so that
the men who are nt the range dally
might have the. use of them. If they are
to be erected before September, it would
seem that no good would be accomplish
ed by deferring their construction until
Just before the time for the state shoot.
The attendance at the range speaks
well for the military spirit of the, state
troops with headquarters in Savannah,
the men making the trip to the range and
in many cases paying for the ammuni
tion that they expend in the effort to
qualify without assistance from their com
pany funds. That the troops here have
entirely recovered from the disorganizing
after-effects of the Spanish war one trip
to the range on any afternoon of the
week will satisfy even the most preju
diced observer.
EVICTED FROM A SLEEPER.
Mr*. J. D. Miller AVnnts $3,0(10 Dam
ages From the Central.
Mrs. J. D. Miller of Mclntosh, Fla., is
■ the plaintiff in a suit for damages for
personal injuries filed against the Central
of Georgia Railway Company in the
United States Circuit Court yesterday.
Mrs. Miller asks for $5,000 damages for
personal injuries, received by her while
she was being evicted from a car of
the company, on the night of June 30,
1?98, for the humiliation and indignity to
which she was subjected by the conduc
tor and porter of the train, and as a pun
ishment to the company for the manner
in which she was treated and a deterrent
against it permitting the same offense to
be committed again.
The plaintiff boarded the sleeping car
attached to the company's train at At
lanta, having been told that she would
save a portion of her berth fare by adopt
ing this course, without first purchasing
a ticket, that she could not save had she
purchased a ticket from the city office
of the company.
When she explained this to the con
ductor he fold her there was no berth
for her, and that she would have to
'leave the sleeper. She did so, the re
moval being superintended by the col
ored porter, who took occasion, it is
charged, to become exceedingly offensive,
both in manner and in what he said. He
swore roundly several times, it is charg
ed. in the presence of the plaintiff and
of her little girl, by whom she was ac
companied.
Mrs. Miller was forced off the sleep
ing ear at a point between Atlanta and
Griffin, in the dark and without any
thing being placed for the purpose of per
mitting her to alight In safety. As she
descended from the steps she fell and in
jured her hips, spine and ankle, receiv
ing injuries from which she suffered
great pain and that continued to cause
her pain for three or four weeks. She
was placed In a sleeping car, not in
tended for women nor occupied by others
of her sex. She claims that though she
complained to the conductor of the man
ner in which she was treated by the por
ter, the conductor did nothing and was
himself exceedingly gruff, rude and dis
courteous.
IF IT n \INS.
If It rains or not, Hicks will serve the
usual up-to-date dinner to-day. Let
nothing keep you away from his table.
The choicest of everything will be served,
and in proper style.
Dinner begins at the usual hour. At
Hicks'.—ad.
G. Fnntlnl,
Merctinnt Tailor.
High class ladles' tailor-made costumes,
made to order from the latest patterns
and most select stock.—ad.
Sledge Hammer Arguments.
Ladles' waists, formerly sold for $2.
tl-50 and SI.OO each, this week only 60c at
the great removal sale. P. T. Foye, suc
cessor to Foye & Morrison.—ad.
Read This Carefully, Then
Show It to Tonr Boya.
Mr. Ben Foster bought a home on the
instalment plan in 1879, paying $25 per
month and interest; at the same time he
took an endowment policy of life insur
ance for $3,000 in an old line company. He
felt that in event of his death before he
had finished paying for the house, his fam
ily would not have to sacrifice it. In the
same year his friend, Sam Dean, moved
into a house across the street, paying S2O
a month rent. He laughed at Foster for
buying property, saying it was “cheaper
to rent! Dean also insured his life for
$3,000, but claimed that he could invest
his money better than any one else, so he
took the cheapest assessment insurance he
could find. He rented his home and rent
ed his insurance, each by the month and
at actual cost, end "had his money's
worth,” so he said, as he went along.
Foster and Dean are now over 50 years
of age, and in talking over old times, said
Foster: “I have just had an offer of $6,000
for my house; I don’t like to sell it; it has
been my home for twenty years.” “No,”
replied Dean, "don’t do it. We are get
ting old and a house is a pretty good place
to go to. I wish I had done as you did.
Here I have paid out in rent during al!
these years nearly as much as you are
offered for your house, and have nothing
to show for it.” “Yes,” said Foster, “and
I paid the last premium on my policy last
year and now it is worth $4,000 in clash.”
"That is where I have made another mis
take," answered Dean. "My insurance is
costing me four times what it did at
first, although the agent said the rate
would never increase. I would drop it
now if I could get into a good old line
company, but since I had the grippe, I
cannot pass the examination. If I had
only looked at the end instead of the be
ginning I would be better off to-day."
There Is no need to say more—send your
age and address to Harty & Apple, man
agers for Georgia, the Massachusetts Mu
tual Life Insurance Compeny, 117 Bay
street, east. Savannah, Ga.—ad.
HAD A VARIETY OF WEATHER.
Mercury Went From 72 Degrees to
IK) Degrees and Back Again.
Savannahlans had a variety of weather
yesterday. From 72 degrees at 6 o’clock
in the morning, mercury went up to 90
degrees at S o'clock In the afternoon. By
8 o’clock at night it was down to 74 de
grees, and at midnight it was considera
bly lower. The range for the day was
20 degrees or more.
Data compiled by Observer Boyer from
the weather bureau records for twenty
nine years show something of what next
month may bring. The mean temperature
for August at Savannah since 1871 is 80 de
grees. The warmest August was that of
1878, with an average of 85 degrees. The
coolest was that of 1889, with an average
of 78 degrees. The highest temperature
reached in August was 100 degrees, on the
20(1], in 1878, and the 7th, in 1899. The
lowest was 61 degrees, on the 30th„ in 1896.
Precipitation—
The average for August is 8.20 inches.
The average number of days with .01 of
an inch or more is 15. The greatest Au
gust rainfall was 22.79 inches, in 1898. The
least was 1.89, in 1887. The greatest
amount recorded in any twenty-four con
secutive hours was 8.57 inches, on the sth,
1872.
The average number of clear days in
August since 1871 is 8; partly cloudy days,
15, and cloudy days, 8. The prevailing
winds have been from the southwest. The
highest velocity was 76 miles, from the
northwest, on the 31st, in 1898.
PETER SOX ISN’T OUT.
Seaboard's Traveling Passenger
Agent Has Xot Resigned.
Mr. F. V. Peterson has not resigned his
position as traveling passenger agent of
the Seaboard Air Line. He is at a loss
to know how the report that he had done
so originated. Mr. Peterson has done ef
fective and energetic service for the Geor
gia and Alabama and the Florida Cen
tral and Peninsular, and the patrons of
the road, with whom he is a favorite,
would appreciate his retention by the Sea
board.
It is reported that Mr. W. L. O’Dwyer
has resigned as traveling freight agent.
He is out of the city, and the report
could not be verified. Mr. O’Dwyer has
been located in Savannah for two years,
and his friends will regret It if he has
severed his connection with the Seaboard.
Mr. W. T. Cosby, traveling passenger
agent at Jacksonville for the Southern
Railway, was among the visitors in the
city yesterday.
Mr. D. E. Williams. Jr., of Jacksonville,
commercial agent for the Southern Rail
way. spent yesterday in the city.
Mr. James Freeman, city passenger nnd
ticket agent for the Southern, left yes
terday for Charlotte, N. C.
Mr, J. McF. Williams, commercial agent
at Montgomery for the Mobile and Ohio,
was in the city yesterday.
FRESH AIR HOME'S STH WEEK.
■Many Little Ones Have Enjoyed Its
Privileges This Year.
The Fresh Air Home will begin Us
eighth week's outing for poor children nt
Tybee to-morrow. The ladies in charge
of the charity have done an appreciated
work during the summer, so far. and
numbers of little ones, who needed the
strengthening breezes and salt air, and
would never had either, but for the Fresh
Air Home, have enjoyed Us charity, and
possibly many little lives have been saved
through the efforts of the charitable la
dies, who undertook the carrying on of
the home. They have been untiring la
their efforts to maintain it, and subscrip
tions are being continually received.
Among those of last week were:
Mrs. Llppman (cakewalk at Ty bee).. s4fi 10
In memory of "J. C. C." 200
Donation box at Jones’ Pharmacy .... 1 50
Donation box at Conida's i os
Watermelons from Mrs. McDonough
and Miss Simon.
HE IS ON THE LOOKOUT.
What a Dealer Is Doing for Ills
Customers.
It is to the rapt vision of the seer that
the seen beomes the prophesy of the un
seen. After years of continuous work In
any particular line familiarity with de
tails ensi les lhe head of any concern to
gain points In management. Now this is
the ease with Ixtgan, who Is rcunding o it
his eighteenth season in the city market.
Already he is p-eparlng for his fa I trade
by locking out for the needs of cu timers.
If you are away, drop him a card before
starting on your return, to have supplies
at your house a certain day. This will
save trouble to you. Call this week for
anything in his line, including vegetables
and meats of all kinds—ad.
Ladles' Tailor Made Costumes.
High class ladles' tailor-made costumes
made to order from latest patterns and
most select stock, by O. Fantini, merchant
tailor.—ad.
The Aragon.
Peachtree Street. Atlanta, Ga.." under
new management. Cafe of rare excellence
Ret'ommenda itself for the notable char
acter of Its guea a. Free coaches. Sco-
Vllle Brea.—ad.
$3,75
A PAIR.
Beginning to-morrow we will lcll
the EDWIN CLAPP and A. E. Net.
TLETON MEN’S FINEST SHOES, mad,
at the remarkably low price of
$3.75 a pair.
In Dark, Tan, Vlcl and Willow
Calf.
These nre the highest price shoes
sold nt the LOWEST CLT PRICES la
this city, f
17 BROUGHTON ST .WEST.
Great Sacrifice
Sale
of Odds and Ends
in our
Harness and
Saddlery
Department.
Congress and Whitaker Sts.
LEO FRANK.
DON’T
Make a mistake in the pur
chase of a wheel. It is so
easy to get the best that no
one need ride an inferior
machine. THE
CHAg|g|§§s
is full of merit. Any rider
can tell you of its good
qualities.' It is the only
wheel‘equipped with Bur
well Bearings.
In Things Hardware
we offer inducingly low
prices. Builders will find
a saving here in whatever
they may purchase.
WM. & H. H. LATTIMORE,
West Congress Street
No Place
Like Home—
That Is, Where There’s a
Gas
Range.
The k tehen Is perpetually cool
sweet. The rooking: is done so qu+ekly
that there is no time for the walls to get
hot. When U is done the lire’s out and
the consumption of fuel is stopped at
once. There never was such a combina
tion of comfort and economy.
Gas Stoves of every size and variety
can be purchased here, or we will rent
a Range $1 per month—rent can t> ap*
plied to purchase.
MUTUAL
GAS LIGHT COMPANY
f 7 and 9 Congress street, west.
iH SHIS
FOR BOYS BETWEEN 8 AND
Thorough preparation for college or bus
iness. Boys may enter at any time. Next
fall the school will bo moved to new
quarters fully equipped for
A MILITARY SCHOOL.
Further particulars from the principal,
ORMOND B. STRONG,
Islington House, Highlands, N. C.
Catalogues may be had for the asking
at Solomons’ Bull street drug store.
UNION HOTEL,
West Broad end Haris streets,
opposite Central Depot.
Modern appointment. Convenient to all
street car lines. Rates $1.25 and $1.60 and
12.00 par day. Single meal 25c.
M. J. PATERSON, Manage!.