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THE CITY’S CENTURY
nrcomi of nioirKH
ir\ %>u inum:n.
BIG EVENTS OF 100 YEARS.
*'• DHTERHIUnoN
li\ KB( AMF. HKtTILmX
F.rery Form of Priillrnrr
I on ml It. \\*r Into ttie Onturr'.
iinol* Firr, Flood. Ilnrrli'nnr.
tur oml i:rlhuLr-Krn) noil
liHFriiiiniitlnii 11l olilli.rni.il
Sear. of IM.n.ter, mol (hr
I'mtrro of Ihr < Iff Alnnx Fv.-ry
II nr ninniln as n Mon tim.nl n, .|„.
l.rnlOß of lia i Iflarna.
•v i< ir the piinrlp.il even*a In th*-
of t?avennali whirl. lu.vr ninrk.'i
. of the dying century? To
.. mid my lhat thie or that ahoul I tn-
I in the Hat la d.fttult, for oftrn ;
in' e varloi. with fhe point of vi *.
- i.lneteentli century hrouirht lo Hu
ll her full rhnr* of dl-ualer. panh
~ ir.ntllenoe; It alan brought her pro
t In the pureulta of peace, of Joy ai .l
l,i, nea- which have set her on a foun
n which rhe rlinllrnKr* her i
~.-iMora. Knergy and dplermliiation
„i. ot alone ov. rcome iho .idvrn-lty o'
i-frr; they have obllternt.-al all the !
i aid eel up monuni.-nta tliol pouter*
■ 1 Wi ll wonder ut and proht by.
ir.m- year- for Savannah w.-re
- IM4, thoee of the war. and l7fl
~ ■I The cyclone of !d deMro>..l al
, ■■ | iiyi.no worth of property. In l*oi
I I.rora of conll.iKrotlon mi l y. 11..a
*re combined; the epidemic of lur.l
■I- aolntlon In many homer, and hual.
>. I :■*.!•* I era U|on the efreeta. The Civil
v. i- brought death and wreck and ruin
•* many noble Savannnhlati. r.nilt* In
.l-1 ruble to thoee In all oilier ware of
> * entory oon.hln.xi The yellow
* epidemic of ts7* out a wide
r '.i'h In the city’s population; the dre.il
. v. rami, ter of pereoni Too
n . I out nearly £ '■•i.oot of property In
The earthquake nf iwu; brought
‘ htit no Joes of life or properly.
*fhere Is aeareely a form of pewf|.m e
to*t h.*en vlsl'.-d icon Savannah
In 'nicer measure somewhere within the
* e!. t lot years. She hat. escaped neither
f r disease, war fl.vsl. nor earthquake.
I it on the other hand, the city stands
to day a monument to energetic proarea
- . e—. tier experts have gr no fr in
! • ■*> at the beginning of the century
>rii©wh©r© near tin- t „*’*.u•>•• mark;
hr lu©in#©M ha* in th** ©am©
i UMrrton; h*r munMpal lvnprov©m<*ut*
1 iv. mad© th© oh I Yam#<*ra\v bluff th©
r -i i>©*i;jt|ful city *4. th Hoiifh; her In
► ' * ’.tj.n- for ©durathm anal charity. h©r
s > and her ©htuvh©© r© ni<iiunv'titd
• th© ©haractcr and <ultur* of h©r p©o
l * who r© th© product of a civilization
'*'• which ther© l< non© higher. Well
n iv Savannah nay. "Let the century .li .
! t’-.ivr llv©<| It well."
S r. if.i.ah ha*> |>Uv*d h©r Important par’
1 . ••ntury'M history. Hh© ha.© niv©n
' ° < t untry g.-noral© and lintrimfn; ►he
• n nobl© Mart In th© hall* of (*#>n
*• • **d on th© fill.l of battle; ©he hi*
Ip r part In aiding to up.ittlM ••©
* *’ r *• of th#* world. ©]© ha© ©n r
-■ s th© country j* gr© .!e*t men; ©h© I*
• r ihn new centUl 1 • I)tall . i
’rl th.it ln©ure* another hun.lr**!
..i of pence, of promli.cn *e arwi of '
i rlty.
"' la©* century tray almcwt be
to have opened with th© c>mpl©eion
' <*ity Exchange, though the present
I . t ar uiM <-oip ruci.il by a JoiM n:o k
rrtp.my in iTW, the city owning twenty- |
five rh.ires.
• the llrM ten yc ir* of the n rHurv
1 of historic Interest were few
• 1 for be;ween. The . Itixena were and
- clowidy to the putmuK© of peace.
T • export© for the year were valued
©■ f2 ir.'.9BJ, In 1102 Aaron ftuer vlaited
Hiv.irimh remaining four dayu at the
ni- of hi* niece, Mr*. Mont mol iltt. n:
’ ■ houHe ©till ©t tnding at No. 12s Ogle
t)orie avenue, went.
Th. y©,r IS*>l 1-rought to 8 tvannnh n
•errifl? W*©t Indt n cyr!ott*, ©uch #**
**n of those of recent year*. Much
troprrty w*a© damug*d or destroyed and
'vr*r Id) noirroo© were drowned.
The Vnlted Htaten Ttank hullllnar. now
° ’ipltnl by the M* r.-hanl©’ National I
, ytss ©ret*!©'! in ?*!*. and on M irdi
I*l2. th© Hibernian Society .u or
rar ized.
It * t* In IMS iN*, In common with oth
*r ffcrtlont, the pert re of the community
V'*mn to he disturbed by the announce
tneni of the war with Kngland. Imme
sue preparatlonn were m.l to fortify
•he c|tv. J*n. 1. ISIS, wa* made a day
rf ThankeglvftiK on acoount of vl#orl>*
e\er the Kmrlleh. On June 2of the name
' **ar the cltiz-n# d#'M#<l to ral*#
■ nr the purpose of "rffertunlly defending
I’v agatnet the attack of the #n**m>."
I *n Aug 1 of thin amount had hern
rulaed and S36.lifi of it expended. The
' vig lance commit tec” took In hand r#r
' lt; police rind military rff im In ronner*-
•lor with the city's defense In May. I*ll.
'Rritlsh hrla-of-war Eptrvier, eighteen
t ins. raptured by the I’nlted Strtt***
• toop-of-irar T'eacock. was 'brought Into
’he river. The British ven*l had on
ho.rd when raptured llionm in epe-ie.
* came early In IMS without having
1 behind any scars of war upon the
Morest City. The establishment of the H
'annoh Free Brhooi followed in ISl*>. the
‘"•ginning of fr*# education. In IB!** the
Savannah Theater asas opened. The pi
t ori# In that year had grown to $14,183,-
1- Ice soM at 6V* rents a pound.
About April 2T*. 1810. the first steamship
"Hsvannah." arrived from New York.
• for UviM'iwol May SO, and on N \
y* returned, making th*- voyage ba k l<
twenty-five days. President Monroe and
suit#* visited Ravannah before the depart
dre of th# “Havannah.** and were given
•*n excursion down the river. During
•t*l visit to Bnvannah the President and
Is suite took part In the dedication of
te li 'hjwiidciit Presbyterian f'httrch.
The f*i.4 of the st* br.d decade ol the
'tltury w m.irkel by u most disastrous
op. In which 463 house# were destroyed.
• 'S loss being |4 With the exc p.
li of the Planter*’ Hank, <’hrl* Church
M 1 a few othet brick bulkllng- ‘'very
*• Ming north of Broughton street v\ < ,
h died This disaster waj* followed by j
'*■ first yellow fever epidemic of the cen i
•t, itoglutilng about 8. Only J.4IM i
*f th* ? r>zi In ha- hauls r**mln#l In the |
" . sn.l 231# o. these were stricken,
t-tfa ye tie's visit to the city, March lf
was a notable occ t-k Mi. lie w.i* wI- ;
omsrl by Mayor Danlell and (Jo\. Troup,
end was entertained by the Governor dur
k lls stay.
In March. IS. Hon. John M Pherson I
1 ernrn was appolntel attorney general
thr Cabinet of President Jackson. In
n ti n prominent B.tvannahlsn was agntn
•fHukl. Hon. James Moore Wayne beluc
r ' rd** associate Justice of the Supreme
< ourt.
The erection of Fort Pu!akt was begun :
In !tt! The building of the Central ltd *
uns begun in and In May. item
•ixty-|veti miles of It had been grade 1
•rd tsmtpßli mile# were In operation.
•Sight tt> ten Inches of snow fell on March
4 UR
i.gKrgin Historical Society was or
en law.l June 4. HT
Met trj Clay 111 a ,UI>I of#t>nor h I
Match. *il at home of lion J M
Rerrlan. 1H.n1.1 WfMter was royally *n
'••named l>y Havanmihlntt* In May. IMT
Cor: I’uhskt wa* completed In th* nann
) o.r
lN**nuti wieo had bet aliare in Ike war
wish Mesleo on M-irvh 1. ;iui <•„.
JSET*- * *ho had l^n
Ltr, a •* Mol,ro '•*■' Key ,he *.,,r
The fir-t i un, *J nulltwry honor©
.Sl m a *:'**• ***'■' ‘l-.pa.ch was rwav.
Ito ,V T"V, Mn " " a March
*. ©t-I rc-Hl.Vnt Jme© K |N>lk r.h
4 *"**l t,f honor ln the city
.1.11.. • ct ?h ** M° r ninjt New©
v' ,‘ ,n with tic motto.
, * v “ wii I' <i**tendence and Imlu©tr> ”
\©nnu of the Pimp year. dtonU
1
• I • | tIM DIoCtNM
**'•*'"*. "‘H lit. Ilex Kmnda X
uai tla#) ! #i* ihsltop.
I b%* Fir*? Volunteer fteftmont w© or
ganhietl hi l\ . under a-t of the laegl©la
ttllW'WlMl ,\ |{ I .aw t-n a- .xdotel Rx
I reaid. n? bblmoro \i-it- I #he city In lttl,
iii’d waa th* xueet ..f hnnor.
!ho \ ;i- i<a \i* nu morabl© in Havm
n:ih © ..nr i!- *, on© of pl iguc and
tllem i- of the * **•• who remained in th*
lty a f t* r tin mlb w fever broke out In
Augu: 1M" dl©ai. wiiiie nearly ©veryon*
s, t*■ krn with the dl-©a©e The So
vann ih is. n-volent \>v<..|*<ton was or
gaiuxc t in < cto>M*r following thi©
c;ii b-tn Sept k. of the © irn yar
;notru-r bun; an© - ame .il-.ng cinning the
de©tnn tkii t .f mil' h projarty. and the lot©
f m.inv ve© In the *©m© >-ar, to
t.i** tioi.b monument to Count Oaelmcr
I’ll, Hskl i , brave l*o.i©h genera), wt©
cr.*t.a| i Murker* v Srpiore In I©'.T the
in until •x i it© i-l groan ti UJ >•*.••<■
The .Si; ii.n.ill Al up aid *uif lUtilnnJ
w.i-i c.o j.|. .and to Thofiui*vlUe In lafr*
In W- b. g,n the mo©t m* morabl© j***i.-
‘ **d Hi ! Sii ai.ii.ih> b.'toi v. ne w**li a
tiwt of th* South, on.* within the re.ol
li?cti*ii of many of those now 11%tug. Tne
Houih r.ati nip foli>we I
!b\ m* * tli.ii© tere to ratify that action.
Evi !e .id.ng up to tin war fi.lnw*d li.
; raj-id ©u<-< .-©don. Jan. \9. th© ord‘-
jiam • .! • ' -eiort was amt on
Mat ** the ’onf* |. r ite floe %% lKk*i and
i over t;.© I ’uiMom Houm*. c*ol. Eraii'i* S
! ltartv.-w. kii'e.l oi Ii 1 11 H Hi. w;• bu:isl
at 1 nr * I irove, July 27. ITI. Thlrty
, t ight onrsanlew of militia w©r© ta *• I
hi S\ ;■ idm -'i* tj. year <#.n Hobt
V. v.-:ie.| aStv.u iinb. Nov. 11. nwl in
. . '. .1 I’ort Pulfliki. expreaeing the t*-
IIpY *’ o id wit >tan-l -ill tttt ck© y
th. .? rnv. April 11 Ju©t ©lx mon h©
i tt* r. i l'ulak| ©urrend. red after
l>om irdm.t ? Fort Nb Alllater ©u'-
■< M\. attM(k©il in the part ol
and trie .wily jmrt of 1%.!. but It
I . very -milt.
T • ■ ame Khrm.in on hi© march to
t a w.tn 7p*.4) men. the .1* fen©.* of
the city by Gen. Harden’© f\r|>a
jo I*'*" ,nd the tlr.ai evacuation of the
•it\ on Dec. 2h, ixni by the Gonfedenie
f.i and the surrender the day follow
hit *in Chrlftma© Day of unit year.
S p rman eatahllshrd hi© headquarter© in
the city.
Ji! 27 IURTi. the of war wa
v©J i.v one of fire, over building*.
V ima raw hiving t.een burned, and
ver.il people k.!il and wounded by ex
I l **f . ammunition.
T purruit© of hindn©©© and trade fol
• i..| the w ir und during tie next ©ev
* ‘ \ar- a ruml>er of Savannah'©
;p* .‘ tii'dbut on* W'-re orgariiz'd Th
•if. 1 rite tn*nurnent w.© unveiled.
Ar-rii IffT."..
The - end great yellow fever epidemic
•me in 1576 th© total number of death*
T*eir^?
in >7 Gen. T* S Grant. ©*-PrelderV
vl© i S.i\ nnah In th© ©ame v©r th©
< mu ! -tore of the Jaef-cr monument wa©
1> Mu Mndi-on Sellar© ami laier, in IMS.
Mr*, tlrovcr f'ievclaml. during her v!©lt
w.-.h I*r©ider.t rWvcland to Savannih.
unveiled the monument during infH>o-ing
c.-remonl©©.
in lvS.l the 'e|til*renter,niul of the land
ing e*f Oglethorpe wa© celebrated. In
April of the ©ante year Prwddent Theater
A ArUmr viHed the oitv a© the gue*t
of hi** ndi ive Henry T Ttott©. The
Thu ham Artillery relebrated the firt
< r iurv of tt© *-xi©ten''c in IkW*.. and ex-
I*re-Ideist of the Tonf.sbracy Jeffer©ra
| l*.ivi> a©©;*te#l In the unveiling of the
ms© tihiot* on the monument to Gen
1 i; . ..| . i ■ ( ,rner- :ne of which wa* laid
luring Lafaywtt#’© vlait.
A i‘*w form of |M©tUenc© ©ame upon
i the ity In in the shape of an earth
*r, i. k the si' -mit* dleturlwincc which d.*l
mm ;i damage in Tharle©ton Several
! ’ighter *ho k© follow*d. and much alarm
a© cauerd thr.iugliom the city, though
Id le )imag** wa© done.
The T> nee luidroid wa© completed In
I>.>7 fir. Jam©* .T Wiring, who orUln
,t. I t|o ©y**tem of drainage for Thatham
o ut y. which ha* done © much for the
hr.tit:* ~f the community. dl*d .Tan, A. I*A ; .
The total ©hlimient.© of cotton In lAW had
rear h* and X 5.702 la!e.
T!m pr. it tire of I** ©<arfed In the
jo.v.‘ of lunlei lloPAn on Itroughton
m, ©wept the city in a ©outhea©terly
ur : ui and destroyed the Independent
I Teabvtei'lin Thur.'h, Guard© Arm
ol v odd Fellow©* Hal! and ininy \
other Important building© There were
.r *1 other dlairtroui fire© during the
snme'ya.r. Including be lower wharve© •
n(n | two cotton compre©©©. the trnal fire
lc©ee© for the yeir aggregating nearly '
<*ardlnll Olbhon \lelte l Bivannah Jar
Vice President I*evl P. Morton
..pent the day her, March 4 IRB'
The record of Important event, In the
. lo.lnc decade of the century l familiar
all clllgen#. The tVntrwl Railroad
went Into the hand, of a receltrgr March
j rnu-tig widespread suffering
among chart b Institution#
who held It. .to k Tne next and -aster
.... the cyclone of Aug 2. IH. which r
.nlicl In the to., of many live, and the
, dctructlon of much property In and
' ,round Savannah. Event* of Importance
followed rapldlv In the early year, of the
•.••ade The city', llml:, were extended
aim. *t a mile to the eouth. the city rew
rapldlv In every direction. Il commerce
~.1 1..1ne.a Increased year by ye.r. new
i, nMl of railroad were constructed, and
m any new enaerpriae. were *et on fool
• ~nd carrle.) oul. The harlor wa- lven
pre-ent depth of twenty-,l* fcet._and
the courtmartlol of the enJneer ocer
who .uiwrvtecd thl, work followed clot^
! U ?'"e in Ihe century In
■ Sivanoah the -aenAlirw here of the
s. V, nth Army form, under i.eo ntihuch
la, in the latter part of <W.
caneeaucht vlalt to the city of Pre.lden
VicK lnlev member, of hie cabinet and
I other prominent olllcl.U and army of
r,'",, „ mane mllclone, which have
i ill* rr>grcss and growth of th#
”iIV during th# !at W c^ r
!’
"'"v'.-mt ha- It: I men . n.K '*
' Un-nr. and vlctorlou*. hnpPV
!!.. Ii' f |lie^imv - “h ll puretiUe of pe-'e.
.... I, 4V I lIH r ‘‘ 1
|Brry Mel. u7,l N-T.-ro-ee-.e ,he
Nc ,„ I -der •
, ,ocv Mali the young man who m
lack wl.h raxor on Hrougnton
aireet, i hrl.tma- eve. 1> •> - .
• - i ’ h * ri '* h r
...I and wax leave th.
yeetcidal I-'l- "* teleaaed on
.-lortly after hie arre,l. and lae . aee
‘ , hlm „ , , la. called at to-morrow
.aainet hlmwh Potu . court.
" r, “"vtel Tael veurrdny that I)avle le
Ml -M. .1 ltl , cutting, atvl
; 1 LVla.ll Th. vuunx man e>w h.t
aewlhtn 0| „ of , h . *,id ruehrt.
h’ u ”* * , \ioiulsv night, but
f1.4, eure toot in could not have been
th# guilty party
_ Mr . .i „>IIk-"A I. T"e .nan’ Wam
, 0 the wheel, go round''
r.'he modLu laio.exncter -H.r....'e
Dakar.
THEMOIfNING NEWS. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30.1900.
THE GROWTH OF A CENTURY.
UMAT UVAMWAH MAX DOXfK
A 111 MihF|) VKAH!.
I’npnlNiinn llh* laereawl Vine Hum
dred pr teat., and la Tnda and
Maalaeaa It* Ha©
Been ©carre| r I©.. Fhrnaara.il.
Knged Vrtrral Tlmea hy Fire,
rratilraer and Kloog. the tlty |fa
flrowt aieadll) Ktrangrr.
Trad© of th© Gty ta l©kn> an.l ItHMt.
nf th© Peraltarlftea of th©
Olden hai —Tlir Coart and th© 1.0t
,rr Y-' lillnipM© of th© I'm ore.
A growth of more than hn per cent tn
popuUtHn In a hundred year.", with a
i*orrr©pondtng growth In wealth, eom
mer-e and Importance, ought to ©aiUfy
the ambition of even the m>©t patriotic
Savanahlan.
In lAIO. when the find cenu© of the
city wai takers It© potwiUrton wa© given
a© Assuming a© u ©af© l*.©t© of
©•limaie that the odd INi had been added
to III© city during the preci'dtng ten year*,
th© population of Sa\ tnnah at the hegtn
i it r of the nineteenth century could i ot
ha • been mote than 5.U00. In 19HU th©
• r • it I IM4 Thi© does tiot
include th© Inhabitant© of the ©uburlo* !m
--rm*dtarly ©urroundtng the city, the addi
tion of which to the cor|orate doniain
would bring the population f Savannah
to far beyond the mirk.
I>w res die Ju©t what long ©ttide© Sa
vannah ha© taken In the paid century,
nor over waat obmicle© of fire and pe©i-
I* n’© and storm it lia* ©tepped to lt
pr©©ent pioud |Hitlon. In IKJO. it wa© a
Id tie town of 7 *CI |ar©ons, yet doing a
builtu - ©© altogether out of ptoj©>rtion to
it© ©lie even then. On tht* morning o f
Jan. 11 of that >e.ir. fire wj©
in a livery etabl© nei Market S<piirv.
und burne<l ©tmdtl> for twcnty-foii** |
tioijre. The 10-© wts *©timat.d to Ik*
upward© of ainl in the flmi* ©
building© w.r© cott©time). Scare
had t|i* city recovered from
*ha ©tunning effect© of thi fir©, when
an epefernis of yellow fever btakc out.
‘5 - -1
.• '"k&k rl
. v \
iß| , 1
J 8^ BEjS PI
” * i ll
P.ruit.n 9hor <"<* t r Two Fur a
and many hundreda of peron. loe! t heir
1 live*. It required many year, for tne
j city (XMiHdetety to recover from thia dou
] hie visitation.
The mile, of wharves which now line
' the river front of Savannah on both
shore, hud !-•}. beglnn n In a ,101-‘
wharf, which wa, constructed sr. 1?S. It
i was built Just midway U-tw.-er, Bull and
Whitaker streets, and says an old
chronicler. "o great was the convenience
afforded by the building ef the wharf that
j In the next y.ar forty-CJM - tW
, ed. Six year, later, however, the num
ber of vessel* had Inerouatd to 171. For
1 the year er dm* Au*. *l. lnu. 1.177 ves-'
sell of all ny* and sixes were entered
and cleared through the Savanna! Cus
tom House This does not Include a veiy
large number of coasting veaaelt, which
the law doe* not require to enter at. I
clear through the Custom House and of
who*a coming and going no recor! Is ever
1 kept. .
lar*t vear Savannah exported 1.M0.1il
hales of Upland cotton and 7.*S Iwx*
.**■ island cotton. 31S.M casks of turpen
tine, 1.010. ea barrel* of raaln. J04.1K.723
feet of lumber. 14.571 package* of orangea
and other fruit*, 2M.155 1* kage* of vege
tables and mt melons, besides a great
mas* of other met handlse. Including
j phosphate rock, fertlllxer*. rh-e. Iron and
| other products of the Southern states.
The value of Savannah'* bualne** dur
ing the same petlcal ha* been estimated
at IMS.WJO.'.OO In I*. It l* liked}. th# city
ould not ley claim to a hundredth part
‘ of such a volume of trade.
In those day* Überty aireet on the
south. East Hroa.l srrsei on the eaat and
West Broad street on the west, with the
river, formed th.- limit* of the city of
Savannah.
soar of the old hooks and record* re
veal the existence of a queer stale of af
fair* Iti those days f the ceatury * tlrer
leginning itit the rtf tl, day of May 1,0).
I there was a meeting of the Justices of
the Inferior Court of Chatham county, at
which there were preset.t the Hon. Joseph
Cluy. the Hon. Edward Telfair, the lion.
William lillkasn* od 'he Hon John Mo
' r et The minute* of that meeting record
the fact that ''William Normeru, tax col
tor of the county ! and overseer of
tn, poor for th* year 17W, having never
retalered any account, ordered that exe
cution do immediately l-sue against him
ami hi* sureties for the amount of hi,
bMtd/*
At another m##tng to# rt#rk of th#
.oittt Jusius Hartman S heuher. who
was one of the commloeloners of the
"Hospital and l’oorhou*e sul.-
,Pitted a re.ort of ceHain Investments
that he had ma-.e for the henedt of the
•ourt He reported.
Ttiat agrereible to consent and order
he had appropriated out of th# Justices
me, for verdict., thm in hi. hands, th ■
sum of one hundred *n.l twenty do.lars.
in the purchase of alxty-three tickets.
. ay from No. 3*>S to Stfk induelve. la thj
rtrst class of saM lottery That the re
mit of these tickets nod been:
ClXtecn of three dollar* I A
Three prise* of live dollar. •
nor prise of two hundrcsl dollar* ?i
Total tjr "
' That in the esreond ton of Mid hi-
STRAIGHT FRONT
& RN.
v*y CORSETS
1 Vl mi MILITARY FIGURE
>/ N 4MSriaaqay(alislo©tiompoMl
( .-> of sliovttrr bWI ierllir strgM
£ ■: frow yw wist qr*\ ©yitd
' (ulni il tack ind ow htpj
fwW\ Pricelronfl™up
/ H K ofIOTECTED
y cork rr clasps
/ An wclusive feature
( save annoyance from
\\i \ roa 1 rusi stains and relieve
\Jfcic*T*Looui t y.pressureand pindima
ofany hind on the chest
P.N. COR SETS
TIO BROADWAY. NEW YORK
ter>. the lion Georg© Jon©©, one of th©
justices of this -ourt, ha<i aataotod sixty
ticket© at three dollar© each, amounting
tn the whole to one hundred and etg >
do.lar©, that three ticket* lial drawn
prise© io th© amount of onu hundred m I
eighteen dollar© That or. the ©cveute nth
• I*' of July, flie lion Joeepn tTav ii-k! the
Hon. William tb'.ion© had ©e|e<’tet again
*xty tickets of the tmrd clas of the
©aid lott©r > ©mounting in th© whole to
two hund#*d ard forty dollar©, vl* No
2141 to ?nt). incliisKe. i* thirty tickets.
No :.ipi to 2.4*>. inclusive. I© thirty
kei©. and that th.* Honble William
1 Gibbon#* had lodgxs.l in hi© hand* th© ©utn
| of two hm.<ire.) eighteen dollars, 2i cent©.
I being a donation for the Hospital mil
Poor Hoi*©.* Institution from General
James Jackson, for which h* . ho©*, th©
following seventy nuntner© in the third
cla©© of said lottery, vtx . front tw thou
sand o,© hundred and on© to two thou
sand on© hundred and thirty-five ta thir
ty-five, an.l fr*m two thousand four hun
dred and sixty->lx to two thousand and
flw- hun*lr©). Incluaivo la flilrty-flve. To
tal seventy ticket© in third clasa."
Here, unfortunately, the entry of the
clerk end© and the recor*!© for the next
>e*r or two are lacking. The fate of
the a.-w.ity ih k* t© in lh© third ‘lo>> of
th© lottery 1© hld.ien in obm-urliy and It
I© lmpoeslbl© to ©ay whether or not the
Justices of tlie Inferior Court ultimately
I profiled by this little Aver In the face of
chant-#.
j It* lisw t-h# Chatham Ar*j|A#mv
j had been founded In 177*. was the prin
cipal Instltuilon of clucallon in riavnr
! nail. The fr* public school, known as
j the Savannah Free School, wa, estah
: llshed in ISIC
That a difference there I, to-day!
Tts-re are nine grammar school* for
while children alone and a high ochool
, modeled in plan oral scope upon the beet
| Ins Hutton* of the kind in the country.
For the color.d children there is a system
of grammar-school education that meet,
their need*, and nearly 4.< of them ere i
annually taught at the expense of the
people of Savannah. This I, the public !
, w ikhil system.
There are. besides a great number of
private Ins ltutlons of learning, ranging
In grade from the kindergarten to the 1
preimnatory achooi, where young men ami
| young women arc fltted for entrance In i
the college or university.
Savannah ha, become a modern '-Ity. ■
and during the year, of the eentury that ;
will eisl at midnight to-morrow It haa .
attained prosperity and wealth. A, the
student of the past trlea to look Into the j
future and glean an Idea of what the city j
will he when the Twentieth century Is ;
approaching Ita end. ht mind’s eye fa j
Mart led by the vision It beholds. Havan- <
rah will he Inhabited by- at least a mil- '
Ihm persona, and will control the ah pplng
of tha Kouth With a canal through te
the pacific, the vessels from the Orient i
will seek her dock* and load with cot- I
ten and such other pro<ructs as the East
.rn natkme demand The p>os|>erlty that I
is her* to-diy will be forgotten In th. j
glamour of the sucers* that will enfold
her In that coming year. Adopting the I
experience of ihr tael as a safe prece
dent for the theor.es of the future, the 1
brain of the theorist yet whirls annulled
a the poaalbltlite* with which the future
of ttavannah Is concerned.
t ARK k ITH Jl IMiK I AM.IMVT.
Irinmrsl. for and Against street
Itailmay I onrlnded.
Judge Falltgaot ha* taken under eon- J
slderallon the application of Henry Am- '
bos for an Injunction to prevent the con- i
demnntlon of certain property at Thun- j
derbolt. belonging to him. by the Havan
nah. Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope Rail
way.
The hearing. wUh ihe In trcdueslon of I
evidence and the arguments, ha* consum- I
ed the greater part of the last two week,. '
The evklenre wis voluminous and the
arguments of Mr. Richard,, for the plain
tiff. aml Mr. Oshorne. for the defendant, (
were not ,hort. Qua* the contrary, espe
cially that of Mr. Richard,.
Counsel for Ihe plaintiff concluded hta
(Inal argument yeaterday morning and
Judge Piilllgant took the case under ad
vlsemnt. He will render a dectslyn as soon
a* he haa had time to look over the ev
idence and examine the authorit'e, bear
ing on the several question* Involved.
—•hip* that will be worth In Ihe ig-*
gate *J.73S>.b • are now In ptoceaa of . on
atruciton at th* shipyards along the Del
aware river
1900 WITH THE RAILROADS.
, •< rtßßiou HtvK rxna.l,
•rr rr.*Tt kt •ic(mtui.
Preside*! John %l. Fgan of Ih© Cew-
Iral Ha I Ireak and Another om.-ial
111sr its* the rintls* % ear— Baal nr ••
lias Bern tiooA and th© fhrralags
of the ltallroals Hax© Shown in
crease—All Weeiions Mae© t ontrlb
uted to This lacreaa© • t onntry
(■enerally Mas Been Prosper****
and Its t ondltlon Mas Hern He
fleeted b> Ih© Hallroaii*
The twentieth century with the rail*
j rosds of the Booth should t*e rennirksb c
| for It© pr*>©perlty If the cloe.tig >©wr of
the nineteenth century may be t then a©
n indication of good nm*© for 4he next
cycle Up© and down© with th© rail
road© and other buslnes© enterprise© have
marked the nineteenth century, but rail
roads. like many other©, cannot complain
of the v*> they have fared .luring !•*
President John Al Kgan of th© *>ntral
nan ©een yesterday and a©ke*t for an eg*
. ptession of opinion a© to the manner In
1 which the closing year his served the
railroad© If# declared mat fhe year h*
brc.ight good time© for the roals. hihl
could see no rraon for ooni|i)mt.
'The entire South," said Mr. Fotan. 'has
been prosperous during the year, and no
better thermometer than railroads for tak
tug the temperature of th© buelne©© of a
sec Hon an b© found l.©t the country be
prosperous and the railroad© will show
the prosperity cl*ar.y Their will
run up in good time© and will run down
i when lime© ar© hard. Just n© the mercury
tn a thermometer flucttisiee with worm
and cold weather. The w.-ather” to the
railroad© has lieen warm, and they have
marked a high degree of prosperity
Earning© vti th©* Ontrai gf Georgia
©Hitmate*! up to the present, have shown
•n iterease almost invariably for each
week over the corr*©p<*dlrg week of la:
year. Hut two week© of the entire year
have shown m failing off. The difference
wa© but ©light during one week In Jan
uary. so ©light, in fact, toat It k scarce
ly worth nothing Then there wos *
difference of some Ss.iut the third week
Ir Novemtier. but there wa© nothing about
that to feel any particular regret over.
for the deficit Itse.f served o ©how that
the Mouth I© in a prosperous cotMlttlon
i Tne failing off wa© due directly to a
drop In the price of cotton Now the far
mers were not going to ©*dl when their
product had Just taken a tumble. Mad
they not been in good circumstance#, they
would have bean compelled to aell. They
were determined, however, to wait fif
mother odvance. o they held on to their
cotton Na'urslly th© movement of the
product hy rail fell off. and the earning©
for the week were ••©©
"Not only have freight earning© shown
an incceaae. but the ©am© hae been •hi©
of th© passenger earning© Both de
partment© have done well. When people
have money they ate ready to spend It
for their own travels as we 4! s© for tb©
movement of freight.
"All section© hive served to ©how thl*
increase. Prosperity he* not been *©r>-
flned to any ©pedal territory. Just ©a
good money ha* been ma t© In on© part
of the Bonth aa In another, and there U
the advantag© now of having all section©
upon practically an equality. Upon only
two or three stretches of our system ha©
there been a more marked Increase In
earn lug© than on others, branches a© wH|
on inatn lines having served to reflect
th© conditions of the country and add io
th© r^elpt©.*'
Another railroad official spoke upon
much the same line© w© Mr Egan, declar
ing that the year closing ha© been almost
uniformly g**od with th© rood© In th'*
section of the cotinriy. •'Lumurl©*."
said the gentleman, "as well as necessi
ties have baeii moving When you ©e©
such thlt-ir© •* plaro* and fine liquors be
ing handl'd by th© rollroad©. you may
understand that th© people living along
th© lines ar© In g'**d financial shapr. I
was out on th© Pacific alope for five years,
and I had occasion to observe then how
correctly thl© rule applies. Up to th©
crash that '-am© lit ltt* we had he*-n
hauling a great many piano# The move
ment. In fact, was heavy enough to ex
cite comment Than Gie crash came, and
do you know. It wt© lh# longest time be
fore another piano wss bandied by our
road? !
"In the Booth we have been moving pi
anos and fine liquor* for some time You
know tne railroad* put luxuries of thl*
wort In Ihe first class, so that th* freight
rates are high Of rouree toe volume of
buslncse. In comparison with that of other
classes that arc moved. Is not large, but
the higher rate tei.de to make up for the
difference In quantity, and when the roun
rry IS prosperous and many luxuries are
purchased, th# receipts of th* railroads
are large.
"Railroad men are feeling pretty well
over the situation They hear on every
side lhal there nr* good times, and natur
ally they are somewhat cheered by It.
They an become rather depressed when
(be reverse la the ca*e. Dt the farmer#
get to crying about hard time*, and then
you can see how what they wall about
I, reflected 111 the railroad men. For the
first time In my recollection. though,
things have been coming the farmer#'
way, and I am glad of It. I have always
considered that they were alway* aure to
get th* worst of everything, hut the ex
perience of the last year and a pari of
the year previous has convinced me that
ihi* rule Is not without It* exception*.
"Tne close of Ihe cotton season of MS,
W brought an increase In the price of cot
ton. and the farmer* were put upon their
fad by It. Then. In the present seaooti.
r.ood prices have prevailed from the open
ing. and tha farmer, have been left In
good ahape. They are holding much of
I heir cotton now tn the belief that It will
advance to ! rent*, and I agree with
them that It will. I would not be ot.
hit surprised to ee them get what they
are expecting.
"It le certainly a pleasure to a train ■
man to get out smog the far men, now
and hear them talk, particularly for a
t,riffle mar. who wa, among them lit I*<,
when they were having uoh a hard lims
Colton wa# then away down low. they
ow*d monev and had 111 tie rliarir*. ap
parently. of paying It Now the stapl#
Is up. oral they #ie out of deist. Thing
certainly look well for the railroads and
for ihe farmer, "
ANK APT VET MTH AIWHT.
Southern Merelvea and deliver*
Eretals* n AA rat Hr..... 1 street.
Commercial Agent Bell of Ihe ftouthem
Railway say* thai ,hlppera and con
signees In Havanmih do not seem yet to
have quite got straight upon trie relations
between the Southern and the Central In
Ihe matter of handling freight. The
Bout hem doe, not receive or deliver
freight at the wharves, hut a great many
people labor under that Intptession and
end freight there for shipment by the
Southern, ami aend there for freight that
I, expected over th# Southern. The receiv
ing and delivering depot of the Southern
I, the old depot of the Central on West
Btoad street.
ai.KEBKIH FOR TMIIM ABYILI.R.
That I’laee AA 111 Have a Weekly ser
vice AA llli New York.
Thomaevllle Is at last to get a through
steeper to and from the North. This In
formation ha* been received by City
Ticket and Passenger Agent Jam.-# Free
man of the Southern Railway, over whose
Hue, In connection with tbo Plant Sys-
HOGAN
Proposes to make it interesting this week
to the buyers of DRY GOODS. The
following will be fairly slaughtered, the
profits being POSITIVELY ignored:
Great Linen
Clearance Sale.
Bleached. Unbleach
ed and Ki’d Table
Damask. from the
lower grades to the
finest weaves.
TOWELS
In Damask and 11 tick,
plain and hemstitch
ed. fringed and tied
fringed.
Linen Tabic Sets.
Doylies, Napkins.
Tapestry Table Cot
ers.
Just Arrived.
A handwrun© Hr© of Mu!ln sod
BoMn©t Curtains.
A pr©ttl©r lln© of laidi#'*-’ an l
dents* t MHHKM.AB cannot
b© foutid inywh©i©.
Th© grnt sacriflc© *al of
Capes and
Furs
OaatlnuM. T*k< .4v.nt.Kr of
M. oi.pnrtunity ba/or. tt ta
too iatr.
tem and the Pennsylvania Railroad th*
sleeper will he operated. Thomaavill* Ita-
I l #*en making an effort to get a sleet, me
i >ar line for a long while, but Its effort*
arc only now aliout to be successful. The
service will he nut month,
and while It will !• oniy weekly. It la
thought It will be lltierally isatronlaed
The first car north-bound will leave
‘ ThoinasvUle on Tuesday, Jan. 11. and car,
will run on each Tuesday ther.aftcr, on
Ir.iln No .It over Ihe Plant Bistetn. The
same cars will ixtne Kouth on train No,
, leaving New, York on Thursday. J.tu
10. and on each Thursday thereafter.
f AVICI. OX It 11. IIT OF AAAY.
Seetloa Foreman on the l entral Re
ported a t|neer Find.
Rather a queer report was made to Di
vision gupcrlniendent T 'A..!,# of th#
Central Railroad a day or iwo ago by a
section foreman The foreman haa charge
of sc*ton No. 17. ami It I, til* duty. In
rtmnecllon with hi, other work, to re
port the finding of the carcasses of ani
mals along the right of way. 111, latest
report of thl* sort recited 1 1* ia<* that
he had found a dead camel between the
12, and ITS mile posts, which was near
Tennille. The foreman advance,l the Idcn
that the camel bad did aboard a car and
been thrown out. Robinson's circus had
passed that way. and the foreman thought
It was ih loser by a camel.
MHItM. BACK TO I.KOHOIA.
Air. 11. C. Mel'ndden AA 111 lie AA lilt
the Aiayeroee Air l.ine.
News how lieen received In Bavanrah
of the appointment of Mr. II C. Sir Fad
den to be general freight and passenger
agent of the Way cross Air I.lns. Mr Me-
Fadden la now In the Norlh. .tonne, ted
with the passenger department of the E*.
high Valley Road, lie was Mecca*.t g.-i<-
eral paa-enger agent of the Plant Byatem
for several year* at Savannah, and hla
many friend* In thl, city and In this sec
tion will be glad that lie la to return to
Oeorgl*.
TOt lIBIT RKAIIIA ADOPT lllvlin.
fareal t liauues In the Travel la Re
cent Years.
Th* tourist travsl. which Is Jus* about
beginning, will, within the next two weeks
or so. be In full swing, headed southward.
The outlook for himlness, the hotel men
say. I* excellent. This they can tell by
the number of Inquiries that are being
dally received about accommodation*,
and from those who have never visited
Bavannah. about the attraction* of the
city for a abort or a longer stay a* may
he decided by th* climate Th* railroads,
too. look forward to a heavy travel, and
are making preparations for It.
To the casual observer, all tourist* like
the ncgio to the song writer, look alike,
but the •aoerlenced hotel man know*
better. Mr. It. AA . Power* of the D# Bo o
Hotel who h# .-arefuMy atudled the basi
licas for years, say* that the first cam
era of the season are usually Canadian*,
and that they arrive In thl* city with the
punctuality of migrating bird* about Ihe
first of January. After them. In regular
order, conn In* New Englanders, Ni w
Yorkers and Pennsylvanians. Ihelr ar
rival being determined largely by the con
dition of the weather at their bonus.
The Western tourist# .ire rar:dy seen
here In any number until late In the sea
son. toward the latter iwrt of M *r.-h amt
early April. Tills I* because they are
then on their way home and taking the
trip le'surely by easy stages. When south
ward hound, they in most case# do not
Hop over In Cieorgl* towns and clile, at
all. but go straight through to Florid*.
Mr. Powers say* that there has been
a ino-t decided . nun** within ihe lat f- w
year* In Ihe tourist's mode of travel
Some four or five years ago. he said, every
steamship that came Into port during the
hlght of the season we* sura to bring from
fifteen to fifty passenger, of thl* .'as*,
bos lately tourists affect the through
train*, arid with few exception* th only
ones that com* by water are those that
nope to hdve th*lr health benefit.d by a
sea voyage.
It has been definitely ascertained that
J. H. Barrett, who** resignation a* gen
eral superintendent of transportation of
the Houlhern wo* announced sonic time
ago. will go with the Chicago and Alton.
Hl* title will be general superintendent.
A large Inereiiae In salary offered by the i
AKon Induced Mr. Barrett to leave the i
Southern He Is regarded a# one of If J
■ c. '. .1 t ■ c a' • Of ' ' '•• *
entire couirtry.
Circulars containing Ihe organisation of
the Bt. lOMils-lanilsvtli* division of rivi
Southern hava been glveu out M at.
25 Pieces of Novelty Suitings,
worth double, to go at 35c.
Imported Canvas Sailing,
Black. Navy and Brown, was
$1.25; to go at 98c.
Black and Colored Homespun
Suitings, 54 inches wide, war
ranted all woo’., only 59c.
Black Storm Serges,
45 inches, pure wool, 59c.
Black and Navy Storm Serge,
54 inches, worth fl.OO; to-day
only 79c.
."G-i licit Black Diagonal
Cheviot, worth $1.25, only 89c
Saratoga Suitings, in four
leading shades, for to-day, 79c
Utc new l.aminatril comfort., aa k<hml aa
down, for agr cat deal leaa money. The
coldest weather of the aeaaon ta to come
yet. I'repare for It by getting one of ottr
line Blanket...
DANIEL HOGAN,
Corner Broughton and Barnard.
. Isiitte. The principal officers are as fol
' low*.
• leoege C\ Smith, general manager.
11, It Mpencer, assistant general man
ager
W. K Mnriry. superintendent,
M A Zook, engineer maintenance nf
way.
'' P Cooper, accountant
It M Baldridge, master mechanic.
| R A < 'stnphcil, assistant general
freight agent, 111 tawie division.
f-dwurd Fltagcraid, assist ml general
freight agent loulsvtlle division.
R E b. Bunch, assistant general pas
senger agent.
Notice has lawm received „f ihe p.
polmmcnt of A Ramseur to he atiperln
tcn.lent of the Atlantic and Danville di
vision of th* Bout hern Railway Mr.
'• f ol * Iratnmaatsr *t Oreen
#.!!'>. " <• The appointment Uo.mn ef
fec::v; si once.
•IAJ. HI AM AAI) A l fit in* A.
There In the Interests at Mate fate
• Aext Year.
YI*J O, M It vs la was tn Augusta last
1-ri.lar In ths In ter cm, of the Btate Fair
and returnn.) to Bav, n „*h yestenlay
morning. He expressed himself perfsot
ly satisfied with the result* of hla vlaß.
The (Ugusta I’hronb-le has this to aay
editorially, ol MaJ. Rvals and hht trip to
tht rlty:
iL"rl W r. h " ,rd Awvannnh w.ntM
th# Hl il# tmr w# #xr*r#fl<h4 th# luvr**
th.! ah# wtHtlfl ftwt |t W # h||#rMi thTt
It would prove a Popular place fnr .he
kn ' w " Bavannah would
do all that was necessary to make It a
sucres.. People , h . state have
to f.itr* 111 nearly every other etty tn
sorglu, and a-UI look forward with
f7 r m r f#lensure to th.
fair In Bavannah than any other .-Ity
would have -ailed forth. 7
"V® 1 ' ° “i '‘T-ki of Bavannah spent
ye.ter.lay vlsftlng , h . ,egt||e Intewwi of
Augusta, and In meeting some of nqr
leading agrlculturioto. He I. Ini.rwellng
prominent manufacturers ami farmers In
lh Hnvtntwh fair, amt seeking exhibits
lie ,ay* whatever It I, i.cmoary for Ba
lannsh to do lo Insure the compf.te sue.
css* of the fair will be done, and they
mean lo give the beat ffcat* Pair Geor
gian* ever saw Bavannah can count on
ihe friendly Interest and ceopcratlott of
Augusta In her undertaking."
R;VIM) KKTRWttin,
(‘oiler llmr Hern Olira Order* to
l‘leh Them t'|.
Th* egodn# * tramp* from the ehllly
North appear* to -have begun In earnest,
and Savannah will have It* quota of un
welcome vlriiora from now until tha atom
of the * Inter. Th# hoboe* are a great
eounre of annoyance 10 housekeepers. anil j
several complaints wer* lodged at pole* j
hradquurleni yesterday A hunch of tho
trait dertnir mlnatrela appeared on tha
•treeta and began to make a housed*,
houne canra** during the morning hour., j
Most of thoae who have ao far put In
an appearance are burly and rough-look.
In# Indlviiluahi. and It would require •
woman with nome nerve lo refuse to lira
thla imrltrularly rough typo "a blta to
eat."
When the arrival of the tramp# was
made known to Itupt threven last n!*ht.
he burned orders to hta men on the night
relief to pick up every auaplcioua Individ'
uai found on theatreeis. Tha hoboes vra
‘ neat'* to Ida police, however, and seldom
vial: the city after nightfall. Aa * rule,
they remain In their rendeavoua after
dark. an<l no doubt aeveral wide will
have to be made before the peata can ha
diapooed of.
a > ■
roi.it r. nu a *l.ow nioiit.
Irani i Itaraed With Mealing a ‘
U eliding II lug Iruaud.
The rain preventail the police doing very j
much last night, nn<l not many arrcaia J
appeared on ihe poilca blotter at head* I
quartet*. j
Clifford Vlalhewa. colored, waa arreetsd I
by Mounted Patrolman i‘ronlo. and la I
charged with the larceny of a wedding I
ring from J. R. I’hllipa.
Ktetl Kuril ami Isaac Reilly, both col
ored. nr# held fur lighting In a store on
th# Water# road Reilly I# a well-known
colored deacon,and became engaged In lh
Itailcuff over a bill of good#.
Horton Wtggln#. colored. mu#t explvln
lo Judge 11 art ridge In th- morning why
he got drunk am! ae • uulteil hi* wife. j
Katey Wllaon. so ro wl, haa a *lml
'• tl ime
Four wnit# s.vllora, with mimes that
i annul I*** pronoun *cd. were sent In front
the market for being drunk and mining
a disturbance lu the Planters' lloia. on
Barnard street.
19