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10 FACTIONS LINED UP OPrOSIXG FORCES HELD ALL, NIGHT MEETINGS. LITTLE SLEEP FOR LEADERS. SANDWICHES, SPEECHES AM, BKKR KEPT IT EXTHIAIASM. Total Drnatration for Tod.j'. Ordi nary-Tax Callrrlor Election ft.MKI. A l/urgr Vole Ei|tpr,p*l—Rrffl.l rar. Will Remain In Sraalon Durln* Ihr Day to Corrrrt Error*—Resole or the Election Will Probably He Knonn by Ncon. At 6:30 o'clock this morning the man agers and clerks of the special county election for ordinary' and tax collector, will assemble in the office of the County Com miesioners, at the Court House, to take the oath, assume charge of the ballot boxes and receive the lists of voters and their final instructions. At 7:24 o'clock, city time, the windows at the several boxes will be thrown open and the contest, which Is to decide who shall be ordinary and who tax collector of Chatham county, will begin. The con tending forces were gathered together, in more or less unity, all over the northern portion of the city, soon after midnight and when the polls open there will be plenty of men In line, anxious to cast their ballots for their favorites. The usual contests for places at the head of he lines leading to the several boxes are expected. The Morning News estimate of the number of qualified voters missed absolute correctness by seven. The estimate was 6,000; the exact number of registered vot ers now on the lists Is 6,993. The regis trars closed their books at 6 o’clock last night, though until midnight they were getting the lists of voters in shape for the managers. Interest in the election Is at fever heat. All sorts of conjectures are being hazard ed by the politicians, but the prevailing impression seems to be that Screven and Wells have the better 'chance to win. There ore many, however, who declare such an opinion to be the merest vagary, and announce their confidence In the op posite result. The day will tell. The board of registrars will be in ses sion from 10 until 2 o'clock to-day, for the purpose of correcting any errors that may have been made In making up the lists. No one will be permitted to pay taxes and thus qualify, but if he has al ready paid his taxes and registered and through some inadvertence his name has been left off the list, he will be rein stated. The registrars will furnish him with a certificate to this effect, signed by them and countersigned by Registry Clerk Jerome Sullivan, of the office of the tax collector, which the managers will be instructed to honor. A Choice of Ticket*. There will only be three kinds of tickets at the polls so far as Is known. The Me- Alpln people have a ticket with Mr. Wells for tax collector and another with Mr. Thomson’s name on It. The Screven tick et is the same size and there is only one. It is the ticket gotten out by the ad ministration faction, and Mr. Wells is down for tax collector. No tickets with Screven and Thomson have come to light. Senior Sergeant Owen Reilly assumed charge of the police force late yesterday afternoon. He will go to the court house with a squad of men before the polls open and will be on duty all day. Desk Sergeant Henry Baughn will be second in command. Mayor Myers and Sheriff Schwarz met Sergeant Reilly at police headquarters last night and had an under standing. The police will preserve order on the outside and will imslst Sheriff Schwarz and his deputies. The sheriff will be In charge of the election but stated that no special deputies would be sworn in. He will depend upon his present force of men to keep things straight, with the help of the police force. While there the opening and closing of the polls, the the opening an<J. closing of the polls, tne police apprehend no serious trouble. One of the patrol wagons, however, will be kept at the court house during the day. Maj. Screven will be at the polls before they open, but not os superintendent of police. He will have nothing to do with the force until after the ballots have been counted. The opinion was freely expressed yes terday that the administration faction has the better of the deal In the boxes, and the McAlpln people did not appear to be the only ones who felt that way. While the leaders got a little sleep dur ing the night, the ward captains and workers spent their lime In devouring sandwiches and disposing of liquid re freshments. All-night meetings were held In the halls throughout the city and the district clubs will move to the polls be fore daylight. The colored supporters of McAlpln made Labor Hall, at Bryan and AberJorn streets, their headquarters. W. S. Moore was In charge and speeches were made at Intervals during the night and early morning. The Oglethorpe Club, a Weatslde col ored organization, favoring the admln letratlon candidates, put up In Golden’s Hall, In Yamaerew. Tom Golden, the club’s president, was In charge of the men and marched them from the Screv en rally to his place. The other district organizations were in session all night at their meeting places. The saloon men will close their front doors, as is always the case on election days. As far as Is known, however, (the regular morning lunches will he served, and there will be no trouble In getting in the bars. It is generally understood that con siderable money will be spent and It Is believed that the result will be known by , noon. Most of the work will be done Jn the early morning. Campaign buttons, each bearing the photograph of one of the candidates for ordinary and for tax collector are In cir culation. Mr. M. Ed Wilson, who made them, received the photographs late day before yesterday, but rushed work so that the buttons were out yesterday after noon. There Is little doubt that the but tons will be In great demand to-day among the partisans of the several can didates. Many Are Dleqnnllfleil. Many persons will go to the polls to vote this morning ond learn to th-lr amazement that they are disqualified. From all accounts the registrars slashed right and left, and quite a number of per sons who twlleve themselves In good standing will be surprised to learn thut auch Is not the case. Registrar Creamer la familiar with the registration in Chat ham county, and many were disqualified because he knows them to be "ringers " Those Individuals who heve no legal right vote, bnt who think that they ars on (Comiiiusd on Sixth Page.* SAW THREE CENTURIES. Mr*. Ellen llrigger* Died at the Age of ton Tear*. Mrs. Ellen Driggers died night before last at the home of her son, Mr. John Driggers, No. 634 Walker street, at the advanced age of 108 years. Despite her extreme age she enjoyed very good health and was able to be about and take care of herself until about a year ago, when, her health failing her, she came to Savannah to live with her son. Mrs. Driggers enjoyed the rare privi lege of having lived in three centuries; she was born In South Carolina the latter part of the eighteenth, lived through the nineteenth, the greater part of which she spent in Chatham county, and saw the first few months of the twentieth. As Nellie Gill, an orphan child of ten der years, she came to Savannah In the early part of the Nineteenth century, and entered an orphan asylum. She was mar ried to John Driggers when she was 22 years old, and with him went to Bulloch county, but afterward returned to Chat ham and lived In the Ogeechee district until she came to Savannah a year ago She was the mother of ten children, three of whom are living, and of these one already has reached the allotted span of years, while the other has exceeded it by 10 years. The children are Mr. Jor dan Driggers, aged 80; Mrs. Elizabeth Wise, aged 70; and Mr. John Driggers of this city, aged 52, Mrs. Driggers lived to see not only great-grandchildren, but great-great-grandchildren as well. • Mrs. Driggers was a member of the Baptist Church. Her Infirmities conse quent upon her great age, prevented her attending services after she came to Sa vannah, but she was frequently visited by members of the First Baptist Church. She actually died of old age. She fell asleep Sunday afternoon and never woke up again, but passed away quietly Wed nesday night at 8:30 o’clock. The remains were taken yesterday morning to Antioch Church, on the Pine Barren road, about ten miles from Savannah, where the fun eral took place yesterday afternoon. FtAERAL OF MIMS EGAN. Service* nt 4 O'clock Thl* Afternoon Front the Cnthdernl. Many expressions of sympathy for the family of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Egan in the death of their eldest daughter, Miss Helen M. Egan, were received yesterday. From the cities in the West, where the Egans formerly resided, many condolences were sent, and the family found their newer friends in Savannah no less sympa thetic because of the bereavement that had visited them. From a number of friends In Marquette, St. Paul and Chicago, orders for flowers were wired. Instructions were given for elaborate designs. In these tributes of admiration, esteem and affection will be conveyed an expression of the deep re gret that has been kindled by Miss Egan's death. Two members of the family were away at the time of Miss Egan's death. They were Messrs. John M., Jr., and Lewis Egan, her brothers, who were engag'd with a surveying party in running lines for a railway extension. News of the critical illness of their sister did not reach them in time lo admit of their ar rival before the end. They reached the city this morning. The funeral will he held this afternoon, the service beipg at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, and the interment in the Cathedral Cemetery. The remains will be placed in the vaults of Capt. John R. Dillon, whence they may be removed to St. Paul, Minn. The funeral party will leave the residence at Gwinnett and Lin coln streets at 3:30 o’clock, and the ser vices at the Cathedral will be held at 4. The following gentlemen will act as pall bearers: Messrs. Henry Bruen; George Freeman, C. H. Banks, John 'Morris, A. P. Wright and Douglass. WAITING ON l CESNOLA. Ill* Judgment I* Wanted In the Mut ter of Plate and Hutton*. No word has yet come from Col. Asa Bird Gardiner about the coffin plate and buttons that he carried to New York with him after finding the bodies of Gen. Nathanael Green® and his son, George Washington Greene. The Savannah mem bers of the committee have been expect ing to hear from the colonel, and they think It cannot now be long before some word is received. Interest centers In the Judgment of the coffin plate and buttons that may be given by Gen. Di Cesnola, director of the Metropolitan Museum, whose expert opinion was desired by Col. Gardiner. The latter was absolutely certain In hts own mind that the search had proven successful, and that the remains settled upon as those of Gen. Greene and his son, were without question, those for which the committee looked, but he want ed the confirmation of Gen. Dt Cesnola to "make assurance doubly sure." Col. Gardiner promised to let the Savann ahlans know as soon as Gen. Di Ces nola's Judgment was secured. FUNERAL OF MRS. Jt I>IJ. The Interment In Laurel Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Margaret Judd was burled yester day afternoon in Laurel Grove Cemetery. The funeral took place at her late home, No. 202 Thirty-ninth street, west, and was attended by a large number of friends. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. A. Smith of the Epworth Church. Mrs. Judd was about 75 years old. She was born In County Berry, Ireland, but with a brother, Mr. John Houston, came to this country while still very young, and has since made Savannah her home. She was In excellent health until about two years ago, since which time she has been falling, but her last Illness was only of ten days’ duration. Of Immediate rel atives. Mrs. Judd leaves a brother, Mr. John 'Houston, of Perry, and a daughter, Mrs. W. E. Shivers, of this city. The pall-bearers were Messrs. W. A. Cummings, J. L. Christian, W. H. Flfer, J. N. MlcGUlls, F. C. Stone and C. P. Miller. TO DECIDE UPON A KITE. State Fair Committee Will Meet This Afternoon. The committee from the Board of Di rectors of the Suvannuh Fair Association that is to make the selection of a site for the State Fair to be held next fall will meet this afternoon at t o'clock. Proposals of sites will then be consid ered. It Is possible that some of those making propositions will appear before the committee to urge the claims of their respective tracts. Only two sites have thus far been for mally offered, but Mr. J, W. Jackson, chairman of the committee, has been ap proached by three or four property own ers who believe they may bo able to mske advantageous offers to the commit tee Iwfore the meeting The tracts for mally offered are (he Ten Brock race course and Uie Thunderbolt Driving r-rk, THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1001, A FACTIONAL FIGHT. OPEN BALI.OTS THE SI-OGAN AT SCREVEN'S RALLY. AN ADMINISTRATION TURN OUT. DISTRICT CLIBS CROWDED THE HALL AND STAGE. Enthnalnstio Gathering at Masonic Hall—W. W. Osborne. Robert L. Voiding. F. McD. Oliver, W. H. Wade, Shelby Myrlck, Hr, I- A. inlllgniit and Col. A. It. Unloi the Speaker*—Mr. Osborne Got Into the Game Reranae It I* a Fartionul Fight—A* I sual Will Vote Open Haflot nnd Would Sot Fold It for 1)1100 —Col. I,nit ton laroked nt Situa tion In a Different W'ny—Speaker Indorsed Screven nnd Well*. The Screven-Wells rally at Masonic Hall last night was by far the most rep resentative, most enthusiastic and largest gathering of the ordinary-tax collector campaign. At 8 o'clock the hall was comfortably filled and nothing had been heard from the Southside. Half an hour later people were turned away. When Chairman Wade saw the condition of af fairs he had the crowd move close to the stage, and those on the front row were at the very feet of the speakers. The ehairs were shoved so close together that they touched and the rear half of the hall was quickly filled with those w r ho did not mind standing. The people kept coming ,and the stage and gallery were crowded to their capacity. Many made up the district olubs and were dis tinguishable by their badges. Tom Gol den and his Oglethorpe Club had torches and transparencies, but only a few of the colored voters from the Westslde were able to get inside. If there was ever any doubt that the eontfcst is a factional fight It vanished last night. Mr. W. W. Osborne stated most positively In his speech that the light was ttfnt 1 of factions, and by the applause that followed this declaration the truth of the statement could not be questioned. In calling the meeting to order, Chair man Wade said the majority of the faces tiiat he saw before him had been accus tomed to political victories and those in the minority at the meeting would be in troduced to it to-day. He declared that the independent and intelligent vote will be proud of sudh a victory. The greatest danger, said Mr. Wade, is over-confidence, and on the eve of the fight he predicts a majority of from 800 to 1.000 votes for Screven and Wells. He said that the op position had argued that Maj. Screven is not a lawyer, but in answer he would point to the glorious record of the late lamented Hampton L. Ferrill, who had never been a lawyer. Dr. L. A. Falllgant was tlhe first speak er. He read stateme.nts made by him in n political speech five years ago. He said that it had been several years since he had made a political speech, but he de sired to Indorse Maj. Screven and Mr. Wells. Someone in the audience asked Dr. Falllgant why he didn’t talk louder. "Because I am not made of the same material as an ass," said the speaker. Dr. Falllgant said there was a crowd that would shout lustily “ . the Irish.” A little while later it was 1 the cracker." Some time afterward ‘ the Jew,’ and last of all ‘ the poor nig ger.' He had heard these expressions of ten in the past few years and when he lead certain statements recently he knew it was the same old crowd and decided that he would step forward and say something. He said that whan these peo ple who have been crying in this manner for years shouted "Garfunkle," they meant the Jew. Mr. Robert I* Colding began his speech with the double admonition that he must be brief. The chairman had told him that it was necessary, and a joke had been sprung on him in the theater recently. In which It was charged that he had spoken so long and loud In the Court House that Tomochlchl had awakened from his slum bers under the boulder In Court House Square. There is but one logical con clusion, he said, and that la the best men will he victorious. If that Is true, Screven and Wells will be elected. The opposition has been trying, he said, to raise an Issue without suocess. It has sought to graft on the office of ordinary something that the law does not proscribe—that the in cumbent shall be a lawyer. These people consider themselves wiser than the law makers of the state of Georgia. Mr. Cold ing said it had been claimed if MaJ. Screven was successful', Charles Garfun kM would be made superintendent of po lice. He WHS proud to say that Mr. Gar funkle is his warm personal friend. As an alderman he would help to elect anew superintendent of police and neither Mr. Garfunkle or any of his friends had ap proached him on the subject. Mr. Cold ing said that not one in every five ordi naries in the state lea lawyer. He knew that the gentleman who holds that Impor tant office In Fulton county has never been a member of the bar. With Mr. Kellbach as his clerk MaJ. Screven could run the office of ordinary far more successfully he said than Clapt. McAlpln with Mr. Ed. Whelan as his olenk. Mr. Colding added that Mr. Wells la not the rich man that he Is credited with being and while not a pauper he needs the office or he would not be In the race. It Is a mistaken Im pression that he baa nothing to do but clip coupons. Mr. Osborne was the next speaker, and It required several minutes to restore or der when he appeared on the stage. Some one In the crowd shouted "Give 'em , Billy.” “We will do that to-morrow," was the reply. Mr. Osborne said that his friend, Gor don Saussy, had made a fatal mistake when he Insisted on making the contest a factional light. This remark had caus ed a few hundred In the opposition to get together and the thousands with the ad ministration to take up the cudgel. The foolish remark of his young friend, he said, was responsible for several hundred people being turned away from the meet ing. Mr. Osborne said that when Mr. Saussy announced that It was a party fight It let him in. He Is a party man. he said, and has never voted for "the other side,” and never will. He dldr’t know that the office of ordinary belongs to a lawyer and reminded the crowd that Judge Ferrlll was not a lawyer, and that there had not been a lawyer ordinary In this county for certainly thirty years. Mr. Osborne said he knew many of the ordinaries In the state and not one of his acquaintance Is a lawyer. All that Is wanted, he said, Is on honest man with good judgment. The speaker aald that as long as his faction has two candi dates In the field and Is reaching out for office the crowd might Just as well run both men Into office. '"The county will be very lucky to get a man like Wells In the office of tax collector, you will get a fair show with him, and that Is all that we ask." said Mr. Osborne He didn’t mesn to say that Mr. Thomson would not give a fair show, but It Is a factional fight and the party candidate must go (Continued on BUtli Page.) DISCUSSED THE CONGRESS. Urgent Reported to the Two Chap ter* of the D. A. R. The regular meeting of the Savannah Chapter of the Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution was held yesterday after noon at the residence of the regent, Mrs. Edward Karow, on Gwinnett street, east. The new chapter, the Lachlan Mclntosh, also attended the meeting, having been invited by the Savannah chapter. of the meeting was the report of the regent upon the Continental Con gress held recently in Washington. Mrs. Karow said she thought the congress too cumbersome a deliberative and legislative body because of its great number of chap ter representatives. She would favor some plan for allowing representation by states, each state having a number of delegates commensurate with its member ship. Interest was shown in the report and description of the congress given by the regent. Numerous questions were ad dressed to Mrs. Karow, the Daughters wanting to know just how much to be lieve and how much to set aside of the newspaper reports they had read. “Is it true,” asked one Daughter, “that Mrs. Manning chewed gum while presid ing over the congress?” "I fancy,” replied Mrs. Karow, "that Mrs. Manning found It .ao joke to preside for a week over the deliberations and ex citing scenes of that congress, and It is probable that she found need for lozenges. They may have been mistaken for chew ing gum." "Oh, Mrs. Karow," exclaimed another Daughter, "surely it was not true .that Mr. Smith, the Parliamentarian, became so mixed up in an argument in which the Daughters engaged that he appeared at the session the next day with his head bandaged and his arm in a sling." For the relief of the anxiety of this Daughter, Mrs. Karow explained that the newspapers had inaulged in some little fun at the expense of the Congress, find ing the scenes that were enacted admit ted of light, as well as serious, treat ment. An excellent paper on LaFayette’s visit to Savannah was read by Mrs. Burney. She contributed greatly to the enjoyment of the afternoon, and the Daughters con gratulated her upon her excellent paper. As it was a LaFayette afternoon, sev eral of the Daughters had taken to the meeting mementoes of the General’.? visit. Mrs. G. H. Remshart exhibited a badge that her grandmother had worn upon the occasion of the ball given in honor of LaFayette, and Mrs. C. S. Con nerat showed a picture of the coach in which he had ridden. After the programme was concluded, refreshments were enjoyed by those pres ent. RIVALRY IN SEWER LAYING. One Gang of Thirty Men Pat Dr- a 660 Feet in 8 Honrs. The rapidity with which the sanitary drains are being laid has been remarked by all who have given the work any at tention. There have been delays on some streets, notably Gaston street, due to the nature of the soil and the deep excava tions, but otherwise the work has been rapid. There is considerable rivalry among sev eral gangs of workmen m laying pipes, but the work of Mr. E. L Guest’s gang on Wednesday broke the record. Start ing at Montgomery street and Thirty seventh street in the morning, the exca vations were made and pipe was laid through Thirty-seventh street to Howard, through that street to Thirty-sixth, a dis tance of 960 feet, by dark. There were thirty men in Mr. Guest's gang, and the working time, allowing for two hours lost in putting an iron pipe through the Jef ferson street sewer, was eight hours. The pipe was eight inches in diameter, with goose-necks evefiy sixteen feet and “lamp holes” every sixty feet. The average day’s work is about 300 feet. Of course, there were few obstructions in the streets, and comparatively light digging, but it was, nevertheless, a fine day’s work. NO YVOIID FROM CARNEGIE. Mayor lift* Not Yet Received a Reply From the Steel King. No reply to the letter headdressed toMr. Andrew Carnegie relative to the establish ment of a free library in Savannah has yet been received by Mayor Myers. The Mayor had heard nothing from Mr. Car negie at late hour last night, but it Is presumed that an answer from the phil anthropist multi-millionaire will be re ceived soon. A letter, ordinarily, should have been received yesterday, as that from the Mayor to Mr, Carnegie was mailed last Saturday night. Unless some delay in the mails affected the Mayor's letter or Mr. Carnegie’s reply, word from the phil anthropist should have been received. The dispatches in the Morning News yesterday that gave accounts of further munificent gifts of Mr. Carnegie were read with especial interest by Savannah lans because of his understood offer for the establishment of a library here. A sense of the generosity of the Steel King has been contributed by his reported fav orable consideration of the request for his aid for Savannah. DROUGHT “POSSUM" BACK. Negro Spotter Wanted In Brooks Osse Arrested in (Yiarleaton. Chief Deputy Sweeney arrived from Charleston yesterday morning with James Days, alias Possum, a local negro spot ter Days is a material witness in the case against Henry Brooks, charged with the murder of Patrolman Harry Fender. The spotter was one of the first men to take hold of Brooks, after the wounded officer was found, and he was a -witness before the coroner's Jury. At that time it was believed that the negro had not told all that he knew about the homicide. In the morning Possum had stated to a representative of the Morning News that he saw Brooks fire the fatal shot, but at the Inquest he denied that he had ever made any such statement. Days Is held In the opunty jail until the case against Brooks Is heard. PILOT*' NAVIGATION COMPANY. Annual Meeting and Election of Dir ectors and Officers. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Pilots’ Navigation Company was held yesterday after noon at the pilots’ office. The following directors were elected: W. F. McCauley, W. H. Fleetwood, M. P. Uslna, W. J. Thompson, A. F. Marmelstein, William T. Daniels, A. Aranhura. At a meeting of the directors, held subsequently, W. F. McCauley was elected president, W. If. Fleetwood vice president, M. P, Uslna secretary and treasurer. FRIDAY AND RATI RD.AY, Twenty-Five Pnnnd Nugwr Can to br Glvrn Iwaf. Just received. 500 26-pound sugar cans, to be given away, free, Friday and Satur day to all purchasers of one pound of A. A P. baking powder, 46c Every pound guaranteed absolutely pure, or money re funded The Orest Atlsnttc and Pacific Tea Company, p*> Broughton street, west; telephones *l*. H. T. Wilson, manager, —ad GRAND JURY KICKS CALLS ATTENTION TO nt'KCTIVK URAimGE OP MINIS SWAMP. PROMPT ATTENTION NEEDED. COUNTY OOMMISSIOVBKS l HOBO TO HAVE LATEHALS CLEANED. DralnaKr Committee of Uraml Jury Adtlrcaieil County ComuiUMloners on Snbjcct—Hatter Hrferred to . DriilnaKt Committee of Hoard, With I’aurr to Act—\red of Exten. *iou of (iwlnnett Street to Telfuir Hoad to lie Invewtluuted by tOni nilttee on Itoada and HridKea—Hud- BT<*t Committee t'onalata of Commits* alonera I.nthrop, Paulsen anti Moore. The March meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was held at the Court House yesterday. The board re ceived and referred to the Committee on Drainage a communication from a com mittee of the present grand Jury, calling attention to the bad sanitary condition of Minis swap. The grand Jury committee has sounded a note of warning, to which the Commis sioners wllll doubtless give prompt heed, should the conditions, as they are de scribed, be found to exist. The commu nication read at the meeting was ad dressed to Chairman J. J. Dale and is as follows: “The committee on drainage, selected from the grand jury at the March term, desires to call your attention to the drainage of Minis swamp, into the Mims swamp canal and Musgrove creek. “Taking as the starting point the cross ing of Gwinnett street by Musgrove creek and traversing the bank to the intersec tion of the Minis swamp canal, we find the drainage about complete. From the intersection of Musgrove creek, travers ing the Minis swamp canal to the Ogee chee road on the northeast bank and then down the southwest bank, is also well drained. “The first lateral ditch after leaving the Ogeechee road was traversed on foot and found to be in bad condition for go.xl drainage. The second lateral ditch was also traversed with the Minis swamp canal, someone and one-half or two miles through the swamp.’ This lateral ditch was found to be in very bad condition, choked with fallen brush and trees and undergrowth, clearly indicating that no work had been done upon the ditch for a number of years, and the natural con sequence being that after a heavy rain the whole swamp is covered with water some eighteen inches or two feet deep. "It would seem that this work ought to be done at once. No time ought to be lost for the reason that the warm season will soon be upon us and the good that could be accomplished if -the work was done would be entirely lost if longer delayed. The committee hopes that the County Commissioners will at once put a force at work and clear this lateral ditch, from its intersection with the Minis swamp canal, say one and one-half or two miles westward. “Our purpose in writing this communi cation to you at this early date is in order to overcome any delay that would neces sarily follow if we were to wait until the grand jury made its final presentments to the court, for this would not be done, in all probability, before the first of June.” The communication is signed by James R. Sheldon, chairman, and D. Y. Dancy, A. G. Guerard, John Derst and George W. Lamar. The matter Was referred, on motion of Commissioner Vetsburg, to the committee on drainage. Tile Commissioners had also before them petitions of various property own ers and others at interest for the exten sion of Gwinnett street to the Telfair road. The petitioners represent that the need for a road traversing the section of the county west and southwest of the city is pressing, and show that to accom plish this purpose Gwinnett street had ad vantages that pertain to no other high way. It Is already extended and paved as far west as Stiles avenue, at the city waterworks, and the petitioners say but a small amount of time and money would be necessary to open It the rest of the way to the Telfair road and pave it with chert or gravel. "There are but three tracts of land,” says one of the petitions filed and read, "intervening between the extension of Gwinnett street to an Intersection of the Telfair road. There is already an open road to a point beyond Stile avenue and the old powder magazine, the road on the north of Capt. Henry Blun’s land, which may prove fo be of sufficient width. In this event the right-of-way need only be acquired through two tracts of land and the undersigned, representing these two tracts, respectfully tender to the county the laud necesary to build such a road; the only condition being that the propel* ditches shall be constructed and main tained In connection with said road, as will properly drain adjacent portions of the tracts, as well as the road itself. The road shall be graded and surfaced with Augusta gravel or such good material as may seem best to the commissioners. The natural drainage of the land shall not be obstructed and such drain pipes as are necessary shall be put under the road to carry off the water.” The petitions for the extension of Gwinnett street were referred to the Committee on Roads and Bridges, with Instructions to investigate the necessity of the desired Improvement and report back to the board. The board received an offer from the Union Station Company to change the grade of the Ogeechee road, at the point where It will be crossed by the station company’s projected tracks. The letter from President Mackall, of the com pany, called attention to the fact that such a crossing, were it a grade cross ing, would be dangerous. The offer was to change the grade and run the road above the tracks. The offer was virtual ly accepted, the communication being re ferred to the Committee on Roads and Bridges with power to act, the only re striction upon this power being that the change in grade shall be made, under the direction of the committee, to com ply with Its Ideas os to safety. The commissioners accepted for them selves and their office force and for the county attorney, an invitation to attend a barbecue, to be given by the people of Pooler. The Invitation sold that the peo ple of that thriving little place wanted an opportunity to show the commission ers their efforts to improve the section of the county in which Pooler Is located were appreciated. The Invitation was ac cepted with thanks and Chairman Dale was appointed a committee to make ar rangements with the Poolerites as to' time. Petitions from Dr. A. B. Simmons, Dr. John W. Daniel and Dr. Ralston Latti more, proprietors of the Park View Sani tarium, and from the Savannah King's Daughters Union, managers of the Day Nursery, asking for financial assistance from the county, were received as Infor mation. No provision Is made In the present budget for responding to such request, hut both will be considered.proh ably, In making up the budget for next year. The work being done by tike Day Nursery received the special commenda tion of Chairman Dale Kills of the Board of Education, ■ mounting to ftO.OUO, wsra passed for juy ruent. Tha commissioners received as to formation the estimate of expenditures made by the Board of Education for 1902, which has been published in full In the Morning News. Contracts for supplies were awarded by the commissioners as follows: Groceries, J. E. Grady & Sons; wood, Brown Bros.; coal, Herman Coal and Wood Company; oats and hay, W. D. Simklns & Cos.; bread, Fred Schwarz; meat, M. S'. Gardner; shoes. Globe Shoe Company. The budget committee for the year was appointed by the chairman and consists of Commissioner!? Lathrop, Paulsen and Moore. A meeting will be held within the next week or two to begin the work of es timating the county expenditures. Campbell Found No-t Guilty* Edward Campbell, tried in the Superior Court for robbery, was acquitted, Camp bell was alleged to have held up Peter Small and relieved him of $2. The ques tion of identity of the assailant remained a question after the evidence was in, and the Jury gave the defendant the benefit of this doubt and presented him with his liberty. Von Can Take Wings, at Adler'*. But you need not soar aloft into the heavens, for these wings are mostly used on the under brims of hats where they flare up, and can show the whole wing. And the flare at the front and side gives ample scope for. the display of whole wings. It is argued by some that all angels should have ample scope for the use as well as for the display of wings; hut these wings shown at Adler’s millin ery opening are for display only. But as a feather ornamentation they are superb. Anyhow, Join the crowd t and drop into Adler's and be pleased.—ad. All Skin Dinciihcn Cured By a wonderful ointment called Tetlerine. “It is the only thing that gives me relief,” writes Mrs. M. E. Latimer, Biloxi, Miss. She had an itchy breaking out on her skin. It cures letter, salt rheum, and all other skin troubles. 60c per box at your druggist, or send the amount in stamps to J. T. Shuplrine, Savannah, Ga.—ad "tfoeen of Sen Route*,*’ Savannah to Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, is via Merchants & Miners' Transportation Co's, elegant steamers. Accommodations and cuisine unsurpassed. Tickets, in cluding meals and stateroom on steam ers at fares much less than via rail. No dust; no cinders, and opportunity of en joying tljp bracing salt sea air. Invig orating and beneficial. Travel via Queen of Sea Routes and enjoy your trip North. J. J. Carolan, Agent. Uptown office, 112 Bull street, Savannah, Ga.—ad. Joy Depleted nt Adler'* Millinery Opening, It was apparent even to a blind man, if his aural appendages were in good working order, that delight was on the faces and jo-y in the eyes of that crowd of femininity that surged around those hats at Adler’s opening yesterday. And that Cfiey enjoyed themselves there can be no doubt; and that they will go again, goes without the saying. For where can one get as much pleasure at so little cost as by a visit to the millinery opening at Adler’s.—ad. Tickled to Death Two-Step. For a copy of the famous Three Coon, Rag Time, Two-Step, entitled "Tickled to Death," send ten cents in postage or currency to B. W. Wrenn, passenger traffic manager, Savannah, Ga.—ad. A Plant System mileage book will car ry you from Port Tampa to Washing ton and Charleston to Montgomery. Good all over the state of Florida. Twelve trains a day from Savannah to points South, North, East and West.—ad. For Over Fifty Years. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup has been used foe children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. Twenty-five cents a bottle, —ad. At Estill's News Depot, No. 45 Bull street, Savannah Morning News and ail the other leading dallies, with a large and varied stock of standard books and light literature, monthlies and weeklies, and a full line of stationery, and everything else usually found in a first-class news depot —ad. The Geranium at Adler's. Already the geranium vogue has shown itself a strong candidate for first place in the affections of the leaders of fash ion in this city. They have unqualifiedly indorsed some beautiful specimens of pattern hats which Adler has brought from Paris, and which are of geranium celored straw and have geraniums as trimmings, or else popples and other flow ers in these colors. Those shown at Ad ler's are certainly captivating In their rich beauty.—ad. Travelers of all kinds can save money by calling at the Plant System ticket of fice, De Soto Hotel. Mileage books, good In six states, sold at *25 each, 2t4 cents per mile. Good all over the state of Florida.-ad. New York and Florida Express, via Southern Railway. Leaves Savannah daily at 1:55 p. m.. Savannah time, for Columbia, Charlotte,' Danville, Norfolk, Richmond, Lynchburg. Charlottesville, Washington, Baltimore] Philadelphia. New York and Boston! Pullman drawing-room, sleeper and diner Office HI Bull street; ‘phones 850.—ad. A Plant System mileage book covrrs more territory than any ticket told They are good from Port Tampa to Wash ington. On sale at De Soto Hotel ticket office. *23 each.—ad. The New Vorlt and Florida Limited, Tin Southern Railway. Leaves Savannah dally, except Sunday, at 6:30 p. m.. Savannah time, for Augus ta, Columbia, Charlotte, Danville, Lyncn burg, Charlottesville, Washington, Balti more. Philadelphia and New York. Equip ment: Pullman's moet luxurious compart ment, observation, drawing-room, sleep ing cars and diner. Office Hi Bull street; 'phones 830.—ad. Plant System 1,000 mile books are good in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Car olina. South Carolina, Virginia and Wash ington, D. C. Price, 125 each. For vala at ticket offices, De Soto Hotel and depot Telephone 73—ad. Tickled to Death Two-Step. For a copy of the famous Three Coon. Rag Time, Two-Step, entitled "Tickled to Death,” send ten cents In postage or currency to B. W. Wrenn, passenger traffic manager. Savannah, Ga. ad. Visit Camden and Monthern l*lnea. Go Hast via the Seaboard Air Line Rail way and stop over at Camden. Plnehurst and Southern Pines. Double dally through trains. For Information, tickets etc., phone 28. or call at ticket office, Buli and Bryan streets.—ad. Florida and Metropolitan Limited. Via the Seaboard Air Line Railway dally vestibule train to Richmond. Wash ington and New York. Compartment car#, dining cars and thoroughfare coaches Call at ticket office, Bull and Bryan • UccU. I'holla ft.-ad. Election Day Will Not Be in It with otf r SALE TO-MORROW Just look at this — One-quart Water Bottles Only 10c each, HANDSOME BOTTLES, TOO. 1 —ON SALE— , Saturday Morning. GEO. W. ALLEN & CO. BARNARD AND STATE STS. DESOTO HOTEL. Flnt-elu. .ccmamod.Uml, roe ut guests, Among -the improvements the past summer 60 new bathrooms were add ed. Tourists find Savannah the most in teresting city in the South. An ideal winter resort. Special rates for families remaining week or more. Tourists stop, ping at the De Soto mr\y become asso ciate members of the Savannah Golf Club. The St Janies is the leading hotel in Jacksonville; iij location the best in the city, facing the St. James Park, and having a southern exposure, its piazzas are always attrae. live, while the interior appointments are those belonging to a really first-claw hotel. Music morning and evening. J. R. CAMPBELL, Manager, Jacksonville, Fla. ONLY SI.OO, sSliji’ •A complete set of Shoemaker’s Tool*-, wanted in every family. We have It. M. WILENSKY, 118 Brougton street, west. We manufacture any kind ot shoe up pers wanted and handle everything iq leather and findings. Send for price list. For Prompt Service, and the BEST COAL Send Your Order to . Herman Coal & Wood Go, PHONE 566, GEORGIA or BELL. Sole Agents for the Celebrated Montevallo Lump Soft Coal. Brennan Bros. -WHOLESALE- Fruit, Produce, Grain, etc., 122 BAY STREET, WEST. Telephone 888. Bone Meal For Chicken Feed and Fertilizer. NITRATE OF SODA Invaluable for "home-mixed'' fertilizer, The cheapest and most concentrated od the market. Send for particulars. HAY, GRAIN, COW FEED, BRAN, Etc. SEED OATS AND RYE. T. J. DAVIS, Phone 223. 118 Bay street, west. J. D. Weed & Cos. Roofing Tin, Rubber and Leather Belting, Railroad Spikes, Bar Iron, etc- JOHN G. BUTLER, —DEALERS IN— Paints, Oils and Glass, Sash, Doom Blinds and Builders’ Supplies, Plain and Decorative Wall Paper, Foreign and Do* mestic Cements, Lime, Plaster and Hair. Sole Agent for Abestine Cold Water Paint 20 Congress street, west, and 19 St. Julian street, west. Roasted Coffee FOR SALE BY C. M. GILBERT & CO. IMPORTERS AND ROASTERS AMUSEMENTS. PHIL AND NETTIE Peters Comedy Company. AT POPULAR PRICER. Matinee to-day 2:30 p. m.— "FINNIGAiN'B LUCK." TO-nlght—"A DASHING WIDOW.” IF YOU WANT aOOD MATERIA*' and work, ordsr your lithographed printed stationery arid blank bocks lrom Homing NfWk, Bavarian b, On*