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sTi PIERRE HAD WARNING.
aZI \G DISREGARD OF PELBB'S
** rising wrath.
act* From “lei Colonies, ’ the
£ *!.le Hemainingr Record of the City.
r llls >ewspai<er's Efforts to Be
ljt,le the Fears of the People—lts
prophetic Inquiry as to the City’s
p a „._A Miserable Jest About the
Voles ao’s Activity—Excursions to
(Taiei^—The Record of the Last
pays ol the City.
pom the New York Evening Post.
, ort de France, May 22.—The story
. the annihilation of the city of St.
° e is incomplete without one amaz
chapter. This chapter, one of sad
dfft prophecy, is taken from the sole
remaining record of this city of twen
ty.six thousand souls; its newspapers.
in d the keynote of the chapter is
struck In this paragraph printed on
May 6, t" r o days before the catastro
phe in Les Colonies, the Republican
organ of Martinique:
“What has to-morrow in store for
u g? A flow of lava, a rain of stones,
jets of asphyxiating gas? What sub
merging cataclysm? Or shall we have
simply an inundation of mud? There
is a secret, and when it shall be known
many men will not be able to keep it.”
This paragraph was written In com
ment upon the destruction of the Guer
in sugar factory the day before at
Riviere Blanche (in the northern part
of the city), where several hundred per
sons, including Eugene Guerin, the son
of the proprietor, were killed. For
many days before this time Les Colo
nies had chronicled the ominous do
ings of Mont Pelee, and, in the main,
scorned them, even going as far as to
call "mad fools" those who fled from
the outlying districts to St. Pierre for
safety.
Almost at the very last, to the 7th
of May, when this newspaper an
nounced: "The Feast of the Ascension
will be celebrated to-morrow. As our
printing office will be closed, our next
number will appear on Friday,” it
sought in every way to allay the ris
ing fears of the people. It proclaimed
the safety of St. Pierre In nearly every
issue, and in the last number that
ever went to press is rounded off its
news of the flight of many to Fonds-
Saint-Denis, Morne d’Orange, Carbets
and other supposedly sheltered towns,
with vehement protestations of its in
ability to understand the panic, the
'foolish mistake.”
St. Pierre had ample warning of the
catastrophe in which it was over
whelmed, but the newspapers refused
to add voice to the cry, and Les Col
onies was so steadfast in this that
It printed an ill-timed jest about Mt.
Pelee snoring in its sound sleep. As
far back as April 25 the people knew
of the ominous condition of affairs at
the crater. On that day Julien Ro
main, a guide of Morne Pavilion, went
to the crater and found it a caldron
filled with a boiling black mass which
rose and fell as he watched it. Its sur
face “puffing” and liberating jets of
white vapor.
But the people of St. Pierre, to whom
Mt. Pelee was a volcano fifty years
ago. saw no warning In the tale of
the guide. What did they see in it?
The opportunity for a day’s outing; an
excursion, and forthwith jaunting par
ties were formed to climb the .moun
tain and view the remarkable things
which were going on above. It was
no time for fear, they said among
themselves; Romain was a romancer,
as his name implied; he had got in
the log which frequently shrouds Mt.
Pelee’s hoary head and his imagina T
tion had done # the rest. They were not
to be frightened, not they, no one
vouched for Romain’s veracity. And
later, when there was corroboration
of Romain’s story and the people knew
that Mt. Pelee was in a state of un
rest. they ceased ridiculing the story
only to ridicule the danger. This was
under the influence of Les Colonies,
which was giving its columns day aft
er day to a dreadfully unfortunate dis
crediting of the peril.
On May 2, six days before the de
struction of the city, Les Colonies
printed this in the column called
"Echoes;”
“Toward Mt. Pelee!—We call to mind
that next Sunday, the 4th of May, the
grand excursion to Mt. Pelee, organ
ized by the members of La Societe
Gymnastique et de Tlr, will taTce place.
Those who never have enjoyed the
panorama offered to the eye of the
astonished spectator at a hight of 1,300
meters; those who desire to see, close
at hand, the still yawning hole from
which, in the last few days, thick
clouds of smoke have escaped, much
to the consternation of the inhabitants
of Precheur and Ste. Phllomene, should
profit by this fine opportunity. They
should hasten to register their name at
the headquarters of the society in the
Rue Longchamps, this evening, at the
latest.
“The meeting of the excursionists
W !H be at the Marche de Fort at 3:15
'’flock in the morning and the depart
ure for Mt. Pelee will be at 3:30 o'clock
I sharp. The excursion will go to Ri
'iere Blanche and thence to .Isnard,
where guides will be found waiting.
Those who do not care to trouble
themselves about food should pay an
assessment of three francs. They will
not regret being relieved of the trou
ble of procuring food. According to
the lists at our command, the com
pany will be a large one.
“If, therefore, the weather be fine,
the excursionists will pass a day which
they will long keep in pleasant re
membrance.
It is understood that on the day
ef the excursion there will be no tar
get practice at the Botanical Garden."
This is the spirit In which the people
°f St. Pierre went onward to their de
struction. There can be no doubt that
there were forebodings in many
minds because superstition prevailed
among a majority of the dwell
there, the blacks, but those
?* influence among the French did not
No ve and, actually, were not afraid.
The excursionists, according to the
account printed in the newspaper on
•he following day (May 5), came home
‘mm Mont Pelee in disorder. The
mountain gave them ample return for
'he two or three francs they had paid
to see it. While the large party was
makmg ready to return to St. Pierre,
Wont Pelee awoke. A short time be
’°ce dark what appeared to be flames
ami smoke appeared upon the crest of
’he mountain and down Its sides long
leathery drifts of steam were discero
'J- The excursion party hastened
"orneward, but was overtaken by a
am of "flinty-substance," and it be
ame difficult f or the picknickers to
eep together. It was believed, how-
n 'et'. that all reached home In safety.
[ bribing the events of the afternoun,
s Colonies quoted one of the excur
s|on|sts as follows:
• diking through the cinders which
(lowered down upon us from Mont
gives one the Impression of walk
er. “*Dgbtfully through American
I'nfortunately. this dust rose
■ great whirlwinds with the least
‘ 'ce Bn( ] W )th the passage of car
• g-e In order to nvoid suffocation
' i* necessary for us to tie hnndker
fs about our faces. We found
l ’ '* and flowers covered with this
kC'V dust.
' tii* countryside desolation, arid
, n% great silence prevail. Under
Uehes little asphyxia ted birds
be found In the meadows the
‘7 1 * r * restless, and they mart and
tiow despairingly '*
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beyond the shadow of a doubt, but
their sympathies were not for them
selves.
In token of this, here is what ap
peared in Les Colonies of May 7, the
last day of publication:
“The state of mind of the unfortu
nate people of Precheur (five miles
north of St. Pierre) is deplorable. The
feelings of the people are at a low ebb
and the Mayor, M. Grelet, in spite of
all his efforts, is unable to restore con
fidence. Yesterday, by order of the
Governor, anew convoy of supplies
was carried to Prechotins. This con
sisted of 6,000 kilogrammes of codfish,
salted meats and beans, and the boat
conveying It had scarcely arrived up
on the beach when It was invaded. The
officer in charge had great difficulty in
making the people understand that in
order to draw food supplies it was
necessary to present a signed order
from the Mayor.”
In another column of the paper this
appeared:
“The departure from St Pierre is
unabated. From morning to night and
even during the night one sees hurry
ing people, carrying packages, trunks,
and children, on their way to Fonds,
St. Denis, Marne d’Orange, Carbet, and
other places. The steamer® of the Com
pagnie Girard (plying between St.
Pierre and de France) are never empty.
To give an idea of this mad, foolish
movement, look at figures: the cus
tomary number of travellers to Fort
de France by this line is eighty a day;
on three days the number has risen to
300.
“We confess that we cannot under
stand this panic. Where is one safer,
better off, that at St. Pierre? Do those
who have moved to Fort de France
imagine that they will be safer there
than here in case of earthquake? This
is indeed a foolish mistake, and it is
necesssary to place the people on their
guard against it. We hope the opinion
expressed by M. Laudes in the inter
view we published will be convincing
to those who are most afraid."
From the foregoing it is evident that
toward the last the threatenings of Mt.
Pelee outweighed the petulant intoler
ance of the newspaper, and the dis
quietude spread, especially among the
poor and ignorant. In view of what
Les Colonies printed from day to day
in the seven days before the disaster
it is remarkable that fear was not be
gotten early. There is no doubt that
apprehension did exist, the energies of
the newspaper bear witness to that,
but there is no record; in fact, there is
pathetic absence of any indication of
the soul-possessing terror which must
have seized the people of St. Pierre on
that last dreadful morning. It is a
fear which is and for years will be
the portion of every one in the island
of Martinique. A rumble, a black
cloud, or a dust-fall can arouse it in an
instant now; but St. Pierre underwent
all of these And more and accepted
them simply as phenomena for excur
sionists; until it was too late.
The first intimation of Mt. Pelee’s ac
tivity was given on April 25, when Ro
main, the guide, visited the crater and
brought back his discredited tale. Four
days later rumblings were heard, and
a "whitish vapor was observed rising,
feather-like, in the breeze about the
head of the mountain. The noise and
the escape of vapor continued, and a
fine dust began falling in the crowded,
sunny streets of St. Pierre and in the
adjacent countryside. Rocks came
down the Riviere Blanche in great
quantities, and hundreds of dead fish
were found along its banks. Then
came mud streams rolling slimily down
the mountainside, and here Les Colo
nies, realizing that fear was arising
in the city, sought to allay it by at
tributing ail the, phenomena to recent
heavy rains. l£ did not seek to ac
count for the dust, but in the issue of
May 5 it published a note of advice
to "mothers to keep their children at
home during the dust fall, as it was
provocative of inflammation of the
eyes and throat. Also householders
were advised to take their plants in
doors for a day or two to avoid injury
by the dust. At the foot of the column
in which this note appeared were two
pregnant lines of unanswerable in
quiry:
“Shall we have an earthquake?”
"Probably not.”
It is more than amazing that the de
struction of the Guerin Usine, or sugar
factory, at Riviere Blanche, on May 5
did not arouse the apprehension of the
authorities of St. Pierre or. at least, of
the commercial interests of the city.
How many lost their lives in that dis
aster Is not known, because before the
factory and the houses flanking the
river up the mountain slope could be
uncovered and reached St. Pierre it
self had ceased to exist. The issue of
Lee Colonies of May 6 contained the
Interview with M. Laudes, "the distin
guished professor of the Lyceum," to
which reference has already been made,
and an almost metropolitan presenta
tion of the facts connected with the
overwhelming of the Usine Guerin. But
the story properly begins with the pa
per of May 5 and thla extract:
"On Saturday evening, toward half
past 6 o'clock, the excursion from Fort
de France on Le Topaz* (the email
steamer which ran as a *ort of ferry
heiween 81 Pierre and Fort de France.
- distance of about eleven miles) tried
tn approach Precheur, to obtain oa
e | OM a view aa possible of the phe-
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. JUNE 8. 1902.
nomena. The fog of cinders, however,
was so dense that the coastline was
obliterated, and the steamer was com
pelled to put back.
"Communication by land is now far
from expeditious, and one has difficulty
In making his way. Many excursion
ists (always the excursionists) afoot
and on horseback, have been obliged
lately to turn back since 3 o’clock yes
terday afternoon there has been no
communication between the customs
service of St. Pierre and Precheur.
Toward 7 o’clock the rain of cinders
began anew.”
On the Evenings of Sunday and Mon
day (May 4 and 5) St. Pierre was with
out electric lights. The water power
necessary was wanting, owing to an
ordinary accident. A story spread
which connected the accident with
Pelee’s evil deeds, and fear went with
the story. Les Colonies answered the
expressions of fear by saying that “at
mospheric conditions” caused the fail
ure of the service, and added (in the
issue of May 5):
“The eruption of Mont Pelee seems,
since this morning, to have entered in
to a period of calmness, but cinders
continue to fall in Precheur and else
where to leeward of the crater. On the
night of May 4, 3-10 of a millimetre
of cinders fell. This gives a total fall
of 4 millimetres for this city. The
quantity of .cinders which has fallen
in Precheur is 5 centimetres, and on
the middle slope (of Mont Pelee, be
tween St. Pierre and Precheur) from
25 to 30 centimetres (about one foot.)
Here and there in the country lack of
water is causing the people to
Animals are dying of thirst and lack
of food. The branches' of the trees,
overloaded with ashes, are dying. There
was a display of lightning and tongues
of lire accompanied by thunder on
Mont Pelee last night, and the inhab
itants of Fouds Care are leaving their
homes. CincJgrs have fallen in abun
dance at Macouba.
“Our latest information is that Ri
viere Blanche is overflowing in extra
ordinary fashion, and threatening the
Guerin factory. M. Guerin is loading
his furniture and otherwise preparing
to go to St. Pierre with his family.
"Latest—At five minutes before 1
o’clock the sea withdrew about 100
meters from the shore, and then rush
ed back upon the beach.. The people
(of Precheur) are in a state of anx
iety. Thousands are in frenzy running
toward the coast. Children are crying,
and women and lamenting. All shops
are being closed hastily.
“A strong wind is blowing from the
southwest, and there is general con
sternation. The Guerin factory has
been swept over by the sea. Evident
ly this is the result of volcanic action.
We have heard that the Guerin fac
tory is destroyed, and that many have
been killed.”
With news of this disaster hardly
dry upon its pages Les Colonies pub
lished on the following day this re
markable article:
“We published yesterday our special
news of the terrible catastrophe at the
Guerin factory. We make haste to say
that the action of the sea was not
caused by volcanic movement, but was
produced by the agency of a great
mass of earth which plunged into the
Sea, after destroying the Guerin works.
“For many days the water of Rivi
ere Blanche had been of decidedly dark
er color. This was more marked on
Sunday, May 4, when the downflow
was extremely precipitate. By 2 o’clock
in the morning of that day it had be
come a torrent. On the following
morning the situation became fear
some, but far from indicative of what
was to happen. Only certain parts of
the factory seemed to be affected by
the overflow. Many curious ones and
friends of M. Guerin visited the place.
M. Eugene Guerin was sad and a little
nervous, and was begged to leave, but
he refused. That morning (May 5) he
and his wife and his father took break
fast at the factory, but gave orders to
the engineer of their yacht Carbet to
be prepared for any unusual event. It
had been planned in case of danger to
take refuge on the yacht and hurry to
Fort de France.”
After reciting a few minor details,
that work at the factory had been sus
pended since May 2 on account of the
tain of ashes, Les Colonies gave this
account, of the destruction of the fac
tory:
“A little after noon (May 5) a great
mass of boiling water was precipitated
down the mountainside, ignoring the
river course, but rushing straight
downward and bounding over the ob
stacles it encountered. It engulfed a
group at the factory consisting of M.
Eugene Guerin, Mme. Guerin, his wife;
M. Duquesne and the servants of the
party. It foundered the yacht Carbet
and another yacht, Le Precheur, which
was riding at anchor 150 metres from
the shore.
“After this terrible prologue a mass
of water bearing quantities of earth
and rocks swept upon and leveled to a
muddy plain the region from the build
ings of Isnard (on the Riviere Blanche)
to the sea, part of the buildings being
carried away. The plain is many hun
dred metres broad and of a depth, in
certain places, of fifty metres (164
feet).
“M. Guerin, it Is now known, waited
at the factory to give an order. As the
flight had been arranged and time was
of greatest value, someone on the quay
sent the engineer of the Carbet to tell
the elder Guerin to hurry aboard. It
is to this circumstance that the en
gineer owes his life. When he met M.
Guerin he found him preparing to es
cape by land rather than by sea, as his
friends Implored him. Followed by the
engineer he passed through a door on
the Riviere Seche side, and just as the
party emerged the disaster occurred.
The spot they had occupied only a mo
ment before was submerged. The fac
tory and all surrounding buildings have
now disappeared. The iron machin
ery alone stands. (This was razed
soon afterward.)”
The destruction of the Gueflin factory
gave the cafes in the Rue Victor Hugo,
the principal street of St. Pierre, and
a singularly picturesque one, an en
grossing subject for conversation, be
cause the entire street had been aroused
when the Riviere Blanche overflowed.
“Every one in the Rue Victor Hugo
was in a window,” Les Colonies said
in comment on May 6, “and in answer
to many inquiries it was said that the
Roxelane was overflowing. Some said
it was the Riviere des Peres. The
streets of the Mouillage (the main
quarter of the city) were invaded by
a crowd—in a word, the alarm was
without reason. Somehow, near 5
o’clock we heard someone call from a
window: ’We are prevented from sleep
ing while the volcano.sleeps so sound
ly that he snores.' That man surely
took a philosophical view of matters.”
As to the record of the warnings
Mont Pelee gave to the people who
lived in the pleasurable semi-idleness of
the tropics at Its feet, the newspaper
recorded at considerable length the
investigations of a party of St. Pierre
citizens in this wise:
“On Sunday. April 27,Mm. Boullnwad
dy, Decard. Bouteuil. Ange. and Eu
gene Berte went to Mont Pelee in order
to examine, if possible the opening in
the mountain from which escaped the
i-olumns of smoke reported as appear
ing on Friday, April 25.”
In a word, they examined the crater,
and gave as their conclusion that it
was not in dangerous state, that Mont,
Pelee was In no way threatening. The
account runs on: "On Wednesday.
April 30, there were three tremblings
(?) of the earth: the flrat at J:4O
o'clock, the second at 5:05 o’clock, and
the third at :10 o'clock These were
not perceived by every one, becsuse
they were manifested horizontally,
is,in * Haturday morning Baulin and
lierte have continued lo notice that
the column of cinders and jlame which
la rising on the mountain la produced j
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crater has been formed.”
The stories on the guide and the
Boulin-Berte party were what brought
about the interview with M. Laudes,
Les Colonies deeming it high time to
discredit the danger. This is what the
paper printed from M. Laudes
“M. Laudes, the distinguished pro
fessor of the Lyceum, has kindly con
sented to be interviewed by us in re
gard to the volcano and the phenomena
which preceded the catastrophe at the
Guerin factory. At five o'clock in the
morning (May 5) M. Laudes saw
quantities of smoke escaping from the
upper part of the mountain at the
place called Terre Feudue. He re
marked that the Rivere Blanche
periodically swelled to a volume five
times greater than the volume of its
greatest known rising, and that it was
carrying down great - blocks of rock,
some of which might have weighed as
much as fifty tons. He w r as in the
village of Perrinelle, and went, at ten
minutes before one o'clock, to find
L'etang Sev (a pool, alternately dry or
filled with water, on the side of the
mountain). While there he saw a
whitish mass descend the valley of the
mountain with the rapidity of an ex
press train. It marked its passage
with a thick cloud of white smoke. It
was this mass of mud, not lava, which
submerged the Guerin works.
“Later, at the bottom of Morne (lit
tle mountain) Leonard, it appeared to
M. Laudes that anew branch existed,
and that this, perhaps, furnished the
lava. He thinks the phenomena of
Monday unique in the history of vol
canoes. It is true, he says, that mud
dy lavas develop with great rapidity,
but the catastrophe at the Guerin fac
tory was due to an avalanche rather
than a lava flow. The valley below has
received the contents of L'etang Bee,
the dike of which was broken, letting
the muddy Water fall from a hight of
700 metres (about 2,300 feet). If there
was no quaking of the earth under the
influence of this enormous fall, it was
because the sea acted as a cushion.
“The result of the observations of M.
Laudes is this: the central mouth of
the volcanoes, situated at the highest
opening, has expelled from time to time
yellow and black crumbly material. It
is necessary to flee from the depths of
neighboring valleys and move to
heights to avoid being submerged by
muddy lava as Herculaneum was sub
merged. Vesuvius’ victims have been
rare. Pompeii was evacuated in time,
as few bodies have ever been found in
this burled city. Mont Pelee offers no
more danger to the inhabitants of St.
Pierre than Vesuvius offers to those of
NaDles.t*
To the “interview” with Mr. Laudes
the paper added: "However, this
morning (May 6), scrutiny of the moun
tain disclosed the fact that Morne La
Croix (the cresting peak of Mont Pe
lee) had at Its base an Opening 100 me
ters long and 40 meters In depth, ac
counting for a partial fall.”
In the paper of May 6 a paragraph
occurred which gives Indication of the
excitement in St. Pierre before the de
struction of the Guerin woiks and
points to a panic of which nothing Is
known save from the few words with
which les Colonies discussed it:
“The Riviere Blanche quarter has
certainly suffered more than Points la
Marre. It I* related that on Saturday
night (May 1), perhaps at the moment
of the panic in the Cathedral of the
Anchorage (Mouillage), a pedestrian,
blinded by the enormous quantity of
dust which was swirling in the air,
barely escaped falling into the river.
While he was wandering' about blindly
he struck his head against a tree and
was severely injured.” This is the only
reference to be found to any panic in
the cathedral. What may reasonably
be inferred from the reference is that,
In a moment of fear, a great number
of personsi sought shelter in the ca
thedral, or, being within the structure,
rushed out, as they did on Ascension
morning, the day of the annihilation.
Inquiry among the people of Fort de
France failed to discover any one who
knew anything of the panic.
Political feeling was always at high
pressure in Martinique, especially at
St Pierre. The three parties, Republi
can, Government and Socialistis, were
always at daggers drawn, and they
had time enough for one last clash on
the eve of the catastrophe. A com
paratively large sum of money had
been obtained in St. Pierre for the re
lief of sufferers in the north of the isl
and, and when it came time to dis
tribute the funds each party accused
the other of misuse of them, that is,
of utilizing them for political ends. On
Sunday, May 11, there was to have
been an election for deputy to repre
sent Martinique in the French Cham
ber. The candidates were Percin, So
cialist; Lagrosilllere, Republican, and
Fernand Clerc, Government. The self
explanatory notice was headed, "Dis
graceful Election Advertising,” and
ran:
”M. Louis Zamy, charged by the
Mayor with delivering of food checks
to the stricken people, is making of
this distribution an advertisement in
favor of the Radical Social candidate.
It is M. Percin, he says, who is giving
you this relief. We protest energet
ically against this disgraceful proceed
ing. The money and food given out
are gtven by the people who distin
guish by no party lines. The afflicted
people should be made to understand
this beyond any doubt.”
The St. Pierre newspaper from which
the foregoing extracts have been tak
en, Les Colonies, had been published
there for twenty-five years. It appear
ed dally, save Sundays and feast days,
from its office, No. 177 Rue Victor
Hugo. The several papers quoted were
obtained, after ardous search In the
shops of Fort de France, where they
were eventually to be used for wrap
ping-paper. by Chaplain Joseph F. Mac-
Grail, U. S. N., attached to the United
States steamship Dixie. Chaplain
Mac Grail also translated the papers
for the score of correspondents who
accompanied the Martinique relief ex
pedition. • G. B. F.
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To Cincinnati and the West.
The Southern Railway operates
through Pullman sleepers from Savan
nah to Cincinnati, making close con
nection there for all points beyond. A
day ride through Western North Caro
lina, the beautiful “Land of the Sky.”
E. G. Thomson, City Passenger and
Ticket Agent. 141 Bull street.—ad.
Southern Hallway.
Double daily trains to Richmond,
Va. Through sleepers and dining cars.
Leave Savannah 115 noon. 12 35 mid
night; arrive Richmond a. m, 6.43
p. m.—ad.
White Stone Lithia Water,
The Lightest Mineral Water Known.
Retaining its gas, when carbonated, longer than any
others. Forced by natural pressure to a hight of thirty
feet above the solid rock base from which it flows. It is
a marvel among springs.
Read what Mrs. Smith says of the curative
powers of this water:
Spartanburg, S. C.
White Stone Lithia Water Cos., White Stone Springs, S. C.:
Gentlemen; I have been a great sufferer for five years or
more and during that time have physicians with me,
but have received more benefit and relief by the use of your
White Stone Lithia Water than by all the medicine taken dur
ing that time. Respectfully, MRS. J. L. SMITH.
WHITE STONE LITHIA WATER COMPANY,
White Stone Springs, S. C.
For sale by MASONIC TEMPLE PHARMACY.
COTTON, RUBBER
AND WIRE WOUND
GARDEN HOSE.
HOSE REELS.
LAWN SPRINKLERS.
LAWNMOWERS.
EDWARD LOVELL'S SONS,
113 BROUGHTON ST. WEST
flh CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH
Pennyroyal pills
I Orl*littT Bn<l Only ©anutae.
WJ 'E. A lwyg reliable Ladle*. ux ■ u uggiit
V( Gsjaa *>' CHICHESTER’S ENGLISH
KEI> au'l ©old metallic boxes. waled
AsX w lth blae ribbon. Take ■ other. Refute
fw d>s> Wi Deaceroaa Hubitltutlon* and Irulta*
I / itj tloaa. Hoy of your DrugjUt, or geed 4e. m
I W Jf *tampg for Particulars, Testimonial*
VO9 o and ‘'Relief for Ladle*,” in Utter, by res.
vX w if tuna Mall. JO,OOO Testimonial* Soldby
x -—all Pruggists fhlek eater Cheaaleal Cos.,
•(ration this paper Madison bquare, PIIILA., PA.
Raid by L K. Broacvlg 4 Ca. w*oia. UruggUu, Haw Orletaa.
Reduce Your
Living Expenses
by patronizing the Southern Grocery
Cos., 114 Barnard Street, wholesale and
Retail Grocers and Butchers.
Sunday Bxcnraion*
to
Brunsvrlek and Fernsndlns
via
Seaboard Air Line Hallway.
11.00 to Brunswick and sl.lO to Fer
nandlna every Sunday. Tickets sold
for train leaving Savannah 5:00 a. m.,
railroad time, from Central Lepot, and
limited to date of sale for return, giv
ing all an opportunity to spend the day
at these famous resorts. Full Informa
tion at Ticket Office, corner Bull and
Bryan streets. Phone 2*.
Sunday Excursion lo llrunaxvlek, lit.
Effective Sunday, May 11, and each
Sunday thereafter the Plant System
will avll round trip tickets to Bruns
wick. Ua., on Sundays, limited to date
nf sale, at SIOO For Information see
ticket agents.—ad.
LEGAL NOTICES.
ARREARS FOR GROUND RENT.
City of Savannah, Office of City
Treasurer, June 2, 1902.—The following
lots are in arrears for ground rent, of
which owners are hereby notified.
C. S. HARDEE, City Treasurer.
Brown Ward —East & lot 24, 2 qrs.l
west half lot 25, 2 qrs; lot 51, 2 qrs.
Calhoun Ward—West one-third lot
7, 2 qrs; east % lot 25, 2 qrs; lot 48,
2 qrs.
Charlton Ward—Lot 1, 2 qrs; lot 2, 2
qrs.
Chatham Ward—West % lot 10. 2
qrs; east V 4 lot 29, 2 qrs. _
Columbia Ward-Lot 16, 2 qrs; west
Vt lot 20, 2 qrs; east part lot 21, 2 qrs;
part lots 29 and 30, 2 qrs.
Crawford Ward—Lot 32, 2 qrs; east
>4 of west ’4 lot 36, 2 qrs; lot 38, 2 qrs;
east *4 lot 67, 2 qrs; northwest part Of
lot 68, 2 qrs.
Crawford Ward, East—Part lot 15, 2
qrs; lot 16, 2 qrs.
Elbert Ward—East Vt lot 11, 2 qrs;
lot 12, 2 qrs; south *4 lot 16, 2 qrs; south
>4 of north % lot 16, 2 qrs; west part
lot 24, 2 qrs; south part of lot 24, 2
qrs.
Franklin Ward—Part lot 21, 2 qrs;
east >4 lot 27, 2 qrs; lot 34, 2 qrs.
New Franklin Ward—Lot 17, 2 qrs.
Greene Ward —East V 4 lot 3, 2 qrs;
east part lot 4, 2 qrs; west part lot 4.
2 qrs; east 14 lot 6, 2 qrs; south A4 lot
16, 2 qrs; north % lot 22, 2 qrs; lot 34. 2
qrs.
Jackson Ward—West 14 let 13. 2 qrs:
east two-thirds lot 19, 2 qrs; lot 31, 2
qrs.
Jasper Ward—Lot 1, 2 qrs; lot 43, 2
qis; west >4 lot 46, 2 qrs.
Lafayette Ward—East 14 lot 43, 2
qrs; lot 44. 2 qrs.
Liberty Ward—Lot 4, 2 qrs; lot 8. 2
qrs; lot 9, 2 qrs; lot 10- 2 qrs; south 14
lot 17, 2 qrs: north 14 lot 17, 2 qrs; lot
23, 2 qrs: lot 35, 2 qrs.
Lloyd Ward—Lot 52, 4 qrs; west 14
lot 62, 2 qrs.
Monterey Ward—Lot 1. 2 qrs; east
one-fifth lot 9 and west one-flfth lot 10,
2 qrs; east two-fifths lot 10, 2 qrs; lot
27, 2 qrs: lot 28, 2 qrs.
Pulaski Ward—Lot 18, 2 qrs; south 14
lot 23, 2 qrs; west part lot 31, 2 qrs.
Troup Ward —West 14 lot 2, 2 qrs;
west part lot 25, 2 qrs; lot 40, 2 qrs.
Warren Ward—West 14 lot 10, 2 qrs;
lot 16, 2 qrs.
Washington Ward—North 14 lot 42. 2
qrs; south part lot 8, 2 qrs; lot 13, 2
qrs; east 14 lot 14. 2 qrs; lot 23, 2 qrs;
west 14 lot 40, 2 qrs.
Wesley Ward—East 14 lot 11, 2 qrs.
All persons having Interest In the
above lots are hereby notified that If
the amounts now due and not paid to
the City Treasurer on or before June
12th, Inst., I will proceed on the morn
ing of June 13(h to re-enter according
to law. HENRY E. DREESON.
City Marshal.
;S > • V. AS i , , , \l.\ i.i
and work, order your lithographed and
printed stationery and blank books
from Morning News, Savannah, <j*.
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