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STABBED TO DEATH
KELLIE JEKKIKS FATALLY WOOD
ED BY BERTHA JONES.
DIED AT GEORGIA INFIRMARY.
WOI'NDED WOMAN EXPIRED AS
SHE WAS PLACED IX THE WARD.
Tlie Jenkin* Woman's Jealousy oT
.Jim Deliily’* Fondness for Bertha
■lones the Inspiration of the Trou
ble and the Cauae of Her Death.
4 a 111 e to See the Woman XVho Kill
ed Her anti Renan n Storm of
Alinse —Endured for ft Time—The
Abuse Finnlly ArooHed Joan' Re
sentment mid She Expreaaod It.
The Jenkins Woman Strnek Her
and She I set! Her Knife—Noiv len
der Arrest.
Nellie Jenkins was stabbed in three
places in the breast and neck by Ber
tha Jones yesterday morning and died
at the Georgia Infiimary a few min
utes after reaching there. Her slayer
is under arrest at the police station.
Both women are colored.
Jealousy of the seemingly uncertain
affections of Jim Deliily was the in
spiration of the trouble between the
two women and the immediate cause
of the Jenkins woman’s death. Deliily
apparently has made an effort to dis
tribute his attentions and affections be
tween three women, instead of con
fining them to one. and in this min
er induced the ill-feeling that has
ended in a homicide.
The stabbing was done in Congress
lane, between Lincoln and Habersham
streets, near the house in which the
Jones woman has been living. Accounts
differ as to the degree of provocation
given by the woman who was killed,
to her slayer, but there is no differ
ence as to the fact that some provoca
tion was given by her and that she
was l looking for trouble when she found
it.
Tlie Slnyer Arrested.
At S:3O o’clock in the morning a tele
phone message to the police barracks
Informed the desk sergeant in charge
of the difficulty that had occurred, and
the ambulance was sent at once to the
scene. The wounded woman was found
,in the drug store at the corner of
‘Broughton and Habersham streets,
and placed in the ambulance and be
fore leaving Driver Bentlemann arrest
ed the woman who had done the stab
bing and carried her back to the sta
tion house.
Some attention had already been
given the wounded woman and every
effort was made to get her to the in
firmary as soon as possible. She had
scarcely reached there, howeVer, and
been removed to a cot in the woman’s
ward, before death from loss of blood
ensued.
In her cell at the station house, the
Jones woman told a Morning News re
porter that she had been driven to
use her knife in order to protect her
self, and that she had endured uncom
plainingly the insults and threats of
Jenkins, without any effort at retalia
tion, for more than a week.
A Jealous Uunrrei.
According to her story, Nellie Jen
kins and Lilian Frazier, the latter
known generally as ‘•Jelline,” came to
her house and began to curse and
abuse her. It was not the flrst visit
of the like character they had paid
her, for Jelline also has a claim upon
Delilly's tickle affections, and had
made common cause with Jenkins in
the effort to establish the claim
against Jones. The Jenkins and Fra
zier women probably intended to get
Jones out of the way and then fight
it out between themselves for Delilly's
favor.
The cursing and abusing continued
for some minutes, and Jones paid lit
tle attention to it. She was engaged
upon her toilet at the time, and she
calmly continued to dress. In the
meantime Delilly, who rents a room
in the same house in which the Jones
woman has been living, emerged from
the place and went out into the lane.
It was he who then became the ob
ject of Jenkins' jealous wrath. She de
clared he had forsaken and abandoned
her for Jones and that she did not
propose to stand for it.
•'Oh. go away, woman,” said Delil
ly, and in company with Frazier, who
seemed perfectly willing to take ad
vantage of the dissensions of her riv
als, he proceeded down the lane.
Words I.el to Killing.
In the meantime the Jenkins woman
was still engaged in her effort to ex
haust the vials of her wrath. Jones
cames out into the lane, and the curs
ing proceeded.
“You'd better go way from me,” said
Bertha; "you're going to get your
self into trouble.”
The words had not long left her lips
before the Jenkins woman struck her
in the face and almost immediately
she began to use her knife. The weapon
she piled with such good will and
deadly effect is of the kind known
as "The Father of the Barlows,” and
has a bldde about eight inches in
length. With every frenzied thrust it
went deep into the breast or neck of
the doomed woman. She tried to grap
ple with her assailant and succeeded
in doing so, but her strength ebbed
with the steady flow of her blood and
she sank to the ground.
The .Tones woman walked calmly
away and into her house, where she
changed her clothes. She made no ef
fort to escape arrest and submitted
quietly when the ambulance driver
made his appearance.
Claims Self Defense.
In her cell at the station house house
she told a representative of the Morn
ing News that the Jenkins woman had
a knife and that she had acted as she
had in self-defense. The story about
the knife is not verified by the accounts
of the difficulty given by Florrie
Washington and Gracie Glover, two
negro women who live in the house
and were eye-witnesses of the diffi
culty. They do, however, substantiate
the Jones' woman statement in every
other particular.
The Washington and Glover women
was arrested soon after the homicide,
and Lilian Frazier a little later in the
day. The Frazier woman said she had
no idea of the reason for her arrest,
as she had left the scene before the
commission of the crime and before
anything more than a few relatively
harmless pleasantries had bpen ex
changed. Her departure offered a
striking illustration of the impartial
ity of Delilly, for while two of the riv
als for hi* affections had been en
gaged in a desperate struggle he wan
dered away with the third and knew
nothing about the fight's tragic result
until long after its commission.
Bishop Keller In Ms con.
Bight Reverend B J. Kelley, bishop
of Savannah, spent yesterday In Ma
eoir where he went to confirm a < lass
a Rt Joseph's Church. He is expect*
* ba< k in Kivtnnih to-morrow.
BOARD’S ANNUAL MEETING.
Officer* anil Teacher. of Pnhlic
School, to Be Re-elected To-night.
The annual meeting of the Board of
Education will be held at Chatham
Academy this afternoon at 4 o’clock.
The most important business before it
is the election of officers and teachers
for the public schools of the county.
There is no probability there will be
any changes. There are no vacancies
among,officers or teachers to be tilled
and it is altogether probable that ev
ery one now holding a position will be
re-elected. Some resignations may be
received before the schools open in the
fall and in this event the vacancies thus
created will be filled at a future meet
ing of the board.
The annual report of Superintendent
Ashmore will be made at this after
noon’s meeting, as will also the re
ports of the principals of all the
schools. These reports will discuss rou
tine matters of school administration
and projected improvement, but are not
likely to contain anything of special
interest to the general public.
An examination for teachers’ posi
tions in the public schools will be held
at the Academy next Saturday. Those
who are successful in passing the
somewhat rigid examination the rules
of the board prescribe are placed on
the list of eligible.*, from which va
cancies in the position of teacher are
filled as they occur. As has been
stated, however, there are no present
vacancies to be filled.
DINED bVmR. LANE.
Advance Entertninment for Some of
4!ie Visiting BnnkerH.
A feature of the interstate conven
tion of bankers to be held in Sa
vannah June 17-18 will be a dinner
at the De Soto, which will be given
the night of June 16 by President Mills
B. Lane of the Citizens Bank. All of
the Savannah banks have been invited
to send representatives to the dinner,
and invitations have also been sent
by Mr. Lane to a number of promi
nent bankers of Georgia.
Congressmen Fowler and Hill will
also be guests at the dinner. Those
gentlemen are expected in Savannah
on June 16 for a preliminary meeting,
at which the subject under discussion
will be the Fowler branch bank bill.
Arrangements for the convention are
being looked to by Savannah bankers,
who expect that there will be about
300 bankers in attendance. The session
of the interstate convention will be
held at the theater the morning of
June 17. That afternoon there will be
a reception at the Savannah Yacht
Club, and at night there will be an
other at the De Soto. The next day
the bankers’ associations of Georgia,
North Carolina and Virginia will meet
independently at the De Soto, and that
afternoon there will be a trip to Ty
bee, which will conclude the stay of
the visiting bankers in Savannah.
STORES ON GILMER LOT.
Merchant* Were Anxious to liore
tlie Owner. Ituild.
The purchase of the Gilmer proper
ty, at the northwest corner of Bull
and State streets, is still under con
sideration by the National Bank of
Savannah. It is not known yet, how
ever, whether the deal with Mr. J.
Florance Minis will be consummated.
It is understood thA(Kfme point upon
which an agreement c&nnot be reached
is that of the price for the portion of
the property that the bank desires. It
is said that the bank wants but sixty
feet on State street and ninety on Bull.
Ninety feet is the depth of the lot on
Bull street, but on State street it has
a frontage of 150 feet. Mr. Minis would
prefer to sell the entire tract, rather
than have the more desirable portion
go and the rest left on his hands.
The corner is a most desirable one,
and stores would rent readily if erect
ed. Some time ago an agreement was
signed by five merchants, each of
whom was willing to pay $1,200 a year
for a term of ten years as rental for
stores fronting on Bull street, that
Mr.- Minis might erect. The location
appealed to them, and they were anx
ious to have Mr. Minis build.
THEY WANT STOVALL
Friends Encouraged by Comments
on Candldnt-y for Speakership.
The suggestion made by some of the
friends of Mr. Pleasant A. Stovall that
he become a candidate for the speaker
ship of the General Assembly has met
with favor and he will be asked to
day to permit the use of his name in
this connection.
Mr. Stovall was not in the city yes
terday, and just how he feels on the
subject Is not known. His friends will
ask him to make some statement, and
in the event that he agrees to enter
the race they will begin to do some
thing in his behalf.
Mr. Stovall would have a strong
backing if he goes in for the speaker
ship. The question of putting the
Chatham county representative for
ward, in the place of Roland Ellis,
Esq., of Bibb, has been discussed by
many of the local politicians and with
out regard to faction it was agreed
that he would make a capable speaker.
TANGLED uTwmTwiRE.
Trolley Car Pnsseiaaers Thought
They 1(1 he Eleetroented.
About 5 o’clock yesterday'afternoon
as car No. 106 of the Abereorn and
Barnard streets belt reached Liberty
street, north bound on Barnard, the
trolley wire broke a short distance in
front of the car. The end of the wire
became entangled in the machinery
under the car and the resultant loop
being drawn taut over the top, cut
through the top of the front platform.
The car was pretty well tilled with
passengers and many of them were
badly frightened by the proximity of
a live and sizzling wire. No damage
was done, however, except to the top
of the car and that was of a trifling
nature.
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GOT BACK THE MEDAL.
Lost Oglethorpe Trophy Found With
n Colored Woninn.
Capt. David C. Barrow of the Ogle
thorpe Light Infantry has recovered
the Theus Manassas medal, which was
lost from the coat of First Sergeant G.
A. Mell during the parade on the oc
casion of the unveiling of the monu
ments to Gen. McLaws and Gen. Bar
tow. It had been awarded to Sergt
Mell as the best soldier of the com
pany. The Oglethorpes were greatly
exercised over the loss of the medal,
which was presented for yearly compe
tition by Mr, S K. Theus Its recov
ery by Capt. Barrow was through an
anonymous letter, which was address
ed him by one who knew that the medal
was In the possession of a colored wo
man, and who desired that the com
pany recover it. When it w*as demand
ed, the woman gave up the medal.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. JTNE 9. 1902.
FELL TWENTY FEET
LITTLE CLARE AVERY’S FEARFIL
TUMBLE FROM A WINDOW.
NARROWLY ESCAPED DEATH.
WAS TAKING CARE OF HER DOLL’S
CLOTHES.
Climbed I;> on a Window Sill to
Shake a Blanket and Lo.t Her Bal
ance—Rounded From a Projecting
Window Ledge a* She Fell, and
Strnek Twenty Feet Below tin the
Hurd Ground—Her Face Bruised
unil Torn, but in Half an Hour She
Told How She Fell.
Little Clare Avery, the 4%-year-old
daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Van B.
Avery, fell from a second-story win
dow at the home of her parents, No.
613 Barnard street yesterday and
struck on her face some distance from
the house on the hard ground.
The little one’s escape from death
was almost miraculous. Although
badly bruised about the face, she was
apparently little injured otherwise.
While she was momentarily stunned
by the fall—a distance of nearly twenty
feet—she quickly recovered conscious
•ness and told, in her childish way, the
best she could, how it happened.
The accident occurred about noon.
Mrs. Avery was at church and little
Clare was at home with her grand
mother, Mrs. Cherry, and her aunts.
She was playing with her dolls and in
some way had climbed up to the sill
of an open window to shake a tiny
coverlid of her doll’s bed and, leaning
out, lost her balance and fell—just
how no one knows. She herself, al
though conscious of having gone to the
window, could not tell how she had
managed to climb up almost as high
as her little head before she fell.
She had been out of sight of
the family but a few moments and
hardly a minute befofe she went out
of the window had called to the family
in the adjoining room that she was in
“Mainuna’s loom playing dolls.”
The dull noise as she struck the
ground attracted the family. Every
one seemed to know what it was, and
looking out they saw the little form ly
ing face downward on the ground in the
yard. Sue was unconscious when pick
ed up and her face was bruised
and bleeding. Dr. Dunn was quickly
summoned and a messenger was sent
for Mrs. Avery, who arrived in a few
minutes. In the meanwhile a score of
people had tendered offers of assist
ance.
By the time tlie doctor and Mrs.
Avery arrived the child had regained
consciousness. “Are you much hurt?”
her grandmother asked. "Yes,” she
said, ”1 fell out of window.”
Dr. Dunji and Dr. Crowther made a
careful examination then and again
later in the afternoon, but
aside from the severe con
tusions which distorted her face,
and the shock of the fall, there were
no visible evidences of further Injury.
How the child climbed high enough
to lean out of the window is unknown,
but from a rent in her dress it was
evident her clothing had caught as she
fell out and held her for a second, and
after that she struck on the projecting
ledge of a window below and bounded
off into the yard, striking fully eight
feet from the house.
Capt. Avery is cruising on the tug
W. F. McCauley. An effort was made
to reach him by signals from Tybee,
but the tug had not been sighted up
to dark. The doctor's assurance to
the family at night was that the little
girl will be up all right In a day or
two.
The accident caused a good deal of
excitement in the neighborhood where
it occurred, and hundreds of people
supposed the child had been killed.
TYBEE’S BIGGEST DAY.
Vesterdny's Crowd Was the Largest
of (he Season, Thus Far.
The Tybee Railroad’s business yes
terday was the best of the season.
There were over 1,200 passengers.
Many of these, probably about 500,
came from along the line of the Cen
tral Railway. The rest were Savan
nahians. The excursionists appeared in
greater force than they had since the
season closed last year. For some
weeks increasing crowds will be looked
for Sundays. The Central is advertis
ing Tybee systematically, and this will
bring results in the way of large
crowds.
This bids fair to be a very success
ful Tybee season. The Tybee Hotel is
filling up, and many reservations of
rooms have been made. There is a
great demand for board in cottages,
too, this being so great that it cannot
be met. A number of applicants have
been unable to find places at which
they could remain for a few w'eeks.
LEAGUERSMXJNFERENCE.
Those Who Will Attend From Sa
vannah Churches.
A number of delegates from each of
the Methodist churches in Savannah
will leave Wednesday' night for Amer
icus to attend the state conference of
the Epworth League, which will be
held in that city beginning Thursday.
Those from Trinity League are Mr. T.
C. Gracen, Mr. R. Rogers, Mr. C. P.
Miller, Miss Bessie Miller, and Miss
Stella Truslow. From Wesley League,
Miss Florrie Fulton, and from Grace
League. Miss Kate Arnold and Miss
Florence Slater, while Epworth League
will send Rev. A. J. Smith, pastor of
the church, and Mrs. S. M. McLeod.
KNIGHTS OF < 01.01111$.
Savannah Council Spent Yesterday
in Augusta.
The thirty odd members of Savan
nah Council, Knights of Columbus, who
spent yesterday in Augusta at the in
stallation of a council in that city', left
for home last night and will reach Sa
vannah this morning. The trip to and
from Augusta was made in a private
car and via the Central of Georgia
Railway.
Divorce Day in Superior Court.
Several uncontested divorce cases
will probably be tried in the Superior
Court when court convenes this morn
ing. Judge Barrow has announced
his intention of getting rjd of these
cases as soon as possible and if they
can be rushed in between the trial of
criminal cases to-day this will be
done.
Foot t rushed liy Lumber.
Washington Rogers, colored, was In
jured badly yesterday while engaged
in loading lumber aboard the steam
ship Kartmia City. The negro's right
fool was caught between two pieces
of heavy limber and (lushed almost
to a pulp. It is feared he Mill loss It.
PLENTY OF AFFRAYS.
Hot Weather Had Its Effect Upon
Colored Scrappers.
The heat of yesterday produced Its
effects upon the passions of some of
the colored population of Savannah and
as a result half a dozen oases of as
sault with intent to murder are regis
tered on the blotter at the police bar
racks, besides as many other charges
of assault of less magnitude and seri
ousness.
Early in the morning James Wash
ington nearly carved Rebecca Wiggins
to death. The woman is badly cut in
several places, the more serious wounds
being a long and deep stab and cut in
the thigh and a gash across the left
wrist that narrowly escaped severing
an artery. •
Washington was not after the wo
man he wounded , but another with
whom he had been living. He had had
a previous quarrel with this second wo
man and ran her into a house on State
street, between Drayton and Abercorn.
Into the house he followed and when
the Wiggins woman tried to protect her
relative and friend she received the
blows that were intended for another.
Washington was arrested early yester
day morning.
Early in the night a second murder
ous assault had been committed. This
time George Small Jumped Polly Silli
son with a pair of knucks and doubt
less would have done very serious
harm had he not been stopped In time.
Small was picked up by Patrolman
Limehouse during the early morning.
A third attempted murder was com
mitted yesterday afternoon in Yama
craw, where George Givens became in
volved in a fight with Emanuel Den
nis and left a knife sticking in his
skull. The knife blade had to be pulled
out. Givens was arrested and sent in
to the station house, and with the oth
ers accused of similar crimes will be
given a hearing before the Recorder
this morning.
Lesser rows were (n progress all dur
ing the day. Among these was one
notable affair in York lane, near Aber
corn, in the course of which Henry
Sapp hit Annie McDonald over the
head with an earthenware pitcher and
Annie retaliated with half a brick.
Both of them had bloody heads as a
consequence. Officer Ungar picked up
the two principals and Willie Pickens,
another man, and sent them all into
the station house.
PROFITS OF THE FAIR.
Report Keail In Cathedral After
Eaeti Mas* Yesterday.
After each mass at the Cathedral .of
St. John, the Baptist, yesterday, the
pastor, Rev. Father R. F. Kennedy,
submitted a report of the result of
the fair held for the benefit of the
church in the spring. The total re
ceipts were $13,167.03, received from
the tables as follows: From Mrs. J.
J. McDonough’s, $5,923.96; Sacred
Heart, $2,374.87; choir, $2,250.32; coun
try store, $1,335; refreshment, $872.08;
flower and candy, $410.80.
After the expenses of the fair had
been deducted a net amount of $12,-
808.50 was left, which was applied to
the debt of the Cathedral and which
wiped feut all obligations with the ex
ception of $16,000, which has been bor
rowed from the Bishop Becker fund for
the education of priest. According to
the terms on which this loan was ef
fected Interest must be paid on it for
twenty-five years, after which time the
debt shall be considered cancelled.
, It is for the purpose of raising funds
to pay this interest that the collec
tion every second Sunday is made
from the congregation. After giving
the figures of his report Father Ken
nedy said: "The bishop and Catholic
clergy desire to express not only their
great gratitude for the unlooked for
results of the fair, but also their sin
cere thanks to the ladies in charge
of the tables and to all who in any
way assisted toward the success of the
fair.”
A part .of the money received from
the fair will be used in the purchase
of a heating apparatus for the church,
but this will hardly be installed before
the winter. It will cost between $3,-
000 and $5,000.
MUCH HEAT A*ND HUMIDITY.
Made Savannah Swelter for Several
Hour* Yesterday.
With the thermometer at 94 degrees
and an excessive amount of humidity
Savannah sweltered for several hours
yesterday. A thunderstorm accom
panied by intermittent showers and a
lively rattle of hail in the afternoon re
lieved things considerably and so re
duced tlie temperature that at 8 o’clock
last night the thermometer registered
only 74 degrees.
The mean temperature for the day
was 82 degrees, an excess of 4 above
normal. This gives to the month an
excess of 3 degrees and to the year, to
date, an accuimulated deflcency of 133
degrees. The rain up to 8 o’clock p. m.
mounted to .12 of an inch. The de
ficiency for the month s 1.16 inches and
that for the year 5.06 inches.
The state forecast for to-day is for
showers and warmer weather In the
northeast portion. To-morrow, It Is
predicted, will be fair.
IN iNTEREST*OF MISSIONS.
Institute Condnrteil nt Grnoe Chnreli
Honed liMMt Muht.
The missionary Institute which began
in Grace Methodist Church Wednesday
night was closed last night by Rev. C.
A. Jackson, who preached on ‘‘The
Earth and They That Dwell Therein,
the Lord’s.” The opening sermon of
the institute Wednesday night was
preached by Rev. Bascom Anthony,
that of the following night by Rev.
William P. McCorkle, Friday night’s
by Rev. Dr. J. D. Jordan and that of
yesterday morning, as well as that of
last night, by Rev. Mr. Jackson.
The object of such institutes is to
present clearly to the people the mis
sionary work of the church, the need
for it, and the duty of each member
to assist in the work. The institute
Just closed was most successful, both
as to the attendance at each of the ser
vices and as to the amounts collected
to further the missionary work in for
eign lands.
EPWORTH CHI RCH DEDICATION.
The Ceremony to Take Place In Oc
tober Conducted by Hi-hop Smith.
Rev. J. A. Smith, pastor of Epworth
Methodist Church, announced at his
morning service yestprday that he had
invited Bishop A. Coke Smith of Nor
folk. Va., one of the bishops recently
elected by the general conference of
the Church at Dallas, to take part in
rhe dedication of Epworth Church in
October.
It is one of the general laws of the
Methodist Church that no church
building shall be dedicated until cleat
of debt Because of this law Epworth
t'hurch has not been dedicated before.
Now. however, the debt on the build
ing Is so entail, about s2*o, that Mr
Smith Is confident It will be discharged
within a short time, and that the ser
vice* as planned can lake place.
A.C.L. HEADQUARTERS
MAYOR MYERS THINKS NOTHING
HAS BEEN DECIDED ON.
SAVANNAH ON THE LOOKOUT.
WILL PIT IN ITS CLAIM WHEN THE
TIME COMES.
Little Tallc in Richmond Aliont the
Matter, the Mayor Say*—Head* of
Department* anil Employe* Here
Anxious About Their Position* and
Waiting for Some Move of the Con
solidation.
Mayor Herman Myers returned yes
terday from Richmond, where he spent
Friday and Saturday on business. He
will resume the administration of the
affairs of the city to-day.
Mayor Myers was asked if there is
much discussion in Richmond relative
to the location of the general offices
of the Atlantic Coast Line, after it
has been consolidated with the Plant
System. He replied that he had not
heard the matter discussed there, and
he thought it was still unsettled. The
Coast Line officials, in his opinion,
have not yet decided at what point on
the consolidated system it will estab
lish general offices.
Savannah is greatly interested in
this question. Those who betray the
greatest interest are the officials and
employes of the Plant System, who
do not know what effect the con
soliation will have upon their posi
tions. They are disposed to murmur,
too, for they would like to be on the
watch for other employment, in the
eyent it is on the boards for them to
give up their positions. No intimation,
however, reaches them, and they are
completely in the dark. The officials
say that they do not know what is
going to happen, and there is little
disposition to question that fact. The
clerks and other employes know noth
ing. Those of the passenger depart
ment have gained an impression from
some source that they will be cared
for, but it remains to be seen whether
they will fare any better than those of
other departments that have not gath
ered this idea.
HE WANTED A PANAMA.
.Nothing Short of n sls Hnt Wonld
Suit Colored Carpenter.
It is a matter of common observation
that costly Panama hats are worn by
many people who are least able to af
ford them. Clerks in the stores in
which Panamas are sold now' .show no
surprise when a young nian, earning,
probably', about S6O a month, buys a
Panama, but every now and then they
get a shock. Saturday njght a clerk
in a well known store was given one.
A colored man appeared and asked to
see some hats. The clerk, with a quick
and comprehensive look, sized up his
man and decided that the dollar hats
about tallied with his financial abilities.
This conclusion was drawn from the
fact that the man wore a shirt, un
concealed by a coat, that was collar
less and cufHess, and trousers that
showed that it was long since they had
been handed down from the shelf.
“I guess I want something a little
better than these,” said the customer,
not liking the looks of the $1 hats.
“What about those over there?” “Those
over there” were worth $4 and $5, and
the clerk thought that ipformation
w'ould please him,but not so. He inspect
ed the $4 and $5 hats, but didn't find
anything that suited his critical eye.
Finally' he glanced off from those hats
and his eye rested on a bench of Pana
mas. Their bright, clean straw de
lighted his gaze.
“How much is one of those hats
worth?” he asked.
"Fifteen dollars,” the clerk replied.
Th man tried on one, announced that
he likeiS it. and handed over sls.
After a bit the clerk recoved suf
ficiently to ask a fellow salesman who
the man was. He was told that the
customer was a carpenter. Though he
looked rough on working days, he
liked to wear good clothes on. Sunday.
Quite a number of colored men wear
Panamas. The wearing of the costly
headgear seems to be confined, how
ever, to young men of the race. It ife
safe to say that an investment in a
Panama represents a large proportion
of ones earnings for a month.
"It is a notable fact,” said a hat
dealer, “that more than half the Pana
mas you see are worn by young men
who probably put a week’s salary in a
hat—or promised to do so. Many busi
ness men, with means that would en
able them to pay SIOO for a hat, if they
wanted to. do not invest even sls, for
they think that is too much money' to
spend for a hat. The fad is what
catches the young men, however, and
they will have the Panamas.
“I do not believe there will be so
many Panamas sold next year. The
manufacturers will stop making them.
When one style of hat gets such a
run the manufacturers’ interests suf
fer. I do not believe the manufactur
ers thought that there would be so
many Panamas worn. They thought
that the Panamas would be but an
adjunct to their other straws, but it
now looks that they will throw other
hats out cf business. I predict that
the prices of Panamas will run vky
high, so as to prevent their pur
chase, or that the manufacturers will
stop making them in such quantities.”
SAYS HE IS NOT GOING.
Armour's Snvii unii h Mannger Has
Not Left Town.
Mr. John Steinheimer, manager for
the Armour Packing Company in Sa
vannah, is one of the local representa
tives of the beef trust, who has not
left the city for Chicago or elsewhere.
Mr. Steinheimer said yesterday that
he not only had not left Savannah, but
that he has no intention of leaving at
present. As to the affidavits said to
have been made by the Savannah
butchers to be used against the beef
trust, Mr. Steinheimer said he could
say nothing.
Catheiiml Picnic's Programme.
The outlook Is that the picnic of
the Sunday-school of the Cathedral
of St. John the Baptist, to be given at
Tybee to-morrow, will ‘be unusually
well attended. The picnickers will stop
at Bohan's South End Pavilion, where
Mr. Bohan has arranged for two bands
to furnish music, and where dancing,
bathing and all other entertainment
that the seaside can afford, will be
enjoyed.
Residences ul Auction.
To-day Monday, June 9, at o'clock p.
m , Nos. 509, 610 and 511 Thirty-eigth
street, west. Beautiful homes. Examine
them to-duy. The auction w ill lake
place at the houses. Terms S2OO cash S3O
a month 7 per tent. Interest. John L
Archer Auctioneer.—a 4.
EGYPT AND HOLY LAND.
Subject of a Lecture by Rev. P. 11.
Dnncan at Christian Church.
An interesting lecture on Egypt was
delivered by Rev. P. H. Duncan at
the Christian Church last night. It
was the first of a series of which one
will be delivered each Sunday night
for the next few Sundays. Despite
the bad weather the lecture was heard
and enjoyed by a fair audience.
Mr. Duncan based his lecture on im
pressions and facts that be gathered
while on a tour of Egypt, Palestine,
and other parts of Asia Minor, which
he took about two years ago. It was
not a pretentious lecture, but a simple
recital of the. places visited, their pe
culiarities and those of their people,
to occidental eyes, and the recital of
many Incidents of the trip, some of
which w;ere of a humorous turn de
cidedly.
Of more than usual Interest was the
speaker’s description of his ascent of
Vesuvius while that volcano was in a
mild state of eruption. Because of what
he then saw, Mr. Duncan said, he could
the more readily grasp the details of
the recent volcanic outbursts in Marti
nique.
In his travels abroad Mr. Duncan col
lected a number of curios and souve
nirs and many of these he used to il
lustrate his lecture, and afterward
showed to those that cared to inspect
them. Among these souvenirs was a
cane cut from the bed of the River
Jordan and at a point supposed to be
near the place at which Christ was
baptized; another was a piece of the
lava rock from Vesuvius, which was
thrown out and fell within a few feet
of Mr. Duncan where he was in the vi
cinity of the crater. Still another was
a face veil such as is worn by the
women of Oriental countries.
Mr. Duncan will continue the series
Sunday night beginning then from
where he left off last night. The lec
ture was preceded and followed by a
religious service. The offertory was
sung by Miss Bertha Arden.
Isle of Hope Grand Oyteiiing Wednes
day Mnlit.
There will be two entertainments a
week, every Wednesday and Friday
nights. Cars will run to Barbee’s ev--
ery half hour from Fortieth street.
There will be no charge for ladies or
childien this summer tc any of my en
tertainments. First-class meals will be
served for 50e. I defy any restaurant
to compete with my bill of fare. Light
drinks will be served at sc. The best
ot cream at 10c per plate. Hot rolls
will be served at every supper. The
best of order will be preserved and
only the, best people will be allowed
on the pavilion (as usual). Prof. Leon's
orchestra will furnish music. The floor
of the pavilion is as smooth as glass.
Go out Wednesday night and enjoy
yourself. A. M. Barbee, Proprietor.
—ad.
All Onr Tickets Are Guaranteed.
Cut rate tickets to all points at Kar
ger’s under Screven House, only office
in the city. Member of American
Ticket Brokers’ Association. Five hun
dred dollar bond given the city guar
anteeing all transactions. Reference,
Chatham Bank. —ad.
sl.lO to Fernandina and return every
Sunday via Seaboard Air Line Railway.
—ad.
i, .
Residences nt Anctiun,
To-day Monday, June 9, at 6 o’clock p.
m., Nos. 509, 510 and 511 Thirty-eigth
street, west. Beautiful homes. Examine
them to-day. The auction will take
place at the houses. Terms S2OO cash S3O
a month 7 per cent, interest. John L.
Archer Auctioneer.—ad.
Excnrsion to Augusta Via Central of
Georgia Railway.
Special train will leave Savannah,
Central Passenger Station, 8:00 a. m..
Standard Time, June 10th, Round Trip
rate from Savannah for tickets limited
date of sale, $1.50. Tickets limited June
11th, $2.00. Separate coaches for white
and colored passengers. Ticket office
107 Bull street,' and Central Passenger
Station.—ad.
Residences nt Auction,
To-day Monday, June 9, at 6 o'clock p.
m„ Nos. 509, 510 and 511 Thirty-eigth
street, west. Beautiful homes. Examine
.them to-day. The auction will take
place at the houses. Terms S2OO cash S3O
a month 7 per cent, interest. John L.
Archer Auctioneer.—ad.
Delightful Shower Bath.
Something new and delightful is Gor
rien’s Shower Bath. You can take a
bath in clear running water all of the
time as well as a shower bath. The
shower includes a large gallon hot wa
ter bottle, and !s sold for $3,50. Call
and examine. Lippman Drug Cos.. Re
tail Department, corner Congress and
Barnard streets, city.—ad.
Residences nt Auction,
To-day Monday, June 9, at 6 o'clock p.
m„ Nos. 509, 510 and 511 Thirty-eigth
street, west. Beautiful homes. Examine
them to-day. The auction will take
place at the houses. Terms S2OO cash S3O
a month 7 per cent, interest. John L.
Archer Auctioneer.—ad.
For Over Sixty Years
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. It
soothes the child, softens the gums al
lays all pain, cures wind colic, and is
the best remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty
five cents a bottle.—ad.
Summer Tours by Sea.
Send for Merch. and Miners Trans Co's
Summer Tour book, containing routes and
rates to all Lastern summer" resorts Two
rouies offered from Savannah. Best v a to
reach all Jersey coast resorts, mountain re
sorts. Baltimore. Philadelphia Warhtngton
New York and Boston. Meals and stateroom
inel-ded on steamer. J J. Carolan Aeent lr>
Bull street. Savannah. Ga.- ad. K
Residences at Auction.
To-day Monday, June 9, at 6 o'clock p.
m.. Nos. 509, 510 and 511 Thirty-eigth
street, west. Beautiful homes. Examine
them to-day. The auction will take
place at the houses. Terms S2OO cash S3O
a month 7 per cent. Interest. John L
Archer Auctioneer.—ad.
Sunday Excursions to Beach Resorts.
The Plant System will sell round trip
tickets on dates shown below to Beacn
Resorts giving everybody an oppor
tunity to visit the resorts named A
very pieasant and cheap trip. Rates
will be to Pablo Reach, $2.00: to May
pert $2.25: to Atlantic Beach.* $2.10.
Excellent hotel accommodations at
eacn of these resorts. Tickets will
be sold on following Sundays limited
to date of gale: June Ist, June ‘>‘>d
July, 20th; August. 17th: September
11th. In addition to this regular round
trip Sunday rates to Charleston one
dollar and one dollar to Brunswick
effective May 11th and each Sunday
thereafter Spend your Sundays where
in Ocean Bre-zeg blow {\v renr,
Passenger Traffic Manager.—ad.
Sunday Excursion lo Brunswick. Ga.
Effective Sunday. May 11. ** h
Sunday thereafter the Plant System
Will sell round trip tickets to Hrunx
wok, <ju., on Sundays, limited to date
KOr ***
COME IN ..
TO-DAY
And let us mount you on
a wheel that will give you
satisfaction and prove a
profitable investment. The
CLEVELAND BICYCLE at sho
will pay a big saving on
your investment.
I/Vm. & H. H.
LATTIMORE,
West Congress Street.
JUNE 9.
We builded better than we
thought when we told how to
have our “drug store in every
house.” Now just try when
you want some drug store
goods real quick. Our combi
nation of good drugs, tele
phone, and cur sprinting bi
cycle messenger. 465 is the
number, ether 'phone.
Our Tooth Tonic pleases all
It’s so delghtful, so cieansng
and brightening to the teeth.
A few drops does the work
making it less than half the
price of other dentrifices •>-.
the bottle. '
So sorry we can’t send our Soda
Water by telephone! But then
we are only 117 easy steps
east of Bull street, so when
uptown try us. Same good
Orange to-day—s cents.
"Get it at Rowlinski’s"
Broughton and Drayton.
Telephone 465.
CIT RATE PATENT MEDICINES
Savannah Electric Cos.
Schedule Daily Except Sunday
In effect June 2, 1902, subject to chango
without notice.
ISLE OF HOPE LINE.
Leave 40th Leave
and Whitaker. is] e 0 f Hope.
AM PM PM AM PM PM
630 100 630 600 12 30 731
730 200 700 700 130 SOO
830 230 730 800 230 831
930 300 800 900 300 9l
10 30 330 830 10 00 330 93
11 30 400 900 11 00 400 10)
..... 6 00 11 00 6SO 12 0(
MONTGOMERY LINE ~
Connecting at Sandfly with Isle of
Hope Line.
Leave 40th Leave
and Whitaker sts. Montgomery
AM PM ' A M PM
10 30 3 00 *5 50 Si ti
~ 30 753 33
..... .... 853 4 3
+9 53 ta 3
♦Connects with parcel car to city.
tConnccts with parcel car from city.
MONTGOMERY AND “ THUNDER
BOLT LINE.
Via Cattle Park and
Lv. Thunderbolt. Lv. Montgomery.
A M P M .A M P.l
7 22 4 22 *5 50 SH
8 2 2 5 22 650 *29
922 73S 75S 39
♦Connects at Sandfly with parcel at
for city.
at Sandfly with parcel eff
for Isle of Hope.
THUNDERBOLT LINE.
City Market to Casino, via Boitoi
Street Junction.
Beginning at 5:45 a. m., cars leave
City Market for Casino at Thunderbolt
every 15 minutes until 11:30 p. m.
Cars leave Bolton Street Junction ’>
minutes after leaving time at City
Market.
Beginning at 5:53 a. m., cars leave
Casino at Thunderbolt every 15 min
utes until 12:08 midnight.
COLLINSVILLE LINE.
(Fair Grounds and Dale Ave.)
Beginning at 6:00 a. m., cars leave
Bolton and Ott streets every 15 min
utes; returning, cars leave Estifl ave
nue and Waters road at 6:07 a. m and
every 15 minutes thereafter, connecting
with cars on Thunderbolt line. Be
ginning at 9:00 p. m.. cars run every*
minutes until 12:00 o’clock.
WEST END LINE.
(Lincoln Park.)
Car leaves west side of City Market
for Lincoln Park 6:00 a. m. and every
40 minutes thereafter until 11:30 P- m.
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Market
6:20 a. m. and every 40 minutes there
after until 12:00 o'clock midnight. _
FREIGHT AND PARCEL CAR.
Leaves east side of City Market to
Thunderbolt, Cattle Park, Sandfly.
of Hope and all intermediate points
-9:15 a. m., 1:15 p. m., 5:15 p. m.
Leaves Isle of Hope for Sandro,
Cattle Park, Thunderbolt and all
termediate points—6:oo a. m., 11:“ *
m.. 3:00 p. m. .
Freight car leaves Montgomery >
550 a. m. and 2:53 p. m., connecting
Sandfly with regular parcel car t
city.
Parcel car from the city earn
freight to Montgomery on each trip-
Regular parcel car carries trailer
each trip for accommodation of P ass "
engers.
Any further infoimation regard®*
passenger schedule or freight servi
can he had by applying to
G. O. NAGLE. Manager,
Brennan & Go.,
-WHOUuHLS-
Fruit, Produce,
Grain, etc.,
122 BAY STREET. WMT.
lililibMu ML
COAL ~ AND ' wooD
BOTH PHONES 97.
Standard Fuel Suppl/J^
OU) NEtA HPAI'KKd W*" s “
s"• l>mm Morning Nrl