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CITY HAS GOOD
BALANCE ON HAND
WILL CARRY OVER SIOO,OOO.
CITY'S Fmvrui, CONDITION was
NEVER SO GOOD.
Aclinic Mayor Dixon Predict* That
Bnlanr** of At l.ent Will
Hr Carried Over at Knd of Year—
Huildinu of C it> Hall Ha* C'auaed
tlie Official* to Re Kconoinical Thl*
Year and Great Deal of Money
Ha* lleen say eil-Mnrli Money Se
cured From >ale of l<nnd anil
Ground Kent l<ot*.
“Savannah is now in a first-class
condition financially,” said Acting
Mayor Dixon yesterday, when asked
about the city's resources.
“We now have on hand over $160,000
and this is at the end of a quarter,
too. More money will soon be coming
into the treasury. The city will car
ry over at the end of the year SIOO,OOO
or more."
The city was never before in better
shape financialy. Realizing that the
building of the City Hall would be a
severe strain, the aldermen cut down
expenses in all the regular departments
as much as possible. An appropria
tion of $60,000 was made on the City
Hall for this year. After this is paid
and all other expenses of the city for
1004, there will still be a balance on
hand of at least SIOO,OOO, Acting Mayor
Dixon believes.
Largest Haiti nee on Itecnrtl.
This will bo by far the largest bal
ance ever carried over from one year
to another.
At the beginning of this year the
treasurer had on hand $01.006.34, which
was at the time the largest annual
balance ever known.
The year before only a little over
$23,000 was carried over and that was
considered, a large balance. With
SIOO,OOO in the treasury at the begin
ning of the year, the city will have
no difficulty, Mr. Dixon says, in pay
ing for the City Hal! as the bills fall
due, and in carrying on the other
needed improvements.
The contract price for the City Hall
was $208,000, but it will cost, it is be
lieved, approximately $300,000 before
St is occupied. The furnishing of the
building will be quite an item. But
Mr. Dixon feels sure that no difficulty
will be experienced irt meeting all
these expenses with the large balance
that Is to be carried over and the rev
enue that will be received next year.
Big Sale oi l,nmlß.
The city officials in all departments
have exercised unusual economy this
year, because of the building of the
City Hall. Few if any of trie depart
ments will overdraw their appropria
tions.
But even with this economy, no such
balance as is now on hand would have
accrued had it not been for the many
sales of land that the city has made.
A lot of the land that the city owned
outright has been Rold and numerous
ground rent lots were turned over to
the holders with fee simple titles, a
liberal discount being allowed on all of
them.
In this way an enormous sum was
realized. Getting in this extra money
and economizing in expenditures ac
counts for the exceptionally fine condi
tion of the city financially. The city
has also been more active In making
collections of all kinds this year than
formerly.
WANT PAY FOR*INJURIES
IN SLATER BUILDING.
Two Inmates of Hamlng House On
duly 2*l Have Filed Snit.
As an aftermath of the fire in the
building of J. C. Slater on West Broad
street early on the morning of July 26,
two suits for damages were filed in the
Superior Court yesterday against Mr.
Slater.
John C. Brandin and L. G. Ramsey
were the petitioners. Each case recites
practically the same state of facts, ex
cept that the petitioners were injured
In different ankles. The lack of fire
escapes is the ground for the com
plaints. Attorney O. V. Hohenstein
represents the petitioners.
In the petition of John C. Brandin it
is recited that on the night of the fire
he was occupying a room on the third
floor of the building, that floor being
used as a lodging apartment.
The petitioner was asleep when the
fire started and when he awakened he
made an effort to escape down the
stairway, but was driven hack by the
heat and smoke. He was compelled
to seek the balcony of the building,
where he sought to find some avenue
of escape.
Finally the heat became so great
that in order to save himself he was
compelled to leap to the balcony of
the second story and from there to the
ground. In falling the petitioner al
leges he received permanent Injuries to
his right ankle, from which he con
tinues to suffer excruciating pain.
It is charged that it was the duty of
the defendant to prpvlde a suitable and
convenient fire escape, as required by
an ordinance passed Feb. 9. 1898, by
City Council. The failure to do so
was negligence on the part of the de
fendant, it is charged, and was the
proximate and direct cause of the in
juries sustained.
Damages in the sum of SSOO are
BBk' 1. with physician's fees,
In the petition filed by L. G. Ram
•ey, the principal difference was that
the petitioner was injured in the left
ankle. The same sum is sued for.
CHANGES
Seaboard Mill Have Vrw Sehedale
In F. fleet To-morrow*
Effective to-morrow, the Seaboard
hae announced changes on the Savan
nah-Montgomery division.
The Savannah and Montgomery train
which leaves Savannah at 7 a. m.. will
leave at 7:19 a. m.
The Savannah and Helena train,
leaving Savannah at 4:30 p. m.. wtll
be daily, including Sunday. The Sun
day train for o<ilia, wnlch leaves at
6:30 p. m. will lie discontinued.
The Statesboro train leaving at 4
p m. will leave at 3 p. m , and will be
made dally, including Sunday. The
Sunday train for Statesboro, which
leaves at 6:60 p. m„ will be discon
tinued.
1% THE CITY Mil RT.
A number of criminal cases of the
misdemeanor variety were disposed of
by Judge Norwood In the t-|ty Court
yesterday. Col. Robert I* Folding
acted as solicitor general.
Sawyer Hollman, charged with isr
eeny. pleaded guilty and was fined fin
or twslvs months.
Tom Hayes, colored, charged with
stubbing a negro girl, was fined MO
or twelve months.
Antonio Ooett, charged with stealing
elans from a Keufeoard ear, demand
< trial by jury and his case went
m f t
BANK CLEARINGS
MADE NEW RECORD.
Saiannah Hankie Sending Million*
Into Cotton Country.
Savannah's bank clearings for the
week ending yesterday were greater
than they have been previously this
season and, in fart, are probably a
record for so early In the business
year.
They amounted to $5,716,514.11, as
against $3,936,260.37 for the correspond
ing week last year, a gain of $1,780,-
253.74. The showing is even better
than these figures would indicate, for
the clearings for the last week rep
resent those of only live business days,
while those of the former season in
cluded six davs.
The tremendous jump in the figures
Is due in a very great measure to the
exceptionally large cotton business
that has been done at this port since
the beginning of the season. As the
present prospects are for a continu
ance of heavy receipts and large sales,
there is every reason to believe that
the clearings will continue to be of
great volume.
The banks are establishing a record
in other business as well as that rep
resented in the clearings. The ship
ments to the country banks of funds
with which to handle the cotton crop
from the fields to the ports are heavier
than they have been in the history of
Savannah's trade. It is estimated that
in the week ending yesterday consid
erably more than $1,009,000 has been
shipped by the local banks and the
demand from the country is likely to
continue for several weeks yet.
The most gratifying feature of this
showing is that the banks are using
their own money, which has been on
deposit in New York, and are not bor
rowing any at all. Reports from other
sections of the South show that the
same conditions exist practically in
the whole of the cotton belt, which
means that for the first time in very
many years, if not in the history of
the business, the cotton crop will be
moved by the South's own money.
TROPICAL STORM HAS
MOVED TO SEA.
No Danger Herr, Non, From the
West Indian Disturbance.
Though still moving in a northerly
direction, the tropical disturbance, lo
cated oft Santo Domingo several cfays
ago, is so far out to sea that there is
absolutely no need for further alarm
in this vicinity.
The Weather Bureau gives assurance
that the storm is not likely to touch
the coast at all and It is almost cer
tain that it will not touch anywhere
in the neighborhood of Savannah; and
<*ven if it does, it has lost so much of
its original intensity that It could not
do much harm.
The storm has at last begun to af
fect the barometers along the coast,
and from its effect upon the barometers
the Weather Bureau is able to make
definite calculations as to its where
abouts. The barometers in South
Florida have for the last three days
heen slowly falling, while the winds
have been in a northerly direction.
From these two facts the weather au
thorities draw the positive conclusion
that the storm is moving in a north
erly direction. On Thursday the ba
rometer at Key West registered lower
than that at any other point on the
coast, indicating that the storm was
opposite Key West at that time. Yes
terday the barometer at Key West be
gan to rise again and the barometer
at Jupiter registered lower than any
other on the coast, proving that the
storm had passed Key West and was
at that time opposite Jupiter.
The barometers have fallen not only
In Florida, but also all along the coast.
The barometer in the Savannah
Weather Bureau has been affected and
also that at Hatteras.
Yesterday Mr. H. B. Boyer, local
forecaster, gave out the following state
ment:
The most interesting feature on this
morning's map is the movement of the
tropical disturbance that has been
noted by this office during the lasi
three days. It is apparently moving
northward and is now—B a. m.—cen
tral, some distance to the eastward
of Jupiter, Fla., and although no high
winds have been reported from that
statton, the barometer has fallen one
tenth of an inch since yesterday morn
ing, with a heavy rainfatl of 2.20
inches. The barometer at Hatteras has
also fallen considerably, .14 inch., and
the wind circulation from Hatteras
southward, while light, shows cyclonic
action. This disturbance is being
closely watched.
Notice to t he Public
On SATURDAY AFTERNOONS
and EVENINGS Tlie Morning
News will NOT furnish by TELE
PHONES either from Phones 241
or 210 llie Baseball scores. Base
ball scores will be promptly bulle
tined tit the end ol each game.
NEW YEAR PLANS BY
REV. GEORGE SOLOMON.
A Hebrew ( lans Will He Organized
Within Short While.
The first of the Kosh Hashonah serv
ices was conducted last night at the
Synagogue Temple Mickva Israel. Serv
ices were also held at the Chatham Ar
tillery Hail, and the Knights of Pythias'
Hall.
At the services at the Temple Mickva
Israel, Rev. George Solomon announced
the programme of work lor the coming
year. According to his announcement
he will, after the Rosh Hashonah holi
days, which continue for three weeks,
organize a Sunday-school, which he ex
pects to accomplish great good.
A Hebrew class will lie organized and
a course of historical lectures will be
arranged. Also u confirmation class
and a volunteer choir will be organ
ized. Just when these features will be
put tn practical operation cannot at
present he said, but active steps will
be taken after the holidays.
The services at the Chatham Artil
lery Hall were conducted by Rev. A.
Hurwlts and those at (he knights of
Pythias' Hall by Rev. Wolf Sutker.
This morning at ltl o'clock at the Tem
ple Mickva lsniel, Rev. George Solo
mon will preach the regular Rosh
Hashonah. or New Year, sermon.
THOMAS WHARF EXTENSION.
Mr. D. R. Thomas will have his
wharf at the foot of West Broad street
extended to the new harbor line, an
average distance of about thirty-three
feet Tlie whaif now has a frontage of
219 feet, though tins will be somewhat
diminished in making the changes, us
the line is to be straightened. Work
on 'he addition lo the whgif will be
slsited next seek, a* soon as a vessel,
which Is now union,||i,g there dis
charges her cargo
•IAS -STOOD IMF. TEST an YEARS
Grove s Tastelees Chill Tome The first
and origins! tasteless • lull tonic V
cents —> J.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS; SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 10. 1904.
SANTURCE STIRS
UP LIVELY ROW
OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY
SAYS SHIP CANNOT GO TO ITS
DOCK FOR NAVAL. STORES,
lint Harbor Master Mcßride Say*
tile Vessel May Go There if Mr.
Murray M. Stewart, Wlio Has
Chartered the Snaturee. Wishes
It—The Harbor Master Ha* Con
sulted I lie City Attorney and Ha*
Told Mr. Stewart That the Ship
Will He Docked There If He De
sires 11.
Although the Ocean Steamship Com
pany says the Santurce, a competing
vessel, chartered by Mr. Murray M.
Stewart, cannot be docked at its wharf
to get naval stores. Harbor Master
Mcßride says the ship can go to the
wharf if Mr. Stewart wishes it to.
The matter is likely to cause an in
teresting three-cornered contest be
tween the Ocean Steamship Company,
Mr. Stewart and the city.
The Santurce is chartered by Mr.
Stewart to run between this port and
New York. This is its second trip
to Savannah, coming for a cargo of
lumber, cotton and naval stores. The
vessel arrived yesterday morning.
Shortly afterwards Mr. Stewart re
ceived a brief letter from Mr. W. A.
VVinburn, vke president of the Cen
tral Railway, stating that the San
turce could not be docked at the
Ocean Steamship Company’s rosin
wharf, where a part of the rosin car
go is located.
A copy of this letter was sent by
Mr. Winburn to Harbor Master Mc-
Bride. The lumber that the ship is
to carry has already been taken on
at the Seaboard terminals and it is
now ready to move up to the Ocean
Steamship Company's rosin wharf and
get its cargo of naval stores.
Harbor Master’s Position.
"If the Santurce does not go to the
wharf {or the rosin, it will be be
cause Mr. Stewart does not want it to
go,’ said Harbor Master Mcßride, in
■speaking of the matter. “I have given
Mr. Stewart permission to move his
ship there and get the rosin.
"I toid him I would see that it was
placed there if he wanted it. So if the
vessel does not go there after the rosin,
it will be because Mr. Stewart does
not wish it. The docking of ships and
the moving of them is placed in the
harbor master's hands.
"The harbor rules say that no ves
sel shall move from one wharf to an
other without permission from the
harbor master. Mr. Stewart has ap
plied for permission and I have given
it to him. The rules also say that any
vessel will be admitted to a berth, or
allowed to change from one berth to
another on application to the harbor
master.
City Attorney Agrees.
"The Central Railroad is a common
carrier and took the rosin there. Mr.
Stewart can certainly send a ship there
to take it away. I was certain about
the matter, but to be absolutely safe,
I consulted with Col. Garrard, the city
attorney, and he agreed with me fully.”
The harbor master also stated that
he visited the wharf in the morning,
where Mr. Stewart wanted to have the
ship docked, and that it was entirely
free, except for one lighter. Mr. Win
burn, however, had not said in his let
ter that the wharf was occupied at
present. He said the company had oth
er uses for it. The harbor master says
if there was no room at the wharf he
would not, of course, move another ves
sel, but as it is not occupied he pro
poses to allow Mr. Stewart to put his
ship there.
Mr. Stewart says that while the com
pany ordinarily charges 5V4 cents a
cask for lightering rosin, it pro
poses to charge him 11 cent 9. He says
he considers this an unjust discrimina
tion and, if persisted in, he will prob
ably take the matter before the Rail
road Commission.
HORSEMEN"CLAIM THAT
SEABOARD WAS TO BLAME.
Champion A Witherspoon Ask Judg
ment of 83.1KH1 for Louden.
A petition was filed yesterday in the
Superior Court by H. Champion and
J. H. Witherspoon, constituting the
firm of Champion & Witherspoon,
•against the Seaboard Air Line Rail
road, seeking to recover $5,000 for al
leged damages resulting from delay in
the movement of a string of horses
from Savannah to Hot Springs, Ark.
Travis & Edwards represent the peti
tioners.
According 'to the statement made In
the petition, the firm of Champion &
Witherspoon contracted with the Sea
board in December, 1903, to carry
eleven horses and Mr. Witherspoon to
Hot Springs in time for the meet the
following February. The charge was
fixed at $176.
It is claimed that when the petition
ers tried to gel the railroad com
pany to furnish the car that the de
fendants would not do so, upon which
the petitioners made unsuccessful ef
forts'to obtain other accommodations.
On Feb. 23 it Is stated that the de
fendants agreed to furnish a stock
car for the same consideration. At
Memphis there was a delay of twen
ty-four hours.
In the various kinds of alleged dam
age suffered at the hands of the de
fendants, there is included an over
charge of slls in transportation, food
for the horses, payment of the stable
men. rent of horses not owned by the
Arm, rent of stable at Hot Springs and
•building anew one when they ar
rived. and found their stable occupied,
and the loss of a horse valued at $3 -
000. .
FIXED Flliirmu S tiI.OHS.
Each of the five sailors arrested
Thursday night for fighting in a bar
room at Reynolds and Bay streets were
fined $5 in Police Court yesterday
morning. All of them had been drink
ing. It was charged, and the fight was
a general one. No one was seriously
huit. though several of the men had
black eyes. The prisoners were Wil
liam Lewis, Frank Johnson, Gustave
Jaundar.en, Ellen Bore and Martin
Anderson.
MIFF HI ES Fill! DIVORCE.
Mrs. Madg Beach filed a petition
for divorce yesterday In the Superior
Court agHlnst H. P. Beach, alleging
cruelty and drunkenness on the part
of the defendant. The restoration of
tier maiden name, Madge Kelley, is
asked, together with the c ustody of a
child, with permanent alimony and
the ex|H-nse of the divorce pioceeditigs
- " ■< *
Last I ha nee.
Don’t forget that Sunday, Sept. 11,
will he your last chain • to vlafl
Brunswick Kernandlna and Jn kson
vlll# on the cheap Sunday m urslon
rata via Seaboard Air Line Railway.*-
ad
GUARD SHOT CONVICT
TRYING TO ESCAPE.
Eddie Moore, at I ntnp No. 2. Shot by
W. B. Webb, a Guard.
While attempting to escape, Eddie
Moore, a negro convict at Camp No. 2
on the Augusta road, was shot by W.
B. Webb, one of the guards, yesterday
and seriously wounded, though it is
not thought that he will die. Only
three weeks ago Moore escaped from
Camp No. 3, but he was later captur
ed and given an additional sentence
for escaping.
He was then sent to Camp No. 2. He
boasted at the lime that he would
never work his time out. While work
ing with a number of convicts in the
woods near the camp, he thought his
chance for escaping had come. The
men were scattered and he was some
distance from a guard. Without being
observed, he pulled his shoes off and
started to run. He had gone some
distance before he was seen and the
guard started after him.
Owing to the trees the guard had to
run for some distance before he could
get a shot. When he fired he brought
the negro down, breaking one of his
legs and scattering buckshot all over
him. The convict was carried back
to the camp, where he was given med
ical attention.
Moore was sent up for larceny, be
ing sentenced to serve twelve
months. After his escape a short
time ago, he was given another twelve
months.
S AVAN NAhThTnAM EfT
WERE EXERCISED.
Afraid to Enter .Jail Yard to Find
Countryman From Waycross.
Learning that a fellow Chink had
been brought to Savannah from Way
cross by two United States officers
a pair of Savannah Celestials became
very much exercised last night and
endeavored in vain to locate their fel
low countryman.
John Lee alias Jung Ling, the Way
cross Chinaman, was taken in a cab
from the Union Station and driven
directly to the county jail where he
was confined on a charge of violat
ing the exclusion act. But John's Sa
vannah friends did not see him, al
though they were told he was prob
ably at the jail.
They secured a cab and had the
driver hurry them to the postoffice
building, where they had seen other
sons of the Orient arraigned. In vadn
they tried to get into the tower. Then
they were driven to police headquar
ters, but there was no washee man
on storage there. The cab driver then
took his chattering passengers to the
county jail, at the suggestion of Desk
Sergeant McCool, who understands the
Chinese language.
But the Savannah Chinamen halted
at the Jail. They refused to get out
and investigate. The high fence and
the closed gate frightened them.
“Veilee dark, ; Vellee dark,” said No.
1.
“White devils heap wicked in vellee
dark place," said No. 2.
Then they said surae things that the
driver didn't understand, but they re
fused to venture into the jail yard.
They were driven back to the post
office building, where they attracted
■considerable attention by their offers
of "vellee much money” if the oab
driver would ascertain positively what
had become of their countryman, who
had come in on the train. The cab
driver said he knew the man who
drove the officers and their prisoner
and he would find out from him where
the party had gone. The jail will
probably be visited by a delegation of
Chinks this morning.
SOLDIER BOYS ARE UP
AGAINST REAL THING.
Savannah Troops Working Hard
and Are Showing Most Favorably.
Mr. Charles F. Stewart, assistant gen
eral passenger agent of the Seaboard,
has returned from Manassas, where
he went with the Savannah troops to
the maneuvers.
"The boys are being put through the
maneuvers all right,” said Mr. Stewart,
"and I guess some of them have com
plained a little. This thing of march
ing ten miles before breakfast was not
appreciated by some, but I believe
when it is all over they will all be
glad of the experience.
"The maneuvers are no play and the
lively way in which the boys are drill
ed over the hills proves that. The
cavalry has been complimented open
ly and the infantry has made good
with Gens. Barrie ‘and Bell. There's
no finer body of troops at Manassas
than the Savannah boys.”
The Renewal a strain.
Vacation is over. Again the school
bell rings at morning and at noon,
again with tens of thousands the hard
est kind of work has begun, the re
newal of w hich is a mental and physi
cal strain to all except the most rug
ged. The little girl that a few days
ago had roses in her cheeks, and the
little boy whose lips were then so red
you would havo Insisted that they had
been "kissed by strawberries,” have
already lost something of the appear
ance of health. Now is a time when
many children should he given a tonic,
which may avert much serious trouble,
and we know of no other so highly to
be recommended as Hood's Sarsa
parilla. which strengthens the nerves,
perfects digestion and assimilation,
and aids mental development by build
ing up the whole system.—ad.
THE PIANO PARADE.
The piano parade of S. S. Sollee &
Cos. yesterday was the largest parade
display of musical instruments of the
kind ever witnessed in Savannah. In
the procession were twenty-four pi
aons. eleven organs and nineteen crates
of stools. The line extended over three
blocks along Broughton street and was
headed by a brass band.
Special Eiraraisii to tlnltlmnre via
Atlantic Const Line.
The Atlantic Coast Line will sell
round trip tickets. Savannah to Bal
timore. on Sept. 10. 11 and 12 at the
special low rate of $19.95 for the round
trip. Tickets limited to return until
Sept. 19, hut can be extended until Sept.
25. on payment of sl.
The Atlantic Coast Line affords the
quli Rest schedule by two hours and
sixteen minutes, and unsurpassed serv
ice. through sleeping and dining cars.
The famous Florida and West India
Limited leaves Savannah 2:15 p m.
(city lime), arrives Baltimore 9 Of* a. rn.
Take the best; it costs no more.
• lU.H.’t MalGinore, Mil., nml lletnrn
Vl* Seaboard Air Line Railway. Tickets
will be sold flept. 10. 11 and 12, with
final limit for reluming kept is. but
by depositing ticket and payment of
I! 00 earns will he extended tn return
until Befit $6 Gel full Information at
t'lly Ticket Office. No, 7 Bull etreet.
Rhone 21 ad.
LARGEST OF KIND
IN THE SOUTH
SASH, DOOR, BLIND FACTORY.
NEW ENTERPRISE OF SAVANNAH
LIMBER COMPANY STARTED.
Will Be Equipped With Finest Ma
chinery Obtainable—To be Com
pleted Early Next Year and Will
Give Employment to Nearly 259
Hands—Manufacture* Chiefly for
Foreign Markets, With a Big
Daily Onfpnt—On Montgomery
Street, Near Fifty-Second.
Already under course of construction
the Savannah Lumber Company is
building at the south end of Mont
gomerty street, near Fifty-second, a
sash, door and blind factory which will
be the largest thing of its kind in the
South.
When completed the factory will
have a daily capacity of about 500
doors, 600 windows and a large amount
of general hard interior finish products.
Starting from the dry kilns at one end
of the factory, the raw' materials will
pass from one machine and workman
to another, until it reaches the far
therest end and is ready for the ware
houses in the shape of a finished prod
uct.
Recently Mr. F. H. Morse, who will
be the superintendent of the plant
returned from an extended trip to in
spect the finest grades of machinery.
His instructions were to select the very
finest machinery made. For three
weeks he vistied the World's Fair and
saw the displays there and then went
through the Northwest to visit some of
the big plants in that timbered section.
In the equipment for the plant are
included two Corliss engines, with oth
er machinery of equal reputation. The
machinery will be driven by electricity,
w'hich enables an arrangement of the
other machinery which greatly facili
tates the work.
Location of Factory.
For a location for the new factory
the company has purchased twenty
two acres of land conveniently situ
ated on the line of the Atlantic Coast
Line just beyond the city limits at
the south end of Montgomery street.
The brick foundations for the piers
are being laid this week, and some
of the machinery is on the way. The
contracts for all of the machinery have
not yet been placed, and will not be
until the building has progressed fur
ther.
The main factory building will be
400 feet long and 125 feet wide. There
will be employed in the neighborhood
of 250 hands, many of whom will be
skilled laborers. The monthly pay
roll will be high up in the thousands.
It is expected that the factory will
be in active operation by the middle
of January.
For Foreign Markets.
While the local markets will not be
ignored, the products of the factory
will supply foreign markets princi
pally. There is a goog demand for this
class of goods, and the company
anticipates no difficulty in disposing
of the entire output of the plant.
Heretofore the Savanriah Lumber
Company has confined its operations
to the sawmill field, with an occa
sional planing mill near by. At pres
ent It has a large number of mills in
Georgia and Florida. and is possibly
■the biggest concern of the kind in the
South.
Backed by practically unlimited capi
tal, the company, in the year or more
it has been in existence, has purchased
many mills and much timber. Its
widening field is an evidence of the
progressiveness of the management.
The following gentlemen compose the
company: Mr. Lawrence McNeil, presi
dent; Mr. J. J. Cummings, vice presi
dent; Mr. J. F. McEachern.
FOR ENTICINgTaILOR
“RUNNER” WAS ARRESTED.
Charged With Violating the State
Cotie in Regard to Sailors.
Charged with enticing Oscar Harap
man, a sailor, to desert his ship, the
North Cape, John Morris, who says
he is a sailor "runner" for John Kelly,
a shippisg agent, was arrested yester
day afternoon and locked up at the
police station. The sailor that he is
charged with enticing was also taken
in charge, being held for safe keeping.
Section 655 of the State Code makes
it a misdemeanor for anyone to entice
a sailor to desert his ship. It is
charged that Morris was caught by the
second officer of the North Cape leav
ing the vessel with the sailor’s satchel.
Morris, however, says the satchel was
thrown down on the wharf and that
he was told Hampman was going to
quit the ship. He says he had been
to the ship the day before and had
been told that the two men were going
to leave. Hampman, he says, was
pointed out as one of them.
Hampman is a Finn and replies to
all questions, "No Engligh.” The case
will be heard in Police Court this
morning. The ship is to sail within a
few days, so if Morris is remanded
he will be tried very soon.
Seaboard Air Line Hallway
Will discontinue their usual Sunday
excursion rates to Brunswick, Fernan
dlna and Jacksonville after Sunday.
Sept. 11. This is your last chance to
visit these points at low rates.—ad.
$12.15 to Chattanooga and Return,
via Central of Georgia Ry.
Account International Association of
Fire Engineers, excursion tickets will
be sold Sept. 11 and 12. final limit
Sept. 20. By depositing tickets at Chat
tanooga and paying fee of 50 cents, an
extension to Sept. 30 can be obtained.
For further information apply to Mr.
J. S. Holmes, C. T. and P. A., 37 Bull
street. —ad.
Hen board Air Line nailway. Change
of Hehedule Sunday, Sep*, ltth.
■ The Seaboard Air Line Railway will
change schedule on Savannah-Mont
gomery division, effective Sunday,
Sept. 11.
The Suvannah-Montgomery train
which heretofore left Savannah at 7:00
a. m. will leave at 7:15 a. m. The Sa
vannah-Helena train leaving Savannah
at 4 30 p. m. will he dally including
Sunday; and the Sunday train for Ocll
la. which heietofore left at 6:30 p. in.,
has been discontinued.
The Savannnh-Stateahorn train will
leave Savannah 3:00 p. m. daily, in
cluding Sunday, and the Sunday train,
hlch heretofoie left at 6:50 p. in., mui
been discontinued.
For other minor chnngea consult
Seaboard ngent*.—ad.
Sunday Eicarslone
Will not be operated after Sunday.
Sept. 11, via Seaboard Air Line Rail,
way. Don't fall to take advantage
of this last opportunity of visiting
Brunswick, Feniundlns or Jackson
ville.—atf.
BICYCLE RIDER RUN DOWN
BY AN AUTOMOBILE.
James E. Delannoy Injured While
Riding on Estill Avenue.
By the impact of a heavy automobile,
Mr. James E. Delannoy was thrown
from his bicycle while riding along
Estill avenue late yesterday afternoon
and painfully injured. The automobile
was driven by Mr. W. F. McCauley.
Hearing the approaching automobile,
Mr. Delannoy turned his wheel to get
out of the wax. Almost at the same
instant Mr. McCauley deflected his
course to avoid the wheelman. The
result was that the automobile over
took the bicycle and Its rider.
Mr. McCauley promptly stopped his
machine and hastened to the injured
man. Mr. Delannoy was taken into an
automobile by Mr. Granger and
brought to his home, No. 208 Oglethorpe
avenue, east, where he was attended by
Dr. M. F. Dunn. It was found that
one shoulder had been dislocated and
that he had sustained, a cut on the
head. The injuries were dressed, and
last night he was resting comfortably.
Mr. Delannoy had just left his work
at the McDonough lumber mill on the
Thunderbolt road, and was riding home.
His wheel was smashed and his cloth
ing badly torn in the collision. The
injured man and Mr. McCauley have
been friends since childhood, and the
latter was very much exercised as a
result of the accident. It is not
thought that there will be any serious
results to Mr. Delannoy.
DETECTIVE OUTRAN
JUVENILE THIEF.
Valuable Watch Recovered Before
Its Loss Hail Been Reported.
By one of the fastest sprints that
he ever puit up. Detective Murphy
yesterday caught a little negro thief
and recovered a fine gold watch, even
before the loss of the watch had been
reported to the police. For two blocks
the officer ran through the streets aft
er the boy, and caught him as he
tried to double back around the City
Market.
Detective Murphy entered the Star
■pawn shop as the iboy was trying to
pawn the watch. The officer went
over to ask one of the clerks what
the boy had to pawn and the little
negro watched him closely. He hesi
tated for a moment or two and then
went through the door as hard as he
could run with the officer following.
When caught, the boy gave his name
as Henry Robinson. He is only 11
years old. He claimed a lady had giv
en him the watch to pawn.
He was carried to the police station
and had been locked up only a short
time, when Miss Florence Hull, of No.
2301 Whitaker street, telephoned to
report the loss of her watch. She had
hired a little negro in the morning
to do some work about the place, and
had gone down town. When she re
turned home the negro had disappear
ed and the watch was missing. She
was told that both were at police
headquarters, and later she called to
identify the negro, and claim the
watch. The watch is a very hand
some one and is especially prized by
Miss Hull, as her mother gave it to
her as a graduation present.
The boy will be given a hearing be
fore the Recorder this morning.
GREAT DEAL OF DIRT
HAS BEEN MOVED.
The excavating for the Gwinnett
street subway is progressing very fast.
Between six and seven feet of the
earth has already been dug out and
moved. A busy 'scene is presented at
the old crossing now, the pile driving
machine being at work.
On either side of the street strips
twenty feet wide are being left for the
roadways which are to be built. These
roadways will furnish access to the
houses and business places along the
street, which would otherwise be left
in the air. With the roadway arrange
ment the places can be reached just
as easily after the subway is built as
at present.
APPEALED TO SIPREME COURT.
The bill of exceptions in the case of
Camilla Usina, administratrix of M. P.
Usina, deceased, vs. the Florida Cen
tral and Peninsula road, was trans
mitted to the Supreme Court yester
day by Clerk Waring Russell. Jr., of
the City Court. A verdict was ren
dered for the plaintiff for $1,150 and
from this the company prayed an ap
peal.
$20.10 St. Loots and Return.
Southern Railway will sell round
trip tickets from Savannah to St.
Louis at above very low rate on each
Tuesday in September, limited to ten
days. The best route, and service.
Call at or 'phone City Ticket Office,
141 Bull street, for information.—ad.
Abbott’s East India Corn Paint.
If you would be free of corns and
bunions ask your druggist tor Ab
bott's East India Corn Paint. Corns
removed as well as bunions and warts
without any pain or trouble. Simply
apply this wonderful corn paint as di
rected.—ad. .;
Notice to Veterans Attending State
Reunion, Rome, Ua., Sept. 14.15,
IDU4.
A rate of 1 cent per mile from all
points in Georgia to Rome and return,
has been authorized, account of above
occasion. Tickets on sale. Sept. 12, 13
and 14, good to return until Sept 19
1904.
Call on your nearest ticket agent and
request that he secure you round trip
ticket, routed over the Western and
Atlantic Railroad, the "Old Battlefields
Line," between Atlanta and Rome.
Double daily trains each way. Write
to the undersigned for beautiful illus
trated battlefield booklet, free C E
Harman, G. P. A., W. and A. R. R ‘
Atlanta. Ga.—ad.
Colombia Insecticide.
(Non Poisonous.)
For exterminating roaches and wa
terbugs. We guarantee this powder
will exterminate roaches and water
bugs or money refunded. Can be pur
chased from us In cans for 25 and 50
cents. It Is in use In this city with
great satisfaction. Removes the last
vestige of roadhes or water-bugs. Lipp
man Drug Company.—ad.
Best Runic tu Anstln.
Special excursion rates to Austin,
Tex., from all points Sept, n and 12
return limit Sept. 30. Quickest and
best route is via New Orleans and
the Southern Pacific. Official route
to the National Baptist Convention
ad.
World’s Fair. St. Louis, >ln Central
of Georgia Hr,
Low rates, shortest route, quickest
Hne! Choice of two routes, via At
lanta and Nashville or Birmingham.
Sleeping cars all the way.— *d.
The Reporter's Msnusl, a handbook
for newspaper men. Mailed to any
address (sr II For sale at Estlll'*
News Depot, 41 Bull street, Savannah
Qa.—iff.
Bicycle Day,
We expect a big day to-day and
have uncrated anew lot of wheels
for inspection.
THE CLEVELAND
THE TRIBUNE
THE PIERCE
THE MONARCH
Are all good ones, and you make
no mistake in buying any one of
them.
Our terms are ridiculously easy.
%tti/riwWh
19 West Broughton Street.
The Best Shampoo
The health of the scalp de
pends largely on whether or
not it is kept perfectly clean
and free from dandruff. Use
Egg Sea Foam
None better. Made of pure
Olive and Cocoanut Oils.
Feeds and nourishes.
25 cents the bottle.
“Get It at Rowllnskl’s,’*
Broughton and Drayton.
The Reliable House,
If you have seeds to buy buy
them from an establishment whose
guarantee holds good.
Georgia Grown
Seed Rye
Now Ready.
J, T. "SHUPTRiNE,
The Reliable Seedsman,
Congress and Jefferson.
JUST IN, A CARLOAD OF
FIRE BRICK.
FIRE CLAY,
FLUE PIPE, ETC.
Garden Tile.
Edward Lovell’s Sons
11S Broughton Street. West.
ULAN BOND S CO..
COAL
Best quality in all sites
For domestic use.
Both Phones 507.
No. 18 Bull Street
Northeast Corner of Bryan Street.
After September 1. 1904.
Will be Occupied by
WILLIAM ESTILL,
(Es till's News Depot)
With a large and varied stock of
Newspapers,
Books, Periodicals
and Stationery.
JOHN C. BUTLER
Sash, Blinds, Doors,
Paints, Oils, Glass,
Lime, Cements, Plater,
20 Congress Street, West.
imported Molasses.
681 Puncheon*. 24 hogaheads, I■'
barrel*. Muscovado MoUaae*. re
ceived by bark Letlsla. For sale by
C. M. GILBERT & CO.
IMPORTERS.
FRESH RICE FLOUR
FOR SALE
at Planters* Rice Mill