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" YOU’VE NEVER BEEN FOND
OF ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY”
(Capt. Hitch to Governor .)
HITCH ARRAIGNS
GOV, TERRELL
PUTS BLAME ON GOVERNOR.
“WAS ENJOTIK6 INCOGNITO GIDDY
PLEASURES OP PIKE.”
“After Ordering Your Troops In the
Field,” Says Cnpt. Hitch, “You
Abandoned Your Post of Duty.”—
“Another Lynching In Sstannah
Under Forms of Military Law.”—
“No Member of Mob Is to Be In
dieted! I Alone Am to lie Sacri
ficed.”
An open letter to Gov. Joseph M.
Terrell, in which the chief executive
is arraigned, and In which the States
boro affair is gone Into at length, was
given out yesterday morning by Capt.
Robert M. Hitch, late commander
Company X. First Regiment, Infantry,
G. S. T.
The letter follows:
Oct. 28, 1904.—H0n. Joseph M. Ter
rell, Governor and Commander-In-
Chief, Atlanta, Ga.: Sir—Now that I
am relieved of that enforced silence
which military discipline imposed and
am at liberty to address you as a
Georgian and an American citizen, 1
feel it to be a duty which I owe to
the state, to the Georgia State Troops
and to myself to plainly delineate cer
tain manifestations of your character
which have been brought to public at
tention since Aug. 16 of the present
year. Before doing so, however, I have
purposely waited a reasonable time for
deliberation and reflection, lest uncon
sciously 1 might imitate that indecent
haste which you have lately exhibited
on occasions when the reputations of
good men were lodged in your keep
ing.
Puts Illume on Governor,
In military affairs the commanding
officer is always accountable for the
conduct of his command. For the ac
tion of the troops at Statesboro on
Aug. 15 and 16 I have always an
nounced myself as willing to assume
full responsibility and have never
sought to shift the burden on any
subordinate officer or enlisted man.
And neither the people of Georgia nor
myself will allow you to escape your
full responsibility for the action of the
court-martial convened at Savannah
by your command. Under the law you
are the commander-in-chief. Under the
law the action of that court-martial
had to he submitted to and passed up
on by you before it became effective.
On you, therefore, must rest the
blame.
You have never been fond of assum
ing responsibility. On the contrary,
you have persistently pursued a course
which always placed others between
you and possible criticism. Under the
military law' you could have ordered
me to Statesboro on Aug. 15 with In
structions to act immediately under
your command and according to your
direction. Yours would then have been
the responsibility. Local feeling and
sentiment would thus have been elim
inated. Instead of taking this course
you saw fit to send me there under in
structions to report to the sheriff of
Bulloch county, who it now appears
was closely connected by marriage
with the murdered Hodges family, and
to “comply with such orders as he
might give,” to "act in conjunction
with the sheriff of Bulloch county.”
and to take orders for duty from the
Judge presiding at the trial. Ir every
respect and in all respects 1 was made
subordinate to the civil authorities at
Statesboro.
••In Giddy Pleasure* of Pike.**
“After my arrival at Statesboro, on
Monday. Aug. 16, you received a tele
gram signed by three prominent citizens
of that city, who were acting as an
advisory committee to the Judge, in
forming you that four more companies
of troops were needed. You replied by
stating, in substance, that two more
companies were ready at Savann'ih to
answer the call of the presiding judge.
Again you evaded responsibility, in
stead of going to the scene of the trou
ble, as did Gov.- Vardaman of Missis
sippi. and yourself assuming direct con
trol of the situation.
"Then, on the s‘ame day. after hav
ing ordered your troops in the field,
and after full knowledge of the danger
ous situation that existed at Statesboro,
you abandoned your post of duty and
went to the distant city beyond the bor
ders of your state, where neither as
sistance nor advice could be had from
you in case of need. After knowledge
of the riot 'and its results on Aug. 16
had been brought home to you, Instead
of immediately returning to your post
of duty and taking such action as the
occasion might warrant, and thereby
guiding the current of public opinion
along proper channels, you remained
for a week in St. Louis, enjoying in
cognito the giddy pleasures of “The
Pike.”
“To Find a Scapegoat."
“When at length you returned to the
Capitol of your state, public clamor
was running high. An excited press
had lashed the people into a state of
frenzy, and you and your Adjutant
General's office were being made the
subjects of Intense criticism through
out the country.
“It. therefore, became necessary in
your eyes to find a scapegoat; some
viotlm must be found; someone must
he sacrificed In order to relieve the
preasure leveled against the chief au
thorities of the state. This need was
Intensified by the fact that shortly
after the Statesboro lynching a similar
affair occurred at Cedartown, Ga., an
other at Huntsville, Ala., another In
Franklin county, Georgia, to say noth
ing of the sensational shooting affair
between whites and blacks that took
ptare in Talbot county. Georgia.
"I invited you bo convene a court of
Inquiry, assuming that under your
oath of office and under your duty be
fore the law, I should receive fair
treatment at the hands of such a court
as you might appoint, and that its re
port on the facts would be carefully re
viewed and considered by you before
taking further action. You at once In
dicated the line of action which you
expected to purmie by appointing as
president of that court a retired offi
cer of the state troops, who under
the impulse of the hour had disquali
fied himself by expressing plainly and
pointedly, in the office of your Adju
tant General, his condemnation of my
self and the troops under my command
at Rtatesboro.
A Military l,w Y.ynrhlng.
“When a fair-minded press called
your attention to this officer's disqual
ification. and he himself ha.d frankly
admitted it to you, you stated, and
were so quoted in the public prints,
that, 'that made no difference with
Tou.' Evidently you were then form-
V l * Plana for another lynching to be
t.Vj ** kavannah under forms of mll
aiw. . ’ <UI<S w e p * bent on sacrificing
orapr *° shield yourself,
ana inquiry promptly met
•••formed its ork. Fublio clatn
.- j. ,*, *' -. • V
CAPT. ROBERT M. HITCH.
or was unabated, and public criticism
still unchecked. Not only the press
of our own state, but the Northern and
Eastern newspapers and magazines
had taken up the matter and were
driving you along like straw before
the wind. When the report of the
court of inquiry was filed in your of
fice, consisting of over four hundred
typewritten pages of testimony, with
out reading a line of the evidence, you
immediately ordered a general court
martial, and on the same afternoon,
that the report was filed, the full mem
bership of the court was announced
from your office, making perfectly
manifest the fact that the order for
the court-martial was already prepared
and the personnel of the court already
selected, and that you had merely
awaited the formal filing of the report.
Had you read the evidence, you would
have found, not ohly that your troops
had performed their full duty, but that
they had been victimized and betrayed,
and that the ordering of a court-mar
tial would be an outrage.
•‘Court Martinis Convene to Convict.”
“The court-martial was a peculiarly
favorable agency placed in your hands
by the law for victimizing others in
attempting to vindicate yourself. It
is axiomatic that ‘counts-martial con
vene 'to convict’ This truism finds its
justification in, the fact that the mem
bership of the court—'the whole jury,
so to speak—is selected entirely by
the prosecution, represented in this
case toy yourself.
“The defendant is allowed no
‘strikes,’ contrary to the rule which
prevails in civil courts. Even the
right to challenge for cause is so re
stricted toy the military law as to be
practically valueless. A bare majority
of the court fixes the verdict and sen
tence. a unanimous finding not being
required. The minority is not even al
lowed to file a dissenting report. And
last of all, the prosecution, represent
ed in this cise by yourself, acts as a
reviewing authority to approve or dis
approve the findings and sentence. It
would be almost a miracle that any
defendant should escape In such a
court where the prosecution really de
sired a conviction. Give me the power
to select the membership of a court
to try you, as commander-in-chlef, for
your management of this affair, and
I can dismiss you from office to-mor
row in 'thirty minutes, and on a dozen
different counts.
Elasticity of Procedure.
“The charges and specifications pre
ferred against me before the court
which met at Savannah furnished a
striking illustration of that elasticity
of procedure allowed by military law,
under which a man can be accused of
nothing and convicted of anything. The
specifications against me consisted of
the broadest generalities. In a. civil
court they would have been stricken as
being vague, indefinite and uncertain.
“There was not one of the specific
'articles of war that I had violated.
There was not a single military rule
or regulation that I had failed to ob
serve. There was not a single practice
or custom of war applicable to riot duty
that I had not followed. No specific
military offense of any sort could be
found chargeable against me under the
facts as developed by the court of
Inquiry.
“It was therefore, necessary to bring
all of the charges and specifications un
der the Sixty-second Article of War,
which is the general omnibus section
under which are embraced all other
•disorders and neglects’ now else
where specifically mentioned. My con
duct could not be termed ’disorder,’
so it was charged against me as ‘ne
glect.’ and yet the undisputed testi
mony shows that in every material re
spect every step that I took, and every
act that I performed, was done inten
tionally and deliberately, and according
to my best judgement. How can in
tentional and deliberate action be term
ed 'neglect?'
Under Civil Authorities.
“The special order under which I
went to Statesboro placed me under
the orders of any subject to the judge
and the sheriff in every particular. It
was not alleged in any of the charges
or specifications that I failed or re
fused to take orders from the judge,
or the sheriff, or that I failed to act
in conjunction with the sheriff.
“In a civil court a general demurrer
based on this ground would have
caused every charge and specification
to be dismissed, as that order covered
the entire tour of duty. A motion to
quash the charges and specifications
was made on this ground before the
court-martial, and If you had read the
record your legal training would have
compelled you to declare that the court
should have sustained that motion
and quashed every charge and speci
fication against me. because none of
them alleged that I had in my respect
failed to do exactly as directed by the
order which governed my actions,
namely, that I should take orders
from the sheriff, take orders from the
Judge, obey their orders, and act in
conjunction with the sheriff.
Was What .Influx Wanted.
"There was only one specification of
a real military character preferred
against me, and that was with refer
ence to not having placed a cordon of
soldiers around the Court House. No
doubt you, as well as my other critics,
felt confident that I would be con
demned on that specification, even
though I might escape on all the
others, and yet on that very accusa
tion 1 was acquitted.
“I admitted the fact (hat there was
no cordon placed around the Court
House, and gave my reasons for it.
namely, that when the suggestion to
clear the Court House was made by
me to the judge at the very commence
ment of the trial, he expresaed a pref
erence for a public hearing, and a. de
sire that the people be allowed to re
main and hear the evidence.
"My construction of my duty was.
that if the Judge wished to have a
public hearing It was my duty to see
that he had It, and If he expresaed a
wish for the people to remain In the
Court House and hear the testimony,
It was my duty to let them remain
there, and plane my guard around the
prisoners in court room. The_n
-* Continued on Sixteenth Page.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. OCTOBER 30. 1904.
WANT TO MOVE
GA. INFIRMARY
SOUTH SIDERS WILL FIGHT
FOR THIS AND OTHER IMPROVE
MENTS IN THAT SECTION.
Want More Tree* and Better Lights,
and Will Make These Improve
ments an Issne, If Necessary—May
Pass Resolutions Condemning
Tree Narsery—Nnmber of Members
Insist That for Same Money Many
More Trees Could be Bought Out
right.
Beginning Monday night the South
Side Administration Club will start a
movement for improvements in that
section of the city, which will be con
tinued through the municipal campaign
and on into next year. It is to be
a fight until the desired results are
accomplished.
On Monday night the Advisory and
Steering Committee of the club will
meet at the headquarters of the organ
ization at Karsten's H’all to discuss the
opening of the campaign and the first
big meeting for the South Side.
Later in the week the Improvement
Committee, which is composed of
twenty-four property owners in that
section of the city, will meet and def
initely determine the matters that
are to be pushed at once. Still later
a meeting of the entire club is to be
called for the first big rVilly of the cam
paign in the South Side.
More Georgia Infirmary.
The caucus Monday night will take
up some of the matters that are to be
worked on at once. There are sev
eral things that the leaders in this sec
tion have already agreed upon and one
of these is the removal, from its pres
ent site on Abercorn street, of the
Georgia Infirmary.
The club last year passed resolutions
on the subject, and since that time,
has been quietly at work. Everything
is now in more favorable shape for
moving the infirmary, and the mem
bers of the club hope to be able to
accomplish it early in 1905.
The infirmary has retarded the de
velopment of the South Side in its
immediate vicinity, the members of the
club say. Only recently the institu
tion sold a portion of its land to the
Little Sisters of the Poor, and it is
thought it will now be much easier
to get the trustees to agree to move.
Beautify That Section.
Much stress will be laid by the club
upon the beautifying of the South
Side. The city will be urged to plant
more trees and to otherwise improve
that section of the city. The mem
bers of the club say that South Side
is growing faster than any other sec
tion, and it should for that reason get
more improvements.
In regard to the planting of the
trees the club may condemn the tree
nursery some time ago started by the
city under the direction of the Park
and Tree Commission. Some of the
members say the same amount of
money the nursery costs expended in
buying trees would get more and
much better plants. They think the
tree nursery a waste both of time
and money.
More lights for the South Side will
also be requested. The fight for more
lights was started some time ago, but
nothing of any consequence was ac
complished. Some three or four lights
were placed in the South Side, but
no general Improvement of the condi
tions was obtained.
MAYOR WONT VETO
COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION.
If He Should. Howevler, It Will End
the Mutter.
After the meeting of the Commit
tee on City Lots and Opening Streets
with the Mayor yesterday, Mayor
Myers announced he would not make
up his mind in regard to the Thirty
seventh street resolution until Mon
day. It is not now believed, how
ever, that the Mayor will veto the
resolution.
The committee and the Mayor went
over the case thoroughly. It is be
lieved now that while the Mayor does
not entirely agree.with the members
favoring the resolution, he will refrain
from using his veto power. If, how
ever, he should veto the resolution,
that will end the matter. Council
does not think enough of the proposed
purchase to pass the resolution over
the Mayor's veto.
Enjoy Your Breakfast.
Drink Onr Coffee and Be Bappy.
The coffees we are now selling tell
their own story. They cannot be
equalled at any price. Buy a pound
of our Java and Mocha for 35 cents,
■three for sl. and you will say it is the
finest coffee you ever drank. The
GreoJt Atlantic and Pacific Tea Com
pany. 106 Broughton street, west.
Telephone 616. H. T. Wilson, Man
ager.—ad.
K. K.
“Kolola Korea.**
Mr. Donlan, the general manager of
the Carnival Association, says that
they received sixty-five replies giving
as an answer to the meaning of the
mystic letters K. K., “Kaiola Kures.”
This demonstrates how well acquaint
ed the public are becoming with the
true merit of this wonderful product.
"Kaiola Kures” by removing the
cause. destroying disease germs,
cleansing and building up wasted tis
sues and creating perfect digestion and
appetite.
“Take Kaiola six days and eat any
thing you want.”
An occasional dose of Kaiola before
breakfast insures perfect health.
“Kaiola Kures” the sick and perpet
uates good health of the well.—ad.
Greet ttie Bride to Be
With an elegant present from Stern
berg & Co.'s specially selected new
lines of silverware, cut glassware, dia
monds, Jewelry. ,/tc.. at lower prices,
—ad.
I.odden and Bates Got Awards.
Mr. T. W. Stone, manager of Lud
den & Bates Southern Music House,
has returned from Macon, where he
had the pleasure of seeing the Chick
erlng Grand and the Mathushek up
right pianos his house had entered win
the diplomas at the Georgia State
Fair.
Karntvat Krnse.
Would you like to see the entire car
nival free? If no. favor us with a call,
and we will tell you how, Phillips
Crew Company.—ad. '
An riut-fa*lilnncd Country Store wilt
blstatthecarnlTOlb**t
"w5eU" ,
valued from 10 cents to 130 will be
given away.—ad
MAYOR MYERS THANKS
RAILROAD COMMISSION
For Puffing Savannah on Equality
With Other Points.
Mayor Myers wrote to Hon. J. Pope
Brown, fh* chairman of the Railroad
Commission, yesterday thanking him
and the entire commission for the ac
tion In regard to Savannah.
Before the Mayor knew of the ac
tion of the commissiondn granting Sa
vannah the same Tates as had been
given Atlanta In circulars 301 and 302,
he had answered Mr. Brown’s note,
which was to the effect that Savan
nah would be treated justly.
The letter was as follows:
“In writing you yesterday I was not
aware of the promulgation of your
order relative to rates in favor of Sa
vannah.
“I beg to return thanks to you, and
your colleagues on the commission, in
behalf of the business interests of
Savannah for the promptness with
which you have acted and the evidence
you have given of your determination
to do exact justice to all Interests in
Georgia.
"Savannah feels that it ds safe in
your hands.”
The Mayor now believes the commis
sion Intended all along to do the right
thing by Savannah. The only thing
is that in granting the low rates first
to Atlanta serious damage might have
been done this city had the matter
not been carried Into the courts. The
Mayor is not only satisfied, but very
much pleased with the outcome of the
case. Savannah is not especially in
terested In the low rates except to be
certain she will get them, if they are
ever granted, at the same time At
lanta and other towns are favored.
SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL
STUDY ABOUT SAVANNAH.
Mayor Gets Request for Number of
Savannah Booklets.
Even in far off Montana, people are
talking about Savannah.
And the discussion has aroused such
interest that Mayor Myers yesterday
received a letter from the principal of
a school in Red Lodge, Montana, ask
ing that a number of the Savannah ad
vertising booklets, which Secretary
Gamble prepared, be forwarded, as it
is the intention of the school principal
to have the children spend a day in
studying about Savannah.
Mayor Myers is very much gratified
at the interest that is being manifest
ed in this city. While he does not
think the study by the children will
be of any great material benefit to this
city immediately, he does think it will
in a short time, advertise Savannah
much better than the careful perusal
by twice as many grown people.
The children will naturally become
interested and talk with their par
ents about the city, after being made
to study about it for a day. The
Mayor is very much pleased at the
request to have copies of the booklet
forwarded, and Secretary Gamble, who
prepared the pamphlet, is also gratified.
EXCELSIOR PLANT
DESTROYED BY FIRE.
West Savannah Excelsior Company
Burned to tbe Ground.
The plant of the West Savannah
Excelsior Manufacturing Company
was almost totally destroyed by a
fire, which broke out shortly after
noon yesterday. The fire started in
a mixing room and rapidly spread
throughout the plant.
A telephone message was sent to
the city and the wagons from Stations
Nos. 3 to 4 responded. The plant is
just outside the city limits and
streams of water could only be ob
tained by siamesing the hose. The
streams were feeble, however, and the
firemen were able to offer little resist
ance to the flames. Owing to the in
flammable nature of the material on
hand, the plant burned rapidly.
One warehouse with several tons of
excelsior on hand was saved. The
plant will be rebuilt and business con
tinued. The excelsior saved will be
reserved for local orders, so that so
far as Savannah is concerned there
will be no difference in the business.
The plant had only recently been in
stalled. The damage is estimated at
from $5,000 to $6,000. The total in
surance carried was only about $2.-
500. _
Mr. Newman's Condition Unchanged.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Emile New
man will learn with regret that the
condition of Mr. Newman, which has
been serious, is unchanged. Mr. New
man has been ill with pneumonia for
about three weeks, and his condition
now is not regarded as at all promis
ing.
Bnydrn Shoes for Men
Are unsurpassed for fit, wear and style.
Sold only by A. S. Nichols, 20 Brough
ton, west.—ad.
THE BIG TREKS.
A Wondrous and Awe-Inspiring Pro.
dnet of Nature. Found Only in
California.
California's attractions are mostly of
its own kind, peculiar to the state, and
of none is this so emphatically true as
that unique product the Big Trees. The
age of these colossi is from 1,500 to
2,000 years. The Mariposa Grove,
which can be visited while en route to
the Yosemite, contains some of the
largest. In the Calaveras Grove are
from ninety to one hundred of huge
size. Near Santa Cruz Is a beautiful
grove of redwood Big Trees which will
well employ a day's visit. These can
be best reached by the Union Pacific,
whose fast trains from Missouri river
reach California 16 hours ahead of all
competitors.
Pamphlets and maps describing the
wonders of California, and full infor
mation about the most comfortable and
direct route to the Pacific Coast, can
be obtained of J. H. Lothrop. O. A.,
903 Olive street, St. Louis, Mo.—ad.
Tile Jeannes* Miller Shoe
For ladies, are Just the thing. They
fit as nature intended. Nichols, the
shoe man, sells them. 20 Broughton,
west.—ad.
Knrnivnl Krnse.
Would you like to see the entire car
nival free? If so. favor us with a call,
and we will tell you how. Phillips &
Crew Company.—ad.
Brill Regulation*.
Th* lstest edition of the United
State* Infantry Drill Regulations. For
sale at Estlll's News Stand. No. 18
Bull street, corner of Bryan. No. 2.
east. Savannah. Ga. Mailed to any ad
dress for 65 cents.—ad.
The latest craze, your photograph
on a postal card, mode while you wait
for them, *t th* carnival.—d.
Br. Read’s Oashlon Shoe
For men are th# easiest shoes on
earth. They conform perfectly to the
shape of the foot, and need no break
ing In For sale by Nichols, the shoe
mart. >0 Broughton, west.-ad.
JAPS SUPERIOR
TO THE RUSSIANS
MORE FIGHTING STRENGTH.
DR. J. A. H. 9HRRER WAS IX FLOW
ERY KINGDOM FOR FIVE YEARS.
While RumU Tin. Three Times the
Popnlation, nn Entirely Different
Spirit Prevails in Island—Great
Fear la That Finances Will Not
Hold Oat—Japanese Fighting- Bat
tles for Anglo-Saxon-American In
dustries—Sure to Win Out.
“Impossible as it seems, the Japanese
have a greater fighting strength than
the Russians.’*
The above statement was made yes
terday to a representative of the
Morning News by Rev. J. A. B. Sher
er, president of Newbery College, who
is here attending the Lutheran confer
ence.
Dr. Sherer spent five years in Ja
pan in the employment of the govern
ment as a teacher of English, return
ing in 1897. Since that time he has
kept in close touch with the progress
of the Flowery Kingdom. Last April
he issued a book entitled, “Japan To
day,” which has already reached its
third edition. His “History of Japan”
is in press.
“While Russia has fifty-seven times
the territory of Japan, it has only
three times the population. The mass
of the Russians take little stock in the
war, and have no sympathy with the
struggle.
“With the Japanese, they are in the
fight body and soul. The men esteem
it a privilege to die for their Emperor.
Their only religious principle is loyal
ty to their ruler. In all their schools
they have military drills.
Superior in Wealth.
“The superiority of the Russians lies
in their greater wealth. The Japa
nese war chest represents in large
measure the personal sacrifice of its
citizens. Japanese are among the poor
nations and their tax rate is heavy.
“During my stay in Japan I was a
government official, and as such had
exceptional opportunities to study their
movements.
“In regard to the present war, the
Japanese have foreseen it ever since
their war with China. The indemnity
they received for being forced to give
up the territory they took was expend
ed on their army and navy. The key
note of their talk after that was forced
upon them by Russia and other na
tions and was ‘revenge.’
“Russian never thought Japan would
fight. I was once talking with a Rus
sian officer, and I asked him what he
thought of such a thing. He flicked
the ashes from his cigar. "That’s what
I think,' he said.
Odds Are With Japs.
“The Japanese have a fair chance
of winning, that is, the odds are on
their side. The Czar is a ‘nincompoop’
and is surrounded by weak men. He
himself is weak almost to the point
of imbecility.
“I sympathize with the Japanese in
this war because I think that they are
right, though as a nation their char
acter has very grave defects. I think
the Chinese have many points of su
periority in this regard.
“It is all a mistake to talk about the
Russians being the representatives of
the white man. Though they have
white skins they have an Oriental
heart. The Japanese have a dark
skin, but are Western in spirit. By
some wofider this nation is more Eu
ropean than Oriental. They are fight
ing the battles of the Anglo-Saxon.
“The bone of contention is China, of
course. If Russia wins, it means
that China 'will remain just like it is,
while if Japan wins they will western
ize it.
“I notice that the Russians are much
more free in giving out news than the
Japanese. The latter give out news
several days late and then only after
it has been carefully edited. The
Russians seem to have a very hap
hazard system at St. Petersburg, and
much they give out enables the Japa
nese to use it with effect, I am sure.
“No matter who wins, the result
will be a vastly increased field for
American industries.”
Karnival Kraie.
Would you like to see the entire car
nival free? If so, favor us with a call,
and we will tell you how. Phillips &
Crew Company.—ad.
MILLINERY BULLETIN.
IVrrk Beginning To-morrow—Addi
tion* to Thi* Mode Dailyy-The Big
Millinery Store—No Fake Millinery
Sole—Krou*UolT*'.
KrouskofTs’ will give $50.00 to any
one that does not find exactly what
Is advertised in their store at any
time. Prices far less th'an others ask.
Phipps & Atchison hats, as long as
they last, $2.48, others ask $6.00 to
SB.OO. Gage hats, as long as they last,
$2.48, others ask $5.00 to SIO.OO. Bur
gessar Hats, $2.98, others ask $5.00 to
SB.OO. Hurnmell hats, $2.98. others ask
$5 .00 >to SB.OO. Kromlco, re*ady-to-wears
$2.98, have no equal. Ready-to-wear
hats the kind others ask $3.00, Krous
koffs' price, $1.48. Child's soft stitch
ed cloth hats, 48c. others ask 75c.
White felt flats and shapes, ladles or
children, 69c. others ask $1.25. Beaver
sailors (streamers), children, $3.48.
others ask $5.00. Felt shapes, all col
ors, all newest shapes, 69c, others ask
$1.48. Velvet turbans, all colors, sty
lish shapes. $2.23, others ask $5.00.
Suit turbans made of cloth, stylish
shapes, $1.48. others ask $3.50. Chil
dren's streamer sailors. 75c. others ask
$1.98. Scratch beaver felt, bailors, $1.98,
others ask $3.50. Chenille turbans,
(imported), $2.48. others ask. $5.00.
French felt shapes, velvet or silk bind
ing. $1.48, others ask $2.98. Angora
caps, red, blue, Oxford, white, 39c,
others ask 69c. Haickle, or Coque pon
pons, all colors. 48c, others ask 98c.
Haickle, or Coque breats, all colors, 48c,
others ask 98c. 16-tneh bl'ack Ostrich
plumes, 75c, others ask $2.00. 18-Inch
black ostrich plumes. 98c, others ask
$3.00. 1,000 yards chenille, all colors,
10c, others ask 25c. Krouskoffs’. the
big millinery store. Krouskoffs’.—ad.
J) Nlchola, the Shoe Man,
Is Headquarters on children's shoes,
carrying the largest assortment In the
city at the very lowest price. A. S.
Nichols, 20 Broughton, west.—ad.
World'* Fair. St. Lnnl*. via Central
of Georain By.
Low rates, shortest route, quickest
time! Choice of two routes, via At
lanta and Nashville or Birmingham.
Sleeping cars all the way.—ad.
At Hick*'
TTie best place to spend an hour to
day Is at Hicks' restaurant. It will
do you good. Here, yon will find the
best meats—prepared better than you
ever saw.—ad.
Th* Grwttit Problem of Ufa.
How to Be Truly Happy.
Tho majority of business men work
hard and take but little comfort dur
ing their lives, yet comparatively few
get rich. Where Is the difference in
leaving your wealth—even If you get it,
and the chances are decidedly against
you—in real estate, or bonds, or in cash
from life insurance policies? You may
have a good business and enjoy a good
Income; make its perpetuity sure to
your family after you are gone. In no
way can you do this more absolutely
certain than by an adequate amount
of the proper kind of life insurance.
The kind that will enable you to live
well, educate and enjoy yourself, grati
fy your higher faculties and have your
family do likewise. You may arrange
your life insurance so as to have it.
mature when you reach 65 years, so
that at that time, if you live, you will
be comfortably fixed, and should you
die before then you will die rich any
way. You might pinch and save and
stint your family all your life and then
die poor, leaving them uncared for. A
little thought will convince any one
that this solves the greatest problem
of life—how to be truly happy. Don't
worry about contingencies—they are all
provided for under the laws of Massa
chusetts and the policy contracts of the
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
Company. If misfortune comes, you
cannot lose a penny, for you will have
returned to you every dollar that you
paid except what it actually cost to
insure you. Remember also that de
lays are dangerous. Write at once,
state your age and address, and com
prehensive and interesting literature
will be sent you. Address Harty &
Apple, managers for Georgia and South
Carolina, 117 Bay street, east. Savan
nah, Ga.—ad.
Karnival Kraze.
Would you like to see the entire car
nival free? If so, favor us with a call,
and we will tell you how. Phillips &
Crew Company.—ad.
New Designs in Gut Glass.
The newest and most unique and at
tractive cuttings are represented in
Sternberg & Co.’s fresh lines of hand
some cut glass. For weddings or other
presentation occasions, no prettier or
more acceptable gift may be tendered
than a piece or set of cut glass. Prices
lowest in city.—ad. •
CIRCUS DAY APPROACHES.
Appearance of the Great Gentry
Shows An Event of the Near Future.
Gentry Bros. Famous Trained Ani
mal Shows and Congress of Educated
Animal Actors, after a season embrac
ing thirty weeks In the big cities of
the United States exclusively, will give
four exhibitions in Savannah on Nov.
7 and 8. The advance brigades are
in town now making arrangements for
the appearance of the wonderful four
footed fun-makers. The Gentry shews,
aside from being one of the greatest
tented exhibitions in the world, pos
sess an educational feature which
should not be overlooked. It is the
one exhibition In this country which
no child should miss. The time was,
and not so very long ago, either, when
"grown folk” borrowed somebody else'a
“kid” if they did not have one of their
own to take to the circus. This sub
terfuge is not necessary when the
Gentrys come to town. It is the “kids”
prerogative to go and the duty of the
parent to send him. Usually, however,
•the boy or girl seldom goes alone, as
the Gentry Bros, have an exhibition
Which not only pleases <but appeals to
every class of America’s inhabitants.
This season a better show than ever
is promised. This means a bigger
show as well. There are Over five hun
dred animal actors with the company
besides a great troupe of Royal Im
perial Japanese acrobats. A feature
of the Gentry Bros, this year is their
free street parade, which is said to be
the handsomest thing on wheels. It
will leave the show grounds at 10; 30
sharp on the day of exhibition. —ad.
Karnlval Kraxe.
Would you like to see the entire car
nival free? If so, favor us with a call,
and we will tell you how. Phillips &
Crew Company.—ad.
Look! Look! Look! A $125 diamond
ring is to be drawn by someone for
25 cents at the grab bag sale at the
carnival. Ring donated by Sternberg
& Cos. and exhibited in his windows.
Look at it.—ad.
Go There for a Rent
The White Stone Llt'nla Springs Ho
tel is now open for guests and many
are arriving for the winter. The ho
tel has been thoroughly renovated and
fitted up for winter guests. The splen
did table is a feature. The rates are
reasonable. It is only a night's ride
from Savannah,and everything is cosey
and inviting. The game preserves
which are open to guests, make it
pleasant and interesting. The hotel
has the long-distance telephone and an
office of the Western Union telegraph.
Of course, the water is what guests
wish most. It is growing celebrated
as a medicinal water. Physicians in
dorse it and the demand upon the com
pany is so heavy that many times the
supply is not immediately forthcoming.
In Savannah it is drunk almost univer
sally on the table, in saloons, in drug
stores.—ad.
At Seay'* Smoker.
Here is a smoker for you. It Is the
good smoker—the clean smoker—the
neat smoker. Here you get the stand
ard brands of whisky for sl. Seays,
the West Broad street smoker.—ad.
Karnivnl Krase.
Would you like to see the entire car
nival free? If so, favor us with a call,
and we will tell you how. Phillips &
Crew Company.—ad.
Lovely Wedding Gift*.
May be selected from Sternberg &
Co.’s brand new stock of cut glass
ware, silverware, jewelry and dia
monds. Compare quality, appearance
and prices with other stocks and see
how much better you can do here.—
ad.
Hotel I* Open.
The White atone Ltthla Springs Ho
tel is open and guests are arriving.
The hotel has been renovated and
overhauled and every comfort of
guests Is looked after. The game pre
serves. which are open to guests,
■make it an Inviting retreat for those
who can spend the time there.
Try your luck st winning the $125
diamond ring and other handsome
presents at the grab bsg sales at the
carnival. —ad.
At Hick*' Smoker.
This is tha smoker where the bast of
everything Is found. In cigars, wines,
liquors.
Only the best Is kept. Here you will
see th* best people.—ad.
Don't fall to pay the Cave of tha
Wind* a visit at tha carnival.—ad.
RANGES
There are three makes In
our stock of ranges which
hare had long and honorable
careers In Savannah. They
are:
THE OTHELLO.
THE PERFECT.
TILE MAGIC.
If you buy one of them
you’ll have a range that will
give complete satisfaction.
Prices are right.
19 West Broughton Street.
(RAUj&tU&i.
An easy cold curef
Take to bed with you one
of our two-quart guaran
teed hot water bottles (49
cents) and take Warburines
(15 cents) every two hours
for three doses.
O, the difference in the
morning!
“Get It at Rowlinskl's,**
Broughton and Drayton.
BULBS
Hyacinths,
Narcissus,
Chinese Lilies,
Etc.
Order them from.
1. T. Shuptrine,
Congress and Jefferson,
The Coolness of
Your Rooms
These Crisp Days
Put Your
Health in Danger.
Take no risk. Get a
Gas Heater
And have the rooms
comfortable in a mo
ment.
Heaters cost no more
than a doctor’s visit
and you save time and
drug bills.
savannaTgas CO.
7 and 9 Congress Street, West.
ALLAN MU S CO..
COAL
Anthracite in all sizes.
Jellico Soft Lump.
Both Phones 507.
Lumbermen Supply and
Equipment Go.
The newest thing In dry udna.
Dries lumber in 24 houra.
Costs less than others.
1
Vulcanite asphalt roofing.
Vulcanite Rubber Roofing.
BOILER TUBES
J. D. WEED Sc CO.
LAP ROBES
and
Horse Blankets.
Large assortment.
Lowest prices.
Leo Frank,
Congress and Whitaker Bta.