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MAYOR PREPARING
ANNUAL MESSAGE
DWELLS ON THE FUTURE.
TABLE OK PAVING DONE TO BE IN
CORPORATED IN' MESSAGE.
Mayor Dim-oases Paving Problem
and Exiilnin* Hon Public Senti
ment Hns Changed on Qnextion In
Recent Years—Fine Showing Made
This Year and Mayor Proposes to
Keep Pnving Ip—Son Oyer 3?
Miles of Paved Streets.
Mayor Myers has decided that his an
nual address to Council for 1904 shall
be more of a “looking forward’’ than
a “looking backward” document.
It is probable it will be submitted
to Council when that body is once
more Inducted into office for a further
term of two years, it being an ac
cepted fact now that the Mayor and
the entire Board of Aldermen will be re
nominated and reelected without oppo
sition.
Exactly what recommendations he
will make the Mayor declines to say
at this time. He will, however, review
the work of the departments during
the twelve months now closing, and
point out, that despite the building of
the new City Hall, on which $55,000
will have been paid by the end of De
cember, public! improvements in other
directions have not been allowed to
lag.
Improvements Will Not Stop.
Even during the coming year, when
the appropriation for the hail will be
very large, between $150,000 and $200,-
000, It is an open secret that there will
be a continuation of the policy of ex
tensive street paving, and other im
provements that are regarded with
such high favor by the general public.
While the appropriation for street pav
ing rnay not be as large as in some
past years, it is not improbable that
it may be augmented later in the year,
if the city’s finances work out as sat
isfactorily as is expected. In any
event there will probably be two miles
of new street paving put down.
In his report for 1904, Mayor Myers
will present the accompanying table,
which summarizes the street paving
done during the last six years, during
which he has continuously held his
present office. There are at present
in the city, he will state, 37.75 miles
of paved streets, of which 13.60 miles,
or 36 per cent, have been laid during
the six years ending Dec. 31. The
present year, the Mayor will direct at
tention to, exceeded in street paving
any past year in the history of the city
of Savannah, a total of 79,689 square
yards of paving being laid, the next
best record being for 1903 with 61,312
square yards to its credit.
I Total Total
i VitrifledlGranltei | ) No. mile- Total
YEAR. . Brick. Blocks.l Gravel.|CobblejSq. Yds. age. Cost.
1904 58,273.50
1903 61.312.54 1 61,312.84 2.98 85,640 86
1902 48.630.71 1 5,244.90 53,875.61 2.34 77,515 49
1901 22,960.00i12,546.00i 1,937.00 37,743.00 1.58 51.798 80
1900 16.532.00 j.... I 4,227.00 20,759.00 1.38 30.308 42
1899 10.706.60) | 10.706.60 ,69 21.461 00
Totals 218.H5.6o 1 23,377.7 j 18.875.90 3,418 264.086.90 13.60 8368.288 38
ravine Many Street*.
In fact, each of the last three years,
1902, 1903 and 1904, has established a
new record in the amount of paving
done. It is doubtful if the record for
1904, though, will be broken in the
next year or two, owing to the pres
sure of other improvements, which call
vigorously for attention. Mayor Myers,
though, conlidenlly looks forward to
over five more miles of streets being
paved, mainly with vitrified brick, dur
ing the term of office to which he will,
In all human probability, be chosen
by the people on Jan. 10, just twenty
three days off.
“If this is done it will make fully
nineteen miles of streets paved during
the eight years he has been Mayor
continuously,” said an alderman yester
day in discussing the subject. “Taking
the first two years he served, 1895-96,
when the first vitrified bricks were
laid in Savannah, for the entire ten
years Mayor Myers will have laid a
lasting monument to his administra
tion of city affairs in about twenty
one miles of paved highways. Street
paving and the new City Hall will be
forever regarded as the chief features
of his direction of municipal affairs.
"Mayor Myers’ faith in vitrified brick,
which he succeeded in having intro
duced as a paving material in 1896,
has never wavered, and at the expira
tion of his next term of office he will
be able to drive over about sixteen
miles of the finest Vitrified brick pave
ments in America, laid under his ad
ministration. ’This is a record that
probably no mayor of any other city,
of the same size as Savannah, can
enjoy.”
"Citizens < lamor for Paving.”
“There was a time,” Mayor Myers
will say In his report, “when citizens
looked with almost disfavor on street
paving, when many were opposed to
the outlay, and others considered it
as unnecessary beyond a few busi
ness thoroughfares. This spirit still
lingered in a measure as near as ten
years ago. To-day the difficulty pre
sented to Council is how to satisfy
citizens, who wish to have the streets
Improved, rather than overcome their
antagonism to such betterments. No
where Is the public better educated to
the benefits that flow from good pav
ed streets than in Savannah.
"The constant o’ eot lessons they see
all around them have convinced even
those who were doubters that it pays
in every way to pave a city, to im
prove the appearance of its highways,
to bring them up to the modern stand
ards of comfort and convenience.
Without Incurring any debt for the
municipality. without placing too
onerous a burden on our people, the
work of paving can go forward stead
ily until Savannah takes front rank
among the cities of the world in this,
as it already does in some other re
•pects. In the city, not Including the
extended limits beyond, Forty-second
street, there are about one hundred
and twenty miles of streets and lanes.
Kialttr Miles Predicted.
“It is my confident belief that at the
dost of uijother ten years we will find
not less than eighty miles of them
paved. The unpaved street will th* n
be the exception. I have no doubt
that the county will continue Its policy
of toad Improvement, during the same
time, and Havannah and t'hatham
county will lead the South In smooth
roadways, meeting the most exacting
demands of business and of pleasure.
“It Is such Improvements as these
that will make Havannah the Ideal
city for residence as well as for com
merce, trade and manufaeturoe. it is
such Improvements that will tend to
aeeetersm that progress which we all
fondly hope, and believe Is u> exceed
during the nest decade, enythlng
which we have known m the past."
FALL FROM LADDER
FATAL TO CHILD.
Little I.onin Harden Dies from In
jur it-ft Received at I’lny.
As the result of a fall sustained last
Saturday afternoon at play, little Louis
Le Conte Harden, 7 years old, died
yesterday morning at St. Joseph's In
firmary.
The child’s parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Louis L. Harden, at No. 120 Liberty
street, west. The boy was a bright
and healthy one. and was full of life
and play. On the afternoon of the
accident he was permitted to go into
the yard and amuse himself.
A -ladder had been left leaning
against the high wall surrounding the
garden, and the youngster commenced
climbing ua and down. While near
the top he lost his hoid and fell to the
ground. Attracted by his cries, his
mother rushed from the house and in
a moment realized the seriousness of
her boy’s injuries.
With the help of neighbors she car
ried him into the house and summoned
a physician. The little fellow suffered
intensely, and was, upon the advice of
the physician, moved to St. Joseph’s
Hospital. There under skillful treat
ment he grew rapidly better and his
■recovery seemed certain.
Two days ago signs of serious in
ternal injury were perceived, and the
afflicted child grew rapidly worse un
til death relieved his sufferings. The
child in falling struck the ground in
a. peculiar position and was more se
verely hurt than believed possible for
the distance, which was not over ten
feet.
The remains were prepared for burial
and will 'be sent this morning to Wal
thourville, Ga., where the funeral will
take place.
MISS SCHWEITZER fs~~
NOW OUT OF DANGER.
Physic-inns Believe Young Lmly
Will Improve Rapidly.
Reports from Miss Irma Schweitzer
last night were to the effect that her
improvement was considerable, and
that the physicians had pronounced
her beyond danger, unless some un
anticipated setback occurred.
A relative of Miss Schweitzer will
arrive to-day from New York, and she
will probably be taken away as soon
as she is able to travel. The bullet
will not be probed for unless there is
a change in her condition for the
worse as a result of the bullet’s loca
tion.
SUPERINTENDENT WANTS
PUPILS TO BE GOOD.
At the meeting of the teachers’ nor
mal class yesterday afternoon Supt.
Ashmore instructed all the teachers to
Talk to their scholars about how they
should conduct themselves during the
holidays.
He asked them in particular to im
press upon their pupils that he did not
wish them to mark upon the build
ings and walls with chalk. It is his
earnest desire that the public school
children be the most orderly in the
city while they are away on their
Christmas holidays.
DETECTIVE BOSTICK WILL
BRING LOWERY BACK.
Collector Who Was Short In His Ac
connts to Be Prosecuted.
Detective R. B. Bostick left yester
day for Anderson, S. C., to get W. E.
Lowery, wanted here for defalcation in
his accounts as collector for the
Rhodes-Haverty Furniture Company,
some time ago.
Since Lowery left here It has been
found, It is charged, that even while
he was on parole, and being given an
opportunity to make good the amount
he was short, that he took additional
money and appropriated it to his
use.
When Lowery was first arrested he
was permitted to go at large on parole,
under the condition that he was to
make good the shortage on a certain
day. During the time he was sup
posed to be getting funds together to
make good, he is alleged to have col
lected more money as a representative
of the firm and added it to his former
defalcations. Under these circum
stances the firm has decided to prose
cute him.
IN TWO ACCIDENTS THREE
WERE PAINFULLY HURT.
Loading Steamship Common
wealth Seem to Be Hoodooed.
Two accidents within an hour of
each other occurred on the British
steamship Commonwealth, which is
being loaded with cotton at the Ocean
Steamship Company wharves, yester
day morning.
In the first accident W. W. Swain,
of No. 027 Roberts streets and Fran
cis Brown of No. 642 Hull street, west,
were painfully, but not seriously in
jured, by a bale of cotton, which
was being lowered Into the hold of
the ship. According to Dr. G. H.
Johnson, who attended the negroes,
Swain, is the more seriously injured,
his back being painfully wrenched.
The second accident occurred about
an hour later. Calvin Page was as
sisting in operating a screw used in
packing tfce cotton into the hold of
the vessel, when something gave way
and he received a compound fracture
of two fingers, and his entire hand was
badly mashed.
DAVIS STILLuTnO
CONDITION TO BE MOVED.
l’hyslclnns Fcnr Pneumonia. Would
Result If Exposed.
Although relatives of young Her
bert Davis, charged with attempted
suicide and the attempted killing of
a companion, were here yesterday for
lib*- purpose of standing his bond,
physicians In attendance at the hos*
pltnl did not deem it safe for the
young man to he taken out with lungs
in their present condition.
It wu feared phuumoiiia would re
sult. Inhuling the large amount of
gas that he did, for such a long time,
and the treatment which was neces
sary immediately after he was found
mads these organs very weak. Davis
will probably be permitted to leave
Ihe hospital to-morrow. His bond was
fixed at 1690.
Don’t hesitate If you want a position
now. Adier’s department More wants
at one# fifty salesladies at liberal sal
aries. Apply at onvJi sd
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY. DECEMBER 17. 1904.
COUNCIL FORGOT
ABOUT STATE LAW
FIGURED INCREASE WRONG.
ELECTRIC COMPANY MIST PAY
MORE THAN GAS COMPANY.
Frnnrlilxr Tm Must He Considered
nn<l For Thin Henson City Will Not
Get In Extra SI,OOO That Won Ex
pected—(inn Company Will Hove
to Pay Lcns Thun #-00 More and
Electric Company Over st(Ml Ad
ditional—Clerk Creamer Disap
pointed.
When City Council determined to
raise the special tax on the electric
unji gas companies at the meeting
Thursday night, mention of which was
made in the Morning News, the mem
bers did not know just what they were
doing.
The aldermen thought, of course,
that when they voted to increase the
tax in each case SSOO, the city would be
SI,OOO a year richer. It developed yes
terday morning, however, that such is
not (he case. The city will get little
more than half that amount as a re
sult of the increase.
And the franchise tax is responsible
for it all. This was something that
was not considered by the aldermen.
Indeed, they did not remember that
there was any such thing as a fran
chise tax, and ceitainly had no idea
that in paying a special tax the com
pany taxed is credited with what it
has paid for the franchise tax, which
is fixed by the Controller General.
Because of this fact the increase de
cided upon will mean more to the
Savannah Electric Company than it
does to the gas company. If the al
dermen decide in the light of the de
velopments of yesterday to increase
the tax it will mean that the gas com
pany will have to pay the city little
over SIOO more than was paid this
year, while the electric company will
have to pay more than S4OO additional.
All of this will be explained to the
members of Council and there may be
some reconsidering before the tax or
dinance for 1905 is put on its pas
sage.
At the meeting at which the changes
in the tax ordinance, already outlined
in the Morning News, were agreed
upon. Clerk of Council J. Robert
Creamer made a futile effort to get
the aldermen to relieve him of some
work. He wanted it arranged so he
would not have to make up the quar
terly statements. Clerk Creamer con
tended these statements should be
made up by the treasurer from whom
he gets the major part of the infor
mation, he puts in them. The aider
men, however, decided to let well
enough alone and the quarterly state
ments will continue to be made up in
the clerk's office.
LITTLE BUSINESS
IN SUPERIOR COURT.
Two Divorce Cases and Small Saits
Before Judge Conn.
In contrast to the rush of business
of the last week there was little be
fore Judge Cann yesterday in the Su
perior Court. All of the cases that
were tried were of minor interest save
to the persons directly concerned. The
following is the record of the day’s
business:
In the case of the Savannah Build
ing Supply Company against J. F. But
ler an order to perfect service
passed.
A second verdict and decree was se
cured In the divorce libel of Virginia
Palmer against Walter Palmer.
A first verdict was secured in the
divorce proceedings of Katherine Haar
against Martin Haar.
In the case of L. Mohr & Sons
against Lehwald & Osborne a verdict
was returned for the defendant.
Pano K. Maveriko renounced his al
legiance to the King of Greece and was
admitted to citizenship in this coun
try.
In the case of John James against
the Savannah Electric Company, in
which a sealed verdict was returned
on Thursday night, the jury found for
the defendant.
MRS. RANDALLWENT TO
ATTEND FATHER’S FUNERAL.
Man Who Committed Suicide la Ax
gasla Had nnnghter Here.
iMrs. .1. E. Randall of Savannah Is
a daughter of J. E. Williamson who
so tragically killed himself In the pres
ence of one of his daughters in Au
gusta Thursday. Mrs. Randall left
yesterday morning for Augusta to at
tend the funeral of her father, which
took place yesterday afternoon.
According to Information received
here Mr. Williamson went home early
In the afternoon and his daughter met
him at the door. He handed her his
own pistol, but she knew he also car
ried a police revolver and she asked
him for that. He refused to give it
to her, and said he was going to kill
himself with it. She Implored him
frantically to let her take the pistol,
and before she could reach him he had
fired the shot which caused his death.
Mr. Williamson was a Confederate
veteran, and was on the Augusta po
lice force. The police of Augusta at
tended the funeral In a body.
NEXT SPECIAI*MEETiNG
LATE NEXT WEEK.
Nothing tu Be Dune on Ihr Budget
In til Then.
There arc to be no more special meet
ings of Council until after the regular
meeting next Wednesday night.
This announcement was made by
Mayor Myers yesterday, and at the
same time he said the tax ordinance
would not be passed until after the
meeting Wednesday.
The tax ordinance will not be con
sidered at all at the regular meeting.
There will probably be a special meet
ing Thursday or Friday night of next
week for the consideration of the
budget.
MR. ROBMRT MARTIN IN BACK.
Mr. Robert M. Martin, who has been
In Bt. Louts In churge of the Geor
gia agricultural exhibit, returned to
the city yesterday. He stated that
the slate's resource* had been well
advertised. ’Most of th* exhibit, the
non-perishable portion. Is to be re
turned to the stale collection.
The Georgia slate building has been
•old to Mr. H. It. Kelsey, who will re
move It to Hampton Terrace, a reel
deuce section of HI. lxuls, and will
occupy It as a private residence.
I.*opo)d Adler'* department store
want* salealadle* at once, a liberal
•alary is paid to those worthy of |t.
-Nidi
SOUND POLE BROKEN IN
TWO BY RUNAWAY TEAM.
Driver of Delivery Waaon Knocked
From Hin Sent l nlnjnred.
A heavy transfer wagon of the J. A.
Rimes Transfer Cos., attached to a
frightened team of horses, crashed in
to a pole of the Savannah Electric
Cdmpany, at Farm and Indian streets,
yesterday and broke it in two,
A section of the pole struck John
Lewis, a driver for the Henry Solp
rnon Cos., who was passing at the
time, and knocked him from his seat.
He was uninjured and continued his
work during the afternoon.
The team which ran into the pole
was standing at No. 545 Indian street
when a car passed, frightening the
horses. Mr. Hoyle Medlock, the
driver, was in the house where he had
been delivering some furniture.
The pole had recently been inspected
by the fire department inspector and
pronounced sound and safe. Claim
Agent Ed. O'Connor, of the Savannah
Electric Company, stated that he ex
amined the pole and found it perfectly
sound in every particular, and that it
was not rotten at the base, as had
been stated. The pole broke off several
feet above the ground and h'ad over
five inches of heart.
C OTTO Nix CHANGE
INDORSED HEARST BILL
To Increnne Powers of Interstate
Commerce Commission.
At a meeting of the board of direc
tors of the Savannah Cotton Exchange
yesterday the president of the organ
ization was authorized to indorse a
petition, asking for the passage of the
Hearst bill, introduced in the House
of Representatives, March 11, 1904, and
intended to increase the powers of the
Interstate Commerce Commission, and
to expedite the final decision of cases
arising under the act to regulate com
merce by creating an interstate com
merce court. "
A petition asking the interest of the
local congressmen in the passage of the
bill will be signed by the president of
the Cotton Exchange and forwarded to
the proper person. The bill has the
backing of the American Anti-Trust
League, which, in a letter that has
been sent out generally, calls attention
to the bill and says:
“The bill empowers the commission:
“First. To fix freight rates when
existing rates have been adjudged by
it to be unreasonable or discriminat
ing:
"Second. Prohibits change of rates
without thirty days’ notice to the com
mission :
“Third. Makes all its orders effec
tive within thirty days after service,
and requires the commission to decide
every case within sixty days after it
is closed.
“Fourth. Unlike all other biils, it
makes the execution of the law effec
tive and expeditious by creating an
Interstate Commerce Court with ex
clusive jurisdiction to review all orders
of the commission, and power to en
force them by contempt proceedings.
“Fifth. This does away with double
trials and limits stays to cases found
on hearings to be clearly unjust.
“Sixth. No appeal lies to the Supreme
Court unless either the Commerce
Court or the Supreme Court certifies
that a constitutional question is in
volved which ought to be reviewed, in
which cases, however no stay can be
granted.
“Seventh. Empowers the com
mission to fix classification of
freights that will be just and fair to
all persons.” ' ■
agonyln GETHSEMANE
SUBJECT OF SERMON.
Sermon By Father Huntington Fen
tare of the Mieslon.
Before the largest congregation that
has yet attended the Mission services
in progress at St. Paul's Church, Rev.
Father Huntington last night preached
a sermon of eloquence, power and con
vincing force. The Bermon was built
on the agony of Christ in the garden
of Gethsemane.
In a series of vivid word-paintings
Re.v. Father Huntington pictured
Christ going up into the Mount of
Olives “as was his wont,” with his
three favorite disciples following him.
Then he pictured the great agony,
when the Master was “withdrawn from
them about a stone’s cast.”
On Him the sins of the whole world
were laid, and He atoned from them
by sacrificing Himself on the cross.
The blood that was there shed, said
the speaker, had the power to wash
away the sin of the whole world. He
closed with a forceful plea for all to
accept the great salvation that has
been offered, a salvation that has been
made possible at a great price, the
sacrifice of the Son of God.
The Instructions, which were con
ducted by Rev. Father Hughson, dealt
with the confessional and the confes
sion of sins. This practice was, in
the opinion of the speaker, not ob
ligatory, though its use prepared men
and women better to meet temptations
and gave them always an added
strength.
The services during the day were well
attended. Especial attention has been
attracted to the service for children,
held dally at 4 o’clock. About this
service there Is an especial fascination
that holds the little ones and the In
structions that are given them find
fruit In the acts of the instructed In
the days that follow.
Many inquiries have been made con
cerning the hours at which _ Mission
services are held. Holy Communion is
celebrated at 6:45 and 7:30 o'clock each
morning. At 10:30 there Is Holv Com
munion, with Instructions on this sac
rament. The children's service is held
daily at 4 p. m. At 8 o’clock at night
the regular night service begins, con
sisting of a sermon, followed by In
structions.
SUSPECTED ESCAPE WAS
ARRESTED BY DETECTIVE.
Halfl to Have Acknowledged He Was
the Man Wanted,
Thomas Felder, the negro who was
arrested several days ago on a charge
of stealing a bicycle, is now being held
at police headquarters as a suspected
escape from the penitentiary.
Detective Mose Davis arrested the
negro some time ago, and says he
made a confession In which he ac
knowledged that his name was Felder.
He Is alleged to have further stated
he was sentenced to serve one year In
the penllentiury by Judge Scu brook
last March, and that he escaped from
the convict camp near Egypt in Octo
ber. The authorities have been noti
fied at the Egypt camp, and the man
will he turned over and the reward
claimed.
TO NAME IKK CHAIRMAN.
Th* Transportation Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce I* railed to meet
thl* afternoon at 4 o’clock. The reo
tgnatton of It* chairman. Mr. Y C.
list lay. la to be considered The pros
pects ore that the reaignatlon will be
accepted, and his eurr** r chosen. It
la not known shot the notion of the
uommltlee regarding th* lnt*r*t*t*
wsiii.Mt* measure, will be.
HOLIDAY TRADE
IS VERY BRISK
SAVANNAH STORES CROWDED
WITH BISY SHOPPERS FROM
EARLY' AFTERNOON TILL NIGHT.
Trolley-Carx Increased Traffic Bran
Witnex*—Early Cloning Hour Will
Probably Be Dropped Daring all
of Next Week—Wide and Varied in
Dinplny of Articles Offered By
Merchants— Novelties This Year
are in Great Demand.
The crowded stores and the satisfied
smiles of the merchants are certain
indications that Christmas is close at
hand.
From Dec. 15 until Christmas the
Retail Merchants Association permits
its members to remain open at night
as long as they see fit and some of
the stores are already taking advant
age of this rule. Next week all of
the stores will probably be running in
full blast after 7 o’clock, the winter
closing hour. The jewelry stores are
now open after that hour.
The trolley-cars each night are
crowded with shoppers hurrying home.
In all available places huge bundles
of varying shapes and proportions are
placed and conductors and passengers
stumble over them in moving from one
section of the car to another. The
cash registers on the cars, especially
those leaving the business section of
the city between 6 and 7 o’clock at
night, show that the number of pas
sengers is far in excess of that car
ried on ordinary occasions. .
Wide Display of Gifts.
The variety of gifts that are dis
played by the Savannah merchants
this year is larger than ever before.
Shoppers are constantly puzzled as to
just which one of the many offered to
select. Manufacturers seem to have
outdone themselves this year, especial
ly in the novelty line.
Just what particular line of gifts
are most in demand it would be hard
to say. Stickpins, hatpins, watches,
chains, bracelets and rings are in great
demand and there is a wide variety
for the purchaser to select from. The
display in cut glass ware is also large
and many unusually beautiful pieces
are displayed to catch the eyes of the
glass-lovers.
The standard gifts, classed as the
useful things of life, are as much
sought after as ever and anticipating
the demand the manufacturers have
made them unusually attractive. Bath
robes for gentlemen are displayed in
rich Oriental colorings. Slippers of all
descriptions, neckties, scarfs and other
similar articles are arrayed in almost
bewildering confusion.
Jiovelttex are Many.
The novelties offered this year are
many and varied. For the masculine
use are unique tobacco pouches, neat
cigarette cases, cigar holders of all
descriptions, and watch charms en
graved with secret society emblems or
with symbols significant of favorite
sports.
For the ladies there are pins of all
descriptions, engraved with the em
blems of the secret societies, patriotic
orders and with unique carvings that
mean nothing in particular save that
the manufacturer has an eye for
beauty. Lockets, chains and ether
similar articles are also to be found
in large numbers and as varied al
most as the wishes of the different
shoppers.
For the children the usual toys are
on Hand and some new ones. The au
tomatic toys are in greatest demand
as gifts for the small ones, while the
dolls and doll houses reign supreme
in the girlish hearts. Small fire en
gines, small autos, siege guns, drums,
and bugles are displayed, and opposite
are the dolls, doll houses, miniature
furnishings and small dishes of all de
scription.
Christman Trade Brink.
Almost without exception, the Savan
nah merchants report that the Christ
mas trade this year Mas been very
brisk. It was somewhat later than
usual in getting started, but once un
der way, orders came fast. The better
classes of articles are almost always
purchased, an indication that the shop
pers have had a prosperous year.
Yesterday was the banner day of the
week, though even the cold, r*alny
weather of Wednesday and Thursday
did not keep, all the shoppers from the
stores. Preparations are being made
to handle the business that Is certain
to come with to-day and to continue
throughout next week. Extra clerks
have been put in m'any of the stores,
and If the volume of business increases
even the present forces will have to be
increased.
GROVE’S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC.
Has stood the test Twenty-five years.
The first and original tasteless chill
tonic. 60 cents, ad.
For Sale, Pare Olive Oil.
We have the most delicious olive oil
In stock that can be had; there lg
none superior; we guarantee this olive
oil to be absolutely pure; it is Import
ed by us through the United States
Custom House direct here from Nice,
France, which place is celebrated for
the best olive oil that is made; we can
give you this splendid olive oil In bot
tles or one-half gallon and gallon cans;
It is with pride that we offer this
olive oil now, as we have never be
fore had the good fortune to be able
to get so pure an article as we have
now. Llppman Drug Company, comer
Congress and Barnard streets. Savan
nah, Ga.—ad.
Freitsled Finance.
The chapters that have gone before
of "Frenzied Finance," by Thomas W.
Lawson, have been printed In a pam
phlet form, and will be sent, post
paid. on receipt of price (30 cents.)
For sale at EstiU’s News Depot, No.
18 Bull street, corner of Bryan, No. 2
east. Savannah. Ga.—ad.
S aboard Air Llae Hallway. Best
Line tu Jacksonville, Florida,
and South.
The Seaboard Air Line Is the short
line, operates Pullman service on all
trains to Jacksonville and Tampa, and
make* th* quickest time. Only four
hours. Savannah to Jacksonville. Tick
et office. No. 7 Bull street; 'phone 28.
—ad.
|26.<Kl to New York and Return via
Ocean Ntenuiahlii Cos.
First-class tickets. Including meals
and stateroom accommodation* with
out extra charge, will be sold for ship*
leaving Havannah December I*. n,
If and 21st. Ilmltod to January 7th, for
return passage. Bn ure tl< ket* and
full Information at Ucjtet office, 17 r u ji
street.—ad.
Adler's department store want* at
sons fifty eeiselsdle*. sad liberal ■sl
ur lee are p*jd to the esp#rterwd *na*
flood boys srs wan tad also, Leopold
Adler.—fid
TWO DAMAGE SUITS
AGAINST TROLLEY CO.
Each Plaintiff Ankn $5,00 for Al
legfd Injuries*.
Through O’Connor, O’Byrne & Hart
ridge, two damage suits, each for $5,000,
were filed in the Superior Court yes
terday against the Savannah Electric
Company.
William Nixon, a cab driver, alleges
that during the early morning of last
October, as he was crossing the tracks
of the defendant company on West
Broad street, his cab was struck by
one of the company’s cars, which was
running at an unusually high rate of
speed. He alleges that, though It was
still dark at the time, there was no
headlight on the car and that the motor
man did not sound his gong. Nixon
was thrown from his cab to the pave
ment and severely injured.
Nancy Hudson alleges in her suit that
she asked the conductor to let her off
an E. & W. belt car at West Broad
and Maple streets. The car carried
her one block beyond her destination
and then stopped. As she was alight
ing, the car suddenly started again,
and the movement threw her to the
pavement. She claims she was severe
ly injured by the fall and asks $5,000
damages.
CAUGHT HIM IN^THE
WOOD PILE SURE.
Servant YV’nx Pluming YVood to Con
federate in the Alley.
Rosa Jackson was arrested and lock
ed up at the police station yesterday,
charged with stealing wood from a
yard in the rear of No. 410 Liberty
street, west.
The woman is employed at the place
as cook, and has been operating suc
cessfully for some time, it is alleged.
Her mode of operation was to throw
wood over into Perry lane, and a con
federate would come along and get it.
She was caught in the act yesterday,
and Detective Mose Davis arrested her.
A Thrilling Story.
Amzi: Contents, “Patricia, Some
Mortals and Immortals;” “Nova Per
sei!” “Tea on a Tower;” “A Marvel
lous Ring Stone;” “Quixotic ‘Honor’
Mira;” “After the Procession.” Price,
75 cents. For sale at Estill’s News
Depot, No. IS Bull street, corner of
Bryan, No. 2, east, Savannah, Ga.—ad.
Stndentx’ Rate* During the Holidays.
Atlantic Coast Line is prepared to re
ceive deposits for tickets for students
from colleges in the East and West,
such tickets to be furnished through
to Savannah and return and baggage
checked through.
The fastest train service between the
East and South. Students’ tickets will
be sold and delivered Dec. 17 to 24 in
clusive, with return limit Jan, 8, 1905.
Rates between points south of Wash
ington and east of the Mississippi riv
er one and one-third fares; from points
beyond rates qitoted on application.
All arrangements perfected by ap
plication at City Ticket Office, De Soto
Hotel, both ’phones 73. Representative
of this company will cheerfully call
and secure deposits and make all ar
rangements upon application by ’phone
or otherwise.
Remember, it pays to use the best
service.
M. Walsh, Trav. Pass. Agent, Sa
vannah, Ga.; I. C. Sapp, City Ticket
Agent, Savannah, Ga.; W. H. Leahy,
Divn. Pass. Agent, Savannah, Ga.—
ad.
Xmas Rates Seaboard Air Line Rail
way.
Account of Christmas, the Seaboard
Air Line Railway will sell tickets to
the public on Dec. 23, 24, 25 and 31,
1904, and Jan. 1, 1905, at rate of one
and one-third first-class fares for the
round trip to all points east of the
Mississippi and south of the Ohio and
Potomac rivers. These tickets will be
limited for return until Jan. 4, 1905.
Full Information at city ticket office,
No. 7 Bull street. ’Phone 28.—ad.
Low Excursion Rates Daring Holi
days via Atlantic Coast Line.
On account of Christmas holidays
Atlantic Coast Line will sell tickets to
all points east of the Mississippi and
south of the Potomac rivers at rates,
one and one-third fares for the round
trip. This includes all stations on the
Atlantic Coast Line and connecting
lines in the territory described. Tick
ets will be sold Dec. 23, 24, 25 and 31,
1904, and Jan. 1, 1905, with return limit
Jan. 4. 1905. Tickets at same rates
Will be sold to teachers and students
in schools and colleges on presentation
and surrender of certificates signed by
superintendents, presidents or princi
pals, Dec. 17-24. inclusive, with return
limit Jan. 8, 1905.
For further information apply to
ticket agents, De Soto Hotel; both
’phones, No. 73, or Union Station; Bell
235, Georgia 911. It pays to patronize
the best service.—ad.
A New Train to Washington and
New York.
Southern Railway announces reln
auguration of its palatial noon train
out of Savannah for the East, leaving
1 p.m..Central time, daily. This, a solid
vestlbuled train,with most modern day
coaches, Pullman drawing room sleep
ing cars of latest design, and the fa
mous unequaled dining cars of the
Southern Railway. Any desired infor
mation given or Pullman reservations
made bv city ticket office, 141 Bull
street; ’phones 850.—ad.
Christmas Rates.
Southern Railway announces Christ
mas rates of one and a third fares
for the round trip between all points
east of the Mississippi and south of
the Ohio and Potomac rivers. Tickets
to be sold Dec. 23, 24, 25 and 31 and
Jan. 1, with final limit Jan. 4. To
students and teachers of schools and
colleges, tickets will be sold Dec. 17
and 24, Inclusive, with final limit Jan.
8, upon presentation and surrender of
certificates signed by their superintend
ents, principals or presidents.—ad.
(Undents’ and Teachers’ Rntes Ac
count Christmas, via Seaboard Air
Line By.
Account of the Christmas holidays,
tea/chers and students of schools and
colleges upon surrender of certificate
signed by the superintendent, princi
pal or president of school or college
will be sold tickets via the Seaboard
Air Line Railway to all points east
of the Mississippi and south of the
Ohio and Potomac rivers at rut# of
one and one-third faree for the round
trip. These ticket* will be sold Dec. 17
to 24, Inclusive, and will be limited
for return until Jan. 8, 1906 Parents
desiring to hav* their children spend
Christinas at home ran secure valuable
Information by calling at fieaboard
city ticket office. No. 7 Bull street or
’phone 28.—*d.
At Hicks’ Tw-Mghl'
Woodcock, snipe, partridges, dovse,
blue point oysters. Everything of the
boat, cooked by the beet chef In the
ot*te.
Hicks' rsetsurant t* everything that
g restaurant should be,—gd.
One More Week
In which to look, choose and
buy. Take a look through this
store and get the proper gift for
*yonr boy or girl.
Juvenile Bicycles
Are shown here in the dain.
tlest little models imaginable
not tin- clumsy big wheel cut
down—but the genuine juvenile.
You'd Better Hurry!
19 West Broughton Street.
THIS IS BARGAIN DAY* AT
THIS DRUG STORE. OUR
BARGAIN* DAY* AD. AP
PEARS ON PAGE 7 IN THIS
ISSUE OF THE MORNING
NEWS. IT OFFERS EX
TRAORDINARY OPPOR
TUNITIES FOR THE ECO
NOMICA L BUYERS OF
SAVANNAH TO GET HIGH
CLASS ARTICLES AT LOW
PRICES AND LEAR N
MORE OF THE BUSY
DRUG STORE WHERE
BROUGHTON AND DRAY
TON MEET.
“Get It at Rowlinskl's.”
Broughton and Drayton.
Tty
TETTERINE
To-day
Don’t procrastinate! It
yon have a tormenting skin
disease don’t wait for it to
rim its course—as some peo
ple think is possible.. Had
yon rather suffer seven years
Itch than to pay
50 cents
For a box of Tetterine—the
sure skin disease? Other
remedies may have failed—
Tetterine always cures!
Boys and Tomboys
Want These:
FOOTBALLS,
BASEBALLS,
BOXING GLOVES,
PUNCHING BAGS,
FENCING FOILS,
GYMNASIUM OUTFITS
SHOTGUNS AND RIFLES..
YVe have a line sufficient to
meet a most extraordinary
demand.
Edward Lovell’s Sons,
113 West Broughton Street.
NEW BOOKS
at Estill’s.
The Masquerader (Katherine Cecil
Thurston).
The Georgians (Will N. Harben).
The Substitute (Will N. Harben).
Vergilius (Irving Bacheller).
He That Eatheth Bread With Me.
My Japanese Prince (Gunter).
Nights With Uncle Remus.
Quincy Adams Sawyer.
Peggy O'Neal.
In Kedars Tents.
By Right of Sword.
Senator North.
Lightning Conductor.
The Ills of the South. >
My Friend Bill.
Simple Life.
Kingship of Self Control.
Mark Twain’s Adam’s Diary.
For sale at
ESTILL’S NEWS DEPOT,
No. 18 Bull Street.
corner Bryan, No. 2 East,
Savannah. Ga.
Lumbermen Supply and
Equipment Cos.
The newest- thing: in Dry
Kilns.
Dries Lumber in 24 hours.
Costs less than others.
Vulcanite. Roofing.
Steel Split Pulleys.
ALLAN BOND & CO
COA L
Anthracite in all sites.
Jellico Soft Lamp.
Both Phones 507.
BOILER TUBES
j# D. WEED * CO.