The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-06

server the rapid development and growth
OF our lovely Forest City seems marvellous.
The past twelve months Savannah shows
great development in trade her wealth has
been largely increased, and her health re-
ports have never before shown such fiat
tering record. Our population is rapidly
increasing, and we a keeping fairly
| abreast Of the great and general southern
boom. About 81, 100000 have been, and VIII
be, invested in repairs and new buildings,
among the most notable of which are:
The Guckenheimer building .......... 10000
Wilcox building Raw and Whitaker 10000
Lewis Kayton. residence. ......... 41.0O
Whitfield building. Whitaker and State. 5O0OJ
Bishop Becker, residence. ........ $50. 25,UI0
Geo, j. Baldwin, residence ............. 30 0VO
=, f. and w, new depot ..... ......... N,uuO
J. J. McDonough & Co S mills 49,. .... 1900
} ?. Williams, residence. ............... l4UoO
FIRST Regiments armory ................ l3,O0J
First a frcan Baptist church. ........... 5000
Parsons building. Price and Liberty. QUO
j. A G. Carson, residence. .......... n,OU1
T. F johnson residence ........, 10000
Times building. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. lo,UoO
Among other improvements in building
in progress or completed within the year
are:
w. d. Bearings residence, Hull and Bar
nard, 1000; William Kehoe & Co., iron
| foundry, sc, GOO; L. Putzel, residence, $4,000;
J. D. Gould, residence, So 500; j. P Col
liEs, residence, $1,000; Trinity church Sun
day school chapel, $1,000; Charles Hohen-
stein, residence, $500; Andrew McCor-
mick, two frame dwellings, New Houston
and Abercorn, $500; John Nisbet resi-
dence, Whitaker, near Hall, $1,000; John
o. Smith, residence, Thunderbolt road,
S, 900; James Hart & Bro, two residences,
Montgomery street and York street lane,
81, 900; j. j. MCGOWAN, residence, II Con-
gress, $500; j. B. Floyd, cotton pickery,
West Boundary and Water, $4,000; W: B.
w. Howe, residence, 81 500; G. A. Cox,
residence, $4,000: Dr. E. J. Kieffer, resi-
dence. 800.
Before another year the new 100000
public building, the 800, 600 court house and
the $500, 900 hotel will be well under way.
All of these improvements, and the old re-
liabla Central railway, reaching out and
opening up new territory that VIII bring
thousands of dollars worth of trade to our
city, argues for the coming season year
| fraught with more prosperity than any
preceding ono i'll the annals OF our history.
In connection with this general improve
ment, we will mention few s. ecific facts.
The development of one of our leading and
most prosperous firms has been as phenom-
email as our city's growth. Nine years ago
| two boys, brothers, and native GeOrgans
removed to Savannah and cast their lot for
veal or for woe. Their beginning was very
humble having no capital and no friends
in this city, but plenty of lndomltabie Will,
energy and enterprise. Their first expert
ence was with small news depot stock,
Gradually, as their means permitted, u
small stock of stationery was added, then
! later a printing office on small SCALE
| Since that time the news depot has been
dropped, and the various departments rep
resented now are stationery, job printing,
artists materials, school books, pianos and
organs, and piano and organ tuning and re-
pair department. These departments from
the smallest beginnings have expanded into
large, complete and remunerative adjuncts,
each one in itself a large and prosperous
business. The piano and organ departments
are now the leading ones. From business
of about %, 600 in 1879, they have increased
| their yearly sales until the season 1887 and
1888 footed up nearly 100000. remark
| able increase, and when it is considered that
| this business is but in it's infancy, the posi-
| bilities ahead of these young men are TIRE
mendous. 1t is needless to say thas the
young firm alluded to is Messrs. Davis Bros.
composed, until recently, of Messrs. h. c.
| Davis and l.. X. Davis. On Aug. l, 1888,
Mr.. Allen p Davis, a younger brother,
who was in the employ of Messrs. Garnett,
Stubs &c Co., of this city, for about eight
years, was admitted as a partner, and now
has charge of the office and finances of the
/ X A'S Va
this house was the Incorporation of the
Davis Bros piano club, with capital of
$45, 0C0, divided into $50 shares, of the par
value of $500 each, where member, by tne
| payment of IS initiation fee, 1876 weeks at
81 50 and one week at 81, total $500, secures
an elegant upright Harrington 81 Co., New
York pianoforte, sold until the origin of
the piano club for $3.50. BY placing orders
for $50 of these pianos at one time, and
| no rirfr crAnf 40 an tbarafoV fla Davis RrOS
Piano Club is enabled to place these pianos
at $500 each to its members, and on the
easy terms mentioned above, the only extra
expense to a member is the matter of in
surance. Each member, as they receive a
piano, has to insure it in the name OF the
club, which costs from 81 70 to So per
annum, TO protect the club from any posi-
bilty Of loss in case Of fire. Club No. wa
announced July 10, 1888; on Aug. l It's
membership was about filed up, and Sept.
club No. 2 was announced to the public
The success of No. l assures No. 2 a speedy
enrolment OF its $50 members. The plan Is
very simple and very popular. The 15C
names are plainly written each on a card
these cards are then placed in a box, and
once each week, in the presence OF some of
the board of directors, a name is with
drawn, the owner of which being entitled
to the piano that week, and so on until all
are drawn and all supplied with a piano.
Those who do not care to wait and risk the
chance of being drawn can, by doubling
their weekly payments, that is by the pay
ing of SO each week. receive a piano at
once they do not pay $500, but pay until
the 500. only, shall have been well aud
fully paid, at which time bill Of sale from
CLUB is made to such member. This second
series, while not excluding city members, is
designed more particularly for out-of-towu
or country members, the same rules &c
govern them (see full page explanation on
first page of this issue, except that M'ssrs.
Davis Bros. pay freights to nearest railway
station. The full six years guarantee. stool
and cover, also applies to this class. Messrs.
Davis Bros. have proven benefactors to ON
citizens, and leaders in their methods, and
at the earnest solicitation of numerous
country friends and patrons, have decided
TO offer TO them the same inducements a:
Held out TO residents OF the city. If possible
Messls. Davis Bros would like to com
mence the drawing and delivery of piano.
in club No. 2 by Oct /, 1883, therefore il
will be we'll for those who intend to join tC
write in at once for membership and full
information. The officers of club No. /
elected by its stockholders Aug. |, 1888, are
| all