The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-27
THE WEsKINPooLER
Tie Way the Pooler Boys Spent Christ
mas.

mas.
A detail from the Pooler Rife Club. IN
der command OF President Bevans. spent
Christmas with the Guyton Minute Men and
report glorious time. They were met at
the depot by the Minute Men, under com
mand Of Capt Il. B. Strange and beaded
by the Guytou Cornet Band, marched to
where the fantasies were forming aud both
clubs took part in the dress parade The
shooting of the clubs was not up to
the standard or previous records. Dinner
was served at O'Clock and everything that
hungry man wanted to eat was on the
table. Speeches were made by all
present. The irrepressible DIR. Long was
there and saw to it that no Pooler man
wanted for anything. There Is no doubt
n)w that the Minute Msn will soon be called
upon to spend another day in Pooler after
the manner In which they entertained
President Bevans and his party, which CON
sisted of Messrs. Burrell. Rich, Adams,
Freeman, Kissman, Doty, Shave and
Meyer. Capt II. B. Strange Of the Guyton
Minute Men detailed d. /. Rich OF the
Pooler Rife Club 60 take fine gobbler as
Christmas present to Mrs. Charles E. Rice
OF Pooler with bis kind regards. Mrs. Rice
is the widow Of the late Charles Z. Rice of
the Chatham Rife Club. who was accident
In last Sundays MORNING News mem
tion was made of the complaint of the
ladies who went to Savannah on the Shooay
on the morning Of Deo Is, because the step
ping stool was not put out by the conductor
CT train hands. In justice to the regular
conductor, Mike Jordan, the MORNING
NEWS correspondent says it was not him.
Conductor Jordan never fails to have the
stepping stool put out for passengers either
in getting on or off his train. 1t was during
his absence from duty that the complaint
was made, and was against his substitute
There is no one who could complain of
Uncle Mixes" impoliteness or unwilling
ness to please his patrons.
The Pooler small boy made the village
howl with fireworks and bontires Christrn as
day and night. There is no fire ordinance in
Pooer and tbs youngsters burned barrels
and boxes anywhere they pleased. Every
body seemed determined to have a good
time and undoubtedly did.
A couple OF Savannah boys who came up
to Pooler Christmas day in a wagon drunk
and wanted 20 have fight, were given a
gentle dose OF spanking, put back in the
wagon and sent home 20 their parents. 1t
does not pay TO get drunk and come up here
to hunt hght, as Pooler boys will not
tolerate anything of the kind.
The Pooler Rife Club has made arrange
ments for its New Years shoot, and will
have fifteen turkeys to shoot away. 1t is
understood that it is not strictly a club
shoot, but that outsiders can enter teams
Shooting will commence about O'Clock at
the clubs range.
The Christmas tree festival by the
scholars OF the Episcopal church will take
place Monday evening. Miss Emily
Symons, assisted by other lady teachers,
has arranged very interesting programme,
The colored folks living In this section
held a shooting contest Christmas day and
yesterday for a cow. calf and lot of
chickens. Everything passed off very
pleasant, and the affair was enjoyed by all
who entered the contest. Double arreled
shotguns ere used.
Cohen Butler, the swift" engineer for
Capt. Kelly, is back again at his post, hav-
ing been sick for the past two weeks. All
the ''early birds" are glad to see Cohen back
again, as they know what it means when he
is handling the throttle on the engine.
The health of Pooler has been remarkably
good in the past few months; In fact so 1T
tie business was done in the medicine line
that DIR. Tarver, who located here some
time ago, has pulled stakes and gone TO
Guyton, leaving Pooler in the hands of DR..
w. X. Bleakney, who has been here for the
past three years. Any town the size of
Pooler, with such a record ia hard to find.
DR.. Tarver is to take charge of DIR. Lanier's
practice IN Guyton, the latter having re-
tired to practice dentistry. PooIerites regret
to lose DIR. Tarver. He will be an acQuisi.
ton to Guyton's society circles.
Some of the wiseacres in Savannah have
predicted that Pooler will soon be in tn G
soup, because the Richmond and Danville
has suspended few of its citizens, and tina {
before long the town will be dead. Such is
not the case. There is hardly day that
some one is not looking over the place for a
bargain, either In land or houses. A we'll
known gentleman, a business man of Sa-
vannah, is now trying TO secure a site to put
up factory, and IL ne succeeds others will
surely follow. Tho growth which Pooler is
enjoying has been steady for the past two
years and is likely to keep so for some time
If lot owners don't charge exorbi tant
prices for their land.
A petition was being circulated in Pooler
yesterday, protesting against the use of the
Augusta and Louisville roads and the Bay
street extension for street railroads. Pooler-
ties are not "kickers" by any means when
it comes to having an electric railroad, and
the petition got very few signatures The
people in this section of Chatham county
are very DESTROYS of having an electric road
run up this way, and will do everything to
promote the enterprise.
The turkey sale" last Monday at the
waiting room, for the benefit of the Chat
ham Rifle Club. Melted quite neat sum,
and the boys all feel proud over their sue
cess
]. B. Newton left here last week to spend
Christmas with his family in North Caro-
lima.
thomas Dougherty and family left for
Macon, where they will spend Christmas
holidays.
d. C. Newton, after spending Christmas
with his family in Pooler, left for Tattnall
county, where he will be engaged for some
time.
Quite a large number Of Savannah peo-
pie spent their Christmas with friends in
Pooler