The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-04

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said 10 be worth e. 500.
! Mrs. Ed Fennell and son of st. Simons
/ Island are visiting the home Of her sister,
/ Mrs. Dave L. Christian.
! NJ NJ Caldwell and L. B. johnson OF
/ Wadley was in Pooler last week visiting
/ among their many friends.
Miss Lizzie Fallon, accompanied by D.
/ J. Buttimer of Savannah, was visiting
/ friends IN POoler last week
! Miss Blois Hodges and Miss Lou Back
| ley were guests at the home of Mr.. and
| Mrs. W. II. Bourne last week.
| The Pooler Rife Club win hold its reg
ular meeting next Thursday at the home
of Vice President William Freeman.
Messrs. Sanford and Willie Haupt of
Savannah attended the military hop last
Wednesday and appeared in uniform.
Misses Mary and Agnes Walsh of Sa-
vannah were visiting at the home of their
uncle, Thomas e. McEvady, last week.
DIR. w. X. Bleakney, who left here a
short time ago for the benefit of his health,
is resting quietly at the old homestead in
Ellberton, Pa.
Miss Carrie Hewett and Miss Katie
Banks of Savannah visited the home of
Miss Ethel Patterson last week and at
tended the military hop.
G. D. Mccall, well-known gentleman
in the mechanical department of the
Central railroad visited the home of
George Richardson last week.
Pooler's population is still on the in
crease. Last week Mr. Robert Fennell
of Savannah moved his family up, and
| they are now nicely located in Mr.. Won
Bergen'S cottage in Germantown"
Messrs. Tietien, Nell & Whatley have
| just closed a contract for the erection of
three more houses in South POoler. They
will be plastered and finished in the latest
| improved style, with artesian water run
ming through them.
The Savannah boys will have to look to
| their laurels when the Pooler 'rushes"
get started in the bail game with the
Blues next week. The boys have been
practicing for the Blues, and will make
them feel blue, in reality.
Messrs. Charles Gradot and Frank Keil-
bach, representing the Savannah wheel
men, were in Pooler last Sunday and
spent a very pleasant outing among their
many friends. They were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. ]. r. Wilmington.
Among the recent arrivals in Pooler
was none who received a heartier welcome
than Andrew Jackson Outterside, Jr. He
will make Pooler his future residence and
will reside at the home of his father A.
j. Outterside on Newton street.
Capt. George B. Wheeler, the accommo-
dating conductor of the shOofy and dinner
train, returned home last week from his
bridal tour The genial captain was kept
busy receiving the congratulations of his
friends when he took charge of his train.
The celebration to be given by Eel
lodge, F. and A. M, at ClaXton ON June
"a will probably be attended by a large
delegation from Richard T. Turner lodge
of POOler. Special rates have been given
and the fare for the round trip IRON
Pooler will be 81 50.
At meeting of Hancock post, G. A r.,
held last week Past Master Jones was in
structed to return the thanks OF the post
to the Pooler ladies who so kindly donated
flowers for the decoration of graves of the
men who wore the blue during the times
that tried mems souls.
Contractor E. E. Buckner.of Savannah
has completed the Collins well, and is
moving his machinery away. The well is
375 feet deep; 4-inCh casing has been put
down 1919 feet; highth of flow "A feet. Mr.
Collins has not had the water analysed
| yet but says it is the finest ''water" he
ever drank.
G. B. Whatley, Esq. has been cores
ponding with j. S. Collins, president of
the Savannah Electric Light Company,
! looking to the extending of a wire to
| POoler to furnish the town with electric
| lights, and the chances are very favorable
| for a contract with that company and
Heading business men of Pooler in the
near future, unless it turns out upon in
| vestigation that a plant established in
| Pooler would be cheaper.
! Manager Polk of the Savannah Tele-
| phone Exchange finished the Pooler
| phone last week. POoler's number is 500.
! There is no doubt that as soon as the peo-
| pie there get accustomed to its use they
will wonder how they managed to exist so
| long without it. A meeting of the stock
holders was held during the week and an
election of officers was held. G. b.
! Whatley, president; Stephen H. Collins,
| vice president; Sol Sheftall, secretary
and treasurer; Il II. Morgan keeper of the
phone. A board of directors was also
elected and adopted rules and regula-
lions to govern the company. The annual
subscription to become a subscriber is IS
cash, or $40, payable 81 30
quarterly. To non-subscriDers a
! for a conversation. A feature of the COM
pany is that the keeper sends messenger
to any house and notifies the person adj
| dressed when a message is received. The
| charge is cents for the messengers serv-
ices. Subscribers to the Savannah ex-
change are not charged for the use of the
Pooler phone.
| Wednesday evening the POoler Light
Infantry gave an enjoyable hop at Pat
terson hall. The event was to celebrate
the completion of the uniforming of the
company, and was largely attended The
uniform of navy blue, single breasted
coat, with one row of seven buttons down
front; trousers, cadet blue, white stripe
II inch wide down side cap,n navy
blue, two crossed rifles worked with silk
cord on front of cap, the figure appear
| ing above the rifles and the letter G be-
low, meaning First Georgia Regiment,
Company G. The style is known as the
Georgia state regulation uniform The
| following is the roster of the company:
F. II. Marshall, captain; w. L. Bourne
first lieutenant; B. S. Symons, second
lieutenant; G.. E. Bevans, first sergeant
j. w. Lee second sergeant; S. L. Patter.
son, third sergeant; A. J. Outtersidc
fourth sergeant; H. H. Bleakney, fifth
sergeant; J. o. Cook, first corporal; P c.
| Woodcock, second corporal; L. J. Bourne,
third corporal; J. w Symons, fourth cor
pOral; E. n. Cartwright, quartermaster
sergeant; j. r. Wilmington, commissary
sergeant; w. r. Rimes, surgeon ;
Privates H. G. Averitt, E. NJ. Baker, O.
Tourne, j. G.. Buford, H. G.. Buford,
Henry Brockman, j. A. Browne, j. II.
Cook, w A. Cook, Louis Cook, w T.
Driggers, r. L, Elkins, Joseph Farrell,
H. F. Grady, j. H. Grady H. M. Gentry,
Jasper Gill, j, F. Harrison, d. L. jack