The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-07
THE WEEKS NEWS IN PooLER.
A LiveIy Lot of Gossip Prom the Vii
lage Up the Country.

lage Up the Country.
Miss Susie Seckinger of Springfield is
on visit to the home of Sam Davis.
Miss Lizzie Fallon, accompanied by Mr.
Bpttimer, was visiting among friends last
week.
William R. Mcconnell Of Ocala, Fla, is
on visit to his father the, Rev. w. K.
Mcconnell
Mrs. +. Bregler and daughter, of Savan-
nah, were visiting at the home of Mrs. J,
w. Ham last week.
John Ebbitts Otto was a guest at the
home of James w. Ham last week.
Mrs, Robert w. Bennett and children,
Of Savannah, enjoyed a short but pleas
ant visit among friends at Pooler last
week.
Master Willie Buford has left Pooler
for visit among relatives at Tuckahoe.
Mr.. G. w. Clark of Dawson has been
visiting at the home Of II. G. Buford last
week.
John Stephens of Savannah was visit
ing at the home of Capt. f. H. Marshall
last week.
Mr. Ollie LaRoach was a guest at the
nome of Thomas Chadwick last week.
Mr.. LaRoach was well impressed with
Pooler and will return to-day to purchase
site.
Mr.. A. Sheftall, who has one of the
finest truck farms in Chatham, will com
mence shipping vegetables in a day or
two. Last year this gentleman shipped
by carload lots from Pooler direct to
western cities and was well remunerated
Tor the first-clasS goods which he shipped
MIR Archie Paul an amateur gardener,
mas been enjoying snap beans and new
Irish potatoes grown in his garden, ad-
joining his residence. Samples shown
the MORNING News are as fine as any pro-
fessional truck farmer puts in the mar
ket.
Manager Polk of theSouthern Bell Tele-
phone Company says that he is looking
every day for the arrival of the material
Tor the Pooler telephone He says that
as soon as it arrives that it will take only
about two weeks more. to complete the
line.
Mr.. G. H. Dorsett took his first trip
through North Pooler last week and was
more than pleased at the sight of the
land lying uninproved. He thinks that
II the land owners would clear up the lots
ana put them in presentable shape they
would command better prices and sell
more readily.
A gentleman living not a mile from the
Central railroad waiting room has dis
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not sell for any amount of money. The
other day he was searching her nest for
eggs and was dumbfounded when, after
taking out six eggs, he found a quart of
whisky at the bottom of the nest, and the
gentleman is temperance man at that.
The actual hight of the flow of the
famous artesian well in South POoler was
accurately tested on Thursday and showed
a perpendicular measurement of "a feet 6
inches above the level of the land This
will be an ample flow for both drinking
and bathing purposes in any 2-story house
The Savannah Plumbing Company has
ordered a special mold at their foundry
in New York for the well by which indie
pendent water mains will be extended
north, south, east and west without inter-
fering with each other.
The Chatham Rife Club held its MAY
day picnic at Isle of Hope and were
guests of Barbee and Willett Everybody
had an enjoyable tim and returned to
Pooler on the shoofy The club held
their regular meeting Wednes-
day evening at the home of
j. II. Grady. After the regular business
was transacted the election for officers
took place, and resulted as follows:
President, J. w. Lee; vice president, j.
II. Grady; secretary, DIR. W.B. Rimes;
treasurer, j. Il. Krenson; collector, W. A.
Cook; ordnance officer, G. H, Nunge8er;
refreshment officer, L. j. Bourne. At the
next meeting the members will have a
spread on the vice president, who is
one of the most enthusiastic members of
the club.
Sanitary Inspector Desvergers was in
Poolcr last Thursday and in a short talk
with the MORNING News man, said he
was surprised at the rapid growth of the
town. MIR. Desvergers says the people
here do not give the sanitary conditions
of the town enough consideration, and he
thinks something ought to be done in
that direction. He pointed out several
instances that needed immediate atten-
ton, but there was no one who should
attend to it, except the county commits
sionerS, and they will not do it. He
thinks the only solution is to incorporate
the town and the matter could easily be
settled. He cannot see where incorpora-
ton would kill the place, as many predict,
but TO not incorporate will kill some of US.
The Pooler Rifle Club held its annual
May shoot last Monday and a very happy
time was spent at the range This club
has the honor of being the first out of
town rife club to use the Massachusetts
target and dial system of marking, which
was used in this contest. The members
were delighted at the manner in which
the system works. One man attends to
the patching of the target and marks the
shot at the same time, thus doing away
with the waving of signal flags. The
shooting was very fair and some good
shots were made. G.. f. Bevans
won the club gold medal on a
score of 4S out of 60 William Free
man took the leather medal on o. J. A.
Kissman took first prize, gold locket on
29. q. F.. Bevans took second prize,
garnet tie pin, on 32. Henry Shave took
fourth prize, gold cuff buttons. In this
shoot D. L, Christian and Shave tied on
%. In the shoot off each made 8 (single
shot, i'll the next shoot off Christian
made and Shave II. The distance shot
was 100 yards. The presentation of the
prizes did not take place at the range as
has been the custom. In the evening an
informal meeting was held at
the home of President Dave L. Christian,
where refreshments were served by the
president and vice president, j, r. With
ingtOn, After a few remarks, President
Christian presented the prizes to the sue
cessful marksmen and invited all to enjoy a
bumper with him. At the close of the
meeting it was decided that every mem
Der would be present at the next meet
ing, which will be held at the residence
of Secretary f. Cartwright on Thursday,
May 10. This meeting should have been
held next Thursday but was postponed ON
account OF May week in Savannah.
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