The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-30

While the water-spouts are spouting in the
air
There is hope for the temperance folks
of Georgia now" remarked a witty lawyer
of the Bryan street set yesterday.
us It because you have sworn OFF," ask
ed another in repartee.
Not at all. The water-spouts of Tybee
are causing a rise in water, and the heavy
drinkers of Georgia Will be looking for
what is coming next. I'll make this wager:
If there is another eclipse soon by which
the sun hides its face and winks the other
eye while the water of the Atlantic begins
to squirt upward as sportively as 1t is said
to have done yesterday every drinking man
in the state of Georgia will put on the
white ribbon at once and begin to cry out
Sa4Vation.'
The temperance cause has not expert
enced such a boom at Tybee for years
The proverbial Tybee julep was at a dis
count when the water began to gurgle
high into the air at Savannahs resort.
and the bartenders are said to have fallen
back subdued when they learned of the
formidable opposition which old nature
was starting In that neighborhood. The
Kentucky gentleman who visited the sea-
coast for the first time and left because
as he said, there was too much water
there, would have fled in terror from Ty-
bee if he had witnessed the strange phe-
nomena Of the waterspouts. Yes, sir, the
Womans Christian Temperance Union has
scored great point in Georgia. There is
something alarming in seeing water rise
up Is if to claim its rights"
atlanta is always claiming to get
everything she wants-the lions share.
and all that sort Of thing" remarked
patriotic Savannahian yesterday, but
Savannah has downed her this time, dead
sure"
And he stuck his thumbs behind the
loop-holes of his vest and reared back in
proud defiance.
Flows that?" somebody queried.
Didn't Atlanta call on Black Patti to
sing Down on the Suwanee River?'-and
did she do it? Not a bit. But here in
Savannah she sang it without anybody
asking her. In Atlanta she said she would
die in her tracks before she would graft
fly the clamor, and Atlanta always bent
on getting what they ask for, broke up
the show in row. There is a moral in
all this. and it goes like this Blessed
is he that expecteth little, ETC."
The library Of the Georgia Historical
CSCiCty lidS beEil getting III a nunDer OF
new books recently and the corners of the
inviting hall are always filled with circle
of patrons who spend their leisure hours
there with profit and amusement. There
is not a more inviting retreat in Savan-
nah these long summer days than the
Georgia Historical Society library hall.
Mr.. Hamilton Phinizy, one Of the most
gifted young members of the bar in Geor-
gia, was in the city yesterday. He spent
the day at the court house in social
way. mingling with the lawyers and
judges of the court He was invited to
sit with Judge -FaIigant and Judge Nor
wood on the bench in the superior court
during the progress of the Godbold case.
The charge being novel one and the case
therefore OF more than usual interest, MT
Phinizy enjoyed very much the hearing
In point of fact nearly every lawyer in Sa-
vannah heard the trial. The court room
was crowded with prominent attorneys as
the case progressed.