The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-09
AN ENEMY TO ELECTRICITY.
THE WAY MISS SALIVA ENNONs
WAS CONVERTED TO ELECTRIC

] II tA h9 ltN tl NOtlI Ald fN "a Nf71A -Ai $1,000
| When there was a rumor that the cleo
/ tries were coming through Brooklyn, she
d.sapproved very strongly. When the ru-
! NOR was confirmed. and the additional in
/ formation given that the cars were TO run
! by her house, Miss Selma was indignant
and a little alarmed. She wondered if il
would be safe.
/ But when The company wrote ana want
! ed Co know if they might buy a strip OF
/ land along the river, ABOUT two acres III
| an, ON when to 10y their tracks, there
1 by avoiding the building of two brIdSe5
and q half mile or more of unnecessary
| track, she was decidedly and unmistaAa-
/ bly, angry
! Sell her land for an electric line, for
/ sooth She wouldn't have the horrid
/ things vi hin sight or sound Of her if
| she could help il. What if it wasn't any
! thing but sandy pasture land growing up
| to huckleberry and bayberry bushes. Iney
! shouldn't have it. 1t was nothing 70 her
! if they had to build dozen bridges ana
! go twenty miles out Of their way.
! She thOught Of all the scathing replies
| she might make 90 them, repudiatiug thelr
| proposal Then a happy thought struck
| her She got her pen and wrote on the
bottom of the company's letter.
You may have the and for $500 an
! acre. Yours truly, Salina Emmons."
! A'i4' 'iiA44tNi Nileil 7Iie 4ie-Nt ''DiiN -
! they would feel when they got that an
| swer- Five hundred dollars an acre!
| why she wanted TO sell the WhoIe zen
! acres Tor hundred doLars, ana 'hdt hdu
been thought too much. For gay OF
| two she smiled whenever she thousht oL
| her answer, ana she WlShed she couId
! have seen the faces of the company when
| they opened it.
linen came the shock OF discovering
that her offer had been accepted The
! company mad her statement III black anu
| Wnlte' WIN her name signed 70 IT, 80
| thele was no possible escape lot her.
rms was in the fall and work on the
| electrc foad would not peSlh lIH splInS'
| MISS Selma telt thankful that the eVll DAY
| was SO lar OIL FefndpS thele was
| cnahce yet that the ROAD WOULD not SO
! through. Nevertheless she worried ana
| IfetIed over IL all winter, ana II was the
| worry the doctor SAID, that prouSht on
the spell OF sickness IN March ohe was
| not seriously ILL., and by the hrst OF April
| Wheh work on the road pegah' she was
| AROUND oolng ner work as usual
| m not gong to nave tolks say got
sex on account OF that company, she
SAID anyway II won 40 any good 10
"oIIy' Let EN- come puI IL tleS eApect
! ne 70 pdIroHize lneln' tney are IiiIslaheh'
| thal Is an. 1 "ouldn rae on one OF t1ose
ARE HoL = Queen victoria OF me ETesiUFAl
! oI 'he oIlted ota.eS told me 10. IL olhei
IoIhs want TO RISK thelr AVes they can.
Inc lhousnt Oh the thouSaha uoliars was
d stedO coilIoI II seemed me q 1oltulle
- Het' an" siiS PIdliHeu what 9ie "Ouio
90 WIN the interest money She "ouId
nave ne" CARPET Ior tne parlor Ihe very
liI9' 1Iiilt=' anu nave tile 1ooiA P'peiSU
anu pdlil'eu
DS ne Hiluule % APIH lne NO'hliieLI
came III sisHI OF the mousse ana lor Gay
| oI Two MISS SIENNA "dtcneu lheIn WIN d
llNtStltt eye 1util Ill Sl5tt O1 UtIStll she LS-
gan 70 DT InteIes'eu III lie WORK ana as
Il, came HeaIeI sne speu' more ana more
VI He' IliHe at lne "AIuo"S' wren lLle men
Waiteu 20 eat tIieli uIliIleis oul uiioer leI
GHestiiut lISe anu SCI wafer LlUlll 'ie pun =
III lhe Saru' sne gave WHnhs consent.
AHeS az iioC ~ p4oile III VIVA 'He 0OiI1-
Pa1y 80, 9lIe ,, :, -, e -
Oie u 'io men cal leu III a pan ol va
teI IOi leI one uay' anu So " ldiAIllS
MAlu nIr' ne louIu ou. thdt sl,e WaIlle' l
I le niue gaIoeh SPACED up ana t ne mex
gay the men shortened tAeIr noonIns diid
"Iu Viie WothI III d altt'S Wl,he' me Jay
al.el ma MISS oeillia "a lleu o1r 70
p "a, - ~ Us w ~
melted away ike snow before the sun
1 Nheh the IaHs were an ldlu ny uIl'
mouse ana the WORK was no longer ~ sis II
NlisS oellila leut vel iotieSole, 80 91i5
could see the men go by at night and a,
cdLrIeu tue "dISl Ioi Hel al"aES snl-ieu
ana waved ms mana.
Inc HrsI oI June the cars were run
hlhg' anu MISS 0eliiia Sd" " mem mem go ny
crowded II was alhdzhs. oiuh hHo"
there Were so many reckiess IoiKs III I the
world she sald' one hau 10 duIhil tIId'
there was certain coHnpdhlonslhp All see
ing all these people
On warm DAYS the motormeh ana con-
ductofs Wouid stop nearly every Trip ana
get drlnk OF water at hef pump ana
she TOOK pride IN the coolness Oh the wa
ter ana IN having the lumber OUT mere
clean ana prlght' AFTER a time these men
seeing her always at the window would
speak TO her' wish her sooa morning. OF
} comment on the weather. Ihere was one
! young motorman who was her especlaf ia
vorite, and he was the flrst one TO dlscoV-
er her aversion TO risklng her life on the
cars.
, Any time you want to try 1t, he tod
her, Just come along on my car, and
IL De extra CaIelul VI YOU
MISS sauna IduSlleu anu eolu INN tId'