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The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-13


The company has no floating debt.
The increase in investments is ex-
planned by classes in the general bal
ance sheet S25. 900 Of the increase rep
resents stock of the Atlanta Terminal
Company, organized for the erection
OF a union passenger station at Allan
Ia. The remainder Of the increase Is
explained by a small increase in leased
rails. and by reyalua tons and minor
purchases and sales of securities during
the year.
During the year the company sold to
the Atlanta Terminal Company 10 acres
Of land in Atlanta for s55s.006 for use
in the erection Of a union passenger
station at Atlanta This property was
covered by five mortgages of the COM
pany. and was released by the several
trustees under these mortgages on con-
6ition that the proceeds of the sale
should be expended only in improve
ments and betterments to the main
stem and the branch from Gordon to
Milledgeville. This fund. less some
minor deductions therefrom on ac-
count of expenditures so far made, ap-
pears on the balance sheet as I'm
provement Fund from Sale of Atlanta
Property"
The increase in equipment under
trusts is the result of the purchase
during the year Of five hundred box
cars and eleven locomotives under
equipment trusts.
There has been no change during the
year in the miles of road operated.
Ocean Steamship Company.
During the year the new steamship
City of Macon. constructed by the
Delaware River Iron Ship Building and
Engine Works. contract for which was
referred to in the report of last year,
has been completed and delivered, and
is now in service A contract has been
made on favorable terms for two adj
ditional ships similar in class. Owing
TO the fact that better financial ar
rangements could be made il these
ships were contracted for by the Cen
trail of Georgia Railway Company, that
company entered into a contract with
the bankers for the construction and
purchase OF these three ships, the
City of Macon and the two additional
ships that are building-issuing it's
ments thereon. indorsed by the Ocean
Steamship Company. The Ocean
Steamship Company has agreed to pur-
chase these ships from the railway
company, has assumed the payment
Of these obligations, and will meet
tnem as tney snail Severally mature,
and will also reimburse the Central Of
Georgia Railway Company on account
of its cash payments thereon.
Our experience in the operation of
the City of Memphis for over twelve
months clearly demonstrated the value
Of ships of this type, and the praeti-
cability Of operating them more eco
nomically than in the case of the old
er ships OF the line. For this reason.
the contract for the construction of
the two additional ships was entered
into"
President Egan's Report.
President Esan's report on miles Of
road operated was practically the same
as last year. The mileage is the same,
and shows the number of miles now
in operation in George 1,S02.23: in Ala
bama, 531s4; in Tennessee, 4.50, a total
Of 1,S44.e7 miles.
The percentage OF increase and
earnings from various sources is as
follows:
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-13
ROBBED FREIGHT CAR
IN RAILROAD YARDS

For breaking and entering freight
car of the Atlantic Coast Line in the
company's yards, James Nelson, an
1S-year-old negro, was arrested yester-
day by Patroman Connors of the Coast
Line force. 1t is charged that the ne
gro stole sixteen pairs of shoes and six
pairs of trousers. The prisoner will
be arraigned before Recorder Myrick
in Police Court this morning.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-13
OCEAN STEAMSHIP co.
DIRECTORS MET.

old Omcers Reelected, but Little
other Business Transacted.
A meeting of the board of directors
of the Ocean Steamship Company was
held yesterday afternoon, at which
time officers for the coming fiscal year
we're elected. All of the old officers
hold over, receiving Endorsements for
faithful and efficient service in the way
Of reelection.
Reports were read and approved, and
general satisfaction was expressed at
the showing made during the past year
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-13

nance Of way and structures. $16,4O7.7 20
to the reserve fund-Chattanooga di-
vision, and S3,644.62 to reserve fund
fire. insurance. making a total of $27,-
070.22 charged to the reserve funds cre-
ated in previous years. the remainder
being charged to expenses incurred this
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-13
Money Orders Sold at

Express Office, % Bull street.
Express Office. Union Station.
Livingston's Pharmacy Co., rs
Broughton street, west.
knights Pharmacy Co., corner Ogle-
thorpe avenue and Drayton street.
]. T. Shuptrine, Druggist, 229 Con-
gress, west, corner Jefferson.
A. L. Ford & Co., Druggists, 351
West Broad.
Savannah Bank and Trust Co., Bay
and Drayton streets.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-13
AN OLD SAYING,
Showing How Cause and Eject Are
Never Far Removed.

1t is an old saying Where there's
honey there's bees"-not less true is one
which science has coined more
recently, Where there's dandruff
there's germs "-and-to push the in
ference still further we may truly say
Where there's dandruff cured New
bros Herpicide has been at work
The reason of Herpicide's isolation
as a genuine cure for dandruff lies in
the fact that it attacks and destroys
the root of the whole trouble-a para
site germ which feeds upon the ma
terial which nourishes the hair follicIe.
Other so-called remedies are not d.
rected at this true cause of the disease.
Accept no substitute, there is none.
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c.
in stamps for sample to The Herpicide
Co. Detroit, Mich.
Liyingston's Pharmacy Company.
aEecial Agents.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-13

Total Income
$2.5S4.152 II s2.421.s2s 7s 5 112,s25 ss
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-13
CENTRAL 'SGOODYEAR
SHOWN BY REPORTS MADE To
STOCKHOLDERS.
TWO NEW DIRECTORS
ELECTED TO FILL VACANCIES IN
THE BOARD.

Satisfactory Increase in Earnings
and a Healthy Condition of Busi-
ness-ImprOvemc in Efficiency
of Service Responsible for De-
cided Increase in Cost of Opernt-
inE-AmOunt of Balance Funds
Carried over This Year Larger
Than Ever BefOre-What the Re-
ports show.
The annual meeting of the board of
directors of the Central of Georgia
Railway Company was held yesterday
morning at the Citizens Branch Bank
building.
Two new directors were elected to fill
vacancies on the board. one caused by
the resignation of Mr.. E. T. Conner, and
the other which has been vacant for
some time.
Mr.yRoss C. Smith, of Birmingham.
was elected to succeed Mr.. Conner. He
is one of the foremost business men of
Birmingham. and is actively engaged
in the business management of the Bir-
mingham Age Herald. Mr.. James A.
known banking firm of Blair & Co.. of
York. was selected to fill the other va
cancy.
After hearing the reports of the
chairman of the board, the president Of
the road and the auditor officers for
the ensuing year were elected and the
meeting adjourned, after having been
in session but little over an hour.
Major Hanson's Report.
The report of Maj. j. F. Hanson.
chairman of the board of directors. was
read. This report is prepared for the
benefit of the stockholders. and is per-
haps the most interesting of all matters
that came up before the board for con-
sideration. The income account for the
fiscal year, ending June 80. 1908, shows:
Gross Earnings
1903 1902 Inc.
$s.164,470 SO $7,75O.69l AZ s1,41S,77s o.
Operating Expenses
6,s22,7 7sa l6 5.5al,OsS 81 1921, ,ess 25
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-02-26
No Bogus italian Counts.

American heiresses need have lit
tie fear of bogus Italian counts for
the same reason that there is no i'm
itation italian wine; the real article
is too cheap. The possession of a
title in Palermo gives nothing great
of itself, but it's indispensable ac-
compartment is carriage, horses
and driver in livery. To maintain
these on an income of next to moth
ing a year it is often necessary to
eat macaroni and thick soup for a
regular diet, do a great part of ones
Homework in gloomy, faded apart
ments and sit about in old clothes
all day long to await the magic hour
of 3 p. m. Then mother and daugh-
ter don their fnery, the carriage is
driven to the door, and it begins
the long, ceremonious drive to La
Favorita and the Giardino Inglese.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-02-26
Explosive Medicines.

One of the best remedies for heart
trouble, neuralgia, asthma and head
ache is nitroglycerin, which is the
only explosive ingredient in dyna-
mite. The dose is only one two
hundredths of a grain, dissolved in
spirits of wine or combined in gela-
tin tablets.
Collodion, sirupy looking liquid
that is used to form false skin
over abrasions of the cuticle, is
nothing but guncotton dissolved in
alcohol. In its natural form it is
one Of the most dangerous Of ex-
plosiyes, and yet as medicine it has
no equal for the purpose for which
it is used.
Another explosive used as a drug
is picric acid. This is prepared
from carbolic acid and is admins
tered internally in very small doses
for ague and headache This acid
is one of the explosives used in the
preparation Of bombs. These and
many other dangerous drugs are
perfectly safe when used as ordered
by physicians.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-02-26
THE PRIVATE DETECTIVE.
He Is Denied the Sweets Of Praise and
the Joys of Fame.

The work of a private detective
is one of the most peculiar means of
earning a livelihood in the entire
category Of avocations pursued by
civilized men. What is more, doubt
less not one person in thousand
has the remotest idea of the char
acter or significance of this most
singular outgrowth of ultra civil
lied conditions. The detective con-
nected with the police department
is complimented by the press when
ever he captures gang Of thieves
or discovers an incendiary, but with
the private detective the case is
different.
Long before he embarks in the
business he must, above all things,
learn to deny himself the sweets Of
praise and the joys of fame. He
must lay aside personal vanity, for
his success lies not in forcing him
self to the front, but in remaining
as much as possible in the back
ground. He need have no fear that
customers will forget him, for, like
a SIX shooter, private detective is
one of the things that when needed
are required instanter-if anything,
a trifle sooner, says the San Fran
cisco Bulletin.
A modest sign, which the average
well behaved and well conditioned
person might pass every day for
years without noticing, but which
looms up as big as a barn to the
jealous wife who wants her husband
Swallowed, is all the advertising he
needs. He need not be alarmed for
fear his clients will not find his
room and take a suit of large and
conspicuous apartments in the front
Of the building be occupies, for
when the man who is being bled and
blacllmailed starts out to- hunt up
private detective he will find him
if he has to get out search war;
rant.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-02-26
The Golden Rule.

Two men became engaged in a
fight in the street. Instantly their
hats went off and rolled in the dust.
One Of the men was entirely bald,
and the other had a thick head Of
hair. The bald man seized the 9TH
er by the hair and began to drag
him about.
ssStop him!'' cried bystander.
sWhy should you stop him ?"
asked another. "He's only practic-
ing the Golden Rule"
s"The Golden Rule? What do you
mean %
.sWhy, he's doing to the other
man what he wishes to goodness the
other man might be able to do to
him."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-02-26
Apples.

Fruits have always been consid-
cred valuable remedy for invalids
suffering from almost every kind Of
disease. With rare exception ap-
Piles are good for those disposed to
govt and sluggish liver and for
those who follow sedentary life.
The juice of apples without sugar
will often reduce acidity Of the
stomach, becoming changed into the
alkaline correctives and thus cur
ing sour fermentation. Where un-
sweetened cider is used as common
beverage stone or calculus is un-
known. But how much better the
fresh ripe fruit must be!
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-02-26
A Memory For Faces.

The late Lord Charles Russell Of
Killowen had a wonderful memory
for faces. On one occasion he Wis
tied a theater in Manchester and
between acts went behind the scenes
to see an old friend. While they
were chatting an actor passed, and
Lord Charles said to his friend: 81
remember that man. He was the
original Father Tom in the Col
leen Bawn.' | saw him in that char
acter the night the play was pro-
duced, twenty years ago." Though
Russell had not seen the actor in all
that time he remembered him at
once.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-02-26
The Times

tages to the Advertising people of Washburn and
Vicinity than any other Newspaper in Bayfield,
County, Liven up your business with little print
ers Ink. There is Fortunes made every day in the
use of Printers Ink. The opportunity is open to
all parties
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-17
In the Days of Benton Fremont Winthrop and Webster the Thoroughbred
Between Third Street and John Marshall Place Was Considered the
Center Of the Cys Elite Residence District Fashionable Washing
ton Has Moved Norwestard and Conmercias Has Converted
Former Royal Homes Into Hotels and Boarding Houses "

Congress were dictated as he lay on his
deathbed.
At the time of his elopment with Jes-
sic Benton, Gen. John C. Fremont was
living in the old house which still
stands at 32S C Street. Alexander H. Fl.
Stuart, who was Secretary of the Inter
Tor in the Cabinet of President Fillmore.
also occupied this house. After the re-
turn of Dr. Byron Sunderland from Paris
in 1866 the house was purchased by sew
eral members of the First Presbyterian
Church, of which DR.. Sunderland was
pastor, and presented to him
Standing high On a terraced lot at the
northeast corner of Four-and "a half
and Streets. is an oId-fashioned brick
house which was one of the most pre-
tentious homes in Washington fifty years
ago. John Quincy Adams once lived in
it. The house was built early in the
last century by a Philadelphia named
Caldwell, who was a seafaring man 1t
Is four stories high and has a mansari
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-17

frequently the guests of Mr.. Hall in his
Street home. The house originally had a
high stoop entrance with an enclosed
porch and was only two stories. After
the death of Mr.. Hall. in 1873. the house
was sold. 4 story was added to it and
the covered porch entrance was re-
placed by brownstone steps.
At the southwest corner OF Third and
C streets stands the Crosby House, a
hotel which was formerly one of the
finest residences in Washington. After
his death, in 1843, the property was adj
vertised for sale and was described In
Washington papers as 1.-The very hand
some and extensive private residence of
the late Major Carey Seldom
Gen. Alexander Hunter bought the
property and died there in 1S49- > 1t then
became the property of Capt. Bushrod
Washington H inter, u. S. N, and was
his home until 1853, when he moved 70
Abingdon, an estate he owns in Virginia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-17

mercialism has routed the distinguished
families and turned the old mansions
over to strangers
One of the most interesting old houses
in C Street is No 1884 It is on the south
side of the street, a few doors from
Four half Street Senator Thomas
H. Benton lived at this number when
his daughter, Jessie, who died in Los
Angeles. Cal. few months ago, eloped
with Gen. John C. Fremont, in 1871.
Senator Benton lived on this site most
of the time he represented Missouri in
the Senate. His home was destroyed by
fire in February. 1855. and he then built
the house now standing on the site.
Senator Benton lost all his books in
this fire as well as the manuscript OF
the second volume of his book Thirty
Years View" He had TO replace this
manuscript from memory. and accom-
pIished his task in about year. Sena-
tor Benton died in this old house at the
age of seventy-six, in April, 1858.
His great work THE Abridgment of
Debates in Congress-" covering sixteen
volumes, was written in this house.
While he was finishing this work he
found time to write his Examination
of the bred Scot Case" The closing
words of his work on the debates in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-17

Metropolitan Hotels were supplied with
water from this spring, and the city
carried the water to persons living
south of Pennsylvania Avenue by means
of wooden pipes. Public baths, sup
piled by water from this spring. were
maintained on the ground now occu-
pied by che Government mail bag re-
pair shop. These baths were maintains
ed until forty years ago.
The original building on the site oc-
cupied by the Harper Building, was an
fashioned double brick house, which
was originally two stories In 1910
was used for many years as an annex
10 the Exchange Hotel, which adjoip3
it on the west. IN 1926 this was known
as the Davis Hotel, taking its nema
ton kept boarding house there and
among her patrons was Representative
Henry A. Wise, of Virginia. J. II. Gil
bert took the building and gave, 1t the
name of the Exchange Hotel. During
his proprietorship. Hannibal Hamifn. of
Maine, lived in the building.
From 1870 until 1850 many important
conferences, regarding slavery, were,
held in the old Exchange Hotel, and
plans for the organization of the Repub-'
lican party are said to have been per-
fected there
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-17

roof. Originally 1t had gabled roof. This
was changed by the late F. A. Lutz,
when he bought the property in 1861.
Gottlieb C. Grammor lived il this house
for thirty years before his death in 1867
Isaac Torrey. Secretary of the Navy I'M
der President Buchanan, also lived in the
house.
Mr.. Caldwell's love for the sea dis
played itself in the interior of this
house. The mantels were deliberately
carved in imitation of the rigging of q
ship. Spars and anchors abounded on
the manteIs originally, but subsequent
owners OF the house removed all traces
OF them.
Entertained Webster and Douglas.
The house at the northwest corner of
Third and C streets was built by David
Aiken Hall. a prominent lawyer, who
was an intimate friend of Stephen A.
Douglas and Daniel Webster. who were
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-17
HIS LORDSHIP.
THE WAITER
= Ew things are more e1asperatins

EW things are more exaSperatfHS
than to have g waiter look COM;
temptuosly at your 10-cent tip. pick
1t up and pocket it with an air Of q
martyr, and then turn his back and walk
off, leaving you to find your own hat and
coat
The law denies you the privilege OF
killing him on the spot, and there is no
provision in the criminal code for his
slow torture. You are absolutely help.
less, and your anger interferes with your
digestion, so your dinner or luncheon Is
a failure. The waiter who does this lis
generally inattentive from the first ard
undeserving of any tip whatever, but
few men have the moral courage to omit
the tip altogether. a really well-trained
waiter VIII receive the smallest tip with
as much poiiteness as the largest; but
few walters really are well trained
1t is said we are growing all the time
10 be more and more polite nation,
and possibly some day we shall arrive
at the condition of Japan in the matter
OF tips In the land OF the chrysanthe-
mum the bestowing of tip is an affair
of ceremony and an opportunity for the
display of Chesterfeldian manners To
bestow TIP in Japan in the manner in
which il 5 done in this country Is bad
form and the waiter feels insulted. In
that happy land, where the tips are
small and the service perfect you must
wrap the coin you propose TO give to
your attendant in a piece of tissue pa
per and hand It 70 the beneficiary with
polite bow and q neat little presenta-
ton speech The waiter replies with
simple Grafton. In which he thanks you
for your lordly bounty and calls down
the blessings of heaven upon your benev-
client head. Then he pockets his tip
without looking at it and bows you
out of the restaurant.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-17
COOKING SCHOOL
FOR SOLDIERS

EvERYoNE who has had anything to
- do with actual military operations
agrees with the maxim that IAN army
marches on its belly" Feed your SOL
fighting arm; starve them and you
weaken It. The revolt of the men at
Fort SIocum not long ago because
there was too much soup in their bill
of fars is an example Of the trouble
which is caused, even in time of peace,
by neglect of the soldiers dietary. In
the Spanish war it was found that there
was a plentiful lack of cooks among the
enlisted men of the volunteer regiments,
and that even the regulars were not so
we'll qualified in this respect as they
should have been.
Every soldier ought to know how to
cook as we'll as how TO shoot. The British
army authorities have come TO realize
this and have an army school OF cookery
at Aldershot, where about forty non
commissioned officers, who are being
trained as cooks, can always be found
The course extends over period of
four months. and then the forty students
go back to their regiments and are sue
ceeded by forty others. Thus a constant
stream of good cooks is kept going into
the ranks of the army. There is no reg
ulation compelling the soldiers TO take a
course at the school. but those who do
take it get special privileges and a
slight addition 10 their pay. Soldiers
of the militia and volunteers, as Well
as regulars, are encouraged TO go to
this school, from which great benefit
to the service has been derived. 1t is an
unouestioned fact that large part OF
the discomfort. and even privation.
which our soldiers in Cuba endured
might have been avoided had the SOL
diers known more about the elements Of
cookery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-17
T NTH thirty years ago C Street,
between Third Street and John
Marshall Place. or Four and-a-

T r NTIL thirty years ago C Street,
between Third Street and John
Marshall Place. or Four and-a-
half Street. as it was formerly called,
was one of the fashionable residence
sections OF washington.
About the First Presbyterian Church
and the Metropolitan Church were
grouped the residences of many of the
most prominent families in Washington.
But fashion decreed that the extreme
northwest portion of the city should be
the exclusive residence portion of the
CAPITAL, and most of the oId-time Wash
ingtonians who lived in C Street have
deserted it for the newer part of the
city.
Senator Morgan still retains his
brownstcne mansion on Four-and- half
Street, opposite the First Presbyterian
Church, and a few other men of the old
school have chung to their homes in the
district upon which wholesale houses
and businesses of various sorts are en-
croaching.
The signs of insurance agents and real
estate men hang in front or several ia
nous old houses in Street. Brown
stone fronts have been converted into
boarding houses and hotels. and com