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The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-14
HISTORIC OLD TOLL GATE
TO BE USED AS FUEL,

The old toll gate on the Skidaway
road, which has withstood the wind
and weather for more than fifty years.
will be removed next week from it's
menacing position and cut into fire
wood. While the exodus of the old
gate will be greeted with delight by
the residents of the community, it's
absence will be noted by some, who.
on account OF its associations, will re-
greet to see the old landmark go.
The gate has been purchased from
the Skidaway Shell Road Company by
private individual, who desires it
Tor the unromantic reason that it is
good to burn. AS soon as it ceases
to keep its vigil a warrant will be
drawn by the clerk of the County Com
missioners on the treasury of the coun-
ty for $1,000, the price bargained for
between the parties.
The old road which for more than
half a century has been conducted
as an investment is now no longer
toll road. 1t was built in 1857. and
short time after, the toll gate was
built. Only during the war was BUSH
ness suspended, and then beneath the
wings of the old gate the armies
marched and the heavy artillery pass
ed, cutting the road so with it's heavy
done after the war before the road
could again be proftably conducted as
a toll road.
The end of the toll gate and the
opening of the thoroughfare is the
result of progress. No other reason
can be assigned. Most directly re-
sponsible was the construction of La
Roche avenue by the county, a thor
oughfare which afforded the commun-
ity access to that portion of the coun-
try reached by the pay road. Since
the construction of the avenue the
shell road company has lost steadily
on its investment, until when the re-
cent sale was effected the purchase
price represented II per cent. of the
capital stock. 1t is predicted that the
march of progress will soon demand
the removal of the toll gate on the
White Bluff road, making the county
free of the old system of tolls.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-14
Life Gunrdn.

The Life Guards are two regiments
of cavalry forming part OF the Brit
ish household troops. They are gall
liant soldiers, and every loyal British
heart is. proud Of them. Not only the
Kings household. but yours. ours,
everybOdys should have its life
guards. The need Of them Is espe-
cially great when the greatest foes of
life. diseases, find allies in the very
elements as colds. Influenza, eatarrh
the grip and pneumonia do in the
stormy month Of March. The best
way that we know Of 10 guard against
these diseases Is 70 strengthen the
system with Hoods Sarsa parilla-the
greatest Of all life guards. IL re-
moves the conditions IN which these
diseases make their most successful
attack. gives yiEor and tone % all
the vital organs and functions. and
imparts a genial warmth 20 the
blood. Remember the weaker the
system the greater the exposure %
disease Hoods Sarsa pariila makes
the system strong.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-14
TO BUILD AT TYBEE.

Demand For Summer Homes on Is
land May Again Exceed supply.
The number of summer homes on Ty-
bee is likely to be materially increased
by the opening of the season by num-
Der of handsome structures. Mr.. ]. F.
c. Myers and Mr.. George w. Tiedeman
are each figuring on building homes
near South End, while Mr.. ]. G. But
Ter is now constructing three cottages
at Postoffice station.
There was a greater demand for cot
tages last season than could be sup
pled,and as the popularity of the island
grows greater each year it is likely
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-14
REV. A. M. WILLIAMS ON
MORAL MESMERlSM.

Rev. A. NJ. Williams of Trinity
Methodist Church will preach to-mor-
row night on Moral Mesmerisn. or
Occult Influences Operating Against
the Efficient Administration OF Some Of
our Laws" AS some excitement grew
out OF Mr.. Williams charge that the
courts were mesmerized, the subject
Is likely 20 be Of interest.
At II a. M. Rev. T. -. Ellis. presiding
elder OF the Savannah district. viii
preach. After the sermon Miss Amy
Rice win be formally presented 10 The
church IN the new Office OF deaconess
b. which she was elected az a recent
quarterly conference. A. far az II now
known, Miss Rice ~ the first regularly
authorized deaooness IN the Southern
Methodist Church.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-14
A Brilliant Train.

A brilliant train, the famous New
York and Florida Special via the At
lantic Coast Line. This popular train.
consisting of the highest standard of
Pullman vestibule sleeping, dining. OBJ
servation and library cars, electric
lighted and steam heated, leaves Sa-
vannah for Jacksonville and St An
gustine at 11:50 a. m. Getty time); leaves
Savannah for Charleston, Richmond
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia
and New York at 6:1S p. m. (city time. !
A train representing the highest stand
ard of perfection reached in the art
of furnishing to the travelling public.
speed with luxury and comfort. The
only electric lighted train in service he
tween Florida and the East. Ticket
agents Atlantic Coast Line will give
full Information regarding Pullman
reservations, schedules, rates, etc.-ad
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-14
Live Right. Buy Righ.

Come and let us show you how to b,,v
your groceries. We have the best goods
and prices are always as low as the
lowest.
We have plenty OF beefsteaks that
are juicy, chops that are fine. chickens
that are fat Tell us what you want
we can fill your order and please Won
TOO. Southern Grocery Company. ia
Barnard street.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-14
short Sea Route to Eastern Cite.

Is via Merchants and Miners Trans
portation Company steamers, from Sa-
vannah to Baltimore and Philadelphia,
affording a delightful sail on the
placid waters of the beautiful Ches-
apeake and Delaware bays. Best wav
to reach Washington, New York. Bos-
ton and Eastern points. Comfortab BILE
and economical. When making your
arrangements to go East, call on ]. w.
Smith, agent, 112 Bull street.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-14

that the demand this year will be pro-
portionately increased, and that after
the early part of the season cottages
will be at a premium.
The probable action of the govern
ment to condemn for the enlargement
of the fort reservation a large num-
Der of lots adjacent to the present
reservation will not affect those who
have houses on the property, as the
matter is hardly likely to reach a final
settlement until after the season is
over.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-14
B00MMAN DROWNED
AT VALE ROYAL.
Israel Sweat. COIOred, Lost His Life
i'm Savannah River.

S"Coas NOAOEtUs MS LIE
i'm Savannah River.
Isarel Sweat. colored. was drowned
in the Savannah river yesterday at
the Vale Royal Mills through falling
from a raft. Sweat was a boomman
and had been in the employ of the
mill for a number of years. Several
of the other hands saw him fall into
the river and tried to assist him, but
he had disappeared and when his
body was secured some 10 minutes
later it was only through the use of
graphing irons.
Coroner j. G. Keller who viewed the
remains shortly after they had been
recovered expressed the opinion that
the man may have fallen into the
river through an attack of heart dis
ease, and that this attack and not
drowning may have been responsible
for his death.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-14
RECORD MADEBY
JENNIE THOMAS.
Sailed From Cape Henry to Snvan-
nah in Sixty Hours.


The record for caastwise schooners
that visit Savannah, if not for those
of the entire coast, has been made by
the Jennie Thomas, which is in charge
of Capt. William Campbell, we'll known
and popular in Savannah through his
numerous trips to this city.
The Jennie Thomas left Boston Feb.
rs and went into Lalnbert's Point for
coal. She loaded a cargo of 800 tons,
then started for Savannah and made
the trip from Cape Henry to this city
in sixty hours. She discharged her
coal here, took on a cargo of 506, $50
feet of lumber and crossties and went
to sea at 2:30 o'clock Thursday.
She was loaded by the Granger
Stubs Lumber Company. and is bound
for Philadelphia Capt. Campbell was
formerly in charge of the Ida Law
renee, and made a number of fast
trips on that vessel. but nothing that
will approach the record OF the
Thomas.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-14
Southern Palm Limited.

This fast and elegant train. the per-
lection OF all modern service. leaves
Savannah. northbound at $3.50 D. M,
city time. daily except Sunday, arriv-
ing Washington 1915 a. m. and New
York 4.l3 y. N. Solid Pullman train,
electrically lighted and steam heated.
Dining cars all the way. For reserya-
tons or Information as 20 rates and
schedule, apply At city ticket ONCE, l4i
Bull street. Phones sJ0.--ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-14
Georne W. chlIna

Celebrated cigars, eight for 20 cents
southern Grocery Company, ia Bar.
nard street. I'D.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-14
New Schedule 20 Augusta

Leave Savannah via Southern Rail-
way daily except Sunday $3.50 d. m.
city time. arrive Augusta 1910 D. m
Pullman cars all the way. For infor-
nation apply at City Ticket once,
isi Bull street.--ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-14

Prof Leon and trained donkeys Al
the Casino Free outdoor exhibition
for the children This afternoon
o clock.-nd.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-14

Take the children % the Casino this
afternoon 20 see ths trained o0nksys.
"a.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-14

Take the children TO the Casino this
afternoon TO hear the Rocky Mountain
canary.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-14

See the trained dOnkeys ~ the Ca
sinO. Free outdoor exhibition Batur-
day afternoon Cor the children. sun
.cay afternoon Tor eNerybOdy.-ad.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-01-01
Some Queer "want Ads

A journal for beggars, not long ago
started in Paris, sells readily for five
cents a copy, which shows that the
prOprietOrs know what they are about.
The advertisements furnish interest
ing reading for beggars temporarily
out of job, though it is difficult TO
understand how the advertiser could
expect to receive an answer to the fol
lowing:
"Wanted-A blind man who can
play the flute a little"
Probably some unfortunate dumb
man will tell his blind cOnfrere of tho
vacancy.
Here is another sample of an adver-
tised vacancy requiring awkward quail
ificatiOns:
"Wanted-A lame man for the sea-
side; one without right arm pre-
ferred"
In addition to lads" of this kind.
notices of Forthcoming christeniags.
burials and birthdays Of rich people
are printed. so that the beggar may
know where to go to prosecute his vo-
cation with success. Evidently the
trade of mendicancy is established On
a good business basis in the French
capital. and New York is not the only
city with ''beggars' trust
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-01-01
NAMES VETERAN HUNTER.
Ec8an Trapping at Eight Years ant
In Now Eiuhty.four

Ec9an Trapping ut Eight Years and
1s Now EiGhty-fOur.
The town of Bingham is the home
of Nathan B. Moore, undoubtedly the
oldest guide in Maine Mr.. Moore is
eighty-fOur years of age, erect of fig
ure and still able to stand his share OF
q tramp through the woods. He esti-
mates his record of big game killed
at 276 moose, POO caribou, 100 bear
and many deer. At eight years of ag'.
lie began trapping. and lie has followed
it every season since.
My father" he says, was the fer
ryman at the time, and he gave me two
small steel traps, which l set near the
ferry at q point where muskrats and
mink were plenty. and this, my first
effort, met with good success. l was
SO small that / could not spring the
traps alone, and had to take the ami
mails caught to my father, who re-
moved them and reset the traps. The
money secured from those skins was
the first ever earned. Before long,
however, l was able TO look after the
traps myself, and from that time on
took many fur-bearing animals each
season. As l became older l had
gun and h1nted small game and killed
many psrtridges. which were eaten on
our table
AT IA years of age killed my first
moose, a large bull. and soon after that
my career as a trapper and hunter be-
gan, and I have devoted most of my
time to it since.
when l st.,rted out In life l deter
mined thar l .yould always tell the
truth, never drink spirits or use to-
bacco.
Moose and caribou were very plen-
tifui about here in those days, and l
killed many of them. taking the meat
down the river and selling it. often
realizing 500 for moose anu nearly
as much for a caribou. besides havin.
the hides. tallow and shanks left for
my own use.
Il ran down on snowshOes most of
the 216 moose killed. and think tha,
must have found some of the smart
est moose in the woods in the number.
but l never yet found one that l could
not catch the first time l started him
in the morning under favorable cOndi-
tiOns, and without the help of either
man or dog. Some would run five,
some ten and few twenty miles, but
I was always sure of them sooner or
Commercial.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-01-01
SNAKE FANG TRADE POOR.
Time Was When Supplying Hoodo
Bag Contents Paid Well.

Time Was When Supplying Hoodoo
Bag Contents Paid Well.
Speaking Of catching snakes, says
an old-timer in the New Orleans Times
Democrat, the snake fang industry
used to yield good revenue here and
in other parts of the South. That was
in the palmy days of voudooism.
Snake fangs are supposed to have a
peculiar charm when it comes to the
business of forecasting and divinins
things, and no thoroughbred roudoo
doctor could afford to be without them.
They were supposed to be necessary
in the business, and if the voudOO doc
tor could not corral a snake himself he
would simply have to pay the price
prevailing in the snake fang market
and get the goods.
Then there was the ''hoodoo bag"
peculiar cOntrivance now extensively
used by negroes in the South. All of
them do not contain snake fangs, yet
fangs are believed to add much to the
power which a possessor of one OF
these strange things may get from
them. These bags are generally very
small, sometimes a small bottle with
cloth covering being used for the
purpose. They are filed with all sorts
of things.
The contents of the urn used by the
witches of Dunsinane in the story of
Macbeth" are nothing in comparison
with the mysterious hodgepodge to be
found in the hoodoo bag. And the ne
gro who practices hoodoosim is looked
upon as having more power, when it
comes to the material benefits, than
any set of witches ever possessed, so
far as the negroes who believe in such
things are concerned.
They are supposed to be great gold
finders. and hard-working, industrious
negroes have been known to give up a
big part of their salary while under the
influence of the man with the hoodoo
bag. Not infrequently the police have
been forced to interfere ON account of
the robbery Of negroes in this way.
But snake fangs do not command
much of a price now, because voudoo-
ism has been on the decline, and ne
groes who believe in the potency for
good or bad Of the hoodoo bag have
been. fortunately, on the decrease.
Stil a sufficient number of the credu-
lous remain to enable a few shrewd
negroes to make living without work.
ing.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-01-01
Pennsylvania Railroad Subsidy.


The Pennsylvania Railroad COM
bine. which is all-pOwerful at WASH
ingtOn, has succeeded in forcing
through the House of Representatives
the subsidy toward building a union
depot and raising the tracks above
grade in the capital city. This SUBJ
sidy bill was held up in the last ses-
sion of Congress by the Republicans,
as they did not think. it good policy
to 90 on record for a subsidy to a rail-
road just before an election. The
claim of the Republican leaders that
the people voted to let the trusts still
draw their subsidies through the pro-
tectiye tariff has been interpreted to
mean that voters favor more subsi-
dies in other directions. The ship-sub-
sidy steal mas already passed the Sem
ate and is now awaiting the action of
the House of Representatives.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-01-01
Popular in Iowa.

Grand View, Iowa, Dec. 29.-The
most complete satisfaction is expressed
in this district over results obtained
recently by using DOdd's Kidney Pills
for those complaints resulting from dis
eased Kidneys. This satisfaction finds
frequent expression in words. People
who have been cured seem to take
pleasure in telling of it. Take what
Mrs. Lydia Parker says for example:
Il was troubled with Backache," says
Mrs. Parker. ''and all the time when
| was STOPPING over stitch would take
me in the back and could not straight
EN- up for while.
Il sent and got a couple of boxes of
Dodd's Kidney Pills. and before had
finished taking the first. the stitch had
gone and it has not been back since"
Other people here have had similar
experiences with Dodd's Kidney Pills,
and their popularity is steadily ON the
increase
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-01-01
Fin De SizzIe.

A fieshy young man. wearing loud
checked suit and pair of yellow pat.
ent leather shoes, stood outside fash
ionable West End restaurant one even
ing recently, and talked vOlubly to two
friends.
Il Think" he said, that she's one of
the prettiest young girls l ever saw.
And she's so smart, and all that. There
isn't a thing that girl don't know and
can't do. She swims and rides and
plavs billiards and dances beautifully.
and can do anything about the house
that any other girl can do. tell you.
she's fin de sizzle.'
whats that!' asked one of the
friends.
The fiashy young man hesitated for
Il moment.
shes fin de sizzle. said"
You mean fin de sOzzle, don't yOu:'
asked one of the friends.
.Yes." said the fiashy young man,
evidently much relieved Fin de soZ-
zle, that's it. 1 thought fin de sizzle
didn't sound right all the time
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-01-01
PIeasantries of War.

A reader has sent us the following
story of General viljoen, which. he
says, is absolutely true.
While on the way to keep an appoint
ment with the Boer general. our cor
respondent met friend of his. an Off
Ger in the Scots Guards. who had seen
service in South Africa.
BY the way, I'm going to see an
acquaintance of yours" he said to the
officer-"General Viljoen''
"Oh, he is no friend OF mine.- was
the comment. HE once stole our con-
vOy. and We had to go on quarter ra-
tions for fortnight"
Later our correspondent told General
Viljoen of his meeting with the officer
and what the latter had said.
The General laughed heartily at the
story. Tell your friend" lie said. I
did not steal his convoy. l only bor-
rowed it."-I.cndon Express.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-01-01
Reciprocity Treaties,

In making treaties with foreign
countries, the administration evidently
does not understand the conditions that
exist about the commercial matters
that the treaties are drawn up to cover.
The latest treaty to receive Il black
eye is that concluded by the State De
partment with Newfoundland, which
those interested In the fishing industry
of the New England coast claim is
disastrous to their interests. The Oppo-
sition of some Senators to the treaty is
so decided that it will, like the French
treaty and others, be either laid aside
or. if brought to vOie, will undoubted-
ly be defeated. These treaties are al
supposed to be made by the rule of
reciprocity; that is, some one or some
interest must suffer to open our mar
kets to some foreign production. The
foreigner will not open his door unless
we will open our door to the same eX-
tent Therefore reciprocity and protec-
ton do not work smoothly together.
For if the door is opened by reciprocity,
even a little bit, some protected in
:lustry feels draught, and at once pro-
tests that it will ve made sick and per-
ish if the door is not promptly closed.
Trying to amend the protective tariff
by the roundabout way of reciprocity
is proving an utter failure. or else the
Republican management of the State
Department is not equal TO the occa-
sion. All of the important treaties that
have been arranged since the prohibi-
tive tariff was enacted have not been
enacted by the Senate, and there is no
probability that any of them will be.
The trusts will, in the future as in the
past. if they continue TO manufacture
a surplus, be compelled TO sell ut far
less price to the foreigner than the pro-
tective tariff allows them 10 exact from
our own people. Certain trusts would
be glad to see a treaty ratified that
would open foreign markets to their
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-01-01

In a letter dated January /, 1900. Mr..
Atkinson says, after FIVE years exl,e-
rience with Peruna:
81 will ever continue to speak good
word for Peruna. In my rounds as =
travelling man I am a walking adrer.
dSemenf for Peruna and have Induced
many people during the past year to
use Peruna with the most satisfactory
results. am still cured of catarrki.
John o. Atkinson,
Box ZZ2, Independence, Mo.
When old age comes on, catarrhal dis
eases come also. Systemic catarrh is al
most universal in old people.
This explains why Peruna has become
SO indispensable to old people. Peruna
IS their safeguard. Peruna is the only
remedy yet devised that meets these
cases exactly.
Such cases cannot be treated locally:
nothing but an effective systemic rem.
edy could cure them. This is exactly
what Peruna is
If you do not receive prompt and sat-
isfactOry results from the use of Peruna.
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving q
full statement of your cas.. and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-01-01
Will Not Eevu,,te Railroads.

Will Not Regulate Railroads.
What will Congress do about the In.
terstate Commerce Commissions latest
report:
Nothing.
Yet that report sets forth once more
a condition of things which should
startle Il elf-governing people into in
sisting upon immediate drastic action
by the nations law-making body.
The commission sets forth, what
railroads of the country have prac-
tically ceased to compete with one
another: that they give secret rates
to favored shippers. which enable
those shippers to kill off competitors,
and that the transportation managers
pay no respect whatever to the law
which forbids discrimination.
There ought TO be some power"
says the commission. (which cannot
only compel those carriers to main
tain the published rate. but which can
compel them to publish Il fair and rea-
sonable rate
There is such power. The COM
mission itself points straight at it
when it declares:
"The fullest power of correction is
vested in Congress. and the exercise
of that power is demanded by the
highest considerations of public well
fare"
But Congress. which for years has
had complete knowledge Of the facts,
has done nothing. and will do nothing
now.
Why?
Because the shippers favored by the
railroads are the big trust.
"The People Like to Re HumbugGed." )"
Our sublime faith in government
statistics has recently received many
shocks. A month ago, Mr.. II. L. Bliss
showed, in his pamphlet. "Juggled
Statistics" that our statistics as to
wages are faxed and fraudulent, and
are known to be SO by the heads Of
the Census Bureau. He found these
friends of labor Tor possibly of the
protected trusts, SO anxious to raise
wages that they have often divided
the total yearly wages in an industry
by an average" number which is
smaller than the smallest number Of
persons employed in this industry at
any time during the year.
Now an investigating committee
tells us that the census experts have
found more acres of farming land in
1O1 counties in this country than the
geographical area of these counties
says is there We also learn that the
officials of the Agricultural Depart
ment perform their duties so ZealOusly
that they invariably reduce the crop
estimates to fool the spectators and
enable the farmers TO get better prices.
AS the farmers pay some 100000. 600
or $500. 100000 year of tariff taxes
without receiving any tariff benefits
worth mentioning. it is only fair that
the government officials should throw
a few small favOrs to the farmers.
The result of the recent election indi-
Gates that the farmers are standing
by their statistical-juggling friends in
this department.