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The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-06

what he says, and you feel an imme-
date confidence that he knows what
he is talking about. And you present
ly hang UP your own receiver and go
your way blessing the telephone for
having saved you the trouble of maxi
ing a visit to the shop in person. If
you decide hereafter to do all the
business that you can over the Vest
2019 telephone you have followed the
example of many another customer and
SO helped to prove the value Of the
telephone clerk as a trade getter; he
has opened the telephone door for you
and you have found it more conven-
lent and not less satisfactory than the
old fashioned front entrance.
The degree to which this telephone
door has become profitable is one of
the most remarkable trade develop
ments of the past two decades. In
every large business, to say nothing of
an enormous and constantly growing
number of smaller ones, ii is an ac-
cepted avenue of trade. One evidence
Of this condition is the number of tele-
phones-thousands and thousands Of
them-in active operation, and the fact
that in the larger American cities from
l6 to 40 per cent. of these telephones
are run on the private branch ex-
change system-an Arrangement in
other words, in which the business
has outgrown the use Of a single tele-
phone and has installed several. In
the Bell telephone directory of New
York. for example, you will find the
pages dotted like the starry armament
with stars against large proportion
of the names. each star being the dis
tinctive mark of a private branch ex-
change system. And each private
branch exchange that is connected
with a wholesale or retail business es-
10. ltcht,,.g,f he -
several clerks whose duty is to sell
goods quickly and efficiently over the
telephone. Each Of these private branch
exchanges means also that the volume
of business coming over the wire has
become so pressing that several tele-
phone doors have become necessary in
order to admit the host of invisible
customers without unnecessary crowd
ing. the additional telephones be-
ing thus an equivalent for enlarged
quarters.
One of the facts In human nature
that has made the telephone clerk 20
important IS that the average man or
woman is much more impatient at the
telephone than while waiting to az
tract the clerks attention in the crowd
at a counter on the face Of II, he ar
CUES a delay over the telephone Is un-
pardonable. What is the telephone for
anyway. II not TO reply promptly? Aud
for that reason the modern, business
esta blishment provides telephones
enough TO reduce any waiting on the
Lart OF it's customers TO the smallest
possible fraction. when you called
00ig. for example you called not one
telephone but half dozen. and tile
operator connected you with the one
that was not in use at that particular
moment. II O0l9 should call you the
chances are that yet another telephone
would be called into requlsltion, re-
served exclusively for outward mes
sages For the owner has probably
long aFo discovered that 10 block an
Inward message from one customer BY
an outward message 70 another is
equivalent 90 trying 10 ship goods
through hia front door Just "a the time
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-06
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
Savannah Preparatory School.
ormOnd B. strong. Alb. Head Master
MILITARY


Ormond B. Strong, A. B., Head Master.
DIRECTORS:
Hon. S. B. Adams. Rev. ]. Y. Fair.
Rev. c. H. Strong. Maj. o. B. Strong.
DR.. j. G. Van Marter. =
For five years this school has main
tanned an honorable record for thor
ough, conscientious work, having sue
cessfully prepared 80 boys for college
entrance examinations and as many
more for business careers.
In five years it has grown to be the
largest private school in the city,
each successive year showing mark
ed increase in attendance.
During the past year it has erected
a modern three-story school building,
perfect in sanitary and ventilating APP
pointments and completely equipped
with new furniture ana apparatus.
Five efficient instructors devote
their entire time to the work of the
school. conducting both afternoon and
evening study periods. The teaching
staff has never been so strong as for
the coming session.
The school has been awarded schol-
arships. giving free tuition in three
leading colleges. Its diploma is ac-
cepted in lieu of entrance examina-
lions by all Eastern universities. rec
ognizing this form of entrance.
Six Directors Scholarships. proVid-
ing for half of the tuition fee. will be
awarded to satisfactory students upon
application. Tuition 500 per annum
in all classes.
Catalogues at Connor's book store
and Knights Pharmacy
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-06
ALLEGED FORGED CHECK
GETS JONES IN TROUBLE.
VIII Be Given a Hearing in Police
Court Under PercuIiar Circum-

VIII Be Given a Hearing in Police
Court Under PercuIiar Circum-
stances.
For having in his possession a check
alleged to have been forged, ]. F.
Jones, a white man % years of age,
Is to be arraigned in Police Court
tnis morning. The case is a peculiar
one. The officers charge that Jones
forged the check himself, but he de-
MES this and says the check Is not
forged.
The check In question is for $25 and
is signed by D. ]. Morrison. The po-
nee have communicated with the only
Mr; Morrison they know by this name,
ana ne says the signature is not his.
me check is made payable to Jones
ana IS drawn on the Citizens Bank.
NO D. J. Morrison has an account
there.
Jones was arrested by Detective
Nurphy several days ago. 1t was
thought then that he had stolen a
PAR OF shoes. He had the check in
hls possession at the time OF his ar
iest and he Is now charged with vio-
IatIng Sections 237-240 Of the state
ode which relate to forgeries. Under
ulese sections a defendant may be held
-lDher for forgery or for having in his
possession a forged check with fraud
ulent intent.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-06
THE TELEPHONE CLERK
AND HIS BUSINESS.
How Large Department Stores Trade
With Customers They Do Not See.
Fpor, the Do-+o,, Toae+

How Large Department stores Trade
With Customers They Do Not See.
From the Boston Post.
Are you acquainted with the tele-
phone clerk? Very likely not under
this title. But if you have had deal
ings over the wire with any large 1e-
partment store in which no detail is
omitted in getting and keeping bust
ness, you have undoubtedly conVersed
with him. Like the telephone with
which he is so closely associated, he
is an omnipresent factor in modern
business, constantly in polite attend
ance upon customers whose actual dis
lance varies from the next block to
halfway across the continent. And he
successfully carries on every kind of
business over the telephone, from
matching a ping ribbon or selecting
a watermelon to alotting staterooms
on a transatlantic steamship or
placing carload of merchan-
disc on a transcontinental freight
train. Usually, also, he is the best
paid man in his own department, for
his knowledge of the business must be
quicker and more accurate than that
of the average clerk and he must be
thoroughly familiar with the telephone
IN ADDITION. ~ ~
In answering he-telephene intellf-
gently the first telephone clerk saw an
opportunity for advancement. And
the increase of business that followed
the quick, polite and efficient handling
of orders that came in over the tele-
phone-through what one of the Bell
telephone officials has picturesquely
and accurately described as the ''tele-
phone door"-soon began proving that
1T was worth while to recognize this
pioneer telephone clerk with an ad-
vance in salary. And this bit of history
has constantly repeated itself. Eight
cen months ago. said the manager of
an important business in one of the
larger cities recently, 1--WE placed a
young, active and ambitious clerk in
charge of our telephone business. This
clerk was familiar with our stock and
methods, and had a general knowledge
of the needs of our customers. Within
the first thirty days he called on every
one of our customers by telephone,
and in sixty days the increase in tele-
phone orders were simply marvellous. ="
The general public knows nothing
whatever of the telephone clerk. You
don't call up central and say Give me
the telephone clerk at West -2019" You
say Give me West-2019." But if west
2019 is conducted on the most approved
and latest business methods it's the
telephone clerk who picks up the re-
ceiver at the other end of the line and
enters into conversation with you. lie
answers promptly and accurately; you
have no difficulty in understanding
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-06
MEXlCANS ARE TRIED FOR
MURDER OF AMERICANS

san Antonio. Sept 5.-A special
from Mazatlan. Mexico, to the Eek
press saws!
Gov. Canedo has notified Louis Kais'
or. American consul in this city, thai
the preliminary trial Of Herman
Torres. Fidel Carrasco and Francisco
Castro. for the murder Of Clarence
Way and Edward Latimer, the Ameri'
cans shot at Augua Calientes, sinalao
has been concluded and the case turn
ed over 10 the state authorities II Is
not known what punishment VIII oe
meted out TO the men, but II is no'
believed that they viii be executed
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-06
DEMOCRATS PREVAIL
Win Their Usual Large Majority in
Arkansas.

Memphis, Tenn, Sept 5.-Early re-
turns from the state election in Ar
kansas indicate the reelection for
Governor of Jefferson Davis, the pres
ent Democratic incumbent. over Hon.
Harry Myers. Republican, by the usual
large Democratic majority.
The Democrats easily elected their
state ticket and the interest conferred
in the vote in large towns, where the
regular Democrats were opposed, In
many instances, by independents.
Returns are necessarily slow, as
many voting places are remote from
railroad and telegraph stations.
In Crittenden county. where trouble
was anticipated because of a bitter
factional fight and where a pistol duel
was recently fought between Sheriit
F. M. Williamson and former Sheriff
Werner. the election passed on quiet
". Partials returns indicate an over
whelming majority for Lewis for sher-
iff as against Williamson.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-06

when several persons were coming in
to trade with him.
In many Instances. the telephone
clerk has superseded the man who once
came around in a wagon and collected
orders. especially, of course, in cities
where there are no warning telephone
companies, and every man who has
man who has one. In this case the
telephone clerk calls at a certain hour
on long list of customers, takes their
orders and ihsures the delivery Of
them. One clerk and a telephone can
thus cover in a given time a wider
area than several clerks in wagons,
and in many modern grocery stores the
telephone clerk Is the most important
figure. the invisible customer. in fact,
receives even more attention than the
one who comes in in person. and II is
an obvious duty of the telephone clerk
10 I'LL the order from distance in such
fashion that the customer will be per-
feetly satisfied with the telephone serv-
ice. The telephone clerk must see
and taste for his customer as we'll as
take has order. and I'm the case of the
mistakes that will sometimes happen,
as the proverb says. he must also be
something Of a diplomat. He must
have the soft answer that turneth
away wrath as we'll as the pleasant
greeting that invites confidence: and
he must wear well" with his CUSTOM
ers. The proof that he does so lies in
the fact that modern business. as IL
has developed since Alexander Graham
Bell first made the telephone door pos
sibie, simply can't get on without him.
Primarily, of course, the telephone door
Is for the inward messages that bring
custom. Another telephone takes care
OF all the outward messages that might
otherwise block the incoming tide Of
customers, and In New York city. for
example az least $4,000 telephones are
now divided among the establishments
that have found the wisdom OF thus
maintaining two or more Instruments.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-06
PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.

Mr.. and Mrs. Abram Minis, who
have been at Merriewold, N. Y, for
two or three weeks, are now at Lake
Mahopac.
Miss Madge Reid and Mrs. S. B. C.
Morgan are staying with the Misses
Owens at Guinas.
Miss Maude Hayward and Miss
Eleanor Wimbush are at Lake Toxa-
way with Mrs. John S: Howkins.
Mrs. Reid Hobson, Reid Hobson, Jr.,
and little Master Edward Hobson will
leave Oct. l. for Richmond.
Mrs. W. E. Guerard, Miss Dancy and
the Misses Guerard. who have been
spending the summer at Flat Rock,
are now at the Mimosa, Lynn, N. C.
Lieut.. Willis G. Peace will leave Fort
screven in a few days for his new
post, the Preside, near San Francisco.
Mrs. Guy Howard went out to the
Isle of Hope yesterday for short visit
to Miss Gertrude Sullivan. Miss Sui
Ivan expects to return to st. Mary's
at Raleigh on the 18th.
Miss Eliza Lamar Hull left Sunday
night for Columbus. Hiss Hull will
act as bridesmaid at the wedding of
Miss Minna Holcombe Strother and
Mr.. George Hooper Waddell Thursday
evening. Among other guests at the
wedding will be Mrs. Mana Lamar
Walker, and Mrs. Hoffman of London,
England, who was formerly Mrs. De-
Witt Clinton Bacon.
DR.. ]. G. Van Marter has returned
from visit to Boston and other
Northern resorts.
Mrs. George L. Cope, Jr., left yes
terday for Green Cove Springs.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-06
BROUGHT BACK PRISONER
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA,

Detective Bostlck returned yesterday
morning from Hampton, $. c., where
ne went 70 get Winnie Lloyd, a negro
woman charged with larceny from the
t'use' The woman WAS arrested at
i-a,ill S. c. by the sheriff upon the
e1uest Of the police department here,
She is alleged to have stolen $40 from
.lIs. sophia Wolf some time ago. The
oman was az The time employed by
.lIs' Wolf Winnie says she e. not
pc woman wanted She admits that
~ name 10 the same and admits haY-
~ worked IN Savannah but says she
Ever worked FOR Mrs Wolf and
.noWn nothing about TIE money She
@aFe bond for her appearance in Poo
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-06
Mr.. Balfour Is much Weather than

-TMF BaIIour y nlucH WedHhIer thdn
was his uncle, the late Lord Salisbury
the premier's income, 1t is said, being
about $350,000 a year. The money came
from his grandfather, who earned a
vast fortune in India at the beginning
of the last century by contracting for
the navy, making as much as 81 500, coo
in four years When the income tax
stood SO high during the Boer War
u was stated that MFseBalfour hand
ed over to the inland revenue an
amount equal 10 his salary as Prime
Minister. n t..t.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-06
South Carolina
Military Academy

This is the State Military Academy
Session begins Oct. 1. $3.50 a year.
This includes Tuition, Clothing, Medi-
cal Attendance. Washing. Light and
Heat
The War Department, by General
Order No. 129, 1904, names this insti-
tuition as one of the six in the United
States entitled to nominate a Second
Lieutenant in the army from among
its graduates.
COL. ASBURY COWARD, Supt.,
Charleston, S. c.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-06

Mr.. John Conner. who has been at
ToXaway for a short time with his
mother, Mrs. H. M. Conner, left Sa-
vannah yesterday for New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Murray McGregor
Stewart and their children will return
this week from Tybee. after having
spent the summer at their cottage on
the island.
Mr.. Barron Carter left yesterday for
the North.
Mrs. Arthur Overton and Miss Pau
line Overton, who have been. spend
ing the summer at White Stone Iithta
Springs and have recently been staying
at Lake ToxaWay, are expected home
tomorrow.
Mrs. Louis Wood, who has been Wis
iting her niece, Mrs H, H. Bradley,
has returned to her home in Columbia.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Harper will
return from Mars Hill, N. c., about
Sept 10.
3 Miss Alice v. Bourquin is in New
York.
Mrs. O. L. Tilton and Miss Sarah
Tilton have returned from trip to
st. Mary's, Fla.
Miss Bessie Susong will leave Sept.
IA for Virginia, where she will enter
Hollins Institute for the coming year.
Mr.. A. A. Solomons has returned
home, after spending the summer at
Saranac Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Levy are at
HoteI. wellington New York.
Mr.. A. M. Cohen left yesterday for
Meridian, Miss.
Rev. and Mrs. G. A. Ottman have
returned from Wilmington Island.
They will continue to reside at 42S Bull
street.
Miss Ruth Levison of Brunswick is
the guest of Miss Leah Schwarzbaum
at her home on Whitaker street.
lice Court this morning and was re-
leased from custody shortly after her
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-06
r1unt Was Captured,

Raleigh. n. c.. Sept "a special
from IA Grange, n. c.. says that WIZ
liam ENum was captured az the house
on % relative a few hours atter tne
eiavlng of Ills stepson. young Wal
stin. He offered resistance, but was
overnowertd and pat IN sail
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-06
I-NIFoRM CoNTRACr INVADED.

The contract for furnishing the police
department with winter uniforms was
awarded 70 p. II, Levy. Bro. & Co.
yesterday, The contract for the he'll
NETS was given 10 the Metropolitan
Clothing Company. Both awards were
made on competitive bids. The meas.
urlng ~ the men Tor their uniforms
win 30 started az once.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-06
A FATAL ERROR

A man steps into your office. draws up
his chair, and talks right into your face.
His breath is offensive. Your only thought is
how to get rid of him and his business. You
cut him short with, al am not interested. -
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-06
PRINCE W0OED
OVER CUP OF TEA
AND WON THE DUCHESS
HOW GERMANS GROWN PRINCE
WENT ACCOUNTING.

Frederick William Was Visiting the
the Duchess Cecilia and Her Moth
er at Their Lodge On the Baltic,
When He Asked the Duchess 20
Wed and Was Accepted-Had TAX
en- Her for An Automobile Ride.
The Prospective Empress.
Altonia, Prussia, Sept. 5.-Details of
of the Crown Prince Frederick William
to the Duchess Cecilia, sister of the
reigning Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-
Sehwerin, show that the Emperor
while dining with the notable people
of Schleswig- Holstein last night re-
eeived "a telegram from the Crown
Prince, who was at Gelbensande, the
home of the Duchess Cecilia and her
mother
The Emperor then arose, raised his
glass and said that the engagement
of his royal highness and the Duchess
has just taken place and called for a
threefold hurrah for the couple. The
banquet party greeted the announce
ment with tremendous cheers.
The Crown Prince had. as it trans
pired, visited the Duchess and her
mother at their lodge at Muervitz on
the Baltic, and while residing there
over a cup of tea, he asked her to
marry him. Upon receiving the con-
sent of the Duchess the Crown Prince
called for telegraph blanks and imme-
diafelu VIII n
press.
The Duchess Cecilia.
Berlin, Sept. 5.--The Duchess Cecilia
of Mecklenburg-Schwe is a tall,
slight girl, light haired and brown
eyed. Although she could scarcely be
called pretty, she has vivid complex
ion and is of sprightly demeanor. The
only time she and the Grown Prince
had been seen together in public was
few evenings ago.
Duchess Cecilia was brought up sim
ply by her parents and was taught
the duties of housekeeping, as the
daughter of any country gentleman.
She is fond of riding and driving and
speaks English and French perfectly
and Russian we'll. Although she has
lived several years abroad, the Ouch
ess remains a true German girl.
The Crown Prince had called on her
and her mother at the Kaiserhof Ho-
tel just before they left for home
After talking with Them for an hour
the Crown Prince took them to the
station in an automobile and found
that the train did not start for an
hour. He asked them to drive round
the city and with them went through
the principal streets, which started the
first talk of an engagement.
1t is impossible to say whether it
is love match or not. Strong dynas-
tic reasons for; the marriage exist. Only
once during the last century, in the
case of Frederick III has a Prussian
King taken a wife except from a Ger
man prlncely house. The Emperor de-
sires to bring the Cumberland, Danish
and Netherlands courts into closer re-
lations with the German court. The
Duchess Cecilia's brother, the Grand
Duke of MeckIenburg-S chwerin, mar
ried last June the Princess Alexandra
second daughter of the Duke of Cum
berland, a sister of the future Queen
of Denmark The Duchess Cecilia is
also a niece by marriage of the Prince
Consort of Holland.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-06
Donald Fraser School for BOYS

Decatur, Ga. (sIx miles from Atlanta.)
Ideal location. physically and morally; 1850
feet above sea. Faculty representing Harvard
Excellent gymnasium under physical director,
Prepares for leading colleges Fine discipline
and excellent home life. For attractive csta-
ogue write
g. GARDNER, Principal.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-06

lice Court this morning and was re-
leased from custody shortly after her
arrival
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-06
SOZODONT

is essential to one whose breath is not pure
and sweet. Penetrating the little creyices.
it deodorizes, sweetens and purifies them.
and makes you feel genteeI and clean-cut.
STORMS LIQUID. POWDER PASTE.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-06

Miss Ruth Levison of Brunswick is
the guest of Miss Leah Schwarzbaum
at her home on Whitaker street.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-06

HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-06

Rev. and Mrs. G. A. Ottman have
returned from Wilmington Island.
They will continue to reside at 423 Bull
street.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-06

Mr.. A. M. Cohen left yesterday for
Meridian, Miss.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-07-22
Foreign Gossip.

The exports Of Germany to the
United States for the fiscal year were
$103, 450,6 $50, a decrease of $14,450.154.
These figures do not include Dresden
or Munich.
The appointment of Prince Obolen.
sky as governor general Of Finland
caused no display of sentiment. He
is preferred to other candidates. It is
believed that harsh policy will not
be adopted.
The Champ expedition sailed from
Tromsoe, Norway on the steamer
Frithjof for the relief Of the Ziegler.
Fiala polar expedition on board the
steamer America at Franz Josefland,
for which part Of the world she sailed
June %. 1903.
The parliamentary committee which
u Investigating the Chartreuse
charges has drawn up a report exoner.
ating Premier Combes and his son,
Edgar Combes. secretary general of
(the.ministry Of interior, on the ground
that thu testimony doe1snot show any.
thing 1mreaching their honor. s ss3
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Could Make HIs own inference. Y

William G. Bryant recently told the
story Of two soldiers one Of bibulous
habits and the other q steady, sober
man. The latter was promoted to be
70 sergeant. Upon his promotion he
conceived a very exalted impression
of his rank and became quite offensive
In manner to his former associates.
His attitude caused great resentment
in camp One day the bibulous sol
der approached him and said: What
is the punishment II the private calls
the sergeant 9 darned fool q He will
be arrested and court-martialed, !" re-
sponded the sergeant. Suppose he
simply thinks he is q darned fool and
does not say it7'' There is no punish.
ment for tint. z We'll, let 1t go at,
that, & replied the private. New York
Times. s5,S s5 sslss: