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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-04-13
NONRESIDENT NOTICE.
Clerk and Masters Office, Columbia
Tenn, March 16, 1906.
Eugenia Jamison, Complainant,
Ed Jamison, Defendant.

100000
II appearing from affidavit filed In
this cause, that the Defendant, Ed
Jamison, is nonresident Of the State
of Tennessee.
1t is therefore ordered that he enter
his appearance herein before or with
in the first three days of the next
term of the Chancery Court, to be
held at Columbia, on the Bird Monday in
April next, 1906, and plead, answer,
or demur to Compliments bill, or the
same will be taken for confessed as to
him and set for hearing ex parte; and
that a copy of this order be published
for four consecutive weeks in the Co
lumbia Herald.
A Copy-Attest
A. N. AKIN, Clerk and Master.
G. w. HAYES, Sol'r. for CompPt.
16-4t
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-04-13

RuslNEss CHANGE.

. have bought the interest of my
> father and brother in the livery
= business known as Watson's Sta
: BILE and will continue the business.
. / will add several new horses and
: new buggies to the stable and also
> moving van and will move fam
. lilies to any part of the city or
, county. Call me when you need
= anything in my business.
= w3mo GUS WATSON.
a q 4 . o
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-04-13

RHE tobacco crop takes from the
soil about 1903 pounds of actual
Potash per acre, which must be re-
placed, or else the yield will fall off
in quantity and quality.
A good tobacco fertilizer should
contain at least ten per cent. of pure
Potash, and the Potash should be in
the form of sulphate.
Tobacco Culture is the title of book valuable to all
tobacco growers copy will be sent request free OF
any cost or obligation farmers who will write for Them
Address KALI
xork-es Alantaa Ca 10 Brosds
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-04-13

$1o0-Dr. (. Detchon's Anti-Diuretic
may be worth to you more than 500
if you have child who soils bedding
from incontinence of water during
sleep. Cures old and young alike. 1t
arrests the trouble at once. 81. Sold
by w. P. Woodbridge, druggist, Column
bia. Tenn. Oct 27-6m
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-04-13
NON-R ESIDENT NOTICE.
Clerk and Masters Office, Columbia,
Tenn, March 16, 1906
Mrs. Eunice Blount, Complainant.
H. E. Haley, ct. al, Defendant
M. q. Blount. Defendant.

M. F. Blount, Defendant.
1t appearing from affidafit file6T in
this cause, that the Defendant, M. F,
Blount, is nonresident Of the State
of Tennessee.
1t is therefore ordered that he enter
his appearance herein before or with
in the first three days of the next
term of the Chancery Court, to be held
at Columbia, on the Bird Monday in
April next, 1906, and plead, answer, or
demur to Compliments bill, or the
same will be taken for confessed as to
him and set for hearing ex parte, and
that a copy of this order be published
for four consecutive weeks in the Co
lumbia Herald.
A Copy-Attest
A. NJ. AKIN, Clerk and Master.
]. H. DINNING, Solr. for Comprt.
16-4t
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-04-13

II a man owes you money, he is al.
ways ready to laugh at your alleged
jokes.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-04-13

It takes a man with a cork leg to
laugh at the man who wears wig.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-04-13

"They say is the only excuse some
people have for lying.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-05-05
TINE
&. p. g. s. w.
In Effect Sunday April 9th. 1906.

GOING EAST.
No. I24 leaves Rock Island depot Tu-
cumcari 9.Is A. NJ.
No. I24 leaves L. p, & 5, W. depot Tu-
cumcari gas A.. NJ.
Giving passengers chance to procure
tickets and baggage checks at +, +, IS. w.
depot.
Arrive Dawson ass =. NJ.
FROM THE EAST.
No. 1873 leave Dawson Gas a. NJ.
Arrive Tucumcari, az, /, depot $50
L. NJ.
No. I24 carded to make connection with
eastbound train at French 3;s2 =. NJ, and
with No. I23 westbound train Io:4s A NJ.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-05-05
Lloyd Valley Items.

Correspondence
Woodland has been back from the Plains
quite a while.
As fine a rain as we ever saw fell here
Saturday night.
MIR. Luster struck a strong vein OF water
on his homestead.
Success to the editor and the many
readers of the News.
Joe Jackson has purchased some milk
cows from !. +. Erwin.
MIR. Claud poston has built himself a
house and moved onto his homestead.
MIR. Wilmington struck a good vein of
water in his yard at the depth OF fourteen
feet.
Mr.. Evans and son, Leland, were here
from the Plans Saturday gathering THAR
cattle.
j. +. Erwin sold his team to MIR. brown
and bought a horse from a. Is. Simpson, OF
rucumcarl.
There was singing al W. II. kelsay's
sunday evening and al MIR. tarrow's sun
day night.
MIR. Wesley Phoenix has bought a new
COOK stove and we think he is looking Tor
a cook now.
(. (. McCarty has planted Two acres OF
onions. lie says he Is going 10 RAISE them
Tor the market.
We understand that MIR. kelsay has an
abundance OF maze, kaihr corn, early
amber and ribbon cane seed TO sell
W +. Kelsay has planted one acre III
w~atermelons and %pumpkins. suppose he
Is gong TO raise walermelons 10 trade on
again.
some oil our young people attended the
dance and supper at i II Ranch the
nignt ot The 2otn, and they report a very
nice Time.
The people ot this grand valley are bust
ly engaged III planting their crops. Every
thing Is getting green and everybody Is II
good spirits.
MIR. Curtis Kelsay has gotten we'll OF the
humps, and we think the mumps have
about lett our community alter SO long d
time, as no one has them.
There were two men here from MlChi'
gan a lew days ago looking over the coun'
try, and we learn that they homesteadeo
about one mile south OF W. /. Wilson.
Everybody Is invited to attend the
singing at &. G.. MCCarty's next sunday
at ) o'clock IN the afternoon. also preach.
ing at the same place the second Sunday
in next month al II o'clock IN the morning
Mr.. Jackson and a friend, who live two
miles north OF this place, brought their
drop anger to kelsay's new blacksmith
shop Monday to have it sharpened, and
are fixing to test for water. They say they
are tired of hauling water.
PLOw Boy.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-06-19
OUTWITS THE SURGEON

a complication Of female troubles.
with C8taIrl Of tn stomach and bow
els. had reduced Mrs. Thos. : Austin.
Of Leaveurvntth Ind 70 such a derIor-
able condition that her doctor advised
an operation. but her husband. fear
Ing fatal rnrultS. postponed this % try
Electric Httor-, and, 10 the amaze
ment of all who knew her. this medi-
Gin" completely cured her. GuaraH-
tcet cure for torpid liver kidney dis
ease. tiHouSucss. iaundice. chiIls and
fever, general debility. nervousness
and blood poisoning Best tonic made.
Price SOC. 1t Tydiugs & Co.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1906-06-19
A Word TO the Wise
MEN IS Sufficient.

0Ur. ESTABL ISHMENT has been entire
ly remodeled, and everything IN It
has been made new, except the
WHISTLES, which have been getting
OLDER aft the TING. If you need
anything to eat and drink, you want
1t Pore and Good served Ia a neat AND
clean way, and that IS what We pay
particular attention to. OUR BRANDS
are too we'll known and OUR
METHODS of doing business too welt
establishes to brag ABBOTT. If you
don't know it, try it and be con-
WINGED, Respectfully.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-28
TOM HARRIS AND
FAMILY ARE SAFE
CAPT. JOHN WALTER, WHO WAS
REPORTED LOST ALSO
SHOWS UP.

Tom Harris, wife and child, of Big
Bayou, who it was reported had been
drowned, turned up all right last
night, as also did Capt. John Walter,
who had been working all day with
his boat.
Mr.. Harris lives in his store and
residence at Palmetto Beach and he
escaped from there with his wife and
child in skiff at one o'clock Thurs
day morning. His house was located
near the dummy line at the Big
BAYOU station and in order to reach
high ground he had to cross the mar
row neck of the water over which
the foot bridge there runs. This was
full of timber and wreckage, all
churned together in seething mass
and the wind was blowing so fiercely
that a lantern was of no use. With
the assistance of man named Cas-
tro. who held the baby, Mr.. Harris
managed to work his boat across the
water and the party. landed on the
beach among the trees, to wnicf
they chung until they could see tneil
way to a higher point of safety:
Mr.. Harris says his loss or mouse
hold goods and stock will aggregate
S., $4,000.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-28
Graphic Description of
Water Front Devastation

Escambia Land and Manufacturing
Co., is located. What was yesterday
a practically new sawmill with a ca
pacity of a hundred thousand feet OF
lumber daily, with a magnificent sys-
tenn of wharves and storage sheds
ands a planning plant equipped WIN
tho most modern machinery. is today
q confused mass of broken machln>
rev. tangled debris and broken, Dat
tered lumber. The ruin OF this, one
of Pensacola's most important manu-
featuring plants, simply beggars de-
scriptiOn.
Muscogee Wharf.
Magnificent Muscogee wharf! Built
at enormous cost to withstand the
most savage onslaught of the ele'
ments it was thought possible to be
visited upon Pensacola, 1t still
stands hut how battered and bruised
it is! Pounding against Muscogee
wharf were three wrecked barks
while in the slip between the wharf
and Wright's Mill lie stranded in
| what will be when the storm subsid
es three to five feet OF water twC
other banks of a thousand or more
tons burden each, two more barks-
in all there are five shipwrecks al
Muscogee wharf and in the bach
wards of VIZ. Wilmer Hall and Fred
Scoenstine the fishing smack A. j
Chapman lies on her beam ends
hopeless wreck. Hundreds of thous
ands of dollars is the pecuniary los:
sustained between Tarragona stree
and Muscogee wharf; the sentimen
tai value of innumerable keepsake'
and heirlooms lost by the score o
families whose all was destroyed, il
incalculable.
, That there has already been acut
suffering by the unfortunates OF thi
section is indubitable; that this sui
fering will be intensified by time i
inevitable
There should be relief provided a
once.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-28
MANAGER CROCKETT RETURNS
TO CITY FROM FLoMATON

Manager Crockett, of the western
Union Telegraph, who LETT mere
early yesterday morning on .,
special train for Flomaton returned
this morning about l o'clock he
handled his business, and he, Reports
that each day he intends forwarding
dispatches to that point until connec'
ton can be restored.
He reports that no connection
could be had with Mobile, New UT
leans, Gulport, or any OF the ports
along the gulf coast, either oy the
Office at Flomaton or by the centra
office at Atlanta, which has not hearo
from these places since "Wednesday
Fears are entertained that they nave
suffered the same az Pensacola.
He also reports that bad wrect
occurred on the Southern Alabama
division, when a train on which was
Conductor Wilson Of this city, wen
through a culvert. The engineer
fireman, conductor and. in fact, th'
entire train crew suffered injuries
| but no fatalities resulted
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-28
BY w. c. Jones.

On the water front from Tarangona
street to Muscogee wharf is section
of the city which it Is impossible to
describe with any degree of accura-
cy; an attempt even, at description
is paralyzing to the senses. Misery,
restitution, want, is staring several
hundred people in the face who lost
their homes and their all in the ter
rife maelstrom of Wednesday night
and yesterday morning. Every foot OF
the beach from Terragona street to
the foot of Muscogee wharf is one
continuous tangled mass OF debris
the roofs and sides of dwellings,,
household Furnishings Of every de-
scription, wreckage from sea-golng
craft of every variety and every
rig. lumber. timber, unbrOken bun.
dies of shingles, merchandise of ev-
cry kind, uprooted trees, trunks and
branches-everythi in fact that
could go to make up a scene OF
destitution and desolation is piled
pell-mell, helter-skelter, on that
stretch of water front.
Between H. G. D'Silva & Co.'S
planning mill and Florida Blanca
street the homes of the following
were utterly demolished: Jack South
erland, James Sinderscott, William
Graves, Charles Mertins, Charles
Brown, W. Ford, Charles Hurd, Hen
ry Powell. George Pope, William Geb
hart and j. G. Anderson. Not a YES
tage of any of these homes remain
today to identify their location o
yesterday. Every bath house in tn,
bathing district is demolished an(
f., on East Zarragossa street between
Florida Blanca and Cevallos streets
every home. including that of Mayo
BLISS. is more or less damaged, Will
the home of Frank Sigari is entirel
destroyed.
On East Government street : be
tween Cevallos street and Mint
avenue the homes of DR.. Whine
Hall, James Jadrevich, Theodor
Schoenstein, Mr.. Griffin, Nose CHS
holm, (colored,) and Gus Jackson
(colored) are in ruins. From the en-
of East Government street to Mu:
cogee wharf Is scene of wreckag
and ruin viii h would balk the ables
descriptive writer alive to adequatel
portray In this section the oil
Wright Mill, now the property OF tn
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-28
WIND REACHED
VELOCITY OF
50 MILES
At Time Center of Hurricane Was
Passing Over
WAS FIRST RE-
PORTED OFF YUCATAN AND
LATER OFF WEST COAST OF
cUBA-BARoMETER BEGAN TO
RISE AT 5 A. M. THURSDAY.

The storm which wrought such
havoc in Pensacola Wednesday night
and Thursday was first reported by
the United States Weather Bureau
Oft the coast of Yucatan and was re-
ported off the western coast OF Cuba
on Monday moving in a northerly di-
1e ction. Ample warning was given
all vessels and as consequence
many that were ready to sail remain
ed in port. The general course OF
storms that are reported moving
northerly off the western coast OF
Cuba at this time of the year is more
to the northeast than north and, as
Pensacola has been lucky IN the past
in escaping tropical hurricanes, it
was not believed that the full force
of the storm would be ielt in this
vicinity, although it was a foregone
conclusion that high winds would pre-
vail over this section during Wednes-
day and Thursday.
Although the storm began to mani
fest itself at an early hour OH Wed
nesday morning it was not until the
wind reached a velocity of q miles
an hour at noon that any apprehen-
sion was felt. Between 1 and
o'clock the velocity was 25 miles per
hour and by 8 o'clock the wind was
bowling along at the rate of q miles
an hour. From then until midnight
the increase in velocity was constant
and at midnight the gale had reached
velocity of 55 miles an hour from
the northeast. The highest recorded
, velocity was IS miles an hour be
tween and 4 o'clock Thursday morn
ing The storm center passed be
tween II and a. m, Thursday and
the barometer, which had reached its
lowest point, 29.13 inches, at a. m.
began 20 rise. The hourly velocit!
Of the wind from midnight Wednes
day to noon on Thursday was rs
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-28
ACROSS BAY
ON HOSPITAL ROOF
Terrible Experience Of Eight Seameu Dur
inc Wednesday, Night, Three Of
Whom Were Dyozvned-- Otbev
Victims of Storm.

The hospital at the quarantine sta
ton was carried away about mid
night, and among the inmates were
eight seamen from a British steamer
which is detained there AS the
building fell into the water these
eight meen grasped the roof, and
spent the entire night upon the bay.
Yesterday morning five of them
clinging to wreckage were washed
ashore at Baskerville, and were later
taken to the Marine Hospital. Three
of the men gave out in the struggle
for life and were lost in the storm
Body of Girl Found.
The body of an unknown girl was
found last night about s o'clock at
the foot of Clubs street, in the west
ern section of the city 1t is believed
that the entire family has beer
downed, and that they lived along
the beach near that point. The CIR
Is believed to be Creole, but the
body has been in the water apparent
ly for some time, and the color is MOI
easily distinguished. Coroner Mich
elsen viewed the remains and order
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-28
DAMAGE WILL PROBABLY
REACH $4,000
and POSSIBLY MORE

those who go down to the sea in
ships" have suffered, while the de-
struction in the business and resi-
dence portions of the city, where
stocks of goods, business blocks,
fences, sidewalks, shade trees, and
residence properties, though much
easier repaired, can never be esti-
mated.
The damage to the fishing industry
alone, chief of which was suffered by
Z. K. Saunders & Co., and the Warren
Fish Co., will probably aggregate a
third of a million dollars-possibly
half a million-and the tow-boat in
dustry, with the countless lighter,
launch and small craft equipment
which goes with it, will aggregate as
much more.
The great L. & N wharves-Tarra.
coma street and Commandments street
which have been the pride of the
city, are still standing but it is be-
lieved that great damage has been
done them by the heavy vessels
which crashed into their sides. Mus
cogee wharf.-the big coal export
structure-is broken in two and will
| require udHy IHOuSduUS VI UOlidTS IOl
repair.
The wharf of E. E. Saunders & Co.
and the Warren Fish Co.. are com
Iletely gone as is also the wharf o
the P. A. & T. Railroad at Perdido.
These are the largest objects Of thu
storms furry along the water front
though not a single smaller wharf O
struc Gre of any kind within reacl
of the waves escaped. All are total!
lost
OF the big ocean going vessels, bot
steam and sail, by far the creates
portion are either ashore or are badl,
damaged from contact with wharve
and the various wreckage that forme'
part of the great disaster. A few o
these vessels were anchored far on
in the bay and these are presumed t
be safe. but they constituted only
small part of the total shipping i
the harbor.
Elsewhere the work of the storr
= is told in fuller detail.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-28
Awnings and Roofs Torn Down
and Plate Glass Windows
Demolished.
STOCKS IN MANY OF THE PALA-
FOX STREET STORES SUFFER-
ED SEVERELY FROM WATER
LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL
BUILDINGS DAMAGED.

from the WHAT uoltu " '--o
street on PalafoX, there is hardly
building that escaped damage and In
many instances the losses will be
heavy. as the roofs were blown from
many of them, and the driving rain
damaged stocks to great extent.
Probably the firm of William John-
SON & Son will be the heaviest loser
bv reason of the building being I'M
rooted. The roof left the building
at 2 a. m. and later the awning was
also blown away. Mr.. Johnson sta.
ted yesterday afternoon that he couio
NOT at that time estimate the dam
age. which was principally TO the
clothing and shoe departments,
The following buildings have Deen
damaged to greater or less extent,
bur the damage to the stocks by wa
ter cannot be ascertained as yet:
Bar Pilots. roof damaged, also bal
cony. a.,
Hannah building, roof gone, win
dows broken.
A. Zelius, both roof and awning.
Old Morasso residence. roof ana
balcony gone, place badly damaged.
Old Cosgrove shops, almost total
w destroyed.
G. Stanavatin, awning and glass.
Mrs. Kate Fay, roof and balcony.
Nick. Oerting, roof.
A. LiLustro. roof and balcony. !.
Bay Hotel, balcony, portions Oh
roof and windows broken.
F.. Concannon & Co., roof.
Klien Grocery Co., slight damage
roof
H.O. Arson, roof slightly damaged.
Cashman's pawn shop, roof and
awning.
S. A. Friedman. roof.
NJ. Dannheisser, roof.
Knowles Bros, roof and balcony.
First National Bank, roof.
Merchants Hotel, roof. balconies
and windows broken.
/ N. Apostle. roof and other damage.
Fisher Building, roof completely
stripped.
Clubbs building, roof.
VIM. Johnson & Son., roof, avn
ing. =,
Clutter Music Store. roof and bal
cony completely gone, and glass
broken
F. e. Brawner, awning and other
, damage.
Peoples Bank, awning.
Hooten & Watson, owning.
Brent building, awning OF entire
building destroyed and other slig'
damage.
Old Armory Hall, roof stripped
awning gone.
New Method Laundry, roof dam
aged.
Kress Store, plate glass window
broken.
Standard Clothing Co., plate glas:
window broken.
Avery Hardware Co., awning gone
Oerting Bakery. awning damaged.
Court house, with exception Of tive
or three all fine trees blown down
roofs damaged and glass broken
chimneys gone.
Escambia Hotel, roof damaged
windows broken.
st. Michaels parsoage, chimney:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-28

ed the body held at Pou's undertaking
parlors for Identification.
George Morgan Drowned.
George Morgan, fisherman and
ex-marine, was among the drowned.
His body was found yesterday after
noon in the western portion of the
city underneath a pile of timber.
Searching parties saw the arm Of the
man protruding fr1H. underneath the
timuer ana recovered the. body with
difficulty.
Body at Barclays Point.
The body of some unknown man
was seen yesterday afternoon near
Barclays point, in the eastern section
of the city. The parties who caught
sight of the body could not recover
it.
Another Near CoyIe Street.
| Among the wreckage of timber
boats, ETC., near Coyle street late
yesterday evening searching parties
saw the body of white man. The
waves were constantly breaking over
the wreckage, however, and the body
could not be recovered, only portions
of it being occasionally visible.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-28
ONLY AFEW
VESSELS ESCAPED
Euscugee, Perdido, .Palafox and
BayIen Wharyes All Gone.
THE WORK OF YEARS, REPRE-
sENTING MILLIONS OF DOL
LARS, ALL DEMOLISHED IN a
SINGLE NIGHT BY AWFUL
FURY OF THE ELEMENTS.

Like an avalanche-Iike a sudden
blow from a mailed hand-as ire
sistible as Fate, and as memorable
as the Powers of Evil themselves
the herricane that swept Pensacola
Wednesday night and Thursday
morning, fell upon the city with an
acompelling force and fury that no
man could Withstand or understand.
In the teeth of the tremendous gale
that poured its Titanic strength
throuqh these streets from midnight
Of Wednesday to after daylight
thursday morning, the strongest man
quaiIed, and felt that he was az
nothing in the relentless grasp OF
Nature.
That gale needed only an opening
70 do it's deadly work of destruction.
Il crept under the tin roofing OF
stores and warehouses, and the next
moment tore the great metal sheets
from their fastenines, and sent them
whistlna and whining through the
ranswspt streets.
It held up strong mem and shook
them as a cat shakes a mouse.
II caught great sticks of timber In
its mighty grasp and dashed them
down again in wanton waste.
II piled up the waters of the grea'
deep, and spread them over the
shore, until they worked their VIII
high among the busy haunts Of men.
And all was grist that came to it,
mill. Ensulfed by the Unsuitable ma"
Of the hurricane-which at time.
almost seemed animated by a sou
and inspired by a demoniac intelli
oence-ships, smacks, wreckage-th'
thousand and one bits of the jitsan
and fatsam of the sea and its shore
were again cast forth and churne'
in a wild swelter of foam into an in
aescrbabIe chaos of wanton waste
IN which appeared and disappears
The frail work of mortal hands
aroken, dismembered and cast aside
The hurricane did all this-an
more; and no man who felt the aw
iul strength and power of that my'
FERROUS force, but felt that he was
nothing in the eyes of Him VIII
guides the whirlwind and directs tn
storm.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-28
FIERCE GALE and HIGH SEAS LEFT
DEATH and DES0LAT|0N IN WAKE
THE JOURNAL STARTS "a RELIEF FUND
TO CARE FOR HOMELESS AND DESTITUTE

lief authority which will use it.
The Journal also has check from
w. A. D'Alemberte for $500 fol
this relief fund.
The Work of relief should COM
mence at once-this morning.
The Journals relief fund will help
start it, and this paper will be glad
to receive other subscriptions during
the day for that fund, or,if more
convenient, they can be paid at any
of the city banks.
But above all things, let us act
now.