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Capt. Brown Incorporates Gompa
ny and Fits Qut Expedition.
LOOT IS WORTH $80.000,000
Scene of This Vast Depository of
Riches an Island in the Famous
South Sea Group. Only One Man
Now Living Knows Its Location.
The Searching Party.
In one of the Cocos Islands, of
the South Sea group, lies between
$60,000,000 and $100,000,000 worth
of buried treasure, according to aged
Capt. James Brown of Providence,
R. 1. Capt. Brown has already taken
away about a million of the treasure,
and for reasons best known to him
self has been slow in going after the
réemainder. Now, however, being
old and needy, he has incorporated a
company under the laws of Massa
chusetts and will take a chance at
evil consequences from bringing to
light the dark deeds connected with
the treasure.
In the first place, there are nine
skeletons lying in the treasure cave.
These skeletons are one of the inci
dents of murder, treachery, piracy
and violence which attended the col
lection and burial of such vast
wealth. The treasure is in ingots,
bullion, doubloons, jewels, and rem
nants of the days when Cortez
roamed through the sacred temples
of the sun and despoiled the golden
gods and godesses of jewels of price
iess value.
Only One Knows Location,
The scene of this vast depository
of riches is an island in the famous
South Seas, upward of 1,500 miles
from Australia, and the treasure was
transported there from one of the
Cucos Islands. Only one man now
living knows its location, and he is
at the head of the expedition whioh‘
will soon be fitted out under a Mas-}
sachusetts charter to resurrect the
treasure. ‘
“It is there, just where we buried
It,” said Capt. Brown the other day.l
“*and I am the only man now alivei
who knows where it is. It was in |
the year 1850 that I shipped on
board a vessel in New York as svc—}
ond mate for the West Indies, Ar
riving at Kingston, Jamaica, I he—!
tame acquainted with a Capt. Henry
Smith, of the schooner Sea Foam.l
who was there fitting out for pearl
fishing, and I joined his vessel as
chief mate. After being at sea for
some time the captain told me what‘
the real business consisted of, which
wns that we were to go to Cocos
Island after treasure which had Leen
buried there by pis father,
Captured Loot Worth 880,000,000,
! “Then he told e about his father,
Capt. Smith, of the schooner Black
Witch, of Salem, Mass. He was on
the coasts of Peru and Mexico while
the Spaniards were fighting the Peru
vians in 1820, and came in contact
with their loot-laden vessels, from
which he took all of their treasure,
amounting to about $§80,000,000,
carried it to Cocos Island and there
buried it. Before the elder Capt.
Smith died he imparted the secret to
his son, with whom I was then con
nected.
““We arrived at Cocos Island and
found the treasure, and moved it to
another. island in the South Seas,
where we again buried it. Here all
of the crew died except the captain,
the steward and myself. They were
poisoned by the captain. We had a
fine ship’s longboat, which we fitted
out, as the schooner had gone on a
reef and broken up, and on board
of her we put $1,000,000 and started
for Australia.
“l knew and the steward knew
that Smith had poisoned the crew,
but we tried to appear as if we had
Do suspicions.
“One night Capt. Smith said he
calculated the treasure in the boat
was worth a million, and offered to
divide it with us. His plan was to
separate it into four equal portions,
and have each take one. The fourth
share, he said, we ought to use in
fitting up a ship to go after the treas
ure left behind. He had planned all
the details so carefully that we be
lieved he meant it and agreed to
everything, glad enough at the pros
pect of getting ashore alive.
“That night I awoke and realized
that someone had stolen my pistol
1 glanced about and saw Smith re
moving ‘the powder from my weaporn
and I made no sound when he re
turned the pistol to my belt. Next
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’moming while he was asleep I re
loaded the pistol and warned the
cook. Nothing happened for several
days, until we were less than 500
miles from land. Then, without
warning, he shot the cook in the
back and pitched him overboard from
the bow.
Shot Him Through the Heart.
} ‘““Pulling his other pistol and a
| knife he walked slowly toward me
in the stern. There was a murderous
grin on his face as I drew my pistol.‘
He even laughed and asked me why
I didn't shoot—then he rushed at
me. I shot him through the heart
and he died with an expression of
amazement and fury. It was up to
me to navigate the boat all alone,
and I did it, arriving 20 days later at
Cochin Bay, Australia.
‘“After losing most of my share of‘
the million dollars in sheep raising
I got the balance of the treasure I
had buried at Cochin Bay, went to
England and married. Then I came
to this country and lost my nest egg
in filibustering ventures against the
Spaniards. The part of the treasure
which we buried on the South Sea
Island was put where it would prob
'ably stay for eternity.”
With Capt. Brown, who is presi-l
dent of the treasure-hunting expedi-l
tion, are associated Henry A. Har
rington of Boston, who is vice-presi|
deut: William H. Harrington of
Providence, treasurer, and George M. |
Faulkner of Boston, secretary. These
'four men have taken out a charter
in the state of Massachusetts.
- Capt. Brown is a native of Califor
nia, is grizzled, and weighs about 250
pounds. He looks hale and kindly,
and is the last one the observer
would believe has passed through
such stirring adventures.
VOTED MORE THAN $300,000
To Various State institutions, Al
though the Legislature Stated It .
Had Only $45,000 All Told.
Among the measures passed by thel
legislature at the session just ended
were bills appropriating some $300,-t
000 to various state institutions, al
though it was stated near the open
ing of the session that the general
assembly at best had only $45,000
available in the state treasury, 1909'
estimates included, subject to appro-’
priation. These appropriation mens
ures include $105,000 for the stute'
college of agriculture; about '.,'75.-’
000 for the district agricultural
schools; $45,000 additional for the
state sanitarium; $25,0.. for a state
sanitarium for the treatment of tu
verculosis; §515,000 for the State
Normal School for one purpose and
$7,000 for another; $7,671 for the
Georgia Normal and Industrial Col
lege at Milledgeville; $5,000 for the
state board of health; $5,000 to take
care of the confederate cemetery at
Marietta; $28,000 additional expense
of the railroad commission to Jan. 1,
1910, and a number of minor appro
prietions such as individual pensions
and the like, not to forget $3,000 to
pay the expenses of the convict in
vestigating committee. Just where
the state is going to get the money
is a puzzling proposition at present.
Under the constitution the governor
can borrow only $200,000 to supply
casual deficiencies, and that is al
ready needed for other purposes.
Still it can be paid back when the
taxes come in and then be horrowedi
'uguin to meet some of the foregoing
appropriations. That will put it up'
'to the next legislature to take care
of the deficiency. It has already be
come a pretty problem.
GOING TO CANADA.
American Farmers by Thousands
| Cross the Line.
Canada is passing through a
period of reduced immigration simi
lar to our own, with an exception of
especial interest to ourselves, says
the New York Times editorially.
l'l‘.hc. Dominion arrivals have de
creased by almost half for the first
six months of the current vear, but
the decrease is entirely from Europe
and Asia. The immigration from the
United States is nct only keeping
fully up to usual proportions, but the
immigrants from this siue the border
are naturalizing themselves to an ex
ceptional extent. No less than 7.379
of Uncle Sam’s sons changed their
‘allegian(re last year, and it is now
| said that the total of citizens we have
lprese\nted to Canada has reached
!40,?000 in the last half dozen years.
Before that time it would hardly
have been thought possible, as it
seemed so natural for other nation
alities to become Americans, but so
lvontrary to the course of nature for
!Anwricans to forswear their country.
! UNKNOWN TONGWVE CHURCH.
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| Curious Worship Attracts Many Peo
i ple to One in Crisp County.
, Many visitors from Cordele g 0 out
.(on Sunday afternoons to the church
where those people hold their serv
ices who belong to the religious clan
called ““The Unknown Tongue.”! The
church is situated about three miles
from the city, and the meetings are
of a very grotesque character. The
members shout and pray until they
are in a swoon on the floor, and lay
there until the close of the meetings,
‘ Like Catholics, they kneel for hours.
' They will not do the least thing they
think is against the Lord’s wish in
the line of smoking or wearing jewel
ry. Yesterday evening they baptized
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What the Newspapers Are
Saying of the Extra Session
The Albany Herald declares that
Georgia has survived worse things
than an extra session.
Atlanta Journal: The wisdom of
adopting this course is not open to
question. It has required considera
ble moral courage on the part of the
governor to make this offer to con
vene an extra session, but the state
of public business demanded it and
he did not hesitate to act accord
ingly.
Macon Telegraph: The tax limit
has been reached. The cost of an
extra session has to be met. Reve
nues from the liquor trafic have
been cut off. Revenues from the
lease of the convicts are to be cut
off. Is there a plan to force a bond
issue on the incomirg state admin
istration, and for what purpose? It
seems clear to our mind that there
was absolutely no excuse for this
extra session. The convict investi
gating committee had about finished
up its work, unless they propose to
take up the witnesses in behalf of
the prison commission, and that docs
not seem necessary. One more ses
sion of that body could have reached
conclusions as accurately as it ever
will, in all probability. What is the
game?
Dublin Courier-Dispatch: An ex
tra session will cost the state a
big sum of money. And it is not
needed. If the state would pay the
representatives and senators $2OO
per annum instead of $4 per day for
fifty days we doubt if the general
assembly would remain in session
thirty days.
OABTORIA.
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THE DAWSON NEWS.
. ! Darien Gazette: We are afraid‘
that an extra session of the legisla
ture is inevitable. And it is not only]
awful but it is expensive. The legis
lature is as bad as Happy Hooligan |
—it’s always bringing on trouble and
expense to the state.
The Tifton Gazette does not know
which is worse—the convict system
or an extra session.
LID FLEW OFF IN ATLANTA.
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‘Hundred and Fifty Drunks Faced
the Recorder One Morning.
The Atlanta police court looked
’like old times before the day of pro
hibition Monday morning. All pre
tvious records for the number of
lcases were smashed to smithereens.
l’l‘he amazing number of one hundred
‘and fifty persons stood before the
!bar to receive their share of the
| usual Monday dispensation of jus
tice.
’ Most of them were up on charges
of plain drunkenness. A majority
of them pleaded near beer in de
fense, saying the liquid dispensed at
the fifty or more near refreshment
stands in Atlanta had been their un
doing.
No day of the past equaled Mon
day, which was a record breaker
’both in the number of ordinary cases
‘and in cases for violating the law
'against being intoxicated on the
lstreets.
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trouble, so just remember that Fo
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irregularities and cure any case of
kidney or bladder trouble that is not
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Warehouse
P JAS served the people of Terrell county for
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«+4 ever to properly serve the farmers. All
cotton stored with us will receive our personal atten
tention, and our long experience in our particular
line of business insures satisfactory service.
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Bagging and Ties.
A full supply of Bagging and Ties always in stock,
and will be sold at prices that will meet all competi
tion. For our customers, we have in yard free ac
commodations for stock, including plenty of water.
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J. B. Jennings and J. T. Coker
Will be with me this season, and will be glad to
see and serve their friends. Mr. Jennings, who has
been at the scales several years and has become
known as the Old Reliable, will do the weighing
again this season, which is sufficient guarantee that
every customer will get correct weights.
The Planters Warehouse
A. J. Hill, Prop. = Main Street. = Dawson, Ga.
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