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Wood and coal men are as happy
as clams at high water. Every
body wants wood and coal now, and
they want it bad. ,
Among the distinguished husines
arrivals we note Captain H. H. Tift,
of TifUin, Captain Haskell, of Boston, a bril |i ant yonng gentleman of that
The South is by far the most at
tractive field for railroad building at
this time. During the first nine
months of the present year the rail
road construction in the whole coun
try was 5,790 miles, and of this 2,345
miles were built in the South. Only
176 miles were bui^t in the middle
States.
Mr. W. G. Brantley, of Blackshear,
Captain Gilbert, of New York, and
Mr. James Bailey, ot Satilla. Mr.
Gilbert is here buying lumber for
South American ports.
town has* been elected Solicitor in
plnce of Col. Carter. His election is
received with pleasure thronghout
the district. Evil doers will have to
Mr. Joseph B. Fraser, of Liberty keep their eyes open or he will have
county, claims to have the best set
ter dog in that county, liis last ex
ploit is thirteen birds in eight shots.
What say our gun clubs to this sort
of gunning?
Mrs. Merrit, of Maine, a daughter
of Mr. Coakley, of Bush & Coaklcy,
is here visiting her father, with
view to spying out the country. If
she is pleased here, she will so in
form her husband, and he will sell
out iu Maine and move to Brunswick.
Read carefully the card of Mr. S.
W. Apte in this issue. lie has a
very attractive cst.iuiioomc'nt, and
invites an inspection of Ida stock,
which ho is offering “low down for
cash."
The South Georgia Conference
meets in Eastman on the 8th of De
cember, and then the ministers will
begin swapping homes. This annual
change may be best for the church,
but not for the preachers as a rule.
Waycross Reporter: Prof. R. E.
Steele has been conducting the Y. M.
C. A. meetings this week, lie is win
ning the hearts of our j'oung men,
and we hope much good will result
from this week of meetings.
Mr. li. A. l’cnnick was in the city
this week getting ready for
“cane grinding.” lie said he had
everything now ready but the skim
mers and had cornu iu for them.—
“Long sweetening” will soon be plen
tiful ut his house, and lie knows just
how to make the best.
Pedestrians along our sidewalks
the past few days have appreciated
our suggestions about how to build
a sidewalks—higest next to tho wall.
During a real . rainy time Kaiser’s
southern sidewalk is really the only
thoroughly dry one in the city. Bear
this iu mind you who arc .buildin;
sidewalks—make them low on the
outer edge.
Mr. I). J. Long, of St. Marys, was
in the city this week. Mr. Lon
proprietor of the Spencer House of
that iyty, the placo travelers love to
stop, for the reason he takes greater
care for the comfort of his guests
than he does for the money there is
in it for him—one of the few men*of
that class iu the hotel world.
The Hattie Darliug moved out from
Downing's dock this week and
her place was at ouce taken by the
schooner Fearless, loaded with 20,000
oranges, 200 bunches of bananas and
500 coeoanuts besides shells, etc.
There will probably be a lively trade
in tropical fruits this season. The
Gearless was oifPy 24 days coming.
We got a generous oiler last week
to publish the speech of a certain
Georgia politicion on the tariff ques
tion. The offer stated that if we
would publish the speech, the plates
would be sent us free guatis, all set
up and ready to print. The Advek-
Tisait-AiTEA*. don’t bite so easy—we
don’t do that sort of free advertising
for aspirants.
A good many northern newspapers
took it for granted that the northern
travel to Florida will not be nearly
as great the coming winter as it was
the last. As January approaches,
perhaps they will find that Florida
will not lose as much travel as they
thought. Bnt whether she does or
not, various sections are bidding for
it.
the last one caged.
' Judge Dillon says the time has at
last arrived for frost in Brunswick.
That commodity, ho says never comes
until the chryantbemums or winter
pinks bloom. lie has been watching
these for some time, and although
many people said: “Frost to-night.”
He said “no,” for the chryanthemus
had not bloomed—they are now in
full bloom and frost is now in order.
•* A Smart Boy.
Sometime since wc made some
mention of the handiwork of Rev.
l’aui F. Brown, of this city. To-day
we are pleased to refer to his ten-
year-old son, Paul. Mr. Dauvergne,
of this city has invented a ladies’
revolving table and lap-board com
bined, and, by the way, one of the
most complete things we ever saw.
Wishing to patent it, it was neces
sary that he have a model to send on
to Washington. lie made tho draw
ings, and gave them to little Pan
Brown, who, by the way, has his own
chest of tools, and lie built he
model as nicely as any one could
wish. It is a job worthy the skill
of almost any one, especially a ten-
year old boy.
If more of our boys wore taught
the use of tools early in life how
much more useful they would be in
after years to have around, to
say nothing of the advantage gained
in keeping them out of mischief.
Our Shipping Dots.
Six steamships were in view at our
wharves this week at ono, time,
and yet wo are not happy—wc want
twelve. When we had but one, wc
thought three would be something
great—when we got three we yearned
for six, ami now we are not content.
We murmur because we have not an
even dozen.
There are 2S square rigged vessels
in port to-day, the largest number
ever seen here at one time.
There arc about one dozen schoon
ers in port, and as many river steam
ers and tugs which added to tho
shipping above mentioned, would
make a grand total of crafts in this
harbor to-day of sixty, enough tosav
the whole city iu case of a tidal wave
—provided the wind didn’t blow and
people didn’t get frightened.
Personal.
Mr. Oren M. Bush, of ( ’hnunccy,
was registered last Tuesday at the
Ocean Hotel. lie is a member of the
firm of Bush Bros., men of means who
started in the world between the
plow bandies, but who only work now
for pleasure. They own the exten
sive wharves built by Jeter & Bush
uext to McCullough's, also the well
known Wattles’ farm near the city
besides large interests up the E. T.
«k G. R. R. They arc among the
solid men, the baek-boneof the coun
ty;
Harried.
Married at tho Presbyterian par
sonage this morning at two o'clock,
Captain Anders Loworsen and Miss
Emily Sturtcvant, of this city. The
happy couple sailed this morning at
3 o’clock. The ceremony was wit
nessed by Mrs. Brown.
This unseemly hour recalls to
mind a marriage that occurred in an
adjoining county several years ago.
Port
Cotton Notes About Onr
and its Hen.
Brunswick will have by December
1st the finest cotton compress in the
world. Tliis may seem like idle
talk, but it is true, all the same;
for, by that time, we will liaveln op
eration the Belden Patent Cotton
Compress. From that time forward,
the press will run night and day.
The great disidcratum of this press
is that it not only compresses the
cotton into as small a compass as
the Morse press, but it so secures it
that it remains that size, thereby
enabling the shipper to load a vessel
to her full capacity. For instance,
the steamship Minniola loaded here
recently with 6,100 bales of ordinary
compressed cotton. She will return
here about the 20th of December,
and will carry about 10,000 just as
easily.
PLEASED WITH THE POUT.
The Captain of the steamship Min-
niola was so well pleased when here
recently under charter by the Stow
age and Export Company, that be re
quested Captain Churchill to char
ter his steamer to return as
soon as she reaches Bremen. The
owners, too, were delighted. She
was loaded before her lay days were
out, so complete are the arrangements
for loading at the upper docks. One
hundred ears can be unloaded there
in a day, and the cotton taken care
of too.
A THOROUGH COTTON MAN.
Captain Churchill, the moving
spirit in tiic Stowage Company, is a
thorough cotton man. He went into
the hold of the Minniola _as soon as
she arrived here, and took a good
survey of her. He made his calcula
tion, niul wired Mr. Carrollton in
Atlanta to send down 6,100 bales
He did so. Only three of these bales
bad to go above the hatches of that
steamer. Such is the man that holds
the helm in the grand enterprise
developing in our midst.
a mo DAY.
The first of December will be “red
letter day” in Brunswick. On that
occasion the new cotton press will
beglff work, and the cotton men of
this aart of the country will all be
hertfro witness its workinlis.
OIJ.TECTIUNS HE.MOVED.
Opposition press owners have
claimed that the fibre of the cotton
will he ruined by the Belden patent.
Experts have tested it and deny the
assertion.
THE SCENE WILL CHANGE.
Heretofore Brunswick him been
struggling to keep from being bot
tled up by others. .Soon the rest of
the world will he calling for the Bol
den patent to keep pace 'with Bruns
wick.
$25,000 was offered to remove our
compress to another city, but the
advantages of Brunswick outweigh
cd that sum, and the result is wc
have the press. Let us encourage
tho proprietors and projectors.
One compress will call for others,
and by another year we will witness
the erection of compress No. 2.
,1,
The rain was pouring, and the mag
The question is being asked ask-! istrate, for so lie was, hearing the
••tl'liy shouldn't tuc tourists call from without, raised a window
! at the side of his bed, and learning
spend the winter at the resorts on ,
* .. r ..... . ... the cause of the visit, thus tied the
the New Jersey coast? One reason .
the New Jersey
is that they want a warmer
If they won't go to Florida, it would
not be a bad idea for them to come
to Brunswick.'
.knot, while the couple stood outside
climate. I tbe ralu:
“Umlor t'.U win ! my . \ turmy woatho:
I Join thi*man mi*I woman logl’thor:
Another Cotton Steamer.
We delight to chronicle the arri
val of thcsecotton steamers, for they
speak volumes for our port. But a
few years ago the sight of an ocean
steamer at our docks called for a
general turning out of the people,
and a visit to the Captaiu and his
vessel by every prominent citizen of
tho town. To-day these steamers
come and go, and scurely call forth a
comment. This morning wc wit
nessed at the same moment two pow
erful steamers coming up to our
docks—the steamship State of Texas
of the Mallory line, and the British
steamship Starlight, coming in for
cotton from Mr. Alfred Fatman,
one of our new cotton men. The
Starlight will take 4,500 bales-aud
will sail for Bremen as soon as
loaded.
Another Sail Incident.
Mr. Inman Interviewed about
the Terminal.
Mr. Inman of the Terminal Com
pany has been interviewed, and this is
what he has to say:
“Many inquiries having come trorn
the South relative to the plans and
purposes of the Terminal Company,
I take the liberty of making the fol
lowing statement: As ^oon as piac-
tieable we expect to establish in the
State of Georgia a special bureau to
take cognizance of and deal in any
new enterprise that may be projected
along tho lines of the Terminal sys
tem. and by every means in our
power to stimulate and develop the
industrial growth ol' the South. My
honest opinion is that by these
means the country and the railroads
will receive a mutual benefit, for
nothing is truer than the fact that
whatever benefits the country bene
(its the railroads, and that the true
growth of each is along parallel
lines.
OVERSHADOWING MONOPOLY.
“I recogonize the fact that there is
reasonably much prejudice agaiust
the unification of the different South
ern systems, the idea that they are
being compacted into a vast monop
oly which will overshadow the coun
try and drain it of its substance.
This, I think, however, is a mistaken
idea, and especially a mistaken idea
as to management of Terminal prop
erty, for it is in the hands' of men
who have the mutual interests of the
railroads and country at heart.
Besides, the people are .protected
by the different State commissions
and the Governmental commissions,
and have their aeraedy should any
abuse prevail, ft can be easily de
monstrated that by the closer unity
of these railroad systems a better
system can be rendered, expenses de
creased, rates cheapened and the
general prosperity of the country
better served.
Nor AN OCTOPUS. .
-It is not true that the Terminal
Company is endeavoring to crush out
the building of railroads, and itjs
especially untrue that we have any
purpose of trying to secure, either by
purchase or lease, the control of the
Western and Atlantic railroad, the
property of the State of Georgia.
There is room for all, and tho growth
and development of the country will
soon justify tho building of almost
any railroad that comes into exis
tence.
SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS.
“I expect very soon to have a con
sultation with the heads of the Rich
mond and Danville, the East Tonnes
see, Virginia and Georgia and the
Central Railroad systems, t<? offer
special inducements in the way of
sidetracks, short branch roads, Ion.
term contracts and cheap freight,
and to endeavor in every way possi
ble to stimulate the erection of new
manufacturing plants and the build
ing up and the strengthening of those
already in existence, also by lowering
immigrant rates and to make induce
ments for settlers to come in the
South an . mil I her up "
Procession.
CEMETERT DEDICATED.
The First Burial.
Sometime ago a gentleman named
William Bernhard appeared in this
city trying to get an appointment as
nurse to the sufferers of Florida. He
was taken sick whilst boarding at
Mr. Jos. Doerflingers, and
died there. After he had been ill
several days his money gave out, but
that made no difference in the treat
ment received; Mr. Doerllinger con
tinued to take care of h: a Dr.
Bottsford visited him regularly, and
Messrs. Hodges <fc O’Connor con
tinued to furnish him medicine.
A stranger in a strange land, he
was not left to suffer, but good sa
maritans nursed and nourished him,
and Sunday he was laid away
to rest in the new cemetery. The
Jewish Rabbi, Mr. Rosenburg, first
dedicated the spot with appropriate
ceremonies, and then the form of the
Jewish stranger who bad died in our
midst was laid away to rest, the first,
in the newly dedicated grounds.
Among the baggage of tlic stran
ger were several newspaper notices,
the latest of which was from an
Augusta paper, announcing that he
would leave the next day for Florida
to secure a place as nurse to the
yellow fever sufferers. In the article
was his treatment of yellow fever,
etc., showing that he was no novice
in the business.
Keep I’p With flip
Kditnrrt Advertiser*Appeal.
While many of us arc discussing
the different schemes for the attrac-
traction of visitors, and the advance
ment of our common welfare, would
it uot bo wise to pay some little at
tention to the fact that we are be
hind the ago in one particular at
least.
Wc have our artesian wells, our
electric lights, our street railways,
our fine hotel, our attractive parks,
but I will venture the asMrtion that
no place of like size and pretention
has such sights as may be witnessed
on our principal streets and squares
at certain times.
It only reminds one that instead
of being up with the progressive pe
riod, we still cliug to a system in
vogue decades past, and that iustend
of the streets, parks, etc., being for
the people, they are used as pas
tures for our line(?) stock—the total
results of which can better be imag
ined than described.
Wlmt a glorious sight it will be
for our Northern visitors to note dur
ing their daily rambles, the rural as
pect of every thing around them.
Many of them may not be accustomed
to such sights except during their
summer journey s. and they can bear
A Busy Mail.
One of the busiest men in town is
Mr. If. E. Barnes, the fish and.oyster
man. if is day’s work extends over
a space of from eighteen to twenty
hours. About five o’clock it. m. his
slumbers arc disturbed by the hotel
and restaurant men, who want fish
and oysters for breakfast. When he
gets these o the six o’clock dock
train must be met to fill orders for
the people out there. Next comes
the seven o’clock B. <fc W. train, I'ol
lowed by the 8:15 East Tennessee.—
A few minutes for breakfast can
now be fonlul, after which comes the
work of tho day, getting iu oysters,
looking after boats atul hands, and
getting off more fish and oysters on
the noon dock train and 3:15 East
Tennessee, and filling town orders.—
Night finds Mr. Barnes a tired man,
with several hours’ work stiii before
him posting books and accounts.
Mr. Barnes has a regular pay-roll
of thirty five, fishing, oysstoring, open
ing and packing. He says it is im
possible to supply the demand, aud
every day mail orders are refused in
order not to stint the city trade.
Disciples of Nimrod.
The hunting party from Atlantal
reached here this morning at. noon,I
and will goto Cumberland ntonee.l
Among the list we observed Judge I
Van Epps and Messrs. A. W. Ililll
and F. M. O’Bryan. They promised!
us faithfully not to shoot any of Mr.f
Bunklcy’s decoy ducks. The party
took along the necessary “prevention
of snake bites,” forgetting entirely
that this was now too Into in thd
season for snakes. They might cnl
counter, however, a bear, and hi
might bite. They are at least prc|
pared for any emergency.
witness to tlic fact that while our
The little girl of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. \ j crseJ ., ( ?) , lavc aa occasional s , )icv
E. Sutton died at the Ocean Hotel | ^ j ; a[ , geraniua ,;
hunday night of membranous croup. | . . . e
This is the sixth child these stricken j ” ll “ ‘ u: " !n ' a ' '' H uo l,|1 provement
parents have buried, mid the syuipn-1 l,vt i l; ... cic;treatment of the
thy cf every parent is given them. j North. Anti-Cow.
A Suggestion.
November 29th is national Thnnkd
giving Day, set apart by Mr. G’leva
land to be observed by us all. W
would suggest in this conuectio
that our city authorities issue a 11
cal call for the special observance T
this day. No city in the laud hi
greater reason for thanksgiving tba
ours. Wc have been spared a vi^
from the dread fever that has deva
tated our sister cities and pal
alyzed their business. Brunswil
has escaped. Let us lay aside bu|
ness for one day and thank Almigh
God for His mercies to us especial!
'/’lie Democratic Congress
that its dying day is near, s!
endeavor to leave a sweet iiieinc|
behind it iu the minds of the
who will tell hereafter the story
iis brave endeavors. Let the
right law In promptly passed.