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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOL. 1, NUMBER 113.
DECISION OF
SUPREME COURT.
SUPREME. COURT RENDERS A
SUPRISING DECISION WHICH
IS OF CONSIDERABLE LOCAL
INTEREST.
THE NOTED BRUNSWICK OYSTER
CASES HAVE BEEN DECIDED
BY GEORGIA’S HIGHEST TRIB
UNAL.
The noted oytser eases have been
•iec.lded *by the supreme court. Upon
the result of this decision some ten
or fifteen cases against various par
ties have been continued from time
to time.
The court rules that the title of land
owners bordering on tide-waters does
not run to the low-water mark, hut
that the high water mark is the boun
dary line.
The question came up on the right
of a citizen to gather front an oyster
bed between the high water mark and
the low water mark, and the_ supreme
court rules that the citizen has such
right.
The decision in full is as follows:
Johnson v. state. Grice v. state,
misdemeanor. Before Judge Ben
net, Camden superior court.
Lewis, J.—l. In the absence of
special title by grant, lease, prescript
ion or otherwise, the boundary of
landowner abutting on the ocean, or
on any estuary, bay. Inlet or arm
thereof where the tide regularly ebbs
and flows, extends only to ordinary
high-water mark. Section 3059 and
3080 of tlie civil code are not applica
ble to such waters.
2. An indictment under resection 588
of the penal code for removing oysters
from a private oyster lied in not suii
ported proof showing that the accused
persons took oysters from a bed sit
uated between high-water mark and
low-water mark upon the shore of ai;
inlet of the sea, title to the bed not
being shown t.o exist in any private
person..
Judgment reversed. An concur.
A. L. Franklin and D. W. Krauss.
for plaintiffs in error.
John W. Bennett, solicitor general,
and Atkinson & Dunwody. contra.
Col. D. W. Krauss and Col. A. L
Franklin have won a great victory and
they are to be congratulated,.
TWO FIRES YESTERDAY.
Neither of Them, However, Did Very
Much Damage.
The department had two runs yes
terday and did good work on both oc
casion . The fli t alarm was sounded
from box 23 shortly after 10 o'clock
in the morning. The blaz.e was lo
cated in a small negro shanty on Bar
tow street and was quickly extin
guished.
The other alarm was sounded at
8 o’clock tn the afternoon from box
32. The house on South Albany street
occupied by Wash Milien was on
Are but only a small damage was sus
tained.
TO SPEAK IN BRUNSWICK.
Col. Estill Has About Decided to
This City.
It is more than probable that Col.
J. H. Estill will visit Brunswick with
in toe next few weeks and address the
people of Glynn county.
A prominent Estill supporter asked
Mayor Emanuel for permission to use
the city hall for the occasion and the
request will be granted.
Col. Estill has many admirers here,
all of whom are glad that he is com.
ing.
WORK OF THE CITY COURT.
Quite a Number of Cases Were Dis
posed of Yesterday.
The folowing cases were disposed
of in the city court yesterday:
State vs. Arthur Wood, assault and
battery; mistrial.
State vs. Perry Keith, larceny from
the hone, second count.; plea of
guilty. Fine of seven months on the
chaingang or a fine of SSO and costs.
State vs. Willie Banks,larrencvfrom
the house; nolle pressed.
State vs. Charlie Collins, larcency
from the house; nolle prossed.
State vs. Dennis Terrell, larcency
from the house; nolle prossed.
State vs. Irena May, larcency from
the house, second count; second de
mand and discharged.
State vs. C. P. Mclntyre, assault.
The jury returned the following ver
dict: "We, the jury, find th defend
ant not guilty and find the prosecu
tion malicious and unwarranted and
recommend that the cost of court
and jail fees b placed on the prose
cutor, J. I). Rooney.”
State \ys. Willie Harris, larcency;
nolle prossed.
State vs. Felton Ward, larcency;
nolle prossed.
State vs. Denniss Terrell, Chas.
Collins, WiUie Banks, larcency from
the house; nolle prossed.
State vs, Orton Pyles, carrying con
cealed weapons, on trial.
PIONEER BANKER OF WEST
DIES AFTER LONG CAREER.
CHICAGO, Feb, 6.—Thomas I). Rob
inson, a pioneer banker and lawyer of
northern Illinois, i dead at Rockford,
aged 84 years. He was a native of Ed
inburg, Scotland, and in his young days
was interested in the publication of the
Mechanics' Magazine with an eldor
brother. In 1838 he came to America
and sot;led in Winnebago county. One
>f his first cases as a lawyer was the
prosecution of’ the ‘Banditti of the
Prairie,” law breakers who for years
>ver ran northern and western counties
stealing aud murdering. It 1843 Mr.
Robinson, with John A. Holland, open
'd the first banking house in Rockford,
tn insfitv.tsou of which he was presi
dent at the time of his death. He was
•He of the founders of the Beloit col
lege and Rockford College for women,
lii i estate is valued tit >750.000. ****~'
THE NEWS IS TO MOVE.
Will Occupy the Kaiser Building on
Gloucester Street.
In order to accomodate the rapidly
ncreaslng business, tho News has
reen compelled to rent a larger hun
ting as the present one is entirely too
small—a case ofoutgrowing the bouse.
After the present week wo will oc
■upy tho building on Gloucester street
adjoining the plumbing establishment
if A. H. Baker.
The mu.re building will be used and
is it is a large one there is no doubt
about, handling the rapidly increasing
business.
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CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION.
001. Henry T. Dunn Has Strong En
dorsements for Collector.
Col. Henry T. Dunn, collector of
fstoms for the port of Brunswick,
a candidate for re-appointment and
s more than probable that ho will
get the position again.
Col. Dunn has been circulating a let
ter of indorsement and the majority
jf business men have signed it.
THE LOWEST RATE.
You Can 30 to Charleston and Back for
a Very Small Sum.
'ir- i'l'.i'st ■■■ id!.le rut.- to Charleston
ud r- turn, re count of Brunswick Day,
r the sc.iti m. is * l,so. Tickets sold
1 Tuesday and Thursdays and good
■r seven days. Taking everything into
c msideration this rate is not at all high.
A Card of.Thanks.
To ail that showed heartfelt sym
pathy so generously with me and my
children on account of the untimely
death of my dear husband, I wish to
extend my sincere thanks to all that
comforted me during my sad hours
of grief and trouble, and especially
to the Knights of IB‘bias for the love
and care they have shown mo on ac
count of our departed husband and
father. Sincerely,
Mrs. H. B. Randolph and Children.
Big Shipment of Logs.
CHATTANOOGA Feb. 6.—Four mil
li m fruit of Jogs are expected in this city
during tlie latter parlpf the week. They
lrnve been started ftlm the upper part
of the river on th*- irlo. Oiio-lm f
of this amouut is foEve company, one
fourtb for the other one
fourth is the wnsllfr
companies,
A Large Meeting.
The Elks held a large meeting last
night and among other things acepted
an invitation from the ladies of the
Jewdsh fair to attend in a body which
was done. This organization is now'
among the strongest in the city and is
growing in popularity every day.
Board of Trade Today.
The Board of Trade will meet in reg
ular weekly session at the city hall to
day, 11 o’clock, and all members are
urged to be present.
BRUNSWICK, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 7, 1902.
AFTER INDIAN' LANDS.
Congress Proposes to Reduce
Reservations Once More.
BILI.S BILL l’.K HOTLY OPPOSED.
Entertaining' Exchange* of Witty
Repartee In (lie Senate— A Tilt Be
tween Spooner and Tillman—>lr.
Rumple and Him Mnanel Rill.
Washington*. Feb. 4.—[Special,]—
Although several million acres of Indi
an lands have been ceded during the
past dozen years, it appears that the
end is not yet, aud efforts have been
made by the government to secure ad
ditional cessions. .Negotiations with
the Indians have taken place and the
treaties submitted to congress. Asa
result, bills are pending for the ratifica
tion of these treaties, and an attempt
will be made to have them made a
part of the Indian appropriation bill
when that measure is considered. The
reservations which it is proposed to
diminish, with I lie number of acres
and amounts to lie paid the Indians,
are as follows: Rosebud (Sioux) reser
vation, South Dakota, 416,000 acres,
for $1,040,000: Lower Brule (Sioux) res
ervation, South Dakota, 50,500 acres,
for $70,700; Pipestone Quarry (Sioux),
Minnesota, 040 acres, for $100,000;
Crow reservation, Montana, about
1,000,000 acres, for $1,150,000; Devil’s
Lake (Sioux) reservation, North Dako
to, (44,000 acres, for $343,000; Kiaiuatli
reservation, Oregon, 621,824 acres, for
$537,007; Grande Ronde reservation,
Oregon, 25,701 acres, for $28,500. Rills
are also pending to pay the Turtle
Mountain (North Dakota) Chippeways
$1,000,000 for a relinquishment of the
claim they have made for nearly one
half of North Dakota.
Not Easy to Adopt Treaties.
The western senators and representa
tives who are endeavoring to have
these treaties adopted will not find it
sueli an easy matter as heretofore. In
all former agreements it was provided
that the Indians should receive the
money for the land arising from the
salep to settlers. Some lands went as
high ns $3.75 an acre under these
agreements. Then came the enact
ment of the free homes law, and the
government assumed the obligation
which would have come out of the
settlers. On that account there will
be objections to making any further
payments for Indian lands.
More Senatorial Quips.
Senator Spooner and Senator Tillman
always have controversies. Sometimes
they are quite bitter and sometimes
entirely good natured. Here is one of
tlio latter:
Senator Tillman 1 wish to aslt the
senator a question if he will permit
me.
Senator Spooner if the senator will
make a personal nr tier of it, I will
yield.
Senator Tillman I have no personal
feeling toward the senator except one
of admiration aud kindness and friend
ship. He could nut tantalize me inlo
any other sentiment because I know
his heart is in the right place, but his
head in full of tangles sometimes.
[Laughter.]
Senator Spooner Whenever t agree
with the senator from South Carolina,
which is quite often, for heTs nn able
and practical legislator, my head is
perfectly straight. Whenever I dis
agree will) hint -and that is generally
then it is awfully tangled. [Laughter. I
Money and Beveridge.
Senator Money was making a speech,
arid Senator Beveridge interrupted him,
causing the Mississippi senator some
annoyance. Beveridge put a part !cu -
larly long query, and Money made Idm
repeat it. When about half through
with the question, Beveridge was in
terrupted by Money, who said:
"Now, I understand that much. The
senator had better stop before 1 forget
It. If he goes on further, I will not
recollect everything he lias stated."
Senator Beveridge- I am not respon
sible for tlie senator’s memory any
more than I am for his logic.
Senator Money—That is all right. I
think I can suffer under that opinion
without any loss of self respect. I am
quite able to bear the criticism of the
senator from Indiana. It is not often
that I am reprimanded in that sort of
way, although reprimand seems to be
the style of the day.
To Protect Mussels.
Representative Rumple of lowa has
a fondness for fresh water mussels and
is afraid that the supply will give out
unless the national government takes
the matter in hand, so he has intro
duced a bill for their protection. The
particular mussels which Mr. Rumple
wants protected arc the "niggerhead,”
“butterfly,” “muekets,” "buck horn,"
“yellow sandsheli” and “black sand
shell.” The mussels may lie taken aft
er they become four inches in diame
ter. but not before. Fines aud impris
onments are provided for those who
break the law should it be enacted.
The best photographs, crayons,
photo jewelry, etc., are to be bad at
Wilson’s studio, 502 1-2 Gloucester
street. Call and see samples and the
prleea.
MILITIA LEGISLATION.
United States Can Do Little
For State Troops.
CONCERNING (THAN CONCESSIONS.
Donl>Uul If tlie rrcNiilent Will Drliiß
Pressure to Dear to Secure Them,
Senator Mo rant a an liivcatlgn tor.
Stewart Favor* ICximunloit.
Washington, Feb. i.— [Special.]
Some members of congress are going
to try to do something with tlie mili
tia this session, but the prospects are
against accomplishing very much In
that direction. At every session of
congress bills have been introduced
having for their object the improve
meet if the militia of the country.
Sometimes these hills receive a favor
able report from committees, but. that
is as far ns they ever get. In the reg
ular military appropriation Dill there
is carried tlie sum of $1.0<)0,(H)0 to lie
divided pro rata among the different
states, ’llils year it is proposed to
double the appropriation, but I am in
clined to think even that will fail. A
convention of militia officers of the
different states was held here for the
purpose of promoting militia legisla
tion. They prepared their bill, and
Senator Hawley of Connecticut intro
duced it in the senate and Representa
tive Dick of Ohio in the house. It is
a better bill than has heretofore been
before congress, ns it is loss cumber
some and does not try to nccouipitsh
too much. The whole difficulty in the
matter of national legislation for the
militia is that the militia belongs to
the several slates. It cannot he na
tionalized without the states losing
control, and that is the cornerstone of
the militia organizations. Except in
time of war I lie United States lias no
use for tlie militia, while it quite fre
quently happens that tlie states call
oul troops to quell disturbances. Aside
from appropriating money for the sup
port of the militia, there is Utile that
tlie United States can do for state
troops.
A Mr.tter of Pressure.
One,of the prominent United Slates
senators, speaking of the prospects of
some sort of reciprocity with Cuba,
said that it depended entirely upon the
amount of pressure which the admin
istration would bring to bear on tlie
Hep -MVthi members of the house and
especially’the majority members of tlie
committee on ways and means. As to
the senate, it is claimed (lint it is only
a question of bringing the matter to a
vote, when the concessions to (tuba will
be granted. While tli re is not the
least doubt ab-elt i! •* * de.-are of lilt'
president anti t- vt.ar; -. v. rin sc
cure the concessions, it is very doubt
ful whether l're.-aienl Roosevelt will
“bring pressure” | i !a . -i members
of congress save sueli as h. s been done
in Ids nies: age.
Stewart an Expansion: b
Senator Stewart of Nevada is an ex
pansionist of Ur- most pronounced
type. "Away tuck in tlie sixties," said
tin; senator, "I used to go lind see Tom
Corwin, who In his old age came to
Washington to die. We used to talk
on r a great many matters with which
Corwin was familiar. 'We made a
misb-ike every time we opposed the
acquisition of territory,’ Corwin al
ways said when reverting lo the party
with which lie was affiliated during the
early years of his political life. He
always said that Clay and Webster
were defeated because they opposed
territorial acquisition. No country,”
added Senator Stewart, “likes to give
up territory, and the United States will
not surrender any, whether it. is on the
American continent or islands in the
sea.” The Nevada senator occasional
ly speaks on these lines, but he makes
no more of those long speeches for
which he was once famous.
Morgan’s Investigation*.
Senator Morgan likes to investigate,
to make inquiries and get information.
He is never quite so happy as when
using the large interrogation against
an unwilling witness and trying to ex
tract information frotii those who do
not want to give it. He would have
been a good reporter had lie followed
that line. Probably one of the great
est. intellectual duels we have had in
recent years was Morgan’s cross ex
aniinatiiiu of Collis V. Huntington
when the Pacific railroad committee
was investigating tlie subject of tlie
Pacific roads. I-luntington was a man
who pretty thoroughly understood him
self, and he fenced with Morgan for
several days. Now Morgan is investi
gating tlie canal question and going
over and over the subject with which
he is so familiar. The men who want
to delay anything in connection with
the canal just raise tlie question of a
lack of information and suggest that
certain witnesses shail be called. This
is enough to cause Senator Morgan to
order witnesses before his committee
anil ply them with questions.
The Information Stored.
There is one thing about Senator
Morgan's investigations, however, and
that is that when he has completed one
there is no question but what he has
exhausted the subject and extracted all
thy information obtainable. Aiyj, still
another, he always has that informa
tion on tap and ready for use whenever
he wants to use it. Another feature of
-his talk is the smooth, easy way in
which he delivers his discourse. 1
have heard him make some of the
most sensational statements in a mild
and easy tone, and it was not until
some reporter had gathered in the full
Import of the remarks that any one
would realiz.e that the Alabama sena
tor's speech was more thau a dry re
view of facts. *- -415--;
Presidential Succession.
Representative Jenkins of Wisconsin
is not satisfied with the presidential
succession law, which passes the presi
dency from tlie vice president to the
members of the cabinet, aud has intro
duced a bill providing lhat the presi
dent, pro tempore of the senate shat) bo
next in line for president when the vice
president succeeds to the presidency.
When the present taw was enacted* a
great many advocated the same view
as conveyed In Mr. Jenkins’ bill, but
the cabinet Idea was taken because it
was agreed that it often happened that
the president and vice president might
be of different political faith from that
of the senate and that the political will
of the people would lie defeated by the
succession from the senate. It was
agreed that to change the political com
plexion of an administration through
the dentil of tlie president and vice
president would lie most unsatisfactory
and it would be better to depend upon
the succession of cabinet ministers,
whose policies would naturally be sim
ilar to the man they succeeded.
Takes It Too Seriously.
Members of congress say that Henry
C. Payne, the new postmaster general,
takes the office altogether too seriously
and that he is working himself thin
in an effort to accomplish great results.
It is altogether natural that anew
cabinet officer desires to learn all there
is in his department and to make a
good showing, but an old stager in pub
lic life thus advised Mr. Payne: "What
is the use or worrying? You couldn’t
upset things in the department if you
wanted to. All these clerks and bu
reau officers have got things running
in such a groove that the department
would run along even if there was no
one at the head of it for months. There
are enough old messengers about the
department to show you where to sign
your name on routine documents, and
that is enough for the present..”
Must Not “Hit the Pipe.”
Senator Mason is a reformer, or at
least there are many reform measures
for which he stands sponsor. One of
the latest Is a bill to prohibit (lie im
portation of opium for smoking. He
intends to cut off the “heathen Chi
nee” from one of his pleasures and to
prevent the white man from "hitting
the pipe” occasionally. Some man who
refuses to take Senator Mason’s bill
seriously says that tile Illinois senator
has been the victim of “pipe dreams,”
as some newspaper stories without
much foundation are called, and It is
Ids intention to shut off the supply.
A Territorial Experiment.
Some of the territorial nominations
have caused considerable discussion In
the senate executive sessions. The
charges and counter charges brought
out, a story from Sena tor Clark of Wy
oming. A judge who was a resident of
New York was sent oul lo tlie territory
and developed some rather peculiar
notions. He went to one county to
hold court, and, as usual in anew
country, there ivri* plenty of lawsuits
and criminal cases, but a scarcity of
ministers. In fact, the judge could
find no one to open court with prayer.
He held everybody—attorneys, officers,
clients, jurors, witnesses and prisoners
—for four days until a minister could
be obtained from a distant town to of
fer the prayer, “We didn't object to
the praying,” said Senator Clark, “but
the delays were expensive, costing tin
county about SSOO. We had no relief,
because we could not get rid of the
Judge, but at the next session of the
legislature we rearranged the judicial
districts, giving the New York judge
one county where there was nothing
hut a few sagebushes aud one jack
rabbit. We paid his salary aud voted
the other judges SSOO each for extra
work; but it was a clear gain to the
territory in tb“ matter of expense.”
Apparently Not Uneasy.
Usually tlie majority part, iu con
gress is anxious to push legislation
through rapidly in order that the mem
bers may get home so as to go into
their campaigns, mid us soon ns con
gress meets someone will set up the
claim that an adjournment ought to
be had by the Ist of June, I have seen
a congress hurry business und adjourn
lu Juiy, but then there was no such
amount of business ahead us at this
session. If tlie actual necessary legis
lation, such as the appropriation bills,
were being pushed, I might guess that
It was not the purpose to do much else
and that there would be a lurking in
tention of sidetracking the Philippine
government bill, the canal bill and
some other measures which cause so
much contention, but the delay of the
appropriation bills leads me to think
that the managers do not cure so very
much about a speedy adjournment and
tlie campaigns will be short or made
largely from Washington.
CaJl on L. A. Millar for kiln dried
lumbar.
PRICE FIVE CENT3.
MANY ATTEND
JEWISH FAIR.
ANOTHER LARGE CROWD WAS
PRESENT LAST NIGHT AND
THE BOOTHS WERE WELL
PATRONIZED.
WILL BE OPEN THIS AFTERNOON
FOR THE LADIES AND CHIL
DREN—PURIM BALL OCCURS
TUESDAY NIGHT.
Another large crowd attended th#
Jewish fair last night, and the. weeks
receipts were greatly swelled. Ail the
booths were well patronized, especially
the candy and cigar booths, which
were busy all during the evening, and
many boxes of Httylers and cigars
were rafflled.
This afternoon the ladies and chil
dren will hold full sway at the fair.
Quite a number of attractions have
been arranged for the amusement of
the little ones, and a very enjoyable
afternoon is; anticipated.
The fair will be closed tonight, it
being the Jewish Sabbath, but will
be open as usual tomorrow night,
when most of the valuable articles
will he raffled.
Some Notes of the Fair.
Avery handsomee pillow was raf
fled from the fancy booth last night
and was won by Mr. Gus Hoffman.
Lunch was served yesterday from 11
to 2 and the ladies in charge of the
supper room had about all they could
do. Quite a neat sum was realized.
The pretty lace handkerchief, raf
fled from the fancy booth, was won
by Miss Reta Kaiser.
Much interest is being taken in the
Purim ball, which will lie given on
Tuesday night.. The fair, of course,
will open for business on Monday
night.
Considering that the tair lias only
been carried on three nights, the
anuunt taken in is very satisfactory,.
NUMBER OF CONTESTS.
Scramble for County Offices Promises
to be Lively.
If appearances count for anything we
bid fair to have some warm scram
bles for county offices this summer
and some of the present officers will
have to make hot fights for their
places again.
All the contests wiil be between gen
tlemen and this fact is encouraging to
say the least of it.
A SWELL WEDDING.
Mr. Whitney and Miss Hay Joined in
Matrimony.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 6—At high
noon today Helen Hay, daughter of
Secretary of State Hay, became the
wife or Harry Payne Whitney, son
of the former secretary of the Navy.
The wedding was one of the
most brilliant social events of the sea
son in Washington society. Every
body who is anybody was there and
immense crowds stood on the side
walks in front of die church and the
Hay Mansion. Five hundred invita
tions for the church had been sent out
and it looked like all of them were
accepted.
The service was a full choral one.
The Rev. H. C. Haden, assisted by
Rev. T. S. Hamlin,of Cleveland, Ohio
and Mr. Hay’s family pastor perform
ed ceremony.
The bride’s gown was of ivory sat
in, trimmed with Duchess lac®. Sh#
wore a long veil and carried a boquet
of orchids.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt occu
pied front seats in the church and all
the cabinet members were present
THERE IS NO TELLING.
Glynn's Choice in the Gubernatorial
Race not Known Yet.
There is no telling who will b® th®
choice of this county in the race for
governor.
All of the candidates are scheduled
to speak here soon and have
: friends who are doing good work and
the result here is as much in doubt
as the result in the entire state.
CHAS. H. JEWETT,
I
Agent Yost typewriter; second-hand
machines bought, sold and rented.
All the u.fferent makes repaired and
adjusted by an expert Satisfaction
guaranteed. Office, Opera House
building, first, floor.