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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOLUME 1, NUMBER 147.
ELKS HAVING A
GREAT OLD TIME.
ROYALLY ENTERTAINED BY MA
CON, CELEBRATED FOR ITS
HOSPITALITY.
A BIG BARBECUE AND MANY
OTHER EVENTS FOR THE
SCRET ORDER FOLK.
Macon, Ga., Maich 18. —Representa-
tives front every lodge of Elks were
in Macon today to attend the meeting
called by the Macon lodge for the pur
pose of organizing a state association.
The - object of the proposed associa
tion is the promotion of social • lo
tions among the lodges of tho state,
there being no grand 10-lgo e.
vided for in tho Elks onraniznt’o,.
The lodge rooms at Second and Mul
berry streets, over the Telegraph oi
fU e, were especially adorned for the
occasion The hallway has been repa
peied and the Elks colors, purple and
white, were profusely used in the dec
oration. The spacious lodge room was
equipped for the accommodation oi
the hundreds of visitors and the 334
members. .
The delegates began to arrive last
night, and they swarmed into the city
on early trains this morning.
The convention was called to order
at 10 o'clock this morning in the lodge
room by Exalted Ruler E. U. Martin.
Hon. Roland Ellis delivered the ad
dress of welcome and the response, on
behalf of the visiting brethren, was
made by Hon. T. ii. Felder of the At
ianta lodge.
At 6:30 o’clock, a stag s.xial ses
sion was held with Hon. .Minter VViru
brlj in the and air and under his direc
t*on Ik events wet e memorable.
The b i Lecue at the brewery was
perhaps llie- Priest ever given in Ma
con.
PRESIDENT HYDE HERE.
Will Remain in the City Several
Cn . .
Mr. Char I . Hyde, president of the
Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad
Company, arrived in the city yesttf
day afternoon. Mr. Hyde was accom
panied by his wife and sister. They
b it immediately for Jekyl Island.
President Hyde will come up daily
fiom the island to look after the al
fairs of the B. & B. He and President
Machen. of the Construction Company,
"ill at once perfect arrangements for
the rapid extension of the road.
The track from Bay along A and Q
to Cochran avenue will be laid within
a short time, and work will soon begin
on the passenger depot.
When the connection is made with
the Offerman and Western the freight
traffic of the B. &B. will be very large.
Alt Brunswick rejoices at the favor
uble outlook for this gnat enterprise.
TO BUY OLD HOME OF DAVIS. '
Sons of Confederate Veterans Sub
scribing for the Purchase.
Jackson, Miss., March 18.—General
W. E. Daniel, commanding the Missis
sippi division of United Sons of Onn
lcderate Veterans, will shortly issue
a general order to ail camps in the
state urging that subscriptions be
opened immediately for the fund to
lie raised for the purchase ot B an
voir, the old home of Jefferson Davis.
The .Meridian camp has pledged *l,
llu o ot the SIO,OOO necessary to make
the purchase from Mrs. Davis, aim it
is proposed to have the entire amount
subscribed and collected within the
present year if possible.
WAY ABOVE THE GROUND.
Work on the Government Building
Moving Along in Good Shape.
Contractor Bowen is making good
headway on the government building,
and the structure is now several feet
above ground:
There is no doubt hut that the
building will he finished aheadf'F-nie
specified time.
A Fleet Coming.
Quite a large number of vessels both
foreign and < oastwise" are expected
within a very snort time and the
nver front win then present qiflT* a
busy appearance.
WAS HIGHLY AMUSING.
Interesting Entertainment at the Ogle
thorpe Last Night.
The entertainment in the Oglethorpe
j parlor last night entitled “Ole Mammy
Chloe (Joes to Boarding School,” by
Mrs. Sarah Swason and Miss Ernilie
Mather, was highly amusing and en
tirely unique. Miss Mather's piano
solos were brlilliantly executed and
enthusiastically encored. Her selec
tions were irom Chopin, Schubert,
Liszt, and other popular and classical
writers.
In charming contrast with these
classic pieces played by the young
miss at boarding' school to please her
"Ole Mammy.” were the plantation
melodies sung by Mrs. Swanson as
"Ole Mammy," bringing back memo
ries of the sweet picture of childhood
sung to sleep by the crooning songs of
"Ye olden time, befo' ’de war.” Other
dialect specialties and dialogues made
up a highly entertaining program, it
is to be regretted that, owing to short
notice and lack of advertising, there
were not more to enjoy this laughable
musical sketch.
By special request, at the close ot
the. program, Mrs. Swanson and Miss
Mather sang "Oh that we two were
moying,” a duet that was charmingly
rendered.
Should these ladies return they can
be assured of a larger audience. They
will by special invitation produce their
play at .lekyl Island at an early date.
CHILI CALLS FOR CASH.
J. P. Morgan Said to Be Conducting
Negotiations.
Washington, Mart'll IS.—Chili is on*
deavoring to float a loan for f 12,500,-
000 in New York city and the chances
are she Will be suecesstul. The pur
pose of this loan is said to be the pur
chase oi additional war equipment for
a struggle with Argentina, which ns
believed to be inevitable.
Contracts for war vessels were re
cently placed by Chin in England,
an if It is believed the loan she is ne
gotiating in New York will be partial
of the loan cannot be obtained in
ly applied to their payment. Details
Washin,*Tfn.
It is stated, however, that several
mSlflhs ago, when there was danger ot
immeuiate war 'with Argentina, ChiU
attempted to float a loan. She railed,
because the guarantee slie offered was
not comsldened adequate. She has now
added certain saltpetre beds as guar
antees, and they ar f * said to be ac
ceptable, J. Pierpont Morgan is said
to be conducting the negotiations on
the part ot New York lina inters.
OPPOSITION AGAIN.
There Wifi De Two Boat Lines to St.
Simon.
1 he e will, in all probuhility, he two
boat lines to St. Simon again this
summer. The Egniont will land at
•he old pier, and the Itessie at the
new fine.
Nearly every cottage on the island
is already engaged, and the success ol
the coming season is assured. M.
TlTtoii will open business there iTTont
April 1 r,.
A CLEAR FIELD.
Probable That Mr. Butts Will Have No
Opposition.
Although there is some talk of an
-1 other candidate for the legislature, it
looks very much like there will be no
opposition to Mr. K. C. Butts in his
rare lor the legislature.
Mr. Butts says he has been misun
derstood on the city cunnt question,
and will make his views on this point
known within the next few days.
Ready for Launching.
Work on the hull of trie tug K. It.
Tupper has In en completed, and the
trim craft is now ready for the water.
A great deal of work will be done on
the inside though before the boat is
launched.
Fine Oil Painting.
Mrs. De ffa.it has just finished a
fine oil painting original design—
" The Wind Must Be Blowing"—valued l
at S3OO. Studio but' l /n Gloucester,
BRUNSWICK, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 19, 1902.
DART RETIRES
FROM ERE RACE
HIS CARD TO THE PUBLIC AND
THE REASONS FOR HIS WITH
DRAWAL.
MAD MANY WARM FRIENDS WHO
PROMISED TO GIVE HIM THEIR
SUPPORT.
Major R. E. Dart lias retired from
tlie race for tile legislature. The News
heard some days ago that his father
had been, and continued very much op
posed to his son's entering politics,
land it is through the wish and per
suasion of the latter that Major Dart
retired. Laving aside the fact that
Capt. Dart seriously objected to this
step, the law practice of Major Dart
has been steadily increasing, and this
,requires nearly his entire time.
A race for the legislature would do
1 maud several month's campaigning,
and in case of election another sev
eral months of neglect to his practice
i This was the situation, and there
! was nothing for Mr. Dart to do but
retire from the race or disregard tho
wishes of his father and his practice.
Following is Mr. Dart's card:
To th(> voters of OlyniT: For per
sonal reasons. I withdraw my candi
dacy for nomination before the Demo
cratic primary, for representative, In
the next General Assembly.
While my views may have differed
upon some matters of interest to the
county with my opponent, Mr. Butts,
yet, withdrawing, I commend him to
the favorable consideration of the
voters of the county. I wish to thank
my friends who so kindly offered me
their support in my candidacy, and to
express my grateful appreciation of
the same. ERNEST DART.
Rivers Up Again.
Macon, March 3. —The rains of Sat
urday night and Sunday seem to have
been general as the river is tip again,
but not up to the mark reached a
week or two ago. It is thought, how
ever, that it will not go higher as the
rains have apparently ceased. The
high waters have delayed farming in
the river swamp, but the farmers say
they will lie repaid for the delay by
the increase in yield as freshets al
ways enrich the ground.
Strike at Valdosta.
Valdosta, (la., March 18. —Tlie em
ploying contractors and the local
Carpenters’ and Joiners’ union are at
outs, ami in consequence the mem
bers of the union have quit work. All
of tin’ union men employed on the new
hotel are off, but the contractors state
that their places have been filled The
trouble apixars to lie tlie result of a
light for a nine-hour day and against
tlie employing of nonunion men.
Flees From Kidnapers.
New York, March Ik. —Alexander
It. Peacock, the Pittsburg millionaire
and vice president of tlie Carnegie
Steel Company, today refused to dis
cuss tlie story that he tied here to es
cape rue annoyances caused by the
threats lo kidnap his children. While
here it is said that lie iias received
letters demanding sums of $1,500 ana
$25,00(1 as the price for leaving liis
children alone.
Tod Sloan is Out.
London, March 18.—The jockey club
here refused to admit Tod Sloane and
turned down his application. They
will permit him to train horses and
ride in trial races but absolutely re
fuse to issue him license and state
emphatically that there Is no chance
for him to obtain license later.
Unloading Iron.
Burns & Curtis, the stevedoers are
busily engaged in unloading Bruns
wick ami Bitmingham rails, it is be
ing transferred from the schooner to
jlat i ars of the road.
Settlement Reached.
Fall River, March 18.—It is stated
that a settlement has been reached
between (lie manufacturers and the
strike leaders in tlie cotton mills and
Sthat the strike has been declared off.
COLONEL MACHEN
GIVES REASONS
TELLS WHY BRUNSWICK WILL
BECOME A GREAT MANUFAC
TURING CENTER.
AN INTERESTING INTERVIEW
WITH THE POPULAR RAIL
ROAD BUILDER.
A great ideal of interest as well as
curiosity was excited in Brunswick
by tlie publication in yesterday morn
ing’s News of flic aplieation for char
ter for tlie Brunswick Steel and Iron
Com pany.
A great many people were incred
ulous as to Brunswick being tlie place
for such an enterprise, because we arc
so far from either coal or iron, hui a
News reporter called on Colonel E. C.
Maclien, who is one ot the applicants
for the charter, and asked for an ex
pression on the subject.
“1 am not astonished,” said Colonel
Machen, "at the incredulity you men
tion. but perhaps it is not known by
all lbi‘ people nf Brunswick that more
than three-fourths, it not iiine-lenths.
of tlie ore from which is made the
rails we are laying on the Brunswick
and Birmingham railroad passed from
Cuba to Sparrows Point, on tlie Ches
apeake Bay. and then came back to
us, whereas it would have been cheap
er in the first place to land tlie ore
here, make the rails here and save tlie
cost of transportation of the ore be
yond this point and tin: whole cost ol
bringing the rails back.
"The Maryland Steel Company was
located on the l’atapsco river, near
Baltimore, for the reason that the line
Cuban and Spanish ores ci ulil be
brought profitably to that point on tide
water, and after being manufactured
into rails, could be sold profitably
either at home or abroad. Last year
that mill exported large quantities ot
rails. They are not exporting now, be
cause they cannot meet the home de
mand. They are behind in their orders
nearly a year. They import the ores
and pay duty, yet, if the rails arc ex
ported, the import duty on ores comes
back to the mill as a drawback from
the government.
“When hard times come- and they
must, in the nature of things -then
the rail mill located on tide water will
likely oe able to find a market for its
product abroad, whereas tlie interior
mill will be at a disadvantage in mak
ing its tide water delivery.
“No other place is more favorably
situated for making rails on the At
lantic tide water than Brunswick,
when the l’>. & B.reaches the coal fields
so as to bring in coke at reasonable
figures. At. present, of course, it would
be at a disadvantage, but far-seeing
people realize Brunswick’s advantages
and are shaping their affairs to take
advantage of them.
“it is not expected that the stem
mill will be located and operated by
local capital. Men of national repu
tat ion in the iron business have sig
nified their willingness, under certain
conditions, to establish a rail null
place furnaces, etc., here, fuul 1 be
lieve teat these conditions can lie met.
Certainly it was our duty, ns wi II as
our pleasure, to start by getting
the cnarter they asked and showing a
friendly spirit in the matter.
"Fuel, coke, ores, fluxes and all tlie
ingredients which enter into the man
ufaeture of steel, can be brought to
gether here and manufactured advant
ageously. In audition to that, we wilt
have the advantage of freedom from
ice gorges, such as held up in Chesa
peake Bay for thirty ays the two
schooners now nere unloading steel
rails lor the Brunswick and Birming
ham railroad.”
Upon being asked if he was famil
iar with the iron business, the colonel
said:
"At. one time m.v father was the
owner of seven iron furnaces and a
rolling mill and forge, and as a boy '
1 watched them from day to day, but
never became more than a looker-on.
However, 1 have, at various times,
been interested in blast furnaces and
smelters, as a shareholder.
“This is a steel age. and us'-s of-it
are growing in almost every depart
ROOSEVELT IS
CAUSING TROUBLE.
ment of business. After talking with
recognized experts and some of the
most successful iron men of the world,
they satisfied me of the sincerity ot
their belief that Brunswick was to be
come one of the great manufacturing
centers on the Atlantic tide water a
soon as the fuel question was set
tled—and the B. & B. will settle u.
if we should come to the use of oil a
a fuel, it could be landed here cheap
er than anywhere else on the Atlantii
tidewater from the Texas oil fields.
"Another thing, comaratively few
people know that quite a percent ag<
of the ore itsetf in making the rail*
that we are la>Tlig here in the Bruns
wick and Birmingham comes from the
coasts of the Mediterranean. 1 went
through the Maryland Steel Company's
plant a row 'days ago at Sparrows
Point, and was astonished to find i.iai
they were not using a pound of Amer
ican ores It all came from foreign
ports, mostly from Cuba. That same
company made the most beautnu
steamer of the celebrated Bay Bine,
running Horn Baltimore to Norfolk
and a ccw days ago l was in men
marine yards and saw mammoth ships
now building there. The lumber ttiac
eutcis into those ships comes almost .
exclusively front Brunswick or oui
South Atlantic tido water jiorts, .
as for uie wooden vessels that brought
in their ores, T was told that most oi
them wore made out of Georgia pine.
‘lt yen will only consider these
tilings, you can draw your own con
elusions as to whether Brunswick i
a lavorable place to build ships or no
more especially when Brmingliam an
Brunswik are connected by a eUrec
lino that, would give them euea
,'rcigliis'.
■ As to the people who asked that a
charter lie gotten, 1 am not at liberty
to state yet but it will be a great
pleasure to divulge their names at the
proper time. They will be here in
person to speak for themselves later
on. ”
LAST LYCEUM ATTRACTION.
A Beautiful Song-Recital Thursday
Night.
The song recital by Mrs. Sarah Mc-
Donald Sheridan at the opera nous;
Thursday night, March 20th, under tli■
management ot the Lyceum course,
promises to be one of the best ot tic
series.
Mrs. Sheridan's critics everywhere
praise not only her sweet voice anu
gracious manner, but also applaud the
selections, whicn are taken from th
popular ballads of American and Kn;
lisli song writers. Her music is not
frivalous and light nor severely coin
and classical. Miss Cochrane, her as
sitant., is also highly praised as a read
er, and her recitations are evidence oi
rare hisrionic talent and ability.
Popular prices will prevail for non
subscribers. Seats are now being re
served.
HE IS LOYAL.
Ex-Slave Going to the Veterans' Re
union.
will go from Macon to Dallas,but of all
who go there will not be one who goes
with anticipations of more pleasure
Ilian Jesse May, the veteran mail ear
lier.
Jesse is a coiorcd man, but he is a
good citizen and a loyal Confederate
soldier. He went all through the war
with iiis master and he is proud of it.
He lias written to his old mistress,
who lives in Arkansas, and received
an answer telling him that nothing
would afford her more pleasure than to
see one of her slaves again, and espec
ially one that has remained so true.
THE JUDGESHIP RACE.
Judge Parker Seems to Be the Favor
ite Here.
It looks at present like Judge Park
er, of Baxley, will carry Glynn coun
ty in tne judgeship race, but Col.
Hitch has many friends here, and
there may be a change of sentiment
before the primary. Col. Cochran has
no show of carrying the county.
It will lie only a short time before
the new home of the Island View club
is completed.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
WATTERSON SAYS HE HAS
ADOPTED THE PECULIAR TAC
TICS OF CLEVELAND.
THE KENTUCKIAN THINKS THE
DEMOCRATS HAVE AN EX
CELLENT SHOW.
Louisville, March 18.—In a letter re
ceived yesterday front Henry'Watter
son, editor of the Courier-Journal, who
is now in Washington, lie says, “But
otie thing at this moment stands out
as bold and clear on the horizon as
the national capitol, and that is that
the democrats have a great oppor
tunity if they know how to improve
it.
“For the first time in thirty years
the republicans are alt at sea. Tho
republican situation resolves about the
sucession to the presidency It is
Teddy and anti-Teddy,’ and both tac
tions are out in submarine boats.
“Roosevelt as been gradually re
placing the McKinley cabinet, and in
doing this has been, figuratively, the
same a-s he employed in broncho bust
ing on the western plains He is
trying to duplicate the peculiar tactics
of Cleveland.”
BRAVERY WAS REWARDED.
Girl Who Saved a Passenger Train
Gets Good Position.
Boone, March 18. —Miss Kate Shelly
was unanimously elected hill clerk of
the. lowa State senate. Her election
was an honor bestowed on account of
her heroic act on July lti, 1881, when
she saved a passenger train from de
struction in ncy creek, during a
Hood.
Miss Shelly was born September
25, 1865, in Ireland, was brought to
this country tlie following year. Her
father settled near Moingona, to., and
it was from their little house in the
bend of Honey creek that the 16-year
okl girl looked out upon the flood
which had swept away the underpin
ning of the bridge over which the
midnight Northwestern express train
would try to pass.
Seizing a lantern she went out into
the storm and Hood, waded through
the water that poured over the tracks
between her home and the big lies
Moines river bridge, crept on hands
and knees across this structure, and
fainted as she reached the station just
beyond,but in time to save the express
and hundreds of lives.
During all the years since she has
received annual passes fo herself and
her family from the company and
other favors which she appreciates;
a mortgage on her home lias been lilt
ed by kind friends, and her position
.n the senate, where she will earn
SSOO in three months, was given to her
without opposition.
Some Smart Scholars.
Following is the honor roll for Fred
erica school:
Dorothy Stevens, James Callaghan,
Elliot Stevens, Martin Boyles, Fred
rick Stuart, Potter Gould, Earl Wal
lace, Nelson Smith, Claude Crider,
Kolos Thompson, Harry Crider, Rich
ard Gould, Reginald Taylor.
He Enjoys the News.
“I enjoy reading your paper very
much and want to congratulate you
on the excellent paper you are getting
out,” writes'Congressman Brantley to
the editor of the News. As Mr. Brant
ley is a capable judge of a newspaper
his kind words are encouraging.
Special Notice.
All bills against the British steam
ship Glenmoor must be presented at
our office by TO a, m. today or pay
ment thereof will be debarred.
K. I). M. STRACHAN & CO..
Consignees.
Not Granted Yet.
The franchise for an electric street
railway has not as yet been granted
by council. The application was re
ferred to a Bpecial committee and a.
report will probably he made at the
next meeting of council.
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The Weather.
For this day: Fair and warmer.