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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. t The Weather. For this day: Fair and warmer.