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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOLUME 1, NUMBER 159.
HIGH WATER RECEDING
THROIGH THE SOUTH
CORPSE FOUND
AS WATER FALLS
ELEVEN r-ERSONS REPORTED
DROWNED NEAR DECATUR,
ALA., DURING THE PAST FEW
DAYS OF THE FLOOD.
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DECATUR NORTHERN TERMINAL
OF LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE
IS BADLY CRIPPLE—GOVERN
MENT CANAL IS DAMAGED.
Decatur, Ala.. April 1. —Since the
storm t>£ Friday this has been the
northern terminal of tne Louisville
and Nashville. All trains arc now
running as far north as Elkinont. No
Nashville mail has been received
hero since Friday. Touay the first
mail n ached here from Chicago, Cin
cinnati and other points north try way
in New Decatur is
without telegraph communication still
and the Decatur office is crowded with
messages from passengers stalled
here.
Among the prominent passengers
are Noel \v. Carter, president oi the
First national bank. Nasnville, and
Mr Brown, cashier of the First na
tional bank of Chicago. A man and
wue with twelve children, from
southern Mississippi and bound for
Arizona, are among the sidetracked
passengers.
Many Lives Lost.
The Louisville and Nashville did
all in its power to accommodate the
passengers. Twelve banana trains
I'iom New Irleaus and billed for Chi
cago. arc sidl'traekeu lure for two
days, and it. is thought they will get
out tonight via Corinth. Miss. Trains
started running last mgiit to Nash
ville by corinth.
The gEEEEEEEEEETTT shidlowo
The Tennessee river is on a ramp
age and much damage is reported.
Ben Junes, a white fisherman, with a
wife and seven children, living in a
house float near Riverton, are report
ed all drowned. The wreckage of
the boat has been found, but the oc
cupants are undiscovered.
A Wuiie man named Barber was
drowned in Flint crock and his house
swept away. Jaiob Coach, a negro,
was found drowned in a sink hole.
Si', bouses on the l.loyn plantation,
north side of the river, were swept
away. Two houses on the Hurd place
were destroyed by iigntning. Many
other houses were struck by light
ning, but slightly damaged. Much
live stock lias been drowned.
All day stories of loss of file and
destruction of property nave been
coming in. An effort will be made
to run passenger trains to Nashville
tonight, but Superintendent Starks
says it is hardly possible they will
get through.
Government Canal Injured.
Steamei Decatur No. 1 brought
news this afternoon that the govern
ment canals, locks and darns at Mus
sel shoals, in ihe Tennessee river, are
rendered practically useless by the
flood since last Friday’s storm.
Steam boat transportation is severe
ly handicapped, if not altogether sus-
Vendod. Locks fi, 7, 8 and 9 are so
damaged that it will be several
ihe gates wrenched off. The 500-foot
steel aqueduct, the only way boats
months be,ore they will be in service.
Lock 0 is the wmst damaged, parts
of toe heavy stonework removed and
can pass the shoals, is moved a con
siderable distance off its abutments
and is leaking' badly. The govern
ment railroad at me shoals is ue
stroyed.
Uhy insure with other companies
when you can save 10 per cent, to
20 per cent, a year on your premiums
with the Penn Mutual, which pays
dividends equal to any other company,
aside from above guaranteed differ
ence in rate? Consider this and act
promptly as the insurance must be
issued before May Ist. See Fleming
A- Vaughn. ..gents without further de
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ELECTRICAL. FRANCHISE. __
As It Will Be Passed by Council to
C. J. w rarrell, Jr.
AN ORDINANCE granting the right
to Charles J. o’Farrell, Jr., his heirs
and assigns, to construct and main
tain poles and wires, lor the pur
pose of conducting and distributing
electric light anu power, on the
streets of the city of Brunswick, and
for other purposes.
Section I Be it ordained by the
mayor and aldermen of the city of
Brunswick, in council assembled, and
it is ordained by the authority afore
said, that from and after the adoption
of this ordinance, Charles J. O'Farrell,
Jr., of said city, his heirs ami assigns,
shall have the right and privilege,
subject to the conditions, restrictions
and limitations hereinafter setforth,
to erect, construct and maintain, on
the streets of said city, poles and me
tallic wires attached thereto and such
other equipment as is ordinal ily used
in the transmission of electricity for
purposes of motive power of illumina
tion, and to use said poles and wires
and other equipment for said purposes.
Section 11. Be it further ordained
by the authority aforesaid, that no
thing herein contained shall be con
strued as to give the right to the said
O’Farrell, his heirs or assigns, to so
lolate or construct his said electrical
lines as to interfere with, molest, des
troy, obstruct, injure or impair the
usefulness of the lines already con
structed and operated on the streets of
said city, under lawful authority, hy
other individuals, firms or corpora
tions, for the purpose of transmitting
ot conducting electricity, or pipes laid
in said streets, under lawful authority
for the purpose of transmitting of dis
tributing gas or water, or the mains,
pipes, conduits, connections or other
parts of iin* sewerage system of said
city or the lawuso and said streets for
travel; and should lie or they so in
terfere with, molest, destroy, obstruct
injure or impair tne usefulness of any
of the same, the right is reserved by
(he aforesaid authority to declare
this franchise void.
Section Til. Be it further ordained
by authority of the aforesaid, that the
poles or other upright supports foi
wires, erected in the exercise of the
privileges hereby granted, shall be
placed immediately adjacent to the
lines of the sidewalks in said streets,
without said sidewalks, and not other
wise, and wnenever the said O'Farrell
his heirs or assigns, shall desire to ex
ercise the privileges hereby granted,
he shall shall first submit to the
city engineer of said city a statement
in writing, accompanied by appropriate
diagrams, showing, in detail, the lo
cation of each pole and the height of
the same winch he proposes to erect
and also showing the height above the
street level of the wires to be support
ed thereby. It shall then he the
duty of the said officer, within three
days after the same have geen sub
mitted to him. to ascertain whether
or not said proposed location and con
striction are in conformity with the
provisions of this ordinance, and in the
event the same are found by said offi
cer to lie so in conformity with Inis
oi,finance, said officer shal enter on
raul written stfuemetc and diagram
his approval thereof, and only after
said officer's approval shall have been
obtained, shall the said O’FatrciT. his
heirs and assigns, proceed to elect
said poles and wires; provided that,
should said engineer refuse such ap
proval unjustly or without good cause
then said written statement, and dia
gram may be submitted directly to
the mayor and council aforesaid, who
shall, at their next regular meeting,
after the same have been submitted,
oi as soon as practicable thereafter,
either approve or disapprove of same,
and then, in the event of the approval
of the same by said authority it
shall be the privilege of yic said
O Farrell, hi* heirs or assigns, to
proceed as if the same had been ap
proved as aforesaid, by the city engi
neer, or reserve to said mayor and
council, the power, by refusing such
approval, to minify or revoke the
rights and privileges hereby granted,
any part thereof, so long as said
O frarrell, his heiis or assigns are ex
orcising or attempting to exercise the
same in conformity with the provis
ions of this ordinance; and should
the said O'Farrell, his heirs or as
(Continued on Page- Four.)
BRUNSWICK, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNu.G, APRIL 2, 1902.
eiUEEIGO
WILL BE HELD
DR A. L. MARSHALL, OF PHILA
DELPHIA, WILL CONDUCT THE
MEETING BEGINNING MAY 14.
A Large Tabernacle, With Seating
Capacity of 4.000, Will Be
Erected.
Brunswick is soon to have one of
the greatest religious revivals ever
conducted in the south. It will be
inaugurated stay 14 and will contin
ue for three or four weeks.
Dr. A. L. Marshall, of Philadelphia,
will conduct the revival, he is one ot
the most noted men of the age, and
his work has been classeu with that
oi the lamented Moouy.
Dr. Marshall is a profound thinker,
and a magnificent orator, and his
coining to Brunswick will afford a
great treat for the lovers of good or
atory.
Those who have the matter in hand
propose to erect a large tabernacle,
with a seating capacity of 4,000 peo
ple and a choir of 150 trained voices
will furnish the music for the meet
ings.
Prof. Meredith, of Philadelphia,
who is a musician oi wonderful abil
ity, will be in charge or the musical
features which means that they will
be a great feature of the occasion
The committee in charge have not
yet decided where the tabernacle will
be erected, but will no so in the
coin se of a few days.
The coming of Dr. Marshall, has
been encouraged by all the churches
and it is safe to predict that his
meetings will bo eminently success
ful.
DEPARTMENT HD THREE RUNS.
Fire Department Was Kept Quite
Busy Yesterday.
The fire department responded to
three alaims yesterday, but none oi
them amounted to anything, and but
little damage was <r >e.
The first alarm was sounded from
box 41, about 1 o’clock and the blaze
was located in a small shanty, corner
Howe street and Cochran avenue.
The blaze was extinguished before
any damage was none.
The next alarm was sounded about
:? o’clock in the afternoon. It was
only a trash pile on fire, neai May's
saloon on Bay street.
The other alarm was sounded at 9
last night from box 42. The depart
ment responded quickly, but. found
that it was only an April fool for
them.
TRAGEDY IN DODGE COUNTY.
W. J. Phillips Shoots His Wife to
Death.
Eastman, C!a., April One of the
most dastardly mimes in the history
of Dodge county was committed yes
terday about nine miles trom here.
W. J. Phillips, in cold blood, shot
his wife an.l unborn babe to death.
Phillips and his wife had been sep
arated about two months, and her
refusal to return and live with Viim
is said to be the cause of the mur
der.
Phillips has not yet been captured.
Phillips is of good family.
GIRL BLOWS HER ntAR I OUT.
Contracting Consumption, She Ends
Her Life With Shotgun.
Columbia, S. April 1. —Within
a few months two sisters and a broth
er of Miss Lizzie Madden, of Water
loo. have died of consumption. She
contracted the disease.
Yesterday while her mother was
out the young lady sat in a chair
rested the stock of a shotgun on her
bed, placed the muzzle to her breast
and wfith a stick pressed the trigger,
literally blowing out her heart.
She was a member of one of the
best families in that section, a young
girl prominent in church work.
DOING A GOOD BUSINESS.
Fleming & Vaughn, Agents, Are
Hustling for Penn Mutual In
surance GO.
Notice is directed to the local ads.
in today’s paper, of the Penn Mutual
Insurance company, which is repre
sented in Brunswick by Messrs. Flem
ing & Vaughn.
These gentlemen are pushing the
business for ail it. is worth, and are
writing many policies. The Penn
Mutual is one of the oldest established
insurance companies in the United
States, and is now one of the few old
tine companies working on a 4 per
cent, basis.
BOLD BURGLAR
BEHIND THE BARS
ENTERED RESIDENCE OF MR. H
GLOGAUER AND RECEIVED
GASH IN HIS HEAD.
Several Rings, Watch Chains and
Other Valuables Found In
His Pockets.
Tne re was considerable excitement
created in the neighborhood of Mr.
11. Crlogauei’s residence on Union
street about !) o’clock last night by
a burglar being chased by several
white citizens.
When Mr. Ulogauer returned to his
home last night from his store he
heaid someone in the house. Upon
making an inspection he discovered
a man, a pitch-battle was narrowly
averted. Mr. Ulogaur, with a small
knife, inflicted quite a deep gash
across the mans head in the scramble.
The ourglar then made his way out
of the house, but was captured before
he got any distance away and carried
to the county jail. The gash in his
head was quite a bad one, and Dr. .1.
A. Butts was called in and made sev
era! stitches in the man’s head.
At the jail his pockets were
searched and several valuable rings,
watch chains and other jewelry were
found, j. he man gave Ins name ns
Lloyd Rogers, and said he only enter
ed the house to sleep. He was a
young white mail, about 27 or 28
years of age, and was either a tipicnl
It amp or a professional burglar. No
one has ever seen him in or around
Brunswick oefore. He wore one or
two coats, and was as dirty as a hu
man being can very well get.
Theie seems to boa gang of differ
ent kinds of crooks in Brunswick at
present and one by one they are be
ing captured.
EVANS MAY GO TO MADRID.
His Name Mentioned in Connection
With Spanish Mission.
Washington, April I.— Homy White,
at present secretary of the embassy
at London, is the latest and the most
formidable candidate for the vacancy
in the Italian embassy to lie created
by the retirement of Ambassador
Mover.
Bellamy Storer, now minister to
Madrid, is to go to Berlin to succeed
Ambassador An row when that officer
retires, which probably will he next
fail. Though if the Ohio senators joint
ly oppose his promotion tney may de
feat the proposed appointment.
Mr. Sterol’s retirement from Mad
rid will leave a vacancy there, which
nttmor connects with the name of
Henry Clay Evans, the retiring pen
sion commissioner.
DIED AT THE AGE OF NINETY.
T. J. Suddeth Was One of the Pio
neers ot Hall County.
Gainesville, Ga., April 1. —T. J. Sud
deth died at his home in Jefferson
last night, at 12 o’clock, aged 90
years. He was born and raised in
Hall county and moved to Jackson
county fourteen years ago.
He is survived hy his two daugh
ters, Mrs. George W. Faulkner, oi
Bellton, and Mrs. J. A. Suddeth, of
Jefferson. His remains will he inter
red at Dewberry church, No. 1, this
county, tomorrow at 12 o’clock, the
burial services to be conducted by
Revs. Noah Martin and D. S. Grindie.
Mr. Suddeth had the distinction of
being the first man to suggest Gov
ernor Allen D. Candler for any po
litical office. This was prior to 1877,
when he suggested Colonel Candler
for representative in the ligeslature
from Hall county, and the latter made
the race and was elected. Mr. Sud
deth was also the first man to sug
gest Colonel Candler for governor of
Georgia and urge him to enter the
race for the nomination. He thought
a great deal ol the present governor
and rejoiced at h’s success in political
life.
Killed in Dispensary.
Edwardsville, Ala.. April 1, \v. If.
Owen, a wealthy and influential citi
zen of this place, was shot and in
stantly killed this afternoon in the
dispensary here. (}. Grice the dispen
ser has been arrested and is in jail,
charged with the death. Nothing is
known as to What was the cause of
the billing
COMMISSIONERS HELD
INTERESTING MEETING
LOCAL SILHOUETTES.
interesting New Items Gathered Here
and i here.
The Riflemen will hold their reg
ular weekly meeting in ineir armory
tonight.
The railroads will shortly put on
the cheap rate $1 Tor the round trip
between Savannah and Brunswick on
Sundays.
City council will hold a meeting
tomorrow afternoon. Tne street, car
franchise will he placed on its first
leading at the meeting.
The Brunswick Gun club is prepar
ing for their regular summer shoots,
and their grounds will shortly be put
in a good condition.
The Brunswick Light and Water
company was experiencing some trou
ble yesteiday with the water pipes
and were compelled to cut down the
pressure. Tne trouble has been rem
edied, however, and uie usual power
wiil be given today.
The weather for the past few days
has been unusually chilly for this sea
son ol’ the year, but it was not cold
enough to effect the vegetables and
peach crop in Georgia.
Tne season at Jekj i is now drawing
near tile close. There are only a
few guests remaining on the island.
The stage hands of ‘he opera house
arc preparing to give an entertain
ment slantly for their benefit.
The city council will shortly make
some disposition of the old market
eye sore. The brick contained in the
building will he solu anu moved from
the premises.
The State Pharmaceutical Associ
ation will hold theii annual conven
tion in u,.s e.ly in June and it prom
ises to be the most successful one
ever held.
The only political race attracting
null'll attention in Brunswick at pres
ent is the senatorial contest between
.lodge A J. Crovatt and former Repre
sentative \v. F. Symons. Both of these
gehtlcnim are veiy popular and the
race promises to lie an interesting
one.
HANGED HIMSELF TO A TREE.
T. W. Dumas, of Liberty Hill, Ga..
Commits Suicide.
Milner, Ga., Apiil 1. T. W. Du
mas, a well known citizen of this
county, committed suicide yesterday
at his home, near Liberty Hill, about
5 miles east of here.
Mr. Dumas left his home about 4
o’clock yesterday aiternoon. His wife
tnoiight he was going to his son’s
home, some 2 or 3 miles distant.
When he failed to return at night she
became uneasy, but supposing lie was
al Ills son’s did not begin any search
till this morning. The result of the
search was that Mr. Dumas’ body was
foil ml a few hundred yards from his
house in a pine orchard hanging to
a limb. His feet were on the ground.
His action seemed to have been very
deliberate, although he was doubtless
temporarily insane, as it is known
ho has been suffering with his head
occasionally for some time. He was
quite deaf, this affliction being
brought about by his service in the
confeuerate army.
The community sympathizes with
his tarniiy very deeply. His family is
a most excellent one. He leaves a
widow and several grown children.
DRAWN TO TRY HIS SLAYER.
Strange Coincidence in Selecting Jury
for Uriah Porter.
Columbus, Ga„ April I.—The case
of Uriah Porter, the slayer of Joseph
Pinchor, was called at Seale, Ala., ibis
morning.
The attorneys for the defense en
tered a pica of insanity for their cli
ent. Thursday was set for the trial
of the ease.
Judge Rvans drew a special venire
ol fifty names from which to select
the jury. Among the? names drawn
was that of Joseph Fincher, the dead
man. t was a singular coincidence
and the first time such a peculiar in
cident ever occurred in Russell coun
ty, if not in Alabama.
Yesterday's Shipping.
The following is tne record of the
movement of vessels at this port yes
terday. Arrived, steamship Colorado,
Captain Risk, from New York; sohoon
er Alma K. A. Holmes, Captain
►■tinith, from Havana. Sailed, schoon
er T. W. Dunn, Captain [frown, for
New York: schooner l.uther TANARUS, Garri
son, Captain , anders, for Boston.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
APPROPRIATION
FOB INVESTORS
COUNTY BOARD AUTHORIZES
CHAIRMAN TO SPEND SI,OOO IN
OFFERING JUDICIOUS INDUCE
MENTS TO INVESTORS.
SALARY OF THE COUNTY AT
TORNEY INCREASED TO FIFTY
DOLLARS PER MONTH—OTHER
BUSINESS TRANSACTED.
The county commissioners held
tneir regular monthly meeting at the
court house yesterday morning and
disposed of considerable business.
Present —J. J. Lott, Constant Mil
ler, .1 R. Knibb, C. I). Ogg. W. R.
Townsend. J. b. Wright and Davis
Dubberly.
Minutes last regular meeting con
firmed.
The following resolution was of
fered and adopted:
Be it. and it is hereby resolved,
that the administration of the road
law now of force in this county in
so far as the same applies to the
Twenty-fifth district ol said county,
shal! be as follows;
The authority of the superintendent
of t pumiic roads of said county shall
not extend to said district,
The administration of said law in
said district shall be delegated to
three commissioners to be appointed
by the members of this board, resi
dent in said district,
The said commissioners shall ren
der a quarterly statement to this
boaid showing the receipts and dis
liu rsements.
It shall not be required of said
commissioners to pay into the county
treasury any part of the funds col
lected from persons liable to road
duty, except such surplus as may re
main at the end of each calendar year.
It is understood that nothing here
in shall be construed to relieve the
residents of said district from the op
eration of any of the provisions of
said law as provided in sections 573.
to 583 inclusive, of the Political
code of this state.
The following resolution was offer
ed and adopted:
Whereas, it appears that the tax
able values in this county can be
largely increased and the revenues of
said county largely supplemented by
the expenditure of a reasonable sum
for offering judicious inducements to
, investors, who may be seeking loc.a-
I lions. Therefore it is resolved that
the chairman of i.us board be author
ized to expend out of the general
funds of said county, the sum of one
thousand dollars, or so much thereof,
as he may deem necessary, for the
year 1902, for the purpose aforesaid,
in his discretion.
! Statement from the superintendent
jOf puolic roads approved and ordered
spread on Minutes.
Bills for the month of March ap
:prove and ordered paid,
j Upon motion the superintendent of
I public roans was authorized to em
ploy some competent person to assist
at the convict camps during this
. month, in the 'place of A. J. Riles,
j Bid of the Downing company for
furnishing supplies to the county con
victs for the month o£ April accept
ed, same being the lowest bid. Upon
j motion it was ordered that the salaiy
of the county attorney be increased
! to $5O per month for the present year,
beginning from the first day of Jan
uary.
TO BUILD HANDSOME RESIDENCE
Mr. F. H. Goodyear Greatly Admires
Jekyl and Will Build Cottage.
Mr. F. H. Goodyear, who has been
spending several weeks on Jekyl is
land. came up Monday and lefftyes
terday for his home.
Mr. Goodyear came down to spend
only a few days, nut remained on the
island several weeks, and has decided
to erect a handsome cottage, and will
come down every winter and spend
some time. Mr. Goodyear thinks
Jekyl the prettiest place on the earth,
and said it waTTtdth much regret that
ho was compelled to leave.