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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOLUME 1, NUMBER 166.
CUBA WAS NOT MADE
A PARTY QUESTION
NO ACTION MEN
IT CONFERENCE
EACH DEMOCRAT IS FREE TO
VOTE AS HE PLEASES WHEN
THE PENDING RESOLUTION
comes up For action.
IT 13 UNDERSTOOD THAT THE
DEMOCRATS, HOWEVER, WILL
HAVE A GREAT MANY AMEND
MENTS TO OFFER.
Washington, April 9. —The demo
crats or the house devoted three hours
tonight to discussing the questions
involved m the -übau reduction bill,
the net result being an understanding
to leave individual members to act
as they may choose upon the final
vote.
The special purpose of fhe confer-
Ifciee was to consider the action that
HouUl be taken upon the different
Bnendments looking to the other tariff
Productions that would be proposed.
It was ascertained after a pretty free
discussion that the minority members
of the ways and moans committee are
unanimous In their -support of the
amendments that were submitted by
Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee, and
upon the reduction of the differential
upon refined sugar, which means that
there w... be unity of action among
democrats In supporting all such ef
forts at more general tariff reduc
tions.
There was a general Interchange of
views upon the main question In the
Cuban reciprocity bill, but there was
no effort to make the reduction a
party question, It having been under
stood that this was a conference and
not a caucus.
Majority for Measure.
While it clearly developed that a
majority of the democrats would vote
for the 20 per cent reduction, the ma
jority showed no disposition t n bine
the minority, it being conceded that
the question was one nnnn which
members might differ without raising
any doubt as to their democracy.
The result of the conference leaves
each democratic member free to ex
ercise his individual opinion and It Is
generally believed that this will result
in the passage of the reciprocity bill
Arf the test vote in the house today
showed about sixty democratic mem
bers for the bill, which will more
than ouset the republican defection
from the measure.
Burleson Resolution.
The main discussion occurred on a
resolution presented by Represents
live Burleson, of Texas, proposing a
20 per cent, tariff reduction on a
number of specifier articles, a sub
stitute by Representative Sulzer, of
New York, proposing 50 per cent re
ciprocity with Cuba and an amend
went by Representative Mewlands. ot
Nevada, that this 50 per cent, con
cession be accompanied by a propo
•ition of annexation. Mr. Burleson's
resolution specified that the 20 per
cent, reduction should oe on nails,
barbed wire, fencing wire, cotton bag
ging, cotton ties, binding twine and
wool pulp used in making printing pa-
Per; also that the differential be taken
off sugar.
The debate took a wide range and
finally all of the foregoing proposi
tions were laid on the tabie, practical
ly wltnout opposition, as It had be
come evident that no united action
could be secured on any of the plans
proposed. As the conference bad been
without result a resolution was adopt
ed before adjournment that all of the
proceedings should be Becret.
fcj an r
MADE A GOOD APPEARANCE.
freemen’s Firat Turn Out Under Cap
tain Robinson.
, Brunswick Riflemen showed up
in grt at shape yesterday, and many
complementary remarks were heard
RMmBS* tae iicst public appearance
at tfe* aswnpany since Captain Robin
command, and both the
captain af-1 uta company are to be
congrat ’a,
-i. *
NOTES ABOUT TOWN.
City council will hold * Its usual
meeting this evening.
There has only been one arrest
made by the pi lice this week.
Robert Hazelhurst, the w T ell known
colored hackman, died Tuesday morn
ing and was buried yesterday after
noon.
Captain Newman had the Uniform
Rank out for another practice drill
ia-t night. The company made a veiy
creditable showing.
Nearly every electric light on New
castle and Gloucester street was out
last night and that section of the city
was almost in total darkness.
Several parties are after the man
agement of Hotel Cumberland this
year. It is not yet known who will
run It, however.
Yesterday’s Macon 'telegraph says:
President Smith, of the Chamber of
Commerce, says he will appoint dele
gates in a few days to attend the cas
sava convention to be held in
Brunswick on Saturday.
A number of Brunswickians re
ceived invitations yesterday to at
tend toe barbecue to be given by
the Georgia society in Tampa, which
will occur today.
In reporting tue Rem yesterday
about Receiver Wright paying out the
last dividend to the depositors of the
Merchants’ and Traders’ bank, it
was stated that altogether 3(1 per
cent, has been paid. Mr. Wright in
forms the reporter that ne has paid,
altogether, 44 1-10 per cent.
\ VETERAN COMMITS SUICIDE.
N. W. Vinson Ends His Life at Clay
ton, Ala.
Clayton. Ala.. April 9.—N. W. Vin
son, a prominent farmer, horse deal
er, and a Confederate veterans, com
mitted suicide at his home in Clayton
this morning at 4 o’clock by shooting
himself through the heart with a rifio.
Death was almost instantaneous. No
cause was assigned for the deed, but
the supposition iB that it was from
depression over business matters,, as
he had been in a state bordering on
melancholia for several weeks.
In 1861 Mr. Vinson went out. In
the defense of his country, in the
First Aalabama regiment, Clayton
Guards, and served In this capacity
for one year, when he was transferred
to Captain B. B. McKenzie’s cavalry
company, where he remained until the
cloße of the war. Mr. Vinson was a
fine soldier, brave and fearless, and
many are the tales told by his old
comrades of his daring and heroic
deeds. One remarkable incident of his
old war record is that he was shot
three times, once through the boot
leg, once through hat, and never dur
ing the whole war received a scratch
on the skin. .
Mr. Vinson had ever taken an ac
tive part In all matters pertaining to
the Confederate veterans. For the
last twelve months he has been com
mandant of the Harbour county camp,
493, at Clayton, which position he re
signed only last Saturday.
CLOSE CALL FOR FRUIT CROP.
Thermometer Registered 40, With a
Prospect for a Freeze.
As the cold wind whistled around
the corner yesterday afternoon and
last evening in middle Georgia, tire
people shuddered and sighed for the
fruit crop. All thoughts turn In the
direction of me magnificent orchards
of middle Georgia whenever the un
favorable weather sets in, and so it
was yesterday, and when the weath
er observer made his report last
night he was rather gloomy in his
predictions. He said he would not be
at ali surprised if the cold was in
tense enough to kill me fruit during
the night. “There is one hope,” he
said, “and that is only faint; If the
wind keeps up there might not be
a frost, and there might not be a
freeze. If there is a freeze I see no
chance for the crop. The smudges
are at work in roost of the orchards,
1 think, and this may help.”
FOURTEEN MARRIAGE VOWS.
Bride and Groom Had Each Been Mar
ried Several Times.
Aberdeen, Miss.. April 9.—John
Got don, an aged negro, obtained a
license to marry Saturday and the
ceremony was performed Sunday.
This is the seventh wife, the other
six having been buried during the
past thirty years. The negress to
which he has just been united bas
been married six time*.
BRUNSWICK, GA., THURSDA Y MORNING, APRIL 10, 1902.
ATLANTA IN IS
IN BIG TROUBLE
BURNETT LOCKED UP AND IS
CHARGED WITH BIGAMY
BY WIFE.
The Man Denies the Whole Affair
afuT oays if He'Married Twice
He Does Not Know It.
Atlanta. April 9.—Cnargen with
! commuting bigamy under the most
peculiar and sensational circum
stances, B. C. Burnett, a well known
railroad man, was locked up In the
Tower last Thursday and he nas been
there ever since, the affair having
been kept a profound secret until
now.
Burnett denies the whole story and
says if he married a second time
while his first wife was living he
must have been temporarily dement
ed from the effects of whiskey.
The ydung lady in tne case is Miss
Ola Charles, of No. 18 oapitol place.
She married a man who gave hts
name as Clark Sharp, and whom Bhe
now states is Burnett it was a run
away match and Miss Charles’ rela
tives knew nothing of it until after
t'ne wedding.
Three days after Miss Charles had
married ’’Sharpe” he disappeared and
an investigation lad her to believe
that she had been basely deceived.
Tracking the Deceiver.
The case was placed in the hands
of city detectives and efforts were
made to locate the truant husband.
A few days ago it wag learned that
Sharpe had gone to Florida, and this
led the officers to secure evidence
going to show that Burnett and
Sharpe were the same person.
Burnetii wasf inducted before the
grand jury, and Deputy* Sheriff
Shropshire went to Orlando, Fla., al
ter him, it having been ascertained
that he had gone there.
Last Thursday Burnett was brought
to Atlanta and place , in the Tower.
Since then Miss Charles has visited
the Tower and identified him as be
ing the man she married under the
name of Clark Sharpe.
A Runaway Marriage.
It wad some time last February
that Miss Ola Charles met the man
who called himself Sharpe. He did
not visit her at her home, but she
saw him frequently at. the homes of
mutual ..ends. He told her, so she
states, that he was a very wealthy
man, and had a fat bank account.
He was a man well dressed and the
young lady was captivated. He pro
posed a hasty marriage and she ac
cepted. She left home without tell
ing her family and she and ’’<*'!<roe”
were quietly married at the Firm
Methodist church.
The bridegroom secured rooms at
the Alhambra hotel. Three days
after the wedding he disappeared and
then Miss Charles returned to her
family.
When it became known that Bur
nett bad gone to Florida and that
the description of one filled that of
the other the officers at work on the
case took up the clew and the result
was the indictment of Burnett and
his arrest at Orlando.
FUNERAL OF CAPT. FLANDERS.
His Remains Laid to Rest Yesterday
Afternoon.
The funeral of Capt. Chas. E.
I-landers, whose sad deatn has been
chronicled in these columns, occurred
Irom St. Mark’s Episcopal church at
3 o’clock yesterday afternoon.
The cortege was large and iropos
inK- &nd an immense conrof of
r>eople evidenced their esteem of the
deceased by attending the last sad
rites.
The Brunswick Riflemen, of ,cb
command Capt. Flanders, for years
and years was a member, preceded by
the Marine band, acted as an honary
escort to the remains, and fired the
usual salute of honor at the grave.
Th f Confederate Veterans’ Camp, also
participated in the formal exercises,
the pall bearers, consisting of the
following gentlemen, being taken fiom
their ranks: Hon. J. E. Dart, Judge
Horace uart, Dr. J. A. Butts. W. H.
Berne, J. C. Creep and B. H. Dan
iels.
Re,v. Mr. Reid, of St. Mark’s church
officiated in a very impressive fashion.
The members of the family of the
deceased have the deep sympathy of
a large circle of friends.
ALL READ* FOR
■IRE CONVENTION
MEETING HERE SATURDAY WILL
NO DOUBT BE A BIG
SUCCESS.
Many Georgia Farmers Coming to
Hear Speakers Discuss Sugar
cane and Cassava.
The sugarcane and cassava conven
tlon. to he held Saturday, will be a
success in every sense of the word,
and will be attended by many prom
inent farmers in south Georgia.
President Goodyear lias been hard
at work during the ween arranging
all preliminaries and he has left noth
ing undone. Mr. Goodyear has taken
great interest in the eonvention, am.
Its success will Lie mostly due to his
efforts. Since he was elected presi
dent of the sugarcane anu cassava as
sociation at the first convention, he
has devoted a great deal of his linv
to tue two products and has secured
some valuable information as to how
they should be planted, etc.
Letters received from many people
over the state, indicate that the con
veiilion will be the largest yet held,
and besides the many farmers, the
gathering will be addressed by Secre
tary Wilson, Chief Chemist Wiley,
Commissioner of Agriculture Stevens,
President Purse of the Savannah board
of trade, Prof. Stockbrldge, of flu
Florida Experimental station, and
many other prominent and forcible
speakers.
The program is now being arranged
and we hope jo publish ii in full in
tomorrows issue. It will be a very
Interesting one. Besides t'ne meeting
ot the association, a number of so
cial affairs are also being arranged
for the entertainnfent of the visitors.
The people of Brunswick have sub
scribed very liberally to the subscrip
tion" fund tor the eutertalnilietif •vH
their guest, and they have also evinc
ed much interest in the convention.
SECRETARY WILSON IS COMING.
Telegram Received From Charleston
Yesterday.
Col. C. P. Goodyear, president of
the sugarcane and cassava associa
tion, yesterday received a telegram
from Captain D. G. Purse, president
of the Savannah board of trade, who
was in Charleston, stating that Sec
retary of Agriculture Wilson would bo
in Brunswick to attend the sugarcane
and cassava convention Saturday.
Captain Purse stated in the telegram
that, he saw the secretary personally
and he said positively that, he would
attend the convention. The secretary
will reach the city Friday night.
TO TAKE OVER PLANT SYSTEM.
Officers of Traffic Department Said
to Have Been Decided Upon.
New York, April 9.—lt is stated that
the Atlantic Coast Line has nearly
completed arrangements to take over
the Plant System in July, and also
that the traffic organization has been
decided on as follows: Vice President
in charge of traffic, T M. Emerson;
freigut traffic manager, H. M. Emer
son, passenger traffic manager, Col.
Beverly W. Wrenn, general freight
agent, D F. Jack, general passenger
agent,-Ernest Williams.
These men will assume their duties
when the Plant System becoiries a
part of tne Atlantic Coast Line. Oth
er plans to take over the Plant Sys
tem are going on secretly, but it is
announced that they will shortly he
made known.
WHOLtv.iLE POISONING TRIIED.
Paris Green Put in Water Cooler in
a Store.
Starsville, Miss., April 9. —A das
tardly attempt was made here yester
day to poison the employes of a local
dry goods store, about one dozen in
number. Shortly after the noon he
it was discovered that some min i cant
had placed a large quantity of paris
green in the water cooler in the rear
of the store.
Fortunately no fatalities m--
one of the clerks having discovered
a discoloration on the dipper as he
was about to drink.
There was enough poison in the
cooler to kill a hundred people. Thus
fai no clew has been obtained to the
guilty party.
TWENTY THOUSAND ARE
NOW OUT IN AUGUSTA
CITIZEN ASKS A QUESTION.
Wants to Know Where Commission
ers Get Authority to Appropri
ate Money.
Editor News;
As an humble citizen and tax payer
of Glynn county, I desire to propound
a question to the board of commis
sioners of roads and revenues of the
county and ask that body to reply
through your columns.
Let it be emphatically understood
that I am not opposed to anything
that will advance the material and
moral interests of the people of Glynn
county or of any citizen thereof, but
on the contrary, am heartily in favor
of anything tending toward such ad
vancment.
In your report of the meeting of tlu
boar., of commissioners held upon the
first inst appears a resolution, adopt
ed by t'ne board authorizing the chair
man to expend out of general funds o,
Glynn county the sum of one thousand
dollars, or so much thereof as be may
deem necessary for the present year
for “offering judicious inducements to
investors who may be seeking loca
tions.’’ For some years past the sev
eral boards of commissioners have
in addition to the regular salary ol
some member of the hoard appropri
ated annually 1 some hun'Feds of dol
lars- as extra compensation for ser
vices rendered by that member. My
question is where is the authority t,
law to be found for either the ap
propriation last mentioned or that oi
the one thousand dollars. I have
searened and tailed to find arty law
authorizing either of these expendi
tures, and have only toun’d that the
money raised by taxation should In
raised for and devoted to specific
purposes enumerated in the Statute
and the appropriation of the money
thus raised to any other purpose pro
hibited.
I do not doubt that the law' may
.exist, amUJiat th§ jwgpr jjiav be mine,
for the commissioners are *sTtectod
from, and are themselves, intelligent,
law abiding gentlemen, not one of
whom I am sure would either do an
Illegal act or knowingly sanction the
dol-ng of anything not clearly au
thorized by law.
Perhaps the answer will be so con
clusive that 1 shall have no more to
jay upon this subject, but unless it
Is I shall again beg the further use
of your columns. Very respectfully,
Bolling Whitfield.
VIRGINIA LAW IS ATTACKED.
By the House Committee in the
Walker-Rhea Case.
Washington, April 9.-—ln the con
tested election case of Representative
Lever, the committee on elections No.
1. has decided to make a unanimous
report in favor of the coutestee, Mr.
Lever, and has ordered all expenses
of the case paid. This is the old elec
tion case of Dantzler vs. Stokes,
which was pending at the time of D.
Stokesß death. Representative Lever,
as Dr. Stokes’ successor, became the
contestee in the case, fhe contest
ant, A. D. Dantzler, is a negro, from
Orangeburg, who contested tbe elec
tion on the ground that the report of
the committee was unconstitutional.
There is no doubt that the report of
the committee will be adopted by the
house, though it will probably not be
submitted for some time yet.
A criticism oT tue election law or
Virginia is made in the report filed
today by house elections committee
No. 3 in the case oi James A. Walke
versus William F. Rhea, from the
Ninth district of Virginia. The com
mittee reports in favor of Rhea, as
the contestant has died. The election
law is criticised as “repugnant to all
lovers of fail play and honest elec
tions." ixn appeal is made to the con
stitutional convention of Virginia ana
bo the general assembly to make
changes which will insure a fair and
free vote and an honest count.
Representative Johnson, of South
the report making “strictures on the
Carolina, dissents from that part of
laws and the people of Virginia.”
House elections committee No. I
today determined the contested elec
tion case of Fowler versus Thomas,
from the Third North Carolina dis
tict in favor o. the sitting member,
f homas. on the ground that he had
a majority of votes on the facts
shown.
PRICE FIVE GENTS
WILL BE EIGRT
TO A FINISH
EVERY MILL IN THE AUGUSTA
DISTRICT IS NOW CLOSED
DOWN. DUE TO KING MILL
STRIKE.
TWENTY THOUSAND PEOPLE
EFFECTED AND $50,000 WEEK
LY PAY ROLL WILL CEASE
THIS WEEK.
Augusta, Ga„ April 9.—The strike
in Augusta is progressing along the
schedule already mapped out. The
King mill operatives began their
strike Monday morning, as has been
published and this evening, at the
close of the day’s work, all mills
shut down on a general lockout. The
bells will not ring tomorrow in any
mill in the Augusta district, and the
fight will be on in earnest between
the manufacturers and the textile
union.
The lockout involved all the cotton
mills in the city of Augusta and the
Aiken Manufacturing company-, of
Bath, S. C.; the Warrenville Manu-
C.; the Granitevijle Manufacturing
facturing company, of Warrenville, 8-
company, of Graniteville, S. C., aDd
the Langley Manufacturing company,
at Langley, S. O. These mills, though
located in South Carolina, have their
headquarters in the city of Augusta,
and their presidents belong to the
local Manufacturers’ association.
They have always been classed as
Augusta mills, the presidents of the
HiUla adl being citizens, of Augusta,
and the business being transacted
here.
Twenty Thousand People Involved.
The strike involves about 7.000
hands, and taking in old people and
children who are not in the mills,
but connected by familv ties with
tue involves approxi
mately 20,000 people.
Early Monday morning operatives
filed into the King mill aB usual,
coming in little groups from their
homes, and taking their accustomed
places in the various rooms.
At 6:45 the authorities of the mill
not ..avlng conceded the 10 per cent,
increase which had been demanded,
nearly every operative slipped the
belt from the pulley which ran his
loom or spindle, and without a word
of cheer or excrement of any kind,
the 1,100 operatives quietly filed out
of the mill. There was no excite
ment or hilarity.
Here and there there was an op
erator who declined to take part In
the strike, and continued at his post.
Up in one of the weave rooms an
old man and two small boys con
tinued at work in one corner of the
room, and President L. A. Thomas, of
H>!p King Manufacturing company,
who was walking through the mill,
spied the weaver at work. Going
over to his loom, Mr. Thomas said:
"! am glad to see you have the
pluck to continue at work.’’
Old Man and Thomas.
In the noise of the loom the old
man did not hear Mr. Thomas’ re
mark, but Tie exclaimed: iam going
to run it as long as the machinery
runs, and what in the hell have you
got to do with it?’
Mr. Thomas replied: “1 only wish
to congratulate you on your nerve In
Rtioking to your loom In the face or
the strike."
“Yes, by , I went through the
strike befdre, and I am ready to run
my loom as long as the wheel turns.
But who in the hell are you?”
The old man evidently took Mr.
Thomas for one of the walking dele
gates who had come tq ask him to
leave his machine and go out with the
! strikers, when Mr. -Thomas added:
“I congratulate you on your spunk.”
He repeated his former ejaculation:
i ‘ Yes, by——, I am going to run her.
| but what in the hell have you got
to do with it?”
_ “Nothing at all.” said Mr. Thomas,
“except that I uapnen to be the pres
ident of the company.”
r “Are you L. A. Thomas?” exclaimed
the old man in amazement. ”1 am
proud to meet you sir, and I want to
say that I have been working In the
mills for many years, and 1 never
was better treated than l am right
now in the King mill.”
The old man turned away and con
tinued to run his loom, without witn
drawlng any of the language which he
had addressed to the predident be
fore discovering his identity.