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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.