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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOCTjME 1, NUMBER 178.
’MID SCENES OF PATHOS
JUDGE DART RESIGNS
AS COMMANDER
OF THE VETERANS
MEETING OF THE OLD WARRIORS
LAST NiviHT WAS FULL OF PA
THETIC SCENES—REPORT OF
THE COMMITTEE.
RECOMMENDED THAT THE IN
VITATION OF THE LADIES’ ME
MORIAL ASSOCIATION BE AC
CEPTED.
Tilt' meeting of Jackson camp, 806,
'ji Confederate veterans, held, in the
Riflemens’ armory last night was
notable in many reopens.
The subject matter o£ the meeting
was the report of the committee ap
pointed at Monday's meeting to in
vestigate alleged frauds in connection
with the purchase of the Confederate
monument, which is to he unveiled
in llanover park Saturday.
The committee submitted the fol
lowing report:
Brunswick, (!a., April 23, 11102.
To the Commander of Lamp Jackson,
No. 806, U. C. V.:
Sir: Your committee, appointed to
investigate certain rumors in connec
tion with the unveiling of a monu
ment to the Confederate dead, on
Saturday next, being Memorial day.
lag leave to report that they met at
the county court house voutevrtay
morning at 11 o'clock, ana proceeded
to organize by recognizing your ap
pointment of Comrade W. .1. Way. as
chairman, and electing Comrade Cas
ail secretary.
The treasurer ot' the Ladies’ Memo
rial association was before the coin
mittee, with certain papers bearing
on the unpleasant rumors concerning
the monument and its purchase and
erection.
At 4 p. m. tile committee met the
president of the association, with the
secretary hooks, which were care
fully examined.
This morning, at a o’clock, one
member of the committee met tlie sec
retary, and secured from her a state
ment of 'aer understanding of tie
matters. a .i i
At 10 o'clock a majority of the com
mittee met the vice president, and
took her statement.
At 4 o’clock tnis aiternoon the
committee met in Comrade Way’s of
fice, and had before it a portion or
the correspondence about the contract
tor building the monument, together
v th the contract as signed by the
gentleman who put up the monument.
After a careful consideration of the
evidence presented, and a free inter
change of thought, the committee de
sire to report:
first. That Dr. J. M. Madden re
celved five hundred and ninety dol
lars and forty-eight cents ($520.48)
cash from the Ladies’ Memorial as
sociation, as loans, on which he fair
ly owes two hundred and thirty dol
lars and forty-three cents ($230.43)
interest, or a total of eight hundred
and twenty dollars and eighty-one
cents ($820.81).
Second. That up to date there has’
been paid out, on account of the Con
federate veteran monument, six hun
dred and thirty-four dollars and fit
teen cents ($624.15), and there have
b"n made contracts for beautifying
the ground on which the monument
stands something over one hundred
dollars, ($100), leaving something
m ar eighty-five dollars ($85.00) to he
turned back to the treasurer of the
ladies’ Memorial association.
Third. There was a lamentable
.tack of business methods In the trans
actions of the Lames Memorial as
sociation. For years no business
rncef ngs have been held, but con
clusions were reached by pr.vae ern
b> ItaLons. Receipts were infrequent
ly taken for money any way disposed
ft, and there are almost no records
from which facts may be definitely de
termined. Four ladies, of whom only
three met In consultation, seem to
have managed the affairs of the as
sociation for at leaßt five years. Olli
ers, many of them for personal rea
sons, ceased to attend meetings of
the association, or to assert their
right to a share in the management.
It does not appear from any evidence,
or even from expressed views of the
present active members, that any one
formally withdrew, or was declared
by any authority not to be a tnemnor.
Members merely ceased to attend.
There is no legal Incorporation, and
tms tact renders it impossible to
say Enat transactions were AH'egai
by reasons of informality, or would
have been made legal by any formal
action. The monument was purchased
without calling a meeting, only thtee
of the four ladies above referred to,
viz.; The president, the vice presi
dent, and the secretary, having pri
vately consulted and agreed upon the
design, contract, price, etc.
Fourth, that whit" the lst para
graph shows Improper manage incut,
your committee And no intentional
wrong doing, and therefore offer the
following:
Resolved. That Camp Jackson ac
cept the invitation of the Ladies’ Me
morial aoao' iation of Brunswick, and
attend in a body the unveiling of the
Confederate monument in Hanover
square park, on Saturday, April 26.
I'JU2.
W J. WAY,
Chai nil an.
HARRY CASbu,,
Secretary.
W. O. ELLEN WOOD,
H. H. IMPELS.
T. B. FHKUUSON.
J. J. oi’LAitS.
Committee.
<ha question of the adoption of this
report) brought forth a inumber of
addresses from veterans present on
both sides of the question, among
who were opposed to the adoption of
—a report being Col. J. E. I)art,
Judge Horace Dart. J. Rudolph. J. w.
Mock and others, among those who
held a contrary view and ho cvnresseil
themselves were Rev. n. -Uassils.
Capt, IJ, Dart. it. H. Daniels, W. J.
Way itim others.
The speeches made liy all of the
gentlemen were to the point , and some
of the climaxes were inclined to bo
both spectacular and dramatic. How
ever, upon a final vote, the motion to
sustain the committee report pro
vailed, and it. was subsequently
moved and carried that Camp Jack
son i Hi, in mlion of the La
dies Memorial association and par
ticipate in the exercises Incident to
the unveiling of the monument. (
It was here that an unexpected
feature of the evening occurred.
Judge Horace Dart, who, for years,
has boon commander of Camp Jack
sen. and who. in a measure, has been
responsible for the existence of the
camp, sttremlered the chair, and. tak
ing the floor In a few brief hut none
We less eloquent, words, tendered nis
resignation as commander of the camp
and a member tnereo . Judge Dan
spoke very feelingly ~f |he situation
and expressed great regret that a
conception of duty impelled him to
sever those connection which have
been a portion of his me for forty
years.
He pleaded justification lor nis con
■lurt. however, 'V the statement tha
the moving spirit in the purchase r
the monummt had treated those near
and dear to him with abject discourt
esy in the past and that he had in
dulgcd in the hope that Ca.mp Jack
son won id not participate in the un
veiling exercises. Since, however,
•hey had consented to do so he hi.
in) alternative but follow that path
fit duty that made his resignation a
solutely necessary.
Tnis announcement came like a
clap of thunder from a clear sky, ana
created groat consternation among the
veterans, many of whom annealed t,.
'fudge) Dart to withdraw his resign ;v
tion. He was obdurate, however
insisted t.ffius his resignation was be
tore the meeting.
Upon an unanimous request of all
members present. Commander Dart
agreed to let his resignation remain
u abeyance until Saturday, he also
made te statement that, he would not
attend the exercises hut would ap
point or designate some other mem
tier of the organization to act as
< omtiianiitr.
At this juncture. Col. J. j-„.' Dart
in an impassioned address, tendered
his resignation as a member of the
'■amp. saying that he i. — Lihat such
a condition as existed wuT reference
to Judge Dart should also receive
resentment at his hands. He was also
prevailed upon not to take ihe ac
tion. but, iii." iho commander, insist
ed on his position.
4 request from the ladies that Camp
Jackson erect, a platform in Hanover
park tor the speaking Saturday was
unariifiibusiy voted down.
The occurrences or last night's
meeting are deeply regretted in all
circles of Camp Jackson, and too
monument question seems to have
intiocurafed the membership with an
internal dissension that will not soon
be remedied.
BRUNSWICK, GA„ THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 24, 1902.
MILLIONS FOR
GEORGIA CITIES
T +
CARRIED IN PUBLIC BUILDING
BILL WHICH WILL BE REPORT
ED THIS WEEK.
Quarter of a Million Will Go to
Atlanta—Brunswick Comes
in for Share.
Washington. April 23.—An appropri
ation of a quarter million dollars for
an elaborate extension of the pres
ent federal building in Atlanta is car
ried in the. public budding hill watch
Chairman Mercer will report to the
house thf latter part of this week.
The hill aa prepared l. -'Oitnbus in
its character, carrying appropriations
for buildings in the differe..'. cities
of the country. The total appropria
tion will he about $15,000,000 Chair
man Mercer expects that the hill will
he given consideration by the house
early next.’week. Out of me mult*-
tmle of public building bills intro
duced by members the committee has
selected wlfSt seemed to he the most
urgent projects.
Oongrssman Livingston introduce 1
at the beginning of the session a 'ill
providing for a million dollar build
ing at Atlanta and Senator Clay se
cured the passage through the senate
if a lull for a \.c hundr 1 t’.; i 'sml
dollar appropriation for this purposy
In view of the demand front other
places the committee found it neces
sary lo cut these amounts and deem
ed it wise to provide at inis time
for only enough to purchase the land
desired, This contemplated the ac
quirement of the other half of the
square bounded by Walton, Forsyth
and marietta streets and the narrow
street', noi th of the postoflice. it
means in the end the expenditure of
another halt a million dollars or more
for eiluer an entirely new building
or us. ii nn addition to the present
hi ’Ming as will make it practically
new.
The hill also provides for .
building at Athens find appropriates
sia,ooo lor u. Important additions are
to be made at Macon, Home and
Brunswick. /The Brunswick appro*-
priation ifc $20,000 for the completion
of the present building. Macon has
been asking’ for $300,000 for anew
building, out the supervising archi
tect estimates that with the expendi
ture of $85,000 the present building
■ ■an be made over to furnish the re
quired facilities, ibis hill will carry
approximately that amount for Macon.
The need of facilities for the feder
al court at Home will he met by
hi appropriation sufficient to secure
land for an addition to the present
building. The hill also carries an ap
propriation for anew building at Sel
ma, Ala., an tor the desired addition
to the building at Montgomery.
The O’Farrell Ordinance.
The ordinance, as published in yes
terday’s News, granting the right to
Chas. J. O'Farrell, Jr., his heirs and
assigns, to construct and mantain
poles and wires for the purpose of
conducting and distributing electric
lighl and power on the streets of
the city of Brunswick and for other
purposes," was read the thiruntime,
amended, passed and adopted - tie
last regular meeting of council, ApiTi
10, 1202. in the publication of the
official minutes of that.: meeting the
ordinance was omitted, owing to- de
mands on The News for space, and
in the ordinance yesterday it sliouiu
have stated that it was omitted from
the publication of the minutes of
the meeting of April JO, 1202, but was
passed and adopted on that date.
QUEEN WILHELMINA BETTER.
Encouraging Bulletin Issued by the
Attending Physicians.
The Hague, April 22. —After a con
sultation lasting three-quarters of an
hour between Professor Uosenstein
and the other physicians, the follow
ing , bulletin was issued this after
noon;
"There is a slight improvement in
the queen’s condition, manifested by
the fall in her temperature since
morning. Her majesty’s consciousness
is maintained without interruption.
The queen’s, general condition is satis
factory.”
The above,bulletin caused the great
est satisfaction here and elsewhere
in Holland.
GREAT REUNION
ON AT DALLAS
-—f ——
VETERANS ARE ALL HAVING A
GREAT OLD TIME IN
I EXAS CITY. ,
Dallas is Weil Caring for the
Great Throngs of
People.
Dallas, Tex., April 23. —The second
viay of the twelfth reunion of the Con
federate veterans was a success in
every way and the thousands and
thousands of old soldiers who are
here miugling with their old com
rades are having a most enjoyable
time.
With a populaffon of 70,000 people
Dallas is tonight demonstrating that
:t is no dilfleuit task to take care of
tio.OOU visitors, rue vast majority ot
them are sightseers trom every part
of the south aud not veterans or sous
of veterans. At a late hour tonight ..,e
Dallas bureau of information report
ed that lt>o,oo visitors nau applied for
quarters aud that all available apart
ments had not bei-n taken. The won
der of this western reunion is how
Dallas has managed to feed aud house
the unexpected multitude,
Tire great mess shed, seating 12.UU0,
is open at 10 o’clock eacl* morning
Au army of cooks and waiters work
uke beavers, while the veterans, with
a hunger born of a night in the open,
did their -best in au able manner to
keep the cooks busy. Tea, coffee
and milk, by the barrel; beans, meat,
hard tack and accessories by the wag
on load, disappears in marvelous
fashion.
“The boys is ea..u’ as if they’d been
separated from the wagon train for
about three days,” is the way one
Loiiistauau put it.
Now Orleans and Louisville are
both candidates for the next reunion,
and are making strong fights. As
Louisville iiad the reunion two years
ago, It is thought that New Orleans
"’MI be t>u wiuuer.
The United Sons ot Confederate Vet
erans will oegin their annual meet
ing tomorrow in the city hall. Rou
tine business will be transacted.
BIRDSHOTS ARE USED IN DUEL.
Crootns and Brothers In Law Adopt
T his Method.
Columbia, S. C., April 23.—A pitch
battle took place in Groomstown, near
Sumter, yesterday between Charley
Grooms and his brother in law, Toni
Connell.
Double-barrelled shotguns were used
end it is said more than twenty shots
were exchanged. Both parties were
Idl several times, out as tno light
was at long range aud bird shot were
used neither was seriously injured.
Connell was shot in the legs, arm
and body; Grooms was shot in the
face, chest, arms and ear.
Each took out a warrant for the
other and both were arrested. The
iccq were released on bond.
The light was the result of a fam
ily feud that has existed for several
years, a ditch that passes through the
Grooms land. The ditch has been
ui’eu and opened several times by the
contending parties, has been carried
into court and has caused consider
able trouble for both sides.
Yesterday’s fight was not the first
since the trouble began, but was the
most protracted and serious since the
beginning of the feud.
GETTING IN SHAPE.
New Electrical Company Will Soon
Be Ready for Business.
A News reporter called on the new
Brunswick Electrical Supply company
yesterday and found them busily en
gaged in opening up stock and get
ting things In shape for their electric
light and power plant. The founda
tions for the engines and generators
are being built by Contractor W. H.
Bowen, and are nearly completed.
Tne machinery for the plant Is nearly
ail on the ground and we were told
that they expected to be in operation
by the 15th of May. In aridities to
th'dr electric light and power busi
ness they Wi.l do a general electric
supply and construction business.
They have a handsome line of ma
terial and being experienced electri
cians are in position to guarantee
ail work to- pass Inspection. They
also say that while they do not claim
GENERAL IS TO APPEAR
BEFORE ROOSEVELT
to do work at cost r the public will
find their prices always as reasons Mo
as Is consistent with safe work. Mr.
O. J. O'Farrell is well known a._ o v er
the state as a practical electrician,
having been with the Bell Telphone
company for the past seven years, In
charge of their inside construction
work.
Mr. L. J. Von Weller Is well known
■n Brunswick, having been superin
tendent of the Brunswick Light and
Water company’s electric plant tor
ihe past four years, and has made
many friends, Ineir Inside wiring will
oe done by Mr. Geo. Bailey, of Macon.
Mr. Bailey has just finished wiring
the Oglethorpe hotel, atm has decided
to remain in Brunswick and accept a
position with the new firm.
llie company has handsome head
quarters at 503 Gloucester street, and
when they get in good shape will tie
among the best equipped electrical
concerns in the south. They are going
to engage extensively in the business
of electrical construction, and in so
doing Will fin a. long felt want in
Brunswick.
The News bids the concern a cor
dial welcome, and wishes for it the
tullest measure of success.
all RETURNED FROM ALBANY.
Brunswick Military Comflnie* Report
an Enjoyable Time.
All the Brunswick military com
panies, the Marine band and a num
ber of citizens returned from Albany
yesterday, where they went to parti
cipate In the Chautauqua exercises
1 uesday. The special train arrived
in the city about 5 o'clock in the
morning.
All tbe boys report having a good
time, and are high in their praise of
the treatment they received at the
hands of the people of Albany. They
say the cliautauqua was a big suo .
<‘ess on military day, aud was visited
Gy thousands ot people.
NOTES ABOUT TOWN.
City council will meet in tegular
session tonight.
The baseball team, about which ref
erence has been mad * m these col
umns, lias been organized and will at
once begin practicing. The chib is
compored of some good playeis, am!
some interesting games are looked
f< r bring the summer
President Maefien, of the Brunswick
and Birmingham Construction com
pony, has purchased the brick build
ing oil Gloucester street, occupied by
B. J. Olcwine and W. E. Dempster.
It is understood that two or three
1 olitical meetings will be held In
Brunswick next week by the friends
of the two senatorial candidates.
Quite a number of small burglar! s
have occurred in Brunswick dur
ing the past few weeks. The police
are now keeping a sharp lookout for
I hievea.
The B. & B, Is having one of its
engines thoroughly overhauled at
Brlesenick’s foundry. An engine be
longing to J. J. McDonough is utihg '
used in doing the yard work for the 1
present. j
A very Interesting program Is be- j
ing prepared for the meeting of the
pharmaceutical association in this city
next month. A large number of the
members are expected to be present
and the meeting promises to boa
very successful one.
The boat lines are now preparing L
put on tae regular summer schedules
to St. Simon. The pier at St. Simon
has been repaired and put in a first
class condition. Other improvements
have been made about the island.
The Brunswick butchers report a
falling off in theif business during the
past few weeks. The beef trust Is
responsible for this and the same cir
cumstances exist in every city In the
country.
NEGRC KILLS WHITE WOMAN.
If Caught by Pursuing Party He Will
Be Lynched.
i aducah, Ky., April 22. —News has
been received from Princeton, Ky., of
the killing of a white woman named
Bowling by a negro man.
A posse is now in pursuit of the
negro, and if caught it is believed it
will be impossible to avert a lynch
ing.
Watch for the Electric Supply com
pany’s add. in Sunday’s News.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PRESIDENT TO
REVIEW CASE
GENERAL WHO ORDERED DF.SO
LATION OF SAMAR WILL BE
TRIED BY THE ‘PRESIDENTS
COURT’.’
SMITH'S POSITION REGARDED
AS SERIOUS—GROWING DE
MAND FOB A CONORSSV')NAL
INVESTIGATION.
Washington, April 23.—General
Jalde Smith is to be tried by a court
martial under direct orders of the
president Instead of by a court order
ed by General Cnaffee as was an
nounced in Manila: dispatches this
morning. The acting secretary of
war so instructed General Chaffee to
oay. Tms does not mean that there
will be a change m'tne complexion of
tlie court, but it "means that it is to
he what is known as a president’s
court, and the proceedings and find
ings are to lie sent direct to Wash
ington for review.
General Cnaffee was ordered sever
al days ago to inform the war depart
ment of the Officers available for duty
on a court to try a brigadier general.
In compliance with this order, Gen
et a 1 Chaffee today notified the depart
ment that lie had tentatively select
ed for duty on the court Generals
Wheaton, Sumner, Bell and Bisbee,
Colonels McKibben, Rafferty, Dough
erty, Markley and Lee, with Major
Harvey Carbaugh as judge advocate.
The charge preferred against Gen
eral Smith is “conduct to the prejudice
of good order and military discipline,”
for which the maximum penalty fa
dismissal from the service.
Smith in Serious Position.
The action of the president in plac
ing the court under his immediate
jurisdiction will relieve (leneral Chaf
fee of the duty of reviewing the find
ings, and give him power to prerer
charges, and, if necessary, act as a
witness before the court. War de
partment officials regard General
Smith’s position as very serious.
They say that the testimony given be
fore the court in the case of Major
Waller charged that General Chaffee
did not make himself very clear when
giving Waller his orders In reference
to the disposition of prisoners. Or
ders governing the taking of human
life, it. is declared, always be
so explicit that there could be no
possible misunderstanding on the part
of the officer who receives them. If
General Smith is found guilty he w 11
probably be dismissed from the army.
The orders dissolving the court
were sent to Manila from Washington
today.
General Corbin stated that there
was no significance in the order ex
cept that it permits the president to
review the proceedings of the court,
and will avoid any legal entangle
ments that might have arisen if the
order of General Chaffee naming the
court, had been allowed to stand. An
order was issued today convening the
court, the members being named as
selected by Genera! Chaffee. The
court will meet Thursday.
DARIEN GOLF PLAYERS COMING.
Will Play a Match Game !n Brunswick
Next Wednesday.
The Brunswick Golf club held a
very interesting meeting last n ght.
T'ne meeting was held mostly for the
purpose of arranging for a match
game with the Darien Golf tiub. A
Utter has been received from the
club saving that they would t.e over
next Wednesday and a match game
will be played in the afternoon.
This will be the first game of golf
ever played in Brunswick or at least
against a visiting team, and much in
terest is being manifested in ir. The
Darien club has arranged for an ex
cursion and will be accompanied by
-a number of rooters.
The local club will practice daily
| aud the game will no doubt be a
jvery interesting one.