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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOLUME 1, NUMBER 185.
BIG PACKING HOUSES TO
HAVE BRANCHES HERE
ARMOUR & CO,
MD SWIFT i CO,
— ♦ —
REPRESENTATIVES OF BOTH CON
CERNS HAVE RECENILY VIS
ITED THE CITY AND DECIDED
TO LOCATE HERE.
ARMOUR & CO., HAVE ALREADY,
RENTED A LARGE BUILDING
AND Vi/ILL BEGIN WORK WITHIN
NEXT FEW WEEKS.
From a reliable source it was
learned yesterday tViat the two larg
est packing houses in the country
would shortly open branches in this
city, representatives of both the
houses having already visited Bruns
wick.
They arc the Armour Packing com
pany and Swift & Cos., who are known
the world over as great packing con
cerns.
'mo Armour people sent their rep
resentative here a few weeks ago to
look over the field, see if he could ob
tain a suitable building for the bus
Iness and report bacn as early as
possible. The representative came,
and in a quiet way looked over the
city, picked out a building and the
contract to lease it for five years, with
the pnvik-ge of reviewing for five
more, is now about to be signed by
the owner of the packing company.
The building is one of the best, in
ii.e city. The name of the owner Is
withheld owing to the fact that the
deal lias not yet been closed, but will
lie within the next few days. The
packing people announced that it was
their Intention to establish the branch
here as soon as possible. They will
spend about SSOO in fitting the build
ing up suitable for their business,
making a cold storage.
Thai the company means business
there Is but little doubt as they have
made a very liberal offer for the
building, and telegrams have b. n
passing between the agent in Bruns
wick and the Armour people for the
past several daj 3.
The News has known of the inten
tion of the Armour people to come to
Brunswick for some time, but did nor
publish it. as no official steps had been
taken, hut it is now almost an as
fciir.vj fact.
Tiic news concerning the coming
of Swift & Cos. was told to a reporter
yesterday by a prominent real estate
man. who has been dealing with the
company for some time. He says
they have definitely decided to locate
here, and will at once rent a building
and make all arrangements.
Branches of these two mammoth
packing houses means considerable
for Brunswick, as it will he the dis
tribnting povnt( for this immediate
section, if is not yet known who will
tie the Brunswick agent, but it is gen
erally thought that the two companies
will send the men from headquarters.
CATHOLICS IN UNITED STATES.
Some Interesting Figures Are Fur
nished by Father Sheedy.
New York, May I.—At the fourth
annua! meeting in this city of the
Maynooth Association of the United
States speaking on the progress of
the Catholic church in the United
States, Father Sheedy, of this city,
said:
“Taking the religious census for the
past year cornp,.ed by Dr. H. K. Car
roll, a Protestant clergyman, it is
found that of the 653,000 n -w mem
bers that were added to the various
denominations, 468,083 were added to
the Catholic church. The increase in
population was 2.18 per cent., while
tint Catholic increase for the year
was 5.4 per cent. On the 20,000,000
church members in the United States,
J)r. Carroll set down 9,000.000, or
nearly one-half, as Catholics.”
South Afrjfta Comes High.
London, May I.—An official esti
mate of the total cost of the South J
African war to March 31, 1903, places :
the amount at nearly £223,000,000.
WILL SEND A DRILL TEAM.
' Riflemen Will Be Represented at
Prize Drill in Savannah.
A regimental individual prize drill
among the companies of the First
Georgia regiment, will take place in
Savannah on May 20, in the Guards'
armory, and a majority of the com
panies in the regiment will lie repre
sented, and the drill is expected to
be a very interesting aud exciting
one.
The Brunswick Riflemen will he rep
resented in the drill by four men
who will lie selected within the next
few days and start to practicing for
the Each company of the
regiment is allowed to enter one team
of four men. The winner of the drill
will receive the regimental medal for
one year and the best drilled man in
each team will receive a prize of
$5.00 in gold.
Captains W. E. Coney and C. IT.
Richardson, id' the regiment, will al
ternate in giving the commands for
the drilling and First Lieutenant E.
L. Gilmore and Second Lieutenant W.
G. Pease and C. M, Bunker, artillery
corps. United States army, will act
as the judges.
All of tlio companies of the regiment
ant* taking great interest in the drill
and will make efforts to capture the
prize, it is not yet known what four
men will be selected to represent the
Riflemen.
CAMDEN COUNTY CITIZEN DEAD.
Mr. Daniel J. Long Passed Away at
St. Mary’s Wed 'evday.
SI. Marys. Ga.. May I. Mr. Daniel
L l-oiiK. proprietor of (he St. Mary’s
lloii! ', one of our old ami respected
■itizi nr, did yesterday morning, and
was hurled today.
A!,aongli years old, Mr. Long was
sinmg and active up to about one
week ago, when lie took pneumonia,
■'■ hi. h war. the cause of his death, lie
was horn in this place and has lived
ineo atl ids iiie, with the exception
of Die f, w yeais passed in the Con
iVdmalo army.
U has been a member of hoard or
■ ouniy commissioners for many years,
one of the aldermen of St. Marys,
■Old v. HI I.e 1 ■•ally nils e.l. lie leaves
: wife, four sons, and lour daughters,
1 win) w re all with him at the time of
Ids death.
CUTTER NOW COMING DOWN.
Prices Ready to Take a Slump in
Erunswlck.
Housekeepers will bail with satis
faction the news that butter is about
ready to take a decided slump again.
I ho western markets are being flood
ed viitp fresh made butter and
Brunswick in common with other mar
kets. is beginning to terl tne effect.
Dealers yesterday stated that the do
ciin' in prices ol tin- past fi w days
would be followed by further drops in
a day or two and the best butter
won!*' hi he retailing at 36c per
pound.
BUSINESS CHANGE YESTERDAY.
A. Arnheiter Purchaszs Meat Business
of His Father.
i h<* meat marker of C. Arnheiter,
on Monk street, 'tag yesterday sold
to A. Arnli'dt et', tie iormer owner’s
son, who will conduct the same here
alter in the same old place.
Mr. Arnheiter has been connected
with his lather's business for several
years and is thoroughly 1a mi liar with
ail details of the business, and will ho
to see all th old customers. He wji|
keep on hand, at all times, a fresh
supply of meats, sausages, and, in
Tact, everything in the butcher’s line,
and will sell them at prices as low
as possible.
I lie News wishes the new owner
much success in the business and lio
speaks for him a liberal patronage.
LOST BIG ROLL mm* MONEY.
Prominent Brunswick Lady Drops
Purse Containing $175.
Elsewhere in The News this morn
ing appears an advertisement of mon
ey lost to the amount of $175
The money was lost, yesterday af
ternoon by a prominent lady of Bruns
wick. Her name is wfi.hekl by re
quest. The lady does no’ know ex
actly where she lost the money, a 3
B lie was on several streets during the
afternoon. The money was in a gen
tleman s purse, which was dropped by
the lady. Most of the money was in
bills.
BRUNSWICK, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1902,
JACOB! WILL
MANAGE HOTEL
A
CHARLESTON MAN LEASES HO
TEL AT THAT POPULAR RE
SORT FOR THE SUMMER.
Will Go Down in a Few Days to
Make Arrangements for
Opening June 1.
Cot. J. L. Jacobi, of Charleston,
has leased Pile Hotel Cumberland for
the present season, and will open the
popular summer resort on June 1.
Mr. Jacobi is an efficient and ex
perienced hotel man, and will no doubt
make a success at Cumberland. Lard
year he managed the Atlantic Bwieh
hotel at Sullivan's island, near Char
leston. and the season was a big enc.
He understands the hotel business
thoroughly, has had many years ex
perience in the business and the own
ers ol the Hotel Ciimhcriau 1 are to
lie congratulated on letting the eon
tract out to such a good man.
Mr. Jacobi will go down to the
island in a few da vs f,r.| ,;,e
preliminary arrange .vents for the
opening. He will great iy improve tin
hotel and cottages and wil’ make o'lt
er improvements about the place.
The present, season promise's to
be a big one> at Gumbo an,' and many
people will borne down from the 111-
(erieir to spend some time. Already
let: ore have been receiver s ! from peo
ple in Atlanta, Macon anil Chalta
mioga engaging accommodations
Cumberland Is mi doubt the most pop
ulnr rr/ort on the South Atlantic
coast at present and with first-class
aci'ommndatlons, liic season this year
should he a log and successful one.
A Citizen Talks.
Editor News: f congratulate' the'
public upon the announcement of the i
opening of Cumberland hotel this
season. On all the' At!* 11 ye Coast
(Imre in not a point worthier of pat
ronage than ibis Georgia its
freedom from storm anel sudden at
mospheric change s make it an ideal
place for mother and child. It. is also
free from damages by accident, of ev
ery character to little children, and
le Iter than all, free from all forms of ’
malaria or summer complaints.
The families of Georgia at all poinls 1
convenient to railroads should think ;
seriously of the great advantages of I
Cumberland, especially before decid
ing where to take their summer out
ing. The grounds are oroad and
f.hady, covered with clean grass, s,
where the babe can tramp around free
from molestation. The boat line is
as safe as travel in the family buggy,
and accessible as the country church.
Us resident physician of experience is
always present when the hotel is open
but seldom has a chance to prescribe.
J. A. Butts, M. D.
POSTAL CURRENCY SCHEME.
Outline of Measure To Be Recom
mended by Expert,
Washington, May L Th • conin'.!- J
lee of postal and treasury experts I
which lias been considering the ques
tion of a fractional currency probably !
will recommend to congress a maas- |
m e calling for the establishment, of a j
provements from the post il notes used '
in Canada, Great Britiio, Germany)
and France. This plan ealls for hooks ;
or fractional currency arranged in j
detachable coupon, from which are to I
be obtained from postoffices or rural ■
free delivery carriers in amounts from !
5 cents to $2.
Screven Guards to Disband.
The Screven Guards, Captain A.
M. Chapman, will be disbanded. The
command was inspected by Colonel
\V. G. Obear, inspector general, and it
is said that he found it in a chaotic
condition. The company is attacned
to the First regiment. Its disband
ment would ieave ten companies in
the regiment.
Senator Money Not Well.
Washington, May I.—Senator Mon
ey, of Mississippi, wno suffered a se
vere shock as a result of his difficul
ty with a street car conductor last
week, has been confined to his apart
ments for several days, if is doubt
tul whether he will be able to appear
in court tomorrow w,i :n the charges
growing cut of the affair are to lie
heard.
he ms wives
IK MINK STATES
+
SO SAYS t.AUD E. CHAPMAN.
NOW IN TOCCOA JAIL CHARGED
WITH BIGAMY.
The Wedding Is Solemnized Soon Af
ter the Departure of a Woman
Who Lived With Him.
Toccoa. Ga.. May I.—Claud E.
Chapman, of Greenville, S. C.. was
t<*d iv sent to ttie county jail to await
• tie next term of the superior court
of Habersham county, charged with
bigamy.'
Chapman is a young man aboout 24
years of age, and first appeared in
Toccoa about one month ago as a
tru. tree agent. Soon after he came
In re uis wife appeared, and they spent
t"’<> or three weeks together at a
boarding house in the city. During
this time, while Mrs. Chapman was
still in Toccoa, Chapman was paying
considerable attention to Miss Gussie
I ovell, the daughter of G. H. Lovell,
of this place.
For sortie reason Mrs. Chapman re
turned to South Carolina to Chap
man’s father’s last Tuesday, April
23. On the same day Chapman re
quested of Mr. i-ovell the hand of his
'taught r. Miss Gussie, in marriage,
Mr. Lovell replied that lie could not
consent to the marriage until he could
learn something of the man who de
sired to marry his daughter. Two
days later. Thursday night, Chapman
procured license, went to tne resi
dence ol Rev. W. S. Whitmire, accom
panied by Miss Lovell, and (here the
twain were made one.
Chapman Arrested.
Tlry returned to Mr. Lovell’s,
where they remained until the next
morning. During the'day Mr. Lovell
b'-aid that-Chapman had'introduced a
Vqman in. Tpecoajis-jds wife, ami had
Hvvd with 'ner thefle for stveral
weeks. He at once „ad Chapman ar
rested.
Mrs. Chapman No. I was notified
that, her husband was in serious trou
ble in Georgia. She at once came to
Mrii t 'thinking that she could he
of some help jo him in his trouble.
No one here whether they were
really husband and tvffg. When Mrs.
Chapman NY>. 1 arrived rlij* me tee very
cold reception at the Tfatßls dfaher
husband. Finding that -shje! wdutiV
the means of sending ‘him to. prisora
il he remained in Georgia, she, made
her visit very ’short.
Mr. Lovell, without delay, instituted
a search for evidence of the South
Carolina marriage. This was no easy
task, as in that state no record of
marriage is kept, by the county au
thorities. inter three days it was as
certained that the marriage ceremony
was performed in Greenville county.
He Denies Marriage.
Chapman has all along mantained
his innocence, saying that, although
he was living with Miss Julia Jacobs,
wife. No. 1, he was not married to her.
Chapman and Mrs. Chapman No. 1
are both of good family, and are well
known in Greenville county, South
Carolina.
Chapman is a young man of prepos
sessing appearance and made a good
impression upon the people of this
community. He dressed well and .it
now develops that' he owns a consid
erable amount of property in South
Carolina. Mrs. Chapman No 1 is a
very modest woman, and while here
with Chapman remained at her hoard
ing house, and it was not generally
known that he had a wife with him.
When asked if he did not know
that he would get into trouble by
marrying a second time, Chapman re
pli and t/iat he had lived in many states
and had a different wife in every
state in which he had lived, but that
no one would ever he able to secure
evidence to convict him of bigamy.
Miss Lovell, whose father is a man
of very modest means, but a hightiy
respected citizen, says that she will
have nothing further to do with Chap
man, and that she wishes him to he
punished.
Long Out; Moody In.
Washington, May I.—Secretary
Long closed his official career as the
bead of the naval establishment to
j day. It has been arranged that Sea
rotary Moody shall assume the duties
of secretary or the na, y tomorrow
I JUT • 1 il'£.
SENATOR LODGE SAYS
WILL BE INVESTIGATED
AGRICULTURAL BILL PASSED.
House Then Takes Up the District of
Columbia Measure.
Washington, May I.—The house to
day passed the agricultural appropria
tion bill and entered upon the consid
eration of the District of Columbia ap
propriation bill, the last but two of
the regular supply measures.
I’y the teims of a special rule
adopted twyt'ore the distiet bill was
tr.ken up. it will be in order to at
tach a rider to it to make operative
;ho existing personal tax law of the
'-'strict, which lias been a dead letter
•or twenty years. Chairman Cannon
‘Miniated tHat there was $10(1,00(1,000
untaxed personal property 111
Y nshtngten.
The G0,...0g1e resolution, calling
upon C.iq secretary of state for infor
mation as to w..ether American citi
zens ol Jewish faith were excluded
from Russia was adoptee. '
BIRTHPLACE OF "UNuIE SAM.”
It Goes Under the Hammer of Auc
tioner for $1,500.
Mason. N. 11., May X.—The Wilson
homestead, said to he the birthplace
of th original “Uncle Sam,” was sold
at auction this afternoon for $1,500.
The purchaser was Captain Orren A.
Hamblett, of Washington, “Uncle
Sam” was Samuel Wilson, the eldest
ot twelve children born on this farm.
During the second war with England,
as Ih story goes, lie and his brother,
Edward, were contractors for govern
ment supplies at 1 roy, N. Y.
It was the Wilsons idcgi to label
fbeir beef and pork packings "U. 5.,”
and as Samuel Wilson was generally
'ailed "Unci? Sam” the army quickly
referred to the supplies as “Uncle
Sam’s. This title quickly was ap
plied to the government and after the
w!tl- wift used everywhere in that
sense.
Samuel Wilson died in Troy, in
'854, aged 88. The farm was sold tr-
Yflay because of the death of the last
member 1 of the family, it was owned
by a Wilson for 122 years.
BURNED HERSELF TO DEATH.
Horrible Mode of Suicide Chosen by
Grief-Stricken Mother.
Detroit, Mich., May I.—Crazed by
the (leant of her 3-year-oid child from
scarlet fever on March 19, Mrs. Ade
line Sage, of .63 Locust street, arose
.from jier Led this morning, poured a
ean of kerosene over herself and Ig
tefed it. ,
uMf? s< ')eaiiis "Awakened iier Ims
bandjMjriiu.rtgi to her aid and tried
to smother thocffanijai with -Some bed
•"'"thing. 'l4e <*raySl* that nothing
could save her and crying for help.
Neighbors* rush<3s in. Imt they, too,
could do nothing, and WheV’the iiekr
ost physician arriv the last* little
flames were dying out on the wom
an’s charred body. '
_ V
Barges and Men Lost.
New York, May L—The tilg boat
Volunteer has reached this port after
having lost the barges Henry Hughes
and Baxter off Ron field reef. Long
island sound. One man on board the
Baxter was lost, anil one hoy from the
Henry Hughes also perished. The
captain of the Henry Hughes, his wife
and two children were rescued and
returned to New York on the Volun
teer.
Assassin to Be Hanged.
St. Petersburg, May I.—Balshaneff,
the man who assassinated M. Sipi
agiiino, Hie Russian minister of the in
ferior. April 15, has been sentenced
to death. H will he hanged May 3.
Carnegie Leaves for Scotland.
New York, May I.—Andrew Carne
gie left today on the steamship St.
Louis for his estate in Scotland.
With him were Mrs. Carnegie and
James Bertrain, his private secretary.
Divorce for Mrs. Tiffany.
New York, May I. —Announcement
was made that Mrs. Marie Tiffany
had been granted an absolute divorce
from Perry Tiffany yesterday at River
Head, Long island.
Jim Roach, the irripressibie, and
genial agent of the Central railway
and Ocean Steamship company, was
among me visitors to the city yester
day.
Special Agent Sparkman, of the Ag
ricultural Insurance company, 1b in
the city on a uualnesa trip.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
COMMITTEE TO
TOE PHILIPPINES
THE SENATOR SAYS mLL THE
FACTS ARE WANTED AND WILL
BE OBTAINED BY THE GOV
ERNMENT.
BUT IN FACE OF THAT STATE
MENT HE OPPOSES SUMMONING
MAJOR GARDENER TO TELL
ABOUT DEAD FILIPINOS.
Washington, May I.—The republi
cans of the senate are beginning to
weaken under the fire of the minority
and it has been determined that, to
some extent at least, the men on the
majority side will take part in the
Philippines debate. It has been the
policy of Senator Lodge and his as
sociates to refrain from donating the
pending legislation, and they have
gone to the extent of announcing that
they would let the democrats do all
the speaking. Not only this, hut they
have persistently absented themselves
from the chamber during the speeches
of the democrats, their aim being to
impress the public with the idea that'
no int rest whatsoever is-being taken
in the matter.
The way the democrats have been
exposing the conditions in the Phil
ippines as revealed by the eonrtmar
tials of Waller and Smith, in the re
port of Major Gardener and in the fa
mous orders of General J. Franklin
Bell has stirred the republicans to
the necessity of meeting the charges
and of taking some step calculated to
meet the popular demand for a thor
ough and searching investigation.
Senator Lodge indicated in a short
speech he made today that the re
publican senators are seriously con
sidering sending a sub-committee to
the Philippines.
Lodge Talks of Investigation.
In explaining why the committee
had seen tit to decline to send for
Major Gardener and also, for Agutnal
do and other leading Filipinos, Sena
tor Lodge contended that it would
lie more reasonable to send a commit
tee out there than to send for a num
ber of witnesses to come from the
islands. With characteristic protes
tation of virtue he declared that no
body would suspect the republicans of
(ho committee of endeavoring to sup
press anything. This created a smile
even on the republican side.
The discussion of the Philippines
question- was decidedly lively today.
Seqator Cirt*r took part in it, arguing
that Major Gardener should certainly
fie summoned at • once'. He, quoted
' liberally , from Major Gardener’s fa
mous- report to show tnat he was cer
tainly a very material* .witness and
ought to lie sdtit fof to testify fully
concerning the conduct of the war in
the Pu.iippines. .“if we have not ‘been
cruel," said the senatoi', “lot us cfear
ourselves of the charge that has been
made against the army. All we want
is the truth." He strongly argued that
any person who can possibly throw
any light upon the conditions in the
Philippine islands, snould be sum
moned before the committee.
A resolution offered by Mr. Patter
son, of Colorado, directing the secre
tary of war to order, by cable, Major
Gardener, now in the Philippines, to
come immeniately to Washington to
appear as a witness before the Phil
ippine committee, recipitated a warm
discussion. The debate continued for
about two hours, considerable feeling
being manifested on both sides of the
chamber.
Charge of Suppression Made.
The charge was made by the mi
nority that the majority of the com
mittee was endeavoring to suppress
facts and information. This was de
nied by the chairman of the commit
tee, Mr. Lodge, who said that any
such action would be inconceivably
stupid. The resolution finally went'
over until tomorrow.
The Weather.
Forecast today for Brunswick and
vicinity: Fair and warmer, with
slight northeast winds.