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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
WHITFIELD TALKS OL
THE COMMISSIONERS
IN PLAIN ENGLISH
JUDGE ATTACKS
THEIR COURSE
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The Well Known Attorney
Discusses Certain Acts of
the Board.
Mr. Editor: —Some w.'cks ago you
kiufily granted tne the use* of your col
umns to enquire of the board of coun
ty commissioners by what authority ot
law they had appropriated one thou
sand dollars of the funds raised by tax
ation "for offering judicious induce
ments to investors who may be seek
ing locations” and authorized the
chairman of the board to use that moa
ey for that purpose in - is discretion.
More than sufficient time has elapsed
in which the board could have either
made known to the people their post'
lion in the matter or taken any other
action but so far as I am infoirmed the
they have done neither.
The hoard is composed of reputable,
intelligent gentlemen, ami it has capa
ble retained counsel and certainly it
jheir fiction was legal they could eas
ijy have made that known or if inter
having coixsulte.il their attorney they
had acted mistakenly ami without au
thority of law and contrary to tnsjr of
ficial duty, they have bad full full op
potunity to revoke that appropriation.
I now assert for the benefit of the
people and for the infomation of “Tax
Payer" whose card upon thesanio, liiie
appeared In your columns also some
time ago, that the action of the hoard
in the matter referred to by me is un
authorised and is not only wiithout an
ihority of law but is confirary to law,
and it ae. ms that in I his view, name
ly: That the commissioners can only
appropriate the money raised by tax
tion to the pur irises deslgiiated by law
1 seem to have some good company
for the following statement ot the opin
ion of the attorney-general of the state
appears in the c. nstitution of yester
day the 21.
"Over in Franklin county Treasurer
.1. C.C. Miller has on hand about $2,000
collected as road tax under the alter
native system which was rec mtly abol
kshed under recommendation of the
county grand jury, treasurer Miller'
now wants to know if ho can use this
money for any other purpose than that
for which it was collected. Attornoy
lieneral Wrlghf decided yesterday
that he could not. It is likely he will
nave to apply to the courts for dlrec
as to what disposition to make of the
fund."
It scorns that the attorney general
is of the opinion that money raised by
It (.ation is raised for a specific pur
pose and cannot be applied to any oili
er. and that it is said tnat the remedy
where it is desired to make any other
use of the monies by a proceeding In.
the courts, but my own opinion in that
respect is that an act ot the leg: Ma
ture would meet the difficulty.
I have shown the iljegal action of
(he Hoard of Commissioners and I
have no further interest in the mat
ter as any other citizen has.
The Superior Court is In session and
its (Jranu Jury is charged with tho
duty of examining fully into tho ex
rvittditure of the public money and it'
Ofay and the people generally are
they and the people generally are
satisfied and permit their money lo
be used contrary to law and for any
purpose that one man or set of men
may choose then I qiq coqieut If
this action is permitted to stand then
there is no reason why the Commis
sioners cannot appropriate money
to the support of a steamboat line or
publishing of a newspaper or any
pub-fishing of a newspaper or any
ither scheme which in their opinion
may tend to advertise the town or the
increase the taxable values" and
"supplement the revenues." If tne
first can be done these can also.
BOLLING WHITFIELD,
The Hessie line will, make double
-ally trips to Bt. Simon pier Sunday
leaving Brunswick at 9,30 a. m. and
2,30 i). m. returning at 11 a. m. and 6
a day at the island and a large crowd!
Will go.
THE KNIGHTS ARE BACK.
They Had an Excellent Time in the
Pretty City of Valdosta. v
The Oglethorpe eornpan and a num
of citizens who accompanied tern
to Valdosta returned yesterday and,
although very much disappointed be
cause rain prevented them from hav
ing tne piiz (drill, they all state than
they had a golrious time and are in
love with Valdosta and her hospita
ble people.
Capt. Newman told a News repre
sentative yesterday that he would not
soon forget he the kindness shown his
company and himself and further
stated that he would be delighted to
visit Valdosta with his company ag
ain.
The prize money was divided among
ijae companies and each received
$75,00.
Attend the Sattqrthwaite sale of
live stock at the court house at 12
o’clock today. Some genuine bar
gains will be offered at auction. Hor
ses, muhp, timber carts and buggies
will go from the block.
Ran Off the Trqck.
Alreight car on the- Brunswick &
Birmingham railroad jumped the track
in front of the Wi'nsnip bujlding on
Bay street yesterday morning and af
ter considerable Work the car
was put in shape again.
Try a bottle of Columbo Bitter*. A
fine conic and appetizer; none better,
only 76 cents. Telephous 130. Slg
The Hessie line) will make double
daily trips to Si- Simon pier Sunday
leaving Brunswick lit 9,30 a, tn, and
2,30 p. m. returning at 11 a. in. and 6
p. m.lt will lie a rare opportunity for
a day at the island and a large crowd;
will go.
THf.Y WILL CONSIDER
JOURNLY 10 lllf WEST
PyThiANS ARE TO DISCUSS THE
CALIFORNIA TRIP NEXT WED
NESDAY NIUHT.
The Oglethorpe ce -tpany wm meet
next Wednesday night and it is ul
inost certain that they will take somt
tion on the proposed trip to California
which has been disc cussed by the
members for the past several months
Find a great many are in lavar of go
ing.
There is no douot but the company
would win the prize for travelling
the longest distance and this alone i55.500,00.
$.500,00. As the drill does not occur
"Jiit.fl August the boys could be in a
most excellent condition to put up a
winning drill.
UTILE LOCAL NEWS NOTES,
J. T. Dent, of Howfyl, spent yester
day in the city.
Col. W. E. Kay spentjyestf-rday in Sa
vannah.
J. A. McDuffie, of the Brunswick &
Birmingham, spent yesterday in Sava it
nali.
K. F. Coney is in Brooklyn on busi.
ness.
Judge D. J Dillon left for Atlanta
Wednesday night to be away for a day
two.
A party of Brunswick* headed by
John Farmer, left yesterday for Atkin
son, where tiny will sjfflli a week fish
ing in the Satiila river.
Stop and Look at the beautiful por
trait in Levy’s window. It is a sample
of others to lie seen at Wilson’s gallery
both in Crayon and Water Colors, It is
worth your while. Ciotne in aud see
them.
Attend the Satuvthwaite sale of
liv- (stock at the court house at 12
ot.oek today. Some genuine bar
gains will be offered at auction. Hor
ses, mules, timber carta and buggient
will go from the block.
Lumber! Lumber! Lumber! All
kinds. L. A. Miller.
BRUNSWICK, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1902.
THE! FAVOR
EARL! CLOSING
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THE LADIES INTERESTING THEM
SELVES IN BEHALF OF THE
MANY CLERKS...
WILL AoK THE MERCHANTS TO
LET THE CLERKS HAVE AN
EASIER TIME.
The News understands that an organ
ized effort will be made today to git
Brunswick merchrnts to close their
stores at 6 p. m for the summennontbs,
This is a movement that sliou.d succeed
withou effort. All the larger cities have
Nuoii a custom—and even a half holiday
on Saturday. It commends itself as
human.
The merchants will lose nothing, as
the people will soon adapt themseles to
the hours and do *ll the trading that
would be done otherwise. The clerks
will give batter service becaues of the
shorter hours and the afternoon recrea
tion.
It isunderstood that a committee of
ladies will call on the merchants and
we trust that their request will be
readily granted. Lot the good work be
gin at once.
Attend tile Ba(terthwaite sale ot
live stock at the court .louse at 12
o'clock today. Some genuine bar
gains Will be offered at auction. Hor
ses, mules, timber carts and buggies
will go from the -oek.
THE TAX ORDINANCE.
As Placed on ita First Reading by the
City Council,
Following is the tax ordinance as
passqd by council on Its first reading:
An ordinance to levy and assess a tax
for the support of the government
of t'ne city of Brunswick lor the
year 1902, and for the payment of
the ordinary and extraordinary ex
penes of said oify for &td year, and
for other purposes:
Section 1...8e ortdained l*y Yht
mayor and aldermen of the city of
Blrnus'wtek,, |r counjclt atsem
bled, and It Is hereby ordained by the
authority of the same, that for the sup
port of the government of t'ne city
of Brunswick for the yesr 1902 and for
the. payment of the ordinary and ex
traordinary expenses of said city for
said yqar.a tax of one ane forty-hun
dredths (1.40) per centum of the value
of the taxable property within said city
be and the same is hereby levied and
assessed on all property taxable by
said city, and shall be paid by the
several and respective owners of t’ne
same In two equal payments, one on
or before the 30th day of Jqno, 1902,
and the other oil or before the 30t.h
day of November, 1902, provided, any
tax payer shall have the rig*nt to pay
niß or her whole tax at (he time the
first installment ia due; and provided
further, that should any person or
persons, liable for suen taxg, fail so
to pay one-naif q( any and all taxes
due said city for said year by the 31st
day of July, 1902 the entire amount of
such taxes due for the year shall im
mediately become due, and 1t shall be
the duty of the clerk or council to
Issivi executions against such de‘
faulting tax payer or tax payers for the
entire amount of taxes due said city
for said year by such person or peri
sons, and such executtion shall be
enforced by levy and sale, as provided
by th<( charter, ordinances and by
laws of said city.
Section 2. Be it further ordained
by the authority aforeaid, That one
half of one per centum of such taxes
shall be levied apd collected for the
purpose of paying the ordintry cur
rent expenses of said city for said
’year, and three-fourths of one pet
centum for the payment ot the prin
cipal and interest of the public debt
of said city, and fifteen-hupdredths of
one per centum fpr paying and me.cad
amlzing the streets.
Section 3. Be it mrther ordained by
the authority aforesaid, That this or
dinance shall be subject to amendment
and the right is hereby reserved to
levy an additional tax for said year.
Section 4. Be it further ordained by
the authority aforesaid, That all or
dinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith he and the same are
hereby apealed.
If you are thinking of building see
L. A. Miller.
A MISTRIAL 111
THE STORY CASE
JURY WAS OUT VERY NEAP*
TWENTY-FOUR HOURS BUT DID
NOT AGREE ON A VERDICT.
DEFENDANT WILL HAVE TO STAY
IN JAIL UNTIL THE DECEMBER!
TERM OF THE COURT.
I he jury in the case of Sam Story,
charged with the murder of Hamp
Shrivw, after being out nearly
twentyfour hours failed to agiij: ytfaL
terday and Judge Bennet finally de
clared a mistrial in the case.
Tne reading public is familiar with
the: killing of Shriver and hence it is
not. necessary to go into details. Story
will now have to remain in jail until
the December term of the Superior
eourtt.
Tho Jury, it is said, disregarded the
charge of murder and on a vote to re,
turn a verdict for voluntary man
slaughter, stood 8 for acquittal and 1
lor conviction on that charge.
r l he members of the jury were laitli
,tuj to their work and it is iio lault of
tlicirs that a verdict, was not readied.
Attend the Sattqrthwaite sale of
live stock at the court house at 12)
o’clock today. Some genuine liar
gains will be offered at. auction. Hor
sixs, mules, timber carts and ouggies
will go from the block.
The Final Arrangement.
The Southern railway systtqip
and i .o Louisville and h{anhvill© have
taken the final step toward becoming
joint owners of a controlling interest
in the Monon system known as tho
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville.
Altoud the Satti Hawaii,- sale of
live stock at the court, house at 12
o’clock today. Some genuine bar
gains will lie offered at auction. Hor
ses, mujea. timber carts and Im ,g, s
will go from the block.
NEW RO ADM ASTI R
IOR III! B. & B. R. R,
J. F. WILSON AN OLD SEABOARD
AIR LINE MAN IS NAMED
FOR THAT POSITION.
General Manager J. A. McDuffie, of
the B. and B. railroad, has announced
tljc appoi’njtinent of J. F. Wilson, for-'*
merly of the Seaboard Air line, Ip be
roadrnaster of the B. and B.
Mr. Wilson is u railroad man of
many years experience, has served in
the regular roadway department of a
number of lines and will prove a val
uable acquisition to the official family
of the B. and B.
MV. Wilson wont over the line yes
terday an a tour of inspection and
was greatly pleased with the "t
nation.
IMPORSANI SALE TODAY.
At noon today before the court
house door Leroy Satterthwaite, admin
istrator on the estate of W. N. Sattea
thwaite, deceased, will offer for sale at
public outcry, the following property
belonging to the estate : Six mules, five
horses, three timber carts undone bug
gy.
All this stock as wel\as (he vehicles,
timber carts, etc,, are in first-class con
dition and any one in the market for
such articles will find some genuine bar
gains by attending the sale which will
occur promptly at noon, at the court
house.
The property in question is well
known to stock people ill Brunswick
generally, and is onusidrred among the
best in the county. K will go from the
block to the highest and best bidder
promptly at the hour named.
Reveals a Great Secret.
It ts often asked how such start
ling cures, that puzzle the best phy
sicians, are effqictod by Dr. King’s
New Discovery for Consumption.
Here’s the secret. It cuts qut the
phlegm and germ-infected mucus, and
lets the life-giving oxygen enrich and
vitalize the blood. It heals the in
flamed, cough-worn throat and lungs.
Hard colds and stubborn coughs soon
yield to Dr. King’s New Discovery,
the most infallible remedy for all
Throat and Lung diseases. Guaran
teed bottles 50c and SI.OO Trial bot-
HIGH SCHOOL CLASS
IS TO GRADUATE
THIS EVENING
ESTILL ON SOME STATE ISSUESV
Has Something to Say on the Liquor.
Question and Others.
Col. Estill wa* asked some days ago
as to his position on several state mat.
ters and among other-things he said: *
i believe that state proniLUGwU v-'o.a-t
be a step backwatu. Che upvi salou.
might lie closed, but the people v\uu.-
be supplied with wmske-y. ion cannot
make a man stop drinking by mean
ot a statute. The tact mat you sa..
he shan't have whiskey in-Kcs mm a.
he more determined to have It. \v k i
is the condition ot affairs in prohibiiim
° a in Kansas, \win Oeu,
JOO less poptila ion than Georgia, men
are 3,IDT United States liquor house
issued, against 1,480 in Georgia. ii
Maine, wnere prominiion has .jeer. tn*.
law for fifty .stars, with a po, matio..
only about one-fourth Uia.t o*. Go*, gw*
theie are 1,50- United States tUiuui
li • lists, agaiii.-t i.isu in i.emg.a. 1.
visMng ditteient parts of the state J
can truly say lira 1 ha\e found Gcor
gians to be a sober people. ’lhere is. oi
course, drinking everywhere, in prohl
billon counties and in those that ui.
not, bill i .'ill ventuio to say thm
there is less whiskey drunk, pa capi
la, In G< orgiu tnun ah ‘in
; tales winch have state prohibi
tion; and thu \s> ha . a tn
the education u the* din t tion m tesn
peraiicp that hu been effected through
Uh •t i option effuits. A '-tah
prohibition law, and that education
would < ease. Therefore, a staU
law would result in harm rather thai
good. ‘Mu* of the reasons urged b>
the prohibition}; ts lor a general proh
bition law is that Atlanta. Savannah
and Augusta now send whiskey Into
the prohibition counties by ’Means o:
Jugs. Hut a general prohibition law
would hot stop tin* jug trade. It
just ns easy 1 > get whiskey from cities
outside of Georgia as from cities in it.
tn fact, it would east but little, \i
any more, Lo get It from l’uitlm >r
md N< w York than from
and Atlanta.
The only sure way to put a stnj
to the liquor traflle is to educate th*
people against It, and there is no b.
ter way to edmat* them agaius* 1‘
fhan by pie.ins of local option agile
tion
IIIn I'omH ion on
Now, as to f'rtucaUfKi. This U
question in whU‘l* rwry ill;.* 3 ; !h in
terested. it w<* are to weep |>-
’.vitij ii v tion of the* tutiiiklh • n
tury we must ciiucah* the children
white and black, both at the sa.i.
time, if we cun. il we * m not. the*
tin* white* children flrt-d and aft-u
wards the black children. The Con
stitution of Georgia provides for th
education of the state’s children, arm
we should sc** to \\ chat It is done. '
prom Ist- you. if l am elected, to u
my best endeavors to have it done
In my opinion, to carry out a pi >pc
system of education without Incmis
liik the state tax, the counties urns
take upon themselves a part of the bu?
den. Many of the counties are now sup
piemen ting the school money receive
from the state by local taxation, am
others will do so when the pcop'
realize that 'nothing conrihutes •
much to their happiness and pro .pc
ity and the welfare of their children
as schools and churches. Im
migration and capital seek th
counties in which there are gi*"
schools, and in those counties th*
signs of prosperity are the most num
emus and the evidences of comfort an
contentment mnt apparent. I do no
Intend any reflection on the state sup
erintendent of public education whet
I say their is no state system of edu
•ation in Georgia. It is no fault <>
his. As far ns I am informed, he i:
doing the best he can under the laws
and with the means at his command
Till* I* I* IIM i 1111 (lUC'Nliflll.
1 have, as you know, well define
views on the pension question. It i
a question that Is steadily increasin;
in importance. The pension chare
has become so large that the peopl
are wondering where the money t<
meet it Is to come from. And the ulti
mate amount of this charge Is not ye'
known. It is increasing, and promise,
io reach a million dollars a year,
believe the remedy is to pay pension
only to needy Confederate veterans
and' needy widows of veterans—thosi
who have no incomes and are physl
cally unable to earn a livelihood. 1
wish it were within the ability of tin
state to give a pension to every poor
Confederate veteran, and to every poor
Widow of a veteran. There is not one
of them, I feel assured, who is not
deserving. These veterans responded
promptly when their services were
needed on the battlefield. They did
not hesitate to make any sacrifice,
however great, for the cause which
they supported, h They followed Lee
and Johnston and Beauregard and
ltoo,t and other Confederate leaders
as long as there - was hope, and the
stale was proud of them and the glori
ous way they illustrated her. We can
not afTord to see any of them suffer
for the necessaries of life In their old
age, and the people do not Intend they
Should suffer. But there are many
drawing pensions who do not need
them—who are not in any way de-
P'fident upon them. They are either
•arnirig incomes sufficient for their
comfort or have independent means
TANARUS( Is not fall to the needy veterans
that this class should share in the
state’s bounty. AH that the state can
give should go to those who are In newd
of assistance
The Bessie line will make double
dally trips to Ht. kimon pier Sunday
leaving Brunswick at 9.20 a. m. and
2.20 p, m. returning at 11 a. m. and 6
p. m.lt will be a rare opportunity for
a day at I lie island and a largo crowd;
will go.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
LARGE CROWD
WILL ATTEND
$
The Exercises will Be Quite
Interesting. .Several Prizes
Will Be Awarded.
1 lie exercises of the Excelsior so
ciety will occur at the High school
building today at Hi a . ra. instead of
10,30 as formerly announced.
The principal part of the program
will consist of the contest iu declama
tion in which tne following pupils,
chosen in a pre.,minary comest some
weeks ago, will participate: Misses
Leila Bunkley, Rebecca Davis, Mary
El leu wood, Lillie! Gornto, Clare O’-
Connor, Masters Frank Atkinson.
Henry Bunkley, Hunter Hopkins, Jul
ius Elkan, McDonald Harley, and
James Orsborne.
Tne public of courses understands
that this is not a part of the regular)
work of the scnooU, more beingno
regular teaching doiu-j in this depart- '
ment and whatever training the pupils
have had has been given by the prin
cipal and the teachers at odd times re
cesses etc., outs idle of the regular
school hours. So the public need not
expect any exhibition of so tailed ora
tory and pyrotechinlc, skyrocket eio
cuition but an effort made to teach
them to say what (lu-tty Wave- to say
in a straight forward manner.
There will be, in addition to this,
/ >me songs and other music, and, a
pretty drill. No admission is charged.
The exercises of the graduating
class will occur at the opera ■ house
t'nis evening at 8:30 o clock. An ad
mission fee of ten cents will lie charg
ed to defray expenses.
MUNHALL MEETINGS
HAVE LARGE CROWDS
The services at the auditorium yester
day were well attended and were un
usually attractive. In the afternoon
Dr. Munhall discussed ‘'Sanctification,”
and will continue the same theme this
afternoon at 4 o’clock. The sermon last
night was forcible and eloquent and
made a profound impression. The
text was, “How shall we escape if We
neglect so great salvation?” and was
ably handled. The usual service will be
conducted tonight beginning at 7 .4 5.
Sunday afternoon there will be a meet
ing for men"only and the age limit is
from fourteen to thirty-two. Admis
sion will be by ticket. The special ser
vice for the military and secret order
men on "Monday night promises to be
the largest yet. It will lie open to all,
but seats will be reserved for orders at
tending in a body. The Marine band
will be asked to attend and assist in the
music of the service, There is no cooler
place in town than the auditorium and
the public is cordially iuvited to all ser
vices.
Holds Up a Congressman.
“At the end of the campaign,’’
writes Champ Clark, Missouri’s bril
liant congressman, “from overwork,
nervous tension, loss of sleep and con
st&nt speaking I had about utterly col
: lapsed. It seemed that all the or
gans in my body were out of order,
hut uiree bottles of Electric Bitters
made me all right. It’s the best all
around medicine ever sold over a
druggist’* counter.” Over worked,
run-down men and weak, sickly wom
en gain splendid health and vitality
from Electric Bitters. Try them.
Only 50c. Guaranteed by all druggists.
For Sale.
Two-story, 7-room house, close to
business section. Good condition, nice
lot. Price $1,500. Terms will be
given. Brobston, Pandig & Cos.
Attend the Kattufith waite sale of
live stock at house at 12,
o’clock today. Some genuine bar
gains will be ottered at auction. Hor
ses, mules, timber carts and buggies
will go from the block.