Newspaper Page Text
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOLUME 1, NUMBER 204
PRETTY GRADUATING
EXERCISES EAST NIGHT
PROGRAM m
A GOOD ONE
—♦ —
THE CLASS OF YOUNG PEOPLE
WAS AN UNUSUALLY BRIGHT
ONE AND HAVE ALL DONE GOOD
WORK DURING THE YEAR.
SEVERAL TROPHIES AND DIP
LOMAS AWARDED LAST NIGHT.
MUSIC A PRETTY FEAIURE OF
THE EVENING.
Tiu* closing exorcises of the Glynn
High school occurred yesterday morn
ing. ami thet program was interesting
and brilliantly rendered.
The contests tor prizes offered for
declamation and elecution was parti
cipated in by a number of pupils.
Bach of the contestants did remarka
bly well, some splendid specemetns of
oratory and elocution being given.
The judge's decided the winners as
follows:
Mr. Brantley's prize, Watson’s
llle of Napoleon and France, to El
liot Butts.
The beautiful pin, donated by Mr.
C. Downing, was won by Miss Re
becca Davis.
The flag drill was extremely beauti
ful. the different figures eliciting
much applause.
The music was exceptionally good.
The solo, “Call Me Back,” was beauti
fully sung by Miss Janie Symons, ac
companied by ss Helen O'Conor.
In the different grades a prize had
been offered by Mr. A. V. Wood for
proficiency in different studies, to be
awarded according to the teachers
jndgi rr.t. These were awarded as
f olows:
First Grade,' spelling. Mary Spears.
Second grade, spelling, soared by
Oolquit Mitchell and Hloise Me- Don
ald. ,
Third grade, for general excellence,
Donie Durden.
There were also prizes offered by
Messrs. C. Miller, Julius Levy, Kcn
non Mott and Edwin Brobston. These
were awarded for English composit
ion to the following pupils:
First grade, Fannie Mason, Triger
Tolnas.
Second Grade. Estelle Terras, Mary
Mason.
Third grade, Frank Thomas Elliott
Butts.
Fourth grade, Clare O’Conor. David
Hoss.
Last night at the Grand the graduat
ing exercises were witnessed and en
joyed by a crowded boils The eve
*niliig was bCjgun by a prayer by Rev.
Bradley.
The eight young graduates were:
Miss Clare Lowe O’Conor, Miss L<uh
Johnson, Miss Tallulah Da Costa
Fleming, Miss Della Elizabeth Black,
Miss Marie Sabine Goette, John Hun
ter Hopkins, David Scarlett Ross.
The following was the program of
the averting, and was, indeed, splen
didly rendered:
Song -Class.
Prayer—Rev. O, G. Bradley.
Overture, “Pique Dance,” Suppe
Mrs. Baya and Miss Emily Waff.
Essay, “Pericles as a Character Study”
-Della Black.
Recitation, ‘‘Charge of the Light Bri
gade”—Leila Bunkley
Song—Tall ulah Fleming.
Essay, •‘Simplicty”—Marie Goette.
A Norwegian Bridal Party, Griog—
Miss Janie. Symons.
Declamation, “Graves, Eulogy of
Grady”—Hunter Hopkins.
Essay, “Morning”—Clare O’Conor.
Le Reveil|Du Lion, Do Kontsk—Mrs.
J. F, Baya.
Presentation of Diplomas and Deliv
ery of Prizes.
Song—The Class.
The instrumental musac by Mrs.
Baya, Miss Emily Waff and Miss Janie
Symons was a most enjoyable feature
of the program, and added greatly to
the pleasure of the evening.
Th solo. “For All Eternity,” bv
Miss Talluiah Fleming, was sung in
the gitted young lady’s happiest man
ner and was enthusiastically encored.
Hunter Hopkins' deelahat.ion de
serves special mention, the young era
tor giving evidence of markeu power
and brilliancy.
The essays of Miss Della Black.
Miss Clare O'Conor and ...ss Marie
Goette were exceptionally good, both
the thoughts and language reflect! H
much credit upon the writers.
Miss Leila Bunkley charmed the au
dience with a recitation. "The Charge
of the Light Brigade,” delivered in a
splendid manner.
At the close of the program. Rev. D.
Watson Winn awarded the prizes with
beautiful and appropriate remarks.
Tine prizes wee awaded by Mr. A.
L. Franklin as follows:
The SSO in gold given by Mayor
Emanuel was divided best.ween five of
ill? riinitiates, each of these making
the required average. They were:
Hunter Hopkins, David Ross, Cl|aa-e
O’Conor, Leila Bunkley, Leah Johnson
1 1 The $lO, given by a friend of thet
school, who modestly withholds his
name, was divided between Hunter
Hopkins and Miss Leila Bunkley.
MAKING CHECKS EOR
TEACHERS’ SALERIES
STATE THEASURER PARK WILL
SEND THEM ALL OVER
THE STATE TODAY.
Tli.. following from the Atlanta Con
stitution will be of interest to the
school teachers generally:
State Treasurer Park and Assist
ant. Treasurer Furlow were busy all
day yesterday getting out checks in
payment of schocl teachers' salaries
Only $ 1td,.000 will be paid! to the
teacljirs at this timej. which is a Ut
lt.• more ihun half of what is due them
for theif second month's work on the
present year. *
The amount P being distributed
pro- rata, so that every teacher in the
•.-.fa ja jwtll get part of his, or her
. Hilary lor that timej The balance of
the amount due will not be paid the
teachers until sometime in JumV
when, it is exported. Governor Cand
ler will borrow money enough tto make
up the difference.
Dr. Geo. F. Payne, who lias been
-pending a few days on St. Simon,
i;,.'turne.4, to his home in Atlanta last
night.
10 COMMENCE WORK
INVtRY FEW DAYS
ARMOUR AND COMPANY WILL
REMODEL THE JULIUS MAY
BUILDING.
The Armour Packing Company, who
have recently leased the two-story
brick building of Julius May, at thev
corner of Gloucester and Bay streets,
for the purpose of establishing a cold
storage depot in Brunswick, will com
mence fne work of remodeling the
Uu,U„jing in a few days. It is under-,
stood that it is the intention of the
company to carry a full line of their
products in this city aaid tnat they will
make Brunswick a distributing point
for their southeast Georgia territory.
SHE STOOD WELL.
Brunswick Giri Makes Good Record
in Virginia School.
The following ieter received by Mr.
J. W. Griffith, principal of the Glynn
High school is self explanatory:
Lynchburg, Va., May 13.
t iincipal Glynn High School,
Brunswick, Ga.
Dear Sir: In reviewing the work of
the session I find that Miss Emma
Lee. uo was prepared in yoqMPsti
tution, lias done credit to your work.
She entered the Freshman class and
thus far has maintained her standing
well. We shall be pleased to hav<A
your continued good will and coopera
t.ua and if wq can assist you in any
way shall be glad to do so.
If you have any particularly prom
ising graduate whom you would like
Ito have pursue andvanced work in
| connection with a course in pedagogy
j with a view of having ner return to
i your own institution as a teacher we
j should take especial pleasure In assist
. ing such a student if necessary from
| our loan fund.
j With best wishes for your success
and prosperity, I am,
Yours truly,
W, W. Smith.
BRUNSWICK, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1902,
TELEGRAPH LINES
AT DAGGERS POINT
—♦ —
PACIFIC CABLE QUESTION IS THE*
CAUSE OF ALL THE
TROUBLE
The Postal and the Western Union*
Will Be the reading Spirits In
the Coming War.
Washington, May 23.—The matter
of the construction of a Pacific ca
ble seems to have resolved itself
into a contest between the two big tel
egraph companies, according to the de
bates so far upon the subject, although
the signal corps of the army and most
of the naval officers are in favor of a
government constructed and owned ca
ble. The Western Union company nat
urally is supporting a government ca
ble because the owners of the Postal
Telegraph and Commercial Cable are
the promoters and, iu fact, the men be
hind the Commercial Pacific Cable com
pany, which seeks to lay a line from
San Francisco to Manila. When the
Pacific cable proposition was first con
sidcred, the various companies desiring
to lay the cable asked large subsidies
from the government, and the senti
ment seemed to be that if the govern
ment was to pay anything for a cable
it would be better to construct it itself.
Now the Commercial people only want
an uninterrupted right to lay a cable of
Its own without subsidy. This would
be a great advantage to the Mackay
cable and land telegraph lines, there
fore the Western I'nloti interests are
opposing the proposition.
His Pride in the West.
Senator Clark of Montana Is no ora
tor and does not pretend to he, but be
occasionally grows eloquent when la*
gets warmed up over the west. I heard
him one night among a number of
western men tell how, as a boy, lie be
came interested in all the tales of tie*
west. He read everything he could
find about the west, both in history,
travel, adventure and story, lie told
his mother thut be intended to go out
Into that great west and make his for
tune. When in 1856 his father moved
to lowa, he felt his first great thrill of
pleasure. For a time he remained In
that then new country, but, longing for
the mountains and plains, be set out
six years later across what was still
supposed to be the “Great American
desert,” going first to Colorado and
then to Montana. He fought Indians
and went through numerous other ad
ventures, but steadily he amassed the
fortune be said be would seek years
before iu his Pennsylvania home. The
great west is bis pride and one of liis
enjoyments. While the new railroad
he is building front Salt Lake City to
the Pacific Is a business venture, his
greatest pride in it is that it will de
velop anew region of agricultural and
mineral richness and add to the wealth
and resources of the Rocky mountain
country. Upon this theme of the west,
its rapid development and its people,
Its boundless prospects for the future,
this rather silent man became eloquent,
and at the close of bis speech received
round after round of applause from
those men of the west who had shared
with him the early pioneer days.
Is This Ignorance?
“While you are talking about civil
service reform so much,” said a mem
ber who opposed it to a group who ad
vocated it, “I want to say that there
isn’t one of you here who can name the
governors of all the states. You can
perhaps name all the states, so
important an affair as the governors of
each state has slipped your memory.”
It transpired that no one could name
the governors of all or even a quarter
of the states. “In fact,” said one, “I
don't think I ever saw the names of
half the governors of the states. Gov
ernors are not in my line. I have
enough to do to keep track of the im
portant politicians In my district.”
“That's just it,” said the first speaker.
“You take any man with a good educa
tion and ‘gumption’ enough to be elect
ed a member of congress, and be could
not answer half of the civil service
questions.
House Personal Mention.
Representative Kahn of California
finds it easy to quote poetry, and when
he is called upon for a speech at some
Informal gathering he usually springs
some poem to Illustrate his subject or
remarks. He was on the stage ten
years, playing with tragedy kings and
queens, and retains ail the fire of dec
lamation he used in the days when hs
was behind the footlights.
Odd Fellows' Meeting.
The. Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
which meets in Atlantn on next Tue -
day, the 27th, will be the largest and
grandest gathering ever held in onr
state by any ftatemal organization.
This order has grown wonderfully in
the past twelve months.
The Brunswick lodges will all be rep
resented .
SWALLOWS HIS
TEETH Hi DIES
♦
WELL' KNOWN JACKSONVILLE
MAN MEETS AN UNUS
UAL DEATH.
While Eating an Orange His Fals' .
> Teeth Were Swallawed and
Death Resulted.
Jacksonville, Fla.. May 23.-—The
death of Benjamin Id. Hopkins, which
occurred here yesterday, was from a
cause almost unknown to medical sci
ence.
On April 13, as lie was eating ail or
ange, lie sneezed violently, and as he
did so a plate with four or five false
teeth was iu some wav drawn down his
throat He choked and was about to
strangle when the teeth slipped further
down, presumably into his stomach.
Physicians and surgeons were called
in immediately and an attempt was
made to locate the teeth. Inflammation
set in in his throat, from lacerations
made by the teeth in going down, it
Was thought, and a hole was cut in hi;
windpipe. After about three weeks it
was discovered that the teeth had not
gone into the stomach, but were in the
throat just under the clavicle. Au op
eration was successful in removing
them and it was thought that Mr. Hop
kins would recover, but he was t- o
weak.
Mr. Hopkins was known from one
end of this state to the other and in
Georgia a* well, having been in the
transportation business all of his life
until the last few months. He was con
nected with the East Teuneseo, Virginia
aud Georgia railroad company and with
the Louisville and Nashville in this eiiy
and in St. Augustin as passenger agent.
THE LADIES MAKE
IN!(RESTING REPORT
FULL STATEMENT OF THE WORK'
OF THE OAK GROVE CEME
TER SOC’ET
The Oak Grove Cemetery Society,
having received from the public the
means for carrying on its work, here
by submit its first annual report:
The condition of Oak Grove corn
tery, previous to March 1, 1901. is to
well known for comment. A few la
dies, seeing the wilderness, ol wends,
the piles of trash, the fallen fences,
the dilapidated building, all suround
ed by a rusty iron fence, determined to
unite in an effort to improve the place
confident that all which was needed
was systematic work aim a moderate
amount of money to- pay a workman.
Their first encouragement was an
offer of SSO a year from Captain Jos.
Lassare to pay ..*e wages of a man
t,o keep him all the time.
A meeting was called for March 3,
1901, at which auout twenty ladies
twenty ladies were present and th , !-
lowing officres were elected by' ballot:
Mrs. G. O. Wilder, president; Mrs, T.
F. Smith, vice prcsMient; Mrs. .1. A.
Montgomery, secretary. Mrs. A.
Banks, treasurer.
It was decided to solicit monthly
subscriptions from those interested
and Mrs. TANARUS, F. Smith was apnointed.
solicitor for the southern portion of
fhq city and Mrs. Young, assisted by
Mrs. Coles berry, for the northern por
tion. ,
After a week or two, the reports of
the committees warranted the offer of
$4,00 weekly to a workman, and a
young white man wias employed, he
makings his application before an as
sembled meeting. In July, this man
gave up the position and a colored man
was employed at, $4,50 per week, who
is still at work at $5,00 per week. Sev
eral times during the year, when tt|*
needs were growing very fast, the so
ciety wits obliged to hire an extra man
for a few days.
The worn at the cemetery lias been
personally superintended the presi
dent . who- was assisted by Mrs. Jos.
I. ass err • jm whose good taste and
love for timvors, the beautiful floral
effect is mostly due. These ladies ar
at th cemetery every Wednesday and
Saturday afternoon, to whom Till com
’op-Bui aq ppioqs sjsanboa puts spipqd
and not to the workman.
From March 2, 1901, to April, 1902,
the society held twenty meetings, all
proceedings of which have been re
corded in the secretary’s book, the
THE IRRIGATION BILL
IN THE HOUSE YESTERDAY
secretary and treasurer both resigning
during the summer on account of ill
health. There being no ladies who
could conveniently fill their places 111 ?
president assumed their duties until
the t'ml of (he year.
The collectors appointed for t.
yejir were Mrs. T. F. Smith and Mrs.
J. 12. Young, the latter assisted by
Mrs. J. E. Young and Mrs. Christie.
Mrs. Jennings collecting for a short
tj.iie. The amount collected by tdri
ia .ms during the year was $261,00.
the amount paid out $258.50. All
money not required for Immediate use
has been deposited in the Brunswick
Bank and Trust company.
Mrs. Smith was treasurer of the de
partment during fne past yefar and
was re-elected for the ensuing year.
Th regular society duep are five
cents a month are used for incidental
purposes. The amount collected was
$42,10, all of which was expended for,
tools, drayage and stationary.
At the request of the society i,lre.
city removed the old building and for
months material and funds were so
licited for anew one, and there is now
finished and paid for a little chapel
suitable for a place to hold soeiejty
meetings, for funerals and the storage
of the workman’s tools.
For the drawing and specification;
g.uitlie society is indebted to the gen t
e realty ol Geo. W. Lane, architect. At
lantal. For building material thanks
arc due Mr. A. c. Banks, Mr. Ton as,
Mr. Sizer, Mr. Uonzelman, Mr. Mil kip
and M.r. Aiidiersoii. For suiugles, i.aug
Wood and Mrs Christie, for oil aim
paint Mr, Johannesen and Mr. J. Ma
son and to nails, Mr. J. O’Conor. Mr.
Baldwin very kindly laid the brick:
work free of charge. Mr. Lytle paint
dllie gate arch. Mr. Jennings con
tributed a hi hie and Mrs. Young a
chair. Thanks are due Mr. McCreary
for valuable assistance during the
year. * ‘ - .
For tire Cash expense of the d'hapel
ihq city appropriated $75. and 78 ritj
zca- contributed sum?from l*jt*qents
to twelve dollaa, aggregating ,$ Bitty
Every name is recorded. The value'
of tlio chapel is stiniatd at S4OO.
Th city anticipated our wishes and
painted the fence and also appropria
ted $3.00 weekly an,., this,, with our
regular subscriptions, will enable us
to keep a man at work all the time
during the present year.
Again we thank all who have so
cheerfully assisted us in accomplishing
even more than we expected to do
when the year began.
Airs. G. O. Wilder. President.
Alls. T. F. Smith, \ ico President
NEW COMMITTEE
MET YESTERDAY
F. E. TWiTTY WAS RE-ELECTED
CHAIRMAN AND D. W. KRAUSS
MADE SECRETARY.
’[ he newly elected democratic exec
utive committee met at. the court house
yesterday and effected organization.
I. E. Twitty was elected chairman
■uni I). W. Nrauss secretary.
Rules were adopted to govern the
primary to be held June fi.
Judge S, (’. Atkinson and Rev. D.
Watson Winn were elected delegates
to the senatorial convention and Mes
srs. H. F. du Bignon and B. F. Lewis
were elected alternates.
The committee adjourned until June*
6. when delegates to the gubernator
ial convention will he elected.
LITTLE LOCAL NEWS NOTES.
A squad cl naval reserves un-
Ounnersmate Bailey will have a target
practice out on the boulevard this af
ternoon.
Remember the banks will close to
day at 1 o’clock. People should draw
their pay rolls before that hour.
Preaching services will he conducted
by Rev. J. W. Weston at the Me-
IvOndree Methodist church tonic row.
All cordially invited to hear him.
the little infant of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Elliot died at their Home on Car
penter street Wednesday. The re
mains were takn to Mcßae Thursday
for interment.
The Brunswick baseball club has
malic arrangements to play the Fer
nandina team in that city on June 6.
Turner Brewer, they hustling rep
resentative of Kaloia, one of the heist
remedies on earth for human ills, Is
kp i-jzdliig Ainie tim ein the city.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ITS CHANCES
LOOK GOOD
——
FRIENDS OF THE MEASURE ARE
ENCOURAGED OVER UNLOCKED
FOR SUPPORT WHICH HAS
BEEN RECEIVED.
IT IS THOUGHT THAT SENATORS
FROM THE SOUTH AND THE
EAST WILL BE IN FAVOR OF
ITS PASSAGE.
Washington, May 23. The ir
rigation bill was resumed in the
house again today and the se favoring
the bill are encouraged. Of course they
expected to pass their liiil in the sen
ate, but they did not expect to receive
so niucli support from - men whose
states are not to be directly benefited
by the measure. Senator Hansbrough
has been receiving the congratulations
of his fellow senators for the manner
in which he handled the bill in the sen
ate. He made but one brief speech on
it when first reported. Then he watch
ed his chance and slipped tlio bill in
behind the Philippine tariff bill as the
unfinished business. Without antago
nizing any one and only answering such
questions os were necessary he kept
the measure to the front until H was
passed. But what encourages these
men from the west is the cordial in
dorsement given the bill by Pena'ors
Hoar and Gallinger from New Knglaiid
states and Tillman, Bacon aud Clay
from the southern states. If the sen
tiwentH which tin se men express per
meates members of. Urn bmtse from lhe._
same sections, f th< re ought TO be a fair ’
chance to get the bill through the
house. ’
Newlands In the House.
The irrigation bill is known nS the
Hnnsbroiigh-Ncwlnnde bill because the
measures were Identical ns introduced
In both bouses. The Nevada repre
sentative was not quite successful in
getting it reported from the commit
tee on arid lands ns lie introduced it,
but still he is glad to get it before tlio
house. If It ever passes, any material
differences will be arranged in con
ference. The great difficulty will lie in
getting consideration In the house.
Speaker Henderson is not behoved to
he very much in favor of It. but if a
majority asks for irs consideration the
committee on rules may decide to
grant time. The western men have
been working earnestly for the bill
and are making converts, ' r he fact
that the president is outspoken ..it .t
is a great help, and this is being used
with good effect.
An Origon Senator's Move.
When Senator Mitchell first went
west, lie sailed to Panama, crossed the
Isthmus and thence up Hie coast, set
tling at Sun Obispo, Cal. “1 came
uear being a Golden State man,” said
Senator Mitchell to a party of friends.
“I intended to settle at San Obispo
and begin llie practice of law. It was
a small place. There was only one
woman there.” As he paused some
one piped out, “And that's why you
moved ouV” “I said,” continued Sen
ator Mitchell, “that there was only one
woman there who could speak Eng
lish. All the rest spoke Spanish. 1
concluded that there was not sufficient
scope there for my talents, and I went
on to Portland, and 1 am glad of it.
That was back in 1860. I bare been
elected to the senate four times and
am naturally grateful to tlie people of
Oregon.” And Oregon has reason to ba
grateful to Senator Mitchell, for no
man has done more for the state la
congress than he.
Representatives Reappear.
For two months a certain number of
representatives have been “out of
sight.” Seldom would they lie seen in
the house even to answer to roll calls,
and then only In case of urgent neces
sity. The fact that they did occasion
ally respond to their names showed
that they were somewhere about the
Capitol. But cards could never find
them in the house, and seldom could
they be found elsewhere. These men
were Burton, Ohio; Reeves, Illinois;
Dovenor, West Virginia; Bishop. Mich
igan; Acheson, Pennsylvania: Morris,
Minnesota; Alexander, New York;
Tongue, Oregon; Lawrence, Massachu
setts; Davidson, Wisconsin; MrLach
ian, California; I.efßer, Georgia; Bank
head, Alabama; McCulloch, Arkansas;
Sparkman, Florida; Ball, Texas, and
Bansdell, Louisiana. They could be
seen by those who went to the capitol
early or remained there late, for they
ware away among the first to arrive
and the last to leave. They were bur
.ed in a committee room, making a
river and harbor bill. T - ”