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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOLUME 1; NUMBER 221.
CITY COUNCIL HELD
INTERESTING SESSION
SCLONS HUD
MUCH BUSINESS
T. E. FLANDERS APPOINTED AS
ASSISTANT SANITARY INSPEC
TOR AND WILL BEGIN WORK
AT ONCE.
MANY PETITIONS, RESOLUTIONS,
REPORTS, ETC., CAME UP FOR
ACTION OFFICIAL PROCEED
INGS OF THE MEETING.
Regular Meeting.
Brunswick, Ga., June 12.
Present lion. A. 1.. Franklin.
Chairman of Council, Aldermen New
man. MeCarvejf, Kaiser. Cook and
Taylor.
Absent Mayor Emanuel, Aldermen
du Hignon and Calhoun.
Minutes of meeting May 211 read
and confirmed.
Petitions.
From J, J. I .issuer for permission
lo ereet stable on lot opposite Nat
ional Hank, on Grant street. Ma
terial and roof to be fire proof, lie
ferred to committee on police and
building permits.
From William Mahoney for per
mission to erect two one-story frame
houses on New Town lots 052 and
052. Granted.
From C. 1,. Davenport for permis
sion to erect a wooden shed at 300
Monk street, to lie in compliance
with regulation of fire ordinance. He
fere.l tto committee on piliee, fire end
building permits.
Frm G. W. Cline, to ereet frame
shed room with tarred roof on Old
Town lot. No. 1.11. Referred to com
mittee on polee, fire and building per
mils.
From W. E. Kay, trustee, for re
fund of excess tux paid by bin) by
reason of failure to strike from hi:
return certain lots that bad been
hold, returned by others and taxes
paid, towit: Windsor Park lots 2, lb,
24, 51, fil, 78 and 80, and Dixvilie
lots 1,2, 3 and 1, west of Davis street,
between London and Prince. Refer
red to committee on taxes, and reve
nues.
From Brunswick Bank & Trust
Company for correction of error in as
sessment on I'no shares of the ba'”
by af essors to the market value as
provided by daw. Granted.
Front E. A. Penniman for exchange
of lots 5 and 7, section 12, Palmetto
Cemetery, to lotts 5 and 7, sectin 13.
Granted.
Communications.
From H. S. McCrary offering $300.00
for the material In the old market
building, exclusive of the iron col
umns. Ordered filed.
From Judge Whitfield, in toe mat
ter of the condition of the old Mine
han slabksf alleging that ,t’ne same
had been placed in proper sanitary
condition, and demurring to the order
by the mayor and council to tear
down the walls remaining. On mo
tion Judge Whitfield was heard on the
demurrer and the wnole matter re
ferred hack to the board of health.
From Chris. Short, offering $65 for
the material in the old Baptist
church. Ordered filed.
Reports.
From commute on sanitation, light
ami water on the communication of
tne Board of Ueaith recommending
the apointment at once of TANARUS, W. Flan
ders as additional sanitary inspector
at a salary of S3O per month, recom
mending that same be adopted. Re
port adopted.
From same committee on petition
of the Downing Cos., Ellis Young Cos.,
and estate Isaac for two fire hydrant*
near their premises, lower part of
city, recommending that same he
granted, provided the city be not put
to expense of laying any pipe for said
purpose, and the chief of fire depart
meat he instructed to determine loca
iTbn and notify tne Brunswick Light
and Water Cos. Adopted.
From city attorney on the matter
of city’s title to New Town lots 1241,
1245 and 1246, old Baptist church
property, stating hits opinion that the
mayor and council has a perfect title
to the lots. Ordered filed.
The following motion prevailed:
That the clerk of eomici! he instruct
ed to advertise for thirty days for
sealed bids for said property: New
Town lots) 1244, 1245 and 1246 and
improvements thereon, reserving the
right to' tine mayor and council to
reject any and at bids
Reports. .
From marshal S. A Burney for
input .. - i, >\ . us arrects, 22
w. 5; .barged, Si 7 eases docketed for vio
lation of sanitary ordinance. Police
fines $237.85. Executions collected
204.45. Costs SIO.OO. Impounding
fees $47.00. Marks and brands, $12.45.
2,050 bushels of shells placed on
streets. Ordered published and filed.
From J. A. Butts, city physician, for
month of May. accompanied by mor
ttirary report. Ordered filed.
Resolutions.
By Alderman Cook—Whereas, it
appears that there are certain “dead
ends" in the water works system,
preventing the proper circulation of
the water, thus making an unsanitary
condition. Therefore be it resolved
by the mayor and aldermen of the city
f Brunswick in council assembled:
First. That It is the sense of this
council that such defects should lie
remedied byi the Brunswick I.ignt
& Water Cos. and thai all such "dead
ends" be connected' with a suitab.e
main.
Second. That the committee on
light and water and sanitation are
hereby authorised to confer with a
proper representative of the said I fight
& Water Cos. with a view of having
said company fake the necessary steps
to correct such defects. Adopted.
P> Alderman Cook Be it resolved
by the mayor and aldermen of the
city of Brunswick in council assem
hied thal the city engineer is hereby
'ii'truete.l to inspect all street cross-
of the various railroads entering
diis city, and to report their condition
,o ibis council ul its next, regular
meeting. Adopted.
Hy Alderman Franklin—Whereas,
and is cure mly reported amongst the
citizens and tax payers of this city,
that a certain official of :j:iid citv. to
wit. the Superintend cut of Sanitation,
has lately deposed of certain property
of said city, plated jp hi s custody, to
wit. certain old Iron of the value of
in..,,, thirty debars; anti failed to
properly and just account for the pro
ceeds thereof;
And whereas, certain citizens and
tax payers of (his city have brought
'his matter to t m attention of Indi-
of this body,
1 horpforc. he ii, and it is hereby
resolved, that a committee of three
members' of this body be appointed
by the mayor to investigate said
matter ami that if be tix 1 duty of said
•ommifteo to ascertain whether or not
there is sufficient grounds to suspect
lie guilt of raid official to authorize
the preferment of charges against
Mm for misconduct ir o<i| ee an ,| j„
the event raid commute shall find
that there is sufficient, ground then it
;hall he their duty to prepare in writ
ing a specific, statement of charges
against him and have aim served with
a ropy of same, at least five days
before the next rfieefing of tails body,
together- with a notice to appear at
said next meeting and show cause
why sue!) charges should tie sustain
ed and lid he dismissed from office,
and, inn any event, il tfho.ll lie the
duty of said committee to report their
find to the next meeting of this body.
Adopt, and
The chair appointed as committee
Aldermen (look. Newman and Kaiser.
Tlills and accounts properly ap
proved and .indited, read and ordered
placed in course of settlement. Ad
journed. N. D. RUSSELL,
Clerk of Council.
No Indictment Against Geef Trust.
New Orleans. June 12. —The Unit-
States grand jury, who has been in
vestigating the beef trust, was today
dismissed, without day. no indictment
having been returned. This is under
stood to mean that the government has
given up the task as hopeless. The
local packing house managers had re
fused to answer questions, and al
though Judge Pariange. of lh<- United
States district court decided that, they
must answer, the witnesses had pre
pared to further resist through their
attorneys by taking our fialioas corpus
proceedings.
Wreck Record for Thtj^^onths.
Washington, June 12.—During the
three months ended Dec. 31 last there
were 1,481 railroad collisions and 877
derailments in tin United States, in
which 274 persons were killed and
2,089 injured. Accidents of ail other
kinds increased the total to 813 killed
and 10,235 injured. The damage to
ears, engines and roadway by these ac
cidents amounted to $2,070,091
Dragged to Doom by Train.
• Calera, Ala., June 12.—John Pll
green, one of the oldest citizens of
Calera, was found dead and terribly
mangled on the Louisville and Nash
ville railroad about 5 o’clock yester
day morning. Evidence of his having
been dragged by the train for nearly
a mile was very plain, portions of his
body and clothing being found where
the train first struck him.
BRUNSWICK, GA„ FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 13, 1902.
CONFERENCE IS
NOW IN SESSION
MINISTERS OF THE WAYCROSS
DISTRICT HOLDING MEETING
IN BRUNSWICK.
First Methodist Church Was Crowded
Yesterday With Ministerss and
Citizens.
The Wayeross District Conference,
of tae Methodist church, convened at
Id o’clock yesterday morning in the
First Methodist church, this city.
Rev. ,T, W. Weston, of Wayeross, pro
viding elder, presided over the delib
erations, and Rev. J. W. Tinley, of
Jesup, acted as secretary.
The session is otie of the largest
attended in the history of the con
ference, more than one hundred dele
gates being in attendance. Toe fore
noon meeting yesterday was devoted
to routine matters and nothing of
unusual interest occurred.
The introductory sermon was de
livered by Rev. W. A. Huekabee,
president of the orphan's home at
Mcßae, and as a strong and able
discourse. The feature of the meet
ing last night was an eloquent ser
inon by Rev. A. M. Williams, of Way
cross, which was heard by a large
number of delegates and Brunswick
citizens generally.
The conference will meet at to
o’clock this morning, when routine
business matters will he resumed. At
7 o’clock tonight Rev. Bascom An
thony, the gifted Savannah divine, will
deliver a sermon, and the public is
cordially invited to attend.
Considerable interest is manifested
in the appointment of the ministers
in various parts of the district, which
will occur tomorrow.
GEORGIA BAR AfSOCITiON.
Called to Meet in Warm Springs on
July 2.
The following call for a meeting of
the Georgia Bar Association lias been
Issued by Secretary Orville A. Park:
The ninteenth annual session of the
Georgia Bar Association will tie in-id
at Warm Springs, Ga., on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, July, 2,3 and
4, 1902. The first session will begin
at 10 a, m. July 2. Al! committees of
the association are called to meet at
S:3O p. in. on Tuesday, July 1, at
Warm Springs.
The annual address will be deliver
ed by foe United States Circuit Judge
Horace H. Lurton, of Tennessee. A
strong.and attractive programme lias
been aranged. The railroads have
given rate of one fare for the round
trip from all points in Georgia.
By order of the executive com
mittee.
ORVILLE A. PARK, Secretary.
Macon, Ga., June 9, 1902.
TO USE AUGUSTA GRAVEL.
Two Cars Arrived Yesterday for
Brunswick Streets.
Two car loads of Augusta gravel
reached the city yesterday to lie used
on the streets of Brunswick.
This shipment of gravel will be
n.s, and to fill in the many bad places,
over the city, and it comes at an
apportune time, as some of our
streets arc in a very bad condition at
present. Other shipments will prob
ably be received later.
The New,si is certainly glad to see
that the attention of fne city council
has been turned to our streets and
we sincerely nope they will continue
tin good work and give the people the
streets they deserve.
ATROCIOUS CRIME IN TENNESSEE
Two Men Foully Assaulted In Hancock
County—Arrests Made.
Knoxville, June 12. —A special to
The Sentinel from Sneedville says an
atrocious assassination occurred in the
mountain section of Hancock county
Saturday night, when shots were
heard, and the dead men were not
found until Sunday, covered with mud
and water, rain having fallen.
Grant Seal and John Davis had been
shot down on a public highway. Davis,
it is said, was a kinsman of Clinton
Legear, with whose killing Governor
and Drury Lawson are charged. It is
said Davis and Seal would have been
important witnesses against the haw
sons. The killing occurred near the
home of the father of the Lawsons.
Per/y Myers has been arrested and
other arrests may follow. The coro
ner is investigating.
PROTEST FILED
BE COL ESTILL
*.
CHARGES IRREGULARITIES IN
MANY COUNTIES IN THE
STATE.
Addresses Communication to Chair
man Brown Asking For a
Recount.
F°l I. H. Estill, of Savannah, has
"‘"•I a Protest in the recent guberna
“ •”'dairy. Following is „ ( . o py
1,1 '‘'Her addressed to Chairman
down, oi the executive committee;
Savannah, Ga.. June 11, i;O2.
lien. E. T. Brown, Chairman State
Democratic Executive Committee
Allanta. Ga.—Dear Sir: From iufor
",a,lou received within the past few
'".VS, I am satisfied that there were
irregularities in the democratic pri
mary election held June 5, J 902, and
I horofore prottest against the ’claim
tl,al Hol ’- M. Terrell has re
e.'ivi'd 196 votes, or any number of
votes by which it is claimed that he
m the nominee of the democratic party
° r <hl ' 0,1100 ° r governor of the state
<>f Georgia.
I nis protest is based on the fol
lowing grounds, 1o wit:
“That in (he county of Cobb, J. N.
Gram, chairman of the democratic
executive committee of said county,
did issue and circulate a circular sign'
od by him in which he statod that
110 ''allots would be counted in the
democratic primary in said county un
less each ballot had his name aw
chairman, thereon, and in that way
and manner and by such means a
l roe expression of Ihe opinion of the
voters was prevented in said county.
hurtner, thail in the county of
Banks, tickets, claiming to be offi
cial, were printed and circulated in
Uh "‘ *-f tv, candidates
lor tne nomination for governor, Du
pont Guorry and J. It. Kstill, were
printed with a blank or obliterating
rule printed over said names, there
by preventing voters in said county
from expressing their choice of can
didates at l ho (Kills at said promary
elect ion.
“And this said protestant, J. H. Es
lill, further declares that he believes
that sairi unfair and undemocratic
methods used in (he county of Cobb
and the county of Banks were also
used in other counties to obtain votes
for the said Hon. J. M. Terrell in vio
lation of the rules promulgated by
tne state democratic executive corn
mitten.
In the county /)f Laurens, whore
there was only 1 a sfmall majority of
votes) cast against the said J. H. Ea
tiil, he is informed that one precinct
was not counted, and he believes tiiat
Hirid uncounted precinct would have
given him the majority of the votes
111 said county.
"In the county of Jefferson he is re
lialily informed that one or more pro
einefsi were closed before tlio hour of
closing prescribed by law, and bad
said voting precincts been kept open
until the proper hour of closing same
iiad arrived, he would nave received
a majority of the votes in said coun
ty,
“Moreover, he has reason to believe,
and in some instances has wnat he
deem.} to be reliable information,
that lie received a majority of votes
in the following counties, which coun
ties are reported to have given ma
jorities (o Hon. J. M. Terrell or Hon-
Dupont Guerry, namely: Emanuel,
Towns, Union, White, Dawson, Wash
ington. Murray, Dade, Lowndes, Gil
mer, Forsyth, Worth, Miller, Fannin.
Colquitt and others.
“And, furthermore, he Is informed
tnat in the county, of Tatnall, in one
°f th c precincts, the manager refused
to open the polls, because there wasj
no one present to represent Mr. Guer
ry as hit* managed, and, the othjer
voters, who were thus disfranchised,
were adherents of the protestant, J.
11. Estiil, were deprived of their right
to vote.
“He further avers from genera, re
port that unfair means were resorted
to in registering voters; that facili
ties were afforded the adherents of
Hon. J. M. Terrell and not those of J.
H. Estill and Dupont Guerry to reg
ister by means of divers device*.
"And he further believes that there
are other irregularities in other coun
ties, and that if there is another count
and the frregul&rities and iilegalites
VENEZUELAN CRISIS
EAST APPROACHING
are corrected, the sad protestant, J.
H. Estill. and Dupont Guerry will
s,iiow that together they received a
larger number of votes by counties'
than the said Hon. J. M. Terrell.
“He, the said J. H. Estill, there
fore, in the best interests of the dem
ocratic party of Georgia, requests that
a recount and full investigation of the
alleged irregularities be made under
supervision provided by law, and that
he be permitted through his friends
or legai advisors to witness all pro
ceedings connected therewith.
“I am quite well aware of the fact
that the convention will he foe ex
clusive judge of the election returns
and qualifications of its own members,
and I ani not asking you or the com
mittee to decide this, question. All I
ask is that a recount he ordered in
the counties I have named, so that
t lie convention will have before it
evidence upon which to act In case of
a contest over the seats of any county
delegation. Yours very truly,
J. H. ESTIhL.”
GIVEN ONE HUNDRED LASHE3.
Whitecappers Administer Severe Pun
ishment to Soutli Carolina Man.
Spartanburg, S. June 12. —J. C.
Perry, of this city, was taken from
his home by a band of whitecappers,
and although he made a frantic ef
fort to escape was carried to a spot
just outside the corporate limits and
given a severe whipping. His back
was hared and with a stout buggy
trace in strong hands 100 lashes weie
administered.
After the whitecappers had complet
ed the Chastisement they took Perry
to the railway station, lie was forced
to board the midnight westbound
train and warned never to be seen in
Spartanburg again.
it Is declared that only for a few
cooler heads in the mob Perry would
have been lynched, as the anger of
many of those who took part in ttie
affair .was al white hoot
It has been noticed recently that
Perry would almost daily entice young
school girls from 12 to 15 years of age
into Ills ofliee. His actions aroused
suspicion and an investigation follow,
ed. It Is asserted that the suspicion
of those who made the investigation
was_ confirmed and it was then plan
ned to mete out the punishment to
Perry which he received.
Perry is married and has two chil
dren. He is of middle age and is said
to be a man of considerable means.
SAVES HIS FAMILY FROM FIRE.
North Carolina Farmer Rescues Wife
and Three Children.
Charlotte, N. C., June 12.—J. N. Wil
son, a farmer of this county, rescued
by almost superhuman effoits his wife
and three children from his burning
home yesterday morning.
The Wilson home was set on lire
by an unknown fiend who did his work
thoroughly.
When Wilson awoke a sheet of
flames almost enveloped the bed in
which his wife and children were
sleeping. He first carried his wife to
safety and then went back after his
three little ones.
He lost everything, including some
money he had in a trunk.
NEW HOTEL FOR ALBANY, GA.
Company Is Being Formed To Erect
One Costing $50,000.
Albany, Ga., June 12.—A stock com
pany is being formed in Albany for
the purpose- of erecting a modern ho
tel building and application will soon
he made to the superior court for a
charter.
It is proposed to erect a building
costing $50,000. S. T. Philpot, present
manager of the New Albany, is at the
head of the movement, and he states
that subscriptions for something more
than $40,000 of the capital stock have
already been received. The new build
ing will he placed on a corner lot in
the business center.
Farmer Is Declared Insane.
Charlotte, N. C„ June 12—Allan
Cogsdell, the farmer of Rutherford
county who issued invitations to his
friends to witness him suicide, has
been adjudged insane and will be
taken to the state hospital at Morgan- j
ton. Cogedell was at one time one of
the most prominent farmers of his
section.
Young Goes Up For Life.
Savannah, June 12.—Richard Young,
a negro, was tried and found guilty
in the superior court of the murder of
Dower Fountain, a young white boy
16 years of age, oil the night of March
27 last. The verdict of the Jury recom
mended life Imprisonment.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THEY REALIZE
A REVOLUTION
CASTRO AND HIS BEST TROOPS
ARE NOW MEETING DAILY DE
FEATS—SAYS REVOLUTION IS
NO MYTH.
GEN. MATHOS, WHO HAS TAKEN
COMMAND OF THE REVOLU
TION, MARCHES ON CARCAS
WITH ARMY OF 5,000.
Port of Spain, Island of Trinidad,
Wednesday. June 4. —Correspondence
of the Associated Press.—Events are
marching with giant strides in the
country of Bolivar. President Castn,
of Venezuela, has been forced to rec
ognize that the Matos revolution is no;
a myth, for his host troops are beaten
dally by the revolutionary forces, and
at the present hour, from north to
south, from east to west, the country is
rising as one man against Castro.
General Matos, who likewise enti
tles himself president, has personally
taken command of the revolution and
was on June 1 at Urica, 20 leagues dis
tant from Carupano, marching toward
Caracas with an army which some per
sons estimated at 5,200 men and oth
ers at 7,500.
Deadly Struggle Predicted.
To believe, however, that he will
reach the capital and take possession
of the presidency without a deadly
struggle would he an illusion. General
Castro la preparing to offer resistance
and hopes to bar the invasion either in
the plains of Carabobo or in the valley
of the Tuy.
This is not the only direction in
which the president’s political horizon
is menaced. Coro, Valencia and Bar
quismeto are all more or less in the
power of the revolutionists. At Coro
Generals Ptera and Solagni have af
fected a junction and are absolute
masters of the environs. Revolution
ary troops enter the city of Valencia
every night and as the town is no
longer lighted give themselves up to
all sorts of reprisals. Even LaGuira,
the port of Caracas, is attacked night
ly by armed bands, who, on the night
of May 27, killed the military chief
of Maiquetia before his own door. All
this is hard fact, and will give a vague
idea of the social condition of Vene
zuela All these bands only await the
approach of Matos’ army to their rtis
tricts to hasten to join him.
Castro’s Arbitrary Acts.
President Castro's political conduct
leads to (he belief that before bis de
parture he will indulge in the commit
tal of all sorts of extra arbitrary acts.
He has lately suppressed the news
papers El Tiempo and LaLlnterna, ar
rested the manager of the Bank of
Caracas, Mr. Castillo, imposed on tho
widow of the late Guzman Blanco a
forced war contribution of one million
and has arrested the president of con
gress, General Tosta Garcia, and the
president of the Societe Francaise, Mr.
DeVidale Rlgo. a highly respected man,
on very slight suspicion. Such is the
way in which he treats his supposed
enemies. He has also caused Ills faith
ful officer, General Davila, the van
quisher of ElMoeho, to be arrested af
ter a very violent scene at the palace
of Miraflores, during which Davllo re
preached him with his ingratitude. The
relation of these facts will prove the
nature of the atmosphere in which
Venezuelans and foreigners resident
in Venezuela are obliged to live. Ev
erybody Is expecting the Imposition of
a forced war contribution. Business is
paralyzed and the banks are without
specie. The Bank of Caracas, the cap
ital of which is 6,000,000 bolivars (a
bolivar is equivalent to about 20
cents) has only 125,000 bolivars in its
coffers; that is to say about $25,000.
Whatever may be the result of the
revolution, General Castro said to one
of his intimate friends a few days
ago:
"I shall show them that I am neither
Anueza nor Andrade, whom they sent
to LaGuira In a basket. If I leave
my palace at Miraflores it will be feet
foremost.’’
Salaries of Cuban Solons.
Havana, June 12.—President Palma
has signed the bill fixing the salaries
of members of the Cuban senate and
bouse of representatives at $3,600 a
year.