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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOLUME 1; NUMBER 226.
CAPITAL STOCK OF
B.&B. WAS INCREASED
STOCKHOLDERS
MET YESTERDAY
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PURCHASE OF THE OFFERMAN
AND WESTERN RAILROAD COM
PANYANDITS PROPERTIES AND
FRANCHISES CONFIRMED.
DIRECTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS
DISPLAYED ENTHUSIASM AT
THE MEETING—WERE PLEAS
ED WITH PROGRESS OF ROAD.
The direr-torn arul of
tin' Brunswick Ai Birmingham rail
road held a very important meeting
in the offices of the company yester
day, and transacted a large amount
of business! connected with the road.
Among those present at the meeting
wen President Hyde and Secretary
and Treasurer 0. .1. Bushnell. A num
her ef local directors and stockhoM
ei-M were also present, among them
being Mressrs. Id. 11. Mason and J. .1,
l-ott.
Much enthusiasm was displayed at
the meeting, and all present were
much pleased with the progress of the
work of t'ne new line.
The stockholders authorized lae dl
rc. mi .... to increase Lie capital stock
loti, per cent. A bond issue was also
regularly authorized, looking to the
completion of the roa.l to Birming
ham.
The purchase of the Offorman &
W'eslern Railroad Company and all
ifs properties and franchises was au
thorised, also the purchase of tin
charter and franchise of the Kufiila &
Birmingham Railroad Company.
Id very share of stock was represent
ed and voted at the meeting.
The 11. & IS. has now evidently
passed the stage of infancy and will
if/iiin In- an important trunk line, trav
el dug the richest land of Georgia and
Alabama.
The work or completing tae road to
Offernian is now being rapidly- push
ed, and a very large force of hands
are at work. It is expected that the
road will reach Offernian about July 1,
where will he made with
the OiTi-inan & Western, which ex
tends to Nichols in Coffee county. The
road will then be rapidly pushed on
lo Birmingham.
Alter the meeting yesterday the of
ficialss! of the road, accompanied by
General Manager McDuffie and Chief
engineer Roberts, left the city over
a special train arid made an inspec
tion of the line, and they expressed
themselves- as thoroughly pleased
with tlie progress of the new line, tne
business tnat It was enjoyig at presr
out and the general bright outlook
lor the tuture of the enterprise, which
Guy are greatly interested in.
The meeting yesterday was the first
held in some time and the interest
and entnusiasm displayed in it by
the stockholders was a 'source of
pleasure to all Brunswick.
ATLANTIC COAST LINE.
Details of Itts Absorption of the
Plant System.
Baltimore, Mil., June 18. —Tae de
ttails of the financial arrangements
under which the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad absorbs, the Plant System
are made public today. There will
be a consolidated mortgage at the
rate of $20,000 a mile on the 4,000
miles of roail which the -merger in
cludes. This mortgage will he in the
Shape of 4 per cent, bonds. The con
solidated company also secures the
right to issuse $25,000,000 of 4 per
cent, certificates of indebtedness,
with the authority secured to increase
the capital stock to $42,000,000 the
Atlantic Coast Line will have a total
authorized capitalization, in first mort
gage fronds, certificates of indebted
ness and capital sock of $147,000,000.
As now constituted the system will
extend from Washington, Lb C., to
Tampa and Punta Gorda, Kla., with
Norfolk, Wilmington, Charleston, Sa
vannah and Jacksnnville as the sea
port outlets, and Atlanta and Mont
gomery as the gateways to the west.
LARGEST MILL IN THE WORLD.
Cotton Factory And Mill Village Will
Be Near Greensboro, N. C.
Greensboro. N. June IS. —Moses
amt Caesar Cone, large mill ami real
estate owners in this state, announce
this’ evening their purchase of 1.600
acres of land, adjoining this city, on
which they will at once begin the erec
tion o£ another cotton factory and
mill village.
Contract has been awarded for Ifi,-
000,000 brick to lmiid with. The mill
will make blue denim goods exelo
sivcly and will lie the largest plant
ot the kind on earth.
There will he 30,000 spindles and
3,000 looms in operation, employing
3,000 operatives. The power will be
supplied by a 2,SOP horse power en
gine. Material and supplies have al
ready been contract oil for and esti
mated time required for completing
buiUting is in one year The. mill will
he in the neiglihornooi of the two
large cotton mills here and will ho
furnished water from the same dam.
It is; one mile from the city and from
the large finishing mill.
Tn<! Corn's are the principal stock
holders in thi'S latest mill and Moses
Cone gives out. that the company has
figured out that the building and
equipping of the plant ready to begin
operations will cost SI.SfiIMMIO. They
are thoroughly prepared to carry it to
a finish.
HACHIKS WILL Ail
BL mcm) lODAY
BOARD OF EDUCATION WILL
NAME THEM AT MEETING TO .
BE HELD TODAY.
The Board of Education will hold
an important meeting this morning.
In addition to the regular routine
business, such as Inc auditing of ac
counts, passing of vouchers, etc., a
full . •;! tciichci lor tic coming
scholastic year will he elected. It is
understood that a large number of an
pllcants have been filed with the sec
retary for positions in the various
I schools in the county and city! amt it
will not he a surprise if some impor
tant changes are made in the present
corps of teachers. It is also under
stood that the hoard will discuss at
this meeting several other matters
j along educational lines of interest to
teachers and public alike.
It is. probable that (he full board
wil lie present.
A VERY PRETTY WEDDING.
Miss Bertha Greenwood and Mr. Jake
Rotholz Married Last Night.
The wedding of Miss Bertha Green
wood and Mr. Jake 1(< Uiolz last night
was a beautiful one, indeed. The
1 ' use w--ij lace'uily decorated w ith
flowers, palms and ferns. The porlor
was in white green; fne dining room
in pink and green, eouint -.' pink
fairy liilies! tarrying out tie; color
scheme.
At 7:.<0 the bridal party entered the
parlor to the strains of Mendelssohn's
wedding march, played by Mr. Con
stance Miller. Just in order came ill
tie Laurice Glass, a 1.1 ir.v-iii.e vision,
bearing the salver with the ring.
Teen i't groom • i,t ■ ■ I with Mr. Alex
Kotholz, tlie best man. Next mme
Miss Camille Ilarnett, the maid of
' honor, who was gowned in white or
| gandy and wore a pink hat and pink
! ribbons and carried pink eomations.
j Then came the bride with her brother,
Mr. 1. D. Greenwood. S'ne wore a
lovely white chiffon gown and hut to
maten and carried a beautiful bibie.
Rev. Mr. .7' nd* psasnnito h< cere
mony with a beautiful and eloquent ad
dress, after which the impressive
- wish ritual was performed, uniting
forever the young couple.
An eloquent supper was served af
ter the ceremony. Sixty-six tele
grams of fongatulation were received
and a cablegram from Mr. Hotliolz’s
parents in Germany added to the
happiness of the evening.
Magnificent presents were received,
atttestfng to the popularity of the
bride and groom. A large number of
guests were present and quite a
party accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Rotn
otz to the train. They left on the
B. & li. at 8:50 for a trip to the north,
after which they will reside in Nor
folk.
Their many friends wish them every
happiness in their new home.
BRUNSWICK. GA„ THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 19, 1902.
BRUNSWICK BOVS
MET ITEM
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LOCAL BASEBALL CLUB WAS DE
FEATED IN SAVANNAH BY A
SCORE OF 6 TO 0.
Came Out Victorious, However, in
Tlieir Game at Jesup By a
Score of 11 to 1.
The Brunswick baseball team were
treated rather mean in Savannah yes
terday afternoon, and, although they
played the full nine innings, they
failed to get a mark on the tally
sheet. |lie Retire being 6too in favor
ol the Kavanah club.
However, the game was a very in
teresting one, and was enjoyed by the
large number of people presen!. The
Brunswick boys put up a very good
game, but found Savannah most too
strong for them. Hunter pitched for
the Brunswick team, and his work was
of the tip-top ktnd, and had he been
given as good support as, the Savan
nah pitcher the score would probably
have been different.
The Brunswick boys captured one
game, anyway. They played tne
Jr.uip club yesterday morning during
their lay over there, and won the
game by a score of 11 to 1. Ony five
innings wore played. Walker was in
the box for the locals and proved In
vincible to the Jesup aggregation.
The Brunswick boys will return
home Ibis morning, and will be busy
all day h-lling how it happened. They
nave challenged t'ne Savannah club
for a game to lie payed In this city
al an early date and hope to return
tlie defeat.
YESTERDAY WAS A SCORCHER.
Thermometer Climbed up Nearly to
the Hundred Mark.
Yesterday was the hottest day to
lie e\p< rienced in Brunswick this sca
•Kill.
The thermometer commenced climb
ing upward early in the day and did
not slop until il had reached the 96
point.
Sweltering humanity was walking
wearily, always hunting a cool spot,
hut alas, hut few, if any. found the
cool spot in which they were in
search, unless it was under an elec
trie fan.
There was a breeze, but It felt as
if it had made a trip over the parched
sands of a desert. It eamo from the
sVeifiiwcst. No one would have corn
plained had it returne. from when It
came.
There were but few who obtained
much rest in Brunswick last night.
The earth was sunbaked and it did not
cool until the early hours.
Although Brunswick was inclined to
he a warm member yesterday, with a
temperature of 96, other cities in the
slate went two better, registering 98,
while El Paso, Texas, was the hot
test place in tlie United States, reg
istering 1.00.
HER HEART BEAT AFTER DEATH.
Remarkable Case of Bridget Demp
sey, of Chicago.
Chicago, June 18.—Practically dead
for eight, and one-half hours, the
heart, of Bridget Bnmpstpy, a patient
in tne county hospital, has finally
ceased heating. All action of the re
spiratory organs of the woman had
ceased and the physicians in atten
dance pronounced her dead. The
: heart action, which apparently had
died away, grew stronger a few mo
ments; afterwards and injections of
nitro-glyeerine and other stimulants
and artificial respiration were used,
but ineffectually. Still the pulsations
of the heart continued with regularity
while the woman remained to all other
indicationss alifcless. Dr. .1. 11. Mus
tard, of the hospital staff, pronounced
the case one of Landry’s paralysis,
one of (the rarest, diseases known to
medical science. The disease is pri
marily paralysis of fho respiratory
organs, which does not act immedi
ately on the heart. Tne dead woman
wag! 21 years of age and entered the
institution two weeks ago to lie treat
<<l lor tubercular meningitis.
McKendree Picnic.
The members of the McKendree
Sunday School held their annual pic
nic yesterday at island View. A
large crowd was present and the occa
sion as a most enjoyable one. and
will he long remembered by all those
present.
TO [KAMI
curs books
*•
CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE THEM
THOROUGHLY EXAMINED BY
AN EXPERT.
Matter Was Brought Up in Executive
Session Held Tuesday After
noon By Council.
At an executive session of city ootin
,il aelil Tuesday afternoon it was
agreed to employ an expert aecouut
a . to make a thorough chock of the
amounts'of City Treasurer Geo, H.
Smith.
At a meeting of council held some
lime ago a resolution was adopted ap
propriating a ■ uni not exceeding $250,
inn for some reason the resolution
j was never put into effect and at the
meeting held Tuesday, it was unani
j luoii; idei ided in employ an accQunt
' ant for the inn pose named. It was
i also agreed not to employ! any at
jla-lie ol Hie American Audit Com
. pauy or in fact of any concern out-
I side ol Brunswick, but to employ
Hume Brunswick accountant for this
work.
A well known member of council,
wuosc name is Withheld, was question
ed on the subject, and in pleading jus
lliliealion of ihe aid. of council, he
j said:
Council does not apprehend that
j anything is wrong with the city hooks,
of eoiir.'e, hut the present adminis
tration was elected on a platform
that, among other things, pledged
themselves to a free exhibit of the
cily’s finances at slated periods, and
while these monthly statements have
been published, no accurate cheek
has been made on the treasurer and
■jr the benefit of Ihe public tin l conn
jell lias deemed il expedient to have
this done."
This action was taken at an oxeni
jtive session of council, In consequence
of whi'h the proceedings were not.
j published with ihe regular report of
■the merlin.-
VALDOSTA GETS THE COURT.
House Passed The Bill at Tuesday’s
Session.
A special from Washington yester
day. said;
“The house today passed a hill to
provide for circuit and districts courts
al Valdosta, Ga.“
The people of Brunsswiek and Ihe
Eleventh district generally are fami
liar with ibis bill. It was introduced
some weeks ago l.y Congressman
Hi a nicy and met with some stubborn
opposition, mostly at the hands of
Judge Emory Speer, of the United
States court, who thought the hill
should not he passed, saying it was
unnecessary to establish circuit and
district United States court at Val
dosta.
However, Congressman Brantley
made a strong fight for the passage
ol the hill, and, as is usually tthe
case, was successful in getting it
tli rough the house.
To Attend Macon Shoot.
Ai Iho meeting of the naval reserves
Tuesday night the following mem
bers were selected to represent the
company at the Macon shoot July 7:
1.. W. Dart. Tom O'Connor, Eugene
.Marlin, Hunter Hopkins and John
Ralston. The boys arc practicing
hard and will doubtless make a cred
itable showing.
Excursion to Atlanta.
An * ,elusion will lie run ov .• (nr*
Southern railway to Atlanta and
Milieu on June 25. 'The very low
rate of $2.55 to Macon and $5.00 Iq
AfianU, tor the round trip, has been
| annnged by the road. A special car
| "’’’l lie reserved for white people, and
quiie a number of them will make the
tri j
STRUNG PRIVATE BY THUMBS.
But Hines Kept Piniow Hanging
Only Fivp Minutes.
Plattslmrg, N. Y.. June 18.—In the
eourtniartfal proceedings in t'ne case
oi Captain John L. Hines today First
Sorgant. Patrick McDonald testified
that on Captain Hines’ order he
strung Private Piniow up |,y the
thumbs. On cross-examination Me
Donald admitted that Piniow was not
severely hurt and that at the end of
about five minutes Captain Hines or
dered him cut down and sent back to
j his cell.
SENATE REPUBLICANS
PREPARE FOR BILL
ELABORATE ARRANGEMENTS.
Are Beihg Made for Fourth of July
Celebration at St. Simon.
The management of the steamboat
lines are busy engaged perfecting a
program for the usual Fourth of
July celebration at St. Simon. The
program will he anounced in a few
days and will be one of the most in
teresting and attractive in these an
nua! events. The boat line will inau
gurate a splendid service in the way
of schedules and in every possible
way endeavors will he made to make
the event a thoroughly notable one.
The program will he announced as
soon as it is completed by those who
have it in charge.
EXCURSION POSTPONED.
B. & B. Will Not Be Able to Run Ex
cursion July Fourth.
The proposed excursion of the
Brunswick & Birmingham railroad to
Nichols on July 4th has been post
poned.
This excursion war to he given to
open !ne line between Brunswick and
Nii hols 1 hi* it was seen that the road
would not he quite completed by that
time, and those in charge of the ex
cursion thought it best to postpone it. 1
The work on the road is progressing
rapidly and they are now close to
Offernian. where connections will bo
made with the Offernian 6 Western.
Tne date of th - excursion will he
announced later.
PARKER AN APPLICANT
LOR LINEXPIRLD ILRM
WILL ASK GOVERNOR CANDLER
TO APPOINT HIM AS JUDGE
BENNET’S SUCCESSOR.
Judge T. A. Barker, of Huxley, will
he an applicant for the judgeship of
tlie Bmunswick circuit, to fill the nn
oxpireil term of Judge J. W. Rennet,
resigned.
In our columns yesterday it was
stated that Judge Bolling Whitfield,
of tills city, would he an applicant
for the place, provided Judge Parker
did not enter the race. Judge Whit
field wired Judge Parker to that ef
fect. and yesterday received a reply
j from Judge Parker stating that he
I would ns'jt the governor for the ap
pointment.. Judge Whitfield, there
fore, will not he an applicant for
the place, and it is hardly thought
that Judge Parker will have any op
position for the appointment from any
county In the circuit.
Governor Candler will probably ap
point the successor to Judge Bonnet
within the next few days, as Judge
Rennet asked that his resignation
take effect July first.
The newly appointed judge, wnieh
will in all probability he Judge Par
ker. will hold his first session in this
county, a.s/ Judge Bonnet adjourned
I the Glynn superior court Tuesday un
.'il ‘June 7.
Answer to Railway Trust.
Kl. Paul. Minn.' June I?. Atioriicvs
for the Nowhern Securities Company
and for J. J. Hill, president of that
corporation, this afternoon served no
tice on the attorney general that they
would on June 24 move to vacate ser
vice in tne sbit brought by) (lie state
of Minnesota against the Northern
Securities Company and President
Mil.
PASSING OF L. COE YOUNG.
For Twelve Years Passenger Super
intendent of the Central.
Binghamton, N. V.. June 18.—B. Coe
Young, for telve years passenger sup
erintendent of tiie Central road of
Georgia, is dead at his home hero. He
was horn In 1811 and served through
the elvil war, throe times, refusing
promotion on the field of battle be
cause he was not old enough.
In ISB7 while attending a reunion
of Confederate Veterans In Macon,
Ga., he was Introduced to Jefferson
Davis and remarked; “Twenty-five
years ago I started to hunt you with
a musket and this is the first time
i have caught you.”
At a reunion of the Fifth Georgia
I'-cgiment in 1899 he presented the
’•egimerit with the regimental flag he
captured during the war, anil for this
act was made an honorary member
of the Third and Fifth Georgia regi
ments. He Is survived by a wife and
two cons.
PR.ICE FIVE CENTS.
HELD CAUCUS
LAST NIGHT
THEY ARRANGED FOR BURIAL OF
RECIPROCITY MEASURE—THE
INSURGENTS WILL SMILE AT
FINAL OBSEQUIES.
ADMINISTRATION LEADERS NOW
ADMIT THEY HAVE ABANDON
DONED THEIR FIGHT AGAINST
THE BILL.
Washington, June 18. —Tne republi
cans of tne senate held a caucus to
night to arrange the most decent bur
ial they can devise for their dead Cu
ban bill. The administration leaders
in tlie senate admitted that they had
decided to abandon the fight for Cu
ban reciprocity, and that in the inter
est of party harmony thirty-four of
the fifty-four republican senators
would yield to the demand of thetr
insurgent colleagues that the pro
posed legislation for the commercial
relief of tae Cubans should not he
passed at this session of congress.
Wlmt was done at the caucus is
very geenrally understood. Tne
Spooner reciprocity substitute for t'ne
bill that passed the house was sub
mitted. ,
Bill Will Be Shelved.
The beet sugar men, now numbered
at twenty, will make known their re
fusfil to vote for this or any other
similar measure. When they do Ibis
the bill will he shelved and In Its
stead there will he proposed a re's
olution requesting the president to
negotiate a reciprocity treaty with the
Cuban government and submit It to
the sente. That, of course, cannot
be done until the next session of
congress.
Several of the insurgents, full in the
1 pride of their acknowledged victory,
stated today tnat they would not
! give their support to a treaty either
specifically or by imputation until
; they know its terms and have resist-
I eil all overtures to that end. The
senate leaders' are determined that
they will have harmony at any cost.
I As predicted, it will he a harmonious
j retreat. All of the leaders are agreed
on this except Senator Platt, of Con
necticut. Senator Platt would like
to see the fight carried to the floor
of the senate. He takes the defeat
of the reciprocity plan very much t.o
heart and would like to fight it out
with tne insurgents to the bitter end
at no matter what cost to republican
harmony. But in this extreme atti
tude lie is opposed by tne wiser heads
on the republican side, who argue that
unity is more essential thany any
thing else.
TO NAME BRANTLEY.
Congressional Convention Will Meet
at Dublin Wednesday.
The Congressional Convention of
the Eleventh District will meet at
Dublin next Wednesday and Hon, Wil
liam 0. Brantley will be renominated
for congress without opposition. It
is expected that Mr. Brantley will
be present at the convention and de
liver an address, although lie is quite
busy with official duties in Washing
ton at present, and it may be impos
sible for nim to get away.
The following is sent out from Dub
lin concerning the convention:
“Next Wednesday, June 25, In this
city, Hon. William C. Brantley will for
the third time without opposition be
nominated for congress by the dem
ocrals of the Eleventh Congressional
District. The convention will assem
ble at 10 o’clock in the court house
and will be called to order bjf Chair
man McDonald of Waycross. It is
expected that Congressman Brantley
will bo present and address tne con
vention.”
Her Husband Under Arrest.
St. Louis, Mo.. June 18. —Mrs. Rob
ert Ingersoll whose name was. Lillian
Levy before marriage, is dead at. the
city, hospital as a result of a dose of
poison ttaken last night Her husband,
who said her father is engineer of the
New Orleans custom house, is under
arrest pending investigation. The
couple came here from New Orleans.