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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS. VOLUME 1, NO. 233. BUSY MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL TvTATTERS of public weal or WOE disposed of last NIGHT. Special Session to be Held Saturday to Receive Committee Reports. Regular Meeting. Brunswick. Ga., June 26, 1902. Present Hon. (j\ L. Prant-iin , chairman of council; Aid. Newman dti Bignon, MeGarvey, Calhoun, Kai ser and Cook. Absent —Mayor Emanuel, and Aid. Taylor. Minutes of meeting Juno 12, 17, and 1!) read and approved. Petitions. From L. R. Aiken for permission to erect onostory frame dwelling on Old Town lot number 532. Granted. From Bowen & Thomas, contract ors, for permission to erect for A. Kaiser & Bro. a one story brick, grav el-rool'ed store building and shed room on Old Town lot No. 9. Granted. From Luke Dawson for permission to transfer license for one barbed chair from his shop at No. 101 Monk street to 200 Monk street. Refused. From Thos. Keany, for permission to have an advertisement ol’ his gro cery business printed on one of t'no hose wagons. Refused. A motion prevailed that the advertiseneut on the sprinkling cart be painted out and Mr. Harper reimbursed the amount trended by him in painting the cart. From McClure’s Ten-Cent Store, for correction of assessment on stock of merchandise, alleging error on part of assessor. Referred to committee on taxes and revenues. From W. K. Kay, attorney South, ern Pine Cos., asking permission to pay taxes on real estate and imnrove ments and other property except lum ber, leaving that question to lie do elded by litigation, if not satisfactori ly arranged. Referred to city attor ney for opinion as to whether treas urer can issue receipt without preju. dice to city rigrits, the treasurer to act on bis opinion. From C Downing, for Patterson. Downing & Cos., protesting against the collection of a tax on the gravel streets owned by sai.i corporation, stating his belief in the illegality of same, and asking a reconsideration on the ground of prejudice. Referred to city attorney. Reports. Special committees on returns of S. F. & W. R, „ on investigation of alleged irregularities of sanitary su perintendent, and finance committee on matter,of Gloucester street sower, ail reported progress, and were grant ed further time. Repoots Continued. Public works and building commit tee on petition of board of education for the material for the unfinished market building, recommending that same be not granted. Adopted.. Reports. From taxes and revenues commit tee on petition of Hitch &, Brantley for refund of excess tax paid by rea son of a double return of N. E. quar ter of town common lot No. ISO be tween Wolf and Albany streets, yjear 1899, 1900 and 1901, recommending mat ecess tax of SIO.OO be refunded. Adopted. Prom same committee on petition of W. E. Kay, trustees for refund of exeess tax paid by reason of double return of Windsor Park lots ■ t . lfi, 24, 51, Cl, 78 and 89 for years 190 U and 1901, and for refund of tax paid by Alice Monroe in 1901 on a certain Dixville lot by reason of erroneous return, recomending that excess tax of $24.80 be refunded to W. E. Kay, trus tee, and $21.14 be refunded to Alice Monroe. Adopted. Reports. From Committee on police, fire and building permits, on petition of C. L. Davenport for pinnissi'Jn to build shed at 300 Monk street, recommend ing that same be granted, provided same is constructed according to fire ordinance. Adopted. , Froom same committee on petition of J. J. Eiasner to erect brick stable on lot on Grant street opposite Na tional Bank, recommening that same be granted, provided same is con. From same committee an petition of Chas. Baumgartner, for permission to erect platform and roof side of his ice factory recommending that same be granted, provided same is con structed in conformity with fire ordi. CHEERFUL TIDINGS FROfl THE KING’S BEDSIDE nance. Reports. From city engineer on condition of the various street crossings of the different railroads. Received and or dered filed. The clerk of council was instructed to notify each road of the different streets requiring attention and to remedy defects at once. The chief of the fire department, stating his notification to the Light, and Water company of the necessity for mains, and the location selected by him for his plug, near the Downing & Ellis Young wharf in lower part of city. Order filed. From city treasurer Geo. XI. Smith, for the month of May, 1902. Checked and verified by the finance committee. Ordered published and filed. A motion prevailed that the city attorney 1 avertise at the city ex pense for the lost deed from J. Spear to the Brunswick * Seaman’s Hospital Association. Resolutions. By Alderman du Bignon.—Be it, and it is hereby , Resolved, by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Bruns wick, in council assembled, that the marshall be and he is hereby instruct ed to notify all owners of abutting property to repair ail defective side, walks in conformity with ordinance on the subject. Be it further resolved, that the mar shal is hereby! instructed to file a list of the owners so notified with the clerk of council to report to this body at next, meeting. Adopted.. By Alderman du Biguon.—Be it, and it is hereby Resolved, by the mayor and aldermen of the city of Bruns wick. 7n council assembled, that from and after the passage of this resolu tion no permit he granted for the erection of buildings or sheds or fetnees until the certificate of the city engineer is filed in the office of the clerk, snowing that lie has loeat.nl the lines of the lot or fraction of lot on which such building or fence is to be erected. i Resolved, further, that the marshal be instructed to place on the docket all person's found engaged in the erec tion of buildings, shels or fences with out having first obtained the permis sion of eounell. Adopted. Bills and properly up. proved and audited, read and or dered placed in course of settlement. Adjourned until Saturday, June 2X, at 10 o'clock a. m. N. D. RUSSELL, ** Clerk of Council. RAH ROAD PI OPI F EXPECT MORE CHANGES The appointments in the operating • partment of ;tho Atlant/'j' Coast. Dine system announced in the News yesterday morning were re ceived wife great interest by Bruns wick railroad men. It. is the general opinion that the circular issued by General Manager Kenly only provides for the organiza tion of the system temporarily, and many changes are expected within the next few days. It is thought quite possible that tnc operating department will remain as eonslituttod by Mr. Kenley’s circular, since he is made the head of the en tire system, and many railroad men think that it can be better operated in. two divisions than as a unit. However, very few railroad men think that the traffic departments of the Atlantic Coast Dine railroad and the Plant System will be kept dis tinct. B is the almost universal opin ion that both the freight and passen ger departments will he put under the management of men who will have Jurisdiction over the entire system. At the present time in many cities botn the Atlantic Coast Line railroad and the Plant System have enlireiy distinct agencies. Even where the business of the system is large enough to require the services of all the men employed in the two agen cies, it is believed that they could accomplish better results under one management. ~ Great interest is reor ganization of the system at Savannah, the present quarters of the Plant Sys tem. MARINE ITEMS. News Notes of Happenings on the River Front. The following is the record of the movement of vessels at the port of Brunswick yesterday: Arrived: Vioia. Reppard, Williams, Boston. Cleared: Gritish bark Jupiter, Howes, Bristol, Schooner William Neely, Thompson. New V The sailboat Unknown has been put in good condition again, and her owners say they are now ready to put her against anyj boat in these waters. BRUNSWICK, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 27, 1902. He Seems to Have Passed the Crisis and is Better. London, June 27, 1:30 a.m "While official bulletins trom the kind’s bedside continue hopeful, dange ris not yet passed Latest bulletin issued at midnight was as follows: King passed fairly comfortable day and maintained his strength, is returning desire for food, which to be very carefully given. There has been some return of pain in wound. He himself feels more hopeful Mental depression which gave surgeons so much uneasiness at outset, has left him and he seems optimistic. He is suffering little discom fort. Surgeons are more hopeful than at any time since operation, King s temperature now normal, So favorable was his condition this evening that all physicirns left palace for a short time. MORE IAX I ROUBLE LOR SOU I HERN RAILWAY Comptroller General Wright has re ji < ted the tax returns of the Southern railway as made by the company, on the ground that the valuations are several millions of dollars less than they should be. The returns of the company value the Southern's properties in Georgia at about $11,000,000, while the comp, troller general maintains that they should aggregate about $14,500,01)0. The question will lie left to arbitra tion for settlement, and Judge Spen cer R. Atkinson, chairman pf the railroad commission, for the state, and Howard Thompson, of Gainesville, for the railroad, have) been appointed as arbitrators. In the event of tbeir be ing unable to agree, an umpire will lie called in. In case no agreement is the>n reached the matter will go to the governor for the appointment of new arbitrators. Married Last Night. Mr. Charles Bradham and Miss Minnie Shryver were united in the holy bonds of wedlock at the home of the groom last night, Rev. C. P. Thornton, of the Second Advent church, officiating. Both are well known young people, and have a host of friends who will wish them a long and happy life judge S. C. Atkinson spent yester day at Woodbine. COUNCIL DIDNOI ACJ IN GOODBREAD CASI It was expected that council would take up (he ponding charges against Sanitary Superintendent Goodbread and dispose of the matter last night, but the committee to which the case was referred, asked for more time, and it was finally agreed to extend the time until next Saturday, and on that date the council will hold a special meeting arid receive the report of the committee in question, a;s well as that of the Savannah, Florida and Western tax matter, which is still open. The "Goodbread matter has been rather closely watched by the people generally, and the final action of the council in the premises will be a source of considerable interesst. PRESIDED AT GUITEAU TRIAL. Judge Walter S. Cox Passes Away at Washington. Washington, Juno 2(i. —Walter S. (’ox, formerly associate' justice of the supreme court of the District of Co lumbia. and one of the most distin guished jurists in this section, died at his residence here today. Judge Cox presided over many famous criminal cases, the most notable of which was the tr ial of Gulteau for the assassi nation of President Garfield. A. P. Willingham and family came ilown .from Macon last night, arm will leave for Cumberland this morn ing for a visit of ten days. COL. COCHRAN HERE. Candidate for Judge Spent Yesterday in the City. Col. A. E. Cochran, of Waycross, was shaking hands with his many friends in the city yesterday, and getting some endorsements from our attorneys. Cot. Cochran has an excellent chance of winning the judgship. Coi. Cochran is not a defeated can didate for the position as was stated some days ago. He was a candidate for t'ne position for a little while, lint on account of business reasons Tie retired before the primary. Hi* is quite popular in this section, as was his father before him. w'no was one of t'ne first judges of the circuit. Col. Cochran’s appoint, ment. would be well received by the people j>t the circuit. Team Lost. Brunswick’s colored baseball club met its first defeat of the season in Atlanta yesterday, being whipped by that team to the score of four and three. However, the series of games was for the best two out of three and as t'no Brunswick team won the two previous games, they, of course, took tlie stakes. The club will go to Macon lor three “£smes, today and tomorrow. TO BEAUTIFY SQUARE. City Will Commence Work in Right Direction Soon. ft. is understood that the city will at an early; date begin the work of beautifying all of the parks and squares. Those without fences will bo fenced with neat wire fencing of some kind, and an additional effort will be made to keep them all in a thoroughly green condition during the summer months. Brunswick has quite a number of very pretty squares, and with little cost they) could be made very beau tiful. It is to be hoped that the work will commence in a short while. SENATORIAL CONVENTION NOMINA IES SYMONS The senatorial convention of the Fourth Senatorial district met at Woodbine yesterday, and unanimous ly nominated Hon. W. F. Symonds, of this city for the senate. Hon. It. S. Lang, of Camden coun. ty, was made chairman, and Hon. J. J. Upchurch, secretary of the con vention. The nomination of Capt. Symons was made by Judge S.. C. Atkinson, of this city, in a neat speech In which he took occasion to pay a neat com pliment to t’ne nominee. , Anew executive committee 'was appointed, and Rev. D. Watson Winn, St, Simon, was named as the Glynn county representative. Judge Atkinson anil Mr. Winn, the 1 Glynn county delegates to the con vention, .returned 'to the city las, 1 !/ night. Married Last Night. j Mr. Bud Summerall and Miss Frances Pen Jarvis wore married last night, Rev. C. P. Thornton, of the Second Advent church, officiating. These young people are both well known in the city, and have many friends who will join the News in tendering congratulations. CITIZEN HAS A KICK. He Wants to Know if the City is Gee ing Into the Advertising Business. Editor News. —I notice that the sprinklers of the city are now going through the streets with large ad vertisements of different merchants painted on them. Does not this seem a little odd to you? It cetainly does to me. Is the city of Brunswick go. ing into the advertising business? and did you you ever see in ail your life the public utilities of a city con verted to such use? I do not object to it myself, but it does seem that Brunswick is getting a little beyond the village state now, and such things should be done away with unless it is as 1 suggested at first, that the city is going into Hie advertising business, and if so, as a merchant I would like to have the privilege of placarding the city hall. CITIZEN. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FIBER FACTORY MAY COME HERE ITS REPRESENTATIVE TO CONFER WITH BOARD OF TRADE TODAY. Dr. J. F. Chittenden, of Delaware is in the City—An Important Matter to Brunswick. Dr. John F. Ohittendon. vleo-rvres ident and manager of tlie Federal Fi ber Company, of Delaware, is in the city with the proixisif.ion looking toward the moving of their plant to Brunswick. The Federal Fiber Company was organized under the laws of Delaware, capital SIOO,OOO, in May, 1801. The object of the company is the set. ting or treating of vegetable fibers by a patented process which accom plishes in a few hours What has heretofore taken weeks and even months. At the present time the company is handling hemp exclusively at their plant in Crystal Lake, N. J., the raw material being obtained from Kea tucky. After investigating the nvmject thoroughly, the company has decided that the land in and around Bruns wick is particularly adapted to the growing of hemp. Hemp is a crop which requires but little cultivation, in fact, once the land has boon prepared and the seed sown, there is nothing to ilo but to wait until the crop reaches matur rity, when it is cut with a mowing machine, dried a few days, and then stacked up. The further treatment being the business of the Fiber Com pany. On rice land hemp will produce two crops a year, one planting about tlie first of March an’Ji one about the first of July, and each crop on an average will yield from 2.000 to 2,500 pounds per acre, worth, according to quality, from one and one half to two cents per pound in the green. Tlie cost, of planting and harvesting a crop of hemp, including the seed!, lias been demonstrated to be $9 per aero, widen shows a net profit, of $22 to $25 tier acre for each crop. Hemp is not an exhaustive crop upon the land as is proven by the fact that the Empire Cordage Cos., of Champlaign, 111., grew hemp contin ously for twifity years upton tUia same 3,000 acres without any fertil izer exceppt that furnished by return ing the leaves and the ashes from burnt refuse or ’nurds, to the* soil. Tlie plant of the Federal Filler Com. pany, at the present time, has a daily capacity of 2,000 pounds of fiber ready for the manufaccturei's. but the com pany will enlarge it as fast as thc< demand warrants it. and should the enterprise meet with the* success an ticipated in this district, the Federal Fiber Spinning Company, a subsidi ary company, would undoubtedly es tablish a spinning plant large enough to utilize the entire output of fiber. The company wotiuld employ from ten to thirty hands as soon as the plant was running to its full daily* capacity. , Special Boat to Cumberland. A special boat will leave for Cum berland at five o'clock Saturday after, noon for the benefit of the Bruns wick s business men who desire to spend the evening on the island. The boat will arrive in time for the Satur day night concert. Dr. Chittendon is not here to sell any! of the stock of his company, is not seeking any donations, but lias a, practical business proposition to offer the people of this city. It is to be hoped that Brunswicki ans generally will attend the meet ing of the board today and meet the doctor. The following call has been issued for a meeting of the board of trade: “Evsery member of the Board of Trade is earnestly urged to be pres ent at the meeting at 11 o’clock at the city hall today. The securing of a factory to make hemp will come up for discussion and definite action. This is a matter of great importance to Brunswick and to Glynn county that a largepand representative meet ing is not only most desirable, but absolutely necessary. This board, with all its efforts, can do nothing without the co-operation, not only of its members, but of the citizens of our city and county generally. Come to the meeting this morning and help locate another wage-paying industry in Brunswick. . ,