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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOLUME 1. No. 237.
WILLIS DART APPOINTED
JUDGE OF THIS CIRCUIT
CANDLER NAMED
HIM YESTERDAY
—t —
THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. DART
WAS GENERALLY EXPECTED
THROUGHOUT THE CIRCUIT.—
LAST TO ENTER RACE.
AN ABLE LAWYER AND A FORMER
BRUNSWICK CITIZEN. HIS SE
LECTION GIVES GENERAL SAT
ISFACTION.
*
Atlanta, July I.—Governor Candler,
late this afternoon, appointed F. Willis
Dart, of Douglas, judge of the superior
court nf the Brunswick circuit, vice
Judge J. W. Bennett, resigned. The
appointment is effective at once and at
this moment Judge Dart is toe judge
of tile circuit.
in connection with this appointment
it may lie of interest to say that he
appointee was the last to enter the
race, and that, too, against strong
men. His appointment is a great vic
tory.
In connection with the above tele
gram. Tm? News predicted this result
several days ago, for at ttiat. time it
seemed that Judge Dart was the log
leal appointee for the place.
He is an old Brunswick hoy and has
a host of friends in the city who will
be more than pleased that the governor
has seen, lit to reward a young man
who Is in every way qualified for the
high position to which lie has been
calfod.
It may be of interest to say that tne
first court under the administration
of the new judge will be held in this
city, as' the last court recessed until
July 7.
All in ail the appointment is hound
to be well received in Brunswick,
INTERESTING MEETING.
Rathbone Lodge Installed Officers Last
Night.
Rathbone Lodge Knights of Pythias,
which, by the way. is ih a flourishing
condition, held an enthusiastic and
interesting meeting last night, and
among other things installed the fol
lowing officers:
C. C.---W. A. Hacfcett.
V. C.—W. F. Symons.
Prelate—lt. J. Olewlne.
M. of W. -W. H. Wood.
M. at A. —Andrew Jensen.
I. G. —D. Rogowin.
O. G. -S. Augustine.
Deputy Grand Chancellor L. Ludwig
installed the new officers.
NEWS OF THE SHIPS
Some Small Marine Items of the Do
ings of a Day.
The following is the movement of
tli** vessels at the port of Brunswoek
yesterday:
Arrived —Schooner Marjorie Brown,
Osborn, Santiago: sailed, schooner
Zaebius Sherman, Tulldch, New
Yoork; schooner Goodner B. Reynolds,
Marr, Philadelphia.
In connection with the boat races,
which are to occur in this city, and
around March island on July Fuorth,
the News has been requested to say
that all the entries for this race
must be handed in to Pat Horan, by
10 o’clock of Thursday, July 3.
The new steamer Tuppper is now
at the Briesniek machine shop, and is
being put in shape as rapidly as pos
sible.
Reports from the New York register
are to the effect that a large fleet of
coastwise vessels are up and cleared
for this port.
AFTER THE FRISCO TRIP
The New Uniform Company K. of P.
Will Be Organized.
The new* company of uniform rank
Knights of Pythias will not he organ
ized until after the San Francisco
trip. >
A prominent member of the order
told tire News representative last night
that the prime movers in this matter
had decided that it is better to wait
until the boys return from the great
4r;ll, ,
WILL HAVE OPPOSITION.
Joseph Mansfield Will Be Opposed by
a Negro.
A special to the Savannah News
from Darien says:
The chief interest in politics in this
county now < enters in tlie race for rep
resentative Hon 'Joseph Mansfield,
the.di-m v■■•aid nominee, it is thought,
will he oppe.-e : by a nominee of the
negroes. Tin death of Rev. Lectured
Crawford, who was successful in de
feating the white candidate for the
legislature several times, leaves the
negroes withoout. any recognized lead
er in county politics. Besides this dis
advantage tne colored candidate will
fare the fact that Lie democratic can
didate is himself quite popular among
the negroes. It is hoped that this, to
getlier with tlie solid white vote, will
give Mr. .Mansfield the victory at the
polls in October.
Three Sold Property.
United Slnles Marshal Barnes. Sher
iff Borne and Marshal Burney sold
property in front of the court house
yesterday morning. Tne bidding was
lively from stiud to finish.
BAPTIST CONVENTION
WILL BE WI LL AI TENDED
A delegation of forty or fifty from
Georgia will attend the international
convention of the Baptist Young Peo
ple’s 1 nion at Prov idonce, !!. 1.. July
lb-13. The party will leave Atlanta
next Monday, July 7. at t p. m., over
the Southern railway. Tuesday wdll
be spent at Norfolk and Old Point
Comfeit and Fortr* ss Monroe. That
evening the party, will sail for Boston
via Me: units and Miners' Transporta
tion Co...'unify ilarriving i.t P cion
Thursday morning. After spending a
while i.i Unit classic city the party
will Like a train for Providence, an
hour's ride. The delegates from South
Georgia will go by Ihe way of Colum
bia, and join the Atlanta party
at eiianolto. The entire party, which
will he a most pleasant one, will he in
charge of W. \V. Gaines, of Atlanta,
stale transportation leader, who is
making all arrangements for the party,
both reroute and while at Providence.
Side trips will he taken to Newport,
Plymouth Rock, NewYork and other
places before returning. An extremely
low rate has been named by the rail
roads and steamship lines for the oc
casion.
The annual meeting of the Baptist
Young People’s Union of America is
one of the great religious events of the
year. It is the largest religious body
in the world, its attendance ranging
from 10,000 to 20,000. it is difficult to
accommodate the convention. In Prov
idence the main sessions will be held
in Infantry hall, while branch meet
ings will he neld in the churches of
the town. ’ ,
WAS A BUSY DAY.
Treasurer Smith Collected Over Seven
Thousand Dlllars Monday.
George H. Smith, treasurer of the
city, had a busy day Monday, and
when the amount of collections was
added, over S7.MOP had been collected.
Many property owners waited until
the last day to pajj, and save the
four per cent., arm this accounted for
the rush at the treasurer’s office.
Steamship Ashore.
San Francisco, July 1. —A dispatch
just received says the steamship Elmer
is ashore in Dutch Harbor with eight
feet of water in her hold.
Canadian
Ottawa, Ont. July I.—Figures given
out by the Canadian department of
immigation show that the arrivals of
immigrants for the year ending today;
were 03,000, an increase of more than
15,000 over last year. Tne increase
is principally from Great Britain and
the United States.
Invited to Speak.
Governor Candler has received an
invitation to speak at the annual ban
quet to lie given at Tammany Hail in
New York on the evening of Independ
ence day. He hag also received an
invitation to visit Camp G. H. Thomas
at Chiclcamauga park, to witness the
field day exercises to be held there
July 4. The invitation came from Col.
X. R. Baldwin, of the Seventh cavalry.
BRUNSWICK, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 2, 1902.
THIS THERE IS
OIL IN CHARLTON
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MAJOR LUCAS WILL BEGIN BOR
ING AT AN EARLY
DATE.
Has Leased Thousands of Acres if
Land and Will Give It a Good
Trial.
The possobility of the discovery of
oil at Folkston, in Charlton county,
continues to he the topic of conversa
tion in this section. A Herald report
er ma e a trip through the Charlton
county “oil fields” a day or two since,
in company with a prominent cotizen
of Folkston, and was informed of the
plans, so far as can he made public,
of Mr. Lucas, who will shortly begin
boring a test well. About four months
or more since, Mr, A. F. Lucas, the
man who discovered tire first big gush
er at Beaumont, Texas, came to Folk,
ton and made a caretful examination
of the lands in the southern part o!
Chariton county. He informed some
of the Folkston people that there was
unmistakable evidences of oil in tin
county. A few days later he returned
to Folkston, and this time made a long
er stay, spending much of the time ex
amining tne flow of water from
si lings in tile neighborhood of'St.
Mary's river, immediately alter his
second trip Mr. Lucas, though an
agent, began to lease ail the land ob
tainable in tne southern part of the
county). Tne price to be paid was
5 cents per acre per year, on a ten
year's lease. The lease was tor oil or
natural gas privileges only. Payment
was made for the first year in advance,
and under this propositoon 25,000 acres
of land '1 situated below Foiled. ■>,
were leased, and payment made for
one year. A short time later a car
load of machinery, required in boring
wells, arrived, and was stored away
at the home of a man who had acted
as Mr. Lucas’ agent. Mr. Lucas has
made several trips to Folkston since
the land has been leased, and has giv
en out the information that boring
would commence as soon as a suitable
man to do the work could he secured.
He also stated that his first trip to
Folkston was occasioned by the sci
entifle reports of a elvel engineer wtio
first surveyed the railroad through
that county. In nearly all of the
springs around Folkston, an oily scum
forms on the water as it flows from
the ground. In a spring on the banks
of the St. Mary’s river, near Camp
Pinckney, an occasional bubble will
cause an explosion. Tne spring is
considered one of the strongest evi
dences of natural gas beneath the
surface of the earth. Some of the
Folkston people are doubtful in regard
to Mr. Lucas’ chances of finding oil in
their county, but the majority of them
are very hopeful. All believe that
work on the test well will begin in
a short, time, and every one will lend
all the assistance p. ssible. —Mayoress
Hetaid.
Will Be Cut Off.
Ail News subscribers who owe three
months or more will be cut off tne
list unless their subscription hills are
paid on or before Saturday.
THE PLANT SYSTEM NO
MORE -COAST LINE NOW
The absorption of the Plant system
by the Atlantic Coast line railroad,
which was announced some montns
ago, and which since that time has
been quite a live topic in railroad cir.
cles, became effective yesterday.
circulars issued by the Coast line
have provided a temporary organiza
tion which it is believed will largely
remain as the permanent organization
of the road. For tne present the sys
tem will be operated from Wilmington,
but in two divisions. The passenger
department will have headquarters at
Wilmington, while the freight depart
ment will have headquarters iu both
Wilmington and Savannah.
Tne Southern began yesterday the
use of the trackage rights of the Plant
system between Savannah and Jack
sonville, which it acquired at the time
of the afrrangement for the consoli
POLITICIANS IN
ATLANTA TODAY
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GOVERNOR AND STATE HOUSE QF
FICERS TO BE NAMED
TO-DAY.
Is Thought That Harmony Will Flow
Like Water in the Con
vention.
Atlanta, Ga., July 1. —The Kim
ball House ha tn its o’d time
political appearance this evening
and the lobby is throngged with del
egates and others from all over fhe
state who are here to attend the demo
cratic state convention, which meets
tomorrow.
The convention will meet at noon,
and unless there is a fight over the
local option plank of the platform,
there will be but little to do except
nominate the sucbcesstul candidates.
The platform is being discussed by
the delegates who are here today. No
body seems to know just what will be
.lone, hut it is understood that the
platform upon hieh Mr. Terrell was
elected governor will in all probabil
ity he adopted by the convention. Of
course the convention will elaborate
on the things touched on by Mr. Ter
rell in his platform, but it is stated
by various friends of the governor
elect that his platform will regulate in
nearlyl every detail of the state pu.
form.
A conference is being held tonight
among the party leaders and the plat
form will he outlined, it is said that
the platform will only affirm that local
option is! the best for the state, but
will not declare it to he one of the
principles oi the party ill (Viis state.
Chairman Brown will call the con
vention to order promptply at 12
o’clock Wednesday. The session of
the convention will Ih* held in the hall
of the house of representatives. Hon.
Warren Hill, of Meriwether, will prob
ably nominate Mr. Terrell for, govern
or.,
NO CHANGES NOW.
Employes Will Hold Their Jobs Until
Further i.otice.
A circular lias been received at local
Plant system headquarters informing
the employes of the various offices
the city that on and after July Ist,
the date on which the Atlantic Coast
line will assume (barge of the Plant
system, tne Atlantic Coast line sys
tem will consist of two divisions, the
first division to include all that part
of tlie system which extends north of
Charleston, S. C., and the second di
vision to to include all of the part
forming the Plant system. All of the
former divisions ot the Atlantic Coast
line have been changed to districts
and will be embraced in the first divis
ion, and the former divisions of the
Plant system will bo included as dis
tricts of the second division.
The circular also stated that all ol
fleers and employes of the second di
vision will retain their present pjsi
:ions until further notice is received
from proper authority, and that all
rules, regulations and time tables es
tablished by the management of the
f lant system will continue in force a iu
effect on the second division until mod.
idea by proper authority.
dation. For the present it is under
stood that the Southern will continue
its train service on these lines as it
is run at present. The only difference
will he that the trains will be pulled
by Southern locomotives and manned
by Southern crews.
So far as the local situation is
concerned, the casual observed
would never have known of the change
and would not for a moment have
guessed that the great Plant system
had been relegated to tlie things that
used to be, and that tlie Atlantic Coast
line had taken its place.
In the local office of the company
things ran along as usual, and not a
sign of the big merging was to lie
seen,
In the course of a few days it is
believed that the new management will
issue a general circular outlining the
policy of the system.
KING EDWARD IS ol\
THE ROAD TO RECOVERY
MORE WAR TAXES OFF.
Business Men Have Another Burden
Taken Off.
Yesterday was greeted joyfully by
thousands of business, professional
men and manufacturers throughout
the Union, and especially in Brunswick
for on that day the great war tax
lexred on ’so many commodities was
repealed, and the long-suffering peo
were relieved of considerable expense.
The act imposing this tax was passed
in 189f>, and levied on July 1 of that
year. Since that time an enormous
revenue lias been drawn for the pur
pose of carrying on war. Such taxes
will remain in force on a very few of
these commodities after yesterday
morning, however.
Brunswick has contributed a vast
amount to the government exchequer
since the passage of the bill, probably
more than any) other city of its size.
This has been done without complaint
in so far as the Spanish-American war
In behalf of Cuba is concerned, but
many seriously objected to paying
them for the purpose of carrying on
the affair in the Philippine*.
QUIET REIGNS NOW WHERE
FIGHTING OCCOURRED
Capo Haytien, July I. —Considerable
street fighting was engaged in here
yesterday by the partoeipants of the
two candidates for the presidency.
Mr. Firman, formerly minister from
t’nis country to Paris, who is a candi
date for president, was opposed by
General Alexis Nord, tlie minister of
war of the provisional government and
his friends.
The fighting for a time was fierce,
and apparently of a character tiiat
would do a great deal of damage.
The fighting ceased late yesterday
afternoon and it was discovered that
little damage was done, even by, the
bombardment.
Today peace seems to be well restor
ed and conservative residents believe
that there will lie little or none of it in
future.
The, campaign lias been a bitter one
and finally resulted in tlie opening of
hostilities by street fighting yesterday.
THE BAD SIDEWALKS.
Complaints of Their Condition Are
Heard On All Sides.
Little has been done by the pr oper
ty owners toward tlie repairing of the
side walks in front of their premises,
and the average Brunswickian is suf
fering.
The walk in front of McClure’s has
had some little repairing, hut In a
few days it will he as had ag ever as
the work was not half done, and the
very cheapest material was used. Ii
is a pity that the city fathers refuse
to enforce the sidewalk ordinance.
Horse Dropped Dead.
A horse became overheated Monday
ailil fell near the corner of Gloucester
and Grant streets, and in a few min
utes was dead. Horse owners cannot
he too easy on their animals this hot
weather.
Girl Disappear^.
Charlotte, N. C., July I.—Tlie
strange disappearance of Miss Jessie
Wall, who is described as ine of the
most beautiful young women in Ran.
dolph county, is causing apprehension
in the section where she lives. Sun
day evening a week ago she went out
to where the cows Were on her tar
ther’s farm and has not been seen
since. She left a note there telling
her parents Cot to be uneasy', she had
not disgraced herself and would do
herself no harm and intended to write
them later. A diligent search fails to
reveal a trace of her. She is welled
uoated. .
To Nominate Lon.
Atlanta. July I.—The congressional
convention of the Fifth district will
meet in Atlanta on toworrow at 10
a. ni., for the purpose of ratifying the
action of trie people in the election of
a congressman, from this district. Col
onel Leonidas F. Livingston, who was
nominated in the June primary, will,
of course, he named by the congres
sional convention.
The City Pay Day.
Yesterday was pay day with the
city, and quite a large amount was
handed out to tne city employes. All
those woo work for the city get their
money promptly.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
GROWING BETTER
EVERY MINUTE
1
HAS LEFT THE BED AND IS NOW
COMFORTABLE ON AN EASY
COUCH—BONFIRES STILL BE
ING LIGHTED.
THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
OPENED AGAIN YESTERDAY
ALL ENGLAND STILL REJOiC
ING. !>
London, July 2, 6 p. m.—No further
bulletins in regard to the lung's con
dition will be issued until 7 p. m.
There has been no change since tno
Id o’clock bulletin this morning when
it was announced that tlie, king had
slept well and no unfavorable symp.
toms 'nad appeared. The king has
maintained progress and is again oc
cupying the invalid couch.
The noticable excitement during the
past week outside Buckingham pal
ace at the hours when the bulletins
were posted is entirely absent this
morning. A sanguine impression cre
ated by the doctors reports Saturday
and Sunday were maintained by the
salient phrase of this morning's bul
letin, “No bail symptoms of any kind.”
At noon the following official state
ment was given out at the palace:
"'There is no cause for alarm in the
distress caused by the dressing of the
wound. The dressing causes his maj
otty considerable pain, will eh has
been borne with groat, fortitude.
“The king is much benefltted by a
change to the couch yesterday, on
which he stayed for a few hours. The
queen is in constant attendance in the
sick room but the utmost quiet Is en
forced. The king occasTonally sees his
children but the interviews are of
short duration. Neither Doctors Lak
ing. Barlpy or Treves have left, the
palace since the operation, except
for an occasional hour.”
Tlds statement was issued with a
view to correcting numerous unfound,
eil stories published with circumstan
tial detail regarding what is alleged
to transpipre in the sick room.
The cheerfulness of the public is ap
parently shared by the members of the
ropal family. The Prince of Wales
went out riding this morning and both
he and tne princess witnessed from the
palace windows with evident interest,
a march past of the guards.
Tlie stock exchange reopened today
with" a strong tone on the satisfactory?
news regarding the king’s condition.
Consols rose seven-sixteenths. Other
departments reflected the improved
feeling.
London, midnight, July 1. —Although
no official bulletin has been issued
since 7 o’clock a. m., which said “King
continues to improve,” reports from
the palace at this hour say the king
showed so much improvement tonight
that he again left his bed and con
versed in the royal parlor with ail
his relatives here. Bonfires are still
being held throughout the empire
tonight in celebration of the king’s
Improvement.
MAY MEET IN ATLANTA.
Effort Being Made to Get the Lawyer*
There.
It is more than probable that the
1903 convention of the American Bar
association, composed of the foremost
jurists and lawyers of the United
States will meet in Atlanta. For
several years there lias been a growing
sentiment among the lawyers to meet
in the south, but the entire matter
has never been urged strongly. When
the American Bar association meets
this year at Saratoga, N. Y., lawyers
from Atlanta, and from tlie state Bar
association of Georgia, will be present,
in large numbers to urge the claims
of tlie southern city, and it is more
than probable that the lawyers will
accept the invitation of Atlanta, and
hold their meeting there in 1903.
Chas. Wilson, the young white man
recently trjed for carrying concealed
weapons is still in jail and will remain
there until August term of the city;
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