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THE BRTJNS'WICK NEWS.
VOLUME 1. NO. 239.
GLORIOUS FOURTH
WILL BE CELEBRATED
IN GREATSHAPE HERE
ALL WILL HI
ENJOYABLETIME
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THE PROGRAMS FOR BOTH BRUNS
WICK AND ST. SIMON ARE IN
TERESTING AND WILL DRAW
LARGE CROWDS.
BUSINESS WILL BE PRACTICALLY
SUSPENDED HERE AFTER
TWELVE O'CLOCK. NOON, TO
DAY.
Today is tue glorious Fourth of
July, and in common with the country
at large, Brunswick is going to cel
ebrate the occasion as it bus never
done in thq past.
To begin with, for the first time in
many years, the people ot' this city
are going to have a program of exer
cises at home, and will not have to
excurt to the ; resorts to find pleas
ure.
A few weeks ago it occurred to the
members of the Marine hand ami the
Uniform Hank of the Knights of l*jt>.
ins that a hotm coiebrat iOTI would he
of interest to the people generally.
Accordingly they wjnt to work and
arranged a program that would do jus
tice to a city twit e as large as Bruns
wick.
The program for Ine celebration is
a thoroughly interesting one, an I in
full is as follows:
Sunrise —National salute of fnrly
five guns will be fired.
9:00 a. m. Bateau races around
Marsh island, first prize, S2O: zocund
prize sl3; third prize. $10; ‘fourth
prize. $5. '
10:00 a. m. Concert by the Marine
band on the Plant system whitrcs
during the progress of the ran -
1 p ni.Parade of the Kmrids of
Pythias. Marine hand and citizens to
the fair grounds.
2:00 p. in. Oration by IPs. C. (1
Brad ley.
15:00 p. ni. —Bicycle races.
4Bio p. m. —Have hall game )>.
tween the Leans and Pats, climb
ing the greasy pole, catching a greasy
pig, and other amusements.
8:00 p. in. Grand pyrotechnic di
play, concluding the day . program.
J. V. Gibson w ill "nave !,..r of
the bicycle races, and .1. W. Walloon
will he in charge of the iarlous n
freshment stands.
The manage meat has
admission of 2.3 cc-i.ts for adult -and
children under 12 years of age will
he admitted free.
In connection with the r !m\ if
base hall, which is to be played this
afternoon, the line up 00 the two
teams will he as follows:
Leaiik—Court!and Sy mine's, captain:
Geo. T. Baikjy. c. f„ Ed. Monday, p,.
W. J. Way. ,s. s., Bolling Whitfield,
r. f., John Gibson, Ist b., K. J. MeTitih.
2d b., C. L. Candler, c t , T. .Newman, I.
f.. It. 13. LaMance, 3d h., C. H. Wim
berly, C. B. Conyers, extra men.
Fats —L. Goldsmith, captain; F. Jo r
ger, Ist b.. Jack Gardner, 2d b., B. Car
reras, Si s., Roht. Gaskin, 1. f., J. B.
Davis, 3d b., W. It. Townsend, r. f.,
J. 11. Tankerslqy, c., Harry Baker, j>.,
O. W. Cole, c. f., J. A. Butts, Ed.
Gregory, extra men.
Umpire—Sheriff W. H. Berne.
Scorer- —R. L. McCulloch.
The following special notices hare
also been posted regarding the game:
First —I- Goldsmith will have a
keg of beer on third base, and all who
reach third base will be entitled to
a glass.
Second —Judge Whitfield's dog will
be on hand and will follow the judge
around the bases.
Third —Dr. Joerger'B lungs are in
sound condition and he is liable to
*
give utterance.
Forftrh —Jack Gardner i s off two
pounds in weigut, but will size up a!I
right.
Fifth —“Billie” Way has gained a
half a pound since the; last game, but
bets are even that he can tote his
weight around the diamohd.
Sixth —John Baumgardner will be on
hand early and stay late, and what
he can't blow out the band he. will
blow out the cannon.
Seventh —Brigadier General Peters
will see to it that the noise from the
cannon in no way peters out.
At St. Simon.
The day at St. Simon promises to
boa thoroughly interesting one and
the doings of the day will take rank
among ute pleasantest oiveuts of the
celebration.
The program of the day is as fol
lows:
2:30 p. m.—Bicycle ra cs. (T) Boys
race, quarter mile dash. (2) Local
race, limited only to Brunswick
riders, quarter mile. (3) Quarter
mile, free to all. In each of thee©
event:- handsome gold medals will bo
offered.
3:30 p. m.- Boat races, first prize,
sls; second prize, $lO.
5 p. m.—Military target shoot;
prize, goltl modal.
3:30 p. m.--Individual prize drill by
the members of the Naval Reserves
and Riflemen. Brize, gold modal for
inch company.
7:00 p. in. -Dancing until 11 o'clock.
During tue afternoon a game of base
ball will occur bqtwert.i the team at
the beach and tin * Oil!' tit the mills.
The ranu promises to bo an interest
ing one. and it. is sale to say that a
(iz '.v! will wuie s it. The li.i-J
up of tin' L ams is aw follows:
B‘ aeh Hitch. Hilliard. Folder,
Ni tftlengale. Hunter, Hopkins, Mal
lard.
Mill team —Heaver, Forsyth, Cal
houn, Heavan, Nightengale, Foster.
Wright, Go c an. ,
Following is the li ssie line sched
ule tr £'!: Simon;
Leave Brunswick —S a. in., 9 a. rn.,
10 . m,, 1 p. in, 2 p, in., 3 p. in,
4Gilt p. i:i.. fi p. in, 7:30 j). in, 8:30
11 m.
1 cave St. Simon —9 a. m, 12 noon,
2 p m, 3 p. m, 4:30 p. m, tl p. m„
7::',ii p, inp. m, U p. m.
At Cumberland.
While Cumheiiand aw a resort, has
liel made any- cp r ial effort to secure
a crowd, it can l truly said that the
day on Hie, island ;:iil be a pleasant
one, am) those who may visit this
very popu! z re o: I may leek for a
day re,nine pleasure. The musical
program alone is worth a trip to the
island.
AR in ad tic Varionw prognKns of
the day indie,ale (hat the observance
of tin- <ln.. ties vi nr will in rmtiny ways
: nrpa hive of many years, and (lie
News hope,, that it will he a pleasant
affair for all.
PHILIPPINE VI I I RAN
MAKE S CONFESSION
TELLS POLICE THAT HE KILLED
A FILIPINO IN COLD
BLOOD.
San .her Gal, Juh 3. With a de
sire to eu -<■ his ci,ii .-whence of the
’■‘rime of cold blooded] murder, Wil
liam F. M’-.’-.e ater, Pbifippin- veteran,
has atiiTi !!:;•■■-a! bimveh to Chief of
I’ctice Kid ward.
McAllister, who is thirty years of
age, comes from Wh atlan,!?, ills. He
cndsled n t'n army during the Span
ii-b-Amorican war and was sent to the
Philippines in Company K,-2(th Uni
ted States infantry. The man claims
to I*B,vo seen hard service and finally
l'. : ’so ha’dei.cd and , -of an
insane desire to i;,li a Filipino singl";
landed.
In May, 1900. McAllister says hr,
'stole away from camp and met three
inoffensive Fill .urns. He raised his
La I. to nis shorn lei and shot one of
them dead. On Api ril 2, 1901, Me-
Aihster was u. •.■stored out of the ser
*. icc. Chief Kid wa id will hold ine
tan until an iuvtrtigation can be
made.
Visitors Will Come.
A large crowd of visitors are ex
pected on every train today, as the
celebration has been well advertised,
[and there Is no doubt that ma ijr will
cime.
BRUNSWICK, GA., FRIDAY MORNiNG, JULY 4, 1902.
IT AMOUNTS TO A
GENERAL REPEAL
—t —
NEW REVENUE LAW SAVES THE
PEOPLE AN ENORMOUS
SUM ANNUALLY.
Nearly Every Line of Business is In
for a Share of Die Sav
ing.
Washington, D. C, July 3.—The
amount of federal (axes paid by the
people of the United States is lessen
ed to the extent of about $77,0U0,000
annually by virtue of tiiis new
revenue law which went into effect
July 1. The ne measure) amounts
to virtual repeal of all the Spanish
war revenue taxes except the tax on
mixed flour. Tiie duty on tea ixv
inains until Janutry 1 next !o enable
those who have stocks on hand to dis
pose of them before the repeal takes
effect.
With the going into effect of the new
measure the war revenue tax is re
pealed on the following: Bankers, bro
kers, dealers in grain, 'securities, etc.,
pawnbrokers, custom house brokers,
proprietors of theatres, circuses and
other places of amusement, proprietors
of howling alleys and billiard rooms,
dealers in leaf tobacco, dealers in to
bacco, manufacturers of tobacco, man.
ufacturers of cigars, instruments, pa
pers or documents; delivers of trans
fers of stock; sales and agreements of
sales or agreements to sell stocks,
products or meridian lino; wines,, seats
in parlor or palace care, legacies and
distributive shares of personal proper
ty, excise tux on pe.vio.is, firms, cor
porations and companies engaged in
refining petroleum and sugar.
On the following articles the tax
is reduced: Fermented liquors, to $1
per barrel; snuff and tobacco, to fi
cents per pound; cigarettes weighing
more than three pounds per 1,000 re
duced to $3 per 1,000.
The tax on mixed flour and oleo
margarine. not lining a war revenue,
is not affected by the new lawv
■..i ..fttfc.—.w. .
Vegetation Suffering.
Carrollton, Ga., July 3. Carroll
county is suffering the severe 1
drought in its history as a farming
section. Trmro has been comparative
h no rain since planting time, and n!
though fair stands of crops wore si
cured and cotton has been doing well,
outs were a failure, wheat was cut
short, forage, small grain, hay and
early upland corn urn almost lost n>
cording to present prospects. For two
or three days hot, dry winds 'navi boon
inarching vegetation, Pastures are
about dead.
Spanish Steamship Ashore.
New Orleans, July 3. —The Spanish
steamship Aleoia, Captain Luzarrapu
from Cuba, with cargo of sugar run
signed to the American Sug>.’ Refining
company, went aground Jiia morning
on the wost shore of South Pass. !h r
lexicon is considered no, (ia.igxroi s
and she is expected to he pulled off
in a few hours.
Wealthy Man is Shot.
Now York, July 3.—Albeit C. Lati
mer, a wealthy stationer of t'n is city
who lives in Brooklyn, was fatally
shot early this morning at his home in
a struggle with a burglar. The, burg
lar escaped, leaving 'nis shoes and cap
behind.
Mr Latimer was taken to a hospital
where the doctors after a.i examina
tion said he could not live.
TO INVITE ROOSEVELT.
Macon Wants Him There in Octo
ber.
Macon, July 3.—The committee
composed of Harry A. Adwards,
Bridges Smith, Nat Wright, L<on
S. Dure, W. E.. Shelverton, W.
A. McKenna and W. A, Wilder that
was appointed to personally invite the
president to come to Macon luring!
the farmers’ congress to be held here
in October, left this morning at 8; 30
o’clock via the Southern railway.
The committee will wait on the
president tomorrow and extend to him
the invitation of the city of Macon
and tne chamber of commerce. It. is
thought the president will accept, the
invitation.
Weather Forecast
The weather bureau of Washington,
•ays today will be fair willi variable
-$Fi .itiSMßm
ROOSEVELT IS
CHIEF ORATOR
PRESIDENT ROOSEVEuT WILL BE
THE GUEST OF PiTTS
BURG TO-DAY.
Swell Dinner in Honor of Attorney-
General Knox Will Be Given
THis Etvening.
Pittsburg. July 2. - Pittsburg is pre
pared tor the greatest Independence
Hay celebration in its history. Prcs-
I ident 800 v. It is io lie the central
lizaro ami when he arises upon the
plat form in Sehi nic;. park Friday to
th liver the oration ho will look out
:o,ni a sea of faces that will include
thousands of strangers from adjacent
parts of Pennsylvania, West Virginia
end Ohio. .
i lie president and oilier distin
guished guests wtil lie escorted to the
.cl< I>j numerous companies of mili
tary and other organizations. There
II lie no other .speakers except the
; ■ -.ident. Despite Lie report that hid
ii'.reas would sound the keynote of
he, campaign, if is authoritatively
tatod that patriotism and not politics
v, ill bo his subject.
At the dinner to In given in his
[honor, when Attorney General Knox
will he tin hosr, and scores of cmi
,ll*nt republicans among the guests, il
is more tb. n likely Dial some ringing
utterances concerning things polltieal-
I; will lie heard.
MR. M. A. BAKER, SR., DEAD.
Expired rt His Residence on G Street
Last Night.
Mr. M. A. Baker. Sr., one of Bruns
wick's most highly esteemed citizens,
Ijrcathcr his byd shortly after 12
o'clock last, night tmil Vds heath will
cause general sorrow to his scores of
friends.
The deceased had b</en ill for quite
a while, but recently lie had grown
gradually better, and only a day or
to ago was able to sit up. But a
change for (he worse came, and fluji
grim reaper claimed him for nis own.
Mr. Baker was a man who could
make friends and keep them. He was
honest in 'nis business dealings and his
word was his huml.
For a number of years he had been
engaged in llic manufacture of tur
ipontine stills, and lie has always been
very successful,
The funeral arrangements have not
been made as yijt, and consequently
no announcement, as to the time, cby.
can ho given.
Tne sorrowing relatives have the
sympathy of the News and t'ne public
at large in t'nis, their affliction.
Records Broken.
Washington, July 3. The quickest
piece of legislation accompli sued dur
ing the present session of congress
was the pa usage of the HiII appropriat
ing $75,000 for a quartermaster's sup
lily vlepot at Omaha, Neb.
Mr. Mercer secured its passage by
the house at 2 o’clock yesterday. It
passed the senate! at, 2:15 p. in., the
bill was engrossed, enrolled, signed by
the speaker and president pro tern,
Frye, of the, senate, and at 4:15 t'ne
president signed l.hejnll and it became
a law.
THE CROP CONDITIONS.
What the Weather Bureau Says About
It.
Washington, July 3. —The weather
bureau's weekly summary of the crop
conditions, says:
The northern portions of the coun
try east of the Itocky mountains navel
experienced another decidedly, cool
week, with generally abundant rainfall
In the southern states the week aver
aged warm, with phenomenally heayy
rains, where they were generally
needejr). over a large part of Texas,
and portions of northern Louisiana
and Southern Arkansas.
Cotton continues to suffer for rain
in the south-central portion of the cot
ton belt, and drought conditions have
rapidly developed over the greater
part of Georgia, where the crop is in
Jess favorable condition than in the
previous week. Over the northern
portions of the central and eastern ills,
tricts more favorable conditions ex
ist, although lice are extensively re
ported throughout the central and
eastern portions. The feature of t'ne
week was the abundant rainfall over
CALLED SESSION OF
COUNCIL LAST NIGHT
QUITE INTERESTING
the greater part of the drought region
of Texas, in which the condition lias
been greatly improved. Drought, how
ever, continues in extreme northwest
ern and southwestern states.
The weather conditions of the week
have been gdncrally favorable to the
tobacco crop, which, however, has not
made rapid growtli in the middle At
lantic states as u result of low tempor
al u re.
REPAIRING SIDEWALKS.
Many are Now Being Repaired in
This City.
The. work of repairing sidewalks
has started in earnest, and it is need
less to guy that elverybody is delight
ed
Tne walks, or many of them, were in
a deplorable condition and the author
ities are to lie complimented on the
move which means so much comfort
to the publi'.
EDWARD CONTINUES TO IMPROVE
His Condition Regarded as Entirely
Satisfactory.
London, July —The 1 o'clock bul
letin issued from Buckingham palace
gives Hopeful prophecy of the king’s
recovery, stating mat the king passed
an excellent nigh* and is making
steady progress in all conditions. The
wound is beginning to heal and is now
much less troublesome.
Oil. COMPANY FORMED.
Chartered in West Virginia To Ope
rate in Camden County.
Charleston. W. Va., July 3 —The St.
Mary's Run Oil Company of Way
cross, Ga., was chartered here today
to operate on the Coleraine tract, of
.0,0(10 acres of land in Canid: n county,
Georgia. The capital stock of s2ri,-
Obu has been subscribed and paid.
Tiie incorporators are -T. L. Sweat, I
L. Sweat, and S. W. Hitch,' of Way.
cross, H T. Hitch, of Atlanta, and
R. R. Hopkins, of Brunswick.
SHORT OF MONEY.
>f ■ - _____
Military Companies of Macon Are Up
Against It.
Macon, Ga., July 3.—The local mil
itary companies need S3OO to pay off
indebtedness on the rifle range.
The range has been completed and is
a beauty. It is not equaled by any
range in the state, and the members
of the local companies are very proud
of it:. They will take great pride in
showing it to the visiting military
iu<xl Monday.
The state shoot begins next Monday
and there will be many soldiers here
from all parts of tho state Tint
committee will start out to raise the.
S3OO today and expect to receive lib
eral contributions.
SOME NO I CONFIRMED
BY IHE U. S. SENA 5 E
AMONG THE NUMBER WAS A. M.
SMITH, NAMED AS POST
MASTER HERE.
W assjil.i'/fin,, July 3) —Among the
prqfstdenttal appointments to office
during the last session of congress,
upon which the senate failed to act,
are:
George B. Rooster, collector inter
nal revenue, district of South Caro
lina.
Postmasters- -Kentucky—Samuel G.
Hanson, Berea.
North Carolina —James W. Mullen,
Charlotte,
South Carolina J. I’. Murphy, Bero
berg; Landrum Padgett, Avery; Jeffer
son F. Richardson, Greenville; Geo.
I). Shore), Sumter.
Louisiana —F. E. Posey, Baton
Rouge.
Georgia-—A. M. Smith, Brunswick.
There was also a large number of
army brevet nominations which failed
to secure favorable action of the sen
ate.
Isued a Notice.
The committee of the Se 'Wit': Geor
gia reg'meat appointed to arrange Ra
the trip to Virginia, have issued a
notice to the effect that no tickets
will be' sold for the trip, after July
9, and requesting all veterans of the
regiment who desire to go to notify
the committee at once.
PRICE FIVE CENTS,
ICR BUSINESS
WAS TRANSACTED
CHARGE AGAINST SUPERINTEND
ENT OF SANITATION GOOD
BREAD IS HEARD BY COUNCIL
AND ACTION IS TAKEN.
AFTER AN EXECUTIVE SESSION
COUNCIL DECIDED TO DIS
CHARGE HIM, WHICH WAS DONE
—OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST.
Adjourned Regular Meeting.
Brunswick Ga., July 3, 1902.
Jjfeuent—Hon. N. Emanuel, mayor;
Aldeimen Franklin, Newnutn, du Big
nnu, Calhoun and McGarvey.
Absent —Aldermen Kaiser. Cook,
and Taylor.
Unfinished Business.
The charges against S. T. Good
broad. superintendent of sanitation,
of misconduct in office were inves
tigated; testimony was heard from
J. E. B. Manor, J. W. Watkins and
T. Newman', After a statement by.
Mr. S. T. Goodbroad council went
into executive session.
Executive Session Dissolved.
On Motion, S. T. Good bread was
discharged from the office as superin
tendent of sanitation and the clerk
of council instructed to notify him
to ...Writing ti) that effect...
Petitions.
From Ti. E. Breiseniek for etxtension
of his Lease of the foot of Dartmouth
street, in view of the eonitemplated
enlargement of liis marine railway.
Ib/'orrcJ to a special committee to be
appointed by the mayor, the number
comprising said committee to be at
the discretion of the mayor.
From 11. Mic'helson, to relieve him
of the lici|ise of $lO as retail dealer,
stating that he had only been in bus
iness four months, had discontinued
business, requesting that lie be al
lowed to pay half license only.
Note.—Petitioner lias case docketed
against him in police court for viola
tion of license ordinance. Petition re
fused.
From residents in vicinity of L and
Albany streets for installation of
electric arc light at intersection of said
•streets. Referred to committee on
sanitation, lights and water.
From S. Marks for permit to erect
shed on New Town lot. No. 1571.
The clerk was instructed to return
petition to Mr. Marsh and notify him
of the requirements in the premises.
From W. E. Thomas, alleging error
in the tax assessed against him in
1900. Referred to committee on taxes
and revenues.
Communications.
From St. Athanasius Concert band,
asking permission to Use band stand
in Hanover park, stating they would
give open air concert’s other
Thursday night during the summer, if
so permitted. Heferred to committee
on public works.
From Acting Superintendent of San
itation Gref*!, on the unsanitary con
dition of the diten on Prince street
from Mr, Banks’ residence to the rail
road, from improper grading. Refer,
led to the city engineer to investigate
and report the most feasible plan of
remedying the same.
A list comprising twenty property
owners, covering forty-five locations
of defective sidewalks, as notified by
the marshal under resolution of June
2G, was read by the clerk and ordered
filed for future reference.
Adjourned.
N. D. RUSSELL,,
Clerk of Council.
Thirtieth Georgia Reunion.
The annual reunion of the Thirtieth
Georgia repiment will be htelJ at
Griffin on Friday, July 26. This union
v ill gfve the survivors of the regi
ment an opportunity of again meet
ing their beloved command w. Colonel
■ James S. Boyiton, who is in feeble
1 health All are requested to attend
' who can do so;