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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOLUME 1, NO. 247.
AMBASSADOR CLAYTON
RUDE TO RRIJNSWICKIAN
HON, TANARUS, £. WATSON
HIES OF IT
(IRS. H. W. REED, FORMERLY OF
THIS CITY. SUFFERED AT THE
HANDS OF OUR MINISTER TO
MEXICO.
COL. WATSON WRITES AN INTER
ESTING STORY DEALING WITH
SOME OF THE HARDSHIPS OF A
FORMER BRUNSWICK WOMAN.
Hon. 1 nomas E. Watson, tlio well
known Georgia author and statesman,
contribute,l the following story to the
Sunday Constitution, which will he
of general interest in this city:
Most Georgians will remember It.
W. Reed, who may be said to have
founded the city of Wayoross, who
was road master for the plant system,
and who was president of the First na
tional bank of Brunswick.
Several years ago his business en
terprise carried him to Mexico, where
lie invested heavily in si,vie mines.
Alter he had taken possession of Id's
property there he was put to great
trouble and expense in getting the ti
tles quieted, otner speculators being
eager to oust him. At length, how
ever, he bore down all opposition and
was left in peace to develop the min
eral resources. To tills work he gave
his personal attention, throwing all
the energy of his nature Into the work.
His wife and son were with him all
this time held forth to the world as
wile and son, and received by every
body as his wife and child. Some
thing in the mountain climate or in
the excited life Mr. Heed was living
brought about heart trouble for him.
His ores were rich—getting richer all
the time—a fortune, was in his grasp,
but all of a sudden he fell at his task
and died in the mountains where his
mines lay.
Think of the situation of the widow,
Mrs. Reed. A thousand miles from
lo r old home in Georgia, among peo
ple who were almost entire strangers
to iier, and whose language, laws and
business customs are to her a. sealed
book.
First of all it was necessary that she
should become the legal represeuta
live of her husband, to save the mines
from being thrown into the courts,
where they mtgnt be devoured in the
manner so well known the world over.
In doing even so simple a thing as
qualifying as administrator of her
husband and securing the inheritance
to herself and son, Mrs. Reed was
met by all sorts of obstructions, ob
jections, delays and expenses. Mexi
co is what is called a "Latin country,”
and a different code from ours pre
vails, and marriages, births a|pl deaths
are required to be officially register
ed wirh a formality utterly unknown
to the laws of Georgia and most of
the states of the union. Mexican
courts became exceedingly exacting
in demanding proofs that Mrs. Reed
was really Mrs. Heed, and that her
son was a legitimate child-. Mexican
courts demand such proofs as no Geor
gian on eartn can give. They demand
ed certified copies of registers which
nobody keeps, official returns which
nobody makes. In other words, Mex
ican authorities demanded of Mrs.
Reed that She should do the impossi
ble.
Who is it that cannot imagine her
distress, her surprise, her indignation?
What was this American lady to do?
Greedy speculators, hungry for her
mines, were hovering about, eager to
seize the prey.
The Appeal to Clayton.
It occurred to me that the embassa
dor of the United States migli lend a
helping hand o this southern lady in
her troubles —Ambassador Clayton, of
the south.
Not wishing to burden the ambas
sador with a mere personal report of
my own, I wrote to Senators Bacon
and Clay, briefly stating the case and
asking that they furnish me with let
ters to our ambassador in Mexico, re
questing him to favor Mrs. Reed to
tile extent of ills power.
Each of the senators responded
promptly and gave me letters iV
which the ambassador's good will and
otllco were invoked in behall of the
widow, whose weeds Had been so re
cently thrown about her.
These letters I forwarded to Mexi
co. accompanied by as good a state
ment as I knew 'now to frame, and
1 had not the slightest doubt that I
had done my friend Reed's wife and
hoy a good turn—had not the slignt
est doubt that Ambassador Clayton, a
southern gentleman, would be over
joyed at the opportunity of this serv
ing a southern lady commended to
him by the senators of Georgia, as
well as the common instinct of seif
respecting manhood
One day the stricken widow appears
before tile ambassador and seeks aid.
What, does she want? Merely that
the ambassador of the United States
will give her a certificate that in the
state of Georgia, where she was born,
the law does not require that the
birth of a child shall lie officially reg
istered. Is Mr. Clayton willing to cer
tify to that? By no means. Qnerru
lously objecting that he is not ac
quainted with tin: laws of one of the
states of the union whicn lie is sup
posed to represent and refusing to
take the trouble to inform himself as
to Georgia law. 'the ambassador flatly
refuses to sign the paper.
Again, Mrs. Reed asks: "Will you
not. then, sign a certificate that in
some of the states of the union the
birth of a child is nut required to be
officially registered?"
No. Ambassador Clayton will not
sign that statement either. Why not?
Cod only! knows. If he lias flic slight
est acquaintance with the laws of the
states which compose the government
lie represents, he is certainly aware
that the certificate spoke nothing but
the truth. If he does not know that
much about the laws of his country
he is an ignoramus who has no busi
ness to represent, it abroad If, on
the otaer hand, lie is familiar with the
laws, he must have known that the
certificate was the truth, and his re
fusal to can only lie explained
on the supposition that lie was utterly
unwilling to do his country woman a
service, or upon the theory that he
was interested in obstructing her in
her efforts to establish the legal
rights of herself and her boy to these
Mexican mines.
Either explanation leaves the am
hassador in a disgraceful plight. The
certificate which Mrs. Reed requested
of Mr. Clayton would have been of the
utmost service to her because it.
would have convinced the Mexican au
thorities that the original evidence did
their Jaw required did not exist, and
thus Mrs. Reed would have been al
lowed to use secondary evidence, ot
widen she had an abundance.
To prove to the Mexican, courts that
no suen records as they demanded
certified copies from were in existence
was the purpose of Mrs. Reed's ap
plication to our ambassador.
Mr. Clayton had written to me as
suring me that he would cheerfully
aid tile lady, if i am not mistaken,
he had also written to the two sena
tins that, lie would do so
Why did he change front so sud
denly? Why was it that upon Mrs.
Reed s first visit to trie embassy Mr.
Clayton gave her such a cool recep
tion and contemptuously inquired,
"Who is this Clay?" when he had read
tlie senator's letter and dropped it
upon bis desk.
Ido not know. But this frosty
first interview was the proper pro
bide to ail (he others, and from first
to last, amid all her struggles and
troubles, this American lady secured
no aid from the American ambassa
dor. All the help she got came from
others. The certificate wnich he
could have signed, and should have
signed, would have saved her immense
worry and work, much much
money.
She succeeded at last, and secured
full control of the mines, but owed no
thanks to the representative of her
own government.
Was it asking too much of Mr.
Clayton to request him to aid a fel
low citizen in her business entangle
ments with Mexican authorities?
Senator Bacon and Senator ( .’la/
did not think so, for they urgently
asked nim to no it. I do not think
so—having heard of things of that
kind being done in sundry parts of
the globe—and I urgently asked him
to do it And Ambassador Powell
Clayton did not think so, for he wrote
me a letter in which he unqualifiedly
promised to do it.
And he broke his word! Why?
Was he in collusion with tne rival
BRUNSWICK. GA., TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1902.
KNIGHTS ABANDON
FRISCO JOURNEY
1
AT A MEETING HELj LAST NIGHT
THE COMPANY DECIDED NOT
TO MAKE THE TRIP.
The Action was a Source of Deep Re
gret, But Was Forced by De
pletion of Ranks.
At a meeting of the uniform rank.
Knight# nT Pythias, hold last night,
it was decided to abandon the pro
posed trip to San Francisco to partic
ipate in the great K. of P. drill, which
is to occur in that, city early in Au
gust.
The Brunswick division has been
making a hard effort to attend this
event, and at one time it was drought
they would not no able to do so, but if
seems that a number of members from
time to time, and for various causes,
were compelled to withdraw, and the
ranks were so depleted that the trip
seemed well nigh hopeless.
Still, the members who had sei
dudr hearts on the trip were loath to
give it up. and ma.de a noble effort to
get a sufficient number of men to in
sure it. hut in this I hey were doomed
to disappointment, and at a meeting
held last, night it was reluctantly
agreed to abandon the same.
in thts connection it may be said
that Captain Newman nas stood by
his boys until die last, and of all tilt
men who regret that the trip cannot
be made, none of them have a deeper
regret than the popular commander of
the division.
Two Detroit Boys Drown.
Detroit, Mich., July 11.—Two hoys,
Anthony Rukamp, aged IG. and Adolph
Budelier, aged IX, residents of this
city were drowned today in Cass lake
while rowing.
Lightning Bolt Kills Two.
Carthago, Tex., July li. -News
came here today dial lightning struck
the store of K. Graves, about, ten
miles south of here, and killed two
men named Fields and Ponder, and
seriously! hurt Mr. Graves.
MARKSMEN ARE HACK
FROM Ml MACON SHOOT
HAD A GREAT TIME AND DID
SOME EXCELLENT SHOOT.
ING.
#
The teams from the Naval Reserves
and Riflemen returned from Ma
con, the scene of the state shoot and
lliey report tlmt all had an excellent
time. The Reserves’ team was com
posed of the following: J. c. Stiles,
W Bailey, T. O'Connor, L. Bur
roughs, John Ralston, Hunter Hop
kins and lnsley West. Seaman O’Con
nor made the best, record of the
team.
In the Riflemen were Mitchell
Brown, Charlie Bunkley,, I). Farmer,
W. Newman, B. I’ecrson. Private
Brown led the team at the shoot.
companies which were trying to gob
ble up Mrs. Reed’s mines?
(\ do not know.
Was he holding back until someone
in be naif of Wlrs. Reed should ap
proach him in a more commercial
manner?
I do not know.
But this I do know.
He was applied to in a formal, civil,
courteous manner by myself, by the
senators of Georgia, an.l bv Mrs. Reed
in person, was asked to sign a certifi
cate which he knew was nothing but
the truth, he knew this paper, costing
him nothing, would be of the utmost
value to Mrs. Reed, ami he refused to
help her, after having promised to do
so.
All this occurred last year! I only
kn#w the facts in full upon Mrs.
Reed’s return to Georgia: and know
ing tnese facts, I can belhVe without
hesitation- the statement that, the bet
ter class of Americans at Mexico City
look with contempt upon Powell Clay
ton, that they expect no patriotic ser
vice at his hands, and that they ap
ply to him only when it is absolutely
necessary However much 1 may dif
fer from President Roosevelt in many
things, yet I believe him to tie brave,
manly, honest, devoted to his concep
tion of duty, and I believe that were
he to know just what manner or man
this Clayton is, our ambassador to
Mexico would be incontinently bounc
ed from this position which he de
grades.
SEAMAN DIES OK
IKE m\ DEEP
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SAD DEATH OF FIRST MATE
FRED JANSEN. OF SCHOON
ER W. C. WICKHAM.
While Enroute to Hqme and Loved
Ones He Passes Into the Great
Beyond and is Buried Here.
The American schooner William C.
Wi< khain, bound from, Fernandina to
Now York, put into tills port Sunday
night on a very sad mission, it seems
that wm'ii die vessel left Fernandina
for nor distillation, that the first mate
1 111,1 Jllnson * ww suffering with a
slight malady that had not been con
sidered serious. However, as soon as
the Vessel had gotten well out, the
illness became worse and worse, and
toe captain, noticing the situation.
!"K into this port, but before reaching
here die unfortunate man died, and
die funeral, attended by a large num
h'T of the sailors of die port, occurred
.vosterday. The story is an unusually
sad one. as tile dead man was only 28
ye: rs of age, and has a wife and baby
in Brooklyn, to whom he was return
ing.
The young man was highly regarded
by all die members of the clew of the
'.essi I, which will sail for New York
tonight with a very sad complement
aboard.
A Popular Resort.
The dry/ goods emporium of Mrs.
M. Isaac, on Newcastle street, was
one of the most popular resorts for
ladies in the city yesterday and from
early in die morning until late at
night the store was thronged with vis
itors, nil anxious to take advantage of
some of the splendid bargains which
idle i; (goring this week Mrs. Isaac
desires it to be understood that die
values to lie offered today will in c(v
ery Way surpass tnoso of the rest o.r
die week, and Invites the ladies who
did not got what they wanted yester
day to call today and receive the best
of attention.
COAST I !ME HOMOS
QUOIN) VIRY HIGHLY
FINANCIAL AUTHORITIES SAY’
SECURITIES OF NEW COM
PANY GOOD.
The following from the New York
Journal of Commerce, will fio of in
terest in Brunswick.
Brown Bros. & Cos., of New York,
Philadelphia and Boston; llallgarton
* Cos., of New York, and Vermiiyo &
Cos., ol New York, Boston and Chicago,
have purchased $13,750,000 par value
of the Atlantic Const Line railroad
fitst consolidated mortgage 50 year 1
per cent, gold bonds maturing July l,
1 95 J. These bankers invite riuhscriji
dons for $10,000,000, the unsold por
• ion of the above amount, at. 100 1-2
and accrued interest, payable July 24,
1902, at which time the bonds will be
ready lor delivery. They recommend
these bonds as a desirable investment.
Half yearly interest coupons, begin
ning March 1, 1903, will be payable
March 1 and September 1, in this
city. The first coupon, due March 1,
1903, will lie for eight months’ inter
est'. Tiie last coupon, due July 1,
1952 will he for four months’ interest.
The United Trust company, of New
York, is the trustee under the mort
gage.
"The total amount of the mortgage
is for $80,000,000. Of this amount
$31,031,000 has been issued, $35,1.02,
000 has been reserved to take up un
derlying liens and $13,804,000 has been
reserved for acquisition, extensions,
improvements and equipments. The
bonds are limited to $20,000 per mile
of railway (including underlying div
iona] liens) and are secured by a
mortgage cohering all the property of
the railroad company. They are a
first. lien upon about 570 miles of
railroad
It is estimated that the net earn
ings of the mortgaged property for tne
year ending June 30, 1902, will exceed
$5,800,000, approximately double the
interest charge of the consolidated
SUPERIOR COURT HAS A
VERY BUSY SESSION
company for the year ending June
:b>, 19(13, which, including interest on
$31,1134,000 first consolidated mortgage
bonds outstanding, will amount to $2,-
976,307.
i be bonds cannot be redeemed pri
or to maturity. Subscriptions will be
opened at the offices of the bankers
on July 17, at 10 a. m„ and close at
3 p. m. Application will be made to
iist. these bonds on the New York
Stock exchange.
NEW SAW MILL.
Brunswick Is to Have One at Her
Gates Very Soon.
Brunswick will soon have within
her midst, or very near thereto, anew
and at die same time one of (he hand
somest saw mills in this section of
die country.
The new mill will bo located within
a few miles of the city and ill he
built by die Oemulgee Navigation
Cos., who have recently purchased
large real estate holdings in and near
Brunswick and who are among the
strongest concerns, financially, in the
state.
According to the rumor the mill
will be thoroughly /abreast of the
times and will have an unusually large
capacity.
Two Horses Burned to Death.
Clarkesville, Oa., July 14.—A pair
of fine horses, a mule and other stock
were burned to death in the barn of
die Slimmer home at this place of Mr.
Minis, of Savannah, last night. The
carriages, buggies, etc., in the barn
were also destroyed. The loss i3 esti
mated at from $3,00(1 to $5,000.
Death of a Newspaper Man.
Washington, July 14.—E. Cuthbert,
for eight years the Washington cor
respondent of the Richmond Dispatch,
died here tonight, aged 61 years. He
served throughout the civil war on
the confederate Wide. For a long time
he was the southern news manager
of the New York Herald, with head
quarters tn Richmond.
Negro Girl Foully Handled.
Eufaula, Ala., July 14.—1.e01a
Washington, a young negro girl of 12,
was found dead in the woods Friday
afternoon. The marks on her body
showed she had been foully dealt with.
John Dismukcs, a well-known colored
man of the neighborhood, was arrest
ed on suspicion and locked up. The
negroes are very much excited and
there is some talk of a lynching.
MAY BE A CHANGE.
New Stenographer is Expected for
Brunswick Judicial Circuit.
It is unlikely that there will he a
new official stenographer of the Bruns
wick circuit during the incumbency,
of Judge Willis Dart, as judge of the
Brunswick circuit.
For a number of years A. D. Gale,
of this city, has held the position, ap
parently to the perfect satisfaction of
all at interest, but it has b(en stated
on good authority that Judge Dai t.
has signified his intention of appoint
ing William C. Crawley, of Waycross,
to the position.
Mr. Gale has a number of friends
in this city who will join the News
in the hope that the rumor which lias
gained circulation is not true, and
that lie will receive the appointment,
but at the same time, it now seems
that such will not he the case.
M. 1.., .
Did Not Preach.
Those who braved the inclement
weather Sunday night to hear Rev.
Geo. Stuart at the auditorium Sunday
night were disappointed when they
reached there to hear the announce
ment that Mr. Stuart was on St. Si
mon and had not returned. It has de
veloped that he was' a little nervous
about the threatening weather and de
cided not to come over.
The Record is Good.
Although July is supposed to be one
of the dullest months in ail the year,
this far the shipping record has been
way above the average, and if the
present ratio is maintained it will be
one of the banner months of the year,
tn all lines of the shipping interest
there lias been no decrease and thus
far the record lias been anything but
a failure. \ A]
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
MANY CASES
PASSED UPON
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THE HARVEY LITIGATION TAKEN
UP AND ATTORNEYS FOR CITY
SCORE A VICTORY AFTER HARD
LEGAL BATTLE.
PUTNAM CASES, WHICH IS AN IN
TERESTING ONE/’ IS NOW ON
TRIAL-OTHER CASES TRIED
GRAND JURY IN SESSION.
rue adjourned session of the Glynn
superior court was convened by Judge
K- J. Reagan, of the Flint circuit, at.
nine o’clock this morning and during
the day| some very important litiga
tion was disposed of, none of die
eases being tried needing the atten
tion of a jury, as they were all mat
ters argued, either on motions, demur
rers or amendments thereto.
ihe first, ease taken up was that,
of Synimes & Bennett vs. Dunham,
Hotchkiss & Cq?, a case which lias
been upon the records of Glynn county
for at least ten years and involves
the old Crispen mills, of die com
pany.
The ease yesterday was in the na
ture of a suit for attorney fees
amounting to $1,500. Judge Synimes
appeared for die old firm of SyiuiiiqX
& Bennett and Judge Spencer R. At
kinson, of Atlanta, represented the
defendants and filed a demurrer to the
suit on some technical point of law,
which the court sustained after a
lengthy argument on the part of the
hJtornjjq.:: i-j the.ease.
The Harvey matter was then taken
ifi) on a motion filed by Atkinson &.
Dunwody and W G. Brandy, at
torney!; lor H. H. Harvey asking the
court to dissolve the receivership and
dismiss the easei To this City Attor
ney F. E. Twittv and W. E. Kay filed
an amendment and a demurrer, which
was sustained by die court die prac
tical effect of which, leaves the liti
gation where it was.
The court, at the request of the par
ties interested, announced that an
auditor would be apppointed to take
evidence in the matter and report
back to the court.
Date in the afternoon the ease of
E. A. Putnam and others vs. Mrs. Vio
la Johnson, was called and considera
ble time was devoted to it. in the ar
gument of a number of unimportant
demurrers. This case is one of con
siderable importance and involves tne
title to some valuable property of die
estate of the late A. T. Putnam. The
<YWL recessed at a late hour until
8:30 o’clock this morning, when the
Putnam ease wil! tic resumed.
The grand jury was also in session
(luring the day and returned a number
of true hills and after the afternoon
session, recessed until this morning.
The jury serving for the term is as
follows:
J. W. Stevens, M, E. Dart. J. It.
Dillard. W. S. Smith, TV W. Flanders,
E. J. Wilcox, J. M. Conoley, T. E.
Smith, F. f> Scarlett, R. 1!. Harrison,
J. M. Madden. Sr.. H. 1,. Dart, li. F.
Howard, Jos. Benj Davis, Jcrre Wilch
er, A. T. Drawdy, R. R. Durant, A. M.
Calder, J. It. Dane, N. It. Barnhill.
Oscar Johannesen, John Murray. J.
W. Brooks, A. O. Anderson. T. W.
f.aniti, F. E. Phillips, J. F. Owens, W.
S Forrester, C. A. McCardle, M. W.
Mock, Henry Bradham, Moses Daniel.
Kennon Mott. Wm. Holibs, J. E. Dart,
J. T. Lambright.
Business Men as Mediators.
Houston, Tex., The striking shop
men of the Southern Pacific today ac
cepted the offer of prominent business
men to act as a mediator, and a meet
ing is to be held tomorrow, at which
the matter will be discussed between
the business men and strikers.
Brunswick Wins Again.
Telegrams from Macon last night
announced that the colored base ball
club of tnis city bad defeated a sim
ilar aggregation of the Central city
Ito the score of 0 to 6. The Bruns-
Iwick team is hard to beat.