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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOLUME 1, NO. 258.
RPi*7' cv WAXES WARM
DKAN ILL . . 'CCITC
ON POLITICAL
HE WHITES A
LfnER
S§®K CONGRESSMAN AC-
HoMINATION AS PROP
ER BY NOTIFICATION
COMMITTEE.
He Also Takes Occasion to Exploit
His Views on Some of the
Live Issues of the
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Douglas. Oa„ June 28. 1902.
Hon. W. <!. Brantley, M. C., Washing
lon, D. C.
Dear Sir.—The undersigned com
mittee. appointed by the democratic
congressional convention of the Elev
entli district, hold at Duldin. Georgia,
on the 2Stn inst, for the purpose of
nominal ing a candidate for congress
Irom said district for the next ensu
ing term, beg to assure you, in dis
charging w'mit is to os a most pleas
ant duty, that your renomination to
<he position which you now 'noil as
our representative iu congress and
have so fait.aully and efficiently held
for the past six years is the most
unanimous wish of the convention and
and democratic party of your district.
The convention desires this com
mittee to thank you for the faithful
and able service you have been and
are rendering your party and your
country, and to assure you that ev
ery speech, every vote and every act
of your official career meets the un
qualified approval and endorsement of
tne people of your district.
Trusting to bo favored with your
acceptance of the nomination tender
ed, and wishing your the same con
tinued success in tne future that has
nttonled your entirj past public ca
reer, we are, mos respectfully.
Your obedient servants,
.1. W. QUINCY, •
A,. I- KRANKI.JN,
IV 1.. WADE.
JOHN E. DeLAOY,
ARTHUR S. BUSSEY.
Committee.
Brunswick. Ga.. July 25. 11)02.
Messrs. J. W. Quincy, A. L. Franklin.
V*. I„ Wade. John F. DeLaey, Arthur
J Bussey. Committee.
■r.cei.ien.—l beg to acknowledge
the receipt of your highly esteemed
letter, advising me that the democrat
ic convention of the Eleventh con
gressional district of our state, assem
bled in the city of Dublin on June 25.
last, had unanimously renominated
nc for congress, to serve during the
next ensuing term, and requesting
that I notify you of my acceptance
thereof, and. in acknowledging the
same, to thank you for the very kind
and Mattering terms you employ in
advising me of the action of the con
vention.
This nomination, predicated, as it
was, upon the result of the preceding
primary election, in which no oppos
ing votes were cast, comes to me as
additional evidence of the esteem,
good will and partiality of my fellow
democrats of this district, and i's ac
cepted I>y me with grateful apprecia
tion. I am not only appreciative of
the great honor conferred by it, but
am further and more deeply impress
ed than ever by the obligations rest
ing upon me to demonstrate to
best of my ability in the performance
of rny public duties not only to have
and enjoyt the priceless gift of the
confidence and esteem of our people
so freely and unselfishly given me.
A representative of the people in
Piie greatest deliberative body on
earth—for such is the American con
gress—can nave and should have no
greater incentive to the fullest per
formance of Viis duty and to the de
velopment of the best that U in him
than the hope-of the approbation of
those whom he labors to serve, and
so it is that that part of your letter
wherein yon convey to me the thanks
of the convention for what they are
pleased to call my services and fur
ther inform me that my entire offi
cial career has met the approval of
all the people of our district, is ap
preciated and prized by me beyond
my phnr ability to properly express
to yon. it matters not how little 1
may feel that I have earned this
generous endorsement, it is none the"
less pleasing and gratifying to me.
and will. 1 assure you. be a powerful
stimulus and encouragement to me
in the work that 1 am. by the favor of
mv friends yet called upon to do.
Should the action of your conven
tion be ratified by the people at fne
polls next November —and their loy
alty to democratic principles is too
strong for this to be questioned—l
shall strive, as heretofore, while help
ing to guard the interests of our com
mon country, to be ever mindful of
the local and material interests of
the people immediately represented
by me, and shall lose no opportunity
to urge all proper legislation looking
to their prosperity, progress and de-
velopment, and, in brief, I pledge
through you to the democracy of the
district, the best service of which 1
am capable.
The problems thrust, upon our coun
try by reason of the policy pursued
by the party in power after the close
of the Spanish-Ameriean war have not
only not been solved, but have be
come more serious and more alarming
with the lapse of time. A colonial
policy in the treatment of our island
possessions closely patterned after
that now in vogue by imperial, powers,
and closely akin to, if not entirely
alike that which our forefathers con
demned in Great Britain and success
fully waged the glorious war of the
Revolution to free themselves from,
has been definitely entered upon by
onr government, and unices the people
rebuke that which has been done,
bids rair to become its permanent pol
icy to the hurt of all our cherished
ideals, to the final repudiation of the
Declaration of Independence, and to
the complete, overturning of tne the
ory upon which the government was
government was founded.
The past two years have also wit
nessed a marked increase in the num
ber. strength and influence of the
great industrial combinations in our
country, known as trusts, and while
the evils existing and threatened by
those combinations are apparently
realized and professedly condemned
by sonic of the loaders of the republi-
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can party, it is significant oi the true
policy of this party that, atiiougn in
charge of the presidency, the house
and ttie senate, the session ot eon
gross just adjourned did not produce
a single line of legislation in restraint
of monopoly. or In the slightest de
grec hostile to the interests oi tie'
trustsi Upon the contrary, this party
has during the present, congress, and
permanently incretofore, upheld aim
maintained their high protective pol
icy, whereby th trusts have been
made possible, and colonialism a ne
cessity. if the tra-ds be maintained.
The absolute control of the American
market, which the trusts have by fa
vor 'f the protection they enjoy, gives
to them their strength and power.
It la plainly manifest that our pres
ent tariff law is, as has been aptly
said, “a breeder of trusts,” and that
one off the most potent remedies yet
proposed for the trust evil is a re
vision of the tariff, v’i the
American market COnnot be controlled
by the American trusts. Every per
son familiar with recent, history also
knows that the first suggestion or a
colonial policy came from the pro
tected classes In our country, who
feared the competition that would
come to them newly acquired
territory was munman integral part
of the United Stat“ and thereby e.n
titled to free trade with the United
States. It is well known, too, that
their wishes controlled, and that, in
defiance of all our popular traditions
and belief, and. as many of u’s think.
1n violation of the constitution, itself,
a tariff wall has been erected between
those ni'W possessions and the United
States, and the beginning was had tn
governing them outside and indepond
opt of the constitution.
The greed of the protected classes
'was also responsible for the failure
of the present congress to grant re
ciprocal trade relations with Cuba,
thereby discharging the solemn duty
pf our government, to both the people
of Cuba and of the United States.
It Is not opportune for me at this
time, however, to make more than
passing reference to the groat Issues
of the tariff, the trusts and imperial
ism, nor can I consume your lime by
any discussion, of the minor issues
with which the congress has to deal.
It is perhaps enough for me. to say
that in ail my acta and dealings as
your representative, in dealing with
both new and old questions, 1 have
striven to keep in mind and be con
trolled by the principles of the party
fo which we belong, and to say that
I shall continue so to do in the fu
ture. In. this connection, it is a com
fort, and .satisfaction for us to know
that the dreams of wealth and em
pire and conquest that have come to
many have not swerved the democrat
ic party from its moorings, but that
now, as in the past, It Is true to hu
man liberty and popular government,
is loyal to the constitution, still be
lieves in the Declaration of Independ
ence, favors the masses where their
rights clash with the classes, stands
for economy in public expenditures,
for tariff for revenue, and for “equal
vights to all. and special privileges
to none.” We must draw hope for
toe future, too, in the consciousness
we have of the wisdom and justice
of the principles for which our party
stands and of their necessity to the
maintenance of American institutions*
Our faith is strong and abiding that of
necessity they must ere long be vori
dicatod and sustained by the major
ity of the American people.
Again thanking you. gentlemen, for
the exceeding kindness and courtesy
of your letter, and with, sentiments
of high personal regard to each of
you, I am. Sincerely yours,
W G. BRANTLEY.
No Service Today.
By appointment of Presbytery,
W. F. Hollingsworth will preach to
day at Hazel hurst. On this account
file Presbyterian church here will
be closed except for Sunday school,
which will meet at 4:30. Mr. Hol
llagseworth will return tomorrow.
BRUNSWICK, GA., SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 27, 1902
THE CONNECTION
; NT OFFEHUN
BRUNSWICK & BIRMINGHAM EX
PECTS TO REACH THAT
POINT TUESDAY.
The Line Will Then Put on Through
Trains and Will Have Over a
Hundred Miles in Op-
Operation.
The Brunswick ft Birmingham will
reach Offerman on Tuesday morning,
next, and with its connection via the
.icrman ft Western, which it has
recently purchased, the line woll soon
bo in operation from Brunswick to
Nieholls, a distance, all told, of about
one hundred miles.
Tnis should he very gratifying news
to the people of this city for the sim
ple reason that it is lie very high
est evidence of foe fact that those at
t’ne head of the B. ft B. are determin
ed to push tho lino on to its final des
tination Birmingham.
The News understands that several
movements are on foot looking to toe
purchase of other small lines by the
B. ft. 8., which will add to its main
line, and at the same time extend the
road to tho west.
WANT TO JOIN US.
Agitation in Larger West Indies for
Annexation to United States.
Kingston, July 2ti. —All the planters
of tno larger West Indies are talking
of annexation to the United Sttaes.
Sbme time ago England gave out
promise of assisting the sugar Indus- j
tries of the islands, hut the amounts!
of money contributed have been so
meager that, tho planters are greatly
dissatisfied. It is now believed that,
the present agitation will lead to an
organised mm . incut annexation.
WALTHOUK WINS AGAIN.
The Georgia Wheelman Put freeman
Out of Business Yesterday.
New York, July 2(i.—Bobby Wal
fhotir, (lie Georgia wonder added an
other victory to his long record this
afternoon by defeating Howard Free
man in one of the prettiest, races of
the season.
In doing this ne also uroao the
world’s record, anti at the same time
lowered his own. The race occurred
at Manhattan and was witnessed by
an unusuaiiy large crowd. Walthour
was the favorite in the betting and
considerable money was wagered on
the ra,c-e.
IS EFFECTIVE TO-MORROW.
J. E. Morgan Will Take Charge of The
Polhill Drug Store.
J. E. Morgan, the well known drug
gist, who recently purchased the drug
store of J. H. Polhill, at the corner of
New Castle and Gloucester street'?,
will take charge of the business on
Monday morning.
The place will tie greatly improved,
and Mr. Morgan says that in the
course of a few days he will make it
cue of the most attractive drug stores
in the city.
Mr. Morgan is familiar wih every
detail of the drug business. He in
ten,is to employ a first class druggist,
and his place promises to he one of
the most popular in the city.
AT FEET OF STUDENT
YOUNG WOMAN SUICIDES
New Haven, July 20. —Yale College,
and in fact the entire circle known
as the college set has been stirred to
day by one of the greatest sensational
affairs in the history of the well
known seat of knowledge.
The story is a sad one. and deals
largely with the fate of fair women
who have fallen arid their devotion
to the false idols tnat have been their
ruin.
Austin Austell is of a prominent
Atlanta family, and has been at Yale
for some time, and has been very in*
timate with a Miss Etta Cook, -of
this city. )
Today the young man announced to
her that he was about, to return t <>
his southern home and the young wo
man at ouce became hysterical and
stated to her companions that she
THE COMMISSION
MANES DECISSION
f „ •
THE ,mC ADS L ° SE ° N THE
SWITCHING PROP
OSITION.
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The Brunswick Delegation Had Con
siderable to do with the
Victory Won by the
Shippers.
Tlie Georgia railroad commission
has decided in favor of the shippers
in the contest heard before that body
Wednesday lasi, regarding the
switching question and the railroads.
Brunswick fought the transporta
tion companies on tlie question and
had a delegation to go before the
commission in the interests of the
shippers of the city.
The Constitution of yesterday has
.the following on the subject:
The railroad commission yesterday
decided to adopt tlie proposed amend-.
I ment to ride 25 so as to make the
switching rate of $2 per car apply
also to the transfer and transporta
tion of cars within the switching dis
tance of three miles.
Heretofore the rule lias been con
strued to apply to the switching of
cars brought in from a distance or
cars loaded for shipment beyond the
limits of switching yards or of cities.
The commission has amended the rule
so as to make it apply also to trans
portation within any distance less
than three miles so that a car may h
loaded on one railroad in Atlanta, for
instance, and shipped to another on
the other side of the city, for unload
ing at the rate of $2 per car. Tlio
rule heretofore lias been the cause
of many controversies which the
amendment, will obviata
Mule 25 is amended to read as fol
io w:
A charge of no more than $2 per
car, without regard to weight or con
tents, will lie allowed for transport
ing, switching or transferring a load
ed car from any point on any railroad
or to any warehouse, side track or
other customary point, of delivery
which may be designated by the con
signor within a distance of three miles
from the point oif starting.
When in the transfer, switching nr
transportation of a car between
said points, it is necessary to pas's
over the lines of any immediate road
or road, the maximum charge of $2
"than be equally divided bet. vo.en the
ro.ids at interest.
When a charge be made for th'/
of loaded ears between said point's, no
additional charge shall lie made for
me return of the empty cars.
Other Matters Attended To.
The railroad commission also had
the proposed amendment to rule 3M,
wulch proposes to give a railroad re
fusing to let." its cars go on anofher
road, or to one refusing to receive
cars rrom another road, its share of
the joint rate less 20 per cent. It.
was decided, however, to defer ac
tion on this amendment until a fu
ture meeting.
The petition of the Macon and Bir
mingham railroad for permission to
remove its station of Moran, in Craw
ford county, to another point on its
line was refused. The commission
would surrender her life if the south
erner Insisted on returning to his
home. ,
Austell was advised of the girl's in
tentions, but went on with his prepa
rations and just as he was about to
get Into his automobile to leave, she
appeared on the scene, remonstrated,
and finally, without warning, threw’
herself at the feet of Austell, and
with outstretched hands pulled a pis
tol from the folds of her dress and
fired a bullet into her body; The
ball had the desired effect, and in a
very short time she expired.
Austell deeply regrets tae occur
rence, and says he had no idea that
the woman really Intended to take
her life.
The affair is deeply regretted and
has caused a sensation here.
BRUNSWICK MAN WILL
MAKE A GREAT FORTUNE
hought the present location the best
one for it, and the ciizens of hat place
protested vigorously against the
change.
Upon application of the Atlanta.
Knoxville and Northern railroad, tue
commission decided to give marble
Hie the same low rate as applied to
Other marli e . that is, class P, in car
load lots, and t\>i > thirds of class P
in less than car load lots. It is rath
er unusual for a railroad to make ail
application for a reduction of a rate,
and the case is interesting on that
account. * ■ -
The demurrage rule providing that
more time shall be allowed consignees
for unloading all in excess of three
cars received at the same time, was
construed to mean that the cars must
all be received over tlie same road.
The petition of the citizens of
1 lorschton asking that tlie Gainesville,
Jefferson and Southern he compelled
to remove a sidetrack which brings
another section into competition with
them, was declined by the commis
sion on Hie ground that it had no
right to- interfere with anything nec
essary to public convenience.
The commission amended demur
rage rule No. 1 so as to require tho
consignee of a car to give notice of
where he wants that car whenever
it is brought within three miles of
destination, provided due notice is
given to that effect
ESTIMATES MADE
For Improvement of Our Harbors and
Rivers for Next Year.
Washington, July 20.—Tne chief of
engineers today received a number
of reports from ameers in charge of
rivers and harbors, together with es
timates for work to be done within
the fiscal year ending 1903.
Captain Gillett, in charge of too im
provements at Savannah harbor, sub
mitted-the following for worn in his
division;
For Savannah harbor, $1,000,000,
For river at Darien, Ga, $30,000,
For Brunswick harbor, $175,000.
For the Altamaha river, $35,000.
For the oconee river, $38,000.
For the inside routh between
Brunswick, Ga, and Fernandina, Fla.,
$50,000.
For Cumberland sound in Georgia
and Florida, $400,000.
DOWN ON CLAYTON.
President Roosevelt Says He Will
Punish the Ambassador.
Oyster Bay, July 26.—President
Roosevelt this afternoon announced
that he would push with all the force
at liis command the charges against
Ambassador Clayton
Mr. Clayton is the ambassador to
Mexico, and he is charged among
other tilings with being interested
in fraudulent mining schemes in va
rious parts of Mexico.
The president has given those in
terested in the matter to understand
that if the charges preferred against
Clayton can be sustained, he will be
recalled at once. In addition to the
mining charges against Clay’cr,, it is
also set up that, lie has on various oc
casions refused to assist americans
who chanced to be in distress in
Mexico, and it has been hinted that he
had ulterior reasons for this conduct.
The president will investigate the
cast at once.
TROOPS MARCHING IN HAYTI.
Clash Between the Opposing Factions
Seems Likely.
Paris. July 2fi. —A dispatch from
Cape Haition, Haiti, says that Port de
l’aix and the northwest deparment
have received M. Firman, who has
been declared president by the Artioo
nites,, with acclamation. The troops
from the department of Artibonite are
advancing, and it is rumored that two
divisions have left the capital and are
marching against General Jean Jit
meant.'who opposed the candidacy of
M. Firmin.
EVERYTHING IS FAORABLE.
Little Doubt But That the Fiber Fac
tory Will Come.
The establishing of a fiber factory
in Ibis county is now almost an as
sured fact, or at least the News is in
formed by a gentleman interested.
Dr. Chittendon will return to the
city within the next few days, and
somehtng definite will be done.
It Is said that tue factory will be
I located at Crispen island.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
HE it ON
THE SCIENCES
1
S. C. LITTLEFIELD HAS PATENT
ED A NEW PROPELLER
WHICH STOOD ALL
TESTS.
He Stands Good Showing of Becom
ing a Millionaire On An Inv'cn
vention That Promises to
Revolutionize the Ques
tion of Space.
After negotiations covering a peri
od ; f eightoi n months, there lias just
Upon do,;tu here a contract between
the Morse iron Works and Dry Dock
Go., of New York, and Mr. Sylvaniw
C. Littlefield, Jr., bookkeeper for the
Hilton-Dodge Lumber Cos., through
which the propelling of steam vessels
the world over promises to be revolu
tionized in the way of getting increas
ed speed. This promises to come
about through tile invention by Mr.
Littlefield of a propeller, the blades of
which are based on lew lines of main
ematical and engineering science, and
which he had patented in 18b!>, bu.
which Has not been placed on the
market, due to the fact that the pat
ent has been under the most patient,
investigation for many months, while
propeller wheels made on the lines
of the model furnished by Mr. Lit
tlefield have been on vessels of all
sizes, undergoing the most rigorous
test. _ _
To illustrate in a manner what this
means, the Cramps stated, when the
matter as laid before them: "If thai
wheel will do what, is claimed for it
in the way q£Jucreaaing the speed of
vessels the patent is worth millions
of dollars.’'
This statement was made to Col. E.
C. Machin. of the Brnnawn k. & Bir
mingham railroad, who presented the
mat*, r to tie Cramps but It was
mirin'' t'.i.e period of the Spanish-A
meriean war. and the company was
exceeding busy with war orders, and
had not the time to make a thorougu
investigation of the patent, as they
wanted to do before investing.
Mr. Littlefield continued his efforts
to interest ship builders, and some
eighteen months ago induced the
Morse people to take it up, with t'uo
result that they have centracted with
Mr. Littlefield for he exclusive right,
to manufacture: they pay ail ex
penses, and pay him a royalty on the
gross receipts. In addition to the
fact that the Morst people will han
dle the propeller wheel patent, hey
are now negotiating with Mr. Little
field to manufacture blowers, -exhaust,
fan's, etc., from the same model.
The idea on which Mr. Littlefield’*
propeller wheel is based is the resuit
or his observations one day wVille en
route to Cumberland island, on
an excursion boat, and he gives au
interesting account of it.
It seems that Mr. Littlefield waa
.lttiug in the bow of the excursion
aeamer, watching the porpoise swim
ming ahead. It occurred to him that
the fastest "swimming fish in the sea
,of which the porpoise is one specie)
a fish that prey on the other of the
.ribe,' always have the largest part
of their tail (which is their propeller)
nearest the body. Then why could
not this principle be applied to a pro
peller wheel, and thus produce great
er speed to the vessel carrying it?
For instance, let a propeller wheel be
made with the largest part hf the
ulades nearest the shaft (the pro
peller's body). Was it not reasona
ble to presume that the speed of tfle
snip it would be attached to would be
greater?
For a year or more he worked on
this idea, and finally built a model
which concurred with his views. Then
ae had one wheel manufactured, and
after much delay secured the privi
lege of placing it on the steam yacht
of the Jekyl Island club. The re
sult justified his ideas, and from that
time on he worked day anu night to
perfect his plans and get capital in
terested to back him. The patent
was finally secured, and then came
months of patient but never-ceasing
toil to get someone to help in put
ting ttp money enough to test it. Not
less than $20,000 was required to test
it thoroughly, for all sizes of ships
had to he taken out of the water,
wheels fitted on, delays to vessels
while tliis was going oil to be paid
for, and other expenses incidental to
this, to be met. The Morse people
saw the opportunity and seized it,
and after a year and a half of the
most thorough test, they have closed
for the exclusive privilege of manu
facturing It in this country, while
Mr, Littlefield has now a representa
tive in Great Britain conferring with
the ship building industries there for
Its use on vessels in the waters of the
United Kingdom.
This is a brief story of what on*
man’s brains have done, and the finan
cial results to him can hardlyi b*
overestimated. _