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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOLUME 1, NO. 262.
BELCHER WON
HANDS DOWN
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CRIED FOR HARMONY AS SOON
AS SOON AS HE REACHED
_ THE CITY.
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Leader of White Republicans Snowed
Under by Eugene R. Belcher.
Proceedings Were Quiet M
and Orderly. i
The republican executive committee
of the Eleventh congressional district
met at Sawyer's a all yesterday and
what promised to be a warm meeting
tinned out to be a regular love feast.
For some time a war has been on
between Chairman Belcher of this
city, and Postmaster Grier, of Dublin.
Grier and his followers wanted a con
vention called to elect a chairman and
discuss t'ae advisability of putting out
a ticket, and Grier was the candidate
for the chairmanship and Belcher did
not want a convention here t..e ught
went on. The controversy attracted
state attention and the meeting yes-
was watched with interest by
publicans of Georgia. Grier,
- |Pae tlrst of the tight, was in the
and Ilt wanted to peace
as soon as he struck I lie
K{. but Belcher stood "pat;" he
HyPPed all kinds of concessions and
Wrier was ready to do anything for the
P.ne sake of narmony. Finally, an
agreement was reached and the con
vention met—for “harmony.”
The meeting was called to order at
12:30 by Chairman Belcher, and after
a prayer, proceeded to business.
Postmaster Grier said he had fought
for the chairmanship, but he nad con
cluded that harmony was the best
policy, and he had withdrawn, but not
until he had received a letter from
the postmaster-general saying that he
being a postmaster could not offer
for any political office. This state
ment was received with somewhat of
a “sour-grape’’ look by the colored
delegates, but they gave the post
master a weak rap, and ne took his
seat
Rev. Sprat,Uisg. colorth, made p,
few remarks, tom a few stories and
in all made a very good talk. A. B.
Kinuiay, of Coffee, white republican,
1 Id of T.ls “brot.ierly” love and what
foe had done for the republican! party.
H**. too, got a;'. Kinds of “buYrah."
i loyd Snelson. a colored delegate
from >■ are, made a good speech on re
publicanism and Postmaster MeNeal,
of Waycross. The convention seemed
to he struck on Mr. MoNiyU, and
passed the following resolution.
LONG Resolution here.
After the adoption, of tne above
resolution, W. H. Mathews made some
remarks, after which the following
resolution was adopted:
SITODT Resolution here
Bojth titese resolutions, an|d ,al3o
another commending the were
direct, slams at the “lily whites.”
It was clearly a Belcher victory
from start to finish, and Postmaster
Older looked like a punctured bicycle
tire. But fne “lily whites” took their
dose liko men— in fact, they even ap
plauded wnen the resolutions were
passed.
The convention was composed of
the very best class of colored race.
They were conservative, consistent
and sensible, and (actually showed
more sense than the average- white
convention.
During the convention Mr. Grier
promised to be a good boy, and the,
' ..larky blacks” consented to accept
hia apology.
allending to some other mat-
convention adjourned.
4 lhe members of the executive
of the Kleventli <oiitess 1
of Georgia. a- ;.'inhie,l
p£*. • of coibiuiTini.' malt - r.' :ip j
ft; to the welfare of tno re
{b party of said .listriet. do re
that we have found in
f iffm.n of one or our white repub
the positive intention
all the obligations in
; f , entered in accepting tie ap
H|i as postmaster of the city
HL:
' US'l^P' 1 ’
M tiliglll he p..e I. "
K^inti.-
oll '' ' Ololed iep
and three cl
four colored postal carriers.
“We are pleased to say that it is
a pleasure to us to commend all such
faithful servants to a continuance in
office, and we further recommend that
we assist upon ail of cur white offi
cials for whom we have aided in so
curing such positions, lo follow, as far
as possible, the example laid down by
Captain W. A. McNeal. postmaster of
Waycross, in this laudible way of
showing thleir Appreciation for the
faithful support of their said constitu
ance.
“And we further will denounce all
who have succeeded to positions
upon the promises made to leading re
publicans who failed to carry them
out after being honored to said posi
tions, and pledge ourselves to with
draw' all support from such unworthy
officials.
‘ Resolved. That the republicans of
thn MievenWi oongresslionail district
hereby express their great confidence
in the ability, integrity and fidelity to
party interests of Hon. R It. Belcher,
chairman of mis district and warmly
commend the position taken by him
on all matters affecting the welfare
of the party in mis district.
“Resolved. That we unhesitatingly
and emphatically condemn the chi
eanery. trickery and fraud by which
the colored census enumerators of this
district were removed torn office two
years ago. and denounce the parties
responsilde therefor, no matter who
they may bo, as recreant to republican
principles and utterly! unworthy of
future support and confidence.
“Resolved. That it is the judgment
of this committee that it would be un
wise and inexpedient, under existing
circumstances, to call a convention in
this district, and wc therefore decline
to do so.
SALOONIST'S RESPONSIBILITY.
He is Held Liable for the Death of a
Patron.
St, Louis, July 31.—According to a
decision of the United States court
of appeals, which affirmed the judg
ment for me plaintiffs of the federal
court of Nebraska, a saloonkeeper
may; he responsio.e for the death of
a patron of his place in the eevnt
that death occurred from an accident
resulting from toe inebriated condi
tion of the patron
The suir was filed by, the widow
and daughter of Charles Walker
against ..ohn Moser and others who
were engaged in the saloon business
al Ashland, Neb, rlaintiffs charge
that Charles Walker, on February 7,
lava, d>ioNi intoxicants to excess at
Moser's in consequence was
thrown front a buggy and killed. A
verdict giving tne plaintiff's damages
was appealed.
WJLL NOT SERVE.
George Ponder Relieved from Impris
onment Part.
George Ponder, who was sentenced
to pay a. fine of $125.00 and serve nine
months on the county chain gang bjf
Judge Sparks for violating the liquor
law, will not have to serve on the
chain gang.
Ponder sent a petition to the pres
on commissioners asking that the
prison part of the sentence he sot
aside.
Governor Candler says Ponder must
pay $250 00, and will not i,av to go
to the chain gang.
A GIFT OF SIO,OOO.
For the -Education of Priests in the
Insular Possessions.
Washington. July 31. -Rev. Alex. P.
Doyle, secretary of the Catholic Mis
sionary union, lias received a gift of
SIO,OOO for the establishment of tne
apostolic mission house, an institu
tion which is to he opened in this city
for the training of Roman Catholic
priests as missionaries to non-Catho-
Hca. and to the newly acquired insular
possessions of the United States.
The donor declined to hove ids
name made public, but it is said it is
from a well known priest who is great
ly interested in the cause of missions
to non-Cathollcs
v OHE iN ENGLAND-
Reached Plymouth Yesterday After
noon.
Plymouth, May .2).—May ar
rived from the United States this
morning. To a representative of the
I press she said that the Strong family
I had paid her only $22,000 for the
i jewels stolen liy Captain Strong.
...-bs Yohe denied that she went to
England in search of the captain.
TOOK A SEA TRIP.
King Edward is at Present Improving
oapidly.
Cowes. July 31. —King Edward to
day took a sea trip on the royal yacht.
The king has improved so rapidly tnal
he can walk wn.. ease now, and there
is no doub hut that he will be crown
ed on August 9. .. t— .
Auction Sale Today.
The auction sale advertised to take
place yesterday wifi he na.i today at
Judge Lambright’s ofßce at 10 o’clock.
Some fine furniture and other articles
.will be sold. . ■,
BRUNSWICK, GA„ FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1, 1902.
GRIGGS m
LITTLE MONEY
F
DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS
BEING RUN ON VERY
LITTLE CASH.
But it is Well Organized, and Much
Effective Work is Being Done
and Plans Being Laid
for the Future.
Washington. July 31.—“Mr. Bryan
should step aside and give some other
lie has had his day In court and
could not make good; therefore lie
s ould step aside and give some other
fellow a chance.’’
This is the substance of the inside
conversation one hears around the
Headquarters of the democratic con
gressional committee, it would not
tie regarded ?s good policy for any of
the democratic managers to pick out
the man in the party and reprimand
him for being officious without being
effective, but at the same time Ihere
is a general feeling among those dem
ocrats who. are giving uieir time and
what money they can raise, to pro
mote party success, that Mr. Bryan Is
not doing as much to aid trie demo
cratic party ns he imagines.
There Is no disguising the fact that
Mr. Bryan still has many warm friends
in the city, but experience teaches
that personal friendship does not al
ways bring party success
A distinguished democrat who vis
ited headquarters a few days ago said
he was astonished to tee • amount
of activity displayed in working up
public sentiment in the campaign, al
though the congressional elections are
more than three months away. He
said he had been up north and through
parts of the west, and he found the
leading newspapers giving an unusu
al aiyount of space to interesting gos
sip and speculation from democratic
headquarters.
Little Money at Headquarters.
It is encouraging and gratifying to
Chairman Griggs and his staff to
know that their work is .icing appre
ciated, in view of the fact that they
are running headquarters on short ra
tions. Chairman Griggs has no big
fat campaign fund to draw upon. The
I subscriptions thus far received have
been neither numerous nor bountiful.
There is not a day in the week that
it e army of office seekers does not at
tack headquarters ami demand em
ployment at campaign worn, for a
consideration. There are a few vol
unteers, but the majority of applicants
expect compensation for their ser
vices. At present Chairman Griggs
has employed a towo of men and wo
men to fold( direct, and send out cam
paign documents. These people make
on an average of $1 to $1.50 per day,
according to the amount of work they
do. course tne number of em
ployees is limited because of the slen
der purse of the treasurer of ue com
mittee.
Circulating Information.
Senator Carmack and Secretory Ed
wards, being experienced newspaper
men, have established a system by
widen they manage to get wide cir
culation lor such information and po
litical material as they have at their
disposal. They have out t.ieir scouts
for every prominent democrat who
comes this way. He is at, once capt
ured, brought to the headquarters and
assessed to the extent of an author
ized interview on topics calculated
to have more or less influence or hear
ing upon (lie political situation. As
Secretary Edwards piayfuiiy express
ed it: “Wo nave good interviews for
the good people; we have had inter
views for the hums. ’
One of the surest indications of the
feffectivej work being done by the
democratic committee is that the re
publican papers are printing in
terviews and endeavoring to explain
away some of the stubborn facts set
forth in tne democratic lull of partic-’
ulars. When you can force your op
ponent to tne extremity of making
an explanation, you generally have
him at a disadvantage. It is the pol
icy of Chairman Griggs to arouse
general interest in the campaign
through the newspapers, to pave the
way for the "spell-binding” period
which follows at a later period. Peo
ple will read newspapers when tney
decline to atienu public meetings.
LYNCHED BEFORE
SOLDIERS CAME
NEGRO CHARGED WITH MURDER
IS TAKEN FROM OFFICER
AND LYNCHED.
He Declared to the Last That He Was
Innocent of the Crime.—Sol
diers Arrived Too Late
to Stay the Mob.
A—
Washington, July 31. —Charles Cra
ven, the negro who was charged with
the killing of Col. O. B. Wilson, was
taken from the sheriff at Leesburg,
Va., early this afternoon by , mob and
lynched.
Craven died nervy, but protested
his innocence untjl the last breath
left nis body.
Governor Montague ordered out the
troops, but they did not arrive until
after the man had been lynched.
IMPORTANT ORDERS ISSUED.
Adjutant General Robertson Publisher
Scores of Shoot.
The following is from the Atlanta
Constitution of yesterday, and will be
of interest in military circles here:
Adjutant General James W. Robert
son yesterday issued two interesting
orders pertaining to the stale troops.
General order No. i) contains . t .c
leu,m scores and the highest individ
ual scoles made in the recent state
rifle practice and contest on the Ma
con range. It also gives the names of
all the prize winners. The order states
that prize:- may be secured by address
ing Coipel l‘i. D. Iluguenin. president
Macon Military Rifle Association, ex
cept for medal offered by Col George
T. Cann, which may bo secured by ap
plication to him at Savannah.
Too other proscribes that all staff
officers shall wear the lower angles oi
inclr insignia, or the devices of the
respective staff departments to which
their duties correspond. The order is
as follows:
“State of Georgia, Aujutant Gener
al's Office, Atlanta, Ga., July „6, 1902.
-—General Order No. 10: By direction
of tne governor, without any cost to
the state, the following is published
for the information anil guidance of
of the -eorgia* slate troops, colored:
"Regimental, squadron and battal
ion adjutant, quartermasters and
commissaries of cavalry or infantry,
will wear the lower angles of their
insignia, tne devices (of gold and gilt
metal) of the respective staff depart
ments to which their duties corres
pond.
Officers of the artillery and of the
naval battalion will wear similar de
vices in tne lower angles, of their In
signia.
“By command of the governor.
JAMES W. ROBERTSON,
Au,utant General."
DIED TO SAVE TRAIN.
Engineer O’Connell Sacrifices Himself
for His Passengers.
Elm Grove, Wi.-s., July 31. In a
collision her today between a passen
ger I rain from Waukesha and a west
bound train, Daniel O’Connell, engin
eer of the passenger train was In
stantly killed, and the fireman, Thom
as Chamberlain, badly injured. Sever
al pasemgers of the Waukesha train
were slightly bruised. Engineer
O'Connell died at his post, sacrificing
nis life to save the train.
LITTLEFIELD’S PROPELLER.
Maritime News and Reporter Tells
About It.
The leading marine journal of the
United States, the Maritime. News
and Review, has a two-column write
up of Mr. Littlefield’s propeller.
Among other things tnis paper says:
"ike invent.on Iras for its object a
propeller blade, whose form will be
such as to reduce suction or “drag,”
will tend to throw t..e strain nearer
the shaft, whereby to prevent to a
large extent lateral vibration of the
vessel, and which will not tend to set
tle the vessel deep in the water when
at high speed, but rather lift and push
the vessel, by reason of the fact that
It will effectively work when not wnol
ly submerged.
"In general form the blade is pro
vided with a straight end edge, is
much wider at, a point ntsar the hub
portion, and the fact is convex at the
end and concave in the center, running
to the hub portion, and by reason of
the blade being wider near tile hub
the strain of the blade is thrown near
the shaft, giving more power for a
given steam pressure. The blades be
ing concaved and wider near the hub.
which; causes a large displacement of
water and prevents suction and drag,
which would tend to retard the ves
sel, and the blades being concave and
wider at the hub portions, gives the
propeller great power, even if the
blades are not wholly submerged.”
NEWS OF THE SHIPS.
Small Marine Items of the Doings of
a Day.
The following is the movement of
the vessels at the port of Brunswick
yesterday:
Arrived—Schooner Everett Webster,
Strong, Darien; schooner J. W. Haw
thorne, Hoffses, Bat’h.
Sailed—Steamer Alamo, Staples,
New York.
The steamer Emcline is on Briese
nick marine railway for several days
for repairs. The steamer Tapper is
taking her place on the run to Cum
berland.
Charlps B. Gillette, of Winsted,'
Conn., has invented a submarine boat I
which he claims is superior to the Hoi- '
land. The inventor claims that his
boat can remain submerged for flff
teen hours. He is now organizing a
company to build the Gillette subma
rine.
HUGHES FOLSOM DEAD.
Former Brunswick Youth Passed
Away in Waycross.
The following special from Way
cross appeared in the Savannah News
of yesterday:
"R. Hughes Folsom, the young son
ot Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Folsom, died
at the home of his parents on Butler
street at 5:40 o’clock this morning
after an illness of three weeks.
Hughes Folsom was only aeventenn
years old, but lie was unusually bright.
For several years past he had been
employed in the office of lxitt & Pea
body. Hughes was treasurer of the
Trinity Methodist Sunday school and
was a prominent worker in tne Ep
worth I league. The funeral services
were conducted at. the residence at 4
o cim k this afternoon by Rev. J W.
Weston. The remains will be carried
lio Liberty county for interment to
morrow morning.”
The deceased formerly resided In
this city, where he went to school.
He was a popular youth and had many
friends.
MINER FINDS MILLIONS.
Big Strike of Gold Quartz in Persever
ance District, Utah.
Salt Lass City, Utah, July 31.
Jaimes E. I ieggerty, an old-time pros
pei tor,,got an assay on 206 pounds of
Thunder Mountain quartz yesterday,
showing a value of $:i,513..,0 per ton.
And lie has something like sixty tons
of this quality piled up on is dumb.
Haggerty owns ten claims known
as the Perseverence group, out of
which samples were taken. He went
into the country; tnrough a >,.izzard
on snow shoos, arriving there on April
2,-and has come out a millionaire. He
■went nght in prospecting, he says,
and while men were hunting for por
phyx all around him In quest: of anoth
er mine, and otlfers were sinking holes
fo the depth o. ten feet in easy places,
Ho stuck to the ledge, and struck it
rich.
Hagerty has prospected all over the
west, and was in Shasta county, Cal
ifornia, when the Thunder Mountain
fever caught him. He went In as a
pracillcal miner, rather than as a chas
er arter a mythical fortune, hut atter
making a strike, knew well enough
that lie had a fortune fn his hands.
Assisted only by his son he developed
the first claim to some extent, and at
the first, opportunity started out. of the
district with about 300 pounds of ore.
P rt of mis was assayed yesterday*
by J. W. Currie, and it runs 170
ounces of gold, 58.1)0 ounces of silver,
the value per (on ueing $3,513.90. One
ptoce of ore weighing 101 pounds was
left, in Welser by Haggerty, It
shows 187 pieces of free gold. Busi
ness men of Weber have subscribed
S2O to defray the expenses of bring
ing out 1,000 pounds of Haggerty’s
ore to place on exnibitlon.
Haggerty has been offered $150,000
tor a half interest in his claims. He
says the men Who made the offer took
mm for a “sucker.’’ He wanth $400,-
ofo for a onejeighth iiYerest, and
that much is for sale, he says, only to
representative parties who will agree
to put as muen money for develop
ment. purposes as himself.
On the claim there is ai millsite,
according to Hagggerty, and a water
right of 3,000 miners’ inches. The
State Bank of Werner owns ten claims
adjoining Hagger.y on the same
ledge.
All Dismissed.
Fourteen persons, charged by Tom
Denerro with violating the Georgia
fish laws, were tried by Judge Lam
bright yesterday, and all were acquit
ted.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PLANTERS HAVE
A DIG MEETING
CUBAN FARMERS HELD AN IN
TERESTING GATHERING
YESTERDAY.
Former Mayor of Havana Elected
Chairman.—Annexation is
Being Discussed by
the Cubans.
Havana, July 31.—At a general
meeting of the Society of Cuban
Planters held here today, the execu
tive committee proposed a program
which w,ais subsequently ad* pted.
The first clause of itne program is to
the effect that the society declares it-
self to he exclusively an economic
body; A member of the. executive
committee explained that although tne
society had never been anything else,
certain newspapers and people had
raised a storm against it on account
of the rumors that tne society intend
ed to change its plan of action, but
that if ithe planters were enemies of
the present. Cuban regime they would
stop work on their estates and would
thus show what they could do Re
plying to the speaker, one of tne plant
ers present complained that the so
ciety was not sufficiently represented
in the press, and that it had no means
of putting before the people wlmfl it
considered best for the country.
Other articles of tne program sup
ported the plan of Emilio Terry, sec
retary of agriculture, ta raise a loan
of $4,000,000 to assist the Cuban
planners and for the establishment of
mortgage banks. The programme
also sets forth that the society consid
ers necessary the payment of the Cu
ban army.
Regarding the rumors that the so
ciety intended to declare for annexa
tion, these were said to he due to
some, members who favored the step,
but wqo did not appear at the meeting
to support it. Iu the course of a
speech, one prominent planter said:
“We are all annexationists, but the
time for annexation has not vet ar
rived.’’
Pcrfecto Lecoste, formerly secretary
of agriculture, aud at one time mayor
of Havana, was elected president of
the new executive committee. In a
speech Senior Laeoste said ue accept
ed this office to show that he was not
afraid of being ourned out, as the Re
publica Cubana lad declared the Cu
bans would buru tne island rather
than accept annexation. He said the
planters did not dare to declare in fa
vor of annexation, although there
were a great number of annexationists
in the island
Other speakers said that n the eco
nomic sKuation o Cuba became worse
and the working people were made
to feel the pinch, then would he the
time to declare for annexation. Still
other speakers said they looked for
the Uniteiu States to do everything In
the matter of ultimate annexation.
About itwenty-five planters attended
the meeting.
THE CORN CROP POOR.
Farmers Disappointed, and Many are
Planting for a Second Crop.
Farmers are not a little concerned
on account of the condition of tho
corn crop, than which no crop in re
cent years has had poorer prospects.
The failure, either wholly or in part
of the crop is a. serious blow to all
farmers, and especially to those who
farm on the nog and hominy plan.
They place great dependence upon
their corn fields, for hogs, cattle,
horses and mules are largely provided
for by the harvest ot fodder and corn.
Conn in the uplands is parched,
stunted and unfruitful The ears are
few in number and their development
is poor. In the uottom lands a better
yield is making, but on tne whole tho
condition of the crop is very discour
aging. Farmers believe that it will
be necessary for them to buy from the
west before another crop can he
made. In the western states it is grat
fy.ng .to note tnat tne yield is abund
ant. , . i-
Shipping Peaches.
Rome, ha., July 31. —The peach sea
son is on in earnest and will continue
for some rime in Floyd. Orchard own
ers are busy sending fruit to Cincin
nati, Philadelphia, New York, Chica
go and other points, i lckers aind
packers are in great demand at pres
ent, and hundreds of crates are being
loaded on re.rugerator cars for the
markets.