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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS. VOLUME 1, NO. 262. BELCHER WON HANDS DOWN + CRIED FOR HARMONY AS SOON AS SOON AS HE REACHED _ THE CITY. • 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Grier said he had fought for the chairmanship, but he nad con cluded that harmony was the best policy, and he had withdrawn, but not until he had received a letter from the postmaster-general saying that he being a postmaster could not offer for any political office.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.