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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS.
VOLUME 1, NUMBER 293.
CIT? CAPTURED
BT THE REBELS
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ARGUA DULCE HAS SURRENDER
ED AFTER A LONG AND
BITTER SIEGE.
CEXERAL BARTI YIELDED
But It Was Only After His Cause Was
Hopeless—Great Uneasiness on
the Isthmus Owing to the
Victory.
( Panama. September 10. —The sur
render to the Qolontbian insurgents
lif the government General Morales
Berti ami the troops of his command
at Agua Dutch. was generally believ
ed to have taken place, has now been
coi'llsstiod. This panama
lir.socers of me insurgents, who were
hfx yesterday at San Carlos as
a result of.tlte landing there of an
t ion from the government fleet
boats'!
who has been besieg-
Agna Duice by the insurgents
fuly 8, only surrendered when
iso was hopeless. In the act of
ter tne Insurgent general, Ben
Herrera, declares tie recognizes
negation of General Berti an.i
>n. whom he succeeded In do
ng because of the superiority
forces and the quantity of
ins of war at ..is disposal.
Berti Retains Sword.
He ptomises to hold inviolate tue
lives ami honor of his prisoners and
he allows General Berti to retain his
sword in recognition of his heroic
defense of Agua Duice. The surren
dered generals arid ofilcers have been
paroled at Penonome and Santiago
do Veraguac. .he act of surrender
also sets forth that in consideration
of General Herrera's respect for the
or.ivory of the men who withstood his
siege, they will not be compelled per
sonally to surrender tneir arms.
In the last article ot the act of
surrender General Berti makes it
known that he only capitulated to the
enemy when compelled to do so by
absolute lack of food of any kind for
bis men, and the conviction that the,
government could not send him timely :
help.
It is beueved in government circles
that the surrender of General Berti
a. Agua Duice simplifies the situation
ior General Salazar, governor of Pana
ma, who can now devote the forces
.if his command to the defense of
Panama and Colon.
That the national, government nas
confidence In General Salazar is pro
ved by the fact that his appointment
as supreme commander of all the
government forces on the isthmus has
been received by telegraph from B<>
got a.
Great Uneasiness.
A dispatch was received today from
the minister of war at Bogota saying
a large reinforcement had left Honda,
on the Magdalena river, for the isth
mus. and 3,000 more men are expected
to come in this week.
General Herrera is fc expected to
change his field of operations to the
isthmus ami he will prlbably locate
ills camp somewhere on %ie railroad
mi between Panama andNcolon. It
is believed tbat a big battle wiii talod
place . somewhere between these
vorts.
Tiie conservatives of Panama arc
very much disappointed at the delay
in the departure from Beattie, Wash.,
.of the new Columbian war vessel, the
Bogota, recently purchased.
Members of the liberal or insurgent
party are being imprisoned in all the
important towns of Colombia.
WINS A SUIT FOR MILLIONS.
Judgment for $4,984,500 Is Entered tor
Brown.
New York, September 10. —A judg
ment for $4,984,000 in favor of Charles
ft. ~rown was entered today in an
action Drought by him in the su
preme court against the Memphis, El
Paso and Pacific Railroad Company.
Brown claimed to be the owner of
1,667 bonds of the defendant com-’
pany. vatued at SI,OOO each, ■which
were issued in 1867. The bonds when
they reached maturity were not paid
ami Brown sued to recover their value
w.ih of tiie suit, and the
interest which lia.. accumulated on
tne bonds.
GEORGIA CROP CONDITIONS.
Heavy Rains in Northern and Middle
Georgia Have Done the Crops
Much Good.
The general summary of the reports
of Georgia crop conditions, as prepared
ny Section Director .i. B. Marbury,
is as follows:
"Heavy rains fell in numerous
northern and middle counties from the
2d to the 4t h and in southern coun
ties from the 4t'h to the 6th. wnile in
other sections iigat and occasional
showers occurred during lue week.
The rainfall was beneficial to land
and late crops. The soil is now in
fine condition for fall plowing and
seedjrfg and preparations for this
work are under way in various locali
ties. Late forage crops, sweet pota
toes and late planted turnips are
making favorable progress. Fodder
gathering has continued in the north
ern counties; some that was stacked
was injured by the heavy rains.
“Cotton continues opening rapidly.
The recent rains have been of very
little benefit, as plants in many fields
were beyond' recovery. In sections
where the weather of the week was
generally fair picking was rushed and
is well advanced, many field's being
nearly cleaned. In other districts
picking was retarded by the rains and
the staple was discolored. There is
complaint of scarcity of labor in nu
merous counties. New blooms arc
scarce except here arm there on bot
tom lands, and no top crop is indicat
ed. l.ittle or no improvement in the
general condition of .lie crop occur
red during the week. In a .ew sec
tions the outlook is regarded as tne
poorest in several vears and as a
rule a yieui consiaeraoly peiow aver
age is anticipated.”
CARD FROM MR. PERRY.
Has Something to Say About the
Bicycle Ordinance.
Mr. Please allow me the
use of your paper t o ask a ques..oi
which. If answered, will be informa
tion for many.
] am informed that a policeman w;
stationed-on tne east side of Union
street and instructed to arrest any
one he saw riding a bicycle on that
side of ...e street,
N.flf I would like to know why he
was not stationed with these same or
ders on the west side of the street
and not the east side. Those living
on the west side have just uie same
dangers from riders as those on the
east, and they pay just as much
taxes, and ! can see no reason why
bicycle riders should have to ride
only in the west side—and on a side
so injurious to wheels on account of
the weeds, sand spurs, briars and
suckers which our "lively and ener
getic city fathers” have allowed to
flourish there.
It is the west side of Union street
that tile policeman should be plan
to warn off bicycle riders from the
dangers they incur by using that si.ITT
instead of the east side and to r>
mind them that it was the east side
of the street that a previous adminis
tration had shelled for their use (at
leasU they said so) and taxed the
riders to pay for it. I was one of
the many that paid a wheel tax and
for at very purpose. To oruer rid
ers off there now is nothing short of
a grand steal. If the present admin
istration would pay less attention to
the shrieks of the meeting house ami
give more heed to the welfare of (lie
town they' will lie called blessed.
.r. .1. PICRKY.
His Mother Dead.
.1. W. Chasen received the sa.. in
teliigenee yesterday of the death of
his mother, which occurred Saturday
lat her home in Cumberland, N. C.
| She was 85 years of age, and had been
' ill for some time. Mr. Chasen iias
a number of friends in this city, who
wjll sympathize with him in ihe loss
of his mother.
Ravages of Cholera.
i '
I St. Petersburg, September 10.—Of
ficial reports show that there have
been 4,406 cases of cnolera and 2,556
deaths from that disease since the
outbreak along the eastern China
railroad up to August 28. The spread
of cholera is now abating.
Off to School.
Many Brunswick young men wf.i
leave during the next few days to en
ter colleges in different places. The
pupils have ail been home and spent
a pleasant vacation and are ready
to return to their studies.
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BRUNSWICK, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1902.
WOMEN TO EOT
FOR MILLIONS
• 4 >
DIVORCED WIFE OF McGfcEGOR
LAYS CLAIM TO SOME OF
HIS WEALTH.
WILL GO 10 IHE COURTS
Grace Quintard, Southern Girl, and
Divorced Wife of the Million
aire Will Contest Claims of
Deathbed Briue.
White Plains, N. Y„ Sept. 10. It
was reported today that there will be
legal complications over the will ot
Bradford McGregor, the young mil
lionaire who died from the effects <>
an operation auer being married to
Miss Sehlemmer at his country seat
at Orient Point. The document will
lie filed in the surrogate’s office here
next week.
It is rumored that the dead man's
first wife, who was Miss Grace Quin
tard, niece of the late Bishop Quin
tard, of Tennessee, and who obtained
a divorce from Mr. McGregor in Da
kota, will make a contest. She is
now living in Europe, but there may
be. n question as to the legality ot
the Dakota decree. If the divorce
should not be valid, she would nat
urally come in for some of the prop
erty.
•Joshua M. Fietro, who drew the
will of the senior McGregor, as well as
that of Bradford, says that there can
be no question as to the validity of
the Dakota divorce, as both parties
signed the papers, and that the de
cree will be recognized In any state
of the union. By the death of the
young millionaire, wtio leaves about
$4,000,000 to his bride, who was made
a widow In thirty-six uours, me en
tire residuary estate of the late Am
brose McGregor, one oi tue founders
of the Standard Oil Company, reverts
back to young McGregor's mother.
RLADY TO MOVE ON MOROS.
General Sumner’s Column Will Move
of Week.
Manila, September 10. —The column
of troops whien Brigadier General
Summer, commanding the department
of Mindanao, is 1o lead against the
Macin Moros will probably leave
Camp Vivars at me end of tills week.
It will consist of portions of the
Eleventh and Twenty-seventh infan
try, two troops of the Fifteenth cav
alry and a mountain battery, about
1,100 men in all. Serious opposition
is not. expected by the military au
thorities. It is believed the plan is
to segregate the hostiles and friend
lies and keep the latter neutral.
Jt is expected that the Macin move
ment will be followed by an expedition
against tne sultan of Bacolo, Negros
Island, if he continues hostile.
LOOKING FOR HIS WIFE.
Negro From Near Macon Thinks His
"Better-Half” is Here.
Dan Gross, a negro who lives neai
Macon, came to Brunswick yesterday
in search of his wife, who he „ays
stole SBOO firfrri his trunk and also car
ried off bis four chiiurcn. He says he
...ought his wife may be here, as she
lias relatives in the city.
Gross is a prosperous colored far
mer who owns a farm, and sev
eral head of stock. When asked how
be happened to have so much money
in his trunk he said that, he had made
it farming and hauling wood to Macon.
Tne wife, Mary Ann, and the children
have not been heard from since their
departure from his home.
NEXT SUNDAY’S NEWS.
Copy For Advertising must Be in the
Office Friday.
Next Sunday’s News will be an ex
cellent paper and the merchant who
wants fall trade should buy advertis
ing space. Please remember that the
large distribution continues and here
is a chance to get your advertisement
before thousands of people at no ex
tra cost.
All advertisements must roach this
office Friday.
GREEN WANTS
IRE LEADERSHIP
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SON OF HETTIE IS AFTER CON
TROL OF REPUBLICAN PARTY
IN *EXAS.
NASA HARD EIGHT OX HAXD
Millionaire Railroad President Who
Recently Visited Brunswick is a
Candidate for Chairman of
Committee.
Fort Worth, Tex.. September 2. —A
strong fight is on between the Hawley
?d Lyons factions for control of the
next, state committee. The republi
can committee, which was scheduled
to meet here at high noon today, has
not assembled and at a late hour to
night it looks as If the gathering will
not occur until tomorrow. i’he delay
islhie to spirited contests from nearly
every district in i exas and committee
work along this line .as occupied the
entire afternoon and several hours to
night.
National Committeeman R. B. Haw-
Icy and bis supporters claim that he
will have enough votes to elect him
state chairman, while the Mends ot
i-ton. Cecil 1 .yons, who is making an
active fignt for file chairmanship, as
sert that the national administration
would be pleased to see their man win
the prize.
One of the features of tne day was
the avowed candidacy of E. H. It.
Green for the chairmanship. It has
been generally understood that Green
was using his best efforts in the inter
est of Hawley. There are many anti
local optignint delegates and it is an
nounced mat they will make a strong
fight for a plank in the plauorm in
accordance with tlioir views. They
claim that w.th such a plank the
party can make great inroads in the
usual democratic majorities in several
counties In the state.
A. l o’clock this (Wednesday)
morning it. Is asserted tuat National
Committeeman K. B. Hawley and
Henry Terrel have withdrawn from
the contest and have agreed to sup
port Cecil A. Lyon the present chair
man.
E. If. R. Green, of Terrell, tne only
candidate now opposing Lyon, said
that, he understood he had been de
serted, but that he was still hopeful.
WILL BEGIN NEXT MONDAY.
Stores Will Then Keep Open Until
Seven O’clock.
Beginning next Monday all the
stores which have been closing at (i
o’clock during the summer months,
will begin to keep open until 7, the
time expiring on that date.
The new idea ot closing at six has
worked very successfully and it will
now probably be adopted every sum
mer. Nearly every merchant in tue
city entered t.ie agreement.
MCKINLEY’S DEATH.
People of Georgia Asked to Remem
ber the Anniversary.
Atlanta, Sept. 10. —Governor Cand
ler has received the following tele
gram advising the holding of menio.iai
services in remembrance of President
McKinley. Next Sunday is the first
anniversary of the death of the presi
dent. and it is deemed appropriate that
this service beheld in all our churches
regardless of denomination, in recog
nition of the Christian character and
high personal woith of the martyred
president.’’ j
Cincinnati, 0.. Sept. 8 j
Hon. A. 1). Candler, Atlanta, Ga.
Sunday, September 14th, will be
the first anniversary of the death of
President McKinley. It is proposed
to have all the churches of all deno
minations throughout the coua'ry
hold memorial services at their regu
lar hour of worship Sunday morning
in remembrance of the late president.
Will you call the attention of the peo
ple of your state to the fact that a
National Memorial day has been de
cided on and request the various
churches to hold appropriate memor
ial services next Sunday? Please
wire brief statement at our expense :t'
you will aot in this national move
ment. Editor Cincinnati Times-Star
PAYNE IS MADE PRESIDENT.
Georgian Elected President of Ameri
can Pharmaceutical Association In
Session at Philadelphia.
Dr. George F. Payne, of Atlanta, and
well known In Brunswick, a member
of the state board of pharmaceutical
examiners, and one of the most promi
nent druggists in Atlanta, was elected
president of the National i narmaceu
tical Association, which is holding its
golden jubilee In Philadelphia.
Dr. Payne has been conspicuously
identified with the association for
years and is considered one of
the most valuable members. His elec
tion will be learned of with pleasure
by bis many friends in tne city anil
throughout the slate. Dr. Payne’s
election was by a large majority.
TURPtNTINE OPERATORS.
They Are Holding Interesting • Meet
ing in Jacksonville.
Jacksonville, Fla., September 10. —
Several hundred turpentine operators
of seven southern slates are in Jack
sonville tonight to attend the annual
convention of the Turpentine Opera
tor's Association, which convened here
this morning at 10 o’clock.
Among the niosi prominent are a.
D. Covington, W. W. Timmons, W. ,T.
Hillman, Albert Pridgen, J. \V. Calla
an, W. I!. Connally and W. A. Var
nedoe. Mr. Varnedoe, although a
man under 30 years of age, enjoys the
distinction of being the largest opera
tor in the state, lie is a Georgian
and nas lived in Florida only a few
years.
Dr. Charles 11. Herty, of Georgia,
who will deliver an address at the
session tomorrow night, arrived this
aiternoOti. He will address the asso
ciation on the preservation of the
southern pine forests and plead for
economy in the gathering of the gum
from the trees. Those who have seen
the figures showing tne results from
the experiments J)r. Herty has been
making in Irwin coi Georgia, the I
past, eight months, under the direction
of the United States department ot
agriculture, say that his address to
morrow night will put new life in the
turpentine industry In the south Dr.
llorty will illustrate his address with
st< rooptican views showing tne ol
and the new method of gathering the
gum and of drawing the gum from
the I reos.
Governor Jennings, Mayor Fletchei
and others will aduress at the open
ing session tomorrow morning, an
it is understood the executive commit
tee will make some important recoin
mendations as to a revision of tl.
by-laws of the association. The sos
sious o- the association will continue
througu Thursday.
TRAIN IS WRECuCI. BY -OY.
Drove Spike in Rail Joints to See
Wheels Flatten It.
Roanoke, Va., September 10. —The
mystery surrounding the wrecking of
a Norfolk anil Western passenger train
on the Shenandoah Valley division 40
miles north of Roanoke last Sunday,
was cleared up today when Jonnnie
| Barger, an 11-year-oiu boy, who lives
near the scene of the wreck, confessed
mat he had placed a spike in the
joint between the rails and hammer
ed it half-way down with a ai:l< for
tfic purpose of seeing it flattened by
the train, and that he did not think
it would throw the train from the
tracks.
i.arger is too young to he prosecu
| ted for ti;ain wrecking.
I Fireman Anderson, who was iniured
in the wreck, may recover, but Engi
neer swaino will die-from bis injuries.
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DENIED NEW DRESo, SHE DIED.
Wife Couldn't Live Without the Robe
She Desired.
M nneapolls, Minn., September 10.
—Because her husband failed to give
her $25 for anew dress, Mrs. Louis
Dablstrom, of 217 TWelfth avenue,
| swallowed a quantity of carbolic acid
I last evening. Physicians were called,
but their efforts were unavailing and
in three -ours she was uead.
JEWISH NEW YEAR.
It Beqins October 2 at 6 O'clock in
the Evening.
| The Jewish New Year b\irns Octo
ber 2, at 6 o'clock p. m. The ortho
dox Jews observing Dot li the Jiui and
3rd day of the month. This now year
will be known as 5663 Ancient Time.
Saturday, October XI, is the feast of
Yom Kippur, or the day of atonement.
On these days the Jews will celebrate
and all of the Jewish bust icjs houses
in the city will be close 1,
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BUS! SESSION OF
SUPERIOR COURT
SPECIAL SESSION WAS HELD BY
JUDGE DART YESTERDAY AND
MUCH WORK WAS DONE.
MAXY CHARTERS GRAXTED
t-our New Brunswick Enterprises
Were Incorporated During the
Day—Other Cases Were
Argued.
Judge Dart arrived in the city yes
terday from Douglas and held
a special session of the Glynn supe
rior court, and quite a lot of business
was transacted.
Most of tne day was taken up in
tue arguments for demurrers in a
number of suits for damage.
The first work done by Judge
Dart, however, was that of granting
charters to different Brunswick en
terprises, which have been organized
within the past few months, and dur
ing the day the following companies
were given a charter.
The Loan and Land Company of
Brunswick.
The Brunswick and Birmingham
Construction Company.
The Cline Manmacturing Company.
The Brunswick Planing and For
warding Company,
All of tne above companies have
recently been organized in the city
and a majority of thorn arc now about
'<> begin actual worn, tne charter hav
ing been granted.
When this business was disposed of
Judge Dart took up tne matter of hear
ing demurrers in tne following cases:
Mrs. Libby Brock vs. the Southern
Railway Company, action for dam
ages.
Mrs. 11. li. Randolph vs. The Ra
ooard Air Line Railway and the
Brunswick & Birmingham Railroad
Company, action for damages.
A. Vizard vs. S. A. Moody, Injunc
tion and receiver-.
The two above named damage
cases are familiar to the readers of
the News. Mrs. Brock is slicing the
Ron.linn railway for damages by the
dcalii of her husband, who was kill
ed l.y that rotl near |hn city some
fifteen months ago. The plaintiff is
represented by H. C. Peeples, of At
lanta, a member of the law firm of
Smith, Peeples and Smith and the
Southern is represented by- Kay,
Bennet & Conyers, of this city.
Mrs. Randolph is Slicing the Sea
board Air Line and the B. & I!, also
for damages on account of her hus
band being killed several months ago
near the six-mile crossing. She is
uieing the two roads owing to tne
fact that they were, at that time run
ning a combination passenger train
to Savannah, which was composed
both of Seaboard and B. & B. cars.
Mrs. Randolph is represented by At
torney Burton Smith, also a member
of the firm of Smith, Peeples &
Smith, of Atlanta. -The B. and B. is
represented by Sparks and Twitty;
and Atkinson & Dunwody, and the
Seaboard by Crovatt & Whitfield. The
suit is for $25,0 0.
During the .lay other minor mat
ters were also handled, and altogetner
the day was a very busy one.
RICE BIRDS ARE PLENTIFUL.
Hundreds Were Slain in Glynn County
Yesterday.
Rice birds are plentiful this year,
and every day many people can be
seen peddling them on the streets.
Yesterday a negro came in fro pi
one of the plantations with several
hundred of the little birds and he
found a ready sale for them all. Par
ties leave the city daily to spend a
day on the plantations and find tne
sport very enjoyable.
A Good Statement.
The statement of the condition of
the Brunswick Bank & Trust Com
pany appears in this issue of tne
News and it makes an excellent snow
ing. It will be noticeu that me capi
tal stock, paid in, is now $50,000 in
stead of $43,000 in the last statement.
This bank makes a fine showing and
every Uruuswickian should be proud
of it.