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SUNDAY MORNING.
ATTHE GRAND
ATTRACTIONS THIS WEEK
Wednesday Night—The Other Fel
low.
..Thursday Night—Fields Minstrels.
Saturday Matinee and Night—Ber
tha Creig .ton, in “A Colonial Girl."
The Other Fellow.
>Tr. Harry West, the German dialect
comedian and his company of clever
comedians and pretty girls will be the
attraction at the Grand on October 8.
This play is anew one this season,
but from reports In other cities where
K Pas played the comments have been
of the best. The comedy is clean and
company above the average for
of this kind. Asa special fea
a number of high-class vaude
ville acts are introduced and all the
latest popular songs, marenes, etc.,
are played during the action of the
play.
Al G. Field's Comedians.
A1 G. Fields believes that in real
junior there is something higher than
mere amusement —something that
thouches the heart, refreshes the soul
and improves the intellect. He believes
that he who has by head or hand,
lightened an ounce weight off the load
of human misery, lias not disappoint
ed the purpose of his creation. For
HARRY WEST, With ‘The Other Fellow."
... c.se reasons Mr. Field always selects
with the greatest care the big company
of comedians, which are always an ad
junct of i..e A1 G. Field’s greater min
strels.
Headed by thae greatest living ex
ponent of negro character and dialect,
A1 G. Field, the company of fun mak
ers also includes the ever effervescent
Tommy Donnelly, who, as a fixture of
A1 G. Field forces, has created a Dual
wave of laughter from ocean to ocean
by hts witticislms, and his inimatatfle
way of expressing them. Then tnere Is
John N. P. Phillips, the somewhat dif
ferent comedian, of whom it has been
truly said: To see him is to
ienee a pleasing sensation of
trolable merriment.” Others of this
happy band, whose mission in life is
to make others laugh, are Doc Quigley
Sam Goldman, Wm Murray, Tommy
Hyde, Tommy O’Dell, Billy Crawley
and Frank Fogerty, ail of whom have
acquired individual reputations of nat
ional extent in their own distinct lines
of lightening the cares of others by
merry jest and infectious smile. *
Bertha Creighton.
One bf the most striking and ef
fective climaxes in romatic drama is
said to be that at the close of the third
act of "A Colonial Girl,” which is
to be seen at the Grand Saturday mat
inee and ilight. Miss Grace Giving
cion Furness has re-written tnis pie.
especially for Miss Bertha Creighton.
The scenic embellishment of modern
dramatic productions has been carried
to an extreme that would seem extrav
agant were it not that" the public has
grown to demand such perfection of
detail. It is said that Miss Creighton
carries one of the most complete seen-
ic productions organjed in New York
this season, includfflf furniture, bric
a-brac, properties, etc. Miss Creigh
ton has surrounded herse.. with a
company of excellence.
'Paul Gilmore .
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'WHATA rt£AO / S/AV£ .*
Paul Gilmore.
One of the very best offerings of
the season will be presented at the
Grand when Paul Gilmore and a spec
ially selected company will appear In
Haddon Chambers exquisite comedy
of temperament?, "The Tyranny of
Tears.” The play is regarded as the
masterpiece of this famous novelist
and dramatist, is free from vulgarity
or suggestion, full of wit, ‘humor and
epigrammatic sayings, which are free
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MISS’ BERTHA CREIGHTON,
in “A Colonial Girl."
from viciousness, but bright and keen!
as a rapier thrust. There is too, a
serious vein intermingled and a sub
plot, which tmd to make this comedy
point to a moral, which is “Don’t
cry.” i
THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS.
Tom dawson,
* Private Secretary
By W. H. DURHAM
Copyright, 1001, by W. It. Durham
Thomas Dawson was private secre
tary to the head of a downtown whole
sale house. Old Jackson used to say
that the house could not get along
without Dawson, yet that personage
had been in the employ of the firm
only a short year, was but twenty-four
years old and knew nothing of the
business when he entered. Cut he had
been a reporter and a good one. That
means, as everybody knows, that he
knew a little of everything in the
world and a great deal more. So when
he applied for a position with one of
the most unique letters old Jackson
had ever received the old man, after
struggling through a wilderness of bad
writing, broke into a hearty laugh and
sent for him.
"You think you can fill the position
that is open, do you?” growled old
Jackson at Dawson when that young
gentleman appeared. "Do you know'
that this Is a most confidential place
and that, while know ledge of the busi
ness and lines we handle is not abso
lutely necessary, yet to a man of not
more than average intellect who is In
experienced the position is impossible?”
"Why, of course I can hold it. Do
you suppose I would come snooping
around here If I didn’t think you need
ed me?”
Jackson had been so used to having
men quail before him, especially when
seeking a position, that this breezy an
swer floored him. But he liked tt
"Well, young man, I will just give
you ten minutes’ trial.”
It was nearly uoon when Dawson
had presented himself, and he now
said:
"Very well. I will spend the ten
minutes getting lunch and then re
turn.”
He was gone before the old man
could stop him. _ He left the door open
as he went out, a trick for which a
man had been fired only the day be
fore. Old Jackson seemed to shrink
into himself until he was almost sit
ting on his buck, staring out the open
door at the stalwart back of ills new
secretary as It went down the long
aisle and out the front door.
"Bang!” went the %and man's fist on
the bell. A huge negro, dressed like a
comic valentine, sprang into the office.
“Dolefulness,” roared the old man,
“did you see that young fellow go out?”
"Yes, sah; I saw him,” suid the
black.
"Well, when that fellow comes buck
kill him.”
Dolefulness disappeared ns rapidly
as he had come, and the old geutle
uiau went out to lunch. When he re
turned, Dawson was seated at a desk
looking over the mull which hud just
arrived.
“What the dev— Where’s that Dole
fulness?”
“Who—the nigger?” said Dawson,
continuing to sort the mail. “He’s in
the closet."
With a bang the door of the coat
room In the old man’s private office
hit the wall. Dolefulness, bound and
gagged, tumbled on the floor.
“Well!” gasped Jackson, sinking into
a chair and mopping his forehead. It
was 10 degrees below zero outside, and
be had been kicking at the firemen all
day. “What, does this mean?”
“Oh, nothing," said Dawson. "The
nigger got kinder gay when I came
from lunch, and I Just put him on- ice.
Shall I release him?”
‘‘Dolefulness," Jackson thundered
when the negro got on his feet, ‘‘what
does this mean? Didn’t I tell you to
kill this man if he came back again?”
‘‘Yes, Bah, yo‘ did, but he seed me
fust Just as l was goln’ to hit him wid
my billy.”
“What did he do?”
‘‘Jest grabbed me by de eollab; he
held me wid one hand and tied mp wid
the odder.”
"Stand up,” to Dawson. He saw that
the negro w'as a toot and a half higher
than his private secretary. “That’ll
do, Dolefulness. You may go.”
“Now. sir,” said Dawson, “if you
will be so kind as to give me a word
or two of advice I wii! proceed with
business, i have stacked the letters
marked personal on your desk and sent
the others to the heads of the various
departments. Is that right?”
“Say, you—you, who’s boss here, you
or me? How did you know who the
heads of departments were?”
“That’s easy. 1 noticed the names of
them, together with their departments,
emblazoned in box car letters on the
doors of their offices in the hall.”
“Do you mean to tell me that you
have only passed down this aisle three
times and know all the heads of de
partments by name?”
"Certainly. What else are my eyes
for?”
Jackson didn’t answer. He looked at
bis new employee a moment, took his
seat and began to open his mail. Daw
sou picked up a paper and began to
read. Directly he said:
“By the way, Thomas.”
“Yes, sir," said the new secretary.
“I wish you would go and telj Miss
Agnew, the stenographer I always
have, to come here. You may spend
the time looking oyer the store. Come
back in an hour.”
Dawson looked the store over from
top to bottom In that hour. He Intro
duced himself to every man in the
place and brought a smile to the face
of each. A thinly veiled compliment
here, a well told bit of his newspaper
experience there, made every man his
friend.
When he reached the office, Mr. Jack
son was gone, but on Dawson’s fl'eSß
reposed a note.
"Well,” he said. “I guess it’s up to
me. I supposed from the way the old
man acted that he was going to keep
me, but be concluded that he could
write better than he talked after all,
and here is where— avow!” '
Dawson had opened the envelope,
and the lust exclamation was caused
by tluTfollowing:
Mr. Dawson—You have Intruded your
self into this office and shoved my nigger
("put that n-I-g-g-e-r," Mr. Jackson had
said to the stenographer) into the closet.
You have also made yourself familiar
without any warrant or direction with
my whole store. You are retained at a
•alary, to begin with, of $5,000 per year.
KBEN JACKSON.
All this had happened a year ago.
Now the old man was furious. He ar
rived at the store fifteen minutes early
and cursed every man in the place
black and blue.
Dawson's first duty In the morning
consisted of sorting and opening the
mall, and he had so arranged matters
with the postman as to meet him at
tiie door, taking the mail to his desk
himself. That caused him to be ready
for business as soon as there was any
thing doing, lie followed his plan
this morning.
“Good morning, Mr. Jnckson!” he
said cheerily as he took his seat. “This
is certainly a fine day.”
There came a gurgle from the old,
man's throat, not unlike a column of
water through a pipe too small. “For
funerals,” he at last managed to say.
Dawson was used to this and con
tinued to sort the mall. Finally he
took the personal ones across the room
and luld them on Mr. Jackson's desk.
“Thomas,” the boss said, “take a
sent. I wunt to hold a heart to heart
conversation with you.”
“Here’s where I get it,” sighed the
boy.
“My daughter” Dawson started
’has told me that you have proposed
marriage to her and that she has ac
cepted you. Is that true?”
“I never dispute the word of a wom
an, sir.”
Mr. Jackson had been holding in
pretty well, but this was too much.
“Do you mean to tell me that you
have dared”— Thus fur he got and
choked. Sput, sput, sputter came from
his throat until Dawson said:
“Par don me, sir, but some day that
lit will kill you.”
The proprietor of millions sank In
his chair before this beardless boy.
“I want you to go, sir! This Instant
you leave my employ! Go!”
“Certainly, sir,” was the reply. “But
before 1 go’’—here he reached behind
his desk ami produced the same rope
with which he had tied Dolefulhess -
“Just a minute.”
He grasped Mr. Jackson by the col
lar, swiftly bound his hands, thrust a
handkerchief Into his mouth and an
chored It with one abstracted from Mr.
Jackson's pocket, thrust him into the
closet which had proved so useful be
fore, locked the door, and Mr. Jackson
heard him whistle.
It was only an hour that the boss
had to stay In his cooped up Jail, but
It seemed a year. He suddenly heard
the whistle again and was ready to
get down on his knees to his unruly
employee when the door suddenly
opened. He happened to be straining
upon it at the time and as a conse
quence fell headlong into the room.
He was quickly released by Dawson.
“That’s all right, my boy,” faltered
the employer. “I won’t fire you again
—not until I get a corps of policemen.”
“That’s all right, sir. If you desire
that I go now, I will do so; only”—and
he poked his head out of the office
door and brought in the girl who was
at the bottom of the trouble—“allow
me to Introduce my wife.’’
The old man was too full for utter
ance. Finally he reached out and
grasped them by the hand. Pulling
one on each knee, he began to pat them
on the back, while a Bmilo of content
ment stole over his face.
The Movement of Population.
If the progress of population had
been continuous from the remote peri
ods of antiquity, it is evident that the
numbers of mankind would be much
greater than they are, and fhe globe
would be already overstocked with hu
man beings. But other causes not less
mysterious In their operation have
cheeked that progress. Many of the
populous countries of antiquity have
become depopulated and apparently
unable to support Ufe. It Is uncertain
whether at the present moment the
population of the globe is greater than
it was 2,000 or 3,000 years ago. There
is congestion in Eurojpe, in India and
in China. There are innumerable tribes
in central Africa on whom even the
slave trade makes no perceptible im
pression.
But the vast plains of Asia, which
swarmed with men under the Assyri
an, Babylonian and Persian empires,
are deserted. The civilization of Eu
rope is no longer threatened by the
eastern hordes which swept over the
Roman empire in the earlier centuries
of the Christian era. But that prodi
gious migration laid the foundation of
the states of modern Europe.—Edin
burgh Review.
Napoleon and His Belief.
Napoleon, man of Iron though he
was, gave great credence to the tales
of the supernatural and was very su
perstitious. He placed great faith In
an amulet charm which he always car
ried about with him. Another of his
superstitions was to hum the famous
air, ‘‘Marlborough s’en va-t’-en guerre,”
whenever he mounted his charge for
battle. Strangely enough, at the hour
of his great conflict M. de Las Cases
tells us that the dying man hummed
the old air. The Empress Josephine
shared her husband’s belief In magic,
all the more because the predictions
made to her In her creole childhood
were fulfilled to the letter In a manner
calculated to Impress even the most
hardened skeptic. > ,>.
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|i-r -nt Wouldn’t
through our store? You’re welcome.
C. IWeGfIRVEY,
316 Newcastle Street.
BidEAMoFftNIUCIOrII
[ Whiskey • |
Ohp^GCIHISKEY,
Douglas & Morgan,
C. Downing, President E. H, Mason, Vice-President E.D.Walter, Cashier,
The National Bank of Brunswick.
BRUNSWICK. GA.
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and total RESOURCES in excess of ONE-HALF MILLION DOILARS,
are devoted to the assistance of legitimate business enterprises.
DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS invited from Individuals, firms and corpora
tions.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT accounts bear interest, compounded quar
terly. bearing ceriflcates of depcjdt Issued on special terms.
MONEY ORDERS of the “BANK ERS’ MONEf ORDER ASSOCIA
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130 WEN & THOMAS,
Contractors and Builders of Stone,
Brick and Frame Buildings.
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Louisville & Nashville
Railroad.
first Class Service rnd Quick Schedules to
Birmingham, Nashville,
Evansville, Cnicago,
Louisville, Cincinnati,
St. Louis, and all points West
and Northwest,
Mobile, New Orleans and all
points Southwest.
For Schedules, rates and Sleeping Car Reservations, apply to
J. M. FLEMING,
Florida Passenger Agent,
C. L. STONE, G. P. A., 206 West Bay Street,
Louisville, Ky. Jacksonville, Fla.
J. M. BURNETT,
WHOLESALE
Grain and Provisions,
Horse, Cow and Chicken Feed.
Miss P. G. Nightengale will ope
her school for the fall term at her
residence on Carpenter street first
Monday in October.
The sensible housewlf. will always
use Rob Roy flour.
If You Suffer From Kidney Troubles.
Use Smith s Sure Kidney Cure. Noth
ing like it for diseased kidneys. 50
cents.
Low prices Is the rntdlK of Mrs. U.
Isaac. -M
OCTOBER 5.