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THE BRUNSWICK
VOLUME 2, NUMBER 22.
SUITS TALKS OF
SEVERAL ISSUES
REPRESENTATIVE HAS SOME*
THING TO SAY OF LOCAi.
LEGISLATION.
THE Cl IY COURT DISCUSSED
Friends of That Tribunal Must Make
a Good Showing or it Will
Be Abolisred.—Other Mat
ters Discussed.
As Is wall known there has been a
publication of two local bills refer
ring to the city court of Brunswick.
Ono of these bills is to abolish the
court entirely, wnlle the other is to
amend an act creating the court, ant
from those interested in its publication
the News is advised that ue proposed
amendments go to the extent of fixing
the jurors per diem at two doiiars,
and making the clerk of the superior
court ex-officio clerk of the city court.
There being much local interest in
this legislation, and the two bills eon
fiicting, a News representative sought
an interview with Representative
Butts in reference to the matter. Mr.
Butts said:
*•'l can ony repeat what 1 stated in
an interview published in your paper
when I first announced my candidacy
for the nomination. Personally, 1 fav
or the court it has been in my
judgment, a good institution and I sec
no reason why it should be abolished,
but this Is a question effecting the peo
ple of this county alone, in which each
citizen oil this oommuntty has an
equal interest and should have an
equal voice. During my candidacy,
with the best lights before me, I then
accepted public sentiment as being
against the court, and announced un
less the contrary was made dear to
me, I would introduce and favor the
passage of an act abolishing the court.
No such showing has yet been attemp
ted, and unless It is made 1 will, dur
ing the early part of the session, in
troduce and do my utmost to have
passed an act abolishing the court.’
On being asked what he would con
sider a sufficient showing that public
sentiment was In favor of the court, he
said:
"I am not prepared to lay down any
particular requirement. I believe I
am fairly acquainted with my con
Ftltuency and am reasonably capaci
tated to judge as to whether any
showing as might be made represent
ed the public sentiment. It is now up to
those favoring the court to make this
showing, and while 1 am not prepared
to prescribe the meets and bounds or
a snowing, I will be prepared to say
whether or not 1 consider it sunicient.
•■ln regard to the other bill in refer
cure to the court, as yet no applica
tion has been made to me to introduce
any such legislation. 1 saw the pub
lication in your paper of an act tc
amend the city court act, but the only
information I have as to the particulai
m which it s pprpoposed to amem
that act is what from Mr. Harry du
Bignon, clerk of the superior court,
hag stated to me, and as yet i have
given these matters very nttle con
sideration. I will say, however, that
! can see no reason, if the city court
Is to be retained, why the clerk of
file superior court should not aiso be
the clerk of the city court, in fact it
appears to me that public convenience
demands that such be the case. 1
puts all of our court records in the
keeping of one official and saves the
maintenance of two offices.
"In reference to the jurors per diem
the same efficient service, the same
long attendance and the same qualifi
cations are required of a city court
juror as are required of a juror in the
superior court, and, while 1 would not
favor the passage of an act fixing any
fixed per diem for a city court juror,
1 do think that they should receive
the same compensation as is received
by superior court jurors, and I would
favor an act embodying tne provision,
if, at any time, in the judgment of the
grand jury, it snould be necessary to
reduce the per diem of jurors serv
ing in the superior court, then I think
in like manner the per diem of the
jurors of the city court shou.d be re
duced, and therefore I would insist
that the bill provide that the per diem
of the city court jurors be the same
as that received by jurors in the su
perior court*” . .
MOONS ECLIPiSE TONIGHT,
Lunal Will Completely Hide Her
Face.
If tonight is clear, the man who re
mains awake untii 10,17 o'clock will
be able to see the eclipse of the moon.
Boon after that time the eclipse will
be total. The astronomers have fig
ured it out on this way, and it. is also
declared uiat on the following night,
ne moon will enter the shadows at
11,17 and —e total eclipse will begin
at i’7,19.
Everyone knows >,iat the eclipse
of the moon is caused by her passage
through the earth’s shadow, 'this shad
ow extends from the earth in exactly
the opposite direction to the sun, anit,
since tae sun is larger than the earth,
it appears o“ a point which is about
four times as lar away as —e moon's
orbit. For an observer situated any
where within it, the earth hides the
sun completely.
if the moon’s orbit were in the
inane of the elliptic we would have an
eclipse at every full moon. But as it is
actually considerably inclined, the
moon usually passes north or south
of the shadow, aud so escapes eclipse.
The circumstances of the eclipse are
as follows, the dates being given in
Eastern standard time:
Moon enters penumbra October l(i.
10.17 p. m.
Moon enters shadow October It*, at
11.17 p. m.
Total eclipse begins October 17, 12,19
a. m.
Total eclipse ends October 17, 1,48
a. m.
Moon leaves shadow October 17
2.50 a. m.
Moon leaves penumbra October 17.
3.50 a. m.
It is well visible throughout the
United States though on the Atlantic
■oast the eclipse will not ne over i.i.
iil quite late
There is little to be seen until some
time after uie moon enters the penum
bra, out before she reaches the shad
ow proper the darkening on tier east
ern limbs begin to show. l*oe shadow 1
itself begins to show almost black ai
first, but aiter a little the edge ot the
eclipsed purt of the moon begins to
.-mow. Its color Is grayish near tin
end of tile STiadow, but further in i>
is deep copprey red,
The ilhmaiuation is due to suuligh:
reflected into the shadow uy the
earth’s atmosphere, which acts like
lens. Since this light has traversed
many miles of air it is colored in the
same way as that of the setting sun.
Most of the light near the edge ox tne
shadow has passed through but little
air and is therefore not much col
ored, but near the center we get the
fnll benefit of the sunset tints.
the brightness of the eclipsed moot
varies greatly iri (efferent years, de
pending on the weather in the region
where the light passes through atmos
phere. When this is cloudy much o.
the light may be cut off as in 1894
when the moon was quite visible to
the naked eye.
Though the edge oi the shadow
seems sharp to the naked eye, it ap
pears very hazy in the telescope. Tc
efiect is also due to one atmosphere,
and deprives lunar ot much of . their
astrnomical value, an, if tne phases
could he stiarpely observed, they could
oe used to determine longitude.
On October 3U there is a partial
eclipse of the sun, invisible in tills
country, but visible in eastern Eu
rope and throughout most of Asia.
MIDDLETON STOCK COMPANY
They Gave Two Very Good Perform
ances Yesterday.—Faust Tonight.
The Middleton Stock Company was
the attraction at the Grand yesterday
with a matinee and night perform
At the former the bill was “East
Lynne,” and the audience of ladies
and chilren was a large one and ap
preciated the production, which was
especially well rendered.
Last night the company presented
“Jack’s Wife” to a fairly good house.
TTits evening they will play “%aust ’
in accordiance with a request, the com
pany will give a matinee Friday after
noon, presenting “My Uncle From
Japan.”
For a popular priced company the
aggregation is a good one.
Scepter Going to Back.
London, October 16. —The sportman
says this morning it hears that unless
she is sold prevlouly, R. S. Slever in
tends to auction his filly, Scepter, on
the day of the Cambridgeshire stakes
at New Market, October 29. If the
filly is not sold Mr. Slever himself
wfTT run her for the Cambridgeshire
stakes, " .
BRUNSWICK, GA., THURSDAY CORNING, OCTOBER 16, 1902
i NEW REASON !
IS NOW ASSIGNED
SAVANNAH DISCOVERS WHY THE
DOWNING COMPANY DID
NOT GO IN MERGER.
A MORNING NIWSSTOKY.
j
It IS Alleged That the Paterson-j
Downing Company Refused to !
Render Export Rights in
This City.
The Savannah Morning News, of j
yesortlay, discussing the recent naval;
slores combine says:
Tile unwillingness of tin; Paterson |
Downing Company to suriciu.er any j
share of its independanoe as an ex- j
portor of navel stores is reported In;
be responsible for the withdrawal of;
the Downing Company ol Brunswick.;
from joint action with the other con-;
corns that entered into the composition!
ol tlie Consolidated Naval >..ores Com !
puny.
The Paterson Downing Company is
a large holder of l lie stock of the
Downing Company, and mere is good
authority for the statement fnal Us!
influence, cast on the other side o !
:he balance, determined the latter I
company's action. The proffer ol a]
community of interest or even close I
connection with the Florida lv;pni\
Company (he exporting branch ot the
Consol Id s( si N'aial Hi ores Company!
which was made trie Putorson-l lowio I
ing Company, was declined, and fol
lowing this declination came that of
tlie Downing Company.
This action must have come as a
considerable surprise to the officers ot
the Consolidated Naval Stores Com
pany, for in all the gatherings that
preood-'d its recent. Informal organiza
tfijh i'n Jacl.sbifvifie, .Mr. Downing,
president, of the Downing Company,
took a prominent part. At Dial time
it was dollnitey announced taut Iho
Downing Company would enter the
comsolidatii'n, tnaugli it would mil
as would (lie other companies affecle.:
completely liquidate it: separate bus
iness.
It was noticable, however, that at
the Jacksonville meeting ne Brock war i
assigned to Mr. iiowuin;:'. nor was lie J
olyisen on ('no board of du tom. inr I
indicated indeelsi n and tlie failure of
tne necnluiiions with the Palirson-
Dmvnln;-; Company miqm sliomibiy set
tled ilie Downlnga Company's deter
mination to keep out of tlie combine.
MINERS AL_ WANTING
* FOR END OF STRIKE
N"y York, October 15.- When the
miners’ strike shall have been official
ly declared .at an end the full force of
148,000 men will report tor duty wit'n
fn 24 hours, says a World special from
Wilki 11 Jirre, Pa.
Seventy-live thousands tons of coal
e'en be mined, it is believed, and be
ready lor shipment in is hours, and
tie amount inere •it. 0.1 to Pin, quo or
125.000 tons a day at the end of a
wool.. II can lie moved to New York
and oilier Atlantic cities in 36 hours
from the irn- it is brought, from the
mim s.
A fact that acorns to indicate prepar
ation on tlie part of the coal opera
tors to transport coal in large quanti
ties is the arrive! at coal shipping
centres of an increased 'number of
cars. .. .. |
FEAST OF TABERNACLES.
“Succoth’' Observed in the Temple
Beth Tefiloh Last Night.
“Succoth,” or the feast of Taber
nacles, was observed with appropriate
services at tlie temple Beth Tefiloh
last night.
Itablii Warsaw delivered an nniiK
ually strong sermon and the congre
gation was a large one.
The musical features of the program
were especially well rendered and were!
enjoyed by those present.
The News is requested to announce
that services will be held at the syn-!
agogue this morning.
Mails Delayed by Strike
St. I,ouis, Mo., October 15.- Owing
to the strike of baggage and mail
handlers at the union 'station, there
are more Inan 500 leather pouches of
letter mail and more than 2,Odd sacks
I
|of paper, which missed connection
with outgoing trains
!OFFICERS OF HEW
CONCERN ELECTED
—i —
FIRST MEETING OF BRUNSWICK
& BIRMINGHAM CONSTRUCT
ION company. 4$
DIRECTORS ALSO SELECTED.
j Something of tlie Objects, Aims and
Purposes of This Great
Brunswick Industrial
Organization.
! I be Brunswick & Birmingham Ile
jvclupineiit Company held Its first an
| mml meeting at tlie office of Brob
j sum, Fondlg ft Company yesterday
j muring.
I*. niacin n and J. S. Dry den,
lor TCow York and F. TC. Twitty, Ed
, win I irobston and Albert, Fondig, oi
! Brunswick, were elected as directors,
! ami E. <5 Maclien was elected pres
, blent, hid win lirobston, vice presi-,
! dent, Albert Fentlig, secretary, and
E. D. Walter, treasurer.
This company was organized with
a capital stock ot' SIOO,OOO for the
purpose of forwarding the develop
i nuyit of line territory along the line of
jibe Brunswick ft Birmingham railroad
land its branches.
I ,
I 1 hey expect to lay off towns and
develop cities already limit in every
lig.timato way possible.
They will engage extensively in ad
jvertiiiing tne advantages 01 the ler
! l itory of the Brunswick ft Birming
ham, and will encourage the bringing
in settlers and other business that
generally help lino country.
Already lids company lias received
large, donations oif land and town
lots from enterprising land owners
who are keenly alive to the good
- hk'l.i tills company can do in I lie com
munities in which they lake hold.
Among other linings which tills com
pany will do is In take some of the
best towns on their route and give
them ine widest advertising similiar
to tlie work Doing done by Brobston,
F mlig ft Company at Douglas. Ga.
This company expects to make ils
prulils out of increased values of land
Ito be opened and developed by itself
j’and the building of the B &. B. road.
The !!. Aili. Construction Com-,
pfthy is a large stockholder in the
Development Company and wita Col-
Maclien at its back there is no ques
tion that, it will be a powerful
influence in foe development of this
section.
BOER LEADERS BITTER.
Significant Comment On England By
General Botha’s Wife.
Paris, October 15.-—The Boer gen
<ials remained at their hotel most of
the day. In the afternoon they drove
around the city and in the evening
they went to tlm town hall, where
they were welcomed and received by
the president and other officials of
Ine municipality.
The daughter of a proinient Amer
ican official who lias become intimate
with the wives of the Boer generals
was entertained today in Mrs. Botha’s
private drawing room, wnere tne gen
eral’s wife showed the American girl
three photographs—first, General
Botha’s beautiful home in the Trans
vaal, surrounded hy trees and stock,
I second, a snapshot of the house in
j Panics, third, the smouldering ruins
I <if the general's home. Mrs. Botha
said: .
•‘The first picture shows ns before
xvngiish civilization, the second de
! picts 11s during tlie process of ci vill
i'zation, and the third represents ns
| after English civilization had been ex- j
I tended to us.” 1
| The incident indicates the real sen-j
fiment, of the Boer leaders.
Entertaining the Crown Prince.
i Washington, October 15. — The
crown prince of Siam was taken for a
drive today to Fort Myer, where the
troops gave him an exhibition of their
'skill in cavalry tactics. Later, accom
panied hy Assistant Secretary of the
State Pierce and his entire suite, he
boarded the Sylph and then visited
Mount Vernon. Tonight he was given
1 a dinner by professor J. H. Gore, of
' Columbia university
* „ -wr-
WEDDED LAST NIGHT.
Nuptials cf Miss Daisy Goldsmith and,
Mr. Ansley Harby.
Miss Daisy Deane Goldsmith, of this
city, and Mr. Ansley Davis tiarby,
of Sumter. S. 0., were united in the
holy bonds of wedlock at tne 'home
of the bride’s parents, Air. and Mrs.
L. Goldsmith, last night, Rev. Rede,
of St. Mark’s Episcopal church, offi
ciating.
1 111 reference to tlie wishes of the
contracting parties, the wedding was
a quiet home affair, and was only at
tended hy the immediate members of
the family.
Miss Goldsmith is one of the most
lovable of Brunswick's many charming
girls, is imbued with many social
graces and is loved by a large circle
of friends in ths etty and in other
sections where she has visited.
Mr. Harby is among the most prom
inent young business men in his home
city and is held in the highest es
teem.
Mr. and Mrs. Harby had contemplat
ed an extended bridal tour, but, ow
ing to fhe very recent death in the
family of the groom, same lias beein
postponed until a later date, and they
lelt lust night for Sumter.
A number of very pretty wedding
presents were received by these pop
ular young people.
The News extends congratulations.
HIS FATHER HEARTBROKEN,
Uriah Traphagen Carries Body of Sui
cide to New York.
Savannah, Ga., October 15.—Uriah
Trepagen, of Newburgh, N. Y„ reach
ed L.uaiinaii Ltis morning, being call
ed here hy the news 01 the suicide
of his son, Alfred Traphagen, alias
Albert Taft, who shot himself through
the heart at the Hotel DeSota last
Saturday n.iglit
The elder Traphagen was almost
heartbroken over the death of his son
a mere lad. Tlie boy was but eight
pen, the father said, and for a month
his parents had not known of his
whereabouts. He had oeen employed
by one of the big department stores
of New York, from which he had dis
appeared without leaving any intima
tion of his purpose. It is said that he
was a defaulter to the amount of sl,-
000, his own story having indicated
such a shortage.. He unburdened him
self to the local superntendent of tne
Young Men's Christian Association,
whom he apprised of his desire to re
form.
A woman of the half world, witli
whom he had been infatuated, is said
to have been tae lure that brought
ill m sou Hi,
The father left today for the north
acconipaning the remains.
ST. SIMON NEWS NOTES.
Mill Theie is New Running on Full
Time.
St. Simon, October 15. — (Specitl
Correspondence.)—The mills are run
ning full time now and timber for saw
ing is plentiful Three schooners are
now loading lumber for northern ports
The schools, both white and colored,
are now down to routine work, with a
full attendance.
Rev. D. W. Winn, who is teaching
the mill school, is proving an all
round good teacher, and the children
are very fond of him.
Several of the cottages along th>
beach nave recently been oroken into
and furniture and other household
goods carried off. The local author
ities are making every effort to run
the guilty ones to earth, with a fair
chance of success,
Tne Frederica school was agreebly
entertained by a visit from Mrs. Dr.
Lgieston yesterday. Kite gave the
cuildren a very instructive talk on
physiology.
The ladies of fhe island have organ
ized a society for the purpose of clean
ing up and keeping in order the
church yard at Frederica, under the
name ot the Christ Church Memorial
Association, with Mrs. J. H. Whitmire,
president. Mis. John Stevens, treas
urer, and Mrs, J. 1). Gould, secretary.
After organzing they went to work
with the vim ladies always display
when they take hold cf anything ami
each member formeu herself into Into
a committee of one to solicit subscrip
tons.
Registration in Porto Rico.
San Juan, P. 1., October 15.—Touay
was the first registration day for the
coming election in Porto Rico. Few
serious conflicts have thus far been re
ported. but thousands of protests have
been lodged. In ad parts of the isl
and members of the federal party re
fused to register.
SOUTHERN ELECTS
NEW DIRECTORS
MEETING WAS HELD IN HICH
i MOND AND WAS LARGELY
ATTENDED.
VERY FEW CHANGES MADE
The Work of the Road of the Present
for the Current Year Was Rat
fied and Business
Handled.
Richmond, Va.. October 15.—At
the annua! stockholders meeting of the
Southern Railway Company, held In
the company's offices here today
twelve directors were ejected, clas
sifted as follows.
Directors of tlie first, class, elected
for term of one year, Alexander B.
Andrews, Raleigh, N. C.; Joseph-Bryan
Richmond, Samuel B. Inman, Atlanta,
Robert M. Gallnway, New York.
Directors of the second class, el
ected for a term of two years, Ad
rian Iselin, Jr., New York, Edmund
D. Randolph, New York, Janies T.
Woodward, New York.
Directors of the third class, elec
ted for term of three years, Harris
C. Fahneterm. New York, William VV.
Finley, Washington, Samtiei Spencer,
New York, Charles Steele, New
York.
The lease of tne property of the
Southern railway, Carolina division,
to the Southern Railway Company,
was ratified.
Tile acts and proceedings of the
board or directors since the last an
nual meeting were ratified and ap
proved.
KILLED TWO MEN; WOUNDED ONE
Perry Mitchell Uses Gun V ith Deadly
Effect at Madison.
Madison, Oa., October 15.—Ferry
Mitchell, a young white man, living
in the upper part of the county, snot
and killed Walter Booth, of this city,
and Aubry llamby, of Fair Play, both
white, this afternoon
Booth was shot through the heart,
and died instantly. Hamby was shot,
several times in the body and died
from his wounds shortly afterwards.
There were live shots fired by Mitch
ell. A stray hall from Mitchell’s re
volver struck a negro and inflicted a
severe wound in his left arm.
After the shooting Mitcbed was
caught and lodged in jail.
The cause of me trouble seems to
have been a falling out between
Mitchell and lfamhy over some whis
key. Both were drinking and it is
impossible to tell, at this time, who
was in the wrong.
The killing of Booth was accidental,
as Hamby claims he had. nothing
against Booth. All of the partly
are prominent in the county.
OVER SIOO,OOO FOUND IN A
DESK IN NEW YORK.
New York, October 16.—A fortune of
over sloh,cioo was found today in the
desk of Police Captain J. j". Donahue,
at his desk in the station house,
where he dropped dead la week. The
sum of $25,000 in casn was found in
a small iron box in a drawer and a
diamond jewelry valued at SII,OOO in
cfuuTTig a solitaire ring worth $1,500,
was found in another drawer. iae rest
of the property In eluded $15,000 in
In WetropoMtan Railway stock, and
five life insurance policies of s2,xuo
gsm. The discovery of the treasury
was a complete surprise, the captain
having been thought, to he worth about
$75,000 in other property.
A BOWERY “BOUNCER” KILLED.,
“One-Eyed Ltd” Shot to Death in a
rtestau rant.
New York, October 15. —Charles
Curran, a Bowery “bouncer” known as
"One-Eyed Red,” was shot and killed
early today in a restaurant on the
Bowery. Andrew Campigiia, a waiter,
is under arrest charged with the shoot
ing. The motive is not known. Cur
ran was 35 years old and came to
this city from Philadelphia eight
years ago.
The Weather.
Forecast for today in Georgia: Fail;
and colder- 1 . u