The Brunswick news. (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, December 02, 1902, Image 3

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Tuesday morning. n] foroitHre and House ,f farolsbiag Leads. . gsrtMJ p—■ -_U ;: j j ____ :| It iua\ In that anew parlor chair P '?<•• ! would help roous or *ffnt a card i table will Pod to.tho enjoyment of ■! , i ij the long evenings just ahead. Ver *pT' ’. • . . ■ - -or matting, maybe iiJi' .•• entire rooms are to be rci'urttisbed. 'll f**>'~*m*\ Whatever, it i. count on me helpful- i [4,/ ;| ness of tilia store, on the better as j. . ITS'jl sortmenta, on its exclusive designs t; i ■ - " "‘"’•"'Y ana on it - fair prices. You etui got . a-; '. ' ; ‘ ;| plenty ot distinctive ideas hero, both | .Jj a tu turn,in,.i ami tioor coverings that >,.■ I pri-.-e is no more titan you ordinarily iD pay for tin. , omfutmost hind of an ar- Y. * * have , >” r -.vh'.\ l a Jar: a • .•••lu.cn: of now goods, which were bott-On at adv'uuu- as pi ee. and in- Aides Book fa-, sand China Closets of ciioh-v. designs. C. (MeGARVEY, .316 Newcastle Street. tideuxe i/enie. Tala jlcbr .ed tonic Is In growing demand. The season ot the groa'eut used U approaching. laQigeaiioa. HU liousness, Jaundice, CuiiD an 1 Fever, tick Headache, pains in toe hack anil kidneys alt depend upon raa'arui, and Bellevue Top'c cures them all its any lorm, W. J, BUTTS, Tho Druggist, fpr.-s-.v: 1 11 ~ i< or Asthma use CHENEY'S EX PECTORANT. t If you want to 1 SAVE MONEY 1 on your | GROCERIES • try the new ■ ' ork Cash Grocery. Everything" (new and fresh. A trial will con- • , vince you that we can • SAVE YOU MONEY. I • 'Jidda 'Cakn , . > Prop. - ( 227 Grant SVeet. Oak Wood, Pine Wood Light Wood Phone 320. 2t{ka & MeiZaMl Largest and beet load of wood i,n the city. QUICK DELIVERY, J A. LOWE, JR. Oontraetoi and Bunder. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Amo Do Paint Work. Get my iistimate Or Your Next Job 623 WOLF bTKLET. PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE, Made i.i Adrian, Mich, THE STRONGEST FENCE In the WORLD C. W. DEMING, Agt, Brunswick, Ga. Best in printing—News Jyb Office. , Try Rob Roy Flour. ..It is tne best} en tne market. Overcoats Relmed cheap, at Jim j Carter's. Forty Years’ Torture. To be relieved tram a torturing dis ease alter 40 years’ torture might ■well cause ttie gratitude .or anyone. 1 hat j is what UevViits tv ten Hazel Balve did 1 for C. Haney, Geneva, 0. lie} says: ‘Dk Wilts Witch naze! Saivt : cured me of piles after I had suffered ■ 40 > ears." Cures cuts, burns, wounds, : skin diseas; s. Beware of counterfeits, i Joergers Pharmacy, VV. J. Butts, If You Suffer From Kidney Troubles. Dee Smith s Sure Kidney Cure. Noth ing like it for diseased kidneys. 50 cents. - SWANS DOWN, PURE WHEAT - . Mu ttigLsh Xitdien 311 Newcastle Street. A First class Restaurant for Ladies and Gentlemen. Private dining rooms. Dinner, tea parties and banquets served on short notice. ■.....i , ~. 0 r l u m irssss: !>dV- B. H V !ia*„ rvlaii‘-;;r I/itbia Springs Cm*. Drawer * . A..-.'.teil,<s. Hoyscjtreatjn e nt tour • * prefeti-vii. Coi^espooclencestrictly© ufidtJOtial. If you want the largest LOAD OF WOOD in Brunswick for 75 cents, PHONE 208. TEMPLE'S WOOD YARD. iS YELLOW POISON , in your blood? Physicians call it flalariul Germ. It can be seen changing red Mood yellow under microscope. It works day and night, First.it turns yourcnm plexlon yellow. Chilly, aching sensations creep down your backbone. You feel weak and worthless. ROBERTA CHILL TONIC will si enters the Mood at once and drives out the yellow poison if neglected anO when Chills, Fevers, Night "Sweats and a gen eral break -down come later on, Roberts’ Tonic will cure you then but why wait? Prevent future sickness. The manufac turers know all about this yel low poison and have perfected Roberts’ Tonic to drb, e it out, nourish your system, restore appetite, purify the foiood, pre vent and cure Chills, Fevers and Malaria. It has cured thous ands—lt will cure you, or your money back. This is fair, fry it. Price, 25 cents, i ■■ ■"V • - Pharmaci li.miter-Puli- i>nic ' ' ,i; /teiwyTi If you’re going on a trip Here’s a pleasant Ijttle tip °lace a hattic- it; vour grip Rye - JSole agent or. , Ga. and Vicinity. 206 Monk Street. Ferdinand Weslbeiiner C Sans. Imtiller* tiaciaaiti, 0. H., Pr-nnUi, Ij For LaGrippe and Influenza use CHENEY’S EXPECTORANT Citation. Georgia, Glynn County. G. A. H. Jennings, guardian of Miss Leola Calvin, having applied to me to be discharged from such guardian ship. let all persons concerned show cause before mt at the regular No vember term, 1902, of the Court of Ordinary cf Glynn county, Georgia, Why said application for discharge should not be granted. This October 10th, 1902. HORACE DART, Ordinary. PERSONAL MENTION NOTES ABOUT PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO IN AND OUT OF OUR CITY. YY ,\. Pair,’of Savannah, is in the lil >- . . I. I). Greenwood. :s confined to bis home, by illness. Alev Livingston, of BrOukman was in tne city yesterda.. 8. \V. Akiss. of Atlanta, speut ><s terday in the city. Frank Scarlett, o: Kant/ Bluff, is spending a lew day: in the city. J L. Sibley, of Ylilledgeville, is spending a few days n the city. " t Solicitor General L nnet cante down from Way-cross yesti rday. 11. W. Hedricks. of Atlanta, was registered at tho Oglethorpe yt sL day. > i K. T. Bunkley ha. resigned bis po-si tion as night clerk at tile Ogieth'utpe hotel. .). K Chambliss, of l’alrne to. I- I ', was among the visloi-s to the city ye tenlay. • \V. It. J.ovo, of Tifton. was among ihose registered a? the Ogiet hoi pe yesterday. B. T. Unrtt'elder of Savannah, was autograpneil at the Oglethorpe yt s ; terilay. Take dinner a Wilson's today A turkey dinner. We are prompt -News Job Office. Only the Best of workmen are em ployed to clean clothes pt Jim Car der': Ring ’Phono. 258-2. V/anted. We would Lae to aslc througbt tbs ■Juuins oi your paper, if there Is a .J person who has used Green's ugunt Flower for the cure of in—gestion Dyspepsia ana Liver i rouole3 that has not been cured —-u .. wo also meat tneir resultß, Bitch as sour stoma b te uca.atiuu (. food, n.il'itual --native ness nervous dyspepsia, headaches. Jc spendent feedings, sleeplessness—-it' fact, and trouble connected wit.'u the stomach or liver? This mautcioe na: bee*' sold for many years ii all civil ized countries, and we wish to cor re pond wit.. yoi and sctiu you one of oui books Iren of cost. If you hive nevei tried August Flower, try one bnttU first. We have never known of its tailing. If so, something more serious, is tne matter with you. Ask join druggist. G. C. dreen, Woodbury, N. J. Host Percales, 12Vie yard, will go on Monday and Tuosdaj at Sc at Mrs. Isaac's, Palate ieasmg roducts FOR YOUR Ihdnksgiving Dinner < * ,# ► Plum rudding, Fruit Cake.] Cluster Raisins, Royal Figs. Golden Dates, Cranberries. , California Fruit Sauce. i Olives, Queen, Stuffed and p,t-< ted. . Fancy Cakes, Preserves, Jellies., Mixed Nuts. Nunnaiiy’s Fine Candies,, a 4 • THOMAS KEANY, Grocer. • Phone 11. 312 Newcastle St." For Croup use CHENEY’S EX PECTORANT. r Clark, the well known colored bar ber, u better fitted to serve the pub lie than ever. Everything neat and <daaa and nip to date P. DEV ARRIS. STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES Fruits, Vegetables, Etc. MONK STREET. Swan’s Down flour Is he best. Everything new at Miss Slater’s Wednesday in something new and stylish. Clark, the leading and up to date colored barber, has all toe latest things connected with an up to date barber shop. Children’s Undershirts from 10c up at Mrs. Isaac’s. Eugsnfe Field’s Views 4>r Ambition and Dys pepsia. “Dyspepsia,” wmw Eugene Field, “ftfuui incapacitates a man for endeavor and sometimes extinguishes tho fire of ambition.” Though great despite his Complaint Field suffered from indiges tion ail his life. A weak, tired stomach can't digest your food. It need* rest. You can only rest it by the u.-e of a preparation like Kodol, which re lieves it of work by digesting your food. Rest soon restores it to its norma! tore. StrengtSicnSng, Satisfying, Envigorating. Prepared only by E. C. DEWrrr& Cos., Chicaira Tius sl.. iwi.io coutiiiasSyft tiiu** tho 50c. su* W. J. BUTTS, The Druggist. JUST Received car fancy .Baldwin t* Apples, will sell cheap to the trade B. Bor char dt and Company FALL HATS. tl have them in all varieties. See my winter goods now arriving. The VERY LATEST MILLINERY LINE. MISS KATE SLATER, Natural Anxiety. vlothere regard approaching winter ,vith uneaseiness, children take cola o easily, iso disease costs more lit he lives than croup- It’s attack is so Hidden that the .sufferer is often he , ond human aid before tne doctor ai ives. .Such cases yield readily to One li.nute Cough Cure. Liquifies the nine j i, allays Inllamniaf ion, reipoves dau er. Absolutely sate. Arts imiue iiately. Cures coughs, colds, grip, iiuuelittis, all throat and mug tro .- lie. F. S. McMahon, Hampton, Ua.: A bad colii rendered me voiceless jiist, before an oratorical contest. J in itmded to withdraw bijl took Une Min ite Cough Wire, it restored my voice a time to wm the modal.” Joari'.cr’g, /Pnarmacy, VV. J. liuKt.s, SSuita's Pharmacy. THAT OLD OVERCOAT Needs n .jew ,-oiiiii. a i:v. lining oi a thorough .••loaning, . o lake it. to Jim Carter':, or ring 'plume 253-2. ASK FOR ROB ROY FLOUR. If you need a t.vpolu iter of any tie icriptiou come to see m‘before buy uuc i cap atvc you nunifiy. Terms raa ,unable and sauufwcuou guaranteed H. Jewett. Bob Roy Flour is go^d Another beauUfti! hat in two shades of pnrph at. Alien Slater:, millinery parlors. VVe are prompt- News Job Office. - - , > flood dressers sliould have their clothes cleaned and pressed by Jim (. n r. Hi i expei ieiiccd and will do you a good job. Wilson now has lho host oyster cook, in tne south. Page Woven Work Fence is the strongest lence in the world. NOTICE. Ks-do lleitz lieheiuih Lodge. No. 1, win nold its in gular Monday night !.:• cling D*•••umbel 1- The election oi officers will be in order and a full at tendance is earnestly desired. Miss M. A. Porter, N. G. Miss W. A. Bylsma, Secretary. Before buying oisewheie cal! and in : peel our stock, it will pay you, at Mrs. Isaac’s. NEW VELVET COLLARS, ’NEW SLEEVE LININGS, and NEW BODY LININGS for THAT OD OVERCOAT, at CARTER’S.. ’Phone 253-2. The Arcade. Respectiully announces te-its many fivend:’ and patrons in Brunswick and surrounding < ouutry tutu we are pre p ued to til th dr orders lor any ot the leading brands of whiskies on the n arket at popular prices. All goods y;ll be, delivered to out of town cus tomers free o; eiy.-ress charges: v. W. V/., Wilson, Old Saratoga, Louis lio, 1 clJowstone, Paul Jones, Duke ol Cumberland, Monogram, Belle of Bour bon and a number of others including go,is, wines and popular brands of Iyer. Our bar is replete with ail that g.jes to make up a first class establish ment. Pool and biiliard tables /kept :r an up to date condition. We serve o excel lent lunch from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. PHIL KELLER. Fine millinery, tasteful trimming, reasonable prices at Miss Slater’s. High Grade Fertilizers. Orders taken for Virginia-Carollna Chemical Cos. high grade fertilizers will receive prompt attention. C. W. Doming, Agent, _ j THE tmURyWICK HAIT.Y NEWS. CONCERNING CALENDARS. fionu- Interesting Om*H Hate as Fite Il'U'U ns the Wmirlli (cntiirj. Among the Greeks and Uonnuis al ma nacs or calendars were not written for the general public, hut were pre si rved ns part of the esoteric learning of the priests, whom the people had to coiiNiili not only for tlip dates of the festivals, but for the proper times when various legal proceedings might be in stituted. About 30(1 15. however, one Lucius Flavius, secretary to Ap pius ) "lalulius, stole these secrets by re peated applications to the priests and collated tlie Information so gained. It was really publishing an almanac when, as Livy relates. Flavius exhibit ed tile lasti on while tables around 'lie forum. From tiiis time similar tnblols ooutniniiig (lie calendar, Hie festivals, astronomical phenomena and i sciiicimu-- allusions tu bisiorleal events became quite common. They have been dug up in Pompeii and elsewhere. There are also extant Christian cal endars dating as far back as Hie fourth ■ c-ntiiry. whii li give Hie mimes of the Bairns and other religious info (^-itiou. One of the most famous of itic cal 'lldars of Hie middle ages is that com piled by lVims of Dacia in A. ]). 1800, A mnmii.eript copy is preserved in the Savilian library at Oxford. 'ltie Sym lei- .i Man or Man of Signs (Homo Su.nurum), still a common feature in almanacs, appears ifi this book, not, it is conjectured, for the first time, as it Seems to have been a survival from the time of l’t.olemy’s "Alniagesi,” a collec tion of classic observations and prob lems relating to geometry and astron omy. Tlie first printed almanac was the ‘Tro i’liirtbus Ynnia,” issued at Vienna 111 i IcT by an astronomer named I’ur bacli. The earliest, known alinanac de voted expressly lo the year of issue was published by Rabelais in 1533. Tlioncol'vrtii Ilie ephemeral yearly eliaracter of tlie pul.ilieatlou came to be definitely recognized liy almanac mak ers. Nostradamus set the fashion of incorporating predictions of coming events Into almanacs, a fashion that has continued to this day in all purely astrological ia-oeli ves of this sort despite inlermitteut ■ i'cvis to sup press il b.v royal iHii hority in France and olsewlitTe Bra. We Plead Guilty That we arc price cutlers of Bruns wick- as we buy for spot cash, which •iiables us to sell the people goods at Cut Prices Kntiro now stork of Groceries Nothing but the host goods AI.WAY .’lesli and fine. Your patronage solic ited, and goods delivered to any part if the city free. . 'Phone 21. James I. Matthews. Cor. F and Wolf Streets. 'Phone orders promptly delivered. . —t~ — —, ,j. SWANS DOWN FLOUR IS PURE, Lawyers should have their work sistlng of tne plan, and outiit of the •lone at the News Job Office. The Only Guaranteed Kidney Cure. .a Siul ~’s Sure Kidney (Jure Youi iruggist will refund your money it after taking on* Bottle you ate not .atisliod with results- 50 cents. CLEANING, PRESSING AND DYE iNG. GOOD WORK DONE CHEAP ER THAN ELSEWHERE. SEEJIM JARTER, OR RING ’PHONE 263-2. Ladies. Those of you that, have not bought your hats will do well to call at. Miss >latei . millinery parlors Wednesday and see 'ner now trimmed hats. Georgia, Glynn County. By virtue of an order of tne Court of Ordinary of said county, will bo ■old at iiuuiie outcry, on the first fiuMduy in Dec mnor, 1 902, at the court house in said county between dm usual hours of sale, the following real estate situate in Glynn county, tu wit: A track of land in the iiih ~i Ga district of said county, containing wo hundred acres, more or less, auown as a part of the Pisifhl) tract uounded on me north by a part of the ■dine tract belonging to Miss Fannie oemc, east by Blythe Back Kiver, -oufli by lands of Mrs. Lucy Atkin son, and public road leading from ,• ancy Bluff to Bethel, and west by Williamson avenue. I no sale will be continued from day to day, between the same hour* un •J, all said property is sold. Terms cash. This November sth, 1902. H. F. du BIGNON, Administrator of estate o. Mrs. Elizabeth Pyles. Good board, nice rooms, |16.00 per month, at. 211 1J street. Notice. This is to certify that I will not. be responsible lor any debts contracted by Sallie Wiicner. J. L. Wileher . c Goes Like Het Cakes. 'The fastest selling article I have in fey store," writes druggist C. T. Smith, of Davis, Tty., "is Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. Coughs and Colds, because it always cures. In my six years of sales it has never failed. 1 have known it to save sufferers from Throat‘and Lung diseases, who could get no help from doctors or any other remedy." Moth ers rely on it, best physicians pre scribe it, and ail druggists guaran tee satisfaction or refund price. Trial bottles free. Regular sizes, 50c and 91. (Communicated.) FINANCIAL RECORDS CITY OF BRUNSWICK Brunswick, Ga., Nov. 28th, Uo£ In Council proceedings, dated January 7th, 1901, Mr. E. H. Mason, Chairman of the Finance committee of Council, published to our citizens the following: l our committee is pleased to report to you a very great reduction in the float ing debt, which in the year 1894, amounted to the enormous sum of $12<3,<>56.06 t divided as follows: ’ Open accounts $ 6(5,076.18 Outstanding notes - . . - 57 054'28 Overplus'due on tax sales - - - iL22!62 And that on the first day oi January, 1901, this,floating debt appears as follows- Open accounts - - - % 5.380.71 Outstanding notes - 45 911.13 * . h ;: . , , $51,291.84” Ihe annual reports sworn to by former CJcrk Bodet, now on file together with balance sheets and ledger, show the tollowing conditions to have existed on Jan uary Ist, 181)4: JANUARY IST, 1894—FLOATING INDEBTEDNESS. Open accounts unpaid - 251 ]6 Outstanding notes ' - - - . 57 054,28 Overplus due on tax sales • . ii 225.62 Other claims not acted on or vouchered - - 10^,387.34 LESS ASSETS AS FOLLOWS: **19,918.40 Taxes year 1593, uncollected on account of epidemic $42 453 78 I.eases uncellected - 4*281 35 Actual cash on hand - - - 10 ”07 08 Deposited in First National Bank - - . 1018 81 naid with interest. ’ Deposited in Oglethorpe National Bank $9,599.80, Total dividends - yq-, 3- Deposited in Brunswick State Bank $1,652.00. Total divl ' Jelu l s - 457.00 1 73 883.99 A NE L floating indebtedness of-- $4(j|034.41 ’ r ! le tloatin - K ind ? bt edness January 15th, 190 J, as shown by the records ir. the (Jerk’s ottice, is as follows: * Outstanding notes - • . . * $45911,48 Board of Education - - - . 4'-2754)6 Unpaid vouchers and outstanding accounts - - 7’.')2!b70 pciwpns due January 1, 1901 - - . 8,075.25 , . . , - „ $65,592.09 $65,592.09 As an asset to this floating debt (which Mr. Mason said was only $51,291.84) there were two items, viz., Taxes,,jnd Executions uncoiiected, which Mr. Mason puts down in ns statement as $15,000.00 The most diligsnt efforts on the part of the Maish 1!, Clerk and I reasurer succeeded in realizing from them $8,256.71, (the remainder is almost entirely worthless,) aud with cash memorandums, and cash turned over by the retiring acting I reasurer Bodet, of $400.72, made up assets of leaving Nfci indebtedness of-- . $5093400 instead of a gross indebtedness of .... 61'291.84 OUTSTANDING FLOATING INDEBTEDNESS 1894. According to Mr. Mason - $126,350.04 Gross According to records - 119 9)8 40 Gross AND NET INDEBTEDNESS ONLY - - - 48,034.41 OUTSTANDING FLOATING INDEBTEDNESS JANUARY 1, 1901. According to Mr Mason - $51,291.84 Gross According to tlie records - 56,934.66 Net Showing that the NET FLOATING INDEBTEDNESS, when the control of the ffy s all-firs were turned over to the officials elected by the Good Government Club, and alter nearly seven years of the services of Mr. Mason as mayor and alder man, was ( ,Rb A I L:R by $10,900.25 than it was January 1, 1894. I he record of this present administration is one that we point to as being un paralleled in the history of Brunswick. In January of 1901, confronted with a floating debt o! $6- ~92.09 with actual cash of $22.60 in the treasury, this adminis lation by haid work, succeeded in collecting out of the remnants left over of un coMecteu taxes and old executions, cash memorandums, etc., the total of $8,657.43, which, as belore stated, left us facing a net deficiency of $56,931.60, the largest net floating indebtedness on record. , On September 30th, 1902, the condition of affairs shows a marked change- Outstanding notes ----- $27 500 00 i >ver plus due on tax sales - ’iOOOti Unpaid bills not ivouchered - . . . . o 900 00 Hoard of Education - 2'25 7' 23 Vouchers outstanding - - - . . ’397.'86 Coupons not presented - - - . . 111150 , , . „ * $32,332.0.5 Less cash in the treasury ... j 4;;p 57 Out ol the still uncollected taxes from the digest of 1902, it is conservatively esti mated that we will pay all current expenses to December 31st, 1902, and further reduce the floating indebtedness $8,000.00, making a total reduction of about $41,000 withing two years. FROM REGISTERED VOUCHERS AND OFFICE RECORDS. Comparative Statement of Operating Expenses City of Brunswick, from 1897 to 1902: Year 1397 - . - . . . $57,870.36 ‘ !893 - - - - . - 53,023.50 ‘‘ }; S!W _ ' ' - .- - - 59,104.98 1900 Ex-Clerk Bodet discontinued registering vouchers on July 31st, 19IM. lor six months, ending on that date, they were $28,335.89, so that hy aver ige, the year 1900 would be 50,071.78 !!"•! ----- 48,’200!76 ' u, I lie within financial statement is true and correct, according to records on file in tlie Clerk’s office. NATHAN EMANUEL, Mayor, J. E. DU BiGNON, Chm’n, | 1. NEWMAN, [ Finance Comnyttee. M. KAISER, j Job Printing Ihe Kind That Pleases ’Phone 188 News Job Office Use Derminol Tor Chapped Hands and Face Sedalgia Tablets for Headache Hunter-Sale Drug Cos. 'PHONE 37. Birth Place of Pure Drugs Kainit. Will receive one or more cargoes of Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co’s. Kai nit at an early date. Orders filed now will receive prompt attention. C. W. Denting, Agent, DECEMBER 2. PUgQ ! Being tho conventional leads Of I the modern scientific game as I practiced by all of its masters f with hints to beginners. A ' IV beautiful booklet of thirty-two Z| V pages, printed tin two colors, f 1 black and red, on enameled 1 I J paper with tho card arrange- N Y ments appearing in their nat- If-’ 1 ural colors. The cover is in If 1 throe colors with a very attract- If ivo design on tho title page. H • This is a work of Interest to all I whist players and will be sent I to any address upon receipt of I six cents in postage. f ,g C. L. STONE JL. lOCrt PABBCNQEH AOENT [ Louisville &. Nashville R. R.J k LOUISVILLE. KY. A W t. POSTER, 1007 O Street Y’g painter and paper badger. Signs of any description. Agent for wall-pap® mills. Drop me a postal. Phone 289-3 With Us Again. I Mr. C. C. Cocroft, the well known export piano tuner, representing Phil lips & Crew Cos., Atlanta, Ga„ is i tl Brunswick again tuning and repairing pianos, and guarantees to do perfect work. Orders left with Fleming & Waff will be promptly filled,