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THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NE W >s.
VOLUME 3, NUMBER 3,
MINORITY REPORT IS
ADOPTED BY COUNCIL
AND TREES WILL STAND
ROBINSON MU
STRONG FIGHT
Session of the Solons
Last Night an Inter
esting One
THE DU BIGIMOM LEASE
WAS ALSO SETTLED
No Improvements to be Made on the
Hospital Until Court Can Pass
on the Title in December—
Other Business Handled.
With the exception; o£ Alderman
Kaiser, who is out of the city, there
was su full board present at last
night’s council meeting.
After the reading of the minutes,
the first tiling up for consideration
was the report of the committee on
public works, recommending the cut
ting down of the trees near the gov
ernment building, and the minority
repolrt of Alderman Robinson, pro
testing agafcirit it. The privilege of
the floor was extended to Col. J. E.
Dart, ;who feelingly and eloquently,
addressed the council, pleading that
the trU be stparedj. Aside from
theu majestic beauty,the colonel re
called the memories and association,!
cl ng around the old Burk trees,
ami begged that for the sake of these
memc-ies, tender tol the older Bruns
wick 3, that tffey be allowed to
stand.
The minority report was unani
mously adopted.
The resignation olf Policeman A. J.
Burney was read and accepted.
Reports were read and adopted from
special committees, to-wit: On the
hospital budding, K.o-inmending na
improvement until court could pass
oil title in Decern’ er. On petition of
B. & B. railroad, for extentiem of
time on which to place improvements
on cotton factory and Dennis Foiiy
Sites, recommending nine months ex
tention cf time.
On the font of George street recom
mending that city pay J. E. du Big
non for improvements according to
provisions olf expired lease. The
committee also recommended the ap
pointment of W. C. Anderson as the
city's appraiser, hut an adverse re
port Alderman Cook of the com
mittee, was sustained, that the res
olution creating the committee did
not call for such recommendation.
The arbitrators will be named later.
The finance committee reported ad
verel v on the petition of the employ
es in the sanitary and public works
department for an increase of 25
cents per day in pay.
Three reports were received from
the police, fire and building commit
tee. One on the petition of police
officers Carroll and Goins for pay for
clothes ruined at the Adderiey fire
ryhich was peoqimmitted for furtiim
recommendation. The other two
were for building permit/? from Mor
gan & Davis and George Lyons which
were granted..
The city physician and health ol
fleers report for August was reau
and ordered tiled.
A resolution t'roim Alderman Rob
luistMii prohibiting: 'the cutjting m*
of trees by auy of the com
mittees of council was lost, it al
ready being provided for and proiiiu
ifed by ordinance. A mcitiou .vr-r a.
opted permitting the committee o
puihlllc works to cut down dead tret,
and dead limbs from live trees.
Alderman du Bignun, introduced
resolution, which was adopted, order
ing a' refund of mrauies collected 1<
repairing Unlcini street sidewall.s an*
Stopping Line further collection of tin
name.
'Pl,ordinaince by Maydr Crovatt
granting the Tennessee District
Telephone Cos., the use of streets to
install the messenger or signal set
vice was placed on its second read
ing but before the third reading it
was ordered referred to a special com
giittee for further information. The
mayor app'jinUed tab the committee
Aldermen du Bignom, Newman and
li >inson\
The ordinance by Aldermen Dart
and Robinson to further regulate and
coLUai the disposition of cattle of
any kind or characted impounded dr
about, to be impounded under the law
was read the third time and lost.
The ordinance by Aldermen du-
Bigtmoin land Robinson, providing for
the refunding of impounding fees in
certain cases and for other purposes
was read the second and third time
and lost.
After passing up the usual bills
and accounts the council adjourned.
SALE BEGINS TOMORROW.
McClures Stock Will be Sold Out as
Soon as Possible.
The bargain buyers of R-imicl;
will, noi doubt, take a great deal of
interest in the closing out sale of
the McClure Ten Cent store which
is to ihe held this week at the former
store of Judge Dillon, 317 and 319
Newcastle street.
A great part of this stock is not
damaged at all. Much of it is oniy
stained by smoke or water and quite
a part of it is in as good condition
as when first unpacked frtom the
manufacturers.
The insurance companies have de
cided that the stock must be sold
at once and no offer that is anywhere
reasonable will be refused for the
goods, so great is the anxiety for a
quick cleiatrance. Mterqhants Mind in
fact anybody can profit by the sale.
Well Received.
The now directory which is being
delivered now as rapidly as possibllt
was the subject olf much favorable
comment yesterday. The city is
proud to have a complete record and
it will be a source of much informa
tion and an invaluable aid to the bus!
near. of the city. Mes®. Mann and
Griffith are supplying the subserib
ers first but many others are calling
for copies and gladly paying, the $3,00
price of same.
A HEW PIPE ORGAN
—+
Handsome One to bePur=
chased by the L>ap=
tist Church
A handsome new pipe organ will
soon be placed in the Pint Baptist
church. The organ will he of the
latest improved make, and will be
one 'of the best of the kind in this
section of the state.
The congregation has been consider
ing the possibility of purchasing such
an organ for some time and it has
now been decided to order it, and the
Ladies' Aid Society of the church has
taken the matter in charge. The or
gan will cast in the neighborhood of
$1,500, and it is understood that the
ladies have already raised several
hundred dollars for this purpose.
Work in Good Cause
Pullman, Wash., Sept. 24 —The term
of the Washington Agricultural! Ccil
jegq which opened today is the bepn
ir.iing of the banner year in the his
tory of the institution oiccording to
the predictions of the college offi
cials. which are suported by ail out
ward indications. The facuiay num
bers over a half hundred members,
'while the total attendance of stud
ents will pasTi the 600 mark, repre
senting eoarly every county in Wash
iugton,. besides a number from Mon
tana. Oregon. Idaho and British Co
lumbia.
LEADING STEAMSHIP AGENTS.
W. M. Tupper & Cos. Represent Well
Known Lines.
Attention, is directed elsewhere in
this issue to the ads. of the Mallory
steamship line, the Clyde lice and the
Cumberland route.
All three of these well known
steamship lines are represented by
\V. M. Tupper & Cos., and since ac
cepting the agency of Mallory and
Clyde lines, the business of both have
greatly increased, and the service is
now about perfect, Two and often
as many as three steamers arrive
weekly from New York and the busi
ness is steadily increasing. A Clyde
steamer comes from Boston each
week. Anew steamer has just been
launched for the Mallory line and
will be added to this run as soon as
completed
The Cumberland route operates the
steamer Emmeline between Bruns
wick and Fernandina, making a trip
daily, and the business of this line
has also greatly increased lately.
BRUNSWICK, GA., FRIDAY MOt NiNG, SEPTEMBER 25, 1903.
10 HI CHANGE
01STAR ROUTES
Postoffice Department is
Now Inviting Bids for
This Work
“PROFESSIONALS” SHUT Oil
They Wiil Not be Allowed to Bid and
Then Sub-Let the Contracts to
Other Parties, Thus Causing
Mand Irregularities.
The postoffice department has is
sued cm advertisement inviting
bids for carrying the mail on star
routes in the Second Contract
section foom Julv 1, 1904, to June
30. 1908. The contract section com
prises the otat.es couth of Virginia
and the Ohio river and east of the
Mississippi river.
The bidding'is limited to persons
livingwithn Ithe delivery district of
offices supplied from routes from
which proposals are made wlioi will
agree that in the event of a contract
to live on or near the route and give
the service their personal supervis
ion.
This, in effect, shuts out profession
al contractors who have heretofore
made bids on a large number of rou
tes and when awarded contracts sub
let them at a lower rate per annum
than was received by them frequently
resulting in very poor service and a
number of complaints from the pub
lie.
Under the contracts which will bo
awarded taking effect July 1, late I
the free delivery and collection
mail will be made on almost all ol
the star routes.
Star route box delivery of mat
was first started in South Carolina
in 1899 where its feasibility was test
ed, since which time it has boon ex
tended toi practically all routes in the
United States except the southeas
tern contract section, now being ad
veiltised. In this aetion there are
5,500 routes, w‘th 63.000 miles of
service which, when added to the
territory in which the box
delivery system has been introduced,
will make 21,000 routes with over
250,000 miles of free star route box
delivery of mail.
The elimination otf the professional
con|drrj.Jtor aaid ithe (establishment o
free box collection and delivery of
mail on star routes lias been inaugti
ated through the wise administration
of W. S. Shalleuherger, second as
sistant postmasiter general who is
mailing a record on this line.
DIAMONDS ARE COSTING MORE.
Price of Precious Stones is Gtead'ly
Moving Upward.
According to Jewelers the price of
di'almijnds is steadily moving up-wart
and in te past year the price has ma
terially advanced. The world’s out
put is controlled by a syndicate,
which can dictate its own terms and
there is no wiay around it.
Moist of the atones come from the
African mines, which are owned by
the de Beers and the number of dia
monds placed on the market is gov
erned arbitrarily. Those who want the
precious stones will have to pay full
and high value for them hereafter.
Even the shaller diamonds are fetch
ing fancier prices.
“There are not a great demand for
the stonec in Brunswick,” said a local
Jeweler to a News reporter yesterdav,
‘‘but those who are desirious of pro
curing them will have to pay more
and more, ®s the days pass, as the
prices, regulated arbitrarily are con
stantly advancing and the end is not
in sight. This is no fault of the jew
elers, for our profits fall far from
being a fortune, but the trouble is
due to the syndicate which controls
the principal part of the world’s sup
ply.”
Veterans of Missouri.
Columbia, Mot, Sept. 24. —The Mis
souri division of the Confederate vet
eran.s bogain its annual reunion here
today and the city is tastefully dec
orated in honor of the army of vis
itors from all parts of the state. The
program covers three days and is re
ptyito with interesting ym|tures.
Among the prominent reunion speak
ers are Major General Elijali Cater,,
commander of the division. Senator
Cockrell. Congressman Champ Clark,
Congressman M. E. Benton and Jas.
W, Boyd, of SL Joseph.
Colorado In,
The Mallory steamer Colorado ar
rived Wednesday afternoon from New
York. The steamer has an unus
ually heavy cargo of freight and also
brought a number of passengers.
WANTED TO BE
II POSTAL GRIFT
Postmaster Genera! Payne
Offered Bribe by Al
abama Man
HE WAS THEN ARRESTED
Andrew S. Wallace, Formerly Post
master at Opps, Ala., Offered
SSO for a Transfer to
Andalusia,
Chattanoogk.FtTenn., Sept. 24.—An
draw S. Wallace was until a few
weeks ago postmaster at Opp, Alt
While serving as Uncle Sam's agent
in ttajt capacity Mr. Wallace road in
the papers of the bribery that was
going on in the postoffice department
at Washington and he forthwith pro
ceeded to write to Postmaster General
Payne and offered him' the sum of
SSO if Mr. Payne would have him ap
pointed postmaster at Andalusia, Ala.
This is a better office than the one
held by Mr. Wallace and ho thought
by tempting the postmaster general
with the offer of SSO he would have
no trouble in receiveing the appoint
ment. He has been removed from the
office at Opp and placed under arrest.
A bond olf SSOO for his appearance
at the next term of the United States
court at Birmingham was required
Meeting of Copyright League.
Weimar, Sept. 24.—a congre-:-; for
the protection of literary and artif.tic
property began hue today. “Revis
ion of the Berne Convention'’ hat
first place at;; the program, and pro
posals will he submitted to Ihe United
States, the Netherlands, Russia. Swe
den and Reumania for better protect
ion of foreign authors.
GO TO COURT
Strenuous Protest Raised
Against Alleged Dis
crimination
Following is taken from the At
lanta Constitution of yesterday:
“That the railroads of Georgia will
in the near future resist in the
courts the taxes now levied atgainst
them is the growing opinion among
leading corporations of the state.
“These predictions are based upon
contentions that, the arbitration sys
tem results in an unequal distribu- J
tion of taxation and that corporate
property, compared to other roipertv,
is valued for taxation purposes at ?
much higher per cent than that of
private individuals
“The fact that the award in the
Atlantic Cueist Line case fixed the
taxable value of that system at a
higher rale per mile than the other
linos doing a similiar business is cited
in support of the contentions. The
roads may, indeed, be the first o,r
among tlm first to appeal from the
reward of arbitrators ar.d submit the
question of how much it should be
taxed to the supreme cuurt.
F, (J. du Biguou. attorney for the
Atlantic Coast Line, was seen touch
ins the' recent arbitration of the prop
ertia? of this company. He said that
as he understood it the figures ol' the
umpire in fixing the value of the fran
chise and tangible properties repre
sented the full value of those proper
ties and that these values were not
reduced so: ®s to conform to the val
uation for taxed of other property re
turned for taxation in the state.”
TWO MEN CATCH STRAY SHOTO
Satchel Containing Revolver Fell fro:-
Bed and Wound Resulted.
Tifton, G-a., Sept. 21. —Twix ace;
dental shootings, almost identical n
character, occurred in the same
llement near Ttflon Bits week,
B, M. McDaniel, while visiting c.t
the residence of G. S. MercbaA, -■ 1
his satchel containing a 18 Smith and.
Wesson revolver on the bed and start!
ml to walk out. The satchel foil to the
floor and the revolver war: discharged
the bail entering his right thigh, ran
ging upward. It was extracted by Dr.
Daniel.
About the same day I. J. Elliott
was cleaning his 38-caliber Colts
when it was accidentally discharged,
the ball passing through hia left
thigh, inflicting a fleoh wound.
I Neither of the wounds are danger
ous* ’
GBODVEAR IKS
OFFUCHISE
Arbitrator for the A. C. L.
Says Award is Un
constitutional
DECISION OEHIGHESI COURTS
... . . .... +
He Says Vast Majority of the Prop
erty of the State of Georgia
is Under Estimated More
Than 40 Per Cent.
Yesterday morning our fellow citi
zen, C. P. Goodyear, returned from
Atlanta where ho has been for more
than a; week engaged in the arbitra
tion of the Atlantic Coast Pine's
physical and franchise property as
arbitrator for such company, Horn. fi.
Gu®,by Gordon representing the state
and Allen D. Candler, former gover
nor, as umpire having been selected
by ,yho alrbitrs(tors. Mr. Golodyear,
when asked for an expression in re
lotion to the award, said:
"1 do not hesitate to pronounce
this award violative of the constitu
t.on of the state of Georgia, which
requires uniformity in all advalorem
taxation.
“There is ueither uniformity with
the returns of the vast majority of
the proiperty of the Mate known as
the general digest, nor uniformity
with the roadswhich may be cal Pul
state roads as distinguished from
the large interstate roads nor is there
the slightest approach to such uni
formity in such award.
“The circuit courts of the United
States and the supreme court of the
United States have declared in lan
guage too plain to bo mi sunder
stood theft sufch coini&titulionail pro
visions as to uniformity may be as
well violated by the under valuation
of one clasn of property and the high
er or tgue of another as in any other
way, and that where such underval
uation exists as toi one class of prop
erty aii:(l higher of true valuation
of another it is necessary that ei
ther the undervaluation shall be
raised or the over valuation lowered.
“It was shown by an overwhel
ming testimony before tlie board that
the vast majority oif tlie property of
this state is undervalued more than
forty per cent of its true value; that
Comptroller Wright, in the Southern
railway arbitration admitted that in
his judgement amloluntted (to 33 1-3
per cent.
“These authorities were presented
by Hon. F. G, du Bignon counsel for
roqd. clearly and unmistakably to the
board. The attorney general of the
state, admitting his familiarity with
these decisions, announced that they
were in slates whore they had asses
iug boards and boards of equalization
and did not apply to Georgia whero
voluntary returned under oath were
made. He read the taxpayer's oath
and announced bis opinion that the
presumption that a taxpayer returned
his property at its true market val
ue under said oatli governed and not
the fact clearly proven that it was
the custom under tlie voluntary re
turn system in Georgia to return
property at an average, or at least
40 per cent below its true value.
“The state’s arbitrator and the um
pire in tlie case announced that they
proposed to l>e governed by the opin
ion of the attorney general as to the
application oif the law in Georgia, de
clined to make any reduction from
tlie market valu'aition arrived at as to
tangible property and franchise of
the railroad.
“A discrimination equally violative
of the constitutional provision as to
uniformity was clearly proven from
the comptroller's reports for 1902 to
exists in favor of the state railroads
against the interstate roads, yet no
reduction was made to secure such
uniformity." ..*
To inspect the Riflemen.
Inspector Obear. of the the Geor
gia state troops, will visit Brunswick
in the course of a few weeks for the
purpose of inspecting the Riflemen.
EMORY ATHELETES TO BE
CAPTAINED BY ALF CROVATT
Popular Brunswick Eoy is Put a!
Head of Field Sports.
Allred Crovatt, son of Mayor Cro
vatt. will lead tho field sports t
Emory this year. 110 has also been
elected vice president of toe Emory
Ci i 1 go Alt.helotic Association.
An article published in yesterday’s
Ath" i : Constitution has the follow.nt
to say of tho Brunswick boy:
"Alfred Hayne Cro-'att, of Er.vnu-
MRS. JEFFERSON OAVIS
IS NOW CRITICALLY ILL
AT HOME IN NEW YORK
wick, who was chosen captain of
field sports, is a member of the senior
class smd is probably the best all
round athelete in college. lie has ser
ved on every atheietic team of his
class since he entered college as :
sub-frsr.hman, and many times hat
captained his class team. H e is ;
member oil' the Sigma Alpha Eisilui
fraternity.
MURRAY AND MACK TONIGHT.
Musical Comedy to be Presented at
the Grand.
A real treat is promised Brunswick
tboated-gjoers at the Grand tonight,
and more especially those who are
fond ofa mimical comedy. The at
traction will be Murray and Mack, the
well known comedians, and their big
companies of fun-makers, who will
present "A Night On Broadway.”
The comptny is said to he full .it
pretty music, catchy songs, and funny
turns, and a pleasant evening is prom
ised all who attend.
The advance .sale of seats has been
unusuallv large and the indications
are that the company will be greeted
bv a full house.
STEAMER SAN MARCOS
AN ACCIDENT IN MOBILE.
For this Reason no Trip Will be
Made Here this Week.
The Mallory steamer San Marcos,
Capt. Avery, met with an accident
ou some kind in Mobile Wednesday
iS'Ki tjiierqfore Ithe stoaimer will not
stop' here on her return trip to New
York.
Jufit what happened to the steamer
is jnlotl Jilnown but so|miethin(g albout
the propeller went wrong. There is
to he no steamer from Brunswick tu
New York this week om account of
the accicfent.
STILES IS CASHIER
—♦ —
He Will Be In Local Of
fice of Mallory Line
Hereafter
J. C. Stiles, formerly soliciting
agent of the Mallory steamship line,
has ibeen appointed local cashier to
succeed J. P. Brook/i, who has been
transferred to the Jacksonville agency
and Mil'. Stiles has already assumed
the duties of his new olfloe.
Mr, Stiles many friends in Bruns
wick and all over Georgia, will be
glad to learn that lie has been ap
pointed to thin lucrative position.
He has been with the Mallory line
for several years and has made them
a most valuable man. Asa hustler
on the road there are but few that
equal him. Ho is very capable and
indeed, a popular man ami the Mal
lory people have made a good ap
-I.liniment in naming him as tlie local
cashier
No one lias yet lieen named to suc
ceed Mr. Stiles aii soliciting freight
agent.
A BUSINESS CHANGE YESTERDAY
George R. Harvey Puchases the South
ern Produce Company.
A business deal was made in the
city yesterday morning, whereby Geo.
R. Harvey purchased from H. H. lfar
vey the Southern Produce Company.
Mr. Harvey has Menu iconnelctedi
with the bui4nloss ffior some tim*,
and he will no doubt make a good suc
cess as the proprietor.
Mr. H. H. Harvey sold his interests
owing to the fact that he has remow
ed hfc residence toi Asheville, N C
where he is conducting a similiar
business.
Handsome Fixtures.
A. Rothschild, the Newcastle street,
jeweler, is now busily engaged fur
rushing his s store with anew set of
fixtures. He has just returned from
the i-astern markets, and will very
shortly have an opening, where his
fine line of fall and winter goods
will be displeyed.
PPying Their Taxes.
Tax Collector Read is probably the
busiest, man in iho county just ai Ibis
time. State and courty tastes are now
due and property gpvners are paying
up at a, rapid rate.
The Weather.
Forecast for today in Georgia; Fair
and probably warmer,
PRICE— FIVE CENTS.
CUE FEARS FOB
HER RECOVtRV
Suffering from What is
Believed to Be Acute
Indigestion
DR. STOCKTON SAYS
CONDITION IS SEROUS
'Mother of Confederacy” Now Pioh
ably at Death’s Door at Former
Homeof President Fillmore
in Buffalo.
Buffalo. N. Y. Sept. 24.—Mrs. Jef
ferson Davis is reported daugoriously
ill tonight at Castle Inn, w|*' h was
once the home of President Milliard
Fill more.
Mrs. Davis is suffering from a form
of stomach trouble which is believed
lo be acute inciige&tom. She has been
quite ill for several days.
Dr. Charles G. Stockton, the attend
ing physician, when seen tonight and
asked as to the condition of Mrs.
Davis, he said.
“Mrs. Davis is dangeriously ill; so
ill. in fact,that l will not assure her
recovery. Further than, this, I do not
care to discuns the case tonight.”
Dr. Stockton has been at the bed
side of the patient nearly the entiro
day, and while he does not say so,
it is the general belief that Mrs. Da
vis is not expected to live many more
days.
A PONDEROSA LEMON TREE.
Mrs. Julius Levy Probably Only Per
son Here Who Has Such a Plant
Mrs. Julius Levy is the proud pos
sessor of a very handsome specimen
of the Ponderous, lemon tree that is
so famous.
The tree is about four feat high
and bears already a single huge spe
cimen of its fruit. The lemon is aft
ready very large and still has some
months in which to mature. The
tree is very ornamental as well as
interesting.
it is probably tlie only one in this
city and is an object of great inter
est to Mr. and Mrs. Levy’s callers.
SUMMER WEATHER RETURNS.
Mercury Took an Upward Shoot Yes
terday and Went to 90.
After dropping down as low as 70
and making Uie people think win! v
lr.ul arrived in earnest the thermom
eter took an upward shoot again yes
terday and did not stop until it bad
reached tlie 90 mark.
The fact that a storm bad been pie
dieted down this way, caused some
little anxiety, and many citizens were
sure that tlie ehaime in weather was
am Indication that the storm was com
ing.
Not Coming.
The Florida. Press Association
which was scheduled to arrive in this
city today to take the Mallory steam
er San Marcos for New York, will not
Cfllme owing to the fact that the
steamer had an accident in Mobile..
The association will sail front Jack
sonville on a Clyde steamer.
The Wastes of the Body.
Hvery seven days ie blood, mus
les and bonee of a man ol average
tize loses two pounds of wornout tis
sue. This waste cannot be replen
ished and the health and strength
kept up without perfect digestion.
When the stomach and digestive or
gans fail to perform their functions,
the strength lets down, health gives
way, and disease sets up, Kodol Dys
pepsia Cure enables the stomach and
digestive organs to digest and assim
ilate all of the wholesome food that
may be eaten into the kind of blood
that rebuilds the tissues and protects
the health and strength of the mind
and body Kodol cures indigestion,
lyspepsia and all stomach troubles. It
s an ideal spring tonic. Sold by
Joerger's Pharmacy, Smith’* Pharma
cy and W. J. Butta.
Good Sanitary ethods
larß used at Jim Carter's for cieaniug
clothes. Everything well lighted and
ventllantdb