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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