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THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS. VOLUME 3, NUMBER 7. MEETING HELD BY DIRECTORS Some New Officers Named By News Publishing Company. MANAGER LEAVY RESIGNS Hv is to Leave the Newspaper Busi ness After Serving Many Years in it—Other Business Hand led at the Meeting. A meeting of the directors of the News Publishing Company was held in the .editorial rooms of The News yesterday afternoon, and was attend ed by a majority of the members of the board. The report, of the management antiido to the diretorate was in every sense of the word satisfactory and Shows that the company is on a apflen" did footing. Probably the most interesting mat ter bundled by the board was the re signation of A. H. Leavy, as manager and secretary of the company. Mr. LciJiVy is among the oldest newspaper men in Brunswick and has been closely identified with tb,e daily field for the past ten years. His resigna tion was a complete surprise to the director,'!, whicii was finally accepted in the Billowing resolution: “Whereas, Mr. A. H. Leavy has tendered ms resignation as manager of the N,ows Publishing Company and as secretary thereof, and "Whereas, he has insisted on its acceptance by this board, "Be it and it is hereby resolved, tiiat the resignation of Mr. heavy ,s accepted witn the deepest regret on tb,-. part of this board. He has been an aiile, efficient and energetic em ploye and in accepting his resignation we do' so with protoiundest regret, an, ..it ior mm un abundance suc cess in whatever field of endeavor he may t- "age.” Tw< vacancies on the board of di rectors caused by the death of the late C A. h. Franklin and the omer the resignation of M. Kals'r, wer and by the election of C. H. Leu,y __ud h. J. heavy, Jr. C. H. heavy was elected editor and secrer tury and houis J. heavy, Jr., was elected city editor of the paper. The policy will not Vie changed in the slightest because of the mange ih Uie official family of the paper. The News will comlinue to give the people of Brunswick what it thinks is a newspaper commemsurate with present conditions. r ui.' the information of the public it is stated that the board of officers and directors of the News Publishing Company is as follows: President., ii. Padrosa, lumber ex porter; vice president, K. E. Brieae tuick, vice president Brunswick Bank and Trust Company; treasurer, B. Feibelmam, of B. H. Bevy Bro. & Cos.; secretary, C. H. Heavy, editor News. Board o£ directors; B. Padrosa, K. J£. fcriesenick, B. P, Coleman, C. H. Beavy, Dr. W. Joerger, Julius May and B. J. Leavy, Jr. Tlie above named people are mong the most prominent in the city and need no introduction at the hands on this agency. C. H. B,eavy, who will be the act ive manager oi the paper, has had many years experience in the local newspaper held which has been sup plemented with considerable exper ience in the larger cities of the south, ile is well known in Bruns wioa. nnu it will b,e unnecessary to say lurther on this subject. Bouis J. Heavy, Jr., who will act in the capacity ot city editor, will have complete cnarge of the news ieature oi th,e paper. He was raised in a print shop, and is perfectly lamiliar with every detail and routine o£ tne newspaper office. He will be aided in his department by a competent corps on assistants, and it is the purpose ot tlie paper to make a number oi improvements at a very early date. the following card from A. n. Heavy, former manager of The Newn, is s,eU-explanatory: At a meeting of the News Publish ing Company held yesterday 1 tender ed my resignation as manager and from this issue my connection With tne patter and the company will cease ia tins connection 1 wish to say that my service has been satisfactory to all parties concerned and my re lations wdth the officers of the com pany and the men In the office has always been of the most pleasant VAGRANTS DAY IN THE CITY COURT —♦ — Two or Three Tried* Yes- only one Convicted, HUSTLING WITH CRIMINALS They are Being Tried in Judge Sparks Tribunal at a- Very Rapid Rate. List of the Cases Disposed of Yesterday. The city court was in session again yesterday and a number of criin Sna|l leases were disposed of. During the day two or three of the vagrants arrested a few weeks ago were placed oin trifl, but only one was convicted. In one case there was no prosecution, while the others were acquitted by the jury. The court will be in session again todi y and the criminal docket will be resumed. Following is a list ol the cases disponed of yesterday: State vs. Joe Church, using horse without olwners consent; plea of guilty; sentence of 10 months of SSO and costs. State vs. Joe Church, cruelty to lamimals, nolle prosped. state vs. Mack Hill, vagrancy, nolle pressed. State vs. Will Howard, simple lar cency, plea of guilty. Sentence six months or SSO to include cost. State vs. Alex Frasier, stabbing, first demand. State vs. Patrick Dunn, larccncy from the house. Verdict of not guilty. State vs. Emma Trapp, larceney from the house, second count. Ver dict of not guilty. State vs. Ed Turner, stabbing. Verdict of not guilty. State vs. Ed. Day, vagrancy. Jury tiiia(L waived \ Jud|gement of guilty aind sentence of 10 months or a fine of SSO and cost. State vs. Isaac Stevens, disturbing public worship; verdict of guilty and sentence of 10 months or SSO and cost. | State vs. Charles Green, larceney, on trial. LIPTON IS READY AGAIN. He is Still Quite Anxious to Lift the Cup. Chicago, Sept. 29.—1f I could find a designer who I was certain could beat Herreshoff, I would build Shamrock IV. and challenge for the cup tomor row. lam retaining Shamrock 111., so you can see tint I am 'n hopes of finding sucli a designer. I intend to keep alter i lie cup until I got if.” Tlnse were the statements made by Sir Thomas Lipton in his apartments at the Auditorium Annex last night in the first, interview he has given since coming to Chicago ill two weeks ago. “I want to repeat,” lie said, “that I have no fault lo find witli anyone for my defeat. I have seen a suggestion that the only way to retrieve British i iterest in cup racing will be to dangle the cup in front of our eyes by waiving the rules and letting the challenged American yacht race in British waters. 1 want to say that while I personally appreciate the kindness of the sug gestion, we want to win the cup, and win it fairly, according to t lie present rules. And I believe I hat if we were to win it, it would not stay onourside more than a year.” Sir Thomas was able to receive vis i ors last night,. His cheeks were red, liis step firm, and his tearing enthu siastic. For Championship Honors. Ctiicago, Sept. 29.—A small army of fair golfers added gayety and anima tion to the links of the Chicago Golf club at Wheaton today. It was the opening day of the women’s amateur national championship tournament for tlie highest golf honors in the Uni ted Slates. The tournament promises to he iiigniy successful, notwithstand ing the fact that the present holder of the championship title, Mrs. Charles T. Stout, lias declined to come West to take part in ttie tournament. There is no lack of prominent participants, however, the list being headed by Miss Bessie Anthony, the Western champion. nature and my on-uy reason for re tiring is the fact that I wish to en gage in another business. Although I am not actively connected with the paper my heart is with it and its causA . . A 11. HEAVY BRUNSWICK, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1903. LIFE OF EX-UEIEENANE GOVERNOR ' NOW HANGING IN THE BALANCE Cartoon From the New York World Which was Published Immediately After th e Shooting. OFFICER OWENS EXPLAINS. He Informs He Made Stat * Assistant Chief of Police R. E. Owiens, is the officer who made the statement that he had not made cer tain arrests because the mayor re quired too much evidence to convict them in police court, and Mr. Owens went tol Mayor Crovatt Monday and informed him that he had made the statement. In these columns yesterday morn ing It was stated that the assistant chief had been .seen by a repofcer and denied that he was tlio author of the statement. The flact of the mat ter is Mr. Owens did state to the city editor Saturday night that while the mayor trad turned loose many of the offenders arrested by him, he had not made the statement. After the matter had reached a point where th,o mayor was trying to trace the report and as soon as Officer Owens learned that fact, he quickly looked up the mayor and in form,ed him that he had made the statement. Mr. Ow.ens also informed a News representative that he was the officer who made the statement.. The article in yesterday’s paper was handled by the city editor and he was not aware of the fact at the time that the as- Bisant chief had been to the mayor amd made a statement, therefore the item to these columns yesterday. TRAINS ALL ARRIVED LATE. No Mail Was Received in Brunswick Yesterday Until After 5 O’clock. No mail was received in Brunswick yesterday until after 6 o’clock In the afternoon. All incoming trains were greatly delayed on account of the .serious ac cident on the Southern near Chat tanooga, in which a number of peo ple were killed and many injured. The train due here early in tho morning, with northern and eastern mail did not arrive until 6; 30 to the afternoon, and the one due hero at 5,30 did not arrive until 9 last night. Advertisement for Proposals. U. S. Custom House and Post Office Brunswick, Ua. Btaled proposals will be received at this building until 2 o’clock p. m. Saturday, October 24, 1903. for fur nishing fuel, lights, water, .ice. inis cellanous supplies, washing towels, hauling ashes and sprinkling streets for this building during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, or such portion of the year as may be deemed advis abl. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved by. the Treasury Department. E. H. KBEMBOTH. Custodian. Temple Beth Tefilloh. Day of Atonement services at Tem ple Beth Tefilloh will begin at 7;30 tonight. Members of the congrega tion are expected to close their re spective business places at 9 o’clock. CLEAR WEATHER TH',S MONTH. Recurds for Past 82 Yijaro Promise aPleasant October. Ootober should be a pleasant month judging from the record for the month for the paist 32 veils. The normal temperaave for the month has been 67 degrees, with the hottest month and the coolest vary ing by not more than six degrees from the normal. The warmest Oc tober was in 1881. when the average temperature was 73 degrees. Th,e high est temperature registered during tlie October, however, was in 1884, the mercury reaching 92 degrees on the 7th. in that year. The coldest month was in 1876 when tho average temperature wlas only 62 degrees. Th lowest temperature for any one day in October was recorded on the 29th in 1873, when the mercury stood at 37 five degrees above the freezing point. Tiie weather should he clear for the greater part of the month. During the past 32 years October lias aver — aged 14 clear days, ten partly cloudy !end sevoni that were cloudy. The average amount of rainfall for the month hms been 3.69 inches, with 7 the average number of days on which more than .01 of an inch fall. The month with tlie greatest amount of rainfall was in October, 1876 when 9.45 inches fell, and the smallest amount was recorded in October, 1889 when the rain that fell measured oniy .34 of tin inch. The heaviest rain foi any consecutive 24 home on October 11-12. ,1885, when there were 4.82 rain recorded. FIRST MATINEE SATURDAY. “A Trip to Chinatown” Will be Pre sented at the Grand. The first matinee of the .season will lie given at the Grand Saturday afternoon, when Hoyt's "A Trip to Chinatown” will he presented at pop ular prices, 20 and 30 cents to any part of the house. These are unusually low prices, es ll.ieially jOo witness one of Hoyt's productions, and, being the first mat inee of Uicsearson, it is sate to pro diet that a crowded house will be present SOUTHERN’S SALE YESTERDAY. Many Attended the Old Hoss Sale at the Warehouse. The old hoss sale of the Southern railway yesterday morning at tlie warehouse foot of Mansfield street, was largely attended. ! Bidding, on a number of articles, * wes Quite lively, and many of the things bought very good prices / / 'onfectionery Store. Jol well known fruit and contectro.. nan, lias opened a i new store in the building formerly uc j cupied by Mrs. M. Isaac on Newcastle street, where he will be pleased to see his old friends. Mr. Rountos carry a full lino of fruits, confection ery and. tobacco, and will make a specialty of high grade candies. A BUSINESS CHANGE. I VioO'-l *Doi,i(f! Pu.ro haae--: Wumt,. V£ Establishment of A. H, Baker Mose Daniels, tlie well-known New castle street plumber, yesterday closed a deal whereby lie purchased tlie busi ness of A. B. Baker, on Gloucester street. This purchase gives Mr. Dan iels both of the plumbing establish ments of tlie city, lie is well and fa vorably known in tlie business circles of tlie city, and Tins N mis wishes him success. Mr. Daniels advises a repre sentative of Tins News Hull tlie store on Newcastle and I lu; one on Glouces ter would bn consolidated as soon as convenient. 5 V; r. Baker was out of I lie city yester day and could not be seen, and it is therefore impossible to say what his plans for t lie future are. Dickens’ Birthday at Auction. London, Sept. 29. General hope is expressed in literary and art istic cir cles t hat tlie house in which Charles Dickens was born, 387 Commercial Hoad, Landport, Portsmouth, which was put up for sale at public auction today, may be acquired either by the town authorities or by some society and converted into a Dickens Museum. For very many years the house lias teen t lie property of tlie I’earce fam ily, of Portsea, and ( lie grandfather of Mr. Pearce, the present owner, was the landlord of John Dickens, and is spoken of as the original “Mr. Micaw ter.” Among other articles in tlie possession of tlie l’carce family is t lie rent book, which proves the novelist's occupation of the house. Charles Dickens was born in the house on February 7, 18)2, and was tlie second son. His father was a clerk in tlie navy pay otlicc, and had married I lie sister of a fellow-clerk lie had met at Somerset House. Tlie house lias six or seven rooms, with a garden at the back, and is generally of an old fashioned design throughout. Texas Photographers. Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 29. The Photographers’ Association of Texas began its sixth annual convention in t his city today with an attendance in cluding several score of tlie leading photographers of tlie Stale. Papers on the latest discoveries and improve ments in photography and practical cemonst rations are included in tlie three days’ programme. In conjunc tion with dm meeting there is an elaliorato exhibit of the finest speci mens of file art. of photography. WAYCROSS STRIKE IS NOW OFF The Men Have All Returned to Work and the Matter is Settled. Wayeross, Sept. 29 —The fifty men of the Gustosa Cigar Company, who have been out for three weeks return ed to work yesterday. The strikers accepted the reduct ion of per thousand as made by i the company and the scale is now the same as paid in Tampa. The strikers claim,d that the Way cross cigars are harder to make than other brands and declined to work when the factory reduced prices but as the strike was not recognised by other unions they returned to work. PIUM FILED FOR NEXT MONTH f Interesting meeting of the Men’s Club Held Last Night. MORE NEW MEMBERS JOIN Total Membership if the Club is Now 150—Number of Citizens Spoke Last Night, Physical Culture Being the 6ubject. The regular weekly meeting of the Mens’ Club was held last night. The program for month of October was arranged iap follows: Business meeting first Tuesday night Discussion on some live topic sec ond Tuesday night. Ladies evening under the auspices of the ladtes auxiliary third Tues day night. Leciotures on the fourth Tuesday might was agreed to and the regular order, which wias a discussion of phy sical culture, was entered upon. The following speakers addressed the dub: J. A. Montgomery, H. E. Dart, C. P. Goodyear, W. E. Ken ner, R,ev. W. Rede, E. W. Dart, A. V. Wood, Rev. W. M. Gilmore, Hun ter Hopkins and Fred Brewer. The speakers discussed the subject from very point of view. Eleven new members were elected, which now makes the membership aibout 150 ■Kje gymnasium > to MISS JONES 18 MARRIED. Daughter of the Nevada Senator Wed ded Yesterday. New York, Sept. 29.—Grace church was Lite scene of a brilliant, wedding today, the contracting parties being Miss Marion Jones, daughter of Sena tor Jones, of Nevada, and Robert D. Farquhar, son of Col. David W. Far quhar, of Newton, Mass. The cere mony at the church, whicii was at tended by many persons of social prom inence, was followed i*y an elaborate wedding breakfast at the home of Sen ator Jones, in Stuyvesant square. The bride, who will have, it is said, a dowry of $5,000,000, was woman’s national champion in tennis last year. She first met Mr. Farquhar in Paris a year ago, where she was studying architect m e. Fire Underwriters. | Chicago, Sept. 29. -The annual con-| vent ion of tlie Fire Underwriters’ As-1 social ion of the Northwest, met at tlie Auditorium Hotel today. Nearly ikJO fire insurance special agents, repre senting many large companies in tlie Northwestern States, were present. After reports of minor officers and of the standing committees, the conven tion listened to the annual address of the president, reviewing the work of the last year and forecasting tlie fu ture of the tire insurance business. Tlie afternoon was taken tip wit li the reading and discussion of several pa pers on questions of importance to t lie underwriters. Tlie convention will conclude its.sessions tomorrow. North Dakota Fair. Mandan, N. I)., Sept. 29. —The boundless resources of North Dakota, and ttie prosperity of its agricultural and other industries, are illustrated in tlie numerous and large exhibits that make up tlie State fair which opened here today. Ttie fair is to con tinue until the end of tlie week, and judging from tlie auspicious opening, it will prove to lie one of t lie most suc cessful undertakings of ttie kind in Hie history of the State. ARoyal Anniversary. Berlin, Sept. 29. The Duchess of Cumberland today celebrated tier lil t ict h birthday at Gtnuiiden, where 81 8 lias passed tier summers for many years. The Duchess is a daughter of King Christian of Denmark, and a sister of t lie Dowager Empress of Rus sia and of Queen Alexandria of Eng land. j 90th. Birthday of Mr. O'Reilly New York, Sept. 29. The lit. Kev. Mgr. O’Keilly, prottionotary apostolic, an int iinate of Hopes I’iuslX. and tlie late I.eo YIII., was ttie recipient of J congratulations today on reaching his Dot 1 1 hil t Inlay. Mgr. O'Hcilly lives n the “castle” built by Edwin Forrest ' the tragedian. 350 unredeemed revolvers for .sale, from 90c to sll. Joel Bros., Reliable Pawnbroker#. i PRICE— FIVE CENTS. TILLMAN IS NOW FACING A JODI May Pay For Killing of Gonzales with His Life. MAMY LAWYIRS IN CASE Altogether Seventeen Attorneys are Interred in the Case, Six for Prosecution and Eleven De fending the Murderer. Lexington. S. C„ Sept. 29.—The second day of the trial of Jim Till man. charged with the murder of Kdi. tor N. G. Gonzales brought out no interesting fact and the day was a vwv dull one. Mrs. Tillman, wife of the prisoner was m the court room again today ““l Save t!l ° t,ial their closest at tent ion. The accused kept hie com posure. He was calm aind lik,e yes terduy when he said "not guilty" a calm, deliberate manner, the sumo '**iy lie has today. there are not less than 200 wi 11100. sos and a large majority' of them as well us hundreds of other visitors are here. Every bearding house :n Die place is packed and then me town is not able to comfortably care for half the number here. Tilnuau n two pistois wore exhibi ted one was an uutointic insi.,l and the one which he used in the kiiliuig ol Editor Gonzales. The jury H| UUf clothes. worn u ,e '.The 'atmu -1 ■- .died - ,1 fAiiiet toko in me coat and ovomlm!' ft is the general 001 nion that Till man will be convicted witli a recoin mondutiou which will mean stales prison for life. If this should he the case of course his lawyers win un. for anew trial. SUCCESS OF i HE WORLDS FAIR IS NOW ASSURED St . Louis, Mo.. Sept. 29.—Doubt no longer exists as to the success of tlie approaching world’s fair so far as I lie foreign representation is concerned. Although iu the introductory nego tiations such important governments as Russia and Austria in Europe and Japan and China in Asia declined | () participate and die out kook was dis couraging for other prominent, na tions, thirty-five of the forty odd in dependent nations of the world now have formally accepted 1 lie invitation to take part,, and many of them have l lien- arrangements in an advanced stage. Besides these thirty-live coun tnes not less than a dozen of the great colonies of European nations are preparing comprehensive exhibits mil i rely apart from those of the home government. Moreover, Russia, China and the other countries that at first declined to take part have recon sidered their action and will he re presented on an elaborate scale. The appropriations already made or officially assured by foreign govern ments for buildings and exhibits showns a grand total of nearly $7,000,- ono. this exceeds by *1,000,000 the amount# correspondingly appropiated lor the Chicago world’s fair in iso:!, and represents an average of nearly $140,000 lor each country. Europe will expend approximately *3,000,000: Asia, *2,000,000: Central and. South America, *1,000,000, and Africa, *200,000. Meets in Ottawa. Ottawa, Out., Sept. 29. Specialists and experts in all branches of charita ble and correctional work are gathered here from many part sol' the Dominion to take part, in the Sixth Canadian Conference of Charities and Correc tion, which opened today and will he in session through Hie greater part of Hie week. The programme provides tor papers and discussionscoveringt lie various phases of charitable and phil-' anthropic movements, prison reform, charity organization, children's aid societies, reformation of juvenile of fenders, industrial schools, and the Prevent ion and cure of t übereulosis. Illinois Shooting Tournament. Rokin. 111.. Sept. 29. This place was today t he Mecca for t lie Jabot gun fra ternity of tlie Middle West, the occa sion being Hie opening of tlie annual tournament of Hie IllinoisSportsnieh s association. Some excellent scores were made in the opening events. Tlie entries ior tlie chief events includes such prominent shots as Fred Gilbert, ol lowa, Kollo Hoiken, of Dayton, and Charlie Spencer, of St. Louis.