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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 He 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 waa 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 Kilide to the diiretorate wa.'-s in every sense of the word satisfactory and Shows that the company is on a sptten' mid footing. Probably the most interesting mat ter hi.jidled by the board was the re signation oi’ A. H. Leavy, as manager and secretary of the company. Mr. Lcu.vy 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 directors, which was finally accepted in the following resolution: “Whereas, Mr. A. If. Heavy has tendered his resignation as manager of the N.ews Publishing Company and as secretary thereof, and “Whereas, lie has insisted on its acceptance by this boiard, “Be it and it is hereby resolved, that the resignation of Mr. Heavy is accepted with the deepest regret on the part of this boiard. He has been an a' <ie, efficient and energetic em ploye and in accepting Ills resignation we do" so with jirofoiundest r,egret, an. .di for lum urn abundance suc cess in whatever held of eudeavor he may t ;age.’’ Tw< vacauci/UA on the boiard of di rectors ciaused by the death of the lsue C A. H. Franklin and the other the resignation of M. Kala' r, wet and by the election of H'. H. Hea.y ..nd H. J. Heavy, Jr. C. H. Heavy was elected editor and secre tary and Houis J. Heavy, Jr., was eiect,ed city editor of the paper. Tile policy will not Vie changed in the slightest because oi the cnange in tbe official family of the paper. The News will continue to give the people of Brunswick what it thinks is a newspaper commemsurate with present conditions. mu' the information of the public it is stated that the hoard of officers and directors of the News Publishing Company is as follows: President, B. Padrosa, lumber ex porter; vice president, K. E. Briese uiick, vice president Brunswick Bank and Trust Company; treasurer, H. Feibelmain, of B. H. Hevy Bro. & Cos.; secretary, C. H. Heavy, editor News. Board of directors: B. Padrosa, K. E. Briesenick, B. P, Coleman, C. H. Heavy, Dr. W. Joerger, Julius May and H. J. Leavy, Jr. The above named people are mong the most prominent in the city and need no introduction at the hands cl nils agency. C. H. Heavy, who will be the act ive manager ot the paper, has ban many years experience in the local newspaper lieid which has been sup plemented with coiiiiiderable exper ience in the larger cities of the aouLh. ile is well known in Bruiiswica. a.iu it will b,e unnecessary to say turtliei om this subject. Houis J. Heavy, Jr., who will act in tlie capacity of city editor, will nave complete cnarge of the news teature of tn,e paper. He was raised in a li-irint shop, and is perfectly familiar witii every detail and routine of trie newspaper office. He will be aided In his department by a competent corps oit aasistanvs, and it is the purpose of the paper to make a number of improvements at a very early date. The following card from A. ti. Heavy, former manager of The NewiS, is seit-explanatory: At a meeting of the News Publish ing Company held yesterday 1 tender ed my resignation as manager and frciia this issue my connection, with tue paper and the company will cease in. tins connection 1 wish to say that my service has been satisfactory to all parties concerned and my re lations with the officers of the com pany and the men In the office has always been of the most pleasant VAGRANTS DAY IN THE CITY GOURT —♦ — Two or Three Tried* Yes. only one Convicted, HUS fLING 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 crim Snajl (cases were disposed of. During the day two or three of the vagrants arrested a few weeks ago were placed oin triH, 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 todb y and the criminal docket will be resumed. Following is a list .it the cases disponed of yesterday: State vs. Joe Church, using horse without oiwners consent; plea of guilty; sentence of 10 months of SSO and costs. State vs. Joe Church, cruelty to lamimals, nolle pressed. 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. Stfcute vs. Alex Frasier, stabbing, first demand. State vs. Patrick Duma, larcency freon the house. Verdict of not guilty. State vs. Emma Trapp, larcency 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 ■tnlajl waived 4 Judgement of guilty and 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, larcency, on trial. UPTON 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. I am retaining Shamrock 111., so you can see that I am *n hopes of finding such a designer. I intend to keep after the cup until I got it.” Tins- were the st atements made by Sir Thomas Lipton in his apartments al the Auditorium Annex last night in the first, interview lie has given since coming to Chicago ill two weeks ago. “I want to repeat,” ho said, “that I have no fault to find with anyone for my defeat. I have seen a suggestion that the only way to retrieve British i ito rest in cup racing will he to dangle t he enp in front, of our eyes by smiling the rules and letting the challenged American yacht race in British waters. I 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 the present rules. And I believe that if we were to win it, it would not stay onourside more than a year.” Sir Thomas was aide to receive vis itors last night,. His cheeks were red, his step firm, and his hearing enthu siastic. For Championship Honors. Chicago, Sept. 29.—A small army of fair golfers added gayety and anima tion to the links of Ilia Chicago Golf club at Wheaton today. It was the opening day of the women’s amateur national championship tournament for the highest golf honors in the Uni ted States. Tiie tournament promises to be highly successful, notwithstand ing tlie fact that the present holder of the championship title, Mrs. Charles T. Stout, lias declined to come West to take part in tlie tournament. There is no lack of prominent participants, however, the list being headed by Miss Bessie Anthony, tlie Western champion. nature and my oouy 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 ciaus^. . A 11. HEAVY BRUNSWICK, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1903. LIFE OF EX-LIEIJTENANT GOVERNOR ‘ IS NOW HANGING IN THE BALANCE Cartoon From the New York World Which was Published Immediately After the Shooting. OFFICER OWENS EXPLAINS. He Informs t He Made Stat Assistant Chief of Police R. E. Owiems, 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 oolumns yesterday morn ing! it was stated that the assistant chie|f had been .seen by a repotor and denied that he was the author of the statement. The fiact of the mat ter is Mr. Owens did state to the city editor Saturday night that while the mayor bird turned loose many of the offenders arrested by him, he had not made the statement. After the matter had reached a point where the mayor was trying to trace the report and as soon as Officer Owens learned that fact, he quickly looked up the mayor and in formed 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 sisant chief had been to the mayor and mad,® a statement, therefore the item in 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 the morning, with northern and eastern mail did not arrive until 6; 30 in the afternoon, and the one due here at 5,30 did not arrive until 9 last night. Advertisement for Proposals. U. S. Custom House and Post Office Brunswick, Ua. m Staled proposals will be received at this building until 2 o’clock p. ui. Saturday, October 24, 1903. for fur- J nishiing fuel, lights, water, .ice. nns callanous 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 he deemed advls abl. The right to reject any ami all bids is reserved by the Treasury Department. E. H. KLEMHOTiI'. Custodian. Temple Beth Tefiiioh. Day of Atonement services at Tem ple Beth Tefiiioh 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',3 MONTH. RedofdS for Past 52 Vtjara Fromiss aPleasant October. October should be a pleasant month judging froim the record for flic month fotr the past 32 yens. The normal temperaai.-e for the month lias been G 7 degrees, with the hottest month anil 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 the October, however, was in 1884, the mercury reaching 92 degrees oil the 7th. in that year. The coldest month was in 1876 When the average temperature wlas only 62 degrees. The lowest temperature for any one day in October was recorded on tlie 29th in 1873, when the mercury stood at 37 dogrees>only five degrees above the freezing point. The weather should be clear for the greater part of the month. During the past 32 years October has aver — aged 14 clear days, ten partly cloudy |ilud seven that were cloudy. The average amount of rainfall for the month has been 3.69 inches, with 7 the average number of days on which more than .01 of an inch fall. The month with t'he 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 only .34 of lan inch. The heaviest rain foi any consecutive 24 hour: 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 be given ait 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 lix-iaily JOo witness one of Hoyt’s productions, and, being the first mat inee of theseacson, it is safe to pre dict that a crowded house will be present SOUTHERN’S SALE YESTERDAY. Many Attended the Old Hoss Sale at the Warehouse. Tiie old boss sale of the Southern railway yesterday morning at tiie warehouse foot of Mansfield street, was largely attended. I Bidding, on a number of articles, wes quite lively, and many of the things liought very good prices New Confectionery Store. John Rountos, the well known fruit and confectionery man, has opened a new store in the building formerly oc cupied by Mrs. M. Isaac om Newcastle street, where he will be pleaded to see his old friends. Mr. Rountos carry a full line of fruits, confection ery amid tobacco, and will malot a specialty of high grade candies. A BUSINESS CHANGE. 'Mo set tOm.ib! Porch alas- Establishment of A. H. Baker Mose Daniels, tlie well-known New castle st reet plumber, yesterday closed a deal whereby be purchased the busi ness of A. B. Baker, on Gloucester street. This purchase gives Mr. Dan iels both of the plumbing establish ments of tiie city. Be is well and fa vorably known in tbe business circles of 1 be city, and Tim Nnws wishes him success. Mr. Daniels advises a repre sentative of This News 1 bat tlie store on Newcastle and I lie one on Glouces ter would be consolidated as soon as convenient. | Mr. Baker was out of tlie city yester day and could not lie seen, and it is therefore impossible to say what his plans for the fut ure are. Dickens’ Birthday at Auction. London, Sept . 29.—-General hope is expressed in literary and artistic cir cles that the house in which Charles Dickens was born, 387 Commercial Road, Landporl, 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 tlie house lias been tiie property of tlie I’earce fam ily, of Portsea, and tiie grandfather of Mr. Pearce, tlie present, owner, was the landlord of John Dickens, and is spoken of as tiie original “Mr. Micaw ber.” Among oilier articles in tlie possession of the I’earce family is the rent book, which proves the novelist’s occupat ion of t he house. Charles Dickens was born in the house on February 7, 1812, and was tlie second son. His fat her was a clerk in tlie navy pay office,and tiad married tlie sister of a l'ellow-clcrk lie had met at Somerset Mouse. The house has six or seven rooms, with a garden at the hack, and is generally of an old fashioned design throughout. Texas Photographers. Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 29. Tiie Photographers’ Association of Texas began its sixtli annual convention in this city today with an attendance in cluding several score of tlie leading photographers of the State. Papers on tlie latest, discoveries and improve ments in photography and practical cemonstrations are included in tiie three days’ programme. In con j uric lion with tiie meeting I here is an elaiiorate exhibit of tlie finest speci mens of the art of photography. WAYCROSS STRIKE IS NOW OFF The Men Have All Returned to Work and the Matter is Settled. Waycross, 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 $1 per thousand as made by i the company and the scale is now the same as paid in Tampa. The strikers claimed that the Wav cross cigars are harder to make than other brands and declined to work when the factory reduced prices but as the strike was not recognized by other unions they returned to work. PROGRAM FIXED FOR NEXT MOUTH ♦ Interesting meeting of the Men’s Club Held Last Night. MOKE 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 I lie Mens' Club was held last night. The spirogram for month of October was arranged iap follows: Business meeting first Tuesday night Discussion on solme live topic sec ond Tuesday night. Indies evening under the auspices of the ladi.es auxiliary third Tues day night. I.eccturns on the fourth Tuesday night was agreed to and the regular order, which was a discussion of phy sical culture, was entered upon. The following speakers addressed the club: ,1. A. Montgomery, R. E. Dart, C. P. Goodyear, W. E. Ken ner, R,ev. W. Rede, E. W. Dart, A. V. Wolod, Rev. W. M. Gilmore, EEun ter Hopkins and Fred Brewer. The speakers discussed the subject from very point of view. Eleven new members were elected, which now makos the membership about 150 * W symnasiw 4*, progressing to wards aom'**' 4 !' Ji mud will prove a SHlpiwl. MISS JONES 18 MARRIED. Daughter of the Nevada Senator Wed ded Yesterday. New York, Sept. 2ft.—Grace church was the scene of a brilliant, wedding today, the contracting parties lieing Miss Marion Jones, daughter of Sena tor Jones, of Nevada, and Robert I). Farquhar, son of Col. David W. Far quhar, of Newton, Mass. The cere mony at the cliurcli, which was at tended by many persons of social prom inence, was followed by 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 Hist met Mr. Farquhar in Paris a year ago, where she was studying architecture. Fire Underwriters. Chicago, Sept. 29. -Tlie annual con vent ion of tlie Fire Underwriters’ As-j soeiation of tlie Northwest met at. the Auditorium Hotel today. Nearly 500 fire insurance special agents, repre senting many large companies in the Northwestern States, were present. After reports of minor officers and of tiie standing committees, I lie conven tion listened to the annual address of the president, reviewing the work of the last year and forecast ing Hie fu ture of tlie tire insurance business. Tiie afternoon was taken up with tiie reading and discussion of several pa pers on questions of importance to the underwriters. Tlie convention will conclude its sessions tomorrow. North Dakota Fair. Mandan, N. I)., Sept. 29.—Tiie boundless resources of North Dakota, and tiie prosperity of its agricultural and other industries, are illustrated in the numerous and large exhibits that make up the State fair which opened here today. The fair is to con tinue until the end of the week, and judging from the auspicious opening, it will prove to lie one of t he most suc cessful undertakings of tlie kind in tlie history of tlie SI ate. ARoyal Anniversary. Her] in, Sept. 29. The Duchess of Cumberland today celebrated tier fif tieth birthday at Gmuuden, where kl e lias passed her summers for many years, The Duchess is a daughter of King Christian of Denmark, and a sister of the 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. liev. Mgr. O’Keilly, prothonot.ary apostolic, tin irit iinate of Popes Pius IX. and t lie late I.eo YIII., was the recipient of congratulations today on reaching his 90th bill Inlay. Mgr. D’lieill.y lives n the “castle” built by Edwin Forrest, the t raged iflri. 350 unredeemed revolvers for sale, from 90c to $ll, Joel Bros., Reliable Pawnbroker*, PRICE—FIVE CENTS. TILLMAN IS NOW FACING A JURV E May Pay For Killing of Gonzales with His Life. MAMY LAWYIRS IN CASE Altogether Seventeen Attorneys are Interred in the Case, S‘x fnr Prosecution and Eleven De. fending the Murderer. Lexington, S. C„ Sept. 20 -The second day off u le trial ()f Jjm Tm mm - cl,ar ßcd with the murder of Kdi t°>' N. G. Gonzales brought out no lnte.yst.ng fact and the day was a verv dun Olle ' a Mrs. Tillman, wife of the prisoner, in the court room again today and gave the trial their ciosca at tention. The accused kept his own posure. He was calm and iik,e yes terday when he said "not guilty" a calm, deliberate manner, the same '•ay lie lias bp, u, today. there are not less ton 200 witueu sos and a large majority’ of them as well u.s hundreds of other visitors arc here. Every boarding house :.. the place is packed and then the town is net able to comfortably care for half the number here. Td.mano two. p.sie.s wore cxlu. i ted One was an uutomtic pis. I and the one which he used in the killing ot Editor Gonzales. The jury by the r j r tiu.itt hole., in the coat and overcoat. It is the general opinion that Till man will by convicted with a recom mendation which will mean stales prison for life. If tl.is should lie the easy of course I,is lawyers ,vu. tor anew trial. SUCCESS OF THE WORLDS FAIR IS NOW assured St. Louis, Mo.. Sept. 2.-Doubt no longer exists as to the success of the approaching world’s fair so far as the foreign representation is concerned Although iu Hie introductory „ego 11at ions sucli import ant governments as Russia and Austria in Europe and Japan and China in Asia declined f„ part icipate and the out-kook wasdis couraging for other prominent na tions, thirty-live of t.iie forty odd in dependent nations of the world now have lor.nally accepted the invitation otakc part, and many of them have l heir arrangements in an advanced stage. Resides these thirty-live coun tries not less than a dozen of the great colonies of European nat ions are preparing comprehensive exhibits enl irel.y apart from t hose of | he home government. Moreover, Russia, China and Ihe other countries t hat at lirst declined to take part have recon sidered their action and will he re presented on an elaborate scale. The appropriations already made or ollicially assured by foreign govern ments for buildings and exhibits showns a grand total of nearly $7,000 - 000. this exceeds by *1,000,000 the amount, correspondingly appropiated for the Chicago world’s fair in isu:; and represents an average of nearly •mo, ooo for each country. Europe will expend approximately *2,000,000; Asia, s2,ooo,<mm>: Central and South America, $1,000,000, and Africa, $200,000. Meets in Ottawa Ottawa, Out., Sept. 20. Specialists and experts iu all branches ofeharita ble and correctional work are gathered here from many parts of t he Dominion to take part in Ihe Sixth Canadian (onferenee of Charities and Correc tion, which opened today and will he in session through the greater part of Die week. 'The programme provides •or papers and discussions covering t 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 t lie Prevent ion and cure of I oberculosis. Illinois Shooting Tournament. Pekin. Ili., Sept. 29. 'l'hisplace was today t he Mecca for t he 'shot gun fra ternity of the Middle West, the occa sion 1 icing t lie opening of the annual tournament of the lllinoisSportsmer. * association. Some excellent scores were made in the opening events. The entries lor the chief events includes ueli prominent shots as Fred Gilbert, of lowa, Kollo 11 oi ken, of Dayton, and Charlie Spencer, of St. Louis,