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THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS. VOLUME 3, NUMBER 43. GREAT SYNOD HELD ITS FIRST SESSION HERE LAST NIGHT —f —- Tfraflte 1 JEW OFFICERS IRE ELECTED f Strong Sermon was De livered By Dr. Fair, of Savannah AILANTA SEEMS SAFE ON UNIVERSITY QUESTION Last Nights Meeting Was a Very Sus cessfui One —Full Proceedings of the Deliberations—Many Del egates Will Arrive Today. About one half of the delegates to the Presbyterian Synod arrived ini the ♦'ity up tjo the opening time last night and the numbers here together with the people of Brunswick who as sembled in the church, filled the edi fice to overflowing. The delegates as they arrived were met at the trains by the committees as outlined in The News of yesterday and comfortably carried to the various homes in the numerous vehicles prepared for their coming. Services at the church was opened by a splendid voluntary played by Mrs. Baya-followed by music by a splendid selected choir for the occasion. The choir was composed of the following: Sopranos, Mrs. G. W. Blanton; Mrs. Geprge H. Cook and Miss Talulah Altos, Mrs. Mary L. Stacy; Miss Lucile Butts, Tenors, Mr. C. C. Fleming;, Mr. R. E. Sherman, Bass, Air. R. E. LaMance; Mr. Geo. H. Cook; Mr. William Bailey. In addition to the music furnished by the choir and congregational sing ing, Miss Talulah Fleming rendered a solo that was much enjoyed bly all who had the pleasure of hearing this gifted young vocalist. The opening sermon of the Synod was delivered by Rev. Dr. J. Y. Fair, of Savannah, the retiring moderator. Dr. Fair took for his subject “The Church” and in the most beautiful and impressive descriptive language told of the wicinderful workings of the church of Jesus Christ that has lived for all ages and of which the minis ters assembled were emissaries. Dr. Fair easily ranks as one of the best pulpit orators in the south and it was a treat to hear his discourse on the divine institution of which he is such a fitting representative. The .sermon concluded, business of the Synod was next taken up the first duty of the body being the election of a moderator. Four names wore placed in nomination, Rev. Dr. R. C. Reed, of the Atlanta Presbytery; Rev. G. G. Synder cif Cherokee; Rev. G. W. Bull, of Atlanta; Rev. Mr. Brannen, of Au gusta. After the first ballot is was decided to drop the names of the two lowest voted for this leaving Dr. Reed and Rev. Sydnor oh the list. On the second Ballot Dr. Reed received the highest number of ballots and on mo tion It? was declared unanimously elected. Rev. C. R. Nesbett was el ected reading clerk. This completed the election of officers and the pro- gram committee was heard from. It was decided to convene the Synod at 9; 15 each morning but at 8; 45 there will commence a devotional service to‘ last one half hour. The Synod ses sion will take a recess at noon and re convene at 2; 30. At 4 o’clock busi ness will be suspended and services with preaching will be held to last one hour. The Synod will then recess until 7; 45 when a night session will be held. The program above given will be followed each day and at all sessions of the Synod and all services in the church the public is cordially invited to attend. Those who desire can come and go at their pleasure as no restrictions will he placed on' visitors who only have a .short time perhaps to give to attending the business meeting ser vices. At the afternoon service today Rev. C. P. Bridewell, of the First Presby terian church, Atlanta, will preach and a specially selected choir will render music.. Following the announcement of the program committee, Rev, Dr. Walden, ot Atlanta, chairman of the board of trustees of U education*! conference submitted the trustees’ report in ref erence to the progress of the effort to establish a million dollar Presby terian university in Atlanta, which is intended ini effect, to be to the south what the celebrated Princeton college ig to the Presbyterian denomination of the United States. The report of the trustees went into details of their organizations and purposes with which readers of The News have been made familiar by publications in these col umns, and which, in effect, are that an effort is being made to consolidate the colleges of Columbia and Clarks ville into a mammoth university at Atlanta, one of the conditions being that Atlanta give $250,000 of the mon ey needed. After citing the fact that Atlanta had subscribed the requisite amount the report .stated that a com mittee from the board had visited the Synods of South Carolina and Tennes see and that a committee had been ap- pointed to meet with the general edu cational conference in Atlanta in Dec ember. The board recommended that a committee from this Synod also he appointed to meet with the educational conference and t hut it be the decision of the Synod to take up the matter of appointing this committee and dis cussing, matters pertaining to the con ference the first thing this morning after the Synod normally opened. It so far as the above Is concerned the report was anticipated by readers of The News but there were some feat ures of the report which were a sur prise and which will be read with in terest and approval by the people of the state this morning and which The News is pleased to present to its readers. These features in effect are as follows: That the committee be Instructed to use Its endeavors to have a favorable report rendered looking to the consolidation of the colleges as named at Atlantri but, if this found not possible, then for recommenda tions to be made and looked forward to regarding the establishing of a mammoth university in Atlanta any way, also that the names of Rev. The ron H. Rice and Samuel M. Inman, of Atlanta, be added to the board. While the discussion of the report is scheduled for this morning’s session The News feels safe in predicting that it will be adopted as this Synod is in favor of having the university at At lanta and it seems more than prob able that efforts will be made to use Atlanta’s princely donation. The second hour this morning will be devoted to hearing from Rev. Sned ecor, of the colored evangelical work! and Secretary Morris, of the assem-1 bly home missions, will also be heard J from. The remaining delegates to arrive will come ini on trains today and be sent to the various homes to which they arc assigned. WITH HIS THROAT CUT. Well Known Morgan County Farmer Commits Suicide. Eatonton, Ga.. Nov. 10. —K. J. Sam mons, a highly respected and well toi do farmer living in this county near Godfrey, committed suicide yesterday morning by cutting his throat with a razor. A kinsman of Mr. Sammons, who lived with him and slept with him on Saturday night arose eariy yesterday morning and went into another part of the house to build a fire. While he woo out Sammons arose from bed went to his dresser and got his razor and drew it across his throat and re turned to bed, covered himself up and died before the young man or any other member of the family knew what had happened. For some itme Mr. Sammons has been in poor health and his mind considerably unbalanced. Notwith standing the fact that he was in good circumstances and out of debt he was troubled with a hallucination that lie was burdened with debt and pursued by creditors. He was sent to the state asylum some time ago but improved and his family thought him well agairn Will Meet Friday. The board of city registrars will meet at the county court house on Friday morning for the purpose of taking up such matters as may come before it. Those who have business before the board should be present. Sale Day. Yesterday was regular sales day at Judge Lambrlght's court and a lot of household goods and other effect' were soldi from the block. In some cases the* goods brought very good I prices and then again the purchas lsr secured bargains. BRUNSWICK, GA., WEDNESDAY MARNING, NOVEMBER 11, 1903, MILITIA IS 10 BE INSPECTED - The Naval Reserves Will Be Examined Tonight in Their Armory RIFLEMEN TOMORROW NIGHT It is Believed that Col. Obear Will Find the Brunswick Commands up to and Way Above Average of the State Troops. The Brunswick military compan ies will be otn the racke this evening and tomorrow evening when they will have to run the gamut of the strict rules and military discipline of In spector Obear. This official, with an assistant, will arrive in the citv this afternoon and tonight the naval artillery will be in spected in the armory of that com manf on Gloucester street. Tomorrow the Brunswick Riflemen will be inspected in their armory. Both of these military organizations have always' enjoyed a very high rating in the state troops and it is safe to predict that their old reputa tions will be admirably sustained in their respective inspections. In thiß connection it may be of interest to say that the inspection this year is a very rigid one and that a number of com mands in the state have been put out of commission because they failed to attain the average percentage in the state inspection. Col. Obear has been in the city a number of times and has a large cir cle of friends here who will be pleased to welcome him to the city again. A BIG REAL ESTATE DEAL. Brobsxon, Fendig & Company Figure in a Mammoth Sale. .The following from the Jacksonville Metropolis of yesterday will be read with interest here;, An immesnse real estate deal has been practically consummated by a number of brokers of Jacksonville, a laud promoter of Ocala and a syndi cate of Minnesota capitalists during the past month. Altogether 230,000 acres have been transferred to the Minnesota capitalists. Mr. J. W. Irwin, who is at present stopping at the Windsor, comes here from St. Paul, Minn., and represents the syndicate. “Mr. 1 1 (win w*as interviewed last night in regard to the deal, which is said to be one of the largest real es tate transactions ever brought to a close in Florida. Mr, Irwin was very reticent concerning the purchase be cause, he said, although the deal was to all intents closed, there were titles and othe matters pertaining to it yet to be looked into and settled. However, it was learned on reliable authority that the present purchase in cludes 54,000 acres of the finest tim ber lands in the state, while during the month of October the same syndicate bought 260,000 acres of timeber land at a cost of about $2,50 per acre. The —more recent purchase is said to have been paid for at the top notch price of $7,00 per acre. “All of this land is situalted in Lafayette and Taylor counties. The total price paid for the entire parcel is little less than a millions dollars fo the consummation of which there was a brokerage fee of SIB,OOO. “Mr. Irwin said that a saw mill is to be established on the property as sooin as possible. “The timber is the best in the state and the possibilities of the land when developed are beyond estimate. “Mr. E. K. Nelson of Ocala is said to have been the first to interest the Minnesota capitalists in this valuable tract of land. "Other brokers who helped to set tle the gigantic transaction' were Hil ey & Hendrick, West & Gordom, T. li. Livingston and Brobston, Fendig & Cos. "Mr. Irwin said that at the end of this week he would bo able to give the full details of the great purchase.” To Drill Tonight. The members of the Brunswick Ri flemen wil! hold a drill in their arm ary this evening and all members of the command are requested to be pres ent and participate. The fcompany is to be inspected tomorrow night and all of them are urged to attend the practice drill this evening. The Weather. Forecast for today: Fair and cold er- . NO BOYCOTT SAYS THE CHAIRMAN Max Krauss, of Savannah, was Here Yesterday and Talked BELIEVES IN CONSERVATISM The Chairman of the oad Com *, i mittee, of the State Organization T. P. A. Talks Very Interest ingly of the Situation. Max Krauss, chairman of the rail road committee of the Georgia divi sion of the Travelers Protective As sociation, was fn the city yesterday and talked very interestingly of the threatened boycott of the members of that association against the Southern railway because of the fact that the line refuses to give the interchanga ble mileage books which arc in effect with all the larger lines of the country. Mr. Krauss, who is an uncle of L. Feibleman, was asked for an expres sion on the subject and while he re fused to discuss the matter at first upon being urged he said: “We will not boycott the Southern railroad because that r.ad refuses to use the intj-ehan gable mileage books but we will divert traffic f;om their line so far as possible. “In asking for interchangeable mil eage books we have made no unreas onable request, but or.e that com mends itself to all fair minded men, and we expe :t r.o cave me stu.po.ri, not only of the Georgia division, but the national associv.i in. Chairman Crandall of the national committee has written that he will render every possible assistance and that when the time is ripe circulars will be issued calling upon T. P. A. men, everywhere to abstain as far as possible from shipping or traveling over the lines of the Southern railway. “I have been advised by the national headquarters to fight for the .same rate that obtains in the north and west where interchangeable mileage books are sold for S3O. and after they have been used and found to have been handled by the person who boiught them a rebate of $lO. is allowed. 1 have not asked for this rate as I know that the south is too sparsely settled at this time to permit the is suance of such rates. I shall contin ue to push the matter of interchangea ble mileage books vigorously, know ing that. 1 am right, and that I not only have the support of the T. P. A. but the national association. When everything is in shape we will certain ly make it lively for the Southern. I figure that we will begin operations in about two or three weeks." D. B. OVERTON IS DEAD. An Old Brunswick Citizen Passad Away in Savannah. A telegram was received in this city yesterday announcing the death of D. B. Overton which occurred in Savannah yesterday morning. Mr. Overton, for a long number o f years, resided in Brunswick and was mailer mechanic of this division of the Plant System. He was promi nent in the masonic circles of the city and was very popular With a largo number of Brunswick friends. The funeral will occjr in wavaunah today and it is understood i ( lit a num ber of Brunswickians asd j several of his old friends in Waycro.s will go over to attend. The Newe extends its c-nmlolenoo to the memliers of the family. HOBSON LOSES HIS MEDAL. Hero of the Merrimac Seems to Havcj All Kinds of Trouble. New York, Nov.' 10 —Capt. Richmond 1 Pearson Hobson appeared in the Jef ferson Market police court today to apply for a seaeh warrant in a house on West Twenty-third street, which is a sanitarium. He told Magistrate Mayo, that his sister, Miss Margaret Hobson, who has been attending an older sister, loist a purse containing SGS. and a gold medal studded with diamonds and worth 11,000. Capt. Hobson said this modal had been presented to him by a southern society and he prised it highly. As Capt. Hobson was unable to say that the purse was stolen the magis trate advised him to get a search war rant and issued three summons for the manager of the saitarium and two colored servants to appear hi court Wednesday. Capt. Hobson also uoUileU police headquarters of his loss. If GOELEI IS IS DUCHESS NOW f Notable Ceremony Per formed at High Noon Yesterday GIFTS AMOUNT 10 A MILLION The Wedding Was the Most Brilliant New York Has Seen in its His tory and Connects Wealth With Royalty. New York, Nvv. 10.—Miss May Goo let was united in marriage today at 2; 30 o’ccloclc in the Protestant Epis copal church of St. Thomas, to Sir Henry John Innes ILeer, Duke of Rox burghe, Marquis of Bowmont and Cess for, Earl of Roxburghe, Earl of Kolso, Viscount Broxmouthe, Baroni Roz bttrghe, and Baroin Ker of Cessfortl and C'aiverton in Scotland, Earl lnues in the United Kingdom, and a baronet of Novia Scotia. The church edifice was guarded by fifty police officers, speciall detailed to hold in check the immense crowd of spectators who began to gather as early as 8 o'clock tills morning. As in previous cases where Ameri can. hereisses have bestowed themsel ves on titled foreigners, the ceremony was witnessed by that select and ex clusive body liniown as “society.'’ The wedding itself, however, was devoid of lavish display as the family of the bride is in mourning for Sir Miclieal Herbet, who was related by marriage to the Gtoelet family. Following the ceremony at the church , for which about three hun dred invattans had been issued, there was ai reception at the home of the brides mother, Mrs. Ogden Uoelet, the guests for the latter functioui being limited to 50 irn number. Thq .first spectators to the church monopolized the entrances to the man sions ad joining,p and their example was followed by later arrivals, who took advantage of railings, doors and garden plots ami in some instances window elite were, occupied by women As the hour for opening the church ppproachcd many of the guests who were waiting in the vacinity in their carriages drove up to the entrance on Fifty third street nd alighting got iu in a good nature way. The im mense crowd at tiii time began to swell and the police, m chargo of four precinct commander kept the spec tutors moving, none being allowed to !:oter near the ediiii e. The doors of the church were thrown open shortly after I: o'clock, and dur ing the time the guests were arriving there was a fine program of music rendered. As the bridal party entered the nuptial music from “Lohengrin’’ was played and a nuptial hymm was sung by Rev. Ernest M. Stires, rector of the church of St. Thomas, assisted by Bishop Potter and Uio Rev. Dr. Huntington, of Grace church. The Itoral decorations of the church were tasteful without being elabor ate. Tiie walls were lined with rare palms, and vines were used to a largo extent in the decoration of the coil ing and groined roof. Hanging from the galleries surrounding the entire edifice, were pink, green and nauve orchid plants, which were offset by their dark green foliage. The church was well filled when the bride filially entered with her brother Ogdon Goelet, and her uncle, it. T. Wilson, followed by the bridesmaids, and every eye in the large church was turned toward the bridal party. Miss G"/diet locked perfectly young and girlish and appeared unconscious ol the interest taken in her finery. She carried a lioquet. from the green house of the castle Floors which her young lui bund hail ordered as a matter ot sentiment. The bride was attired in a magnificienl gown of white satin and chiffont The train to the gown was five yards long and was fastened to the shoulders just below the neck band, The bridal veil, of Brussels net, was fastened to the cuifluro with a tiara ol blossoms. The order iu whioh tlto bridesmaids walked to the alter ib as follows: Miss Margaret Johnson, Miss Tliur esc Ischia, Miss Beatrice Mills, Miss Alice Babfcock, Miss Nina Thayer, ot Boston, Miss Paulino Wniftics and Lady Isabel luues-Ker. Their gowns of heavy ivory satin were exquisite, but simple in design. The ushers whom the duke chose to assist, bird were six in number, chosen equally from the American and En glish friends of the bridal couple, the yolutig men wore: Hugo Baring, DOUGLAS KICKS AT BEING BOTTLED BY ITS RAILWAY LINES Harold Rrajssey, of London, whoso brother married a daughter oif the pres ent Duke of Richmond; Robetr Walton Gofclet, cousin of the bride; Henry Rogers W-'nlhrop, a cousin of the bride; William Wiutbrop, for somo time connected with the American em bassy at London; Henry Worthington Bull, son of TANARUS, Lyman Bull. The Duke of Roxburghe’s best man was the lion. Reginald Ward. After the ceremony the ochestra struck up the march froim "Tannhau ser" and the bridal party left the church going Immediately to the Goe let residence, where, after a brief re ception to the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe refreshments were served by Sherry. The guests were limited to a half hundred people, among them being 1-ord and Lady Algernoin Gor don Lennox, the Dowager Duchess of Roxburghe and other English relatives of the bride groom, who came over for the wedding, the officiating bishop and clergy, the members of the bridal party and a few intimate friends of the bride and bride groom. 1-c Duke of Roxburge is t!i< eighth duke of (he line, and succeeded liis father in 1892. He is twenty-seven years of ago aimd he is the oldest of a tamily of seven children. There are three sons, the dukes two brothers being unmarried. The duke’s mother was Lady Annie Emily Spencer Churchill, the daught er of John Winston, seventh duke of Marlborough, and consequently a giea-aunt of the Duke,of Marlborough who married Couseului Vanderbilt. It makes the Duke of Marlborough and tho Duke of Roxburghe second cous ins and in a way continues the rela tionship existing between the New Yoirk families of Wilson and Vander bilt. The present duke is moderately well off. He possesses Floors castle in Roxburghshire and Bruxinouth, Dunbar coTuiUiy, Haddington. The house is modern but the park is beautiful with ground,s sloping down to the sea. I; was in 1878 when Quoen Victoria vis ited the place and planted a cedar in the gardens. The bride of today is the daughter of M rs. iglen, Goelot, and is one of two, children who are heirs to a vast fortune. Her father, Ogden Goelet, was one of the heirs of his undo, Peter, who died unmarried. The new duchess is closely related to the As tors and Vanderbilts. THE DUCHESS HAS MANY MILLIONS IN PRESENTS. The Duchess olf Roxburghe will take with lior to England some wonderfully exquisite gifts, it is said that if all were convened into money the fig ure would reach millions. Not to be outdone by the bride’s American friends and relatives, the Dowager Duchess of Roxburghe, the mother of the duke, has presented to her daughter-in-law the famous ltox burghe emeralds, a fact that lias made this jewel the most fashionable one for the year. The emeralds are val lied at several hundred thousand dol iars. The Roxburghs have had them in their possession for two hundred years. The most important of the emer ald presents is a necklace of big stones the largest one in the center, the others graduating to the clasp, which is studded witli tiny emeralds. This necklace is valued at $25,000. A beautiful pair of emerald ear rings made of pear-shaped stories and three large emerald pitis are among [lie collection. The pins are in the shape of sunbursts and are set in the finest India gold. Each pin has four teen emeralds, ami around each is tiie small diamonds used to set off the brilliancy of the green stones. in keeping with the present of her mother one of the duke s sisters lias given the bride a very handsome em erald and diamond ring. From the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough has come a pearl pen dant. Hi qonisists of two perfectly matched large pearls from which four or live pear-shape pearls hang Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Wilson Sr, the grand parents or the Inide, gave her a wonderful string of pearls several yards ling. The mother of the bride presented her with a tiara of diamonds as expensive and beautiful a present as was ever designed in this country. Four diamond experts assisted in col lecting the stones for the tiara. No Prayer Meeting. Because of the meeting of the Pres byterian Synod there will he no prayer meeting at the First Methodist church tonight. The regular prayer meeting will occur next Wednesday night, PRICE—FIVE CENTS. I JUDGE Hi FILES ISDII I'he People of That City Kilter Bill of In junction THEY ALLEGE IHA I HIE TRAIT 1C I HERE IS HURT Because of a Contract Between the A, & B. and the B. <£. B. Whereby Trains on the Latter Line do Not Stop at That Point. The citizens oil' Douglas are protest ing for what they think is their rights from tlie Brunswick and Birmingham railway and they are making a strong light, to compel tiie road to include their city on its regular station list and lo receive and deliver passen gers and freight from and to that point. Under the present arrangment at Douglas the B. &. B. is under contract with the A. & B, for trackage privil eges which carries witli it the agree ment on the part of the U. & B. that, they will neither receive or deliver business, freight or passengers, aft Douglas in, consideration of the track age right above referred to. The people of Douglas feel that this contract works a hardship on them and yesterday Judge F. Willis Dart, representing the people of that city, was in Brunswick and filed a bill of injunction against tho A. & B. and the B. &. B. calling upon them to sever the contract and point ing out the illegality of it in very unmistakable terms. Judge Dart was in Waycross Mon day night and a similar notice wax served on the A. & B. and at that time Judge Barker, of the superior court, granted a rule in the case in question, fixing December 7, as (ho day for argument in the case, tho hearing to occur in this city. The question contains a number of very perplexing legal points and it is safe to say that the argument in I let matter will be very thorough. It is claimed, so it is understood, that tho two lines at interest will claim that the matter is in the prov ince of tire Georgia railroad commis sion and that this bod should pass upon the merits of the case. In the bill filed yesterday Judge Dart denies the allegation ami pro duces an abundance of authority in sustain his position. .Brunswick has a peculiar interest in this matter for I lie simple fact Hint under the present traffic arraiig incut at Douglas a great bulk of both tha freight anxl passenger business, that would ordinarily come to this city, is, on account of the contract, divert ed to Savannah and other points. l’ending tho hearing on December 7, the present arrangement will obtain at Douglas. CATTLF TRADE WITH CUBA. It Proved a Thriving Business to Tam pa Dealers. Tho following from the Tampa, Times will lie of interest to tho cat tle dealers of Ibis section; “Tiie cattle business between Flor ida and Cuba has closed for the sea son and there will lie nothing doing; in this lint: until next year. Nearly, al! the vessels which have been en gaged in tbi,s business arc now doing work in other lines while some of them are laid up. An idea of the immensity of till! Florida cattle trade wiili Cuba may be gained from figures given out this morning by C'apt. McKay. During the season just ended his steamer loaded 13,316 head of cattle at Tampa anil landed 13,014, losing just 102. These cattle in Florida cost $174,730. “On his schooner Royalist Capt. McKay shipped 1,050 head, 02 of which died eraroute. These cattle cost ex actly $15,730. Capt. McKay estimates that his two boats moved about otto third of the cattle shipped from Tampa to Cuba. "It is estimated that Lykes Bren, shipped about 15,000,”