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THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS.
VOLUME 3, NUMBER 41.
CANDIDATES NAMED
BY GOOD GOVERNMENT
CLUB IN A PRIMARY
If SURPRISES
111 IRE ELECTION
Vote Did Not Q 6 as High
as was Expected By
the Club
A'KEN, DOWNING, WOOD
AND TIPPER SELECTED
Highest Man on the Ticket Received
370 Votes While the Lowest Candi
- date Only Received 157—Po
itic* on in Earnest.
F. D. AIKEN 370
C. DOWNING 365
J. W. WOOD 303
W. M. TUPPER. 295
JOHN P. GOLDEN..I73
A. M. SMITH... 157
This is the result of the Good Gov
ernment club primary held in the city
yesterday to nominate four candidates
tea tor members of council to be voted
tor at the general election to be held
December 8. ,
As will be noted, the nominees are
Messrs. Aiken, Downing, Wood and
Tupper, they having lead the other two
on the ticket by a good, decisive ma
jority. ’
As was forecasted in thee columns
yesterday morning, it will be observed
that the ticket nominated lead the de
feated candidates by unusually large
majorities, considering the total votes
cast. This only substantiates the state
ment made by The News that two of
fie candidates were simply placed on
the ticket by the slate-makers in order
to bring to it a cerain scattering vote.
The result of the primary must have
come in the nature of a surprise to
Good Government club headquarters,
for during the, past week leaders of
that faction have been claiming that
from 600 to 650 votes wciuld be polled.
However, the conservative members of
the Citizens club have conceded all
along that the G-aod Government club
would poll from 400 to 450 votes. So
far as could be learned last night the
result of the primary seems to have
afforded immense satisfaction to the
executive committee of the Citizens
club. It is pointed out by the leaders
of that organization that out of a
white registration of 831 the highest
candidate on the Good Government
edlub ticket only received 370 votes,
coming within 40 votes of polling half
of the white registered vote.
It will also be observed that the
lowest man on the ticket only received
157 voltes, leaving 674 white voters
who are not in sympathy with them.
The primary yesterday was indeed,
sa very notable affair, notable for the
.fact that nearly every worker at the
polls was an office-holder and almost
every department at the city hall
‘was having a holiday so far as
Gthe public workings of the de
> department were concerned and
•jvere precised . into service; the
Office of the city clerk as well as
that of the city treasurer and the chief
4f police being closed for tbe entire
r day; notable for once again it smashed
(precedents of the past and liverymen
did a good business at the cost of the
office-holders. During the afternoon
; vehicles of every description were put
[to work- hauling voters to a white
primary which stood practically with
out opposition. Couriers on bicycles
end on horseback were sent to the out
skirts of the city to bring voters to
the primary which had no opposition,
and, in short, Brunswick was scoured
from the border lines of Pelicanville
to the tidewater gauges of the point
in the work of beguiling, persuading
and even begging voters to participate
pate in this white primary—in which
there was practically no opposition,
So it was the first primary in the
interest of sweet harmony, with from
fifty ta seventy-five employes of the
city and county actively at work for
weeks in its cause, only succeeded in
giving its highest candidate 370 vctes
when it was openly claimed that fvom
80 to 90 per cent of the white voters
of Brunswick were in favor of the
primary and would participate therein.
However, the campaign has just
only begun- When the registrars will
have completed their work' it Is es
| timated that nearly 1100 voters will
have been qualified and the battle will
be fought out on December 8. The
| Citizens’ club will meet in the course
ctf a few days and will submit to the
kind consideration of the people of
Brunswick a ticket selected from am
ong the best business interests of the
community, and during the campaign
a number of public mass meetings will
be held under the auspices otf the Cit
izens club and at such gatherings the
people of this city will be given a few
sound, substantial and conservative
opposition with which the present
regime now governing the city is con
fronted.
Mess Aiken, Downing, Wood and
Tupper nominated by the Good Gov
ernment club yesterday, are all sturdy
business men and the vote received
by them under the circumstances was
a fitting testimonial to their good cit
izenship,
A MURDERER IS TO BE SHOT
IN UTAH THIS MORNING.
Will be the First to be Executed Un
der the New Law.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 19.—The
state law of shooting instead of hang
ing a person, convicted of murder will
be applied tomorrow.
Peter Mortsen, the convicted mur
derer of James R.. Ha", will pay the
penalty of his crime between the hours
of 10 a. m. and 4 p. m., He will be
shot to death by the ,sheriff in tlie jail
jail yard.
Much interest is being manifested in
the execution and the sheriff has hun
dreds of applications from people who
w r ant to witness the execution.
KISHENEFF TRIAL IS MERE
MOCKERY REPORTS SAY.
Those Who Massacred the Jews Are
to go Unpunished.
London, Nov. 19.—Private advices,
from Russia unite in the opinion that
the perpetrators of the terrible mas
sacre of the Jews at Kisheneff in to be
a mere mockery.
According to the official announce
men the trial begins today at Kish
eneff. ! i:
The arrangements for the trial all
tend to show that the Russian gov
ernment does not intend light to be
thrown on its responsibility in con-
nection with the notorious outrages.
The minister of justice has ordered
the strictest secrecy regarding the
testimony shall be maintained, thus
excluding all reporters from the
cciurt room. No report cl the pro
ceedings will be given to the public
except through official channels, while
the judges will all be for the govern
ment,
Rumors of the intended massacres
were current two weeks before the
outrageous event and nothing was done
by the government to prevent it.
MADELINE BESTLEY COMING,
Will be Here Monddy Night in the
“Mocking Bird.”
The Buffalo News has the following
to say of Miss Madeline Benley and
the production of the “Mocking Bird"
which will be at the Grand Monday
night:
“Madeline Besley was so attractive
and pretty in the “Mocking Bird” at
the Star theatre last night that the au
dience almost entirely overlooked the
fact that one could scarcely hear her
voice a half dozen rows from the stage
as Miss Besley was suffering from a
serious affection of the throat but she
struggled on through the opera, capti
vating the audience with her charm
ing manner and appearance,
"This attraction was seen in Buffalo
last year. The general effect of the
piece is interesting and satisfactory
and the costumes are prettier than the
average and the light effects are sur
prisingly pleasing.
"Miss Besley started out in the
“Mocking Bird” last week assisted by
Edgar Atebinso-n Ely, whose smile is
worth going miles to see. Ely is well
liked in Buffalo and made more friends
last night.
No Meeting Held.
On -account of the primary yesterday
no meeting of the board of trade was
held. No business of importance was
scheduled to come up
Virginia Teachers Meet,
Charlctsville, Va., Nov. 19.—The Vir
ginia Teacher’s Association assembled
here today in annual session and it is
the largest gathering ever held by the
association. They will will remain in
session until Saturday,.
SEABOARD WILL
DECIDE TODAT
Directors to Hold Meeting
and Vote on the
Trust
STILL AN INDEPENDENT LINE
Stated from Official Source That Pres
dent Williams is Heartily in
Favor of thePlan—To Secure
More Capital.
New York, Nov. 19.—The direct
ors of the Seaboard Air Line railway
will meet on Friday for the purpose
of voting on trust. A majority of the
directors on trust will represent the
Blair-Ryan .interests.
It was learned this morning from of
ficial sources, that President Williams
of the Seaboard, heartily approves the
scheme.
Means have been adopted to secure
additional weirking capital. It is said
that the Seaboard Air Line would
still bo operated as an independant
system tlie same as in the past, but
friendly relations with the Southern
road would be made.
It is thought that scime of the dir
ectors think this will strengthen the
entire railroad situation in the south.
NEGRO CARRIES OFF A TRUNK
Entered Home of Rev. Wyllys Rede
Wednesday Morning.
Brunswick is becoming famous
lately for unique robberies and the last
I is that of a trunk which was removed
from the home of Rev. and Mrs. Wylly"
Rede Wednesday morning.
Just how the thieves entered the
house is not known but they succeeded
in getting in "'and carrying / a
trunk, which contained , .t-v-*
The thieves took the trunlFoSfon
E street uear the New Town school
where it .was opens', but it seems as
soon as the commenced to look over
the articles the iiad stolen Officer
Sam Goins appeared on the scene
and they left. Mr. Goins discovered
who the trunk belonged toi by finding
a letter addressed IbWK Dede, and it
was returned to him. Mr. Rede stated
that lie did not know how the thieves
entered the house. Only a few articles
were missed, ,
SALOON MEN COMPLAIN. \
Did Not Like the Idea of Closing up
Yesterday.
The .salocn men had a big kick com
ing yesterday and it was a rightful
one.
On account of a political scheme
they were compelled to close their
doors nothwithstanding the fact that
the license money went on, just the
same.
One ot he prominent dealers said
yesterday:
“We obey the law but the "pri
mary’' today is most too strong foir
us. The idea of making us close out
places of business cm account of the
fact that a few politicians who are
afraid of a general election had a
little meeting and decided to have
a primary because "we have fooled
the negro sci much that we have play
ed cur string out and can't fool them
again.”
“On the idea that we must close
for these factional primaries I
would just like to knolw what we
would do in case the democrats, the
republicans, the socialists, tbe pop
ulist and various other parties should
have primaries and on different days.
We would simply have to remain
closed half the time.
"The Good Government club claims,
when '•tii church people toi be against
saloon,-, and maybe they are but how
about, that Acre? How about the
issuingggi dance hall license to the nor
Pollard, gambler and
spy. Is it not a fact that the for
mer administration closed the Acre
and the present "goody, goody set,
(when they are talking to church peo
ple,- opened it by letting this man
Pollard have a license. How about
the song of the sinful sirens in the
damnable acre, sung -with the approval
of the city council? Why are they
turning their backs upon the legitimate
saloon men, an alderman among the
number, and issuing license to dives? !
“Don’t talk to me about this hypo-'
critical, Arce loving council. They
try to injure our business and foster
Pollard in the Acre."
Paupers Perish in Flames,
Columbus, N, C.. Nov, 19, —The poor-’
house of this. Clay county, was burn
ed la,"t night and four or five of the
inmates perished in the flames.
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BRUNSWICK, GA., FRIDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 20, 1903.
ROOSEVELT 111
TO JOLLI HANNA
Scheme to Take Marcus
Out of the Presi
dential Race
THE PI AN IS LAID GUI
i
Roosevelt and Elis Friends Will
Hold a Jollification Over Ohio
Result and Force Hanna to
Take Chairmanship.
Washington, Nov. 19.—Tin- adminis
tration politicians have been called
( upon to adopt a spectacular method
of forcing Senator Hanna to accept
the chairmanship of the republican
| national committee thus placing hint,
as they figure it. beyond the reach of
[tempation in the presidential line.
Several important c nferences have
been htdd at the white house recently.
| The last ot these have been attended
by men ia congress an:! some outside
of it who are recognized Roosevelt
leaders. At these conferences the pos
sibility oi' old man Mark allowing
himself to be put in the attitude of
a candidate for the nomination ag-
ainst Roosevelt has been seriously dis
cussed and it has been determined
that he inufit be made to accept the
chairmanship. They want this, not
only because it will take him out of
the race for the nomination, but, also
because they know they will need his
active service in the coming election.
The plan, in brief, is to give a great
love feast in honor of his Ohio vict
ory a a date future. This
'..0il iv !••.><. u.
nil Ol till)
.republican alter the enthu
siasm lRu been wicked .up to the prop-,
•?r fiitcli, there w'lPUe a united and
: pectucul.ir demand thaMKonsent to
take GAthairmanshfp. v
..djPih'o that if this is properly
.tlie "id .mam.
by the^HKrvjft?’outburst and sponian?
cotts demand for him.
It was, of course, intended that no
inkling of the jollification, and its real
purpose should get out but some elf
the men who have had A hand in the
conferences have been so pleased at
Vhai they regardj.s the beauty of the
scheme that they just could not help
taking it to their intimates and today
the tacts reached the. ears of a man
close to Senator Hanna who could not
miss the opportunity to make the story
public.
If publication of the facts helps toi
upset the plans of President Roose
velt and his advisers, the Hanna mgn
will not be bitterly disappointed.
LAID BESIDE HUSBAND) S BODY
Remains of Mrs. Munroe Reinterred
in Richmond.
Richmond. Nov, 19. —The remains
of Mrs. James Monroe, widow of the
fifth president od‘ the United States,
and of their daughter, Mrs. Samuel
Gouvenor, which wen- disinterred to
day from their resting place near Lees
burg. arrived here this morning and
were reinterred i.i Hollywood ceme
tery, where rest,-! the remains of Mon
roe.
The ceremonies were simple and im
pressive and were attended by tbe rep
resentatives of various societies.
STOLE GOVERNMENT PAPERS.
Edward McSweeney Being Thied on
This Charge.
New York, Nov I'.i. Edward M.
McSweeney, of R - ton, formerly com
missioner of immigration at Ellis is
-land, appeared before United States
Commissioner Shields today tor ex
arninc.ti- u on the charge of having
stolen impel mail government papers.
Witnesses were preseni from all sec.
tions of the United States and Can
ada.
It is "barged that McSweei.ey, on
leaving :hc office, hud official leUers
and other documents belonging to the
government and packed with his pci
'sonal ipupers
threb years in the pen.
/utdae £ ( ,eer Remarks on Senvencimj
a .Vagrant*
Augmta, Nov. I'.*- Judge Speer fin
ished tn busi.f's, ■ >)' the t nite
States < mi't tod..", and wit'Ji the titber
officers of the court left for Savin,
nah i
Sum Tbai'pe, a negro arre ted for
vagrant • and found witii eight collier
feit du-iars in his pocket, was sen
tenced -o three y C-,i ; in the Atlanta
pen Han iary. 1
The judge gave- the negro .< good
ipeture when ho soufoiiiced him.
SENSATIGNAL
PAPER IS FILED
More About the Fake
National Finance
Company
PRESIDENT ROBINSON IN i!
Affidavits Filed in the United States
Court Against the B. & B. Pres
ident and in the
Supposed Company.
The following is from yesterday’s
Atlanta Journal:
"In the interventions of Joseph Lake
et al filed by H. P. McGee, W. P.
Dill and Felder &. Rountree in the
cases of the Atlanta National and the
Southern Homo Building and Loan
associations, orders to take evidence
for the examination of Silas B. Dutch
vr and George W. Adams were yes
terday taken before Judge Newman at
Rome. These orders are three affida
vits attacking the National Finance
Company of New York, were this to
day filed in the clerk's office of the
United States court.
"it seems that when the
interventions of the plaintiffs were
filed charging that the National Fi
nance Ci., was a myth and a dummy
operated solely by W. A. Wimbisli
and Eird M. Robinson. Wimbisli, in
a card, daimed that the allegations
were fal;o pointing to tlie fact that
Samuel B. Dutcher, president of the
Hamilton Trust Cos., and that Samuel
Adams, cashier of the Oriental
Bank, both of New York city, were
eonneete 1 with the corporation.
“The affidavit,v make some very sen
sational barges and are decidedly rad
•ul in their statements. The follow
tag in sebptanoe;
“In the first affidavit. Le Far says:
"Mr. Adams stated that he did not
then, aim never did owu any stock n
1 The second affid it is from the
same person, and r era to Silas B.
Butcher's connectio with the Nat
ional Finance Comm y, Dutcher was
asked the same qn stiou as Adams
•uid he too, says tin affidavits, denied
any connection <>■ ii the comp ny
also denying that he had ever bon pht
any stock in it, or ■ ad attended : ny
ol' its meetings, ana that he was not
aware of the cxisteu e of such a com
pany.
“The third affida.it is also from
LeFar and contains a statement of
certain investigation: made iu the af
fairs of the National Finance Cos., for
the interveuors.
“The deponaut thou went to the of
fice of Bird M. Robinson cm the ninth
floor and inqured of a clerk iu the of
fice if the National Finance Company
was the**, and the clerk informed
him that’ it was net and refused to
give out any information about the
company. The only name on the door
was that of Bird .'■!. Robinson, nor
could depoaant find the National Fi
nance Company in many of tbe cor
poration direct: ries.
“Later on, on November 9, Uio de
ponent again called at Robinson's of
fice and inquired for both Robinson
and Byrne. The young woman said
Robin,-ion was out ot' town and that
Byrne was no longer employed there
but. believed he was employed by a
magazio called ' Financier.” The de
! nant >.n tile lltb. culled at the of
fice of the “Financier" uud there saw
Byrne, l yrnu stated that he was still
secretary jf lliu National Finance
Company, that the company had of
fices at 277 Broadway witii Robinson,
that in l l.ByrueJ had been a clerk lor
Robin, oil during tbe summer
“The c.isc is sot £si fu'.vunow by
Judge Newman.”
MERCURV GOES UP AGAIN,
WEATHER GETTING WARM
Looks as if the Cold Came Only for
a Short Stay.
Old Hoi is battling bard against
cold weather and seems determined
that winter shall not prevail.
After giving us a touch of real win
yesterday, it looks as if warm'
weather is to return again, and at
2 o’clock this morning the therm mi
eter wrs just 14 points higher than
it. wa:, that hour yesterday.
The live t paint reached yesterday
was at 1 HO in the morning, when, the
I mereur went down to 2 i degrees, sev
eral points below the freezing mark,
it. remit ! ed cold until last night, when
.it again began to clirnh and from tltu
. present judications the thermometer
f will not go below 4(1 degrees today.
RECIPROCITY BILL
PASSED YESTERDAY
BY A GOOD MAJORITY
LITTLE LOCAL LINES.
Small Items Gathered by Reporters of
The News.
The shipping men say another largo
of vessels are bound liere and
will arrive in a very short time.
Tlie hacks were kept, busy yesterday
working; about the primary. It was
a good day for the drivers anyway.
The health of the city is indeed,
good right about now. In fact: it.
has been . for tin* past several
years.
There are a large number of prison
ers in the county jail. They will prob
ably leave their boarding place when
the superior court meets.
This is very cold weather and it
especially hard on John Morgan, the
popular druggist who had his over
coat stolen a few nights since.
Many of the large fleet of vessels
now in port are ready to" leave and
will do so within the next few days,
in the meantime, the shipping men
say that others are now en route to
take the places of those which are,
to leave so the river front will still
present a busy appearance.
CONDITION OF THE TREASURY
Partial Statement About the States
Finances.
Believing that -it will interest every
class of our people, we give tbe follow
ing extract from the last message o*
Governor Terrell:
“The state treasury has paid to the
common school teachers all the money
coming into the treasury which be
longs to the school fund, and also the
$400,090 which lie is authorized by
law to transfer from the general to
the school fund. These payments are
not only larger, but were made much
earlier in the year than formerly, and
without borrowing any money for that
purpose. In former years loans
amounting to $150,000 to *300,000
have been necessary to enable the
treasurer to make these pay-mends.
To be able to carry out the provisions
of qpr school laws without borrowing
any money whatever is most gra*'ty
ing. as it shows that the condition o(
finances has considerably
Improved. Indeed, it would not have
been necessary to borrow- any money
whatever during the present year had
the general assembly convened In 0<:
tober instead of June. After con
ferring with the state treasurer it was
ascertained that the sum of $(!5,00fl
would be needed to pay the expenses
ot this session of your body, and with
bis assistance I have arranged to bor
row that sum for five months at two
per cent per annum, or five-sixths of
one per cent for the term, from the
following banks in this State, viz:
Southern bank at Savannah; Neal
Ixian and Banking Company and
Fourth National bank, Atlanta; Ex
change bank, Macon, and Third Na
tlonal bank, Columbus. This loan, at
such a remarkably low rnte, demon
strates alike the high credit of the
state and the excellent condition ol
tbe Georgia ban 1 -
SOMETHING ABOUT OATS.
Hints From the State Agricultural De
partment on this Subject.
As for wheat, so also for oats the
soil should be plowed to a medium
depth and then well pulverized, for a
good seed he I is necessary in order to
produce the best results witii even so
hardy a grain as oats, it is better
tliat the still should be dry and mel
low when they are sown
In a moist season oats will do very
well on a sandy soil, lmt the best
yields, as a general rule, are made
on a fine clay loam, with good drain
ago.
When the -ceil hod has boon web
prepared and leveled, the oats may lie
sown broadcast, or put in witii a drill
The latter method is probably better,
since when they are drilled in they
are in a sort of trough, and when a
freeze comes, the earth is not drawn
away from the roots, as the ground
rises with tbe freeze and settles with
the thaws, but. is thrown around them.
Thi pr< vents the crop from being in
jured by a fro -ze.
The winter oat Is generally sown in
October at the rate of about two bush
els io the acre. They afford good
winter arid spring pasture. When the
stock have ben taken off this pasture
an ample < -p af grain will be ready
for -reaping in June: but never allow
stock to graze upon your grain dur
ing wet or damp weather
This crop, with comparatively little
expense aid- greatly in making a
farm self s-nst.iitiiug. Our fanners will
do v.'cl 1 . to 'd.aiß. latv -h- of.
Services at Temple Beth Tefiloh.
Services tonight at 8:3o o’clock.
Subject of sermon: “Sincerity and
Hyprericy.'’ Saturday morning Sab
bath school at 9; 30. Services con
ducted by the children at 10;30. Sub
ject of sermon "Thou Shalt Not Steal. ’
PRICE—FIVE CENTS.
TWENTMINE
nasi BILL
While 3.15 Members of Con
gress Voted in Favor
of the Measure
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WILLIAMS HAS TliN
Will! SPEAKER CANNON
The New Minority Leader Made n
Slight Show of Filibustering When
the Time Came to Vote
on the Bill. ,
Washington, Nov. ID. — The Cuban!
leciproeify measure was taken up in
the house again today, and a vote wa*
called for on the bill late this after-*
noon, ami it was passed by a vote ofi
055 to 21.
Seven democrats and fourteen re*
publicans voted against the bill.
Jut to have a little tun with Speak-*
er Cannon, the new minority leader,
Representative Williams, of Mississ
ippi, made a .slight show of beginning;
to filibuster when if came time toi vote
on the bill. j
l nder the usual rule, the bill was
to be voted on without intervening
motion and Representative Williams
moved that it he recommitted to tho
ways and means committee.
THE FAUST PARROT.
Will Receive its First Shave todayf
Registers at the Oglethorpe. *
There are Itwo prominent guest# aju
the Oglethorpe hotel—Dock Wafldol^
-registered from "Everywhere,” andl
Miss Polly Faust registered front
"Anywhere.”
The former is the well known sho-w,
man and the latter is the celebrated
talking parrot that belongs to Fred
Faust, the minstrel magnate, whose
minstrels will be -at the opera house
Thanksgiving day for a matinee and
light performance.
The parrot took its usual milk bath,
lav 1 evening. It is a life member ot
the Kingston Elks and was iniated in-
Savannah. At the hotel here the par
rot smoked cigars and swore like a
naughty drummer. Polly has assoc
iated so much among them that she
i; growing whiskers. Tomorrow she
given her first shave.
IS VISITING ENCAMPMENTS. .
Mr. Eil'ot Gails on the Odd Fellows of
Savannah.
The Savannah News of yesterday
said:
"C. L. Elliot, of Brunswick, garndi
patriarch of Georgia- encampment oit
Odd Fellows, paid a visit lasi, night toi
the local encampments. The meeting
was purely an informal one, and wan
in Uio nature of a reception only. No
business or degree work was trans
acted.
Mr, Elliot bin-prised the mem
bers af both the encampments of thq
city by reaching Savannah about Id
hours earlier than he was expected.
Arrangements had been completed fop
a committee of ten, live from each en
campment to meet him at the station
at noon yesterday. Shortly befora
that hour and as the committee was
assembling to go to the depot, Mr. El
liot was tound at the Pulaski house
where lie arrived at midnight Tuesday.
“The committee iu charge ot Mr.
Elliot s entertainment, at ouce began
carrying out the program that had
b-a n agreed upon and the greater part
oi till- afternoon was spent in visiting
the p lints cf interest about the city.
Tlie principal feature of the visit
was the informal reception' tendered
him." ,
Good Minstrel Coming;
The iunions Faust family’s minstrel
which is said to he one ot the best
on 1 lie road, will he here for two per-
I'ormanceH next Thursday, matinee and
night. Tin: Faust family is famous
for their acrobatic, work and will bo
remembered in this city when they
appeared here last year in Quinlan &
Ward's minstrels.
Nashville Got it.
The executive committee ol' the Uni
ted Confederate veterans has decided
to hold the convention in Nashville
next year. The date is to be decided
later,
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