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THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS.
VOLUME 3, NUMBER 44.
BUSINESS MEN
HELD MEETING
Effort Being Made to Se
cure Refining Plant
for This City
u'J ■ ■■ in ! *i
PROMOTER OF !T NOW HERE
Another Meeting Will b e Held This
Morning to Which All Those In
terested in the Plant Are In
vited to be Present.
There was a meeting of business
men at the office of Brobston, Fendig
& Cos., yesterday afternoon to consid
er the construction at Brunswick of a
refining plant to refine the oils made
from the new process of wood dis
talation about which there has been
so much said and written in the past.
It seems that there is a number of
processes for getting turpentine out
of stumps and pine knots and plants
have been erected in various parts
of the country but the refining pro
cess, it seems, has only been brought
to a state of perfection by the Mal
lonee process.
These people erected a) plant at Mo
bile some three years ago and recent
ly they completed a plant at Gaines
ville, Fla.
They have been quite successful in
these plants and the one at Mobile
pays a divident of 30 per cent.
Mr. A. Bailey, the president of the
Mobile plant, is also at the head of a
large machine works and he contem
plates organizing a company to con
struct at some central point a large
plant to manufacture the machinery
to be used in the new turpentine pro
cess and he is now here investigating
Brunswick as a location and
expressed a willingness to
in an'oii rjfiuery* /' -*1
' Mr. and, O, JMflfSgj^.il^here
'ii'f fu"
MaiifSger' MhArth
~ur reported the business to be in *
most flourishing condition ana orders
ahead for the entire output of the
entire plaint for several weeks, it
war- decided to increase the capital
stock to SIOO,OOO, and of this $1,5000
has been sold at not less than par.
This stock however, will be reserved
for a certain period, and present stock
lolder.s will be given the first option
oi purchase.
“A resolution was also passed re
questing stockholders desiring to sec
their .stock lo ret f.v the company and
give it first right of purchase.
“Ah many inquiries have been com
ing in from persons who wish to use
the process of manufacture the di
rectors were authorized to build and
construct plans for other parties on
such terms and conditions as they
might deem proper foir the advantage
of the company, granting the said
parties the u,se of the process that
the comps ly it now ns.ag and has
control of it in the state of Hor
ida.
"This plant, which * manutolctures
turpentine and its by-products by dis
tilling from pine wood, is the first
put up in the state of Florida, and ifi
said to be the finest and most com
plete in the world. The men who
had the grit to bach It with their mon
ey are among the most prominent of
our business men, and the reward
they are now reaping for their enter
prise and public spirit is very grat
ifying to the people of Gainesville,
who see in it a great help for the
city's future growth and prosperity.
"It does not look possible to con
struct a steel retort that holds a
cord of fat pine wood, heat and re
duce the wood to vapor, except at
a great cost for fuel, and yet, that
is just what takes place in this plant.
The fuel costs practically nothing, as
II is made entirely from waste or un
saleable product. The quantity of pro
ducts turned out is almost beyond be
lief.
“In conversation with J. C. Mallon
nee, the Sun has gathered the fol
lowing facts. A cord of lightwood
will produce 260 gallons of liquids,
consisting of water, acids and oil.
Something over half of this is oil of
various grades; forty-four bushels of
charcoal, and 15,000 cubic feet of burn
ing gas. The oil products are re
fined and made into various saleable
articles such a* deodorized turpen
tine, essential *Hf, blech
<.-1- tMt Is •rtd
iKvuai.; —■ - - ----
to have no equal for the destruction
of insects that infest orange and
other fruit trees. It has proven ef
fective wherever it has been tried.”
Those who are looking into the mat
ter here are E. H. Mason, J. J. Lott,
John Morgan, R. R. Hopkins, M.
Kaiser, L. R. Akin, R. E. Briesenick,
E. D. Walter and Brobston, Fendig &
Company.
There will be another meeting to
day and other gentlemen will be ap
proached and, in fact, any one feeling
an interest in the matter is requested
to look up Mr. Malloenee or any of the
gentlemen who are trying to locate
the piant here.
Mr. W. F. Penniman is taking a
deep interest in this enterprise and
has given the matter more thought
and investigation than any other man
in the city.
Some months ago Mess. E. H.
Mason and Albert Fendig went to
Mobile to look at the, plant there
and they were greatly impressed.
It is to be hoped that this enter,
prise will be assured for Brunswick.
COLORED BASEBALL LEAGUE.
It is Stated That Brunswick Will be
Represented in it.
A negro baseball circuit is now be
ing organized in which Brunswick is
included. The Macon Telegraph yes
terday published the following con
cerning the league:
"A negro baseball circuit is being
organized which will include Savan
nah, Brunswick, Columbus, Chatta
nooga and Birmingham. Last year’s
circuit will be considerably enlarged
and some of tfifc host players in the
south will be engaged.
‘‘Hiram Taylor will manage the Ma
con Acmes again this season. The
Macon team last year made a tour of
the south defeating every thing in
their wake. Plenty of capital is be
hind the local team and some good
work on the diamond can be expect
ed.”
PASSED AWAY IN FLORIDA.
Little Joe Flood Died Friday at Cran
dall.
The friends of Mr. and Mis, ,y, A.
laftec ah\illnis!s
flu •-
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Bunkiey, left Friday'for Crandall but
reached there only a few minutes be
fore the little boy died.
The funeral occurred Sunday at St.
Mary’s. The bereaved relatives have
the sympathy of their many friends
in their loss.
ALTAR SOCIETY TO
SERVE LUNCH TODAY.
The Altar society of the Catholic
church will give a lunch and supper
today in the Dillon building oppo
site McGarvey’s.
The following delicious menu will
be served at very low; prices: Oysters,
roast pork, turkey, cranberries, bam,
chicken salad, potato salad, cold slaw,
pickles, home-made bread, cake, cof
fee. The meals will be daintily ser
ved and the business men and Bruns
wick people generally are invited to
patronize the ladies.
South Atlantic League.
Savannah, Nov. 23.—1 t is expected
that the organization of the proposed
South Atlantic Baseball League will
be well advanced if not completed at
ho meeting of the promoters to he
held in this city tomorrow. The lea
gue, according to present plans will be
a six-club circuit, composed of Jack
sonville, Augusta, Columbus, Savan
nah, Charleston and Macon.
A Pretty Store.
H. V. Adderley is now open and
ready for business in his former stand
on l Newcastle street. Mr. Adderley
has received one of the largest and
best selected stocks of goods ever
brought to this city, and hir, store is
one of the prettiest on Newcastle.
Col. Edwin Brobston Here.
Col. Edwin Brobston, of the real
estate firm of Brobston, Fendig &Cos.,
arrived in the city yesterday and was
warmly received by his many Bruns
wick friends. Mr. Brobston has a
number of matters deep cf concern
to this city and he says he will al
ways see to it that Brunswick is re
membered when it comes to placing
new industries.
Bates’ Daughter Married.
Washington, Nov. 23. —A quiet but
fashionable wedding of interest to so
ciety here occurred today when Miss
Eliza Bates, daughter of the paymast
er of the army, and Mr. Frederick R.
Swift, of Boston, were Joined in wed
lock, The ceremony was performed
at the residence of the brides par
>3 q v street-
WOMAN CHARGED
WITH THE MURDER
f
Mysterious Case Attract
ing Attention of the
Colored People
DROWNED NEGRO IS FOUND
Lilly Brown is Placed in Jail Charged
With Killing Him—Made Threat
That She Would Kill Him
Before Morning.
Dow Huff, a well known negro who
is employed as a driver on one of the
city’s carts, was found drowned in the
canal near the gas house Sunday by
James Lloyd, and negroes whot claim
to be familiar with the case are of
the opinion that he was foully dealt
with, and Lilly Brown, a negro woman,
was arrested yesterday charged with
the murder of the man, and while
she claims she is innocent, the evi
dence against her is strong and may
result in her conviction.
From the best facts obtainable, it
seems that the woman made a threat
Saturday night that she would kill
Huff before morning, and friends of
the dead negro think that she carried
it out.
Huff and the woman, it Is stated,
lived together for a long time in a
little louse out in “red row.” A few
weeks ago, however, Huff’s wife who
had been away, returned and he ban
since been living with her.
Saturday the Brown woman sent
for Huff to come to her home on
Wolf street and bring some money
which he did. They were up town to
gether until late Saturday night and
then returned to, the home of the
,woman.
learned, the two
followed. A
Kniii 1
a " aiß iin,ii i,is
in the canal.
Broken.
When found by Lloyd
at once notified (W oner Jennings,
and an inquest was lieid, but, there
being no evidence that the negro was
foully dealt with, and there being no
signs of violence about his face or
body, nothing was stated in their ver
dict about, the woman. However, it
was learned yesterday that the man’s
neck was broken but whether or not
this is true cannot be learned. It is
thought that if his neck was broken
it was done probably by the woman in
endeavoring to throw him overboard.
Woman Arrested.
Tlie report of the two being U*
gether and the quarrel that they had
at the woman’s house did not leak
out until yesterday, and the woman
was soon arrested.. Officer Sam
Goins was the first to learn, of the
affair and he at once began to look
for the woman. She was found in
Joel’s store where she went to ex
change a pair of shoes she had pur
chased there Saturday night when she
was with Huff. When the officer
caught her she at first disclaimed
being with the man at all Saturday
night, but later admitted that they
were together for a short time, but
she said she knew nothing of his
drowning.
A Mystery.
If the woman did murder the negro
and then cast his body into tht canaJ,
it is quite a mystery to the officers
how she managed the affair. The
fact that he had no marks about the
body is evidence that she did not
shoot or cut him or hit him with any
weapon, and it would have been
difficult to break the negroe’s necck.
No one knows anything about the mur
der, only that the two were seen to
gether near the gas house late Sat
urday night.
On the other hand, it is hardly
probable that the negro Jumped over
board or accidently fell into teh canal
and the entire affair, which has at
tracted much attention among the col
ored population, is quite ai mystery.
registrars met yesterday.
Will Probably Hold Their Final
Meeting Tomorrow.
The board met at the city hall yes
terday morning, but, owing to the fact
that Registrar Butts was compelled
toi leave the city, no votes were can
vassed and the board adjourned to
meet again tomorrow.
It is hoped by the registrars that
I this will be the last session, and those
on the waiting list are requested to
!aw ear. * ! l<r ■ telql f*.'
BRUNSWICK, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 24, 1903.
SI, SIMON HOTEL
MEN IN TOE CITV
Messrs. V\ ilson and Tuller
Have Purchased Site
on Island
THEY TALK OF THE HOTEL
Say if Certain Conditions are Met by
the People the Hotel Will be Built
at Once—Handsome Cottage
to be Erected.
Mess. George Wilson and W. T.
Tuller, of Chicago, who have been
to Brunswick several times in the
past with a veiw of building a hotel
at St. Simon, are in the city again,
which of course gives rise to the ru
mor that the hostelry Is to be con
structed 1 at once. The two gentle
men were sought by a News repre
sentative yesterday and ware seen
very shortly after they arrived from
St. Simon, where they had been to
inspect the site and enjoy a good day
on the salts.
Mr. Tuller, who acted as spokes
man for the party, stated to The News
man that they had succeeded in pur
chasing the site and that carpenters
would begin at once on the work of
constructing a large and commodious
cottage for Mr. Wilson. He was not
in position to say positively whether
otr not the company would build the
hotel.
“We have purchased the land,” said
Mr. Tuller, ‘‘We think it is a good
investment and we are not coming
to Brunswick asking the people to
subscribe for stock in the enterprise,
but there are certain conditions which
are necessary in order to insure the
Buccess of the movement, and it is up
to the people of Brunswick to say
whether or not these conditions will
be met.”
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they build the hotel they will spend
the entire winter here and the chances
are may become citizens of Bruns
wick.
The work of constructing Mr. Wil
son’s cottage will be commenced at
once, the architects having arrived a
day or two previous to the arrival of
the gentlemen.
THE BRUNSWICK HERALD CASE.
The Receiver in the Case Explains
its Statue.
To the Editor of The News:
The hearing at Baxley, Ga., on Sat
urday in the Brunswick Herald case
referred to in the Sunday issue of
your paper, was of a’contempt pro
ceedings against me as receiver, insti
tuted by the defendant, J. G. Carter.
The 'proceedings were dismissed.
The receivership was dissolved and I
Was ordered to turu the property of
the Herald to Clerk of the Court
and i Bignon to remain in his custody
until the ownership of the paper is
decided by the courts, which I have
done, and its books to expert account
ant W. J. Way, appointed by the
court, which I have also done.
The question of the ownership of
the Herald was not entered into, but
a,s at the commencement of these
proceedings in chambers J. G. Carter
was found in possession of the news
paper, he is left in possession until
the courts decide the ownership. He
is required to give bond, however,
with good and sufficient sureties to
answer to E. R. Belcher, plaintiff, fui
all damages and the eventual con
demnation money that the jury may
find upon the trial of the case.
As there seems to be a studied ef
fort, in certain quarters,, to misrep
resent the fact in the case, I feel that
this stall ment is necessary, in justice
to all parties, to set tilings right
B. COFFEE.
Brunswick, Ga., Nov. 23.
A Painful Accident.
G. W. Cline, the well known laun
dry man, met with quite a painful
accident while enroiute to his country
home Saturday night. He left the
train at the six mile crossing and it
being very dark he fell over a log in
flicting a painful injury about the
face.
New Photographer.
M. J. Dolan, who has been with
Mr. Wilson’s Savannah studio for a
year and who is a graduate of the Ill
inois college of photography, has arri
ved in Brunswick and has taken
charge of Wilson’s photograp studio
on Gloucester street. The News com
mends his ability to its readers,
EFFORT TO KEEP
COMPANY IN TACT
• 1
Naval Reserves Will Prob
ably Be /\ble to Stand
Examination
ARE NOW ON PROBATION
Commander Colding Will be in the
City Next Week to Look Into the
Affairs and do What he Can
for the Company,
As has been stated in these col
umns before, the Naval Reserves
were put on 90 days probation by
General Obear when he inspected the
company a few weeks ago, and it is
now probable that the company will
be rehabilitated and will be in a posi
tion to stand the necessary examin
ation at the expiration of the time
limit.
It is a well known fact that there
has been a lack of interest in the
naval militia lately and the company
has been in rather bad standing, but
it is believed that, by proper effort, it
can be brought ' out in good shape
and will well stand the examination.
It is learned that Commander Cold
ing will use his efforts to keep the
company in existence, and will be in
the city sometime next week to in
vestigate the condition of the com
mand and see just what is needed.
The officers are confident they can,
in 90 days, bring the Reserves up to
their former standard and in all prob
ability a meeting w 1 be held at an
early date at whic a definite de
cision will be reacln 1.
It is earnestly he .ed that the Re
serves will now rea. ze the condition
that the company . - in and will da
everything possible tu keep the organ
ization in existence.
MApHEN 13 NOW ON_ TRIAL
A Strong Legal Fight is Now Looked
for.
Washington, Nov. 23.—The case of
August W. Machen, Samuel A. and
Diller B. Croff and George E. and
Martha J. Lorenz, which was called
for trial in the district criminal court
here today and it is expected to de
velop one of the bitterest legal bat
tles in the history of the government.
This is the first ca.se growing out of
the alleged conspiracy between Mach
en as superintendent of the free rural
delivery service to profit through the
purchase of patent fasteners made by
the Groff brothers for attaching mail
boxes to posts. The government says
it has documentary evidence to prove
that Machen received, through the
Lorenzs in Ohio, a percentage of all
the money paid the Groffs by the
government.
Fifteen indictments have been re
turned against Machen alone and the
government is prepared to make a
strong fight to convict him on the first
trial.
THE “MOCKING BIRD” FLEW.
Did Not Fill Engagement at the Op
era House Last Night.
“The Mocking Bird,, Comic Opera
Company, which was to have been at
the Grand last night did not show up
and the opera 1 house was dark.
The company played in Savannah on
Saturday and at that time decided to
abandon their southern tour leaving
at once for the north where, after
spending some time, will go on the
road again.
There were quite a number of the
music loving people disappointed and
it is thought that the company would
have played to a good house.
City Finances.
Elsewhere in this issue appeal's the
statement of Treasurer Smith for the
month of August. By error Mr.
Smith's September statement was
printed in advance of the August
statement.
SEAMEN’S UNION HOLDING
AN IMPORTANT MEETING.
Delegates Are Present From All Sect
ions of the United States. ;
New York, Nov. 23.—The annual
convention cf the International Sea
en’s Aarsociation of America, which
opened in this city today is attended
by delegates from all parts of the
United States and its insular pos
sessions and from A stralia and New
Zealand, and is mot thoroughly rep
resentatives of the , roe of this great
organization than t y of the former
conventions,
Reports received . y the officers for
the presentation t? the convention
show that during the past year the
seamen of the United States have
gained several important decisions in
the federal courts and that the union
has also been instrumental in se
curing the abolishment of many ob
jectionable resorts where sailors were
robbed of their money, and has also
conducted a very successful campaign
against shipping ‘fcrimpers” and
“shanghai” operators in many ports.
The present convention will last at
least a week longer and a large num
ber of important matters will be at
tended to. The delegates seem to
take a great deal of interest in the
union.
THE LECTURE THIS EVENING
It is to be Hoped that a Large Crowd
Will Hear it.
It is to be hoped that a large crowd
will attend the lecture at the Grand
tonight and hear Dr. Rede upon the
English cathedrals.
The stereoptican yiews are very
fine and those who fail to attend will
miss a rare intellectual treat.
The fact that this is the first of
the series of elaborate entertainments
for our people under the auspices of
the Men’s club should not only in
duce the members of the club to -be
present but also the attendance ol
those who are not members c-f the
organization. Both ladies attd gen
tlemen are cordially invited and re
member there is no cost attached to
the affair as it is distinctly understood
that the lecture is free and that an
invitation is extended to all the peo
ple of Brunswick.
TEN PER CENT REDUCTION
Cotton Mills in New England Reduce
Wages.
Mass., Nov. 23.—The 10 per
cent reduction in wages in the cotton
mills of southern New England went
into effect today, the cut affecting in
all not less than 115,000 people.
The reduction was long expected by
the operatives and no serious trouble
is anticipated, though there is general
dissatisfaction among the workers and
particularly in the Fall River district
The reduction means a loss ol
wages of between five and six million
d SfenaeftlFfcfe give as the reason I
for the cut in wages is the fact that
for some time they have been manu
facturing goods and selling them for
less than cost. The say nearly all that
has been gained has been done soi by
fortunate speculation in cotton. The
mill owners have been agitating the
reduction for some time but could not
make the cut until it was agreed to by
all the mills.
la the Fall River section about 80
mills owned by 10 corporations are rep
resented in the reduction. In the New
Bedford district the mill employ about
10,000 hands, and those in Rhode Is
land and eastern Conecitcut about
30,000.
BOTH FEEL,
What Proper Food Does for Both
Mind and Body.
Physicial health, mental health, in
deed almost everything good on this
earth depend in a great measure upon
proper food.
With health nothing is worth while
and health can he won almost any
time by proper feeding on the scien
tific food Grape-Nuts.
A California, trained nurse proved
this: “Three years ago I was taken
very sick, my work as trained nurse
having worn me out, both in body and
mind, and medicine failed to relieve
me at all. After seeing a number of
physicians and specialists and get
ting no relief I was very much dis
couraged and felt that l would die
of general nervous and physicial col
lapse.
"My condition was so bad I never
imagined food would help mo but on
the advice of a friend I tried Grape-
Nuts. The first package brought me
so much relief I quit the medicines
and used Grape-Nuts steadily three
times a day. The result was that
within 0 months 1 had so completely
regained my strength and health that
l was back nursing again and 1 feel
the improvement in my brain power
as plainly as i do my physicial
strength.
“Alter my own wonderful exper
ience with Grape-Nuts i have recom
mended it to my patients with splen
did succes and it has worked wonders
in the cases of many invalids who t
have attended professionally.” Name
given by Postum Cos., Battle Creek,
Mich.
Look in each package for a copy of
the famous little book, "The Road to
Wellville.”
Baron Von Sternberg Coming.
Berlin, Nov. 24.—Baron von Stern
berg, the German ambassador to the
United States, who has spent all the
summer In Europe, will aall for the
United States tomorrow,
PRICE—FIVE CENTS,
ANSON CHARGED
AGAINST NORRIS
♦ I
Aged Man of Columbus
Held on Serious
Charge
HE WANTED 10 SHOOT TWO
II
Claimed That Norris Applied Torcfl
to Home of Hill After Driving j
Mrs. Britton From Her Home j
With a Pistol. tijll J
Columbus, Nov. 23.—Y. C. Norris,
I an old man who has been living in
Beall wood, north of the ciiy, was put:
1 in jail here today on the serious
charge of arson. |
Last night a residence in BeallWoodl
occupied by a farmer by the name 08
Hill and owned by Thomas Thomp*
son, was burned to the ground withl
most of its contents. Mr. Hill ajnt
family escaped. j ]
It is charged that Norris, who has'
been a neighbor of Hill’s, hut who re*
cently moved into the city, applied!
the torch to the place. Two mem-’
bens of the city police force went
out today and arrested him. L4I
Norris claims, it is said, that Hill
had a half bale of cotton which be
longed to him, and the trouble is sup
posed to have originated from this*-'
it is though that the old man is noS
balanced mentally. hg
Norris claimed that Hill and Mra,”s
Britton, who were neighbors, ow’edlifC
him for some chickens. a
Yesterday afternoon he drew a
tol on Mrs. Britian and
from her place.
Hill claims that about
last night he caught Norris j|H|
of firing his house and
put out the flames, as t:,ey had gaNMjp|
considerable headway and that
h, VTtift:dih?' this morning found NoSM
rvd horse and buggy in the woodMjj|
near the Hill residence and it is sup- >
posed that he left them there last
night. ; ;
WORK ON ATLANTA’S DEPOT,
Engineers Begin Laying Off tha
Building Site,
Atlanta, Nov. 23.—Today engineers
began laying off the site at the Cornell
of Mitchell and Madison streets fog
the actual work of construction of At-*
lanta’s new depot. Then will follow
the grading and after that the laying)
of the foundation and from that tinui
on there will be something doing ton
a year, at the end of which time them
will stand to welcome the incoming
traveler the most beautiful passenger,
station in the south.
A. V. Gude, of the firm oif Gude &
Walker, the contractors who are to er
ect the building, said today that there
would bo no delay and that work
would be commenced soon. ,
TO EXTEND THE B. & B.
INTO WORTH COUNTY
The following ifi taken from tha
Irwin County Courier: "It is report
ed that the construction crew will im
mediately begin work on this division
of the Brunswick and Birmingham
railroad and extend it to Worth, which,
is a distance of aibout 20 miles from,
here, and will use the old road bed
of the Ensign Lumber Company tram
road, and by doing this they can very,
easily put down the track.
Burglars at Work Again.
The store of Fleming & Waff on
Newcastle street, was entered early
Sunday morning. The intruder was
evidently in seach of money, and find
ing none loose about the store made
his exit without taking anything. Ihe
entrance was made by breaking a
panel out in the rear of the stole.
In Police Court.
Mayor Crovatt had a rather large
attendance at his regular Monday mat
inee yesterday. In all eleven eases
were on the docket, mast of them
charged with being drunk and disord
erly. ___________
Faust's Minstrels.
Thursday, matinee and night,
Faust’s great show will be here with
a large number of musicians, good
dancers and singers. The minstrel
company is practically anew one. but
it has teen receiving excellent press
notices in every city in which it has
( exhibited this year. The Faust fam
ily is well known for its acrobatic
J work and this will be a feature of th
I minstrel,