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THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS, VOLUME 3, NUMBER 61. CARNIVAL OPENS THIS AFTERNOON —♦— Berger Exposition Com pany is Now Ready for Business 10 SHOW IN MAGNOLIA PARK Tents Have all Been Placed in Po sition and the Street Fair and Car nival Will be on in Full Force Today. Owing to the fact that the question of a location was not decided upon un late yesterday, the street fair did not open for business in the afternoon as was expected, but will open for business today. Manager Berger yesterday moning started out to look for a good loca tion out of the fire limits of the city and late in the day he succeeded in securing Magnolia park, which Is very suitable place. He had once put a large force of hands to work erecting the differ ent tents forthe shows and preparing for the opening today. The work will be completed this morning and the street fair and carnival will be on in full biast this afternoon. As stated in these columns yester day morning, the matter of license has been satisfactorily arranged, and the company will pay a license of $25 per day. The company will give the exhibitions as one show, just as a cir cus gives the big show and the many side shows, and the performuace will be considered a continuous one. Manager Berger stated to* a News reporter yesterday, that everyone of his attractions was a clean and high class one, and that no gambling games whatever are connected with the af fair. \ The company has been pretty well over the surrounding coun during the past few day.s and it is jgtpected that it will attract a few hun- Sed visitors to the city during the fpjek. All of the railroad lines enter ing the city have offered a special rate |to the city. .BRUNSWICK ELKS TO HOLD SOCIAL BEBSION. , Enjoyable Time Promised Latter Part of This Month. Th Brunswick lodge of Elks will hold a social session in their hall over the National Bank on December 31, which promises to be a most enjoy able affair. The Eiks gave an entertainment of this kina in the city a few years ago, which proved to be a most delightful affair. Besides the members of the organization their family and ..... ~.0-jably toe invited all ot whom are looking forward to it with much pleasure. COAL 13 UP NOW. The Cold Weather of Fate Has Been the Means of Causing a Raise. The coal dealers are in clover but the consumer of the bituminous Ala bama product is not so happy. For the present winter seems to have formed a sort of trust arrange ment with the cold weather during November, and the first half of De cember as has prevailed this year. It is a fact, according to those who profess toi have kept strict accounts that we have already had more freez ing weather this winter than prevail ed during the whole of last. On a number of mornings since the latter part of November have the thermom leters registered temperature below the freezing point, and so far we have had none of those sultry days which are ordinarily so common in the early part of the winter. And tube coal dealers have been reaping a harvest of gold as a result of these unusual conditions. The average family finds that it burned nearly twice the usual quantity of coal and many a man who thought he laid in his winter's supply during the sum mer while coal was cheap finds that he will have to buy again at the ad vanced price befzre spring comes again. Afeter the Game violators. The News understands that. me prx .>- out grand jury is closely looking i&U the frequent violations of the game law in this county. It is a well known fact that this law is really violated by a certain class of people at their will and to the genuine lovers of game it will be a pleasure to know that the grand Jury is looking Into the matter. UNTIL JANUARY 11. After-a Very Busy Session the Grand Jury Recesses for the Holidays. Aftr a very busy session this week in which a very large amount of work has been done, the grand jury for the fall term of Glynn superior court re cessed yesterday afternoon until Jan ary, XI, when It is understood that the court will meet for the purpose of finishing the work on both dockets left undone at the regular session. The present grand jury has been quite an active one and has disposed of a verv large amount of routine york. While it has not returned a very large number of true bills, it has at the same time (been very faithful in the matter of looking after the public good. THE OLD 80LDIER8 TO BE PAID OFF SOON. State Will Give Them Their Money in January. The state will pay all pensions for next year the latter part of January or the first of February. The pensions are always paid the first of the year, just as soon as the money comes into the state treaury. The total amount of pensions which wj.ll 'he paid out wtill be (between i SBOO,OOO and $1,000,000. It has been stated by officials atj the Capitol that all pensions would be promptly paid just as soon as the taxes had come in and the money was in the treasury. By the latter part of January there will be ample funds to pay off the pensioners. Commis sioner of Pensions J. W. Lindsay is busy making out a list of days upon which he will pay the different coun ties. It will be good news to the old Veterans, '.who ape on the pension rolls, to know that they are soon to receive the money which the state pays them every year. The indigent widows will be paid at the same time. DISCUSSED PLANT * ’ f 1 $25,000 Worth of Stock Subscribed for Refining Plant A meeting of those interested in the formation of'The National Tur pentine Refining Company was held in the office of Messrs. Brohston, Fen dig & Cos., last night. A number 'of the gentlemen who have subscribed stock to the enter prise were out of the city, but those present were, Messrs. L. T. McKinnon, J. J. Lott, E. H. Mason. J. M. Burnett and H. F. Dunwody. The report of the committee on soliciting stock showed that in round numbers about twenty-five thousand dollars had been subscribed. As only thirty thousand is necessary foe the success of the company it is safe to say that the remaining five thousand will be raised in the course of the next day or two. At the meeting la6t night it was de cided to incorporate the company and Attorney H. F. Dunwody was authoriz ed toi prepare the articles of incorpora tion. The meeting was full of enthusi asm and it’s an established fact that the refining plant is now a certainty for the city. As soon as the remainder cf the stock has been subscribed the stock holders will meet and perfect a per manent organization. A CHANCE FOR THE BOYS. J. A. Smith, the Shoe Man, Has Some Fine Goods for Yeung America. Probably the largest and unquestion ably the toandsomest stock of boys’ shoes ever displayed in this city has just been, received by J. A. Smith, Brunswick’s exclusive shoe dealer The line of goods is the famous Crown biand for boys and is among the best bays’ shoe in th- country. The prices range from one to two dol lars and the goods are guaranteed to be of the best article for the mime., j on the market. There can be no more app opriah Christmas present for a boy thin a pretty pair of shoes and parents are invited to call at the stort of Mr. icihs at 214 Newcastle street and inspect this thoroughly handsome lino ol goods. In this connection Mr. Smith has been the only successful sole shoe dealer Brunwlck has ever known. He believes in fair treatment to all and by a close application to his business has built up a splendid business in the shoe line. He carries at all times a full line of ladies,’ gents’ and misses’ and boys ehoee and invites the public to call and look at the class and quality of the goods ha constantly keeps on hand. 1 f * BRUNSWICK, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1903. SHIPWRECK CREW ARRIVE IK PORT W Pleasure Yacht Edna Was Caught in a Heavy Gale CREW HAD A HARD STRUGGLE Schooner William C. Tanner Arrived in Port Yesterday with Captain • Thornton Jenkins Hains, His Wife and Crew. Aboard the schooner William C. Tanner, which arrived ; n port yester day morning, wa,s Captain Thornton Jenkins Hains, his wife and the crew of the pleasure yacht Edna. Indeed was it a thrilling story that was related by Captain Hains and the crew. The little pleasure craft, which was bound from North Caro lina to Florida points, was wrecked, having encountered a gale a few days after leaving Ocracoke, N. C., and for three of four days the crew worked day and night In an effort, toi save the yacht and their lives. The Edna sailed from the above place on December 7, and was struck by the hurricane December 9, while g>n the westerly edge ot the Gulf stream, and was blown several hun dred miles out of her coast. Again on December 11 she was eftruck by the gale and received ser ious damages. All of the forerigging was carried away, the bowsprit was snapped off and the cabin and after parts covered with water. The crew made every effort to save the boat, and a few days later a jury steering gear was rigged up and an effort was made to reach the Bahamas, a few hundred miles away, but no headway could be made. The captain and crew of the yacht were pretty well worn out ere this, and it was thought that the yacht and the entire crew would be lost. Finally, a boat was sighted, and a feeling of joy passed over all on board the Edna. The schooner soon sighted the little steamer, and, seeing that she was in distress, headed for her, and it might be said that she arrived just in the nick of time. The schooner proved to be the Wil liam C-. Tanner, Captain Johnson, bound from New York for Brunswick. The Edna was abandoned, it being seen that she could not be saved, and Captain and Mrs. Hains and the crew arrived safely in this port yesterday. The yacht was quite a handsome and valuable one, and the loss will be several thousand dollars. Captain Hains is a well known au thor, and has gained quite a reputation for writing marine stores. He and Mrs. Hains will be in the city for a few days and will then go to St. Au gustine to spend some time. The crew of the ill-fated yacht will return to their respective homes. SOUTHERN BURGEONB IN SESBION Interesting Meeting is Now Being Held In Atlanta. Atlanta, December 15.—One hundred of the leading surgeons of the South ern states and several from as far west as St. Louis and as far north as Buffalo thronged the large assembly room of the Piedmont hotel today and began a three days’ session for the discussion of the latest discoveries and improvements in the methods of surgery. The occasion was the opening of the annual convention of the South ern Surgical and Gynecological asso ciation. The opening session was de voted largely to addresses of welcome and responses, officers’ reports and other routine business. Dr. J. Wesley Bovee, ot Washington, D. C., presided, and the secretary of the convention was Dr. W. D. Haggard, of Nashville, Tenn. The program prepared for the cotn ! vention calls for papers and addresses 1 hr many eminent members of the pro i„s;..on. Execution in Far Northwest. Calgary, N. W. TANARUS., December 16. — One of the most cold-blooder murder cases in the criminal annals of the northwest closed today with the exe cution of Ernest Cashel Cashel’s crime was the murder of Isaac Rufus Bell, a settler in the Red Deer district, who had befriended him. The body was thrown in the Bow river. The crime was committed in October, 1902, but the body was not discovered until last July, when it was Identified by relatives. Cashel was traced from place to place by the mounted police and finally arrea(ted near Calgary. CLUO MEN IRE BEFORE IRE JURY Glynn County Grand Jury Had Them Summoned Yesterday THERE WERE NO INDICTMENTS Members of the Pheonix and Progress Clubs Were Questioned as to the Conduct of Their Organization by the Body, The grand jury of Glynn couty is after the clubs of Brunswick, the Phoe nix and the Progress. They want to know if these social organizations are violating the gaming and Sunday law of the state, and to that end they yesterday summoned number of the members of beth*Qlon izations and both of the colored stew arts to appear before .it. The Progress club had its inning before the body Monday- afternoon and several members were closely exam ined by the members of that body, but it was impossible to bring any evi dence to bear to show that there had been any infringement of the laws, in consequence, no indictmets were The Phoienix club members were put on the rack yesterday morning and the same condition was established in this case and no bill was returned in the matter. These two clubs number among its members some of the most prominent j business men in the city and the fact, that the grand jury was looking into the concuct of the organizations was' the solq topic of conversation in club' circles yesterday. The .supreme court has recently • handed down a decision regards the* scope to be allowed the clubs in the state and from all indications it seems j that the . grand jury of tins county ia.-going to see to it that the.if'*ter as well as the .spirit of the law is lived up to in the future. HUNTING VOTE BUYERS. The Grand Jury Makes Effort to Look. Into tniß Very Important Matter. The present grand jury of Glynr county seems to see toi it that all characters of laws that have been violated in the past, must cease and cease at once. In addition to a num ber of matters that were looked into by that body yesterday, they “examin ed” a witness on the subject of voito buying at the recent municipal elec tion. The witness had not seen any actual case of vote buying and as a matter ot fact there was no true bill returned in the matter. If the grand jury really wants to look into the matter of vote buying it would seem that that body would sum mon some of the campaign manager) and colored voters to testify. y WAS THE LONGEST CiVIL CASE EVER TRIED hLrE. Sherman Jones vs, B. & B. Lasted for Two Days. The superior court this week has established a record in the trial of a civil cate, that of Sherman Jones ve. the Brunswick & Birmingham rah road company, .suit for damages. The case was taken up by Judge Parker Monday morning and was net finished until yesterday afternoon. The- case went to the jury shortly af tre 5 o’clock and they returned a seal ed verdict in fifteen or twenty min utes. lhe oourt will be in session again today and will continue and probably finish the civil docket. Not Yet Organized. It was announced several days ago that the Cotillion club would meet and organize for tlie winter but up to this time the club has not had the meeting and it is not known when same will be held. Successful Operation. J. C. Lehman received a telegram last nifht from Savannah announcing that hii, son, Glodsmith, who is in tin hospital there, successfully underwent many friends here will he glad to learn that he is improving. lowa Fraternal Men. Des Moines, lowa, December 15. The lowa Fraternal congress began its annual meeting in Des Moines to day and will continue in session until Friday. The principal business is the discussion of possible legislation at the coming session of the lowa state legislature. HNOTHER (ifflfCE FOR I EE CRH * Attorney Quincy Filed Pe tition for Trial By a Jury TO ESTABLISH HIS INSANITY His Lawyer Appeared Before Judge Parker Here Yesterday with Pe tition—Man Sentenced to Hang on Friday. The attorneys for Lee Cribb, the Coffee county murderer, are making a very desperate effort to save the uock of their client establish his insan it” and commit him to the state asylum at Milledgeville. To that end ore of the attorney.! for Cribb, Judge J. W. Quincy, of Douglass, was in the city yesterday and went before Judge Parker of the superior courts of this circuit, wnich includes Coffee county, with a petition praying the coiurt to grant a i.ew trial by jury, iu Coffee county, to establish the insanity of the condemned man. This petition was very promptly rejected by Judge Parker, and Mr. Quincy left at noon yesterday for Atlanta, where he goes to ask the governor to grant further respite in the case, until the petition overrule! by Judge Parker can be plac ed befoae the supreme court. The committee of doctors recently appointed by the governor to investi gite the sanity of Cribb, have filed their report with that official, and while its findings have not been made public, it is believed that the activity displayed on the part of the attorneys for Crilb, is sufficient evidence that the con mission has reported him to bo sane. If that be the case, and the governor fails to allow further respite tha con demned naan will be put to death at Louglas in Friday. Dec. 18. Undei a law pased by the legislature last August a certain procedure is out lined in nuch cases, as this one, then pending but Judge Parker contends, that th< sanity feature in the Cribb case is anew one and does not came under the operation of the law re ssntly paused. It is not believed that Governor le-rrell will grant any further respite hi the case and th .t Cribb wii! die on the fallows Frick . fOSTER KILLED EFORE SISTER. F rominrrt People , f Dallas, Ga., In dulge in Fai I Difficulty. Dallas, Ga., Dec* fiber 15. —Graver Atchison, who shot ’ames Foster here jesterdaj, is a son of Joseph A'.chi son, a well-to-do ft mer, living aoomt one mile north of Dallas. Dr. T. J. Foster, father of the dead man, i* one of the oddest and most respected citizens of Dallas. Atchison made his escape and has not been arrested yet. Tha trouble grew out of Atchison cursing in Fos ter’s restaurant and Faster asking him to quit and get uot. Foster’s sister, Mr*. Sanders, and her daughter, saw the shots fired that killed the brother und uncle. Tl.ere were three shots, two struck tn the lower abdomen and one in the back as Foster turned. The shot in the back pierced the heart, killing him instantly. CHANGED NAME OF A CITY. Commerce Now Name of Harmony Grove in North Georgia, Commerce, Ga., December 16.—The hustling little city of Harmony Grove is a thing of tbe past, so far as her former name is concerned. The postal authorities have changed the name of the postoffloe from Har mony Grave to Commerce. Tht post master has been reappointed as post master at Commerce, has given anew bond and hap been commissioned as there is now no such office as Har mony Grove, in this state. The town will transact, all legal business under the name of Harmony Grove until the legislature meets and legalizes the now name as adopted by our people and accepted by the authorities at Washington. Tonight. The handppme piece of fancy work being displayed by Capt. Duncan Wrigfc*. will be rafflled at Patty Ho rans at five o'clock this afternoon. All parties having chance* are aikod to be present LITTLE NOTES ABOUT TOWN. Item* Gathered Daily by the News Reportere. Mayor Crovatt will hold a session of the police coiurt this mning, but only a few cases will be tried. It is not known exactly yet when the different school* of the city will dismiss for the holidays. The chil dren, however, are anxiously awaitin he arrival of the time. A negro created some excitement on Newcastle street last night, and those nearby thought he was dead when he suddenly fell to the ground,) but ne proved only to be dead drunk, j Postmaster Brown hae not yet de cided exactly when he will be able to move into the public building. How ever there is now but little work to be dome on the handsome structure. A large number of visitors were no ticed in the e’py yesteriav. Whether tl y came lo sec the carnival or wero our regular visi'ore is not known. The superior court will probably take a recess tomorrow until after the holidays, as it will be impossible to dispose of the civil docket before Christmas. , Rufus Hughes, the young white man who was soi seriously injured in the fatal B. & B. wreck last week, is reported to be rapidlv improving. The civie league will hold a meeting tomorrow and it is hoped that the organization will decide to continue the good work started last year in beautifying the different squares of the city. The Weather Forecast for today in Georgia: Fair and colder. For the Holidays. It is very likely that the superior court will take a recess on Friday, until after the Christmas holidays The present session has been quite a busy one and many matters have been disposed of. bodylsidentified %’ g . Ala Clay Name of the Girl Murdered in North Georgia Conyers, Ga.. Dec 15.—Investigation by the coroner’s jury here today dis closed the fact that the young woman whose nude and partially decompos ed coTpse was found near Lithonia yesterday was Ada Cay, who ha* re cently lived at Porterdaie factory near Covington. The girl was from South Carolina where several brothers and sisters are said to be living now, her parents being dead. She came ta Porterdaie about three weeks before she disap peared. When last seen she was leaving Porterdaie for Almon, where, it i,s said, in company with a man she board ed a westbound Georgia train. The identity of the man suppooaed to be her murderer is known to tho officers and they are now on his trail. WILL SETTLE ESTATE OF PLANT Contest Over His Will Came to an End Yesterday. New Haven, Conn., December 15. — The contest over the $17,000,000 es tate of the late Henry Bradley Plant, the southern railroad and steamship magnate, is probably at an end, the case coming up for a final hearing before Judge Cleveland here today. The will of Mr. riant, who died in 1899, provided an annuity for Charles E. Hoadley and Horace G. Hoadley, of Waterbury. When the executors won the Newi York courts’ approval of the claim that Mr. Plant was a resident of that state thev placed with a trust company a fund to secure the payment of the annuity to tho lioadleys. Con test. was brought by the latter in Con necticut to prevent the further remov al of the estate, and also a suit was brought praying for the removal of the executors on tho ground that they were acting illegally. Today's hearing was on a petition filed by the Hoadleys, asking that the proceedings in this state be made an ciliary to those in New Yark, which action indicates that a settlement has been effected, and that tho suit brough’ by tbe Hoadleys will not be pressed. ODD FELLOWS PREPARE FOR THEIR GRAND MASTER Two Lodger. Held interesting Meeting Last Night. Brunswick lodge No. 4s and bcapi,, lodge No. 68 I. O. O. F., held an in teresting meeting last night in. tht hall over Giogauer’s, the object of the .jvitiig being to prepare tor Grand 'filter John A. Kyrd. of Atlanta, will be here on a visit to the lodges - nigUi. Ine meeting was well attended auu ill plans ar.d preparations for ins t*n crtaip.tient were completed PRICE—FIVE CENTS. jSIG OMDENDS TO STOCKHOLDERS Standard Oil Company Leads All Other Cor porations WERE PAID OEE YESTERDAY The Dividends Disbursed Amounted to $l2 a Share Which is an In crease of $2 Over Dividends Declared Last Year. New York, Doc. 15.—Those persons j fortunate enough toi own Standard Oil stock received a handsome Christmas present today in ti.e shape of chocks for their share of file 112,000/, JO, rep resenting the fourth and last quartetly, Uii menu iu Ibe year, i'ne uiviuuuu.- disbursed today amounts to sl2 a share which is an increase of $2 over the dividends declared at this timu last year. This bring* the total div idends tor the year u> ft per cent., or $4-I,OUt.i,(RKI in dividends for the fuH year. There is no regular rate of dividend s distribution is made out of the earn ns 'U tue quail, r v. nca tdie direc tor* meet slips ot paper are presented snorting Un* pri..,uu* un i , bate lor to quarter, and the directors thereupon decide v/hat amount shall bo distrib uted iu dividend- to the stockholders, in the fall and winter m aiths, when tlio use of oh and Kindred prducts is larger, the dividends declared are proportionately larger. John D. Rockefeller is credited with owning U3 per : i. ci 'be :- ••■•k <>C the Bluudard UU Cnnif.au.i, a.i.i i receipt'! from the cumin *>t tii'- <• i p(/ration during the cui rent year ap pear to be appro:,n o 0,011.. The four quarterly dividends of the corporation this year are as follows ,lurch, 21) per c *nt.; June, 7 per cent.;; .September, 0 per cent.; November, 12 per cent. In the first quarter oC 1902, 20 per cent, was declared; second quarter, 10 per cent.; third quarter, 6 per cent., and last quarter, 10 per cent. The increase in the dividends during the current quarter is due to larger earnings, resulting from a sharp advasnee in the price of oil. Accord ing to an olilcial of tlie Standard Oil the corporation carries no surplus, giving the benefit of all earnings to the ,stockholders. The Standard Oil Company is now disbursing more money to stockhold ers than any oilier corporation in the world. The United States Steel Cor poration held lhnt place as a dividend payer pr* un 1 the reduction In the common dividends ;.nd the conver sion of preferred stock into bonds, it now ranks second to the Standard Oil Company. Since January 1, 1897, Lhe Standard Uii Company has paid to stockholders more than $275,000,000 in dividends. Of that amount John D. Rockefeller lias received more than $90,000,000. Siuci !bill the disburse ments of the corporation run close to $375,000,000, or nearly four timoa greater than the $i 00,000,000 capital stock. A fair idea of the magnitude of the Jiv ae. ds of tin: Standard Oil Com pany can be obra ied from the fact that the Pennsylvania Railroad Cos., within the last 57 years, has paid something like $215,000,000 to stock holders, or $00.000,b00 less than tha stockholders of the ltockeieller cor poration have received in six years. in view oi' Un* lie! that oil has been advancing on the strength of reports that pr-diimi-.il - lulling off very rap idlly, tile present increased dividends of the Standard Oil company has caus ed considerable intercut m financial circles. People iu close touch with the situation say thus it l very un likely that Rockofell ,r interests would agree to an increase in disbursements to stockholders ii they believed that an oil lamiuo was threatened. MENS' CLUB HELD AN INT LR EL Ii N A MEETING, Seveial Members Spake. Trusts Being tha Subject. The meeting * . .Mens' c.lub last night was one of unusual interest and 1 large- n 1 nber 01 ine meinijors were present. lhe program arranged for Tues.l night of t ■ .. . a ■ 1 rlcd out, ied a number of ine pi ..,n;i...i. mem bers of the o'. • .... 0:1 TniiitS. Ail of the gentlemen delivered good speeches whip were foiiov 1 . by all present. The orguuuuti ,u i". every ' .-spect -id several now members Jm> 'oir.zi recently