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THE BRUTS SWI OK D ATI A'' i?E WS. VOLUME 5, NUMBER 234. MATTERS HANDLED BY CITY COUNCIL AT MEETING LAST NIGHT IMPORTANT ROUTINE WORK —f — Dr. H. M. Branham Designed as Member of Board of Health CONSTANCE MILLED ELECTED C. D. Ogg, Arbitrator, Rendered an Interesting Report Concerning Foot of Streets —Other Mat ters Disposed of. City council, the entire board being present, held its regular semi-month ly meeting last night. Outside of the trolley proposition very little busi nes of an important nature was trans acted. J. H. Neff officially advised coun cil of the transfer of the franchise to the General Construction Company of Atlanta. Dr. H. M. Branham tendered his resignation as a member of the board of health, which was accepted and Mr. Constant Miller, the well known furniture man, was elected to fill the vacancy. A communication was received from the Southern Cement Company, through Col. J. E. dußignon, president asking for a ten year lease of cer tain marsh property, which was to be improved in the sum of SI,OOO. Re ferred to committee on taxes and reve nues. Rev. C. G. Bradley, who at the last session tendered his resignation as a member of the board of health, ni response to a request from coun cil, withdrew same. Mayor Hopkins made a verbal report to the effect that the city hospital had been put in thorough condition toy the contractor without additional cost to the city. The committee on taxes and reve nues, having in hand the petition oi ft. Hqran, for refund qf pne ipoquys liquor license, reported favorably and also reported to grant Mr. Horan li quor license to do business on Bav street. The city marshal tendered his re port for the month of July showing a total of $721.11 collected during the month. The city attorney reported on the amount of taxes due, $117,C0, by Mrs. M. Isaac, stating that Mrs. Isaac re fused to pay for the entire year, but was willing to pay for six months, having left the city. A motion pre vailed that the amount be prorated for the time she remained in tile city. C. D. Ogg, appointed city arbi trator in the matter of fixing the amount for leases at the foot ot Prince, Mansfield and Gloucester streets, made an interesting report. The property at the foot of Prince street, for which the city has been receiving SIOO per annum, will fqr the next ten years be leased fop S2OO per year. Mr. Ogg reported that it y.’q impossible to arbitrate with ihe Southern railway cm the Mansfield street property the Southern having refused to name au arbitrator. A motion prevailed that the city take the matter up with the Hnthern lQttlv jng to a forfoitur-e of their lease tin less the matter was arbitrated speed tly. The most interesting report was In reference to tne foot of Gloucester street leased to the Downing Company The city is anxious to open this street for the accomodation ot the country people and others who do bus iness by water. The Downing Com pany agreed to give the city thirty feet of this street provided council would relieve the lessees of all ren tals for the next ten years and ex tend the lease to 1926- The matter was freely discussed by council and It was finally agreed to return the re port to the arbitrator with the re quest that the extension feature be eliminated. A resolution intrduced by Mayor Hopkins was adopted, for the construct ion of a band stand in Orange park, New Town. After the transaction of other small and uninteresting matters, council Anally adjourned. In Shipping Circle*. Everything was quiet in shipping circles yeater. Ouy one schooner ac re* iq port. No vessels sailed. TOWN MARSHAL FULTON IS SHOT BY A NEGRO Calera, Ala., Aug. 9. —Town Mar shall Tom Fulton, was shot and kill ed by a negro last night. The mar shal attempted to arrest the negro for stealing a ride on freight trains when the negro shot him and escaped. A Through Sleeper. In connection with the Southern railway's annual mountain excursion they have arranged a through Pull man sleeping car from Brunswick to Asheville, leaving here by train No. 13 at 8,30 p. m. on August 15. For infoV *>tlon write or apply to E. H. Houseman, general agent. IN Cin GBIT i After Yesterday’s Session Judge Gale Announced a Recess—The Cases Disposed of. After yesterday’s session of the city court. Judge Gale announced i recess until August 29. when several remaining criminal cases will probably he taken up and finally cleared from the docket. The session of the court this week has been an unusually busy one and a large number of cases were dispos ed of during the four days that the court was In session. It seems that all the cases tried were easy for the juries to decide and only in one in stance during the four days was the jury out for more than an hour. Yesterday the court continued work on the criminal docket, disposing of the following cases during the day: State vs. Gibbie Miller, misdemea nor, verdict of' not guilty. State vs. Ed. Thomas, assault an t battery; verdict not guilty. State vs. Robert Curtis and Harry Bush, larceucy from the house; sen tence. 12 months on the gang for each. State vs. J. R. Griffin, assault amt battery, verdict of guilty; sentence of four months or $25 and cost. J. Mi. Burnett vs. B. H. Daniels, et. al., attachment. Judgement for plain tiff. A PASTORIAL TO MEMBERS OF FIRST METHODIST CHURCH It is generally conceded that our Congregation during this eyar has been uniformly larger than they have been in the past decade. The sum mer attendance has been beyond the expectation of many. At no service, however, has the attendance bee.i what it ought to have been. God looks for and the pastor expects the presence of every member at divine worship who is not. providentially htn dered. Unless for good cause it is manifestly wrong to neglect atten dance upon public worship. Such ne glect is the cause of spiritual degener ation. and is a had example to set, especially in Brunswick where non church goers are in the majority, it is directly opposed to the teaching of God’sword —our rule of faith and -practice— and is contrary to one of the vows assumed when admitted into church fellowship. Last Sunday the pastor missed many members of his flock. His solicitude for them prompts this pastorial. True some were not in the city and a few were indisposd What a delightful privilege, what a healthful recreation, what a sweet rest to be a worshiper hi the congre gation! Every church has its “faith fuls’’ those upon whom the pastor can invariably rely. These apparently constitute the ma jority. How to get the majority interested is the problem. A good many pastors have felt as the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher when about to ride a hired hore he had engaged from a livery stable. He regarded the horse ad miringly and remarked: “That is a fine looking animal, is he as good as he looks?’’ The owner replied: “Mr. Beecher that horse will work in any place you put him and do all that any horse can do.” Mr. Beecher sti" eyed the horse admiringly and the.; humorously remarked "1 wish he was a member of my church..’ We thank Goti for the staunch loyal members o’ our fellowship who by their faithful attendance upon Ihe stated services encourage the pastor, contribute to wards the strength and unify of our church and are bleßsed in their own souls. We earnestly and atfectionally exhort those with whom abstensioi from the divine worship has become e custom to discipline themselves and revert the injurious habit. “Not for saking the assembling of ourselves to gether as the custom of some is, etc.’’ 1 Heb. 10: 2B • R. Kerr, CITYCOUNCII.EXTENDS TUVIE ON FRANCHISE A FIGHT FOR STATE HMD —♦— Believed That Bill to Lease the Road Again for a Number of Years Will be Defeated When it Comes up in the Lower House. The following from tiro Atlanta Con stilution will be of interest in this city as there is a distinct opposition to the lease of the state road here in Brunswick. It is believed that the road will eventually have to seek tide- water and in that event. Brunswick a opes it will he extended to this port and (lie defeat of (he hill in the house makes it a probability at least. The Constitution'! stiory is as fallows “By almost unanimous vote there ueing only one dissenting voice, the Western and Atlantic railroad com mittee of (lie lower house yesterdm afternoon reported adversiy on the bill of Senator W. S. McHenry, oi Rome, to lease the Western and At lantic railroad for a period of sixt - years, from the expiration of the pres ent lease —thirteen years from now “As previously stated in the Con slitution, this lease provided for a monthly rental of $60,0(0 making a total yearly of $720,000. The prevailing sentiment of the com mittee yesterday was against the mak ing of any lease at tills time. The Alexander proposition to extend the road to the sea had strong support in the committee, while there were two who opposed the extension. Mr. Brinson thought that later on, in view of the Panama canal, wlsn to seek an outlet on the gulf. It was also stated that a double prong might be necessary, one tb the Atlantic an t one to the gulf. Representative Alexander, of De- Kalb, entered into a lengfhly discus sion as to the freight rate discrimi nation against Georgia saying that 1 ho holding and extending of this roan would in;. *ect the state. “ChalrAian Land, of the committee, thought nothing should bo done now, especially as to lease anti while no favored Mr. Alexander’s scheme to ex tend the road, if the constitutional prohibition could be surmounted, ue thought the state could wait on turn until the constituion was amended, or a constitutional convention called to remove the impediment. “The committee held three sessions to discuss the matter. Senator Mc- Henry being heard Tuesday afternoon. Tlio committee reconvened yesterday morning at 8 o’clock to hear from President W. S. West, of the senate, in favor of the lease proposition. Pres ident West said that it was a plain proposition and he thought, lie could demonstrate to Hiem. in the course of his remarks he paid his respects to .some of the Atlanta newspapers whom, he sain, had) In their criti cism of the senate in its action unpon the measure reflected upon its sup port urs. and he very warmly resented these insinuations and that none it these critics would dare charge him personally with any “stealage.' President West contended that un der the present valuation of the road $12,000,000, this monthly rental or SGO. 000 per month, meant a six percent yearly income upon a supposed Invest ment of $88,500,000 and a-- a business proposition ho thought il the sound est business judgment for the stale to lease the road upon the terms con tained in the lease hill. He illus trat'd what this meant by a recent sale of 2 percent Panama bonds wbicn amounted to $50,000,000. In this day it was difficult to loan as much as $88,000,000 at 0 percent, and yet this was the propost..on contained in tlio lease act. fie urged me idea formerly advanced that the road might ,at the close of the lease, thirteen years from now, lie bottled up and doubted if thrown back on the state could make [expenses. He thought the failure to I build a iinian depot on the states present site from Lloyd Street to Whitehall would in time impair tne value of tlio state road from $ 1,000,0dd to $3,000,000. If the road was extend ed to the ocean there would be m boat line connected such as the Gen j tral and other roads had.’’ LOCOMOTIVE CRASHES INTO A FLYER ON THE B & O. Pittsburg, Aug. 9. The Chicago Flyer, on the Baltimore and Ohio rail road, was crashed into by a locorno five near Led!. Ohio today and tlio fireman was killed outright and tlio , engineer badly Injured. None of the passengers on the “Fly er’’ were injured. BRUNSWICK, GA.. PRIDAY MORNING. AUGUST 10, 1906. SOLRNS Oil AS EXPECTED —*— $ Atlanta Company low Has Franchise Wiiich Was Given Neff THREE MBit MONTHS Of GOBI! TIME GONE President Pratt, of the Atlanta Com pany, Was Present at the Meet ing ami Spoke—Council’s Act ion Was Cut and Dried at a n Afternoon Session. The mayor and council did the stand and deliver act to perfection 1 last night when (hoy extended Ihe Jeff trolley franchise to the Goner.il Construction Company for a period of three months, or that is to say, until November 10, 1906. The result was not unexpected by those in touch with the city council and the local politic inns who have been engineering the deal. In fact a meeting of conn cil was held in the mayor's olliee yes terday afternoon at 5 o’clock in which a resolution was introduced extending the time as mentioned above. How ever, council failed to agree at the afternoon meeting and under a special agreement it. made the order of busi ness and was postponed until I lie rev, alar meeting last night. If was expected that (here would be some argument on the proposition hut such was not the case. The mat ter seems to have been eul ami dried and under the head of resolutions the following -was introduced, fathered by Alderman Tapper and adopted: “Whereas, a certain franchise grain ed on August 10, 1905, !o .1. ||. Neff, his associates, successors and assigns lias been transferred for a valuable consideration to (lie Southern Ek-c-, trie Railway, Light and Water Com pany, and a transfer from it to Iho General Construction Company, of At lanta, Georgia, lias further been ar ranged for a valuable consideration, and Whereas, under Ibe schedule of charges for light and waler, a great saving will be affected to Iho city and ils citizens on these necessaries, and Whereas, as in the terms of sail franchise, the purchase of the sai l gas and water plants al their arb’ (rated value Is required, or in lb u thereof the construction of siiniliie' plants, and Whereas, the city lias appointed it.i arbitrator and served due and h-gui notice on Ibe present owners of tin plants to appoint their aiiiHratoi un der the terms of He original contract between the city of Brunswick an I the Brunswick Light and Wilier Com pany, dated August 2-1, BUT, which Hie present owners have failed to ef upon, and Whereas, under the terms of I lie said Neil franelii e, ' aid pnrrlm <m not he consummated until such ai ni tration hf: had, which We are advi::c| will In- on Oetolior I. HlOti, until which time the tlty.i.; practically power!,".:, lo compel an arbitration rind Whereas, the General Const nndfon Company has given sati".factory evl donee to the mayor and council of the reasonableness of it ■ exportation:-' to carry out Ihe Neff fniuchi::,' In its essential features, avl in furlhei evl deuce of ils good f dtli has and" o.:il- I as a forfeit one thou and dollar.■. qat.li, with ihe mayor and council and Whereas the Bmitheixi Electric Railway, Light and Wats r Company named Southern Electric Gas and Water Company, has petilhined 'li ■ mayor and ronuell fur nil < xt u don of file time for the poifonit'W, of ih , things required lo he done- if, !<•, : ai I ordlnniK-i ! y Align: I In. IpuG. to N'o vember 10, 1900. waivin'; any releas* or forfeiture It might acquire as against the mayor and council of the j City of Brunswick !>v ir;t; on of -.neb extension, arid Whereas, the Aetna Indemnity Coin pany, of Hartford, Conn ire i-'nifl 'l •n writing and filed with Hit* mayor its assent to the extern.inn of it Ita bility on the $ in,ooo bond for fli ■■■ pc - - formance of the conditions of tboA’eff franchise until November 10, lfiwi, at HOTTEST Of II SEASON —t — ■ Fi, milometer Registered 98 Degres in Brunswick Yesterday, Which Was the Hottest Day of the Season in This Section. Willi (lie mercury of the therinom ii-r Hilling with the nineties alt day dually gong a fraction above the 98 mark about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Brunswi k yoslcnlay experienced the Folios! day of the season. old Sol burned down relentlessly iml caused Hie sweltering humanity >' rush to the electric fan, which was a I out the only place that relief could be lound. There was not cito a- 11 breeze during the day hardly to blow a feather from the top of a vessel's mast, anil even after dark only a slight breeze prevailed, and ii was generally searched for by the poopie oi Iho city. II was out of the question for many business men In re main in filer places of busness, but veu afler they left they had tron hie in finding a cool spot. Yestr irduy was, according to the thermometer, Hie hottest day wo have had since July I, except the pre lion; day. On the first of last month i-lie thermometer registered 91, but thal record has hem badly broken dur ing the past week. H to he imped that Ihe mercury will; flirting with such high V.uirka today. which time the said period of arid ti'alina will have expired and the gran tee ot said franchise have an oppor ‘unity to comply wtlh the contract and Whereas, the city attorney has ad vised council in writing that the exten .-ion of ihe franchise asked for by (lie said General Construction Company ol Atlanta, Ga,, will in no way affect or impair the rights of the city to ‘•■olje-el (lie $lil,flll() bond turnisheil liy J- If- Neff ami a- .: s. provi Jed il becomes necessary to do so, Now therefore, ho it and it is here by resolved by the mayor and council of ibe city of Brunswick in council assembled, that the said petition of the Southern Electric Railway Light and Water Company, and of the Gen eral <foilstructiom Oompiuny, of At lanta, Georgia, he and is hereby grant ed and said extension granted in ac cordance therewith.” Aide rrunn Hale moved an amend iik nl requiring anew bond to meet Hie emergency suggested in the res olii 1 ion. Mr. N. P. Pratt, president of tlie < tenoral Construction Company, lu re asked for the privilege of the floor and asked council to regard the franchise in its original form. II j mid that several Imnking houses of the ' .ml wen- considering the advis alii it . of financing the deal under the Nell Iramhise and that while he was not in no: It ion to make any deHnito in out. • at thin time, lie said he was willing lo put up a check of SI,OOO to lie forfeited to tlie city in case ne toil and lo make good Mr. Pratt then tendered a ■ •a'slder'a check. No. 087, -i ued :,y Henri;-,• It. Smith, cashier of the Brum wick Hank and Trust Com pany pnyable to N. P PratL and en dorsed lo tip. order of the mayor and <on lit if of lhe city of linmswlck. Jm-I wliy Mr. Pratt and Ids assoc i'H’ : wauled this franchise extender) in it, nrigiiml form is not clear. As i: well known is not a commercial proposition, and. as The News has i luted from lime to time, there are tin < apllallfd;: in the country who are ".oi-i lo touch it willi a ten-foot pole. I>nt -vvtmt the city council owed to the people and what the people had a right lo i sped was file milllttcalion of the Neff frnmhlso and a suit to recover tlie indemnity bond of $ 10,000 held by the Aetna Indemnity Company of Hartford, Conti. In that emer gency prosi cllve parties could have had ample opportunity to have tiled a r< quest for a franchise based on sound, conservative business princi ples. However, the city council was evidently determined that everybody m any body should, build tile line, it ;ii is ever built, rather than local peo ple. The News does not hesitate to jmy that it b> Moves local politics play ed ' eon plctfMiß part in last night's tinsco, and II is a deplorable fact Hint lie- elm:, n representatives of the people of n uuswick should wantonlv trallic with the rights of the peo ple in sii h a fashion as this. Th3 j loop-hole will be of short duration, i Mr. JTatt stands good to lose hi# 'thousand dollars and the agony baa S. A. L. FREIGHT IS WRECKED NEAR CITY, CARS JUMPED TRACK JERRE CONOLEY PASSES AWAY Found Dead in Bad Early Yesterday Morning. Jerry Conoley, age OS, for many years a resident of Brunswick, was found dead In bed yesterday morning at his residence, 507 Cochran avenue MS'. Conoley had been in bad health for some time, and while he was not considered seriously ill Wednes day night when he retired, it was known that he was quite sick, but lit tie was it thought that lie would pass away before morning. The deceased was a member or Ocean lodge of Masons, a Confederate veteran and his funeral yesterday at ternoon was attended by both of these organizations. Mr. Conoley leaves wife and a largo number of friends. BRIDE AND GROOM ARE KILLED BY TROLLEY CAR SI. Joseph, Mich. Aug. 9. —While dri ving from St Joseph to Benton Har bor on one of the first rides since their marriage two weeks ago. Hiram R. Helmick and his pretty young bride were killed beneath the wheels of an electric car. The motorman threw the reverse hut it. was too late. Tin couple were well known- residents of Hie rural districts near Plneham. SPEAKS TONIGHT Hon. R. L. Berner Will Address Voter; of thy County in Interest of Hon. Hoke Smith. The voters of Brunswick and Glynn county will this evening have Uk pleasure of healing one of the finest orators in Georgia deliver an address. Hon. Hold. L. Berner, of Atlanta, on invitation of Hie Brunswick Hoke Smith dub, will address the people at the clt.v hall at 8 o’clock on the issues involved in the present guber aiahorial camipaigm. Mr. Berner, ot course, will speak in the Wworest or Hon. Hoke Smith’s candidacy for gov governor as lie favors tin* election ol that candidate. It Is expected that, one of the largest crowds that has ever attended a political meeting in (his city will tie present, to hear this able Georgia discuss the present, gub ernatorial fight. Mr. Berner is well known in all sections of the state and lias many friends In Brunswick who will lie glad of the opportunity to hear him tonight. The Atlantic hand will he out anl will furnish music during the eve ning. il is expected that Mr. Bernei will arrive in the city this morning and will he entertained during the day by local members of the Hok • Smith club. AFTERLYICHERS North Carotina Judge Is Making Ef fort to Prosecute Members of the Mob. (that Intie N. C., All v g 'l.-—Judge Ho wan called Balishury court to order at the usual hour lids morning. Barring the keeping of Ids engage ment with it at lids hour, it was an unnecessary session. The grand Jury had not made a presentment in tho case against .piliu flail whom it. is known was one of tho men leading the mob to Us death dealing work f torture and mutilation. Anothei ar rest lias been made, and evidence against a man by the name of Cress l-i being worked up. Solicitor Hammer is being urged to proceed with his work against Hall The people wise to see an example made of him, and the trial com tu ded while tiie military is here to pro tect him and the town. Judge Long was still harder on the mob tills morning. He srirl that any man who aided and abetted In tli lynching -was guilty of murder in the tlrst degree and that the law of the land is stronger than a local mob. The three companies of militia are still on duty about the jail and Sal isbury is practically under military rule. only been prolonged for ninety days. In Hie meantime the people of Bruns wick will have three months more to reflect on the situation and if they do not repudiate the city council at the ballot box this fall then they are not the people that Tho News now believes them to be November 10, le coming. PRICE FIVf CENTS. Min —♦.—. Twelve or fourteen Box Cars Wrecked Near Thalmann EXTENT OF DAMAGC NOT KNOWN Understood, However, that No Ona Was Injured—All Trains on 3. A. L Now Coming Through Brunswick. Because of an accident on the Sea hoard Air Line yesterday afternoon between Thalmann and Everett, the afternoon passenger over that road was compelled to come through to Brunswick in order to proceed to Jacksonville. ’1 his is the second time within the past month that, a Sea board Las come via this city on ac count. cf an accident on its main line between the two stations above men tioned. There were several coaches to the train and each one was well filled with passengers. ’1 hey kept, their heads poked out of the windows as the train made a circle of the city and were given a good opportunity to get a view of the best port on the south -Atlantic coast. 1 lie Seaboard passenger entered the city over the (racks of the Snjuthern and Coast Line from Everett then turned over to the A., B. & V and used the tracks of this road ti Thalmann. \ Tho extent of the accident is not known, but it. is understood that n i serious damage was done and (’'ains were running as usual last night. Later last night after the above was written, it was learned that quite a serious accident occurred on the Seaboard. While no one was b twelve or fourteen cars track and a number of- flieni were more or less damaged. It was stlil impossible to get a nal report of the wreck, hut from what cou.d he ascertained, It seems idyl a freight train was moving along it a rapid rate of sliced when one box car jumped the track and about a lozcn others followed. No one was In jured, but several of the cars wore piled up- along the roadway. A force was at once pul to work clearing the Hack and making the noce| - re pairs. Last night shortly after 1 o’clock another Seaboard passenger cama through this city. This train wan sound from Suvnhiiah u> Jacksonville and came into the city over the A., B. & A. tracks, being turned over the t'oast Nine and Southern aud prt™ eeedlng to Kverelt. Members of tho* crew of the train were seen at tho A., Ii b A. depot, where passengers) lor Brunswick were put off, Imt they knew very little about the accident. They stated, however, that a number of box cars were wrecked, and were of Uie opinion that all Seaboard paa singers will come through Brunswick today. Conflicting reports have been receiv ed as to the damage. One report had It that one or two were injured In the wreck, while others stated that dl members of the crew escaped with* out injury. The Yacht Marion Sold. The yacht Marion, owned by Charte3 liunkley, Has lueen sold to Savannas parties. This was one of tho most convenient and comfortable boats la the harbor K. L Bunkley took tha craft to Savannah and made the salo. At Oglethorpe Bahber Shop. One of the bent known barbers In the city, !?d Mcfntlre, for four years with the opera house barber shop, and better known as Mack, lias taken charge of the Oglethorpe barber shop. Mack will be glad to set* his patrons and assures the public strictly tlrst class work. Last Excursion. On Sunday the Cumberland routa will run the last of their cheap Sum day excursions to Cumberland. trips have been popuhu durli^B-;-^ summer and nave b>en taken J9H| Ugo of generally.