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THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS,.
VOLUME 5, NUMBER 235.
LARGE CROWD HEARD
BERNER SPEAK ON
ISSUE OF CAMPAIGN
LARGE CROWD
WAS PRESENT
Eloquent Speaker Delivered
a Pretty and Impressive
Address
in AOVOOACIf if HOKE SMITH
Estimated that Four Hundred People
Were Present and the Speaker
Was Given the Closest At
tention During His Talk.
Hon. Robert L. Berner addressed
a packed audience at the city hall
last night in the interest of the can
didacy of Hon. Hoke Smith in the
impending gubernatorial race. Col.
Berner arrived in the city yesterday
afternoon and was met by a speciil
committee appointed by the Hoko
Smith club. He was escorted to the
Oglethorpe hotel where he dined and
later in the evening the same com
mittee escorted him to the city hal’,
where an immense throng had gather
ed to meet him.
Although it was announced that the
address would occur at 8,30 long be
fore that hour the court room was
taxed to hold the people. At 8,15
o’clock standing room was at a prem
ium and on the suggestion of the
local committee the partition dividing
the council chamber was raised and at
8,30 there was not a vacant seat in
either of the rooms and the aisles
were used for standing purposes.
Promptly at the indicated hour, A.
M. Zellner, president of the Hoke
Smith club, in a very appropriate
manner, introduced the speaker. Cot.
Berner did not mince matters in the
slightest, but entered at once into
the issues of the campaign. He paid
a very pretty tribute to Brunswica
and stated that 12 years ago he en
joyed the privilege of addressing a
Glynn county audience. He said at
that time he was speaking for the
supremacy of the democratic party in
this state and that he was here to
night on the identical mission th it
brought him to Brunswick iu 1894.
Mr. Berner then, in seriatim fash
ion. went over the platform enuncia
ted by Mr. Smith. He paid a high
tribute to the personal character of
the peojile’s candidate; he had known
him for a quarter of a century, social
ly, politically and professionally ant
he had always measured up to the
highest character of good citizenship.
Mr. Berner was strong in his advocacy
of negro disfranchisement and just
freight rates and passenger tariffs in
Georgia. He argued that occurrences
of the recent past indicated that the
negro was yet ®n important factor in
many counties of the state, and that
Air. Smith’s proposed amendment to
the constitution, while disfranchising
every negro in the state, would not
deprive a single white man of the
right of suffrage. He referred to tho
Injustice of the fifteenth amendment,
to the constitution of the United
States and insisted that northern hate
was the only reason the ballot was
ever placed in the hands of the ne
groes of the south, and that this was
the first time in forty years the peo
ple of Georgia had ever had the op
portunity of repudiating this outrage
perpetrated by Thad Staevens and his
cohorts in the east.
He explained Ic attitude of Mr.
Smith on the poA } rate question as
well as on the general freight rate
proposition and showed that the peo
ple of Georgia were paying on an
average of 3G per cent more money
for freight rates than was the case
in other states of the south.
The speaker took up the platforms
of the four candidates opposing Mr.
Smith, and ridiculed them to the de
light of the audience. He first paid
his respects to “Plain” Dick Russeil
and showed that during the last 20
years Mr. Russell has bec-n a consis
tent office holder, and had drawn from
the state 6f Georgia practically fifty
thousand dollars in salaries while
claimnig among the people to be a
farmer. His “plowing, plowing, plow
ing,” reference to Judge Rus
sell created considerable applause
from his auditors.
He next handled Big Jim Smith, re
ferred to him as the convict king who
bad fattened by the convict system
at a distinct loss to the exchequer ot
the state of Georgia. Farmer Smith's
platform, he said, consisted in limita
tion of taxation up to S3OO and free
school books, which he said meant
free books for thousands of negroes
or at least one out of every thous
and on the S3OO exemption clause.
He did not know what Clark How
ell’s platform really was. He said
that Mr. Howell was closely connected
with the corporate interests of the
state and from all indications was
making his race on a “let well enough
alone’’ campaign. He said he was not
sure Mr. Howell was the disrtibutor
of the filthy Bishop Turner circulars
which were a shameless reflection on
the intelligence of the white people
of Georgia. He was unwilling to
charge their authorship to Mr. How
ell until he was more fully advised.
Lastly lie touched the platform ot
Col. Estill, which he said was the con
stitution and the law. He said he
thought all good people, even to the
negro, would be compelled to stand
upon that platform and that he fe.t
inclined to the belief that Col. Es
till’s candidacy was made more for
the purpose of aiding in the defeat
of Hoke Smith rather than any hop'
of being governor of Georgia. He j
challenged Col. EstHl’s statement that I
the negro was practically disfranchish
ed and showed that in a recent pro
hibition contest in Pulaski county that
the negroes were registered and voted
at so much per head by the contend
ing parties.
Col. Berner waxed eloquently oa!
a general discussion of the present 1
conditions in Georgia. He severly re
buked the let well enough alone idea I
and showed that since the candidacy j
of Hoke Smith the legislature had !
passed bills making it a misdemeanor j
to buy or sell votes or to lobby any
measure before the legislature. Both ]
laws, he claimed, were due to the j
specific platform of Mr. Smith.
Mr. Berner was accorded the closest
attention and although the evening
was intensely warm he held the close!
aar of his auditors for two hours
and thirty minutes. He closed his
address with a magnificent peroration
likening the coming primary on Au
gust 22 to the great cyclonic storms
often in mid-summer concentrating all
the forces of the elements bursting
forth in a terrible down pour of hail,
and rain and snow. He predicted that
on August 22 the political atmos
phere would take the place of astron- j
omical ones and that tens of thous
ands of ballots would fail in alt sec
tions of the commonwealth and wou,d
bury forever in political oblivion the:
bleached hones of the rotten political
ring that ever protituted the demo [
cracy lof the etmpire state of the
south.
The peioration was received with ;
Widest applause from the audience ana
for fifteen minutes Col. Berner was
busy shaking hands with the 400
Glynn county voters who had assem
hied to hear his discourse. The ad
dress was pronounced as easy one ai
the most eloquent ever delivered In
Brunswick.
THIS USE DAY
Registration Books for the State Pri
mary Will Close—Nearly
All Voters Qualified.
Tho registration books for the
state primary to be held on August
22, will close in all of the counties
of the state today, and everywhere
it is expected that there will be a
big rush lo get qualified voters to
register.
Here in Glynn there has been little
doing since the county p-imary, only
about 100 having registered. Nearly
every voter eligible qualified in time
to vote in the county primary, and
therefore not very many were left,
it not being necessary to again quali
fy for the state ~lmary.
However the friends of the different
gubernatorial candidates have been
busy for the past few weeks and 1
few names have been added to the
list.
The books will close this afternoon
and all those who have not fogiste--
ed should see Collector Read before
he leaves the court house this a.
ternoon.
Brunswick Merchants Interested
The Brunswick wholesale merchants
and tie and lumber dealers are very
much interestd in the proposed boat
line from Macon to this city and ah
of them sincc-rly hope that the project
will go through without a hitch. Es
pecially are the tie and lumber and
naval stores dealers watching the
progress of the Macon business men
with the line.
MACON PEOPLE
WANT BOATS
——
They are Determined to Have
a Gsoil Line on Ocmul
gee River
DEFINITE STEPS ARE TAKEN
Peopl e Will Build Three or Four
Boats and Keep Them on the
Run Regularly—Means Open
ing of New Business.
The Macon correspondent of the
Atlanta Constitution had the following
interesting story yesterday which, >f
course, will bo of interest in this city
as it means anew transportation com
pany for Brunswick:
“Developments here reveal a de
termination here among Macon mer
chants and business men to take care
of the shipping industry over the Oe
mulgeo, which has been proven so
complete a success within the short
time the Nan Elizabeth has been in
operation and a committee appointed
at Wednesday's session of the Macon
chamber of commerce will proceed at
once with plans for organizing a big
corporation for the purpose of putting
lon three or four light boats for ser
vice 'between Macon and Brunswick.
“It was deemed wise to discuss the
difference between me Southern rail
way and the Mallory line of steamer'
and proceed with the plans for an in
dependent line with docks at Bruns
wick which are to he bought outright
and used by the Macon line of boats.
Then, too, it has been deemed neces
sary to enlarge the carrying capacity
on acconnt of the very large increase
of business which has been secured fo
the one steamer. The boat when It
made two trips, found on the third
entry into Brunswick more traffic
than could be handled and it Is said
now that unless more steamers are
put on the Macon and intermediate
that consignments for the Nan Eli
zabeth will be too heavy. Business
men here are elated over the proposi
tion and will enter the movement with
great enterprise and determination.
“It. was shown by reports of the
steamboat venture that a line or steam
I ers could be operated with a guar
antee of (I per rent, per annum profit
I besides reduced freight rates and that
each steamer could show a net earning
lof from S3OO to SOOO per mouth, ft
j was stated by Captain Ashmore, who
has been operating the Nan Elizabeln
into Macon, tnat boats 100 feet long
and 23 feet wide could run from Ma
con to Brunswick in sixty hours, or
two and a Half days and nights, pro
vided night crews are used and that
the trip up stream can be made in
four and a half days with the same
equipment, making seven days for ac
tual running time in a round trip. Al
lowing three days for loading and un
loading would give a round trip for
each steamer every ten days.”
CONTRIBUTE TO GEORGIA HOME
Brunswick Will Help the Industrial
Home at Macon.
People of Brunswick have always
contributed liberally to the Georgia
Industrial home at Macon, the Mum
ford home, and. Manager G. It. Gunn
announces to the general public that
a day has been set aside as one of
prayer for the home and will he cel
ebrated on the second Sunday in Au
gust, which is next Sunday.
The churches and Sunday schools
of all denominations are requested to
observe the day.
Pastors and superintendents are
asked to read these notices to tho
congregations and Sunday schools.
All who observe the day are requested
to notify Mr. Gunn in his capacity of
manager of the institution. Mr. Gunn
states that a notics lo this effect will
help to encourage him greatly.
KILLS SON-IN-LAW AND
WOUNDED ANOTHER
Fort Payne, Ala., Aug. 10. —An aged
map named White, Is in jail here and
is charged with committing murder
near Lydia, Ala.
White went to the house of his
I sons-in-law and began to abuse his
daughters when the others rctnon
: stratcil. John Bailey’s throat was cur
by White and he died almost Instant
(ly. Sam Bailey, who was holding an
I infant in his arms, was stabbed in
I the throat but will recover.
Posses went after the old man but
he finally sudremdrfred.
BRUNSWICK, GA.. SATURDAY MORNING. AUGUST 11. 1906.
MANY INJURED
IK RAO WRECK
Awfui Accident Occur.'cd
Yesterday oa Fori Worth
sod Denver Railroad
FIFTY-FIVE WERE INJURED
Believed That Many of Those Injured
Will Die—Relief Trains Were
Hurried to the Scene of the
Awful Accident.
Dallas, Texas, Aug. Hi. Fifty-live
passengers on the Fori Worth and
Denver railroad were injured in a
wreck today. The wreck occurred
near Fruitlaud.
Although this large number of pas
peugers wore injured, some of them
'Very seriously, only a few .deaths
have been reported so far
A relief train left here shortly af
ter the accident carrying physicians
and nurses.
From wliat can be learned here the
wreck occurred at tlie crest of a hid
and the engine and several cars
plunged down the embankment..
The engine and cars were totally
wrecked.
THEPOPUEATiI
<
Census Taken of Panama Shows that
There are not Many People
in Canal Zone.
Washington, Aug. 10.—According to
a census just taken by the Panama
canal commission tlie population of
the zone Is 22,137. As the inhabitants
of the zone are constantly moving it
was Impossible to enumerate all ot
them and it is estimated that the num
ber missed is about 5,000 ,bringing
the total up lo 27.137. 111 addition
to this the authorities point out that
there should he a liberal allowance
probably 19 per cent, made for persons
who live just outside of the zone, hut
are employes of the commission aim
to all purposes arc residents of the
strip controlled by file United States.
This allowance would bring the total
up to almost 30.000
A census showed the population of
the cilv of Panama was 22,547. in
Ibis ciiy 15,11! of the inhabitants aro
natives of the Panama republic.
Authorities in New York Arc Now Af
ter Them—Several Were
Raided Yesterday.
New York, A ll fr 10.- The authori
ties are persuing tile war against the
bucket-shops with renew* and vigor at
this lime and raids are often lining
made.
Four suites of offices in different
sections of the city occupied by John
Boardrnan & Cos., were raided and the
proprietors pulled. Among those who
were in the places when the mills
were made were many well and styl
ishly dressed women
At the office of III*- district attorney
it was said that 11 icy had absolute
proof that the firm conducted buck
et-shops.
KICKINQ ON HACK CHARGE?!
Some Say the Hackmen go Beyond
the City Rate.
A great deal of complaint is being
heard, especially from strangers, as
to what they claim is overcharges of
the hackmen The city law require!!
that a passenger may lie taken to anv
section of the city for 25 cents. Tills
means anywhere In the ciiy limits hut
when the average hacl.man strikes it
passenger for points out near the
oyster factory which is in the limit.,
he smudges and will not make the
trip for the price named by the
ordinance governing these public ve
tiioles.
It does seem a little unreasonable
to go way out on Ihe northern tioun
dry of tlie city for a iguarter but It is
the law and the hackmen must make
; It up on the short hauls they get
SELL WHISKEY
BY TELEPHONE
New Law to Prohibit People
Calling Dp lor Their
Booze
AN INTERESTING DECISION
Georgia Supreme Court Decided that
it is Not Unlawful to Solicit
Business in Dry Counties
Over the Phone.
Some interesting legal points have
been brought out, by the state su
promo court in the case of Moore ver
sus the state, convicted in the Crisp
county superior court of soliciting pu>
(liases ol’ intoxicating liquors by tel
ephone and with selling whiskey with
oul a license. In rendering a decis
ion the supreme court reverses the
decision of the lower court.
Acceding to the decision the sale
ol intoxi ants is prohibited in Crisp
county the same as Dooly county fo.
llie reason that Dooly county w, s
a prohibition county when Crisp was
created, and the same laws apply to
the new county as well as the oil
I l orn which it was created; a person
therefore cannot he convicted of sell
ing whiskey without a license in the
County of Crisp for- the reason that
li is a prohibition county and no li
censes are granted; the taking of or
ders by means of a telephone, an in
aiiiiiiat ■ instrumentality cannot he
considered a solicitation.
Moore was arraigned oil two counts.
The first charged (hut lie was guilty
of soliciting orders from Cordele and
Coney, in Crisp county, by means ol
a telephone line to his place of bus
iness at DeSota Sumter county. The
second that lie was guilty of selling
intoxicants in Crisp county without:
a license).
The decision, which was written by
Justice Evans calls attention to tho
fact that more legislation is needed
to prohibit inanimate agencies of in
strumentalities from being allowed lo
be exercised in Instances where the
statute only makes penal the solicita
tion of orders for liquors by any per
son personally or by agent. Repre
sentative j. T Hill and James Tay
lor represent, the plaintiff in error,
WELL KNOWN CROSSTIE
MAN IS IN THE CITY
George S. Baxter, of New York, one
of the biggest crosslie dealers in the
country, in spending .-. few days in the
cily. Mr. Baxter ban been in the
cross tie brininess for a number of
years, lie has offices in Brunswica
and Jacksonville, J. P. Davenport be
ing the local representative.
Mr. Baxter will he in the city for
only a few days.
LARGE CROWD OFF TO
THE SNAPPER BANKS.
The tug Coney left at a late hour
last night for the snapper hanks.
Quite a. large crowd wont from the
(it . and at SI. Simon a majority of
the memberr. of the Jesuit military
company, wlio are camping at tlie 1 3-
Iml, boarded the tug, it having been
11 ranged in order to give the soldiers
au opportunity to visit the snapper
banks. The Coney will return tills
afternoon.
WILL OCCUPY THE ELKAN
BUILDING FOR A TIME
II is understood that tin* company
which has purchased tlie stock of
Mrs. M. Isaac has rented the build
ing on Newcastle street formerly oc*
1 upb (I by M. tSlkan and will remove
the goods there to be disposed of,
The company is vacating tlie pres
ent building in order to make room
for the Wood-Baile.v Company widen
will begin business in a. few days.
Special Notice •
Ml 'bills against the Noreglan steam
ship Fridtjof Nansen must he pre
sented at our office before 9,30 a. m.
this the 11th. day of August, 190 G, or
payment thereof will lie debarred.
F. D. M. Strachan & Cos.,
Consignees.
WAR ANOTHER SCORCHER;
UNUSUALLY HOT WEATHER
Yesterday was another hot day the
mercury being well up into the nine
ties from early morning until late
at night Such weather as this has
not. been experienced in Brunswick
in three years, according to the ther
mometer.
While It. has been extremely hot
! for the past three days, not a pros
BRUNSWICK PEORLE 1
GENERALLY CONDEMN
ACTION OF COUNCIL
4 4.
tration lias been reported, but it is
understood that several negroes on
the wharves have been compelled to
stop work for a time. No better
weather is promised for today.
S. A. L. WRECK CLEARED
TRAINS RUN AS USUAL
Trains over the Seabord Air Line
were running as usual yesterday the
wreckage near Thalmann having been
cleared. It is understood that no ser
ious damage was done by the wreck
although one or two box oars were
considerably damaged.
A wrecking train was sent to the
scene of the accident as soon an pos
sible and cleared the track in time
to permit the early morning train
on the road to pass yesterday.
SNAP SHOTS AT LOCAL EVENTS
Batch of Interesting Items Gathered
for News Readers.
A large number of Glynn county
citizens came in yesterday to hear
Hon. Robt. L. Berner speak.
The Mallory steamer will leave to
day for New York.
Brunswick is now being well filled
witli gubernatorial campaign iitrt-u
ture. There Is some here from nearly
all of the candidates.
The next excursion of die t'oiifedes-,
ate veterans will lie given on oratiuiii
September 5, to Fernaiidiiia and anoih
or large crowd will doubtless go
Weather Forecast.
Tlie weather forecast for I tie rest
of Hie month, according lo DeVoe, is
as follows: 8 to 12 hot period, day
temperature in the 00’s, thunder show
ers occasionally. 13 to 11 storm per
iod; fresh to brisk gales; rain an.l
thunder gusts, 15 to 1C cooler period,
17 to 22 hot period, thermometers
well up in the 90’s going over the
100 mark in tHe West Gulf district,
23 to 25 severe storm period, brisk to
heavy gales, thunder and heavy rains,
2G to 27 cooler period; nig’lil tempera
ture drops below tlie CO mark, 28 to
31, Hot period. The month warmer
than usual in the south Atlantic states
and about normal in the easi gull’.
Rainfall about normal in the south
Atlantic states.
Presbyterian Church.
On Sunday morning Rev. F. D.
Thomas will preach 011 John 21:21,
“Lord, and what shall tins man do.”
At tlie union services at the Baptist
church at 8 p, m. the subject will he
John 9:35 “Dost thou believe oil (lie
son of God.’*
Heat Wave Is Boken.
Philadelphia, Aug. 10. —Cooling show
ers last night broke the heat wave.
During the night there were fears of
addition deaths, making a total of
22 fatalities during the heated term,
and eighty-three prostrations.
Oil Again Reduced.
Cleveland, Ohio. Aug. 10.- Tlie
Standard Oil Company lias reduce I
tho selling price of all grades of re
fined oil half a cent a gallon, but, gas
olene ami naptha are unchanged.
DON’T LIKE II
People in This District Condemning
Our Congressman for His At
titude in Campaign.
Helena, Ga,. Aug. 10.—If i> Is ever
possible to predict results In an ap
proaching primary, it may he safely
said that lliore will he a Hoke Smitn
landslide in these pails on Urn 22m1.
of August. Mr. Kstill spoke at. Mc-
Rae one day last week, and a day
or two in advance of his eomnig .1
great number of the villalnour circu
lars were sent here presumably
“franked” for distribution. The re
sult has been the changing of a num
ber of voters from Russell, Estill, etc.
to the support of the people's candi
date. This is no idle statement, the
truth can be, established if neces
sary.
Considerable resentment Is being
expressed here towards Congressman
Brantley on account of his active par
tisanship in behalf of one of the com
bination candidates. Ills predecessor,
they say, the Honorable Henry O. Tur
ner, whom the Atlanta Constlt ntion
a short while before his voluntary re
tirement from public life, undertook
to hold up to public ridicule by car,-
caturing him in a comic cartoon, in
which he was represented as dancing
the “highland fling” with the republi
can congressman, Dinglcy, of Maine,
would never have been found In the
lme-up against the people of h'.s dis
trict and state. Mr. Brantley may
have cause to regret his action two
years hence.
PRICE FIVE OENTB.
BUSINESS MEN
ARE INTERESTED'
Now Want lo Know What i
the Atlanta Owners will j
- Oa with Franchise
' : yv f • .... .
ACTION V WAS EXPECTED
%' ~ • •** .
For Political Reasons Council Would
Rather see City Deserted Than
to Nullify the Neff Trolley
Franchise.
Tlie action of the city qouncil in
extending the Neff tv.,.7ey franchise
was the topic of conversation in
Brunswick westerday. The subject
was discussed freely and on all sides,
and all of the business people of the
city strongly condemned council for
their action.
The announcement that the fran
chise had been extended however, did
not come as a surprise as The
Ntows had generally predicted that
this would be the result of Thurs
day night’s meeting, in fact there
was nothing else for council to do.
The solons had made every possible
effort .to find a loopHliote th
which to escape. Hut that, wa a Impos
sible and tlie best they could do was
lo extend the agoml another three
months.
There was much speculation as to
just what the General Construction
Company, which concern now tioida
tlie original Neff franchise, will do
witli it. In discussing tlie situnTon
yesterday a well known business man
\Yl*> has closely watched tlie pro
ceedings of council in the*trolley mat
ter, said:
Just what tho General Construct
ion Company proposes to do Is a puz
z.le lo ine. Aliy business man acquaint
ed with tlie conditions of the Nelt
franchise knows well that no company
will endeavor to carry it out. I be--,
lievo and here predict that within
mouth the holders will coun
cil and ask to have it amended. Then
ii. is possible that they may try la
build tlie line. But to do so under the ,
present franchise is entirely out of th®
question and in its present shape the
liaiicliise in not worth the paper on
which it is wiilLcw.”
This gentleman went on to show,
wliy the line could never he built
under tlie present franchise and his
argument was in line with the position
The News lias taken all along.
The business people of tjic city gen
orally strongly condemn council for
Iheir action in extending the contract
if if is money the so’.ous are alter,*
said another business man, “why did
council not nullify the franchise, coi
led the bond and then give it to th®
Atlanta concern and let them put -*
up tlie si,uoo forfeit."
A prominent Bay street man came
onward with another suggestion. He
thought council should have cancelled
the franchise wii.-u it expired. Insti
tuted legal proceedings against the
Aetna indemnity Company for the
SIO,OOO ami then advertise to tlie
world tiiat Brunswick wanted an el
ectric ear line ami was ready to give
tlie franchise to tlie highest and lje>;t
bidder.”
But the fact of the matter Is, coun
cil didn’t want to find a way to set
tle the matter 10 the satlsfaelon of
the people. Politics is reigning su
preme in the transaction and the sol
oes are so-afraid that the local peo
ple will build the line that they will *
probably keep the matter in council
as long as possibe, or until the busi
ness iu<‘ii of the city, people who
want to see Brunswick grow and pros
per, those interested In the welfare
of the city, take a hand in tlie mat
ter. Then, and then only will Bruns
wick get an electric car system.
Municipal growth is not wanted bv
the present city 'unions it seems, not
if It has to he done by local people,
who have not voted with them.
They would rather see the streets of
Brunswick deserted, every business
house In the city closed, the tracks
of the railroads torn up, than to ad
mit that they were wrong In giving
this bluff of a franchise to Neff.
But the people will not stand for It.
No set of men can handle the peo*
I pie’s rights in any such way, ,