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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, ,