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THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS.
VOLUME 5, NUMBER 241.
CONTRACTS ARE
AWARDED FOR NEW
ATLANTA TERMINALS
FOR A., B.S A.
RAILROAD 00.
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The Improvements will Cost
About Hall Million
Ballars
HANDSOMEST IN THE STATE
The Seaboard and the A., B. & A. Will
Use Same Terminals in Capital
City—Work is to Commence
on Contract at Once.
The following very Interesting story
■of improvements anil developments
being made 'by the Atlanta, Birming
ham and Atlantic railroad will, as a
matter of course, be of interest to the
people of this city where the same
company is building immense termi
nals. The article is from yesterday's
Constitution:
“The contract for the grading and
excavations for the new tracks for
thp pate Cfty 'terminal Cqmpany, tho
company laying ip charge the At]tin
ta tracks of the Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic railroad and the Sea
bord Air Line road, lias been awarded
to the Lane Brothers and Company,
contractors, having a national repu
tation.
“The depot will be built of brlclt
and will be 730 feet long ,or rather.
It will be a building the front of which
will be devoted to the offices of the
company while two freight depots will
extend from this office portion for i
distance of 730 feet in all. One of
theise building will ibe for receiving
inbound freight and the other for ship
ping outbound freight.
'Just the number of stories of the
o'ltice building of the freight depot
and other details are IloioTe To change.
This depot will be erected on prom
erty secured by the Gate City Termi
nal Company west, or northwest, of
the present Atlanta Terminal station
“The local freight yards of the Gate
City Terminal Company fop the pse
of the Seaboard and Atlanta, Birming
ham and Atlantic, will, when comple
ted,, lie between Hunter and Magnol
la and Haynes and Elliot streets. In
all there will he about fifteen tracks
with a capacity of about forty cars
each.
“The general distributing yards will
epnpist pf about thirty-four tracks
(jyitb aif average length of a half milu.
The approach of the track of Ilia
Gate City Terminal Company will run
under the tracks of the Western and
Atlantic, the Southern railway anil
the tracks of the Marietta electric
line.
“It was also learned autlioritivelv
yesterday that the contractors. Lane
Bros. & Cos., will this present week
load one or more steam shovels and
a large number of workmen will come
to Atlanta immediately and begin the
work of grading under the contract
amounting to more than a half tail
lion dollars. There is a reason why
this great work should start iminedia
tely. The contract calls for the com
pletion of the work by June 1, next
jbjj "it -Js r.njMpjf'ff that a jjjjfjVy np't|a|
has'bfeeh jj|e4 for any deiaV Jjey
piid‘ this jlat
• yic,e president George Do|e Wadiey
p f the f ; 4y Terminaj Cfjrifptfijy,
has appointed R. T. MacDonald, as en
gineer of terminals, and Mr. MacUon
aid has arrived and is now in charge
Ot the work with offices at 211 Empire
building into which he moved and
made his headquarters yesterday.
H. M. Atkinson, president of the
gate City Terminal Company is still
|n the east where he is enjoying his
vacation"
LEGISLATORS DESERT ATLANTA
Ruth to Get to Their Home* as Soon
a s Legislature Adjourned.
Atlanta. Aug., 17. — Today with
the exception of the few mem
bers who remain over for the
purpose of completing their business
not more than a dozen of the solons
gye in the city and these will not ha
tomorrow. The average legisla
tions tp get home. Some
*hejr families, pthers
( y **'d attention 4ml
the po-
CHEAP RATES FOR THE
HOME COMING OT BRYAN
On aeouut of the home coming of
William Jennings Brayaii the South
ern railway will sell round trip tiea
ets to New York and return at the
rate of $26,80.
These tickets will go on sale on
August 28 and 29 and will be good
returning, leaving New York not later
than September 4. For additional in
formation call on or address, E H.
Houseman, general agent.
ON SWIMMING
The News’ Idea of Teaching the Art
ip the Public Schoo's Finds
Strong Supporter.
Editor News: Your editorial sug
gesting that children he taught swim
ming in the public schools, is a good
one and one which could be carried
out very easily, especially in Bruns
wick. The advantage of this knowl
edge cannot possible be over ostium
ted. But, don't you think, Mr. Edilo
that if parents would relax the very
stringent rules which they make for
their children regarding going in o.
near the water that more of them
would learn this accomplishment i
know of parents in this city who
would punish their children severlv
if they, should disobey them regarding
going in swimming yet the time may
come wlu'ii the lark of this knowl
edge might he the cause of human
life being lost Ipit they will admit,
however, that it is a good thing to
know and would like for their chil
dren to know it. They are evidently
in favor of tire old diftly which reads
as follows:
“Mbther, may I go out to swim?
Yes, my darling daughter;
Hang your clothes on a hickory limb
But don’t go near the water.”
I have been living in Brunswick
for the past sixteen years, having
an office on one of the whaive? all
of that time and 1 have seen several
sets of boys learn to swim right un
der my own personal observation din
ing* that time, and I have yet to re
call the first accident which has ban
pened to any of them ami some at!
them are remarkably good swimmers,
Right now 1 know of a crowd v. ho
have learned at this dock and they
think nothing of swimming across the
bay to the jetties and back, although
they never attempt this feat without,
one of them going along with a boat,
so that, in case an accident did hap
pen there would he no danger oi
drowning.
Children naturally love the water
and they should be encouraged to
learn to swim, by all means, and with
the consent and permission of their
parents.
Swimmer.
First Methodist Church at City Hall
At the 10 a. m. service the pastor’s
theme will be “The Security and Pir
ity of the True Church of God.” At
the union service in the Baptls!
church 8 p .in., the subject for ills
cussioii will be “The Marks of the
Regenerate Life.’' Sunday school ai.
4,30 p, nj. Rrqyer service Wednesday
at 8 p. m. AU are welcome to all
of these services
TWO PULLED
'4
.
Bole) Highwaymen Arrested by Officer
£oins Last Njght and the
Money Recovered.
Officer Sam Coins pulled two ne
groes last night, William Hedges ana
Charles Lasten charged with doing
the genuine highway act.. It seems
that the two negroes located Wright
Stewart, a visitjng negro from Abbe
ville. who displayed ijis roll tp the
local dusky hues and they made up
their minds to tay for It.
Stewart made the rounds during
the' day and when he went, to re
turn to hi* hoarding house in the
northern part of the city the two ne
groes held him up and relieved him
of bis wa<l and his watch and chain.
The negro reported the matter to
the police department and Officer
Goins started out to locate the ne
groes. He succeeded in a very short
time recovering most of the money
ami the watch. <
The two negroes were placed in the
county jail and will probably
“>0 service of the state some
FUIL REPORT
OF THE CASE
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Peonage Mailer of A., B. S
A. Cootractors Attracting
Attention
THE EVIDENCE DAMAGING
The Final Determination of the Cases
May Have Important Bearing on
The Immigration Laws of
the State of Georgia
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun of yes
terday has the following report of the
preliminary trails of the A., B. & A.
contreators, accused of peonage,
which occurred in that city Thursday.
The story will be of interest in Bruns
wick;
‘Hearing of the evidence of the cas
es of the United States vs. A. K. Chap
man, A. L Bradshaw, .i. 1). Mcpiroy,
Eason and W. Matthews, offbeats of
the Atlanta and Birmingham Con
struction Company, charged with peon
age, was resumed yesterday morning
at S o’clock by Commissioner Brown
after having been trying the case
most of the previous day:
"The defense introduced many more
witnesses to show that the laborers
on whose complaints the case wan
made had not been held in a state
of peonage In the construction camn.
One of the laborers, an Irishman in
trodncEll by the defense created a sin
of amusement in the courtroom. la
true Irish brogue he stated that when
ne left New York he thought he was
going to Philadelphia but when he got
on board he found he was going to
Brunswick. However, be said that lie
bad a couple of drinks and was feeling
so good he didn't care where lie land
ed. He said he was having a good
time down here and was being treat
ed alright in the construction camp.
He was a typical Irishman from the
■ould countliry” and created much
amusement by Ills testimony.
“The evidence was all in by 1 1
o'clock and the argument of the de
fense anil prosecution consumed about
a half hour. •
“Both District Attorney Tate and
the counsel of the defendants put
forth able efforts in presenting the
case.
Commissioner Brown stated that ho
could not under the evidence dis
miss the cases against Campbell, Brad
shaw and Matthews, the evidence
showing that in the belief of the court
the men had been held in a state ot
u.conage, if for only a short time, sti I
none the less peonage. One of the de
fendants, VV. Matthews had testifies
in court U'al lie had gone on a hand
car after one of the laborers. After
hearing the argument and weighing
the evidence th ecourt announced that
'-he thrive aforenamed officials of the
Atlantic anil Birmingham Construction
on Company would be bound over to
the United States district court in
the. sum of $ 1,000 each and that the
two other defendants, .1 Eason and J.
l) Al'Him, were discharged, the ovl
Vjik-i! against them not being sum
deni to sustain the warrant.
"The officials bound over promptly
patio bond.”
an elction not NECESSARY
N< Other Need be Held on School
Fund Matter.
Atlanta, Aug. 17.—'The counties la
the r.lqte which have availed them
selves of the McMieheal law, thereby
holding elections for local taxtUiiiii in
order to support public schools, will
nqt be. compelled to hold election
again on account of recent decision
of the supreme court.
Tlie law lias been amended so that
counties may secure certificates from
the comptroller general, showing the
proportion of taxes paid by the rail
roads to Use state for counties through
which they pass. Stale School Com
missioner Merritt has - received num
bers of letters frotr| the many coun
ties which have adopted the iocai
taxation, inquiring as to whether they
will be compelled to hold another el
ection,
It develops that wealthy iand own
ers In many parts of the state have
agreed already to . innate jands to b<
used by the agricultural schools in
slituted in each congressional district.
A bill allowing such Institutions to
be erected and maintained by the
state was passed at the recent session
of tin* legislature.
The Weather
Forecast for today fn Georgia:
BRUNSWICK. GA„ SATufcDAY MORNING. AUGUST 18. ISO 6.
EDWARDS BAG
A REAL CINCH
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Slick Forger Catches Another
firm for Smalt
Check
OSLO SIC TON'S NAME
In Face of the Fact That Officers
Were After Him he Gets Anoth
er? 5,00 Check Cashed
Yesterday.
C. 11. Edwards, whoever lie is, lias
more gall than a Brunswick politic
ian. And ho is something like a
Brunswick politic la u for lie wants "ail
that's coming to him. Not satisfied
with forging nam -of A. Hollis, liilds
for $lO on Thursday lie yesterday
worked up nerve enough lo use the
name of S. I.evison on a check for
$5 and got the money for it too. •
"Mr. Edwards’ seems lo have a nnt
uaral penchant for working off his lit
tie joke on the whiskey men and
yesterday lie roped in Morgan & Dav
is. the Bay street wholesalers. He
walked int the store, bought $2 worth
of whiskey and tendered the I.evison
check for $5,00 in payment. The work
was pretty well done, the siguiture
looked real and the check was cash
ed only' to have it turned down and
pronounced a largely when it reach
e dthe bank. >
Tlie local officers are making a
strong fight to locate Edwards and '1
be is apprehended lie will be given a
pretty severe lesson. •
Brupnswick liquor dealers should
keep an eye open for Mr. C. 11. Ed
wards today.
Terrible Work Wrought by the Ex
plosion of a Full Car of
Dynamite.
SI Paso, Texas, A it; - 17. —Explosion
of a carload of dynamite in the Pacific
railway depot at, Chilhuahua yesterday
killed between 30 and (10 persons.
The cargo was being transferred
from one car to another when a Mex
ican workman dropped a box and the
explosion set off the entire load .
Every laborer and the foreman, the
latter an American were -blown to
atoms. Fragments of bodies were
blown for miles and I lie roof?: of the
vicinity were littered with pieces ol
human flesh. Mary small buildings
number of people were injured in
t pin; pmpa.iM ojoav oiieas oqj .turn
their homes. Windows were cracked
i nal! parts of the city and (lying
debris struck pedestrians inflict in
painful injuries in many cases. Tho
earth, was shaken as if by an earth
quake.
Expensive Strike.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 17. —A spec
ial from W.vlati, in the heart of the
Pratt mine district, says that provis
ions were distributed today as usual
to the striking miners but the miners
were informed that Ibis von id >„• the
last di-dijliuitoii and that the strike
at the mines of the four big furnace
companies, which has • men on for
years, will be calletf ,>$ next Monday.
The strike has cost the miners organ
ization over a million dollars.
GOOD TOR STATE
New Corporation Law Will Briny
a Good Sum In The Treasury
of the State.
According to estimates the new law
requiring all corporations, 'both local
and foreign, doing business is Gcor
gia, except lianas, to make returns an
nually to the secretary of "vne state
will put from $26,000 to $28,000 in
the state Ireasury.
Under ibis law corporations of all
kinds, with the e xceptlon above noted |
must make returns to the secretary
of the state not later than Novernbei
1, or suffer a penalty of SC,O.
J Blanks are now being rr:ailei| by tlie
secretary to secure the following in-
I formation, as is required by tbeWt.
WALL STREET
IN BIG FLURRY
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Onion Pacific and Southern
Pacific Sensational Divi
dends Stir things Up
SIIiCKS ADVANCE SHARPLY
At the Close of the Business for the
Day They Had Gone Skyward
to -Perccptable Degree—Oth
er Stocks Show Incline.
New York, Aug. 17.—Wall street ex
perienced its first genuine shake-up to
day since the death of ltussell Sage,
win h (lie entire street was stirred by
the announcement that the UnionTt’a.
eitic had declared a live percent semi
annual dividend on its common stock
I bus making It ten percent stock.
The Southern Pnrlfi.- addo 1 to tni.
consternation by declaring a seml-an
nual dividend of two and a Ilgif per*
cent on its eommop stock thus making
that stock live percent.
At the. close of the day the record
showed a sharp advance for the Un
ion Pacific stock going up to gnu
closing at one seventy-eight and a
half as against one sixty-two and a
half last night. The Southern Pacific
also took a trip skyward cloning at
eighty seven and a hail a% against
eighty two last night.
Other stocks were active and ail
of tlu m were on the tin line.
King Edward Bought Stock.
U is announced that J. Plerpont
Moigi.n gave :t,e i t> itt-ig .7 1
ward on the movement upward of the
Southern Pacific and that the mon
arch bought heavily on the strength
of the Information and cleaned up a
very handsome sum on the invest
ment.
South American Earthquake.
Buenos Ayres, Aug. 17. —An earth
quake shock was felt in the province
of Men/,oa at o’cloi k last night. Tor
egrahic communication with Chile
has been interrupted as a conse
quence. While if is believed that, no
serious damage was done a panic pre
vails among the population.
SOME FACTS
Voter Number Four, Has a Say in the
Gubernatorial Situation in This
County.
Mr Editor: From reading a be
labored article in an afternoon pub
lication yesterday i am forced to ask
wlial the trouble really is?
In Congressman ly-aiuley a eaii/di
dalo in the primary to be held qext
Wednesday and what has a thirty
foot channel lor Brunswick’s bar to
do with the election of a governor ot
Georgia?
I am’ a friend of Congressman Bra,nt
ley and I propose to vote fay him
In the coining election in November
/■'Ut really ( if., apt nee the relevepcy
or the article referred to
f did not think fiird du not think
now that itßrantley ought to have
made this fight for Estlll, but he has
done so, ;tnd, I for one, while not
appreciating his course, am not de
nouncing him and I do not. think it
is the proper thing for the
voters to beg for votes thp shoul
ders of Mr. Brantlpy. Asa matter
of fact there is nothing in common
between the city of Brunswick and
Mr. Estlll. For twenty five years he
lias waged a consistent war on the
commerce of the port of Brunswick
he was williug to saddle the negro
Deveaux off' on Brunswick but WAS
NOT HEADY NOR DID HE EN
DOWS!'! HIM FOB THAT POSITION
IN SAVANNAH.
Up to the last gubernatorial race
I challenge any mail'to show rne one
line favorable to Brunswick i Mr.
EhUH’h paper. ,
And even since Glynn county gave
him Its vote four years ago there his
been only a few long drawn out I>>
qui ts thrown this way.
It Is a plain business,matter and
Congressman Brantley does not enter
into it. It's M. But ill's fight.
Vcttr Number Four,
THEY TALK OF WORK
DONE BY GEORGIA
SOLONS THIS YEAR
MAY OPEN A WHISKEY BUSINESS
J. J. Mayes, of Fitzgerald Looking
Over the Local Situation.
J J. Mayes, for a number of years
•engaged in the liquor bu-sinetss in
Fitzgerald but pressed out of that city
on account of the $20,000 license en
acted to govern there by the last leg
islature. is in tlre city with a view
of locating here. He looked at sov
mat places on Bay and Monk streets
yesterday and it is very likely that
he will ile. ide to remove to this city.
MANY 111 RACE
This Early in the Game Four Candi
dates Want “Little Joe Brown’s”
Job on Railroad Commission.
Practically four candidates arc now
in the field for railroad commissioner
as successor to Joseph M. Brown,
whose term expires October 17, 11(07,
and whose successor is io bo elect
ed in October.
On the final day of the session the
house concurred in the senate amend
ment to the bill to elect the railroad
commissioners by the people, and it
now only remains to have the gover
nor's aianlture to become a law.
Uegore the bill had passed Hon.
Tom Crenshaw had announced his
candidacy. He was formerly on the
commission and Is considered an able
man
Members of the house circulated
a petition, which was signed by prac
tically every member of the legislature
urging Representative Fondren Mitch
ell, of Thomasville, lo become a can
didate. While Mr. Mitchell has not.
formally announced it is believed lie
will enter the race
Editor Jesse E. Mercer, of the
Fitzgerald Enterprise, comes forward
as the south Georgia candidate for
the place and he will, it. is said, have
strong following.
Commissioner Joseph M. Brown has
not definitely announced his Intention
but i! is believed that he will be a
candidate (o succeed himself.
Rather a delicate question arisen ov
er tl(e selection of the next commis
sioner. The law expressly stipulates
that one of the commissioners shall
he an expert railroad man. another
a lawyer and the third a business man
and the act to elect, by the people does
not change Ibis provision.
Commissioner Brown is the railroad
expert. Warner Hill the lawyer ana
Col. Stephens the business man.
Commissioner Brown ’sterm expires
first. Therefore a railroad expert
must be selected as Ills successor mi
der (he act.
According to the strict Interpreta
tion neither Mr. Mitchell nor M.r Mer
cer can be so claused. Uolh Com
missioner Brown and Col Crenshaw
are.
it remains to be seen whether this
classification will meet with strict eu
forcement. and what effect it will have
on the field.
NETT MM
j’i-i a . .•
* V J ■ •
Is th: Data Fixed for Unveiling the
Handsome John B. Gordon
Monument,
The Atlanta News of yesterday has
the following which will be of Inter
est In the Confederate veteran cir
cles of the rity:
“Tho unveiling <)f Rio equestrian
monument c\f General John 1! Gordon
on the capltol grounds will take plac >
next May.
“This announcement was made to
day by Judge W. 1.. Calhoun, presi
dent of tfie Gordon Monument Assoc
iation. A meeting of that body will
be held some time next week to per
fect arrangments relative to the mon
ument. On yesterday Hie legislature
appropriated $15,000, which will he
used, with other money raised by
private subscription, with which to
make the statue. In all about $25,
000 will be utilized.
"Sculpor Solon Borglum is now com
pleting a second model of General
Gordon and this will be forwarded
to Atlanta from New York in a few.
days.
“The hssociatlon committeemen wilt
suggest whatever changes necessary
anil then he will begin work on the
final one. The association will then
decide whether the third anil last
will be accpeted."
PRICE FIVE OENTB.
MANY GOOO
BITES PASSED
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Senator Rose and flepre
sentativa Butts Returned
Yesterday
RESUME OF THE WORN
\
While. Many Needed Laws Were Not
Made the Session Just Closed
Rendered Great Servicg to
Georgia. .
Senator D. P. Rose and Represen.
tatlve E. C. Butts, who have been
attending the session of the legisla.
tore, came down from Atlanta yes
terdivy and were cordially received by,
their friends in the city. Both os
of the aiuunt f
these gentlemen talk interestingly
of the amount of work done by the
lawmakers of Georgia this year. The
legislature has done a splendid work
passing many old time measures ana
giving the people some good, healthy
laws. Probably the passage of tint
child lal bill was the most import'
ant ineastk a of the the session.
The pure election law, to prevent
illegal voting, passed the senate with
out a dissenting vote from the 1 com
mil tee, with no amendments.
The measure lo elect railroad com
lulssioners by Hie people, which had
been smothered in the senate last year,
was passed overwhelmingly, before
the house had considered a compare
ion bfll.
The pure food bill, to .prevent the
adulteration of foods and medicines,
was adopted by/ Dili houses, there be
ing little opposition. |
The bucket shops and exchanges
have been obliterated from the state,
and so-called transactions In margin
al futures are prohibited.
The establishment of a state agri
cultural school at Athens, was also
passed, carrying with It an appropria
tion of SIOO,OOO.
A court of appeals which will amel
iorate the congested condition of tha
state's judicial business was created
and a number of important matt/.s
transacted.
However, legislative measures which
were asked for by the people, have
failed ami there will be members on
ibe assembly who will be called oa
to reason with their constituents.
The general lobby bill was defeated
In the senate"general judiciary com
mil fee. Here the demand of, the .peo.
pie, whom they represented, was clear
ly Ignored by the men who cast their
unfavorable votes against the bill.
The proposed law was said to ba
stringent, but it is understood tha*
no efforts were made to allow qualify
ing amendments to be introduced in
sufficient time ‘for the hill to have
been acted upon.
The hill to create a slate board of
tax accessors and state county boards,
was defeated in the senate.
The anti-cigarette bill died in the
struggle to the death by Us oppo
nents on flie last day of the session.
The bin was never 'brought up upon
Its merits, but every known fiilibu-t
tering tactic was employed to proven;
it being heard. ,
The lieutenant governor bill which
sought to prevent any |K>Hidble exe
eutlve complications, met its death
in the house after passing the senate.
A slinilmr bill will be again intro
duced next year.
Strange to say a Dill to prevent freo
passes, which had been adopted in the
senate, was killed in the house.
The bill for a state auditor, which
passed the house, died in the senate
as well as did the patrol bill.
Prominent Men Fight.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 17. —In at
personal altercation today M. E. James
superintendent of the gas works
of the Birmingham Railway, Light, and
Power Company .was shot and per
haps fatally wounded by W. H. Rogers
a prominent paint manufacturer.
. Slue Ribbon Beer.
Just icceived, a car load of Pabst
Brewing Company’s Blue Ribbon beer.
Same Is sold at all first class saloons
in the city of Brunswick. Retail 15
cents per bottle and $1,50 per dozen.
T. Newman, sole agent, 218 Bay street.