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THE BRUNSWICK DAILY .NEWS. VOLUME 5, NUMBER 266. A COALING STATION AND (ilfAlN ELEVATOR PLAN OF SOUTHERN OK PROPER!! 0! SOUTH-END Known Positively That load will Make Great Im provements TO ERECT BIG WHARVES COMPANY HAS RECENTLY HAD REPRESENTATIVE HERE AND IT IS UNDERSTOOD WORK WILL BEGIN IN NEAR FUTURE. N A handsome grain elevator of the ffjost improved pattern /<; m it ben nis’ Polly, a great coal/ng station a: the same place, together with a hand some set of wharves covering over a thous and feet of,fine water front property, all to be blillt uy Ills 8 mill ern railway on tha/ splendid piece o.' property owned jfy that great rail way system, locahed just sbuth of tho new terminals df the A., B. & A., maye be certainties for Brunswick in the very near future. The rumor thaf\the Southern would soon build terminals" ot ttiis property has been current for some time. The story differed in manner and scope of operation, but always it went that the Southern was going to improve its Dennis' Folly foldings. 'The News cannc* at this time ten all that It kuowisf—it would not do any 1 good and may do harm, but this much It can tel/ without injury to any parties at Interest and without violating aiiy confidence: The Southern RajJway is going to build these terniiffaijs at Brunswick. The grain elevator?' are a certainty, and even contractors to do the work have been consulted on the subject. The matter of coaling station >.s still under advisement by the offi cials of the line. bi£ If- still an unsol ved problem for the simple reason that Brunswick Is rather removed from the great coal fields of the country and suffers because freight rates do not militate to the advantage of a coaling station at his point. StilT the company is figuring on a plan of having fts own ships call at Brunswick and film that emergency it will certainly esßiblish the coaling station in the tooe or the odds of an silvers nature.' J In this connection it can also bo jrated that the is going to double warehous capacity opt at the terminals at Turtle river docks and in eiery conceivable man ner is going toftnake all the improve ments necessartr to be in position to do a great business through the port of Brunswick, t As to the inLix>vements at Dennis’ Folly, there im> no question and 1 the architects of tjte Southern are now at work figuring on this very same work. Deflnite announcement of the work will he made in the course of a few weeks. z TO NAME A SECOND LIEUTENANT Rifiemen Will Nominate One Latter Part of the Month. The Brunswick Riflemen will hold an election in thler armory the lat- Fer part of the month for the purpose of nominating a second lieutenant to succeed Dave Atkinson, who recently resigned that position on account of leaving the city. It is not known who will be nomi nated for the place, but several well known military men are being men tioned in connection with it, one or two of them now members of the com pany, and others who, v/hile not now p, member of the Risemen have haa mpeh experieppe in military affairs jn the past, MALLOY LINER N'JECES HERE. She Is One of the Largest Owned t* the Company. The Mallory liner Nueces arrived In port yesterday from New York, bring ing a very heavy cargo of freight. Bhe will remain in port all the week, Balling for New York Friday or Sat urday. The Nueces has only been to this port once or? twice before, having been on another run. She is one ot the largest ships owned by the Mat llry line. WITH INCREASED ATTENDANCE. . Catholic Convent Was Opened Yes day with Many New Pupils. The Catholic conventf on, Richmond street, opened yesterday for its third term, under the brightest air- I pices. Tlie attendance ji marked increase over that of liurf yomr. nearly every seat in the convent/being- oc cupied. There has been 6ne or two changes made in the sixers at the school this year, and the,4nanw pupils will he well cared for. / The season promises to he a most •' v-cessful one at the convent. HE Fits IT CONGRESSMAN ORANTLEY WILL ASSIST IN WORK FOR TRAF FIC ON THE OCMULGEE. / The following- is from the Macon Telegraph of j yesterday and shows that Congressman Brantley is heart ily in sympathy with the movement to have congress approproate money for the deepening of the Ocmulgee river in order to make it perfectly navigable between Macon. Hawkins ville and tlje port of Brunswick. “A letter has been received by the Macon Chamber of Commerce from Congressman W. G. Brantley, of Brunswick,regretting that he was una ble to be present at the conference with Congressman Burton chairman of the rivers and harbors committee ot congress, and stating he is heartily In favor of the further improvement of the Ocijutlgee river, and will give every aid in his power toward secur ing the appropriation. Mr. Braptley suggests that a move ment for the formation of a river im provement association be started in cluding the'shippers of Macon, Bruns wick and other interested points. H : also suggests that the movement be started by the local chamber of com merce. The matter will come up for discussion and probably action at the meeting of tfte chamber of commerce Tuesday afternoon. “The letter bf Mr. Brantley follows: ■ “Atlanta, Sept. 13, 190 G. “Mr. Eugene] Anderson. Secretary Chamber ofi Commerce. “Dear Sir—j Your telegram Inviting me to meet Mr. Burton in Macon on tomorrow, car/ie just as I was leaving home willi mk- wife and baby,. 1 re gret very mftch, that it is impia f cable for mef to accept same. Would do so if 1 was circumstanced so that. I could. "I am in hearty sympathy with the project for j the improvement of the Ocniulgoe, the Oconee, tho Altamalia and the cutting of the canal between Clubb and plantation creeks, so as to let the river boats into Brunswick iby the inside joute. The canal has been surveyed and can be cut for $40,000. “Will do imy part to all these mat ters when dpngress meets. We ought to have a river improvement associa tion. to incltide the .people interested in each of the three rivers named, i ; eluding the people of Brunswick. Why not halve your chamber start arrangements to this end " "Yours truly, w. G. Brantley. HAYMEAIMUCI BRUNSWICK MAY BE A DISTRIB UTING POINT FOR SLOAN’S LINIMENT. / J. D. Covington, of Boston, Mass., was in the city yesterday representing Sloans Liniment tympany, of that, city, who are anxious to name Bruns wick as one of their distributing points in the south for the handling or their famous lininient into all sect ions of the country, r Mr. Covington looked over the sit uation carefully and made investiga tions as tp the shipping facilities an 1 storage accommodations, and on the whole seemed to be favorably ini pressed with the many advantages offered by this city for the purposes named. He talked very interestingly and thinks that our splendid harbor cou pled wiith the great improvements now under way will serve to make Brunswick one of the best cities on th 3 south Atlantic coast. Mr. Covington lert last night for Boston and on arrival will probably recommend that Brunswick be made a distributing point for the company. GEK’L. CeiSEL PASSER AWAT W. G. Elliot, Reed of legal Department A.C.L, Died Vesterrfay HAS BEEN ILL AIBNG Til MORE THAN LIKELY THAT COL. W. E. KAY, ASSISTANT GENER AL COUNSEL, WILL BE HIS SUCCESSOR. New York, Sept. 17.—Information lias just been received in this city of the death of Hon. W. G Elliot, gen eral counsel of /the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, which occurred at Glen Watkins, on the Hudson, this afternoon. For several j-onrs Col. Elliot Inn been a sick man ami during all ilia, time, while under the care of emi nent physician,.. has been attending to the great mash of work that tame un der his direction His headquarters were at Baltimore although he has been spending the great* i potion of his time at Glen Watkins during the summer. Col. Elljjit was about Gfi yean; obi and lias Been in the legal departnioni, of the Atlantic Coast Ijne for years, 4SL was a North Carolinian bv birth and spent (lie greater portion or his life in his native slate. The dfeatli of Col. Elliot, will lie re ceived jSvil.li genuine regret in this city where lie has visited often on business. Early in the present year Col. W. E. Kay, Brunswick, was named as as- general couusei of the com pany, Snul the chances aie that this office -fvas created for the purpose or volievcitng Mr. Elliot, or a great deal of routine work. There is i Iso a sec ond qpsiptant counsel general, G. B. EMiotji of' Wilmington, N. 0., a sou of the late head of the legal department of (her Coast Line. The* people of this city will natur ally jjbel an* interest in the successor to Col. Elliot, as Col. Kay comes from Bruniwick and it Is move than likeiv that. Be will be named to succeed ills disiiifeuished chief, who has aniiwerc I nis list call. LITTfLE NOTES ABOUT TOWN. Short Items Picked -Up During the ! Day by News Ffeporters. There were only : few offenders befori the mayor in j iollco court yrs lorda* morning. Tlia steamer Hess 1 e. It is under stood! will disoontin re her Sunday trips to St. Simon aft ;r next Sundav. The‘.Grand will be dark all of this week, fcie next attraction booked be “Violetfc," a pleasii/g musical com edy, which is inalviuf; quite a, hit in the cities where it halt been presented The attraction will ife here next Mon day night. I Another storm is reported to be prevailing along tip , oast, bill it is hardly probable tlfat it, will be- felt down this way. I The Cumberland Island Club, the ne\V social orga inflation, which has leased the hunting and fishing privt iiges on Cumberland, has posted no tices prohibiting kny hunting on the island.- Gentry’s dog add pony show will be here Saturday Mr two performances, at 2 and 7,20 p. Bn. A nuiniier of en-| tainlng features (have been added to the show, and if Is said to be better than ever. Rath bone lodg s, Knights of Pytbia.-:, will hold their ’egular weekly meet ing in castle hi II tonight A car load of office furniture, etc., for the claim igent’s office of the A., B. & A., whi :h has been removed to this city, ar ived yesterday from Fitzgerald. Several members of the police force are out with ne\i uniforms and stars, which add great!* to their general ap pearance. \ Cotton will be\ moving lively be fore the present week is over and it is expected that several car load;; of this year’s crop wf/1 be received at, this port for shipment.. Nearly all of the new boxes which opened up at the postoffice few weeks ago have teen rented. Negroes Caused Excitement. Some little exciterne it was created in the upstairs of t!i ■ buileing cor ner of Monk and Ogl Thorne street carl.'’ yesterday afternoon by tin- dp charge of a pistol. A negro man and woman were in a quarrel and one oi them shot the pistol, but no damage was done. They have both been ar rested. BRUNSWICK, CA.. TUESDAY MORfoITMG, SEPTEMBER 13. 1906 ST. SIMON NAB AI BLAZE —♦— Planing Mill Radiy Damaged try fire Sunday Morn ing LOSS MAT SE VEO! HEAVY PEOPLE OF THE ISLAND HAD TO FIGHT HARD TO SAVE OTHER PARTS OF MILL AND WRIGHT & QSWEN'S STORE. The planing mill of the Hilton and Dodge Lumber Company at St. Simon was almost totally destroyed by lire at noon Sunday. The conflagration originated in a : tie of shavings Usually kept in the entrance lo the mill, whi, h, it is bo iiov, and, caught from one of the Uro box s generally/!;opt hot on Sundays. As soon as the alanu was sounded on the island- the entire population turned mil to aid in the work m ev tiitguiislnng .the busies. The com vany keeps several hundred feet of hose on band lor tire purposes an l this was qUiekly placed into service. An entrance was forced into tho store of * wight &. Coven only a few yards away from the burning* mill and all off the buckets kept in stock were plaited into commission ana proved to be of great assistance in the work' of saving the property. However, in spile or the spl.-ii fight nuufe by the people, ihe greater orlion ujf the planing mill was des troyed, all of the wood work was of course move or less damaged while some injury was done to the boilers and Machinery, iut to what extent it cannol! yet be estimated, but it is beliveil that thye can be saved, vs ii ii considerable loss. The kjj'ge general merchandise store of \f right & Gowun had a very narrow escape from destruction, and live times lit was on fire and as many times tlie|meii with the buckets and the hose gmcceeded in mastering the liaines. stiff northeast wind was piwailiii;| at the time of the fir ■ and that (Served to shift, the blaze di rectly oil Hie store, which stands southwest of the min. An elfiji 1 was made yesterday to get Hie Miltop and Dodge Lumber Com r puny oviT tlie telephone and aste.rtain the total floss, but Hie lines of the telephone (company were not in work ing- order! and it was impossible to g< i conirniniieatioii witii St. Simon a. ail. I Under tl|e circumstances it is im possible- loi estimate a.s to tile loss, but those in position to know state Hint Hie nire planing mill suffered severely and is prncicaliy out of Inis iness. BANKRUPTCY COURT WILL HOLD A /eSSION TODAY. H -ferec Mux I ■•Ac. will convene tlie bankruptcy court/ at hi. office this morning and qitii/ a nnmiier of small matters will lie liken up and disposed of. In the c.txi-,1 of \V, A. Mortimer, of VVaycross, !#• banl-rnpi will be • amined, a triiMee win be appointed and other inAters in tlie case will be heard. J A number m orders will he tiled In several otheff cases. FIELD’S Ml NSTR E L WILL HEftfe NEXT MONTH. A! G. FiJd’s mlistrep: will be tli ■ offering atffjje Grind to Tuesday, tic tober it. | Ureas EUdrldgeJ Is the monologuist Hits season nnHa is traveling under tho introductory litle of “Hie coruman der-in cliief of Hit army of fun.” Will Mestl Ttis Morning. The Briinswlcll (Lrnmercial ixiagtio will meet in tliJ grand Jury room at the court house lal 10,20 o’clock this morning. Bopioliialters of deep im port are to be lilijit up and a full at tendance is rerpUted. A Falke IMarm. The fire departs)Jit was called out yesterday shortli lifter noon b> a false alarm. A q\iik run was mad • to die corner of billed P streets, but there v/as no biar.3 for the (ire lad dies to fight. Almost Completed. The Padrosa building on Newcas tle street, formerly owned by Joseph Matt hewn, is rapidly nearing rynn pletion and When finished will be one of the handsomest in the city. The upper floor will be used for offices while the lower one will make a splendid store. snow out WITH A CARO Candidate for Railroad Com missioner Jumps go Bis Opponent ALTER M’IENDON’S SCALP HE ASKS THE NOMINEE OF THE MACON CONVENTION SOME POINTED QUESTIONS AND ASKS HIM TO ANSWER THEM. Atlanta, Sept. 17.—Hon. Thomas C. Crenshaw, candidate for railroad com missioner against G. W. McLendon the nominee of the Macon convention is out in a red-hot address to the peo- pie of 'Georgia, in which he hands his opponent some very warm mem bers and defines his own position in the matter. He roasts McLendon se vr.'ly and among other ih;;:"?, savq; “In this connection l desire to as., mv opponent the fallowing questions; "Is it not true,/Candidate MoLtm- don, that there wis nothing too ,nas tic for you i.i do for the railways an 1 against the peo/de until the Coast lane of railway*) bough' out tlie Plant System 4f railways in- IPP3, and abolished four office, therefore throwing- you out of a job? Candidate McClendon, did you ever by your pen, Hy your tongue or by your vote, prio t to 1 HOB, write a line, utter a word L cast a vote aga‘ns tlie railroads Mil for Hie people? Now Candidate McLendon, are not y o,, i’ vi\*ws of! today on railway regu lal ions from revenge and from spite arid not from/conviction? if not, wliv your sudden Conversion? Candidate > MeJ>nidoti, did you not almost go into spasms tuboijt- two Iwo years a|o on the matter of pro tectlng the JlVestorn & Atlantic rail road, p<lining out the danger of hav ing Ibai gr/at piece of property be longing to ti e state of Georgia bot tled up and (ruined “CandidalJ Vlcl.endon, were you not so deeply jfjterested in the Western and AUanHc railroad two years ago 4lir,r A that you even went so far as to writ- Governor Terrel! notifying him that von were in a*, an indepen dent eandl governor againsc. bim, on Ihc J of protection .n the slate’s p^W-s/ Candidate just think of it. In less Ifeun a year after you said In writing /on intended to be an in dependent candidate for governor on a platform/ for the protection or Hie Wl-siern /and Atlantic railroad, the stale’s gifat property, you worn then engaged/in writing to a certain financier of fleorgia. Did your letter 111 ' an emplo/ me and jiui me back at rny old business as the handy man and I will hot through Hie Georgia iegir.lalure i bill to sidl the Western and AHanlic railroad, worth $20,000, ■)‘ 9, ioi qoo.ooo less than half of 1U rain .for I will 'fence’ it up an I loner d.tlroy that great piece oi property?! “Tell ill not in (Jaib, sjn ak it not in Hie swells of Askelon’’ that I have torn the tiask from your fain and you are now! In the same plight as tlie ostrich lilli his head covered in tlie sand ani whole body exposed to view, eo? mi* have proposed to sell or ‘•enco j.. 1 this great properly of tin* people,/ Hie state road, in order that you tiltht profit as an agent, literally payina no concern to Georgia as a pa triot. J And in the face of thifj ga, t.emptrd enormity, you have the liat dihoon to ask the self-respecting and pacriftic Georgians to vote you into a tnyil worthy place. For shame! - f 4| practiced a fraud upon the cun. ruthat selected and the convention that nominated you in order to pro cure an endorsement for yourself an i satisfy your inordinate greed for ai de. You know if the sunlight of slri siuccrity had been thrown upon you tho delegates of the Macoq conven tion would have refused to nominate you. “Now. Candidate Mcl-eudon, how did you have the g.lt to allow a few of yony friends to get together in a back mom caucus in Atlanta before the convening of the Macon conven tion and agree up on you aji the only man in Georgia big enough for rai:- road commissioner, and then have your caucus nomination carried down to the Macon convention sealed and securely tied up. The astute politi cian you are is still more forcibly shown by the direction you gave from afar to have one of the G3lUU dates for railroad 'crmtnls doner nom inate you, another to second yout nomination and the balance to hurray for McLendon. You remind mo oi CUBAN REVOLUTION IS NEARING ITS END. HOSTILITIES STOP WILL OPEN IN JUST ONE WEEK. Children of Public Schools’ Enjoying Last Days of Vacation. The public schools, ip'the city an t county, will open on/next. Monda.- und, as previously announced in these columns, it Is exported that the at tendance will be the largest In the I history of the schools. Superintendent Ballard and his able corps of t.eaolipf* will bo busy this week .preparing Tor the opening of the schools. .\l/uiy of Bio teaeners who have beepf away on tlioir vaca lions have returned to the cil > ami the others will arrive before Sunday. WAS SURPRISES W. E. BURBAGE. OLD BRUNSWICK IAN, TALKS OF GROWTH OF THE CITY. WI H Burbage, .* fur many years one of the most the eommerciai llfe/of llrunswiek, now of Johnson City,/ 'lVnn., Is in the city for a few days and paid Tin- News office an /pprcoiaieil visit yes terday. ! Mr. Burbage / is one of the be;, business men is the country, is quick to catch opportunities and was iliun dor struck wild the great progress Brunswick is/making along all Indus trial lines, foe visited the new ter minals of the A., Is. & A. in the southern pcfltion of the city and lie says they afe without doubt the hand somest in /the south and when fin ished will lit: among the most substan- Hal in tiiej country He also paid •* visit to Hh\ passenger station of tlie road and toAkujytd: Jl the new Iris rfital, drove /tTirougl/ Union laltreet. noted the work on/ the new First Methodist church, wi, s shown Hie con crete pilings of ilia new county court house, and, finall/ out of breath with Brunswick'iy progress, Mr. Bur bage came to Ylw Nows office and talked of Brunswick. He says the/future of tho city is assured and within a few years it wilt lie tlie lagest draport on this coast, ii was perfectly/ amazed with the work of developmwit now under way and states that, ltonnswlck is without que tion in bejHor shape than she lias licet) in all/ of her hisoty and t.hai 1 1 or future jis as bright as the nooa day sun. V HAD A TOUCH OF AUTUMN' First Cal| has been Bounded to the Straw Hat. Brunswick, .like Up; n, i of til country, bad a touch of real autuimi Sunday and yesterday, He an :cm y taking a big drop, going down from ad on Saturda U> 7a. Early ycsi.erda" morning it was really chilly and light covering fell very comfortable The weather man announces that summer is practically over., thong!*, fte says we will have one or two more hot days, but the first cal! has In <u sounded to the straw hat Miss Smltl’s ejehoc;. Miss .losio Smith s school will epeu Mnnday, Sept. 14 Primary, grace mar and liigli seii ml studies taught. For further purlic Bars apply to 70‘i Grant street, tele|i lone 2(3-3. SECRETARY ROOT SAILtD FROM LIMA YESTERI77& ON CRUIS ER CHARLESTON. lima, Sept raf Secretary Root, sailed on tho cruiser Charleston to day direct for PAnania. During his vilit hero Secretary itoot. made an/exeeUent impression on all classes *# iieople or Peru. He expressed hinu/j/f as enjoying his vis it here to the fafljost extent. Aftr Marsh Hens. It is expected that w will have some very hlff*tidi s before the pres out week is over and gunners will be after marsh hens. If the present winds shift aauind to northeast the tide will cover the marshes and the fishy birds will no slaughtered by tv hundreds. \ the boy who, after making his first trip through the piney woods, re turned to his mother and said: "Mamma, is the worid as big every other way as the way 1 went today?' “Yes, tny son, and much larger. “Wtdi, then, it is a wborper,” and so .ere you. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PIE IT II flli IN CUBA Two Insurgent leaders Yes -0 ferday Suspended Hos tilities OTHERS WILL SOI FOLLOW both SIDES ARE WILLING FOR PEACE AND IT is BELIEVED THAT THE REVOLUTION IS A7 A CLOSE. Washington, Sept. I The- Cuban lecjcition here today received advice, that hostilities oh the island had stop- Pde by both sides. It is now believed that peace is -* hand. . Havana, Sept. 17.—Two of Hie in ourgent leaders, Acq/ es c 0 and Car banes, today announced a suspension o hostilities. It i J expected that otoers will immediately fr!| [ nto line. * Washlngon, Sept/T?— General U n- Ston Is exepeted to/arrive in W.mhing untll T day “ / W,il remaill until orders are received from he-. rotary Taf<-. •' ” Improvlr g Building. Contractor Coi izolAan i: busy ar proscni making n nufiibor „r improve Ule,,,ii 011 u ‘ huUdiig on Bay stre r owned bv vit-i iJ Ji , 1 Mrs. U ahtulior and occu- I ’> —A. 'iuJlor and r Vn * W ’’ T|M! building will bn pm m ‘ t si. class coudyion generally. Will be Were Lex t Sunday. II l-s undoratocH tliuif Re-,. San . ~a!i ‘"••'-'••'•K- can ej. l!a|,tl:it fihfirch, will L i„ the ciiv b- coiulu.-i scrvici a uexlfsm.duy. Rev Ua,m,mas ami |,j 8 fani J ly );lt< . r ' bc-upy the former Franklin residem'. ' iow *■ ;il “l ilb'yuohls b tree I w in being practically rebuilt Several Schoone r s Arrived. a, large tie r of schodtcTu W : M *- lto pc rt by the heavy r d , f! r; ,; ‘ y - V " k ' rila -V- Mix a.r --1h,,,l ,1,,rl "K ( i’ twJ days. There ala, ' K 0 iiot’t line here, whim ’ 1 ''"'-'aid arrival within tho next tow days- Several NewflVlembcrs. TH'* local aerie orWl.a will meet " quartern Umlrrow nigin, alia "UI "1 five new in. Uilerti will be ini ia"' ll"’ orilerl wliieh i, v one of l.lm largest in (L, city. F*"irst Good Casters, r '"- '•<■ r “*l *ool oymVi-r Of He. licasou were „ n , h „ Leal, market v,. ... ' " lay ; W""" Wv„lv,h have I" hhisom for Lome time t|„.v ,av" very sclrce, and those tha, Were Keen oarlyty-ro very ,mor A GREAT MILLINERY~ OPENING Miss L. G. Jackson will j/row Her Doors Open TueVTay. W‘-s. X„ g. Jackson, A up to dato miiiner and modiste,Xho has come to the city from n/v York will on next Tuesday, Septtfnber 18, open her handsome parlors k the opera house building on Newcastle street. Miss Jackson if going to make u specialty of carrying the best cita tions that money secure in the nußinary line. HeiXtock will consist of U;iK,! a,,a l'at/rn hats, a full line of trimmings oJ !i mourning goods’ and a special 1/handsome assortment of cliidrea's harm. ( Sil ° comes to Brunswick direct from Gotham aad lyr stock has been sel ected from thV exclusive milli nery circles of th/t city. Remember her/oi oning date, Tu day September ii and attend it. . LA MAISON PARISMENNF | TO OPEN QOTOtte.it f3Tf Mr. and Mrs. it. imp. Let, pruprie tors of la Malsan j’arislenne, an nodTnco cTSvwbcre in'this Issue that they will open their handsome par lors on Newcastle street on October J. and will display the handsomest line of gowns, cloaks and models. These models have ibcrni Importer front Paris and will not doubt be a surprise to the Indies of Brunswick, who have long waited art establish ment of this kind and enabio them to have ihcir gowns made here.