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VOLUME 6, NUMBER 10.
AN OLD BRUNSWICK
BOY 1) BE A
' GOVERNOR
Harry Reed Candidate for
Chief executive of
Panama
Iff HAS Nil OPPOSITION
Place Made Vacant by Resignation of
President Magoon—Young Man
Has Good Endorsement for
the Place.
The following rrom the Wavcross
Herald will be of interest in this city,
where Mr. Reed formerly resided and
has a large circle of friends:
11. 1). Reed, the present executive
secretary for Governor Magoon, an t
who is a candidate for governor of the
panama canal zone, is a Georgian and
a resident of Way cross.
Mr. Reed is a son of Mr. E. li.
Reed, who resides on Elizabeth street,
and is a nephew of the late 11. \V.
Reed, who for many years was supe>-
intendent of the roadway of the ol t
Plant System.
Young Harry Reed left. Waycross
about seven years ago, and was em
ployed with tlie Fishery Commission
at Washington. Later he was in the
auditing department, and when Cob
Black, some four years ago, went to
Panama to look after the Unite !
States government’s purchase from
France, he accompanied Col. Biacu
as his secretary and stenographer
When Gov. Magoon was appointed he
secured Mr. Reed’s services as his
secrelary, which he has held up to tho
present day.
It is stated that Gov. Magoon him
self is recommending Mr Reed's ap
pointment as governor of the canal
zone.
Mr. Reed is thoroughly conser
vant with the affairs around Panama.
Ifls selection as governor will give
great pleasure to his numerous
friends in this section.
SUNDAY NIGHT SERVICES
WILL BE RESUMED.
The congregation of the First
Methodist church will resume the
Sunday night services in the city Halt
next Sunday. Services to begin at
7:30 p. m.
At this service the pastor will
preach the first of a series of sermon •
on “Heaven.” The six themes will be
presented as follows:
1. “What is Heaven?” or "Is Hea
ven a State or a Place?'
2. “Where is Heaven?” or “Hypothe
sis as to Location."
3. "Heaven as a Place a Necessity."
4. “The Fact of Heaven as Based on
the Veracity of Jesus.”
6. “The Blessings and Privileges oi
Heaven.”
6. ‘Preparation for Heaven—When
and How?”
DEPARTMENT MADE QUICK F.UN.
Small Fire Last Night Out on Amherst
Street.
An alarm of fire was sounded last
night about 9 o’clock from box 34.
The blaze was lo ated in a small
shanty occupied by John Green, col
ored The bouse was owned by W. .1.
Way and was pretty well covered by
insurance.
Chief Green and bis fire laddies de
serve credit for the excellent run the
department made. In less than a
minute aft?r the alarm sounded the
entire department was coming down
Newcastle street and did some excel
lent work in saving the adjoining
houses
WILL MEET ON MONDAY NIGHT.
Decided to Hold the Mass Meeting on
That Date.
The mass meeting called for next
Tuesday night, for the purpose of
naming a municipal ticket, will be
held on Monday night, as it was dis
covered yesterday that At. G. Field’s
minstrels would be in the city Tues
day night, and it was not deemed
advisable to hold the meeting on the
same night.
The voters will be notified later
about the meeting and it is expected
tbat many of them will be present
J* assist in nauias the ticket-
IS IMPOSSIBLE 10
PICK THE THREE
WINNERS •
Looks Like Peeples, Russell
and Powell Will Be
New Judges
RESULT !ET IR DOUBT
Early Returns Received in Atlanta
Last Night Shows Many of the
Candidates to be Running
Neck and Neck.
Atlanta, Oct. 3. —It is impossible,
with the retui ns received early to
uigbt, to give the winners for the
new court of appeals, as several of
the candidates are running in all sec
tions of the state, while others arc
only polling a heavy vote in their im
mediate sections. However, from
early returns received from a number
of counties, it seems that Judge H
0. Peeples, of Atlanta; Judge A. G.
Powell, of Blakely; and Judge R. B.
Russell, of Winder, will be the win
ners. although the race is not by any
means won by them. Early returns
only indicate that they arc running
better in all sections cf the stale.
it is also probable that Judge Thos.
.1. Chappell, of Colunnms, '..i1l make a
good race and if he i3 not. elected lie
will closely push the winners; Judge
Willingham is running well, but many
consider him practically out of tho
race. Judge Thos. Green, of Athens,
it seems, has made a very good race
and may be among tho leaders. It is
known that he has carried many
counties.
Ail returns indicate the election of
Judge Peeples and nearly every
county that has so far been lreara
from has given him a good vote 1 .
Judge Powell is making an excellent
race in the southern section of the
state, and seems to be a sure winner,
although his small vote in north Geor
gia may count against him.
With sixteen candidates in the race,
all carrying their respective sections,
it will take probably the official vote
to decide the winners and the above
is only surmised from the early re
turns received in Atlanta.
BRUNSWICK FIHM
LANDS CONTRACT
H. M. MILLER & SON TO FURNISH
NEW CLUB HOUSE AT
WHITE OAK
H. M. Miller & Son. Brunswick’s
enterprising furniture dealers, have
just, landed one of tlie biggest con
tracts for a single order of furniture
ever awarded in this section of the
state, which was secured by the firm
by their usual enterprise and push.
A few weeks ago H. M. Miller, the
moving spirit of the firm, went to
New York for ttie purpose of putting
in a bid for furnishing the handsome
new Wiiite Oak clubhouse at White
oak, in Camden county, which is now
in course of construction and which
will be one of the handsomest build
ings of tlie kind in the state. Mr.
Miller submitted his bid and returne 1
to the city and yesterday received
notification that the bid of his firm
was ttie best and consequently the
contract had been awarded to them.
To show the magnitude of this con
tract it may be stated that furniture
to the amount of $7,000 will be usea
in furnishing the clubhouse and every
piece of it will come from the Bruns
wick furniture dealers. The work of
tumishmg the building will begin at
once and it will be ready for occu
pancy the latter part of November.
Messrs. Miller &. Son deserve to oe
complimented on their enterprise in
securing such a large contract, when
it is considered that furniture dealers
in all sections were after it. The
business of the company is rapidly
spreading to all sections of Georgia
and the local dealers are among the
leading furniture firms of this sec
tion.
BRUNSWICK, GA., THURSDAY MORNING. OCT *
PRESIDENT EM
OF DARIEN & WttJjSH|
WRITES
i. \T in! it to Brunsw It JJ -0 s£, 4 > }
ni* Meeting NYith JhhHhBhRHH
Last Sunday morning The News
printed an article relative to the ex
tending of the Darien and Western
railroad to this city, in which it was
stated that President Emerson and
other officials of the road woulgi
shortly visit Brunswick for the pu®
pose of conferring with the busino®
men of the city.
It was also announced that
dent Emerson would, in a few
write a letter to a Brunswick man
interested in the extending of tho
road, setting forth his plans and ask
ing the people to make a proposition
and arrange a meeting with the offi
cers of the road. This letter was re
ceived yesterday and President Emer
son states the present status of tho
road in plain language. He asks for
a meeting with the people of Bruns
wick and a proposition from them, and
no doubt this meeting will be ar
ranged at once. He says be is ready
and willing to meet, at any date named
by tho local people.
Following is a copy of the letter,
which should be of interest to every
person in Brunswick who has the in
terest of the city at heart:
“Following our conversation and
complying witli your request beg to
say now that the Georgia Coast &
Piedmont It. R. is in operation be
tween Darien & Collins, we are pro
pared to consider the question ot' ex
tensions.
“I have devoted a good deal of
thought, time and study and discussed
the proposition of an extension from
Darien to Brunswick very carefully
with my associates.
“Asa general proposition, the ex
tension considered simply as an ex
tension would he an advantage to our
railroad because it would add the
population located in tlie eastern pare
of Glynn county and at P.runswick to
our line; it would also give us con
nection with railroads and with steam
ship lines which we have pot at the
present time.
“If we consider it from a traffic
stand-point the value of the extension
is problematical. We can obtain the
same rate per ton or per thousand
feet for hauling from Taltnal County
to Sapfelo or Darien, as we would for
hauling fifteen miles further to Bruns
wick. We get the same division on
through freight from the Atlantic
Coast Line R. R. aud the Seaboard
R. R. at our present junction points
as if we go to Brunswick. The ad
vantage of going to Brunswick with
the freight originating from up coun
try is a debatable one from a revenue
standpoint.
"The important question in the pro
position is the amount of freight
which will be shipped out of Bruns
wick and to points on or beyond on.*
line. This, of course, depends upon
three things;
“First, the Brunswick rate from
New York and similar points com
pared with Savannah and other com
peting points; second, the prices at
which your merchants can sell their
goods, or rather the profit which they
are willing to make, and third, the
variety aud quantity of stock which
they carry, if Brunswick can assure
us that it will do a considerable
wholesale business it will materially
strengthen the proposition from a
freight stand point. Wo may be as
cured of this in not only one, but sev
eral ways, which 1 shall be glad to
MILLIONS OF FEET
OF LUMBER BURN
SEVEN MILLION DESTROYED AND
TWENTY-FIVE MILLION FEET
IN DANGER.
Ottawa, Ont.. Oct. 3. —A fire is rag
ing at. Frazer’s piling grounds, ten
miles up the river from this city.
The grounds contain twenty-five mil
lion feet of lumber. Seven million
feet have already been destroyed, and
It is feared that the balance will burn
before the blaze Is extinguished
disci® '
& ■ msmsmmm
Jg
draw largely.
"The important question to the rail
road company, after considering the
traffic is the cost of construction.
Without the data at hand which comes
from making a careful survey 1 can
only estimate in the broadest way,
what the cost will be. An inspection
of the government maps shows that
we will be obliged to build about live
miles ol trestle across tlie islands
soutii ol Darien. To comply with the
government regulations we would have
to build three draw-bridges, which
will cost anywhere from SOO,OOO to
SIOO,OOO each. 1 have no means at
the present time to estimate what the
terminal will cost because 1 do not
know exactly where it will be desira
ble to build nor what your realtv
values are.
"in order that we may arrive at
some conclusion in tills matter I sub
-1 gest the following course of proce
dure. We will make a careful survey
from Darien to Brunswick and deter
mine where it will be most desirable
to build the line and the cost thereof
The people of Brunswick, board or
trade or city council to appoint a
committee which will ascertain and
determine what can be done in the
way of terminals, rights of way and
bonus to offset the extraordinary
(when compared with the average
construction in the south) cost 01
this proposed railroad.
“Having in hand a memorandum
saying; exactly what Brunswick ca 1
and will do to induce the railroad to
build and a detailed estimate of tee
cost we can then very readily deter
mine whether it will be to the ad van
tage of our company to make the ex
tension.
“I may say to you that, it is the
policy of our company to otter an
legitin ate and proper aid for the de
velopment of tlie territory which our
railroad serves. Wo expect to spend
considerable money in advertising and
in soliciting exlgration and in estab
lishing industrial enterprises. Bruns
wick is a port of trade and it will be
to the advantage ot a railroad one hun
dred Rules long to terminate at a port.
' Conversely it will be an advantage to
have a railroad because of the facili
ties it will offer to reach directly a
settled and productive country not
now available to the merchants of
Brunswick.
"One Item, perhaps, will he men
tioned specifically; Darien is the larg
est, town the shortest distance from
Brunswick, and the building of this
railroad will make Darien practically
a suburb of Brunswick.
“If the line he built f would advo
cate oaily service running into and
out of Brunswick morning and even
ing, enabling all points 011 our line
to reach and be reached from Bruns
wick and return the same day.
“I shall be glad to confer with you
or any committee at any time that
will be mutually convenient.
“Yours truly,
'll. 1) EMERSON.”
TRIED 10 CAPTURE
CUSTOM HOUSE
REVOLUTIONISTS WHO HAD PLAN
NED ATTACK CAUGHT BY ST.
PETERSBURG POLICE.
London, 0"t. 3. —A report received
here this afternoon from St. Peters
burg states that several of a party or
revolutionists, who bad planned to
attack the cashier of the custom
house, were captured by the police.
Many shots were exchanged in the
conflict and one man was killed, while
A number were injured.
Majoiity
i! Ills Primary
wm Keslerßay
pt POLITICIANS WERE BUSY
There Was a General Swapping of
Candidates and Changing Tickets
By Local Supporters of the
Sixteen Mn.
The Vote:
H. C. Peeples 197
B. S Willingham 188
A. G. Powell iui
Tlios. .1. Chappell 95
D. M Roberts 70
F. C Foster 08
Geo. S Jones 39
R. B. Russell 38
W. It Hammond 20
Thus F. Green 22
Ben H. Hill 17
Howard Van Epps 14
Frank Harwell 13
Chas. G. Janes 11
P. I*. Profit! 4
W M. Henry 0
Judge Henry C. Peeples, of Atlanta,
Judge Bartow S. Willingham, of For
syth, and Judge A. G. Powell, of
Blakely, were the successful candi
dates for justices of the new court of
appeals iti Glynn county yesterday, all
three oi them having a good majority
over the next closest candidate, and
it is likely, from early reports over
the state, that two of the successful
candidates in this county, Judges
Peeples and Powell, have also won
over the state.
The primary here yesterday was an
unusual and unique one. At least a
half dozen of (lie candidates had sup
porters in Brunswick, and of all the
swapping of ballots, knifing of can
didates and general switching around,
tlie contest for judges took the lead.
There were sixteen in tlie field aim
tlie politicians were given a good
opportunity to switch 011 c candidate
for the other and there was a general
rnixup all during (he day. Wiien a
voter srarted to tlie polls lie was
stopped from tlie front of tlie court
house to the balloting window and,
nine eases out of ten, changed hu
ticket a half dozen times before finally
casting It. The contest, however, was
good natureil and was really enjoyed
by Hie politicians.
WINTHROP WILL
RELIEVE TAFT
JUDCF MAGOON WILL GO TO THE
PHILIPPINES AS THE PROVIN
CIAL GOVERNOR.
Washington, Oct. 3. —Judge Magoon
this afternoon announced that he
would not go to Cuba to act as the
provincial governor to relieve Secre
tary lafi, but that lie would leave
shortly for the Philippines to take
charge. relieving Governor Win
throp.
It was also announced that Govern
or Wintlnop would leave as early as
possible for Havana to take charge,
relieving Secretary Taft.
AUDITORIUM COMMITTEE
HOLDS MEETING TO-DAY.
A meeting of the auditorium com
mittee will ho held at the city had
this afternoon at 4 o’clock. Business
of importance is to come up and ail
member# of the committee are ear
nestly requested to be present.
Attempts to Wreck Trains.
Geneva, N. Y.. Oct. 3. —Three at
tempts were made early today to
wreck trains on the Pennsylvania di
vision of the New York Central road,
near here. The obstructions were dis
covered In time to prevent a disaster,
it was the evident purpose of the
would-be wreckers to throw the trains
off tlie bridge, which spans a small
stream thirty feet below.
Wmcc, rivE cen i 3.
ifORTV-FOUR LIGHT
HOUSES WERE
DESTROYED
Storm on Golf Roast Played
Ravoc With All of tlie
Lights
MOBILE NEEDS ASSISTANCE
But the Situation is Said to be Im
proving—Supplies Arc Needed to
Relieve the Many Suffering
People.
New Orleans, Oct. 3.--Forty-four
lighthouses were either swept into tho
sen. and losl, or the structures are so
badly damaged that no lights can bo
shown and four lighthouse keepers
were drowned during last week's Inir
riciinu. is the summary of a retwt
made by the United States lighthouse
ills])!!: tors.
These lights were located on the
coast and adjacent islands between
the south Mississippi river and Mo
bile. The inspector did nut investi
gate the lighthouse losses between Mo
bile and Pensacola.
Mobile Needs Assistance.
Mobile, Oct. 3.—-No stoini appeared
during tho night, and tboro is none
immediately at hand. The barometer
is si ill low, but the decline is gradual,
and although sumo wind may strike
the city, no storm of great severity is
expected. The telegraphic facilities
are gradually 'being restored. The
railroads, except the Louisville and
Nashville, are running op time. The
city streets have been cleared, and
save for tho battered conditions of
many buildings, Mobilo is outwardly
as good as ever. Relief work for the
striken communities down the bay is
working admirably. Food, clothing
ami bedding is being furnished as
rapidly as possible, although there u
still much suffering. There is still
need ''or all supplies that can be sent,
in from outside points.
Red Cross Offers Aid.
Washington, Oct. 3. -The Ameri
can National Red Gross Boclety has
uecided to receive contributions for
the relief of the storm sufferers in
the Gulf Stales and lias sent appro
priate instructions to tlie presidents
of all staLo branches. poisons liv
ing In slates which have 110 Red Cross
brandies may send contributions to
the national treasurer, C'lias. Hallaru
Keen Assistant Secretary United
States Treasury.
CAPITAL CITY CLUB
MAY HAVE TO PAY LICENSE.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 3. The Capital
City Club, Atlanta’s most fashionable
club, may have to pay a license of
SI,OOO, the same as any saloon in the
city. An ordinance has been intro
duced in council requiring a license of
SI,OOO from club rooms The purpose
of the ordinance is to close up negro
club rooms by imposing a heavy it
cense, and in doing so tlie Capital City
Club will have to stand the racket.
A NEW ROAD TO RUN
FROM OCILLA TO MACON.
Rochelle, Ga., net. 3. The eontr'-ri
was signed here today and Hie monev
paid over for Ibe building of Hm
Oeilla and Valdosta railroad from
Ocllia, via Fitzgerald i<> ltoeheJle. it
is to lie completed to ibis point ny
January !, 1908. .Vlacon is Hie iiltl
male point of destination. This marks
an era In the progress of Rochelle
and Hi is section.
Russians Criticise Atlanta.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 3.—Several
newspapers have published editorial
articles on (lie events at Atlanta, (la,
comparing them witli the anti-Jewish
massacres in Russia. The Tlovoe
Vremya expresses the hope that the
United States now will cease to at
tribute the Russian excesses lo offi
cial provocation, Instead of admitting
that they are the result of mutual
racial animosity.
Dowie Enroute to Mexico.
St ixmis. Mo.. Oct. 3. —John Alex
ander Dowie passed through this clt/
today, enroute to Mexico, whither he
goes for the benefit of his health. H„
looks very feeble, but expresses con
fidence that he will ultimately retain
to Zion aud regain ids powers, whicn
he clalna are now being usurped by
those h made In l* t! * palmy day*.
