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The 13r uns v vimmSm. va 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*.