The Brunswick news. (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, November 01, 1906, Image 1

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iE 6, NUMBER 34. mm shipping pENT HY OVER W $3,000,000 It Proved to fie One of the Best Months of the Present Hear 13,380,694 WAS HIE TOTAL Amount Would Have Been Much Larger, but Shipment of Cotton le Late—Official Figure* of the Port Statistician. Brunswick’s skipping record tor tile month of October was a corker Three million, three hundred and eighty-five thousand, six hundred and ninety-four dollar*. y 'Ahj in round numbers that 4la LhW amount of shipping done through the port of Brunswlok during tire past Dour weeks, which makes October one uf the beet months or the year. The official figure* were prepared by Ca ph ot to Johanneaen. official port statisti cian, yesterday afternoon, and the re port in full U aa follows: Arrivals for Month. ,y Steamers 18 U Schooners ~ 2t Si Barks 3 i Total 46 * Foreign Shipment. lly 9 vesseli, with tonnage of 18.- k 795 and crew of 190 persona: 18,70S hales cotton. 7.568 phosphate,; 2.850 barrels rosin. v :1.4!i2,000 feet oft lumber, 913.000 feet of timber, 4,</>0 feet oak lumber, 41,369 erw ties. Total value of shipment, sl/.371,551. Domestic Shipment. By 31 vessels, with total tonnage of 38,238, and 621 crew: 2,7*10 bales cot ton, 2,000 bales sheeting, 2 bales wool. 9,761 barrels rosin, 655 barrels turpentine, 60,009 feet ot ash, 7,223,-, 000 feet lumber, r 22.0D0 feet timber, 820 cases cedar, 19*0.006 pieces shin gles. 10,294,054 feet crossties, 64 tons merchandise. Tot*tl value of 5h1p met^3777.467. & Imports. t4| value of Imports from foreign 88l Recapitulation. *Utg* $1,371361 Don. *tlc (77,467 Imports 1.236,376 $3,385,694 ' WILL RESIDE IN BRUN3WICK. Mr. and Mrs J. B. Wright Will Re move from Bt. Simon. Tpe many Brunswick friends ot w , and Mrs. J. B. Wright, who have htm restdlnr at Bt. Simon mill* tor a amber of years, will be delighted to learn that they have decided to remove to Brunswick and will come over shortly to make their homo here. While Mr. and Mrs. Wright have been living on Bt. 31mon, tney have practically been considered Bruns wick people, and have many friends in the city who will be delighted with the announcement, that they are to remove h**re shortly. TO DISPLAY pretty hats, Mim Kau Blatsr Will Exhibit Them On Baturd^t, Miss Kate Slater. Brunswick’s well known milliner, announces that she will display some unusually pretty trimmed hats at her millinery P!BS§ on Gloucester street and An invitee all the ladles of BrunsWlc? to pome around and inspect them Saturday. Mlsb Slater has unusually pretty line of ready trimmed hats, and those who have not yet purchased their fall bonnet wJOo well to Inspect her line a purchase VIR eM NH§g§&jKA' v E QUIET TIME The mcjjllsof the Brunswick fire departndMTre still h?.vln rather a quiet it, U| have to respond : Wau ’■ Usually with the®; , K f the first cold weather the ** kcpt quite busy, but. fir® la many for The Brunswick News; STATE MAY SECURE DOCUMENTS Plan is Proposed bv Which Georgia Mav Secure Historical Papers. If the plans of a number of promi nent Georgia citizens are carried out by the general assembly next session, the state will possess a collection ot rare documents of the history of Georgia since Its first colonization by Oglethorpe. These If purchased, will be into n horary of history maps that were printed in ttaypi^nitury. According to th^MMrePp'li?tiiiro Brunswick. 0* ; ' r 1 01 the and superintendent of e<jp : \a oi thy state fair bought by the state, papers will bo printed in a history to be written 'bv former governor Allen D. Candler, state compiler of records. Tho exhibits of Dr. Burroughs contain many maps and documents relating to the settlement of Georgia by the British, which are now said to be very rare. Georgia at present is without many of the historical events of the state’s early period. % UN UNKNOWN TRIP ? WENT ASHORE OUTSIDE STEAMER WAS PROBABLY BOUNT TO FtRNANDINA—!B THOUGHT SHE WAS FLOATED ON HIGH TIDE. An unknown tramp steamer was reported ashore yesterday mmnlng between the Brunswick ana St. .• drews bars, but it Is not believed that, any serious damage was done to tte steamer, as she was thought to be perfectly'’ t Cant, Joe lAsserre, Brunswick mints, saw when she went tiai coming Into port on the a Warn er. Chippewa. He eafd the tramp ' evidently going to le noticed her for several~minut-;yiiy&- ing In .toward* shore, and g3^U i \ understand what the capiatiPmeAht’ by the course he was Inking. He saw the steamer when she struck ground and swung around. C’apt. .Lasserre says It was about 10 o’clock yesterday morning, and he was too far from her to ascertain her name. The steamer was ashore about five miles from the Brunswlci oar. It Ik believed, however, tha she was successfully floated on the high tide yesterday afternoon. Capt. Lasserre said it was perfectly calm yesterday and the tramp wae in llt fjo or no danger. Children Had Big Time. Brunswick children seemed to have enjoyed Hallowe’en yesterday ar last night. Crowds of chll'.ren were out last night up to mischief of a' kind, and as a result a number of window panes, etc., were broken. 10 ToTsif BENSEIN GREAT RACE HORSS WAS DE FEAT ED AT JAMAICA RACE TRACK YESTERDAY. Jamaica Race Track. Oct. 31.—1n the prlnclgpl race here this after noon. Ro®>en, the great racotv was floated by Oxford, a ten to one shot in < %e handicap. A\the prevailing odds not very much fiioney placed ford, but several sports, havtrkjjs fldence in' Oxford, won a luJEd. SOUTHERN STRIKERS HOPEFUL. Charlotte, —■ A spoctaJ from the rather ufl expected news that from present in formation the Southern railway ma chinists out on strike will win out In their contention. The aspect of things at Salisbury at least points tn that di rection. The Southern has imported a large number of new men, but have bean unattf to flit the demand, #n<f It is reported that tbo strikers srs msrs beqttM, (*• jSj ttmMw *m * jK '** BRUNSWICK, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1906. I, B. BA. OFFICIALS SAM WILL SAIL SPENT QUITE A BUSYDAY . forty will I dave the Gi’y This Morning, fining to , Boston PLEASED WITH THE Cltf Yesterday They Visited Rice Plaplai iMViW tion at Hofwyl, Last Night and WjJU, • Quite T\fV/\ ' ' The party of ’ r , m ■?,' . headed by PreU 1 ■ % \ 1 sen, who arrivl I : day afternoon./j; j ■ . ;(■ *' yesterday Jn J U h/f ‘f: The .arty® T i • . f #'a|. was expect this mo;:,lhg ' i $ ; : Yesterday ms Y |. Brunswick an#; , *ii, 1 ; " party is travu:>; Sterling over ff / , n- . j, |-- . where the capil j . ' ; ’,< . r Hugos and drij tion ot Mr. ; fe 8 . ' There the pa*f or four hru.njf S ’ 4\ ■ noon with U ‘ fit tuO largcj# , j P t° e:lj-C" Ir|; f f IJ, ;Y * jorlty J I ; 'i ii : J ,K ’ * -m# ■ - '■■■/■ - .£ j i 1 v '4 ■ jL# V.... 1, it *1 , -*nl thfchy. -* they i -i i.rod Little woker" from a box. Later they went to tne Phoenix nd spent a few hours. < •!, .'i ~e entire party will leave thli ■ prnlng and will go direct to Boston sTrtd thence to Quincy, where they will witness the launching of the steamer Oeeechee on next Monday a the plant of the Fore River Shipbui.d ing Company. This will be the sec ond of the fleet of the steamers to be launched, the Satilla. which was launched sevyj.l weeks ago, now be ing eomplatedF'td about ready to go Into commissfa*/ The several members of the party last night expressed themselves an being most favorably Impressed wli." Bruns / ck. They think It one of the best ports along the south Atlantl coast, are pleased with the progress of their Improvement work going on" and enjoyed their visit from a social standpoint. ANOTHER RAILROAD IS GIVEN ITS CHARTER Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 31.—A charter has been granted the Western and Gulf Railway, capitalized at $200,0'c.) and with offices In AmerJcus, Ga. The road Is to extend from Dawson to Amerlcus. and from Americus to hawkinsville. The road will be eighty five miles in length and will tap the Southern Railway at Hawk insville. Senator Crawford Wheatley, who secured the charter, states that the road will be built and the In corporators mean business. LITTLE SOY 18 DEAD FROM BLOOD POISON Cj&mMms, Ga., Oct. 31.—The of Mr. Bar tw Gorham, In thfc city yesterday from blood poisoning, was alleged to have been caused Indirectly frojr> vaccination. The little boy suEered greatly, his whole arm being almost dcuffded of flesh. arfßalie body cover ecvlth blisters. Eight Hundred Bu*JTbct Expelled. 9 Odessa, Oct. 31.—During the last daya there have 'been expelled this cltv over eight hundrec whom the authorities supposed t participate in disorders to-mA row. The students of this city, ayr prehendlng attacks by the military, have organized a defensive force on jmilltarv lines. j They Get a Holiday. M The children of St. Joseph's cj'% !rit will be given a halidaf t,?dajdK i Msr $ holder m- FROM NEW YORK NOVEMBER 10 Will fie finally lo ttecuivs Fitighl tor BiiHiswitk on Nov. 8 Big CAlifil) !0 £[ DEM! Agent Llgeour Receives Flcg to be Displayed ‘"*'f4t /er Wareho b ße of the Com ' -f pany Here, y \ yin . 'jwwt; x 1 \nr ( }, ; "l, , f I ’ * j < ft 3d Aciv I.; ,’;' A ■ Ii i Iyp i yßv (I * * 1 , JjPiPt W i ! i be rreelve i <•; h H s MBt River, New fi if; , ’| 9 and 10. ’ ■lf P u 1/ announced, WssSflßL from .New Yn- Kovemnrr 10. Sin , . r.if J f to the compare Co,I j l J/eek and will imnß Jffroni Boston to New" will take on nor &pr this port. Ag nt Lt-rour, who for trelrht for th* Sk .il a, Stated to a News reporter yesterday that ho was graLi&ed at the response of the merchants of Brins wick. 'Many of them, he says, have put in spe la) orders for freight In .New Yo k merely to nave It shipped cn the Satilla. He says he expects -.o have a full cargo ready for her when she sails from New York on November 10. Mr. Liceour Is already building up a big business for this line. He da-- been hustling for freight ever since receiving his appointment, and the runswitk Company could uot have secured a better hustler for fmsinesa. ■ *.,r. Ligeour yesterday also received K handsome flag to he hoisted ove- Bie warehouse of the company at the wouth end terminals. The flag is ; large one and -ears the single letto' g< in the middle. It will be hoist"' mver the warehouse ip the course oi a few days. The Satilla will land at the wharves of the company upon her arrival here, which will be sufficiently com pieted to accommodate her, WILL LOCK AFTER QCMULGEE Mayor Smith and President Small May Attend Rivers and Harbors Congress. Macon, Oct. 31.—Mayor Smith and President SmalM of the Chamber ot Commerce are tern plating going to the congress ailed for the pur pose of considering the Improvement cf rivers and harbors, which meets in Washington A December 6 and 7. These officials are Interested tn navigation on the Ocmftijiee. and wife arrwuo to place the matter be fore the congress. It was urged In the invitation that the natural waters of the United fatates are sources of wealth ;jnd need utilizing oply. . • J ,Tne congress will plan means' to bring the matter of Improving tar cors and rivers tba legist ture. In ordoFthat tne rlver\maA^ Baved - L m- - Child’s to Columi® S*C., Oct. 31. —OnaP^ar- rant chafing him witn neg.ect in furnhAug his child with proper attention, E. P. Stokes, a prominM farmer of Florence mm ty, Is uHer an out. He Is in faith cure. AjS| More than a week ago a littlilw • of Stokes’ became siHt c.O fdflflnhgo '*-■ f j DEAD L! NOT EXCEED SVXTY j Seven Victims ef thsi Trolley Wre;k red. ct. 31.—With t * y >, 'as m;4slng, read offi las the number i drawbridge scy and Sea will not ex bodies nave j been l two of those placed |am ing are known to be 1 d€ " bl' J#eath Wlfn.: ®as- is held in the bottom of the thorough fare. w Canal iCommissicn Wants Money. Washit igton, Oct it.—The isthmian canal cc tamhsion desir s an appro priation cf $25.406.2'S to ontinue its work on Jftje Panama canal during th fiscal yejßgUidlng June 30, 1908. Tt-- this amount or mmrautolic today by the co^plTsaion. TONIGHT IpT lEWlfl ' OPEN AIR POLITICAL MEETING TO BE HELD 3Y/ C'JPPDRTERS OF THE CANDIDATE FCR MAY JR. The People’s ticket folly t be he fin Orange Park, N. w Tcwn. this Dvenlug, is ijie gel tical event .of tire day in Brunswick, and it proiarses to be one largest and’ most entbitsiastic (Tilitioal In Bruntwic v in recent .years. The meeting will begin pr,Mly at 8 o’.lcch. and will be 31 en air polit cal gaiheriug held licre in years. Oa. r averr’ will be run from the up town districts .for the benefit of those citizens living ip. Old Town, and el ewi ere in tV city,' w'ht desire to attend the meeting,- The Atlantic hand has 1 ei n-engaged for the evening and will give a cflH cert during .the s; ea’-ing. A specH iy arranged program has been .mred by Leader tau agartner. yB The speakers anncunced for tnl evening are Col. L. P. Goodyear, the people’s candidate for mayor, Judge Harris. These ereaders will dhcusr many of tl:e issues involved In the ..resent campaign. They are all iam Irar with municipal afiai s in lirun= wick, and are in position to discuss them in a forcelui manner. While the meeting is to be he' mostly fir t e p o le \r ,\ew Town it Is expe.ted that voters Lon ? sections of the cuy wLH oe present A special Invitation bait beer extend ed to the ladies and Ift is expected mat quite a number of will be present. Bl ßrtsSiN / - I FIFST TIME IN HIjfWL THA SUCH A C7NDI/ | \ AF . FA ITS James- .-a Irlan'%|ffiK Fur ..u flrs^S i. i s|U : & .u PRICE. FIVE CENTS HEORGIA3ALLOONIST RAD A NARROW ESCAPE Ir.ltiffl sDam lirtrsirg liis Life ii. Iscmiin • at Augusta TALLOOH CAUGHT 111 WILES But by a Marvelous Piece of Work t He Let Out Gas and Descended to the Ground Without Being g Injured. Augusta. Ga., Oct. 31—Dr. Thomas, the famous bal;onl?t. had a very- nar row escape l e e tnl; afternoon, and a most thrilling experience, and the thousands of people who saw him make the ascension from the fair expected every minute to L.|* him buried to daath from high up IH the air, but thiougli a marvelous ■j e of work, he escaped without in jury. As tha ba loon ascended in the a,r it caught in the telegraph wires and me basket was • torn away. Dr. Thcmas caught in the ropes of ths gas tag as thav shot, iiuwards and then dangled at the rope, reople at thds junctuie\ ected to see him tumble at every ffiiiute and many wemen w. unwitnessed the thrll ling experience 4>f the baloonlst al most faint: and, an.l turned .their faces *o keep from viewing the, awful a.-.c 1 - dent Dr. Thomas, however, after catch ing the end of tire rope, cltihbed to ti e valves of " •ta loe T ' an 1 I t the gas out. descending to earth un harmed. • SRE EJEREOSUIT L FOR BIG AMOLNT MRS. H. W. DEXTER SUING A RAILROAD IN ATLANTA FOR £>o,ooo, The fcllowlnsJbtrom the Atlanta liemglan otmffilMav will b 4 of In ert st In this SSwhere Mr.'Howard W. Dext:r. tt JBband of tJCWalmi tiff In the s well known: "A suit for $50,C00 alleged damages will be filed against the Georgia Rail way Company In DeKa’.h countr Tuan lav afternoon by Mrs. Howard W. Dexter, of Atlanta, through her at torney, Reuben Arnold. The action ■ s based upon the ejection of Mr*. $ sxtf r Lem a first-class coach of a ! aar,' iger train on the Georgia road [October 2. as published several days “The declaration alleges that Mrs. Dext. r occupied the only vacant seat found after, ate got on the train at Stone Mountain; .that while she wm n the first- las* coach thAtraln flag man. In a v *y\insolont manner, or .e.ed her tr folljbw mim. at the same -lme telling she belonged in :be coach for |ti(|g:jPoes. l She the Incident was Hsevere stock to her and that since Hs occurrence she has suffered with pTsteria and nervousness. She claims LnaV f ' hc was made sit In the car' HUt. the c .;rtes ahi, while she was vd-Pc at. ng ana Pfry was jitii by the it Is s uy Jtw■ Mfci ~ iIUTTi ' * . tM 1 M::M o-fdwlc !:•>;.man jjMmmrtbe negro uurs wirh Mrs. wss with her. mod that she was Httton belief vfflll coach. l" I’e* b*fli<'d tn \ <* 'Smtm