The Brunswick news. (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, November 21, 1906, Image 1
VOLUME 6, NUMBER 49
W. F. SYMONS WAS MATED Ff
MANN, DART, DR
WAS A VlCm FOR
ADMINISTRATION
FORCES
Capl Symons Had Majority
of 168 Votes Over Col.
Goodyear
RATTLE WAS FRIENDLY ONE
Australian Ballot System Proved
Satisfactory to All—Forty-two
Vote* Were Thrown Out
ft By the Managers.
THE RESULT.
For Mayor.
VV. Ift Symons -147
C. P. Goodyear 339
Hymens’ majority 108
For Aldermen.
ft. F. Mann 437
Claud Dart 423
VV. it. Cox 417
1- A. Robinson 394
H. M. King 384
J. Bi. Bankston ’. 376
J. T. Lambright 360
J. H. Deo 332
First four elected.
Total vote cast, 828.
Number of ballots thrown out, 42.
The municipal primary yesterday
for the nomination o' a mayor and
four aldermen was almost a com
plete administration victory, four of
their five candidates winning by safe
majorities, as will be seen by the
above, vote. The only defeated
candidate on (heir ticket was J. B.
Bankston, who. ran considerably be
hind the other candidates.
The election will go down in his
\ory as one of the best-nature i
contested fights in the history i>;
Brunswick. Though crowds tstood
around the polls during the entire
day there was not a single difficulty,
or hardly a dispute. The supporters
of the two tickets were on tne scene
early and worked faithfully until tne
last vote was cast at 5:30 o’clock.
The weather wan all that could
have been desired for an election,
if was an ideal day, which please.:
the politicians. That they worked
hard is best evidenced by the fact
that out of a itotal of about 875 reg
istered white voters 828 of them
went to the polls and voted.
The new Australian ballot system
was in vogue for the first time and
i't proved successful and satisfactory
fo both sides. Forty-two of the 828
votes cast were thrown out. This
was done owing to the fact that they
were not prepared according to reg
ulations. Some of the voters placed
a cross opposite ithe names of the
candidates for whom they desired
t.e vote; others failed to vote foi
five of Hite ten candldfitest while
others voted for too many. It was
generally expected that between 25
and 50 ballots would be counted out.
Both' Sides Were Confident.
The result was a great surprise
to the (Goodyear supporters. They
were confident when the polls closed
that their candidate had been elect
ed. On the other hand, the Symons
•< porters, who had claimed the
ejection all along, admitted that they
thought the result was close. Dur
ing the early part of the day they
were sanguine that their candidate
would be elected by 100 or more
votes, but during the last few hours
they were somewhat dubious as to
the result.
When the polls opened at 6:3'
o'clock both appeared to be
perfectly confident as to the result,
for the first tour or two Col. Good
year and his ticket took the lead
Then the administration forces
•trt#d Uieir work, The city and
jteutr employees, who voted almost
The /..v
! solid for the administration
i started to coming up: it was
dent that the word had been
among them and it is safe to
that of the large number men
emlrfloyed by the city and county
I not over ten, if that many, voted
against the Symons ticket. A ma
jority rested under the impression
that to vote against the Symons
ticket meant that they would lose
their jobs, and for that reason, prob
ably more than any other, they cast
the straight administration ticket.
Big Vote Polled.
The supporters worked hard dur
ing the entire day and the total
number of votes cast surprised both
sides. When the poll closed and it
was announced that 828 votes had
been polled, both factions considere u
that a point in their favor. Then it
was, too, that the friends of Col.
Goodyear were sanguine that he had
been ejected. While the Symons
forces claimed the election at that,
time, they said that the majority
would be small, and It is safe to pre
dict. that not a man in Brunswick
thought that cither candidate would
win by over 50 votes. In fact both
parties were claiming the election
by that number.
As the count started a large num
ter of Interested people congregated
around the front door of the city hall
and listened to the managers count,
the votes. The first fifty votes was
about an even split, but after that
Mr. Symons commenced to lake the
lead and all through The count his
majortiy steadily Increased. Before
the managers completed the count
Ids election wits conceded by the
opposition, as many on the outside
had kept, pretty. good tab as the
names were called out by the man
agers.
When the managers finally finish
ed the count the large crowd which
had stood on the outside practically
knew the result, and was only wait
ing to /hear the official figures.
Straight tick ;ts were scarce, in fact
not over four hundred, including
both sides, were cast. As will be
noted by the figures above Alderma o
Robinson went in by only a majority
of 13 over H. M. King, who came
in second on the people’s ticket.
The city executive committee will
meet this morning and officially an
nounce the result.
The Next Council,
Brunswick's city council for 1907
will be composed of the following:
‘.Mayor, W. F. Symons; aldermen,
W. B. Cook, T. J. Wright, W. M.
Tapper, J. W. Wood, B. F. Mann,
Claud Dart, W. It. Cox, L. A. Robin
son. Thilse whose terms expire
are: Mayor Hopkins and Aldermen
L. A. Robinson .1. P. Golden, T. New
man and H. W. Gale.
COLD WEATHER
READER IRIS WAT
RAIN OR SNOW IS THE PREDIC
TION FOR TODAY IN
GEORGIA.
Rain or snow for Oeorgla” Ib the
prediction of the weather man. Our,
cau hardly believe it as he rnopk
his face of perspiration and wonders
how much warm weather happens
in November.
But the weather men have made
the prediction and they seem to be
hitting it pretty near right these
darn. Of. course it is not expected
to snow this far down in the state,
'but it is -more than likely that we
will get some of the cold spell and
the coldest weather of the treason
will he experienced.
Yesterday was really a warm day.
Not that It was hot enough ito cause
one to look for the electric fan or
take a dive in the surf, but it was
quite different from i the chilly
weather we have been having for the
pars! few weeks. The mercury was
up (about 75 —(good (May weather —
Wilt for (tonight and tomorrow the
weather bureau predicts cold weath
er. with a little snow or rain. Re
ports from the north and east are
to the effect that a cold spell Is
now prevailing and it Is said to he
rapidly moving south, so get jour
heavy covering in readiness.
-S®
j alio out
, from Washington mte of Interest
|in this city, where Harry D. Reed
| formerly lived:
"Reorganization of the Isthmian
I Canal Commission has been decided
upon by the president, as the result
of his visit to the canal zone. Just
before leaving he signed orders
which will be made public tills after
noon. Chief Engineer John F
Stevens, will be made a member of
the commiswion. ias will Cot.
William C. Gorgas, the sanitary ox
pert. Stevens is placed in direct
charge of all work of actual canal
construction end will be the one ap
pointed to succeed Judge Magoon as
governor of the canal zone. Harry
D. Reed, of Waycross, Ca.. who was
principal assistant. will become
general consul in charge of all mat
ters concerning the government of
the zone. lie will have numerous
assistants. The general effect of or
der Is to make Chairman Shonta, of
the canal commission, have supreme
charge of all canal work/’
E-CHOONE ft RABEL GOES DOWN,
Experienced Rough Weather and
Sprung a Leak.
Charleston. S. C., Nov. 20. —After
battling with the rising flood in the
hold 'for thirty(Clgjnt noutis, Oapt
Wyman, of (the partly dismantled
schooner Luis G. Rabel, managed to
get the vessel into Hulls hay, where
she foundered in four fathoms of
water Sunday afternoon. The
schooner sailed from Newport, News
November 11, with a cargo cf ooal,
bound foil- M'aryport, Fla. On No
vember 14 she encountered a south
west gale and began to leak. An
choring off Georgetown tlie water
was pumped out and a fresh start
southward was made November 16.
The following (lay high seas and a
southerly gale were encountered;
spanker and foresail were carried
away, and the vessel again ihegan
leaking. The crew, terrified with
continued disaster, had to be driven
to the punks and with difficulty the
vessel was worked into Bulls bay,
where It sank.
The captain and crew stayed on
board until 3:30 Sunday afternoon,
and when the vessel rolled over on
her side, they took to the ship’s
boat and made for the lighthouse.
The Rabel and cargo will be a total
loss. The v(-said was owned by J.
S. Winslow 0(1 (if Portland, Me.
FAST Vj/INTER TRAINS.
Schedules Announced For Limited
and fchicago Special.
VUhe \(du/lules of , the Southern
Palm I.lrtUtld and Chicago and Flor
ida Special! the winter tourist trains
or the Southern railway have been
announced, effective Janimary 9.
The Southern’s Paim Limited will
leave New York at 1 Ip. in., reaching
St. Augustine, Fla., at 2:50 p. m.
the next day, the trip requiring 25
hours and 15 minutes, making tlie
allowance between eastern and cen-
tral lime.
The s hedule for the Chicago and
Florida special is as follows:
Leave Chicago at 1 p. m.. arrive
Atlanta 11:40 the next morning, and
Si. Augustine at JO:30 o’clock the
same night. Returning the train
will leave St.. Augustine at 7:40 a
m.. arrive at Atlanta 6 o’clock the
same night and Chicago at f, a m.
the next day.
The trains will be/the most ele
gantly equipped that/have ever been
operated by the Southern railway.
Train Robifern Arrested.
Warsaw. Nov/ 20—The two lead
ers of the bamd of revxilutJonists
and twenty ofhers Implicated In the
train robbei/ at Rogow, November
8, by whlclf the revolutionists se
cured a vAm of money sabl to
amount to $650,000, have been ar
rested. They alt belong to the Pol
!sh Socialist party.
Only Lightly Hit.
New Orleans, Nov. 20. —Columbus,
Miss., and West Point, Miss, which
have ben cut off from the outside
world since Saturday were heard
from tonight, when Icjng distance
telephone communication was re
stored. Aside from the prostration
of wires, neither of those towns Mut
tered from the cyclonic disturbance.
State
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SOME MONET IS NEEDED^
He Says That If Funds Were
able Scotch Immigrants Coifl
New Be Secured and
To Georgia.
Atlanta, Nov. 20.—1f needed funds
become available and the Depart
ment of Agriculture is iglven the
proper authority, it is not unlikely
that a number of Scotch ioimigrauts
will come to Georgia to nettle. Com
missioner of Agriculture Hudson ban
jiUSt p&eeived a letter from James
A Skrachan, of Savannah, who la
visiting his old home in Scotland
and who, before he loft the state,
wa; & iven a provisional commission
oy Mr, Hudson as commissioner of
immigraticn for Georgia
The state laws make no provision
for such appointment, but the mat
ter was taken up by the Department
of Agriculture In a sort of tentative
way, largely for the purpose of In
vestigial ion. Mr. Strachan could
have accomplished Ipractleally noth
ing if he had not had some official
showing, and it was for the purpose
of giving official color to his work
that he was given a commission.
Mr. Strachan has been aible to in
terest a number of persons in the
advantages that would accrue as a
result of coming to Georgia, and has
already sent a small party of Scotch
men to Savannah. He calls atten
tion however, to the fact that lack
of funds makes it almost impossible
to carry on tlie work In a satisfac
ic|y manner, and It may be that
tlie legislature at the coming ses
sion will be asked to make somo
provision for this class of work.
NO CHARGE OF HERESY
STANDS AGAINST WINN
Ttiilsa, 1. iT., Nov,. 20.—The con
ference ot the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, -today rejected the
recommendation of the committee
on books mid periodicals that a
charge of heresy be filed agalnet
G. B. Winn, editor of the Nashville,
Tenu., Christian Advocaite, the of
ficial organ of the church.
MESSENGERHELD
OF Hi ROBBED
STANARD OIL COMPANY BOY
WAS RELIEVED OF A
I.ARGE SUM.
Now York, Nov. 20. —A messenger
of the Standard Oil Company In Jer
sey Oity waa held up by four boys
tilts morning and robbed of $1,200.
Tiro hoy was en route from the
local office of the Standard Oil Com
pany when he war, met by the four
boys. They covered him with re
volver:., relieved him of the money
and then made their escape. None
of the boyfi have been captured.
Town Wiped Out.
Gadsden. Ala., Nov. 20. —A tornado
struck the little town of Henneger
in DeKailb .ourtty, Sunday morning
at daybreak, and not. a building was
loft. Sit a tiding: Fifteen stores and
houses were reduced to splinters.
Henneger Is twelve miles from the
nearest railroad slat ion. No fntali
tii are reported
Georgia Railroad Case.
Washington, Nov. 20.—Attorney
General Hart, of Georgia, today rn
tered a motion in ihe supreme court
of the United Stares, to advance
the hearing in the case of the Geor
gia Railroad Company vg. The State,
involving the right of the state to
collect back taxes on railroads.
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Ucuerai' ;.l (hitler, the
day.
wliitfh /cost $130,000,
#hd deeded 6y Scultor F. W. Ruck
*tuhl, Is regarded as a masterpiece.
strike breakers arrive
t-S Take Places of Men at Wayc-ross
* Who Left Work.
Nt’aycrosu, On, Nov 20,—'Several
met arrived here tonight to take the
piatki of the striking switchmen,
and ihwltch foreman and it looks a
if tin railroad yard troubles here
will fee straightened out within a
day eft two.
The condition of tlie yard tonight
l*i finally better than it has been
for some time, which Is aocounted
for by the fact that the company ha s
sidetracked most of if the freights
routed for Waycross, or forwarded
them to the destination by some
other road. The yard force to-
day has been composed/ of three
new men from (Charleston, meverai
conductors, the) yoneral yardmaaler
and the trainmen, but with this
small force the yard has been clear
ed of perishable freight and a uurn
ber of trains were scat out.
The negro switchmen, who went
out with their foreman, returned to
work tonight and, with the new men
who arrived on the afternoon trains
and those expected tomorrow, k Is
expected that the yard will be work
ing under Its normal force within a
short time. It Is stated tonight that
the railroad company has declined
to relniita.e any of the striking fore
men
Suicidal Asphxlafion.
Atlanta Nov 20.—Will J. Free
man, 4t years old, clerk at the
Marlon hotel and formerly filling a
similar position at Knoxville, Tenn.,
died at his residence here today. Mr.
Freeman was found In an uncon
scious condition in his room last
Saturday morning and a tube at
tached to an open gas burner In the
room suggested the cause Physi
cians worked in vain to save his
life, ilmt death came today. The
verdict of the coroner’s jury found
that death resulted from asphxlation
with suicidal intent. The body will
be sent, to Knoxville for interment.
Denied Bail.
Atlanta, Nov. 20. —Application for
bail made by the attorneys for
twenty-five negroes chaiged with the
murder of Policeman James F. Hear“
during the September riots, was de
nied today. Exceptions to the rul
ing were male In five cases, in
which Judge Roan said he would
make further Investigation with the
possibility of permitting bond to be
given
A BIG PIANO SALE
Twenty to be Sold Thursday at rrc
*ory Prices.
The Uudden aad litres SL'cutbern
music house, will lndd t big piano
sale in the Pedrosa hfiil ring on New
castle (Street totnoirrw morning, the
sale to continue Idr ona week sn.l
some genuine bargains In pianos v ill
he offered to 'lieXoo;,lo of this city.
The company Announces that it. da
hires to reduce its inunence stock
and in order to do so the pianos will
be disused of at factory prices. A
largo number of handsome Instru
ments arc being displayed and ’.vdl
be sold at the lowest prices over of
fered the people of Brupnuwick.
Th sa,e will begin tomorrow morn"
Ing and those who are thinking of
purchasing % piano should attend th v
Mile.
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Washington, Nov. 20.
Roosevelt today' wired
Taft not to revoke tha
iiandlng the regiment of negrfl
-tiers unless some new facta
mit ter ire laid before 2:!m
‘•has .oriie good reaaor.a
*i.:ors ahould ujß..
banded M
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W; ui' r
K):;cvi'lt^^^^^^weH'ka
ago ordered a negro
troops disbanded. time
prominent negroes havr^lnterested
i.hernsf Ives in the mat ■er and have
urged ujion the. prcrrijriit to revoke
liis order. Ho v,a.-, he urged
to do M that., ,s .a.rftmry Taft decided
to wiro,|liiiiJfe.ii i /iilma and inform
him of v the cff.it being made to
keep the troops In the service, but
nueortli Ag to it.he president’s reply
today thi regiment will he disband
ed unle°s some now facta are
brought out in favor of the troops.
SPIRES ELECTFVOCUTED.
Fell Dead as He on an In
candescent Light.
Aug uia, Ga„ Nov, 20.— J. Q.
Spires was this morning electrocut
ed by the currentfrom an ordinary
incandescent llght| wire. He. while
at his place of employment, reached
his left hand to turn on tne current
and fell dead.
Tne entire charge registered only
no volts, and It is bdiievied that
Spires had heart trouble, as the cur
rent 1b not sufficient ordinarily to
have caused death
RANNA ELIAS IS
6IVEHIG SUM
COURT OF APPEALS OF NEW
YORK DECIDES IN HER
FAVOR IN A CASE.
Albany, N. Y„ Nov. 20.—flaana
EJHru, the negress who secured
such a large sum of monoy from
John R. Platt, the aged millionaire,
was today granted possession of the
money iky the New York court of
appeals.
The amount that she can now *©
cure Is $648,000.
WORBE THAN WHEN THE
SAVAGES WERE HERE
Augmta, Gk, Nov. 2®.—Judge Em
ory S;oer of the Southern district
of Georgia, in opening court this
morning, delivered L strong charge
to *rc grand
tion He said tlfcig in some respects
the south Is wojfto off now than It
v-hh In the days when the savages
wore at our doors. Then we were
on i,uard against all. Now wo have
som< negroes whom w© trust, and
we are not on out guard against
the bruies who commit the terrible
crimuo against white people that re
adit In lyadhlngs.
Mob law he decried u * confes
■ion of weakness and 111 will.