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Even “Old TRemember
Such 3 tong Warm Spell.
Th< unusually warm weatner wnlcn
la now prevailing in all sect tuns of
Lie comitrj, especially In the .-.oath,
is unprecedented, end even the old
thin r. who ran always go hark Into
lit* thirties and fort let, and remem
b* :• when almost anv conditioq bi
Hairs prevailed, do not claim to r-
I ~110(1 vri.cft there war 1,0 much
v : .tn w eati.tr dining the month tif
January.
in Atlanta Thursday a young i port i
(.me on with Ills straw hat and i
hai l tr'M'w-n* and sal ; 1.. tbought It j
wat In keep! rig to wi summer!
’otb<‘H ns long ns summer weatbu]
; ii-vMk-d* During tin prrtifnt month]
>* have not had a single cold day,!
although the weather man has sc.
*.■ t.l limes predict*! a cold spell
Servlet, Here Tomorrow
’.lev. It Watson WLui, of Ht Simon I
vt i hold services i:i the city Sunday
n follows: Cypress Mills 11 o'clock,!
rri.cntng pin., r, sermon and holy j
< onmunien; at St. Jude's 7,50 o’clock
• er.tng prayer and sermon
Straits of Dover Floated.
New Orlu.ias, La., luu. 11 Toe
steamer Straits of Dover, after bavin
been iottr days aground neat the
*■ "'ll of the Mississippi river, we
II •'wted tonight. She is from 11.-e/il
tail ports.
Methodist uourdh.
In the city hall at th. 1! a. in rr
vlcw- on Sunday, lie, Rob:. Kerr
will deliver a special sermon on “Our
Rolilion as Pastor and Klorl ' and
*' ‘fy members is requested to he t, os
nt.. “The Nature of Regeneration"
will be the subject tor discussion at
tffi 7;3d p. m. senlor Ihiblir is
tt.u’liiil) I) ''<■ to attend these :• r-
Vi i 3
Presbyterian Church.
At the Presbyterian church on Sun
day morning Rev. F .1) Thomas will
preach on 1 Cor. 11; 3.1 —39. The
Lord's Supper " Communion will he
aiminlrtnr* and at the close of service.
At 7; 30 p. m. the subject will be
John 1; 12. 13. Strangers In the city
are cordially Invited to attend
Cattleman Dies.
San Antonio, Texts, Jan. ll.—Capi.
John T. Lyttle, general manager and
secretary of tho Texas Cattle Rais
ere' Association, died here tonight at
* o’clock. Capt. Lyttlo was one of
beat known cattlemen in th*
itg’A# He kt leee to IJJ
Ml tsf • tv9^
1 Brunswick Ne^vs.
THROUGH/RAINS
TOTIMN
OVER Ajk
RUMORED THAT AN OFFICIAL AN-1
NOUNCEMENT WILE 8E MAOB
BY THE ROAD IN THE
FEW DAYS. 2
According to a icport which
current in the city yesterday tin IH
ficial announcement will be madewf|
the Atlanta, Birmingham and AtlaH
tic railroad within the next few d:?V
so the effect that arrangements liattß
.oeen completed with the A. aniil
*\V. P. for the use of Us tracks froujl
LaCtrange to Atlanta, and that thron jaß
trains from Brunswick to Atlanta
toon bo inaugurated. 1
U 'iiiis rumor could not be
city yesterday as Superintcn-J
illmru was out on an Inspect*
none of the others seemeiS
t 0 imXbUgß
■ii deal with ifl
\Y. 1' lor h long t Inns'!
jUvßkerefnre tin- rumor that the ui : |
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RAILROAD FuL
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LOCAL CONGRESSMAN WAS THf
FIRST EFFECTED BY THE NEW#
HATE BILL. *
The follow ng tils pit <;lt w*s-ssy\J wl!
yesterday from Washington* and pi'"*
llshed in the Atlanta Journal: ■
“Representative Brauntley reacVd
Washington last Monday. He waAt
lay id by important business maßiv
m gidting away from RrunwickJßnd
in lhis respect wc. unfortmmt Wb“-
cans* the detention held him * Jjiid
■life life Of free railroad ! ’f .ferfvv
Mob. He had) to pay his xnW: to ;
Washington for the first tlmewince I
his election to congress
"Hello, Bill, glad to see !
.il members In the
when Mr. Brantley appeanHf "Late
‘getting here, did you a
, e.atastrophe ” they anxlouHP Inqulr- i
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'Wi il. V. dm I'd Mt.Wutntli
■1 had to pay my faro-Just sl9, l >
•Vnd 1 enjoyed the trip too, boy, *
‘tried to get my money's worth so
ir -,k i ntlio scenery along the route
it looked better than ever before.'
PROGRESS CLUE,
NAMES. OfFICERS
ANNUAL MEETING WAS HELD BY
THE CLUB ON THURSDAY
NIGHT.
The I’rogress club held its aunual
meeting Thursday in the dub rooms
over the office of the Southern Kx
press Company and the following of
ficer;; were elected for the ensuing
year:
President. Wm. Nusbhaum.
Vico president, J B Abrams
Secretary and treasurer, Fred.
Pfeiffer.
Stewart, Max Marks
Board of governors, L. Goldsmith,
Max Isaac, L. Ludwig, Julius May, J.
J. Lissner. Ed. Pfeiff. r.
Several reports showed the organi
sation to he ina very nourishing con
dition, a number of new members
having betiradmitted during the past
year.
Smith to Succeed Alger.
Lansing, Mich., .Man, 11.—Congress
man William Alden Smith, of Grand
Rapids, was tonight nominated to suc
ceed Senator R. A. Alger. As there
are only a half dozen republicans in
the state legislator* tonight's nomi
nittoa by the republican caucus Is
sfuivaleet te u eiaetlea.
BRUNSWICK. GA„ SATURDAY MORNING.. JANUARY 12, 1907.
A HUNDRED MINERS
ABE ENTOMBED IN
I ALABAMA
f rrible Accident Occuired
■ Vesieiday a! Ills Soilless
j Mines
M REPOflltO INJURED
Htefctive Timbering a Cave
raK in at the Miner, and Many of
W" Those Engaged in Work
Were Entombed.
Ala, Jan. 11.—A very
fBt&UB accident is reported to have
BFurrod todjay at the coal' mines
Wi the Sell lose Miffing Company, in
[Jalhoun county, Ais state, and while
particulars are umager, it is reported
> "Wal lives have been lost.
report of the accident, received
HFru this afternoon, states that one’
lundn and miners were entombed by
I cave in the tuiues, and while it is
abt known whether or not any of
Pem were killed outright, several
lie seriously injured.
\Li la said that the accident was
ItHE GE f GIA WILL NOT COME
IAI! Hope of Having the Big Ship Come
j Is Now Abandoned.
Washington, lan. 11. — Another of
i fort was made today to induce Capt.
I Davenport, of the battleship Georgia,
>o # carry the ship 1° Savannah but
it is stated that all hope Is now aban
doned us h- navy department Is un
! willing to take the risk of entering
the channel.
It Is probable that the presenta
4k)n of the silver service will be made
on the occasion of Georgia day at
th Jamestown exposition
THE COMING SOON OF PARSIFAL
Temple of the Holy Grail Will be Been
in the Last Act.
A singularly impressive and mag
nillci-ut speciai’le- scon, among sev
eral oilie' , in the famous production
!of Parsifal, which is to be presented
ito this city next Wednesday night, is
ufekj in pit* of Holy Grail i:i the last
uei? Ijois supposed to h-> situated in
! MinMmlv.i.ii in tiie Pyn nese moun
t-'une The temple Is the
lace m of the Knights of the
• Holy ‘Ball dSMSwaa originally erect* and
for the safe of the sacied
relics, the and spear As
'befitting such recepta
cle, the to,’!.-pin Hiiltee of
heroic proportions amwL ]Sudeur. It
wa3 built of tiie most
valuabe of marble, which
quarried out of the mountains iVon
which it was constructed. Its massive
i walls and arches wen surrounded by
! a grand dome of majestic propoi
. Hons and beauty. On the tesselatod
■ lioor, in the center, stood the raised
, dlas upon which was placed tiie Holy
(Rail a softly subdued light that
came from t.he stained glass window
, of the dome, tilled the large hali witn
a strange and mysterious effect.
It is info this gorgeous temple that
; Parsifal is escorted 'by the faithful
Gurnemanz and occonipauk-d by the
| reformed and penitent Kundry. The
‘ assembled Knights proclaim and
crown him kir.g oi the Holy Grail.
! Parsifal ascends the marble throne
upon which the Holy Grail Is placed,
i The asst in bed Knights and all pres
j tint sink t.o the floor upon their herid
j t-d knees and Pqjrstfal, throwing
back the kingly mantle from his
I shoulders, uncovers and raises the
■ Holy Grail In adoration, As he rais
es It alof, it glows with a radiant
j light that illumines all present with
! its rays of restored grace, a beauti
ful white dove descends over the head
of Parcifal, and the curtain slowly falls
(upon the grand and final tableau of
Wagner's glorious masterpiece.
First Baptist Church.
Rev. J. K Sammons will preach
Sunday morning on the subject "Live
in tho Sunshine.,’ The evening sub
ject "The Gospel, the Power of God
*:uto Salvation." Sunday school at
'J.I3. Prayer rotating Wednesday at
7; 30 p, tn. ah visitors and strangers
ore cordially invited to worship with
u.
CHARGED THAT WIFE
PAID MEN tOIILL
HUSBAND
Wife of Col. Guinn May Be
ii-ij n.-iL i J.
mill! mr iiMam hi
"uiw IVI tfUUlll l ■>
Husband
TESTIMONY OF 1 WITNESS
Guinn wa s a Prominent Lawyt l ,
Wife Was Miss MeCays, of Mc-
Cays, Tenn., and Belongs to
Prominent Family.
Blue Ridge, Ga., Jan. 11.—About
three weeks ago Col. W. A. Guinn,
of McCays, Tenn. was assassinated
while entering his front yard about
9 o'clock at night.
Ever since that time the coroner’s
Jury has (been Investigating' the
crime, und until today their iuvts
ligations have been kept a profound
secret.
Yesterday John Ellis, of' Fannin
county, who has boon hold 'uiK|er
bond ns a witness, made, a confession
which 1b highly sensational He
says that Mrs. Guinn, tha wife of
the murdered man. divided $3iU be
tween himself and John Allen, who is
now In Jail In Benton, Tenn,. for the
murder of Col. Guinn. l*Yir this amount
either he or Allen was to kill CoJ.
Guinn They stationed themselves
at the two gates which gave entrance
to Col. Guinn’s premises, and which
ever gate Col. 'Guinn entered who
ever Was Ahrtloned there was to shoot
anil kill him. This was the agree
ment.
It seems from Ellis’ statement that
Col. Guinn entered the gate where
Allen was stationed and Allen shot
and killed him. Allen also gave in
formation where was placed the gun
that killed him. Oa investigation the
gun was found as Ellis stated. Ellis
also told wiiere could be found a
bottle of turpentine, a part of which
was used on their feet so that the
dogs could not trace them
Mrs. Guinn until Ellis have both
been placed under arrest. The pre
liminary trial will he held tomorrow
when startling developments are ex
ported.
On account of the standing of the
parties much Interest Is being mani
festeil Col. Guinn was a prominent
lawyer and zen of McCays, and hts;
wife, who a Miss McCays, be.
lougn to one of thlie wealthiest and
most prominent milk a In this sec
tion. Her family x-cuples a high
position both In social and business
circles. Able ’i-wers are said m,
have 'teen employ el, und a vigorous
fight will be made. Mrs. Guinn deii?. j
any knowledge of the affair.
Siggsbee to be Retired.
Washington, Jan. 11.— It was an
nounced at. the navy department to
day that Rear Admiral Charles D.
Slggsbey, who was In command of the
battleship Maine when that vessel
was blown up In the harbor of Ha
vana, will be placed on the retired
list on the lfith. on account of reach
ing the age limit.
a
His Hand Getting Better.
The many Brunswick friends of
Capt.. Joe Williamson, of Pearl,
will be glad to learn that he was
not seriously hurt In the uocldeni at
his mill some days ago. While H la
true that bis wounds are very pain
ful they are not dangerous. It was
at first reported that he lost, his hand
but this Is uot true. Only one flng*r
was cut off
Fresh Bhad Roe.
Thurlow’s fish market now hs a
suppUb of tho first shad roe of the
season. Also Spanish mackentft and
all other fish always on hand.
Another Carnival Coming,
it is understood that another car
nival company will be in Brunswick
next month to exhibit a week- The
Pam* pf the company is qp) yet
- A*A>M&um
THAW CASE SET
FOB HEARING ON
• JANUARY 21ST.
IT IS ALSO THAT
wSk PPL.
| SIDE SIDES
ARE NCVV^ncADY.
New York, Jan. IX.—The announce
men was made today that the trial of
Harry" K. Thaw", charged with the
murder of Stanford White, would
take place on January 21.
It was also announced that Judge
Fitzgerald would preside at the trial.
Whle the case has severa times been
set for hearing many postponements
have been
all parties are now ready
to go to trial and that the case will
be tried on its merits on the above
date.
John Thomas Hanged,
Knoxville, Jau. 11.—John Thomas,
colored, was hanged 1n the Knox coun
ty Jail this afternoon for tho mur
der of Ei'inesjLPerkins, colored, kill
ed as a result game. Thom
as' neclc was not bmfcMUtby the fall.
Ho made a fifteen
on the scaffold but did not refer to
his crime, merely cautioning n*em
bera of his race to observes,the laws.
1 MILL WILL
S7AIII UP HI
HILTON AND DODGE TO RESUMT
WORK AT ALTAMAHA MILLS
V, NEAR HERE.
}* ' '
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The large mill of the Hilton &
Dodge Lumber Company, which lias
been closed down for the past sev
eral weeks, will resume operation
nest Monday and will givo employ
ment to a number of laborers residing
arouud the mill who have been idle
since the mill shut down.
A foroe under Superintendent Tur
ner is now at. work getting the ma
chinery aud everything in readiness
for resuming work Monday. It is un
derstood that many logs are now at
the mill ready for the saws and after
it is started the mill will run on full
time.
it la also reported that the large
mill at St. Simon of the company wih
shortly resume work, but there has
been no authentic statement to that
effect.
PROBABLY THINKB STATE
HAS ENOUGH RAILROADS
Tiie following peculiarly worded
dispatch was sent out under nn
Americus, Ga., iJSte line:
Private enterprise. It seems, will
obvfatio the people buying Atlanta
a road to the sea. There Is the C.
K. It. to Savannah, the Southern to
Brunswick, th: A.. B. A A. from
Brunswick to Atlanta, and the .Sea
board has purchased the Macon. Dub
lin and Savannah, and then thj-'.j n
now another ‘a extend from 'he sea
to the mountains, across tho si ate,
102 miles lu lengta The cointies
through -which the lu.w road vv,i)
pass are Chatham, Effingham, B.uyat,
Bulloch, Emanuel, Jehkins, a, -k?,
Jefferson, Glascock, Warren, McDuffie,
Wilkes, Oglethorpe, Clarke, Jac son,
Hall. Dawson, Forsyth, Cherok-e.
Pickens, Gilmer, Mirray, Garpi
Whitfield, Catoosa and Walker Tha
petition for charter was filed by Hon.
J. A. Brauben. of Statesboro
A'lthta w'll have four roaa„ to
the stu and the l-jw road will run
from Chattanooga tr. ffavaunah, ;i
through Une to the -.cast.
'So It soem-i prlva.j enterprise .vi.l
do away with the uycosslty of the
state buildihg a Une Gom Atlanta to
the sea, and oporaLrp the sate rotrl
from Chattanooga t> tne seac'urt."
INSURANCE COMPANY MUBT
PAY THE FRISCO LOSSES
Berlin, Jan. 11.—The North Ger
man and Trans-Atlantic Fire Insur
ance Company, of Hamfburg, has
been adjudged by the court of the first,
instance for the losses in the San
Francisco fire.
This company has made every pos
sible effort to avoid paying its pol
icies in 0a Frwtdsc*.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ipiGSIG ORDER
MED B? IRE
COAST LIRE
JMailroail will Hove Am
ple Equipment io iianiiie
t " Big Business
MANY NEW ENGINES SUED
It is Hoped That S„me of
Rolling Stock Will be on
This Division, Where itVs
. Badly Nceced. %
From all indications the Atlantic
Coast Line is ariangiug to make some
valuable aduiiious to it:, present
oquipuieat iu me very a.ir iatuio.
rue News learned ycsleru-y t.nav a
special order had been pmeed witn
the Baldwin Locomotive words at
Ptiiladelpliia fior one hundred new lo
comotives of the very latest type,
twenty to ,be delivered in February
and eighty to be delivered bttweea
March and OeloDer.
A contract nas been placed with
me Barney & Smith Man afatxunus
company of tiajum, Un— lor one
mounand underirame stte* box card
.0 be delivered iu July.
An older nas been placed
with the Standard steel u—apany, o 1
cutler, Penn., lor iad st..d luidur
.,ame box cars to be u..,k,
June.
wu order has been placed with Lie
South
'Company 'faf I,Boo' uaderiiwiae flat
cars to be delivered in July.
Neyo i:i lons aie now on with sev
eral large car builders fur ntty new
and model - passengers cuncues tor
prompt delivery.
With the new locomotives and -box
cars received in this territory by the
Coast Line and with the new rolling
stock now ordered, the road will bo
in excellent trim to handle tao increa"
ing passenger and freight business
during the early spring.
"RIP VAN WINKLE” NEXT WEEK.
It Will be Seen at the Grand on Thurs
day Night.
Thomas Jefferson is' the son of
his father. As Rip Van Winkle he
is of a verity a "chip of the aid block”
one In w. cm the great J seph felt
fatherly pridu Not ofj.'a in real
life do we find sons wao may satis
factorily take up and cany on the
artistic work of their progenitors,
though such circumstances may be
found in commedcial lines. Thomas
Jeffevaon displays a fiLai duty as
well as artistic ambition in emula
ting his sire and endeavoring to
make his own Interpretation of the
character as much as possible like
t.nat of the departed senior. In this
Thomas has succeeda j to a marked
degreat. His delineation of tne
happy-go-lucky hip seemed for all the
world like that of Ibe elder Jefferson.
Tint iplay of "Hip Van Winkle,”
which is to ibe seen at the Grand on
Thursday, January 17, Is one of the
few in which the character of a sod
den drunkard can be depicted without
violating the senses of the beholders.
In all his weak capitulation on the
flowing howl of scfhnaps, Illp has
the sympathy of the people, and cer
tainly the rt sulis of his bibulation
afford amplo warning of the had ef
ffoctb of over-indulgence. The story
Is told on tho stago In such a charm
ling manner a s to Insure for It a
popuarity that Is destined to obtain
forever.
Spanish Treaty Commission
Washington, Jail. 11.-—i >pr,93enta
tlve’ Aiken, of South Carolina' intro
duced a ill in the house today for
the abolishment of the Spanish treaty
claims commission.
Standard Oil Director,
Lew York, Jan. 11,—It wjs announ
ced today that all of tho old direct
ors cf the Standard Oil Company, of
New Jersey, wore rrelected at a
meeting of that corporation held nw
Jersey Cily a few days ago,
Bedford to the bS
ift that tcerew^B
be in the oiJL m/KMM
company -hec the toaidfl