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r’l 3OF TRIP
UF BRUNSWICK
thinks a Great Trade
llf’ti n n•. i; •
mu He uuiii up 10
Cohan Port
p is win pleased
Talks io Atlanta Newspaper Men and
Tells Them That New S'earner
Will be Put on Between Bruns
wick and Havana.
The following interesting
with Breedent H. M. Alikin-on
the Brunswick St' ainship Compand
was published in veste day's Atlanta
lourual:
The establishment of rich tra tie rela
tlons between Georgia and the south
east and Cufce, will be result or the
inauguration of the new Brunswick-
Havan -steamship line, in conjunction
L>ith tiie New York and Brunswick
*lintg which are to he operated by the
Steurnsliip Company, is the
expressed by H. At. Atkin on,
of the new steamship company, who
has returned from the maiden trip
of the new passenger iiip Bruns
wick. ’ '
of the new relations
■will be put into effort by tin
ggjXAp line was proved by 'ln
t nnplmen a cSTgo was carried to Cuba
that tested the accomodation of the
vessel. On account of the enthu Jasm
Jftth which shippers of Georgia and
We southeast have accepted the ad
wantages of the now line, it will be
necessary for the company to charter
a special freighter I hat w ill ply be
tween Havana ahd Brunswick alone.’
There are already four/' mammoth
freight ships that are to carry the
trade of the southtast to New York
Jml eastern ports, .These-yi.rr
tti "Sail evtri ottair day froth JJfuna*
*ick and New York;. i tauten sc
Amount of shipping tflltfiwilT ins’car
got (1 will make it' imposffiblA for* the il
--sscla to go as far south a Havana
mi a freight's to be used only be
ho on Bran wick and Havana Ls to
. e put on.
t think tlie outio'ok for uitr trade
relations with Cuba i; one of the
brightesi that 1 bine ever so* n." sBM
Mi. Atkinson. "The first trip ha at
leady fulfilled the gr> atest . xpectan
iit s. and judging by the enthusiasm
with which we have bei n met by the
people of Cuba, il la ouly natural to
T.'dieved t..ai the t.onn*cling of that
country with this will prove a grea
advantage to all.
"There are many produc ts manu
f tetured in Geo gia and tiie soutucasi
that will find a ready market iu Cum.
tin tl.e first trip we carried down a
cat go of material* that few people
v. ould know aie tic lied in Havana
Thtre was window frames from Sav
annah, vegetable crate. tba * wer.
built in Fort Valley and it number ol
other products that will be seld in
Cun a.
"There was the greatest inters t
(manifi sted iu the arriyal of the Bran .
wick in Havana H was the first pas
-enger vessel to have cleared from
any Georgia port for a foreign coun
try."
BANKRUPT COURT MEETS TODAY:
Case of Miss Jackson will be Among
Those Taken up.
Referee Max Isaac will hold an. in
ten sting se-sion of the bankruptcy
court today, at which one or two
local matters will ho handled. Among
I (Mice will be the case of Miss .lack
m, who recently filed her i>otition
v.lth the court.
• The first met ting of the creditors
n be held, a trustee will be elected,
appraisers appointed and other prelim
-1 try matters disposed of.
Atrocious Murder.
( harlotto, $. C„ Jan. 18.— News
reaches here of the atrocious nmr.ler
Of John Stamper by his step-son Clin*
on Weaver, In the Muddy Creek -co
tton of Ashe county, the most re
mote mountain section of the ate.
Weaver, while intoxicated, entered
Stamper’s room where the latter lay
seriously ill and cm Stamp r\ throat
from Mr to ear, killing Mm in.tajjt
ly W**v*r *l< arrested. The ‘ riffi*
was unprovoked.
Pie Brunswick News.
CONGRESSMEN VOTE
ThtfnHElß
SALARIES3
THE SILL PASSED YESTERDAY
INCREASING SALARY OF VICE
PRESIDENT, CABINET OFFICERS
AND CONGRESSMEN.
Wahiagtoh, Jan. 18. —The bill In
troduced some time ago Increasing
the salarits of the vlce-Diesidiftnt. the
speaker of the house, all cabinet of
ficers and members of the house,
came up for a ’vote today and the
congressmen voted to increase their
pay as well as the others provided
: for in the bill.
After some little discussion a
| vote was taken cm the bill and it
wa- passed by a vote of 133 to 92.
The hill provides that the salaries
of Uic vice-president, the speaker of
officers shall
be inert as ad
It was known all along tyiut the
: member , of the house favored the
! bill, but it was feared that many of
them would not vote to increase (heir
mw u alarii-s. It seems that a ma
jor,, y of them really desired the
inei ease, however, and the bill pass
ed
Presbyterian Churcti.
At the Presbyterian church on Sun
day morning Rev F. D Thomas will
preach on Luke 24; 32, "Enunaus.”
At 7,30 p. m the subject will be “1
am the Door,” The pastor’s btble
rlas- will he .held at 3:30 p. m at
the church.
PAID VISIT TO
LOCAL STATION
LIEUT. PECKHAM. IN CHARGE
OF THIS DISTRICT, WAS IN
the GJTy rESTtBoiv.
Li-'iii Peck ham,, chief of the art :
m'lt iHstrlt t, w ith hoadrptiirror-' -nr
Savannah, came over yesterrta '
I the purpose of paying tee Id: if re
entiling station, whMi i, iu tt< <rg>
lof Corporal Rioux. ;> vi i:. While
| here ne ixatnlmd an op, IP rot for
I Jefferson Ban if ; .',o I, i it. Peck
ham, who Is le > l,ai< and t iis distiict,
I will now ■•vis., the 1 frequently to
•si • how i)he locfil latiou t p,.
j greasing.
! The infantrv and cavnlrv re;: me its
of Uncle Sam are now being tine!
preparatory to the movement c;' :.u
j troops to the Philippine: as well as
those who are to serve during tht
Jamestown rxposUirjn The am J
now affords an excellent opportunity
to able-bodied young men of this sec
tion who desire to see s rvico cither
in the Piiilippines or at the
tewn. i'Yr,n>Jt ion. m
One recruit, who cairn.- up to all
| the requirements, left the city last
night to join the.army, while anoth
er will 1 nave Monday nigat. Cortroral
Rioux wi|l be found at bis office at
the public building and will be glad
to < xplain anything desired by pros
pective applicants.
BLACKBURN 10
FORGE A VOTE
Republican Senators Must Either
Support or Oppose President’s
Action in Brownville Affair.
Washington, Jan. 18.—The Browns
ville matter again occupied all of the
time of the senate today aud there
was a number of speeches made for
and against the resolution Introduced
by Senator Foreakcr.
Senator Blackburn will force a vote
on the resolution, and in a speech to
day. he said the republican senators
"must cither support or opo-ae Roose
velt’s action in the matter.
Services at the Synagogue.
Service* will be held at the }■"*'•
Jell synagogue Sunday evening a* and,
iUbcl Mendoza officiating,
BRUNSWICK. GA., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19, 1907.
' -4.
LOCAL COMPANY
HAS CONTRACT
* TO FLOAT BARN
The Ruby, Ashore at let
nandina, wiii Geme Here
for Repairs
IT SHI GAR 8I FLOATED
Force from the Psrker-Jfenset En
gineering Company is Now at
Work on the Bark With
Big Pumps.
The. Paryker-Hen eU Engineering
Company, of this city, have the con
tract for floating the large bark Ruby
which went ashore i* ar Fernandina
a few days ago. uf\ as soon as the
large force now aC*work succeed In
floating her .he will be brought to
this city, placed on the marine rail
way of the above company and re
paired
A force iimd- r N. C. Young left
late Thursday night for Fernandina
in the- launch Dragoon and at once
commenced on the ftark. Several
lar;}. pumps wore put into opera
tion and It was expected that all
of the water would be pumped out
in the next twenty-four hours, but
was still toy.teen feet of water
in the bark and pouring in at a rapid
rate.
Tiie crew of the Dragoon returned
to the city yveterday and they re
port edj the Ruby to be in a very
dangyous-position, but it is believed
til at force from the local foundry
will succeed lit floating here
Two or three tugs are at the bark
and as oon as the water Is pumped
from her hull they will make an et
for to float her
PUNTEfI FOUND
- DEH-mn
A BULLET WOUND IN HIB BODY
LEADS TO THE BELIEF
THAT HE SUICIDED
Oarti*rßv|ll(i, Ga„ Jan, IS. —At his
! Lome at Alatoona, Ga.. three miles
f -ora he re the body of I O. McDaniel
as found, bearing a bullet wound
t. hich. it Is believed, was .self-inflict
ed and which wan the cause of bis
death. Mr. McDaniel was sixty-two
year; of age and lived in the big
stone house built by his father many
years ago. He was a brother of ex-
Governor Henry 11. McDaniel .of
Georgia, and a step-brother of Hon.
Sara \V. Wilkes, of the Georgia rail
road. He owned a large plantation
and was. one of the most extensive
planters in this section of the state.
In the immediate family there was
I but one other member, Rcpley McDan
j iel, the twenty-eight year old son,
who resided at Birmingham.
Mr. McDaniel’s home wa- kept by
Mrs. Stone and Mrs. .Maffey, who liv
ed In the house with him. The, report
received here la that they discover
ed the body early tiA-s morning bear
lug the bullet wound Vid that he, hdd
probably been dead f<%-ome time.
A soon as the body Vis found the
county coroner was notlflkd and the
. court of inquest met at tllkhome at
' north. The court, is Mill in
finding hbs I
j The jury, examined I ho
! room where it was found. Relatives
of the deceased In Atlanta and fils -on
jin Birmingham were telegraphed for
and are expected to arrive today.
It is claimed that financial rever
r,ou Is the probahh cause of the trag
cu;-. Became of the large and promt
nent connection and the high
lug of t < family In inis
the a* we of ;ne death if ,* great shock
to this section
) For uimo,t a half c -nfurv Mr. Mc-
Darnel has h*en a consplcious figure
In this section of the state. Forty
years ago he removed here to make
hi* home at. the family homestead
where, since that time, he has re
sided. For thirty year* hr *m sta
tion agent of the Georgia road at Al
atoona, having recently resigned the
position because of deeUafig health.
mu . now
REPORTED TO BE
BEHIND NEW LINE
Roaß will Build line S
a Westers MEM'
with Ciftnati
CHARIER fitflllUinilE
By th* Cincinnati Birmingham Air
Line fUilroad Company, Which
Is Supposed to be Backed by
A., B. A A. Capital.
' The filing of a charter for the Cin
cinnati-Birmlngham Air Line Railway
to build from the Junction of the
Chesapeake and Ohio and Ohio an
Norfolk and Westtrn, at Paiutvjlle,
Kentucky to Birmingham, is said to
be the explanation of certain tny.-rer
ious operations of the Atlanta. Bir
mingham and Atlfijitic railroad.
"It is believed tlfat the Aalania, Hlr
rsßßgllani and Atlantic will either own
aud operate the proposed road;or will
have the most traffic m-U
tlonship -with It,’’
The above telegram wts sent out
yesterday from Nashville. Tenn.. ana
it attracted sotiid utleutiop in locai
railroad circles. That A., B. & A. is
behind the new road and that capital
now behind that line will construct
it, there La o doubt.
By building this connecting link
from the junction of the Cheasapeake
aud Ohio cad the Norfolk ana
Western to Birmingham, where it will
connect with the present line, the A
B. & A. is given another jump west
ward and a number of valuable west
ern connections.
The eyes of the entire railroad
world are now upon the groat system
which Is doing things In proper ftyle.
That It will eventually the one of the
strongest systems In the routh. with
complete river connections, there is
no doybt* apdj,any announcement of
new., rotulo. ba , v ty.p west will
not Bhtpt'lßb ti . x nUu uxuyl to see
the A., ft. & A. s< great sys
a few years. ~
BIG SAVANNAH PLANT Bh?INED
South Atlantfc Car Manufacturing
Company's Plant Burned.
The South Atlantic Car Manufact
uring Company's plant was totally
destroyed by floe. The whole plant
Including the Atd'S, office building,
cars, a million or more feet of lum
"er and other pronely was destroy
ed.
A 25,01)1t gallon tank over the boil
i r room wus destroyed at the early
stages of the flic, and there was no
water with which to light the flambs.
The estimated damage is $75,0U0,
partly (ir,vf red by insurance. The
plant t..a formerly owned hy the
Georgia r and Manufacturing Com
pany, t ich recently went through
bankrm., iirocee lings, Merrill Calla
way h||ne reotiver. and it had re
sumed/ work under new management.
WOMAN KILLED HER HUSBAND
He Hid Charged Her With Infidelity
and She Shot Him.
Cofcmbla, S. C... Jan. 18.—C. W.
Blair, t conductor on the Columbia,
New lit ry and Laurens railroad, was
shot four t Rues early this afternoon
at hr- home from tho effects of which
he tied thirty minutes later. It Is
allef ed that Blair accused his wife of
infir;lity and that the shooting fol
lowed -
Mrs. Blair was placed under arrest
but owing to ner pro Irate condition
she was not removed from her home.
I},or made an antemortem state
mein in which. It Is alleged, lie at
tar and his wife’s character Blair’s
wji was Miss Ethel Uarrenttne, of
(h ashore, X. 0.
I 1 it- dead man was about 50 years
JM while hi;, wife was about. 30.
Will Sail Todcy.
The ri/ amjr Brunswick 1* sche
duled to sail from New York today
jrm her second /rip to Brunswick and
She will arrive here Tues
day and proceed Immediately to Ha
vana. It is understood that a big At
lanta party will come down Tues
day morning to take the ship to ths
Caban capital, „
m CORPORATIONS
SECURE THEIR
•CHARTERS
AT CHAUCERS SESSIOM -CSUPER
•JOR
oOZEM nEinspKnrCEnNo WERE
INCORPORATED.
Judge T. A. Parker came down from
Baxley yesterday 'morning and dur
ing the day held a chambers session
of the superior court, at which six
new Brunswick corporations were
granted charters. All of the compan
ies desired to begin business as soon
a possible, and there being a half
dozen applicants, Judge Parker deci
ded to come dcuumffnd giant, them.
The new concerns incorporated yes
terday aro:
The Thelma Land and Timber
Company, the Brunswick Steam Laun
dry, the Brunswick Coco Cola Com
pany; the Brunswick Riflemen Com
pany, the Brunswick Manufacturing
Company and the Brunswick Pilot
boat Company.
Never iu of Brunswick
have so many new been
organized as has been
ing the, past several months. At &ich
session of the superior court t\o
or three charters have been granted,
while a number of times Judge Par
ker has held special ses iotis to grant
them.
All of the corporations given chat
ters yesterday typed to do bu iness
at once, hi fact, a number of them
are already in business and will make
many improvements.
MANY FAMILIES
DESERT ISLAND
SINCE CLOSING OF ST. SIMON
MILLS RESIDENTS HAVE
BEEN DEPARTING.
Since the closing down of the mills
at St. Simon the people have been
leaving there in large numbers and
within the coming few weeks there
"81-he only a small number around
me mills. In ail something in the
neighborhood of thirty-five families,
whit© and colored, have lefL A num
her of ithesc went to Belfast the new
location of the large mill operated
by the Hilton & Dodge Lumber Com
pany, wlille others: have sought cm
ployment in other sections.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wright will re
move to Brunswick in a short time
and it is prooa.o!6 taat cneie wi,
be only or two white families there
within the next few month;, that is,
if the mills do not resume work.
It was pnee rumored that tiie Dor
othy would be taken off the line be
tween this city and the mills but this
is denied by the owners of the boat
who assert that she will continue on
the run as usual whteher the mill
starts up or not.
A GOOD PROGRAM OF MUSIC
For the First Methodist Church Sun
day.
The program for the services at the
Irst Methodist church Sunday i; as
follows:
H y m n—Con gtipga t,ion.
Voluntary—“O Power Eternal,” Lug
gi Luzzi, Gloria Pair!.
OfTi rtory—"When All Thy Mercies,
Oh My laird," IGraben
Hymn—Congregation.
Sermon by Rev. Hermon C. Jones.
Subject: “Our Duty to the dbildmi/.
Hymn and bendlctlon.
In the afternoon a special Sunday
school service will ho held. The
speakers will.be Rev. H. C. Jones ami
Mr, \V. S. Witham, of At'anta.
The following Is the program for the
night, services beginning at 7;30:
Hymn—Congregation.
Voluntary—“ Day U Pa3t an:
Gene," Shepard.
Hymn —Congreg atlon.
Offertory— “Oh Jesus Tttour Art
Standing."
Sermon fry Re'-, h. C. Jones. Sub
ject: "The Mission and the Sunday-
School."
Hymn and benediction.
The choir will be composed of the
following: Mias Tallulah Fleming,
soprano; Mrs. R. E. Sherman, alto;
Mr. George Sherman, barltono; Mr.
R. E. Sherman, tenor; Miss Beaele
Anderson accompanist.
PRI®E FIVE CENTS.
iram
SHOWS GOT, MG
HERE 10 WINTER
Msa Company to Spend
$lO,OOll on Improvirg
* the Shows
t r
IASS MUCH FIR IKE CHI
Attractions Which are Now Erffftnt
ing In Selma, Ala.,' Will Arrive
Here Next Week to Go lnt\
Winter Quarters. \
Another ef the Parker Arauceinent
Companies, which is now exhibiting
m Selma, Ala., will arrive .u Bruns
wick shortly and will go iiuo winter
quarters here with tho portion of the
show that Is now wintering at.
the old Coa t Line shops.
The Parker people have several of
these show's on the road, it being
probably the largest carnival company
iu the country. One of Lu< shows is
now exhibiting at Selma and will
Uose in that eft/ tonight, a. >r whic n
all of the several shows ai. i a num
ber of people connected wi.a it will
leave for this city.
It iis announced that and dug the
two or three months the e. apany is
in winter quarters in lire, sw.ck at
least SIO,OOO will be expeat. _d in Im
provements. All of the wu. jns, otc„
urc to be repainted and gone ally over
hauled, tile tento, are to he repaired
and in fact the shows will be given
A. general overhauling, the utanagres
bate decided to expend the above
amount while here. There are now a
dozen or more of the > mpioyees
spending the winter hero and they
will be joined by the other:, Monday.
The show will stmt out on the road
again in about three months and will
first exhibit in Brunswick, it is
probable that the two shows combin
ed will exhibit here, after which it
will leave for the regular tour.
Ihe wintering of this large com
pany iu Brunswick moans quite a lit
tle to the merchants and other* of
the city, as carnival people are al
ways lree with their money and the
Parker aggregation seem to have
plenty of It.
suits miis l
WERE FILED YESTERDAY BY U.
S. GOVERNMENT TO ENFORCE
JAPANESE TREATY.
Washington, Jan. 18.—The United
Suites toFiy commenced two suits
against the city of Sun Francisco to
(Khnpel that city to enforca certain,
provsioma of the Unted States treaty
with Japan, giving Japanese equal
school advantages in the city.
Flow of Lava.
Honolula, Jan. 18. —The second lava
flow from the volcano of Maunalo,
on the uland of Hawaii, is now only
two miles from the sea and is a half
mile wide. It is moving at the rate
of thirty mile* an hour.
First Baptist Church.
Prof. George W. Macon, of Mercer
University, will speak at both the
morning and evening service. Sun
day school at 9; 45 a. m. Prayer mtet
ing Wednesday 7;30 p. m. A cordial
invitation is extended to all to come
and hear Prof. Macon.
Root to Canada.
Washington, Jan. 18.—Secretary
Root left Washington today for Ot
tawa, Canada, where he will arrive
about noon tomorrow to he the guest
of Earl Grey tho governor general.
Mr. Root was accompanied by his wife
and daughter.
Ogeechee to Sail.
Tiie iteamship -AAi- , of the
Uce Line, ' || port for
the past weeks, la > out fin
ished loading and will sal: for New
Yord within the next few dye.