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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.