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THROCpfH TRAINS TD
ATLANTA
A. 8., & A. MARCH 3
litis is the Kate Aimunc
fid fat Ilia Inauguration
of the lew Service
13 BlllilillSMM 13 AUCUSI
Road Will be Completed tu the Ala
bama Metropolis in a r-<-w
More Months. —Schedule
Atlanta Announced.
As has been intimated in these col
ttmns before, the A.. B. & A. would
inaugurate a through service from
Brunswick to Atlanta early in March
dpis announced that the schedule will
■Jin into effect March 3. when the fir a,
■.rough train will go through from
Hats city to the capital. The Atlanta
||H>urnal of yesterday contained the fol
lowing article about the new service:
The first passenger trains of the
Birmingham and Atlantic
ariivriii Atlanta March 3rd.
allvicii will he inaugurated
k and LaUrauge.
The into Atlanta ovei
West Point rallroan
LaGruuS: Ly a trackage agree
whir.h u i!l jo *va4g in luu Scu.
the officials of the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic or the Ai
a laata and Went Point railroad wouiu
~,n .hln lue report mu .fp m
aacwji tiint tn© train ■'sicpv'tee 'Wfjrt h| 5
usi..bUahcd betwcos Lu<*iits- ffHo-
Brunswick on March 3 am it nos been
reported from ailihoriDive sourcet
lor some tirno that as soon as tin,
new line was completed Into
LaGiange the trackage agreement wilt
t'T- aade with the west t'oitr, nut*'.
was thought that sendee would
lie begun between Brunswick ami
l ..Orange on March 3. tut -it has
i.vcii cltcided to operate the train as
a local west of Oglethorpe and into
i. .tt*range. The train w ill he operated
on a fast schedule between Bruns- :
.. ICK and Oglethorpe and otuer eou
..ecuons
At Im.' one train will he operated
■j Xiijf -.L, iUi'U.iliWiCii, i.iUoi tin
.id An ti. ihe train will leave
.uUKvnck a.,0..t / a. m. daily arriving
: La Grange at 3 o'clock and Ai
*ata a. V o'clock. i.ct„ui.ig tne iraiu
id le-aVp Auvnid at 7 y. in As
ion as the new usi. u seuto t ••
‘ .eca LaOrange and ugictnorpe uis-ei
> nedults will be operated.
Tiaiua will he operated into At
lanta direct over the iiuuj of the At
* lauta. Birmingham and Atlantic via;
t helybeate Springs by January 1, l'jus
while service between Bruuawick ana I
Birmingham will ho estaMlahed ay tne i
hist oi next August
The trains which will be pul on j
be t weep Brunswick and Lad range
wIU baas thiough the following sta
tions: Waycross, Loaglas, 1 iugerald
Cordele, Vienna, Montezuma, Ogle
thorpe, Talbottou and Warm Springs.
At piugerald coaneetion will be made
over tne A., B. & A. with Moultrie,
Tnton, Ocilld, llroxton and Tnomas
vdle.
Ohe road will run tlirougii me o'
, the richest portions of tile undeveloped
sections of Georgia and will he an
independent line.
THE VANDERBILT CUP" COMING
This Wilt be tr,e Attraction Mere
Monday Night.
f The "Vanderbilt Cap" will be pre
sented at the Grand next Monday.
, t ebru&ry 4.
This is the much talked of auto
noclie play which ran for so many
nights in New York and Cnicago. The
1 animus Vanderbilt cup race which is
run annually on Long Island by au-!
tomobiilsts from all parts of the world
terms the base of the story, and many |
original effects and situations are
promised. The race on the stage be
tween real motor cars is said to be
wonderfully realistic. Seats will to;
ou safe Friday morning.
Fine Fish.
Wallaces fish market last night re
ceived a. fine lot of red snappers, bass,
perch, (rout, sbeepshead and shad.
They are all right fresh and those
who not to tout on the finny tribe
go there eerly today ae the
Mi m o teet . JmU _
|e Brunswick Nm
i PRETTY A., B. <5. A. DEPOT \
NOW NEAR COMPLETION.
The finishing touches
on the handsome new passenger sta
tion of the A., B. & A. railroad and
| only a little more work Is to be done
before tbe.baildir.g will he completed.
It is a very handsome and conven
ient little depot.
It has not yet been announced when
the road will begin to use the new
station,but ii, is understood that trains
•vit! be -rununlng into it In a few
weeks '■*
iwsiicows
ARE BEMG BUILT
The First Will be Launched at the
Terminals of the A., 0. & A, This
Afternoon.
Four large scows to be used In the
construction of the large timber basin
of the A., It. tuid A. terminals, arc now
being constiacted and the first, the
smallest of tie four, will be launch,
this afternoon.
These scows are built by Contract
or Miller, who has the contract foi
the timber basin. .The one to be
launched this afternoon is 55 ty 2a
ieetV but all oflho others Will be
arger, the largest to he 95 by 32.
These scows will he used in the
construction of the basin. They will
bs equipped with hoisting engines,
maefUu> and in' fact will
W; a regular ‘’jack on water"
iSSISSISPI IS
OVER IE BANKS
Considerable Anxiety is Felt at Mem
phis Over the Continued Rise
of the River.
Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 30.—There
Is a great deal oi an :••!/ being felt
here over the continual rise of the
river, which is jmv. rv: r fin- danger
Tne for about t et thro© Inches
and it continue :, lo rise.
In all secT'-iiz of t.v • untry around
here great damage i.ir. „een done and
here in Memphis tto amount Last wi:
run into the thousands.
The river continues to rise and it;
is thought the worst ia yet to court-
HAFT WANTS BIG
SUM FOB HAWAII
0
Ho Asked for an Appropriation of
$330,000 to Constructfcne There
Immediately.
Jan. 30. —Secretary of
War Taft today asked for an appro
priation of $350,000 to be used la
the construction of a fort a Hawaii.
The secretary said that the fort was
needed at once and urged a favora
ble report on the appropriation. Ii k.
not known what will be done wita
his request by the committee, but it
is more than likely that the sum ask
ed for will be appropriated.
Sentenced to Hang.
Marietta, Ga„ Jan. 03.—Joan Bullard
who killed his daughter. Rub/ Bullard I
In this county last Septumvr. <vin
sentenced today by Ju ig-. George !■' :
Gober to be execut'd March j. the
supreme icourt ha -’eg affirmed 'be
dreislcn of the lower c.)U"t, Us ctsy
will probably be apewd to che orison
commission at once.
Gulf Stream Change*.
New Orleans, Jan. 30.—Thj iact
that the Gulf stream has n.n! im
portant. changes in its course was an
nounced today by the gulf division
of the hydrographic office hi charge 1
of Capt. John Solely. The changes 1
are noted between the tlms the
Slream leaves the north coast of South
America until It enters the Atlantic.
A map embodying the chaqgw mu
be issued next month.
GA.. THURSDAV MORNING. JANUARY 31, 1307.
400 CARS FRUIT
CRATES WILL BE I
SUPPED TO COB/
_ +
Ifovana Concern fisc s Bit
Confrafl With Sevurai
Qiorgia Faclcrits
hip mi mis ran
Twenty Cars of Theni Are Already
on the Wharves and b ■
Shipped This Week—Go;c!
Chance for Factory Here.
The Brunswick Steamship Company
has just secured a contract to fimiia!
to a Cuban firm in Havana four Imh
dred car loads of fruit crates am
Ooxes, all of which will be snippet
through this port OnJthe sii'.nik'f:
Brunswick and Flora. *
The order was placed recently Ity
:.h" Cuban c ineern wit h several crate
manufacturing companies in Georgia:
The crates will be shipped front Fort
Valley, Montezuma, Oglethorpe and
etta r cities on the line, while S.iv
unit* companies have a contract for
a Lr>, number of them.
T v •}• car ioad3 of these orates
have Heady arrived lu the city an.'!
are n * nt the wharves of the steam-;
hip cos,natty and will be 'Shipped to
Havana on the on
: ‘<f hr-: t -ip. She ju
ia-t. it’ .nr., ym.-l will - t a:;e
on a rarffcj h.id,sail tor the Cuban port.
This is nn'f of the first pro
ducts to be iWijhert la by-twU
eslaVtishmcni
tofor* OtfUn fruitWir.i wk-s
cured their fruit cfaU-u from other sol
lions, but now, with a direct connect
ion through this pore tbs output oi
several Georgia faett tir a will be used.
And rl ;ht bare is an < ;c< ilent opiior
tunity for the establi'b , i t of such
a fact "¥/ in Brunswick. It is be
lieved, in fact It is known, that the en
tire output of a largo fae cry in Bru.i *
wick would be used by the Cjik.u
.fruit men and it is doubfesn if th>.
supply could be equal to tIV. demand
The 400 car loads will Up shl, ■
io Cuba as rapidly aa possible.
THREE GOOD SINGERS HEAP:
In Martha Presented at the Gran
Last Night.
The Andrews Opera Comapny pr
seated Martha at the Grand lev:.
tight, to a fair sized audience,
p entirely of the musical peo; :
1.0 city
Tho.,e who were present did ■ ;
expect to see the opeia put
good style, with all the stage c,
etc., aa it had been previou i;
nouncod that the company wa-.> nt
up of a quintette of singers,
there was: no chorus with the com/
It was stated, however, that, then
oome good ringers among the /
tette, ami ia this tlie company n o
all that was promised.|
it at Mils rather hard for five 0-
ple to present Martha, but they /id
it last night. It was really met.
musicale than an opera.
The star of the quintette V n
Grace Walter, who Is possess; a
beautiful soprano voice. Her
ing was really a treat, anl 1
t imf*s r 111 r ntr <hgt r
ed to enchores.
Miss Lula James, the contra! n too
has an exquisite voice, and <■ 1
tho honors of the evening with Miss
Wnicer. They were heard 1 ■
duets, etc., and few better
have ever been heard at tha Grand.
George. Andrews, the barlton , also
had a good voice
Th^j
r v. - Ur, or ifleJH
'-'al ’’
GOEB TO sJEKYL f
MANAGE LI/l^HnA
E. G. Cohen, tho well known livery-1
man, left yesterday for Jekyl where
he goes to take charge of- to'-r v
stables on the Island, which ate con
ducted by H. S. McCrary. A number
of handsome rigs and some pretty
horses have been sent over for the
use of the millionaires on the Island.
Mr. Cohen has been managing the sta-
Mt os Jekyl tot a somber at yearn.
IT ESTABLISH
PLANT HERE-W
GUILD LIGHTERS
I
iiiiaif Sii : p laid Miißiio ‘.!ie
'lswlndustrieslob Fio- 4
liassd for Brunswick
30SI0H HU BEHIII HUI
\
Contractor Miller, Who 9 Building;
Timber Basin at A., R. and. A.
Terirunals, May Cec ; de on t.
Permanent Plant.
A snmll ship yltrd, 011 c sufficiently
quipped to build lighters, scows, Hats
>muil b at:, ole., will likely be con
trucied tu Brunswick at au earl.t
• tate. In fact it has practically been
melded that Brunswick will have au
idubtry of this kind lu the near in
ure.
William L. Millfir, the general con
ractor, of Boston, who has the con
-.act for the budyag of the mammotu
At tuo A., U. & A. ter-
btiilull the movement, au-.
...1 discussing the matu© with a jjieu.
importer last, night ho stated he had
10 matter under cousid.ration aau
:id about dctiecd to suen
l.i jiUtit ta Brunswick.
Uy 'it bill -Mr.
iMftler hetv nitiiw dor "i" To LiiiTa
!fl p . at a cost of ' |3u,UO .to ll
used >n the work of building the big
umber basin, anu while l atn copipelleo
jLi puUin this plant, Lihinli 1 nhuit jut
pfkffi 1 do SSI -
ijjtcuiT erecting a sltipbuild
ng plant where war khtp© "big stut.
re. etc., can be butti, but 1 believe
.* well equipped ship yard, as it it.
-ailed, vviveie scows, large lighteis,
vc., can be built will be a paying it
vestment in Brunswick. The $20,000
plant th et I will put up, work on which
s now under way,, to be u od it
cahnectlon with the building of Ut
:.im!>“r basin, will itself Lo equipped
.villi modern machinery and I expec.
10 build all of my own lighters, etc.,
for the work.”
It is a well known fact that an in-
Ii; try sn' h a3 Mr. jn.i. ir proposes
to establish here lias long since beet.
:ie* de l. Nearly all the large lighters
tnd other such river boats used at
tMa port are now built elsewhere. .
p.ant > uch ns he suggests would em
ploy a large number of workmen an.”
:!d tje quite industry for th'
city %and T v
EDWIN GOULO^e*^AFTER
SHORT VISIT TO JEKYL
Edwin Gould, who has been rpend
dig a week or ten days on Jeltyl, oc
• jpyi- :• his handsome now cottage,
I ft ; ■ sterday for the north. It is
understood that Mr. Gould will return
Liter and spend two or three weeks
cn the island. His handsome launch
has not been down this winter.
Reduction Scle Begins.
The reduction sale at Hoffman’s
Bazaar will begin this morning. J. D.
tth-i'ch, th^j^^^mr^^irmounces
‘. old, regardless of cost, to make room
for anew and handsome line of goods.
Some r al bargains will be offered the
public until the entire stock Is dispos
ed of.
FIREDFEW SHOTS
• HI MGHCOOK
■et.iry Wss Assailed In the Sen-
Yecterday by Senator Carter
of Montana.
.Tan. .10.—Secretary
Hitchcock was the subject of severe
criticism in the senate today when
Senator Carter,. of Montana, fired
some hot shots at him in connection
with land giants,
Senator Carter went aftar the sec
retary without gloves and his words
created quite a sensation among the
seoataors.
ONE JUROR OPPOSED
TO DEATH PENALTY
ON THE THAW JURY
TO VOTE £IN SMOOT ON
FEBRUARY TWENTIETH
Washington, Jan. 50.—The senate
has agreed to vote on the resolution,
declaring Sector Smoot not
to a scat in on Jj^Kry
The trial of Senator Smoot has been
In progress for some time and has
attracted attention all over the conn
■ rv. His case was bitterly fought by
tho organizations of women in all
parts of the United States
OPERA SALDI
IS SPESSED
Directors of the Metropolitan Opera
House Met and Decided to Put
it Under the Ban.
New York, —The director:
of the MetropolitaoVipera house met
today and declared IhaWtoe production
of the opera Salome to
stop and they compelled
icid to yield. \
J. Pierpont Morgan said ho would
rather pay the loss out of his own
pocket than to have the opera repeat
od in New York and those who ought
0 know say: that, be has arranged
the matter with the owners of the op
ere house aud also th" director oi,
(.->;© •-j'.'-'U efim .
H I also mated that the opera can
net be produced in any New York
theatre an l Director Conried will
have to seek other fields.
IDE SaiITHERN
BEHIND OLID
Said That hte Railroad Company is
Backing Him in His Contract to
Construct Panama Canal.
Washington, Jan. 30. —It is current
ly reported here today that William j .
Oliver, of Knoxville, Tenn., who ha
Leon awarded the contract for the
construction of the Panama canal, is
being backed by the Southern railway.
Officials of the road, when seen on
tnat subject said they knew nothing
about it.
A strong fight is being made against
Mr. Oliver by parties In New York
and elsewhere,
oiscßilm
CHARGEDJO JAPS
Their Goods Are Shipped to Man
cluttia Without Tax While Am
ericans Pay 2 per cent.
Washington, Jan. 30. —It was learn
ed today that Japan was discrimi
nating against the American ttade in
Manchuria.
floods from Japan are shipped to
Manchuria free of any tax at all.
while goods from the United State*
are heavily taxed, It being claimed
that at least two percent is charged
The matter will be investigated.
LITTLE BOAT OWNERS HAPPY
Whols Tank Car of Gasoline Arrived
In the City Yesterday.
The dozens of owners of little gas
oline boats are happy this morning
over the fact (hat they can agaiD
put their llttlo craft in operation, af
ter having been moored at their res
pective wharves for the past several
days, due to the gasoline famine which
has prevailed in the city.
The tank car of gasoline shipped
to the Brunswick branch of the Stan
| (lard Oil Company from Savannah
over three weeks. ago,_arrived yester
day afternoon and many of the little
boats were supplied, and there v/Ul
be a rush to the plant of the company
this morning. The Uttlo boats have
been entirely out of business since
tbs supply exhausted.
PRICfeyFIVE CENTS.
Which Means Thai the Slain
- is Hof Hepii p ft Stud
—ftiria Electric Chair
nrurruiiinnrio inr rmunrn
iimn dununo ant itblintu
&
State Will Probably Open tho Case
Today—Concensus of Opimoi in
New York is That th-o Doe
fendant to be Acquitted.
r
New York, Jan. 30. —It-Is mo-e ’lan
’.kely that the Thaw cm-:.: will%go
.0 trial tomorrow and the : late \*m
open its ca. o against the noted crim
inal.
Eleven of the twelve jurors have
been seen.red ou tlie panel and the
last one, it is thought, will .iaalify in
tne morning and Lite trial of the case
will begin immediately.
Henry C. liearky n.a the t.qnth
juror secured. lie was selected this
.noruing ait; r a namber of names had
ueen tailed. That be was taken gs
.me of -the jurors caused a big sur
prise in tho court room. When the
district attorney was questioning him
he stated that lie was oDpoted to cap
.tal punishment and said under oath
•mat he was opposed to Lie death pen
dt.- . in spite *of Hhis fact lie was
act opted l>y th© state and well as
r.e defense and took his seat on ’..to
jury as juror No. 10.
’lit fact that 15 uidcy was accepted
as a member of tho jury shows pos
itively that the state is not homing to
send Tuaw to tne c. cir.c <■ j-tff aa ;‘-
would now bo impoadl-ie to $0 >0
hVifh Befrlt y on the jury,
Tlie eleventh juror was jfcdtrei
shortly after txiurt couvoied Met
-.he upon recess and m ..i/' Uiaugit
mat t:ie state y.ould ovdi Jt cssfi
uefore the afternbon rec- jt&, bat th*
cwelfih member was m>; woa.,ed.
Experts to C-.ver,
That tho Insanity plea will tMf
line of defense for Thaw to host *ri*
uenced by the nnaouui. irnsidi ma,in
today that a numuer of i tpofU vretkii
go on the w knees stan . as<| vh ear
that Thaw is insane. Those wi'ntsaj*
es will include a number or the best
mown experts in New Yon:. It was
.bought that the idea of del' .use would
mostly be on the unwritten law, but
it is known positively tuat the de
fendant's attorneys will rtow fight the
case on the presumption that the de
fendant is insane.
Acquittal Ptcdicted.
The general concensus of opinion
in New Pork today seems to be tuat
Thaw will be acquitted. AU those in
court circles who have expressed
'.heir opinion today Grimy believe that
•he man wlil never he convicted. His.
attorneys, as well as members of the
.amily.. slated that the coulidentiaxiy
xpectcd an acquittal. The attorneys
went further and expressed the be
lief that the jury would return with
a verdict of not guilty in less than
.hree hours after the judge delivered
..is charge.
Thaw appeared in court in his us
ual moorl t iday, though tie seemed
somewhat brighter. He seemed to bo
much pleased when a juror was ac
cepted who was opposed to capital
punishment, though he had no com
ments to make tipon his selection.
SPECIAL SALE AT KAISER’S
Some Unusual Bargains Are Offered
the Public Today.
Attention is directed to tho large
half page advertisement ol A. Kaiser
& Bio. elsewhere in The News this
morning, announcing a special sale
of laces, embrodorles, etc.
These goods have teen marked
down for this special sale, and will
be sold just as advertised, as is al
ways the case at Kaiser’s, The prices
are given In their large ad. and the
goods will be sold just as advertised.
Those in need of anything in tho.
lace or embrodery lino will do well
to visit this popular sale today.
To the Mardl Gras.
The Allantic Coast Line ha3 arran
ged to run through sleepers to New
Orleans to accomodate parties wish-,
ing to attend tho mnrdi gras at New
Orleans. Parties leaving
at 4 p. m. February 6 will connect;
with this car at Waycigss. Reserva
tions will T. J. Wright,
agent, teieph(Hß|^H^