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mtE Brunswick News.'
mutft RESIDENCES
GREATEST NEED
IN BRUNSWICK
——
Sonisthiig Will Hnve !s k
Hone to M\ ths Big
Demand
M4HY urr mm homes
The New Residences Now In
Course of Construction won’t
Near Supply Those Anxious
to Rent Housea
"TUe most imp; raUvo need of I!run
wick for the present stage of her nur
rel us development Is m. re residences
Cor reu.i.ig pur,o.es.”
The unequivocal ami unqualified a:
scr.iou was made yesterday by ajp.'ou.
incnt real estate man of iLe city an 1
tl.e presen. comiii on
pftaCe Is not a raal estate avein
who has u. t on li.
office a constantly g w. j liu
■f an|rfunls for houses. One ay
Bf^STib dy ittn.es
e i v
yv in anxious
f tor to rant,
fcaid a gen. I.man who is quoted
Uia beginning of thlu ar.iUe. to a
News reporter yesterday:
"It Is a mya.ery to'me t at the v
pcjtufctty for investment in ieside.uu
property in this tuy are su g,.ue.ail
Overton Joel or ignored by c.tiz ns 01
means. Investments of this chaisct
jtr m net returns of t n per. e
and In many ins a aces are now pay
In* more than that amount
•'One ct the most j reraising opr r
t iii les for real estate i.ive.tment at
ub preicnt lies in tii cumeti-m
of flats or apftiYmeut houses. 1 thin .
.v a safe ass.r,lon 10 make that if t*.-
erect.on of buildings if this ih.iraci
v.ilh accomodations for forty !. in.
is were to be s.arte 1 next \vi ti
v.ii y would be rented before ,'no f u a
t ion, was completed.
‘ Cottages tn she more 1 -ab’e r- -
1. nee Boit on are also In and aunad.
"Only )< ■ ..'ii y a l.dy called u;on
me with an inquiry for ali mi H< r
husband Is emp.oyed In Brunswick
hat he cannot srius b . family bore
clause he can. at find a m use tor
iltein. Four g t. lemon ei;>lo.>• and b
r-oe of the railroads cute.in; t.ae e y
have leen trying tor some u in v. u
o secure suitable quarters In.re to.
,teir families.
A prinl.r.-nt tur; entitle operator c;
q neii'hborln; couity is an-.tens
bring T.ls family io Bruaswic.; to te
side out Ills persisten. efforts to sc
. ro a liiuse hive Utile-1.
Instances of this kind are alnv.it
■ i ffeut end. Scores of homey n iu
city provide t belter for t r e or £ r
ifiuiUUs and ihtir cccupuats w: an
Klous to get in less cram.' and qur.it.:
Boarding homes are tax U to the
capacity and are over lowing with ~ o
y.C who would keep hou=r If t o
could only tad tomes in wh.ch o 1 o
Young married couples room at on
jlaca and take tl.eir meals at an at
, r. and many of these would jump a-,
tee opportunity to furnish a tony Ltd..
apar.ment In a flat were ouch dosuab
r;arer? t° be had.
"And stll the city grows end o*rs. -
H3p3 continue to arrive, v/hi’.e the
orercrcwiled con’'ton becomes (la.,
more apparent and the n&ed for rex*
it shoes more urgent.”
CONCERT DELIGHTED AUDIENCE
Eckert Family pleased the Music Lov
ers Last Night.
1 the muadcalphrdt eLtaoicmfwyphrdi
The concert given by the Eckert
family at the Grand last night va . one
ei the most interesting a fir 1.3 of the
kind ever given in Brunswicic and was
greatly enjoyed by the audience.
The four members of this family are
musicians of abili s'. Tne p! iyL g "■
little Miss Eckert cn the violin w:->s
Indeed a treat and several times i.he
responded to encores. Mr. Eckert p;r
ferraed on tpe same instrument, Mrs.
Eckert on (he harp and young Me.
Eckert on the piano.
Those who were not present missed
tot 6 ot the hMt matte that U i>m
tm
■VIBER 123.
PEOPLE m ANXIOUS
THaIL TOE
rep v orT\
Taxpayers Were Disappointed When
It was Learne Tl at Nothing Had
Sean Done in the Trolley Fran
chise Matter.
Ti.e anno .ncevnent in The News
yesterday morning that council had
again met without receiving a report
from the committee which has the
-volley matter in charge, was quite a
surprise to the citizens, who are great
ly inter sled la this mutter and who
expected sorno repot at the meet
ng Thursday tnight.
The people of Bruuswicgk have
aetn l:c;t absolutely in the dark In
Jis matter altogether. Everything
that council has done has been behind
loscd doors and ail t..e people know
is that F. D. M. Strackan aal bis
associates havee an option on the
riant of the Mutual Light and '*atei
empany and have poiLEried council
tor a franchise for an electric car
.ystem, or rather have seat in an
ordinance giving tlrm the franchise
which council has been asked to
pass.
What has causi and lie and dry 1h a puz
zle. The waller was leferred to this
u. ecial coin.rit.ee’several weeks ago
rnd it was thought that a repoit
would be submit.ed at t ie next meet
ivy hut time and time again csuncil
has mot and nine Uiuo has 'beea,
asked. >
it may he that the delay has btf-b
unavoidable but ti.e 'axiay rs arc in
• i us to t-new cometlilog definite s/bcut
.he mutter, they want to know how
iiu; h trey are g ing to pay for gas,
water and cleotiic.ty d.rlng the year,
is the r rdii.an.e tgulurt.fi? the price,
intrcduceil way b-.ck in Doc* über, has
been side: racked because of the Stra
in: npr -,o ii n. AH > a lei at inter
est have agreed to let the ordinance
egulate the rates l.e i-fiective from
the first of tu year in can : the pros
nt p! ins do r.ot < airy.
There see vs to i e some great secret
a out the present isituiUon, which
council is keeping from the pee pie.
'A ltai has tr.m;; i <d in the matter has
be u fn i xe mt vc -i minus and nothing
'■ as given out for publication.
At any rate the people are anxious,
•y aw dtiag a report from the commit
tee which has the m il ter in charge
mil it is rinterly ho and bit it will be
submitted at the wee in-.; to be held
next Thursday r.isht.
SHiP m itO
INTO iiEii PIER
♦
Seventy Were injured and Three
Hundred Were In the
Panic.
New Y’orit, Feb. It. —The, Anc! or
Line steamer Abtnrla crushed Into
her pier he. e today fcnd seventy-live
:>3. e.'igeis v ere injur®, ..ome of them
| quite seriously ®
Tr ie were SCO ptssengers r n
.11 the -ai"! an: they w re all
1
v.-cr - ’hi yi r. A st.m; ode fo.-
|lowed in w ich twenty-.ue were injur
ed
LITTLE BOY BROKE HIS LEG
. Robb e Sparks'Met With Painful Ac
cident Yesterday.
Robbie,, the nix year old son of Mr.
i and Mrs. J. D. Sparks, met with a paln
: ful accident y.3terday afternoon, in
j which his leg was broken.
The little fellow wa3 climbing on;
! tne rear of a d;ay which was passing
!by his home and his foot caught iuj
jtffo whirl ar.d bis ! c-g v.as broken la
two places bet een the knee and :ho
ankle. Dr.?. R. E U. Burford and
G. V. Ci te were hastTy summocul
and the bene wa.3 set and tilth
snff- ring a grea and ai of ; aiu the lit
tin boy is getting along very well.
COTTON ASSOCIATION
TO BE INVESTIGATED
Boston, Mass., Feb. 15. —The New
England spinners will Investigate
through Commissioner Ga field, the
Sou* hern Cotton Assoc ta ton and other
gush organizations, which the spin
ners claim control cotton aad is noth
in* 14* Hum * ttwt
BRUNSWtK, GA., SATURDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 16, 1907-
GEORGIA MAYORS
10 ATTEND BIG
ICON MEETING
4 —_
uHiy iiaVd Accsptdit illVr
tatioos is Aiiitnd Im
migration Canveation
AIIEIIUSE Will fit URGE
Many Prominent Speakers Familiar
on tlie Subject Address
the Gathering—Macon Ready
for the Visitors.
Mayors of thirty Georgia cities and
over three hundred dclesa.es have ac
ccpte ’. Invitations to be present at
the rat ccuve.iliun In Miuon, hale
un-./r it director of the Georgia
1 ini. ..don iin next Tues
d i. Tills the representation
if of tie state at this
1 h irman hi
live c..nMt'> i , John Iletjcman, o!
A1 receiving more >y every
m;dl.
Not only have tk railroads of thl*
gr.iuted a fare and one third
rikft} round trip to all attending
. !>?<*'4' ention hut will also send
[Vfi'ilvK dt’Ueials Representatives of
1 1 'A tyrgs tfans-Allan tic lines will also
! .attend and th: se, together wih the
i merchants and business me"
... u-d i, .tl /esmt for the sol?
| purpose of bi inging in the best kind
jof • e'.'li ; , home-seekers and wo k-
Urs for the solving of the present la
:In r scarcity I ', wll make the roav n
! lion tiie largest and most notable in
toe slate.
For tiiis nnd other reasons it. is
particularly urg'd by the Ge irgia Im
migration Association that every far
mer, business man and citizen win
can possibly at'anil, will f e present
to state the eon li ions in his sec
tio-i liolh as to labor and to idle
and undeveloped land. Eve. yone will
be give na via ;ce to speak, as practi
cal r si Its are and sired as the out
come of the < onveuiiun. Very soon
the very befit kind of homeseckors,
fra ’> men and laborers will bo co.u
lag to the Georgia pints direct from
Europe. For this and otiier reasons
it is necessary fer ti.e conditions of
every sesetion of the state be male
known to Go ass ;rlat! m.
In addition o the many ab'e speak
cars already anno n'-eil Commission
er of limr.i ration James li. Watch
orn, the dean of immigration ex per s,
will fve pyx-tent from Ellis Island,
New York. Oscar Strauss, secretary
of commerce and labor, he only native
born Geer da in President Ro isevi it’s
ca met. will also 8j oak. R. F. Mad lox
of Atlanta, will represent i.be banking
iinterests of the state.
The convert ion will close with an
Informal amok or. This promises to
be one of the features of the conven
tion when conditions will be discus
sed in a pure’y personal and infor
mal wav Every Georgian la invited
to - e convention and stale his
view s at the smoker.
Mayor Symons, of this city, has ac
cept'd the Invita ion and will prob
ably attend the convention. Nei her
the’Board < f Trade n-r the Comm r
ci.l League lave appdatel delegates
to the convention
EXTRA SESSION
St-WE
Concrcst! May Hold One After Ad
journment in March to Consider
Japanese Question.
| Washington, Feb. 15.—1 tis more
than r roboble that Mr. Roosevelt will
call an extra session of congress to con
siller the Japanese question. _
This is the general belief among
senators and congressmen. When it
will be called is not known, but it
wIU not ba long attar Mu *di<wn
mmt to Ha**-
TWO-GENT BATE
WILL BE HEO
BY UNION IN
—f—
i Pslitinn In he Presented
to State Railroad Com
mission
FARMERS MI A flAl RATE
Petition H.ts Alre;K @l -
and is Mow in
Judge J- K. I wl- tk
Is to Present it.
A re iticn will ' e presented *f||§
Georgia railroad conuuis i.m bfeara
larmers of the rtatu asking
flat 2 cent paasengt r r.du oh
railroads cf the state, 'l ilts announce
ment was made Tuesday by (’has. S
j Barrett, of the Fanners’ National Un
ion.
j Tiie p‘ Ution km already been pro
j part'd anil will bu formally presented
to the commission In a few day .
jmlgu James K. I-Hnes, in whose ha .ds
fne matter has been plan and lias no
as yet slated when the petition win
ye presented.
it is the desire of the farmers ot
the stato to h ive the passenger rate
on all rail;cads reduced to 2 cents pei
mile, aud in ti e petition facts and
figures have been presented showing
why the request should be granted.
There are a few details,to be work
ed out still and when these are com
pleted the peltl on wi.l be sent, lo th
commission and strong efforts made
to have that body order accordingly.
ANNUAL MEETING
OF POSE GO.
*- —4
Directors of the Telegraph Company
Met Yesterday—ln Good Finan
cial Condition.
Boston. Mass., Feb. Hi.—-The annual
meeting of the shareholders of the
Ala Kay Company was held here today
and the number of trustees of the
onv.iiiny were increased from five
to seven. •The president Clarence H.
.VlncJCay,•anil five trustees were re
elected. William W. Cook, George C.
Wadi. ami Edward
C. Platt. The two new directors Mi
ff and were Pliny Fisk, head of the
banking firm of Harvey, Fisk Company
of New York and P. A. Smith, who
Is a member o£ the banking firm
of Onler and Hammond, of Toronto,
Canada.
After the meeting the annual stat.e
menf. of the company was issued.
Its essential features are that the
Mac Kay Company owns a whole or
| a part of the capital stock of one
j hundred and two prosperous cable,
i telegraph and telephone companies
In the United Stat'-s. Canada and Kur
’ope inclui ms the entire capital stock
|of the Commercial Cubic Company and
i the various companies constlU.i Ing i
the land line system known as the
Postal telegraph.
The purpose in to make the Mac Kay
j Company so broad and diversified as
to render impossible and fundamental
'impairment of the value of the pref
erred or common shares. According
ly the investments include stocks in
marine cable companies iu the Aflan
tic and Pacific oceans aud In the
Postal telegraph line land systems aud
dividend paying socks in the bent
telephone systems
The trustees state that nothwith
i stan.ling these days of money bor
rowing and mortgage giving they are
again able to announce that the Mao-
Kay Company has no debts. The out
standing shares Is $50,000,000 prefer
red $41,3000,400 common. Dur
ing the past year $9,354,400 preferred
shares have been issued In exchange
for stocks of corporations.
The entire report shows that the
company Is In an excellent condit
ion both as to finances and general
improvements and extensions
Cabl to Cuba,
*Jw amjmr H ttfWr fttua§ it*
MANAGER EMERSON
TALKS Of THE
. G. G. 8 P.
He Spent Yesterday in the City and
Told of Which^hould
Bring
Line to Brunswick.
H. I>. Emerson, general manager ol
the Georgia v oast and Piedmont rail
road. arrived in the city yesterday
morning from New York, accompan
red by H. M. Stele, who Is interest and
,n the road. The party spent the day
in luring over the city and will
for Darien driving ou
|c ll J nail going out l.y boat.
Tf t H'l-'li v\ Mail la.-t ;.i n
H i-'-port. r ui.il l.e ; allo-.l ~
vsiw
ii in
•Pr' I" n iifiio il when li,-
oil
'^tH 0 IO 1 *• utl-vwn-.v, lie Mill.l
"1 can't say, it. takes tun,
things,
. r to
however, xßthe n <■< nt change ot s,
'dulo iuaugarated on the r.iad.
tills change pwseng r from all alony
the line of the TtoJ, as well as tlios
living ou lines whCTkcontieM at Col
lins vvit.li the Georgia Hied
mont can -leave their :u
rive in i’.nniswick on the saiwe do
a pleasure that was not permitted i. y
the old schedule. *
A imsnenger train now leaves Co'
lins at 7..50 a. in., miking conut-cUar.
with tin- Wadliiy S uti.era at Wadlly
u-d Intermediate ro'ni -. mid yrith thv
Teabomd ftoin points we. t of C-l
The train arrives in Darien a
uoi n and makes connections vvj.ii uu
steamer U-essie with Brunswick i at
setige.rs. This [irac. ically gives tin
people residing in middle Georgia u
those residing along tiie several road
a.- new route to Brunswick; It ai
so affords them a pleasant ride- vi.
boat to Brunswick from Davie,g
Mr. Emerson announces that vvi;h i
a few weeks tickets will be prime
and placed on sale from this city it
all points over the Hess;? lino aud lut
road.
"During the summer," said Manage.
Emerson, “wo are going to mu:
every effort to bring many people tc
Brunswick and St. Simon. Our lint
proposes to put oil week-end excm
sion tickets, good from Friday to
Tuesday.”
Mr. .Emerson talked interestingl;
of other matters relative to ike m ‘
ROCKEFELLER iS
HURRYING BOIL
—t —
Called There by the Serious Illness
of His Wife, Whi is Consndered
Very Low.
New York, Feb. Feb. 15. —John D.
RockeT Her, who lias b on sp .mlin
the winter at Au ;usta, Ga., and A ken
S. C. is speeding to Lakewood, N. J.
liis home as fast as railroad trai ls
can carry him, in refiyons? t i a tel
eg ram sent tim today announcing th
serious Illness of his wife.
It is reported that Mrs. nor-kefelb
is dangerously ill, and some tears nr
entertained for her recovery.
PRESIDENT ELLIOTT FAVORS
SEPARATION OF SCHOOLS
New Haven. Conn.. Feb. 15.—Presi
dent Elliott, of Harvard University,
today announced that he favored the
separation of the negroes and whites
In the schools.
Presbyterian Church.
Rev F. I). Thomas will preach at
the Presbyterian church cn Sunday at
11 a. iu. and 7,30 p. in. Bible class
at 4 p. rn. at the church.
matters in sha; e for a three minute
line to Cuba. The first plan was to
poriute the same route as Hint of the
Western Union Telegraph C. nvuiiiy
and a submmarlne cable from Flnridi
to Havana. Tn order however *o
make the Cuban service equal to the
service of the Commercial Cable Cos.,
In the Pacific ocean the trustees have
decided to lay a submarine cable dir
from New York to Havana thus
giving it & three minutes service a3<
Mala** v> ererag* thirty mtoatojM
nmT jiiji
pSIPE FIVE CENTS.
EVE® STGRV
IS WIRED
BI ED. STRONG
f
He fays Thaw fas lo Him
—md IteciiM Ceo tl
, Slaoforil t. !.iie
IDVISEQ BID WfiAT 18 EO
One of Thaw’s Lawyers Says
District A terney Knows be is
Beat—Jercmc is V/iilir.qMor
Insanity Trial. I
strong, | t of 1 lerican In
j.iiute Focuk :-'t n i r, ay coafi m:d
■ e ton e Gan m ido by Hv lv a Nes ;it
I l.avv ou tko v. i lie.,a m ad ou i hura
•lay of las- vv.ek.
in a public - taioai ntde said tttpt
Harry Thaw ca a e t> hi u aid des
•vii c 1 tii e den of Ft m. nl White and
iski and him lor me ::d\ ie. 1 anvis
■d li -in to p..y the Amhu: y Cu.astock
doci. ty to i ll v a;e t... iuiqaitnU3
mil of U i.i.e ,::,d ;. Tn wdil, t ay
ng ti.e satiety a E.rge am.iuu."
Ul - Fii ng ih t i..f,;sslcn of
Eo'.-, n haw ou llio ; V:nd is jostffS it
was reali■ and Lo him by Harry Thaw.
Says Joroma is Eeat.
Col. Jicl'h.e. cue of Tii ;w's attor
■l ys. in an in; rv.ew today, suya that
..he defense a’r-.d. baa J rc-me de
nted in the t.ial aud tb.it the du
ri< t attorney \v•-; X i nuws it. Mr.
id i:.o is si re ih u a vcadlct of n t
' uiity will be rendered.
Try Him ror Lunacy.
Di:" rict Atl. ue, Jtio.i-e ttiihiy au
iouiiv dt! nt ito was v, i n or Thaw
1.0 ho tried k r !; :. ... t, ■ ~a p j mat
i would be j i". ci!..’ saii.uactory to
aim for sucii a trial u -d he stems
talto lert.iin th: t the pria .ner vviil
be declared sane.
II i- Hud'.'. -d Mi :t. F.. try I will
e r miiiu il .hiu day , , i th and •hi-i.uj
will ct ntiaui with its le dimony.
MOURNED A3 DEAD
FOR TWELFE YEARS
Williams Now Turns up as an Ordi
nary Workman.
Madison, Wis, i o';. J5~-Af or being
•nourned as i eel j iwe.vo rears
MUU-., ? AI. Leo V, ;l i? ■ , . i £.-.;ejas
■V r; ; in-fin u • iiy I . •.'■nil pitcll
.r, who di up;, .. and ii Chicago in
, iV.ll. w.’.-; ii .a Ii i;t .(Jay a .Vlcrrl
iiio. Indiana., lie lia;? >..< a living
nere .sin. e July ih 4, us an ordinary
. orkiiian. He in ir. r.i 1 aid owns
■us hone. Ac o. ,i g to W.Firms
aory he suffered mental aberration
•vl en he my.fie i-u-ly di-appenrsd
com u bi.ttl in < :,iu ty.iiin.ms
said:
"On July (!, ISH4, 1 uud 1 inly fiund
■l)3'. c-.f in ii 1,,r.i. Id. i had no
ivcol • ti ni f i. .. ! . o I kero and it
'•'■as only by asldii, Klra-igers that
if .unj wh-u o 1 \va.-- ;il wr.at day of
Lie mo.;ii and year it was. 1 be o 'in
o trad.e a:.ay vn.r.ut purpose and
■ Lund in.-.-,lf maim days lator to
Mcrrivill.'.
PAID VISIT TO THE TERMINALS
Mr. Donnyman War, Much Impressed
Wi h Improvements In Brunswick
Alex Bonnym in fe.r nu f 1 cn .Ann.
t< ndent cf ths A 1 mta, B rmingham
mil Atlantic rail nd, row u :tnien
dent of count rectian, is s.aen .ing a
few clays In Rif. i iiy. t;.- : i a the first
time Mr. E< n -yman 1 as I v. n in Brans
wick In tl ree or f jur months.
Yesterday he vi-.iud L.e terminals
ofthe company at to s sathend and
was greatly surpii.; 1 at lira marve
lous work which has 1 v.,n accompli h
ed. To a N v. ; rer.vrL r hist night
ho stated that he had looked oicr
:he terminals ai.d ihat while ha bald
heard much a out Tie w arves he had
no idea that such commodious wharf
psoporty had he e erect -d by tho
company.
j Mr. Bonn;,man wan w ri.il/ greeted
iby his many friend.; in the city.
GREENVjLLE. S. C.. VISITED
FJYH3IG CONFLAGRATION
Greenville, S. Fob. 15.- This city
was visited by a striotxs lire this after*
o ft ho business sec
' ■■
o an cut.mate of