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10 BE DISGUSBEsr
HI MEETING HERE
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RJ3 j Commissioners From
Several Counties lo Gather
l Jfi Here March 15
MAHER NOW UKING SHAft
C. A. Wood, One of the Lessees of the
Oglethorpe is Behind the Move—
Expects to See Road Complet-
Oh ed by Next Year.
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Atlanta. A mo v e
edetu
au on fo-i s-uuoat a year ago by c
x VVwa, iho well known hotel u.
itcloi, ami no auJOuUies that hi
i roposlticn is receiving nut a nearly
s. that he hopes in la 3 to so
u,e annual ueld by the ,vu.omo
bile Association of America run ov
the planned speedway.
. "Mr. Wood is working steadily u
• ha tt this road bull-, and for me pur
pr. t of. making it more of a rws.i
miuy will meet the real commission
e.s ofsa number of counties at Bruns
wick on March 15. in addit.on a ban
quet will be given in Charlotte Su
>. day night for the purpose of dm
• .sslug the driveway.
-Mr. Wood proposes that each, coun
ty construct the portion of Cue road
Li at will lie through it, and gives ex
. llent reas ns of why tills p.ai
..lould e adopted
Already tula winter over l/it
cutotnobiks have been shlj pod to Ho:
,;a from New York,’’ .e raid Monday
• |£ the B..eedway p.vj osed we cun
vletei, .practically ail of thise at
iomobileß would have followod th
new road to Florida. It is ' •>' easy
o see now this would cause hotels t
i.e built along the line an l benefit th
lOuntry through wh.th toe speeivra,
, arses in uumberou3 other way. .'
Already tns count.es of Curn-ie.
Clynn, Chatham and Bryan hu' : -
agreed. to Mr. Wood's propos.ttsa an.
me aid of others will unuoubtedly ho
r.ecured.
The speedway which Mr V.’ood
wt-hes built would extend from No-
York to Washington, from that pom
to Cianrlottee on to (Atlanta, from
here to Brunswick and from Brum,
wick to Jacksonville. It would b
over 600 miles in length and wo t:-,
be oue of the longest and ilest it,
t. world."
ME IS A MARYLAND LAWYER NOW
Young Dave Roes, of THs City, Gets
Other Young f.'.cr. Coed Example-
Mr. Jchn D. Ross yesterday rec iv
ed a clipping from a Baltimore paper
a.towing that hio son, David, had .ust
baen admitted to the practice of law
la Baltimore by the Maryland
of law examiners.
This was Quite a surprise to both
Mr. and Mrs. Ross as they did net
even know that their sc n was a s u
■lent of the law. The report showed
that young Rosa passed along with a
class of 37 other students.
This is the kind of pluck that wins
and Mr. Ross has a host of Bruns
wick friends who will wish him sue
esss In his profession.
JAPANESE EXCLUSION BILL
WAS SIGNED YESTERDAY aY
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
Washington, Feb, 20.—President
Koosev r lt today placed h.s glguitme
10 the Japanese exclusion bill and
it became a law and win at ®o?e go
iat*
iff BER 127.
■ Gill IMF
riOMLpS
IS BMTmDED
f
j’ouni.y Trade is\Gicwii\
anil There is No latef"
flans for Small Graft
I.IE BOAT 6 COMPLAIN
When the Canal to Camden County is
Completed the Trade Will In
crease and Something Will
Have to be Done.
If the river trade between Bruns
wick and ail river points continues t
• net case as it iuus doing the past tew
souths something will have to be
ione to provide u landing place to.
the many etua.l boats which come to
..is city almost daily, bringing ana
aad catrying 1 ,r e cargoes.
This -trade has grown pUenominallj
•tiring tin. past tew months and the
nauy little, small boats are bavin
■’.ans.derable uouhle in tiding a plac.
o land. There is only one public
cart in the city aad it is crowded
Almost dairy. Often it is imposs.bit
or many o-t the boats tj iin t a rand
ng place at the Mon.-. street da.k.
U hen the canal through to Camds.
ouuty is cut, which will bs in tat
.ear future, there will be a great
r Increase in this trade and some
ring will have to be J. me to pic
ide for the i.oa s. The city har
oade ever, effort to secure tho fool
i Vtlaucfist., a street, .hut it seem:
at this propercy is leased to the
.downing Company and cannot be so ■
ured. although that company offeree
o give a portion of it to the city un
Mr vertpin praviuioijk,.
Something will have to be done tor
ho aeconnnod i ion of tht small boats
tnd ti e iity should take the mattef
P at once. The trade of tir se small
sraft amounts to considerable as pco
iving all a! an a the l iver purchase
ill of their supplies in Brunswick
ir.d they also supply tile iorai ruar
ct with count.y produce, e!c.
The Monk street and , k is allogethei
inadequate for tne puih-ose for which
t is now being u . i. A good fitly
’oot dock is whni i is needed and
t will evcntii sly have to the fur
nished the sisiiii o •suers.
YORK CN NEW EIRE SYSTEM
Understood Thct it vV'i! Begin Withir
Next Few Days.
Work oil Brunswick’s new fir®
alarm system, which will b< cue of
1 e best In the south, will bef.lt! wrb
in the next few days.,
The Atlanta (concern (which .was
awarded the contract by council at
t last meeting will shortly have a
Tree of men In the. city engaged in
'e wo k. The mat rk l Is now en
r ute to the city and some of it wl 1
arrive Monday. It will only take a
few weeks to install the new system.
aboutleadv for
. THROUGFf THIS
V
Atlantic, Birmingham and Atlantic
Will Put Trains on to Atlanta
Early Next Month,
The operating department ,f the
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
railroad Is new preparing for the in
auguration ef the through schedule
jto Atlanta early next month,
j As has been previously announced
I the through service will he Inaugura
I ted cn March 8, cn which date the
I first train will go through to the cap
ital from this city, using the tract of
l the Atlantic and West Point from La
■ Grange to Atlanta.
While only one train a day will!
|te operated at first over the line it 13
generally urd-rstcod that a double
j daily schedule will be put on before
I the first of April, with a sleeper on
■ the line hetyeen Atlanta and Bruns
wick.
This service will give the people liv
ing along the route of the A., B. & A.
* new rout# to Atlanta and it promises
to at one* bscorn* papular.
Brunswick Nkw/S.
BRUNSWICK, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21, 1907.
FIRE DESTROYS
PARKER-HENSELL
MACHINE SHOPS
Entire Plant Destroyed Except IfHP
rirte Railway and Boiler Factory.
The Loss Between $50,000
and $75,000
A* a„ .vliich ctiirtcd this morning
shortly before oue o’clock almost com*
pletely destroyed the plant of the
Parker-Henseil Engineering Company
on Bay street at the foot of Bar th-1
V. it it--. ■ ii. a mo-iiitu r
the flames lord gained good headwlflr
and before the arrival of the depart
ment the blacksmith shop, foundry
a-.d machine stiops were adtpyi liames.
rwo streams of water were quickly
playing on the it was at
disc.im ivd iin.-s hail
i a> go and a i.t adffß- lif'ijf checked
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-Mr. Jr the opinion that
the fire in the foundry, al
though room was also
burning the lire,
as was shop, but the
toundry to le the center ol
the blaze. Before the arrival of the
department, the lmmence machine
,nops of the company, the office. d„ck
and other portions of the property
were all burning, and until four o’c.ock j
LLU morning the firemen were kept
busy fighting the flames- in 0.d.-.r to
i\e the boiler marine rail
way and the residence occupied by
.Mr. Heaaell.
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•'hi* li.ue c'inple
ti-Iy de.d rcyed, blaze on the
•' oat was finally extinguisn and. The
ditnaco to her will probably be ui.-
wards of JSOO.
Both ti.-:■ t. \v. T Paiker and I
A. K. Hensell, who are at the head
of the firm, were seen by a News
MISSING TREASURER
TELLS WHY HE
SKIPPED
New Britain, Conn,, Man Writes a
Letter to the President of the Bank
But He Failed to Tell Them Where
He Was.
New Brltlan, Conti., Feb. 20.—Wil
l am F Walker, the mis trig treasurer
of the Now Britian bank, has written
a letter to President Corbin, of the
Tank, stating that he bad been rib
bed by men who claimed to be repr*
sentatlves of a bond house of which
the saving bank bought bond;.
Walker stated in the letter, which
was received by the president of the
bank today, that there had been a
wrong issue of some of the ibondt
and an over issue of some of the
others. lie said that be was now
afraid that the men were not repie
sentatlves of the bonding house as
were supposed to have been.
The letter was mailed in such a way
so ti at the whereabouts of the missing
treasurer were not ascertained.
IMMIGRATION STATION UNDER
BE
ESTABLISHED AT SAV/^NAH
Washington, Feb, 20. —It wal an
nounced today that an immigration
station would be (established at Sav
annah under the control of the feder
al government.
This station. It Is understood, will
te slmlllar to the others
tilncd by the government. It tswPfl!?
eftabllshad at the request of many
southern people and when the au
thoritlee were assured that an immi
gration line of s'eamers would short
ly be put on to Savannah from foreign
port* it u decU4 to establish th*
tU*4*a.
i-enoriee during .the fire, and fti*ej
stated that It was almost ImpossibU
,to give any kind of an accurate cst.
mate as to the los% at the time. Mr
lien sell, however, raid that the dam
| age would aount to between $50,u0,
land sls.ui)o.
I. Tho .plant of tiv? ,I*arkcr-Hensel]
(Engineering Company was one of the
best equipped in toe south, especially
is lids true- of the auschine M~\
where all the •■lh,.JProa
cniuery lias
the loim.il.v , j^.-q.a,;i.
mod. ru
the blacksmith siiopvuil io heavy
as there were numerous toots, etc.
in the suop. The dama ,e to t.ie wha.
will amount to considerable, all o
the buildings were burned, and al.
ot the olitcc lurniiu.e, e.c., wa.
totally destroyed, and if is be
lievt and that a conservative estimate
of the loss is between siit),l)oo am,
iS-75,00U.
it was by hard work that the uiu
nno railway was saved. Bcveral
times it fire, hut each lime
tne glaze was extinguished. The new
factory, which is just nearin ;
completion, also had a close call ana
several times tho Lames reached w.tn
in a few laches of the building bu.
v.ete fought hack (,y the firemen.
YVhaa asked as to what insurance
the company Lad Mr Parker stated
to the New., reporter the thq plants
was pretty well insured, but still the
company will suffer quite a heavy
loss as it is impossible to secure the
full value of Insurance on machinery,
'the company, liowpveiN, carried Insur
ance on all the different hriiauncs ot
the plant.
A meeting of the cempnhy wiil
probably bo held within the next few
days and it Is ceitain that (he >!
will be res uilt and the burned oue will
I e replaced by one of the best nut:-
me machine shops along the south At
lantic coast.
Just how the lire this morning or!
glnated is not known. It may have
started from a defevtive flue in the
boiler room ..r from a spark from a
passing railroad engine.
ASSOCIATION TJ li
FORMED II EACH
.-COUNT!
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ResolutlonNwß!fffl!d *t the Macon
Convention Calls for an Immigra
tion Association in Each County in
in the State.
The committee on state organize
Hon reported to the Macon convention
a plan which Las been considered one
of vast Importance, and It is believe
will aid materially what the state mos
needs In imminraiftn. The report at
adopted, recommends to each county
in tin; state the organization of a
a local immigration society to be af
.filiated flic Georgia Immigration
Association and that the state cxccu
tlve committee be instructed to take
steps at once to effect such organiza
tlon wherever piaoticable.
also recommends that sub-organ
Izatlons prepare and file with the sec
votary of the Oeorcia Immigration
Convention for the use of the state
commissioner of Immigration fully
prepared statements of the resources
and advantages, church and school fa
cilities offered by the respective com
munities, the average price of home
rentals, statement of the cost of liv
ing in these communities, the terms
on which homos may be purchased,
a statement of th® oualiScations and
waves of those why may be employ
ed in all tranches of Industries, accom
panied by written applications of em
ployers upon which these statements
may be based, schedules of farm lands
offered for sale or rent to Immigrants
accompanied by accurate descriptions
of the soil and its products; the
water w*t**, trn*pert*Ueo Cased]-
1 NEW BOAT LINE.
H ORGANIZED
TGPLfALIAII
—■ ...a—
Local Concern Soon lo Pui
• #
a Modem trail on Non
lip k ! fe ,
.VflfiK BIEINS i THE BOAI
She Will be Different from the Boat.
Now in Use on the Fresh Water
Rivers—S.eamboat Men are
Interested In Line.
Anew wit.
headquarters j ias ,
termed for of build.u
a steamer or t.ie Altamalu
river hotgpfa Brunswick and rivt,
John l. IM in' Hizlehurst, pres)
Join, of tiie K. Hall Steainboa
Company, Is spirit in tn
uew com-.-rn, u i.Y- tw-o Brunswick r.
b/ens an: ul.:o Vt. tested. VV. 1-
Eox, for years chiakengincer
tug Inca, will he
the new comjtany and
MontmoUin, of this city,
engineer. The laftei
personally superintend the construct
ion of the new boat, which lseto b
cak'd the John F. Hail and whic
is to De equipped with powerful mt,
chli-v-iy suitable t., 1 gut draft wor
end in point of const:uction will b
different, from any of the iLoat.s not
tube seen In Brunswick. Sue wh
he specially fitted u;i for both freigh
and passenger traffic and will he a
speedy as any boats which ply th
fresh water streams.
Tl.w preliminary work of ituddin;
tiie boat, has already begun and tn-.c
interested are .going'to push tne wort
to a rapid completion.
itlos, (market conditions sutd othm
full information.
ft was further provided by thu
committee that each county and sirin
to secure immigrants should, ihroug.
its local organization, appoint a coin
niittee of upright and honorable ci.
izons whose duties it shall i.e to mee
tho immigrant when he arrives eitlie.
at the port or at the nearest ra.lwn;
station and see tltat he is comfor:
ably quartered and pul to work with
out unnecessary loss of time.
Tito committee is also to see tin
as between the immigrant and emploj
er the former is to be fairly trea
ed so that in conveying news horn
lie may ibe able to give good account,
of the country and its citizenship
SAN DOMINGO TREATY
FAVORABLY REPORTED BY
THE SENATE YESTERDAY
Washington, Feb. 20—The senat.
committee today favorably reporter
tie San Domingo treaty.
SENATE VOTES
SMOOT IIS SEAT
Utah Senator Won Out Before the Scr.
ate Yesterday by Vote of Forty
Two to Twenty-Eight.
Washington, Feb. 20. Senator Reed
Smoot, of Utah, will retain Ira f,eal
In the United States senate
The investigation which commen
ced yesterday before the United
States senate, Mr. Smoot defending
hlm3cll during the healing, closed
today, and resulted in a victory for
the Utah senator.
By a vote of 42 to 28 the senate to
day allowed him to retain his s at.
Brunswick Expected Today,
The steamer Brunswick is expect
ed to arrive In pert this morning
from New York en route to H., vans
She will remain in port for only a
short time continuing on lur voyage
Bond Election at Pelnam.
Pelham, Ga., Feb. 20. —The city
•council called for a bond election to
b* hold March 26, Tilt issue will be
for for pnblie improvements.
PRiefe FIVE CENTS.
lEME EIRED
i 51IESISS AT
: AMi GATE
Lot Evelyn Ikw vf Ca!m
and Proceeded LoAnswir
Them Ail
,15113 CRESS TXAMiIAfICB
x •
ror Two Hours She was on the
Stanfi Yesterdsy Replying > j Cues
tior.s Fi.cd at Her by the Dis
trict Attorney.
Ni w Y ork, Fb. fir — ]<Y -.- two hours
oduy District .'.t rr.-y Jerome pltMUi
\irs. l'-ve.yn Thaw ui.d r a i. o.ii i*id
ross•examination, firing quesUoul at
- er l> auch rapid-fire order that |he
-ni net have time lu luiu;- for a illi.i-
Jte. A
She was equal t.o tho occasion it
seined and erp in 1 to nil of tnetu
‘try promptly and . in, u- n. u i i,e d.d
succeed iu l'ri a.te.iing h r. She
many tin _ etc.,
completely la.fl.il .lerome.
■P>('i'cu-.s.i t-ieua . .\a.,.inat:ou was
riffunip and, howtvor, and she b.cmed
eifeeixy satisfied lo answer ail of
questions.
Mrs. 'Thaw testified today that for
lUite awhile sue was paid Ipl'b a week
■jy Stanford W like. Lite seemed calm
under the cross-ex..mi; . i .a and oucl.
miied at she uns.ver. and Questions.
Mi. Jeiome \v u and.. . pointed not
.nixing her up more than he did, as it
was generally understood that he
■ vould lire que-ti mu at the witness
■riiieh would almost completely chuuge
net- toslimouy, bid ho did nob mic
. eed in doing so, and die corr-.bpratad
rit tfrat she- tujd vvn-.n n e ,waa uadtf
Jiitet exanjlnubion. .
Many tithes during the day Attcr
ncy Dtdma's
1 by Mr. Jerome u..d cevu-al fittlrf
alts occurred.
: 'WO STORY HOUSE DESTROYED
Two Story House Occu.-.ied by Negroes
Burned Last Night.
The large two .t ry residence on
il street lane, Leiweeu F and <d, was
almost totally destroyed by lire last
iglit shortly after b o'clock. The
anies bad gained gouii headway be
t.-ie the arrival of ilie are dpaumeat,
-ut they quickly extin uisfled the
mze alter reaching the scene.-
1 .ie house was rented by Harriet
■i'owu, colored, but it is understood
>.iai several lngro families occupied
n. Most of the tiou,: clio.d goous wore
saved.
'ihe house was owm and by Dr. W. B.
Burroughs.
TO SELL SAILS THIS MORNING
Articles from the VVroJked Bar!. Mas
her to be Disposed of.
At the tit', by i.ui.u ng next lo 11. H
ia-i'.n it Coraapny s stsi. a v ri o’erxo.:
t day, tin- san.-;, < tc., su>ea from iho
v. receive l bark Medsr wil be d.s.,as
d of and those who waut anything
.a that line or wnu li..e to do s„nis
ipectil.itiiig, i.l, tiki be n.i hand.
'i no sde "i 1 i m promptly at the
above named hour.
ATLANTA BUCKET SHOPS
NOW CLOSED FOR GOOD.
Atlanta, It- 20.- --All of the bucket
shops or *aii inn v.- .o iLoCi! teddy
not to open for bu n..ess again There
has Leon :u ver.d fi b on the part of
the proprietors to continue business,
but t..ey were eio. el today
HONDURAS-NICARAGUA
FIGHT TO BE RESUMED.
Managua, NT iv.-..ni, Feb, 20.—1 tis
expected teat the light between Hon
duras and Nicaragua will be resumed
at cnee and name serious conflicts are
exepttei'..
UNLESS INCREASE IS MADS
OPERATORS IN ATLANTA
WILL STRIKE IN FEW DAYS
Atlanta, Fob. 20. —The operators of
the Western Union Tclegrapn Co
jin this city, who have been threaten
ing to go out, on a strike since Mon
id .iy, today announced that they v.ould
walk out In three days If they were
not given the same increase as hae
been allowed the operators of thn
Postal Telegraph Company. j