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The Brunswick News.
VOLUME 6. NUMBER 141.
TROLLEY FRANCHISE)
WILL BE GRmjM)
BY COUNCIL TONIGHT
6-HOUB SESSION
HELD LAST NIGHT
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Solons nere in Ssssion Un
til After 10’Clock Gill
No Action
FIGHIING m fMOIS!
Both of the Applicants, it Is Said,
Have Amended Their Original
Ordinances—Final Action is
+ Expected Tonight.
"Hid mo good night, but in more
I'tßnsant climes bid me good morning.'
The above well Known quotation
might have properl;’ been exchanged
between the members of the city coun
ell at 1,10 this morning when, a?
a session of about six hour.-,
finally recessed until 7.3 >hi , oi/.„:ng
There was a full meeting oft„.
hoard and there was only one- subject
for consideration and that was th ; ;h
termination whether or no* F. D. hi.
Suachan and his associates or Joseph
M Roman and his associates will con
..tract Brunswick’s trol.ey line, which
Jay by day, is growing to a nec.Oa.uty
it is not necessary for The News to
go into deiall on this subject. It is
--ell known that two propositions are
p fore council looking to the
a trolley lino in Bruns
both backed appstr
-rajp. o.i j: alm< ■ iy to
and
council stems to hang on is
Hnich of them offers the test induce
menu to the city. The News has
printed comparative statements oi
ilicse particular tacts tha' council wa.-
■etaiued lor six hours last night.
Asa matter of fact there is little
:u the way of news to ho given the
at;lie on this Important subject this
aor. lug. Council met last, night, of
course, Kut in so meeting it cutely
guarded its actions in the i cco.. sot
a c.Xo.ntive session, a practice to
which the present count! seems rle
lii'hud u> resort, a l which Is very
.usatiMuctory to i.ra common people
>hc tax payers and tire business ele
meat of Brunswick.
When council met Ktsi night it did
•-o in recess session and accordingly
found itself working under the head of
resolution.-, orders and ordinances
Mldern.au Wright promptly at 7,3 b
moved for an exccuu.e sc-.-,ion and at
1,05 thin morning thut conclave was
concluded. What happ. m l therein
cannot he staled, hat it seems to have
ot.en a very earnest ana :i wry hard
-.orking session.
The Roman people had the first
railing last night. Promptly aw.i
: hc secret sessicu convened the Alt . .
Reman, together with Mi. Kaufman, It.
L. Briescniclt and Attorney J. T. Col
con. worts called in. They occupied
me session for probably an hour, aftei
which Capt. F. D Vi. Strachan, F. D.
Aiken andthel. new attorney.':; new be
cause it is the tlrst time- they have
appeared in, the matter, Twitty and
Heeae, weie granted an audience. Tne
parties above named evidently went
over the althfation carefully, for it
was just live hours from the tim ■
iney conferred until the conference
ended, and whoa they re-appeared in
the council room both the members of
council, the attorneys and the parties
indicated that they had been through
:tn arduous task.
Council reassembled a few minutes
after 1 o'clock this morning and Al
derman Wright, who seems to he the
•relegated spokesman of the council,
moved a ret ess until 7,3 e o'clock this
evening. <
There is really nothing more to be
said authentically in the premises.
Both parties seeking the franchise arc
evidently in dead earnest. They are
automating 'details to council and they
are endeavoring in every intelligent
manner to establish their respective
claims to the franchise.
It was stated last night that the
Btrachan 'people had made anew
Pioposition to council, amending mar
ietta point* in Isaac and mare liber
al yj covering the proposit. .u,
cannot ice officially confirmed, but N
was one of the rumors ullaat 'in the’
city hall last night. It is UKO stated
that the Roman people
amend ou vita! points such as the re
duction of the number of arc lights as j
the minimum and tne rates therefor.
The Roman party were expected to
return to tneir respective homes this j
morning but will remain in the city \
tor the meeting this evening, and j
while The News Hesitates to make |
tne statement it has been informed
by a majority of the members of conn
ed thai some definite action will be
had at the session tonight. In other
words that the franchise will either
go to Roman or Strachan.
The meeting tonight promises *>l be
an interesting one and the people of
Brunswick are patiently watching it
fur something in the way of definite
action that means an up-to-date trol
ley line for Brunswick. In this con
nection The News is perfectly safe
in the prediction that within twelve
months Brunswick will have a splend
idly equipped tiqiley line and from all
Indications h W cafe to assume that
either one or the other of the two
applicants for the franchise will do the
work. Now the question is. who ts
going to do it?
THEA3LRER PARK
fALKS OF Dili
"1 Never Saw Such Wonderful Im
provements in a City, Says the
State Treasurer.
Stale Treasurer It. E. l’ark spent
yesterday in the city foi the purpose
A examining the Brunswick Bank and
Trust Company, which was found U
oe in a flourishing condition* He also
paid the new Giyuu County Bank,
which is a Siam bank, a visit, and
spent some little time there with
the officials.
Th usurer Park is known to be on<
il' the best fri a is to the presa boys
if tin; official : of tic- suite and paid
The News an app... luted visit yes
Lcrday afternoon and talked over dif
ferent matters
'i never saw such a wonderful im
provenicm iu a hit;*,' il the state
raasmer. 1 was in your bcautitn.
;ity about a year ' ... .ml 1 must, say
that the imp:* .. .is made since
that, time ha>i b on •,* at. 1 • havx
rtad and Kaitl a ; r t deal about
Brunswick's growth, ut I was really
sin prised when I ' .ink a drive ovei
: the city this afteru on and no!cl the
treat improvements made, t hone .t•
iy r elievo that in live years Bruns
wick will be Georgia’s second or thin!
city "
Treasuter Park wa., met by u num
ber of friends dut nig the day. He
is popular in Brunswick .as he is in
all sections of the state, and his
rends are always glad to see him.
TEDDY’S SON /S
, SERIOUSLY ILL
——
Little Archie Roosevelt Took a Turn
for the Worse Yesterday—Suf
fering With Diptheria.
Washington, Alarch 7. —Archie
Roosevelt, son of the president, who
Iras teen ill for the pant several days
With diptheria took a turn for the
worse today and he is said to be in
a critical condition.
Dr. Lambert, the family physician
of the Roosevelts, was summoned from
Mew York this morning and arrived
frt Washington this afternoon. He
Immediately took charge of the case.
Early tonight it was announced that,
the u.esident’s son was in a critical
condition.
ATLANTA’S TAX RATE IS
THE LOWEST IN AMERICA.
Atlanta, March 7. Atlanta has the
lowest tax rate of any city in Amer
ica While it was generally known
that Atlanta bad an unusually low
tax rate rte fact that it was the low
es In tee country was only 'brought
out today-
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 8. 1907.
l B. 8 K DEAL
WAS BLOCKED BY
THE CENTRAL RY.
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WTte Prevented il from
[ntfirinrAtlanta liver
Ihs A. 2 1 P,
CONIUOLS ME SIIUAIISSv
A., B. and A. Will Have to Wait Un
til its Line is Completed Before
It Can Get an Entrant?
Into Atlanta.
♦
Since it was announced lhat the ar
rangements whereby, the tAlanta, Bir
mingham and Atlantic railroad would
enter Atlanta over the tracks of the
Atlanta and West Polnk had fallen
ojoiU 'pjtonjnod burnti J u ‘qhno.iqt
uus bet n much diseusflon as to wiry
the agreement was not carried out
The following from yesterday’s Con
stitution will explain the entire mat
ter*
"The Atlanta, Birmingham and At
lantic railroad will not operate trains
into Atlanta uul.il the tracks of the
system are completed into this city,
which, it is officially stated, will be
some time next fall.
"livery arrangement had been made
for the operating of trains over the
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
from Brunswick to Lagrange and
from LaGrange to Atlanta over the
tracks of the West Point rialroad.
This through schedule was announced
<o begin on Alarch 3. Then It was
after all of the details had been ar
ranged ajnd the schedules for it he
through service to Atlanta' via the
West Point route had been placed in
ilie hands of the printers, that the en
tire d-al was declared off.
‘‘Then came the announcement that
the Atlanta, Rimini",bum and Atlan
tic would operate trains from Bruns
w ick to Bali range only, and the new
time tables are now out advertising
the tegular iwrvlce, which darted
last Sunday
Mu3t Change at LaGrange.
“As tide . r.ico in new operated,
passengers from points along lae At
lanta, Ilii niingham and Atlantic make
their way to LaGrange, and there
change cars and wait for the regular
trains over the West Point route ti
Atlanta. These connections are such
that necessitate a wait of several
hours in LaGrange.
It seems that this through schedule
to Atlanta from points along the Atlan
ta, Birmingham and Atlantic via the
West Point route' was declared off
us the result of objection of the Ceti
iral of <:• ore;a management. The
proprietary interests of the Central
and the Southern railway are such
as easily explain the occasion of the
order pnvinllng the new through ser
vice, tie- arrangements ot which had
been entirely completed.
“Because of this order there will be
no through service oyer the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic until the
(< )■ ! : ou of its line into this city
next full-.
"This action has occasioned wide
comment in Atlanta railway circles,
where It. has been suggested that the
Central may continue its policy and
try and keep the Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic from running its trains
into the new Atlanta terminal pas
icnger station.
It will he remembered that at the
time Prrsii.r-ut Atkinson ifirst pro
jected the entrance of the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic into Atlan
ta. the Central of Georgia manage
ment was very active in taking every
measure possible to prevent the con
struction of th road.
" lhat the Central
ue the policy is proved by lliislaß
objecting, and as a -result, pa
over tihe Atlanta, Birmingham and
Atlantic will have to make their way
to Atlanta from LaGrange as best the
can and acc^^^M^^^||^egulai^Mh
uf Jig l jr "* 1 !
!■ alt.-:
al to tills
•In the matter of any objection be
ing made to the entrance of the At
lanta. Birmingham and Atlantic into
the new terminal passenger station,
the Atkinson system Is more or less
independent, as Iheir. property ad
join* that of the passenger station
and It would toe an easy matter to
erect a pasaangsr depot of tholr own.”
STROTHER BOYS
AOPITEO OL
UNWRITTEN LAW
— —
Famous Virginia Cose Gams
lo a Close Yesterday
f
at Noon
ME HEROIC! IS CHEERED
Two arothers Walked from the •flirt
House Together and Were Warmly
Greeted on All Sides by
Their Friends.
Culpeper, Va., March 7. —James and
Philip Strothers, who have been on
trial here for the past ten days,
chi aged with the killing of William
P. Bywaters, the trial having been
one of the inosi interesting in the his
■ory of the state, were acquitted :uy
me jury today, a verdict of not guilty
doing brought in al noon.
These two brothers were acquitted
on the unwritten law. as this wa*.
the only piea or the attorneys tui
ilie defense.
'I here wag a largo crowd in the court
rtom )whcn Jtho jury ivturned the.
verdict and when it was read by tin
cbok it was loudly cheered Iu dis
charging the jury and speaking of tht
case Judge Harrison said:
"1 am glad that no punishment was
meted out to the avengers of those
who invade their homes."
'This case has been a noted one and
has attracted attention in all section
of the country. The two Strother
hoys, after being acquitted, walked
from the com; house together and
wore gifti itort Uy 'their friends
generally
FOB AT EXHIBIT
Al JAMES; 01
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Important Meeting Will be Held at
the City Hall This Afternoon
to D'scus.r Subject.
'An Important nifeting will bn held
it the city hall 4 o’clock this af
•ii noon and one That should he al
ien and and by citizens .generally as a mai
o r of
wick is to come up.
Mayor received a'
telegram from Hon. W. N. Mitchell,
of Atlanta, commissioner from Georgia
to the Jamestown exposition, and H.
M. Atkinson, president of the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic railroad
and tiie Brunswick Steamship Coni
puny, announci: g that they would be
in the city today lor the purpose of
meeting with the people of the city
and to discuss a, Brunswick exhT it at
the .Tameniown exposition.
Brunswick is among the few cities
in the state which has not taken some
action in this respect. Most of the,
cities will have exhibits at the I)ig
show, and should certain
iy be represented. At the meeting
fids afternoon both Mess. Mitchell
and Atkinson will speak and the mat
ter will be thoroughly gone into.
Representatives of the city eoun
ell, of county commissioners, com
mercial bodies, and people of the city
generally are invited to be present
at the hour named and it Is hoped
lhat at the mreling steps will he
taken looking to tan exhibit from
Brunswick.
JOE THOMAS DEFEATED
HONEY MELODY IN A BOUT.
New York, March 7.—ln a lively
bout here tonight lasting six rounds
Joe Thomas was given a decision over
Honey Melody.
.MR3. LEYBOURNE PASSES AWAY
Died Last Night After an lllnoss of
Three Weeks.
Mrs. E. Loj’bourne passed away last
night at 12 o’clock at the residence of
Miss Mattie Gale, on E street, where
she was visiting her son, Mr. A. E.
Leybourne.
Mr*. Leybourne has been 111 with
the grippe far the put thru week*
DEFENSE HAS CLOSED
IN THE THAW CASE,
CAUSED A SURPRISE
A few days ago she was greatly Im
proved but had relapse, causing
heart her death is attri
buted to heart failure.
The deceased resided in Seattle,
Wash., and has been visiting her sol
for the past several wecks.tk,
0 The funeral
completed late last night.
MR. CRAERIN’S PLAY TONIGHT.
Lessee of the is Managing -The
Sign of the Cross.”
Brunswick theater-goers aie promis
ed a rare treat at the Grand tonigni,
when “The Sign of the Cross" wil
he presented by a first class company,
which has made a hit in all chit s in
which it has appeared.
The attraction is presented undo:
.tie management of R. G. Craefiu, who
is the lessee o£ the Grand. It i.
me of several show Air. Craerii
nas ou the road, attraction wii
uo doubt be grimed by a large an
dience. ■
Gulet in iiourt Circles.
Things are unuSially quiet in Glym
county court circs just, at presell
None of the trlbuVus are in sess.u
and hut few casA are being tile
in the clerk's offlcelV
fioHiriK
Emit a
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After the New Government io Estal;
li3hetl in 1908 United States
Will Withdraw.
\Va;hington, March 7. —it was learn
ed today that the United States go.
eminent was now planning to evatuut
Ouha, ami accoidug to reports, t!i
will be dune as sooii as the new gin
'emmeift ort ttio island is eatabiislied.
It is thought that the new goVeri.
ment will he reauy to take charge o.
January 1, 190S, wlnen the Unltei
States will withdraw from the islam.
YOUNG M’CLELLAN IS RELEASE'*.
Friends Paid the SSO and he Was A!
lowed to Leave the City.
The young white man, McClellan
who was arrested Wednesday charge,
with stealing s.>o from J. It. Uavi.
was released yesterday, the case ha\
ing been settled and last night h
left for Savannah.
It seems that McClellan had a Men
m the city who went to his rescu
and succeeded in securing his ideas.
This friend offered to pay Mr. Davi
ihe 590 if he would drop the ca;.
against 'McClellan, claiming thut h
anew the young man well, that h
was from a good family uml stood we.
lit his home. This Mr. Davis agree
to and a check for that amount wa
paid, after which McClellan was i\
leased and he left on t.i,e first trai.
for Savannah.
mm in
II FIERCE BATTLE
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In a Three Hour Struggle Yesterda;
Honduras Forces Lost a Large
Number of Men.
Chalutcra, Nicaragua, March 7. -Th;
fiercest battle of th epresent war be
tween Honduras aufl Nicaragua oi
curred today in a three hour’s combat
around this city, in which there wa.
almost hand to hand fighting.
The Honduras forces were defeated
and were driven hack. The louses o.
both sillies are said to have beet
heavy.
HUNTERS HAVE ANOTHER WEEK
After Next Friday it Will be Unlawfu
to Shoot Quail In Georgia,/
laical sportsmen have only one more
week in which to enjoy hunting, foi
after next Friday they will have to
lay away their guns and give the.r
dogs a rest until next November.
The season for shooting quail atul
other game in Georgia closes on March
15. Local huntsmen have found birds
■very scarce around Brunswick tli >
season and consequently they have
not been out for them a3 often as
usual. It has 'been the poorest season
ip maar raw*.
FIVE CENTS.
MRS. (M. THAW IS
LAST GUESS
f
SialeWHl Bsgin lls Evi
dsncMa RMullal Mis
Morning
ME m fEiOIIC i EKB
r
jome Believe That it Will Go to tlfc
Jury During Latter Part of Next 1
Week—Mrs. Wm. T a,v vvas %
on Stand Again Yeitsrday.
New York, ?,larch 7. —A great, sui v
rise was ca„ 1 in the 'Thaw easy
is afterno; n when, after Mrs. Wil
am Thaw had completed her testi
>ony, the at torn--ys for tile defense
nnuunced that tin y had closed their
ascl Tills aacouncsnient was not
iade to the court, as Mrs. Thaw
-ns still on I hi* i.iiiiid win. il Jude n
’iisgcrald lecessed u.itil tomorrov/
•it when the court, convenes tomorrow
.ttorncy Deimas will announce tnat
iiC Ktaic rc*ti'y.
It was gin "rally expected that
.lere were t . o or tfirce other wit
(,;3es that would .;.e intiodaced by the
icfcnse.
it ■ s annonne- and that the state will
gin ton.- crow introducing it's wit
nesses in rebuttal, 'this w.il last lYr
-Vs-rul days, and it is now tbouget
.natthe case will co,uw to a close somo
ime uex tweek.
JMALL Flht AT Jl _ , LA'JNDRY
lame Near Being a Serious Blaze at
Eaily Hour This Morning.
The lire department was called out
t 4 o’clock this morning to txiingui. a
r small blaze ut the plant of the Lrunsr
vick St. am laundry.
The lire originated near the engine
n the rear of tire laundry and tiie
dines wore macing good headway
.’ben the depatinput arrived, .'..ut the
re was soon extmgo.ijhed and the
.image will, lie small and will not
nterfero with the operation of tue
.aundry.
More Tramps Here.
Bnmswitk liaa been iavirteU by the
amps again and a nun-ter if Lie
eary willies were seen in tim i iy
esterday. The pol'ce arc keeping a
lose watch for them, however, and
-icy will be placed in jail u3 rap
ily as tit y can be capture I
Fell Over Telegraph Polo
Col. J. 10. i art in- - -.t vMi quite a
lainful accident Kisi night an A stioei.
ie was co.iiing from the new docks
ml v.iuri at tin (:. r-'; *!’ of \ and J
trects foil ovtr a v i. graph or teiu--
aonc pole which was lying across tie
tre t, lie was badly bruised about
ue i tno on bciii iot.s, his hand was
.rukkij raid he received other injjr
,t*s.
V„ B. AND A. OFFICIALS TO
BEGIN MOViNG NEXT WEEK.
It Is understood that soma of the
.flicials of tiie Atlanta, Birmingham
nd Atlantic noire, and will begin re
moving their offices into the new p.is
euger depot and freight house n xt
week. City 'lickct Agent Trotter vill
ie among the first Lo move. He v ill
iccupy tiie entire lower floor of the
icpol and will also maintain an oikee
in the opera house building.
HEAR CASE ON~APRIL SECOND.
fwo-Cent Faros in Georgia Will be
Heard on That Date.
The state railroad commission has
.ixed April 2, as Ur.* date ou which it
will begin the hearing of the petition
tiled by the Georgia Farmers’ Union
tor a reduction to two cents per mile
of the passenger iara in Georgia.
The commission lias scut out noti
ces to this effect to all the railroad., in
the state, and it is premised Lhat the
/ring will definitely begin at mat
t.iii" and be pus'i and to completion as
riq.ldly as possibio.
There is no don u that the Farmers’
Union representatives wilt be ready
to present their side of the case, and
tim piqbaWl.ty Is trial several, if cot
all, ol the "railroads will be read}* at
the same* time. x
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