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BIUME 7. NUMBER 263.
üBUNTY SOUS
> ABOLISH OFFICE
THEY CREATED
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DECIDE NOT TO HAVE AN OFFI
CER TO ENFORCE PROHI
BITION LAW.
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Other County Officers, However, Will
See That the Law is No. Vio
lated in This County—Officer
Carroll Now Cut.
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m Glynn county will no longer have
a special tfficer to see that the pro
hi*ion Htw is enforced in tin- coun
ty. This doesn’t mean, of course, that
the present officers will uot keep a
close watch out for those who violate
the new law. but Bruce Carroll, who
has been the special couaty officer
since January 1. when the law bet anm
effective, will no longer he on duty. I
At the regular monthly meeting <*
the commissioners yesterday this mat
ter came up and after some discus
sion it was decided to abolish the of
fice. It was pointed out that the office
was only created for a certain length
of time, and n w that the new law is
working satisfactorily in the county it
was not and *emed necessary to continue
the employment, of a special officer.
Since he accepted the place Officer
Carroll has made a number of arte ts
and iu most cases those who have
been arrested by him have been con
victed. Not only did he make s v
oral arris ts, but. by being continually
on the lookout, he has kept many, it
is believed, from violating the law.
As stated above/ the abolishment of
this office docs not mean that Glynn
county will not enforce the prohibition
law as rigidly as any county in the
state. The various county officers will
keep a keen lookout for people who
violate the law and it is believed that
tli? people of iliis county will c ntinue
to see that the law is enforced to the
very letter, as has been the case since
u became effective.
PREPARING FOR OPENING.
School Children's Vacation Will End
in Few Weeks.
In less than three weeks the many
school children of Brunswick will he
back rt their work and will lie kept
busy until next June.
The Schools will open ibis year on
Sept mbe>- 28. Preliminary arrange
ments are already being made by Sup
erintendent Ballard and bis assistants
' and ft is expected that, the .term will
be one of the most Successful in the
history of the schools. The board of
education will hold a meeting" this
week and will take up a number of
matters Relative to the opening.
It Is not expected that a very crowd
ed condition exist this season,
bur if such is the case the board wjll
provide for the accommodation of ail
who desire to attend.
FANCY BLUFF MAY GET
A GOOD LANDING PLACE
The people of Fancy Bluff, who do
all of their trading in Brunswick by
boat, are in a fair way to get a good
landing place at the bluff. This mat
ter came up at the regular monthly
meeting of the county commissioners
yesterday and was finally referred to
.a special committee composed'of Com
missioners Townsend, Foster and Rat
cliff.
A majority of the commissioners
t hink that the people j-e 'd’ug in the
vicinity of the bluff should have a
good landing place, a the travel be
tween fh.ai point and the city is quite
heavy. The committee will render a
report ,at the next meeting of the
Foard.
CONDEMNED BY THE PUBLIC.
Parties Who Tore Down Negro’s
House May Be Prosecuted.
The article in The News yesterday
morning, giving an account of tla• ■ tear
ing down of the partly-completed home
ct Win. V/illiams, in the rear of the
becond Advent church,, was quite a
surprise to the people of Brunswick,
and it at. once met with the disappro
val of the public.
It has betfn impossible*? so the offi
cers state, to find 6ut who composed
any of. the crowd wjiieh destroyed the
residence, but if they are captured
they will be severely dealt with.
Rev. C. P. Thornton, of the Second
Advent church, called at The News’
office last night and stated that he re
gretted vert- much that,such a disre
gard of the law had been resorted to.
He said he was sure that none of the
members of his congregation were
connected with the affair in any way.
The negro was greatly wrought up
over the treatment he had received
and offers a reward for any evidence
•to convict any one impliflated.
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BUNKRUPICT COURT
HELD VERT BIST
SESSION
A NUMBER OF CASES CAME UP
BEFORE REFEREE ISAAC YES
TERDAY—TO HOLD ANOTHER
SESSION TODAY.
Referee Max Isaac held afi unusually
interesting s- ssion of the bankrutpey ,
.court yesterday morning and during
jtae day several cases were taken up, I
[among ih.-m one or two local cases, j
| in the case of K. C. Kn..cht, the
Newcastle street grocer who redently 1
ided a petition in the court; the first !
'meeting f the creditors was held and j
I L. J. Leavy was appointed trustee.'
The sale of the stock of goods will lie
( held in a few days.
1 Matters pertaining to the T. B.
Burns case were also taken up. The
mortgage of the National Bank of
Brunswick, for S3OO, was allowed, the '
'report of tile trustee . f the sale con-j
,firmed and other matters handled. I
| In the case of L. is. (.Wthrie, of Guv- !
jsie, the first meeting of the creditors]
j was hey and Ro\ E. Lovett of Ses
I sums, was elected trustee.
] In the afternoon a large number of
i court orders, such as trustee reports,
conflrmaticn of sale, etc., were Issued
I by the referee and the court recessed
i until this morning, when a number of
other matters will be heard.
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SUE A., B. & A. FOR $45,000
I FOR DEATH OF BOY
Mr, and Mrs. F. Y. Hawkins Bring
Act on Monday fer Death of
Joseph Hawkins.
i The Atlanta journal savs suit for
damages in the combined sum of $45,-
'iiimi was brought yesterday against the
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic it.
I’. In F. Y. Hawkins and Mrs. Alice
Hawkins, parents of 11-year-old Jos
eph Hawkins, who was run down and
killed on Ihe night of August 22 by
one of tiie road’s switch eng'nes and
a line <f cars at the Oliver street
1 crossing.
' The suit was brought nv Smith K-
Hastings. Mrs. Hawkins sues for $25,-
99" her husband for $20,900.
COMMITTEE TO
i MEET ON SEPT. 5
CHAIRMAN HALLS ISSUES A CALL
TO STATE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE.
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ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. I.—Chairman
Howeit A. Hall has called a meeting
Jo,' the state democratic executive
, committee to assemble in the Kim
' ball house n the morning of Septem
i her 5. Secretary B. M. Blackburn lias
sent notices to the members.
i The main object of the meeting, it
is said, is to settle disputes arising in
Fulton and Gilmer counties over the
executive committee, but it is be
lieved th 1 committee will plan a line
of campaign again t Yancey Carter,
tile independence league candidate for.
governor. ■
Colonel Carter lias been ill recently !
with carbuncles, and had to cancel his’
engagements f r a while. It is under
tood that, hr- v. 11 begin active cm
paigning again in a few days.
It is not known when William Ran
dolph Hears! and John Temple Graves
will come to Georgia to aid in the
campaign. Talk of anew morning pa
o-r here for Hears! has abput died
out. The latest rumor its that Hoarst
’ s -- it ’;i ' r for the purchasr 4in -
Atlanta Constitution, but does ”not
want to pay the price fixed the
present owners. <'
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f ARK ER-HEN SELL COMPANY
IS CROWDED WITH WORK
The Parker Henseli 'Engineering
as i usually the case, is
now crowded with work, and often it
is necessary for-the force to work at
night in order to keep up will! the
work. |
At present the company is busy mak
ing a number of nts on the
tug Cambria, of Savannah. Anew
boiler has just been placed in the tug
and considerable other work done.
The fresh water steafner Melton is
at the wharves of the company under
going a number of repairs. It will
take two or three weeks to finish the
stern wheeler.
In an accident at the plant, a few
days ago, the marine railway was dam
aged and the necessary repairs are
being made, therefore there is no
vessel out on the railway just at pres
ent.
BRUNSWICK, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1808.
INJUNCTION STOPS
SALE OF SOME
PROPERTY
ATTORNEY FOR MRS. RANDOLPH
SECURED IN TIME YESTERDAY
TO PREVENT SALE OTHER
PROPERTY SOLD BY SHERIFF.
Yesterday was legal salesday with
Sheriff Berrie ands veral desirable
pieces of property in the county were
I knocked down to the highest bidder,
j while -he *1; riff wa.-s **uqqiß by in.
temporary injuuctiou ft m -oiling on™
I piece which had been advertised tor!
I sale.
Jus; before the hour for the sale j
[the injunction was served upon the j
'sheriff, and stopped him from selling !
the property of Mrs. H. B. Randolph, i
on Newcastle street, n ar the corner !
of 1. The for the sale j
this pr .petty grew out of the old '
I suit of Mrs. Randolph against the
[Seaboard Air Line. It will be re- j
| membered that when the case was
I tried in the superior court a verdict]
| was rendered in favor of Mrs. Ran
dolph for $9,000. The attorneys for!
the Seaboard, however, carried the
case to the supreme court and the
decision of the lower court was re- ]
versed. All of the costs in the case, !
amounting to unite a large sum, had 1
been paid by the railroad company
and when the supreme court referred
the. decision, deciding in favor of the
Seaboard, it became the duty of the j
plaintiff in the original suit to pay
| the cost. This was never done and
ia levy was made in the property of
Mrs. Randolph and it was advertised
for sale. (
' la the meantime, bower, r, she so
;cured a homcster.il, end on this ground
I secured the* temporary injunction. The]
case has bei n set for hearing later in'
month.
Other Property Sold.
I The sheriff offer and several very
desirable homes during the sale and
'they all brought very good prices.
1 The h me of .i. R. Knibb, out on the
jE street . xlension, was sold, and jvas
.hid in by C. I). .Ogg, the price being
I $2,112.19.
] The property of Karl Fries, out near
the Ta.vlor-Cook mills, was also sold
j under a mortgage foreclosure and was
ibid in by the holders of the mortgage
j for S7OO.
One or two other small pieces of
property were also sold.
A GEORGIA WOMAN
SUICIDES IN PITTSBURG
PITTSBURG, Sept. L—Unable to
■ borrow money to carry her to her
home in Georgia, where r mother
lies dead and her father is dying,
Mrs. Sylvia* Stokes yesterday after
noon drank carbolic acid within the
shadows of the penitentiary walls,
'where her ltu. hand is confined. Site
will die.
i The case is one ; f the saddest ever
‘brought to th •> notice of tbs local au
thorities. William Stokes is doing
three years for grand larceny and will
be liberated in a few weeks. His wife
has been starving outsid i the walls
waiting, only to be able to see him on
visitors’ days. Yesterday site- g. i a
iues age from Milledgevilie, (la., read
ing: "Mother dead, father dying; come
home at. once."
j It was i,n vain tli,T the distracted
woman appealed lo the neighbors and
i curried the telegram from door to door
irHag a; me of the more fashionable
streets, asking only enough for rail-
Ir sol fate lo eairy her (a G ergia. One
.■•’Oman gave her 10 cents for a cup of
'coffee. Finding ibat she -,n!d not
secure enough lo get her h me, Mrs.
Sioktt.': bought TO cwiili; worth of cx
bolic arid, and, going to the prison,
drank it.
Stokes, the husband, became so
frantic when lie hoard of bis wife’s
d.eath Ijtal he It ad to be placed in the
prison dungeon.
FIRST HUNTING PARTY
FOUND THE DEER SCARCE
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Bright and early yesterday morning
a number of sportsmen left the city
for the woods in the neighborhood of
the six-mile crossing, in search for
deer. They all anticipated a big day,
but the deer, evidently, kept close,
and the party returned in the after
|noon with their bags empty.
'BROODING OVER SUICIDE,
BROTHER KILLS HIMSELF
i SPRINGFIELD, 111., Sept. I.—Brood-.
;ing over the death of his brother, Ben-
Ijamin Wooliver, one of the wealthy
! residents of Christian county, who
j committed suicide by taking carbolic
acid and jumping into the Sangamon
river, Elmer Wooliver left h*s heme
last night and today his body was
! found floating on the Sangamon river
near the place where his brother was
recovered. The two men have been
life-lqng companions.
SOME FIGURES ON
LUMBER GUTTING
LUSTER
; SHOWS THAT MORE LUMBER WAS
CUT IN THE UNITED STATES
THAN DURING ANY PREVIOUS
YEAR.—THE FIGURES.
WASHINGTON, Sept. I.—Figures cf
the lumber cut in 19i>7 compiled by
the bureau of the census and the
forest service showed the largest total
lever reported in the tinted States,
iexceeding by over 7 per cent, the cut
I reported for 19ti0, until then the rec
ord year. This does not necessarily
]show a larger actual rut than in
1906, for the returns obtained last
year were more complete than ever
ili fore. The figures themselves dis- |
id se some interesting facts,
j In 1907, 25.550 mills made returns,
jand their production was over 40 liil
l’on feet of lumber. This is believed
ito include 95 per cent, of the actual
rut. In 1906, 22,389 mills reported
]about 37 12 billion feet. Since, ac
c Ming to these figures, nearly 29 per
cent, more mills reported last year
tidui the year before, while the in
cMjfee In production was only a little
jcMtpT per e tit., it tniglil be thought
>tMpiie amount actually manufactur
[edTmiist have been greater In the
.earlier year. Tit's, however, would b ■
,a too hasty inference, for it Is almost
wholly among mills of small Individ
ual output that the gain in the number
lof establishments reporting has lie-n
made.
A classification of the returns by
states and regions throws additional
jlighl rn the situation. Individual
changes, as for example, the remarks
(hi > rise of Texas from eighth to third
, fidaoe among the lumber producing
stales, are doubtless accounted for
| primarily by the greater accuracy of
jthe 1997 figures: but in (he nva.iority I
.of eases ihe ndvanc sand declines
can lie traced te specific influences.
Before the year revel Ihe gen >r.il
.bus'i#-. depression w.a ; severely felt
,in th" bimbo- industry. H was not.
.however, the most imo rtnnt cause of ,
]a falling off in the prodiicllon of (lie 1
year where a falling off occurred. For!
decline In production look place only
in certain regions. The sonlii is Ihe
region of the greatest activity in lum
pier production, and yellow pine the
most irinioiiant wood, forming 33 per
.cent, of the entire cut of th" country.
iThe cut of yellow pine reported shows
an increase of 13 per cent, ever that
of 1906. Tn the only part of Ihe
many of the southern mills out so 1
I heavily that, in suite of the curtailed
,output, which followed the business
.disturbance later, the total was greater
.than ever before. Hm in belli the
lake stales and the northwest a stnnfl
er cut was reported than for 1906.
though tiie number of mills rep' rtin
increased.
Dog Catcher at Work.
Joe I’rayer lias been appointed city
I dog catcher and lie started on his
'new duty yesterday. During the day
'one or two dogs were caught on the
jstr els without a muzzle and we
] placed in the pound. It will cost the
iowiier of each of them $5.00 to get. Ilfs
dog.
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MILL NEGP.OSS
HAVE CUTTING AFFRAY i
I> puty Sheriff Pyles early yesterday '
'morning arrested and placed in the,
county jail Ophelia \yilliai" , a negro
.woman living out near the express
mills, who is being held on a charge
of stabbing.
, M' nday afternoon the Yvill'ar.is wo ]
man and another, who. -name is not i
kjiown, became engaged in a fight and ]
'Ophelia yuicl.ly pulled !v nzor and
used it to good advantage. She .sliced !
the other woman in several plac: s.
some of the wounds li .in; quite ;er
iotis ones. \
BRYAN IS SPEAKING HERE. j
Democratic Candidate is Heard in j
Short Speeches.
William Jennings Bryan, the demo
cratic standard-bearer, is delivering
some very strong, addresses in Bruns
wick at present, political and non poli
tical, and ‘a large number of our citi
zens have" hoard the distinguished
speaker. The addresses he is deliver
ing here are al! short, to the point,
land are proving a great boost to his
campaign.
j The addresses have attracted con
siderable interest, in the city and
many of Mr. Bryan’s admirers have
t’eard him make tlmm It makd no dif
ferences whether there is one or a
hundred in the audience the address is
delivered. as%nany times a day as the
hearers desire to hear it.
Fleming & Bryan and H. M. Miller
& Son have both received phonograph
records of Mr. Bryan’s speeches and
tb-y can he at e'ther of the
places at any tinny
WANT SENATORS TO
AGREE ON BILL
AT ONCE ,
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CONVICT LEASE QUESTION IS
STILL MAKING VERY SLOW
PROGRESS—SENATE HAS NOT
DECIDED ON A BILL.
ATLANTA, Sept. i.—lmmediately
after the op-mu's cf the senate yes
terday a resolution was offered by
Senator Henderson as follows:
For the purpose of facilitating and
helping the senate to determine what
pending bill comes nearest meeting
the views of file majority of them
and after a vote has been taken on
tiie fallowing questions:
"Be it resolved, That a committee
be appointed by the president of the
senate composed of the author of each
pending bdl together with three other
senators to determine which bill shall
be adopted as the one to be further
considered and perfected, and that said
committee take aeti n 'and report im
mediately back to the senate.
"1. Are you in favor of continuing
the present prison commission as it
now stands?
"2. Are you in favor of adding the
governor and commissioner of agri
culture to the present prison commis
sion with equal authority?
“3. A|j,- you in favor of working fel
ony and misdemeanor convicts on the
public roads by the various county
authorities?
"4. Are you in favor of working the
fob ny and misdemeanor convicts on
public roads by the state?
"5- Are you in favor of a gross in
come lax to maintain the convicts?
“6. Are you in favor of a net in
jeorne tax to maintain Ihe convict’s?
“7. Are you in favor of abolishing
[the lease system March 31st, 1909?
“8. Are yen opposed to re leasing
|eonv'ets to private parties after I
19u9?"
The motion of S nator Henderson,
cf the 39th, to suspend the rules ini
order to consider the resolution at
once, was defeated by a vote of 15
.to 13.
jipmmSed '
ABOUT FLEETS
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TAKAHIRA'S VISIT TO OYSTER
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BAY SATURDAY IS NOW
EXPLAINED.
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XJSW YORK, Sept. 1. —Washington
dispatches to The American today .
says that the secret of Ambassador,
Takahira’s mysterious visit of Satur
day lias become known. The repre
sentative of Japan went lo Oyster Bay
to found President 'Roosevelt on the
question of a C'hina-Auierican alliance, j
Baron Takahira, it Hr understood, told
the president’ bluntly that lie had be n 1
ordered by the mikado to inform Mr.
Roosevelt that the presence of two
Am. rican fleets in the Pacific ocean
was a matter of much concern to the
Toldo government.
This coming on the heels of certain
influences for the China American alii-'
ance, the lauon said, lias aroused
Ihe Japanese people to such an extent ]
that changes m'ght have been made [
in the plans for the reception of the
American fleet in Japanese waters.
IMPROVING ALBANY STRFFT.
Cityeis Doing Some Work on This
Street.
Some noticeable improvements are
being made on Albany street between
Gloucester and George and when the
work i. completed, connecting with
the paving from George, it will be one
of (ho best in the city, as the street
is ailing the widest. :
At, present sawdust is being placed
and as soon as this is well packed
shells will be used for the paving.
SALVATION ARMY COMING*
Permanent Headquarters Are to Be
Established Here.
Brunswick will, in a few days, have
a number of the members of the Sal
vation Army, who are coming to es
tablish headquarters in this city and
who, it is stated, will be located here
permanently.
Envoy William Bartlett arrived in
the city yesterday and he is now mak
ing arrangements for the Opening of
the quarters. He states that several
members will be assigned to this city
for duty and that services will be
b Id daily b?tb on the streets and at
the headquarters. It is not yet known
wdiere the headquarters will be estab
lished, but some suitable plac? will be
secured today.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS.
WILL ADVERTISE
FOR BIOS FOR
NEW COUNTY JAIL
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CONTRACTORS WILL BE INVITED
TO SUBMIT THEM DURING
PRESENT MONTH.
Plans and Specifications Submitted by
the Architects Have Been Ac
cepted* and ' Contract Will
Soon Be A,warded.
Bids for the construction of Glynn
county’s new jail will be advertised
for during the present month, the
contract will, it is expected, be award
ed in October and the active work
on the structure will begin as soon
thereafter as possible.
The plans and specifications, submit
ted by the architects. Edwards, Wallis
& Parnham. of Atlanta, who were elec-i
ted some time ag >, have been accept
ed by the county commissioners and
are now on exhibition in the office of
the clerk of the board. The advertise
ment, inviting contractors to submit
their bids, is being prepared at pres
ent and will be published in The
News within the next few days.
The erection cf anew county jail
will fill one of the county’s long-felt,
wants. Ihe present jail is inadequate,
unhealthy and altogether unfit for use.
Grand juries for tiie past several years
have recommended the erection of
anew jail and though the commission
ers have been anxious to comply with
lie recommendations, not until this
I year could they see their way clear
to erect the building,
i Tilt new jail will lie erected on tiie
site occupied by tiie present jail. Dur
ing the course of its construction the
county will make a deal of some kind
(With the city, whereby the county
I prison rs can he cared for in the city
jail until th? new building is complet
|Cd. It is hard to tell, just at this
lime, how Png it will be before the
jail will be ready for ir e. but as soon
as the contract is awarded the work
will be pushed as rapidly as possible.
1 It is expected that a large number
of contractors will be after the con
tract and several bids are expected..
FLOODS NOW THREATEN
THE SAVANNAH RIVER
SAVANNAH, Ga., Sept. I,—The
floods are seriously threat mlng the
Savannah river at Garnet and railroad
frit flic has been suspended over it.
This puts a serious obstacle in the way
of traveling by rail to the north.
The freshet is just now' beginning
to be felt in this section of the state.
It is feared great damage will tie done
the rice crop in the immediate vicin
ity of Savannah tomorrow and Thurs
day. The planters are hustling to get
as much of the crop gathered as pos
sible before the high water arrives.
A CHICAGO MOB IS
CHASING A NEGRO
CHICAGO, 111., Sept. 1. —In an at.-'
tempt to lynch Martin Vincent, a negro
who attacked a white girl here on his
way to work this morning, a mob of
2,000 men was quickly formed and
would have taken the prisoner but for
the arrival of reserves.
The negro is thought to have par
ticipated in the Springfield ri t.
Open During the Winter.
Manager L. A. Miller, cf the Hotel
Cumberland, spout yesterday in the
city. Mr. Miller reports that ho en
joyed a Ing season at Cumhci laud ibis
season, tiie hotel having been pretty
well crowd 'd duriiy; Use past, three
months. While (be summer season is
now practically over, Mr. Miller wilt
remain on the island during the win
ter and will entertain fishing hud hunt
ing parties at the hotel.
Many Trophies Offered.
The informal tournament of the
Brunswick Gun, club to be held on
Lab r Day, next Monday, promises to
be one of the most ime resting shoots
yet held by the club and it will be
participated iu by very nearly all of
the members of the club. There will
be eight or ten trophies offered, a num
ber of local merchants having dona
ted various one-, to the club fo be
shot for.
ATLANTIC CITY DETECTIVES
WILL MAKE AN ARREST
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ATLANTIC CITY, N. .T„ Sept. I.
Detectives say that within the next
24 hours they will make an arrest that
will clear up the mysterious shooting
of Charles 11. Roberts Tuesday night
of last week.
Roberts’ condition today is unchang
ed. It is said the detectives suspect,
r. man well known in New York, Balti
more and Atlantic