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BIUME 7. NUMBER 263. üBUNTY SOUS > ABOLISH OFFICE THEY CREATED x DECIDE NOT TO HAVE AN OFFI CER TO ENFORCE PROHI BITION LAW. - Other County Officers, However, Will See That the Law is No. Vio lated in This County—Officer Carroll Now Cut. , 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. r K rghiaawp, j .■„ , - i ■.. f 7> ' 4 , ’ * V H-- -• ■ I W' 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. i . 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. i 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. <' ! I 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 " 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. I * 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 , ______ 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 I TAKAHIRA'S VISIT TO OYSTER I BAY SATURDAY IS NOW EXPLAINED. I I 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 ~T' , r •**'■ - 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 > 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