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The Brunswick Daily News. VOL. VIII., NO. 222. THE TOURNAMENT CLOSES, IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS EISLIEIS Tit HIGH AMATEUR JOHN TAYLOR MADE HIGHEST SCORE AMONG THE TRADE REPRESENTATIVES. Shooters Highly Complimented the Local Club on the Excellent Manner in Which the Shoot Was Pulled Off. The Scores. With a race exciting great interest and with at least three of the lead ers, amateurs, shooting at a 95 per cent, clip, the secoud annual tourna ment oC the Brunswick Gun club came to a close yesterday afternoon, and. as was expected, it proved to be the best club shoot held in the south ths year. This is not the claim of tin local members, but of every visito. - present, some of them having attend ed every shoot held during the s.a son. The race among three of the air/i --teurs was close and exciting. W. T Laslie, of Tuskegee. Ala., who led the first day, won the high average wlta a total of 378 out of 400 —the be ,t record he has ever made. J. R. Liv ingston, of Springfield. Ala., was sec ond, with a total of 373, and .1. R. Warren, of Birmingham, third, with 371. Thus It will be seen that the Alabama shooters carried away all of the honors. The highest score mud * yesterday was that ol Mr. Warren, ending the day with 191 out of 200 In the professional race John R. Taylor, of the Winchester Repeating Arms company, increased his lead of the first day. going out with a to -.1 of 384 out of 400, giving him the uti usual high average of 96 per cent. Walter Huff, of the DuPont Powder company, was second, with a total ol 378 out of 400. The best score mail yesterday. however, w as by A. M. Hal - cher, of the Dead Shot Powder com pany. who went out with a total of 193 out of the 200. After the regular events, a tree for-all program was shot, and out of nineteen entries, fourteen of the shooters were in the money. The presentation of the trophies took place at the Oglethorpe last night. Mr. Laslte, the high amateur, received a handsome silver cup, do nated by the local club. Mr. Living ston, second high amateur, received a beautiful traveling rase, while Mr. Taylor, the high professional, was pre sented with a pair of solid gold cuff buttons. In short addresses all cf the shooters thanked the local cl’ih and paid them a high compliment on the manner in which the shoot was pulled off. Out of a total of about thirty-five visitors, there was not a single kick registered, which is unusual at a gun club tournament. None of them could say too much about the Brunswick club, its excellent grounds ami their cordial treatment. W. C. Lemen, who cashiered the shoot, did so in a most satisfactory manner. It is a difficult task to cash ier a tournament, but Mr. Lemea pleased every shooter and was highly complimented. In this connection it may be stated * that the local club can, If the proper effort is made, secure the Sou'hern handicap next year. This is the one shoot of the year in the south, partici pated in by upwards of 200 shooters. Every expert in the city yesterday promised to support the local club if it makes an effort to land the big shoot. Following is the total scores of all those who participated In the shoot Experts. Shot at. Broke, j K. R. Holt 400 363 Walter Huff 400 378 John R. Taylor 400 354 Guy Ward 400 374 ; J. H. Hightower 400 349 A. M. Hatcher 400 304! W. G. Hearn 400 9154 1 J. T. Jones 400 302 1 J. J. Nelson 400 322 | Amateurs. Shot at. Broke. J. Blount 400 316! T. C. Borden 400 277 W. H. Bowen 400 2'9 M. B. McKinnon .... 400 339 L. J. Geavv, Jr 400 340 J. T. Watt 400 330 Fred Brewer 400 332 i Ja#V. Fairbead 400 318; G. W. Grierson 400 3 >0 j John Gray 400 338; G. K. Morris 400 324: J. R. Uvingston 400 S/ ; J. K. Warren 400 3‘- E. R. Alexander 400 ".*> J. H. Hillman ....... 400 331 W. T. Gaslie 400 378 G. F. Heidt 400 332 SHERIFF ARRESTS CLUB MEN AND BURNS FIXTURES Hot Springs. Ark.. June 9. sensation was created in this city today when J. H. Randolph, the sheriff of the county, raided the palatial Kentucky club. The proprietors. William Shan non and J. H. Peyser, were ar rested and the handsome para phernalia of the club was seized, taken to the county court-house yard and burned. The actiou of the sheriff has caused a genuine sensation. t WOOLEN WASTE DUTY INCREASEa BY VOTE OF 40 TO 30. SENATE RAISES TARIFF FROM 20 TO 30 CENTS PER POUND. Washington, June 9. —Woolen top waste was increased from 20 cents a pound, which is the house rate, to 30 cents in the senate today, the vote standing 40 to 30. Senator Gamble and Crawford deserted the insurgent republicans on tile vote. The duty on shoddy waste was in creased from 20 cents to 25 cents a pound. On tops it was Increased from 18 to 20 cents. Senator Dolliver. in a lengthy speech this afternoon, asserted a "rag trust” exists. Organized Along Lines of Mafia Cincinnati, 0., June 9. —That "black hand" gang, whose leaders were cap tured yesterday In Columbus, Marion, Bellefoutalne and Denison, was or ganized along the same lines as the Mafia, the blood-curdling Italian so ciety, is among the revelations of the postotfice inspectors who are at work on the case. A little room in the rear of a fruit store in 'Marion. 0., was the head quarters of the gang, from which threatening letters were sent through out the country. ABDUL HAMID'S PRISON. Wall Sixteen Feet High to Be Erected Around It, Salonica, June 9. —With a view to the better safeguarding of the ex sultan, Abdul Hamid, in the Villa Alltini here, the authorities propose to erect a wall sixteen feet high around tin* house. There is, however, a growing feeling against, bis pres ence in Salonica, and it would not be surprising to hear that he is to be re moved. An island in the Aegean sea would be considered a more fitting residence for the fallen monarch, for the Sa lonicans strongly object to the insti tution of an elaborate system of es pionage which would be necessary to defeat any plot for his escape. Up to the present the ex-sultan has been kept in his rooms, and is denied writing paper and all means of com munications. No one is allowed to approach with! a fifty yards of the house. LOOKING FOR A SITE. T. J. Cunningham, Prominent Capital ist, is in Brunswick for Purpose. T. J. Cunningham, a well-known and prominent eastern capitalists, is in the city looking Brunswick over as a site for a targe manuf&ctuting plant. He was busy yesterday going over the city noting its advantages, etc. Mr. Cunningham is very much im pressed with the city, has met a num ber of prominent business men and will be here for several days before deciding whether or not to locate his enterprise in Brunswick. O. Hewlett 280 211 I. A. Clark 160 128 P. M. Golden 400 352 R. L. Williams 400 300 J. Thompson 360 2*3 E. C. Butts 360 296 Yassar Cates 400 387 C. E. Sands 360 199 L. Von Weller 200 160 J. B. Abrams 260 177 The follow’ng did not participate in yesterday's events, having shot but 200 birds: J. E. du Bignon 160 120 N. Emanuel 160 87 H. C. Peersor. 80 53 J. Briley 200 15'*, Emmett Mitchell 200 125 G. W. Blanton 140 89 W. ,T. Butts 140 89 R. G. Murdock 100 63 BRUNSWICK. GA., THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1909. SOME CHANGES ARE ANNOUNCED BYTHESOUTHERN HOUSEMAN SUCCEEDS CANDLER IN ATLANTA, WHO GOES TO THE NORFOLK AGENCY. Ed L. McGougan, for Many Years Chief Clerk, .is Named as General Agent at Brunswick—All Effective In Few Days. Changes were announced yesterday in three of the largest freight agencies ot the Southern railroad in the south — Norfolk, Atlanta and Brunswick. These changes all come around be cause of the recent appointment of E. T. Lamb, now agent of the Southern in Norfolk, to the position of receive! of the Virginia and Southwestern railroad, necessitating his resignation from the service ot the Southern. To succeed Mr. Lamb, C. L. Cand ler, for many years agent of the Southern in this city, transferred to the Atlanta office tour or five years ago, has been named. E. H. House man. local agent of the company in this city, lias been appointed to suc ceed Mr. Candler as Atlanta freight agent, while Chief Clerk E. L. Mc- Gougan, of the Brunswick office, suc ceeds to its head and becomes gen eral agent in this city. These ap pointments', which are all in the na ture of promotions, will be gratifying to Ihe friends of these gentlemen at interest and will become effective as soon as traveling audtors can make the necessary checks of the respective offices. The promotion of E. L. McGougan will be especially gratifying to his Brunswick friends. He has been in the service of the Southern in this city for seventeen or eighteen years, is competent, courtous and faithful, and that tie will handle the immense volume of business for the Southern in Brunswick witli credit there is no question. Messrs. Candler and House man have both been In the employ of the Southern for many years and the advancement of both of them is well merited. fl Is stated that Mr. McGougan will announce the appointment of a chief clerk as soon as he is checked into the office, which will be in the course of the next two or three days. Schooner Margaret Wins Long Race Hamilton, Bermuda, June 9. —The schooner Margaret, proved the winner in the sailing race from New York to Bermuda, leading by four and a half hours. Tile start was made from Gravesend Bay at 10 a. m. Saturday, and the finishing time was as follows: Amorita, 4 hours, 21 minutes, 12 seconds. Marrgaret, 4 hours, 21 minutes, 12 seconds. Crusader IL. 5 hours 00 minutes, 7 seconds. The Amorita allowed the Crusader If. an hour and thirty minutes and the Margaret had three hours' allow ance ori Crusader 11. Up to dark the sloop Marchioness, owned by J. P. Crozier, of tt.e Yachtsmen club, which has an allowance of twenty-four hours from the Amorita, and the schooner Restless owned by Dr. L. Sharpe, also of the Yachtsmen, which has an al lowance of 45 hours and 43 minutes, ha/e not yet been sighted. PITCHFORKS GATHER BIG FISH. Farm Tools, Including Shovels, Used' in Backwaters of Eel River. Mooresville, ind., June 9. —The fanners and citizens of the small towns fifteen miles southwest of here are enjoying a harvest of fish as the result of Eel river overflowing its hanks. The high waters in the Eel river caused the slate ditches in that.| section of the country to overflow the| adjoining land, leaving the ponds in the corn fields and the side ditches along the roads full of carp as the waters receded. Farmers with rubber boots on wade into these ponds and side ditch es, tossing the fish out on the dry land with pitchforks and shovels. One large carp weigning twenty pounds was caught in this way. A few large buffaloes have also been captured. Everyone who passes along the road is given a generous supply of fish. —V KING JAMES, WINNER OF HANDICAP, TO RACE AGAIN New York, June 9.— -King James, the winner of the Brooklyn handicap, has been allotted a place in the bu : urban, which will be run at Sheeps head Bay Jan* 24. MINTOSN JOINS GLYNN IN MOIL FOR GOOO RONDS ! COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THAT COUNTY ADOPT FAVOR ABLE RESOLUTIONS. Brunswick Delegation to Darken Re port a Most Satisfactory Confer ence With Mclntosh People—lnter esting Meeting Held. The Brunswick delegation of good roads boosters, consisting of the mem bers ot the Glynn county commis sioners and a large number if bujt ness men, returned to the c'v last night, elated with the result of their visit tu iuc Mclntosn city. The local crowd was treated most hospitably by the people of Darien and weie entertained in .that fashion so lamuua in Georgia coast cties. Au interesting meeting of the Mclntosh county commissioners and the Glvnn commission was held at thi court house shortly after the arrival of the Brunswick party. Chairman McFar land, of the Mclntosh hoard, presided over the deliberations. Short ad dresses were made by Messis. E. H. Mason and F. D. Aiken, of this city, and Robert Strain, of Darien, all of them being In perfect harmouy with the splendid movement for the new road. In fact there was a spirit of genuine enthusiasm in the session on the part of both (he and the people of Darien and Mclntosh coun ty. All of the speakers devoted them selves to the task of pointing out the real value of the road, ft was shown that Georgia is uow the scene of a great movement for good roads and the point was made that Brunswick and Darien were in good luck to have the opportunity of getting good roads and better railroad facilities at one and the same time. After considerable consideration, the joint commission, by a unanimous vote, passed resolutions favoring the plan and calling lor elections in the two counties to determine whether or not bonds should be issued for the specific purpose. It seems to he the general opinion of the representative people in Darien that the proposition will he ratified at the polls. Of course, as is the case here in Brunswick, there is sonic misunderstanding as to the pur pose of the proposed bond issue and the people of both counties will have to he educated on the subject. The Brunswick delegation returned on the Hessie last night and reported a most pleasant and satisfactory tfip, - GREAT REMOVAL SALE. McClure’s Ten Cent Cos. Announces Some Real Bargains. The opportunity of buying goods at prices offered at McClure’s Ten Cent Store seldom occurs in this city. The fact, that this company intends to close out their entire stock before July 1 has made it, necessary to sac rifice values in all lines of goods car ried in their stock. Manager (h im. who is here to close out ilie stock, appreciates the great stringency in trade and is meeting the situation in a practical manner, by reducing ihe prices on the stock bo such a basis as will put it in the reach of all who may wisli to buy anything in theii line. Some remarkable bargains are of fered in their ad in this issue of Tne News and those interested in this sale will find it to their advantage to reach their offerings. ARRANGING FOR A BANQUET. Th# Alumni of Glynn Academy to Meet Today to Discuss Plan. The graduates of the Glynn acad emy are considering a. plan to form a permanent, organization and enjoy a banquet in the early future. To this end a meeting of the alumni of the academy is called for at the, Mansfield street school building at 41 o'clock this afternoon. There are a large number of Glynn academy graduates in Brunswick and they are going to consider at the meeting today a plan for permanent organization, etc. All graduates of the schools are invited to be present. AS A PARK. Land About the McKinley Monument at Canton Will Be Beautified. Canton, 0., June 9.—Justice W. R. Day, president of the McKinley Na tional Memorial association; H. Van Hurr Magonigle architect, and Sec retary F. S. Hart.zell conferred with city officials here today on plans for beautifying land owned by the city adjoining the monument. The place will be laid out for park improvement in harmony with the monument. GEN. EVANS AGAIN HEADS CONFEDERATE VETERANS THE WETS WON VICTORY IN YOUNGSTOWN. OHIO. Cincinnati. June 9.—The most bitter and unredeeming prohibition fight in the history of the state of Ohio was pulled off in Mahoming county today. The wets won by a majority of 2,000. Youngstown is the county seat of Mahoning and is one of the most progressive cities in the state. KETCHELL GIVES O’BRIEN DRUBBING KNOCKS PHILADELPHIAN DOWN TWICE AND IS AWARDED THE j FIGHT BY REFEREE. Philadelphia, Pa., June 9.—After Stanley Kdtchell had knocked down Jack O'Brien twice in the second round and once in the first minute of the third, with O'Brien hardly able to raise a hand, the referee at this stage awarded the fight to Ketchell. A few weeks ago Jackson Johnson, the negro champion heavyweight, fail ed to stop O’Brien In six rounds. In tonight’s bout Ketchell showed more skill and better ring generalship than did the negro, and from the sound of the gong to the time when the referee awarded the fight, Ketchell was mas ter of O’lU'ieu. Ketchell and Johnson have signed lo fight in California next October. If the former fight then as well as he did tonight a victory over the negro should lie certain, for the reason that O’Brien In his fight with Johnson had no trou ble whatsoever of breaking through the champion's guard while Ketchell was invulnerable in this respect. .—4, Wife of Wm. Annis To Mar;y Again New York, June 9. —Mrs. William E. Annis, whose husband was shot and killed last august by Captain Ilains at the Bay Side Yacht club, has said j she contemplates marrying agaip, hut i not until site had been a widow at least a year. She wouldn't tell Ihe name of the man she "expected” to accept. j Mrs. Annis is now filling an engage ment at Hammerstein’s Victoria thea tre in this city. Six Men Killed in Furnace Explosion —jt— | Wheeling, W. Va., June 9.—Six are dead and fourteen seriously injured tonight as the result of an explosion of a blast furnace al the Wheeling Foundry company, which occurred late this afternoon. It is expected the death list will | reach either ten or twelve, as several of the injured are barely alive. + WALL STREET REPORT. Considerable Unloading of Stock in Opening Dealings Yesterday. New York, June 9. —There was con siderable unloading of stocks in the opening dealings today, with the re sult of sharp declines throughout the list. A 5,000-share block of Southern Pacific sold at 132 1-2 and 132, com pared with 133 1-2 for the last price yesterday. Early depression was overcome for the time by the rally of a point in Southern Pacific, but the market sub sequently broke to a lower level than at the opening. ♦ GENERAL GRANT’S GRANDSON RESIGNS GUATEMALA POST Washington, June 9.—Algernon Sar torius, a grandson of General Grant, and late secretary of the Guatemalean legation, has resigned. A hostile fac tion in his family desired him to get out of the office. 4 ' MURDER SUSPECT IN CHICAGO HAS BEEN DENIED BAIL Chicago, June 9.—On the ground that important revelations will he made by a chemical analyzing the stomach of Mrs. Haldane Clemonson, hail has been refused the physician held for her murder. The coroner’n inouest has been set for June IS. ORICE: 5 CENTS. MOBILE BETS 1810JEETINC J. W. APPERSON SUCCEEDED BY CHARLES OWEN, OF ALABAMA, AS COMMANDER OF SONS. Adjutant General Mickle is Again Elected—Great Parade of the Vete rans is Scheduled as the Event of Today. Memphis, June 9.—The second day of tlie great confederate reunion, like the first, was a great success. The program was carried out to the very letter and the visitors are having the time of their lives. As stated in these telegrams last night. Memphis is leaving no stone unturned to make the reunion the most brilliant in the history of the association. The event of today was the elec tion of officers, which resulted in the selection of Genet al Clement A. Evans, of Atlanta, to succeed himself as commander-in-chief. Geuerat Evans was really not a candidate for the honor again, but he was unani mously and enthusiastically chosen by his old followers and he has accepted the call. Adjutant Mickle was also reelected as chief of staff. General Evans an nounced tonight that he would appoint the remainder of the staff in the course ol' a few days. Al the meet ing of the Sons of Veterans today Charles Owen, of Abbeville, Ala., was elected commander-in-chlef to suc ceed J. W. Apperson. There was a lively fight on for the 1910 reunion, which was finally won by Mobile, Ala. Mobile made a splendid showing and was so strong that she filially landed the prize. Ihe date for ihe reunion will be determined by the executive commit tee. The great parade of the reunion will take place tomorrow. TWO FATALITIES AT REUNION. Memphis, Tenu., June 9. '1 wo fa talities have occurred among the vet-' erans attending the reunion. C. H. Guy. of Grenada, 'Miss., was found dead at the base of an elevator shatt through which he had fallen last night. D. 1,. Pelirin, of Beaux Bridge, La., an enfeebled veteran, became ill shortly after his arrival as a result of the heat and excitement of the journey lo Memphis. He was hurried to a hospital, but died this morning. FREIGHT RATE HEARING. The Rates From Chicago to the Far Pacific Coast. Washington, June 9.—Rates from Chicago and the Twin Cities to the Pacific coast, which the Hill and Har dman lines propose to make effective under the decision in the Spokane rate case, were the subject of a hear ing by the interstate commerce com mission today. The time for these rates to come operative was extended from June 1 to July 1 in order that the railroads involved might, be given a hearing. GOULD TRIAL SUIT FOR SEPARATION STARTS TODAY New York, June 9.—The trial suit for legal separation of Katherine Clemens Gould against her husband, Howard Gould, will be begun tomor row. A number of witnesses will be examined. WEATHER TODAY. Washington, June 9. —Forecast for southeast Georgia and vicinity: Thursday, generally fair, possibly thunder showers; light winds, mostly easterly. +- — — TONIGHT AT THE GRAND. Another big program of the latest moving pictures will be given at tfi& Grand tonight when the following pictures will be shown for the first time in this city: Pathe's funny subject, “A Sure Nuff Tumbler,” which will make yotj laugh. “A Village Quarrel.” one of the prettiest romances ever shown at the Grand. “A Tale of Two Band Boxes” is a very clever picture. Two new Italian pictures will be shown tonight, the first of this kind ever shown here and will create quite a lot of interest. The subjects are ‘‘The Rival,” a Roman tragedy, and “The Adventure of a Countryman.” The above five subiects ought to i draw large audiences.