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The Brunswick Daily News.
VOL. VIII., NO. 230.
FILES ft SUIT
AGAINST ROAD.
FOR RIG SI
MRS. MABEL L. GRAHAM CUES
THE SOUTHERN FOR
$25,000.
Her Husband Was Killed While st
Work on the Railroad Near Everett
in February—She is Represented
by Hon. R. L. Berner.
Suit v> as tiled iu the city court of
Brunswick yesterday by Mrs. Mabel
Li. Graham, through her attorouoy.
Hon. R. L. Berner, of Macon, against
the Southern railway, for damages in
the sum of $-5,000, for the death >1
her husband, who was accidental!.,
killed while at work on the railroad
near Everett City several months ago.
The case is returnable at the August
term of the court.
It is cited iu the petition that J. It.
Graham, the deceased husband of the
widow, was employed by the Southern
Railway company in the capacity ol
flagman or brakeman, and that while
performing his duties as such he was
injured and later died as a result of
the accident, which, petitioner claims,
was through the negligence of the
railroad company.
The accident which brings on this
suit occurred at E\ erett on February
28. Graham, who was only 2$ or 23
years of age. was In the act, it Is said,
of coupling some freight cars. 11-
failed to couple the m with a bolt used
for that par pose and was using his
hands to rnaki the connection, when
the freight train, without any notice,
It is alleged, backed on him. He
was badly injured and died the fol
lowing day.
As stated above, the suit is in the
sum of $25,000 and will be heard at
the next session of the city court.
A CLEVER BASEBALL PICTURE.
It is Being Exhibited ir. Levy’s Dis
play Window.
The picture entitled "The Ball
Game,” on display in Levy s window,
is a characteristic illustration of
America’s greatest sport, and will in
terest every lover of the game. It
shows in a clever way many charac
ters whom anyone will recognize; the
small boy whose love of the game
leads him to climb the fence; the
33d degree ’fans,’’ who occupy hon
orary* positions on the broken chair
and the soap box in the field; the
noisy fellows In the grandstand. They
are all there——the Well-well man,
the “Hit ’er out” man; the "Kill the
umpire” man. You will see some
one you know in the picture.
In the pose of the batsman anti the
tense attitude of the catcher, the pic
ture reveals that the game is at a
critical stage; the score is presum
ably a tie; two out, a man on third,
and with two strikes and three halls
on the batsman. The batsmaii, all set
to swing at the ball, might be the
double of the immortal “Casey.”
The picture was drawn for Hart
Scbaffner Marx, and is one of the
best things that Mr. Samuel Nelson
Abbott, a New' York artist, has done.
CAN ORDER LIQUOR
FOR SELF AND FRIEND
New Ruling on the Alabama Prohibi
tion L aw.
Montgomery, Ala., June 18.—If a
man in Alabama not soliciting orders,
transmits money to a liquor dealr in
another state to pay for whisky
wanted by himself and a friend, and
when the package comes divides it,
he does not violate the prohibition
laws of Alabama, according to a de
cision of the supreme court of Ala
bama, rendered today.
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MEN FOUGHT DUEL IN
SMALL FLORIDA TOWN
Lakeland, Fla.. June 18. —A duel:
took place at noon today at Carters, j
a small station near here between A. j
J. Jonas, superintendent of the C trter i
Manufacturing company's mills, and
Clyde Carter, a sawyer. Carter is.in!
a dying condition, one shot passing
through his head and another through
his body. Jonas is seriously wounded,
but may recover, a ball having struck
him in the collarbone, passing through
his neck.
The superintendent has been at
tempting to break up gambling about
the mills, aild Carter resented his in
terference. The men met in the con.
missary today and both began firing
at once. A companion of Carter s
—Fred Jones—is in jail, charged with
firing the shot that struck Jonas.
Carter is a member of a prominent
Georgia family, his father having beet,
a candidate for governor of that s' > r.
COMMITTEEMEETS
IN ATLANTA
TUESDAY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE NAMED
TO FRAME NEW GAME LAWS
FCR THE STATE ER_r.S/VIC<
MAN A MEMBER CF IT.
Chailes L. Davis, of Warm Springs,
presiueut of the Georgia Game a..d
'ifL Protective association, w. Ui un
organized in Atlanta a few week® ago.
has appointed an executive commit
tee, composed of one member from
each ol the eleven congressional
districts, and a meeting of tnc com
mittee has been called for next
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clocu al the
Aragon hotel, Atlanta.
At this meeting the proposed bill,
amending the game laws of t.,< state,
a bill which is badly needed ;a Geor
gia, wilt lie decided upon, th.refers
it is important that every member of
tlie committee should be present. It
is the desire of President Dvis, as
well as all other true sportsim it of
Georgia, to get the bill passed dur
ing tile approaching session of the
legislature.
The committee is a well-;'lt 'ted
one, being composed of men who want
to see better game laws in the stale
and who want to see the laws m
forced after they are passed A
Brunswick man, S. K. Brown, who
attended the organization meeting,
was named as the member of the
committee from the Eleventh district,
and it is probable that he will attend
the meeting in Atlanta Tuesday. The
committee in full is as follows:
First district, It. V. Davant, Savan
nah; Second, H. M. Mclntosh. Albany:
Third. Frank Sheffield. Americas;
Fourth, B. Andrews, Columbus; Fifth,
J. 1.. Edmonson. Atlanta; Sixth. .1. ©.
Persons. Forsyth; Seventh, not yet
appointed: Eighth. ,1. li. Willis,
Greensboro; Ninth, J. V. Hardman.
Commerce; Tenth. H. B. King. Augus
ta; Eleventh, S. K. Brown, Bruns
wick.
The new bill lias already been
drawn up and will be submitted at the
meeting Tuesday. It is similar in
many respects to the Alabama game
law, which, has been in effect, for two
or three years and which is work! t<
very satisfactory.
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Fernandina Team
Was Defeated
The excursion to Fernandina yester
day was well patronized, quite a large
crowd going over to spend the day
in the little Florida c ! ty, see the ball
games, etc. The latter, of course, was
the principal attraction, and the game
proved to be an unusually exciting
one. The score was 9 to 4 in favor
of the Brunswick second team, but
while the score docs not indicate it.
the game was close and exciting until
the last inning, when the local team
went into the Fernandina club and
batted out four runs. During one or
two innings of the game the score was
tied, but the Fernandina pitcher w'as
touched up rather lively in the last
round.
Another game was also played dur
ing the' day between the St. Marks
club of this city, and a hoy team of
Fernandina. and again the locals were
victorious by a score of 15 to 2.
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Hanson Remains
Head of Road
Atlanta, June IS. —The Atlanta
Georgian says in connection w'ith the
transfer of the stock of the Central
of Georgia to the Illinois Central:
“It can be stated on the highest au
thority that there will be no change
in the management of the Central of
Georgia, and Maj. J. F. Hanson will
continue president of the road.”
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“CONFUSION A L INSANITY”
IS W. 3. BIGGERS’ PLEA
On Trial at Charlotte, N. C., for the
Killing of J. G. Hood.
Charlotte, N. C., June 18.—W. S.
Biggers, who is being tried for the
killing of J. Green Hood last Febru
ary, today through his counsel set!
up the plea of insanity as his defense.
Dr. S. M. Crowell testified that he
was convinced, after an examination
of the defendant, that the latter was
| suffering from “confusional insanity.”
1 Former Representative S. B. Alex
! ander, an eye witness to the tragedy,
i was a witness for the defense, assert
■ ing as his belief that Biggers was
j mentally deranged when he killed
Hood. The admission of this vital
point for the defense was vainly re
| sisted by the state. The state rest
s ed today and the defense introduced
j much testimony. The trial will not
I lie concluded for several days.
BRUNSWICK. GA.. SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 19, 1909.
WILL DISCUSS
AMENDMENTS TO
CITY CHARTER
MAYOR HOPKINS APPOINTS A
COMMITTEE OF CITIZENS
FOR THE PURPOSE.
A Meeting W.ll Be Held at the City
Hall Monday Night and the Pro
posed Amendments Will Be Fully
Discussed by Citizens.
In order to thoroughly discuss the
proposed chart i r amend.aunts to tlie
city of Brunswick, to b> introduced
at the approach ng ses.-iou of the
legislature. Mayor Ho; bins has ap
pointed a committee of well-known
citizens and lias called a meeting for
Monday night at 8 o'clock at the city
hall. The committee was carefully
selected by the mayor and the mem
bers represent almost every class of
business iu the city. The meeting lias
been called for the purpose ol hav
ing a general discussion of the pro
posed amendments. The members
will be given an opportunity to ex
press their sentiments as regards the
changes and it is hoped that every
member will be present, as the mat
ter is one of importance to the city.
The following letter was yesterday
mailed to each of the members of the
committee by the mayor:
“Brunswick, Ga., .1 tine 18, 1909.
"Dear Sir: —As mayor of the city
1 have had occasion to give some con
shleration to the importance of cer
tairt amendments to the city charter.
It is entirely probable that amend
ments other than those that have oc
curred to me should be enacted. Of
course, all alterations of municipal
charters should be made only af ,
due consideration and publicity has
been given to the proposed change.
It is customary in municipalities gen
erally for the executive, either on his
own initatlve or upon action by the
council, to appoint a committee of
citizens to consider and act upon
charter amendments. In accordance
with this custom, 1 have taken the
liberty of asking the following gen
tlemen fo act on this committee, to
wit: Hon. L. R. Akin, Hon. Millard
Reese, F. D. Aiken, G. Downing. W.
Thomas, J. B. Bankston, E. 11. Mason,
B. L. Stephens, L. M. Haym, F E.
Twitty, .1. T. Colson, C. H. Leavy.
A. V. Wood. E. M. Peerson, Albeit
Fendig, E. C. Butts, Hon. W. G.
Brantley, W. B. Cook, D. J. Gill, A. J.
Crovatt, N. Emanuel. C. P. Thorn ion,
E. C. Bruce, J. E. du Bignon, R H.
Manser, J. B. Wright, L. T. McKin
non, Hon. D. W. Krauss, W. II De-
Voe, C. P. Goodyear, 1.. W. Beach, E,
B. McCullough, N. W. Findley, J. M.
Rowe, E. F. Coney, Hon. Max Isaac,
A. O. Townsend, and F. A. Wrench.
“This committee is requested to
meet on Monday, the 21st day of Jun >,
at. 8 o’clock p. m., at the city hall for
the purpose of considering this sub
ject.
“I am handing a copy of this notice
to the local papers with the request
that same be published in orde* that
all citizens of the city may ha c an
opportunity to meet with this com
mittee and make such suggestions as
they may deem proper. Of ennse,
all of our citizens have equal lights
in matters of this kind, and 1 trust
that there may be a large n n .bet
present at the time and place staiec.
“Very Duly yours,
“R ,R. Hopkins,
“Mayor, City of Brunswick.”
HARAHAN HONORS LEE.
Chicago, June 18 —President Rara
han, of tlie Illinois Central nilroad,
has announced the appointment of
Blewett Lee, of Chicago, to he gen
eral solicitor of that company Lee is
the son of Gen. Stephen D. Lee, of
the confederate army.
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ATLANTA WANTS BIG
I. O. O. F. CONVENTION
Atlanta, Ga., .line 18. —Atlanta wil’
! make a strong effort to secure the
next annual meeting for Atlanta when
| the grand lodge of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows meets in Seat
tle this summer. The meetii will
bring 25,000 visitors as well as the
2,000 representatives who art ap
pointed to attend for the different or
j ganizatlons of the United Stat- -. I”
| is stated 'hat efforts will be made
to secure an entertainment fund net- ;
ting approximately $15,000.
Atlanta will also make a.i effort to
secure the next annual conclave of
the international Typographical Union
in 1910. A committee representing
the Atlanta Typographical Union yes
terday afternoon conferred with a
committee from the chamber of com ■
morce, in regard to the matter. A
delegation w'll attend the national
convention in St. Joseph. Mo. in Aug
i its? In present Atlanta's invitation.
ENORMOUS USE
of mm ties
THE FIST (Em
MILLIONS WERE PURCHASED.
ACCORDING TO REPORT
FROM WASHINGTON.
Preservatives Are Being Used to
Lenthen the Life of the Wood, But
the Great Demand for It Continues
Abreast cf the Supply.
Washington, D. C.. June IS. —During
the year 19 8 the steam and electric
railroads of the United States pur
chased more than 112.1)00,000 cross
ties, costing at the point of pur
chase. over $56,000,000, an average of
50 cents per tie, according to statis
tics just made pubi c Jjy the bureau
of flic census, in cooperation with the
United Stales Forest Service. This
was some 40.000.000 lies less than the
quality pm-iiastd in 1907. when the
total was approximately 153,700,000,
(he highest ever recorded. The de
creased purchases In 190S were, of
course, chiefly due to the business de-!
presshm which affected every line of
industry. This forced most of the
roads to purchase only the ties wlrch
were absolutely essential for renew
als, and heavily cut down the pur- I
chare for new track. In 1908 only
7,431,000 eroosties were recorded as
purchased for new track as against
23.5.i7,000 in 1907. Of the total num-j
Ter of ties purchased for all purposes,
the steam roads took approximately
91 per cent., leaving about 0 per cent
for the electric roads.
It is very Interesting to note (lie,
wide range of woods used tor cross- j
ties. The preliminary report of the 1
census bureau lists separtcl.v fifteen I
classes or species. Of these the oaks
are now and have always been by far
the most Important. The oak tics
amounted to more than 48,000,000, oi
43 per cent of the total quantity pur
chased Next to thes-' ranked the
southern yellow pines, with 21,500,000,
or 19 per cent, of tlie total. It will
he seen that I lie oaks and Southern!
pines combined furnished nearly j
three-fourths of all the lies bought
by the railroad companies last year. I
Cedar and chestnut supplied more!
than 8,000.000 ties each, and Douglas]
fir nearly as much. About 4,000,000
tamarack ties were purchased, nearly
3,500,000 cypress ties, and, in round
numbers, 30,000 each of western
pine and hemlock. Redwood, white
pine, lodge pole pine, gum. beech,
spruce and several other woods were
used in smaller quantities.
White Oak Preferred.
While the oaks, and particularly Ihe
white oaks, have always been the pre
ferred woods for crossties, and still
form a large proportion of the total.
♦he increasing prices which the oad <
have had to pay for satisfactory oak
ties are forcing them to look mote
and more for substitutes. This ac
counts in part for the great variety of
wood reported. White oak, untreated,
makes a tie which gives excellent ser
vice for many years, but it has been
found possible to take woods which
naturally are not durable, give them
a treatment with either creosote or
] zinc chloride, which will prevent de
; cay, and thus get much longer serv
| ice from them than can be secured
[from untreated oak ties. Among the
woods which have been most largely
treated so far are the yellow pines,
particularly loblolly pine, Douglas fir,
western pine and lodge pole pine.
This year’s statistics adds to the
list two kinds of crossties which pre
viously had not been reported in suf
ficient quantity to justify listing them
separately. These are gum and beech.
The purchases of gum ties in 1908 ex -!
\ ceeded 260,100, while but slightly men.
than 15,000 of them were reported in •
the previous year. Of leech ties, the!
purchases in 1908 amounted to nee ty
193,000, against but little more than
51,000 in 1907.
THIS GEORGIA TOWN
AGAINST FLYING MACHINES
Milltown, Ga., June 1 5. —The town
council is considering the proposition
of drafting an ordinance preventing
airships from flying over the town.
They realize that it will be only a
question of time before the airships
will be as plentiful in this country as
wagons, and they expect to draft their
ordinance in time. Their contention
is that they are afraid that the airship
will spring a leak, break its motor or
happen to other accidents that usually
affect airships while in the air and
drop down on some of our citizens
and maybe kill them or hurt them.
The automobile proposition is glad
ly welcomed, except the flaming red
kind without a horn or othei instru
ment that will make a no'se. Unless
they are equipped with a noise ma
•nine they will no* he allowed to use
the streets.
KILLED A WOMAN
AND THEN BLEW
HEAD OFF
MACON POLICEMAN, AFTER COM
MITTING MURDER, PUT REVOL
VER TO HIS HEAD AND BLOWS
HIS BRAINS OUT.
Macon, Ga., June IS.—Macon was
the scene of another tragedy this
morning, when Oscar Abel, a well
known member of tlie Macon police
force, shot and killed a woman named
Emma Raymond, and then, turning the
revolver on himself, shot out his
brains.
The tragedy caused somewhat of ",
sensation iu the city. as Abel was on,
of the most popular members of the
police force. There a - < several stor
ks connected with tlie murder and
suicide, but the exact cause of it is
not yet known.
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Things Legislature
Will Likely Do
Atlanta, Ga., June 18. —Tlie state
railroad commission may be abolished
by the next legislature—that is to
say, this will be done if the alleged
demands of Ihe new administration
are carried out. It is understood that
the new administration plans look to
the creating of a board of control,
consisting of three members to be ap
pointed by the governor, and whose
terms of office shall continue until
the ensuing general election. It is,
stated that the plan contemplates the
vesting of the board of commissions
with authority over street railroads,
gas and electric companies and other
public utility corporations whose
functions are confined solely or in
large part to municipalities. It is
said that the measure calling for the
abolition of ihe commission will be
introduced by an influential member
of the legislature, and will be vigor
ously pressed not only by the author,
but, by others v*ho believe that the
membership of the commission should
be reduced and Us authority curtailed.
HOLDER TO BE SPEAKER.
Hon. John N. Holder, of Jackson,
will have no opposition in his race
for speaker of the next house of rep
resentatives. It will be recalled that
Hon. J. Randolph Anderson, of Chat
ham, withdrew from the race in fa
vor of Hon. Roland Ellis, represen
tative-elect from Bibb, and now since
Mr. Ellis has withdrawn, the field is
left open to Mr. Holder. Mr. Holder
has served his county in the house
for several tut ins. Mr. Ellis w ill take
a prominent part in the coming ses
sion of the legislature, although he
will not be speaker.
Soldiers Sacrifice
Selves for Science
Omaha, Neb., June IS. —Mayor Oil -
Christ, Sergeant Puller and Privates
Schmidt, Ingram. Harrison, Goodman
and Dowier, and Acting Cook Daily,
of the United States army, were inocu
lated today with typhoid fever serum
to test the qualities of the vaccine
The germs were injected into tile
arms of the wen. who volunteer-d for;
the experiment. It. is anticipated that
the men will be sick for forty-eight
hours with high fever and nausea.
They will be kept quiet and i t ten
days, if no alarming symptoms arise,
they will again be inoculated. A thud
injection will be made at the end of
twenty days.
Close scrutiny will be made of their |
condition during the entire period toj
dote; mine the success of the expe.Ti- j
ment.
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HAT MANUFACTURERS
SUE SIXTEEN FIRMSj
Ask Damages for Alleged Violation of
Bounds.
Danbury, Conn., June 18.—Suits
were brought in this city this after
noon by the Associated Hat Manufac
turers, incorporated, of New York,
against sixteen manufacturing firms
in Danbury, Bethel and New Milford,
for damages of $20,000 each, for al- <
leged violation of the terms of agree-1
merits and the bonds that figured In I
tite racetit tie-up of the hatting indus
try in Danbury and elsewhere thr< i'gn
out. the country.
Attachments aggregating more than I
$300,000 were placed upon the real es
tate and bank accounts of the firms
and corporations that are made de
fendants In the suits. The sixteen
concerns sued made a settlement with
the Hatters’ Union last week and the
suits are the outcome of that settle
ment, which was alleged to be in vio
lation of the agreement and bond un
der which the manufacturers we*f of
fered.
PRICE: 5 CENTS.
PEOPLE TO EET
FIUST HE 111
piist two ms
A BRITISH WARSHIP SAILED YES
TERDAY FOR A VERY
LONESOME SPOT.
Goes to Pitcairn Island. Where the
Historic Mutiny of the Bounty is
Recalled—Mutineers Settled cn the
Island Years Ago.
Santiago, Chili, June IS.—His maj
esty’s ship Flora, of the British navy,
sailed from Coquimbo today for Pit
cairn isiand, and to carry to that
little country in the distant Pacific the
first mail it had had iu nearly two
years. The few citizens of this Brit
ish dependency are accustomed to in
frequent mails, but the cruiser is later
than usual this trip, and its arrival
will probably create an unprecedent
ed commotion.
Pitcairn island is out of the track
of ships of the civilized world; tlie
rif of the horizon is ever clear save,
perhaps, when some drunken wind
jammer wanders from the "road" and
appears like a ghost ship in the eve
ning hall light, passing by to the bust
ling centers the other side of the
Horn; or when there creeps up this
cruiser, sent by the British govern
ment to “show the flag" and to see
that till is well with the exiles in
this lonesome corner of the sea wild
erness, “ilie world forgetting, by the
world forgot."
How Island Was Settled.
More than a century ago the good
ship Bounty was in Ihe waters of the
southern Pacific, when the crew mu
tinied and ten of them led by Fletch
er Christian, subsequently murdered
by natives, made for the island of
Pitcairn. This was in the year 1791).
With them the mutineers took six
native men and eleven women from
Tahiti as servants and wives. Once
on the solitary island they thought
they were safe from the consequences
of their action: that *hev would never
be discovered.
For twenty-four years that was so.
Then one day, when the mutiny lin
gered but faintly in the world’s mem
ory, and Christian and his fellows had
been reckoned as dead, a ship chanced
to put in at Pitcairn for shelter. On
landing the captain was astonished to
be addressed in English by men who
were obviously of European origin.
Then out came the whole story. Since
| then the exiles have had many visits
and received many kindnesses from
“ships that passed," and through all
these years, although the original col
onists are long since dead, their de
scendants preserve the English lan
guage, and as far as possible, in view
of their isolation from the centers
i of fashion, hold to European modes
of dress.
People Are Contented.
j On their last trip the officers of the
! Flora found their hosts wondrous con
! tent with their lot. Not once did they
j hear a desire io (ptit the shores of
the island for the life of the great
world beyond. In their own simple
way the Pitcairners were prospering;
they had none of the warped and
frenzied ambitions of crowded cities
and no desire for wealth or position.
TWO THIEVES
Who Stole $20,000 Used a Fourth for
Home and Returned Rest.
Seattle, Wash., June 18. —Mrs. Geo.
Shea, of Duluth, who notified the po
lice that on May 30, $20,000, which
she had concealed under the mat
tress of her lied had been stolen, while
she was watching a parade which was
passing her sister’s home, has receiv
ed $15,000 in a letter signed “Two
Thieves.’’ The writers of the letter
say that they used $5,000 to furnish
their home, and, having no further
use for the money, returned it to the
owner.
JAPAN BUYS OUR GOLD.
Asks Special Guards When Ingots
Are Moved from Mint.
• San Franc’sco. Juno 18. —Negotia-
tions were opened today by the Ja
panese consul general with the state
department to have the government
assign armed guards when called on
to protect $2,250,000 of gold ingots
the Japanese government is to buy
from the mint.
This is the biggest transfer of gold
ever made in San Francisco at one
time, and every precaution will be
taken to guard it.
Superintendent Edward Sweeney, of
the mint, and the Japanese consul are
discussing the safest manner in which
to handle the fortune in gold, which
will be added to the Japanese reserve
fund. .