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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. + 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. ♦ 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. + 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.” + “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. + 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. ♦ 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. ♦. | 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. .