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The Brunswick Daily News.
VOL. VIII., NO. 232.
GIVE MAYOR VETO POWER,
ABOLISH WARD SYSTEM,
SOME OTHER CHANGES
ELECT CLERK
FOR ONE YEAR
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LARGE NUMBER OF CITIZENS AT
TENDED CHARTER AMEND
j MENT MEETING.
Both Clerk and City Treasurer to Be
Elected for Only One Year—Com
* mittee Appointed t‘o Draft Amend
ments to City Charter.
The first meeting in the history or
the city of Brunswick to consider the
very serious matter of charter amend
ments (lawmaking in other words)
was held at the city hall last night
and was a success from beginning
to end. It was a meeting for the
good of Brunswick, called by the
mayor in order that the people might
have the prerogative of first passing
upon needed legislation and that to
he retired before final action. There
was a get-together spirit in the
meeting denoting a better condition
of the times and it was attended by
bankers, lawyers, merchants, physic
ians, contractors, carpenters, etc.
On motion of A. V. Wood, the stal
wart Brunswickian. was asked to
preside over the meeting, and Austin
Holcomb, the newspaper man. was in
vited to act as secretary. Chairman
Wood then called upon the mayor to
state the object of the meeting. Mayor
Hopkins, for a reply, sent to the
secretary’s desk a copy of his offi
cial call, which was read. At the
conclusion of its reading Mayor Hop
kins then sent to the secretary’s desk
the following proposed changes in the
charter:
An act to amend an act entitled
‘An act to consolidate and amend
the several acts incorporating and
chartering the city of Brunswick,
Glynn county. Georgia, and for other
purposes therein mentioned." approved
August. 27th. A, 1)., 1872, and the
several acts amendatory thereof sub
sequently passed and for other pur
poses.
Section I. Be it enacted by the
general assembly of the state of
Georgia, and it is hereby, that the
above entitled act to consolidate an.l
amend the several acts incorporating
and chartering the city of Brunswick.
Glynn county. Georgia, and for other
purposes therein mentioned, approved
August 2(7. A. D., 1872, and the sev-'
eral acts amendatory thereof subse
quently passed, which includes the
act approved November !2th. ISS9,
contained upon page 1010 and follow
ing pages of the published acts of
1339, and that approved November
13th, 1889, contained upon rage 1084
of the published acts of ISS9, as well
as the subsequent sevtf-al acts of
said genera' assembly, be amended as
follows:
(A> Said mayor and council are
hereby authorized to convey by deed
of quit-claim for the consideration of
one dollar, to the board of education
oi Glynn county, a corporation under
the laws of said state, for educational
purposes, to be held by said board as
it is authorized to hold other property
by ;hq terms of its charter;
? Al! that portion of that tract or
parcel of land, situate, lying and be
ing in the city of Brunswick, county
of Glynn, and designated as “Hills
boro square” upon the map of said
city as made by Geo. R. Baldwin, sur
veyor, A. D., 1837, and lying south
of the southern boundary of Mansfield
street in said city, and bounded upon
the east by Carpenter street, upon
the south by lot number three hundred
end forty-eight (348) an open space
and lot number three hundred and
thirty-four (334), and upon the west
by Egmont street, and upon the north
by the southern boundary line of
Mansfield street. I
<B) The mayor and council, or the
mayor, at the pleasure of either or
both, may at any time employ any
person or persons to thoroughly ex
amine the books and records and ac
counts of the respective officers and
employes of said mayor and council,
and such person or persons so em
ployed shall be paid out of the funds
of the city reasonable compensation
for such service, and shall make
full report of their findings in such
examination to the mayor and council,
with such recommendations thereupon
as to such person or persons making
an examination may seem advisable.
(C) Commencing January 1. 1910.
the clerk and treasurer, respectively,
•of the mayor and council of the cry
-of Brunswick, whether those tw-> offi
ces are occupied by the same or sep
arate persons, shall be elected an
nually for a term of one .ear end
ing with each calendar year, whir h
election shall take place at the first
regular meeting of sad mayor and
council after the day of annu 1 or
ganization. or as soon thereafter us
practicable, and the person or p-i- t.s
so elected to said office or offi.e.-v
shall serve during the year of his elec
tion and uutil his successor has b n
in like manner elected and qua'ifi'i.
If any vacancy shall occur in either
of said offices at any time during the
year, said vacancy shall be filled by
th-> election of a successor by said
mayor and council as soon thereafter
as practicable.
Section 2. Be it, and it Is hereby
further enacted that any and all laws
and parts of laws in conflict with, or
militating against this act. or any part
thereof, be, and the same are hereby
repealed.
These amendments were discussed
and finally, by unanimous consent,
their passage was declared to be the
sense of the meeting.
Col. C. P. Goodyear introduced the
following in the shape of suggestions
which were likewise adopted by the
meeting:
IF) That the board of health of
the city of Brunswick be appointed
by the hoard of health of the state of
Georgia, of which the mayor shall be
ex-officio and governed by rules of
the state board of health; that the
ipayor and council shall in the bud
get set apart a sum for its support to
be expended by the board of health
in its discretion free from all control
of the mayor and council of the city
of Brunswick.
(D) The mayor of said city shall
appoint as nearly as practicable an
nually, at the first regular meeting
of said mayor and council in e£ch
year, from the members of said coun
cil. committees consisting of three
members each, as follows:
Finance and Auditing,
Taxes and Revenues,
Railroads and Harbor,
Public Works, Buildings, Cemeter
ies, Parks and Squares,
Police,
Fire and Building Permits.
Sanitation, Light and Water,
Purchasing,
Hospital and Charity,
Ordinances.
Said committees when thus ap
pointed shall serve for the calendar
.'ear of their appointment, and shall
have such duties and powers as may
be conferred upon them by said
mayor and council from time to time,
respectively, and if from any cause
a vacancy shall occur during the year,
in either of said committees, the
same shall be filled by appointment
by the mayor from the members of
said council. Ail committees shall be
appointed by the mayor, and he shall
-be ex-officio member of each com
mittee.
■(B) The veto power shall be given
to the mayor of the city and no ordi
nance or resolution of the mayor and
council shall have force and effect un
less approved by the mayor or unless
atter passage he fails to exercise the
veto power for ten days or unless it
is passed by a two-thirds vote over
his veto. He shall state his reasons
for exercise of the veto power in
each instance in a message to coun
cil.
The next resolution to be suggested
to the meeting, which was also unan
imously adopted, was sent to the desk
by C. H. Leavy and read as follows:
“Be it and it is hereby resolved that
it is the sense of this meeting that
Brunswick do away with the ward
system of electing its aldermen and
that we return to the old plan in
vogue previous to the year 1909.”
Austin Holcomb submitted the fol
lowing, which was agreed to and was
passed without a dissenting vote:
“Resolved that the charter of the
city be amended so that in future all
proper amendments shall be published
for thirty days previous to the meet
ing of the legislature.”
Shot addresses were made by
Chairman Wood, who was especially
impressed with the movement to give
the board of health independent au
thority and to enlarge Its powers; Col.
F. E. Tw'itty, who suggested that the
meeting go on record as favoring the
creation of a park and tree commis
sion (which was immediately done);
Dr. J. A. Butts, who devoted some
time to the board of health matters,
and Col. C. P. Goodyear, who depre
cated the fact that under present con
dition the mayor of the city had been
deprived of the functions of his of
fice.
Col. F. E. Twittv here moved that
the chair name a committee of six
to include the chair as chairman, to
draft the amendments and submit
them for passage to the representa
tives of Glynn county in the legisla
ture.
The conim'ttee as appointed is as
follows, and is requested to meet in
the office of Judge Max Isaac on
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock: A.
V. Wood, chairman. F. E. Twitty, Dr.
J. A. Butts. R. R Uo-A:'-,- Judg'
BRUNSWICK, GA., TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE 22, 1909.
EVIDENCE NOW
FAVORS WIFE OF
EDWIN GOULD
ACCORDING TO THOSE WHO TES
TIFIED YESTERDAY SHE
IS A GOOD WOMAN.
Sensation-Hunters Were Greatly Dis
appointed When the Husband of
Mrs. Gould Failed to Go on the
Stand as Had Been Expected.
New York, June 21. —Sensation-
hunters, who expected Howard Uouid
to go on the stand today in the di
vorce proceedings instituted against
his wife, were very much disappoint
ed. as the husband tailed to go on
the stand, as De'ancy Nlicol closed
the testimony as soon as the case was
opened this morning.
The testimony of Jdenri Bankhead,
ot the army, and his w.l'e, and Alice
Stickney, to the effect that they had
taken trips in the Gould yacht and
had never seen Mrs. Gould doing
more than the ordinary society wo
man do>-s. was read.
Join VV. Adams, of Lynchbuig, Va.,
denied that lie had ever drank whisky
in the cellar of the Gould house with
Mrs. Gould.
The former servants at the ’Castle
Gould, who were placed on the stand
today, denied that they had ever seen
Mrs. Gould intoxicated or had heard
her use vile language.
Michael Dully, a building inspector,
was the last witness placed on the
stand and he said Mrs. Gould was a
lady of fine quality.
AUTO ACCIDENT
ON CUMBERLAND
TWO OF THE OCCUPANTS WERE
THROWN FROM MACHINE,
ONE SLIGHTLY INJURED.
Going at a speed of forty miles an
hour, the large touring car of Dr. W.
C. Warren, of Atlanta, struck a small
ditch on the beach at. Cumberland yes
terday afternoon, two of the five oc
cupants being thrown heavily to the
beach, w'liile the three who remained
in the car were shaken considerably.
The car was being driven by Dr.
Warren and with him in the car were
R. W. Davis, Gus Dodd, J. James and
Russell Richards. When the car
struck the ditch Messrs. Davis and
Dodd were thrown heavily to the
beach. The former struck on his right
shoulder and received quite a pain
ful but not serious injury. His shoul
der-blade, it is thought, was dislo
cated. He wa:s brought to the city
last night and will leave for Atlanta
this morning.
Mr. Dodd was slightly bruised while
the three gentlemen who remained in
the car were considerably shaken, but
not injured. The car did not turn
over and was not damaged in the
least.
Purchases Stock of
Joerger f s Drug Store
The purchase of the stock, fixtures,
etc., of the drug store of the late Dr.
W. Joerger. by Dr. E. L. Nanney, for
merly of Abbeville, means that Bruns
wick is to have another up-to-date
drug establishment.
The deal for the store was closed a
few days ago, and as soon as some
improvements are made and new
goods received the new owner will
open for business.
Dr. Nanney comes to Brunswick
with years of experience in the drug
business. He announces that he will
purchase an entirely new stock of
everything in the drug line and
will carry on an up-to-date drug
business.
Dr. Nanney will later remove his
family to Brunswick and they will
be given a cordial welcome by the
people of the city.
PROMINENT OHIO MAN
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
Van Wert, 0.. June 21.—Frank M. |
Campbell, manager of the .Tones- j
Laughlin Steel Cos., shot and killed
himself today, ill health was given
as the cause.
Max Isaac and C. H. Leavy.
The meeting was harmonious and
earnest and that the precedent p sts' -
lished wilt prove a good thing for
the - ; t y therp can be no doubt.
CHINAMAN NELO
FOR MURDER OF
YOUNG WOMAN
NOT YET KNOWN, HOWEVER, IF
THE RIGHT CHINK HAS BEEN
CAPTURED.
Chinaman Who Owned the Restau
rant Surrenders—Chung Sing. Who
Accupied Next Room*, Has Been
P>aced Under Arrest.
New York, June 21. —Sam Leung,
who owned the restaurant where the
body of Elsie Sigel was found, sur
rendered today voluntarily and said
he .knew nothing of the murder.
Wrong Man?
Schnectad.v. N. Y., June 21.—J. J.
Evers, or i roy, N. Y . who said he
had known well William Leon, who
is accused of the murder of Elsie
Sigel, declared that the Chinaman un
der arrest here is not Leon.
Chung Sing, who occupant the room
next to Leon, was arresfiAf at Am
sterdam today.
General Search.
Washington, June 21.—Leon Ling,
the Chinese convert now being sought
as the alleged slayer of Elsie Siegel,
is reported to have been in Washing
ton last Wednesday and Thursday,
in Company with his roommate, Chung
Sing, and a white woman whose iden
tity is a mystery. The woman, it is
said, lodged two nights with a fam
ily in C street. Northwest, near Third
street, and left there Thursday night
in company with the two Chinese.
Members of the family identified
photographs of Leon Ling and Chung
Sing as likenesses of the men who
called for her.
The fact that Leon Ling called at
the Sigel home the day before Miss
Sigal disappeared and threatened to
kill Chtt Gain unless Elsie “stopped
g'bbg with him," was mo 1 ’’•tiovn
today by Paul Sigel, father of the
murdered girl.
OLD LANDMARK GIVES WAY
TO A NEW STRUCTURE
One of Brunswick’s oldest land
marks has recently been torn down
in order lo make room for anew
two-story stmeture. The old land
mark in question is the house out
on Norwich street known as the old
Harrison residence. It was one of
the oldest houses in the city, being
the home for years of the late Judge
Lewis Harris.
F. D. Scarlett is having erected on
the site a large two-story building,
which, when completed, will be used
for a store.
Darien Coming for
Ball and Coif Came
With a match game of golf and
baseball on for today between Bruns
wick and Darien, the enthusiasts of
the two cities are looking forward to
an interesting day of it.
The Darien party will come over on
an excursion, which will arrive in the
city about 10 or 11 o’clock, and which
is expected to bring over about half
the white population of the Mclntosh
capital. Immmediately upon the ar
rival of the boat the golf game will
begin and It will be completed in
time to permit the participants and
spectators to get to the ball park be
fore the beginning of the baseball
game.
Darien, as is well known, has one
of the best golf teams in the .south
and they will give the locals a hard
fight. Thy baseball team will be
strengthened by the addition of a few ]
Savannah players and should prove [
to be a very interesting diamond bat- j
tie. It is expected that both the.
games wll be witnessed by large!
crowds.
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LOVERS FIND A WAY.
Prominent Jewish Couple Goe3 lo New
York to Wed.
Pittsburg, Pa., .Tune 21.—Because j
they are first cousins arid cannot wed
in this state. Miss Lillian Kaufmann i
and Edgar J. Kaufmann will engage]
two special trains to carry their
bridal party to New York. The par
ties are members of widely-known
Jewish families of this city.
The Rev. Steven Wise, of New
York, will officiate and the Rev. J.
Leonard Levy, of Pittsburg, will givf
the benediction.
The couple will be married at the
St. Regis hotel. New York city, to
morrow evening.
TWO PER CENT TAX ON
ALL CORPORATIONS WILL
BE IMPOSED BY SENATE
CONFEDERATE MONUMENT.
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Uncle Sam Will Do Honor to the Boys
in Gray.
Washington, June 21.—Uncle Sam;
will do honor to the boys in gray who
lie buried in Finn’s Point National
cemetery. Salem, N. J., by erecting an
15.500 monument, bids for wbich were
opened today by Colonel Oates, who i
heads the commission for marking the j
graves of the confederates. The gov- |
ernment memorial will mark. the last i
resting place of 2,460 officers and men j
of the southern army and navy who
died while confined at Fort Delaware
as prisoners of war.
The adoption of a monument for
the purpose is due to the fact that
it has been found impossible, because
of imperfect records, to place dis
tinctive headstones at each individual
grave, as contemplated by an act of
cotigress.
Commissioner Oates has arranged
also to place wrought iron fences
around the Camp Chase confederate
cemetery, near Columbus. 0., and
around the confederate cemetery, at
North Alton, 111.
FITZSIMMONS SAYS HE
CAN WHIP JACK JOHNSON
New York, June 21.—“1 can whip j
Jack Johnson and I will keep after
him until he gives me a fight,” said j
Bob Fitzsimmons, the ex-champion, I
who arrived here today front Europe.
Fitzsimmons also expressed the be- !
lief tHat leffries could knock John
son out.
One was Killed ,
Three Injured
Cincinnati, 0., June 21.—One per
son was killed outright and three
others were seriously injured tonight
when an elevator in the Murdock
building fell the full distance of five
stories. Two of the three who were
injured will probably die.
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MRS. J. MORRIS MADDEN DEAD.
Passed Away in Jacksonville After a
Short lliness.
The many Brunswick friends of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Morris Madden will re
gret to learn of the death of the lat
ter. which occurred in Jacksonville
early Sunday morning. The Jackson
ville Times-Union of yesterday, in
chronicling her death, says;
“The many friends of Mrs. James
Morris Madden wdli regret to learn
of her death of typhoid pneumonia at
her home, 743 Oak street. Sunday
morning. Funeral services will be
held at the residence at 5 o’clock
this afternoon. Rev. Father Maher,
of the Church of the Immaculate
Conception, officiating. The body
will be forwarded this evening to
Washington, D. C., the former home
of the deceased, for interment in the
family lot in Mt. Olive cemetery, and
will be accompanied by the bereaved
husband, Janies M. Madden, and her
sister, Mrs. Richa:d Black, of Colum
bia, S. C. The pallbearers ate re
quested to meet at the undertaking
parlors of Marcus Conant at 4.30 thiij
afternoon.”
Tells of Storms
With Wireless
London, June 21. —An international
weather bureau, which will use the
wireless telegraph to flash around the
world warnings of approaching storms
and disturbances of the elements, is
projected by the distinguished weather
men of ail countries gathered In Lon
don today at the initial session of the
international conference of meterolo
gists.
According to the plans for this
world-wide weather forecasting move
ment. all vessels of all nations will
be equipped with uniform storm sig
nals. It is believed that this would
go far toward preventing disasters at
sea.
The United Stales is represented at
the conference opened today by Prof.
Willis L. Moore, chief of the United
States weather bureau. It is stated
that America will take a prominent
part in the projected international bu-
ream
A concerted movement will be in
augurated to induce the principal \
governments to adopt a uniform svs-j
tent of wireless telegraphy marine j
weather reports, and to reach an
agreement so that all nations shall
display a uniform marine storm sig
nal. If such an international agree
ment can be effected, it is believed
that it will be a great factor in sav
-nr life and property on the sea and
land, and at the same time highly
important in the making o: wr? be.
prediction •
PRICE: 5 CENTS.
THIS DECIDED
m CONFERENCE
ALL BANKS WILL BE INCLUDED,
BUT WILL GET A
REDUCTION.
The Senate is Still Debating Over a
Tax on Hides and It is Likely That
1
the Dingley Tariff of 15 Per Cent.
Will Be Decided Upon.
Washington. D. C., June 21.—At a
conference tonight between Senator
Hoot, whose aid in preparin'- Presi
dent 1 aft’s tax on the net earnings
of corporations, and Attorney Gene
ral Wickersham, it was decided that
the tax be 2 per cent, to be collected
from all corporations.
All banks will be included, the na
tional institutions securing deductions
to the amount of taxes paid up on
circulation.
Corporations will be subjected to
publicity in order to enforce the law.
The perfected amendment will be
ready for introduction into the sen
ate on Thursday.
Fighting Over Hides Duty.
In opposing tile Aldrich committee
of finance to lake hides off the free
list, as provided by the house, and
restore the Dingle/ rates of 15 per
cent .ad valorem, Senator Page, of
Vermont, declared the beef trust in
stead of the farmers cornered all the
profits from the hide duty.
Senator Carter, favoring the plan,
said if the farmers were forced to
sell in the open market they should
have the same privilege of buying.
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HARROVIAN ILL,
STOCKS DROP
RUMOR THAT HE IS SERIOUSLY
SICK CAUSED FALL IN
HIS LINES
New York, June 21.—The rumor
that E. H. Harrlman is seriously ill
in Vienna caused a break in all the
Harriman stocks today.
Union Pacific dropped 4 per cent.,
South Pacific to 238. and Reading to
414.
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THE GRAND TONIGHT.
The feature subject for tonight at
the Grand will be an adaption from
the famous play “Our New Minister.”
Tins subject will need no Introduction
as the play makes a great success
in the south. The picture is weli
acted.
1 Troubles of an Old Coat,” one of
Pathe’s amusing subjects; “Vn Un
yielding Parent,” which will also keep
the audience in laughter, and the
funny Chase picture entitled “l Lost
the Ball.” which is very clever and
original.
Tonight four new subjects wilt no
doubt draw large audiences to the
popular Grand.
BREAKS OWN RECORD.
The Remarkab; e Run Made by the
Steamer Mauretania.
Queenstown, June 21.—The Cunard
line steamer Mauretania has clipped
another fifty minutes off the best pre
vious eastward record, which is also
her owm.
She accomplished the journey from
New York in 4 days, 17 hours and
twenty-one minulesfid
21 minutes, the best previous being 4
days and 18 hours and 11 minutes.
The total run of about 2,933 knots
was made at an average speed of 25.88
knots per hour.
RIVER WAS CROWDED
WITH LITTLE MOTOR BOATS
There was a regular motor-boat pa
rade down Brunswick's harbor Sun
day afternoon. With the coming of
the summer season every man who
owns a motor-boat of any kind gets
his craft ready to go into commission,
and Sunday it seemed that, ail of
them wery out for a cruise.
Brunswick probably has more mo
tor-boats than any city along the
! coast of equal s'ze and any a£ter
’oeq do-er.a o' them cr* be seen
. ‘.j-;;;-'i ” rp a' ' down the river.