The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-27
EVERETT CITTS BAD GANG.
THE RAILWAY STATION OFTEN
sWARMING WITH TOUGHS.

Clean Out the Black DesPeradoes
and Land Them on the Chain
Gang-The Race for the Solicitor
GeneraIship-A Change i'm the Wal
Tory Lines SailfnEs.
Brunswick. Ga. March 26.-Passengers
on the Southern railroad out Of Bruins
wick are very much annoyed by the dis
reputable characters that make Everett
City, the junction OF the Florida Central
and Peninsular railroad. their headquar-
tiers. This station IS in Glynn county, and
when the local city laws were rigidly en-
forced against them the greater part of
Brunswick's disorderly negro element
sought Everett City as their place OF ref
uge. The station is located in an out-of-
the-way portion of the county, surrounded
by dense swamps and woods, and while
Incorporated as a city 1t has none Of the
officlal and police protection which such
q charter should bring. The white men
who live at Everett City are recognized
as peaceful, law abiding citizens. 10th TO
do violence. and clearly ounumbered by
the disreputable blacks who rendezvOu
there
On account Of their peaceful attitude
toward them the whites have appeared to
the negroes in the light of being afraid
of them, and the result of late has been
several crimes that under ordinary
circumstance would not have
Sheriff Berrie having been attracted 10
the lawlessness he entrusted its suppress
sion to the hands of Deputy Emmett Tay-
ior, and through good detective work and
by ample evidence of personal courage, he
has succeeded in making large inroads
into the ranks Of the negro criminals. Ten
are now in jail here awaiting trial on va
fi0TIG charges.
murder and Justice will be fully given
them by the courts. There are yet few
criminals at Everett, but they are known
and watched and in time will be caught.
The place also has TO contend with large
crowds of raft hands who come from Da-
tien, and sometimes when under the inhu-
ence Of whisky, make the depot an un-
pleasant place for passengers. At such
times the station officials kindly allow the
ladies to occupy their office apartments
while waiting for train connections or else
the conductor takes them into the watt
ing room OF the northbound brunswick
sleeper until all danger is passed. BY this
course, danger to the women and children
is avoided much as possible, and the
male passengers are safe as long as they
en- raft hand. Let alone he is ordinarily
peacefully inclined to strangers when
drunk, but will not permit any foolishness
or short talk to come his way.
Between negro criminals and drunken
raft hands, Everett City had begun to
take on an unsavory odor with the trav-
shown passengers by the train conductors
and station officials, and the work being
done by Deputy Taylor in wedding out
the bad negro element, there Is strong
likelihood of some of the bad reports al
ready in circulation being offset.
The steamer City of Brunswick is on
ness for the coming summer season. when
she will resume her daily run between
Brunswick, Cumberland and Fernandina.
After April / the Mallory Line steamers
will not stop at Fernandina as at pres
emit. but will make the round trip week
ly direct between New York and Bruns-
wick All the freight heretofore carried
via Fernandina will be brought to Bruins
wick and distributed by rail- to Florida
points. -,
times to-day to answer alarms, all OF
which were incipient fires and outed
quickly.
Arbitrations of city property are now on
and City Arbitrator Wright is kept very
busy The general feeling Is that his adj
justments are fair and the arbitratons
are proceeding nicely. II has been stated
that in event Of too great reductions by
the arbitrators, the taxes would be raised
TO IL per cent. to meet the demand lor
revenue but this Will hardly occur.
TIL result of the grand jury vote in
Coffee county unanimously indorsing can
didate John w. Bennett of Wayne Tor
collector general Of the Brunswick cir
elit. created much interest here. 1t is
generally conceded now that the lnnu-
ence Mr.. Mabry has is given to Mr.. Ben
when
is also conceded that Mr.. Bennett is maxi
ing a very strong fight for Endorsements
10 20 before the. legislature with. II rs
also believed that MS twoy tn,, '1 Wavns
preceding his present candidacy VIII
prove most powerful lever
when be goe asks f 6siO Votes What o Mrs.
Mabry's position in the matter IS yet re-
mains in doubt. He Is a young man,
who has made his mark in previous years
IN the solicitors chair and he is apparent
Is ambitious 10 fill IL again, Some OF the
shrewder politicians are OF the opinion
ing for the solicitorship of Glynn.s city
court and is throwing his help IN the
present race in the dlrectlon Whch ne eN-
poets will be most helpful to him Tor
The report from waycross in to-day's
Morning News regarding the rep9pnean
convention was very interesting to Bruins
wickians. The fact that e. r. Belcher of
Glynn pulled the wires that put Floyd
Indication that the Deveaux-Belcher fac
ton have not lost their grip
On the republicans Of the
collector at his port under the former re-
publican administration they handled the
reins to their own satisfaction and those
who are counting on getting the offices in
the event the republican party should elect
the president are sizing their strength up
well. They are in with the Buck element,
and while Pledger's representatives spent
some time here and in this district and
loudly proclaimed their desire to buy
votes, the work did not make serious in
roads into the McKinleyite camp, as
yesterdays convention proved
On an average of once every six weeks
some one starts rumors of a filibustering
expedition being planned 10 slip away
from Brunswick some dark night. Con-
tinued investigation of these rumors by
the government and Spanish authorities
fail to develop anything serious in them,
but the rumors are still being put out
There is one TO this effect now travelling
over the city, but there is nothing in It,
The steam tug Iris, now en- route from
Savannah with a timber raft containing
100000 feet. viii return to Savannah for
another raft, as soon as this one is safely
put in. The timber is for the Hilton and
Dodge Company.
Three steamships are now in port load
ing for the foreign trade, and the exports
this week to England and Russia will
amount to about 5000 bales.
Robert b. Lindsay, a well-known COM
positor in this state, is quite i'll at his
home here.
THALHEIMS TRIAL.