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The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-04
ABOUT BEN HUR.
The Instructive Entertainment Which the

The Instructive Entertainment Which the
Kings Daughters Have Arranged.
The following, from the Mobile
Daily Register, gives an account of
"Ben Hur," which will be presented
here for the benefit of the new circle
of Kings Daughters on May 10:
"The illustrated Ben Hur' was
given last night for the second time
in the grand stand at Monroe Park.
The abstract of the fascinating novel
was ably made, and the lecturer, Cap
tain Rider, gave the whole from mem
ory without slip. The hundred views,
all colored. were excellent, and the
interest of the audience never tagged
from the start to the finish. The epi-
sOde of the chariot race was admirably
given, Ben Hur' is we'll worthseeing."
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-04

CITY COURT.
A Busy Session Of Judge AtkinsOn's Tribunal
Yesterday.

4oSIorudys
City court convened in regular May
term yesterday morning. There is a
large and interesting docket for trial.
Judge Atkinson presided, with Clerk
Lehman, Sheriff Berrie and Deputy
Sheriff Taylor in attendance.
The cases disposed of yesterday
were:
E. Brobston, receiver, VS.. F. McC
Brown; suit on note; dismissed.
Henry D. Wilmer vs.. Jane Fl. Bailey,
Administrative; suit on note; verdict
for plaintiff.
Q. 9. Grace and r. s. Reddish VS..
A. A. Rowland, H. $, McCrary and j
E. Moore; suit on note; judgment for
plaintiffs.
st. Louis Refrigerator and Wood
Guttering Co. VS.. @. McGarvey; SUIT
on account; judgment for plaintiff.
Engllsh-A Loan and Trust
Co. VS.. j. A. Butts; suit on note judg-
ment for plaintiff.
English-American Loan and Trust
Co. vs.. R. Il. Hitch; suit on note;
judgment for plaintiff.
American Grocery Co. VS.. j. E.
Moore; suit on account; judgment for
plaintiff.
j. 9. Baldwin vs.. Brown & CARRIER;
attachment; two judgments for plain
tiff.
The indictment against Harry
Blake, for larceny, was mol pressed.
The case of Lucy Johnson, colored
W. the Hilton-Dodge Lumber Co., was
called and proceeded to trial. The
plaintiff claims $4,000 for the death
of her son, which resulted from iniu-
ries received while at work at the de-
fendant company's st. Simon mills
about three years ago. johnson &
Krauss represented the plaintiff and
Symmes & Bennett the defendant.
The case is being stubbornly con-
tested.
The case will be resumed this morn
ing.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-04
Ready to Strike.

New York, May 3.-The situation
of the building trades is very grave
here today. Several strikes are on and
many more are threatened. Some of
these strikes grew out of the demands
upon employers, while others are from
disputes between unions. 1t is ap-
parent about twenty thousand me-
chanics and other laborers employed
in buildings will strike this week uD-
less concessions are made.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-04
The Pythians.

Besides the Uniform Rank, a large
party of Brunswickians VIII attend
the Pythian Grand Lodge meeting in
Savannah, beginning May II. The
contest for the next place of meeting
will be between Brunswick and Au-
gusta. and the Brunswick representa-
tives will do their best to capture it.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-04
THE TARIFF BILL.
concluded

It Will Be Reported to the Full Committee
Today.
Washington, May Ex-senator Alli-
son, chairman of the repub ublican sub
committee which is preparing the
tariff bill for the senate, had confer
ence today with the members of the
finance committee and arranged with
them a program for getting the bill
into the senate.
According to this agreement, the
bill will be reported to the full COM
mittee tomorrow, if the republicans
find they desire to hold it no longer,
and 1t will then be passed on to the
senate ss soon as the republicans make
it manifest that they have majority
favorable to its being reported.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-04
A German.

The Misses Symons rendered COM
plimentary german last night to the
following: Miss Julia Wilder, the
Misses Prioleau, Misses Birdie Pos
tell, Monroe Cargyle, Annie Hine,
Josephine duBignon, Mr.. and Mis-.
Fuller, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Bennett,
Messrs. Mccall, Mccullough, Nightin-
gale, Tupper, Allen, Chas. Fleming,
Nils Gregertsen, II. Wafr, Fl. duBig-
non, M. Symons, G. Titus, George
Smith, IL. Smith. Refreshments were
served.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-04
Barrel Factory Busy.

One of Brunswick's energetic enter
prlses, not generally known by the
citizens, ls the local branch OF Ellis,
Young &c Co.'s barrel factory. The
1000 barrels per week, and the output
never falls below 400. The material
comes in carload lots from Arkansas,
and only experienced workmen are
employed. Mr.. II. M. King, the local
manager, informs THE TIMES that the
barrels manufactured here never tail
to give satisfaction, being highly COM
mended In letters from Scotland and
other foreign countries.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-04
LEGAL FIGHT IS ON.
The Briesenick ReOeivership Will Be Stoutiy
Contested In the Courts.

The Briesenick ReCeivership Will Be Stoutly
Contested In the Courts.
The placing of the business of Rc0--
ert E. Briesenick IN the hands of re-
ceiver by Judge Sweat on Saturday
will cause one Of the stoutest legal
fights ever known in Glynn county.
1t is an additional chapter in what
has already been a closely contested
case. Judge Lehman, temporary re-
ceiver, as told in yesterdays TIMES,
took charge of the business on Satur-
day night. 1t will probably be closed
until the day of the hearing, May II.
Mr.. Briesenick said yesterday:
"There are positively no grounds for
the action of the court. have stock
of $4,000, and not bill that is over
thirty days DID,"
The other side claims, however, that
the business is liable for the judg-
ment against Mr.. Briesenick's father,
and Atkinson & Dunwody will pre-
sent that claim at the hearing. Judge
Symmes, representing Mr.. Briesenick,
will oppose this claim and the result
on i'll ha q ho ottIo t0 fiUish
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-04
Pope Catlin Will Run.

The steamer Pope Catlin will go
back on her old run today for the pic
mic season. The Egmont will be LAID
off for the week. The Pope Catlin
will make the afternoon trips to Oce4n
Pier and the mills, thus allowing those
who wish to go to the picnics in the
afternoon to have the opportunity.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-04
LAWTON'S LOSS.
Consul Jake Dart Sends Particulars of the
Wreck of His Vessel.

Wreck Of His Vessel.
Jacksonville, May 3.-Francis Law
Ton, of the wholesale firm of Nook &
Lawton, OF this city, is undoubtedly
dead. The firm made an assignment
last October, and shortly sfterward
Mr.. Lawton went to New York and
then sailed on a vessel bound for the
West Indies. About two months ago
news was received of the wreck of the
vessel and the loss of all on board.
United States Consul Jacob E. Dart,
at Guadalupe, writes to one of Law
toms friends in this city, giving the
particulars of the wreck Of the vessel
and the loss of all on board.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-04
zERTUCHA IN TROUBLE.
The Cuban Traitor Arrested and Held at Ha-
Vana,
piece.

The Cuban Traitor Arrested and Held at Ha-
vana.
New York, May ga dispatch to
the journal from Havana says:
DIR. Maxine Zertucha, Antonio
Maceo's physician, who is alleged to
have betrayeswne Cuban general to
the Spaniafds, was arrested at his
home near Guines yesterday and
brought to Havana under close guard.
He is now in the military prison in
the fortress of Cabanas, opposite this
city. He is held incommunicado. II
is understood at the palace that Wey-
ler this morning ordered his deport-
ment to the Chafarinas islands, the
Spanish penal station eff the African
coast.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-04
Albert Porter Dead.

Indianapolis, May 3.-Albert e.
Porter, ex-governor of Indiana, and
minister to Italy under General Har-
rison's administration, died at his
home in this city shortly after O'Clock
this morning, aged "a years. Gov
ernor Porter had been confined to his
room almost constantly for two years.
The immediate cause of his death was
paresis.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-04
No Buyers for the Road.

Jacksonville, May 3.-The J. Il. &
X. W. railroad was offered for sale
this morning by Charles Adams.
There were no biddeYs present. AS no
one was willing to put up certified
check for $4,000, as required before
any bid would be considered, the sale
was postponed.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-04
Stabbed a Barber.

On the steamer Governor Stafford re-
turning from the Fernandina excur-
sion last night, J. B. Harrington, COL
ored, stabbed Bill Hooley, the we'll
known barber, three times in the
neck. Hooley may die. Harrington
was detained on the boat until officers
arrived, who lodged him jail.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-04
Lowry's Case.
served.

M. Lowry, the condemned murderer,
is now awaiting a resentence to death
by Judge Sweat. This will probably
be done at the coming term of supe-
rIor court. When the sentence is
again passed Attorney Mabry will go
before the governor with q petition
for executive clemency in behalf of
the doomed man. Lowry, in his cell
at the jail, is patiently awaiting a
final decision in his case.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-04
PRAYED. Then jumped,

New York, May 3.-With starva-
tiOn staring himself and family of
five IN the face, Leib Kopelowltz said
prayers this morning, then jumped
from the roof a five-story building
at No. Z Ludlow street and was in
stantly killed.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-04
THE APPOINTMENTS.

The List Sent In By the President Yes
terday.
Washington, May 3.-The president
today sent the following nominations
to the senate:
Robert Patterson, of Tennessee, to be
consul-general at Calcutta, India !;
Stanton Sickles, of New York, to be
secretary of the legation at Madrid !;
John Hancock Merriam, of Minnesota,
assistant paymaster IN the navy.
A number of MINOR postoffices were
filled.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-04
Court Martial Ends.

Atlanta, May 8.-7.te Romeyn court
martial ended today. A decision was
reached but not made public. The
findings.will be sent to the department
headquarters for revision. The court
then adjourned.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-04
Gold Going.

New York, May 3.--A million and
half dollars In gold will be exported
to Europe tomorrow.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-04
No Election Yet.

Tallahassee, May 3.-The ballot of
the joint assembly today was: Call,
SO; Chipley, %; Raney, 80; Hooker, 3;
Mckay, l.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-04
CUMBERLAND ROUTE"
Excursion to Jacksonville, Fla, for Bicycle
Meet May 4, 1897.

MV6I Mdy = 1o0I'
Special round trip tickets will be
sold on May 13, good to return until
May Is, at 81 each, including entrance
to the grounds.
On May IA the Gov. Stafford will
leave Brunswick at 7 80 a. M, arrive
at Fernandina IL 80 and Jacksonville
II 80 noon and Will wait at Fernan-.
dina until arrival of special train
from after bicycle races, arriving at
Brunswick about 10 80 p. m.
H. III. RAYMOND, G. z. A.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-04
A Wealthy Suicide.
coast.

Cadiz, KY, May 3.-W. Wright, one
of the weaIthiest tobacco buyers in
this state, suIcided last night by shoot
ing himself.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-07-01
Modern Pills.

The pay of powerful drastic pills
is past and everyone who is troubled
with tOrpldity of the liver, COnstipa-
ton, headache or indigestion may
we'll be thankful that it is. Every
modern faully medicine chest should
contain a supply of Hoods Pills, the
modern cathartic. While gentle and
mild in action, the are thoroughly ef-
hcient and cure bilIiousness, lndiges-
ton, sick headache and other trOub.
les due to a deranged condition of
the stomach or bowels.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-07-01

For three weeks we have failed to
receive copy OF the So. Pittsburg
Republican but the Statesman comes
regularly better and brighter than
ever.
The Town 6 Improvement Co.'s
wheat was all threshed and the pro-
dict loaded on cars and shipped.
The yield was satisfactory and shows
the benefit Of fertilizer applied to
wheat.
Miss Halle Rogers returned Mon
day evening from a pleasant visit to
friends and relatives at jasper. She
was accompanied by Miss Winnie
Stewart, who is now her guest
Dunlap Tribune.
The continued dry weather has so
affected the gardens that the almanac
mans suggestion to "plant snap
beans for succession, &c. is a grim
joke. What we have planted has
dried up and the beans we expected
are not forth coming.
Mr.. N. 3. Neece, manager of the
Atlanta Guano Co, and representing
Middle Tennessee and Huntsville,
Ala, districts, was in town Friday
and gave the agency for Sequachee
to Dunlap to c. II. Davidson, whose
advertisement appears elsewhere.
Up to Tuesday morning ]. II
Northcutt had threshed out for II
people 2,152 bushels OF wheat. Ad,
ding the wheat of the Company and
others, more wheat has been harves.
ted here this year than IN the whole
county in 1890.
Lee Billngsley, a prominent farm
er of BledsOe county, has a large
amount of corn on hand for sale
He has two prices, 60c to gold bug
Republicans and sos to free silvel
democrats. He says the republican,
have promised him higher prices anC
prosperity and he is collecting it of
of them at the rate of FIVE ceLts pei
bushel on tile corn he sells them
They kick a little but it don't go-it'
| 60 cents or no corn.- Dunlap Tri
bune,
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-07-01
EN- GRAY

A wedding in Victoria Sunday
next!
Ed Brophy has gathered in his Is
acres of oats.
G. w. Brown has the finest sweet
pOtatOe patch IN the county.
Miss Laura Turner is visiting at
Brownsville and Whitwell this week,
w. A. Turner did not accept the
appointment as election commission
er in this county. We do not know
who will be elected to fill his place.
A SUBSCRIBER.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-07-01
Marion Co, Recognized.

The Farmers Nashville Convens
tion will be held on Aug 81 Sept.
l, 2 8, 4 and 6, Of this year, at St.
Paul, Minn. A few days ago Gov.
Taylor received letter from John
NJ. Stahl, Secretary Of the organiza
tion requesting that he appoint
delegates from Tennessee and in
compliance with this request the
Governor yesterday appointed the
following delegates; q. w Rut.
ledge, Vance's Tank; J. K. P. Walls
lage, Andersonville, w. r Rankin,
Jasper; A. K. Bell. Gallatin: Fran K
Avent, Murireesboro; G. II. Slaugh
ter, ST. Bethlehem; b. S. Thomas,
Hurricane Switch; Thos. q. Long,
jackson; Jno. w. Clayton, Kenton,
J. I. Lowe, Salisbury. Sam N.
Warren, Spring Hill; John I. Es.
sary, Knoxville.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-07-01
office Holdera Convention.

1t is stated by those who are OPP
posed to a Constitutional Conven.
tion that the Justices Of the Peace
throughout the State would oppose
it. We are at a loss to understand
why they should. No one advoCa,
ting new constitution proposes to
abolish or vaca.e the offices of he
magistrates. Seine have advocated
the propriety of permitting each
county, by popular vote, TO deter~
mine whether it will adopt the
commissioner system or adhere to
the old County Court system in the
management OF county affairs, hut
this, If adopted, does not interfere
with the Office Of magistrate in the
districts, And If the township
system is introduced, it would
rather have the effect to dignity
the office of magistrate In the 10 cal
township-Ex.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-07-01
Victoria News.

Special to the eve.
Miss Kate Lewis went 10 Dunlap
Friday last,
Dr. ]. R. Gott, of Inman, was IN
town Friday last
Miss Laura Turner went to
WhitweIl on a visit last Saturday.
Miss Ina Lewis came down from
Pikeviile last Saturday to visit rel-
atives.
The Green and Red base ball
clLb had an interesting game last
Saturday,
Miss Ida Bracken, who has been
teaching music in Whitwell was IN
town Saturday,
Capt. Anderson was up from JAS
per last Friday evening, seeing
how polite the railroad hands could
be.
Mr.. J. B, WOmack aud best girl
attended the Ice Cream supper at
Sulphur Springs last Saturday
evening:
The following was picked up by
one of our towmsmen the other
day; Wanted, lew no ho mis- j.
cends hur bOkas or fours few. i'm
hast. A. W. l..
It's a Well,knOwn fact that Mr.
&. NJ. Brown has but one vocation
Anyone addressing post office box
No. l3 and sending a stamped en-
velOpe can ind what it is,
| Mr.. ]. C. Gross came back from
the Centennial happier than you
usually see anyone in this section.
He wasn't like a certain gentleman
either who asked the agent to re-
fund him 10 cents because it was
ut what he thought it would be.
Mr.. E. B. Anderson, who was
lately removed to the main line
returned last week and has his ole
job of firing on the switch engine
Mr.. Anderson says there is 10 plac,
ike Victoria. We agree with him
We noticed in last weeks issu
of the NEWS that Mr.. Sam ROber
sou wishes there were more girls il
Sequachee so that he could hav,
one of his own. The girls of Victo
ria are trying to organize a club tt
invite Mr. Robertson up ther
There are just thirteen girls to on
bOv here, so you see The policy il
it,
EN- GRAY
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-07-01
An Army of Fleas.

The employees at the Brown Il
Cab, planning mill had curious
exp Renee the other morning aud
il wds nothing more or less than
an invasion OF the mill by an army
of fleas. The scene was early
morning and the dramahs person@
we're the mill hands and the heas,
Bill QutrJes jumped into the saw
pit and discovered them first, or
rather they discovered him for he
felt himself covered by a living
mass and looking down he saw
thousands Of fleas hopping and
skipping about QuarIes gave a
kick and a fir. and bolted, but the
angry feas hoped after him as
fast as they could go and .incidens
tally struck a venerable gentleman
by the name of Cunningham who
likewise bUlttd, or as be expressed
it Did not wish to DO eaten up"
During the progress of the game.
the other participants in the drama
were rolling up their pant legs and
shaking out h-as 10y the gallon,
NJ G. Campbell got a sIedgenam>
mer and an anvil and behind is
shelter endeavored to kill the raw
enOus tleas as they hopped over
! 1t after him, but it was OF no Use.
: The hammer was broken in no
lme, such lusty blows did our
blacksmith strike, and sad to relate
not fl was injured-they were
too tough The mill hands capit-
ulated and at safe distance from
tie onslaughts of the 81 emy, which
could be seen endeavoring to ex.
tract juice from the big circular
saw, the' held a council Of war.
/ With fendish grin and deadly
gleam in his left eye, L W Gabel
solved the program. He grasped
the hose and advanced on the en-
emy, who already wavered at the
sight of water For a flea never
wsshes before breakfast nor after it,
dllA AlhO q lldtLR u VI NVilbuShJ
man is opposed to it on principle.
He turned on the mighty force Of
the Sequachee water works and it
wrou, ht devastation in the ranks
OF the enemy. and drove him clean
out Of sight, and one OF them is
supposed to have said VIII en- he
made his exit, "thls a deuced mean
trick to play on a iOt of orphans,
but we'll be r.r- r-r-venged." The
water cure was a radical one and
everything is serene now aud at last
accounts Bill Quarles' hair had re-
covered its natural position.
jeff Brown SAYS we may adver.
tise 250,000000 fleas for sale as fer
, tiizer.
This is reported by Truthful
James who has just graduated from
a Sunday school.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-07-01
PROGRAMME
Cumberland Presbyterian

Cumberland Presbyterian
Rally At Oak Grove, Saturday,
July 3rd.
9:COa m ..."........Prayer Service
Subject, The Baptism Of the HO>
ly Spirit.
900 a. m. The Condition and
Needs Ut the Fled.
The SynOd....... ...5 minutes.
2 Presbytery,............15 minutes.
3. THIS Congregation,
General Discussion.
ltOO a. m. Sermon: by Rev. J. H .
MILLER, State Missionary.
1900 u. IN. Dinner on the grounds.
1870 p. m. Prayer Service.
Conservation Meeting
200 p. m. Ways and Means.
General Business.
2:30 D. m Discuss the EnterpTi es
Of the Church, Missions, Educa
ton. Publication and Minister
ial Relief.
800 p M. How to take Offerings.
$50 p. m. Literature and Schools
4:30 p. IN. Adjourn.
The public are cordially invited
70 attend.
Respectfully,
J. M. WOoTEN,
Pastor
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-07-01

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.
II you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever. be made well, strcng, magnetic,
full Of new life and vigor, take No-To-Bac,
the wOnder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten days.
Over 4OO, 700 cured. Buy No-To-Bac Of your
druggist, under guarantee to cure, SOC or
81 90. Booklet and sample mailed free. Ad.
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-07-01

Martha Burnett.
5. Red, White and Blue, Choir.
6. All Quiet on the Potomac,
L. H. Hill.
Z. Address by Capt. Jas. Robertson
8. Recitation, Emma Gabel.
8 Dixie, Choir.
For the convenience of visitors
light refreshments will be on sale
by the Sunday School during the
afternoon and evening.
330p m ....... .........Base bail.
At 730 p. IN. the Sequachee
Dramatic Club will present the
charming drama entitled
THE FLOWER Of the FAMILY.
CAST.
ABNER Rowland, a Merchant,
W. s, Pryor
OecAR LORiNG. his Ward,
Chas. Curtis
Tom Rowland, his Nephew,
Spears Robertson
SrICER SPoFFoRD, a clerk in an
Insurance Office, J W Graham
Foley NEwCoMB, an Insurance.
agent, w. e Hill
Mrs. GORDON Rowland. a Widow,
Miss Myrtle Rogers
ALICE Rowland her Daughter,
Mrs. J. W. Graham
LIMA Rowland, Abner's adopted
daughter, Miss Mathllde Gustufsor