The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-09
BRUINS WICK'S BUDGET.
Officers Elected by the COIored
knights of Pythias.

splendidiy entertained Wednesday with a
steamboat ride around the river conducted
by the local lodges and The best element
of Brunswick's colored citizens. The ever
ing hours were spent at the homes of The
various families entertaining delegates ana
yesterday morning the lodge convened for
the purpose of electing and installing Of
dcers. The election resulted as follows:
c. A. Shaw, Brunswick, past grand chan
cellor; c. A. Catledge, eAmericus, grand
chancellor; E. w. Rhodes, Cuthbert. grand
vice chancellor; Rev ]. A. Woods, Way
cross, grand prelate; e. j. Matthews,
Dawson, grand keeper of records and seal;
T. A. Cohen, Savannah, grand master of
eXchequer; George Brown, Albany, grand
master-at-arms; c. A. Shaw, supreme rep
resentative; r. Copeland, Triton, grand in
side guard Sid Quinn, Valdosta, grand
outside guard; Or. r. II. Johnson, Bruins
wick, medical recorder. Columbus was
selected as the next place of meeting The
report of ex-Grand Chancellor Shaw shows
that $ll,S00 has been expended by the or
der for the maintenance of the women and
children and that at present the order is in
most excellent condition. The grand
lodge has now adjourned and most of the
delegates returned home tonight.
A torpedo boat moving swiftly through
the wafer was seen passing St Simons al
an early hour yesterday morning. She
was going south and her black lines were
plainly visible to every one on the beach
The Brunswick naval militia received a
telegram from Washington yesterday stat
ing that Commander Hayward Gignilliat
had successfully passed his examination
and THAI the second battalion Georgia
! naval reserves would be mustered in at
once.
As a result of a conference held in
Washington yesterday between the Geor-
gia delegation, Commander Gigniliat and
Secretary Long 1t was announced that the
| boys would be taken into service at once.
The news spread all over Brunswick in
hurry and created much enthusiasm
Imong the mon. A host of them have
Been waiting anXiously 10 get into service
for weeks ana weeks and the present
chance seems too good 10 them 10 be true.
1t is almost certain that if something def
niie had not soon occurred many OF the
reserves would have gone in the infantry
but as it is now. they viii be content TO
get in witn the new second battalion naval
| militia.
"A damage case involving 5000 in cash
| and a precedent of interest TO building
! owners was decided by sealed verdict in
! GlyHn lily court yesterday, giving w. w e.
/ I{dgWay, plaintiff, damages for $500
/ against Contractor J. B. Leonard. Pre-
vious to the case going TO the jury, Judge
| Atkinson ordered them not to consider the
] suit as brought originally and jointly
against Leonard and the Downing COM
! pany but TO consider only Leonard. It
| seems that the Downing company let the
| contract for building TO Leonard. When
excavations We're made part of the holes
were covered and part left exposed. Ridg-
way fell in one of the exposed holes ana
sustained damages for which ne brought
suit against both Contractor Leonard and
! the Downing company. 1t seems that
| Judge Atkinson considered the Downing
! company as owners entirely blameless for
| the acts of the contractor they let to and
SO ordered the jury to dismiss that feature
of the suit from their minds in making
up the verdict. As it is the suit has es-
tablished precedent in showing that
building owners must not be brought into
such claims. Goodyear & Kay, Bruins
wick, represented the defendants; F. W.
Meldrim, Savannah, and D. w. Krauss,
Brunswick, tho plaintiff.
Brunswick VIII furnish much more than
her share of the fighting forces of this
war. Lieut.. Elliott states that Surgeon
| Harris will be here tomorrow TO examine
men fer the Third Georgia Infantry.
Lieut.. Lawrence, of Capt. Gilberts com
pany, who is now in Camden getting
men, Will bring down a squad on the
steamer Passport tomorrow. About sixty
in all win be mustered in here then and
sent at once 10 Griffin. The naval re-
| serves are in a perfect state Of enthusl-
assn over their orders and have institu-
ted nightly drills to get in readiness 10
move TO Port Royal. They win carry
about one hundred in the two divisions,
and expect to be en- route within one
week.
Mr.. Burr Wnton, a prominent member
of the Marine Band, has been appointed
chief musician of the Third Regiment
through the instrumentality of Lieut. FL
lot This is, provided he brings four mu-
sicians with him. 1t is not known yet
whether he viii accept the appointment.
Mr. Winton is one of the best known
members of the band, and made an en-
viable reputation here years ago as one
of the famous Atlantic Band members.
He is a good instructor and a fine must
clan. The position offered him pays $72
per month and board.
Mr.. L. r. Aiken, the big naval stores
operator of Mount Pleasant, yesterday
bought several lots in Brunswick, paying
$1,000 cash in the transaction. He will
improve the property at once.
a suit brought by c. McGarvey against
the brunswick and Western division of the
Plant System was decided last night in IA
vor of the defendant. The suit has been at
tracing much interest among business
men as 1t involved questions liable 10 arise
in anyones business career if due diligence
IS not observed regarding freight About
two years ago the big fire swept away all
the Plant Systems local freight ware
houses. Stored in them was a quantity Of
freight consigned to McGarvey. This was
destroyed by the fire and demand was made
on the railroad to replace or pay for same.
The railroad denied liability on the
grounds that the freight bad been In the
warehouse over forty-eight hours, the time
limit allowed by law and the owner had
been notified in writing that the freight
was there and would be held subject to mis-
risk IL not taken out within the time al
lowed. IT was decided that the railroad
had complied with the law and the owner
had allowed the freight TO remain In the
warehouse on mis- own risk. The railroads
claim that in the blanket insurance poll
cles they carry there is a clause which ex-
pressly forbids them collecting insurance
on Just such class OF freight.
The Brunswick Rfemen have rendered