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The Brunswick times-call. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-08

tine, this disease not only did not
sprsad to any extent among the whites,
but the avenues of trade were kept
Sopen aud quite a freedom from its
distressing presence was Ell yed
among cue peopla.
$500 persons were given rTes vacci-
nation by the = I sud 1000 re monR
private families
The expensa stsctins ;he p even
tion OF the spread Of the disease in the
city was far below that which other
cities have been subjected to frcm a
much fewer number of oAsss, not ex.
cssding $l5OO.OO.
10 his Honor, tho Msyor, aud the
Chairman Of Charities, are due much
credit for the promp' manner in which
measures of suppression we're institu-
ted, and cannot omit to name in this
connection tbs prompt and fearless ai6
received by the City Physician at the
hands of Asst. Sanitary Inspec, or
Flanders and also OF the city JaDitor
jeff Williams who was detailed for
special work among the colored peo-
pie In locating and sappressin9 the
loathsome complaint.
1t Is a matter OF congFatulatlon that
the low rate of of NOR ality and the
marked healthfulness OF our oity for
the year above mentioned has occurred
at "a census year in our National hisuo,
ry, that 10 enabling us tG shoW q the
census report lowrato OF mortality
and condition of heaIthfulnees which
will aid much to the value Of this record
which il has been my privilege TO make
to the Department, and we have, in
this way, secured interesting and val.
uable statistical information which
cannot fail to be of immense advantage
to the city for years to come.
Among the causes which have tended
to increase the death rate IN our city
is the indiscriminate practice Of In
competent midwifery by and among
the oolored psople, which has added a
large number of deaths to the grand
total Of deaths by reason of stillborns
and death among infants, from ignor-
aace and neglect. Some measure for
prevention should be inaugurated to
suppress this evil.
| Again there exists innumerabls
vendors Of patent medicines and nos
trums Of every device sold throughout
the city by persons unauthorized to
ply their vocation. This evil should be
corrected and if not suppressed. parties
engaged in it should be required to
pay q revenue to the city's finances.
The City hospital has been bounti-
fully supplied with the actual necessi-
ties, and during the year comfortable
ylum has been afforded to quite q
number of homeless and helpless
persons both whts and black, and
serves the purpose for which it is
maIntaiAed far better than the puplic
Is aware.
U most care has been obarved by all
persona connected with tine Charity and
Sanitary Department of the City to
limit expenses, and in this respect we
challenge comparison witty any pre-
vious year. There has been thoroug h
cooperation between the Charity Com
mittee and this Department in pr0vid
ing the best care for thoss who have
been the subjeots of the city's charity
Before closing this report desire tc
|
The Brunswick times-call. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-08

The new mayor and aldermen of the
city OF Brunswick were sworn in yes
terday by Clerk of the Superior Court
H. F. du Blgnon, Following is the
official proceedings of the meeting held
BY the old council and the first held by
the new:
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING,
Brunswick, Jan. 7th, 1901.
Present-Hon. D, D. Atkinson, mayor
and Aldermen Mason, Tupper, Blood
worth and Thomas.
Absent-Aldermen Krauss. Briese
nick and Abrams.
REPORTS.
The following reports were read and
adopted:
Jan. 7th, 1901.
To the Mayor and Aldermen of the
City Of Brunswick-
Gentlemen-Witht the closing of the
official term of this administration. it
becomes the duty of your finance COM
mittee to submit to you areport of the
financial condition of the city, and it
appears at this time upon the eve Of our
re..ss:sement. Beginning with the year
1894 and leading up to the present time,
some members of the present council
have served continuously as members
Of the different city governments, and
although many stubborn financial prob
lens have been met with duriog that
period, your committee is proud, and
pleased to report to you, that the fl
nancial condition of our city is in bet
tor shape today than at any time dur
ing the past ten years.
In 1894, the bonds Of city were quoted
below par, and were not eagerly sought
by investors at any price; today, they
are quoted at 81 e6 1-2, and are sa1able
around those figures. This condition
has been brought about by the action
Of the city government in meeting the
interest payments promptly at maturity
which has strengthened the confidence
of investors in our ability to meet the
obligations Of our city, and in our hon
est purpose to do so.
The floating debt of the city is the
one which bears tie closest watching,
and that is the one which we should
feel the most interest; as in that item
nultitudes of official sin and political
corruption nay be covered up.
Your committee 10 pleased TO report
to you, avery great reduction in this
floating debt which in the year 1894
amounted to the enormous sum Of
S126. .35s.Oo, divided as follows:
Open accounts. ts.............$ 66,076 16
Outstanding notes,,.....,.... -. 57,054 2S
Oyerp1us due on tax sales. 1925 50
Total. .... .............$l26, ,35o 0G
On the fret of January. 1901, this
floating debt appears as follow
Open sccoun ts s................S $3.50 II
Outstanding notes. .........,.4 45, oil IL
s51, ,29l 81
This amount should have cridit as
follows
Due by Ex-Treas. Harvey and
bondsmen. ................$2 $50 81
Taxes Qu0. .-...'.''' lo,OOO Uu
Floating debt, Dec. 81, 1900. .$l4,6 632 AZ
The city owns considerable real es.
state, and in The opinion of your COM
mlttee, If this property should be pu,
up and sold, an amount nearly sufi-
cient to pay off the balance Of the float
ing debt could be realized.
The Brunswick times-call. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-08
PRICE FIVE CENTS

R1OL Y u CEN IS
existing in our city will not be in vain,
and that will receive the hearty sup.
port of each aud every good citizen,
both white aud coldred.
To accomplish what is desired, is no
easy task.
Our eebt is large and our income is
small, and our people are not in q CON.
dition to pay higher tax rate. It is,
therefore, our daty to sconomize in
every branch of expenditures as to be
able TO mset promptly all of our obli-
cations, ana establish for the city .
credit that will enable us to secure
such means as are needed to carry on
the work of improving oar city in eve-
~ particular.
Our streets should be paved with
substantial materisl. We should own
aud CONTROL system Of waterworks
that would be in all respects the equal
of any oity of our size. We should
own and control the lighting plants.
Our parks should be beauti6ed; our
boulevard kept in frst-olass sonditioa.
The health of the city, whicly. the
greatest thing to be considered, should
not bs endangered By improper sani-
tary conditions, and all persons in the
sewerage limits should be made to con.
neot and comply with the law before
the advent Of warm weather.
The fire department, which is now .
one Of the best of its size in the State,
shor' be kept up to It's present sxea'
lent condition, and improved TO
sion demands.
Our police force should be the pride
OF our city. Mono but sober, honest
and worthy men should be employed,
and they should be held to a strict asv
count in the discharge of their duties.
Our harbor should be locke II.
some one capable to meet all -. =
lens that might arise. He sh.
that vessels are properly moored, so ~
to avoid the illing up of the channel,
and should also prevent the unloading
Of ballast in the river. He should aIse
be st the call Of the shippers, to pre-
vent difficulties in mooring and mev.
ing of vessels as required by the wharf
owners.
Our public building should b]k,pt
in perfect repair, and our pubNN
schools should reoelve more attention
from the city than they have 10 tks
paat. To accomplish these things, re.N
quire the united efforts Of the mayor
and all Of the aldermen.
Let every man work as il the entire
responsibility restsd on his shoulders.
L9t no personal enmity or friendship
interfere with his sworn duty to the
hole people. .-ur.
s.s. %';s &: y GLAZIER,
have pledged oL.
man accord to his aS. d, Stair
aud consideration which Ii
and all work for the upbuilding of su-,
the most beautiful, and by nature, one
Of the most desirable cities on the Att
lantic coat.
MOTIONS. :
That election of a chairman of coun.
Gil and Of mayor protein. b. postponed
to first regular meeting.
RESOLU rIONS.
The following were offered and
adopted:
| By Aldermau Wenz-
Be it, and II 10 hereby resolved By
tbe mayor and aldermen Of the city Of
BrnDswick in council assembled, That,
beginning with Tuesday, January sth,
1901, the regular meetings Of this body
shall be held daily Sundays accepted),
at 7 80 O'Clock p. m.
By Alderman du BiRnon-
| Kasnlyed nv tha ,uavor ana onu~.;1
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-21
MOUNTAIN EXCURSION RATEs,

Commencing on Friday, August
18th, and Saturday, August 18th, and
continuing on successive Fridays and
Saturdays until October 9Th, the
South Carolina and Georgia Extension
Railroad will sell week end tickets
from all stations Camden to Yorkville
inclusive to Blacksburg and Shelby at
s1.5O, to Rutherfordton 81. to
Marion $500, tickets good returning
until the following Monday. Also on
and after the above named date and
continuing until October 9TH, will sell
round trip tickets to above named
points good to return within ten days
after date of sale at one first class fare
for the round trip. This will afford
an opportunity of every one desiring
to spend their vacation in the noun
tains during the hot weather, to do
so as small cost. Ample hotel and
boarding Accommodations can be secured
at all of these points. They are ideal
summer resorts and noted for the
beauty of the scenery and health Civ
ing properties of the natural mineral
waters. The climate is cool and de-
lightful and the country is entirely
free from mosquitoes. Any further
information with regard to hotel or
boarding Accommodations may be had
by applying to the undersigned.
E. II. Shaw,
General Passenger Agent,
Blacksburg, S. c.
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TRAINS GOING NoRT6

sDsiiy. IDa:iy except Sunday
No 81 runs through tc Cc.E1a!s 7ia Gee
-ai e. x of S. c.
Trsiaa Nos. T8 and 32 rcn via N;lso2 Sc,
ayetteville-Sno.t Li1e-ard make clos
connection for all points North.
Trains on c. i D R. R. leave F!oreuc'
isiv except Sunday SO n, arrive Darling
on ol5am, Har,svilla IS N, Cherse
il 80 u, Wsdesboro 2 as p N. Leav'
Florence daily except Sunday 55 u, ar
rive Darlington 40 p N, Benuettsville 9 l.
ON, Gibson 40 p N. Leave Florence
Sunday only 9 80 q N. arrive Da,lingto:
10 05sm
Leave Gibson daily except Sunday s o.
n, Benrettsville 7 90 N, arrive Darling
:op 90 N, leavs Darlington 8 SO n, az
:ive Florence 9 ID m. Leave Wsdesoor
iaily except Sunday 3 90 p N, Cberaw 4 4,
N, Bsrteville 90 m, Darlington s 3:
, N, arrive Florence oop N. Leave Oar
ington Sunday only 8 &c s N, srrive Flo
nee Is q m
R KEELEY, JNO. T. DIVINE:
Gea'l Manager. Gen'l Sup
3 n. ENERsON, Traffic Manager
TN. EMERSON. Gen'l Pass. Agent
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-21
How He saxed His Dinner.

IN the little town Of Arundel there is
taxidermist who is gifted with Won
derful presence Of mind. Here is an
instance:
Some time ago q gentleman called at
his shop with cock pheasant, which
he desired to have skinned, stating at
the same time that he did not require
the body. This quite suited the taxi
dermist, who thought the pheasant
would do for his dinner on the morrow.
However, later in the day the gentle
man called again and said that he
would take the body away. The tax
idermist replied that it was unusual
for customers to take the bodies away,
but that he had 10 objection. and be
fetched the bird, which his wife bad
put on plate and covered with -four.
NAhr' exclaimed the gentleman. 1t
looks very nice. But what is this white
powder with which 1t is eovered?'
"Oh, that" replied the taxidermist
suietly, '.is arsenic. always cover
The bodies with that until can dis
pose Of them"
~Ararsenicr' stammered the gentle
man. why. thought that the bird
-zzould be good to eat Thank you. /
azoo't trouble TO eake it away With me.
Good day"
The taxsdecmise had saved his din
1eg.-Loodon Answers
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-21
If You Can't See Well Call on
BECKER OPTICAL COMPANY
PHONE ~

For the next 80 days, while our Opiti-
cal Parlors are being remodelled with
the building in which we are, we will
make special prices.
Office over Store just vacated
by Levi Brothers, next door to
O'Donnell s Co. The most com
plete optical room in the State. We
make glasses in all the latest shapes
and forms, straighten cross eyes with
out the use of the knife or pain. We
have the only lens grinding establish
ment in North and South Carolina.
IS years experience. Will fill Your
physician s prescription with the great
est accuracy.
Prices reasonable. No ready made
glasses handled Testimonials like the
following from one of South Carolina 5
most prominent citizens on file
Chambers of r. c. Watts, Judge
Fourth Circuit.
DR.. Arthur Becker. Manning, S. c.:
Dear Sir The glasses you made for
me are superb and supply most salts
factorily long felt want. ! unhesita-
tingly recommend anyone who desires
glasses to patronize you and am conf
dent they will be satisfied with what
you furnish them. With the best
wishes for your prosperity, am
Yours truly,
R. G. Watts.
Do not neglect this opportunity and
thereby abuse the greatest organ God
has given you.
Office hours from 9 a. m. until ! p.
NJ. and p. m. until Z D., every
day except Sunday.
BY consulting US you get the work
Of an expert at no more cost than an
ordinary optician.
ARTHUR BECKER, NJ. D. D. o.
Manager.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-21
JAPANESE
PILE CURE

A new aad complete treatment consisting OF
Suppe sitories, Capsu es of Ointment and two
Boxes of Ointment A never.failiDg cure for
Piles of every nature and degree. 1t makes
sn operation with the knife, which is painful,
and often results in death, unnecessary. Why
endure this terrible disease? We pack writ
ten guarantee 10 each ST box. No Cure, No
Bay. s0c end 81 box, 6 for S.. Sebs by
mail. Samples free.
OINTMENT. 25c and SOC.
CONSTIPATION cured, Piles prevented
by japanese Liver Pellets the great Liver and
Stomach Regulator and Blood Purifier
Small, mild and pleasant 10 take, especially
adapted for cbildren's use. SO doses c5 cts;
For sale by < W DsLorme.
Eeh &
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-21
The Sumter School Of Music
AND
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCE,
Sumter, S. C..

Virgil Clavier Method of Piano
Playing taught.
Voice Culture and Artistic Singing.
Violin, Mandolin and Cornet.
Highest Standard of Art.
The only and largest school Of its
kind in the State where a thorough
musical education from the beginning,
and in all its branches is obtained at
moderate rates.
Only serious students desired.
First Assistant Piano-To be sup
piled by Virgil School of Music, New
York.
Second Assistant Piano-Miss Rosa
Gillespie, Sumter School of Music.
Professor of Violin, Mandolin and
Cornet-To be supplied by Conserva-
tory of n. Y. City.
Director-MISS A. P. EWELL.
For catalogue address until Sep
tember 20th) the Director, % East
22d ST., N. Y. City, after that date
address in care of the school.
Aug 5r2aw If
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-21
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
SUMTER,

STATE. CITY AND COUNTY DE-
PosIToRY, SUMTER, 8. C.
Paid up Capital 5 $4,000 90
Surplus snd Profits $4,000 90
Additional Liatility of Stock
stock $4,000 90
Total protection to depositors, Sl75.ooo 90
Transscts General Banking Business.
Special attention given to collections.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Deposits Of 81 aua upwards received. In
terest allowed ct the rate of per ceot. per
annum, on amounts above SIS and not exceed
ing $500, payable quarterly, on hrst days OF
January, April, July and October.
& NJ WALLACE.
r. l.. EDMUsDs, President.
Cashier
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-21
CLOGGING THE PIPES
AseNslsLE SERMON ON HOUSEHOLD
SANITATION.

some S0sgestsons About the Plumb
ing and the Care THAT Should Be
Exercised In the Avoidance Both OF
Expense and Disease.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-21

In the little town Of Arundel there is
taxidermist who is gifted with Won
derful presence Of mind. Here is an
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-21

No. 50 runs through from Charlestcu VI.
Central R. r leaving Charleston rs a. N
lanes 8 OF N, Manning so N
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-21

For the next 80 days, while our Opiti-
cal Parlors are being remodelled with
the building in which we are, We will
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-21
To Washington and the East.

Sleeping Car Line between Charleston and
Atlanta, via Augusta. making connections al
Atlanta for al points North and West.
Connections at Columbia with through trains
for Washington and the East; also for Jackson
vile and all Florida Points.
FRANK S. CANNON, JIM. CULP,
Third v-P. & Gen. Mgr. T. NJ, Washington
ROBT, ". HUNT,
Div. Pass. Agt.,
Charleston, S. c.
s. ERARDwICK, We TAYLoE, :
6. P. A, Washington. 4. 9. P. A.. Atlanta.
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Atlantic Coast Line Railroa|
Company Of South Carolina.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE

sDaily. tDaily except Sunday.
Trains 80 api IS carry through Pullman
Palace Buffet Sleeping Cars between New
York and Macon via Augusta.
EMERSON IN EMERSON.
Traffic Manager Gen'i Pass. As:
KENLY. Gen'l a>raier
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-08-21

is sold With written guarantee to cure In
somua, Fits, Dizs,eess, Hysteris, Nervous
Debility, Lost Vitality, Seminal Losses, Fail
ing Memory--the result of over-work, sick.
ness errors of youth or over-indulgence
Price 81 boxes SIS. By neil IN pls'n
package to any address on receipt of price
So only By Dr. J F w DeLorme.
Feb 5
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-06-20
The Negro Question In a Nutshell.

This new view of the race problem
comes from Athens. An old negro
of that town said recently:
'Dis heah kentry is no mo- my
home. Its attracshuns hab all fad
ed, an ! jes' can't stay roun' heah
when de possums all am gone. Yer
see, did heah shuttle block fac'ry am
eatin up all de 'simmon trees, an de
possums am all emigratin to udder
ian's. II de white folks want de mig
ger to stay wild 'em an wuk fer 'em
dey mus proteck de possum crap, an
de great slaughter Of 'simmon trees
mus stop. Niger an possum am
one an insep'rablc, now an forever" )"
Atlanta Constitution.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-06-20
The shamroek's Designer.

George Lennox Watson, the de-
signer Of Shamrock II, began his ca
reer as a naval architect in 1879,
says the London King. Since then
he has been responsible for the cree
ton of some very famous craft. In
his first year he designed the Clo-
tide, which proved a great success.
In 1850 he planned the construction
Of the Vandura, which beat the ia
nous Formosa, owned by the then
Prince of Wales. He furnished the
plans for the Americas cup compet-
itors in the Thistle, Valkyrie III and
Valkyrie Ill. But perhaps his great
est trump was the Britannia cutter
for the Prince of Wales, the best
craft of its kind ever seen in British
waters. Besides yachts, he has de-
signed many of the great ocean 60
ing steamers. In undertaking to
supply the design for Shamrock II
he admitted that he had the cutest
man in the bodybuilding world to
beat in Herrcshoff, the American,
but he was not dismayed by Ameri-
cas- past successes.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-06-20
Portland "Sandpeeps.-

Sheriff Pearson of Portland, Me-,
has given the name of ''sandpeeps"
to the tiny TASKS holding two
ounces of whisky that are so com
mon in Maine, because they are like
the little birds in being about all
stomach and head.
A "sandpeep" when ready for the
market contains what is rated as
one drink Of whisky, usually Of very
poor quality, and it retails, bottle
and all, at Is cents. 1t is easily han
died in the public streets without de-
lection. In some saloons the whis-
Ky traffic is carried on almost en-
tirely by the aid of these little pock-
ct TASKS, thus doing away with the
use of glasses and mourning less risk
of seizure, the source of supply be-
ing at a safe distance from the sa-
loon.
The liquor deputies a few days
ago applied to the court for a war
rant to search the person Of a man
who they had reason to believe was
pursuing the avocation of pocket
peddler. They found 63 of these
little "sandpeeps," all filed with a
cheap grade of whisky. concealed in
his pockets and underneath his
waiytcont.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-06-20
OCEAN PARALLELS.
Theories of the Loss Of the Steamer
Portland Borne Out Lately.

Theories of the Loss of the Steamer
Portland Borne Out Lately.
When the steamer Portland, in No
vember of 1888. was lost on Cape Cod,
everybody on board OF her was drown
ed, and 1t was therefore possible only
to guess at the details of the disaster,
says the New York Times. The guess
es made at the time, however. were
almost certainly correct. and a par
ticularly strong reason for thinking SO
is the fact that just what was supposed
to have happened to the Portland the
survivors OF the City of Monticello now
tell us did happen to that vessel, in all
essential respects a duplicatae of the
Portland, when cruel fate carried her
into similar conditions of wind and
water. Both were side-wheel steamers
OF considerable age, and both were run
over routes more than ordinarily dan
gerous, not because of special adapta-
ton for such service. but simply be-
cause the nature OF the traffic, passen-
ger and freight, was such as to permit
the employment of II in vessels Of a
type too antiquated to hold -neir own
in the fierce competition he.~een i'm
portant ports. In other days. when all
steamers were side wheelers, Of course
they were considered safe enough for
use anywhere. and both the inconveni-
ences and the perils incidental to con-
structicn like theirs were Ignored. for
the sufficient reason that there was
nothing better or safer available. But
that has not been true for years more
than a few. and today steamers with
side whee s are used here and there for
open sea service with a full knowledge
that the lives and property intrusted
to them are subject to ayoidable dan
gers. II is easier to understand than
to approve the motives OF their owners.
They do not want 10 sell for old iron
and frevood vessels that a-s still
stznch enough to bring II some return
for invested capital With moderate
good luck the old-time craft make
their way up and down the coast, and
even longer voyages. about as well as
better steamers. but when the moment
Of extreme trial comes they sink when
the others remain anoat Modern
steamers Of the best type are not beat
en- to pieces in deep water. no matter
how high the waves may be. Ii can
fairly be asked therefore. whether the
side wheelers still left are TO be used
until they meet. one by one. the fate
of the Portland and the City OF Mond-
cello