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The Brunswick times-call., 1901-10-01

passed May 20h, 1887, which provides
that committee from council shall
designate the property TO be sold, al
public ontory, and by the mayor or his
sppointse, the m lyor to make the deed
not the msrspal But there is no pro-
Vision In the charter or authority By
oOuu0il that have he-n able TO find for
ceiling tho came property twice or two
yeaTa in succession as Aunreturnec
pr2pFriy, . aud oeFtaiuly i could uever
be in9end d t put premium on errors
or mistakes bJ allowing fees over and
over again 10 he very fiji ills who
might make hsm, d such an instenop
u toe following can sosroely be called
q mistake, One sixth of Town Com>
none los nnmber "a beswee Wolf aud
lbaoy streets. Tuis is one Of the
''triplieste deeds:
Sold 1896 IS uore urned for 1896, w:
Southern one half of northwestsrn
ooe-lbird, equals ons.eixtb.
Sold 1897 as unreturnsd for 1897. viz
Middle westeFn one-six5h.
3old 1898 a. unretuFned for 1898. viz:
Sou nern one-hslf OF northern two,
thirda Of western one-half, equals one-
sixth.
A distinction without a differences, g.
the premlses referred 10 are all Ct
Identical los, The original tax on this
unimproysd fraction of lot in 1895
was So,62. The fret 1896 costs Of $12 81
we've legitimate, the second or 1897
oost $i2 81, and the third cost OF $40 In
1898. make total of So 81 costs, which
the City has paid, while the assessed
value OF this traction of lot in 1901 is
but $88 "a
These otiSisls had notice enough Of
the city's rights in the premises, for
not only did the abstract Of retutns
show the CITY to be owners, but the
deeda themselves wsrs in esidanea-
Furthermore, the clerks execution
docket showed that the city already
owned these properties.
Prior to 1899 all costa ON tax sales
and executions went to the clerk and
marshall. la addition to legitimate
coats on original sales there has been
paid the sum total of 1894 66 excess
costs.
All of the deeds, duplicates and Orl-
giuals, prior to 1898 wsrs recorded in
the otics Of the clerk of the superior
court at 50 each, but for reasons un
known, the 1898 deeds have never been
recorded.
The mArshal's receipts for eli costs
arising from these sales are on fle.
/ have examined the former treasur
er's book and the former Cle,k's dupll-
cate bills, and do not find any OF this
refunded, and a. it seems that the city
has paid out this money illegally, / |
think 1t proper that should lay the
The Brunswick times-call., 1901-10-01
Report Of Clerk Russell on Tax Sales Was Read and
Ordered Published
II is FULL OF INTERESTING READING MATTER
or Extra Services Rendered the City Awarded One Hundred
and Fifty DOars-0ther Matters.


With epbrnie ds,aile5 ,onor, ), ,ao
,asn,t ~ s~.a.in.t,o, ott,a a.a..
f,on ,aa r,ara,., :, ~. Ill., !, $3.50.
- bon.ht,n o,a s.,aa j.. !.
old - ,.fao,, ,s4s,
whjla ,na,ino th . ~
300 nrens,stog, u f.sni,o .,nt,,ns j
.gs,..t ,nra.u,n.o n..oa.ta aa.,,.,..a
by former Clerk podAr ~ s.ssn,iap
was drawn to oea ni.oe ~ asooo.,,
mat vns rot,,rnss s, ,.-t,.a,n ,ooa
1900 while a. ina CANA ,4coo ~. III,
holds ,vo dasa. =, IA sa,,o a.,,,.,
ons dates 1sa6 me otba, iaos noth
bongb, ~ ms,shstt. ssIo, A .,o.
onoh ersmipstie, 49, ,,nm.a,...,u
made ~, al, ,ba deeds ,r ,,a oe,oah.,a
hv tha ci,v some ,o,s hnnd.ad ana
mova wbioh aovatoooa h.;aeu -. =,
Inc ss,,a ~ .F.,r
IN 1894 two niscas of o,cna.+v ,ro
viouslv nuycb.sea - tba o,,v :,
msrshaps aales we,a ao,d ,svn,o,nrraa
nvonartv ,or ,bs ve.v 1904 ia o;.n
haino tba nu,ch..er ,na a.o,nd $40
a. nDw.rr.n,as . ..,.
e9a % avoa.. a,..,. u.,us
o,a,s II o..s6s,
Attna 1soss.,.s sontouhax ,notho.
D,ooo w..so,a ,nre,,.n.a ..ona.,.
for that vo.r wos horoh, - - 80.
and At 1906 sslas 0otobo, tho ,.m.
p,sos wan so,d aos,r a. nnra,nxn. a
nvopartv for tbo vaa, 1903. ,ho oitv
bsing tbs nuvcb,sav tho .ooo,d ,,no
eroass oos,s sIao4
ot,he 1907 s.,os Ana .,aa,veu.
ueooS 70 as many pieoes OF property,
bought IN by the city, November 1897,
sofa as unfetuFned property Tor The
year 1897 which was the oi'y's proper"
ty' having been BE- uRht in at previous
tax sales excess costs 1926 43.
Sales OF 1898 there are % duplicates,
dated September 8 b, 1898, principally
of 1897 add ofthese duplicates, hve are
triplioatea' and 10 one instance the city
has bought the same piece four times.
All of which were The property of the
city in 1898, either acquired at previous
tax sales or 10 which the city held the
last title, there being therefore notaxes
due for 1898. The excess costs on these
sales amounted to $531.s3
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The Brunswick times-call., 1901-10-01
ADJOURNED NJ EETING.
Bruuawiok, Ga, Sept, 50, 1901 i.

AASSeh NA' ~ - ~ o'h """t
chairman OF council, Aldermen New.
man, Cox, Calhoun ana smith.
Absens--Mayor Emsauel, Aldermen
BLOOD worth, Briess nick and MoGargey.
Minutes ot mseting s,pt, 19 10 and 26
read aud co armed
Eleotion Tor pilot conn missioner TO
ill vacanoy created bg resignation Of
b. PaaFosa wac eoos into, ana r. II.
Hopkins wsd plaoed 10 nomination aud
unanimously elected
Petition from N. Emanuel & Co., to
refund taxes paid on Inn ber in transit
paid under misappreheusion, referred
to committee on taxes aod revenues.
Petition frcm Frank @. summerall,
applying for position on police force
ordered fieo.
Petition frcm T G olarks, sr, to
reconsider 40 ION Of council Aug, 70.
IN his petition TO correct arbitration
psper.; referred to taxes and revenue
COMMITTEES.
Petition 'r'm G 9. cosh, for pso
rate license for remainder o. year for
the Mutual Life Insurance company
ot Kentucky refused. IS ordinanoe
requires a half years IiOosnse to be paid
for remainder of year and the clerk
notifi d to so inform Mr., Cosby.
Petition from K. E. Oven, w. E.
Morgan and 54 other residents OF New
Town asking for two electric lights,
one at B and L streets. the other at C
aud M street, referred TO Light and
Water Committee.
Petition from Brunswick Dock and
improvement company and Lott,
Lewis company for permission to put
In "a spur track from Brunswick
& Birmingham railroad track on Bay
street to aide track of Lott, Lewis
compsLy across Bay street; granted
Report from ahanco committee sub.
mltting treasurers report for July.
examined and approved. Ordered
published and filed.
From finance committee on petition
of assessor tor extra compensation.
Bruns EiOk, Ga, Sept. 2s:h, 1901
To the Mayor and Aldermen. City of
Brunswick:
Gentlemen-Your committee on fn-
anos two whom wss referred the com
munication OF MsssTs. TiIiou, Pdtnam
aud HOmsn, city assessors, asking sx.
ira compensation, beg to report ad.
versely TO the came.
Extra compensation of $l5 was asked
by the assessors some months ago, and
the same Was granted by council, and
the ciyoumstsnoeS We do not fee that
we can recommend further compensa.
tion, Respectfully submitted,
), E, duBigpou, Chairman.
w. r. Cox,
T. Newman
Adopted.
Report from city clerk:
Brunswiok, Ga, Sept. 25th, 1901
The Mayor aud Aldermen Of the City
OF Brunswick.
Gentlemen Attsched hereto here
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-03
THE SMART ALECKS,"

The Monroe Enquirer warmly COM
mends the charge of Judge Walter H.
Neal at his first court, held in Union
county this week, particularly that por-
ton in which he CLOSED by saying that
in almost every community there is a
smart Aleck who considers himself the
guardian of public morals and deems
it his duty to report every little mis-
demeanor by the means of an anony-
nous letter, to the grand jury. That
fellow who sets himself up as the public
guardian and is always wanting to ar
raign some one in church or State is
usually a first class nuisance and needs
to be suppressed
The anonymous letter writer is usual
ly man who strikes in the dark and
no attention should be paid to his in
situations.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-03
HE SET A GOOD EXAMPLE.

Col. Barrows, president of the Wells
bach Company, who died last week, was
a man who ought to be remembered.
In addition to giving good light to con-
sumers of gas, the Philadelphia Record
says that it was in his cotton mill that
milk, bread and bouillon were first is
sued gratuitously to the growing girls
employed about it; that all employees
were required to know how to read and
write that the fireman was paid more
than the engineer; that storage batter
les were first successfully used in con-
nection with electric lighting. and many
other improvements made all primarily
because it was believed to be profit
able to the mill company"
He recognized that if growing girls
are employed in mills, they ought to
have nourishing food. In many of
the smaller mills in this State, the
younger girls have been given more time
for dinner and easier work than is pos
sible in the great concerns where thous-
ands are employed in one mill.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-03
PREDICTIONS THAT CAME TRUE

The morning after the verdict in the
impeachment trial, the News and OBJ
server advised Mr.. Gattis to get ready
for new trial in the Kilgo Islander
suit and predicted that the Coley case
would be given a re-hearing by the Su-
preme Court. The Gattis-Kil case is
now on the docket of Granville Super
ior court for new trial. Yesterday
Chief Justice Furches filed an order for
hearing of the Coley damage suit
against the Southern Railway.
The Tobacco Trust, having got it's
pounds of flesh, why shouldn't the
Southern Railway fare as we'll, particu-
larly since Mr.. Fabius H. Busbee, it's
leading counsel in the Coley case, vol
unteered to defend the judges when i'm
reached?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-03
BIG TOBACCO SALES
Some of it is Bringing Good
Prices.
New Ordinances. Burial of Little Child. H.
ness Of the Governors Son. Recruit
irg Office Closed.
Especial to News and Observer.)


Goldsboro, N c.. Aug. 2.-Tobacco
breaks continue today, a great deal being
sold for good prices.
The Board of Aldermen met in regu-
lar monthly session last night. Regular
routine business was transacted. Re-
ports showed cemetery fence around city
lot on John street in profess of construc-
ton. The Mayor reported thirty-nine
cases disposed of. Fines and costs
$165.S9. New ordinances: Prohibiting wat
ermelon rinds from being thrown on the
streets, hacks from congregating more
than two in any particular place, and re-
quiring cows being driven through streets
to be properly guarded imposing a fine
on the owner who allows his cows to be
driven on the sidewalks.
The many friends of Charles B. Aycock
Jr., regret exceedingly to learn that he is
seriously i'll at Wilson, where he has been
visiting relatives. DR.. w. H. H. Cobb
returned this morning from Wilson,
where he was called to see him.
Today at Fremont the second of the
series of games between Fremont and
Mount Olive was played. Some of our
baseball players went up to Fremont on
the noon train Wayne Bass, of this
city, pitched for the Mt. Olive team
The funeral of the one-year- old child
of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Denton took
place yesterday Rev. NJ Bradshaw Of
floating.
Hatch Bros excursion left this morn
ing for Norfolk Quite crowd aboard
the train started from Clinton.
Rev. R. c. Beaman returning from the
Epworth League Conference, at San
Francisco, was a guest of Rev. NJ. Brad
shaw today.
Capt. Joseph Cusack, acting under an
order of the War Department, will close
the recruiting office and will go with his
force OF men to Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Norwood, of Green
vile, S. c., are here visiting their son.
G. A. Norwood, Jr., president of the Ma
tional bank.
Major c. ]. Greswold has returned from
Wrightsville.
Co. B will leave for Wrightsville, Camp
Aycock, Monday, joining the balance of
the regiment here.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-03
THE RIGHT KIND OF WILL.

There died a few days ago in Union
county, farmer, Mr.. r. B. Wedding
ton, who, in his will, showed desire
to make his money bless mankind. He
gave three tracts of land to three OF ms
faithful colored servants, and gave
money to others. There was never any
race issue" in Mr.. Weddington's neigh
borhood. He was kind to the negroes
and, though dead, his kindness and
goodness to them still lives. The kind
~ relations that exist between most
Southern whites and the colored men
and women in their employ is under
stood only in the South. Mr.. Wedding
toms will is one indication of it.
Aside from the small personal gifts to
a namesake and few others, Mr. We'd
dington. who had never married. gave
his entire estate to his church. He was
a Methodist and gave $1,000 to Sandy
Ridge church of which he was MEM
Der: $500 each to the Methodist church
at Matthews and Trinity Church in
Charlotte. "All the rest of his proper
ty,' says the Charlotte Observer, of
every kind was given to r. s. Webp,
l.. w. Crawford and other trustees OF
the Western North Carolina Confer
ence to be applied and expended for the
promotion of it's various interests and
enterprises His personal estate is
worth between $4,000 and $4,000 and
there are also 800 acres of land which
will go to the church.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-03
THREATENED TO KILL HER
A Husband Jailed in Durham. Hose Company
Elect Officers.
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer
Durham, N. c., August 2.-J p. Camp
bell, white man, is in Jail under a
peace warrant, sworn out by his wife.
He threatened to kill his wife while under
the influence of whiskey.
W. X. Roberts, well known
farmer, living near Willardville,
this county, died quite sud-
denly of heart disease this morning about
5 o'clock He was about fifty-seven years
of age and left a wife and six children.
Waller Holiday, member of the photo
graphic firm of Cole & Holiday, will
leave here early Sunday morning for De-
troit, Michigan, to attend the annual
meeting of the National Photographers
Association, which will be in session in
that city from August 9th to 9th nclu
sive. Mr.. Holiday is secretary of the
Virginia North Carolina Photographers
Association.
The Golden Belt Bag Manufacturing
Company has moved into it's new home in
Edgemont. The factory has a magnificent
plant, fully equipped with all the latest
machinery. The transfer of machinery
and fixtures was made this week.
At a meeting of Hose Company, No. 2,
held last night, officers were elected for
the ensuing year. G.. L. Dickson was
elected foreman; C. A. Wicker, assistant
foreman; J. j. Phipps, secretary, and A.
A. Strayhorn, treasurer.
Quite a large number have already
reached the city to attend the annual
meeting of the Emo Primitive Baptist AS
ISOLATION, which will convene tomorrow
morning and be in session three days.
There was service in the Parrish ware
house this evening conducted by Elder
J. w. Gardner, of Goldsboro.
Mr.. George l.. Lyon, member of the
clothing firm of Lambe & Lyon, has given
the contract for the edection of a new
home on Morehead avenue. 1t will be a
modern up-to-d date residence.
Mr.. A. S. Winslow, who has been super
intendent of the Irwin mills has resigned.
Mr.. Winslow came here several years ago
from the North and during his stay in our
midst has made large number of friends.
Mr. Redding Green, who lived a few
miles south of the city, died yesterday
from consumption.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-03


each Saturday and for Sunday fore
noon trains, good returning not later
than Monday following date of sale,
with the exception of Blowing Rock, N.
c., to which point tickets will be sold
on Fridays and Saturdays, good return
ing the following Tuesday.
Tickets and all information will be
furnished at the Seaboard Air Line
Railways uptown ticket office, Var
borough House building, Raleigh, N. C.
c. H. GATTIS, C. P. & T. A,
Raleigh, N. c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-03

The Maryland Democrats are right in
putting to the front the issue o. eliminat.
ing the vote of the ''illiterate and law
less negroes The Republicans first
carried Maryland in 1894 while Cleveland
was President and twice since, and both
times by imported negro voters. If the
State is at their mercy, how can good
government be secured?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-03

There is always "a negro in the wood
pile" in Republican politics. In Vir-
ginia the place of holding the State con-
vention was changed from Charlottes-
vile to Roanoke because the negroes
had arranged great gathering at Char
lottesville at the same time the Repub-
lican convention is to be held.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-03
NIGHT WAS HER TERROR.

II would cough nearly all night long, y
writes Mrs. Chas. Apologize, of Alexan-
dria, Ind, land could hardly get any
sleep. had consumption so bad that if
walked block l would cough frghtfully
and spit blood, but, when all other medi-
cines failed, three $100 bottles of DR..
Kings New Discovery wholly cured me
and l gained So pounds" It's absolutely
guaranteed to cure Coughs, Colds, La
Grippe, Bronchitis and all Throat and
Lung Troubles. Price SOC. and $1.00. Trial
bottles free at all drug stores.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-03

from GOOSe CFeek ISldHu the Hooqui.oS
were so bad that they had eaten the
harness off his horse AS this paper
copied the original article, we print the
denial.
The Journal has another mosquito
story, however, more appalling than the
one Capt Dowdy denies. We quote
Mosquitoes are bad down in Pamlico
county, so they say. gentleman said
yesterday that they seemed to darken
the sun when they rose in cloud upon
being disturbed in the low lands. There
is an abundance of the pests III the towns
also and it is said that when a man gets
ready to put on his collar he first secures
the service of another man ami fan TO
drive off the insects while his hands are
busy with buttons and button holes.
Otherwise ne would not be able to get
the article in pace. 1t has become the
habit to dress two and two so as to render
each other assistance"
The Washington Messenger quotes Mr..
Walter, upon his return from Ocracoke,
as saying that the mosquitoes that were
so terrible few days ago have disap-
peared. Speaking of the horrors endured
when they were at their worst, Mr..
Walter is quoted as saying:
eat one time they were beyond de-
scription, and number beyond human
comprehension. They swarmed like bees
all over the island, and you are compelled
to keep your mouth closed to keep them
from flying down your throat. To keep
as many as possible out of the houses,
the inmates had to brush one another and
then jump into the door. The, fires built
all over the island to smoke mosquitoes
away made a picture resembling army
camp fires at night"
The mosquito problem has become
acute since Surgeon General Sternberg,
of the United States army, and other
eminent physicians have declared that
malarial and yellow fevers are caused ex-
clusively by the bites of mosquitoes. and
that these diseases can be originated and
propagated in no oth,r way. They say
that quarantine and dsinfection are
wholly useless and worthless TO guard
against infection. Other medical men
deny DR.. Sternberg's position.
The Orleans Parish Medical Society has
lent itself to the war of exterminating
mosquitoes in Louisiana and has adopted
the following resolution:
Resolved, that this Society indorses
the efforts Of the City Board of Health
to exterminate the mosquito, urges the
Importance Of the movement and asks
citizens to lend their aid in collecting
specimens O; larvae (wiggletails) for the
purpose OF determining the distribution
of the various species of mosquito
throughout the city,"
Whatever may be the difference among
doctors as to the spread of disease by
mosquitoes, all will agree that the
mosquito when he swarms and bites is
almost as bad as the plaques were ia
Egypt, and a steady crusade ought to be
waged against them everywhere.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-03

1t seems to be settled that Secretary
Stanton was not born in Carteret county,
North Carolina, though he was of North
Carolina stock. In answer to an inquiry.
C. l.. Abernethy, Esq, of Beaufort, writes ::
Secretary Stanton, of Lincoln's Cabi-
net, was not born in Carteret county. as
j understand it, but his father was
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-03

The boilers in Ohio call their new party
1.-The Progressive Democratic" 1T is
progressive away from Democracy.
Whenever any Democrat feels Gained upon
to use prefix or suffix, his Democracy
is generally of a doubtful brand.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-03

Swearing in Wilkesbarre, Pa, is an ex-
pensive luxury. A man was fined $416 2-3
a swear word. Does this explain why
Quakers do not cuss out Quayism?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-03
WEEK END RATES VIA s. A. l.. RY

Commencing Saturday June 18th, and
continuing until Saturday, September
2Sth., the Seaboard Air Line Railway
will sell week end tickets from Raleigh,
N. c.. to the following points:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-03
The Francis billiard School For Girls, Oxford.


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f. w.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-03

John B. Wright, of Greensboro. N. c.,
has satisfied piano purchasers from the
mountains to the sea. Won't you join
them and be happy?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-03

There is nothing in a name. Ralph
Waldo Emerson. of New York. admits
robbing the mails.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-03

Many say more but none sell better
pianos, at closer prices than John b.
Wright, Greensboro. N. c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-03

Mrs. d. B. McGongan, of Lumber
Bridge, was painfully hurt by being
thrown from buggy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-03
THE FESTIVE MOSQUITO.

The Newbern Journal quotes Capt. H.
H. DOwdy as denying the statement OF a
Journal correspondent that ION the way
from Goose Creek Island the mosquitoes
were so bad that they had eaten the
harness off his horse" AS this paper
copied the original article, we print the
denial.
The Ely miner., 1901-05-17
NIGHT AMONG WHARF CATS.
Noise and Many Battles Along
the Water Front.

1t is astonishing how many outcasts
of the feline family inhabit the
wharves bordering on the harbor basin
of Baltimore, says the Sun of that city.
Along every line of docks on the wa
ter front band of cats, both large and
small, have adopted the surroundings
as their homes, and nightly come forth
to wage war upon the venturesome
tom of an adjoining clan who has i'm
prudently ventured into the enemy's
country.
The cats rarely venture from their
lairs during daylight, but at nightfall,
when traffic is suspended, the water
and the air is resonant with the Voicing
of their seemingly numerous troubles.
Men whose business takes them
along the water front at night tell
many stories of feline battles. One of
the most characteristic is of two cats
approaching rat, each unknown to
the other, and springing upon it at the
same time. The rat escapes and the
cats fight until one falls dead and the
other limps away.
Another story illustrates the adept
ness of cats in water. The overturning
of loose board throws three kittens
and their parents into the dock. The
mother swims to safety with one kit
ten on her back and another in her
mouth. The father follows with the
third kitten in his mouth.