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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-11
BULL FIGHT FOR STAKES.
TWO Registered Jerseys Matched at
Rock Hill, S. c.

Charleston, S. c., December TO-
Sporting men from two states are ex-
pected in Rock Hill Friday when two
registered Jersey bulls. Weighing 1000
pounds each, win fight, for big stakes.
The bulls are 4-year-olds. One is
owned by r. r. Thomasson, OF Rock
Hill, and the other is the property Of
M. M. Tillman The tight viii take
place at Thomasson's cock pit.
An ampitheater with q seating ca
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-11
THE COMMITTEE
FAVORS PASSAGE
RENDER THEIR DECISION AND
RECOMMEND THAT 1T BE
PASSED.
Bill Was Not Materially Amended. and
Was Passed BY Vote of q to 6.
Result Was Juite a Sur
prise.


Atlanta, December 10.TThe fran
chcise tax bin gaitpsa,.another victory
yesterday when the senate finance
committee. alter.a long discussion rec
= mrended favofanly the Gambler ffan-
chise bill as passed by tho house, By a
vote of 9 TO G.
The bill will he reported to the SEN
ate this morning with the recommen-
dation that it do pass.
This is the conclusion Of a long siege
which the senate committee has had
with the measure, and in view Of init.
nations that have come from the com
mittee room, the result will he some
what of a surprise.
The finance committee held several
long sessios at which representatives
of corporate interests were heard
from at length against the measure.
According to the discussion in the
committee room it was thought more
probable that the committee would
conclude, by recommending the Reid
bill which provided simply for an
amendment to section 7G7 of the code,
defining franchises as taxable proper
ty.
When the committee finished hear
ing fan parties who opposed certain
sections Of the general tax bill xester-
day afternoon. it went into executive
session, excluding even other senators
who were not members of the commit
tee.
From 4:30 to $50 the moasure was
under discussion behind closed doors.
and every amendment to the Gambler
bill was voted down with The excep-
tion Of one or two by Senator Perry,
designed merely to perfect the verbl
age. No amendment changing the ef-
feet Of the bill in any respect wass
adopted Two or three senators left
the committee room before the final
vote was taken but it was passed up
by to s when the issue came.
~ N'StiS' az : al L'iiis
The finance committee held a public.
session in the senate chamber in the
afternoon for the purpose of hearing
from all who might have anything to
say in opposition to any special fea-
turc of the bill
Representatives OF many interests
were heard, just as was the case be
fore the house ways and means cont
mittee, and practically the same argn-
ments were presented.
Strongest opposition was manifested
to section 1S. of the bin, whie. pro-
yides Tor graduated tax on foreign
corporations doing business in the
state. Half a dozen prominent citi-
zens spoke against this feature. ana
protests We're filed with the commit
tee from the Atlanta chamber Of com
merce and the Savannah board Of
trade. Among those who spoke
against the foreign corporation tax
were President Howell OF the senate,
President P. S. Arkwriglt, OF the
Georgia Railway and Electric Com.
pany, Hon. Henry Goetchins. and sey,
eral others.
Parties were also heara ii opposi.
ton to the increased tax on bucAet
shops. on liquor dealers, on coca-colas
and against the removal OF exemption
from county and municipal taxation 81
sewing machine companies
The committee then went into exec.
.utive session. 1t will not complete its
work on the bill before tonight or to.
morrow morning.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-11
TRAMP HANGS HIMSELF.

Arrested in North Carolina, He Corn
mits Suicide in Cell.
Wilmington, N c., December 10
A special from Tarbolo, N c., says
that Charles Muehlethaler- white
tramp, sentenced to thirty days on the
county chaingang in that city, commit
ted suicide in The Jail there this after
noon by hanging himself to the top OF
mis- cell with a large red bandana
handkerchief
A Letter addressed to his wife, at Al
legheny, Pa, and one TO the sheriff,
asking that his remains be shipped to
ler. we've found on the mans person.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-11
Allen Parker. Chattanooga.

Chattanooga, Tenn, December 10
Allen Parker, one of the pioneers ol
this section and for thirty years a
member of the Hamilton county court
died suddenly today of heart failure
lie was eighty-four years old. He was
one of the witnesses to the signing OF
the treaty for the removal OF the In
dians in 1885.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-11
To protect FOREIGN Patent.

Washington, December 10.-A bill
was introduced in the senate today by
Senator Pritchard for the protection of
foreign patents in the United States
in accordance with the general inter
national agreement
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-11
Lurie & Patterson Bankrupt.

Columbus, Ga, December lO.-~ln the
United States court here today Lurie
* Paterson, merchants at Dawson,
ia, aud Geneva, Ala, filed an applica-
10 in bankruptcy. lie members ol
me nm are j Lurie and B. Patter-
son. Theii assets are about $5,0UU.
liabilities SIS. S.930.93.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-11
Gets Another pi,.n,

Raleigh, N. c., December 1O.-PhiIip
H. Andrews, who. a few days ago, was
dismissed as assistant pastmaster here
because he voted the democratic tick
ct was today appointed finance clerk
in the postoffice, It is new position
and pays $1,000,
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-11
"MR. pooLY' is a BENEDICT.

.-inley Peter Dunno Leads Miss Abb
bott to Altar.
New York, December l0.-FinIey Pc
,er Dunno, author OF Nj. Dooly and
Hiss Margaret Abbott. daughter OF
-dls. Mary Abbott, formerly Of Cnica-
90, wrere married in this city today.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-11
A. coMELL is FOUND DEAD.
Death of Birmingham Man Caused
bv Morphine.

by Morphlne.
Birmingham, Ala, December 10.-A
Cornell. white tailor was found dead
in his bed in the Watts building today
with a half emptied bottle OF morphine
on chair beside his bed
He mad been drinking for several
days and it is not known whether he
took the drug as medicine or VIII
suicidal intent
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-11

City council will meet in regular
semi-n~onthly session tonight. No bus.
mess OF unusual Importance is expect
ed to come up.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-11

The next attraction at the opera
house viii be when We Were Twen-
ty-One," which comes next Tuesday
sight
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-11
NorEs ARouT TOWN..
Little Locals Picked UP in Brunswick
During the Day

Agent Ford, of the S. A. L., is dis
tributing some pretty circulars issued
by that road, advertising cheap holi
day rates.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-11

Allie Elkan received a handsome
motor-paced cycle on Tuesdays NAL
lory steamer. This is the first bicycle
Of the kind brought to Brunswick and
it is attracting considerable attention.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-11

All Of the merchants are now deco
rating their stores IN Christmas attire
Some of the show windows already
dressed are unusually pretty.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-11

Brunswick is now pretty well crowd
ed with winter tourists, and during
the next two weeks it is expected that
the hotels and boarding houses will
have all that they can accommodate.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-11

A number Of those interested in the
organization of tennis club held a
meeting in the Office of Brobston
Fendig & Company yesterday. and the
first steps were taken for the forma
ton OF such q club.
Woodruff County news., 1902-09-11
Will Not Affect This State.

Chairman Wallace of the state rail- road commission is of the opinion that Arkansas will not be affected by the reported proposed great mer- ger of the Southern railway, Louis vile and Nashville and other rail roads in the south. As yet there has been no report or indication that such a merger of any of the rail- roads running into or through Ar kansas was contemplated, but should such contingency arise in the fu- ture, MT. Wallace says that the stat utes of Arkansas will effectually pre- vent any combination that would have deleterious effect.
Woodruff County news., 1902-09-11
Prohis Made Gains.

Official returns show that the prohibitionists made big gains in the state at the recent election. The official count in thirty-four counties show the following results: Against license-Arkansas, Ashley, Benton, Boone, Bradley, Clay, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway, Franklin, Full ton, Greene, Howard, Johnson, Law renee, Logan, Lonoke, Mississippi, Nevada, Perry, Saline, Union, Wash ington, White, Yell-24. For li- cense-Craighead, Cross, Drew, Hempstead, Jackson, Jefferson, Qua chita, Poinsett, Prairie, Pulaski 10. Arkansas, Ashley, Conway, Mis- sissippi and Perry have been ''wet" heretofore, while Craighead, Drew and Hampstead have been "dry."
Woodruff County news., 1902-09-11
Applegrowers Organize.

Applegrowers of southwest Mis- souri and north Arkansas met at Springfield last week and perma- nently organized by electing the fol- lowing officers. President, P. A.. Rogers, Gravette; vice-president, George T. Lincoln, of Bentonville i; secretary, G. A. Atwood, of Spring field; treasurer, W. T. Flournay, of Marionville, Mo-; executive commit tee, T. c. Love, Seymour; George Woolsey, Bentonville; H. E. Nell son, Lebanon; W. A <. Gardner, Springfield; B. Logan, Logan, Mo. i; transportation committee, Lewis Erb, Cedar Gap; s. A. Haseltine, Springfield; N o. Cole, Springfield :; F. H. Speakman, Neosho.
Woodruff County news., 1902-09-11
BRIEF MENTION.

John Blanton, charged with the murder of Wm. Elect, a miner, at Spadra, surrendered and has been placed in the penitentiary for safe keeping.
 A Mrs. Means, en route to Mis- souri, with her husband and seven small children, in wagon, was kill ed near Imboden. She fell from the wagon and the wheels passed over her breast killing her instant ly.
 There are 649 patients in the state insane asylum, according to the re- port of Superintendent Stinson to the charity board. During August there were Al cases of sickness and one death. Three patients escaped and have not been located.
Woodruff County news., 1902-09-11
Changed Location.

The Arkansas Cotton Products Company has filed with the secre- tary of state an amendment to its original articles of incorporation, changing its headquarters from Morrilton to Forrest City. The was under the name of the Arkan- sas Round-Lap Bale Company. The name was soon after changed to its present title. The new amendment is signed by James K. Jones, as president, and W. B. Mann, secre- tarY.
Woodruff County news., 1902-09-11
Penalties Reunited.

Gov. Davis has issued a proclama- tion freeing the deliquent taxpayers of Izard county from the penalties and forfeitures incurred by the non- payment of taxes within the time specified by law. The proclamation states that it was shown to the gov ernor by satisfactory evidence that the failure to pay taxes was not will ful, but the result of last years drouth and the consequent bad crops.
Woodruff County news., 1902-09-11
NEWS OF ARKANSAS.
Partial Election Returns for Governor.

Partial Election Returns for Governor.
 Official returns from thirty-eight counties in last weeks election show the following vote for governor: Davis, 4O,136; Myers, 14,589; Greaves, 4,56O; Kimball, 2,700; Davis majority, 18,287. Adding to this the estimated majority of G. 200 in eleven other counties, the majority for forty-nine counties is 24,487. It is estimated Gov. Davis will have about 3O,0OO majority, and the remainder of the state ticket about 37000 majority. For Unit ed States senator, Gov. Clarke claims 77 votes on joint ballot, con- ceding 5 to Senator Jones. Of the other five votes on join ballot, two will be cast by the republican representatives from Newton and Searcy counties. One is the Chicot county vote, there having been a tie there, leaving the representative free to cast his vote as he chooses. The fourth is from Polk county, in which a republican representative is reported to have been elected The fifth of the uninstructed votes is the second representative from Independence county, where tie with the independent candidate is reported.
Woodruff County news., 1902-09-11
Must Be Good.

Gov. Davis last week granted pardon to W. R. O'Neal, convicted in Jackson county and fined $3,oOO for the illegal sale of liquor. The pardon was conditioned that O'Neal give bond, to be approved by the circuit clerk of Jackson county, that he will not in the future vio- late the liquor laws of the state.
Woodruff County news., 1902-09-11
Lynching Near Stephens.

"Hog" Wilson, colored, was hang ed by a party of men few miles from Stephens. Wilson attempted an assault upon Miss Lue Drake, while she was in the garden gather ing vegetables, the family being away from home. Her brother, coming home a, little aftelward, was informed, and soon he, with neigh bors, had Wilson in custody He confessed his crime and they hung him without delay.
Woodruff County news., 1902-09-11
Spontaneous Combustion.

A freight car containing powder and dynamite blew up on side track at Luxora. The report of the explosion was heard for miles around, and fortunately no one was close enough to be injured. Spon- taneous combustion is supposed to have been the cause of the explo- sion.
Woodruff County news., 1902-09-11
The Longest Fence.

The longest fence in the world is a wire-netting fence in Australia, 1886 miles long, its object being to keep the rabbits from the cultivated fields.
Woodruff County news., 1902-09-11
Long-Lived Fish.
tory, 6S.

There are now living in the Royal Aquarium in Russia several carp that are known to be over 600 years old, and it has been ascertained in a number of cases that whales live to be oyer 200 years old.
Woodruff County news., 1902-09-11
Near Sighted Pupils.

In the elementary schools of France more than "A per cent. of the pupils are near-sighted; in those of Germany, 35 per cent; in those of the United Kingdom, 20 per cent.
Woodruff County news., 1902-09-11
NO. 23.
School Apportionment.

Superintendent of Public In- struction Doync has made public the apportionment of the common school fund for 1902. The per cap- ita is $1.O9, the sum of $539,951.12
Woodruff County news., 1902-09-11
The Baldwin locomotive works

| WILL CoIoO1Iol1 c dU
 Edward Eggleston, the novelist End well known writer of juvenile stories, is dead.
 Two oil wells at Somerset, Ky. that pumped about 300 barrels of oil per day for three months, sud denly quit yielding oil and instead are pumping salt water.
 The Ohio state democratic plat form endorses the Kansas City plat form as the principles of the party, until changed or modified by the next national convention.
 Geo. F. Baer, president of che of the largest coal companies ip Penn sylvania, has refused a personal ap- peal of the governor and two United States senators of his state to arbi- trate with the miners.
 F. G. Jones, Frank. Smith and Ed J. Karr, officers of the Memphis street railway company, have been indicted by the grand jury on the charge of bribery. The accused claim their indictment is due to spite work on the part of certain witnesses who appeared before the grand jury.
 The monthly statement of the public debt shows that at the close of business August 30, 1909, the debt, less cash in the treasury, amounted to $968,o91, ,321, a de- crease for the month of $5,818,646. This decrease is principally account ed for by a corresponding increase in the cash on hand.
 The war between the cattle men and farmers in west Oklahoma con- tinues unceasingly. Information comes direct from Roger Mills, Day and Dewey counties, of the destruc- tion of crops, burning of cribs and grain and killing of stock; ambush ing and shooting of farmers and cattlemen, shooting into each oth- er's houses. defying the United States marshals and ignoring the laws in every way. Reports state that county officials, who have been elected by one faction or the other, refuse to act.
 The price of meat in Germany continues to rise, and the town coun- cils and other bodies and the news papers in every part of the empire are discussing what is called the 'meat famine' A good steak costs A cents a pound in Berlin. Mar kets generally are reported statis- !, tically 26 per cent higher now than in 1900, although in Rotterdam, Paris, Vienna and Buda Pest they are only 10 to 16 per cent higher. Germany's more rapid advance is attributed to the scarcity of home animals, the exclusion of foreign livestock and the prohibition of can- ned meats, thus suspending large American imports.
 The government report shows the average condition of cotton on August 26 to have been 64, as com pared with S19 on July 25, 714 on August 24, 1901; 6S.2 on Sep tember l, 1900, and ten-year av- craze of 73.7. The present unprec- edented low average of condition, which is two-ffths of point lower than on September l, 1896, is due mainly to the reports from Texas and Alabama, in both of which states the prevailing conditions are nothing less than disastrous. The average of condition in the differ ent states is as follows: Virginia, 80; North Carolina, 80; South Car olina, "A; Georgia, 6S; Florida, 75; Alabama, "A; Mississippi, 6S; Louisiana, 70; Texas, 53; Arkan- sas, 75; Tennessee, S2; Missouri, 73; Oklahoma, 76 Indian Terri- tory, 6S. | Long-Lived Fish
Woodruff County news., 1902-09-11

The French government has sent out expeditions to rescue the inhab- itants on the island of Martinique, where Mount Pelee is again in erup- tion
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12
Day for the Neterans

Out OF the trials of the civil war
spfang the Grand Army of the Ren,h.
nc Its purpose was to keep alive in
the breasts of the rising generations
the knowledge of what patriotism is
Each year the members must moot
together, in order that their ore.niza1
non shall remain intact One day in
each year gathering must be given
over 10 the little meetings of old com
faoes, that he deeds of forty years
ago snail not be forgotten, but shall
pc told and retold and indeIibIv
stamped on the memories not only of
me veterans themselves but of the
,eterans' children and the children of
he veterans children.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12
The Wild Men of aonf

Inc brothers Sarrasin, two Swiss
explorers, who are now travelling in
the little known parts of CeIebes. have
met with wild jungle tribe in the
mountains of Boni, so shy that thew
VIII not venture out by day, and will
only carry on trade at night. The ex.
plorers interviewed a party made up
OF one man, two women and one child
They live high up in the mountains
grow maize, are Homogeneous, cannot
reckon and, strange to say, do not
know what lying is. These specimens
lay under the disadvantage of being
but halt-Wild. The explorers were as
sured that the wilder ones defended
themselves against intruders by
throwing stones The explorers were
hlndered from further researches. but
intended to return to the neigbbor-
hood. Some of the tribesmen would
not let the explorers pass, and had to
be overawed by force.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12
Why Is Il So2

4
Ana una work where some find rest.
Alu so the weary world goes on;
sometimes wonder which is best.
Inc answer comes when life is gone
sumo eyes sleep when some eyes wake
ana so the weary night hours go;
break:
OFTEN wonder why tits So
some wills faint when some wills fight:
some love the tent and some the field:
20, OF ten wonder who are right
Inc ones who strive or those who Weld
some hands fold. where other hands
are Iited bravely in the strife;
ana so through ages and through lands
move on the two extremes of life.
some rect halt where some feet tread
- IN tireless march a thormy way:
some struggle on where some have fled:
some seek, where others shun the fray
some swords rust where others clash:
some fall back where some move on:
some fags furl where others flash
Until the battle has been won
some sleep on. while others keep
- me Vigtls of the true and brave;
heN viii not rest till roses creep
around their name, above a grave.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12
pgS So ; RH1na

.nat 1t can easily sail around the world
IA eight days. He does not exnlain
now he succeeds in transforming seas
ana oceans into mirrors for this he vjr.
tuaIiy does. since no portion of his
Vessel penetrates the water. nor what
notive power he uses for the purpose
OIL attaining such great speed. Ha
insists, however, that the vessel can
40 all he claims; and though most %
the European shipbuilders seem ~
thlnk his invention of little value
rev scientists who have seen tha
model say that it works wonders In
the water AZ
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12
The Couahina Bean.

| Man, or even the animal kingdom
mas no monopoly of coughing, or even
getting red in the face, in an effort to
throw off foreign substances. Before
there was vertebrate on the earth,
while man was in process of evolution.
through the vegetable world, Etada
Iussein-that is what the botanists
call him, while we know him as "the
coughing bean"-coughed, got red in
the lace and blew the dust out of his
lungs Recently botanists have been
giving special attention to this bean.
ana tell interesting things about it, 1t
Is native of warm and moist tropical
countries, and objects most emphatic.
ally TO dust 1t has an effective means
OF getting rid of Objectionable matter.
When dust settles on the breathing
pores In the leaves of the plant and
chokes them, a gas accumulates in
SIDE and when it gains sufficient pres. |
sure there comes an explosion. with a |
sound exactly like coughing, and the
dust is blown from it's Judgement. And
more strange, the plant gets red in the
lace through the effort.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-12-12

Ii'e cause or 1t he shrugged his shou1.
"ers and said: "A little thin cabbao 90
soup and stale bread once a dav is
not nourishing diet; but this is
hard world to live: in!":
A Russian doctor and German NOR.
chant agreed perfectly in regard to the
Jew IN Russia, who is looked unor
win great dislike and aversion: h,t
they both declared that the Armen.
ian was far worse than the lew ond
mat IL was pity that all the Ar
nenians had not been killed during
'he turkish slaughter Of them. IF
taxes two Jews to make an Armen.
iah' said the German merchant, and
the other agreed with him. Thew said
thaC the Armenian was so mean a cre.-
lure that he did not hesitate TO nav |
the servants of hotel to read private |
ietters IN which he was interested and |
tell him thor contents.
we heard a funny story concernir.,
the Jews. 1t seems that the last gov
erhof OF Odessa despotic being an
a law that the Lowe
VINO came from the interior and wore
one oily curl hanging over each car
should cut off their curls before on
Lerlhg the city. AS no Jew is al
owed to stop longer than twentv-fou,
hours IN any town except his own
'ney all objected to changing the stvle
u thelr hair for that short time When
lShed his reason the governor said that
looked dirty, and he did not like if
90 much for being the governor of
)dessaI VI
Every one seems to agree that the
,aucasans are very fine race of
zen tall and we'll built, and with i
ood features. They say that at Ti7is T
ley are all Princes, which sounds =
ather unusual. We were told a funn1
tie OF an English widow, very rich
no went to Tifis and was much at'
acted by the appearance of the wait p,
at her table. When she found that V,
was Prince, not appreciating how r
tile that means in Russia she sent 81
ord to him that she would like to a.