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The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-18
PeOnagG Matter of A., B. {
4. Contractors Attracting
Attention
THE EVIDENCE DAMAGING
The Final Determination of the Cases
May Have Important Bearing on
The immigration Laws of
the State of Georgia

The Columbus Enquirer-Sun of yes,
terday has the following report of the
preliminary trails of the A., b. & A.
contractors, accused of peonage,
which occurred in that city Thursday
The story will be of interest In Bruins
wick
Hearing Of the evidence of the cas-
es of the United States VS.. A. X. Chap
man, A. L. Bradshaw, J. d. McElroy,
}. Eason and w. Matthews, Officials OF
| the Atlanta and Birmingham Con.
struction Company, charged with peon
age, was resumed yesterday morning
at o'clock by Commissioner Brown
after having been trying the case
most of the previous day:
The defense introduced many more
witnesses to snow that the labnrers
ON whose complaints the case vas
made had not been held in 4 state
of peonage in the construction camp.
One of the laborers, an Irishman IN
troduced by the defense created a stir
of amusement i'll the courtroom lii
true Irish brogue he stated that when
ne left New York he thought he was
going to Philadelphia but when he got
on board he found he was going to
Brunswick. However, he said that he
had a couple of drinks and was feeling
SO good he didn't care where he land,
ed. He said he was having q good
time down here and was being treac-
ed alright in the construction camp.
He was a typical Irishman from the
'ould counthry' and created much
amusement by his testimony
THE evidence was all in by IL
o'clock and the argument of the de-
fense and prosecution consumed about
a half hour
Both District Attorney Tate and
the counsel of the defendants put
forth able efforts in presenting the
case.
COMMISSIONER Brown stated that ho
could not under the evidence dis
miss the cases against Campbell, Brad.
shaw and Matthews. the evidence
! showing that in the belief of the court
the men had been held in a state OF
Geonage, If for only short time, sti
none the less peonage. One of the de-
PENDANTS, w. Matthews had testitiea
in court tEat he had gone on a hand
car after one of the lajborers. After
hearing the argument and weighing
| the evidence tn ecourt announced that
The three aforenamed officials of the
Atlantic and Birmingham Construction
ION Company would be bound over to
| the United States district court in
the sum of $1,000 each and that the
1.-TWO other defendants, J. Eason and }.
o McElroy, were discharged, the evi-
! 3ence against them not being sufi-
dent to sustain the warrant.
The officials bound over promptly
aade bond"
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-18
SOME FACTS
Voter Number Four, Has a Say in the
GubernatoriaI Situation in This
County.

Mr. Editor: From reading be-
labored article in an afternoon pub
lication yesterday / am forced to ask
what the trouble really is?
Is Congressman RTantEey a candi-
date in the primary to be held next
Wednesday and what has thirty
foot channel for Brunswick's bar tn
do with the election of goyen.or OF
Georgia?
! am q friend Of Congressman Brant-
ley and / propose TO vote for him
in the coming election in November
.but really | de- not see the relevancy
of The article referred to.
I did not think and DO not think
now that Mg. brantley ought to have
snade this fight for Estlll, but he has
done 30, and, / for one, while not
appreclating his course, am not de
nOuncing him and | do not think 1t
is the proper thing for the EstjiI
voters to beg for votes over the shoul
ders of Mr.. Brantley. AS a matter
OF fact there is nothing in common
between the city OF Brunswick ana
Mr.. Estill. For twenty-five years he
has waged a consistent war ON the
commerce OF the port of Brunswick
he was willing to saddle the negrc
Deveaux off on Brunswick but WAS
NOT READY NOR DID HE EN-
DORSE HIM FOR THAT POSITION
IN SAVANNAH.
Up to the last gubernatorial race
challenge any man to show me one
line favorable to Brunswick in Mr.
i1still's paper,
And even since Glynn county gave
him It's vote four years ago there hii
been only few long drawn out b.
quets thrown this way.
1t is a plain business matter ans
Congressman Brantley does not ente
into it, It's M EstilPs fight.
=.........Y Ycter Number -Four
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-18
ON Swimming.
The News Idea of Teaching the Art
in the Public Schools Finds
Strong Supporter.

Editor News: Your editorial sug-
gesting that children be taught swim.
ming in the public schools, is good
one and one which could be carried
out very easily, especially in Bruins
wick. The advantage of this knowl.
edge cannot possible be over estima
ted. But, don't you think, Mr. Edito
that if parents would relax the very
stringent rules which they make for
their children regarding going in o.
near the water that more of them
would learn this accomplishment
know of parents in this city who
would punish their children severly
if they should dlsobey them regarding
going in swimming yet the time may
come when the lack of this knowl,
edge might be the cause of human
life being lost but they will admit,
however. that it is a good thing to
know and would like for their chill
dren to know it, They are evidently
in favor of the old dittly which reads
as follows:
"Mbther, may go out to swim?
Yes, my darling daughter;
Hang your clothes on hickory limb
But don't go near the water"
l have been living in Brunswick
for the past sixteen years, having
an office on one of the whaiyes all
of that time and | have seen several
sets of boys learn to swim right un-
der my own personal observation dur
ing that time, and | have yet to re-
call the first accident which has hap
pened to any of them and some Of
them are remarkably good swimmers.
Right now | know of a crowd who
have learned at this dock and they
think nothing OF swimming across the
bay to the jetties and back, although
they never attempt this feat Witbout
one of them going along with boat
so that in case an accident did hap
pen there would be no danger OIL
drowning,
Children naturally love the water
and they should be encouraged to
learn to swim, by all means, and with
the consent and permission of their
parents.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-18
Slick FOrger Catches Another
Firm for Small
Check
USED SIG LEWS0N'S NAME
In Face of the Fact That Officers
Were After Him he Gets Anoth-
er $500 Check Cashed
Yesterday.

c. II. Edwards, whoever he is has
more gall than a Brunswick polite,
ian. And he is something like a
Brunswick politician for he wants "all
that's coming to him, Not satisfied
with forging name of A. RothschilGs
for $40 on Thursday he yesterday
worked up nerve enough to use the
name of S. Leyison on a check for
$5 and got the money for it too
Mr. Edwards seems to have a nat
uaral penchant for working off his lii
tie joke on tne whiskey men ana
yesterday he roped in Morgan & Dav
is, the Bay street wholesalers. He
walked int the store. bought So wortA
of whiskey and rendered the Levison
check for $500 in payment The work
was pretty well done, the signiture
looked real ana the check was cash
ed only to have it turned down and
pronounced forgery when it reach.
e dthe bank.
The local officers are making a
strong fight to locate Edwards and Il
he is apprehended he will be given a
pretty severe lesson.
Brupnswic!l liquor dealers should
keep an eye open for MIR. G. II. Ed
wards today.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-18
NEXT MAY
Is the Date fixed for UnveiIinq the
Handsome John q. Gordon
Monument,

The Atlanta News OF yesterday has
the following which will be of inter
est In the Confederate veteran cir.
eles OF the city:
THE unveillng Of the equestrian
monument Of General John b. Gordon
on the capitol grounds Will take plac ,
next May.
This announcement was made to-
day by Judge w. l.. Calhoun, presl-
dent Of tie Gordon Monument Assoc.
iation. A meeting Of that body will
be held some time next week to per
feet arrangements relative to the mon
ument. On yesterday the legislature
appropriated $4,000, which will be
used, with other money raised by
private subscription, with which to
make the statue. In all about $25.
900 will be utilized.
"Scutpor Solon Borglum is now cor
pleting a second model of General
Gordon and this will be Forwarded
to Atlanta from New York In few
days.
The Association committeeman viii
suggest whatever changes necessar,
and then he will begin work on th,
hnaI one. The association will then
deeide whether the third and las
will be accpeted."
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-18
MANY DEAD
Terrible Work Wrought by the Ex.
plosion Of a Full Car of
Dynamite.

ST Paso Texas, Aug 17-Explosion
of a carload of dynamite in the Pacific
railway depot at chihuahua yesterday
killed between 50 and GO persons
The cargo was being transferred
from one car to another when a Mex
ican workman dropped a box and the
explosion set off the entire load
Every laborer and the foreman, the
latter an American were blown 10
atoms. Fragments Of bodies were
blown for miles and the roofs or the
vicinity were Uttered with pieces OF
human flesh. Mary small buildings
number Of people were injured in
pup p0YoaIM DION 9u93s on .mou
their homes. Windows were cracked
i nall parts of the city and flying
debris struck pedestrians inflictins
painful injuries in many cases The
earth was shaken as if by an earth
quake.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-18
Union Pacific and Southern
Pacific Sensational Divi-
dGads Stir Things Up
STOCKS ADVANCE SHARPLY
At the Close of the Business for the
Day They Had Gone skyward
to -Perceptable Deeree-oth-
er Stocks Show Incline.

New York, Aug. 17.-Wall street ex.
perienced its first genuine shake-up to.
day since the death of Russell Sage.
when the entire street was stirred by
the announcement that the Union pa,
cltic had declared a five percent semi.
annual dividend on its common stock
thus making it ten percent stock.
The Southern PaCifi, added Ia tni,
CONSERVATION by declaring a semi-ar
nual dividend of two and a halt peY.
cent on its common stock thus making
that stock five percent.
AT the close of the day the record
showed Il sharp advance for the I'm.
ion Pacific stock going up to and
closing at one seventy-eight and a
half as against one sixty-two and "a
half last night. The Southern Pacific
also took trip slSyward closing at
eighty seven and a halt as against
eighty two last night,
Other stocks were active and all
of them were On the incline.
King Edward Bought Stock.
1t is announced that J. Pierpont
Morgan gave lie I'll t) King ~
ward on the movement upward of the
Southern Pacific and that the mon.
arch bought heavily on the strength
of the Information and cleaned up i
very handsome sum on the invest
ment
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-18
TWO PULLED
Bold Highwaymen Arrested by Officer
Gons Last Night and the
Money Recovered.

Officer Sam Coins pulled two ne.
groes last night, William Hedges ana
Charles Lasten charged with doing
the genuine highway act. It seems
that the two negroes located Wright
Stewart, a visiting negro from Able
vile. who displayed his roll TO the
local dusky hues and they made up
their minds to lay for It.
Stewart made the rounds during
the day and when he went to re-
turn to his boarding house in the
northern part of the city the two ne.
groes held him up and relieved him
of his wad and his watch and chain,
The negro reported the matter to
the police department and Ohicer
Coins started out to locate the ne
groes. He succeeded in a very short
time recovering most of the money
and the watch
The two negroes were placed in the
county jail and will probably
+he service of the state some
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-18
Y ELECTION NOT NECESSARY
NJ Other Need be Held on School
Fund Matter.


atlanta. Aug. 1.-THE counties in
the state which have availed them
selves Of the McMicheal law, thereby
holding elections for local taxation ia
order to support public schools, will
not be compelled to hold election
again on account Of recent decision
of the supreme court.
The law has been amended so that
counties may secure certificates from
the comptroller general, showing the
proportion Of taxes paid by the rail
roads TO The state for counties through
which they pass. State School Com.
missioner Merritt has received mum.
bers of letters from the many coua-
ties which have adopted the Local
taxation, inquirlpg as to whether they
will be compelled to h0id another ell
ection,
1t develops that wealthy land own.
ers In many parts Of the state have
agreed already to donate ENDS TO ia
used by the agricultural schools in
stituted in each congressional district
A bill allowing such Institutions tC
be erected and maintained by the
state was passed at tke recent session
Of the legislature.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-18
Expensive Strike.

Birmingham, Ala, Aug. IA sgec,
ial from Wylan, in the heart Of the
Pratt mime district, says that provis-
ions were distributed today as usual
to the striking miners but the miners
were informed that this would be the
last distribution and that tho strike
at the mines Of the -four big furnace
companies, which has Seen on for two
years, will be called OF next Monday.
The strike has cost the miners organ
ization over million dollars.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-18
GOOD FOR STATE
New Corporation Law viii Bring
a Good Sum In The Treasury
Of the State.

According to estimates the new law
requiring all corporations. boh local
and foreign, doing business in Gcor
gia, except BANKS, 10 make returns an.
nually TO the secretary Of .Tc state
will put from $4,000 to $4,000 in
the state treasury
Under this law corporations of ali
kinds, with the RECEPTION above noted
must make returns to the secretary
of the state not later than November
!, or suffer a penalty Of $50.
Blanks are now being mailed by th'
secretary to secure the following In
formation, as is required by the Aact
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-18
MANY GOOD
BILLS PASSED
Senator Rose and Repre-
sentative Butts Returned
Yesterday
RESUME OF THE WORK
While. Many Needed Laws Were Not
Made the Session Just CLOSED
Rendered Great Service to
Georgia.

Senator d. p Rose and Represen,
tatlve &c. C. Butts, who have been
attending the session Of the legisla,
ture, came down from Atlanta yes
terday and were cordially received by
their friends in the city. Both on
of the amunt
these gentlemen talk interestingl0
of the amount of work done by the
lawmakers of Georgia this year. The
Legislature has done splendid work
passing many old time measures ana
giving the people some good, healthy
laws. Probably the passage OF tha
child lal bill was the most import-
ant measths of the the session.
The pure election law, to prevent
Illegal voting, passed the senate with.
out dissenting vote from the com
mittee, with no amendments.
The measure TO elect railroad com
missioners by the people, which had
been snothered IN the senate last year
was passed overwhelmingly, before
the house had considered compan.
ion bflI
The pure food bill, to prevent the
adulteration of foods and medicines.
was adopted by 9TH houses. there be-
ing little opposition
The bucket shops and exchanges
have been obliterated from the state.
and so-called transactions In margin
al futures are prohibited
The establishment OF a state agrl-
cultural school at Athens, was also
passed, carrying with 1t an appropria.
ton of 100000
A court of appeals which will ameI,
iorate the congested condition of the
states judicial business was created
transacted
However. legislative measures which
We're asked for by the people, have
failed and there Will be members Oh
the assembly who will be called on
to reason with their constituents.
The general lobby bill was defeated
In the senate general judiciary com
mlttee. Here the demand OF the peo4
pie, whom they represented, was clear.
ly ignored by the men who cast their
unfavorable votes against the bill.
The proposed law was said to ba
stringent, but 1t is understood than
no efforts We're made to allow qualify
ing amendments to be introduced in
sufficient time for the bill to have
been acted upon.
The bill to create a state board of
tax accessors ana state county boarda
was defeated in the senate.
The anti-cigarette bill died in the
struggle to the death by Its oppo,
nents on the last day of the session.
The bin was never brought up upon
its merits, but every known fiiIibu5
tering tactic was employed to prevenp
1t being heard.
The lieutenant governor bill which
sought to prevent any possible exe-
cutiye complications, met its death
in the house after passing the senate.
A similar bin will be again intro
duced next year.
Strange TO say bill to prevent free
passes, which had been adopted in the
senate, was killed in the house.
The bill for state auditor, which
passed the house. died in the senate
as well as did the patrol bin.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-18
The improvements will Cost
About Halt Million
Dollars
HANDS0MEST IN THE STATE
The SeaboSrd and the A., 3. 6. A. Viii
Use Same Terminals in Capital
City-Work is to CONNIE nee
on Contract at Once.


Inc IOllOWlnS very interesting SLoFy
of improvements and developments
being made 10y the Atlanta, Birming
ham and Atlantic railroad will, as d
matter of course, be of interest to the
people of this city where the same
company is building immense term.
nails The article is from yesterdays
Constitution:
THE contract for the grading and
excavations for the new tracks for
the Gate City Terminal Company, the
company having in charge the Allan
ia tracks of the Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic railroad and the Sea
bord Air Line road, has been awarded
to the Lane Brothers and COMPANY.
contractors, having national repp-
tation.
The depot will be built of brick
and will be 730 feet long or rather.
1t will be building the front of which
will be devoted to the offices of the
company while two freight depots will
extend from this office portion for a
distance of 730 feet in all. One of
these building will be for receiving
inbound freight and the other for ship
ping outbound freight
Just the number of stories of the
oifice building of the freight depot
and other details are lI1Gre 20 change.
This depot will be erected on prop.
erty secured by the Gate City Termi
nal Company west, or northwest, OF
the present Atlanta Terminal station
1.-THE local freight yards of the Gate
CITY Terminal Company for the use
of the Seahoard and Atlanta, Rirming-
ham and Atlantic, will, when compile
ted, lie between Hunter and Magnol
la and Haynes and Elliot streets. In
all there will be about fifteen tracks
with a capacity of about forty cars
each
The general distributing yards will
eRnsist of about thirty-four tracks
With an average length of half mile.
The approach of the track of the
Gate City Terminal Company will run
under the tracks of the Western and
Atlantic, the Southern railway ana
the tracks of the Marietta electric
line.
1T was also learned authoritivelv
yesterday that the contractors, Lane
Bros. & Co, will this present week
load one or more steam shoyels and
a large number of workmen will come
to Atlanta Immediately and begin tho
work of grading under the contract
amounting to more than a half mil
lion dollars There is a reason why
this great work should start immedia-
tely. The contract calls for the com
pletion of the work by June /, next
,aoa It Is rapaflff that q Heavy PENAL
~ has igs pteeh ifi$$eq f@Gr spy delay Rey-
ond this date
''Vice President George Dole Wadiey
ef the Gate eify Fermina! Company,
has appointed r, 7. Macdonald. as en-.
gineer of terminals, and Mr.. MacDon
aid has arrived and Is now in charge
OF the work with Offices at 211 Empire
building into which he moved ana
made his headquarters yesterday.
H. NJ Atkinson, president of the
Gate City Terminal Company is still
IN the east where he is enjoying his
vacation"
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-18
Prominent Men Einht.

Birmingham, Ala, Aug Tin a
personal alteration today M. e. James
superintendent of the gas works
Of the Birmingham Railway, Light and
Power Company was shot and per-
haps fatally wounded by w. II. Rogers
a prominent paint manufacturer.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-18
CONTRACTS ARE
AWARDED FOR NEW
ATLANTA TERMINALS
CHEAP RATES FOR THE
HOME COMING OF BRYAN

On account of the home coming Of
William Jennings Brayan the South
ern railway will sell round trip tick
cts to New York and return at the
rate of $26,SO
These tickets will go on sale on
August 2S and 90 and will be good
returning, leaving New York not later
than September 4. For additional in
formation call on or address. e H.
Houseman, general agent.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-18
South American Earthquake.

Buenos Ayres, Aug 17.--An earth
quake shock was felt in the province
of Menzoa at o'clock last night. Tel
egral hlc communication with Chile
has been interrupted as eonse-
quence. While il is believed that no
serious damage was done panic pre-
walls among the population.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-18
Swimmer.
First Methodist Church at city Hal

EHSt mCtHOuiSS LHuICn at OitJ f1diI
AT the 10 a. IN. service the pastor
theme will be The Security and Pu'-
ity of the True Church of God" AT
the union service in the Baptist
church 8 p m, the subject for dis.
cussion will be "The Marks of the
Regenerate Life" Sunday school al
4,3Q p, M. Prayer service Wednesday
at p. NJ All are WELCOME to all
of these services
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-18
RIue Ribbon Beer.

Dust received, car load of Pabst
Brewing Company's Blue Ribbon beer.
Same is sold at all frst class saloons
in the city of Brunswick. Retail Is
cents per bottle and $3.50 per dozen.
4. Newman, sole agent, 2IS Bay street.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-18
THEY TALK OF WORK
DONE BY GEORGIA
SOLONS THIS YEAR
MAY OPEN A WHIskEY BUSINESS
J. J. Mayes, of Fitzgerald LOOKING
Over the Local Situation.

J. ]. Mayes. for a number of years
engaged in the liquor business in
Fitzgerald but pressed out of that city
on account of the $4,000 license en-
acted to govern there by the last leg.
islature. is in the city with a view
of locating here. He looked at sew
erat places on Bay and Monk streets
yesterday and it is very likely that
he will decide to remove to this city.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-18
LEGISLATORS DESERT ATLANTA
Rush to Get to Their Homes as Soon
as Legislature Adjourned.

Atlanta Aug, IL Today with
the exception of the few mem
bers who remain over for the
purpose of completing their business
not more than dozen of the solons
are in the city and these will not be
preseue tomorrow. The average legislar
>-axious to get home. Some
r. their families. others
s~d attention and
the po-
-',p
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-18

The Weather
Forecast for today IN Georgia:
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-04-11
CITY LOSES GOOD OFFICER.

In the resignation of j. Gus Patton, the city loses
faithful and eilciet officer During his administration
as cty engineer more progress made in Tulsa than
in any other like period in its history To Mr. Patton is
due great share of credit for this advancement. No
more can be said of any than that he performs his
duties promptly and does his work we'll This Gus Patton
has done He leaves the office with infinitely more friends
than when he accepted it, and that says whole lot for
public servant The well wishes of everyone REGARDLESS,
Of party affiliations 20 with him