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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-01-23

state treasurer To forward ri entire
appartionment of the payment OF
school teachers as there are not SUI
acient funds in hand until the spec
ial school tax levy Is collected in the
autumn Of eacn year.
This lack of funds has existed for
the last thitrty-seven years. In 1870
when former Governor Bullock was
lhe chief executive of the state. the
per diem Of the members Of the
legislature wa SO. The session OF
The legislature of 1870 lasted for 154
days and no money was available
Tor the payment Of the legislators
'eitn the exception OF the school
fund.
The legislature authorized the
treasurer to pay the states iudebt-
edness to the legislators out of the
fund. The money was not paid hack
and for thirty-seyen years the ap-
preparation for the state schools has
been one year behind.
Tnis has caused the greatest in
convenience to those dependent up.
IN the funds. but the officials have
been powerless to overcome the Diff
Guilty, as only an act OF the legls-
lature could change tho state Of af
fairs. This has never been done
and it is thought that considerable
pressure viii be brought to bear on
the legislature.
The state has been able to pay
a portion Of the school fund before
ghe fall of each year by advancing
The funds secured from the lease OF
the state road, liquor taxes and
other fufes available.
The grdoter bulk of the money for
chools cannot be paid however.
until afteAag2he spe cial school tax
levy In the fall.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-01-23
-FOUR MEN KILLED IN
WRECK ON COAST LINE.

Charleston, s. c., Jan. 22.-The
wreck on the Atlantic Coast Line at
Yemesee yesterday was more ser.
ious than was at frst supposed and
the number Of those killed outright
is now placed at four. instead OF one
as was first reported.
While this number Is known to
nave killed there are stu four mis-.
sing and It Is supposed that they Aro
sasezg ~ leeg e3gR.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-01-23
BEHIND WITH THEIR BONDS
Several County Officials In the State
ha~..

several County Officials in the State
May Lose Their JOS.
The following s.ory is f.om the
Atlanta Constitution Of yesterday:
"A report was made yesterday to
Governor Terrell by Capt Tip Harri-
son, Of Comptroller Genera Wrights
9ffice. of the delinquent tax collect
ors and tax receivers. those WAC
nave failed to file their bonds in ac-
cordance with the state law requiring
that they be iled NOT lalpr than
January l following taeir election.
Wide publicity has teen gwen to the
matter Of those delinqaents get moth
ing whatever has been heard from
them,
The ,delnqucnts clule the tax col
lectors of Fannin. Putnam and Wal.
ker counties and the tax rec c.iyers
of Fannin. McDufe. Telfa.r. Putnam
Thomas ana Wilaes counsass. The
governor has not yet decided wheth-
er or not he will declare vacancies
in any OF these cases. as he has the
right to do. and order new elections.
1t may be thai he win decide to
notify them that unle their bonds
are forthcoming by a certain date
vacancies will be declared
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-01-23
G8OrgN j.. GsV8rnor-Eieci
Na6s an Interesting
kSiatemsRi
SAYS rE IiLL DEVOTE REMAIN
pER CT HIS LIFE IN THE
STUDY sAls SECTION AND
IT'S NEE

Il expeeq NJ spend the rest OF my
life in st1a lng the problems which
concern tb ltate and the south ana
IL writing talking about them.
When for governor last year
decided 5ltely TO give up work
ing Tor ~ and devote the re-
mainder = life TO working out
tAese pros for Georgia and the
south.
In th dg soearnor'elecl
hoke sn "a, ia an address before the
studentsX2 2f the Georgia Technollgl-
cal schodV Monday morning declaS6d
his intonH ion Of giving up his ex-
tensiyo Ia " practice and deyoting
ais life B q study Of conditions il.
Georgia hd the south aud the prob
lens III now confront his own sec
GoyX Xor-elect Smith is q member
Of the firm Of Smith. Berner, smith
& Hfstings Tne Practice Of the firm
is |large one and these are few at
IN keys in Atlanta or Georgia VINO Q
Eome is larger The declaration OF
smith h taISen as meaning thar
Ee will retire entirely from his law
practice at tho beginning of his term
as governor and not resume it wher
his term expires. as had been ex-
bected
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-01-23
Che lesi under the adj aaQices NJ HastC Cola,
nnstraA NAFa ~ ssoci.,on 1nis tn
RahTwS b0rnamensNsl to &c he

-Y promises 20 s2S7E7zzazs Ia interes
speed and personality all al its pr,
decessors, Year after the Pear the
speed has been increased over tne
0rmand-Daytona course until tMo
miles r.,nute was reached last yea.
It seemed that this was the limit
Automobilists with the speed man. j.
IRE not satisfied. however, and TIM
week an attempt will be made t.
drive machines at rate faster thai
l20 m.iss an nour.
The worlds most daring driver
il the latest racing game are repre-
scented in the entry list. and have
been preparing anl tuning up thei
machines that range from 80 to IL,
horsepower, for tie past two weeks
and in the preliminary trials today
Indications were not lacking that tn,
speed record is likely to. go by the
board before the present week is en-
ded.
All the most prominent automobIls
manufacturers of America and Eur
ope are repre- sented among tae en-
tries. For the first time in the his
tory Of the races here two fast steam.
cars are entered IN the one hundred
mile contest, and speculation is rife
as to their chances OF winning.
Hundreds of visitors are foclins.
here and the largest crowd in tins
history of the ASSOCIATION viii see tn
flyers,
The beginning OF the interesting
events started today but this wa
only a scrub race. The real racing
begins tomorrow.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-01-23
trolley MATTER TO CONE UP
Ordinance Granting Frsn5h &c W'll
Be placed on First Rca5'n.L

&c FiGGHd III Fii0h if~tf- ~
city council meets in regular week
IS session tomorrow night and The
meeting promises 10 he interesting
cwing to the fact that the light ind
water matter. in which Is iayoiv5i
tho question Of an electric CIR sys'
Tn. will probably come up.
It VIII be remembered that uJ the
meeting Of the solons last rhuraddv
5ight, F. D. n. st-schan, ou the par.
~ himself and associates, sent in an
ordinance in the form Of communi-
cation. asking council to pass it,
which gives him the franchise for an
iectric car line.
No action was taken on tho ordi'
nApss at that time, but Il ~ilI like
" eoms 10 st the mssting oi e7gs'
Aetsi tsWeFFeE nlEst
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-01-23
DEPARTMENT RESPONDED
TO ALARM YESTERDAY

The fire department was called out
again yesterday morning by small
blaze in the store at 100 Bay street
owned by Freedman Wright. The
hre originated by defective fue,
but the blaze was Gopa exsIpgHjghed
saf ths eaEsaEe Tss sMail.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-01-23
Small Island, Il Is Rsrgrt(d
Has Almost lisap-
p9arGd
MORE ABOUT THE AWFUL TIDAL
WAVE WHICH WAS REPORTED
IN THE INDIAN ISLANDS A FEW
WEEKS AGO.

The Hague. Jan. 22Arhe tidal
wave whic'l was reportA on jan
aary II, and (which comHkely de-
vasted the East indian islands, has
oeen heard from again and thi. tins
t has done more serious damage.
a report received acre today stated
hat the tidal wave cnsulIed the is
and of simalu, which almost entire
" disappeared.
The report added that probably
l,500 lives were lost.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-01-23
AUTOMOBILE RACES
BEGIN At ORMOND
: BEACH
PGapIe,tIp4fiksg4+sy,Y g4s, The lie
Country 10 Witness
Them
HUNDREDS OF SPEEDY MAcHiN
ES ENTERED AND T.. is ExPEc.
TED THAT MANY RECORDS
WILL BE BROKEN.

ormand, Fla. Jan. 22.-Over a nf-
teen mile course, sre.cning owe. the
perfecqly level beach between thl-
pace and Daytona, some OF The fast
est auto drivers in the world wiA
lhis week. contest in tho annual Ie
cord-breaking tournament under tn,
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-01-23
Next Legislature Aa8rovide
for Money for
Schools
SINCE BULLOCK ADMfNisTRA.
TloN THE STATE HAS BEEN
ONE YEAR BEHIND WITH APP
PRoPElATIoNs.

1t is altogether probable that the
state legislature at its next session
in June will take some action to.
wards appropriating sufficient
amount. estimated at s1.00O.OOO, to
cover the annual deficit in tae state
school fund wpiaAa was created by
Che lepi laes pudar tbo ad
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-01-23
COLD WAVE is OVER,
1T WAS VERY MILD

1t seems that the predicted cold
wave. which arrived here Monday,
was OF short duration, and warmer
weather prevailed yesterday, with
the prediction that It viii be war.
mer To-Day.
The flizzard. which was reported
severe in Gm8mNth and east. vas
though SO
YeGna
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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-01-23

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New-York tribune., 1907-05-05

anti-smoke league there represents from twelve
thousand to fifteen thousand persons. To show
how property has deterlorated the Wiman
estate cited. 1t cost Mr.. Wtman S45.CpO.
including the house. The Staten Island Club
purchased the property for $4,000. 1t said
that the advance OF realty in other parts of the
island if used basis. should have Increased
the value of the Wiman property 100 per cent
Perhaps the most aggressive of the league
members is Samuel HClCOmbe EvinS. Mr.. EViuS
was at time assistant corporation coun-
sci. He has associated with him Mayor Nc
Clellan's personal counsel. Eugene Richards
They learned quickly that they could get at the
Jersey smoke nuisance without going to the
federal courts. for the Jersey Industries have
offices In this city. The fight will be brought
here and the league is sanguine of success.
The league went about its crusade in sys-
tematic way 1t first interested the Board of
Health. There 1t found hearty support.
remedy to correct the abuse was sought and sew
eral devices were found 10 answer. The one the
league believes will he the most effective for
each class of vapOTs from the factories is a tall
chimney with smoke washing device. The city
panies responsible for the nuisance. unless they
agree to use corrective measures. 1t is believed
that they will do this when the full force of the
the island Is understood and felt.
The Standard Oil Company is probably the
leading violator of the smoke laws. Former ef-
is believed now that with the influence back
of the present crusade, the league will receive
ready assurance of compliance with its object
A conference with the Standard Oil and other
interests will be held this week, according
present plans. Should corrective agreement
The Staten Islanders are pre-
pared to proceed TO every legal limit for protec
tion, but would much prefer to have the whole
matter settled out of court.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-05

ment OF Street Cleaning. the cost to the city of
delivering and unloading this material at
Rikers Island has been estimated at % cents a
cubic yard, making the total cost to the city
for all material filled in there SO far 81 4TO-
217 90. ~''N'
some interesting comparisons have been made
whcE serve to give a good idea OF the amount
OF ra'erial represented by the departments
ngures For instance. the total deposit of $685.
-'o CUBIC yards represents 1880 100 cubic
ieet II this were arranged in cubes each q foot
long, n foot wide and a foot high and these
We're laid end to end. they would form a line
AT the equator. and Of the Z 7S6 miles remaining
I.34S miles could be used in a strip laid between
New York ana Yokohama, by way of San Fran
cisco. or the 43S miles still remaining If 431
miles were laid between New York and Pitts
burg. there would yet be a little strfu which
would reach from the New York CITY Hall 10
Columbia University.
The work on the Riker's Island extension 10
divided into two distinct classes, of which that
performed by a huge travelling belt or conveyor
Is The most interesting. Around the edges Of
the extension the work OF filling in has been
done by means OF tilt cars The filling or the
interior of the extension has been done how
ever almost entirely by the big travelling belt
This conVeyor is said by its owners and oper-
ators. the O'Rourke Engineering Construction
Company, TO be one of the largest of it's kind
IN the world 1t is thirty-six inches wide
and about two thousand feet long Receiving
the material as ii comes from the scows after
having passed through big hopper the belt
takes It out over the new made land of the ISL
and TO a spot thousand feet from the point of
unloading. and there discharges It into a tripper
Here II passes over short belt, be shot high
New-York tribune., 1907-05-05
STATEN ISLAND SMOKE
Efforts to Abate Nuisances Created
by Jersey Factories.

Northern Staten Islands Anti Smoke League.
the Board of Health and representatives of the
standard Oil Company and other interests on
constable Hook and Bergen Point are to meet
thls week to find some way of saving the north
shore of Staten Island from the blightins inAu
ence OF the smoke and fumes from the Jersey
shore- The north shore of the island was AT
one time a beautiful residence district. The
shady roads, green lawns. sloping beach and
fine view TO the north made it one of the most
home loving New Yorker. The prospect north
ward was unrivalled as a harbor view In the
days when Erastus Wiman built his residence
there New York City could be seen clean cut
against the northern sky. There were no dense
ures of the New York OF that period: and old
Trinty's spire could be clearly SEEN The great
ocean steamers could be followed with the eve
up into the maze OF craft on the North River
Then came change. Industry crowded its
way to the New Jersey neck of land between
Newark Bay and New York Bay First one
great factory then another arose This strip
OF land was admirable shipping and receiv-
Ing place. The men OF business saw this ad-
vantage and grasped IT, They may have seen
the beauty of the north shore OF Staten Island
it may have appealed to their aesthetic sense
But 1t could not count IN their computation OF
cost when the value OF the factory locations
was considered. Now the north shore residents
have organized for protection and have secured
the aid of the greater city IN their crusade
One OF the residents on the north shore OF
staten Island said last week that their crusade
was not alone based on aesthetic IDEAS but also
on the preservation OF property interests. The
New-York tribune., 1907-05-05

Plassey which may be said 20 have begun the
British control Of Hndustan.
It was, indeed, at the very moment when
speeches were being delivered throughout the
United Kingdom vaunting the fact that India
was being so administered TO content the
natives that the people suddenly were made
aware OF the fact that thousands Of their coun-
tryn1en were being massacred in the most ap
palIing fashion. and that Englands power In
India seemed doomed. Even in India itself the
English civil and military authorities were taken
by surprise True, some Of them had been
alarmed by the mysterious distribution through
out the entire peninsula OF millions OF little un-
leavened Cakes-chupatties, they were called
among the people. They were passed around
by unknown hands, and to this day the govern
ment has been unable 10 obtain any clew to
who baked or disseminated them. Equally at
sea are the authorities to the precise mes
sage which they were intended 10 convey, al
though the simultaneous outbreak of the insur-
rection Immediately afterward in various parts
of India far distant from one another has led TO
the conviction that they constituted some kind
of a prearranged signal for the great rising
Every endeayor has been made during the last
6Ptv wears to ascertain the exact nature Of the
connection Of these chupatties with the rising,
but without success In fact it must be classed
among those many mysteries Of the Orient
which the white races apparently find it impos-
sihIe 20 unraVel.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-05
White judges, Bankers. Mer-
chants and University Pro-
fessors Enrolling as Pri-
Yates in the Volunteers.

Japan's treaty Of alliance with Great Britain
contains q pledge of her armed assistance in the
event of any foreign invasion OF India II is
silent however, on the subject OF any peril
through rebellion. The latter IS q far more
serious and immediate danger. Internal strife.
disorganization, political well as admin
istrative and a condition Of economic chaos de-
structive TO national credit abroad will efectu-
ally prevent the Muscovite Empire from at
temping 10 invade India for many, many years
20 come. But the possibility OF another rising
of the natives throughout India such as that
which occurred exactly fifty years ago is by no
means remote.
There are many. indeed. who consider II as
imminent. and its probability was called to the
attention Of the American public the other day
in a somewhat startling fashion by dispatch
from Lahore. the capital of the Punjaub. stat
ing that the unrest and disafection among the
Hindoos and their open hostility toward the
English had attained such pitch that most OF
the white people there had enlisted in the local
volunteers, not as officers, but privates,
among them being judges OF the Supreme Court.
university professors. high government officials.
leading bankers and merchants, all OF them i'm
psled thereto by a sense Of the urgent necessity
Of adopting some organized means for the pro-
lection Of their families and their homes.
What a recurrence Of the misnamed "Mutiny''
Of half century ago would mean can best be
gathered from the fact that the native popula
ton Of India exceeds G0.O00.O 900, as compared
with The mere handfuI-Iess than 200O00-of
Englishmen, who are liable TO be overwhelmed
by sheer force OF numbers. True, the British
authorities while admitting the animosity OF
me HindOOs, profess 30 be able to depend upon
me loyalty Of the Moslems. But the latter
sttute only about one-ffth OF the population
and moreover, are as likely not TO join in the
struggle of Asia for the Asatics when the hour
strikes for the celebration OF the Golden Jubilee
anniversary Of the great rising OF 1857 by an
o'her attempt TO emancipate the Deccan from
British domination.
mat cry Of Asia for the Asatics was first
started by the japanese who have taken the
reading part IN fostering the Pan-Asiatic move
Inent throughout the length and breadth Of
ASA IN India. also in China in Tonking and
ih lhe philippines. The Mikados government
would ind ii difficult, therefore, under the cir
o"ihsl lahces' TO contribute to the suppression of
q Fisihg Tor which his people would have been
p04"y responsible. while the sympathy OF the
'aPaHese masses would be altogether In favor
- ''e reoeis In fact, many a thoughtful Eng
''',aa a''Ne 10 the likelihood of a revolution
a. .,a.8' .n is asking himself to-day what would
" "'@I event be the value OF Great Rritain,s
alliance with Janar ~
New-York tribune., 1907-05-05

HIS own cottage here this summer. and will occupy
Of the Somerset Inn cottages
Thomas S. Olllne. os New York. will leave ths
city in June with his family for this place. where
he has had cottage the Somerset Lnn for the
last ten years of more
Mr.. and Mrs. William Is. Leonard. of New York.
who away onN trip to Denver and the Pacific
Coast. will return about the middle OF May. when
they close their town house to spend the summer
their cottage at Somerset Inn
Theodore ID. EIurlbut and the Misses Hurlbut, OF
Brooklyn. spending April at Lakewood. " J.
About May they Will return 10 their old Brock
lyn home which they will however,. close about
the end OF May to come here where they have
DR. and Mrs E B. Dsnch. Of New York City.
will spend the summer months in Europe as usual,
taking ship Just after the Fourth of July. Pre-
vious TO sailing they Will here for June.
where their daughter. Miss Catherine, s prominent
in the younger set.
Mr.. and Mrs Leon Albeit who closed their
Jersey City house last faI and have been living 2.
the Marie AntoineJts in New York this winter,
are planning to come here about June L
Taylor, of New York intend make an extended
European trip. leaving about the middle OF July.
Before sailing they will spend month or more
year 10 year at the Somerset Inn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert c. Jennings, OF Jersey CITY.
have closed their house and are living this spring
will come here where they viii spend the summer
at the Somerset Inn.
are planning 20 spend June and July here From
the somerset Inn base, they will tour by
mobile the highlands OF New Jersey and Penn
Gap.
The large new garage which was built at tho
somerset Inn last year VIII be greatly improved
of the floor and the garage has been equipped
with electric lights.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-05

largely responsible for this shrinkage In the
stuff used in the filling. These fires shoulder
long time and in many spots on the island the
smoke can still be seen working it's way to the
surface of the new land laid above them per-
haps months ago. AS this burning goes on the
material beneath gives way and the material
above slowly settles.
In the building OF the extension the
crib stone wall designed 10 retain the fill
ing IS to be more substantial than that about
the extension which work is now in prog
ress. The old crib was built OF timber and then
filled I'm with loose stone. The new crib is built
entirely OF stone, without the use of timbers.
There is only one hotel on the greater Riker's
Island. The Italians employed on the work who
live there call ii Hotel de Bum" and its looks
certainly do not belle the name.
Beautiful word pictures of the Rikers Island
OF the future painted by officials Of the
Street Cleaning Department and the contract
ors, but the fact remains that at present. with
lts yawning valleys OF marshand and its noun
New-York tribune., 1907-05-05
PoiNIS OF DIFFERENCE,

r-s.. :. Speets any great insurrection In
would differ from that Of half A.
-. --.,-1,, @so ihanks 10 Lord Kitchener who
mas entirely Teoreanized the military forces ana
s,-1Its -soes u h'houstan. the troops are now so
e-sposeo aho EQUIPPED that the white regiments
an pe moved from one spot to anotber ,y,t,,
sea' rapidly In fact. the great deveIornoa,,t
- me railroad and telegraph system tbrongho,,t
Aing EDWARDS huge Oriental enpire 30 -
sa'o 10 treble the efficacy Of his troops o. oo
pared with conditions in 1857 Moreovar 'i'.
aulhorlties az are IN measure forewarnec -
usy' whereas the great Mutiny, which so ra..,-.
nieehea British rule in India, burst unon ~,
,-''siish 30 wholly Unexpectedly that wber ,,,e
De. news thereof reached England. sevoraI
@ee-s atter the outbreak. II found the eo,,orr,
J. go" ana the nation in the act of ceIebra,,a,.
s centennial Of Lord Gives great victor, -,