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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-03-27
4 4 BUSY BUSY SESSION
HELD BY SOLONS
NUMBER OF COMMUNICATIONS,
PETITIONS AND REPORTS
RECEIVED.
SEVERAL ORDINANCES PASSED
ooe of Them Provides That All Pawn
Shops in the City Must Re
main Closed Between Hours
OF 8 .. m. and a. m.

The regular session of the CITY
council was held last night with iho
fi board present
nder ihe head of petitions and
communications the following were
eiyed 4a1M
sfonl 1873 citizens, protesting
"eainst the passage of the ordinance
e increase tie license tax on brewed
products Received as Information.
From F. a. Phillips making appli-
cstion for place on police force made
cant by the death OF Policeman Loc
in Referred TO police committee.
From A b Adams. asking for re-
iand OF amount paid for lot in PAL
aetto cemetery owing to fact that he
to leave the city Referred 10 com
mittee on cemeteries. parks and.
squares
Froul } p du Bignon. asking for
r.ght to redeem New Town lot No.
25a9 sold at tax sales in 1901 Refer
fedV to committee on taxes ana rev
e8aes.
From j. 49, Armstrong rendering
his resignation as city electrician IL
gas accepted and "a new electrician
ViIl be elected at the next meeting Of
council
From Wright & Gowen asking FOR
gmir To erect small storeroom III
lar Of their new building corner of
and Mansfield streets Referred
committee on fire and building per
nts
From company no uniform rank.
%aiehts of Pythias. rendering council
anks for free license rights given
tae Jones carnival last week.
Reports.
Under the head Of reports, the fol.
lowing were received
From the committee on taxes and
revenue having IN charge the request
of the ladies of the b. A. r.. for CO.
operation in the work Of beautifyfng
'he city reporting cooperation with
the course suggested by the ladies'
From finance committee. reporting
ayonrable on an expenditure of $50
lor defIaying expenses of county
chool commissioners here next week
From finance committee. report
s favorably on an expenditure Of
s25 with the Brunswick Directors
company for Ten copies Of the new
ifsctory when completed
Resolutions.
tne following resolutions were n-
'roduced during the meeting:
by Alderman Cox touching noon
resent water rates OF the Mutual
Light and Water Comp ny. referred
q more extensively elsewhere
By Alderman Mann. similar res
atioa with reference TO gas and el-
ctric light rates.
By Alderman Robinson for an u
efnase in price of lots II Palmetto
cemetery from one to dv dollars
rs Alderman Robinson. prov.dlne
-aat all water connections at the celn-
eraes be made under the supery
son OF the city engineer
AN of the resolutions were du
3opted
Ordinances.
Alderman Robinson introduced -
ordnance which was Z direct blow
tas lHge nupber of local soil arn
faglishmn,s by which 5
F-aed that ther doors 1m Die eios
9etWeaH the hours o ~ O'Clock n
4li-lE and a. m. Under The rnlo
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-03-27
size NOTICE.

Neither the master, owners nor
oonsigneo. of the British steamer
Man1 Isls win Be responsible fcr
ai'y debfs contracted BY crew ot,
saiu SNIP Moar, Mast
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
Close of the Fair

The weather man and Manager Barnes pulled together throughout the week just ended. and the fair became a financial success and a means of wholesome entertainment beyond all precedent in the state. Amusement and instruction were happily combined in it. All who attended it found some thing of a pleasing nature, and the way to still finer fairs was pointed ou,.
 The modern fair is not all pumpkins and pigs, but those products of the soil should not be neglected. 1'aey were not in the fair just ended. They were mingled with amusements of u varying nature, and there was some thing at hand to please every person. If this happy means of amusemenrs and exhibits be duplicated hereafter there will be no trouble in attracting to this city in every October large numbers of people. More state exhibits and more amusements will no doubt be presented next year
 The fair is a fixed feature of the city's year. t has come to stay, and 1t should be bettered until it becomes an event that the people of the entire state will look forward to. The weather clerk will then be the only man who must be conciliated, and in this lati- tude he is rarely indeed unkind in October.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
70. K." Legally Construed

American custom has long sanctioned the use Of chs caoalistic sign 70. K" in nearly all walks of life, and especially in business. It has long been in com- mon use. but 1t at no time seems to have come up in the courts for con. struction until the superior court sr. ting at Fort Wayne, Ind, was called upon to say what the letters mean. on paper when followed by a signature The court held that they constituted in that form a legal ndorsement-that they meant All Right" and that they had all the force and effect of the lat ter
 The origin of 70. K" is obscure, and the efforts to trace that Americanism to it's source has resulted in no definite conclusion. 70. K" is now used wher- ever the English language prevails, and it Is not unknown on Spanish, French and Italian commercial bills. It promises to become of worldwide use.
 Some say that Old Keokuk. an h.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
Why Theatres Are Not Ideal

A theatrical manager presents in the Atlantic Monthly plea for all engaged in his own chosen work. He insists at the outset that the theatrical man. ager does not deserve to be made a scapegoat. He may desire to give the public better plays, but he is faced a. every turn by the solid wall of fact that before any artistic duty comes his fundamental duty as a man ana O citizen to pay his bills.
 He proceeds to analyze the modern audience. It contains some people of good taste, some of bad taste, and a very large proportion of people of no taste. The No-Taste class is 15 times as large as the Good-Taste class, and four times as large as the Bad-Taste class The No-Taste class go to the theatre to be amused regardless of all else, and they are primarily respou- sible for the intending tide of so-called musical comedies" although such plays present as rule little music and great deal of coarseness.
 The writer in the Atlantic Monthly should have analysed the managers in precisely the way he has the audi ences. He would have found that the No-Taste group among them Is larger. Some of them have no artistic instinct or taste whatever. The truth is, the manager of tact, skill and good taste could present better plays from time to time without robbing his box otnco, but the average manager is not buiit on artistic lines. The blame, in ornar words, should be placed on both the managers and the public, and it can not be justly unloaded on either ex- clusively. The public taste will never | be bettered, however, until we have managers who know how to lead up to better things in the theatre. The man. ager and the average theatre-goer must in fact pull together if we are to have a new departure toward higher form of dramatic art.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
Ohio Probably Democratic.

If the democrats, with the aid Of Senator Foraker's following, including thousands of negroes, do not carry Ohio for Bryan, shall be greatly surprised" !" said H. w. Kaufmann of Cincinnati. "l am a Bryan democrat but until recently few of us thought we would be able to do more than reduce the big re- publican majority. I had an idea that Taft would carry his state by 25,0OO or SO0oO majority.
 put Foraker's friends are now getting in their work to such an extent that Bryan is likely to get plurality of sev- eral thousand. Those persons who say that the negro can never be induced to desert the republican party and join the democrats, forget that in New York and Indiana a large negro contingent voted for Cleveland. without any special reason. Today the negroes feel that they have a real grievance against the republican ad- ministration and especially against Taft on account of Brownsville, and they will certainly be heard from at the polls in Ohio Had it not been for the ForalSer episode Taft's plurality over Bryan might have been reasonably estimated at 100,- 600.
 T hear good news from Indiana, too. That state will probably go democratic, but I would rather bet on Ohio giving its electoral vote to Bryan than that Bryan would carry Indiana. In Ohio We are having, indeed, what appears to be a veritable landslide"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
Will Be Banner Week.

"As work on the Chamber of Commerce magnificent office structures-will be started Monday or Tuesday, the coming week may be ftiy called banner week for Birmingham" said member of the Commercial club. "The Empire, not in- cludng the site, will cost S4O0, 900 and the Chamber of Commerce. completed and furnished will cost about $200, 000 And 1t is a significant fact that young Jemi- son. Smith, Raul, and others who have been active in financing these two build ings had no difficulty in borrowing all the money needed to put through each un- dertaking. Of the total outlay of $6OO GOO for the construction and fittings, $4OO- GOO comes as an investment from out side. This is significant, I say, and most cheering, because 1t proves that capi- talists have absolute confidence in Bir- mingham's future. despite a year of tenn porary industrial depression.
 Tt is gratifying, too to know that T. c. Thompson & Bros.-a Birmingham frm-got the contract for both the Cham Der of Commerce and the Empire; for they not only buy most of their material here, but will also employ as a rule Birmingham workmeB
 "The mammoth addition to the Brown Marx, nearing completion, costs consider | ably over s5oO,c00, and when the Farley building, in course of construction, is included, the office buildings now going up in Birmingham will represent an az gregate investment of between s1, ,25O,O ,O0C | and S1,500O0O"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18

self. Those who have rubbed his fur rightly have had his friendship. Those who have runfled it have been in danger of governmental punishment.
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 Now why should the real business man and manufacturer and man of affairs give a blank whether 1t be Bryan or Taft. Bryan is no despot. He wants to be President and wants to be a good one. He has made money and is Independent. He believes in the man who would work to provide for his family and he be- 1ieves in honest government of the peo- ple's affairs. No man nor interest need fear him any more than they would Taft. So why hesitate7 Now is the time to go ahead.
 But it is well to do it rightly and in order. No man in this district need be ap- prehensive regarding business revival It may take time but 1t Is coming if some among us do not try to overdo it.
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 Tn the first place we do not want to jump on the people who are making and selling steel and steel billets here be- cause they don't sell 1t at Pittsburg prices. I am told they can't do 1t just now and keep the plants going.
 want to see these plants here which are owned by the United Steel corporation do something on a profitable basis which will make the men with money behind them give more money to be expended money making plants of America. Let us keep them. I believe in pushing the fellow who Is building up. Anybody can pull down. The laggard does that. Build up and encourage him who builds. Figure for yourself and look out upon the young fellows who are building up the Birmingham district. They have the confidence of capital. because the work they are doing is well done.
 I believe in the man who does some thing. It may be to blow a furrow, or dig a we'll or build g. barn, or manage a bank, or build a furnace. If he does it well he is the man sought and the man applauded.
 There has never been a time in the history of the world when competent men were so sought. Salaries for experts were never higher. The boy of today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18

dian chief, signed all deeds and treat les with his initials. he never having compassed any further handwriting. There are, however, other theories. and some of General Jackson's ene- mics attempted to fasten the use of the two letters on him. meaning ~Oll Korrect," but Parton states that Jack son indorsed legal documents 70. R." meaning "order recorded" The truth is, the origin of the captivating com bination is obscure. It is American, and as such 1t Is spreading over the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
My way of life Is falPn Into the scar, the yellow leaf.
 Macbeth,
Judge FeaGin and the Pollca Court

In December the City Council will proceed in the course of it's duties ,u elect judge of the Birmingham police court, place that has been honorably filled by Judge N. B. Feagin about 20 years. In that time he has tried thou sands Of his fellow-citizens each year, and his record In all that time is an enyiable one.
 But beyond his absolute honesty ana his knowledge of law there shines out best of all his humanity. Judge Fea- gin Is constantly endeavoring to pre- vent persons from falling down. He tries to lift up the younger evil-doers. In humane efforts he ranks alongside Judge Lindsey of Denver, who has won national reputation as a humani- tarian.
 As a friend of humanity this spien- did Confederate veteran will go before the city council for reelection, and he should not suffer defeat He should not suffer defeat because he stands for the execution of the laws. He should not be pushed out of the place he has honored. Keep the veteran lawyer anu soldier and humanitarian where he is for the good of all and the good name, too, of the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
Southern Money Center

The trend of population westward and southward together with the open ing of the Panama canal points to thu establishment of a great commercial and financial city in the south. The Texas Trade Review presents the sub- ject In these words:
 "The people of the south are beginning to realize the great necessity of south ern money center. The various interests of the United States need protection at all times and the business of the country is growing beyond the ability Of New York to furnish impartial protection to all lines of trade. A southern money center is needed because the interests of the south are naturally different from those of the north. This fact was clearly evidenced last fall when the banks of the south failed to get possession of the balances they held in New York banks. As a re- suit considerable difficulty was exper- fenced in handling the cotton crop. The cotton crop only demands vast sums of money during certain months of the year, then for the remainder of the year means must be provided for it's profitable employment along other lines. It would be an easy matter for the bankers of the south to decide upon some centrally To- cated city and send their surplus there for deposit. but when 1t comes to Its pro- fitable employment, that is another mat ter. Trade and speculation made New York a money center and it will require nothing less to make a money center in the south. Bankers send their surplus to New York because they receive more in return from there than. is offered from other places"
 The establishment of a southern money center can not become a matter of local sentiment It must become a business outgrowth, and the opening of the Panama canal and the expansion of trade with the Latin-American cou.,- tries will no doubt promote the move ment. The southern money center of the future will almost necessarily be a gulf port, snd this confines the selec- ton to New Orleans, Galveston anu Mobile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Clay County Prosperous.

"Clay county is showing great activity said Col. F. L. Whatley of Ashland, mem Der of the state democratic executive committee. Since the Atlanta, Birming- ham and Atlantic began operating regular trains to Birmingham. there have been many signs of renewed vigor in all branches of business in east Alabama, and there Is practically no limit to de- Yelopment that will be shown in that sec ton of the state in the very near future Watch us grow"
 Colonel Whatley returned to his home yesterday after spending several days here attending the Alabama State Fair, which he pronounced a great success in every respect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Man begins by expecting things tc get better anl ends by praying hey will get no worse.
 The reason a woman knows the tabys hair is goiag tc he curly whef. it grows up is it isn't now.
 After woman makes up her mind what she wants to do she goes and does the other thing.
 Either man has rich relatives who are always trying to dodge him, or he has poor ones whom he is always trying to dodge.
 handkerchief with hole in it In a street car and not thrust it back in his pocket as if 1t were a smallpox flag.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT POLITICS
 AND RESULTING EFFECTS UPON BIRMINGHAM

has far better opportunity than was ac- corded his father or grandfather. The field is broader.
 Now right in this connection while Bir- mingham has a future and bright one, there are those among us who might by either enthusiasm or grasping proclivi- ties throw 1t away; by being too centered upon the dollar of today.
 Just because the United States Steel corporation has encouraged the young men managing the Tennessee company. and because, other owners of like plants here have been liberal in expenditures to develop experimentally, is no reason why values of real estate should be abnorm- ally boosted nor rents raised like ris- ing aeroplane.
 There Is such thing as overriding a good thing. Rents are getting too high in Birmingham, and real estate values are looming to the ludicrous. The real estate slump is coming, and 1t ought to come quickly. Otherwise the towns about and surrounding Birmingham will build up and do the business that should come here.
 The taxable values upon real estate and the prices fixed upon and asked for the same make a Imaginable story.
 What we want in Birmingham Is the real business of the south. It Is en- center of the south. Everything It's people. its merchants and its manufacturers have done has been the best. Look at the Confederate veterans reunion-the best ever had; and the state fair which closed yesterday-nothing so successful in all the southland. Everything done by Bir- mingham is the best. We should keep it up; and keep down those who would do everything for themselves by raising revenue to raise Birmingham and chance profits in proportion to ability and ener- gy expended.
 That the energetic and ambitious with the wholesome spirit of development and that feeling of fairness to all may pre- dominate in the upbuilding of the greatest center of the most attractive district of America is the sincerest wish of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
PALABRAs cARINosAs.

By T. B. Aldrch. Goodnight! I have to say good night To such a host of peerless things Goodnight unto the fragile hand
 All queenly with It's weight of rings; Goodnight to fond, uplifted eyes,
 Goodnight to chestnut braids of hair, Goodnight unto the perfect mouth
 And all the sweetness nestled there The snowy hand detains me, then I'll have to say goodnight again! But there will come g. time, my love, When, if I read our stars ariglt, I shall not finger by this porch
 With my adieus. Till then, good-nighti You wish the time were now? And I. You do not blush to wish 1t SO? You would nave blushed yourself to
 death
 To own so much ys1- ago What! both these snowy hands! An! then I'll have to say goodnight againl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
Florida Via Birmingham.

The Illinois Central will inaugurate to- day it's through sleeping car service from Chicago to Jacksonville, Fla, via Bir- mlngham. This southbound train leaves Chicago at ' p. m. and arrives in Rir- mingham at 3:l5 tomorrow evening, and the Florida car will reach Jacksonville the following morning at 7:50 o'clock. The arriving time at Birmingham is the same as heretofore but the train leaves Chi cago one hour later, thus making an ap- preciable reduction in the schedule.
 The Illinois Central is also inaugural ing a through sleeper service between St. Louis and Birmingham. As an official of the road pointed out yesterday, "The Illinois Central is advertising Birming- ham very extensively. It has circulars in Chicago and all along the route, ele- gant literature displaying conspicuously the Chicago Birmingham Jacksonville schedules, together with a clearly defined map.
 "The Illinois Central circular says: This is a new through line between the north and southeast and that it Is
 
 known favorable characteristics, physical and otherwise of the lines of which it is composed, and by the schedule time of the new service between Chicago and Jacksonville. That portion of 1t traversed by daylight is attractive in its scenic characteristics, especially in the mountain foothills in the vicinity of Birming- ham,"
 Passenger Traffic Manager A. H. Han son and General Passenger Agent s. G. Hatch of Chicago will accompany the first Florida party. MT. Hatch has written to MT. w. B. Leedy, vice-presi- dent of the Western of Alabama rail- road, a subsidiary company of the Ill., inois Central that he would not be able to stop here on his way to Jacksonville, but that he and MT. Hanson would spend a day or two in Birmingham on their re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
A FLY STOPPED A TRAIN.
From the Great Western Railway Maga

From the Great Western Railway Nigga
 zine
 In North Wales there is section of sin gle line worked on the electric train staff system. When the signal man tried re- gently to draw a staff from the instru- ment in order to dispatch a train he was unable to do so The failure of the in- strument lasted for nearly five hours.
 Investigation revealed that a small fly had crept into the instrument and appar-. ently died while in the act of examining the delicate mechanism of one of the con tacts, leaving its tiny body as an insu- perable barrier to the passage of the cleo trc current.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
Republicans Scared.

''rhe gains that Bryan seems to be making in two or three certain states,
 notably Ohio, Is giving the republicans a great scare" said R. F. Radnor of New believe Taft will be elected. In fact, only 10 days ago I put up $50 to s25 that Taft would beat Bryan; but certain it is that no one is prophet enough to say who the winner will be. l think Taft is fairly safe in New York, but in case he loses
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
Mobiles Progress.

Mobile is flourishing," said Maj. w. F. Tebbetts, collector of the port, who, with his family, came up to the Fair. "Our city is in excellent shape and it will go forward with great strides as soon as a general revival of trade sets in.
 Many handsome Improvements are be- ing made in Mobile and the new Battle House, which will be opened about the middle of November, will be one of the grandest hotels in this country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18
Haynes Pulls of Sensation.

Washington, October 17.-Jookey Earl Haynes, riding Samuel Ross Ally Lady
 Isabel furnished the feature at the horse
 show at Bennings yesterday, when, in the third race on the fiat, he brought his
 mount past the Judges stand winner by
 head, having fallen behind more than 20 lengths at the start.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18

The Salome dance has been prohib- tied in Pittsburg, and the coal and iron barons of that city are hastening to New York, where Salome is free to dance herself out of breath.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18

The Jersey Lily won s100,000 at a recent horse race, and her experience in placing money at the race track will soon be sought by the magazm- ists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-18

that state Bryan, with other doubtful states he will capture, will be the next President.
 .@rhere is not a, greater man in the re- publican party today than William Il. Taft. He would make an ideal President, but somehow a great many people have got it into their heads that he would be too much like a second fiddle to President Roosevelt, and the people have had enough of the big stick