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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-03-23
ARRANGING RECEPTION.

Columbus Knights of Pythias Making
Great Preparations for Session.
The following from the Columbus
Ledger viii be Of interest in aythiau
c.rolos in This city An OF the Buns
wick lodges together With The uniform
ranE are going to bc represented al
the meeting of the grand lodge in Co
mmiu in May:
Members OF the three lodges Of
Knights eli Pythias of this city are
m@kug forward with The greatest in
torest 10 tine meeting Of the grand
is,l4t ol Georgia which takes place
jim his city on May 10 and 20.
The annual meeting Of the Grand
Pyihian Sisters of the state will tahe
place 3t The same time, as viii also
the uniform rank of the order. Il Is
expected that there will be fully one
thousand visitors in the city in CON
ucct;on with the several meetings
mentioned
The local branch Of he order the
Dramatic Order Knights Of Korassln,
viii hold a ceremonial session during
the meeting of the grand lodge and
the dramatic features are promised to
be Of an unusually interesting nature.
Committees FROM The various
lodges have the matter of entertaining
the visitors in charge and are hard a
work to make the occasion one that
viii be memorable in the annals o!
lhn order.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-03-23
PAYNE WANTS
MINORITY "CUT"
DECLARES TARIFF BILL WILL
NOT BE READY BEFORE 1904
THEY HAVE THEIR WAY.

Washington, d. c, March 23.-
Chairman Payne, of the house ways
and means committee, who is the
framer of the new tariff bill to sup
plant the Dingley bill, in a four hours
speech today said the republicans
would be justified in cutting the mi
nority from joint consideration of the
tariff schedules, declaring if they are
admitted the bill will not be ready be
fore March 1910.
Chairman Payne in his speech, de
med there is a Joker" in the coffee
tax as charged in a democratic state
Went
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-03-23

Cleveland, o.. March -. - An in
tensely dramatic scene took place at
s o'clock tonight in the rotunda of
the Hollenden hotel when Willie
Whitla, the schoolboy kidnapped at
Sharon, Pa, on last Friday, walked in
to the lobby and was gathered up in
the arms of his father. Tears stream
ed from the bankers cheeks as he
grasped the child and hastily scanned
his face Disguised with smoked eve
glasses and wearing a tan colored cap
the boy had reached the center of the
lobby before the father had caught
sight of him. The child was accom-
panied by policeman to whom
street car conductor had delivered the
boy scarcely a quarter Of an hour
earlier
Banker Whitla and the BOYS uncle
the millionaire Ruhl entered the ho,el
lobby early in the evening taking
seats facing the main entrance. Asked
by reporters if they had paid the
$4,000 ransom demanded by the~kid-
nappers, both men refused to talk
That they We're expecting the delivery
Of the hoy was shown by their actions.
Detectives who have been on the
case constantly since Saturday say
that early this morning the father re-
ceived a letter from a mysterious vo-
man In reply the banker sent the
$4,000 IN a blank envelope as direc.
ed and fulfilling instructions that the
messenger should not be followed, said
nothing Of what he had done.
Telephone Message from Womar.
An hour later a second message
came by telephone from the woman
who said, You viii find your boy an
the Houenden hotel tonight Meet
HIM there at O'Clock He is well
ara safe and has been well treated.
The boy talked to newspaper men
eely tonight He told Of how he
mad been deceived by the fake mes
sage and how he had followed the
messenger without question So ia
as he could tell the lad said he had
been carried from Sharon to Warreu-
ton thence to Newcastle, Pa. The
men carried him to Ashtabula. O., on
Saturday and he was in that place
Saturday night while the detectives
were watching Flat Iron park. The
kidnappers kept him constantly in
doors except at night when the party
moved from place to place AT no
time. said he, had be been ill-trea{ed
The men asked no questions of the
boy and only warned him Gnce or
twice against making any outcry.
The father refuses to say whether
or not he paid the $4,000 ransom de-
manded, He refused tonight to give
the police any information as to yisi-
tors he may have had on Sunday.
Attracted by the large reward first
offered by Ruhl. the millionaire uncle
Of young Whitla, over hundred de-
tectiyes have been on the go since
Friday and many of these will con-
tinue their work, hoping to run down
the gang and thereby at least secure
valuable notoriety in their business.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-03-23
JOHNSON ACCEPTS OFFER OF
100000 TO FIGHT JEFFRIEs

Chicago. March 23.-Jack Johnson,
who is at present the. heavyweight
champion of the world. this afternoon
accepted the offer OF a 100000 purse
to box James J. Ieffries eight rounds
at Chattanooga. Tenn.
The offer was made by p. w Fore
sener, a Tennessee sporting man.-Jef-
fries has not yet replied to offer.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-03-23
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CAN THIS BE ECHO
OF THE "5IG sTlckT'

y Washington, D. c., March %. y
y If President Taft does not y
y carry out Roosevelt's policies -
y he may have opposition when he y
y runs again. said a friend of y
y the former president, who quot -
- ed Mr.. Roosevelt as saying: y
Y Mr. taft became president up -
y on the understanding that he -
y would carry to success the poll =
y cies had instituted; should he y
~ fail he shall find a CANDIDATE y
y against him if he runs for the y
y presidency in 1912" y
y y
y y y y y ;: y - y y y y -
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PASTOR WITHDRAW
AGAINST MRS. LAVENDER.

- Chicago. March 23.-Dr, f. B. ;
y Crawford, the pastor of the ;
y Woodlawn Methodist church, )
y today Withdrew the charges of ;
y immortality against Mrs. Mary )
- Lavender, which caused the :
- resignation of John D. Leek, the >
y former pastor of the church :
y Dr. Crawford says he had only :
= the former pastors word =
y against her in the matter and =
= her confession to him. She will y
y again become a member of the :
y church. whose members since y
y the sensational charges were :
y made have ostracised her. =
- =
y y y Y - y y y y = y ): =
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-03-23
MANY GOOD SEATS LEFT
FOR DOCKSTADER MINISTRIES

1t was rumored around yesterday
that all the seats for Lew Dockstader
and his minstrels that appear at the
Grand tonight were all sold. Manager
Finney wishes to state that there are
quite few very choice Seats left
and those who desire to see. this
famous Organization gan yet good
seae bY calling early today at the
box office at the Grand.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-03-23

sure a large attendance. AS one of
the admittedly strong men of Presi-
dent Taft's cabinet, Mr.. Wickersham's
views are of special interest to Geor-
gia lawyers
Other interesting features are being
arranged for the convention which
Secretary Park says promise to be a
record breaker. ~fss
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-03-23
Mrs. DeGog0rze . Il
Tried TO Win Love

New. York, March 23.-Mrs. Elsa
DeGogorza, whofhass entered plea for
divorce from her husband, the fam
Gus ba:itope bYfhsf name n "a new
affidavit this afternoon 4tpld a pathetic
tale ofFhow She sried to win back her
husband love, when she knew he was
infatuated with Nine. Emma Eah1es,
the noted diva. e+
Mrs. DeGegorza declares she first
taxed her husband. with relations With
Madame Eames at Latt Villa in Italy
in 1906. when "a violent quarrel fol-
lowed and she returned to the0Uniteo
States alone.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-03-23
NOT KIDNAPPED BOY.
Supposed "5iIlyr Whitla Was Son Of
Harvey Bowman.

Akron. o.. March pa complete IN
vestigation has satisfied the police tili't
the boy found at Cnyahoga Falls last
night was not Billy Militia bus that
he was Crawford Bowman, son OF HarT-
vey L. Bowman, and that The man
with hin. was his father both Of Cur
wensFille Pa.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-03-23

NINE. MoDJEsKA NEAR DEATH.
LOS angeles eai.s Marcfr--2 2s--Tile
condition of Nine. Helena Modjeska
is regarded as critical today and. lit
tie hope is held out for her recovery
Her heart trouble has grown worse,
and. this constitutes the worst feature
of her condition. q
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-03-23

and was advised today that the lat
ter would, do so.
Since returning from Spain, he has
been a lecturer in the George Wash
ngton university, and for the past five
years has been general counsel for
the government before. the Spanish
treaty claims commission. He was
counsel for the United States before
the Alaskas BOUNDARY commission in
1903. He is: the author Of several
works on international law topics, ard
is an extensive student OF the growt'
and development of the Law
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-03-23
cuRE WINS oPENlNe MATcA.

New york March 2S-Cure won
the opening billiard match tonight
against Demarest, 500 to 800.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-03-23
NEW RECEIVER
WILL NOT MAKE
MANY CHANGES
NEW OPERATING HEAD OF TIE
A., 3. & A. is ALREADY
IN HARNESS.

Receiver Parrott Will Push the Work
of Construction in Alabama and Will
Soon Put the System on a PAYING
6asis-Arkwrieht's Work Commend
ed by Counsel for Colony Trust Co.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-03-23
FATHER WEEPs
AS He CLUTCHES
KIDNAPPED BOY
BANKER WHiTLA GIVES UP BIG
RANSOM AND THE BOY
is RETURNED.

Cleveland Hotel Lobby Presents a
Dramatic Scene Last Night When
Willie WhitIa, Missing Sharon
(Pa.) schOOIboy, Turns up Safe and
Sound.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-03-23

Continues on Page Fise.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-24
The Argus Daily Short Story
The Force of Example-By Kenyon Sands.
Copyrighted. 1908. by Associated Literary Press.

of Nort hvilc. W.lh honkine; horn aud
undiminishad speed they tore along the.
elm lined streets
They've @ct here ahead of us. all
right" said Jimmy. Our only hope is
to interrupt the ceremony before its
too late. Wherc'u they go? Have You
any idea -
The parsonage Of tie brick church. .
the girl explained. THAT is where all
such couples head fer. believe
They turned Il corner. lust ahe:d
WAS little church. Nesting beneath
giant Gins and beside the church wa,
Il snug little parsonage.
The ear came 10 Il stop. Jimmy and
The girl hnih iP.:pod cut and ran up the
path ia bclahor the polished brass
knocker an the front door. An elderly
woman in cap ard apron answered
their str.deMt summons and smiled
upon them knowingly.
step RIGHT into lin parlor, if you
please" she invited
Has couple been here recently
little girl blond. aud man. tall and
dark - jimmy asked pantingiy..
Yes: they're in the study now" said
the woman.
Without word Of explanation
Jimmy pushed past her, and. with the
Girl following after. he strobe into {
room. whore Il pleasant faced clergy
man was reading the marriage servic"
sonorously. Jimmy took a step for
word stonDrtl chuclled and turned -
Nell. beside hiIu. The couple was nst
the one they sought
Then even as they stood there In
embarrassed silence they heard the
couple PRONOUNCED husband and wife
And now. my young friends" said
the clcrgyuan tentatively. advanrin.
In their direction.
Have yuu married any other couple
tuday:" Neil gaSped.
The clergyman shook his head.
"Of course YOU haven't your H.
Censes." he said 10 Jimmy. "Fortu,
nateiy The clerk uf this town lives next
door. ana if you will kindly give me
the necessary information I'll see
about them for YOU"
Jimmy began to chuckle. He was
about to explain to the clergyman his
mistake when suddenly he squared his
shoulders. looked quickly at Nell and
then faced his interIocutor resolutely,
And almost before the girl was aware
of what was happening Jimmy had
given the requested information and
the clergyman had tripped out TO Sc
cure the licenses next door.
jimmy she gaSped as the door
closed behind the retreating parson.
Jimmy. For goodness sake
jimmy Brice took her hand in his
own Nell, dear. I've waited so long,
and we've missed Mabel anh Nixon
any and this is such bully cler-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-24
The BARRIERS Story.

The barber drew the keen razor
over his customers face and began:
"A friend of mine told me the best
fish story ever heard in my life while
he was getting shaved the other day.
Want 10 hear it? All right You see.
it concerns physician who had a
friend who was daffy over fish. and he
used TO try all kinds of queer expert
meuts with them. One time the friend
told the physician that if you took a
fish and kept it out of water every
day. increasing the time each day.
vou'd soon have the fish so that il
wouldn't have to be in the water at all
Well. the idea sounded reasoua bic to
the physician, so he went and bought
a large shad. He put it in an aqua
rum. and every day he took it out of
the water and put IL on the floor. The
first day he only allowed it to stay out
for thirty seconds. but every day hc
increased the time until finally the
shad didn't need any water at all to
live in.
well. one rainy night the physician
was sitting in his study teaching the
shad to smoke a cigar when the tele
phone bell rang. and after answering
it the physician prepared to so out on
hurry call. He ordered his carriage.
and when it appeared at the door he
went out the shad following him. 1t
was raining hard. aud a perfect tor
rent of water was flowing down the
cutters. The shad attempted to get in
the carriage. but slipped and fell into
the gutter and was drowned. Oh. I'm
help smiling then, could u"-PbiIa-
delphia Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-24
"Wet" and DRY" Insurance.

Down in Georgia they have organ
lied life insurance company that
will accept only risks on total abb
stainers, the first organization of it's
sort in the United States, and with
sufficient capital and influence behind
it., it is said, to make its character
and scope national. BY insuring only
total abstainers, the promoters of
this 100000 corporation declare the
cost of life insurance can be greatly
reduced; they project what they call
authentic statistics to show that the
longevity of the abstainer is from 20
to so per cent greater than that of
the non-abstainer Thus. they say,
the company's risk is reduced and the
premiums can be made proportion
ately smaller.
And now we are to be confronted
with the novelty of wet and dry"
insurance. The liquor wave has some
unique features.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-24

trip by trolley, an otherwise delight
full little journey. At the end of the
journey all is roseate, the license is
secured in moment, the minister
found in two. and the trip meant to
last until death do us part is begun
Then the glamOr wears off, the ways
of matrimony are found to be made
up of much besides beer and skittles'
and the rift begins to show. Hasty
and irresponsible in their wooing and
wedding the pair are just as hasty
in other things of life, and the divorce
court record is the finish. Whether
Judge Barnes is right or not he points
TO the records showing that more cou-
pies who require a divorce for their
peace and happiness are married in
the vacation season than any other
period of the year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-24

gyman-a' real gentleman OF the old
school.
IF you vii! be good enough to stand
before me here" said the clergyman
when he came back.
Come" said Jimmy gently. and the
girl arose.
Stars were winking drowsily in a
cIoudless sky when they once more
turned into the winding drive aud
found the colonel still pacing the We
raDda
What do you Think" he beloved
as they drew up to the steps. They
didn't go to Worthwhile. They took the
$40 train for the city and were mar
ried there. Had the impudence to
send me telegram. Nixon did. ask
ing my forgiveness. My forgiveness.
MUD you-confound his impertinence.
SO you've had your trip for notbingr'
Have weE' said Jimmy, helping
the blushing Nell from the car. "Oh.
I'm not so sure of that. colonel. Step
into the library with me. if you will.
I've something important to tell you.
Matrimony seems to have struck this
family today in Il veritable epidemic"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-24
MediaevaI Architecture.

On the lower floor of the Brooklyn
museum may now be seen series OF
photographs that cannot fail to he Of
interest 10 every one 10 whom the
ideas aud practices of mediaeval archi-
tectS and artists make genuine ap-
peal.
They Illustrate the doctrine held by
the curator of fine arts of the museum
that the builders of mediaPvai times
frequently introduced Irregularities or
deviations from mechanical eXactneSs
in their churches and cathedrals by
intention aud that where Irregularities
are found which may have been ACCT
dental the accident was not necessarily
due TO ignorance or careleSSaeSS oD
the part Of the builder. but 10 the gen
eral Indifference 10 symmetry felt by
architects in the middle ages and to
their willingness to see in divergence
from straight lines an element of beau
ty.-New York Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-24
For the Sake of the Party.

Chicago Tribune: The impromptu
nominee of the republican convention
in the Fourth supreme court district
has said that he did not desire the
nomination, but would make the run
so that there might be "a republican
in the office"-if he We're elected
This is a noble sentiment from a
partisan point of view. A man who
gives up his private practice. although
he cannot afford TO do SO, in order
that a republican instead of a demo-
crat may be supreme court judge sat
isles the requirements of party 10y
atty He is willing to sacrifice him
self for the sake of the party which,
nobody knows exactly why, has made
him its nominee.
And yet the voters in the district
desire something more of candidate
for the supreme court than his desire
to see republican in office. They, in
common with other citizens of the
state, wish to be informed as to his
legal ability, his judicial training. his
capacity for arduous and prolonged
work, the probability of his strength
ening instead of weakening a feeble
bench
The convention which nominated
David Z. Mack gave no thought TO
these matters. 1t is said that he could
have had circuit court judgeship this
year, but would not have it because
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-24

of the strenuous labor it would entail.
But a supreme court judge, TO fill the
Office satisfactorily. should be glutton
for work. The slapdash. haphazard,
improvised nominee of the republican
convention does not seem TO be that
kind of man.
No man should feel obliged to sac
rifice himself for his party at the ex-
pense of the public. A man who has
had an unsolicited nomination for SUI
preme court judge thrown at his head
should question himself as to his
qualifications-whe he can recon-
Gle it with his sense of duty to the
state of Illinois to accept so important
position. If the answer be in the
negative he should decline the nomi-
nation if the party were TO go on its
knees and beg him TO take it. 1t is
not too late for David L. Mack to in
terroSate himself as to his fitness for
the office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-24
PATRIOTISM AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS

citizenship. The better class of cit
liens will prefer such a celebration.
y day thus spent brings no aftermath
of sorrow, physical or mental. Ladies
can attend without danger of offence.
Boys and girls. also, escape temptation,
the evil things being absent.
Take another view. Our nation wda
born of Christian parentage and hap
TIED in martyrs blood Our laws anI
institutions embCdy and enforce the
moral principles OF the Christian reli%-
ion. We enjoy civil and political lib
erty only because our civilization IS
Christian as its very center. Remov1
from among us, if il were possible. all
Christian influences and we would
soon degenerate into a horde of bar
baIians and slaves. Therefore. it IS
pre-eminently proper that religious or
CARNATIONS should have large pare
in celebrating our national anniveT-
sary. That they have not done so may
be one reason why the day has become
overloaded with so many Objectionable
features. The time is ripe for 4
change of policy.
The Sunday school organizations,
local. county, state or national. is the
place, and about the only place whe-e
all Christian denominations meet and
traternize. all ScGtarian considerations
being forgotten Therefore. if the
Christian element in our nation is 10
act in any public manner for the puo
lie welfare this is the place where such
action can be taken. These organize
tions have splendid opportunity %
take a stand for the purest patriotism
and the best Christian citizenship, ana
TO redeem oar national anniversary
and make it in all respects worthy #
an enlightened Christian people
JOHN G. OSBORN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-24
We'd Not in Vacation Season.

a Chicago jurist, Judge Barnes, has
come out with new idea as to the
sio"lhg cause of divorce. He holds
'hat 1t is the hasty, ill-advised. sum.
mer vacation marriage which. despite
'he Jokes OF the penny -a-line crowd
are more numerous than any other
KIND. With all the talk about a sum.
mer girl being engaged to a. new sum-
mef boy each week, she is away from
nome 1t must be remembered that my.
RAIDS of girls have but single week
of vacation. and becoming engaged in
that one week when all is a rose.tin,
ed dream, matrimony follows. The
couple may have known each other
casually for time, possibly they worl
together. 1t is boat excursion, !;
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-24

and Texas were burning up in the
grip of temperatures from 10 to Ill
degrees johannesburg in the Trans
vaal was wrapped in a heavy coat of
snow. If the crops in the hot belt
shall be good the credit will be the
republican party's and if they are bad
in the Transvaal the reason will be
that there is no republican party there
The republican party sends the rain
and the SNOW and the sunshine-al-
ways in season.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-24

Dr. Wiley, who looks after the purity
of things we eat, has ruled against the
use of alum in pickles. Preservcrs of
pickles have injected alum into a dilaD-
idated, shiftless and collapsed pickle
and caused it to stand up in self re-
speeding fashion and take on the ap-
Dearance of having substance instead
of hollowness. The consequences has
been damage to the stOmachs of the
millions who, because they are in love
or not in love. eat pickles frequently.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-24
MILITIA TO STOP A FEUD
Chanccry Clerk Shot at His Home in
Ncadyiilc, Miss.

NatcheZ, Miss. Aug. 24.-Com-
panies b and c, Sd regiment of the
state guard, left here last night for
Meadviile. in response to call from
Sheriff Jones of Franklin county
who anticipated trouble arising from
the attempted assassination of Chan
Gerry Clerk Ernest Newman. Sheriff
Jones notified acting Governor Man
ship that he did not believe he was
able to cope with the situation at
Meadville, as friends of both factions
of feud had been coming in from
the country all day and were threat
ening to tear the town up" The
identity of the man who shot New
man has not been established.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-24
Washinqton'S Plaque Spots.

lie in the low, marshy bottoms of
the Potomac, the breeding germ of
malaria germs. These germs cause
chills, fever and ague, biliousness,
Jaundice, lassitUde, weakness and
general debility and bring suffering
or death to thousands yearly. But
Electric Bitters never fail to destroy
them and cure malaria troubles.
They are the best all-round tonic
and cure for malaria | ever used"
writes r. NJ. James, of Louellen, S.
c. They cure stomach, liver, Kidney
and blood troubles and will prevent
typhoid. Try them, so cents. Guar
anteed by all druggists.