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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-04-23
PROGRAM FIXED
FOR CONVENT
Of THE KNIGHTS
BUSY TIME ARRANGED FOR SIR
KNIGHTS OF GEORGIA in
THIS CITY IN MAY.
Convention Will Last Two Days and
on Third Day Visitors Will Be Civ
en- Fish Fry on St. simon-Tne
Program in Full.

| The program in full for the annual
Knights CT Pythias, of Georgia, to De
! held in Brunswick on May 1S and 10,
has just been announced by the com
mittee in charge, and besides the var
! iouS business sessions, which will be
interesting, the local committee has
arranged several interesting social Af-
fairs for the entertainment of the Wis
! itCrs.
; The convention will be called to or
der on the morning of May IS in the
auditorium Of the city hall, where the
| business sessions will be held. The
| program in full for the two days is as
! follows:
| First Day-May IS.
! 9 a. n.-Grand Lodge convenes at the
city hall. Conferring of Grand Lodge
Rank on all past chancellors.
1890 a. m.-Recess of Grand Lodge.
I Photograph of convention by photog
'rapher Merriefeld.
, 1915 a. m.-Georgia Brigade, Uni
form rank, form in front of Ogle-
thorpe Hotel and proceed to the city
I hall d.
1o:3o a. m.-Uniform Rank escort
ing Grand Lodge officers and members
to the Grand opera house fer public
exercises.
Public Exercises.
Address of welcome on behalf of
city, by Hon r. r. Hopkins, Mayor,
Past Chancellor lodge No "a.
| Response by Hon. Hamilton Doug
las. Past Supreme Representative.
! Address of welcome On behalf of
the local lodges By Hon. Wm. e.
Brantley, NJ. c., past chancellor lodge,
No. "A.
Response by Hon Clifford Il. wal
ker, Grand Chancellor
2:3O p. m.--Grand Lodge recon
yenes.
400 r. m.-Concert al oglethorp9
Hotel by First Regiment Band.
500 p. m.-Automobile ride fr
Pythian Sisters and visiting ladies'.
7:3o .. m.--Parade of Dramatic Or
der of KING Is of khe2assens.
300 o. m-CeremOnial session II
Dramatic Order of Knights of khor'
assans by Jelnlah Temple, No. 129.
$50 p. n.-Concert at Hanover park
by First Regiment band. Vaudeville
performance at the Grand opera house
Moving pictures at the Pastime.
Second Day.
900 a. m-Grand Ledge conVenes
at the city hall.
10000 a. m.-Concert at the Ogle-
thorpe Hotel by First Regiment band.
800 p. m.-Uniform Rank forms in
front of Oglethorpe Hotel.
! $3.50 p. m.-Prize drill by Uniform
Rank at the Golf Links.
Third Day.
o:3o a. m.-Steamer leaving foot Oh
Mansfield street for Frederica and ST
Simons Island. Refreshments On
board and fish dinner on the island
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-04-23
ABOUT THE LYENS CASE.
Legal Battle to Begin at Jesup On
Monday.

The following about the Lyens' case
was sent out from JesIp yesterday
After the completion of business To-
day on the civil docket assigned for
t, is weeks court. the entire list If
jurors was drawn and summons issued
to appear next week, when the Grim
ira docket will be taken mp.
Al that tine the trial of eX sheriff
W. 3. Lyens and Arch LycnS, charge!
with the murder of Fleming Smii II
here OH December II, 1908, and con
victed of murder and sentenced 10
penitentiary for life at the MaTCn
term, 1909, will be taken up. They
were granted q new trial Cn the tech
nicaI grounds that one of the jurors
was related distantly to one of the
parties contributing to the fund to aid
prosecution.
There were great many witnesses
involved in this case, many of whom
have moved away, and it will be a
dificIlt matter to get them together
again. The feeling against the Lynesc5
while less excited, is in nowise abate1.
Hundreds of citizens will assemble to
be present at their second trial.
The Lyneses have ASSOCIATED with
their former counsel Judge II. d. y.
Twiegs of Savannah, in their de
fense For the prosecution appear
Solicitor General Joseph H. Thomas,
Col John w. Bennett, of WaycrOsS; :;
Col Ernest Dart of Brunswick, and
Attorneys J. A. Morris and r. l.. Ben
nett of Jesup."
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-04-23
EARTHQUAKE IN COSTA RIGA

San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. ApFH
22.-There has been renewal Oh the
earthquakes in Costa Rica, 116 having
been recorded up to the present tlme'
Panic reigns in Carriage Several tho1-
sand persons are destitute in San Jose
and are clamoring for help from 'he
government and the municipality
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-04-23
OUTBREAK IN CHINA
SITUATION IN HUMAN PROVINCE
is NOW REPORTED TO BE
QUITE CRITICAL.

Hankow, China, April 22.-TAe slt-
uation in the Human province is re-
ported as critical and women and chill
,dren are fleeing for their lives from
Chang Sha.
A number of villages near that city
have been reduced to ashes by native
mobs. The country is placarded with
threats to kill all foreigners.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-04-23
They Stood "pat."

ConnersviIle, Ind. April 22.--The re
publicans of the sixth congressional
district of Indiana today renominated
Congressman William O. Barnard by
acclamation. The convention also in
dcrsed the Payne Aldrich tariff law,
the administration of President Taft
and urged the reelection of Senator
Beveridge.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-04-23
TWO STILL AT LARGE.
A Couple of Convicts Being Sought by
Large Posse.

Leavenworth, Kas., April 22.-Frank
Grigware and Theodore Murdoch, two
of six ccnvicts who escaped from the
Federal prison yesterday, were still
at large today.
twenty-five guards and two hundred
farmers are searching for fugitiyes.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-04-23
PLANS OF THE DEFENSE
Counsel for VOTERS Are Battling for
His Life.

New York. April 22-Two witness
es, the young prisoner himself and a
woman were relied upon today by Al
bert VOTERS counsel to controvert the
evidence which the prosecution pitted
M against him. to clear him Of the
charge of having strangled Rutl
Wheeler and burned her living body IN
the fireplace Of his apartments.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-04-23
IN WESTERN STYLE
TWO HlGHWAYMEN HOLD UP
TWENTY MEN IN SALOON
OUT IN UTAH.

Park City, Utah, April 22.-Two
highwaymen entered the Oak Saloon
this morning. lined twenty occupants
up in q back room, tapped the faro
hank and roulette game and procureI
five hundred dollars.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-06
CHARTER GRANTED FOR
ANOTHER BANK HERE
Security Guarantee and Trust
b Company With $4,000
Capital.

Richmond Is to have another bank,
Wednesday the Corporation Commits
sion granted a charter to Max Brown,
l.. b. Gibbons. Jr.. and E. Nj. Roscher.
all of Richmond, and holding the
positions OF president. vice-president
and cashier. respec lively, for the es-
la Adjustment of the Security, Guar
antee and Trust Company. The cap
ital stock will be $4,000. one-tifth of
this amount being the least the cor
poration can employ In the conduct
OF It's affairs. The charter gives per-
mission for the carrying on of gem
eral banking business.
The other charters granted We'd
nesday follow:
Front Royal Masonic Temple Cor
poration. Front Royal. Va w. E.
Carson, president; G. w. Forsythe.
vice president. A. @. Weaver, secre-
tary--all of Front Royal. Va. capt
tai stock; Maximum. $4,000; mini
mum. $4,000. Objects and purposes:
To erect a Masonic Temple at Front
Royal. Va
Davis Construction Company, In
corporated, Fairfax. Va. Harold Da-
Wis, president; John l.. Newbold. vice
president: r. r. Johnson, secretary
and treasurer--all of Washington. D.
c. Capital stock: Maximum. 10000;
minimum, $4,000. Objects and pur-
poses: Contracting business.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-06
ACT OF BRAVERY
SETS HIM FREE
Governor Grants Conditional Par
don to Convict Who Defended
Guard.

Bravery has it's rewards This was
proven Wednesday. when Governor
Mann granted a conditional pardon.
amounting to parole, to c. A. Dowdy.
who WAS sentenced to the penitentiary
for three years after conviction In
Lynchburg, on a charge OF arson
powdy had served about half hts
term. Wednesday at noon he left the
penttentiary declaring he would fol-
low the straight and narrow path of
virtue and rectitude.
Besides proving = model prisoner
since he arrived at the penitentiary,
Dowdy displayed great courage sever
al months ago when maddsnsd ne
gro convict victously attacked q guard
and was about to do him to death.
Seeing the precartous predioAment Oh
the guard who was no match for the
burly negro. Dowdy rushed 70 the res
cue OF the mtnion OF the law. ana over
powered tho black assailRnt This ao-
ton on his part was brought to tho
result Governor Mann was asked to
grant Dowdy = conditional pardon.
Should he adhere TO hts resolution 70
resist temptation to arr for . month
or So he will be pafeled-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-06
SAME BABY OFTEN
. BROUGHT To COURT
Negro Women in Trouble Bring
Tot Along to Win Sympathy
Of Justice.

One little negro baby in jackson
ward has been brought to police court
no less than fifteen times. Every negro
woman who happens to be arrested
borrows the infant and totes II 10 Inc
court room, exhibiting the playful lit
tie pickaninny within few feet OF
where Justice Crutchfield sits. We'd
nesday morning the Judge tumbled.
That's the same baby that was here
yesterday when ! let a woman Off" he
exclaimed. his jaws coming together
with a click that sounded through the
court room.
This here baby jess naturally likes
me. She plays wild me every time /
gifts near her." explained Carrie Boil
Ing, who was the complainant in the
case against Grace Anderson. another
negro woman.
And that baby takes up with every
negro who wants to get some sympa-
thy from me. Pay the costs in the
case and get out. And If l find that
baby hero again, l am going to adopt
it," enunciated the One John as he
passed to another case.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-06
UNION PLEASING
TO NORFOLK Man
Legislator Deal Hopes His City
and Portsmouth VIII Soon
Consolidate,

II am glad 10 see that Richmond
and Manchester ara 9oing to be con-
solidated." remarked Legislator J, r
Deal. OF f/orfolk, at the Jefterson
duoive to the welfare OF adjoining oc.u
Tuesday night, Nothing u more con-
ducive to the welfare OF adjoining
communities than getting together
and working an one community, The
larger q city Is, the morN attention II
attracts and the more business Il
necessarily gets from the outside,
II am hoping the day Ia not far
vi when Norfolk and Portsmouth
will be one and the same place. These
two cities have been negotiating foI
some years In an effort to bring
about consolidation. but there have
been many stumbling blocks in this
way. Portsmouth. above all else
fears 1t will lose its identity II II
Joins with Norfolk, and that is the
hardest obstacle to overcome"
Nr, Deal resides in an outlying
section OF Norfolk that was annexed
some years ago from Norfolk county
de took a prominent part in bringing
about annexation, being among She
foremost to tackle Boss Alvah Mar
tin and the iatter*S Norfolk county
henchmen who resisted annexation ia
the last ditch.
Mr.. Deal recalled the conflict with
evident pleasure and also reoited
other incidents In which he figured
IN anDasatioR y Avn 1AStiD.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-06
Briefs and ? ersonals

The condition of Mr.. J. w. Bro
naugh, city treasurer who Is III at the
home of his son In Albemarle county,
was reported Wednesday to be inn
proving.
Police Officer Richard p, Smith,
oldest member of the Manchester po-
lice department, who was stricken
Tuesday with paralysis, WAS reported
Wednesday te bo resting comfortably
although there was no change in his
condition. MIR. Smith Is Confederate
veteran.
Mr.. Leonard Traylor, of Crew, Va.
/ Is the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. jacob
Schwartz.
Mrs. ]. H Rodweli. of Macon. Ga.
rs visiting Miss Margaret pettigrew, OF
Woodside.
Mrs. Charles Weisiger and son, OF
Boydton. Va. have returned home, at
ter being the guests here of Mrs. Johr
Uts
DIR. w. F. Merchant OF Manassas
is visiting in Manchester.
Miss Lizzie L. Robertson has re-
turned from Midlothian, where she
was the guest of Miss Daisy winston
Mrs. T. P. Pettigrew Is visiting hel
son. Mr.. Arthur Pettigrew. In Staun-
ton,-Va---
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-06
DISCUSS CARE 0E
PHTH|s|s VICTIMS
Conference Of Charities and Cor
rection Hears Plan to Es-
tablish Farms.
MANY ADDRESSES MADE
Committee on Nominations Named
and Ordered to Report Of
ficers Tonight.
MANY ADDRESSES MADE

Especial to The Richmond yirginian.)
CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA, April s.
AT business meeting of the Confer
ence of Charities and Correction this
morning committees on resolutions and
q nominating committee to present a
list Of officers were named. and ordered
to report tonight.
Treasurer sheffey's report was read
and showed balance Of nearly $3.50.
A resolution In reference to definite
forms of work In behalf of destitute
colored children was adopted. Presi-
dent Martin stated that the board had
had a conference with DR.. Frizzeli. OF
the Hampton School, and that such
children would be looked after.
DR.. Charles p. Wertenbaker outlined
plan upon which he was working
for handling OF the tuberculosis prob
lem. 1t consisted Of the establishment
OF numerous farms just outside OF cit
les, where patients would be paid small
sums for their work and would not
be regarded 81 paupers; and where they
could keep In touch with their families.
In other words, the plan is q combina-
ton OF practical work for tuberculosis
together with tendency to back to
the farm. movement. which is the sio-
gan Of to-day. DIT. Wertenbaker stated
| that he would soon enter upon a cam
paign 70 secure 100000 to carry out
his plan.
DIR. r. Tunstall Taylor, OF Baltimore
spoke on the Care and Treatment OF
Crippled and Deformed Children Rev,
w. A. Cooper, OF Lynchburg, spoke on
jail Conditions in Virginia" and Rev,
I los Dr. H~as. Al,
ON The Delinquent Child"
Last Nights session.
The sessions opened last night
under favorable auspices. The presi-
dent OF the conference, Rev. DIR. J
II. Mastin, OF Richmond, presided al
the opening meeting.
Aunoug delegates and visitors are
numbered: Dr. W. r. Drewry, o,
Petersburg: Rev. A. b. Sharpe, OF
Richmond: Miss Anne Gulley, repre-
sening the Instructive Visiting Nurses
Association OF Richmond; DIR. T. x.
Flanagan. health office, Charlottes-
Vile: Rev. James Buchanan, aecre-
tary Associated Charities of Rich
mond; Miss e. Dorothea kesenich
Office secretary OF the State Board Oh
Charities and Corrections, Richmond;
Miss Florence l. baltimore, assistant
director of the Child Helping Depart
ton. New York: W. Reginald Walker
OF Richmond: Or. Allen w. Freeman
assistant state commissioner of health.
Richmond. Dr. l. T. Roystsr. OF Not-
| folk; Rev. W. 4. Cooper. OF Lynch
burg; Or. Tunstall Taylor. OF the Hos
pital for the Relief of Crippled and
| Deformed Children, of Baltimore city,
The program OF last night included
| the following addresses.
! Words OF Welcome. Hon. e. O.
Haden, mayor Of Charlottesville
response, Rev. C. L Corbitt, of Salem.
Va.
Annual Report of the President.
Rev. ]. r. Mastin. D. ..
Care and Training OF Destitute Chill
dren. Rev. c, l. Coroftt supsrinten-
dent Baptist orphanage, Salem.
Tho Responsibility of Gsffiti-GarfnE
agencies In Meeting Community
Needs. Miss Florence l. baltimore. oi
New York.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-06
ATTORNEY VICTIM
Of SMOOTH GAME.
Advances Five Dollars to Secure
Case and Then Learns He
Has Been Swindled.

Attorney Cornelius Mimms, colored.
has been the victim OF an. ancient Aim
fam game whereby he Is now minus Is
A white man. giving his name as W.
l. Byrd--who has since flown away
came to the colored attorney with what
purported to be copy OF q letter from
w, Is. Battle. claim agent OF the Nor
folk and Western Halfway awarding to
Il A Banks. negro, damages of $3.50
for injuries alleged to nave been re-
ceived In D!ngcss, W. Va Tho white
man said that Banks would not oompro-
misc his case for this sum and wished
to retain lawyer He further ex-
planned that II Mimms would advance
the money for his railway fare he
would come to Manchester and place
the case in his hands. The alluring
prospects of q forty-five per cent COM
mission of the sum recovered was held
out and the attorney turned over the
money. Blake returned with an al
legged power OF attorney from Banks
and forthwith letter was address
to Agent Battle. A letter from the
claim agent dtsolaimed any knowledge
OF an offer of q settlement to the man
alleged to have been hurt and said
further that six different lawyers had
presented claims from the alleged
Banks. OF whom the railway ofioials
know nothing.
Byrd ID unknown in Manchester.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-06
THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, April 6.-Therv
win be a decided fall in temperature
In the lower lake region and the
Atlantic States. and frost may BE- ex-
pected Thursday mosnin6 IN. Indiana,
Kentucky, Tennessee. the mountain
districts Of the Carolinas and the ex-
trame northern portions Of the east
Gull Statea, m the upper lals region
tosnperatures Will be eiase 10 freazan9,
Forecast till n NJ. Thursday:
Viretniar--Showerz tonight ~
Thursday; colder,
North Carolina,-Fatr, cooler tor.
night possibly frost In extreme west
portion; Thursday tairs cooler Il casts
ern portion.
The storm Monday has continued
in the northeriy movement and from
its present position, over the north
central States, ID causing unsettled
weather In all districts east Of the
upper and central Mississippi river
and along the Atlantic seaboard from:
Maine to Florida Rain has fallen
during the past twenty-f four hours ~
the States near the storm center, also
II Alabama and Tsnnessse. The area
u falling tamperaturs following the
st6Iz1n has moved quite rapidly east
ward since Monday morning. the eaat~
eru edge having crossed the Appala~
chan mountains at this c4aAr33ne
The greatest fall In temperature, n
to 30 degrees. ID reported from States
lying immediately east Of the Missts-
sippi river. All indications from thia
vicinity point to continued unsettlo1
weather, with showssa m eeQlm -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-06
sWANsD0RO ANXIOUS
To join RICHMOND
Prominent Citizen Declares it Will
Be a Part of Washington
Within Five Years.

Swansboro will within FIVE years
be added to Washington ward, for
merry Manchester, thus giving to the
new Richmond ward population
greater than that In any ward on
the north side of James river.
A prominent Swansboro citizen said
Immediately after the election Mon
day that he wished Swansboro had
been a part of Manchester SO that
1t. too, could be taken into the fold.
1T is onl va matter of time" said
the Swansboro man. when the line
Of Richmond will be extended far
beyond the railroad crossing at Tween
ty-flrEt street and will stretch out
past Holly Springs and Fonticello. l
am confident that the limits will be
extended as far as Thirty-third street" "
Swansboro people were some years
ago antagonistic to Manchester, but
against Richmond they have no I'll
feeling, and they are DESTROYS now of
being known az Residents of the
greatest city In the South.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-06
TAKEN To GOOCHLAND
TO MEET GRAVE CHARGE
Judge Scott Holds That Morris
Must Be Tried There for
Breaking Into Cars.

Judge r. Carter Scott. of the Circuit
Court OF HenIico on Tuesday &tters
noon held that Clarence Norris. =
young white man, VINO WAS charged
with breaking into the cars OF the
Chesapeake Il Ohio Railroad. could not
he tried here and that the case should
be certified TO Goochland county. This
WAS done and the young man wa1
taken back to his pen.
immediately afterwards he WAS ar
raiRaed on the charge of perjury. 10
being alleged that he made different
statements when being tried before
Magistrate James T. lewis judge
Scott held that the rnagisterial court
was not trial court and therefore
ths charge could not be perjury with
felcnIeus intent, because. Per se, the
magistrate could not try fenonE
felony warrant He ordered this per-
jury charge to be heard before q nAg~
istrate as q misdemeAnor.
Special Detective Angle viii take
Morris to Gooehland county when the
grand jury meets in that place.
Squire Puryear will hear the misde-
meanor charge of perjury against the
accused.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-06
ASK RICHMOND TO
ESTABLISH 4 PARK
New Ward Wants the Courthouse
Square Beautified for Breath
ing Spot.

One of the FIRST demands which win
be made upon the Richmond Council
by the representative of Washington
Ward, which Ia not included In the
annexation ordinance, VIII be for an
appropriation to remove several an
cient builders in the courthouse
square and have this site parked.
Speaking of the matter Wednesday,
q well-known councilman, who will
likely be elected to represent the cap
ital city's new charge In the Council,
declared that there IL not park with
In the corporate limits Of Manches-
ter. He thinks that 1t L. only right
and proper that citizens of the South
side should have the privilege Of u
breathing spot" II know Of no bet
ter situation for such place" he said,
than the courthouse square. The
building now occupied by the fire de-
partment and Council chamber and
the police station also can be removed
and the place oeautified at little ex-
pense."
Many citizens are anxious to see
this improvement, and 1t IL believed
that the Richmond Council will look
with favor upon the proportion.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-06
ONLY Two DAYS
BEFORE THEY PAY
Candidates for City Council Mimi
Settle With Treasurer by
Thursday, II
FIGHT ON MIR. JOHNSON
Opponents Of Jefferson Ward
Candidates Question His
Democracy.
IGHT ON MIR. JOHNSON

With just two days left In which Ia
pay their assessments or get out of
the race, the candidates who have an
nounced themselves FOR the Board Of
Aldermen and the Common Council
are anxiously awaiting the hrst cut
in their ranks, which Ia inevitably ex-
peoted when the final call II Issued
ordering the would-be Aldermen to
deposit $26 with the secretary-trea.-
urer of the City Democratic Commit
tee. and the prospective councilmen
to send in their checks for 115 each.
In Jefferson ward matters -polttcAl
are more than complicated. For the
five seats in the Common Council
moro than a score of candidates are
in the field, being brought out in
largo measure. # IL declared. by some
OF the present incumbents to crowd
the field and keep several very strong
and influential men from announcing
themselves.
This confusion In now enhanced By
q statement given out by q prominent
politician. declaring that MI. Joseph
johnson, who rs out fox tho Board OK
Aldermen. h q Republican and should
not stand for election in q Democratic
primary.
Previous to Mr.. Johnson's announces
nent, It is. understood there was somA
Ques ton OF his coming out for the
Common Council. His friends, how
ever, after consultation. decided that
the councilmanic field was already
overcrowded and that the tight for 3
seat in the BOARD seemed more prom
ising.
Just what action viii be taken by
the city committed, In view Of Mr..
Johneon's political leaninga. u not