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The Washington times., 1911-07-23
CRUEL

PA, the young man that called last
night is a marine artist" ventured the
pretty girl at breakfast.
HIM" grunted the old man over his
buckwheat cakes. What have 1 to do
with that?'
"Why-er-he said possibly you could
tell him where to go for inspiration"
He did, eh? Well, tell him to go
down and paint a picture of the River
Stylx."
The Washington times., 1911-07-23
A True Woman

Yes; we met a real live queen
while abroad. Were conducted through
tho palace, in fact"
You don't tell me. And how did
the queen act?"
= Just like an ordinary woman. Told
us she had hard time keeping help,
and apologized profusely for the way
the palace looked"
The Washington times., 1911-07-23
LEAVING HIM AT SEA

Gould you do something for a
poor old sailor?" asked the seedy-
looking wanderer at the gate.
Poor old sailor?" echoed the lady
at work at the tub.
"Yes'm, I follered the water for
sixteen years."
WELL said the woman, after.
critical look, you certainly don't look
as If you ever caught up with 1t?
Then she resumed her labors.
The Washington times., 1911-07-23
You Child-Slapper

There are different transgressions
which excite different people to the
point Of explosion; but there isn't a
kindly man or a womanly woman who
does not want to take violent methods
in dealing with YOU. You She-parent!
You Child-slapper!
Just wait till I get you home, I'll
slap you for this" you declare as you
yank your boy out of the gutter, where
he has strolled luxuriously in water
arl his Sunday shoes.
You are mad: just plain, ugly, un-
motherly mad! Your impatience has
The Washington times., 1911-07-23
SnatcheS From the
Best In HumOr
GOING TOO FAST

Guest-Now I'll take some ice cream
to top of, with three flavors.
waiter-Your bill is IS cents already,
sir.
Guest-What Of that?
Waiter-Why, you see, sir, mixed ice
cream is 20 cents, and you'll probably
give me a dollar to pay the check, and
that'll leave only cents for me.
The Washington times., 1911-07-23
Would Miss Something

First Matron-1 don't see you walk
ing out in the afternoon any more,
Hannah.
Second Matron-No, am on the same
telephone line with Mrs Smith, and
am so afraid that somebody will call
her up while l am gone.
The Washington times., 1911-07-23
Beautiful Buelah;
Or, Kiss 1t Again

Beautiful BueIah Budweiser sat IN
her pink and yellow boudoir and gazed
dreamily, adoringly. trustfully, Ian
guishingly at the photograph.
Outside 1t was mid-August. INSIDE
The Washington times., 1911-07-23
Father Understood Poker

willie-Say, pa, you ought to see the
men across the street raise a building
on jacks.
Pa acknowledgements Willie. You
can open on jacks, but man Is 1901
to try to raise on them.
The Washington times., 1911-07-23
Our Grocery Clerk
Says They're Queer

The boss has got a new dodge, and
believe me. it's winner.
There must have been a hoodoo on
that crate Of pineapples. They were
the piniest sort OF pineapples. big and
The Washington times., 1911-07-23
Afraid of Talk

Maggie-Y's mum; I'm leavin' yer I
don't like the snip of dude thA3s
Callin' on Miss Mabel.
Mistress-The idea! He doesn't call
to see you, so what
Maggie-I know he doesn't mum; but
the neighbors might think he does.
The Washington times., 1911-07-23
The Usual WaY

Friend-Do you try to make yourself
a daily and hourly necessity TO your
husband, as I advised?
Brfde-Yes. indeed. keep everything
in its place, so he can never find a thing
without my help
The Washington times., 1911-07-23
His Idea of II

Little Willie-This paper says there
are no statues of women in the hall of
fame, pa Why is that?
Pn-oh. that is easily explained, my
son. There isn't any hall in the coun-
try half large enough for all our ia
nous women.
The Washington times., 1911-07-23
lust One Fault

Is your husband a good MANI"
Yes; he's good man. 1 can't COM
plain. But he always sneaks out when
ever the clergyman calls"
The Washington times., 1911-07-23

wanted her to pass Judgment on my new white sega e. SUIT yes
other people tell they know it. tooand found her in up
the floor half buried puzzle
knew there askin her anything did you ever
anybody anything
Belle?-so read about then back
hand like Of lady yn to
chance Shed ony fitted soldiers mountains which
they in all that time . 80
Mother how do you like the hang o this skirt?
| on'y whether this knee
the end of horses tail -" she says "
"Would tell what think the hang this skirt It
you knew" says.
"I'd anything knew that" she O dreamy.
help her. and she had little
gw looked like the smooth side of
cobble dynamite explosion couldn't make mind
which
Mother" "I think that "a the box by mistake
Now tell m what you think O the hang O this skirt.
81 don't b1ieve it fits all" mother
"What!' Belle there suit like it.
Unless" she says, unless it's part o the water
Be simple, Belle, somebody's
enoyin' it, don't disturb it.
The Washington times., 1911-07-23
And Used Them

They say she looked daggers at
him?'
Worse than that; she looked long
hatpins."
The Washington times., 1911-07-23
Met Half Way

Beggar-Please. mister. dime for
q poor blind man.
Old GentIeman-But you are only
blind in one eye.
Beexar-All right; make 1t nickel.
then,
The Washington times., 1911-07-23
Glad to Let Her Go

Josie-Pa promised t have a band
playing when I get married.
Mamie-He certainly ought to feel
like celebratin'.
The Washington times., 1911-07-23
No Possible Escape
From These
ENGLISH JOKE FOR TODAY

What shall you go to the Shakes
peare ball as?'
"Oh, I've got a new idea. I'll go in
something streaky as Bacon, The
Pink I'm.
The Washington times., 1911-07-23

LILLE, what's become o the jigsaw puzzle? Has it
for men and pies like mother used make or is il
just sort O recuperatin' after breakdown from
overwork? Mothers still faithful to it, anyhow.
Somebody gave mother jigsaw puzzle whs0
they first began to jig, and she's regarded it as q
member O the family since. 1t must be
yard square, and it's s'posed to represent scene
in the Alps or Washin'ton crossin' the Delaware,
l forget which Anyhow, every time mother feels
cut O sorts she gets the jigsaw puzzle out O the
closet. dumps it down the floor in little noun
tain O pieces and starts forget time and trouble
The Washington times., 1911-07-23
ARTISTIC TEMPERAMENTS
And Their Ora wbacks
From Matrimonial Viewpoint
BY PEGGY VAN BRA AM

NENTY years of giving out marriage licenses, Of
studying the faces and the traits of the hundreds of
men and women, young and old, rich and poor who
crowd the license bureau, made for the time akin
by the invisible bond OF love, would to qualify
a man to be able to give fine details about
natrimony wouldn't it? And such advice has
Gently come from a western who has been
many years in the marriage bureau and who de-
clares that the woman or the man who weds the
artistic temperament" is sowing seed of sorrow
which he or she must reap in desparing years of
the future.
The Washington times., 1911-07-23

contact auring make bad hepmates fol
the path life he They quick to anger
makes happiest place the world and wife and
they their hghstung seldom good health
thing which the retired license clerk de
clares S a corner n the house of happiness
the the tenpera
back tragcay large of the divorce cases
lack with
and small that around the and
starting in new world of matrimony
is that should with mist OF dreams
JOY visions of the hard places in fe pathway but
something big and fine back it. the
shape and paiene and these things
found general rule in the artistic temperament despite th
the that their
give most of the beauty of life to the world.
Wise mothers will remember this genius
keep hero worshping daughters from great in
man as the genius unless their child
fine whose lack of makes them idea
in the artistic
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-04-06
REPORT
FOR THE PAST WEEK
t. d. W. . hACF1AN,
President Mutual Light & Water Co

Columbus. Ga, April 5-The Geor-
gia and Alabama Industrial index
says in its regular weekly issue:
An encouraging sign of the times
is the continued organization of COM
mercfal bodies among the cities and
towns of the two states. During the
past week Dublin, Ga, and Perry, Ga,
organized chambers of commerce and
Quitman, Ga, reorganized it's trade
tody. Two of the places mentioned
in addition to the formal organization
raised by subscriptions sums of mon
ey That will be used by the new
toards in their work of advertising
and development.
Jefferson county, Alaama, award
ed contracts for the construction of
many steel and concrete bridges.
Thomas county, Georgia, is to replace
its present wooden bridges with steel
structures. Berrien county, Georgia
awarded contract for the construction
OF a road which will be link in an
important interstate highway. In Lee
county, Georgia, a plantation sold for
$4,000 Many deals were made in
Atlanta, Ga, real estate during the
week and some remarkable profits
were recorded"
"The Southern Railway is award
ing contracts for substantial improve
ments on its line between Macon, Ca,
and Atlanta, Ga. Contract for erec-
ton of 20,000-spindle cotton mill
was awarded at Lagrange, Ga. A
brick plant at Camp Hill, Ala, is to
be enlarged. An oil mill and fertil-
izer factory, recently burned at Mont
gomery, Ala, are to he rebuilt on a
larger scale than before A cotton
oil mill is to be established at Elba,
Ala. Pennsylvania people incorporat-
ed an oil and gas company at Jasper,
Ala. and are now sinking their first
well. A company was Incorporated at
Columbus, Ca, to grow sugarcane and
sweet potatoes and to can syrup and
potatoes on scale.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-04-06
GREAT SEASON
IS EXPECTED
At ST. SIMON
MANY INQUIRIES BEING REcElV.
ED DAILY BY HOTELS ON
THE ISLAND.
Season Is Expected to Be the Most
Successful One in the History Of
the Resort-Work Being Pushed on
the New Hotel

The coming season will be the
greatest in the history of st. Simon
is the general prediction of those who
are TO operate hotels and boarding
houses on the island, and it is ex-
pected that from the first of June
until the first of August the island
viii entertain the largest number of
people that have ever spent the sum.
mer months at the popular resort.
This forecast is carried out ty the
unusually large number of INQUIRIES
being received at the various hotels.
Although the new Hotel st. Simon is
not yet completed, and will not be for
more than a month, many letters
nave teen received by the owners
from people all over the south, ask
Ing for rates and information of vari
ous kinds. These letters are all
promptly answered and the people are
notified that the hotel will be ready
to accommodate guests about the
first OF June. Work on the. new hotel
is being pushed with all possible ra.
pidity and every effort will be made
to te it completed by June first.
While the work may not all re en-
tirely completed by that time, it is
hoped by the managers tTlat it will he
sufficiently finished so as to accom-.
modate guests, as June is expected to
he one of the best months on the
island.
The various other resorts are all
being prepared for the opening of the
season. The buildings are being re-
painted and otherwise improved, and
altogether great deal of work is
now going on at the island.
AS to the new car line, which will
ne operated from the pier to the new
I.hotel, it is not known when il will
be completed, hardly by the first of
June, but even if it is not there will
be num} er of automobiles in opera.
ton and guests will have no difficulty
IN tnding ample transportation facili-
ties to and from the hotel.
The st. Simon Transit company is
making arrangements to take care of
the many passengers which it will
handle, the steamer Attaquin now be-
ing at the plant of the Parker-Hensell
fnslneerin9 company. where she is
being practically rebuilt.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-04-06
NEGROES WANTED AGAIN
FOR SERVICE IN ARMY
For First Time in Three Years Gov.
errment Is Asking 49,.
Recruits.

Negroes are again teing recruited
in tie United States army.
For three years the policy OF the
government has been to enlist no new
coiored troops, and it has been said
nat the Gays OF negro soldiers IN IN the
United States army were numb berad
Though t1ese troops. composing four
regiments in the regular army. taye
done excellent work il several cam
paisns, in times OF peace they proved
rather troublesome, and officers in
the army freely predicted after the
Brownsville trouble that no new men
would be taken into the service.
Lieutenant John Symington, re-
cruiting officer in Atlanta, has orders
from Washington to begin recruiting
negroes for the twenty-fourth infan-
try. 1f}is regiment has been ordered
to the Philippine islands, and will go
there at an early date. Some 500
negroes will be recruited.
There are at present four negro
regiments in the army, and these are
all needing new men.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-04-06
HAVOC PLAYED
IN ALABAMA BY
SEVERE STORM
RAIN AND WIND VISITS MANY
SECTlONS-TELEGRAPH
WIRES ARE DOWN.
Storm Worst in Years Says Report.
Wind at Its Highest in Exposed
Parts and Ships Are Blown Loose
From Moorines.

Montgomery, Ala, April 5.-Desola-
ton and havoc have been wrought in
many parts OF Alat anna by a general
severe wind and rain storm, cyclonic
in its nature in some places. and ac
cCmpanied by heavy ligt thing and
hail in others, which started Monday
Aieht terminating late yesterday af-
ternooA. Telephone and telegraph
wires are down in man" sections aad'
only meager details Of the damage
done can be learned. -NYraffic on sey.
eral railroads was delayed during ali
CT Tuesday
Trees uprCoted, i'oilses and stores
damaged, some completes demolish-
ed, light plants putt out of commits
sion, street car service impaired and
streets flooded by the heavy down.
pour of rain are the reports that
were received tonight from the storm
visited sections of the state.
In Selma. the storm was severe.
Shingles were blown from the roofs
c; houses. trees uprooted. sisns llowu
down. fences razed and houses dam.
AGED by rain which fell in torrents
While the storm was raging. The light
plant was put out of commission and
tonight the city is in total darkness
TIE streets are Uttered and strewn
with limbs from the shade trees Of
the city. Telephone and telegraph
wires were snapped and all the tele-
phones are out of order.
At Uniontown, in Perry county, the
high wind was accompanied by a reg
jiar hail storm and much damage was
done. Fruit and vegetable crops were
-ladly damaged.
Gadsden was also among the storm
swept cities. many telephone poles
blowing down, trees unrooted and the
city light plant crippled.
Reports from Bay Minette, Bgewton
Demopolis, Marion Junction, Ever
green, Decatur, Huntsville, Cullman
and other places tell OF severe wind
and rain storms sEhieAsaafid- consider
able damage.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-04-06
STEAMER DOVER is SOLD.
ants and Planters Steam
ship Company

The steamship Dover formerly
owned by c. l.. Dimond, and which
has made many trips to this port has
leen purchased by the Merchants and
Planters Steamship Company, of
Florida The Jacksonville Times
Union of yesterday contained the fol
lowing about the sale:
"The steamship Dover, recently ac-
quired by the Merchants and Planters
Steamship Company of this city, OPP
Grating a line of freight and passen-
ger steamers between Jacksonville
and Miami, sailed from New York a
few days ago and is scheduled to ar
rive in port Monday.
The acquisition of the Dover was
the result Of the conference between
the owner, Mr. DimOnd, of New York
city and Frederick H. Rand, Jr., of
Mani, representing the Merchants
and Planters company, and the vessel
will begin her run Immediately after
ter arrival at this port, running op-
posite the steamer Fannie c. Hart.
The boat was built at Wilmington,
Del, in 1873 and was formerly known
as the Westoyer
The Dover carries a crew of II
men and it is understood that the
same captain and crew with which
she leaves New York will be retained
in the service.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-04-06
MANY CONTRACTS IN TEXAS.
Bewden & Thomas to Erect Half
Dozen Buildings for Kress
& Company.

Bowen & Thomas, the well-known
Brunswick contracting firm, have
work enough ahead for one firm,
Kress e Co., to keep them busy for
the next year or two.
1t will be remembered that when
the company decided to erect the
handsome building in this city Bowen
Il Thomas secured the contract. SO
pleased were the members of the firm
with the local job, that they awarded
another to the firm in Alexandria,
Miss, and again the firm more than
pleased the owners. That building
has been completed and another is
now in course of construction in
Waco, Texas, while the local firm also
has contracts for a building in Hous-
ton and two or three other places in
Texas.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-04-06
MILITARY PLANS
Are ABANDONED
MEXICAN MANEUVERS MAY 30
AWAY WITH PROPOSED
ENCAMPMENT.

The maneuyerS that are now taking
.lace on the Mexican lOrder, i'll
Which a large number of the officers
and men Of tie regular army are
participating, has materially affected
the plan that had been previously laid
Tor the maneuvers CT the militia dur
ing the approaching summer. AS the
conditions now exist. it is presumed
that the entire program will neces-
salily be ctlanged
There have been plans made ,hv all
CT the infantry officers of this state
for the annual officers school of in
struction, which was to have been
held at Fort McE. erson in May. All
OF the officers were preparing 10 at.
tend at that time. When the officers
and men We're removed fror, that
post and sent to Texas there was
some doubt as to whether the school
would be held or not.
At present it is evident that the
troops that have teen sent there will
not return in several months. AL
though no orders had been issued for
the school it was believed that it
would De held the same as usual,
There have been no official communi-
cations received 1y ti1e local military
commanders relative to the school or
as to its abandonment. but it is now
conceded in military circles that the
school will
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-04-06
Telegraph Wires Down.

New Orleans, La, April 5.-Follow-
ing a heavy downpour of rain, ac.
companied by a twenty-eigflt mile an
hour wind, New Orleans was cut off
from direct communication with the
east for more than an hour shortly
afte" Noon today. For a While the
Wes IN Union and Postal Telegraph
companies had hut one wire each
working to the north and reported all
wires to the east temporarily out Of
commission.
No damage was done in this city
but the exposed cities and towns
along the gulf coast suffered slightly.
At Gulfport Miss, the wind reached
a velocity of sixty miles an tIour and
the heaviest rainfall in several years
was reported. Fences were blown
down, windows smashed and the
steeple on the First Methodist church
was wrecked.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-04-06
SHERIFF DEFENDS HIMSELF.
Says He Was Disarmed Before He
Even Knew of Mob.

Montgomery, Ala, April 6.-Sheriff
?. w. Jinwright, of Bullock county,
has issued a statement in reply to the
intimation of Governor O'Neal that
there existed collusion between the
sheriff and the mob in the lynching
OF Aberdeen Johnson, the negro, near
Union Springs, Ala, early Sunday af,
ternCon.
In setting forth the facts of the
lynching the sheriff says that he did
everything in his power to prevent
mob violence, deputiziug responsible
citizens to aid him in this endeavor
He adds that before he was aware
OF the move Of the mob he had been
disarmed in the Jail, forced down
and carried into the court room in a
most rutal manner"
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-04-06
Hiqh Wind NeiocitY.

Birmingham. Ala, April "a
heavy wind and rain storm passed
over this section of Alabama late this
afternoon, delaying all trains and put
ting many telephone and telegraph
wires out of commission. No serious
damage has been reported.
The highest velocity reacted Ny the
wind at the local weather bureau was
forty miles an hour The rainfall was
,9S inch. Numerous signs and avn
ings were blown down and number
OF trees on South Highlands, tle high
est section of the city, were unrooted
At Tuscaloosa telephone and teIe-
graph wires were ell down, giving rise
to report that a cyclone had struck
that town. a.. =
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-04-06
STATEMENT BY
PRES. STRACHAN
HEAD OF MUTUAL LIGHT AND
WATER COMPANY TALKS
OF BOND ISSUE.
Brunswick. Ga, April 5,-19l1.
Mr, {. H. Leayy, Editor Bruins wick


News
Dear Sir: IN response to your re.
guest That l give yea the position of
the hur2ai Light & Water company
and its officers regarding the propos.
ed bend .ssue. l beg to say:
It seems to me that all this agita-
ten ts.1t as been stirred up atonlt
the matter is ''mudl ado about moth
ing. The main facts and the tech
nical points are fully covered by the
card OF Mr. Twitty published this
afternoon. We are not seeking to
ISSUE million dollars of bonds, but
simply desire to make a new mort
gage covering up TO that amount f,r
futurity, POSSIBLY never to be Il sed.
Briefly the plan is now to issue new
bends against the outstanding bonds
OF the Mutual company and for the
purpose OF tufing the authorized
ponds OF the street railway company.
consolidating both under cne mort
gage. This would require 100000 OF
W 9ncs 70 ta,-e uD 1925 900 plus
'3.o9" street railway bonds. The
l. G-ort5age anu tonds to be given and
delivered simply gives the comparY
The rig, I and authority 10 Issue ]5..
lo12I Eoads fCr the purpose Of maA-
ing extensions of the railway and to
make extensions and improvements
OF t9e lisht and water plant when
sGoh improvements and extensions
ere needed 10 serve and accomnode. e
tNe peepi+ Of Brunswick. aud this
without tae necessity of hayin. to
make another mortgage.
Additional bonds can only be :gsu.
ed under orders of the railroad com.
mission.
You can well understand tina. if
We now make a mortgage, securing
and providing only for the bonds
needed at his time. that when it te.
comes necessary to make such exien.
sions TO the properties Of tie con-
Jany, it would be practically impo.-
sl0le TO cali in and get possession OF
the outstanding bonds which are sold
to individual investors in all parts Of
the cGuntry, and in tnis way we would
De handicapped in giving the peopie
the very facilities they need in their
everyday life, namely, water, gas and
electricity and street car accommoda.
tlons. want to say further on L e.
half Of ali the other officers of the
Mutual Light & Water company. as
We'll as myself, that We are Just as
much interested in the welfare and
interest OF our people as Mr.. Hopkins
or anybody else. Whatever we have
dcne in connection with TIE Light &
Water company and the street rail-
way company has been open and
above board, and this will continue to
re our policy.
Yours very truly,
F. d. M. STRACHAN.
President Mutual Light & Water Co.