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VOLUME XX—NO. 266
FACING A SHORTAGE
HAZLEHURST MA N
MAY BE A SUICIDE
Frank J. Stakes,‘Former Resi=
dent of Brunswick, Said to
be Short in Accounts.
RIVER DRAGGED BUT NO
SIGN MISSING MAN FOUND
Mysteriously Disappeared From
Ferry Boat Near Lumber City
Late Tuesday Night.—May
Have Jumped Into River, But
Some Believe He Has Skipped
Out.
Hazlehurst, Ga., July 27. —Whether
Pranlt J. Stukes, 33, former agent of
the Southern Railway In Hazlehurst,
committed suicide by leaping from a
ferry boat near Lumber City or skip
ped out for parts unknown, following
a report by auditors that he is short
in his accounts with the Southern
heie, is a mystery yet unsolved.
Stukes left Hazlehurst in an auto
mobile Tuesday night at 10:30 for
Lumber City. At the Ocmulgee river,
about a mile from Lumber City,
Stukes loaded his machine onto a fer
ry boat. When the other aide of the
river was reached, however, the ferry
man called for Stukes, and found that
he was gone.
(He gave the alarm and dragging
parties were formed. The river has
been dragged for several miles, but
no sight of the missing man has been
found. His pocketbook was in the au
tomobile.
Tracks Near River Found.
One suppositioif is that he commit
ted suicide by leaping into the river
from the ferry boat. Wednesday,
however, parties walking along the
vf jelerrf barr*# bf the river. the j
automobile was loaded onto the fWt*v
boat, discovered fresh tracks, which
might have been those of Stukes. This
led to the belief on the part of some
persons that Stukes had probably
skipped out.
Two letters were .written hy Stukes
before his departure*. One of those is
in the possession of his wife, and the
other Is'with a friend. So far they
have not divulged the contents of the
letters.
After Stukes left the service of the
Southern, his books were audited by
accountants, and it is alleged that
they found him short about $3,000.
His last \werk, It is said, was ns relief
agent at Jackson.
I*\ J. Stukes. the young man whose
ntysterioue disappearance* following
diacovery of a shortage In his ac
counts, is reported above* Is w*l
known in Brunswick, having formerly
employed as a bill clerk at. the
local Southern freight office. He loft
here about three years ago for Hnzle
hurat, where he has since made hb
home.
TWO ARE ACQUITTED
IN BASEBALL TRIAL
Judge Hugo Friend Promises
Acquittal For Three Others
Today Unless Further Evi
dence is Presented Against
Them at Today’s Session.
fRv Associated Press. 1
Chicago, July 2?. —1/JMIS and Ben
Ltvl. two or the eleven men on trial
here on charges of con* pi racy to
throw the ISIS world series same*,
walked out of the oourt roont this at
tern,*on legally free of any Conner
Don with the case.
The acquittal of the two men result
ed from testimony introduced hy the
defense, and Judge Hugo Friend
premised the acquittal also of Ruck
Weaver, ilap Fclech and Carl Zork.
unle** further evidence is presented
agatnat them at tomorrow's session
of the court.
David lelcer, another of the defen
dant*. presented au alibi, which was
corroborated hy both witnesses and
document* TomoitVw the counsel
for the defease will try to free the re
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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
MEETS DEATH IN
EFFORT SAVE WIFE
Dr. W. S. Stone, President of
Purdue University, Indicia,
Gave His Life in the Fastness
of Mount Eanon Wh,ile At
tempting to Rescue His Wife
From Perilous Position.
(By Associated Press.)
Baniff, Alberta, July 27. —Dr. W. S.
Stone, president of Purdue University,
Indiana, gave bis life in the solitary
fastness of Mount Eanon, in an effort
to save his wife, who had fallen to a
narrow ledge on the face of a deep
crevice.
After failing in an effort to pull his
wife up to safety by means of a rope,
Dr. Stone attempted to scale the al
most perpendicular cliff. He suc
ceeded in reaching his imperilled wife
but while carrying her lost his footing,
and plunged to the bottom of the
chasm, hundreds of feet below.
Mrs. Stone slipped back to the
ledge, from where she was later res
cued, after remaining virtually with
out food for a period of eight days.
In spite of her experience she is ex
pected to recover. Both were experi
enced mountain climbers.
HIGH PRICE PAID
FOR FIRST BALE
First Bale of Cotton Grown in
Georgia This Year is Sold in
Savannah Yesterday, Bring
ing 68 Cents Per Pound.-
Bidding Was Lively.
‘ Savannah, Ga., July 27. —The first
bale of the now cotton crop was re
ceived in Savannah yesterday from
Colquitt county, Georgia. It was
, ; farmer „or
Moultrie, ami was! shipped from Fitz
gerald by Garhutt & Cos,. to the E. A.
Cutts company.
The bale was classed strict low mid
dling, green and gin-cut. The woight
was 35)6 pounds. Broker Cutts himself
officiated as auctioneer at the noon
sale, and succeeded in raising the bids
until the figure reached 68c, at which
price it was knocked dowp to Mid
dleton & Peterson. The very high
price resulted from the keen competi
tion, as several buyers seemed deter
mined to invest in the first bale of the
season.
LOCAL FISHERMEN TELL
IN(i HARD-LIICK TALES
The continued generosity of the
weather man in furnishing Brunswick
and vicinity, with a copious supply of
rain. Is beginning to have some
right serious results. So long as the
regular afternoon showers interfered
only with such unimportant matters
as bustness, no serious kicks were
registered.
But the limit of patience has been
Argument Over Dime’s Worth
Of Ice Has Fatal Ending
Whether the example set by a Per*
nandina woman yesterday morning,
in a heated discussion with the ice
man over the weight of ten cent*'
worth of froaen liquid. Is indicative
of an inclination on part of a jea
lous and helpless populace to rise im
its might and smite to his death the
purveyor of said warm weather con
dimeht if there is outward evidence
of a shortage in pounds or merely a
concert*te case of overtaxed nerves,
psuedo-psychologv or sheer criminolo
gy run rampant b.v the proximity of
an ice pick, apparently are matters
for a Florida court to determine.
Meanwhile and pending a judicial
expression on these points, Willie
Mitchell is dead and Amanda Ja-p< r
Is In jail on the charge of causing his
passing, the vehicle employed to this
end being the aforesaid ice pick which
had been used by Willie in separating
a bit of he, labeled as ten centa’
worth, from a hundred pound block
and proffered to Amanda a* th*
amount of her purchase The partici*
pants in the drama were negroes.
Now anybody knows that a hundred
pound block of let* bolts tike a veri
table mountain of refrigeration when
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1921.
JAPAN CONSENTS
TO DISCUSSION OF
EASTERN PROBLEMS
Definite Acceptance of Partici=
pation in Disarmament Con=
ference Received.
SATISFACTION EXPRESSED
IN OFFICIAL CIRCLES
Japan’s Formal Acceptance of
Harding’s Invitation Reached
State Department Yesterday,
Giving Consent to a Discus
sion of Far Eastern Problems.
(By Associated Press.)
Washingotij, July 27. —Japan’s defi
nite acceptance of a place in the dis
armament conferences, proposed re
cently by President Harding, which
reached the state department today,
gives that country’s consent to a dis
cussion of the Far Eastern questions.
It is also suggested in Japan’s reply
to the President’s invitation that prob
lems which concern only particular
powers, or which can be regarded as
closed incidents, be omitted from the
discussion.
There is every evidence of satisfac
tion over the reply received from Ja
pan in official circles of Washington,
and it was indicated that the way is
regarded as entirely clear for the pre
liminary negotiations on time, place,
details of procedure, and other simi
lar matters.
All others of the great powers in
vited to take pari in the conferences
have already responded with favor
able replies, and it is generally re
garded that the conference will le
hold in Washington, bginning on next
Armistice Day, November 11.
NEW COMMITTEE NAMED TO
GOVERN G. 0. P. IN GEORGIA
At a rrwettpg <vt 200 prominent Re-
VnM!ean*'n--rttan>ilrM of Georgia
hetd in Atlanta thif week under auspj
ces of the national republican commit
tee, many of whom, had never before
figured in party affairs, the old state
central committee was bodily fired
out. and a now committee named to
direct the party affairs of the G. O. P.
In the state, ' •
The new committee is composed of"
fifty men, forty of whom are white,
and while the meeting was harmoni
ous, the “black and tan” element is
threatening trcyible, and all kinds of
party disaster from without the ranks
iif the new committee.
Members appointed from this, the
Eleventh district, are Albert Fendlg,
Brunswick; C. W. Barnes, Valdosta;
and E. R. Belcher, Brunswick.
reached —and passed—and the ama
teur fishermen are up in arms. They
say 'that the over-abundance of fresh
water has completely spoiled their
sport, and that the fish positively re
fuse to bite. Just why this should be
so, is a question of an expert fish-olo
gist to say—hut the fishermen, rueful
! ly. declare it to be a fact.
compared with a ten-cent chunk lying
alongside. And It looked Juat that
way to Amanda, for she protested
loudly and vigorously against its
smallness and, it is said, even hinted
that she was being given a cold deal,
or something that wasn't altogether
fair, the weather and everything con
sidered.
The Mitchell negro promptly re
sented the imputation against bis
scales. There was a spirited and then
heated argument whl<;h came to an
abrupt end when the woman seized
the ice pick and drove its sharp point
through the heart of the man. death
following Instantly.
The story of the tragedy was
brought to Brunswick by the baseball
team which played the local aggrega
tion yesterday. It also was sta* m* bv
the informant of Tte News that when
the purchase was placed on
the scales ft weigh* ! two pounds
more than was required, therebv
knocking the props from under a pos
sible plea of justifiable hom;cde. In
other words, the tragedv nas all the
ear marks of an "tcocold *, bioeded
murder
Now That We are Getting Tired Perhaps He’ll
Help Carry the Load
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RELIEF MEASURE IS
PASSERBY HOUSE
Farmers In the Non-Cotton
Zones Established by the
Government to Eradicate the
Pink 801 l Worm Will be Re
compassed For Losses Sus
tained .
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, July 27. —The house
adopted today a vote of one hundred
and seventy-eeven to eighty-four a
joint resolution for the relief of the
cotton states which have given aid
to farmers forced from their fields In
the nen-eotton zones established bv
j the government In an effort to eradi
cate the pink boll worm.
The senate had already adopted the
| measure, which now goes *p confer
ence, as the senate resolution provld
d for a fair rental value on the idle
cotton lands, while the house mea
sure would pay the actual necessary
loss suffered.
PEACH SHIPMENTS SURPASS
ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS.
Atlanta, July 27. —Shipments of
peaches and water melons, from Geor
gia for the 1921 season have surpassed
all previous records, according to fig
ures compiled by the Southern Rail
way system from official service.
10.264 cars of peaches had been ship
ped from Georgia up to July 22. and
the crop is expected to run over 10,*
500 cars.
In 1920. Georgia shipped &.062 cars
of peaches. With a great part of the
water melon* still to be shipped, Geor
gia has already passed the total for
1920. t’p ta July 16. Georgia had ship
ped 10.110 cars of water melons, and
shipments since then have run above
150 cars per day.
These results show that there was
o grounds for apprehension express
ed early In the season, that the Geor
gia peaches and melons would not
move this year. Prices received by
growers have been quite satisfactory.
The Atlanta Journal estimates the
returns received by Georgia producers
from these two crops so far at ten
million dollars. Favorable weather
conditions, improved transportation
facilities and better methods of mar
keting are among the factors wjjich
have contributed to the success of the
Georgia product.
SPLIT DEVELOPS IN SEN
ATE AGRICULTURAL BLOC
, . <*? *o“°# atea Preps.) *
Witihfngto% July *27. ißi-paVris^n
support which developed today for the
administration’s plan for agricultural
credits, as a substitute for the Norris
bill, caused a split in the unofficial
agricultural Today’s develop
developments has aroused the ire of
Senator Norris. Republican, in charge
of the bill bearing his name.
PLAN TO ADJOURN
CONGRESS AUG. 6
President Harding Confers With
Party Leaders Last Night,
With a View of Passage of
Tax and Other Bills, Prelimi
nary to Recess Until Late in
September.
Washington, July 27. —The admin
istration plans, as a result of confer
ences held by President Harding with
Republican senators last night, as dis
closed by several senators today, pro
vide for the passage by the house of
the tax bill, and several senate bills
by August sixth, with a view to re
cess ©r adjournment of congress soon
after until late in September, or early
October.
It was also disclosed by adminis
tration leaders today that th\ Presi
dent desires the enactment of the tax
bill before the passage of the Fordney
tariff measure. This is said by some
to mean that the tariff bill will very
probably be delayed until the winter
session of congress.
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BANKERS SAY OUTLOOK
FOR BUSINESS IS OOOD
Savannah, July 27. —That the busi
ness outlook is improving generally
Is the opinion of tw D Savannah bank
ers ireturnod from Csps. Mills Bt
Lane, president of the Citizens and
Southern bank, aad one of the most
influential banking figures of the
South has returned frotp a trip to
Macon. Atlanta and New Orleans. He
reports finding a general feeling that
business Is improving and normal con
ditions returning.
A. Rauzin, presidenttof the Mercan
tile Bank and Trust company, who
has retufhed from a trip to the east,
states that he Pound the bankers in
that section optimistic, and ready to
aid the south.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT
TO BLOW IIP TRAIN
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North Bound A., B. & A. Freight
Train is Rocked by Dynamite
Explosion Near Cordele Late
Tuesday.—Sheriff Conduots
Investigation.
Cordele, Ga.. July 27. —A north
bound Atlanta, & Atlan
tic freight train was rocked by an ex
plosion of dynamite, near Hatley, a
email station seven miles from this
city yesterday afternoon, the placing
of the dynamite on the track being at
tributed to striking employees of the
road, or some of their sympathizers.
The freight engine had just passed
over the spot when a tremendous flash
occurred. The force of the explosion
shook the engine and several cars
and cross-ties were loosened and
rails warped. No one, however, was
hurt, and the train proceeded after a
little delay.
Sheriff C. O. Noble and his depu
ties made gn investigation, but were
unable to fix responsibility on any
one personally. A large hole was
found under one of the cross-ties, evi
dencing beyond doubt that the explo
sive had been placed there by some
parties.
LOCAL HOTELS TAXED TO
ACCOMMODATE TOURISTS
Tourist travel through flruntjwlck
as a result of the recent completion
of the Darien-Brunswick bridge, and
the subsequent reopening of the coast
route of the Dixie Highway, is reach
ing such proportions as to tax the
of the local hotels.
At the Royal, a 3-room hotel. last
night there were registered a total
of elfcbty-two guests, and other hotels
of the city were also filled in pro
portion. which shows that tourist trav
el through Brunswick is reaching im
mense proportion, despite the fact
the real tourist season is yet to
con^e.
Of course, ail the guests registered
at Ipcal hotels last night were not
tour&ta, but a large percentage of
theta were, and this is an evidence of
just what the Aitamaha bridge pro
ject will mean to Brunswick during
the tali and wirTtxr months, when
tourist travel is at its height.
P^SHWERS^
PRICE FIVE CENTS
vVES OFFER TO BUT
1 IRS SEIZED
BY ...PPING BOARD
%
United States Mail Steamship
Company Submits Proposal
For Purchase Outright. ,
SHIPS SEIZED BECAUSE OF
FAILURE TO PAY RENTAL
Company Has Regained Control
of the Nine Steam
ers Through Injunction Pro
ceedings, and Board Asks
Change of Venue to Federal
Courts.
\ (By Associated Press.)
New York, July 27.—(The United:
States Mail Steamship Company, from
which officials of the United States
Shipping Board last week seized nine
large passenger steamers, on charges
of delinquency in the payment of
charter hire, today submitted an offer
to the Board to purchase the ships
•outright.
Officials of the shipping board today
applied for. a change of venue from
the state to federal courts of the in
junction proceedings, through which,
the company has regained the control
of the Arguments of this ap
plication will be heard tomorrow.
Representatives of the company to
night declined to say whether foreign
Or American capital is backing its pro
posal to purchase the steamers.
Liner America Sails.
liner America, one of the ves
sels seized by the Board, sailed yester
day for Bremen 'and Plymouth, af
ter being freed from the legal entan
glements by £ temporary injunction
secured in the state courts the day be
fore. The America carried 797 pas
sengers and 4,600 bags of mail, be
sides a general cargo.
MUCH INTEREST IN THE
GROWING OF DEWBERRIES
The efforts now being made by the
Young Men’s Club to promote the
growing of dewberries in Glynn coun
ty is attracting considerable interest,
and it seems certain that a large ac
reage will be devoted to this profita
ble berry crop next Reason.
A plan is being worked out whereby
an experimental' tract of fifty acres
will be used for the cultivation of dew-‘
berries, and a thorough test made of
the possibilities. If the results hoped
for from this tract are attained, farm
ers of the county will be certain to
take up the culture of dewberries on
a large scale.
It is pointed out that if Brunswick
and Glynn county is to continue to
advance, It will be necessary to devel
op the fbgricultural resources of the
county, by specializing in the product
best adapted to the soils of this sec
tion.
PEACE IS SOUGHT GY
TURK KATIONAUSTS
Aid of the Allies is Asked to Stop
the War.—Beaten by the
Creek Armies Turks Send an
Appeal to the Central Govern
ment to Intervene.
fßy Associated Press.)
London, July 27.—rMugtapha Ketnal
Pashs. head of the Turkish national
ist government, has sent a telegram
to Constantinople asking that the cen
tral government Intervene with the
allies In an effort to hbtain a cessa
tion of the Gneco-Tnrk hostilities, ac
cording to dispatches from Constnti
nople to the Exchange Telegraph
Company.
Athens. July 27.— Information from
all sources Indicate that the resistance
of the Turkish nationalists In Asia
Minor is entirely broken, the Greek
official news agency declares in a
statement issued today. The Turkish
fosses in killed, wounded and prison
ers to date are estimated at §O,OOO.
The Greeks, the statement says, ars
constantly pressing the Kemalfste
along the road to Angora.