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VOLUME XX—NO. 272
F.J.STUKES MISSING
KAZLEHURSTAGENT
IS LOCATED IN ALA-
Did Not Commit Suicide by
Jumping From Ferry Boat,
as at First Thought.
IS NOW UNDER CARE OF '
BIRMINGHAM PHYSICIAN
Former Citizen Who Disappear
ed From Hazlehurst Follow
ing a Shortage in His Ac
counts Will Return Shortly to
Face the Charges Against
Hm.
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Frank J, Stukes, Southern Railway
agent at Hazlehurst, who mysterious
ly disappeared from his hom e city
more than a week ago, and who, it
was believed, either fell frdm a ferry
boat crossing the Ocmulgee river,
near Lumber City and was drowned,
or Jumped from the boat and com
mitted suicide, is alive, and is nw
under car e of a physician at. Bir
mingham, Ala., according to tele
graphic informatlpn from that city
yesterday. '
Stukes was a resident of Brunswick
for som e years, and is well known in
this city, and there was eonaUerable
interest here in the story o' dis
appearance.. ,• / ,\
Return to Face Charges.
Information from Birmingham 's
that Stukes will be in condition to
return to Hazlehurst in the i\oxt few
days tp face * ny charges tint * may
brought againat him In connaciion
? with l&e alleged shortage in n?s ne
fpuntlr Mrs. Stukes wp notified fHi-f
her husband was ajlve. She h is' been
In a critical condition -as, a result
th* shock received over her lvu*l utul'K
disappearance. ■>
Wife Greatly Relieved.
Mrs. < Stukes► issued state
meet shortly tftnr she wastlnlorined
that fttukeH had been * lgclted in Bir
mingham, saying slit .greatly re
lleved to know that Iter husband's
body was not at the bottom of the
Ocmulgee river, as had suppos
ed^
River It Orange I.
Monday, night a week ago. n*ter
leaving, his wife at the home of :
neighbor, Stakes drove to thi Ooifini
gee river ferry, and took pa* tag-* on
the ferry bout to cross, telling the
ferryman that hla brakes w*re weak,
and that he would remain behind tin
car to see .that it did not roil off.
When the’opposite bank was reached,
the man had disappeared, and a gen
eral alarm was sounded.
Searching parties from Haxiehurst.
and Lumber City started dragging
the badly swollen stream in a search
for Stukea' body, in the belief that be
had either fell off jthp boat, or jump
ed off and committed suicide. Tin 1
next morning tracks along the Hazlf
hurst aide of the river wore f ntnd
corresponding with the alia she* 4
worn by Stakes, which led many to
believe that the man had worked a
ruse to get away. The dragging of
the river was continued. however, and
a party of searchers were at work
when the news came that Stukes had
been located.
Short Over *3.0000.00.
Auditors at work ofi. Stukea’ h(ks
bav© announced officially hat a short
age amounting to $3,1 S9 had been
found, and that the audit was not
completed. Stukes is alleged to have
tampered with waybill figures, col
lecting for the origtual amount, then
decreasing these figures ou making
ei&ry on hjs books
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REAPPOINTED MEMBER OF
THE STATE DENTAL BOARD
Dr. D, D. Atkinson, of this city, one
of the leading members of the dental
profession in Georgia, was yesterday
officially notified by Governor Thomas
W Hardwick that he has been reap
pointed to aarve as a member of the
state dental examining board.
Dr Atkluson. at the completion of
his new term, will have -erred a to
tal of thirty live years as a member
af tils board, and for the past twenty
flv# year* has served in the capacity
of aeeretary. He has rendered con
splcuou* service to the dental profes
sion, sad to the state, as a member
of the board, and hla friends will ho
glad to know that he has boon re
appointed.
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
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THIS MAN WILL ARREST
GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS
▼ $4
I Sheriff H. H. Mester.
The distinction of being the only
living man to th e governor of
an American commonwealth will be
claimed by Sheriff IJ. H., Mester, of
Sangamon county, 111., when he serves
a warrant on Governor Small. Small.
Who protests his innocence and says
be can .get justice anywhere in Illi
nois outside of Sangamon county, is
wanted on charge of embezzlement
and conspiracy to defraud the state.
CLEAR UP MYSTERY
OE PHANTOM SHIPS
Federal Officials Claim to Have
. ’ Evidence of a Rum-Running
Conspiracy Involving * Many
Prominent Persons Along the
Seaboard.
York, Aug. 2.-rfl*edera4 ofldc^ls
claimedtonight to have evidence ..of
li rum-running conspiracs# on gfgan
jtic scale, and involving .many pypmi
hient along Uw' Atlantic se;t
noartl in various cities. #htch Whuid
go far towards clearing up the mys
tery of phantom ships ‘for several
months reported as bobbing up at in
tervals outside the three-mile limit,
from Florida to Maine.
Follows Capture Schooner.
Tills claim was made following the
capture of the liquor laden schooner,
Henry L. Marshall, which was seized
off Atlantic City, and brought into
port with four of her crew by coast
guard cutters. The captain and mote
of thp schooner escaped in a fast mo
tor launch.
Decline to Reveal Evidence.
Th P federal agents declined to re
VBul the nature of the evidence in
their possession, but intimated that
more than one vessel is engaged in
the landing of whiskey along the
const from Maine to Florida.
Although the vessel was outside the
three-mile limit, and flew the British
flag, federal officers asserted they
were Justified in taking charge of the
craft by reason of the evidence of a
conspiracy in their possession. It is
reported that the transfer of the ves
sei; which was a former Gloucester
fisherman, to British registry, is being
investigated.
NO PROPERTY OFFERED AT
AUGUST SHERIFF SALES
Avery convincing indication of bet
ter business conditions in Brunswick
whs demonstrated yesterday, when
the regular August sales day of Sher
iff Pyles passed without a single piece
of property being offered for sale.
Although a number of executions'had
been advertised during the month,
settlements were mad© in every In
stance, and the sheriff found his
hooks cleared yesterday.
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DISTRICT SCOUT CAMP
TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK
More than one hundred boy scouts,
and their leaders, will assemble next
Monday at St. Mary’s, for the annual
encampment of th© Okefenokee dis
trict council, comprising thirteen
Southeast, Georgia counties. The
camp will ho In progress for a period
of two week*, and will ho known as
■('amp Cheerful,” It will be In charge
of Distrito Executive W. L, Sprouse,
who wtll be assisted by an able corps
offenders. A number of Brunswick
i scout* are preparing to attend. The
jeimp next year will b© held on St.
Simon Bland, where permanent
camp site h bean selected.
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAVANNAH POLICE
CAPTURE WET GOODS
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 2. —The Savan
nah police, last week captured four
trunks ful lof fine Scotch whiskey in
the Central of Georgia station. The
baggage was to have been shipped on
the Atlanta night train and was, it
is understood, destined for Montgom
ery. No one claimed the baggage and
there wer e no names or identifying
marks ?on it. It is believed that this
shipment was only one of which liquor
is being regularly shipped into the
interior.,
MELLON’SPRQGfIAM
MEETS DISFAVOR
Suggestion For New Tax Plans
Maile Yesterday by Secretary
of Treasury Apparently
Found Little Support Among
Members of Committee.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 2. —The sugges
tion for new taxes made yesterday
by Secretary Mellon, of the treasury
department, apparently found hut lit
tle support today among the members
of the house ways and means com
mittee.
Some of the committeemen were
plainly outspoken, while others en
tering into arguments advanced for
or against the proposals, said in their
judgment that the committee’s efforts
would be directed awards easing the
tax burden.
With this end in view, it was ex
plained, the Republican metribers of
tjie committee had before them today
Chairman Madden, of the appropria
tions committee, J)iretor Meyer, of
the war finance <?brporMk?n, and Oh
rector General iJaVi*, of thfe4j-ailroa(f
admintatnftion. and Hivis
( wtAe eSiled in to discuss tfce prob
lems of raikroat? financing. ,
WILL BUILD GREAT ,
BRITISH TRADE SHIP
L. .4... -
liohdon, Aug. 2.*~*A company has
been organized to build a large special
ship of a typ e that has uever yet been
constructed, says the .Times, and to
send here on a cruise of the world as
“a floating exhibition of the manufac
tures of the United Kingdom.”
The officials o fthe company include
Sir George B. Hunter ami other direc
tors of the Arm which built the Mau
retania, as well as the Duke of North
umberland. Earl Grey, Beaumont
Pease, deputy chairman of Lloyd's
hank, nnd other business men. The
vessel will be known as “the British
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trade ship.”
ROTARIANS TO PROVIDE
A BASEBALL DIAMOND
The lack of a baseball diamond for
use of the youthful followers of the
game was one of the matters up for
discussion at the weekly luncheon of
the Brunswick Rotary Club yesterday.
One of the outstanding, features of
Rotary work is looking out for the
“citizens of tomorrow," and the pro
motion of ail boys' activities. ACer
discussion of the baseball situation, it
was decided that adequate facilities
would he provided, nnd several sites
are under consideration. The Rotar
lans will no doubt be able to present
the boys of the city with a suitable
diamond, where they may play the na
tional game at any time without mo
lestation from any source.
WILLIAMS FLAYS
RESERVE BOARD
John Skelton WiUiams. Former
Comptroller of the Currency,
Says East is Favored to Dis
advantage of South and West
Washington, Aug. 2. —John Skelton
Wiliams, former comptroller of the
currency, criticized th? administra
tion Federal Reserve banks today at
a hearing before the Joint congres
sional commission considering agri
cultural problems.
Gov. Harding of the Reserve Board
sat in the audience.
He said that he did not agree with
‘the board's policy in indiscriminately
raising interest rates in ISIS or the
previous policy of making prodigal ad
vances to Institutions in tb East, to
‘the disadvantage of the West and
South.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA WEDNESDAY, AUG. 3, 1921.
WORK ON RISLEY
SCHOOL BUILDING
SOON TO COMMENCE
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Sale of $40,000 School Bonds
For This Purpose Authoriz
ed Yesterday by Board
MODERN BRICK STRUCTURE
WITH TEN CLASS ROOMS
Board of Education Will Com
plete Arrangements For Con
struction Work to Commence
Without Delay.—A Manual
Training School For Colored
Youths is Planned.
At the regular monthly meeting of
the Glynn rounty board of commis
sioners held yesterday, the sale of an
additional block of $40,000 of Glynn
county school bonds was authorized,
the firm of Robinson, Humphreys &
Company, of Atlanta, being the high
est bidders, with an offer of 91.16.
These bonds are a part of the $250,-
000 issue authorized by a vote of the
people for the construction of three
school, buildings, the Arco building,
already completed, the Risley school,
aad the combined high school and
memorial auditorium.
The first block of $40,000 was used
in construction of the magnificent Ar
co school plant, which will be ready
foi* use at the beginning of the next
school term, and which was built,
well within the appropriation, unde#
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the direct supervision of the board of
education.
Will Begins Wprgc Soon.
A The ” sale of
fiontU means that cobstruction work
Hn Risley school building will be
i
commenced without delay, said a
member of tfye Board yesterday,
stated that all plains for Ahe building
had been completed. It not yet.
bepn decided whether the? wosfc is to
be carried put undey supervision of
the board, as was the- Jwro sehobl, or,
a contract awarded. . This will be de
cided on at the meeting of the board
to be held on August 11.
Manual Training School.
The new Risley building is to be
a modern brick structure, containing
ten class roms, and the building will
be equipped with all appliances for
the operation of a manual training
school, in addition to the high school
literary course. The building will be
located on the northern eud of the
block on Albany street occupied by
the present Risley school building. It
is the purpose of the Board to conduct
a manual training school for the col
ored youth of Brunswick and Glynn
county, where useful occupations may
b<> learned, in addition to the school
course.
Separate Bids Asked For. i
In connection with the sale of the
remaining school bonds, the coramls- 1
sioners Invited bids in th© separate
amounts of $40,000 and $170,000. the
latter sum to be used for th? high
school and auditorium. The highest
bid received for the $170,000 was jyst
above 88. and It was the opinion of
the commissioners that this figure
represented too great a loss to be ac
cepted. This was concurred in by
several members of the board of edu
cation, who were present at the meet
ing.
Rise Expected Soon.
The belief was expressed by the
officials that there will soon be an
increas© in the bond market, and it
is stated that tjie $170,000 remaininfg
will b© readvertised in the near fu
ture. when It is hoped that an ac
ceptable bid will be offered.
In th© meantime, plans for the con
struction of the high school building
and memorial auditorium will go foe
ward, and everything will be in read
iness to begin work when the bonds
are finally disposed of. The site for
the building has already been securest
and it is believed that the structure
will be built in the next six months.
Local Bank Submits Bid.
In the sal© of tbe $40,000 block of
bonds, it Is of interest that the next
highest bid was submitted by a local
institution, the Brunswick Bank A
Trust Company, which conqprn offer
ed 90.6. just a fraction under tbe sue
cessfttl bidder.
That this institution is in position
to so closely compete with th© large
bond Arms, is a splendid indication of
its financial strengt’ and that U
stands tfady to invest in the securf
ties of Glynn county typifies Its poli
cy of public service It will be re-
Canadian Rockies Claim Educator
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In : l)r. W. E. Stone, until his death
a few days ago president of Purdue
Udiversttv. at Lafavette. Ind.. the
Canadian Rockies have claimed a dis
tinguished, yistim. Wlfile climbing in
the mountains Mrs. Stone fell into a
BASEBALL PLAYERS
FOUND NOT GUILTY
Seven Former Chicago White
Sox Players and Twd Other
Men Tried on Charge of
Throwing 1919 Series, Are
Acquitted by Jury.
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(By Associated Press.)
Chicago. Aug. 2.—The seven form
er Chicago White Sox players, and
two other men on trial for alleged con
spiracy to defraud th e public by throw
ing the 1919 world’s series games to
Cincinnati, were found not guilty to
night by the jury-
A verdict wag reached in the case
after two hours and forty-seven min
utes deliberation, after the case went
to the jury tonight.
NO PELLAGRA IN
THE FIRST DISTRICT
Savannah, i Aug. 2. —J. W. Over
street, congressman from the First
Georgia district, has issued a state
ment in Washington that the reports
about the pellagra situation in the
South are very greatly exaggerated.
Mr. Overstreet said: “If there were
any pellagra in my district I think
I shoudl have heard of it.” The local
Red Cross has as yet received no
word regarding the alleged epidemic.
ATTORNEY DAVID H. POPE
! RETIRES FROM LAW FIRM
Attorney David H. Pope, city re
corder. who has been connected with
the law Arm of Rennet. Twitty A
Reese, has retired from the Arm. and
will take up the practice of his pro
fession on his own account. Joseph
H. Hand* of Pelham. Ga.. a wVH
known young Georgiaji. has arrived in
the city and will become associated
with Rennet, Twitty A FVeese as Mr.
Pope’s successor. Mr. Hand is a re
cent graduate from the law depart
ment of Mercer university, and will
be given a cordial welcome to Bruns
wick. *.
membered that th e Brunswick Bank
A Trust Company v/a* the successful
bidder on the previous 140.000 issue. |
Banda Supplemented.
In connection with the building of
the Risley school it is announced that'
the money available from the bonds
will be supplemented by two approp
riations from special funds devoted
to the promotion of education of col
ored children, one of $1600.00 from
the Rosenfeld fund and one of SI4OO
from another source. This will make
practically $40,000 available for the
building and the required equipment.
crevasse, and her husband, in at
tempting to save her, lost his own
life. She was later rescued.
NOT KNOWN WHO IS
TO SUCCEED CARUSO
Death of Noted Singer at Nap l es
Yesterday it* Co<i£lder6d to
Have Left Vacant a Place No
Other Living Tenor Can Fill.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Aug, 2.—There was no
one in New York tonight who could
say what singer will succeed Enrico
Caruso as the leading tenor in the
Metropolitan Opera Company next
fall.
Caruso’s death in Naples today Is
considered to have lpft vacant a place
in opera that no other living tenor
can fill, ft is earnings too far sur
passed any other singer, averaging
around half a million dollars annual
ly, it was said at the Metropolitan
Opera House this afternoon.
EDITOR OF JESUP PAPER
WAS HER® YEBTERDAY
J. M. Atkinson, editor of the Jesup
Sentinel, was a visitor in Brunswick
yesterday, and stated that the people
of county are making big prep
arations for the Wayne County Fair,
to be held next fall. Mr. Atkinson is
preparing to publish a special number
of his paper, dpvoted to the fair, and
Brunswick business enterprises will
be liberally represented in the adver
tsing columns of this edition.
THE BUSY BEE
AND DOG DAYS.
If that little gatherer of nature’s
sweetness ever loses a second at
hit work, beginning with the first
venturesome dogwood blotoom of
early spring and continuing until
winter's first frost stills his efforts,
nobody has ever been able to dis
cover it.
In August, when honey flowers are
few and hard to find, the bee redou
bles his efforts and goes home laden
every day.
It is just so in merchandising when
business is oor. If you tell peo
ple what you have and tell it strong
enough every day, you cannot fail
to #core heavily. The man who
looks out his front door, depend
ing on the passerby loses heavily.
The News goes into the homes of
the buying public of Brunswick and
Glynn county. Let The News be
your honey-gatherer.
A little want-ad. in The News is a
wonder-worker.
Phone 188.
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I SHOWERS
PRICE FIVE CENTS
GOLDEN VOICE OF
ENRICO CARUSO IS
HUSHED BY DEATH
World Famous Tenor Succumb
ed Yesterday, as Result of
Operation Sunday. T
ACUTE PERITONITIS WAS *
IMMEDIATE CAUSE DEATH
Until One Week Caruso
Was Thought to be Well on
Tthe Way to Recovery, Follow
ing an Extended Illness.—
Wife and Brother at Bedside
> When the End Came.
(By Associated Press.)
' Naples, Aug. 2^—-Enrico Caru
so, world famous tenor, died here
today, as a result of an operation
he underwent Sunday. The oper
ation was for an abcess between
the liver and the diaphram, which
caused acute peritonitis. His
wife and brother were at his bed
side when the end came.
OPERATION SUNDAY I
PROVES FATAL.
London, Aug. 2. —Enrico Caruso un
derwent an operation Sunday, says an
Exchange telegraph dispatch today,
quoting a Naples message. The oper
ation was for an abscess between the
liver and diaphram, which caused
acute peritonitis.
Carsijso’s wife and brother were at
his bedside.
Great fears were expressed for Ca
ruso early this year when .the .great
singer* suffered an attack of heart
trouble. For several weeks the sing
er’s condition was reported as, ex
tremely critical and when it was an
nounced that after a complete fec he
would .be able to resume his part with
the Metropolitan Opera Cos., the an
nouncement was received witJk
delight.
Recent' in***
renh), Italy, stated that Caruso was
much improved in health and l k was
making plans to return to the United
States within the next few months.
Enrico Caruso, for more than twen
ty-five years 3 celebrity in the world
of song, the tenor with “the golden
voice,” idolized by millions in Amer
ica and abroad, had an artistic career
as well known ns that of any famous
statesman or militry leader. He was
born in Naples, Italy, on February 25,
1873, the son, of Marcellos Caruso, a
mechanic, * who detested music but
was persuaded to permit his son,
when 11 years old, to sing in the
churches of his native city.
An unpromising pupil, for tjiree
years he studied under Guglleino! Ver*
gine, pledging his teacher that when
ready for a professional career he
should pay him one-quarter of his
earnings for t|ie following five years.
He made liiß debut in “L’Amico
Francesco" at the Nuovo Theatre, Na
pies, in 1894, later tourihg Italy and
Bicily and was engaged for four sea
sons at LaScala, .Milan. Subsequent
ly he sang In fit. Petersburg, m -
row. Warsaw, Rome, Lisbon, Par(a,
London and leading f cities in Gef
many.
Although no official statement of
his earning* was ever made public, it
is known that Caruso, at the height
of his Metropolitan career, wa* receiv
ing an average of $3,000 for each per
formance. On'speclal occasions, such
as his 1920 season in Havana. h< waa
paid SIO,OOO a night.
MONTHY MEETING BOARD
OF EDUCATION POSTPONED
The regular monthly meeting of the
Glynn county board of education,
scheduled for this morning, has been
postponed until August 11. owing to
th e absence from the city of C. E. Dry
den. county superintendent of educa
tion. Mr. Dryden is in Maryland, re
cuperating from a recent operation
be underwent at John* Hopkins hospi
tal, Baltimore. There are a number
of important matters pending before
the board, and the next meeting will
be of unusual interest. Many place*
In thp faculty of the different school*
of the city remain to be filled, and
other matters in connection with the
opening of the fall term are to be at
tended to. Prof. Dryden is expected
to return to the city in the next few
day*, and will at ooce begin work of
preparing for the resumption of tho
schools of the city and county.