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VOLUME XX—NO. 274
BUSINESS BETTER
IN ALL LINES SAY
LOCAL MERCHANTS
Brunswick Rapidly Recovering
From Effects of Depression
as Fall Approaches.
LEADING BUSINESS MEN
REPORT INCREASED SALES
0
Very Encouraging Statements
Are Made on the Situation,
and Prospects Are Favorable
For Early Return to Normal
Conditions.
That business conditions in Bruns
wick are better, and on a more sat
isfactory basis, at the present time
than at any period of the past, sever
al months, with the volume of trade
handled rapidly reaching normal pro
portions, is the gratifying statement
made by representative business men
in all lines of local eommerciayaettv
lty. 1 ¥
A representative of The News has
this week cought. interviews with
many of the city’s leading business
men in an effort to ascertain to just
what extent Brunswick is recovering
from the effects of the business de
pression, which has been felt, in more
or less degree, here since early spring.
All Are Optimistic.
It Is a noteworthy fact that not a
single man interviewed on the sub
ject expressed a pessimistic viewpoint
but on the contrary all reported that
there has been a gradual increase in
sales for the past two or three weeks,
and many of the retail morchants stal
ed that volume of business had
President F. D Aiken, of the Bruns
wick Bank & Trust company, is quot
ed as saying there has recently been
a noticeable Improvement in the local
hanking situation. Mr. Aiken says
that while no great increases have
been made, conditions are undeniably
better, and he confidently expects
larger gulps in the near future. This
is a certain indication that all lines
of business are on the upward grpde
'“With the Clothing Stores.
"My business has shown a steady
Increase for the past three weeks.”
said W. A. O'Qttinn, well known New
csstle street clothing merchant, “and
orders for custom made suits for fall
delivery are fully equal to the same
period of last year,” he continued.
Mr. O’Qulnu added that he is confi
dent of a splendid business during the
fall. M
Alex Rotholt. ot the Kaisor dfigprt
men I store, who has Jnt returned
from a business trip to New York, la
optimlsttic over Hi* outlook, and suit*!
he found a gratifying increase In sales
on his return. He stated that a spirit
of confidence la evident In New York,
with prices tending upward in whole
sale circles. “The wooleh mills,” suiti
Mr. Rothol*. "have orders to the full
capacity of their plants, and the sit
nation in the East'is much iyor 0 hope
ful than was th<* case on my last vis
it." #
Stephens, Lorentxson & Sheffield
Wood Halley Company, A. J. Gordon,
Geo. W, Owens. A. Zelmenovlt*. and
other clothing and dry goods stores,
also rpjvort greatly increased bust
ness, and express an optimistic out
look for the lnun< Utate future.
.In Other Lin:a.
O. A. liaison, of the Glynn Drug
Company, said that his business for
the last month was eotndderbiy better
than was the case the previous month,
•ad that hia .volume of sales was
*te di!r increasing each week. Mr.
Hatsvti attributes a large portion o(
his increased Hmaiaess to the recent
completion of the Dariemßrunswlok
bridge. nd the tourist travel through
Brunswick as a result However, he
say* there la a substantial increase
in the *loC‘.fi trade aID
At the Hotel*.
Manager Jack Gardner, of the Royal
H *l. save his buslhp&s for Jt|ky was
a great <t al better djun he had eg
gs ed. and that he with
ijb> plctutid patnutajpn ao far this
month If my bu-4hes- eouttnuo
t, irHrva*e in the same ratio as the
p *. ft w seeks.* 4 * said Mr, Gardner,
r ili t * necew*ary for tae to in
,*>*-** .* htobh iU fif .v.
St a pleas wa to do last that, work
i *a sd hi as to tx 11 unearn ed toon.
THE BRUNSWICK NEW,
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AT, B. & A. TRESTLE IS
BURNED NEAR MOULTRIE
Moultr'e, Ga., Aug. 4. —Fire
believed by the railroad officials
to be of incendiary origin, de
stroyed a part of a trestle on the
A., B. & A. railroad near here
early today.
FURTHER INCREASE
IN UNEMPLOYMENT
Figures For Month of July Show
That There Was an Addition
to the Ranks of the Unem
ployed Amounting to One and
One-tenth Per Cent.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 4.—A decrease ! n
the ranks of employed workmen dur
ing the month of July amounting to
one and one-tenth per cent is shown
by the pay rolls of fourteen hundred
and twenty-eight firms, esch employ
ing normally fiv e hundred or more
workers, in sixty-five of the principal
industrial centers of the country, ac
cording to figures made public by the
department of labor today.
Where there has been an improve
ment in the labor situation, the re
port stated, it has Iwon directly or in
directly traceable to harvest and other
seasonal agricultural activities.
Situation in Georgia.
Regarding the state of Georgia the
report said “there is eonsiderablo un
employment in all parts of the state,
while conditions in the textile indus
try is holding its own.”
quest of the pope the Knights of Co
in mius have decided to Yaise one
million dollars to inaugurate the
American welfare work In Italy, it
was announced at (he international
convention of the organization today.
The fund Is to be raised by popular
subscription among the membership
of the order. “Our aim is to go into
Italy and introduce American welfare
work” said Supreme Advocate Pelle
tier, of Boston, “to repay Italy, in part,
for the debt laid upon America when
Columbus, the great Italian, found
thi* western world and made It possi
ble for Christendom to extend its
sphere,” .
Other local hotels also report that
they have been taxed to accommodate
the rapidly increasing number of
guests.
Grocery Prices Climbing.
Inquiries at a number of grocery
stores, and markets, decked the in
formation Hint not only business
much better, hut that pricoa’on practi
cally ail grocery items are gradually
Increasing. The Phoenix Grocery fo
und .the Piggly Wiggly store reported
increased sales. In spite of higher pri
ces. as well as tin* smaller concerns.
AH local wholesale houses also re
port, substantial gains in the volume
of business handled, both In the city
and with their out of town customer*.
The largest price Increases nr ‘re-
ported hy the mnrkelp, meats of all
kinds having materially advanced dur
ing the past two weeks. Even higher
price levels are expected, which nat
urally means higher prices to the pro
ducers adding to the prosperity of
this si'ctlon. which produces jarge
quantities of liv,* stock.
Better Business at Theaters,
luirger audiences at the local theat
ers is, perhaps, one of the strongest
indications of a return to normal con
ditions. Both Manager Wood, of*the
Grand, and Manager Brown, of the
Bijou, rcphft that they are having
larger audiences each flight, with the
attendance figures approximately
equalling those of last year.
. Another Example.
Ghairmau C. Miller, of, the Board
of Cfluhly Com in kpaic ners, known
furutiro d* aler.Ljfiimmarised. the sit
uation hi cull mg-attention to the very
s*iialactury price at which a 140.000
hicelunf school bonds was sold this
wewfi.s ||e gave this s an example
vt the tread or affair*, amt stated that
his ow n bnsiacfts. one which- re-ponds
more readily to changing conditions
than apy other hue. was showing df
elded imiwrovemhat.
That Brua-wtck ha* weathered, in
• meuaut shape, tin* worst of the bui
FACULTY OF LOCAL
PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR
1921-22 ANNOUNCED
Practically All Teachers Elected
Have Accepted, and Few
Vacancies Remain.
ALL IN READINESS FOR
BEGINNING FALL TERM
School Officials Have Succeeded
in Assembling One of the
Most Efficient Faculties Ever
Gotten Together in Bruns
wick, With Prospects Favor
able For a Successful Term.
With on e of the most efficient facul
ties in the history of the public
schools of Brunswick already engaged
for the 1921-22 term, and with but
few vacancies existing in th e ranks
of the teachers, only routine details
remain to he completed for the begin
ning of the fall term, which will get
under way early in September.
A complete list of the teachers al
ready elected, and who hav e accepted
the positions tendered' them, was an
nounced yesterday, and it will be not
ed that many of the teachers who
served during the fall term. whichSH
will return in the next few days, and
for the next term.
New High School Principal.
Among the important changes made
is the election of anew high school
principal, Prof. R. D. Eadie, a gradu
ate of the Citidel, at Charleston, S.
C., having been secured for this im
portant post. Prof. Eadie has wide
experience, and comes to Brunswick
with the very highest commendation
from schools in which he has previ
ously served.
New Departments.
number pt* * übiety s have
work, and a director of physical cul-
Hite bajs also been engaged. The
physical culture department was in
augurated largely through efforts of
the Parent-Teacher Association, Miss
Carolyn Crawley, a graduate of Bre
nau, being in charge, of this work.
Miss Crawley has been busily engaged
for the past several weeks in getting
the playground activities on an organ
ized basis.
Board Meeting Next Thursday.
C. E. Dryden, superintendent of the
city und county schools, who has been
spending the summer in Maryland,
will return in the next fe wda.vs, and
a meeting of the county hoard of edu
cation will he held next Thursday,
August 11. when arrangements for
thp opening of the fall term will be
completed.
Faculty For Term.
Following Is a list of the teachers
elected to serve for the 1921-22 term
in the white public schools of Bruns
wick. This list is. of towrse, subject
to slight revisions, and minor chang
es. hut is approximately correct:
Glynn High School.
lt. D. Eadie. principal and mathe
matics; J. W. Morris, commercial sub
jects; Donald Bain, sciences; Hetty
S. Rucker, history; Jane Macon, Eng
lish; UNa William*. Latin; Marion
Pad rick, Spanish and French; E. Tay
lor Mcßryde, geography and agrirul
ture; Edna Tyson, domestic science;
Beulah Lott, assistant In mathemat
ics; Major)? Ooo<!trine, music super
visor; Maude Moore, elementary sup
ervlsor; Carolyn Crawley, physical
culture. *
Glynn Grammar School.
Lila Stallings, principal/flfetntrade;
Alta Featherstone, first grade: Rosina
Harris, first grade; Aliha Harris, sec
ond grade and writing: Jess s!ae
Davis, second grade; Luctle Wav; sec
ond grade; Ella Abroad. thtfifi-grade:
Mrs, BenJ. llurforri, third grade; Mrs
H. O. Farr, third grade; Mrs. W. T.
Wood, fourth grade; Aranffta Odhsm.
I fourth gnu*'; Ruth Odhgm. ftmrth
jrrade; Mrs. E. Johnson., fifth grade
'and English; Eva Harris, sixth grade
and arithmetic; Annye L. Peebles,
; sixth grade and geograpjiy.
Purvi* Grammar School.
! Kylau Anderson, pfint ipal. first
grade and writ.ng; Beatrice l.ang. set*
iohd grade; Clara Pyle*, third grade:
j Helen Swift, fourth grade; Ethel In
gram. fifth grade; Xannilee Saunders,
sixth grade.
mess depression, was th unanimous
opinion of* all who were asked for an
expression, ami that business condl
lions will loon b*> restored to a oor
*mal. prosperous haul* u the .--verdict
of all.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA FRIDAY, AUG. 5, 1921.
SALES MANAGER BOOSTS
VALUE OF ADVERTISING
In a letter to The News highly
commending this paper for the big
part it has played in making the
Browning-Fearnside closing out sale
probably the most successful of the
kind ever attempted here, Sales Man
ager U. V. Millican look occasion to
casually discuss newspaper advertis
ing in general and its potential power
as a business getter. Since what he
says should ppovp of Interest to pro
gressive BrufiswicKfinjs. The
prints the following, and commend*
it to the careful consideration of all:
"ThTtt'r seems to be quite a bit of
commit on the streets and else
where, about the grent crowds we
have served during the Browning-
Kearnslde sale, and I want to say a
word .or two not about that, hut ad
vertising In general.
“I have been in the sales game for
the last ten years, associated during
that tltue with the largest sales con
cern In tbg world, the Kelly
Sales System. The greacteat, feature,
the outstanding feature in conducing
a sale Is advertising, and there Is* no
better medium known to this end
than newspapers.!* •
“And there are several reasons fbr
this. F*irst. because you hav* confi
denceiln the men who .*un. your pa-
pers; -Second. It Is the rhrest megn-<
of bringing the attention If the people
to a special feature and In the short
est length of ttrtie; third you can*de
pend upon what your I aper* adver
tise.
“Just reflect 4For a m rnent. ffon
remember whew you wer • a boy and'
some particular article w.* very ,op
ular. Well, they advertised to make
It popular and 4hen quit advertising
I because they thought they had the
world by the Roms. Then what hap
pened? It was aoon forgotten by the
masses and remembered by only a
few.
“I want to thank you for the won
derful business yon have brought me
during thia sale, and I am going tchj
show my appreciation by saying:
‘Tell all your friend* tc watch every
Issue of your fwper for something Is
going to happen and l want all to
.share in it.* ”
CHINESE ARE FIGHTING.
Peking. Km 4 —Fighting is report
ed in pnifrw today along a ten mile
front fifty wilUm northeast of Yochovr.
Wherq the for re* fr m the proviace of
Hunan, affiliated wiui the Csn*on g *v
srumem. rece ! .lr tuvwdid Hupeh pro
vince.
It Would Help the Cause of Peace if the Onlook
Could Hear What the Dancers are Saying
WAVE.KKT OUABBrinP ‘ ' TT'-"' ■■■■
W|l THAT’S BECAUSE b
ll POD OVER ONJE UJE'VE KEPT THE [ ,-=*-=•
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TWO KILLED BY BOLT OF
LIGHTNING FROM CLEAR SKY
(By Associated ,Presß.)
Tallahassee, Ala., Aug. 3. —Lnverne
Haynle, a young whit© man, aged 19,
and a negro farm laborer, were killed
near here today as result of being
struck by a bolt of lightning, which
came from an apparently clear sky.
The bolt knocked another negro un
conscious, and killed four mules and
two dogs.
BAD CONDITIONS
AT SOLDIERS HOME
Use of Morphine, Moonshine
Whiskey and Extract of Ging
er Said to be Common Among
the Inmates, and Immoral
Women *Overrun the Grounds
Says Bureau Official.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington. Ang. 4.—The condi
tions at the Johnson CJty. Tenn.. Old
Soldiers’ Horn*, are so deplorable that
unless acts immediately to
remedy them the casualties will be
proportionately higher than was the
case in the world war. Dfrectcr Forbes
of )h*> bureau of war risk insurance,
investigating the bureau, reports,
i Director Forbes told thg committee
that he had bought morphine, moon j
shine whiskey, and extract of ginger
! containing 95 per cent alcohol on the,
home reservation, and declared that
use of these articles and intoxication
was common among the inmate*.
He said also that Immoral women
were overrunning the grounds, and
that many of the patients < alrried guns
and pistols and defied the guards to
*take the fire arms away from them.
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
PITS ON WAGE REDUCTION
, Lynn. Maes.. Aug 4 —.Wage reduc
tion affecting twelve thousand era
ployee* of the General Electric, Com
pany’s plant here was anuou*ced to
day.
The cut will vary n amount with
the several classes of employees, un
i Allied laborers being reduced the
t2K*§t
SHERIFF !S WARNED
TO GIVE UP OFFICE
Anonymous Letter Received by
Sheriff E. F. Dorminey, of
Ben Hill County, Warning
Him to Resign Within the
Next Twenty-four Hours.
(By Associated Press.)
Fitzgerald. (3a., Aug. 4. —Sheriff E.
F. Dorminey, of Ben Hill county, to
day received an anonymous letter
warning him to resign his office with
in tin* next twenty-four hours, aud “be
safe.”
The sheriff was also warned not to
attend church services next Sunday,
and the note concluded that “what
ever happens to you will occur in a
crowd as we never expect to find you
in the woods.”
The threatening letter in believed
to hge been written because of the
activities of. the sheriff towards pre
serving 'law and order in connection
with the strike of employees of the
Atlafita, Birmingham & Atlantic rail
road. which has resulted in m teh
strife in this city.
“MISS AMERICA” WON
25-MILE RACE YESTERDAY
... .X"-
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, Aug. 4. —”>liss America.” i
the swift speed boat owned by Oar
Wood. Detroit yachtsman, today won
the twenty-five mile Oreak I dikes
speed boat championship for the. Har
ry F. Sinclair troph>. The
America" bus won a number of racing
events this year.
CAMP GORDON CONVERTED
TO AIR ROUTE STATION
*
Atlanta. Aug. 4.—Camp Gordon’s
parade ground will be ' ffVed for a
transcontinental air route sttPn on
the Wushington-to San Diego route, it
the plans of the Atlanta chamber of
commerce meet with the approval of
on army air service officer who is
coming here to inspect the site.
In informing Atlanta authorities
that the inspection would be made.
k the officer requested that a tempor
ary landing field be marked so that
he would be abU to see it on arriv
ing her© in his plane. This request
has already been carried out.
SHOWERS
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BROWN’S POLITICAL
MACHINE SMASHEO
BY VOTE IN HOUSE
Fight to Abolish the County
Farm Demonstration Agent
Work is Defeated.
WAS SPONSORED BY AGRI
CULTURAL DEPARTMENT
Crushing Defeat Administered
to the Political Machine of
Commissioner J. J. Brown,
When the Amendment Sup
ported by Him Was Over
whelmingly Lost.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug.’ 4. —A crushing
defeat was administered to the J. J.
(Brown political machine in the house
this morning when an amendment,
supported by the agricultural depart
ment to abolish the farm demonstra
tion agents of th e State College of
Agriculture by refusing to appropri
ate funds to match the Smith-Lover
fund, was overwhelmingly lost.
The vote on the question came after
the entire afternoon and evening ses
sion of yesterday had been consumed
with speeches by the supporters of
both factions,'the action coming as a:
surprise, the Brown faction being in
complete control at the end of the
day. but when the house convened in
the evening, a monkey wrench was
thrown in the commissioner’s ma
chine.
Representative Brannen of Bulloch,
declared that Kittrell of Laurens, who
was leading the fight against the fund,
was an '’oil inspector under Brown
before coming to the legislature this
summer, while it was also shown that
J. E. Webb of Lowndes, another of the
department advocates, had a son in
the .employ of Mr. Brown at present.
From then on each hour brought
fm trier disruption ot wuat ttafc b.ca
termed the Strongest political ma*
•chine in the state. When the vote
was taken this morning, Kittrell at'
tempted to introduce another amend
ment when the first was lost, but only
a few votes were cast in favor of it.
Til© senate refused to reconsider
action yesterday in passing the West
ern Sc Atlantic funding plan.
CAR SERVICE SUSPENDED
Des iMoines, Ia„ Aug. 4.—Conveyan*
ces of every description were pressed
Into service last midnight because the
Des Moines street curs were in the
barns according to a federal court or
der to suspend traffic because the car
company was unable to meet its obli
gations.
FACE TO FACE
WITH THE READER.
When a man hat a vital problem
to discuss with another he likes
to look him squarely In the face
—the batting of eye-lid, the sup
pressed twitching of lip, the whit
ening or scarleting of nostrils, an
intake of breath, may spell every
thing to him—ruin, prosperity,
joy, misery, life or death.
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4 [t 4
Sometimes you can’t do this how
ever great the need or desire. You
must do business through anoth
er.
For Instance, you can't go to your
druggist when confined at home,
but just the same you figuratively
meet him face to face —the doc
tor’s prescription does, that for
you. *
t ;
A drop of poison too much, two
five-hundredths of a grain where
one was prescribed may bring the
grim reaper. But if you know
your druggist to be dependable
and accurate to the .nth degree,
you swallow his medicine ae
smugly as you would four flngere
of Old Crow. If such a thin® was
obtainable hereabouts. Yes, this
face .to face business with your
druggist through a prescription
meanji everything to you.
Merchants do not meet everybody
face to face but they can tell a
dependable story with type and
printer’s Ink in The News, and
get the same results. The News
is a business getter and seller.
Little want-ads. In The News are
great wonder-workers.
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