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PARTLY CLOUDY— LocaI Showers
VOLUME XX—NO. 275
COMPLETE PUNS
10 ERECT MODERN
FILLING STATION
W. J. Butte Buys Property at
Union and Gloucester Streets
For This Purpose.
STATION WILL BE READY
FOR BUSINESS IN 60 DAYS
Site Acquired Contains the Old
Crovatt Home, a Brunswick
Landmark, Which Will be
Moved to Make R<som For
Modern Structure of Brick
and Stucco.
The old Crovatt home, at Union and
(SHoucesfer streets, a I’.runswiek land
mark, and one of thf> first pretentious
residences erected in this city, will
shortly be moved from its present lo
cation, at the corner-of Gloucester
and Union streets, to make room for
a modern structure of brick and stuc
co which will b e the future home of
the -Brunswick Service Station, lead
Jng gasoline filling station and auto
accessory concern of Brunswick,
W. Jennings Butts, president of the
United Supply Cos., and owner of the
Brunswick Service Station, yesterday
completed negotiations for the pur
chase of this valuable piece of proper
ty, and plans have already been pre
pared for the erection thereon of a
modern brick building for occupancy
by the concern, which has been forced
to give up Its present quarters, im
mediately below on Gloucester street
on acocunt of purchase of the proper
ty by the Standard Oil Company,
The residence now occupying th<
corner, which was erected in 1R67
by Col, Schlatter, then president of
the old Brunswick & Albany railroad,
now the Atlantic Coast Line, will be
moved to the South sid n of the lot t &
make room toy the new structure.
and conveniently located and art an*
and buildings of the kind' In the city
If not In all South Georgia.
Work Begins at Once.
All plans for construction of the
building have been completed, and
the work will bo commenced without
delay, and It Is planned U> have th
structure ready for occupancy with
in tho/ next sixty days. The plans
call tor a brick-stucco building, oc
cupylng the entire north half of tin
lot. with driveway Entrances from
both the Union and Gloucester street
sides, while a sopurate driveway will
be provided for entrance to the re
pair department, and a battery ser
vice station, to be located In the rear.
The building in planned along strict
ly modern lines, with retiring rooms
for both ladles and gentlemen, and
every convenience imaginable. In
addition to gasoline, oils, and Oth
er necessities for motorists,. R eom
pletely equipped repair shop will be
included, with Ur and battery ser
vice depart intuits.
The structure will be a distinct i
credit to the city, and will be an or
ttstic appearing building, of unusually
attractive architectural design, Mr.
Butts I* to be commended for his en
terprise In erecting a building of iho
character planned, and Its strategic
location together with Us modern fa
cilities will Insure the new earth e
station a place of leadership in It*
line here. .
Tile business, In the new location
will continue under the management
of Andrews Wright, who has lwillt up
such a successful business In the pres
cut location. Until the new structure!
is completed the concern will con tin
ue to occupy lift present an art ere.
Known as the ladt Pilling Station
which will b> taken over by the Stan
dard people when vacated.
While the transjtdon removes from
Us original location one of Bruns
wick’* oust notable landmarks, pro
pie of the city will h glad to know
that the old residence is not to be
torn down, but will merely be moved
a few feet to anew site. Incidentally,
k t* ef Interest to know that the old
building was fcont) to bo Ui an excel
lent stile of preservation, and that It
will be restorer! to good condition, and
made ready for occupancy again.
HURT in accident.
Rome, AUg. S.--4 II Steven*,
foreman, and T. A Talc, a trackman,
were killed and M C. Hill, another
tiarkttiau seritHisly Injured today
when Nashville. Ctuauu-ogo and
St Ijowi* freight struck ■ motor hand
car near bare
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
YOUNG MEN’S GEU6
ASSUMES DEFICIT IN
OPERATIONST. GARS
Means Car Service Will be Con=
tinned Without Interruption
Pending Settlement.
COMMITTEE NOT YET READY
TO DISCLOSE IIS PLANS
While a Definite Plan of Action
Has Been Decided Upon, the
Details Are Being Withheld
Pending Final Order of the
Court For Sale of the Prop
erty.
. Continued operation of street car
service in Brunswick; without inter
ruption, until such lime as the spe
cial committee from the Young Men’s
Club has completed its plans for a
permanent settlement of the problem,
was made certain at the weekly club
meeting yesterday afternoon, when a
resolution was inrrdßuced and unani
mously approved providing that the
Club shall assume responsibility for
any deficit that may develop while
the negotiations are under way.
Relieves Committee.
This action relieves the special com
mittee from tin; financial obligation
It had so cheerfuly assumed, in order
lo prevent a suspension of operation
last Sunday, as officially authorized
by Federal Judge Evans. The entire
club membership is now jointly re
sponsible for any losses that may oc
cur in operation of the cars while
Die negotiations are under way.
This Is typical of tho splendid ser
vice being rendered to Brunswick by
th ( v organization, and is an evidence
of the fact that the Club is whole
heartedly and unanimously behind the
movement to prevent the junking of
Brunswick's street railway system.
T The street tar matter was a special
eider of business at the luncheon yes
terday, and occupied practically the
entiro time. |A report was submitted
by the committee, of which O. O.
Smith is chairman, which showed
that effective work Is heing done, and
that thu situation is in excellent shape
with, prospects for eventual success
favorable.
The committee asked for more time
In which to complete Its work, stat
ing however, that very favorable pro
gress lit being made. Th,> committee
sotted that it Is at work on a definite
plan of action, which cannot he dis
closed at this time,( or given any
publicity until the final order for sale
of the property is actually Issued by
the United States court, explaining
that tho terms of the sale win have
tion.
Turn.
Full Report Next Week.
If. wm stated that the committee
will doubtless he In position to make
a full report nt the meeting next Fri
day. and that In the meantime efforts
would be continued to adjust matters.
If was nt this point that Chairman
Mark WUttex called atentlon to the
fact thnl seven members of the com
mittee had underwritten tho opera
tion of the cars until the negotiations
are completed, stressing the Import
ance of keeping the cars running. He
called for volunteers to stand with
tRh conitnlttee In taking care of any
dhticit that many develop.
They came from .11 over iho house,
ajkl finally a motion was made, which
prevailed, that th, entire club under
write the guarantee required by the
receiver, and thereby insure operation
until a settlement la reached. This
motion was carried without a dissent
lag vote.
Former Chairman Present.
K W. Units, first rhtUFnw of the
chth, under whose leadership the or
ganisation attained such high stand
ing. "ho Is now a resident of Jack
sonvllle, was a guest at yesterday's
luncheon. Mr. Butts has been elected
honorary Wf P president of the club.
He made a fifteen minutes* talk, com
mending the v <rk of the club xtnoe
his departure, and characterized It
a* the ltvest bunch of young men In
the South, and that It Vftf being cited
evervwhere as to Us energy and en
terprise. Mr. Butts did not forgot to
speak highly of the splendid luncheon
served by Manager Gardner, of the
Royal, and added that the Glnb Is for
tunate In being so well taken care of
ll this respect He Is in thorough SO
cord of ttje efforts being made to pre
erve the -t*eet ear service
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OFITHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ten Millions Offered for Ships That Cost
U. S. $240,000,000
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Washington. Aug. 5. —(Special)—
Chairman A. D. Lasker q( jjie U, _ S
of $10,000.0(1) (of the wooTfen ships j
built by the shipping board Yu ring the
OLD BATTLESHIPS
TARGET FOR BOMBS
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Army Air Service is Planning
Bombing Enterprise Against
Naval Craft, With the old Bat
tleship Alabama as a Target
For Their Missiles.
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fßy Associated Press.)
Washington. Aug. 6. —An Indepen
dent bombing enterprise against na
val craft Is being planned by the army
air service, with the old Battleship
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Alabama to be used ns a target.
Missiles weighing up to four thou
sand pounds wQI be used by the army
fliers in their efforts to destroy the
obsolete craft, and they hope to add
a upw chapter to the inter-service
controversy, which recently resulted
from the destruction from the air of
a number of German war vessels.
EXPECT ANOTHER OFFER
FOR MUSCLE SHOALS
Washington. Aug. R.—Another offer i
for the government nitrate plant at:
Muscle Shoals. Ala., lit addition 1 to the
proposal of Henry Foird is expected
by*the government. Secretary Hoover
said today.
Mr. Hoover did not dispone the
name of the prospective bidder ex
cept to ay that ft wa# one of the
power -companies. He indicated that
thy government's decision on the Mus
cle Shoals proposition war av* It in;*
the arrival of the new offer.
MISS LEYBOURNE UNDER
GOES SERIOUS OPERATION
The marry friends of Miss Birds*
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
V K l.eybournv. will be glad to learn
that she is rapidly recovering from
the effects of an nperathm. which *hk
underwent at the eit? ho-.pltal W si
nesday afternoon \Vhll the f-pera-
Itlon w%> of minor efca-ycter. .t was
quite painful. and Miss l.eyhonroe
stood the ©rd**! ir spier dri fesh on.
: She was able SA leave the hospital
end return to her hom.- yesterday.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA SATURDAY, AUG. 6, 1921.
Wooden ships rottlngTTn James river. Virg.n.a (above) asdsnsr.
o, shipping board’s wooden, vessels anchored in Lower Jama,ca bay.
New York. Insert shows A. D. Lasker, chairman ot the U. S. shipping
board.
war at an expense of $240,000,000. If
he does not receive a better bid be
will doubtless accept this, as he an
nounced recently that the entire wood
en tleet would be spld. scrapped or
sunk before next October.
id^wooden
[eTststUc goveramen t maiTy tn nosh tots
of dollars per month, ('liftirmau Lt. L
MISS M’TEER APPOINTED
HOSPITAL SUPERINTENDENT
Following the resignation of Miss
Mary Lou Anderson aH superintendent
of nurses at the city hosptal. Miss
McTeer, who hud* previously served
as assistant superintendent, has been
named by the hospital board to suc
ceed Mss Anderson, who resigned to
take up work with th county health
hoard. Recently there have been t*o
or thrge changes in the staff Of nurses
at the hospital, a number of new nurs
es having been employed t 0 exist
ing vacancies.
ACTION DELAYED
ON TARIFF BILL
Final Disposition of the Fordney
Measure by the Senate Com
mittee Appeared Last Night
to be Further Away Than at
any Time in Last Two Week*
(By Assoc-tateo r*rm*s.)
Washington. Aug. 5. Final action
by the senate finance committee on
the Fordney tariff *bill appeared to
night to by further way than at any
time since the measure wa- turned
over to It two weeks ago
There are no signs that the commit
tee will be able for some days to start
executive coushleratton of American
valuation and dye embargo, two of
the controversial phase* of the bill.
aud no hearings or study have yet
been made on the other provisions of
[the measure.
ADVANCE H.AI.F A MILLION
FOR EXPORT OF COTTON
j (By Associated Press.)
Washington. Aug. s—The war fl
; nance cwporation announced today
[that it had agreed to advance half a
million dollars to Southern exporters
i for the purpose of financing the •**
I p>rt at ion of cotton frutn the states
of Georgia. North and South Carolina.
The cotton on which the raonev Is to
h* advanced will be held ift warehous
es for export within the next .*
months
er states that while original cost was
$240,000,000. the government’s loss on
them to date is $313,000,000. He as
serts that they can never be of any
value to the government. Many of
them are jotting in the James river.
..Virginia. Mafty others are anchored
fi -N'V TWft*
• more are anchor **d ikL v. eaboru ports.
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TO RUN EXCURSION
TO FERNAND!, FLA.
Large Number of Brunswick
Baseball Fans Will Accom
pany the All Stars to the Flor
ida City Next Thursday, For
Return Game With That City.
The steamer Atlantic will take a
large party of Brunswick baseball
fans to Fernandina. Fla., next Thurs
day, when the All. Stars, will journey
down for a return game with the
team of that city, said Manager Bdo
Miller last night.
Kxursion rates will be in effect and
it is expected that more than one
hundred Brunswick fans will accom
pany the team on this occasion. A
picnic dinner is planned, which will
served on the boat going down.
The All Stars are confident of their
ability to defeat the Fernandina team
on its home grounds, and Manager
Miller ! anxious for as many fans as
possible to go down and encourage
the boys to victory.
The trip will he a pleasant one,
and tho Journey hack will-be made by
moonlight, arriving In Brunswick
about 10:30. The Atlantic will leave
Thursday morning at 9:30.
MUST cu r EXPENSES
OR INCREASE TAXES
Washington. Aug. 5. —Congress was
warned today by Secretary # Mellon
that It most reduce the government's
expenditures or increase the nation's
Jax burden.
Appearing before, the House ways
and means committee, the treasury
head declared that additional cuts of
more than a quarter of a billion dol
lars must be made in thp estimated
expenditures of $4 JSQgOtit for this fis
cal year V additional taxes are to be
avoided. Then the secretary piuceed
ed to show that the expenditures thus
far for this fiscal year have actually
increased, compared with those a year
ago, the expenditures for July. 1921,
being $.'',22,090,000 as compared with
*307,909.000 for July, 1929.
-The people are expecting a real re
duction. a lifting and not wholly a
ishiftfag, of the harden/’ be said.
X-RAY MACHINE TOI
BE PURCHASED BY
THE CITY HOSPITIAL
Institution is Rapidly Being;
Equipped With Long=Need=
ed Modern Appliances.
CITY AND COUNTY HAVE
INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS
Great Improvements Have Been
Made in the City’s Hospital
Facilities, and Plans For Fur
ther Improvements Will be
Carried Out Soon.
Extensive improvements have re
cently been made in the facilities and
equipment of th e -Brunswick City Hos
pital. with the result that this insti
tution is new on a thoroughly modern
bn sis, with ample provisions for
Brunswick’s hospital requirements.
These improvements have been
made possible by considerably in
creased appropriations from both the
city and the county, and Dr. R. iE. L.
Burford, who is now the medical sup
erintendent of the institution, is plan
ning etill further additions to the
equipment, which, when Installed,
will make the local hospital second to
none in this section of the state.
To Install X-Ray.
Arrangements have been completed,
said Dr. Burford yesterday, for the
installation in the near future of a
modern X-Rajy nuachind, an instru
ment the need of which lias long been
felt. The hospital has been handi
capped in the past in the treatment of
many cases because of the lack of an
X-Ray machine, and it has been neces
sary ’for a number of patients to go tp
other cities on that account.
HoweJVef’, through the generosity
and public service of the local Wo
man’s Club,, in donating the sum of
one thousand*; dollars for- Initial pay
ment cm an X-R t ‘y machine, this ®reat
need is toon to be supplied and Dr.
Burford stated that the order for the
machine would be placed Just as soon
as the special room required for In
stallation has been fitted ilp.
The machine will cost about $4,500.
and the work of fitting up quarters for
its installation will make the total
cost amount to approximately $5,000.
It is believed that the X-Ray Instru
ment will be ready for service within
the next month or so. Dr. Burford
will go before the city and county
commissioners soon to ask for the
funds needed to build the room for its
installation, and it is certain that the
Officials will provide the money.
Hospital Reorganized.
Since Dr. Burford has assumed
charge of the hospital there has been
a complete reorganization by which
the efficiency of th e Institution has
been greatly increased. Several
months ago there was an organized
movement for the build lug of anew
but sine*. adhquaite funds
have been supplied for operation, and
for needed facilities, the old plant lias
been Improved to #uch an extent as
to take rare of the needs of the city
In splendid shape.
OUN BATTLE RAGES
IN FLORIDA TOWN
Pensacola, Fla.. Aug. A gun
fight in which rifles and shot guna
were used was in progre.j n 4 ihe
streets of Wewahitchka in Calhout
county as the result of a feud uceof 1*
ing to a telephone message received
ehere tonight. Two men were wound
ed the report said and the village was
in darkness at 10 o'clock tonight by
which time tlje shooting had ceased*
PRESIDENT LEAVES TODAY
FOR RETURN TO CAPITAL
Gorham, V H. Aug. s.—President
Harding and bis vacation party will
leave Lancaster, NT. H„ by automo
bile tomorrow, morning for Portland,
where they will board the yacht May
flower for the rettfru trip to Washing
ton. The party expects to reach the
capful next Tuesday.
GEORGIANS WILL POOL
THEIR TOBACCO CROPS
T>oug!as. Ga., Aug. s.—Douglas to
bacco growers and business men have
called a meeting of all tobacco grow
ers of Georgia here Saturday to pool
the tobacco crop. This is said to be
due to the unsatisfactory priqe of the
tobacco market, and it Is proposed
to hold the corn or market as a whole.
S HOW F " S
PRICE FIVI \\ a TS
HEALTH OFFICiU
DIFFER ON STAIV
PELLAGRA IN SOUTi.
Public Health Service Criticised
For Spreading “False and
Misleading Reports.”
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DISEASE SAID TO BE MORE
PREVALENT THAN IN PAST
All Commissioners in Atten
dance at the Conference
Agree, However, That There
Are No Conditions Approach
ing Plague and Famine in the
Southern States.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, August s.—Radical
differences of opinion as to the severi
ty of the prevalence of pellagra in tha
South cropped out among .Re health
officials of the twelve Southern states
at the closing session of their two
days conference here with Surgeon
General Gumming, of the United
States public health service, during
which time the situation has been
thoroughly discussed, and tentative
methods of combatting the further
spread of the disease outlined.
Split in the Ranks.
Practically on e half of the state
officials, in adopting a report on the
actual conditions in the South, con
tended for a clause saying that the
situation is no more serious than hag
been the case durin gthe past several
years. Among them, comprising a
majority, held however that whfle
there is no immediate cause for alarm,
that pellagra is undeniably more prev
alent than In the past, and succeeded
in having the ealuse eliminated from
th e official report.
Criticise Public htealth Service.
All of the state commissioners, how
ever, were unanimous in agreeing
that there are no conditions in tha
famine, as h.as been reported, and the
Federal public health service was crit
icised for spreading "false and mis
leading reports,’’ as t.o j;he situation.
RIFLEMEN WILL GET
PAY CHECKS WEDNESDAY
The weekly drill of the Brunswick
Rifllemen will very probably be at
tended by practically the entire com-*
pany next Wednesday night— and
there is a very satisfactory reason
•hefefprj aside from military zeal.
The company is expecting to get pay
checks at that time for their service
for the last six months, aud quite a
tidy sum will b, disbursed to the soN
diers. First Sergeant Barnhill, how
ever, puts all members of the cpm
pany on notice that a property check
Is to be made before tin* pay check*
are Issued, and that all equipment
was to he clean and In good order,
as well as accounted for, before the
little slips are handed out.
SERVICE NIGHT '
AND DAY.
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It is said of John Wannamaker
that when he was asked what ele
*
ment he regarded aa figuring larg
est In his mercantile success he
replied instantly, SERVICE, add
ing that his advertising invaria
bly stressed this feature.
Every cog-In your business ma
chinery may fit perfectly, every
bit of merchandise be smart and
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up-to-date, every clerk as polite
as a dancing master, but if ser
vice, coordinating public service
Is not apparent at every turn and
comer the functioning power of.
your establishment Is tremendous
ly curtailed.
Bervice means*many things, but
above ait it means promptness,
efficiency, ,attention* carefulness
and doing what you promise when
you promise it. A Brunswick con
cern has built a big and thriving
concern on service-—night and
day service when service is need
ed. Vou can do it, too.
The News holds service as one of
its chief assets, and this Is why
The News is a business getter and
setter.
Little want-ads. In The News are
great wonder-workers.
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