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PARTLY CLOUDY— LocaI Showers
VOLUME XX—NO. 276
INITIAL SURVEY OF
St ‘SIMON HIGHWAY
BEGINS TOMORROW
Will be the First Definite Step
Towards Construction of
This Great Project.
OUTCOME IS AWAITED WITH
THE KEENEST INTEREST
Surveys ,Wil! be Made, Under
Auspices of the State High
way Department, by Assis
tant State Bridge Engineer
Newton and District Highway
Engineer King.
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The first definite steps towards con
struction by Glynn county-, with the
aid of the state and federal highway
departments, of the great project
which has for its object connection of
St. Simon and Long Islands with the
mainland, will be taken tomorrow,
when Assistant State Bridge Engineer
INewton and District Highway Engi
neer King will begin the work of mak
ing the preliminary surveys.
This work will be carried out whol
ly at the expense of the state high
way department, and under the di
rection of officials of that organiza
tion, and is being done for the purpose
of selecting the most direct, and less
expensive, of the several -outes avail
able, as well as to assemble accurate
figures as to the approximate cost
of the undertakirlg, and other data
necessary to make up the final esti
mates.
The result of the surveys will be
awaited with considerable Interest by
people of the county, and In all parts
of the state, as the project Is one that
is attracting much attention in all
parts of Georgia. It will he one of the
biggest undertakings of the kind ever
attempted In the state, and will make
one ot GearflftH most popular and
every quarter* of the ffmittr
It Is believed that the engineers
will be ready to submit a final report
within the next, dhys, after
which details of construction of the
necessary causeway and bridges will
be worked out, and arrangements
made to begin the work at a early
a date as is practicable.
That the St. Simon highway under
taking will be carled to ,n successful
termination before the, beginning of
the next summer season ts now gen
erally admitted, and whatever doubt
may havp heretofore existed has been
entirely dispelled since the state and
federal highway officials have agreed
to extend*<tJd In the project.
It is also realized that the building
Of be project will be, without ques
tion, the greatest Htep ever taken n
the progress and upbuilding of Bruns
wick, and Glynn county, and for this
reason the bond Issue to be voted on
os soon as the exact figures of Glynn
county’s share of the cost Is deter
tnlued, wilt be certain to be over
whelmingly by the voters.
THE DAY AND
THE OBLIGATION
Brunswick churches open wide
their doors and bid all enter who
will. But just going to God’s
house on th accepted day of rest
for duty's sake alone doesn’t get
on# much of anywhere on salva
tion's road, though it is better
than not to go at all because, how
ever fraudulent the act may be
only the Suprem# Architect and
yourself know It. and your course
may influence another at least In
tbe direction of Christ and welt
doing.
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Example Is both a blessing and a
curse to humanity. If It Is good
and worthy and honest In prac
tice It find* glorious reflection In
the lives of many in the commun
ity. If It Is bad, or even partial
ly so, ft may affect your son, your
daughter, or your neighbor to the
point of sending all down hell's
road at a gait nothing but a mira
cle can stay There Is nothing
false In the :hurch as an institu
tion x THere could t|| be be
cause of Its Inspired origin, but
there are unfaithful attendants
end these sometimes hurt the
who!# fabric.
<lO to church today, honestly if
yeu can, but go It may help an
other.
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
NURSE SHOT AND KILLED
HER COMMON LAW HUBBY
New York, Aug. 6. —Miss Olivia M.
Stone, a graduate nurse, formerly of
Cincinnati, was told today that she
killed Ellis Guy Kinsaide, attorney
and corporation counsel ‘of
Cincinnati, when she fired six shots
into his body near her home in Brook
lyn last night.
She was hysterical last night
to be told that Kincaide was dead.
According to the police she admitted
me shooting and declared* that Kin
caide was her common law husband
and that he had deserted her and was
about to marry another woman.
RUSSIA STARVING;
SOVIETS ASK AID
Russian Authorities Have De
cided to Send Three Special
Delegations Abroad in Behalf
of the Starving People of
That Unhappy and War-Torn
Country.
(By Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 6. —The Soviet au
thorities have decided to send three
special delegations abroad in behalf
of starving Russia, declares a Revel
message forwarded by the Exchange
Telegraph Agency from Copenhagen
to this city.
Professor (Moehberev,. formerly of
the University of Petrograd, will head
the delegation to the United States, it
is announced. 1 Meanwhile, says the
dispatch, the Soviet representatives
abroad have been ordered to suspend
propaganda work.
it is also reported that orders al
ready placed for machinery, and other
goods of that character, will be can
celled, and that the money will be di
verted to other channels, and be used
for the purchase of desperately need
ed food supplies.
tilijUV CONSCIENCE .GETS
% § }iJ%' /W \IV *Sf* ij' *• f Iff rtfiftT*
That a guilty conscience frequent
ly gets a fellow into trouble is a tru
ism the aptitude of which can be tes
tified to by Sherman Shelton, color
ed, a well-known local purveyor cf
contraband and forbidden beverages,
whose natural aversion to police offi
cers lust night led him to betray him
self into the hands of the law'.
Assistant Chief McGaulley and Offi
cers Durden and Ridley, in the course
of their duties, happened to be stroll
ing down G street about 10 o’clock
lgst night, and when nearing the in
tersection of Cochran avenue, Shel
ton rounded th,> comer. The sight of
the three officers, all in a bunch, was
more than his guilty conscience could
bear.
For no npparent reason the negro
suddenly turned and fled as If his
life depended upon it. Now the iight
of a running negro Is always a chalv
lenge to a policeman, and this case
proved no exception. Officer Durden,
being long of leg. and somewhat of
a sprinter, soon overhauled the ne
gro, and abruptly halted hts sudden
flight.
Shelton had no desire to be taken
Into custody, and proceeded to put
up a stiff resistence, doing hts best
to obtain possession of Mr. Durden’s
pistol. However, the other officers
caught up with the procession at this
point, and Shelton w.* soon subdued.
The cause of his hurried (light was
found when a casual search revealed
that he had a total of 12 half pint
hr*ties ol moonshine whtstVv con
i coaled about his person. The negro
had on two pairs of trousers, with hot
ties of whiskey In all available pock
ets. In fact, he was a regular walk
tag baf-room, with a supply of wet
i goods sufficient to have brought him
in a tidy sum of money, ts dispensed
at the prevailing rates. t He was tak*
!en to headquarters, and will be held
■for trial in police conrt tomorrow.
I when he will very probably have hts
residence transferred to the connty
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NAMES OF 17.000 DRAFT
evaders are made public
(Rr Associated Press.)
Washington, August Upward* of
seventeen thousand names of alleged
draft evaders have been Issued by
the war department during the period
between June & and July 4. and these
names were published today in the
C- -ngresstonal Record. The names In
clude draft evaders from every state
of the I nlotL,
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER Of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SUSPECT SUICIDE
, IN POISONING OF
EX-U. S. WOMAN
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Mme. De Guise-Hite.
Mme. De Guise-Hite, former wife
of a wealthy Cleveland, ()., man, is
recovering in Paris from what physi
cians say w r as an overdose of veronal.
She was found suffering from the poi
son in her room in a fashionable Par
is hotel. Thlp same day her sop,
George Hajrbough, was found dead
form the same drug in a smaller hotel.
BRUNSWICK PAYS
HALF TECH QUOTA
Representatives of the Greater
Georgia Tech Fund Here This
Week to Check Up Results of
the Campaign, andi Highly
SHowin^Made.*^
C. H. Ctirrens and Malcolm Lock
hart, representatives of the Greater
Georgia Tech movement, were In
Brunswick Friday and Saturday to
check up the results of the campaign
in this city, and wer e highly gratified
with the splendid results attained.
It w'uh found that Brunswick had
paid In the sum of $lll,OOO, or -one
half of the qdota assigned this city,
Which was set at $20,000 This is by
far the better showing than the aver
age for the state, and reflects credit
upon the public spirit of Brunswick
people, said Mr. Currens.
It was announced that of the total
sum of $5,000,000, w’hich w'as set as
the goal for Georgia. $1,500,000 has
been paid into the treasury. That the
balance will be forthcoming in the
five-year period is regarded ag cer
tain.
“BABE” RUTH FALLS BE
HIND LAST YEAR S RECORD
(By Aasoolateo Brans.)
New York. Aug. 6.—"Rabe"Ruth
smashed out his thirty-ninth home run
of the season in the game here today
The home-run king, however, la two
behind hi* record at thia time last
year.
WATERMELON SEASON
IS ABOUT OVER
During the past several * weeks
Brunswick haa been a profitable mar
ket ' for the watermelon growers of
Georgia, and local dealers cay there
la still a strong demand for this lus
cious Georgia product, although the
season Is about over, and It Is hard
to procure melons salable ooudt-
Ition. Whtlp exact figures are uol
available, car load after car load of
watermelons have been shipped to
Brunswick this season from other sec
tic.ns of Georgia, only an infinitesimal
portion of the local demand having ;
been supplied from Glynn county
firms. Thin, too. In sptte of th# fact,
that the soil of Glynn county Is cap
able of producing the very finest vari !
ety cf melons. It would be interesting;
to know the exact amount of money
that has gone to other counties for
this product, which might as well
remained here to contflbiite to the
prosperity of Brunswick and the coun
ty. Ami watermelons are. by no
means, thecniy product which Bruns
wick buys from other sections which
might much more profitably be pro
duced; within the confines of this
ocunty.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA StNDAY, AUG. 7, 1921.
COUPLE WERE UP IN
AIR BEFORE ENGAGED
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Mineol% N. Y., August 6. —George
Hauser, employed by an airplane
company, was “up in the air” before
he became e ngaged to Miss Mildred
Armystrong, a tebcher in tire local
high school. !
Richard Depew, the 1 pilot who de
clared that he played the part of Cu
pid, said Hauser proposed to Miss
Armstrong in his plane yesterday,
when thqy were three thousand feet
high, but she hesitated. At 3500 feet
she said “yes,” and at 4000 feet she
held out her finger for the ring which
shp wore when they came to earth.
BUSINESS IS GOOD
SAY AUTO DEALERS
Brunswick Automobile Con
cerns Report That Business
in Their Line is Picking Up
Considerably, and are Opti
mistic Over the Outlook.
After several months of compara
tive inactivity Brunswick automobile
dealers report that business' 4n their
line is picking up right along, with
a number of sales made during the
past few weeks. There is an especial
ly brisk trade in auto accessories and
parts, much of which, it is said, is
coming from tourists passing through
the city.
The local automcbile dealers are
in an optimistic frame of mind, and
are preparing for an active season
this fall. The rapidly increasing num
ber of tourists coming through Is stim
ulating the trade in parts and acces
sories, and Is gthe gasoline
sories, and is keeping the gasoline
lishments on the jump.
As the automobile business Is gen
erally regarded as an accurate barom
eter of general business conditions,
the Increased activity In this line is
taken to indicate that business condi
tions In Brunswick are getting on a
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SAVANNAH ROAD REPORTED
TO BE IN BAD CONDITION
Persons arriving in the city by au
tomobile from Savannah yesterday re
port thta the highw-ay between that
city and Darien is in pretty bad shape,
as a result of the recent heavy rains,
although the road is nqt impassable,
and it is possible to get through with
but little difficulty.
The greater part of the road, In
fact, is in excellent condition, and
it is only isolated spots that have
been put in bad order by the rains.
These places are being given prompt
attention by the maintenance crews
of the state highway department, and
it is said thta a few days of sunshine
will put hte road for the entire die
tance in splendid shape for automobile
travel.
Between Darien and Brnswick there
is not a single bad place to impede
travel, and scores of Brunswick motor
ists will very probably drive over to
the Mclntosh county town dnring the
My.
HANDSOME GIFT PRESENTED
TO FREDERICA CHURCH
At a meeting of the Vestry of
Christ> church. Frederica, the follow
ing resolutions were offered and
adopted.
Whereas. Mrs. Brewster Phillips, a
former member of this Parish, has
I presented to our church service a
| very beautiful silver paten as a me
morial to her beloved mother. Mr*.
Mary Jane Robinson, who departed
from this H*e Feb. 22. 1918
Whereas. This gift from Mrs. Phil
lips is a mobt" fitting memorial to one
’ whom we held in deep respect and
! with high regard.
Be it resolved, that, ws the wardens
I and vestry of Christ’s church. Fred
l erica. In behalf of the rector and con
gregation of same, do accept this gift,
I ami In so doing express to Mrs. Phil
ilips oh? sincere appreciation of her
< kindaesa
Be it further resolved, that, three
' copies of these resolutions be made,
for distribution as follows: One copy
to be sent to Mrs. Phillips; one to
, the local newspapers for publication,
and one to be spread upon the min
futes of this mfeting.
JAS D. GOULD.
J. L. STEVENS.
C. FORMAN STEVENS,
Committee
Attest: D Wataon Winn. Rector.
They Called at the White House,
But Not at the British Embassy
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T. Wickham Steed (fefjt) and Lord N orthcliffe, photographed on leaving
the White House. f
Lord Northcliffe, who controls the London Times, and T. Wickham
Steed, editor of that publication, called on President Harding while in
Washington last week, but did not {iill at the British embassy there. The
embassy gave the cold shoulder to the distinguished visitors because of
their recent attacks upon members of the British government and partic
ularly upon Lord Curzon.
JOHN HOLDER HEADS
ROAD COMMISSION
This Announcement is Made by
Governor Hardwick . Follow
ing Action of the SenafeTil
day in Passing Amendment
Giving Him the Right to Make
SCich an Appointment.
(By Associated Press.)
Atlanta. Aug. 6.—John N. Holder,
who has been appointed by Governor
Thomas W. Hardwick to the highway
commission, will head this body as
chairman, according an announce
ment by the chief executive, follow
ing the action of the senate Friday in
passing an amendment to the highway
law giving him the right to make such
appointments.
The governor's decision to appoint
Holder to the 1 chairmanship has been
met wtfh favorabfe comment among
the legislators- The former candi
date for governor will sncceed I)r.
Charles N. Strahan, whose term ex
pires next January. There bavp been
rumors to the effect that Dr. Strahan
ts contemplating sending his
nation to the governor, but when ask
ed for a statement he refused to dU
cuss the situation.
THIRTEENTH VESSEL
WENT INTO WATER SAFE
Mobile. Ala.. Aug. 6.—The Knoxville
City, the thirteenth lOtMon steel ship
built at the yards of the Chickasaw
Shipbuilding and Car Company, a sb
sidiary of the United States Steel Cor
poration. went over the ways here to
day for Its first dtp in the waters of
Chickasabogue. /
Miss Elisabeth Buffat. cf Knoxville,
broke a bottle of sparkling water
against th e - *hip> prow, christening
here as she reached the water.
HOTELS CROWDED WITH
TOURISTS LAST NIGHT
All Brunswick hotels were again
taxed last night to accommodate tour
ists passing .through the city a* a re
sult of the reaopening of the Altama
ha bridge, and the coast route ef the
Dixie Highway. There were no fewer
than tourists her® overnight last
night, ten seperate parties, totalling
36 guwts, being registered at the 1
Hotel Royal alone. The tourist move
ment Is now about equally divided be
tveeo north and south bound traffic,
and although it has reached propor
tion* far beyond the expectations of
the most optimistic, the results so far
are merely a forerunner of the im
mense traffic that will come through
Brunswick during the fall and winter
months, the real tourist season.
ADDITIONAL TAX ON
MOVIES PROPOSED
Five Per Cent Admission Tax
Proposed In the
ate, and Its Passage Will be
Vigorously Fought.
An additional tax burden on the
moving picture shows, and other
amusement enterprises, has been pro
posed in the Georgia senate, by the
finance committee, providing for a flat
admission tax of five per cent. The
is a meeting with the stlfTest
sort*of opposition, and reports from
Atlanta are that it hat*, but little
chance of being passed.
When asked for an expression in re
gard to the proposed five per cent tax
last nighty Manager Wood, of the
Grand Theater, stated that moving
pictures are now operating under &
tax burden that is all but prohibitive,
and that any further addition will
mean ruin of the exhibitors.
There is no doubt that public senti
ment in Georgia will be against any
further additions to the tax burden*
of the moving picture shows and oth
er amusements, as well as the drug
stores, as these Industries are known
to be more heavily taxed than almost
any other class of business.
PAYMASTER ROBBED AND
FIFTY THOUSAND TAKEN
Hackensack. N. J„ Aug. tf.—'The
county prosecutor’s office was noti
fied this morning that six armed ban
dits had held up the paymaster of the
Barrett Manufacturing Company cl
Shadyside at II o’clock and escaped
with the payroll of from forty to fifty
thousand dollars.
The paymaster wa* Accompanied by
an armed guard of five men and was
traveling in an automobile whed the
hold-up occurred.
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POPULAR YOUNG COUPLE
TO BE MARRIED JODAY
Friends of Miss Sadie Croft, who
resides with her mother. Mrs. !f. P.
Croft. at 1929 Union street, and M. A.
Britton, former resident of Brunswick,
but now of Tifton. win be interested
in the announcement of their mar
riage. which is to occur this after
noon. Mr. Britton Is an employee of
the Southeastern Express Cos., at Tif
ton. and immediately after the cere
mony he and hi# bride will leave for
Albany. Atlanta, and Ashbura. where
they will spend several days before
going to Tifton to reside
PRICE FIVE CENTS
OFFICERS MAKING
IT DIFFICOIT FOR
WHISKEY RIVJERS
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Hardened §he Pro
hibition ; Laws j f eaten
Armed a
THE SITUATION h uJYNN
COUNTY GROWINGS SERIOUS
A Number of Persons Under
Suspicion of Being Engaged
in Running the Liquor Block
ade Are Coming into the City
Armed With Shotguns, and
are Making Open Threats to
Use Them.
With the activities of the county
policemen, the sheriff’s office and the
city police department making it in
creasingly difficult for operators of
illicit whiskey stills in the* Brunswick
territory to market their illegal pro
duct in this city, a tense -and serious
situation is rapidly developing,; ac
cording to persons in close touch with
the existing conditions.
It is feared that unless decisive
steps are taken at once to end the
present state of armed hostility, ser
ious trouble, and possible bloodshed,
will result. It is reported to The
News that persons known to the offi
cers as being engaged in whiskey
running are coming into th e city arm
ed with shot-guns, and make no se
cret of the fact that they are prepared
to resist a possible search of their
cars.
It is said that no less than a half
dozen automobiles suspected of being
engaged In transporting whiskey,
with the heavily armed,
came Into Brunswick yesterday, and
that threats have been openly made
that any officer attempting to make *■
legal search, or seizure, will be met
wkh a charge of buck shot, f
When asked about these reports
county officers admitted that in tlfe
past few weeks a number of suspect
ed whiskey runners had been seen
armed with shot guns, and that they
had been threatened with armed re
sistance from several sources. How
ever, the officers state that there will
be no let-up in the rigid enforcement
of the prohibition laws, and Itbat
searches of suspected automobiles
will be continued.
There is no doubt of the fact thas it
Is •ore difficult to procure whiskey
In Brunswick now than *t any time
since the national prolllbltion law
went into effect, and that only the
most hardened and dangerous dealers
In the forbidden beverages are per
sisting in bringing In whiskey. It Is
this fact thta makes the situation so
fraught with jianger, with possible se
rious consequences.
MAKING HAY
AND SUNSHINE.
Everybody knows the old saw
about “making hay while the sun
shines." The expression is mere
ly a homely way of urging the
other fellow to get the moat pos
sible out of the time and the op
portunity.
God sends the rain and the sun
shine that ail vegetation might
grew. ‘When there is a dry apeil
growing things wither and die.
it is the law of nature, which is
ths law of God. If 'the fruit of
your labor, is to.be saved at all
it must be watered, then ths sun
does the rest. It Is just that way
jn everyday life, meaning busi
ness life. When times are dull
people buy sparingly unless there
is something offered that la ad
vantageous to them.
There is small excuse for s mer
chant being idle even in slow
times. He can always stir things
to his advantage if he will turn
the hose on prices, and then an
nounce the fact through the up
building and rejuvenating sun
shine of advertising.
The News sells ths best adver
tising obtainable. It is a business
getter and teller of proven prime
worth to Brunswick. Read Its col
umns today. These merchants are
doing things for themsetveo.
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