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VOLUME XX—NO. m
Go.v. Hardwick Will
Make Crusade For
State Income Tax
Plan Will be Submitted to the
People of Georgia Through
Speeches and the Press
BELIEVES IT WILL MEET
WITH GENERAL APPROVAL
The Governor Will, Within the
Next Week, Take Up the Mat
ter of Discounting the Rent
als of the Western & Atlantic
Railroad* For Five Year Pe
riod.—Pensions be Paid With
Proceeds.
Atlanta, Aug. 13.—That a state In
come tax would soon be placed before
the people In Georgia through speech
es he intends to make and by various
other methods, Is the announcement
made today by Governor Thomas W
Hardwick at the state capltok He
expressed the belief that if more peo
ple would study and discuss th e mer
its of the income tax th e more they
will favor It.
Can't Conceal.
Tangibe property* such as real es
tate, which cannot be concealed and
therefore cannot escape taxation,
Governor Hardwick declared, Is pay
ing at present no less than 97 per
cent of the ad valorem taxes of the
state, while incomes derived from in
tangible investments, such as stoeks,
bonds, mortgages, etc., and from oth
er sources, are paying no taxes to the
state; while intangible property re
turned for taxation Is only 3 per cent
of the total tax values on the digest.
A state income tax, Governor Hard
wick contends, would apply equally
and equitably to *all alike, would re
lieve real estate of the burden it Is
carrying, and would produce for the
state an adequate/ revenue without
The governor Is much Interested,
he' stated today, In a hoard of regents
for the educational institutions. Oth
er states adopted this plan with
satisfactory results, he suld, and the
need for It In Georgia Is becoming
mor@ and more apparent as the com
petition develops between th#> various
branches of the University of Geor
gia.
As apparent from the above lum
inary, financial legislation bulked
large In the work of the legislature
of 1921 Its problem was to limit
appropriations within the state’s rev
enue, to Increase that revenue with
out amending the constitution, to
keep all departments ami Institutions
running and to work no hardship on
%
any business or Industry.
“,l believe this problem was suc
cessfully handled by the legislature,**
eaid the governor today, “and handled
at * time when business conditions
made [lt especially difficult."
On returning on** week hence from
GOSPEL ADVERTISING
PROVES EFFECTIVE.
Harking back less than a decade
ago there wee no auch thing aa
church publicity except that car*
tying a atrlct news value. Scan*
da) always went atrong, 6f course,
but there weant enough of it to
keep the average city editor in
the watchful waiting class.
Advertising in bold display type
tfce fact that Sunday belonged to
the Lord, and that auch and such
a pea tor would preach from a se
lected text, with mualc aa a aide
ttreelion, waa not even thought
of except with aroused and out
raged feelings.
i * \ *
Tgday It it a common thing ev*
erywhere, nearly, for mlniatera
t# employ newspaper* in exploit
ing the Bible, creed and church.
While the matter It not of the
ftaahy tort, it nevertheless cerrlef
e appealing punch highly effee*
live in drawing crowds. If the
preacher tells his selected story
In the right way the advertising
paya fine dividends In the matter
of toed seed town In fertile soil.
Yea, church advertising
eeuts saved and hearts lightened.
p It you read this help others and
you reelf by going to church. That
atyraye paya
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
RECEIVER APPOINTED FOR
U. S. MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.
(By .Associated Press.)
'New York, Aug. 13. —The appoint
ment of a recover in equity for the
United Spates Mail Steamship Com
pany was applied for before Judge
Martin T. Manton, district judge, to
day by Delancey Nicoll, attorney for
the officers and stockholders of the
company. Nine passenger steamers
operated by the company were re
cently seized by the U. S. Shipping
Board because of alleged non-payment
of rental.
COMMITTEE FAVORS
SI. MARY’S BAIDGE
Measure Provides For Author
ity For /the Construction of a
Highway Bridge Over the St.
Mary’s River, Near the Town
of St. Mary’s.—Another to
be Built Near Kingsland.
According to reptortfs {reaching
Brunswick .yesterday from Washing
ton it Is learned that a favorable re
port from the senate committee on
commerce has been made on the bill
introduced by Senator Harris, of
Georgia, giving authority for the con
struction of a highway bridge over
thfe St. Mary’s river, near the town
of St. Mary’s.
The measure Is expected soon to be
passed by th e senate, after which it
will go to die bouse for action, where
a similar hlft Hit* already been Intro
duced by Representative Lankford of
this, the Eleventh district.
Another Bridge Proposed.
Th P erection of still another bridge
ovor the St. Mary’s river, at Wilde's
Landing, nedr Kingsland, has been
proposed, and all preliminary work to
wards carrying out the project attend
ed to. The Wilde’s landing bridge
Is twenty miles distant from the
bridge at St, Mary’s, and Representa
tive Lankford and Senator Harris
have Introduced bills giving authority
for the second bridge.
The bridge proposed at Wilde's
Landing is on the direct route from
this city to Jacksonville, and an in
gorporated company has boen iormed
to build It. and to operate It on a toll
basis. Franchises- have been secur
ed from both Georgia .'qul Florida,
and an option has been secured on a
steel draw bridge with which to span
the river. *
It is announced by officers of the
company flint construction will ibe
commenced Just as soon as the neces
sary authority has,heed received, and
it 1r hoped to have the structure
ready for trnffle by the first of the
year at the, latest, provided there is
no delay In action on thp pending
bills.
There Is considerable Interest here
In thp building of both structures, one
making a highway route, to Fernan*
dlna available, and th p ether remov
ing the last remaining water barrier
on the Dixie Highway between Au
gusta and Jacksonville.
X short vacation at Asheville. Gover
nor will tSke up the mat
ter of discounting the rental of the
Western A Man Ur Railroad for a
pert,Hi of flv,, years to pay the deficit
In the state treasure, and hopes to
h.*v 0 the transaction consum*
mated ninety days, he stated
today. /
* The governor's plan of handling
this transaction, he stated, k* to issue
i general Invitation for proposals op
en to invest mnt bankers not only
of Georgia, hut the entire country and
to sell the Western JSt Atlantic -rental
at the lowest rate of discount offered,
lie believes he will b able to get the
rental for the next two years dis
counted at a rate not exceeding six
per rent, and the remaining three
years at a lower rale. Investment
bankers In the East, he has been ad
vised would be more Interested in a
lodger period of discount than a
shelter.
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF TOE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA SURGEON
COMMITS SUICIDE
Dr. Floyd W.-Mcßae, One of the
Best Known Surgeons irv the
Southeast, Ends His Life
With Pistol Shot at His Home
in Atlanta.—Failing Health
the Cause.
Atlanta, Aug. 13.—Dr. Floyd W.
aged 59, one of the best
known surgeons in th e Southeastern
states, was found dead in his home
here this morning, with a pistol shot
through the mouth and a revolver
lying at his side. Failing health is
believed by members of the familv
to have caused him to end his life.
Find Him.
Shortly after 7 o’clock Mrs. Mcßae
and her two sons heard a shot and
rushed to the room occupied by Dr.
Mcßae; where they found him lying
on the floor before a dresser, clad only
in pajamas and slippers. Th e shot,
which had been fired into the mouth,
passed out through the back Of the
head.
Funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
DR. M’RAE WAS NATIVE
OF TELFAIR COUNTY.
Dr. Floyd W. Mcßae, eminent At
lanta surgeon, who ended his Jife yes
terday, was a native of Telfair county,
and a member of'one of- South Geor
gia’s most prominent families. He
was well known to a great many
Brunswick people, and the above an
nouncement will occasion the keen
est sorrow here and throughout the
state.
ECONOMIC BARRIER
MAY RE WITHDRAWN
Allied Supreme Council Yester
day Decided to Abolish Rhine
• land* Ban or ‘ ls - B
Germany Continues Prompt
Payment of Indemnity.
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, Aug. 13>—The Allied su
preme council today decided to abol
ish the economic barier of the Rhine
land on September fifteenth, provided
Germany continues to pay promptly
the war Indemnities, but decided to
maintain occupation of the right bank
of the Rhine until the next meeting of
tf Council, when It whs agreed the
matter might be reconsidered.
The Council also formally adopted
today a decision to appoint two Judg
es from each Allied country to obta
ins the records and report whether
justice wa sremlered at the Llepstc
trial* )ef Germans accused of war
crimes.
CONROL OF FOOD AGREED TO.
Plga, Aug. 13.—Control by the
American Relief Administration of
food in famine districts of Russia was
agreed to. In priciple, today by repre
s ntatives of the Soviet Famine Re
lief Committee.
NEW AMBASSADOR TO SPAIN
LEAVES SHORTLY FOR POST
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Cyrus E. Wood*.
Cyrus E. Wood*, new U. S. ambaa
sador to Spaiu. has resigned his post
lion as secretary of state of Pennsyl
vania and will sail shortly for Madrid.
His home w in Greens bur* Pa.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA SUNDAY, AUG. 14, 1921.
LEAGUE PITCHERS
IN GAME TOMORROW
'.J. ' A
Brunswick Fans Will Have the
Opportunity to See “Big
League” Baseball at Norwich
Park Monday Afternoon,
With Southern League Slab
Artists Performing.
In the game betwfen ihe All Stars
and the Kingsland club, scheduled for
tomorrow afternoon at Norwich
street park, Brunswick /ans will have
the opportunity to see Southern
league slab artists in action, and the
contest promises to be of the "big
league" vsriety, with each team made
up of the best amateur players iu this
section of Georgia.
Learning that Bedgood, pitcher on
the staff of the Atlanta club, South
ern league, had been engaged by
Kingsland to pitch against the locals
Monday afternoon, Manager Edo Mill
er at onc e got busy, and signed up
Pitcher Hengeveld, Of the Little "Rock
Southern league team, with a splen
did record to his credit this season,
who will be in the box for the All
Stars.
With Southern league twirlers as
the opposing pitchers, and both back
ed up by excellent players, the game
tomorrow afternoon, beginning
promptly at four o’clock, will, without
doubt be one of the r&ost Interesting
played here this season. Manager
Miller is confidently expecting the
largest attendance of the season.
A telegram was reeeeived last night
from Pitcher Hi ngeveld stating that
he will reach Brunswick some time to.
day, and be ready for the battle Mon
day afternoon.
Following Is the line up of the All
Stars for Monday afternoon’s game,
as announced last night by Mr. Mill
er:
Houston, 3b; O’Quinn, cf; Gardner,
lb; Hodgea, c; CTiristensen, If;
Sahds, as; Carson, rt; Purvis, 2b;
jtonn.v-ld. • T ANARUS
team gotten together nete since the
old league days, and Kingsland will
have to “go some” to put over a vic
tory.
HIGHTOWER BEING HELD
ON CHARGE OF MURDER
(By Associated Press.)
San Francisco, Aug. 13.—Tighten
ing of the ring of circumstantial evi
dence around William A. Hightower,
Itinerant baker, whose story led to
the recovery of the body of Father
iteslin from a shallow grave on the
bifich near here, was followed today
by th e announcement that a charge
of murder had been sworn out against
Hightower, who has been * old in Jail
since he led the police to th e grave
several days ago.
WILL NOT REMOVE
PRISONERS TO S.C.
C. O. Fox and Jesse Gappins,
Held in Jail at Savannah on
Murder Charge, Will be Kept
There Until Danger of Mob
Violence Has Passed.
(By Associated Press.)
Greenville. S. C.. Aug. 13. —Oover
nor Cooper, of Sooth Carolina, spend
ing the summer here, announced to
night that the sheriff of Lexington
county bad been instructed by him
not to bring back to South Carolina
at the present time C. O. Fox and
Jesse Oapptns. alleged slayers of Wil
liam Braxxeli. a Columbia taxi driv
er.
The two men are being held in the
Chatham county Jail at Savannah,
where they were rushed from Augusta
Just before a mob bent on lynching
them reached that city.
Governor Cooper said he had tele
phoned ( lo Governor Hardwick of
Georgia, aqd that the tatter had prom
bed to instruct the sheriff at Savan
nah to keep the prisoners anti! the
South Carolina officials requested
their custody. Gov. Cooper said that
Do call for the milttii had been is
sued. but that be would not hesitate
to do so if such a step is found neces
sary.
Georges’ Wife Doesn’t Grieve
Because He Lost Big Battle
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Georges and Mme. Carpentier, photographed on hoard ship at Havre,
Franco, on Georges’ return from America recently.
Mme. Carpentier, smiling wife of Georges Carpentier. defeated chal
lenger for Jack Dempsey’s crown, isn’t grieving because her husband fin
ished s'ieond best in Us battle with the American. ■ With Georges home
* h*m Just.uo# y*e c|l..auU tlu-iv little
daughter are enjoying a l 'ew weeks of vacation- before Carpentier thinks
about returning to th e U. S. to tackle Tommy Gibbons.
ADVERTISING Ifl II HEWS ’
"FETCHES HOffi IKE U”
Strong Testimonial From One
of Brunswick’s Leading Con
cerns, in Which the Selling
Power of This Paper is Very
Highly Commended.—An Ob
ject Lesson to All Merchants.
While business Brunswick has long
heartily recognized and agreeably ac
cepted the advertising worth and tre
mendous selling force of The News,
and evidence this faith daily by
liberal displays of merchandise ap
peals addressed to the' men and wo
men buyers of this city and vinicltv,
this paper finds a vast amount of
well-grounded satisfaction in the fol
lowing commendation from one of the
foremost establishments here:
Brunswick. Oa., Aug. 13. 1921.
Publishers, Brunswick News.
{Brunswick, |Ga.
Gentlemen:
Yesterday morning (Friday),
we used a small space in The '*
News featuring special lot of
men's brown and black shoes at
an attractive price.
You may be Interested to learn
that the entire lot was disposed
of before fi o'clock, s
We used only the Brunswick
News and our wlndojr display.
According to onr way of think
ing this unusual result speaks
loudly for the . selling power of
your paper.
Yours very truly,
Stephens. Lorentzson A
Sheffield.
The News greatly values this vol
notary statement of cold type aheifsye
ment in the interest of an aggressive
and progressive firm. Incidentally, It
proves that when printers' ink is jo
diciousiy used in this' paper that it
carries a punch pi the vigorous sort,
one not to be denied since it “fetches
home the bacon” even in far* of
the biggest closing out sale of shoes
and other merchandise Brunswick
has witnessed In quite a spel. It al-
AUTOMOBILE SMASH-UP AT
BROADFIELD FRIDAY NIGHT
A serious automobile swash-up, In
which the Bulok roadster belonging
to Wm. McKinnon, Jr., was almost
completely demolished, occurred at
Broad field about two o’clock Friday
morning, when th e car plunged from
the highway 'ddwn the embankment
at that point. The cause of the acci
dent could not be learned.
Tike occupants of tlu* car, Wm,
McKinnon, Jr., who was driving, and
J. A. Bland. Jr., were returning from
Darien, wher e they had attended a
dance, ond both had a miraculous es
cape from serious, injury, as the auto
turned completely ove.r. It is said.
Beth th P young men sustained minor
cuts and scratches, but neither was
seriously hurt. The car Is said to be
almost a total wreck.
ways pays best to present your offer
ings to your special public and the
general public through The News.
Another thing conspiring to make
this pajjfr a great selling ppwer Is
th< clear-cut and general artistic pre
sentation of ail advertising running
through its columns. The News holds
that the eye-apeal of an advertise
ment carries just as much selling
weight as does the phrasing used In
presenting a specific article to a dis
criminating public. If an advertise
ment is-slovenly strung together It
does not reach nearly so far as one
that grips the eve first, and then ar
rests the brain long enough to
the full Intent of the subject matter.
And The News is getting better fn
this highly important essential every
day.
The News appreciates the open
statement of Messrs. Stephens, Lo
rentsson and Sheffield and it believes
the general public likewise will ap
preciate it because t-very merchant ts
directly concerned tn advertising and
proven results.
SHOWERS
PRICE FIVE CENTS
COMMITTEE NAMED
B \RO OF TRADE
Til JK FDD BONDS
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Will e uesday Afternoon to
M a Campaign Plans
& g anize Movement
1 P
TO P' *AY FOR SUCCESS
OF tVAY BOND ISSUE
ActivitiesTof the Steering Com
mittee For the Present Will
be Confined Wholly to Pro
moting Interest in the* Pro
posed Bond Issue, and Will
Conduct General Publicity
Campaign.
A steering committee to pav e the
way for the impending county bond
issue, to provide funds for the build
ing of the St. Simon highway pro
ject, official call for which will be is
sued as soon as the approximate cost
can be ascertained, was
yesterday by the Brunswick Board of
Trade, and the members will gather
Tuesday afternoon in the assembly
rooms of the Board to map out their
campaign plans, and get the move
ment on a definitely organized basis.
Activities of 'this committee, at
least for the present, will be confined
whollyHp the work of paving the way
for the success of the bond issue, and
to conduct a general campaign oif
publicity. They will get squarely be
hind the movement, and will do every
thing possible to bring it to a success
ful termination.
The scope of the committee’s work
win be definitely outlined following
the meeting Tuesday afternoon, at
which time the St. flinion highway
project will be placed on *n organized
basis, and efforts actively gotten un
der way to carry it to success, on a
pcal e certain to bring the desired,
results.
The committee is exclusively a
TrsWe mraitiyfrtlon, and wm
not be concerned with the selection of
the route, which is a matter to' be
determined by th e county, state and
federal road officials, after the survey
work and estimates now being prepar
ed by state highway engineers have
been completed.
The work of running the prelimi
nary surveys artd assembling data
and cost estimates of the several
routes available is now under way,
and while satisfactory progress is be
ing made, it is announced that the
engineers will hardly be ready to sub
mit their. fjtwl | reports until about
the first of October, at the earliest.
The steering mrapiittee is compos
ed of leading business and profession
al men of the dty, including bpthudty
and county officials, all of whom’ are
(Continued on page seven.)
CONSTANT HAMMERING
ALWAYS WINS HANDILY.
Everybody knows that thl con
stant drip of water will wear,
away a stone. The attrition is
tediously slow, but never falling.
Everybody knows that a commun
ity composed mainly of grouchy
knockers soon spills the business
beans all over citation, and pret
ty soon there is nothing left of
the town but a name hnd a mem
ory. /
Everybody knows that every suc
cuksful venture In the mercan
tile world attained Its erhlnence
by everlastingly hammering the
public about its wares. And it
was not done through once-a
week or once-a-month trial adver
tisements, but every day in ths
week, fifty-two weeks In the year
—hot shot all the time.
Take the local field as It stands
today, and watch the doors of
these merchants who advertise In
Th e News daily. They are doing
business, not a raft of it to be
sure, but business. They ham
mer ait the time through The
News.
The News is a business getter
and seller of proven prtm worth.
Every want-ad in The News car
ries a message to soma one.
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