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VOLUME XX—NO. 283
FAMINE IN SOUTH
EXISTS ONLY IN
SCIENTIFIC SENSE
However, Public Health Service
Reports Undoubted Increase
in Pellagra.
FINDINGS BASED LARGELY
ON INCOMPLETE STATISTICS
Results of Special Investigation
of Alleged “Semi Famine and
Pellagra Plague” Situation in
the South Submitted Yester
day to President Harding,
Who Requested Report.
(By Associated Brens.)
Washington, Aug. 15.—The food
shortage in Southern states assumed
the proportion of a famine only in a
scientific and restricted setts**, but
has undoubtedly been accompanied
by. *h> increase in the prevalence of
pellagra, the pubiip health service re
ported to President Harding today, a?
a result Of the special investigation
undertaken at his request.
The findings of the public health
officials, the report said, are based
largely on incomplete statistics sub
mKted by the health ctnmmissioners
of Southern states at the recent con
ference here.
Detailed figures were not pub
lic, but the memorandum accompany
lng the report said that the informa
tion submitted indicates definite ia
creases this year of pellagra in the
states of Alabama,, Arkansas, Missis
sippi, Oklahoma, Texas, and probably
alefo in North and South Carolina.
There were some evidences, it h
added, indicating increases also in
Georgia. Failure of farmers to and!
versify their crops is blamed by the
Surgeon General for the food sltua
tfajin throughout the South.
BAKERIES MANAGERS
ANNUAL MEETING. ;
le in about thirty of the leading
Southern cities will gather in Jack
sonville today, for Jhe annual conven
tion of managers of branches of fed
oral system bakeries, which will be
in session three days. The meeting?
will be held at the Chamber of Com
merce and a program that will be of
unusual interest will bo carried out.
Manager Miller, of the local Federal
Bakery will attend the meeting.
THE ACID TEST
OF TIME TELLS
Thsre it an old taw to the effect
that everything comet out in the.
wash. Thie homely saying ap
plies to all lines of endeavor and
to human beings. The acid test
of time tells the story.
If a business system Is rotten
time finds the weak spot and ex
poses the fraud. If a man nose
at a moralist, when his heart Is as
blaclt'ss the bottomless pit, time
•trips bare his vulgar soul that all
may read.
For nearly three score years one
firm has faithfully served the
Brunswick public. It has stood
THE ACtO TEST OF TIME.
The executive head of that firm
today stands squarely upon the
original foundation—RELlAßlL-
I ITY, OERENDABIUTY AND
CHARACTER, a combination
nothing can down and all appre
ciate. *
—This same man because of his
cttaractor. his reliability and de
pendability pas famed the vice
ppeplden&y of a large financial
Institution, as well as being close
ly identified with other big enter
prises. He, too, ha# stood the
•eld teat of time.
Read elsewhere In this paper to
day the partial story of this old
Brunswick house. It Is a win
ner because It etarted right and
Has kept right.
The News la p reliable and de
pendable bueineee getter end aell
er of proven prime worth.
Want-ade In The Newt pay divl
dende to you.
Rhone 188.
The Brunswick Mews
FAIR WEATHER FOR
WEEK IS PROMISED
Normal temperatures with general
ly fair weather for the South (Atlan
tic and East Gulf States, for the week
is the cheerful promise of the weath
er man. Widely scattered thunder
showers is added to make the sit
uation a bit uncertain, although it is
hoped that Brunswick * escape
that part of the program, as there hac
been enough dampness the past few
weeks to last a w.hile longer yet.
FIVE MEET DEATH
IN OIL PLANT FIRE
Philadelphia Works of the. A
tlantic Refining Company
Swept by Destructive Fire.—
Blaze Under Control After
24-Hour Fight.
Philadelphia, Aug. 16. —The fire at
Point Breeze, th e oil works of the At
lantic Refining Comparey, in which
five persons were killed and nearly
a score injured, was extinguished
early today after a battle of over
twenty-four hours by virtually th e en
tire city fire department.
The loss is estimated at over one
million dollars. The cause /Of the
blaze i? undetermined.
News of the destructive fire at the
Philadelphia plant of the Atlantic Re
fining company will be of much inter
est in Brunswick, as the company op
erates ail extensive oil refining works
near this city. It Is possible that the
burning of the Philadelphia plant will
very greatly increase the activity of
the Brunswick refinery, as it will be
several weeks, and possibly months
before the damage can be repaired.
CONFER WITH JUDGE EVANS
ON STREET CAR MATTER.
An Important conference in regard
to the City & Suburban Street rail
way matter will bo held in Macon to
day with Federal District Judge Ev
ans by a committee of Brunswick dt
-1 the. JPotmg
'Club, the city eotnmissibners and the
company.
The party left last night over the
feoulhern railway for Macon, and is
composed of rF. M. Scarlett, Jr., and
M. B. McKinnon, representing the
Young Men’s Club; City Attorney
Meader and City Manager Grurallng,
of tho city government, and Judge C
B. Conyers ami Receiver O. ) S. Ll#
man, representing tho company.
Jiist what matters will be taken up
at the conference were not made pub
lic .but It Is understood that an order
will be petitioned for directing oper
at lon pf the car service, without a
guarantee of payment of deficit, un
til such time as the reorganization
plans can be perfected. The out*
come of the conference will be await
ed with considerable interest
JAX. CLUB MAKING
LOG OF COAST ROUTE
Official Representatives of Au
tomobile Club Arrive Last
Night, and Report the Road
Between Jacksonville and
Brunswick in Good Shape.
Ken Oocdson and C. D. earmark,
of the engineering deportment and
F. L. Whitaker, of the advertising de
partment, of the Jacksonville Automo
bile Club state tours, arrived In
Brunswick shortly after midnight last
night, e-n route to Augusta.
The party, representing the club,
la making a complete and accurate log
©f thb coast route between Jackson
ville and Augusta, which trill Immedi
ately be made available to the public.
Tholr report will contain full Informa
tion as to the condition of the road,
distance, and other details of Interest
to Jurists.
Ken Goodson. well known automo
bile driver, told The News that the
road between Jacksonville and Bruns*
wick Is In good shape, with very few
bad spots, ahd none at all to give nwv
lortsts any trouble.
lie said that work of making need
ed repairs, both In Georgia and Flor
idea. Is rapidly going forward, and
that the road Is 40 per cent better
than It was Jnst a few day* ago. The
party will leav* this morning fur Au
gusta. after conferring with local road
otAvlals. nd the Board of Trade.
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CLYDE LINE PUTS ON
WEEKLY SCHEDULE;
NEW TYPESTEAMER
Shipping Board Allocates Two
Regular Coastwise Boats to
Brunswick-New York Run
W(ILL LEAVE NEW YORK FOR
FIRST VOYAGE TOMORROW
Vessels Are of the Between
Decks and Side Ports Type,
and Will Make Operation
Much More Economical Than
Formerly, With a Great Im
provement in the Service.—
Must be Self Sustaining.
Brunswick is at last to get a real
steamship service? between this port
and New York, according to Informa
tion received yesterday from officials
of the Clyde Line, stating that a sche
dule of weekly sailings is to be in
augurated at once, with the new type
coastwise vessels recently allocated
by the Shipping Board, which are
now ready to be placed in service.
The two new vessels to be used
in the New York-Brunswick service
are of the strictly coastwise type, oil
burners, with the between decks car
go arrangements and side ports,
which makes the loading and unload
ing of freight much more economical
and enables it to be handled with
greater dispatch and safety from
breakage, or damage.
The steamers haye been specially
altered for this service, and will give
Brunswick a steamship service from
New York which will merit the pat
ronage of all shippers of the city.
And it may be stated that Brunswick
must patronize this service if the bus
iness men wish to keep steamship
connection with New York, as the
service must be made self sustaining
in order to be kept up. .■ >
e-d in active commission, the first of
1?ho ippw steamers win leave flew
York tomorrow, Wednesday the 17th,
for the trip to Brunswick, calling at
Wilmington, southbound. Th# regu
lar weekly schedule of sailing* will
be inaugurated at once, leaving New
York on, Friday of each week for
Brunswick.
The Inauguration of this splendid
service resulted from efforts of the
Brunswick Board of Trade, through
a committee headed by Frank D. Aik
en. and in order to keep the weekly
schedule the Clyde Line will need ev
ery pound of freight possible, both
north and south bound. Brunswick
has a sufficient amount of tonnage
to Justify the service, and it is a
matter of self Interest to the. city
to seer that it is routed by way of the
Clyde Line.
Soliciting Organization.
In order to build up a profitable
coastwise business between Bruns
wick and New York a soliciting or
ganization will be formed and placed
In the field to solicit shipments from
lnte|ior points, as well as locally.
Secretary Warde. of the Board, will
soon make a trip to interior points to
line up ail the big shippers possible,
and the various railroads will also
have soliciting agents at work soon.
L H. Haym. chairman of the commit
tee handling this feature, will call a
special meeting at an early date, and
map out a campaign for canvassing
Brunswick’s entire territory for bn*-
ines* to be routed via the Clyd# Line.
HOPE RENEWED FOR
PEACE IN IRELAND
Critical Situation Yielded 1 at
Night to a Reasonable Degree
of Optimism When Program
For Meeting of Dail Eirearm
Today Was Made Public.
(By Associated Press.)
Dublin. Aug. IS. —Pessimism over
the Irish situation which today, in
some quarters, had almost reached a
point of hopelessness, yielded tonight
to a reartmable degree of optimism
when the program for a meeting to
morrow of the Dail Biresun was made
public.
Instead of immediately taking up
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA TUeA)AY. AUG. 16, 1921.
ARREST MADE IN
MURDER EASE
Mrs. Maggie Reybourne, Aged
White Woman of Wayne
County, is Brought to the
Glynn County Jail in Connec
tion With Murder Mystery of
Two Years Ago.
That the relentless forces of the
law are still in pursuit of the assas
sin who shot from ambush and killed
a young man named Nail, at Jenks,
just across the Glynn county line
from Thallroan, two years ago, is evi
denced by the fact that an arrest in
connection with this so far unsolved
murder mstery was made Sunday
when Mrs, Maggie Reybourne, an
aged white woman of Woyn* county,
was taken into custody in connection
with th*. case.
Mrs. Reybourne was brought to
Brunswick Sunday night by Sheriff
Rogers, of Wayne county, and lodged
in the Glynn county jaU. where she
will be held pending further Inves
tigation. The evidence- upon which
her arresl is based has not been made
public, although sgid tp be of circum
stantial character.*'
The warrant feu the arrest of the
aged woman, it issald. was sworn out
by Oscar Nail, a brother of the mur
dered man. and while U Is believed
that she had no part In the actpal kill
ing It is thought that f she ha know
ledge of it. and mav prove a valua
ble witness in bringing the murderer
to Justice. * j
The killing of joung Nall was one
of the most dastardly crimes ever
committed in section., tljg details
being familiar to (he people of Bruns
wick. No motive for the crime oould
ever be discovered, northe slightest
trwoe of the a*aa*sin. until the arrest
Sunday. Jst why the woman was
brought to the Glynn county Jail vm
not stated, but it is expected that lan*
g(ble developments will be made In
the next few days;:
X. .
the problem of peace or war the Sin
Feinn parliament spent the "last two
day* dealing with formalities incident
tb the opening of the new body, thus
providing an opportunity for many
things to happen.
A!) of Ireland tg eager for a decis
ion by parliament on the British gov
ernments terms, to remove the ten
sion
' SOME REAL NEWS
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FORMER KING PETER ILL.
(By Associated Press.)
Belgrade, Aug. 15.—The condition
of Farmer King Peter, ill with con-
Jg§l||p of she lungs, ...wonje
Una ay night, and his general condi
tion tonight was described as being
very much worse than previously.
WILL MEET TODAY
TO DISCUSS RATES
Brunswick Threatened With a
Disastrous Increase in
Freight Rates and Steps Will
be Taken to Protect Interests
of Business Men.
An important meeting will be held
this morning at 10:30 o’clock at the
Board of Trade rooms in connection
with the pending increase in freight
rates on ulUn# commodities vital! to
the business prosperity of this city.
Kvery business man of Brunswick is
urged to be present and take part
In the fight that will be staged to pre
vent these Increased rates from go
lng into effect.
In connection with the meeting Sec
retary Warde, of the Board, said last
night; “If the proposed schedules go
into effect Brunswick’* freight rates
will .be Increased to such an extent
that we wiy have to close up shop, un
lea*; something fs done to prevent it.
"A meeting is called for 10:30
o’clock this ♦morning, the Board of
Trade rooms, and every merchant and
shipper in town is expected to be
present. The entire membership of
tb# board of directors wtißf be on hand
the Yonng Men’s Club strong
ly represented, and the Rotary Club
will have several members present
“Now Mr. Merchant aid shipper, it
la qp to you to wnat may well
mean Brunswick's death blow. Don’t
make any excuse, but come and be
ready to do your part. *,.
"DUMMY" WILSON,-
NEGRO. DIED YESTERDAY.
t * 4 *
Tommy Wilson, colored, deaf.ijnute.
Known about th,- city as “Dummy”
passed away early yesterday morning,
after a brief illness of fever. ‘Thim
my 1 ' was a famMiar figure in Broris
vricK. and was Known to nearly every
body. He* was employed *at the Coca
Cola plant, and was a faithful employ
ee. and highly regarded by hii era
ptoyera. and others who knew him.
His funeral will be held today, v
SCHOONER ASHORE
Ul I fIIL Hi IF. UliiWt 4
Louise Howard, Enroute From
ftew York to Brunswick,
Went Aground at Beaufort,
and Reports Are That the
Vessel Has Broken Up.
Dr. J. W. Simmons, in active charge
of affairs of I'he Ocean Leathty Cos.,
in Brunswick, was advised by tele
graph yesterday morning that the
company’s schooner, Louise Howard,
enroute to this port from New York,
went ashore off Beaufort, N. C., Sun
day, and later reports are that the
vessel subsequently broke up iarkfl
sank.
The Howard was coming here to
engage in fishing operations for the
company, and a series of demonstra
tions were to have taken place this
week. The vessel had Just been com
pletely overhauled, and put in shape
for fishing, and the loss will be heavy.
Reports are that the ten men of the
crew were taken off by a coast guard
cutter. The cause of the accident nor
the extent of the damage was contain-i
ed In the message received here, and
hope Is expressed that thf? Howard
may yet he salvaged.
WWI the loss of the Howard will
temporarily delay beginning of the lo
cal activities of the concern, plans
will be taken up at once to secure an
other vessel, and the work will be. by
no means, abandoned. Official* are
only awaiting accurate reports as to
the extent of the damage before mak
ing arrangements fbr another vessel,
if needed.
X, URGED
H"|TO send state troops
(By Associated Press.)
Otoncord, N. C-. Aug. 15. —President
garret t. of the North Carolina feder
ation of labor, telegraphed to Gover
nor Morrison today urging him to
;*sme here and investigate personally
the strike situation. Barrett's action
followed a telephone conversation be
tween an official 0 f the big Cannon
mill.* at Kannapolis, and the Governor,
urging that the third of
state troops be sent to Kannapolis
Tuesday, when It is proposed to open
the big Cpnnfcwi mill, with militia on
guard duty. No serious disorders'
marked the reopening of the mills
that resumed operation today.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
NEW L BCE FOR
CITY’S 1 |S SUPPLY
BEING l fIISIDEBED
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Mutual Light t ater Company
Negotiating With the At*
lantic Refinery.
WOULD BUILD PIPE LINE
FROM ARCO TO BRUNSWICK
A Plentiful Supply of a Very Su
perior Quality of Gas is Avail
able at the Refinery Plant, as
a By-Product of the Distilla
tion Process.
Brunswick gas consumers may, in
the near future, have an entirely new
source of gas supply, acoordlng to in
formation made public yesterday to
the effect that the Mutual Dight &
Water Company is now negotiating
with the Atlantic Refining Company
to furnish gas to the local mains.
It is stated that a plentiful supply
of a very superior grade of gas is
available at the Arco refining plant,
being a by-product of the refining pro
cesses in the manufacture of gasoline
and kerosene. The quality of the gas
is said to be if not superior, to
the excellent product now being fur
nished here. #
A definite proposition ha|s
made the local gas concern by the
Refinery, it is understood, which is
now under consideration 1 , wjth the!
prospects that it will be accepted. If
th e dea l is carried through *a pipe line
to Am> will be constructed, connect
ing with the city gas mains, and it is
said that a gas pressure of 150
pounds is guaranteed by this arrange
ment. #
May Mean Cheaper Gas. '
The phase of the situation that will
appeal most particularly to ,the pat
rons of the gas company la the pos
sibility that cheaper gas will result
eT as- well as the fact 'Wait & 'pdonti
ful supply of high-grade gas will be
available at all times.
Being a by-product of the big refin
ery plant it Is evident that th e cost
of manufacture will be lowered, and
this reduced cost will very likely be
given to the consumer, which will,
in turn add considerably the num
ber of customers. In fact, Jt is read
ily seen that the proopsition can be
made of vast advantage to Brunswick,
as well as to the two concerns involv
ed directly. The refinery plant, has a
supply of gas far beyond its'’ pvn
needs, and the Mutual Light A Water
Company may, by taking advantage
of the offer, save the expense of in
stalling expensive machinery in the
future/ This •is the view expressed
by disinterested business men.
AN EVERY-MINUTE {,y 4 .
BRUNSWICK WORKER. > : /
There is s day and night sermon
in the thought that a fellow Is
working all the time for his city,
meaning those things Isadlng to
development and civic greatnesa.
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In another column of today's
News a progressive young man
imbued with the spirit that does
things worth while, talks first of
the Brunswlck-Darien bridge and
then of the St Simon project.
Hla appeal has the right ring. He
wants the bridge and he want#
ad to know it and feel the same
way about It
This is the sort of spirit that
shoves aside barriers and gets
there. He urges concert of op
tion in the St. Simon bridge mat
ter, and then says to his follow
citizens: LET'S GK> GET IT
TOGETHER.
Can you match that sort of
spunk? If you can the bridge Is
as good as built because the
bonds will be voted whan ,the
time comes. Incidentally, this
progressive talks little of his own
business. It's ail Brunswick.
f
The News is a business getter and
seller of provn prime worth.
Tell your story In The News, as
this man has.
Want-ads In Ths News >re pip
pins for results.
Rhone IS*.