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SHOWERS PROBABLE.
VOLUME XX—NO. 283
HO RUNS AMUCK
IN AUGUSTA. TW 0
KILLED 8 INJURED
City and County Officers Have
Difficulty in Dispersing Mob
Which Quickly Gathered
SHOOTING AFFRAY TOOK *
PLACE IN HEART OF CITY
Two White Men, One a Police
man, and One Unidentified
Negro, Are Dead, and Seven
Other Persons are Seriously
Wounded, Two Perhaps Fa
tally, as a Result of Wild
Shooting.
(By (Associated Press.)
Augusta, Ga., Aug,' 16. —Two white
men, and one unidentified negro are
dead, and seven other persons are
known to be seriously wounded, two
of them perhaps fatally, as a result
of a shooting affray which took plnee
In the heart of tjie ei*ty late today,
when a drink-crazed negro ran amuck
and went on the war-path.
Policeman W. W. Moore Is one of
those killed. A mob of angry citl
sens quickly gathered following the
shooting, which the police and coun
ty officers, with the assistance of ape
clal deputies, had great difficulty in
dispersing. Later bodies of armed
men patrolled th e streets to preserve
order, and prevent a riot.
At nineithlrty tonight a cordon of
•police hafl succeeded In dispersing
several Tiundred persons gathered at
the scenp v>f th fl shooting. Action of
the police followed threatened demon
stration against negroes alighting
from street cars. Policemen at the
jiceae protected the negroes until the
riot squad arrived. Three negroeß be
jteved to be accomplices of the slain
neTp are being held by the polled.
Story of th* Trouble. ,
The <Aead men are Ben C.nmfrm \
Wlhtowmv up*ffttt*n<knt
works, W. W. Moore, a policeman.;
snd Walker Smalley, the negro who
did the shooting, who was later slain
bv officers.
Til© trouble started early In the' dnv
when Hightower slapped Smalley,
wheg v tHe negro called him a llnr.
Smotyey went to his home, returned
with a’shot-gun and shot Hightower
to death. He then come out of the
factory and began shooting at every
white person in sight, killing Moore
snd woundjng seven others.
Bsports from Augusta, hv Associat
ed Press at 2:80 o'clock this morning
Were that the trouble thorn had not
been brouglvt under control, and that
two cases of Incendiarism against/
property owned by negroQH had two a
reported to the poltoe. It \rt* feared
at that hour that the rioting would
grow more serious before morning.
HARDING ADMITS
SENATE’S CLAIM
Rtcognizes Contention That the
Senate is Entitled to Share in
Responsibility For Foreign
Affairs, and Appoints Senator
Lodge Member of American
Delegation to Conference.
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Washington. Aug. 16.—The Senate's
claim to h*re In the responsibility
fbr foreign affairs of (ho nation was
recognised today by President Hard
ing. by (ho designation of Senator
Lodge, chairman of the foreign retn-'
t 4 on committee. as a member of thej
American delegation to th,, disarms-,
went conference, to convene here on
negt November U.
Other member* of the American
delegation to the conference will
probably not b* chosen until It Is de
termined how many delegates each
nation will hate tt has been suggest,
•and by official* close to the White
Hottwa that the President might give
representation to the I>emvcrats.
In thl event Senator Oecar Fader
wood, of Alabama. Is likely fo be ask
ed to serve, as a member of the Amer
ican delegation Rapid progress Is
being made, It Is said, in working out
the details of the conference, and ev
•tvthing will be In readiness for the
delegates to take up active discussion
of the problem* within a very abort
lime altar aaeemMiu*
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
CONDON INDICTED FOR
MURDER OF DR. PICKARD
(By Associated Press.)
Atlanta, Aug. 16. —Tom Condon, of
Macon, was indicted today by a Ful
ton county grand jury on a charge of
murder.in connection with the recent
death of Dr. J, A. Pickard, well-known
local druggist, who was attacked by
Condon on the streets, receiving in
juries which subsequently resulted in
his death at the Grady hospital.
DEATH WELL-KNOWN
ST. SIMON CITIZEN
John C. Currie, Aged Seventy
eight, Passed Away Sunday
Nightt, After Protracted Ill
ness.—Funeral Services and
Interment Monday.
News of the death of John C. Cur
rie, aged citizen of St. Simon, which
occurred at his home there Sunday
night, following a protracted illness,
has occasioned 'the keenest regret
among hjp larpp Circle of friends
throughout the country.
A/ the time of his death Mr. Currie
was seventy-eight years of age. He
was. a native of Scotland, having come
to Brunswick forty years ago, sirtce
which; time he had made his hom P on
St. Simon Island. Mr. Currie had the
highest* regard and confidence of all
who knew him, and his death is deep
ly deplored.
The funeral occurred Monday af
ternoon at four the inter
ment following in the Frederica cem
etery. Messrs. T. L. Catn, C. f. Ste
vens, Tom Vickery and Arthur Tay
lor served as pallbearers. The funer
al was attended by a large number of
sorowing friends of the deceased,
many from Brunswick going over to
pay their last respects.
Mr. Currie married many years
to Miss Henrietta Stevens, and Is
survived by his wife atfd one dough-
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RUSSIAN RELIEF
BEFORE CABINET
Difficulties Retarding Progress
of Russian Relief Negotia
tions Considered Yesterday
by President Harding and His
Cabinet at Meeting.
Washington, Aug. 16. —Difficulties
which are retarding progress of the
Russian relief negotiations, at Riga,
because of the insistence of th e Sov
lot government, for participation with
Americans in the control of food dis
tribution \?a* considered today by
President Harding at a cabinet meet-,
tng.
The attitude of the cabinet, it is
said, was that although this country
must insist upon the frpertom of
►American control, the government
will not look with disfavor upon par
ticipation In any general Investiga
tion of relief conditions that may be
considered necessary by European
powers.
KINtiSLAND AND THF. ALL
STARS WILL BATTLE TODAY
While the threoganip series bo
tween the local All Stars and the
Kingsland tjpiun. scheduled for Mon
day. Tuesday and Wednesday after
noons. was rudely broken into yester
day on account of the generosity of
tlte weather man a* regards the rain
supply, tN M teams will meet again
•his afternoon, weather perfuming, of
course.
Manager Miller announces that ou
!y one game will be played, but this
promises to be equally as interesting
as was (he close and exciting contest
if Monday afternoon, when the locals
won by a score of l to 0. Practically
►he saute players, with the exception
of the batteries, will take part in to
day’s game.
Batteries for Brunswick this after
noon will be Toles and Whalen, while
Reeves and Mitchell win perform for
Kingsland. ‘Ts*fty" Totes Is in good
shape tor the fray, having bad a rest
of several days, and that familiar pro.
cram of “too much Toles“ will ver>
probably he the result. A big atten
dance is expected
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CITYBSUBURBANCO.
MUST OPERATE GARS
SIXTY DAYS LONGER
Federal Judge Evans Grants Pe=
tition of Special Committee
at Macon Yesterday.
WILL ALLOW TIME TO
COMPLETE REORGANIZATION
Order Recently Passed Sus
pending Operation of Bruns
wick’s Car. Service is Modi
fied, in an Effort to Save the
Street Car Lines From Going
to ! the Junk Heap.
One of the most promising and sub
stantial steps yet made in th e efforts
under way to prevent the junking of
Brunswick’s street railway lines took
place at Macon yesterday, when Fed
eral District Judge Evans passed an
order requiring the receivers of the
City &. Suburban Company to contin
ue operation of the cars for a period
of sixty days longer.
This order was passed in response
to a petition presented in person by a
special (committee the
Young Men’s Club and the city gov
ernment, and will allow sufficient
time In which to work out the reor
ganization plans under consideration.
The order passed by Judge Evans
yesterday, it is understood, provides
for operation of the service for the
next 60-day period by the company,
and at the expiration of that time the
property is to be placed on sale on
a junk basis, if arrangements have
not, in the meantime, been completed
to take over the lines and operate
them. This arrangement is said to l>e
safjtofacCory Jto ttyds© handling the
matter on behalf of the Young Men’s
Club, and relieves that organization
of the necessity of guaranteeing the
payment of any deficit, the plan un
der which £he Cart ittuiOW b p lng op
z z :
three weeks already guaranteed.
Judge Evans expressed a desire to
save the line, if it is possible to do
so. and extended the additional sixty
days time In order that plans in that
direction may be matured. It ft,
therefore, up to the citizens of Bruns
wick to get behind the Young Men’s
Club and help in th P work.
It is said that no serious opposition
to the extension In time was Inter
posed by the attorney and receivers of
the oempany. who have all along
shown a commendable spirit of coop
eration in the efforts to save the car
lines from the scrap heap.
At the hearing yesterday the Young
Men’s Club was represented by M. B.
McKinnon and Frank M. Scarlett,
while Olfly Manager Oramling and
City Attorney Meader represented the
cl*jr, and Judge C. B. Conyers and
Receiver O. S. Lisman appeared for
the company.
MEETING YESTERDAY OF
HIGHWAY BONO-COMMITTEE
The special Board of Trade com
mittee. appointed several days into to
prepare the way for the snccess of the
bond Issue soon to be called to pro
vide funds for the building of the pro
posed St. Simon highway project, held
its first meeting yesterday, at which
lime preliminary organisation steps
were carried out.
C. Miller, of the county board of
epmmlssloners. was elected chairman
of the committee, and Fred G. Warde,
of the Board of Trade, was named to
serve as secretary. The organisation
is to function as a steering commit
tee. and will assist In’the success of
the bond Issue In every way possible.
The work will be definitely outlined
at a meeting to be held In the next
few days, but of course, activities will
be held Iny.cheok to some extent until
after the official call of the bond elec
tion has been made.
DEMOCRATS TO FILE A
MINORITY REPORT ON BILL
Washington. Aug. 16.—The attitude
of the democratic minority of the
house toward the administration tax
revision bill, which was introduced
late yesterday, was to be determined
late -today at a party caucas.
A decision to have the democratic
minority on the ways and means com
mlttee file a minority report is fore
cast.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA WEDnIsDAY, AUG. 17, 1921.
NATIVE OF THIS
GITY A SUICIDE
R. A. Mullins, Aged 45, Busi
ness Manager of the Birming
ham Age-Herald, Ends His
Life Yesterday.—Was a Na
tive Brunswickian, and Grew
to Manhood Here.
Information was received In Bruns
wick yesterday that tfa A. Mullins,
forty-five, bus In e*# manager of
Hlf jyJlfce-H**)aJ §.
had committed suicide hy shooting
himself Monday. th P tragedy taking
place on a lonely road just beyond the
cMy limits, of Birmingham. The body
was found early in the afterneon hy
friends.
A note left by the dead man direct
ed his wife as to certain business af
fairs, but gavp no reason for his act.
Mullins is said to have left his office
.at the newspaper plant about 10
o’clock Monday morning, and was not
again seen by anyone until h|/< body
was found on the banks of a small
creek, with a bullet hole through his
heed, and fyls revolver clutched In
his hands. He had recently complain
ed of severe pains in his head, mem
bers of his family say, but beyond this
there is no apparent reason for his
suicide.
Mr. Mullins was a native of Bruns
wick, and grew to manhood In this
City. News of hi* death will occasion
much regret among his many friends
here. ITe began his newspaper ca
reer having been asso
ciated firs* with the old Times-Call.
and later with The News. left
here nearly twenty years ago. going
fo Birmingham,, where he rapidly
worked up In his newspaper business,
an Important position at
the time of his suicide.
Deceased is survived by his family
in Birmingham, and close, relatives
In Rnyiqwlck, among whom are. a
sister. Mrs. W.-C. Ames, and an aunt.
Mias Havana Mullins, who were im
mediately notified of the occurrence.
They will have thesympathy of their
friends In their sotrpjr..4\
SCHOONER HOWARD LIES
1 if POUNDED TO PIECES
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Further Information -from Beaufort.
Nl f* where this schooner Loußse
Howard, bound from New York to
Brunswick, went ashore early Sun
day morning, with a cargo of dyna
mite to be used in fishing operations
Is that the vessel lies pounded to
pieces on the breaker*, a total loss.
The schooner was*driven into the
shoals during a Southwest gale Sun.
day. and the crew was rescued by the
coast piard crew as the vessel was
break to pieces in the heavy surf.
Owtngito the nature of the cargo, all
efforts at salvage have been aban
doned.
The schooner was rained at
and the skipper said no insurance was
carried.
Intrepid American Driver Wins French
Auto Classic
Jimmy Murphy sending his Duesenberg car across the finish line. _
To an American, the intrepid Jimriy Murphy, went the honor of winning the French Grand Prix in the
recent auto races in France. Two French Ballott cars gave Murphy keen competition and finished second and
third. In the photo the “finished” fl ag is being waved for Jimmy. % ,
KINO PETER OF SERBIA
DEAD AFTER LONG ILLNESS
(By Associated Press.)
Belgrade, Al|g. 16. —King Peter, of
Serbia, died here today, following a
long illness. The former monarch
suffered a relapse yesterday, and
death came today. He suffered many
days from congestion of the lungs.
King Peter had a long and stormy ca
rer, loosing his, throne as a result of
the world war. Funeral arrangements
have not been announced
CARGO OF WHISKEY
THROWN OVERBOARD
Joseph A. Roy, of Quebec, Own
er of Schooner Pocmoken,
Files Papers Denying That
the Vessel, Seized Off Atlan
tic City, Was Engaged in
Rum Running.
(By (Associated Press.)
Trenton. N. J., Aug. 16. —Joseph A.
Roy. of Quebec, Canada, owner of the
schooner Pocmoken, filed papers in
Federal district court here today, de
nying that the vessel, which was re
cently seized off Atlantic City was a
rum runner, had been engaged in the
illegal transportation of whisk*
Roy, In his petition, said that the
Pocmoken’s cargo of a thousand cases
of whiskey, taken on at Nassau, Ba
hama Islands, was destined for de
livery at Quebec, and that the whis
key was thrown overboard when the
vessel was in peril of sinking, because
of a leak.
FOOD SHORTAGE IN
RUSSIA IS SERIOUS
Lenine Makes Comment on Con
ditions in Official Organ of
Government, Declaring Fam
ine Situation, is Such That
Russia Must Submit to Any
thing to Get Food.
New York, Aug. 16. —Premier Le*
nine, of soviet Russia, la quoted by
the official bolshevik organ Pravada,
of Moscow, in its issue of July 16. as
having declared in a discussion of the
famine conditions:
“We are living upder conditions of
such destitution and ruin, overstrain
and exhaustion of principal produc
tive resources of the. peasants- and
workers that we ha\w temporarily
to subordinate everything else to this
one fundamental consideration, by
any and all means to increase the
amount of food products.”
Editorially the Pravada says that
the “conditions of all branches of na
tional economy of Russia must be
characterised as being a near-catas-,
trophe.”
ONE KILLED. THREE
INJURED IN STORM
Mary Lee Hardy, 16-Year Old
Negro Girl, Instantly Killed
by Stroke of Lightning Yes
terday Afternoon, and Others
Nearby Severely Shocked.
, "Asa result of th e severe electric
storm which swept the city about
3:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon,
Mary Lee H|rdy, a sixteen-year old
negro girl, was instantly killed by a
kflMfiA ,yf three- otimw
were severely shocked. Considerable
property damage also resulted, tele
phone, electric light and power trans
mission lines in many parts of the
city being put out of commission.
The fatality occurred In the vicin
ity of the Downing barrel factory,
near the K street slip. The Hardy
girl, accompanied by her younger sis
ter. were walking along with bundles
of kindling wood upon their heads.
The lightining apparently strnck di
rectly on the bundle of kindling being
carried by the girl, resulting in her
instant death.
The kindling was scattered for
many feet in ail directions, and a
straw sunbonnet worn by the girl
wa torn to bits, the brim being driv
en down around her neck. A slight
ilii coloration* around the /neck was
the only visible marks on the body.
The little girl aldng with her was
knocked to the ground, but was not
seriously Injured. Two negro men,
nearby, engaged In loading crossties,
aVso felt the effects of the shock, one
of them being knocked to the ground
and rendered unconscious for several
minutes. Alvin Gale, a young white
man, superintending # the loading of
the ties, was also knocked down and
severely shocked, although he quick
ly recovered.
The dead girl resided with her par
ents at 2121 Norwich street lapel,
where the body was removed shortly
afterwards in the ambulance of Cor
oner J. D. Baldwin, who was sum
moned. A big crowd of spectators
quickly gathered, and a call was sent
into police headquarter-. Officer Tank
ersley responding.
OFFICIAL ROAD LOGGERS
LEAVE FOR SAVNNAH
After spending several hours in
fh-uqswlck yesterday morning. Ken
Goodson. C. ; D. Carmack and F. L.
WhitAer. official highway loggers for
the Jacksonville automobile club, left
yesterday noon for Savannah, to con
tinue their work of making a com
plete log of the coast route *of the
Dixie Highway. The party ts making
a tour over all routes leading into
Jacksonville, making an impartial re
port as to the conditions of each, a*
well as the distances and other de
tails. Indications are that a highly
creditable report will be mad#- on
the new coast route, despite the re
cent heavy rains which have badly
damaged the road in a few isolated
spots.
SHOWERS
PRICE FIVE CENTS
{CONTRACT PLACED
•OR ROAD SIGNS
\ IN COAST ROUTE
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£
Dt ** Wn Signs Will be Erected
at all Important
oad Intersections. \
WOi \gRIED OUT BY
YOUNG MEN’S CLUB
Text on Signboards Will Con
tain Distances Between Im
portant Points as Well as Ap
praising Travelers That the
“Coast Route’’ is Open to
Traffic—Will Increase Travel
The highway committee of the
Brunswick Young Men’s Club an
nounced yesterday that contracts
have been placed for seven signs, to
be erected at important road inter
sections along the new “coast route”,
of the Dixie Highway, between Sa
vannah and Brunswick, and between
Brunswick and Jacksonville.
Those in touch with the situation
declare that the absence of suck
signs has resulted in many travelers
taking the longer route into Florida,
because of being unaware that the
Darien-Brmlswick bridge has been
completed, and the new and more di
rect route thereby opened to traffic.
The contract* calls for two large
signboards, five by eleven feet in di
mension, one of which will be placed
:ffl|ar the (intersection of the Lane
Bridge road, near Old Midway church,
the other to go up at a point near
Kingsland, where this road again In
tersects the (*ast route. t -
Th e five smaller signs will be plac
ed at various strategic points along
the highway, between Savannah and
Jacksonville. The text to be placed
on the boards will contain the distan
ces between important points,, and
general travel directions.
The erectipn of the?^
Lhbribed by the -/,
part of a program
rect attention of tourists to the
route. The work of erecting the signs
will be commenced at once. i
OVER FIVE MILLION ARE
OUT OF EMPLOYMENT
Washington, Aug. 16.—Best esti
mate available at this time jshows
tha*t 4.7.r>,000 persons are out of em
ployment in the United States, Sec
retary of Labor Davis reported to the
Senate today in response to a reao*
lution calling for figures.
HIS WORD AS GOOD
"AS HIS BOND— J ; . ,
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There can be ne more glorious or
satisfying thing said of a man
than that his word ia aa good as
his bond. It reflects the very es
sence of upright manhood, than
which there ia nothing nobler to
be obtained.
On the other hand what Is there
mope scorching than the Indict
ment of public opinion which
sums up a man something after
this fashion: He is a brilliant
fellow, a genius at times and a
wizard at getting what he goes
after, but, unhappily, you can't
depend upon his word in any
thing. He ia tricky.
Such a man “geta by*\ but that is
as far as he ever gets because he
is everlastingly turning one trick
to cover a dirtier one.
it ia just so In advertising. Dis
honest methods “get by" but do
not get the merchant anywhere,
ultimately sinking him to the ob
livion that follows trickery.
The follow who tells his merchan
dise story in a straightforward
manner is the fellow whose word
it as good as his bond. The mag
net of truth wins ultimately over
double dealing.
The News sells Its advertising
honestly. That is why It la a
winner, business getter and seller
all the time.
New* want-ads pay all the time.
Phene 188.