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GENERALLY FAIR.
VOLUME XX—NO. 286
YOUNC MEN’S CLUB
WILL FORM COMPANY
TO BUY CAR LINES
All Details of Plan of Organiza*
tion Submitted by Committee
At Luncheon Yesterday.
OFFER SIO.OO PRIZE
FOR APPROPRIATE NAME
Report of the Special Commit
tee Was Unanimously Adopt
ed by Vote of the Club, and
Work of Organizing the Com
pany Will be Gotten Under
Way Immediately.
Efforts to prevent Brunswick's
street car lines from goipg to tTu*
scrap he*p took tangible shape at
the weekly luncheon of the Bruns
wick Yodng, Men's Club yesterday,
when the special committee which
has been . handling the matter,'’sub
mitted its report fh detail, together
with the plan that has been worked
but, to save the car lines.
This plan of reorganization calls
for the formation of a stock company
to take over, by purchase, lhe prop
erty of the City & Suburban Com
pany, under certain specified condi
tions, which practically a sabres the,
success of the new enterprise. Work
of organizing this company will be
taken up immediately.
Ryary member of the Young Men!*
Club Will be Included among the in
coropratoiV of ’the company, and all
will'aubacribe to ’ tbe stock, in vary
Ing amounts. However, stock nib
scr|ptlop9 will not, by any means, be
confined to’ the membership, but on
tfe* contrary, It is hoped to interest
every citizen of Hhn cltv possible in
the ifftin. ‘Attd 1t K fftanneirf to tft*t ns
manv small stock subsonplions a'
will be needed to provide the uocps
sary funds with whirh to carry
through the deal.
Immediate extension of the lines to
lArco is one of the lending features of
the plan of reorganization, and this
is dounted on to place the concern on
n self-sustaining basts. It Is proposed
also to inaugurate other changes and
betterments, as recommended by ex
parts, and to start with a clean slate,
on a definitely organized Imsie along
lines thaf- are considered sound, and
such as to produce sufficient reve
nue to pay expenses of operation, and
a small profit.
In submitting the report Chairman
G. C. Smith, of the committee, who
is a practical railroad man, stated
that he had made an exhaustive and
complete Investigation of the street
fcpr situation, and that be Is ronvlnc
ed that tbe*Mocal car lines cm he
placed on a paying basis, if the plan?
outlined ar# adhered to.
Investigations of the committee dls
eloped, said Mr. Smith, that the Junk
value of the property is approximate
ly $37,000. and It Is estimated the ex
pense of dismantling and taking up
the track would reach about $2.\.000.
leaving the net Junk value at net (Mi
ceedtng $16,000. These figures are
substantiated by tie* recent report of
M*rdy Groom, an expert in the eni
ploy of Stone & Webster, who made
an Investigation at the Invitation et
city officials.
Mr.' Groom's report also expressed
belief that the lines could he pine
ed ou a self sustaining basis. If the
proposed, plans are carried Into ef- j
feet.
It ts proposed to capltgllxe the new
company at *36.000. an 'meftnt con
sidered sufficient to huv the firopeitv
extend the Hue to Arco. with enough
left over to keep up necessary repairs
for'.the drst vear. and to pay incl
dental expenses of operation.
In appreciation of his splendid work
Mr Smith was made an tvnorarv
life member of the club, after which
the report was unanlmouelv adopted,
and the committee authorired to pro
ceed at once with organlxatlon of the
company.
Offer *IO.OO Prlxe.
The Club authorited the offer of a
pr!*e ,f *IO.OO to the Brim-wick clti
ten who suggests the most approp
rtate name for the compaOV which N
to take ever and succeed the Gltv X
Hallway Cos Suggestions
•r*i invited from all cltirens, and must
be in.the hands of the committee not
later than next Tuesday.
The name of W it Johnson local
manager of the H’.ggSj Wiggly store
srns presented for rnttoknltip Mr
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OFTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MR. PHIL BURGESS
CLAIMED BY DEATH
lift LAST NIGHT
' -I
Popular Arco Officer Passed j
Away at Oglethorpe Sanitari=
urn, After Brave Fight.
WAS FORMER CHIEF OF
POLICE IN BRUNSWICK
News of the "Death of Mr. Bur
gess Received From 'Savan
nah by Long Distance Tele
phone, Head Nurse at the
Hospital Stating That He
Died at 11:30, O'clock.
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After a.valiant fight, against strong
odds. Chief Phil Burgess', popular Ar
co officer, . passed away at
o’clock last night at the Oglethorpe
Sanitijjium,' in Savanalu according to
a message by long distance .telephones
from the head nurse pf .that institu
tion to .The News at midnight. *
Knowing the great - anxiety the.
many friends Bhrgess, a.4 to-his
-condition) The News telephoned 16
Savannah, and was told that the pnp :
ular officer hpd breathed fils last at
11 >llO, after havihg; rallfed * sJiglVtfcy
earlier In the night. • *
.News of the death of Mr.
will occasion the ntosr profound soV ;
row in Brunswick among, hi? hun
dreds of friends bora* and* at Arco.
There had apparently bden aoinejm
provetnept, in bfs rendition yesterday,
nnd the attending physicians hnß ex
pi J e‘!sed a hope that, he might Survive.
But; It is said, be took a turn for the
worse about ten o'clock, hud rapidly
grew weaker, death relieving his suf
ferings two hours' Inter. Mrs. Burgess
had been summoned, and was at bis
bedside when the end catpe .
Mr Ttitrtmw^fWm rflfit* ®
nant growth on bis neck, which de
veloped ahicut four months ago, nnd
soon reached dangevous proportions.
He was carried to Savannah a few
days ago by Hr. J. W. Simmons, and
an operation was performed. It Is
said that death resulted from cancer
of the brain.
Deceased was About 56 years cf
age, and had been a resident of
Brunswick for about ten years. He
came to this city from Toledo, Ohio,
and for a number of years was con
nected with the Yarynn company, as
traffic manager. A few' years ago he
was tendered the position as chief
of police of Brunswick, which posi
tion he held in a conspicuously able
manner for two years, resigning to
take up other work. He was one of
the most capable and popular police
chiefs this city ever had.
More than a year ago Mr. Burgess
accepted the position as chief of po
lice at Arco. directing the activities
of the several officers and watchmen
employed at I lie plant of the Atlantic
Refinery. He was held in the highest
regard by ills employers, and all who
*kaew him.
He was an active member of the
First Methodist church, and took a
leading part In church and civic af
fairs. He had always been particular
ly interested in the liiy Scout work,
and at the time of his death, was at
the head or the Scout movement in
Glynn county.
Mr. Burgess is survived only by
his wife, having no children. Several
close relatives In Toledo also survive
him. lie was a member of Ocean Ma
sonic lodge, of this city, and was head
of St. Kioto commmdory. Kr’ghts
Templar. Funeral arrangement? have
not been announced, and it ts not
known whether the Interment will be
held here, or the remains taken to
1 hi> former home at Toledo for burial.
NEW MEXICO TOWN WIPED
OPT KY A CLOUDBURST
l.ns Gruces, N M.. Aug. It*. Relief
t< being rushed today to the res(. •
dents of Hatch. N. M . thirty-eight
miles front here, who fled thinly clad
to the hills when a wall of water
from a eloudhurst flooded the town
and destroyed every building yester
day
\o loss of Ilf.* has been reported.
Todav there art* three to seven feet
of wafer in the stricken village which
bad a population of five hundred.
Johnson is a newcomer to Brunswick,
.tad is a progressive young business
man to become affiliated
cHpt. , ■t < ■
Senators and Ex-Senators Hughes’ Aids at
Disarmament Conference
l-HOh 1 • , ' aca
Philander C. Knox. Below: George *a " llf
Sutherland, Oscar Underwood, and 1 Vv * iii
Henry Cabot Lodge. Jul)l
Washington. Aug. 19. —(Special.)
All the colleagues of Secretary of
States Hughes on the United States
cmmission that will be chosen to
participate in the Washington inter
national conference on reduction of
armaments will have seen service in
the U. S. senate, according to well au
BATTLESHIPS YET
CHIEF SEA DEFENSE
Bombing Tests Recently Held
Failed to Displace the Battle
ship From Its Pre-eminent
Place as the Nation’s Chief
Means of Defense. Says Re
port.
Washington. Aug. 19. —Results of
the bombing tests held off the Virgin
ia Gapes about a month ago failed to
displace the battleship-front its pre
eminent position as the nation's chief
sea defense*
This} is the .outstanding conclusion
of the report submitted by the joint
hoard of the army and navy, made
public today by General Pershing, and
approved by Secretary of War Weeks
and Acting Secretary Roosevelt, of
the Navy.
The tests, which resulted in the
sinking of four ex-German warships
by means of aerial bombs, however,
proves, s Id the report of the Board,
that "it has become Imperative as a
matter of national defense to provide
for the maximum possible -develop
ment cf aviation itt both the army and
[the navy.**
AfiREEMENT REACHED ON
THE ANTE BEER BU I.—
Washington. Aug. 19. —The senate
i and house conferees reported tonight
'that they have virtually reached an
agreement on all the contested points
of the pending anti beer hill, and are
hopeful, that the final enactment of
the measure w!! be made before Gon
2ies takes a recess next week While
the conferee* dcltned to Indicate the I
date of the agreement, adjustment'of!
the differences t taken to mean the
rejection of the Stanley amendment.
• deigned to protect home* ngainpt
indiscriminate search for wh**key.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA SATURDAY, AUG. 20, 1921.
thenticated reports. Secretary
-Hughes will head the delegation. For
the other members of the commis
sion the president is said to be con
sidering the following:
ELI HU ROOT, former senator from
New York and former secretary of
state.
HENRY CABOT LODGE, president
senator from Masachusetts and chair
man of the foreign relations commit
tee of the upper house.
PHILANDER C. KNOX. Republican
senator from Pennsylvania, member
of the senate foreign relations com
mitfee, a t former secretary of state.
OSCAR UNbERWOOD. of 'Alabama
Democratic senator and friend of
President Harding.
GEORGE W. SUTHERLAND, form
er Republican? United States senator
from Utah and International lawyer.
Kx-Sen a tor Root is generally re
garded as the dean of American
‘statesmen. Those who have discuss
ed the matter with President Harding
says that Mr. Root certainly can have
a place on the commission if he wants
it.
Senator Hodge, by virtue of hi* po
sition* as.- chairman of the foreign re
lations 'committee, is obviously on
titled to head the representation froav
the -senate.
Senator Knox the president be
lieves to be eminently qualified for
membership on the commission, not
because lie is a senator but because
of hU familiarity with diplomacy and
Intern t.oiMl relation*
Senator Underwood is being consid
ered as a representative of the minor
PROPOSED BOND ISSUE
. DISCUSSED EAST NIOHT
The storing committee appointed
hv the Board of Trade to pave the
■aay for -the success of the impending
bond election to provide funds for the
building of the St. Simon highway
and bridge project, held an interest
ing meeting at the assembly ro>mr
of the Board last night when the mat
ter was gone into at some length and
tentative plans for the active cam
paign that will he waged were map
l**d out.
It vs the desire of the committee
that the. public be fully informed of
their plans and purposes, and it is;
, proposed to hold a public meeting itrj
the near future, when the entire maf
ter will be gone into. Nothing defi-
of course, will be done until
completion of the surveys now In pro
gres*. .and the selection of the (route.
ltv political party The president is
known to admire Underwood and to
have great confidence In his ability.
Former Senator Sutherland is re
garded by the president as eminently
qualified for the delegation. He was
at one time seriously considered for
secretary of state.
DEATH IN SAVANNAH
Of FORMER CITIZEN
F. D. Grady, For Years a Resi
dent of Brunswick, Dropped
Dead Thursday Morning in
Savannah, From a Stroke of
Apoplexy.—-Was Well Known
Here.
New-; was received in Brunswick
yesterday of the sudden death at his
home In Savannah Thursday morning
of F. I). Grady. who was for years a
well-known and highly regarded cit
izen of’Brunswick. Mr. Grady moved
to Savannah some years ago. and re
cently had hem employed at Adler’s
stored
His sudden death from a
stroke of apoplexy. . lit* 'hp suffered
two previous strokes, hut had recov
ered. and was apparently In good
health at the time the third and fatal
stroke came. Mr. Brady's death will
occasion the deepest sorrow among
his many friends here and in Savan
nah
' He is survived by his widow and.
’htree son>. Thomas Frank M.. and
Ft M. Oradv. and one'diughter. Miss
Mary Klim both Grady, all of Savan
nah. Purferal and interment will -eke
plaee in^Savannah.
During his manv years residence
in Brunswick Mr Gradv. worked as
a stevedore, being employed by all
the local shippers. * He was held in
the highest regard by'all who knew
him. His son. Thontas K Grady, is
a leading Savannah citizen, being at
the head of the Savannah Traffic Brt
reatt.
Qisrr antleing of Railroad is Stopped.
Aug."" 19.—After a five hoar
hen rifljf-before Judge Evans in United
States district court here yesterday
the wgrk of dismantling 'the v'aldos
ta. Moultrie and Western railroad was
stopped
MASS. MOB OF MEN
AND WOMEN TRY TO
LYNCH 3JEOROES
Would=be Lynchers Originating
in the “Hub of Culture” are
Easily Baffled.
PRISONERS CHARGED WITH
ROBBERY AND ASSAULT.
Shots Fired by Officers Over the
Heads of the Two Hundred
Men and Women Seeking to
Storm the Jail, Were Suffi
cient to Frighten Them Away
Frpm Their Grim Purpose.
Barnstable, Mass., Aug. 19. —A mob
of nearly 200 men and women carry
ing ropes early today stormed the lo
cal jail, threatening to lynch three
Cape Verde Island negro prisoners,
charged with highway robbery and
criminal assault on a ybung white wo
man in 'Buzzards Bay.
At 2:30 this morning, 25 automo
biles, whose occilpants Included wo
men as well as men, drove up to the
; local jail. Others bame on foot and
together they marched pn the jail en
trance. They demanded the .three ne
groes, John Dies, 'Benjamin Gomez,
and Joseph Andrew’s, from Sheriff
Irving L. Rosenthal.
Mob Easily Bluffed.
There were shouts of “le.t’s get
them" the mob approached the
feridk strijcture, bnt when the jail de
fenders, live men in aU, Hied in the
air the crowd caane to a halt. Chief
Warden .Tame* Boland warned the
mob back, shouting that at the fifst
attempt to attack the jail they would
“be shot down like rats.” *
"the warning had its effect the
crowd remained outside the jail near*
an attack, while Sheriff Rosenthal.
Chief Warden Boland and the three
others stood guard with shotguns.
There are ten prisoners in the jail.
Usually two men are considered suffi
cient to guard it. Last night because
of tlie Wareham Incident the sheriff
personally took command and aug
mented the force to five. Today more
guards will be added, and he might
ask for state troops to help him. The
second regiment of field artillery of
the Massachusetts National Guard is
stationed five miles away on its sum
mer encampment.
Dies and Gomez Identified.
Dies and Ocmez were held in $15,-
000 hail each yesterday and Andrews
was to be arraigned today. All three
have been identified by the young
women and William El dredge as the
men who held them up and criminally
attacked the crirl at Buzzard Ray ear
ly in the week.
/Today’s was the second early morn
dug -thre.lt of violence against one of
the negroes. a crowd having attempt
ed yesterday to get 'Toe Dies from the
Wareham lock-up. He was brought
to the jail*Jo-re after # the Warehajn
police had*dispersed-the crowd by fir
ing over their heads.
Sheriff Rosenthal announced later
thot he had increased the jail guard
to fifteen armed men for tonight. Hei
said he did not intend at this time
to call for troops.
We expect to take care of the
situation right here." he declared.
DOUBLE HEADER TODAV
AT NORWICH STREET PARK
, .Aft.r four afternoon, of real, elan-1
JK baneball tilt, we<V between the
A!l Stars and visiting clubs, the
Brunswick city league will wind up
, the baseball schedule for the week
w ith a double header at Norwich
street park this afternoon, and al
though the fans have seen some ex
cellent games, the city leaguers prom
ise that they will not be outdone in
the way of putting on a Jam-up exhi
bition of baseball.
The first game this afternoon will
be between the Barara chibs. Baptists
and Methodists, and both teams are
going inf the fight with a grim deter
mination to win The game will be
g!n promptly at f. o’clock
The se. ond installment will be pull
ed off bv Arco and Georgia Veneer,
and the Veneer boys are going to do
their best to put another crimp into
the standing of the league leaders
The Methodists demonstrated last
week that It U possible to defeat the
Arco team, and Ga. Veneer will try
to follow suit,
FAIR
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BRITAIN WHITS
FINAL PL- TERMS
SAYS LEO i GEORGE
0
The Governmer) Not Offer
Terms to Has *ver He
Declared i
EXPRESED HOPE TERMS
WILL NOT BE REJECTED
t - -
Premier Declared in House of
Commons That the British
Government Has Already
Conceded Everything That It
is Possible to Concede, and
That There is no Grounds For
Compromise.
London, Aug. 19.—The British gov
ernment in its Irish peace offer'had
conceded everything it was possible
to concede, Premier Lloyd George de
clared to the House or Commons to
day in his, expected statement on the
Irish peace negotiations.
It embodied the Jargest measure bf
freedom ever offered Ireland, he said,
and he "hoped the Irish leaders would
not reject it. “and take the respohsibil
tty of renewing a conflict which would
be robbed of all glory and all grati
tude by its overshadowing horror.”
Mr. IJoyd George disclaimed any
menace for his words. He declared,
that the government in yak
ing its terpis had dortfc everything it
'could do tb secure petece and the good
will of the people of Ireland, and that
it was faced With the possibility-;
through some things that had been
said, that its terms would be rejected.
In that ease, he said the country
would face a graver situation regard
ing Ireland than ever before. * •
Summon Parliament 48 Hour*.
Therefore, he said, provision had
been made for the summoning of par
liament on 48 hours notice, if negotia
tions broke down, and the prospect
of peace became hopeless.
He hoped, however, that reason
would prevail and the government’s
desire for an ending of the long mis
understanding between England and
Ireland would be realized.
NO VISIBLE CHANGE
IN IRISH SITUATION.
Dublin. Aug. 19.—N0 visible change
in the Irish situation has taken plaro
In consequent e of the speech deliver
ed in the house of commons today by
Premier Lloyd George. In general ef
fect tiie comment heard on all sides
after the premier’s speech apoeared
in the evening papers was that Lloyd
George understood his constituents
and that De Valera understood his.
Subcommittees of the poll Etreann
continued their work, hut there has
been no move in any quarter of the*
Sion Fein as yet indicating a desire
to accept the term, of the Bri hib gov
ern ment.
POSTPONE TRIP TO
THE OKEFNOKEE
&
Boy Scouts Will Wait Until Next
Fall to Go on Tour of Explor
ation of the Great Swamp.—
Water is Said to be Too High
to Make Trip in Safety.
Wavcro-s, Aug. 19. —The tour of
exploration to have been conducted
*
Into the Okefl.nokee swamp by the
Boy Scouts during the next week has
been indefinitely postponed.
A representative of the local AC out
council called on Mr. Armstrong,
manager of the Hebard Cypress Cos.,
several days ago to arrange for the
trains to carry the boys Into the
swamp, but on account of the high
wafer. Mr Armstrong stated that he
thought if a wise plan to postpone the
trip until later In the year.
Floy Scouts from every Southern
city of any importance that has de
veloped the scout organization to any
appreciable degree was to have sent
rep re •-ntfAives on the tour, which
was planned to have lasted two days.
By watting * until the autumn
months It Is hoped to take the party
to the -,wamp while the (JUtetinokee
is in all its splendor and posaibly
learn more of nature than could be
I learned a > the present time.