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GENERALLY FAIR.
VOLUME XX—NO. 292
CHARTER PETITION
STREET RAILWAY CO.
PRESENTED TO CLUB
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charter petition
Ail Members Are Requested to
Sign Promptly, so It Can be
Sent to Atlanta.
C. W. M’CLURE MAKES
AN INTERESTING ADDRESS
Young Men’s Club, Among
Other Things, Will Give Its
Unanimous Support to the
Clyde Line’s New Brunswick-
New York Service.—Commit
tee Appointed.
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The formal petition for charter of
the Brunswick & Interurban Railway
Company h'as been prepared, and was
presented to the Voting Men’s Club,
sponsors of the organization, at the
weekly luncheon held yesterday. The
charter was read and approved, and
is now ready to be forwarded to, At
lanta to be filed with the secretary of
state, as soon as all the signatures
of the incorporators have been obtain
ed. All members of the club are urg
ed to call at the Lynn-Gould Hard
ware company and sign the petition
at once, in order that there will be no
delay in getting the document off to
Atlanta,
To Back Clyde Line.
After hearing strong talks about the
Clyde Line’s ne\w Brunswick-New
York steamship service, which went
into effect yesterday, from L. H.
Haym, chairman of the committee,
ia guest of the club, and Geo. H. Smith
and Dr. J. W. Simmons, the club went
on record as standing ready to give its
full support to the efforts to make it
a financial success. Chairman Mark
Wilcox thereupon appointed a com
mlttee to work with the Board of
Tradq committee in an organized ef
fort to got all freight coming into
- <tfr.h Olyde TAne. *"■***
Speechmaking a Feature,
After the Important business had
been attended to, speechmaklng was
next In order, and developed into the
outstanding feature of the luncheon.
C. W. McClure, of Atlanta. well-known
in Brunswick, being a large proper
ty owner in thia city, mode a moot in
teresting talk, in whAch he highly
oum,jthen,ded the Young Men's Club,
and especially urged the effort** of
that body towards completion of the
fit. Simon highway, which he char
acteriiecl a a being great
est hope for future development.
Mr. McClure nffjd- Brunswick's ad
vantages. nntural and acquired, are
aot surpßipMd hy any city In the
south. andUhat there is great prom
ise for the future if the proper ef
forts are made, iHe touched on the
A„ B. ft A. situation, recommending
that Henry Ford be secured to
straighten out the tangle. Mr. Mc-
Clure's speech was one of the best
Sver heard by the Club, and brought
forth a great deal of applause.
Other speakers were Prof. Ramirez,
former professor of lungunges in
Glynn High school, now a member of
the faculty of the University of Oeor
gi. who made a strong appeal for the
support of the club in the coming
drive to secure an endowment fund
for the university. J. B. Hand..who
is Uow with the Jaw firm of Bennet.
Twlttv A Reese. and Mr. Williams, of
Jacksonville, auditor for the Downing
Company, ntjso mode* interesting
speech**
LllTHliK PRIDGEN DIES
ON HIS WEDDINO DAY
New* was received tn Brunswick
yesterday of the death Thursday af
ternoon at his home in Waycross of
l.uther M. Pridgen, aged 22, well
hndwn young man of that city, follow
ing an Illness of two week*.
Announcement of .the engagement
of Mr. Pridgen and Miss Hetty New
man of Brunswick had been made sev
eral weeks ago. aod the wedding was
U> have taken place Thursday, the day
he passed away. Mis* Newman wa
at hi* bedside when death came.
’ Mr. Prldgea had been In bad health
for more than a year, and had under
gone several operations In nn effort
to ante hi* life. He wga well-known
ta Brunswick, and his death, especial
ly undue such pathetic circumstance*,
wilt he deeply deplored. Funeral wr
vice* war* conducted yesterday tn
( Waycruaa
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
I ATLANTA MAN TRIES
TO KILL HIS WIFE
Shoots at Her Three Times, She is at
Point of Death.
Atlanta, Aug. 26.—Jesse Pinion, a
glass worker, 42 years old, is held at
police headquarters without bond
while his wife is at the point of death
at Grady Hospital, with two bullet
wounds in her abdomen, .inflicted by
Pinion last night.
Shot Three Times.
Mrs. Piiiion was on the front porch
of Mrs. J. H. ' Newton, a neighbor,
when her husband walked up to the
steps, leveled a revolver at her, with
his left arm as a gqn rest, and fired
three times when she ran screaming
toward the front door to escape. Two
bullets took effect and the third went
wild.
According to the neighbors, Pinion
and his wife have been separated sev
eral weeks, and she has expressed
fear of her life. He has been arrested
twice in two weeks for drunkenness.
MARCH OF MINERS
HALTED YESTERDAY
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President Keeney, of the United
Mine Workers of America,
Succeded in Inducing the
Five or Six Hundred Men to
Return to Their Homes.
(By Associated Press.) ,
Madison, W. Va., Aug. 26. —The
march of hundreds of armed coal min
ers from Marmot, W. Va., to the Min
go county coal fields, in protect
against martial law in that West Vir
ginia county, came to an abrupt end
today when President Keeney, of the
United Mine Workers of America, in
duced the five or six hundred men re
maining in the line of march, to agree
to return to their homes.
President Keeney said that special
trains would be provided for the men
liere, while thousands of men along
l *oeA between.. Uatttmm *n<l *>•*.
tofiTS* had already taken the balrtk
track. Keenqfy told the men that
General Van Holtz, representing the
war department, insisted that the
march end at once, and explained the
possible course Of the federal govern
ment If the men persisted in their de
termination to pass through Logan
county into the Mingo coal fields, as
originally planned. '
NEGRO ACCOMPLICE SAYS
CARTER KILLED SHERIFF
Savarrtiah, Ga.. Aug. 26.—*80h
negro, who is Jointly Chftrged with
Mage Carter, with the killlug of Sher
iff John W. Robertsop. ol Pierce coun
ty, admits his connection with a
moonshine ring, which he said Carter
was also connected with, and accuses
Carter of killing the officer. Carter
and Axon are In the Chatham county
jail, they having been brought here
for safe keeping.
The negro told a newspaper man
he and Mage and Roy Carter had
been “stilling” whiskey all morning
and the sheriff came into the swamp
where they were operating in the af
ternoon. The sheriff, the negro said,
pointed his pistol at the negro to ar
rest him and Mage Carter hiding be
hind some bushes shot Him ithree
times with an automatic shotgun. The
sheriff did not Ree the man who killed
him.
Carter refused to make a statement.
DYNAMITERS 161
BUSY ALONG IMA.
O rVT
Freight Train Wrecked Yester
day Five Miles East of Cor
dele, When the Engine Ran
Into a Charge of Heavy Ex
plosives Set hy Alleged Train
Wreckers.
(By Associated Press.)
Cordele, Aug. 2d.—Atlanta, Birmlng
ham A Atlantic freight train No. S3
was wrecked five mile* east of here
today when it ran into a charge of
heavy explosives set by alleged - train
wreckers.
The negro brakemsn was Injured in
the wreckage.-* Seventy head of cattle
in four stock cars were killed and nine
freight car* were demolished.
Official* are investigating the cause
i of tha wrack
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
IRELAND FLATLY
REJECTS BRUISE
TERMEFOR PEACE
Ireland Has Not Sought and
Does Not Seek War, But Will
Fight, Says DeValera.
TENOR OF REPLY TO
LLOYD GEORGIE IS FIRM
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DeValera Suggests That a Joint
Commission be Appointed
With Plenary Powers to Ad
just Points of Dispute Be
tween Ireland and England.
Dublin. Aug. 26.—The reply of Bam
on De Valera to Premier Lloyd George
sums southern position
on the British settlement, which po
sition is. and must remain, unchang
ed, DeValera declared in addressing
the Irish parliament today after read
ing the reply at a public session of
the body.
The parliament re-elected DeValera
and members of the cabinet and also
sanctioned loans of five hundred thou
sand pounds in Ireland and twenty
million pounds in America.
After i reading the letter of reply to
the parliament DeValera said “that
the reply sums up our position and 1
do not think it necessary to deal with
it now, particularly as we have not
got reply from the British govern
ment.
“Our position is unchanged. We
cannot change because it is funda
mentally sound and Just. The mo
ment we get off of that fundamental
rock of right and justice we have no
case whatever. No fight can be made
except on that rock, agd oi\ that rock
we shall stand.”
GOVERNMENT BY CONSENT
OF THE GOVERNED.
London, Aug. 26—The British peace
peace proposals were laid before the
OTkftat” v 'V <h ne
jeeted them ntianhnmisfy.
However, the statement was made
that parliament and leaders were will
ing to negotiate a settlement on the
principle of government by the cot
sent of the governed, Bamon DeVale
ra says In the reply to-Premier Lloyd
George.
DeValera’s ‘ letter proposed that
Great Britain and Ireland appoint rep
resentatives with plenary powers to
negotiate the details of this princi
ple.
“We have not sought war, nor do
we seek war, but If war is made up
on us we..mttK( defend ourselves, and
we shall do so.” said DeValera’s let
ter.
“We long to end the conflict be
tween Great Britain and Ireland.” he
added.
The rely to DeValera’s letter will
be drawn today, the British cabinet
having met and considered the Irish
communication.
PLAY GROUND CHILDREN
HAVE DELIGHTFUL PICNIC
The Brunswick playground children
enjoyed a most delightful picnic out
ing yesterday at Island View, under
direction of Miss Carolyn Crawley,
the playground director. The chil
dren gathered In large numbers ou
the lawn of the county court house at
10:30 o'clock, And’were taken to the
scene of festivities in motor trucks
and busses, douated for the occasion
by the Independent Transfer Cos., and
the l**mbright-Marlin Transfer Cos.
The fransportatlon was arranged for
by Dr. J. W. Simmon* of the Board of
Trade.
Btfcuie lunches were .carried by the
children, and the repast was very
greyly added to by large quantity
lof delicious Ice cream* very generous-'
ly donated by the Glynn Ice Cream
j Cos., the Glynn Drug Cos.. Andrews
' Drug store. Collier *, Beirie s „ lee
Cream Parlor. Cate’s Drug Store, the
Bijou Annex, and Hatcher ft lautd*.
berg r M
The luncheon was followed by lem
onade in inexhaustible quantities, con
tainer* for which were furnished by
the Georgia Hardware Cos., while the
Glynn lee Company provided the ice
to bring the delicious beverage to the
right temperature. The kiddie* had
a veritable feast of good things, after
which games were played until the
slanting rays of the sun gave the sig
nal for the homeward journey. Miss
Crawley was warmly thanked by her
young charge* for one of the most
pleasant occasions of the summer hol
iday*
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA SATURDAY, AUG. 27, 1921.
A general scene of the yard in flames with a brge in the foreground about to sink.
An advertisement placed in a London paper recently by a large timber concern called for fifty men for
employment. Five thousand unemployed ex-soldiers answeed the “ad” and upon finding that the positions were
filled started a riot and fire which caused $5,000,000 damage.
BRUNSWICK BOY
DEAD IN KANSAS
Telegram Received Yesterday
by Relatives Announcing the
Death of Dock Nix, in the Mil
itary Hospital at Fort Leav
enworth, Kansas.
Telegraphic intormation was re
ceived yesterday by Clyde Nix, well
known Brunswick citizen, announcing
the deith in the military hospital at
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, of his
brother. Dock Nix. Mr. Nix had not
been advised of his brother’s illness,
and the announcement came as a
shock to him. and to the friends of
the deceaged here.
Dock Nix was well-known here, hav
Ing been a member o| the Bruhswlck
company during the old border diys
in 1916. He subsequently served in
Franee, and alter +erii#nin#i*jn. <atl- the
war re-enlisted. The cause of his
death was not stated in the brief mes
sage received.
body of the deceased will very
probably be sent to Wlnokur. Fla fpr
burial, where the parents of the young
man niow reside. The family ‘will
have the sympathy of their Bruns
wick friends in their sorrow.
MUST DISPOSE OF ALL
HOOTCH NOW ON HAND
Washington. Aug, 26. —The imme
diate disposition of liquors seized un
der the nations' prohibition act, on
which - storage charges art* averuing,
was ordered today by Prohibition
Commissioner Hayes.
Reports from various districts
showed that the estimated value of
the good liquor held by the govern
ment about one million dollars. Li
quor jfuch as moonshine, low proof,
and liuqor having no commercial val
ue, should be destroyed-
WILL DIRECT U. S.
RELIEF IN RUSSIA
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Col. W. N. Haskell.
Colonel Haskell has been appointed
to supervise American relief admin
istration work in Russia under the
new agreement with soviet authori
ties. He directed relief in Armenia
and has recently been on special duty
tn the war department at Washing
ton
Failing to Get Jobs, Unemployed
Burns $5,000,000 Lumber Yard
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FRED E. DECKER LEAVES
FOR HOUSTON, TEXAS.
Fred E. Decker, former cashier of
the Glynn County bank, who has been
spending the summer in Brunswick,
left Thursday for Dallas. Texas, for
an extended business trip. Mrs. Deck
er and daughters are visiting friends
in Augusta during Mr. Decker’s ab
sence from the city.
AMERICAN TROOPS
MAY BE WITHDRAWN
Intimation Given in High Offi
cial Circles Yesterday That
Withdrawal of American
Troops From the Rhine Will
be Seriously Considered.
Washington, Aug.
was given in high official circles today
that withdrawal of all American
troops from the Rhine would be given
serious consideration as soon as the
peace treaty with Germany is official
ly ratified, by the United States sen
ate and tlje German Reichstag.
No definite prediction was made,
but it is known that when peace has
actually been established the ’admin
istration wonid feel that these is no
further necessity of burdening Ger
many with the support of an Ameri
can army of occupation.
Available figures place the number
of American troops in the German ar
my of ovqHJPjstlon at fourteen thou
sand. whdse cost of maintenance is
placed at nearly a million dollars a
month. Only a very small part ofj
the two hundred and fifty million dol
lars due by Germany for maintenance i
expenses of the American array of]
occupation has so far been paid.
“WHITE SHIRT” ACTIVITIES
CAUSE SERIOUS TROUBLE
(By Associated Press.)
- f Knoxville, Tenn.. Aug. 26.-—Serious
trouble is reported in the Oneida
section of Tennessee due to the re
cent activities of an organisation call
ing itself the "White Shirts.” Activ
ities ascribed to tbe organization in
clude an attempt to kill three negroes,
the house in which they lived being
dynamited, and two of them serious
ly injured as a result. Prominent cit
izens of the community have since
been warned that similar punishment
is in store for them if they do not quit
opholding negroes
ARMED BANDITS KILL
ARIZONA POSTMASTER
(By Associated Press.)
Nogales, Art*., Aug. 2 Several
armed handts today shot and killed
Frank J, “Pearson, postmaster at the
town of ftiiby. near here, after which
they proceeded to loot the general
store operated In connection with the
j postcfflre Ruby is near tbe Mexican
I bonier.
R. K. COLES GOES TO
BALTIMORE FOR VACATION
R. K. Coles, chemist for the Yaryan
Company, will leave this morning for
Batttp&ore. where he will spend a va
cation of ten days or two weeks. Mr
Poles will also visit Washington. PhlV
adetpbla. and other Eastern cities dur
ing his absence
IRELAND MUST STAY
IN BRITISH EMPIRE
Premier Lloyd George Sends
Prompt Rejoinder, to Letter
From Eamonn DeValera Re
jecting British Peace Terms,
Reiterating Government’s Pq
sition.
(By Associated Press.)
London., jAug. 26. —Premier Lloyd
George today sent a prompt rejoinder
to the letter from Eamonn"DeValera,
president of the so-ealled Irish Re
public, which flatly rejected the Brit
ish government’s terms for peace in
Irelai^d.
The note constituted a Arm reiter
\ ation' of the British government’s
former standpoint, 4 that Ireland could
not be permitted to withdraw from
the empire under any circumstances.
rejoinopr tire I'TWHirer Traitr
he thought he had made it clear in
conversations and previous commun
ications that the government can dis
cuss no basis of settlement which in
volves refusal on the part of Ireland
to accept a free, equal and loyal part
nership in the British Commonwealth
under one sovereign and premier. The
door was still held oppn for further
negotiations, in the ihope that a ba
sis for an amicable settlement of the
Irish question may yet be found.
CITY OF ATLANTA GOES
AGROUND OFF BOSTON
Boston, Aug. 26. —The steamship
City of Atlanta, Inward bound from
Savanah, with passengers and freight
I went aground on Castle Island, In the
j inner harbor today.
I Thirteen passengers ton the City
|of Atlanta were transferred to tugs
and landed after a few hours. The
’steamer was almost within sight ol
her pier when she got off her course
in a fog and struck on a ledge at
high water and as the tide receded
left her well up on the Island. It is
not known had badly the vessel Is
damaged.
EXPORT RATES ON
STEEL REDUCED
Railroads of the Mississippi
Valley Are Authorized by I.
C. C. to Rfduce Rates on
Steel-and Iftn Products From
20 to 25 Per Cent.
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(By Associated Press.)
Washington. a9(. 26.—Railroads of
the Mississippi Valley were authoris
ed by the Interstate Commerce Cprrv
mission today to establish eapqrt
rates on iron and steel products and
pig iron from twenty to twenty-five
per cent lower than the present rates,
which are now the same for domestic
and for export traffic.
Iron and steel industries have been
urging a reduction of the export rates,
on the ground that such a step is nec
essary in order to meet competition
from abroad. The authorised reduc
tion will probably be put in effect by
the railroads, and a material ncrease
in volume of the export tonnage of
these products Is expected to result
immediately
f TTliirmm-
Fair t
PRICE FIVE (CENTS
GREENFIELDS MAKE
MOTION FOR BOND;
BE OEARO TUESDAY
I
Judge J. P. Highsmiti Will Con
vene Adjourned May Term
For Routine Masters.
MRS. RAYBORN’S ATTORNEYS
TO TAKE HABEAS CORPUS.
A Number of Interesting Mat
ters Will be Taken Up at Ad
journed Session of Glynn Su
perior Court, to be Convened
Next Tuesday, August 30th.
The adjourned May term of Glynn
superior court will be convened on
next Tuesday, {August 30, by Judge J.
P. Highsmith, at which time a num
ber of routine matters will come up
for disposition. No matters requir
ing the services ; of a jury will be tak
en, up, the Jesup bank cases having
been postponed until the latter part
of October.
Perhaps the most interesting case
to come up at the special session is a
motion for bail filed by Winton Green
field and his wife, held in connection
with the recent murder of Fred Thom
as, through their attorneys, L. N. Car
rington and H. O. Farr. The Green
fields, it will be remembered, were
held on charges of murder, by the cor
oner’s jury, following an exhaustive
investigation of the brutal murder of
Fred Thomas, night watchman at the
plant of the Brunswick Marine Con
struction Cos., who was killed on the
night of July 4th.
Another interesting case that will
probably be taken up will be habeas
corpus proceedings Instituted by at
torneys representing Mrs. Maggie
Rayborn, who is being held in jail
here, in connection with the murder
three yeasr ago of Clarence Nall, in
Wayne county. Mrs. Rayburn’s attor
neys will contend that there is no ev
idence upon which to hold their client,
and will ask for her release.
Judge Highsmith will call the ap
pearance and motion dockets of the
May term, and will dispose of a' nu :
bpr ot pending matters not requiring
the services of a jury, including two
or three applications for dissolution of
A special session of the
court will be convened on the fifth
Monday In October to take up trial
of the Jesup bank cases. At this ses
sion Judge J. I. Summerall, of the
Waycross circuit, will preside, Judge
IjighHjnitji i*lehJg< disqualified.
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WHERE FEMININE FANCY
HOLDS FULL SWAY.
When Pandora opened that fam
ous casket and viewed with won
der and delighted bewilderment
its gorgeous display of jewels, It
was to indulge a feminine fancy
born in every woman’s soul and
from time Immemorial, fencour
aged by man!
It is mere mandate of human
nature that woman admires tha
beautiful—she Is so constituted
that all of the beauties of nature
and of art appeal to her. She gets
more out of the moonlight and
starlight and the harp and guitar
than she does out of other things.
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Brunswick women are fortunate
that each eeseon they are afford,
ed a real opportunity of behold
ing the latest and moat attrac
tive creations of the master,
modistes of the nation. And it's
a boon and a blessing for which
they should be thankful! ;
This beautiful store, the execu
five head of which, though yoking
In years, has weathered the
storms and the tempests of busi
ness life, Is Indeed attractive;
and reflects the temperament qf
that preaiding genius, who directs
It. We wish good luck to these
two young ladies—you know them
both—who have labored so hard
for that goal to which we are alf
striving—success!
The News Is a wonderful little
agent; it takes your story to ev
ery quarter and it gets business
for you! I
Try one want ad. in Tha Naws
and wa are willing to assure you
that you will try many more*