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VOLUME XX—NO. 294
REPAIRS ARE BEING
MADE AT THE PLANT
OF THE YARYAN CO.
Announcement That Operations
Are to be Resumed Sept: 12
Is Officially Confirmed.
WILL BO MUCH TO SOLVE
STREET CAR SITUATION
Plant Manager A. L. Kloss Is
sues Official Statement, An
nouncing That Skilled Em
ployees Are Already at Work
Getting the Big Plant Ready
For Operations. •*'
Official announcement that the
plant of the Yaryan Rosin & Turpen
tine Company will resume operations
on September 12th was made yester
day by Plant Manager A. L. Kloss.
coaflrming the story which appeared
in The News of Tuesday. '
News that this big manufacturing
plant is to be placed in operation
again, after being closed down for
many months, has occasioned expres
sions of gratification in all parts of
the city, the Yaryan company being
one of Brunswick’s most valuable in
dustrial enterprises, contributing in
very material fashion to the -business
prosperity of the city and surround
ing country. ♦
Details of the official announcement
was made by -Mr. Kloss yesterday are
that repairs are now under way in
preparation for the starting up of the
plant, which will resume operations
on September 12th. It was stated
that a limited number of the skilled
employees are already at work In get
ting the machinery ready-to run, and
completing the needed repairs.
In addition to the men already em
ployed it was announced that a total
of one hundred and sixty men would
be required when operations are com
menced, and that steady employment
will be given to these men.
With the exception of repair men.
! other skilled wogtmt^^applk-a.
eidered until after the first of Sep
tember, said Mr. Kloss, who added
that choosing prefer
ence will be given to the tpen who
were at work when the pjapt closed
dowqj the first of the year. ’
• This means thait the now force of
workmen will be made up almost en
tir|fy of Brunswick people, a great
many of whom have been employed
at the plant for many years.
The reopening of the Yaryan plant,
under the management of* the Hercu
les Company, will be especially wel
corned at this tithe, not only for Its
eubstantiah.contribution to the busi
ness prosperity of the community
generally, but because of the fact that
It will also contribute materially to
the satisfactory solution of the street
car situation.
MANY ATTEND FUNERAL
SERVICES FOR J. M.KERNS
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> v Scores of grief-stricken friends of
Jerome Mmi Kerns, well known
anil highly regarded Rrunawifftl clt
i*an who passed away early Monday
morning, gathered at Mark's
fhhrch at four o’clock yesterday af
ternoon to attend the funeral services,
and to pay a final tribute of love and
•atyem to the .deceased.
slr. Kama wan for many, years a
railroad conductor, but had retired
and had been engaged In .(business
kre until recent months, when he
•offered a stroke of paralysis*, which
resulted in his death after weeks of
•uttering. Hta death Is deeply de
plored by a wide circle of.fkend*.
The funeral services were*-conduct,
fd <by R*v. ft. J%. French, of at. Jude’s
fhdfcli, fhla city! assisted *by Rev.
11, gf MoQlohorn. rector of st, Paul’s
church Savannah. At the conclusion
of the the body was fcorne to
* Palmetto cemetery, snd laid to llnal
rest. Undertaker Miller was 1 charge
of iba burial service*.
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IRISH RAILWAY TIFD UP
BY A STRIKE TUESDAY
Belfast, Aug. JO.—For the drat time
la history the Grent Northern Irish
Railway is completely tied up today
by a strike of the engineer* snd fire
men. who ceased to work si last raid
night
The mala line runs between Dub
lin and Belfast and its brooch** ex
land through the province of Ulster.
The strike is purely an industrial dis
pute and has no political significance
whatever ~ ’ “ ‘
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
terrible life toll is
taken BY AUTOMOBILES
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New York, Aug. 30. —An e.sti
mate that $4*500,000 was paid by
life insurance companies in
death claims from automobile
fatalities during 1920 wa s pub
lished today by the Insurance
Press.
The statistics quoted showed
that automobiles* caused 12,000
fatalities and 1,500,000 non-fatal
injuries.
SAILOR LOSES HIS
LIFE BY DROWNING
Portugese* Seaman Fell From
Scafford While Engaged in
Painting Hull of Schooner
Virginia Dare, and Disap
peared Before Aid Could
Reach Him.
A young seaman, native of Portu
gal, whose name could not be obtain
ed, a member of the crew of the
schooner Virginia Dare, now in port,
lost his life by drowing in the bay
early yesterday afternoon. Reports
of the fatal accident received by The
News are that the young sailor was
engaged in painting the hull of the
schooner, when he suddenly toppled
over backward from the swinging
scaffold,, and plunged into the waters.
It is said that the young man was
unable to swim, and before aid could
reach him he had disappeared be
neath the water. The Virginia Dare
is taking on a cargo of cross ties at
the docks of the Joyce-Watkins Com
pany, and the seaman was seen to fall
into the water by a man standing
uearby on the shore.
Sailors on board the vessel were
told of the plight of their comrade,
and although an attempt at rescue
was promptly made the man sank im
mediately, and did not aga n come to
the surface ofgthe water. The fatal
accident occurred shortly three
o’clock yesterday afternobn, and the
authorities were notified. Efforts to
recover the hotly yesterday were ndt
successful, and it will probably be two
or three days before the remains of
the victim can be gotten from the wa
ter. *
It ! said the, young Portugese sail
or fell Into the water when he at
tempted to move the swinging scaf
fold on which he was at work, losing
his balance.
MISS FLORENCE PORTER TO
ENTER MILLINERY BUSINESS
On or about October first, *Mtss Flor
ence Porter, for n long period connect
ed with the millinery establishment
of the late Mias Kate D, Slater, wtyl
enter this line of business and this
announcement will be received with
genuine pleasure by her friends and
the ladles of'the city generally.
For a long time Miss Porter has
been actively engaged In endeavors
along milljnery line® and she hh*
proved to possess H natural talent for
this line of work. The Interior of the
store, 504 Gloucester, the present
building for so many years occupied
by Miss Slater, has been rented and
will be thoroughly remodelled, new*
fixtures Installed and a stock of the
very latest In hats. etc., will be receiv
ed, -a part of them already being here.
It la likely that the formal opening
of the new establishment will occur
about October first and every article
in the store will be new as none of
the stock on hand win be taken over
by Mtss Porter. (
Miss Porter is a daughter of Rev.
ajd Mrs. VV. E. and has spent
practically hei; entire Ilf* in tWa city.
Is {popular With a fiarge circle Of
friends and that she will make a sue
cess is certain, < *
Kli KLUX KLAN IS UNDER
FEDERAL INVESTIGATION
Chicago. Aug. SO.— A federal inves
tigation of the Ku Klu* Klan has
been started here by Federj.i District
Attorney CHnnln, h* amounted to
day.
In making the nn.ntne*u*en: he
said that numerous complaint* have
teen coming Ui hi* office since the
organisation of • brooch of the Ku
King Kln here three week* ago
Just what direction t v * in vestige
Ucn will take, and wh* will be iH*
mode of procedure, a* well .he re
an.t was not stat-d by tbo district at- j
Um *y
60V. OF COLORADO
HEADS MOVEMENT
TO REDUCE RATES
Letters Directed to Governors
of Sixteen Western States
Asking Their Aid.
ROADS MUST SHOW
ARE HONESTLY MANAGED
Organized Fight Will be Made
For the Reduction of Freight
Rates, as a Means of Reduc
ing the Cost of Living.—Will
File Complaint With the
I. C. C.
(By Associated Press.)
Denver, 001., Aug. 30. —Governor
Shroup, of Coolrado, today directed
letters to the governors of sixteen
Western states, asking them to join
Colorado in organized efforts to bring
about a reduction in railroad rates.
C?ov. Shroup also announced that
the transportation committee of Colo
rado, named last .March In an attempt
td reduce 7 the cost of living by means
of securing a reduction in railroad
rates, will file a complaint this week
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, asking the Commission to
rescind its order of August 26, 1920.
which granted to. the railroads a rate
increase.
Besides asking for the restoration
of previous rates the petition to be
filed with the Interstate Commerce
Commission will ask that in case rail
roads in the future seek Increases in
rates that they first be ccmpelled to
show that the roads are “honestly and
efficiently managed.”
LIFE INSURANCE PAID
TO GEORGIANS LAST YEAR
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 30.—Life
amce, companies of Sayarnt*|i *>a‘d out
total, amount* of 4 H&OOb .920.
according to a table published In the
Insura' <e Press, a t|ew-p,*per for in
-*urer r:d . sured, <pubMhed in New
l 05 k. *
"’'ft'' c lstribution i. .:*•*? GeoryC
eities were: Atlanta. $1,899,000; Afa-I
don. $300,000; (Augusta, $308,000. The
largest policy paid in Savannah was
that of the late W. W. Osborne, who
carried insurance to the amount of
$76,780.
DIED FROM BKXXING BOUT.
Lockhane, Pa., Aug. 30. —Word was
received here today of the death at
the Annapolis naval academy of Mid
shipman William B. Hays, Jr., from an
Injury received In a boxing bout in
the gymnasium last week.
TO BE TRIED FOR
PRIEST’S MURDER
, . * -,W9!*Wyv.
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t
William Hightower.
William Hightower is the central
figures tn the Pacific coast's newest
and weirdeat death puxxle. Claiming
a $50,000 reward, he led detect Ive*
to the place where the body of the
Rev. Father Patrick Heslin had been
’burled bv his stayers. He said he bad
learned the location of the grave
through “Dolly Mason." whose on
knowledge of the murder came at sec
ond hand through a foreigner. The
police, becotm&g suspicious, formal!*
accused Hightower of the murder.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31, 1921.
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Photo shows accommodating lady who gave her ear for the silk purse
* expert ment.
Don’t let your grandmother tell you any more that “you can’t make
a silk purse from a sow’s oar.” It ha been done; Dr. Arthur D. Little,
a well known chemist of £ambridg e, Mass., recently made an artific al
silk purse from just such material. He upset the age-old theory that it
could not be done and the solemn looking animal in the picture lent him
her ear for the experiment.
DEATH IN NEW YORK
OF SOL JMANUEL
Aged Brother of Hon. N. Eman
uel of This City Passed Away
at RoosevelM'iospitaM Satur
day Night.—Funeral and In
terment Held in Sumter,
S. C., Yesterday.
News has been received in Bruns
wick of the death of Sol Emanuel,
formerly of Georgetown and Charles
ton, S. C., but for the past 25 years
a resident of New York, who passed
away at the Roosevelt hospital In that
city at o’clock Saturday night.
Mr. Emanuel was a brother to Hon.
N. Emanuel, of*''this city, and was
well known to many Brunswick peo
ple. Announcement of bis death will
occasion keen regret among his
friends here. He was 7ff years of age,
and had been planning to return to
his native state to reside when he was
overtaken by his last illness.
The body was brought to Sumter.
S. C.. for funeral and interment. The
funeral was held at the Jewish bury
ing ground In that city yesterday, his
brother, N. Emanuel, of this city, be
ing presdht at the services.
Mr. Emanuel was a brave Confeder
ate soldier, going forth from George
town with the Georgetown Rifle
Guards, when that company was ac
cepted for service January 2. 1861,
and serving throughout the war in
Company A of the Tenth South Caro
line regiment.
He was the son of the late Nathan
Emanuel of Charleston and George
town. One brother. Nathan Emanuel
of Brunswick, survives him. and also
his daughter, Mrs. Esther Wenman.
His wife, who was Miss Armida Co
hen.'of Charleston, and Sumter, died
some seven years ago.
FEDERAL AGENT HERE TO
' HELP EX-SERVICE MEN
C. A. Liberty, advance representa
tive of the "clean-up" squad of federal
agent* to be hero next week for the
purpose of taking up claims of former
service men for compensation, arriv
*d tn the city yesterday, and was
present at a meeting of the American
legion held last night, when the con
ditions under which claims may be
filed were outlined.
There was a large attendance at
the meeting, and the Legion pledged
its full cooperation in the clean-up
program. Mr. Liberty will be at the
Oglethorpe Hotel and will be
at the service of applicant* in initiat
ing their claims between the hours of
Id and IS o'clock in the mornigg, and
from oue to three o'clock in the after
You Can’t Make Silk Purse
From Sow’s Ear? Why Not
ADJOURNED TERM
RECESSED TO 0CT.31
After Hearing tjre Appearance
and Motion Dockets and
Passing on a Number of Rou
tine Matters, Judge High
smith Recessed Special Term
Until Last of October.
i Thfe recessed May term of Glynn
superior court was convened at ten
o’clock yesterday morning by Judge
J. P. Highsmith. for the purpose of
hearing the appearance and motion
dockets for the term, and to pass on
a number of routine matters not re
quiring the services of a jury.
After transacting quite a lot of mat
ters, including the dissolution of two
or three charters, and the hearing of
arguments of attorneys representing
Winton Greenfield oh a motion for
ball, Judge Highsmith again recessed
the term, to convene on Monday, Oc
tober 31st.
Decision in the bond case was with
held by Judge Highsmith, and will
probably be announced from Baxley
in the next few days. Greenfield, with
his wife and two others, is being'held
for the murder of Fred
watchman at the plant of the Bruns
wick Marine Construction Cos.. on the
night of July 4th. He was represent
ed in his application for bail yester
day by lAttorney L. N. Carrington,
who argued that the evidence in the
case was such as to entitle his client
to be released from jail under area
sooabie bond.
Attorneys representing. Mm. Maggie
‘Raybom. held on a charge oCbeing an
acre*, ory to the murder* of- Clarence
Vail, prominent young man of'Wayne
eouaty. three year* ago. ha
beas corpus proceedings that bad
been filed, and it is understood that
I fir*. Raybom wilt be given a prelim,
[fnary hearing at Jesnp next Friday
•before a justice of peace.
The perpoae tbr>*th\rb . yesterday *
apecial session railed
F*s for trial of th# jfesap hank cases,
but a postponement was necessary
because at Illness bt one of the prin
cipal witnesses for the state. These
eases, involving 4 number of promt
nent Wayne county,.people in crimi
nal proceedings as a result of the
failure of the Jesup Banking Cos.,
jrill be tried when the term Is recon
vened on October 31.
noon. .
. All arrangements have been perfect
ed for the work of the government
squad when they, arrive here on_‘Bep
tmber 4. and a number of claims will
be awaiting their attention. The
squad is now at work'in Savannah,
where it is said two or three hundred
applications have bees filed.
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RESUME RIOTING IN
BELFAST STREETS,
EIGRT ARE KILLED
fl /r
Considerable Fighting Through
Day, and Firing Increase
ed in the 1 Night.
SHIPYARD WORKERS ARE
FIRED ON BY SNIPERS
Sniping Operations Continued
in the Irish City Until Late
Last Night, and Eight Per
sons Had Been Killed at Last
Reports.—More Trouole is
Feared Today.
(By Associated Press.)
Belfast, Aug. 30.—Six persona were
killed hefe early today during rioting
in the streets of city, and many
others were wounded, some of them
seriously. All during the day there
has been considerable fighting, and
late this a£jternc|on when shipyard
workers were enroute home through
York street they Came under the guns
of snipers.
Sniping operations in this district
continued with unabated fury until
late in the night, and there was also
desultory firing in the center of the
city.
Persons using tram-cars tonight Jay
upon the flobrs to avoid possible bil
lets, which were flying thick and fast
from all sides. Up to a late hour to
night there had been a total of eight
deaths reported, as a result of the
rioting. - •
BRUNSWICK ROTARIANS *
ROYALLY ENTERTAINED
The party of twenty-five members
of the Rotary Club, guests
yesterday of the Savannah notary
Club at a luncheon- at the DeSoto ho
tel in that city, report that they were
most cordially entertained during
their stay in Savannah, and that the
occasion enjoyed immensely. The
trip to Savannah was made by auto
mobile, the party arriving in Savan
nah shortly after lg o’clock. The Sa
vannah Rotarians carried out their
usual weekly program in order that
the Brunswick visitors might have an
opportunity to see how the organiza
tion conducts its regular meetings.
The Savannah Club will doubtless be
Invited to come to Brunswick for a
return visit some time in the near fu
ture.
ALL RAILROADS 10
RUN EXCURSIONS
Unusually Low Rates to Moun
tain and Seashore Resorts,
and Many of the Leading Cit 7
ies of the Country ?Wilj be in
Effect During the First Week
in September*
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Unusually cheap excursion fares
have been an pounced by all railroads
entering Brunswick to mountain and
seashore resorts, and many of the
leading cities of the country, effec
tive during the first week in Septem
ber. The Atlantic Coast Line will
operate an excursion to Atlanta and
Montgomery, Ala., on September 3,
rates for the round trip being |6.00
and 17.50 respectively. The A. C. I*
will also .sell excursion tickets to
points In Western .North Carolina be
ginning Sept. 2. *.
The Southern also announces cheap
rates io Atlanta. Asheville, and other
point'd, a* has aisp the Atlanta. Bir
mingham A Atlantic. In fact, cheap
rates may be obtained over either of
the lines to almost any point in the
country during the first week in Sep
tember. and it is egpected that a great
many Brunswick people will take ad
vantage of this opportunity to travel
and see the *
Cheap rates Into Brunswick from
practically all points along the three
railroads will be in effect during this
period also, and hundreds of people
are expected to come here for a visit
to St. Simon and other nearby island
resorts. In fact, officials of the rail
roads are expecting a large volume
of passenger traffic daring the first
half of September as a result of
low rates to be in effect, the first gen
eral excursion fans announced since
the wnr.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
MAN ARRESTED IN
CHAi NONGA FOR
MURFJF SHERIFF
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G. M. \\ gy Being Held in
Tenne \ ity in Connec
tion -ecent Killing. %
IS EIQHTEEN I H WffiON if
ARRESTED FOR THE CRIM&
Special Grand Jury Will be Con
vened at Blackshea* on Sept.
Twelfth to Investigate the
Murder of Sheriff Roberson,
For Which Crime Many Sus
pects Are Being Held in Jail.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 30.—G. M.
Woolsey is being held by the police
today as a suspect in connection with
the killing of Sheriff Robertson, of
Pierce county, Ga„ last week.
The man admits being in Pierce
county at the time of the killing and
he bears a number of scratches and
bruises on his body.
Further than admitting being in the
coonty at she time the officer was
killed by some member of a band of
moonshiners, Woolsey will make no
further, admission regarding the af
fair.
He will be held pending a hearing
from the Georgia officers regarding
the matter. Investigation is expect
ed to show some developments with
in a few days.
WOOLSEY IS EIGHTEENTH
PERSON ARRESTED;
Waycross, Ga., Aug. 80.-*-G. M.
Woolsey, taken into custody at Chat
tanooga today as a suspect in connec
tion with the killing near here last
week of Sheriff J. W. Roberson, o!
Pierce county*, wafe* the eighteenth,
person arrested since the investiga
'. on was .commenced.
A special grand jury will be jyjtt
vened at Blackshear on Sept. 12 to
inquire into the case. While Mag*
Carter, a moonshiner,
he alone shot the
to officials, they assert that bullet*
of different calibre were found in the
bogy of the dead officer, and are
wchking on the theory that he was
ambushed and slain on accout of hif
activities against violators of the pro
hibition laws.
BAPTISTS DEFEAT ARCO
IN GAME YESTERDAY
The formerly invincible Arco club
of the city league was humbled again
yesterday afternoon when it met de
feat at the hands of the Baptist *Ba
racas by a score of 7 to 6, In one of
the fastest and prettiest games since
the beginning of the second half of
the city league season.
The game yesterday was a post
poned ,contest,' not hein# on the reg
ular schedule, and played to make op
for qne missed last Thursday, j By de
feating Arco the Baptists are ifpwr tied
with the Methodists for the honor of
leading the league. ) >
APPEALS TO EMPLOYER
OF THE FATHER OF 19
ti
(By Associated Press.)
Washington. Aug. 30.—President
Harding, in answer to an appeal from
Mrs. Domenico Zacoahea, the moth
er of nineteen children, sixteen bf
whom are living, wrote -to John Wan
naniaker. New York merchant, in
whose department store Zactahea la
employed at a salary of twenty dol
lars a week, asking him to do what
ha could for the man The appeal to
the President came when Mr. Hard*
tng. seeing the family group In 4
newspaper picture, wrote bis congrat
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MANGLED BODY FOUND
HANGING FROM ENGINE
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Savannah. Ga~ Aug,
over the mangled body of Ellas Me*
Diida, which was fotyndtxar|ij|Uy bang
ing from the wheels ihd cowcatcher
of the Seaboard Air Um fast pas
senger train, the Jacksonville-bfe*
York flier, Sunday morning, will be
held In Bryan county probably this
afternoon,
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Considerable speculation as to th#
manner in which the man met death
was heard in railroad circles. One
la that he was kWed by hoboes, rob
bed. and the body placed on the
track. The man was seen shortly
before the accident and at that timd
he was perfectly sober,