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WARM—Generally Fair.
VOLUME XX—NO. 299
MOVIE MANAGER’S
MURDERER TO RAVE
SPEEDY HEARING
Atlanta Man Also Sought in
Connection With Murde*
and Robbery.
OFFICIALS TOGUARD
INFLUX WINTER CROOKS
All Jacksonville Shocked by
Daring Robbery' at Palace
Theater, Jacksonville, When
George H. Hickey Lost His
Life.—State’s Attorney Sum-
Proned From North Carolina,
rand Jury to Meet.
(By Associated Press.)
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 5. —
George H. Hickman, 45, manager
of the Palace theater, was shot .../
and instantly killed by a gunman
in his office at the theater last
night at 10 o’clock.
Hickman and Elbert 8. Harris,
treasurer of the house, were
checking up yesterday's receipts
of the Palace when the gunman
suddenly appeared in the office
and demanded that the money—
amounting to $1,200 —be surren
dered to him.
Before Hickman was shot and
killed, a desperate battle was
fought between the three men in
the small office, while 2,000 peo
ple, almost within the sound of
their voices, were enjoying the
last performance of the vaude
ville bill with which the Palace
reopened yesterday after being
closed six weeks.
FEELING AGAINST
MURDERER INTENSE.
Jacksonville, Flu,, Sept. s.—The ti
thoritles today were arranging to call
the grand Jury into special session Ins
mediately, recall the states attorney
rroio his uggpMft
and postpone tie annual recess of the
etrcuit feoert in order that a speedy
trial might be accorded Frank Raw
lings, 22, of Chicago, who last night
Invaded the cashier's office In the Pal
ace theater here while the show was
In progress, shot and killed George
H. Hickman, the manager, beat up
Elbert S. Harris, the treasurer and as
capw with SBOO, only to be captur
ed by a policeman on the street a
short distance from the theater.
Want Atlanta Man.
Rawlings, who said his home was at
No. 6310 South Halstead street, Chi
cage, declared he planned the rob
bery alone but the police today began
a search for W. C. Melton of Atlanta
who. with Rawlings, was arrested
here August 13 as a suspicious char
acter. Mellon, It was said, was seen
in the city yesterday. Rawlings was
acquitted Saturday in criminal court
of a larceny charge. ,
The decision to proceed quickly
with the prosecution of Rawlings r<-
•ulted largely from the belief of the
authorities that tha robbery was the
first of series of escapades of crooks
and tytuoo men which are to be ex
peeled during >he winter spawn as a
result of the flocking to Florida of
get rich quick men. in several cities
during the last few weeks police
heads have been planning ways and
means of combatting the activities of
the winter horde of crooks, which last
season were featured by the shooting
up and wrecking of the headquarters!
of a wiretapping gang .at Daytona
Reach and the shooting to death In
the crowded dining room of a St. Au
gusfiae hotel of C. W. Powell, widely
kn< wi In the under world as the "\V
co Kid.’* The authorities believe rap
handling of Rawllng's rase will
hke a deterrent effect uppn those
crooks who heretofore have looked
upon Florida as a fertile fjeld for their
open tic mi during the winter season.
Feeling Intense.
Feeling against Rawlings here Is
Intense but the authorities do not fear
any violence In view of the arrange
menu for an Immediate trial He
was taken to Central police head
quarters, within a block of the thea
ter, after his arrest last night, but
gathering of a crowd resulted in his
removal to the county jail as a pre
caution
Hickman, who was widely known in
theatrical circles In the South, came
here from Nashville. Teno„ three
years ago. His home was in Rich
mond, Va., where his mother. Sire.
F. J Hickman, now reside*.
MANAGfft GROWN
OtPLOftlS MUROCft.
Manager Grown of tha Bijou, was
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
18 STIRKERS AR E
INDICTED 111 AM
LABOR TROUBLE
' / /• )
True Bill is Returned Against
J. L. Pittman, Mayor of
Fitzgerald.
ONLY ONE INDICTMENT NOT
FORMER EMPLOYE OF ROAD.
Ben Hill County Grand Jury Re
turns Bill on Blanket Charges
of Interfering With Employes
of Railroad Comany, Which
Has Had Strike on Hand
Since March.
(By Associated Press.)
Fitzgerald, Sept. 5. —iMayor J. L.
Pittman, of, Fitzgerald, and eighteen
others were indicted tonight by the
Ben Hill county grand jury on blank
et charges of interfering with the
employes of the Atlanta, Birmingham
& Atlantic railway, which has had
a strike on since March 5.
Blanket charges of “interfering
with employes” nd the indictments
were made in connection with the
strike trouble and wrecking of an At
lanta, Birmingham & Atlantic freight
recently near Cordele, dynamite be
ing used by the wreckers. It is stat
ed that the jury devoted much time
to investigation of strike affairs and
had many witnesses, many of these
coming from rural sections cf the
country.
All persons indicted tonight aire
strikers with the exception of Mayor
Pittman.
COUNTY BOARD TO
'HAVE LIVELY MEET
Number of Interesting Matters
to be Handled by the Board
of Glynn County Commis
sioners This Morning.—St.
Simon Project to be Dis
cussed.
While the regular monthly sessions
of Glynn county commissioners *re
always interesting, the meeting today
promises to be unusually so inasmuch
ns the St. Simon bridge matter will
be discussed from every angle and the
people, as a whole, seem to he more
Interested In this than any other pub
lic movement in recent years, every
body agreeing that the project will
prove of greater benefit to the city
ami sections .generally than any of
recent years except the Altamaha
bridge.
It is reported that the state high
way engineers who have been making
a survey of the proposed routes will
render a partial report. By partial is
meant an estimate will he made as to
the cost :ts far as the engineers have
progressed in their work. It is re
ported on good authority that the cost
will not reach the large figures which
have been discussed in all sections of
the city, county and state. But be
that as It may, the people are more
vitally Interested in the hrldge than
any public Glynn county movement
ever started ami it Is attracting the
attention of the entire state, which is
watching from an Interested stand
point.
MAIL BANDIT ESCAPES FROM
M'NEII. FEDERAL PRISON.
(By Associated Press.)
Tacoma. Wash.. Sept. 5. —Roy Gard i
ner. California mall bandit. escaped
late today from the McNeil Island fed-1
eral penitentiary, during a jail break
In which Everett Impyn. federal life
prisoner, was shot and killed and La
mar Bogart, was shot and probably
fatally wounded.
visibly affected when he learned of
the horrible murder of George 11.
Hickman, manager of the Palace the
'•ter in Jacksonville Mr Brown and
the dead manager had been closely 1
associated In business in the Florida
city and besides their business rela
tion* they had been warm personal
friends, extending over a long period.
Mr. Brown states that tho dosd
man was otrt* of the most successful
moving picture managers la the coun
try and was making an unprecedent
ed success with the Palace.
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THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Too Many Would-Be Godfathers Want a Hand In
Bringing Ub the Kids %
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Tj‘ JShr 'Vzj
ASA DAMAGESJ
A LARGE AMOUNT
Harry Banks and Wife Suing
Owners and Agents of Steam-
For Death of
Their Son, Which Occurred
in September, 1919.
Through*tbeir attorneys, Krauss &
Strong, of this city, H. Banks and his
wife, well known colored residents of
Brunswick, are suing owners and
agents of the steamship Barnstable in
‘the sum of $20,000. Moore & McCor
mick, of New York, are the owneiS*
of the vessel and Strachan Shipping
company, Savannah office, agents.
The suit is filed in the United StatPs
court and Oliver & Oliver, of Savnu*
nah, are associated with Krauss &
Strong in representing the plaintiffs.
It is alleged by the plaintiffs that
their son, Willie Hanks, was a mein*
her of the crew of the Barnstable,
owned by Moore & McCormick and In
charge of the Strachan Shipping com
pany and met death shortly after the
ship foundered, about twenty miles
southeast^,of Tybee sea buoy on Sept.
13. 1919.
While docked In the Savannah riv
er. undergoing repairs and the Instal
lation of a steering gear, the petition
;u*ertj. the ship was loaded with
1.300 tons of coal and was allowed to
lie on the bottom of that river which
caused the seams of the vessel to op
en. *
Gross carelessness is charged by
the fibellant against the c mpar.v in
allowing the vesael to put to sea In
such condition and It la further alleg
ed that when a representative of the
New York company'went to Savannah
the captain of the ship remonstrated
against the vessgh going ot sea In such
a condition. The captain was told,
however, it- is asserted, that a hand
s-jne prige would be given hlip ‘
■the boilers and attachment* of the
ship. It is alleged, were in such condi
tion as to be unable tOsgenerate suffi
cient steam for the lowering of the
life-boats when It was found the ship
was sinking. The pumps, the petition
states, were also in such condition
as to not be able to pump the water
from the ship.
Eleven charges of negligence are
i alleged in the petition against the
Moore * McCormack company and
the Stracbn Shipping company, as Itsj
agents.
Banks was a son of Harry Banka,
well known colored citUea, who eot-
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA TUESDAY, SEPT. 6, 1921.
FETTERMAN WON CLASSIC
Covered 225 Mile* In Two Hours, 15
Minutes, 16 Seconds.
Uniontown, Penn., Sept. 5.—1. P.
Fetterman, of Pittsburgh today won
the autumn classic hutomabile speed
way here, covering 225 miles* in 2
hours. 15 minutes and 16 seconds.
Jimmy Murphy was second .Roscoe
Sarles, third, Eddie Miller, fourth.
There was only onp slight accent
during the race.
PROPERTY SALES AT
COURT HOUSE TODAY
In of Ten Sheriff’s, One or
Two Administrator’s and
Some Valuable St. Simon
Realty is to be Knocked to
Highest and Best Bidder.
This Is the regular legal salesday
and a number of pieces of realty will
be cried in front of the court house
door, some being very valuable. Sher
iff Pyles will offer for sale ten dif
ferent tracts of land, some improved
and some not Ail of these are being
sold for taxes and costs due the state
and county and while most of it is
*ity property there is a piece or two
in the country. . *yf%
Grant Roberts, as administrator of
the estate of T. S. Roberta, will offer
that tract of land situate on St. Si
mon and known as “New Fields Plan
tation.” There Is something ovc|
three hundred acres in this tract and
It is said to be valuable farm land. It
is likely that bidding on this will be
lively ai realty values on the isUnil
have increased since it is now almost
certain that the bridge from The main,
land will be built. This tract is be
ing sold by the administrator as the
affairs of the estate of the late T. S.
Roberts are to be settled. It is stated
that out of town bidders are interest
ed in this particular tract.
St. Simon land has long been .mge
ed for it* wonderful fertility and only
a few yeabi ago the St. Simon water
melon was famous. not*, nly so ir. the
market* of this and otker nearby
state* but many fine specimen of the
luscious fruit have been shipped
north and brought excellent price*.
ill ct* a crab and oyster business oa
Oglethorpe street. The boy spent
nearly all of bis life here and bore a
good reputation.
JOHN PONSELL. JR,
TO BE TRIED TODAY
Young Glynn County Citizen
Will Face Florida Court on a
Charge of Murder.—Accused
of Killing A. O. Tuggle in
Oscaloosa County and Ac
complice Confessed Some
~ Months Ago.
A case will be called in Crest
view, Fla., this morning which will
interest a large number of Glyrm coun
ty citizens, the case in question being
that of the state of Florida vs. John
Ponsell, Jr., who is charged with the
of J. T. Tuggle, which occur
red in Oscaloosa county, near Pensa
cola about three months ago. With
Ponsell when the crime was commit
ted was a young man named Martin,
who had jucst been releaaed from the
state penitentiary, having served a
year for bigamy. Young Ponsell liv
ed the greater part of his life in this
county with his parents, near Fver
ett City. His father now is a citizen
of Decatur county, this state.
The two young men had started to
walk from one Florida town to an
other. Mr. Tuggle, driving a Ford
car .overtook them ;;nd after the
young men asked him to give tjem a
lift, he took them in. they occupying
the rear seat. It is stated that while
In a lonely place the benefactor was
struck In the head wkith i Jack and
a tool used for removing tires. After
committing the crime, it !* stated,
they made for Georgia and in order to
procure a clean shirt. Martin burglar
ized- a store at Statesb. ro. was cap
tured. the shirt he wore when the
crime was committed wain lull of
blood. After his arrest on the burg
lary charge, he down, and im
plicated Ponsell In the murder case
and told the authorities where the
youn| r £an could be located. Officers
followed the directions ~iven by Mar
tin and landed Ponsell in jail. He is
represented by Attorneys Durden and
Farr, of this city, and the former is
now at Crestvlew. where the rwe will
be called this morning.
CLIMBS SUMMIT OF PIKE’S
PEAK AND WINS TROPHY
Colorado Springs. Colo.. Sept. 5.
King Rhiley. of Oshkosh, NVb., won
the Penrose trophy cup here today by
climbing to the summit of Pike's Peak
in the annual hill climb today.
Rhiley made it in 19 hours. IS min
utes and one second
BRUNSWICK SQUAF
MAKES GOOD SCORE
IN ATLANTA SHOOT
Brunswickians Showed Up Well
On First Day and Excellent
Shooting Was Done.
LEAVY LEADING LOCALS
WITH CATE GOOD SECOND
Conditions Ideal and Some Ex
cellent Shooting Was the
Outcome.—Shoot Will Con
tinue For Three Days.-—All
to Remain Until End.
(Special to The News.)-'
Atlanta, Sept. 5. —The team repre
senting the Brunswick Gun .Club, com
posed of I*. J. Leavy, Jr., Vassa Cate,
M. B. MdKlntoon, and ,T. M. Arm
strong. entering the tournament here,
showed up well on this,’the first day’s
shooting, Leavy leading the locals.
Out of 200 shots, Leavy, 189; Cate,
188; McKinnon. 179; Armstrong, 179.
Cate broke 42 oiit of 50 in the doubles.
Leavy, after dropping 10 out of his
first 100, broke 99 out of his last 100,
dropping his 61st bird.
It will be seen that out of a possi>
ble 800, the representatives of the
Brunswick totaled 735. losing only 65
out of a total of 800.
Representatives from many sec
tions were among the shooters today
and some excellent shooting was done
but, as a whole, the Brunswickians
showed up among the leaders. Condi
tions were ideal.
THREE OE AIRMEN
ARE FOUND DEAD
.Another Found Has Been Se
verely Injured While Fifth
Has Not as Yet Seen Locat
ed But is Thought to be Bur
ied in the Wreckage of the
Bomber Which Fell Last Sat
urday Morning.
(By Associated Press.)
Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 5. —Three
of the five missing army men were
found dead on Twenty-mile Creek at
9:30 a. m. today, according to a re
port received at aviation headquart
ers here. Another wag reported as
severely injured. There was no men
tion of the fifth man, hut the opinion
was expressed that he was in the
wreckage of the bomber that fell Sat
urday afternoon while traveling from
Charleston to Langley Field.
Extraordinary efforts hav* been put
forth by the army to find the men
and hundreds of residents in the area
where the machine was seen to fail
are searching the ground. The loca
tion is described as hilly and heavily
wooded.
The Missing Men.
The crews of two other airplanes,
accompanying the one that;fell, saw
the accident but were unable- to land
because of tlje rougbt nature of the
country. The'five missing men are
IJeuts. Henry L. Speck, pilot, and W.
8. Fitzpatrick, observer; Sergt. A. R.
-Brown, Corpl. A. C. Hazleton and Pri
vate Walter B. Howard.
LYNN-GOULD HARDWARE CO.
TAKES IN ANOTHER STORE.
In order t<y accommodate their ever
increasing business, the Lynn-Oould
Hardware company has decided to
take the large store adjoining their
location, thns giving the .company
both stores. 505 and 503 Gloucester
street. For some time It ha* been
evident that the growing business of
the company required more space and
luckily the adjoining store became va
cant only a short time ago. Both
stores are in the same building with
only a wall between and a large arch
will be cut through this wall, throw
ing the two commodious rooms into,
practically, one. with a floor space
east and west of more than sixty feet
and a length of more than ninety.
Under the able management of the
young men who head the company,
success has come from the very begin
ning and the future holds it even to
a greater and broader degree. With
the additional space, a larger stock
will be carried which will allow an in.
creased volume of business, some
thing which has been hampered in
recent months on account of lark of
space.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
"lET IN REGION
. F WEST VIRGINIA
'pINE SQUABBLE
| Number Killed in Fighting
Troubled Region is at
. • Present Unknowm.
V ALL WHO
ARE HELD RESPONSIBLE
Situation Has Settled litself to
One of Police Duty in Hills of
Boone and Logan, Counties,
According to Reports Reach
ing Army Headquarters.
(By Associated Press.)
Charleston, W. Va,, Sept. 5. —Tak-
ing advantage of the quiet situation
iu the part of the West Virginia min
ing regions, where fighting occurred
last week between miners and others
and state and county forces, Brigadier
General H. H. Bandholtz left military
headquarters today for an inspection
of the affected territory. Before leav
ing General Bandholtz said all parts
of the affected mining zone were very
quiet.
Look For Dead.
The situation has apparently set
tled itself Into one of police duty in
the hills of Boone and Logan oun
ties according to officers at army
headquarters. Troops today pushea
into the fastness of Spruce Fork
ridge searching the ground for miss
ing bodies. During the fighting last
week there were reports that num
bers of miners killed were buried in
the woods.
There is still no definite list of the
number of casualties as a result of
last week’s shooting. Permits are not
required in county districts to make
interments, it was said, and for this
reason no official list of dead can be
made. The number of persons killed
is not believed to have been large.
Be No Martial Law.
.General Bandholtz in his latest
port to Washington stated he would
recommend a prompt return of the
Camp Oix troops if conditions do not
change. He also was of the opinion
that it would not be necessary in
voke martial law.
GALE’S BIG FLEET
SOON REACH CITY
President of Company Has Se
cured Tavel Home on UnionT
Street and Will Remove to
City Shortly.—About Twenty
Craft Will be Used by the
Company.
President Gale, of the big Ashing
packing company which is soon to be
gin operations at this port, hp* leased
the Tavel home on Union street and
will remove his family here within
the next few weeks. The location is
a very suitable one as it will be only
a short distance from where the com
pany expects to operate its ware
houses, wharves and general head
quarters. As reported in these cpl
umns several days ago, the company
has secured the site of thef.'J’rant
Lumber company, just nortK of tba
plant and yards of the Brunswick Ma
rine Construction corporation, which
is ideal for the purpose for which it
is to be used. iA force will rush to
completion various buildings to ba
used by the company as also will
work be active on the wharf proper
ty.
In the Gale fleet is something over
twpnty boats and the crews will make
Brunswick their homes, bring their
families as soon as suitable houses
can be prepared for them. There has
been a number of vacant homes near
the site of the company and these will
be rented, while others will be erect
ed in tbat immediate vlnicity as U la
the purpose of the company to have
working conditions and housing as
convenient as possible.
The exact date of the arrival pf tba
•'smacks" has not been annoynced,
but it is understood that it will be
only a few weeks before tb* company
will* be doing business in full blast.
When It is considered that the fam
ilies of twenty crews will come It can
be seen - tbat a healthy addition to
Brunswick's population will result
from the coming of Gsle * t om pany
to this port.