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WARM—Generally Fair.
Volume xx—no. 300
STATE PETITIONED
TD CHARTER STREET
RAILWAY COMPANY
Make Application to Secretary
McLendon Setting Forth
Purposes, Etc.
DOCUMENT IS PRINTED IN
THIS ISSUE OF THE NEWS
Signed by Many Member of the
Young Men’s Club and by
This Action is Meant the Per
petuation of Street Car Sys
tem With Every Indication of
Extensions and Improve
ments Generally.
Setting forth their aims and pur
poses, some 52 prominent and sturdy
Brunswicklans are asking Secretary
of State S. Guyt McLendon for a char
ter and In this petition is set forth
the aims and purposes of the com
pany, the name of which will be the
“Brunswick and Interurban Railway
company.’’ The Brunswick Young
Men’s (Hub took the matter of pre
serving the street railway system ,in
their own hands and, like the many
other undertakings of the organiza
tion. success followed and as a result
this company is asking for a charter
from the state of Georgia that it may
sustain any and all legal vights and
guarantees as the great state can
give.
The future of the “Brunswick and
Interurban Railway company” has
bright things in store for it. Not only
prove an interest paying proposition
but. it will further develop along its
present lines and enhance the value
of property in every section of the
city. The operation of the line means
that the person who cannot afford an
automobile can have tills Inexpensive
means of, transit, f!or the present,
within the limits of the city, but
with chances for extensions from time
to Uiue which will make It a neaf
belt line.
The capital stock of the company
will be $50,000, divided Into share* of
the par value of SIOO, with permission
to Increase the sumo from time to
time as in the judgment of Its stock
holders will meet any demands for ad
dlttonal Capital in order to further de
velop properties of the. company, ex
tending Its scope of usefulness and
otherwise enhancing the value of its
properties. r
The •application for (charter will fie
published once a week for four con
seeutlve nveeVs. after which the peti
tion will he granted in the usual man
per Hnd then the real organization
meeting of those Interested will he
held at which officers and directors
will he elected and matters looking
tp betterments and extensions dis
jruitfed.
The charter In full appears on an
other page In The News this moru
lug.
POLICE ENO RACE
RIOI ABOARD SHIP
Whites and Blacks Engaged in
Fight on Shipping Board Ves
sel and Radio Brought New
York Police to Aid of Vessel’s
Commander. >
(lj#y Atkscclntcd Cress.)
New York. Sept. t. —Policemen
armed wftl* rlpt suns were summoned
todfcyv by rodio me** age telling of a
mutiny u>day, broke hp'aflght ta
iWren the negro ami while member*
of the shipping board freighter. Ches
ler Kiwauls, anchored off Staten Is
lam!.
Captain Booth w-a* found barrlcad
ed in hi* cabin bruited and bitten
H* attributed hti Injuries to the white
member* of the crew.
When the police boat arrived at the
KtwanU the officer* o* th# negroes
nd whiter in a battle royal m the
deck It was reported that the fight !
had been alount roiitlnuoas tiM *
vessel dropped anchor Saturday night.
The captain** version of the origin
of tba trouble was that the white
an other* of the crew had an errom*-
out idea that h fever mg the ne
groaw ,In the distribution of work
fht trouble v ulmmatcd *h*n they
vowed they *twW ‘set him
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF if IE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BRUNSWICK SQUAD AGAIN
DID SOME FINE SHOOTING
Vassa Cate Led Local Shooters With
Leavy a Close, Second.
Brunswick’s squad did some more
fine shooting' in the shoot being
held in Atlanta with representatives
cf a large number of the gun clubs of
the state. The score yesterday, each,
shooting at two hundred clay pigeons,
is as follows: Cate. 191; Leavy, 188;
McKinnon, 187; Armstrong, 182.
(’file also led the locals with a straight
ruti of 93 without a miss, Leavy came
second with a straight run of 72.
BAIL IS DENIED
WINT GREENFIELD
Habeas Corpus Proceedings to
be Instituted by Attorney L.
N. Carrington, Who is Repre
sentinbg the Defendant as
Well as Others in Case.
Attorney L. N. Farrington received
a communication yesterday from
Judge Highsmith bringing the Infor
mation that bail had been refused h:s
client, Winton Greenfield, who is in
the Glynn county jail with a charge
of murder resting against him. I f la
stated that habeas corpus proceed
ings will be instituted by Attorney
Carrington and this will be done to
day.
The ease of Greenfield is familiar
to the reading public. is charged
with the murder of Fred Thomas, a
watchman at the plant of the Bruns
wick Marine Construction Corpora
tion and is being held without hail
after the case had been thoroughly
Investigated by a coroner’s jury Two
young men, Reddick by name,, an
also being held in connection with
the killing of young Thomas. The
three men were arrested Immediately
after the killing and have hern he! I
In jail without bond since.
The killing of Thomas is consider
ed one of the worst crimes in thd
history of the county. He west of re
tiring nature and was held in hign
esteem by the Brunswick Marine Cott-
Affliction •corporation, for w'.nwn he
worked. The purpose of the murder
was evidently robbery as the dead
man Is known to have had something
over S4O, a wafeh ami a pistol or, hip
person and all of, this was taken by
the person or persons who slipped up
behind him as he was alwnit to punch
a dock, dealing him a blow which re
sulted hi his death. without regaining
.consciousness.
BUSY SESSION OF
ORDINARY'S COURT
Many Matters Handled by Judge
Dart at the Regular Monthly
Term of His Court.—Mrs.
* Whitfield Appointed Adminis
tratrix of Estate of Late
Judge Bolling Whitfield.
Judge Kdwiti W. llorl ecu veiled the
regular monthly sesnloir of the court
of ordinary yesterday morning and a
number of matters were taken up and
disposed of. Others ware culled und
will take the u*uul course.
Among the Items handled was the j
appointment of Mrs, Kil l O. Whitfield 1
us mJmlhNtratrjx of the estate of the'
j late (foiling Whitfield. J. It. Baldwin
j was appointed administrator of the
estate of Horace H. Harrison, a ett
l*en of Gtynn county, who passed
away some time ago. Mr. Huldwin
was also named aduWhjstrator of tlie
jestate yf Fret! Thomas. This isi the
yauitg man who was innrdered at tho
plant of the Brunswick Marine Con
struction corporation acme months]
ago. IpHCttsed had personal effects
|as w ell as small realty holdings.
Mrs. Mary K. Tate, administratrix
of the estate of .1 It. Tate, was grant
ed her discharge a* said ndmlniatru*
1 trix.
QASpI INE PRICE Wil l.
DROP TO 20 CENTS TODAY
Announcement was mad* by the
UnttSswick Service Station last iflght
ttiiK, beginning this morning, the
price of gasoline would go to 20 cents
per gallon JHHt this news will be re
celved with delight by hundreds of
gas consumer* in Brunswick
For the past several weeks tjhe
t price haw remained at 2* cent* or
COTTON TOOK JUMP
OE TEN DOLLARS A
’BALE YESTERDAY
At Closing of New Orleans Cot*
ton Exchange Was Strong
, and High.
OCTOBER CLOSED AT 10.49
AND MAY WENT HIGH AS 20
A Wild Buying Movement Swept
New York Market and Ad
vanced Price at the Opening
of Practically $5 to $7.50 a
Bale Over Close of Last Fri
. day.—Crop Detoriation Re
ports Received.
(By Associated Press.)
New Orleans, Sept. 6. —Advances of
ten dollars a bale scored the r-otton
market today, both on contracts and
spots. The contract market’s close
was strong and at the highest of the
day with all trading months a hun
dred points up, the full limit of fluc
tuations allowed under the cotton ex
change rules. October closed at
19.49; May 20.10, middling spots, 19.
Crop Scarce.
Back of the buying was a genuine
crop scare, especially in the Liver
pool market, which stood at wide
gains before the local market opened.
Advices from American mill centers
told of much heavier trading in cot
ton goods. Buying orders came from
all directions and the contract mar
ket was in an uproar from the open
ing.
At 20 Cents.
Reports that buyers were paying an
advance of 2 cents a pound in the
spot department increased the de
mand for contracts, and late in the
morning prices were at 20c for May
and 1.90 to 1.99 points over last
week's close, a riseof practically $lO
•a bale on the strongest months.
Wild Buying.
New York. Sept. 6. —A wild buying
movement in cotton nere' today ad
vnnecd prices at the opening, practi
cally $5 to $7.30 a bale over the close
of last Friday. All months crossed
the 19-cenf level. The advance was
precipitated by bullish Liverpool ca
bles. The heaviest buying for conti
rtent 1 and trade account, reflecting
a scare among mill interests over fu
ture supplies. Private advices from
the belts reported further crop deter
ioration over the h<tlldavg.
METHODIST MINISTER IS
INDICTED FOR MURDER
(By Associated Press.)
Birmingham. Ala., Sept. 6. — Rqv.
-Skjhffin H. Stephenson was Indicted
o a the second degree murder,
charge by the grand jury late today
after its investigation of the kiting
of Father James K. Coyle, a Catholic
priest here on August 7,
Stephenson, who had been bound
i*!,* n• ~
la How entitled to It and the amount
will probably he fixed tomorrowr.
The cause of the killing of Father
Coyle w'as the fact that he performed
the ceronuny which united Stephen
son'* daughter in marriage to a strong
Catholic. The daughter condemn*
the action of her preacher-father.
MOTHER MESSRS. PERDUE
PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY
Hntuswieklans will tender their
sympathy to Messrs. O. and Thad
Perdue In the death of their mother.
Mr*. la>u<* Jetson, which occurred
at the family home in Thomaston yes. j
tbrday. -• £/* ' *L .
l>e coated, who was &4 year* of age.]
ha been 111 for many month* and for 1
the past several weeks her demise I
has been expected at any minute It i
was only a few days ago that Mr. and,
Mrs. Thad I’erdtte were summoned
.to the bedside of the sick aOt’ anl ad- j
vices from them, received some day*
ago. brought the information that
there was no hope. .
Besides the Messrs. Perdue, deceas
ed leave* other children and many
family connections.
more and the drop is au unexpected
] pleasure ja* It means such a big *av
! tng tc such a large number of users
land theiv are probably more eonsum
] era here in Brunswick than any city
■of a like site in the country. This L*
[caused by the enormous number of
[prawn bouts and other craft with ga*
as fhdr fuel *
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7, 1921.
Harding Appeals for Better Job
for the Father of Record Family
Mr. and Mrs. Zaccahea and their family of sixteen. I
President Harding ham written the
head of 3 large department store in
New York, calling his attention to
the need of a better job for the father
of the Zaccahea family, shown above.
JACKSONVILLE NAS
BIG BANK FAILURE
Guarantee Bank & Trust Com
pany in Bad Shape.—Offi
cials Connected With Recent
Bootlegging Exposures in the
Florida City.
Jacksonville, Fla.. Sept. 6. —The
Guaranty Bank & Trust Company of
this c?t” ftfbvi to ft n ti*Hfcoors tfe
day, itttvJv£ been laaeil *>vi by the
state comm roller at thfe reqoedt of the
board of directors. * - “ A
Liquor Charges.
W. M. Boatwick* of the
Institution, said tft<y bpivk was tftsioed
In the hands of thjp cpiuptrolfm'- be
cause withdrawal of* dppffsfts, due to
the indictment of >jfveryl of its offl
qlaja in with the federal
investigation of tbfe liquor situation
here, had egceedetl collections.
R. E. chairmrtn of the
board of director*. was indicted hy
the federal grand anry several weeks
ngo pn a charge ol conspiracy to vio
late the liquor J- R- Madlgan.
cashier, was ayresfcej on information
flh*d hy.lhe T’nitdjl States Attorney,
but at a preliminary hearing the case
isgaiust him was tiqnashed. Wheelor
resigned shortly after his Indictment
and Madlgan severed hl connection
with the institution * few days after
the dismissal of th -ease against him.
.Bostwick is now* umjler indictment In
connection with tint investigation of
an alleged liquor ring, but th- •*-
clfie charge f*gaust him is that he
]liad liquor In hJs possession.
Withdrew Money.
Officials of the bank. * private in
stitution. whlctf wa* capitalized at
1100,000, sta|ed that on June JO dm
posits amounted to $1,191,000. but that
after the Indictment of Wheeler de
positors gradually to transfer
their funds to Other inatltutlqijepythe
withdrawals proceeding so rigidly
that deposit* last Saturday, the last
day the bynk was, open for business.
antQfu#kKd; 19 apgroxfmately sl42.’>©o
It that d*posUors would
lo*e f the of the
iUstUfilkm wrv amply suffit ient to
pay 100 j)*r cent*. * ,
The tnyjV has outstanding
In loan* and the local clearing bouse
i association Wq* reqoested to csUt In
all leans Mr Bost'wirie’
said the primary reason for placing
the bank the hands of the orap
! troller w-an'for] the purpose of Hqni
dating its affair* and reorgunixing
WEST VIRGINIA MINING
DISTRICT AGAIN Q JIET
Charleston. Ya Sept. $, Qul't
prevailed The Boone Utgon
comty border today. FY,mi Mingo,
where s<wnet rfjys>otvag was reported
along the river Bug yesterday the sit
uation *av nosf tVfMrdcd as sertoow.
Advices from Spruce Fork Ridge
were that the fePiiers sent to that
district wag* ta complete control and
further trmthßg k not looked for
Zaccahea, father cf sixteen children,
draws but S2O per week. He is forty
seven. The oldest child is twenty
two. The youngest is a babe in arms.
Three other children died. The mem
bers of the family, left to right, are.
MOTOR BOAT MAKES
EIGHTY MILES AN HOUR
Detroit, Sept. 6. —Establishing a
new world’s hydroplane record of
80.56 miles an hour. Miss America
11, driven by George Wood, of De
troit, today won the Lake George tro
phy, emblematic of the one-mile
speed boat championship of North
America.
RIFLEMEN CHECKS
WILL SOON BE HERE
About Three Thousand Dollars
Wifi be Distributed to Mem
bers of Crack
Military Organization.-r-Pay
Expecled Next Week.
.. There, is honor. glory* and money,
too, In a member of the Qeeir*
gfa Xptiontll Guaqd and whbn the
money comes it totals'* large amount.
Capt ,W. L. Harwell, of the Brunswick
mk" t*. ± r , „
JRifleUkeu. expects the pay for his men
to reaah here not later than the four
teenth of the present month and this
is a signal for general activity in the
• 4 -
ranks of the company, >"’**
Each man receives about forty dal
lars and when the fact that fh com
panys* membership runs up to about
So It will he seen that when the
amount to bv distributed fa added, It
.will reach approximately, three thou-j
sand dollars.
But there is a string tied to the']
checks. It is Just this —every maq j
must be checked up and every piece]
of accroutament must le accounted
for and until he can show’ a clean bill
his check will remain in possession o£<
the cadi pa ny officers. It is not lfkply
that many i>c>hovs will fail to a> i
count for each and every article of
Fnclc Ham's as S4O is most too much
money how-a-days to allow to remain
idle while search is being made for
the government's property. Thp mem- 1
bers will get busy along this line at
otiee and when the checks coma the
property will have already been ' pres
ent or accounted tor.”
SPECIAL TAX THIS YEAR
BRINGS IN A LARGE SUM
r.*■ v
If ©ejection of special fctsces is an
indlcafiUb of the prosperity of a cpm
uioalty. and fflynn county
■ty stand at the very head of
the ttst as the increase- over eotler
tions for the same period last *y un
is ♦ normrth*. as compared with figures
from ofher’ counties.
• Approximately SII,OOO has been ect-j
lected by Tax Collector Harwell dur
ing the present year and this Is a
showing- that I* second to nmne *i
the atate.
The list f enterprises liable for
-tpfedhttgUX would fill a column of an
on!friary newspaper and many are not
aware -of the fact that their particu
lar line should pay until so informed,
by the'collector The rules on the
special tax are very stringent as it
U a criminal procedure instead of
one 4
back row: Maria, Guiseppe, Rosa, An
gelina, Antonette. Lucia, Giovannia,
Nicolo. Mr. and Mrs, Zacc ihea in the
center holding baby Xunz.Ua. Fron
row: Giovannia. Michele, Rceeo, Vin
cenzo. Elena, Joaconino and Theresa.
FIVE ARRESTS 111
LB. ft Jl. TROUBLE
Mayor J. L. Pittman Among
Those Arrested Yesterday on
Indictments Returned During
Previous Day—Striking Con
ductor Reports Shots From
Train.
(Hy Associated Press.)
Fitzgerald, C.a., Sept. tj.—Of the
nincu-en defendant? indicted venter
. .
nection with fhe A., R. & A. strike
troubles, five' hall- been arrested up
to*thi|.morning and released on. ff>oO
eacjt.- They are: j. L. plttfiaan,
fnayor of tTfe city; Frank Waters, J.
W. Hornsby. (). and B W.
Mayo. ’ * t v
Fired at Picket..
The grand jqry whjcb iitvpstlfated
the trouble was discharged last, night
and the regular grand Jury was in ses
sion today. Tt is understood that no
i A., fi. & A, strikers vaasg are to come
before tt. •, ■ . * * .
One -of the striking conductors re
ported to authorities today that some
one from a a hop’ trajo Jjred into the
picket line this morning. The bul
let paused through th*# hat of one of
f the pickets. * . 7 V s , 4
SHERIFF PYLES HUB
REGULAR SALES DAY
New Field Plantation Tract, on
St. Simon, Was Purchased
by the Moultrie C Banking
Company, Bringing Sum of
$3,500.
Yesterday wa# regular salesday
wMh Sehfff Pvlc • and every piece of
realfy offered fopnd a purchaser. Sev
eral .vmall parrel* of land were hid
in by the county for the amount of
t xea due, white others were sold
i individual*.
The New FUdd Plantation tract,
on St. Simon, was *old and tbe Moul
trie Banking company Was-the pur
chaser. The price paid tract
was Charlton Wn'gKt. of Ster.
ling. w;s the buyer in of the* W. R. ;
Morrison hnd and also the A. M. Pop-j
well realty. These are located in
fb rural district as abwj is the ’and!
of Susan Karlin Douglas! Jhe latter'
tract is in the 2gtb district and was
bought bv V. f> Bourne, _
- '• $ , f I
GREAT SCIENTIFIC GATHERING
New York. Sept •- —The„ Americar !
i’hemical Society J began if* convention i
here today which 1* expected to de-j
veiop fnto one of the greatest -inter
national conference* in the history of,
eoCence and industry. More then
three thousand scientist* are expert j
]ed t> dtend the conference.
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‘RICE FIVE CENTS
HOVERING
OV\ \\ C SSIDM OF
LEAGc-or NATIONS
Reports in Circulation That
Chileans Are Liable to
Withdraw.
\
DISPUTED TERRITORY IS .
CAUSE OF ALL FRICTION
Wilsonian Principle That All
States Are Entitled to an Out
let to the Sea is Being
Brought Into Prominence.—
Efforts Being Made to Have
Commission Named to Study
Questions at Issue.
(By Associated Press.)
Geneva, Switzzerland, Sept. 6. —The
third session of the second assembly
of the League of Nations opened here
today under a threatening cloud. Re
ports were circulated widely this
morning that the Chilean delegation
would withdraw from the league if
the question of Tacna and Arica, the
disputed provinces now being admin
istered by Chile, should be placed on
the agenda of the assembly, as re
quested by Bolivia.
Karnebeek President.
IThese wiere categorically
denied by Augustin Edwards, head of
the Chilean delegation, who was said
to have made the threat of withdraw
al.
Senor Edwards asserted he had
made no statement to either the
newspaper corespondents or delegates
to the effect that his delegation was
considering withdrawal. He said he
would make his only statement on
the subject to the assembly when the
question comes up.
Animated conferences were held
ground jftu* (Chilean delegation for
some time before the assembly was
f called to order. Arthur J. Balfour,
the British representative, had an ear
, X Ed
beek of Holland who yesterday wfls
elected^president 01 the assembly, re
lieved th£ tension somewhat by pro
pping that assembly complete Its
bpjaniz&tiptt by itamfug commissions
fopjbe elect-lot) ; <?f Tice presidents be
fdtje taking up the agenda involving
and Ajica. ,
The request for the aid
wan based by Bolivia oh the prfuelple
enunciated hy <.VVoedrow Wlldou, that
all state sere • milled to an outlet
to the seaT Augustin Edwards, Chtl*
.can mininiter to <*reat Britain and
head of the CltHeftn delegation in the
assembly, came to Geneva
to oppose consideration of fhe Tacna*
Arica problem.
lA prolonged debate civ tbe proce
dure to be followed ensued and oeeu*
pled most of the morning session.
President Van Karrtebeok proposed
that the afternoon also be devoted to
the work of organization, thus throw
ing over to tomorrow consideration of
Bolivia’s i-equest that the ‘Tuena-Arlca
question be placed on the agenda,
jlnnvhltl, efforts ar being made to
i secure the consent of Chile and Bo
| llvia to the appointment of a com*
| mission to study the question. , 1
ATLANTA EIRE IS
UNDER SUSPICION
Man, His Wife and Mother, Ar*
Held Pending Investigatfon
as to Origin of Conflagration
in Their Home.—House on
Fire in Many Places.
(By Associated Press.)
• Atlanta, Sept. 6. —Pending an- inves
tigation bv the police Into the origin
of the fire which serlou/ly damaged
the two-stoiy house located at ‘lf&
East Hunter street this morning. W.
L. Wilson. 22L year# old, and his wits,
27 years 'old. together with Mrs. J.
Garland, mother of WlkMr are being
held at the police station on a blank
et charge of suspicion.
Burning in Three Places.
Complaint lodged with the police
department by officials of the fire de
partment charged that the house mi
fbfsrrttng In several different places
when tbe firemen responded to an
alarm turned in from tbe Hunter
street address at 3 o'clock this more*
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