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WARM—Generally Fair.
VOLUME XX—NO. 301
WEEPING MOTHER
PLEADS MERCK EOR
HER SOU'S SLAYER
Murderer of John Tuggle, Killed
at Pensacola, Fla., Signs
Long Confession. \
PUTNAM PONSELL AND JAKE
MARTIN WELL KNOWN HERE
Attorney Durden, of This City,
Was Present When Men Were
Arraigned.—Had Signed a
Statement Acknowledging
Crime Two Days Before Date
on Which Case Was to Have
Been Called.
With that Christian spirit which
meekly submits to “Thy will be done,”
Mrs. John Tuggle, mother of John
Tuggle, who was murdered some
months ago by Putnam Ponsell and
Jake Martin, appeared before the
trial judge at Crestview, Fla., Tues
day and humbly pleaded for mercy for
those who had murdered her precious
boy. ft was a court scene that few
present will ever forget—this broken
hearted woman begging for the life of
the man who had sent the soul of her
son into eternity.
The Law Supreme.
Five thousand people gathered at
the little Crestview, Fla., court house
to see the two men who had admitted
the killing of Tuggle. It was a tre
mendous crowd but one that never for
a minute expected but that the law
should take Its course. There was no
mob spirit in the ml(Jst of the throng
of men who wanted Jaw of the
land to prevail and Putnam Ponsell
and Jake Martin, faced the Judge, the
former reiterating a confession he had
signed and the latter saying he as
slated in putting Tuggle to death for
fear that Ponsell would make good
his threap to kill him. #
The Two Mn In the Case.
Putnam Ponsell is a <>n of John
fkmaelf, tor many years section fore
man of the Routhern railway, with his
residence at Everett City, this coun
ty, The boy spent ills early life
around the home of hts father, leaving
some years ago and finally drifting
down to a little place near Pensacola.
Jake Martin, something over 36 years
of age, spent his early manhood In
Brunswick, but leaving here many
years ago. He also drifted to Florl
da and only a few weeks before he
was arrested for murder of Tuggle,
had been released from the Florida
penitentiary, having served a year for
bigamy. The two men evidently be
came acquainted and left for n jour
ney together.
Tuggle Rode Them.
They had left afoot and had gone
some twenty miles, Intending to catch
a freight train bound toward Georgia,
when young Tuggle came along In
hie Ford car. They asked him for a
lift, be consented and Mprtln got
on' the front seat with tho owner.
They had gone some miles when Pon
sell, who ocupled the rear seat, struck
his benefactor on the head with a part
of an automobile spring, later strlk
ing him on the forehead with a Jack,
which was in the car. Thinking the
man dead, the two men removed him
from the machine and laid him upon
the ground. Ponsell noticed that the
helpless man moyed and thereupon
Marttp took the jack, dealt him a
blow >* \th* top of the head which
•tided his existence.
Could Not Drive Car.
According to the confession, nelth
•r of the men could drive a car and
they started out again toward the
nearest railroad station. From the
pockets of the dead man they had
taken $33,33 and a watch and some of
his clothes, a silk shirt being remov
ed from-his suit ease. They then
remained together for a day or two
separated, Martin going to Bain
bridge, where after being arrested for
burglarising a store, broke down ami
admitted the killing of Tuggle and
also telling the sheriff of Decatur
county where he could locate Pon
sell. The con fees too was made after
the sheriff, notjeing a tattoo on the
man's arm. “you are the man l
want for killing Tuggle " It was then
th#t Martin made a clean breast of
the murder.
No ItnHnct Yet.
The men have wot as yet been sen
lenced bat the opinion prevails that
neither will have to pay the death
penalty, but If one does die on the
gallows, it will be Martin, a# be la the
older -1 tbs two and. as the confe
tistt state, really dealt the blow
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
MONTHLY MEETING
BOARD EDUCATION
IS HELD YESTERDAY
Several New Teachers Elected
But Still Some Vacancies
to Fiji.
INDICATIONS ARE BRIGHT
FOR SUCCESSFUL SESSION
Chairman Colson Renders Re
port on Colored Memorial
School Building and Bids For
Erection of Same Will be Ad
vertised For Within Next Few
Days.
The reglar monthly meeting of the
Board of Education was held at the
board’s headquarters in the* court
house yesterday morning and the sesg
sion was an important one, being the
last to be held before the opening of
the schools for the fall term, the date
of which is September 19.
Chairman James T.* Colson reported
as to plans for the new colored Mem
orial schools and the matter is in such
shape that the board will soon be able
to advertise for bids for erecting the
building.
The Independent Transfer company
was awarded the contract for trans
porting children from Thornhill and
the Cypress mills to the city schools
and from Sterling, Brobston and Dock
Junction to the Community school. It
was found to be more satisfactory
and at less expense than transporting
the children by the board’s truck and
this will be sold, the advertisement
for bids appearing in this issue of The
News.
Resignation and Election.
The resignation of Miss Annie Pee
hies and Miss Ruth Odham, teachers
of the fifth grade, were accepted and
that of Robert T. Wilson, principal of
the colored school, was also accepted.
J. P. Highsmith, Jr., was named as
profeHshr of history of the Glynn High
school, Augusta Brown and Mi&a-JUtUg
T. Miller were named as teachers for
the fifth grade. Miss Lau Rhaa Warde.
for the fourth grade, Purvis; Miss
Rosa Tison, first and second grade,
Community school; Miss Laura
Woodward is to be principal of the
Brookman school, Miss Josle May
Kaufman, principal of Thallman
school. Miss Itnth Wells, principal of
Everett 'City school.
Agricultural Implement*.
Authority to purchase Implements
was given for an agricultural course
In the Community school. The hoard
also authorized t the buying of suf
ficient copies of the New Testament
to be read as provided In the bill pass
ed at the recent session of the Georgia
legislature. The extension of the
school day of .10 minutes for physi
cal training was approved by the
board.
Report on Graduates.
A report that nineteen of the grad
nates of the Glynn High school In the
class of 1920. had entered higher in
stitutions wn s received with a great
deal of pleasure by the members of
the hoard as graduates with sixteen
units icon enter any of the great uni
versities without an examination.
Some of these graduates have entered
various colleges, ineluding the Tech
University of Georgia, and some of
the largest female Institutions of the
South.
Successful Term Ahead.
That Jbe term, which begins on the
19th Instant, will be the most success
ful In the history of the schools,
seems to he the general opinion. The
corps of teachers is an able one apd
when the dote comes for the begin
ning of the fail work, each and every
one of them will he ready and enthu
siastic In the desire to begin the du
ties before them.
TEXAS FREIGHT RATES
ARE ORDERED CUT.
—X——
Washington. Sept. 7.—Rail and wa
ter curriers were authorised by the
Interstate Commerce Commission to*
day to reduce rat os on freight front
the {Atlantic coast to Texas via Gal
veston.
which ended Tuggle’* life. Both men
hwe if large number of relatives In
this community and the ease has b*M'n
watched with a great deal of Interest.
Attorney Durden was engaged by rel
atives of |\spll and was at Crest*
view when the case was called hut the
confession made by Ponwll put a dtf
terent phase on the case and mar be
'ha means of saving his neck
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF fHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A.B.&A. TRAIN IS
DYNAMITED AND
ENG. E. MORRIS
MEETS HIS DEATH
Receiver B. L. Bugg Will Ask
Governor Hardwick For Mil
itary Projection For Employ
ees and Property, It Was An
nounced by Him This Morn
ing.
Fleven Cars Were Derailed and
Bridge Near Which Dynamite
Was Placed is Badly Damag
ed.—Several Received Inju
ries, Among These Colored
Fireman, Berrie Howard, Ser
iously.
(By Associated Press.)
Atlanta, Sept. B.—A freight
train on the Atlanta, Birmingham
& Atlantic railroad was dynamit
ed eight miles south of Atlanta
this, Thursday, morning, and En
gineer John E. Morris was killed
and his fireman, Berrie Howard,
colored, was seriously* Injured.
1 Eleven cars were derailed and
the bridge near which the dyna
mite was placed, was badly dam
aged—almost demolished.
Receiver Bugg announced af
ter being informed of the dyna
miting of the train, that he would
appeal to Governor Hardwick for
military protection for the em
ployees and property of the road.
Besides Engineer Morris and
Fireman Howard, several others
received injuries.
BRITAILREEIIEJL.
TO NOTE OF IRISH
Settlemen of Question Hanging
in the Balance.—Ministers
Seem jo Differ to parked
Degree as to Way of Proce
dure.
Inverness, Scotland, Sept. 7.—Tho
Btritlsh reply to the Irish note has
been sent to President de yal er - of
the Sinn Fein. Barton is carrying
it. The British ministers approved
the communication.
Hangs in Balance.
Inverness. Scotland. Sept. 7. —Set-
tlement of the Irish question appear
ed to hang In the balance when mem
bers of the British ministry met
Prime Minister IJoyd George here to
day. It was said the ministers were
not at all In agreement as to the best
method of procedure to be adopted,
some favoring further exchange of
notes with the Irish Sinn Fein. Oth
ers were said to be proposing that a
virtual ultimatum be sent Eamonn
de Valera, giving him and his col
leagues a fixed time In which to ac
cept of reject the British offer of
dominion status for leralnd.
Would Mean War.
Mr. de Valera had apparently serv
ed notice In a statement Issued to the
press In Dublin yesterday that such
an ultimatum would be tantamount to
a denunciation of the truce which
has been ,in force in Ireland for the
last two months. He stated that an
ultimatum would he "the imposition
of force, and would mean war, not
peace.”
This statement did not tend to
make easier the task of the ministers
who arrived here today from Londoo,
hut Prime Minister Lloyd George waa
represented as being opposed to
breaking off newotiatfona with the
Sinn Fein.. j
To See King,
King George is staying at Moy Hall,
near here, and his presense in the
Immediate neighborhood h looked up
on as morft opportune, as he has in
the post few months played a panic
ularly influential role in the work of
handling the Irish question. Mr. IJoyd
George and the King have been in
close touch during the Irish negotia
tions. and it was reported the prime
minister would confer with the sov
ereign today, possibly before a note
to the Irish Republicans was finally
drafted.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA THURSDAY, SEPT. 8, 1921.
Where New War Wages in Europe
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1— Hungarian irregulars have taken Odenburg, in Burgenland. to pre
vent the district from being taken over by Austria in compliance w th the
treaty of St. Germain. They are later reported to have w'thdrawn.
2 One hundred and seventy Hun garians, advancing on Pinkafield
were met by Austrians armed with grenades and machine guns.
Numerous conflicts are reported b etween Hungarians and Austrians
gendarmerie at Harburg and along tne Styrian border of Burgenland.
4 Budapest reports that the Hungarians will hold only Podersdorf
in Burgenland, and that only until their claims against Austria are set
tled.
5 Jugo-Slavia has taken a hostile attitude toward Hungary and threat
ened to reoccupy the Baranya district if the latter does not yield.
6 Czecho-Slovakia is also mass ing troops* at Pressburg.
7 There are rumors that workmen (it Wiener-Neustadt are organizing
to force Hungary to glpe up Burgenland. 1
Burgenland, the little strip of West
Hungary where the Austrians and
‘Hungarians are in conflict, has an
area of about 1,700 square miles and
a population of about 350.000 persons.
The strip- was turned over to Austria
by the peace treaty.
The frontier between Austria and
Hungary had stood for nearly 1,000
years until it was changed by the
treaty of St. Germain. Burgenland
is foil of ancient landmarks, great
cloisters and churches, and many
members of the Ffugarian mobility
own extensive estates there. The
chief of to Austria
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SCHEDULE IS ON
Freighter Lake Fannin Reached
Port Nine O’clock Last Night
and Steamer Lake Balboa
Will Leave New York For
Brunswick Tomorrow.
After one disappointment after an
other, a regular schedule of the Clyde
Steamship Line between New York
and Brunswick has started, the first
steamer under the new arangement,
having reached here just before nine
o'clock last night and it brought a
heavy cargo of general merchandise
consigned to merchants of Brunswick
and the interior. '
The steamer Lake Balboa will leave
New York tomorrow for this port and
the regular permanent sailing dates
will be Friday from both New York
and Brunswick, arriving at each port
the following Monday. Of course
they may sometipie be a day late In
leaving either of the ports but this
will not occur often and It la reason
able to suppose that the schedule will
be maintained as near announced Bali
ng dates a<j possible.
Local commercial bodies have been
acting as agents for the line and have
been soliciting freight both In and out
of Brunswick and.lf Is to be hoped
that the return trip will find the Lake
Fannin well loaded. The defay on
starting the regular schedule waa
caused by the failure of the abifjptok
board to'get repairs made oa the
i-oke Fanntn on the date expected.
BRITISH CABINET INVITES
DE VALERA TO CONFERENCE
Only One Condition Imposed: "Ire
land Must Remain in Empire."
(By Associated Press.)
London. Sept. 7. —Thd British cab
inet has Invited Eamonn De Valera
to send represents fives to a confer
ence with the cabinet ministers at
Inverness on September 20. according
to the Daily Mail's Inverness corres
pondent
The correspondent states that “only
one condition is imposed : namely, un
derstanding that Ireland mast remain
within the empire *
it is occupied by Austrian forces ami
comes within the jurisdiction of the
Vienna government the eastern fron
tier of Austria would be placed be
yond a ridge of low mountains which
can be e3sily defended. There are
five large towns in the district, Wies
elberg, Altenberg, St. Gothard. and
Guns, which wpuld remain under Hun
garian control, and Odenburg, which
would become Austrian.
Burgenland is noted for its vine
yards, orchards, and vegetable gar
dens and h<*s a considerable live stock
industry. It is not a grain
region, lipwjiirer, jujji always has
Nil HYOID STRIKE
Endeavoring to Settle Building
Trades Controversy in Chica
go, With Prospects of an
Early Arrangement Suitable
to all Concerned.
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, Sept. 7.—Judge K. itf. Lan
dis. sitting as arbiter in the build
ing trades wage controversy, today
handed down 2 cLulilon making wage
cuts varying Crop; 10 to 33 per cent,
from the old un'forni rate of $1.25
an hour for skilled workers.
Builders and architects predicted
It will become the basis for settle
ment of similar difficulties through
out the United States.
Union representatives will meet to
morrow to suggest a course tor union
mass meeting to take place Friday
night. President Keasey. of the build
ing trades council, said he felt that if
it can he pointed out to Judge Landis
some wages he fixed to be unjust he
would readily adjust them.
PROHIBITION PUT OVER BY
i HYSTERIA. MINISTER SAYS
Rt Rev. Thpmas F. Gailor, Bishop of
Tenneaae, Talks on New Law.
Salt I*ake City. Utah. Sept. 7.—“ To
n.• the writing into our constitution
of the Eighteenth amendment was un
pardonable.” said the Rt. Rev. Thom
as F. Gailor. Episcopal bishop of Ten
nessee, on the eve of the fourth aynod
of the Pro%*ince of the Pacific of the
Episcopal churrh. which opened to
day. d'
take no part in politic*; I am
neither Republican nor Democrat In
such quotation*.” declared Bishop
Gailor. *'bat politicians of parties
hare played politics with the pood
name and the conscience of this coun
try.
“Probibitlcii. that i* a delicate queu
tion. but I hare always asserted my
belief and hare never evaded a ques.
tion. The saloons -were going; the
church was making headway against
what evil there was tn liquor. To my
mind It was nothing short of hysterta
that put over a restriction which
could not hope to suppress that evil ”
I , ILENT BREAK
f; ITTON MARKET
ff | E PRICES DOWN
a Result of Over=Bought
A Conditions is the
Suggestion.
DROPPED TWO HUNDRED
POINTS, WHICH IS LIMIT
Close of Market Was Weak and
at Lowest of the Day.—Op
ening Advances of Hundred
and Thirty to Hundred and
Seventy-two. October
19.50; January 19.75.
Short Crops in South Also a
Cause.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Sept. 7. —Violent break
in the cotton market today which
drove it down tw r o hundred points, the
limit permitted for any one day’s fluc
tuations.
Today’s trading is regarded as sim
ply the result of over-bought condi
tions as no change in the news can
account for the break which came af
ter futures had opened at advances of
one hundred and thirty to one hun
dred and seventy-two points.
The lowest of the day tfas at the
closing when October was 19.56 and
January 19.75.
The advance wuo in sympathy with
cne cf the wildest advances ever scor
ed by Liverpool, which was attribut
ed to fear of consequences from,short
crops iif* the South. After the call
realizing was heavy and prices rap
idly lost.
ADMINISTRATOR MIDDLETON
TO SELL ALL SLATER STOCK
D. W. Middleton, administrator of
the estate of Miss Kate Slater, an
nounced this morning that he will sell
the entire the late Mias Kate
Saturday can save money op bats ami
trimmings. Miss Florence Porter la
in charge of the sale and all, will be
in readiness for the two day sale
which is to be held as seated above.
PRESIDENT MAY VISIT <
ANNISTON, ALA., ON TRIP
Washington, Sept. 7. —President
Hardin gtoday took under advtstement
the invitation presented by Represen
tative Jeffers of Alabama tb atop at
Anniston on his visit to Birmingham
next month.
WOMAN SCULPS
BUST OF HARDING
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If yflf
Mr*. Sally James FarnHam and bust
of President she si making.
Mrs. Sally James Farnham, famous
woman sculptor. Is completing a bast
of President Harding at her New
York studio. Thte work 1* attracting
considerable attention.
IFAIR
PRICE FIVE CENTS
COMMITTEE N0 W
WORIG ON BILL
TO REDUCE TAXES
;i
Senate Mepibers to Hear Secre
tary Mellon on the
Matter.
TO BEGIN DRAFTING NEW
MEASURE THIS MORNING
Cut on Transportation, Insur
ance Premium, Cereal Bever
age and Various Other Com
modities, Which Under Pres
ent Schedule, Will Have Enor
mous Sums in Taxes to Pay
Uncle Sam. v
Washington, Sept. 7. —Majority
members of the senate finance pre
liminary consideration of the house
tax bill and to get under way the ac
tual drafting of anew measure after
hearing Secretary Mellon tomorrow.
It is understood that the treasury sec
retary will suggest retroactive repeal
o fthe excess profits tax, for which
there is said to be a growing senti
ment in the committee despite the
action of house Republicans in voting
to postpone the effective date until
next January 1.
Treasury experts are assisting the
senate committee in its study of the
house measure and Jiave prepared for
the committee’s information tables
showing the estimated amounts of
revenues to be derived from the vari
ous sources under the house bill in
the calendar years of 1922 and 1923
as compared with amounts that prob
ably would be realized under the pres
ent law.
For 1922 the retun under the house
will is estimated at $2,960,000,000 •as
against $3,390,000j|000,000 under the
act of 1918, while in 1923 the total
would be $2,644,370,000, compared
with $3,459,100,000 under the existing
statute. In 1922 the corporation in
through repeal of the profits tax.
Income Taxes Off. 1
income tax return*
'would fall ofT $70,000,000 to $830,000,-
000 in 1922 through increased exemp
tions to heads of families, while in '
1923 the total would be cut $150,000,*
000 to $700,000,000 as a result of the
repeal of the higher income sur tax
brackets. Collections of hack taxes
next year would be $300,000,000 under
these estimates and $<140,000,000 in
1923. •
The houaq bill would cut miscel
laneous taxes from $1,340,000,000 un
der the present law to $980,490,000 In
1922.
Some Changes. > i i
The changes include;
Repeal of the transportation taxes,
$262,000,000.
Repeal of the Insurance premium
taxes, $19,000,000.
Reductions in cereal beverage tax
es from $19,000,000 to $18,000,000.
Reduction in the tax on soft drinks,
fruit Juleps,* syrdps, etc., from $41,-
000,000 to $12,000,000.*
Reduction in the levy on ..sjjortin£
goods from $4,000,000 to $1,000,000.
Reddction in the tax on candy* from
$22,000,000 to $14,000,000.
Reductions of the tax on fur arti
cles from $9,300,000 to $4,690,000. '
Repeal of the tax on toilet soaps,
etc.. $2.1 00.000. J
Reduction in the tax on luxuries
from *20.000.000 to $5,000,000.
Repeal cf the levies,on perfumery,
cosmetics, proprietary medicines, etc.,
$6,000,000. ] IT
SHOOTERS BACK BRINGING
SORE SHOULDERS ALONG
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Each Man Shot 900 Tlmea In Macon
And Atlanta.
J. M. Armstrong, M. B. McKinnon,
L. J. Leavy, Jr., and Vassa Cate, rep
resentatives of the Brunswick Gun
Club at the Macon meet, returned to
the city yesterday morning and were
being congratulated on the excellent
account they gave of themselvea
while in the tournament.
Some of the shooters at the meet
have national reputations but the
members of the local gun club held
their own with the best of them.
Each shooter exploded nine hun
dred shells and It is needless to say
that none of the party would appre
ciate a physical welcome by a tap on
the shoulder. Besides enjoying the
shooting, they report an evrellent trip
otherwise