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WARM—Generally Fair.
VOLUME XX—NO. rn 3oZ
REWARD $5,500 FOR A.B.&A. DYNAMITERS
HARDWICK IS TO
GIVE TO HOAD ALL
SAFETY POSSIBLE
Will Use Every Agency in Power
of the Governor of Georgia to
Properly Protect It.
CALLS ALL MUNICIPAL AND
COUNTY OFFICERS TO HELP
Thirty-two Wrecks or Attempt
at Wrecks Reported by Re
ceiver Since Strike Started
Lasjt March Union Repre
sentatives Disclaims Any Re
sponsibility for Wednesday
Night’s Dynamiting of Freight
Train Near Atlanta.
(By the Associated Press.)
Atlanta, Sept; B.—Rewards totalling
$6,500 were offered today for the ap
prehension, with proof to convict, of
persons responsible for the dynamit
ing the Atlanta, Birmingham and At
lantic freight train near here last
night in which John Morris, of Fitz
gerald, the engineer on the train, was
killed and three other trainmen in
Jured. J
Bugg Offers $5,000 Reward. '
Col. B. L. Bugg, receiver, ‘ln an
nouncing the $5,000 reward, said sev
eral clues were now In possession of
officials and predicted the early ar
rests of those implicated.
Governor Promises Protection.
Governor Thomas W. Hardwick, in
offering the S6OO reward said he was
prepared to use the power of the state
to the ounce to prevent such outrages?
end punish the prepetmitor*. The
Governor declared the people of Geoi
gin would not countenance such deeds
and called on all county and munic
ipal authorities to aid, promising mili
tary support, if necessary.
Thirty-two Wrecks.
Col., Bugg gave out a copy of the list
of wrecks ahd attempted wrecks
which he presented to Governor Hard
wick. The wreck last night made p
total of thirty-three. Dynamite oi
other explosives were used in some
while In others the attempt was made
by loosening a rail or turning a
switch or inserting -a spike between
rail Joints. Each attempt. Col. Bugg
declared, would have succeeded in
wrecking a train If not discovered by
a vlltant train crew.
Many Suffered Injuries.
John W. Morris, of Kltxgerald, Ga.,
the engineer who was killed last nlglw
was the drat person to lose his life
■ a a result of various wrecks of freight
train* reported to have been caused
by dynamite, but a number of em
ploye* have suffered Injui ies, and an
engineer died last week <*s a result
of a shooting affray near Pitigeruld.
The -acts have followed strike on the
road last spring which resulted ir the
union employes being replaced by non
union workers. No passenger trains
have been dynamited.
Union Disclaims Responsibility.
J M. Ijirrlsey, vice president of the
Order of Railway Conductors, who is
In Atlanta with other officers of other
crafts Involved in the strike, made
ths following comment todav on the
wreck of the freight train: “The first
1 knew of this wreck was when a re
porter of ths Atlanta Constitution
called me at my room in the hotel
about midnight, and told me about it.
We have asked all strikers to obey
the taw strictly. Acts of violence are
not approved of countenanced by the
orgahiiAtlons backing these men In
this strike. Wo disclaim all respon
sibility for the wreck. I cannot too
strong!' express the disapproval of
the brotherhood* of any such acts. It
Is not necessary to use dynamite to
wtp a strike.**
ROOT AND PRESIDENT IN
CONFERENCE YESTERDAY
ttty the Associated Press.)
Washington. Sept 8. —• President
Harding had nearly an hour** visit
with Rtthu Root today, who ha* been
mentioned as a possible member of
the American delegation at the arma
ment conference
Mr Root was reticent - regarding
tka subjects discussed with the Pres
tdent He characterised a* Idle talk
the reports from Geneva that he might
he persuaded to change hit decision
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OfA'HE ASSOCIATED PRESS Fr,c/nu *
SERVICES OF UNEMPLOYED
OFFERED AT OPEN AUCTION.
(By Associated Press.)
Boston, M'ass., Sept. —Serv
ices of unemployed men were of
fered at auction today on the
Boston Common by- Urbain Le
doux, self-styled Shepherd lead
er.
The men were stripped to the
waist as from the auc
tion block announced theif abil
ities. None found bidders for
their services.
Joseph Mitchell, a negro, who
said he had been out of work for
six months and at times had eat
en only twice a week, went on
the block first and when he could ■
draw no bids, Ledoux called on
the crowd to pledge him food
and shelter for a week. A woman ■
agreed to do this, others agreed ■
to furnish shoes and clothes
while a Grand Army of the Re
public veteran promised a dol
lar.
COTTON FEVERISH;
BREAKS FURTHER
After Fall Spurted Upward Fully
Cent a Pound, Followed by
Another Downward Plunge
and Closed With 112 to 168
Points Under Yesterday.
-
(By the Asoaciated Press.)
New York. Stp. S. —The cotton mar
ket was again feverish today, break
Ing further at the opening, then spurt-.
Ing upward fully a cent a pound. The
upward shoot was followtd by a down
ward plunge the pricoe l-eing a
112 to <& 168 point's unoer yesterday's
close,
SL.
! Liverpool Breaks, Too.
(By the Associated Prpss.)
Liverpool. Sept, fi.-—The Liverpool
cotton market has for several days
been Intensely exc'ted owing to the
violent fluctuntioni In quotations.
Nothing like It has been experienced
In recent years. Trices ndvyeced by
leaps and bounds as a result of wildly
speculative buying from all quarters,
plus extensive ei/e inc by operators.
The mnrkf't this morning continued
Irregular and unsettled, Prices broke
more than a hundred points, after
which traders seemed inclined to
adopt a waiting policy pending more
settled conditions.
CHARGE OF ARSON
AGAINST SIX MEN
For a Sandersville Oil Mil!
Which Was Destroyed by Fire
( Last May—State Fire Mar
shal Sharps, Assisted by
Sheriff. Work Up Case.
(Rjr the Associated Press.)
Sandersville. Ga., Sept. 8. —The
Washington county grand Jury at 10
o’clock this morning returned six in
dictments charging arson in the de
struction of the Sandersville oil Mill,
which occurred Ihst May. State Fire
Marshal Sharp has been here through
out the week working on the case
aUied by detectives, the solicitor and
the sheriff. The men Indicted are:
C. G. R-wiings and H. T. Brown. Hal
llooks. Robert Burns, (’beeves.
Heyward Hall, the four last named
being negroes.
The amount of Insurance carried on
the mill property was $86,000 and It
Is stated that the insurance companies
will probably contest the claims In the
courts. Court will be In session an
other week end it is probable the ar
son charges will come up for trial
next week before Judge R. N. Harde
man. Solicitor Walter P. Grey will
be aided In the pros,-cut ion by at tor
nevs from Atlanta and probably New
York.
not to accept the election to the inter
national court of justice which Is be
lag organised through the league of
nations
HOBOKEN CITIZENS
WORKING HARD FOB'
BIG BRANTLEY FAIR
Brunswickians Interested in the
Event and Will Lend It Their
Energetic Support.
EARLY IN OCTOBER AND
WILL CONTINUE ONE WEEK
Various Committees Have Meen
Hard at It and Promise That
It Will Be One of Most Suc
cessful Fairs Ever Held in
This Section of the State—
May Name One Day for
Brunswick.
Concorted and enthusiastic action
on the part of the people of Hoboken,
and Brantley county generally, prom
ises to result In one of the most suc
cessful fairs ever held in this section
of the state. Reports from the plucky
town bring the information that each
and every member of all committees
Is doing his or her full share looking
to the greatness of the undertaking.
It is announced that the opening
date will be October 10. just a month
from tomorrow and thd people there
are seeing to It that bo time is to be
lost in getting things in working or
der so that there will be no possible
chance of a slip on the opening date.
A rumor was current some time ago
that the fair had been postponed but
this has \>een officially denied by
those at the head of the movement.
It Is likely that Thursday. October
Day* and If thlis Is doffe-du wtto
will be operated on the Atlantic Coast
Line and scores will go from the city
and county.
It is said that the poultry and live
stock display will be unusually inter
esting as also will the collection of
farm and garden products of this im
mediate section. The state agricul
tural department has sent representa
tives to Hoboken and these are-assist
ing the fair management in every pos
sible way, which, of course, means
that a great success will result.
RAWLINS IS INDICTED
ON CHARGE OR MURDER
(Ry the Associated Press )
Jacksonville. Fla.. Sept. B.—Prank
Rawlings, 22, of Chicago, who Sunday
night shot and killed George Hickman,
manager of a local theater, while at
tempting to steal the evening box re
ceipts. was indicted today by the Du
val county grand jury for murder In
the first degree. The jury, which was
called Into special session, returned
the indictment eight minutds after It
began consideration of the evidence.
W. C. Melton of Atlanta, and Rod
nry J. Smith of this city, taxicab driv
ers. who have been In jail In connec
tion with the killing of Hickman, were
bound over to the criminal court on
a charge of vagrancy.
TOOK RAIN STONM
TO EASE TENSION
Illinois Miners, Eight Hundred
in Number, Reported En
camped in a. Position Where
the Storm Made it Impassable
and Are Now Returning to
Their Homes.
(By the Associated Press.)
Eliabethtown. 111.. Sept. 8. —A ter
rific rain storm broke this afternoon
and tension lessened as ail the roads
to the hilltops, where eight hundred
armed miners are reported encamp
ed. were rendered impassable and It
was regarded as almost impossible for
the miners to make any movement
to wars Klixabetown or Roslclare, Re
ports came tonight that the miners
are returning to their homes. AU was
quiet here today.
Four machine guns hate been
mounted on trucks and fifty thousand
rounds of ammunition made ready.
Pour more machine guns are en route
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA TIIURODAY, SEPT.-8; 1921.
“First Lady of Ireland” Active|
In Cause During Peace Parleys
) j \
rVil' ' \ ■
active worker in behalf of the cause:
nearest her heart, and during the!
LOOPEO THE LOOP
IN A BIG REO CAR
Party of Ten Negroes Returning
From Darien Jumped Off
Small Bridge Near Cypress
Mills But Strange to Say, No
One Was Hurt.
hooping the loop may prove all well
and good with aeroplanes but with an
automobile It proved both dangerous
land expensive to Kit Thomas, well
known colored driver.
Thomas and a party of men and
women, nine in number, was return
[ lng from a trip to Darien yesterday
jnorning about 4 o’clock and all went
well until the small bridge jnst this
i side of the Aitamaha Mills was reach
-1 ed. Here the car got beyond the con
trol of Thomas, who was driving, and
smashed intot he railing of the bridge,
looping the loop once or twice and
landing in the soft, black mud below.
A hurry call was sent to Coroner
Baldwin and he rushed to the scene
expecting to hold Inquests over a half
dozen, but when the coroner reached
there, the men and women were
crawling out of the mud, which re
minded him of a “bunch of fiddlers’*
and not a one was hurt —not even a
.tight scratch.
Whether moonshine had something
to do with the catastrophe or not. the
county officers thought so and Thowi
affis was arrested, his bond being
placed at SSOO whtch he has been un
able to make. The car was complete
ly demolished. * ,
TROOPS PREPARING TO ' **l
LEAVE WEST VIRGINIA
(By the Associated Press.)
Charleston. W, Va.. Sept. B.—With
everything reported quiet along the
Logan-Boone county border, and fed
eral troops in complete control, atten
tion was turned today to the efforts
being wide to determine the respon
sibility for the disturbances along
Spruce Fork Ridge that resulted In
the government forces being sent Into
West Virginia last week.
That order has been completely re
stored Is emphasised by tre arrange
ments being made to send some of the
troops back to their home stations.
m* ' ™
just ben received.
MAJOR W. H. LEAHY
IS CRITICALLY' ILL
Former Popular Railroad Offi
cial Is Now in a Hospital at
Providence, R. 1., and News
From His Bedside Is That He
Has no Chance of Recovery.
The scores of Brunswick friends of
Major W. H. Leahy, will be grieved
to learn that he is critically ill in a
Providence, R. L. hospital and that
his death is expected at any moment.
Major Ideally was the first general
passenger agent of the Atlanta, Bir
mingham end Atlantic railway, under
its reorganization. Recently he was
general passenger agent of the Geor
gia and Florida and well known as an
able railroad official all over Georgia.
As pasesnger agent of the A., B. &
A., he often visited Brunswick and
was well acquainted in this locality
generally.
Major Leahy served through the
war with the American forces, with
the rank of major, being regarded as
an especially valuable official In the
army transportation department, ow
ing to his unusual ability as a rail
road official. Major l.eaby Is well
known all over Georgia kfcd bis
friends will regret to know of his
critical condition.
MACON FIRM IS SUED
FOR LOSSES ON SUGAR
(By the Asosclated Prrtn.)
Macon. Ga., Sept. 8. —Suit has been
commenced by The American Sugar
Refining Company against the A. B.
Smalt Company, wholesale grocers of
Macon, in the United State* District
Court, for $5,111.70 damages for
breach of sugar contract.
The papers in the case allege that
the A. B Small Company in July,
1920. contracted for fifty barrels or
equivalent of granulated sugar at the
basis price of 22 1-2 cents a pound.
The sugar was refused on arrival in
Macon and was iater resold for the
account of the Small Company.
The American Sugar Refining Com
pany Is represented Harden tan.
Jones. Park and Johnston, attorneys
of Macon. t
TENS!. JtR ON
IRISH I'iIESTION
FOR m BEING
Premier Lloyd George’s Note to
Eamonn De Valera was not
in Nature of Ultimatum.
DOMINION STATUS IS FAR
AS IRELAND CAN HOPE FOR
Irish Leader Is Made to Under
stand that Meeting Is Called
for Purpose of Clearing Up
Any Ambiguity That May Be
Entertained by Sinn Feiners
About ithe Six Conditions
Stipulated.
(By the Associated Press.)
Invbrnes, Scotland, Sept. B.—Ten
sion over the Irish question h over for
the time being, now that the British
cabinet’s reply to Eamenn de Valera
is given out. Members o! the cabinet
who attended yesterday s meeting
have split up in different directions,
pending the receipt o: the lead
er’s rejoinder.
Premier Lloyd George's letter to De
Valera which was forwarded to Dublin
after a meeting of the British cabinet
yesterday, seems at least, to insure
that the Sinn Fein plenipotentiaries
will meet a spctsVil committee of cab
inet ministers at Inverness on Sept
20, forUhe purpise <>f clearing up any
ambiguity the Stun Felnrs may cn
sWetWln' no setisf ap ulliraatirm "'aia
sets no time limit.
The British cabinet askeM Presideht
de Valera of the Sinn Fein, in its reply
as tow hether he was prepared to en
ter a conference to ascertain how the
association of Ireland and the British
empire can best be reconciled with
the Irish national aspirations. It sug
gested that the conference be held
in Inverness, Sepptember 20.
The British reply, written by Prime
Minister Lloyd George, says: “Gov
ernment by consent of the governed
is the basis of the British constitution
but we cannot accept as the basis of
a practical conference an interpreta
tion there of which would commit us
to any demands you might present,
even to that of a republic.”
Lloyd George says he connot be
lieve a refusal to enter into confer
ence would mean repudiation of al
legiance to the crown, and that if Mr.
de Valera's real objections is a fear
that the British proposals offer less
than liberty to Ireland, that matter
can be discussed in the conference if
held.
REGISTERING OF
AUTOS NEGLECTED
Only Five Hundred and Fifty
Have Been Enrolled on City
Records Although There Is
an Ordinance Requiring That
Each Owner List His Machine
Notwithstanding the facft that there
is a city ordinance which require*
owners of all motor driven vehicle* to
register their machines, only about
five hundred and fifty* in Brunswick
have complied with this law —about
half the number of owners here.
While no cases have been made
against those failing to comply with
the ordinance regulating automobiles,
there may be some: “The law,’* said
a well known city officer, “is e good
one and should be enforced. It is an
easy matter to locate an owner when
he is registered and In many in
stances the police department could
locate owners of stolen cars much eas
ier could they step Into Manager
Gramblin’s office and get the name of
owners." There are many other rea
ons why this law should be complied
with and all who poses* motor e
hide* of any kind should vlstt the
City Hall and comply with the ordi
nance
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ROWS BREAK FAST
GENEVA SESSION
LEAGUE NATIONS
Rejection of Argentina Amend
ment Causing Most of
the Trouble.
SOUTH AMERICAN NATIONS
THREATEN TO PULL OUT
Lord Cecil Charges That Purely
Negative Position of United
States Had Been Responsible
for Delay in the Application
of Mandates—South Amer
ican Cause Flurry of Excite
ment.
Buenos Aires, Sept. B,—Rejection by
the assembly of the league of nations
of amendments to the covenant of the
league may be followed by the with
drawal from the league of certain
American republics, ft is learned here
in reliable sources. Belief is express
ed ttoaf Chile will be among them.
Argentina withdrew from the first as
sembly when the amendments were
not accepted,
“Good-bye” for Good. '
“When the Argentina delegation
withdrew from the assembly last
year,” he continued. “I was sure it
was a ‘good-bye’ for good. Repre
sentatives of allied powers, however,
tom me would consider am^nd
waltfng outside the door of the league
until formal action was taken.
League Dead.
Senor Pueyrredon declared the
league was “dead” explaining he did
not believe, it could survive under the
“present undemocratic system of or
ganization, In which there is an equal
ity of duty, but not an equality of
power.”
LORD CECIL ROASTS
THE UNITED STATEB. I
(By the Asosclated Press.)
Geneva. Sept. 8. —Charge* that the
purely negative position of the United
States had been responsible for the
delay In the application of mandates
by the league of nations were made by
Lord Rovert Cecil, representative of
South Africa, at today’s session of the
assembly of the league, which took up
a general discussion of the accom
plishments of that body, to date.
Much Interest.
A flurry of Interest spread over the
qudfeuce as the South African dele
gate rose and anonunced he wished
to speak on mandates. Lord Cecil re
viewed the whole mandate question
during which he took occasion not
only to criticise the policy of tb€*
United States, but also the lark oi'
publicity permitted by the recent
meeting of the council of the league.
BIJOU’S PROGRAM IS HERE
FOR MONTH OF OCTOBER
Manager Brown of the Bijou Thea
ter, has Just received his program for
October and it is the best he has ever
had to offer the people of Brunswick
and vicinity and embraces some of
the roost expensive photoplays in eg*
istence.
The program for the remainder of
September is also unusually good and
is the best the house has offered.
Manager Brown is seeing to it that
everything possible Is done for the
pleasure of his patrons and be thinks
nothing is too good for them in the
way of first clans pictures.
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CHAUFFEUR’S CONFESSED
SLAYERS, IN COLUMBIA
Charleston. 8. C., Sept. B.—C. O.
Fox and Jesse Gappins are now in the
state penitentiary et Columbia, hav
ing been taken by deputies from
Charleston early this morning without
incident. They have been In Charles
ton's Jail for some weeks for safe
keeping after being brought here from
Savannah. They ere the confeesed
slayers of William Braxell. a chauf
feur of Colombia, 8. C,