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WARM—Generally Fair.
VOLUME XX—NO. 309
FAIRFI ELD ISGUILT Y
AND SENTENCED SERVE
YEAR AND THREE MONTHS
MORE INDICTMENTS
ON MURDER CHARGE
AGAINSTA.B.&A.MEN
Defendant Among Number In
dicted for Murder of Engi
neer Reed.
DEFENDANTS TO REST ON
ESTABLISHING AN ALIBI
Is Announced by Solicitor Was
That Men Indicted for Murder
Will Be Placed on Trial Sec
ond Week in October—Men
Arrested Thursday Were Not
Indicted by Ben Hill County
Grand Jury.
(By the Associated Press.)
Fitzgerald, Ga., Sept. ldfi. —The
grand jury today returned indictments
charging murder in connection with
the death of Engineer Ree l. Thost
indicted are: (). CL Fairfield, I. W.
Hornsby, Harvey Hooker. Toin Hrnd
rieks, (}uy Myriek, Perry cooker, .)r
O w C. Fairfield was found guilty on
count of interfering personally with
employes of the A., B. ft A. and sen
fenced to three months Li laid an 1 one
year at the state prison firm. He was
acquitted on the ehatge (if conspiracy.
(Uy the Associated Press.)
Fttzgerald, Ga., Sept 166.—'The
six mu tmHMffki today are farmer em
ployee Of the A., a & A.. And the In
IWwrftl tfclTl*
of tta ©hdofltife (ft flhgHHev Ff-'cn, Who i
was kilted on the ejtb of h*< tjPglnt) or
July 5.
The lndlqTed trei roly >n eti alibi
No hills were retimicd against A. K.
Hall, Alt Smith and A. T. Lisle,-who
were taken in charge yesterday on
murder warrants sworn nut by Mrs.
Heed, wife of the dead engineer.
An hour after tnflictwJmVh w.irc re
turned by the Jury that h nr 3 the case
against Faty-fieldjine of the twenty-six
persons chargedrwjth interfering with
employes,of tl# road, rcnirmvl a vcr
diet of guilty- on one count, which
hurged FnirflHd persons 11 v with in
terferlng wjfh employes and not guilty
on the cpjiht. and not guilty on the
count chanting him with conspiracy to
Interfere with employes.
Fairfield was sentenced to throe
months In Jail and twelve months on
the state piVon.farm.
Solicitor General Wall said th > trial
of the six men indicted on the mur ler
charge would he called th** s oond
week in October and they will he tri*'d
Jointly unless they object All the
men indicted have been arerst,i.
GOMPERS WILL SEE
DEBS 111 ATLANTA
Labor Leader to Visit Federrl
Prison for Discussion With
Idol of Socialist Party and
Said Call Is Merely One of a
Social Nature.
(By the Associated
Atlanta. Oh:, Sept, 10,— Samuel
(tampers. president of the American
Federation of Labor, who Is here at*
tending the biennial convention of the
Amalgamated Association of Street
and Meet He Workers of America. was
vchmhltat to pay visit to Eugene V.
Deb, Soc ialist candidate f**r President
at the federal prison, where TVhs is
•enrins a term for violating the
espnmag* U*h during the war
The call i to he in the nature of a
friendly uncial call. It wft*ttftdor*laod
The interview mow ecu tV two fa
ttKHw men was to (*k place id the
oSlce e>f the warden, Lwtui
him preaent. The priaon t%U * pspitr,.
that internews hH***u visitors amt
prlaonm haii iut h* h#ld prlvatalj
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
[O. C. SMITH NAMED MEMBER
OF TRAFFIC COMMISSION
At a meeting of the directors of the
P.oard of Trade held yesterday morn
ing. G. 0. Smith was named as a mem
ber of the traffic commission by that
body to represent the organization on
this important beard.
The commission will be composed
of three members; the city of Bruns
wick’s board of commissioners will
have one, the Glynn County Commis
sioners another and the third will rep
resent the Board of Trade.
In selecting Mr. Smith the directors
of the board have made no mistake as
he is in every way qualified for the
duties of this important task.
SUMMER’S HEALTH
RECORD EXCELLENT
Less Fever or Sickness of Any
Character in Brunswick Dur
ing Hot Months Than at Like
Season in Many Years—
Death Rate Low.
While Brunswick is always healthy
it has been unusually so during the
present summer and the first fall
month finds less left over eases of
fever than at any period in recent
* I
hea'th statistics and there has really
been fewer eases than those of any j
city or even town in this section of
the slate. The healthy zone was not
confined to Brunswlckq alone, but ex
tended to all sections of Glynn county.
Modern means of preventatlon have
been adopted by the Board of Health
and this, to a great degree, lias been 1
responsible for the excellent health!
condition of city and county.
The people are being taught health !
lessons rind OMpeiriadw u* tints true as |
regards sauttaUon. The city has used
©very effort in keeping every section
iu good condition and the people of
the counity have cooperated with the
health authorities in every way pos
slide. ' .
-f s.9
Vaccination lias been general and
this too. to a grent degree, accounts
for u lack of fever this summer. If
everybody would take tills means of
preventing various ailments the hu
man body is heir to, there would he
even loss slckjifss than Is the ease
at present. But. all In all. it has been
a very healthy summer and those r<*-
sponsiblo for this state of affairs, are
to he commended.
GOVERNOR SMALL ASKS
FOR CHANGE VENUE
(Tty the Associated Tress.) '
Springfield. til... Se|t, lfi,—Petitions
for a change of venue from Sungpmon
county and affidavits alleging Judge
I'. S Smith is projudleod and could
not give them n fair trial wore filed |
with ihe court today by Governor I*on
Small and Vernon Curtis, Crant Park
hanker, .both under indictment chare
ed with nuhcz/lement and opepfutiug
a confidence game. I
MOTHER Of' J. 0. BROWN HAS
PASSED AWAY IN ASHEVILLE
A telegram was received yesterday j
try .1 O. Grown. manager ef the Ufjou
Theater, announcing the'ifoatij of
mother. Mrs. WyTly 11. ftrnwn. w ■h#V
o* ettrred at the family residence in
Asheville, X C.. after an illuess of’
many weeks.
I % Deceased was known and loveif by a
large number in her home city. B|any
weeks ago it became apparent that
her drain was only a matter of a
short time and Mr. Brow t> left 3h*o to
bo at her bedside. While she improv
* ed. It was known that her death wav
[netr and when the telegram cam# y<s-
Iterday morning bringing the news* of
[her demise, it was not unexpected.
The many friends of her relatives >*
[tend ther sympathy to them in their
bereavement
KILLED BV ACCIDENT.
la’Csburv, Va . Sep: lkfi. —John Mon
roe. member of a wholesale mercantile
dun of xlexandrl*. Va . was instantly
killed this morning while trying to
bo >rd at: tin on the Washington A Old
tftumimen Kie. trh itallwny t'ampany's
j tin* i
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Women Discuss Means to Be Used
in Influencing Arms Conference
i ■
One group of leaders, photographed at capital. Left to right, font row: Miss Rose Schneiderman and Miss T.
Lindsay, National Woman’s Trade Union League; Mary L. Read, world’s friendship information bureau, and
I Mrs. Wm. D. Phelan. Back row: Miss Elizabeth Hauser, National League of Women Voters; Miss Christine
Merriman, Foreign Policy Association; Miss K. D. Blake, National League of Women Voters’ Educational As
sociation, and Mrs. Harriett Connor Brown, woman’s committee for world disarmament.
Representatives of most of the im
portant women’s Organizations in the
country are now in Washington trt dis
cuss the advisability of cooperation in
NOTE TO TEACHERS
AND PARENTS SENT
BT SUPT, DRYDEN
Superintendent W dry and
Couny Schools Sends Forth
Interesting Document.
PSALM READING AS
REQUIRED BY LAWS
Request Is Made of Parents to
Keep Their Children at Home
During Hour and Half Recess
—Other Interesting Matters
Are Handled by School Offi
cial Which Is of In
terest to Parent, Pupil and
Publio.
Supt. Charles K. Dry den, of the
public schools of Brunswick gp' 1 : Glynn
county, yesterday morning ‘lssued a
statement which is of gdv.eml inter
estevt to the public and especially to
those who have children dho are to
attend school. The statement is as
I follow*:
“To all of tfte in Brunswick
and Glynn county are hereby
(iireefed to hogig oh Ifclond.iw. Sept.
A to rerid or.bhve wjNml without.eutn
| merit. Immediately a(tAr roU/aiiat/t/tp
I opening .of. school a select km of ij*£
I’safinl; each school dar. f* K
your children the Ten roh))ail|fn.e:ftH
arid other select lonk.%f %inle IP ra
[ * ure. ! * a * ' " \
f'**To the patrons of the schools of
Brunswick ind Glynn Coifnt'' The
all ptipQs .between
*<£)s and pvw pf age be
[entered in school. Yoo are hereby
not Vied that syod will he expected to
comply with this law In every respect,
land Ihtt the Board of Education ha>
directed that this attendance he up
(held, if necessary, by fTHortlag. to
legal proceedings.* liyU hoppi the
p.Mvntv will avc ! trouble expense
by seeing that children 4 a|X> fn iqrhoM
regularly and promptly., • . , ‘
’Barents in th* city of |t!mnt#ick
are requested <o keep their
at home during the hour and ono-lthU
t noon, and not allow them ti harry
back to school, congregating ej
street comers in the vicinity o/ the
.school buildings, giving dpgof?nn!ty
tor dlspntes /and *om#t*ne> fights
which are demoralising to lift* i ad-tv j
duals themselves and the onlcok
ers. t’nlesH parents are t*tr<*tod
enough to a**U! the authori*Ui in
carrying out these Instructions, fbe
. teachers ought not to bo held
sibl for mKcoadmi brought aft wu
4 *
BRUNSWICK, ©EORCIA SATURDAY, SEPT. 17, 1921.
using their influence at the coming dis
armament conference in the capital.
The scope of activities represented is
► MAKE IT A POINT TO GET
► IN TOUCH WITH 6TREET
► CAR COMMITTEE TODAY *
► *
► Don’t wait for the committee *
► to call on you for a subscription *
► today to stock in the City and In- -
F terurtmn Railway Company, but •
► see to it that you get in touch
► with those who are devoting their •
► time, energy and money for the <
► i**fH>lit Of aruuawlok. *
► If the committee fWled to call -
h on yon. it wag nut a slight and ■
► tile re Is time to get your name <
► on the honor volt. *
► It hat reached a point uow *
t when all must pul! for the lino- <
► pull hard and strong. Seo the <
► committee today.
through indifference of parents. We
have a right to expect co-operation pn
the part of parents’ and teachers for
the best interest f pupils in a!tend
ance at school, and this Is a reason
aide reqWhdf if parents see to It that
their boys and girls .do not leave home
too soon in the morning or toa soon
in the nffiernoon. They should b<* sent
from home in dud time to arrive not
earlier than ten minutes before the
time for the opening of school wh >n
thA building will be open, and ‘hev
have the privilege of entering rhe
room. 1 hope It will not he necessary
to call the attention of parents to thi
request a second time, and that groups
of pupils will not he seen congregating
within two or three blocks of *c.h- ol
idling away their time with useless
games, quarrels and fights.
“Another important matter that par
ents should look after is th* home pre
paration of the letwims and rhe reg
ularity with which pupils do thU.
Buplls from the fourth to the seventh
grades should carry at least two books
home to he studied from one to two
hours In the
High School classes should take from
two to three books borne to he stud “and
from two to three ft4urs. There ought
to be a study pevh*J from about T*.io
lo 9:30 or 10 every evening of Lie
week except Saturday and Sttndaj.
Parents should not encourage thc r r
fchildren to varyqfrom their routine
progriHn, from sfudy In the evening
with godA light and suitable condition*
forstudju The rftfht attitude towards
srKocl work and the proper “set** In
miftd at? two of the things which the
pupil* themselves* may brine about
NpJ win be
“Agam. p*reUt|T should encourage
their childrn tq 'take as mnch out
door x*rt is* In lh afternoons as pos
alble. either In performing difTere.it
tasks, errands, or fcona** work, or par
ticipation in enjanralde game They
ought not ito .encourage pupils during
the five dgfr-s of school week to drop
their maulprUy of vtudles to attend
any hind of so* at function ’*
indicated by the small group above.
Members of the National League of
Women Voters tre particularly active
"FATTY”ARBUCKLE
HELD ON CHARGE OF
MURDER; i BOND
This Crime in State of California
Allows no Monetary
Security.
WILL HAVE TRIAL IN THREE
WEEKS ATTORNEY STATES
—* • + *
Under Manslaughter Charge the
Amount of Bond, $5,000 Was
Tendered But on Decision to
Place Murder Charge There
There Is No Way in Which
Actor Can Obtain His Liberty
—Had Engaged Berth to Los
Angeles.
San Francisco, Sept. 166.—The
district attorney Has definitely de
cided tc try Roscoe (Fatty) Ar
buckte on a charge of murdei- for
the death of Virginia Rappe. He
will, therefore, not be permitted
to give bail.
(Rv the Associated Frees.)
San Francisco, Sept. the
formal announcement today by Dis
trict Attorney Brady that RoscOe Ar
buckle would be prosecuted on the
charge of murder for the death of
Virginia Rappe. after a Labor Day
party In Arburkle’s rooms here. the
squared away tonight to ar
range for a trial, tlw* tirs4 chapter 'of
which will be written next Thnrsdav*
when the comedian will enter, his plea,
i District Attorney Brady's announce
ment of his decision to try Arhuekle
murder, blasted the hopes’ of the
defense for his release on *a JjT'.O&l
bond lor manslaughter charge ak roun
der Is not bo liable u/uler Ogfiffr
nia law. ft 1< intiniiited, that the dec i
slon *f the pros ecu*.; on surprised the
defence as I*}., Angeles reports raid
Arhnrkle had resented a berth for
lg)s Angeles ./#r tonight.
Thy hoard or county supervisors ap
prepriated $1 ,o*h) fojr District Altor
ney Brady's WKgbnnia in
the trial and prWQttjpf nvjre when
necessary Brady
jm'h would be expen tdf de
fCn.se.
Ix>s Angeles. Sept. Ih6—More than
forty quarts of liquor were consoit’d
In the party in -Rosce <Fatty) Ar
buckle's sprite in a San
that ended wtilj the death of Mis*
Rappe, according informa
tion given federal official* \ere J£st
NEW LIFE IS GIVEN.
STREET GAR DRIVE
. t.'t J
Young Men’s Club Gets Soirr
Enthusiasm Into the Mo‘4-
ment Which Is Certain to Re
sult in a Successful Termina-
Ttion of Present Stock Sub
tion of fresent Drive.
The regular luncheon of the Young
Men’s Club yesterday was one of the
best attended since these functions
have been in vogue and the chief mat
ter discussed was that of the saving
of the street car system to Brunswick.
At first discussion was not of an
encouraging nature until Judge E. C.
Butts took the floor and in a ringing
speech he impressed upon those pres
ent the importance of the matter un
der discussion and at the end of his
speech optimism seemed to replace
pessimism and all agreed that the
project must succeed.
Talks were made bv George H.
Smith. A. c. Wood, C. W. Irwin. Mark
Wilcox, S. K. Brown and others. Sub
scription lists were circulated and
many of the members signed their
names for good amounts. The meet
ing certa-'nly injected enthusiasm into
the raising -cf stock subscriptions for
the Brunswick and Interurban Rail
way Company.
KU KLUX KLAN DISBANDS.
Bristol, Va.-Tenn., Sept. 1C. —Official
disbandment of the Bristol Chapter,
Knights of Ku Klux Klan, was ordered
I'ast night, it was announced by officers.
The reason for the action was not
madep üblic.
night by Frederick Fischbach, a mem
ber of the party.
Whisky, Gin, Etc. i 1
Twenty bottles of whisky were tak
en in Arbuckle’s car from Los An
geles to Fan Francisco and while he
was at the hotel a case of gin was
taken to Arbuckle’s suite by a “tail
thin man” and other liquor by “a dark
stranger.”
Officials stated that if this statement
was substantiated, Arbuckle’s automo
bile, said to )je valued at $25,000,
under the terms
of the Volstead act.
District Attorney Matthew’ Brady of
San Francisco has announced that he
will make public his decision whether
to try Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle for
murder in connection with the death
of Miss Virginia Ituppe, or whether
he will prosecute solely upon the man
slaughter indictment returned by the
grand jury.
Deposit Bail.
Attorneys for thb film star yester
day deposited $.'.,000 ea< h hall to cover
the manslaughter, charge and should
District Attorney Brady announce hisi
decision to prosecute on ,that charge
alone and dismiss fhe murder com
plaint, Arbuckle would be eligible for
release. Should decision he made to
prosecute for murder, however, Ar-'
,buckle would he forced to remain in,
jail unless his equnsel ;x*tnild arrange
for bail on this charge** Under Cali
fornia law* , finst degree marker I*-not
a bailable offense, ; %
| Early Trl^
Rfscoa (Fatty) Arbuckle Will go oh
tii*yr on some charge fji c<mnection
WM die death of Miss
within th< i -\\ -lire wi-ekf. Am riot
Attirney Matthew Brad/ 4, J|fnttced
♦ v \ .
*1 am going ahead with the pcWe
cutgoa .in thif c ase wdth all the apSjfe'J,,
poaeikl**.” said Brady. "I expect Tb
for trial in abont three wceKSi
ahtl J^b 11 ii p ve the defense will be
\ After Murder Charge.
;•_ T® district attorney declared* he
Hadfct'Veral reason* for making no
: at a conference with hi* dep*
poll* ** official* as to whether
to tty the film star op a charge of
•wtrder or manslaughter* ‘•We think
we* have pufftcfaaf evidence to con
vict Arbuckte o| tnartbr," he said.
that is p to the committing mag
.i-fcrate.” ( _ l t , T _ , •
1 ** (Arbuckle. is fn jaH at San F/atfeisco,
forge raurdAf. declared he h*.d
ordered a on a train to
L;s Angeicn this evening and that he
wfe going back to . Ufa home, in an
Interview at San published
here todav. *’V*f '
Back to Picture*.
ju Arbockto, according to the article,
field bo intended to go back ioto pie-1
♦ares and that the case would clear}
up as goon as the public knew about ft.
He saif! there wage of peo ‘
ph* at the party w hope jrtany- had not
been mentioned. 4)me roH) I jo% An-i
g'de#, nf con 3 bier able prominence. He,
waid he would like to tell about It and !
nfooid give full detail* of tha party
Slid all the namt>t at the trial.
’ 'W
Fair
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FiWpO FOLK
Al I jGERS POINT
ON 1 MATTER
Citizens Either for or Against
Railroad Strikers and
Must Say So.
THERE SEEMS TO BE
NO STRADDLING FENCES
It is a Case of Taking Decided
Stand One Way or the Other
Street Fights Numerous
and Bitterness Seems to Per
vade the Very Air—Strikers
Have Pickets But Are Not
Openly Armed.
One has to go to Fitzgerald and
mingle with the striking trainmen of
the A.. B. & A. railway, the strike
breakers, business men, officers of the
A.. B. & A. railway, and citizens gen
erally to get some idea of the tense
situation that exists. The picture is
bard to paint in word?. There is much
about it probably that parallels the
conditions in Mingo county, West Vir
ginia. where the** has, been armed
re&JM#bce of cajjitaJ and labor*for the
past, year or more.
Fitzgerald is not exactly an armed
Camp, but there is a tension apparent
here that cannot be denied. The lines
are tightly drawn between un ! cn and
non-union sympathizers; those who
want to see the railroad win and those
who want to see the strikers win.
Street Fights.
While it is true that there lias been
no serious outbreak since the firing
upon and from an engine of the A., B.
& A. railroad on July 5, other than
occasional street fights, still the fac
tional differences between the strikers
and the railroad sympathizers is most
acute and tense.
At the trial of O. C. Fairfield the
spirit of unrest and bitterness was
plainly visible. The peculiar feature
of the trial is that it is not the defend
ant nor any one of the defendants to
jhe tried, but rather the issues in
volved. *and the fight between capital
and labor. Fairfield, an ordinary lab
orer, Is merely a method by which
the factional fight found Its way into
court.
While court Is In session, the gen-*
eral impression given the unbiased ob
server Is that both sides are mark
ing time.
Not Opertfy Armed.
Strikers still have their picketerg
at Bishop’s ny-osslhg .and near the
shops at the A., R. & A. They are
not openly armed at the present time,
although, according to the testimony
given and verified at the Fairfield
hearing, it ha* been the opmmpn
practice heretofore to go opeply arm*
ed with shotguns, pistols and sticks,\
The A„ B. & A. trains run on
ule time. Only occasionally does there
appear to be any disordor at the sta
tion. According to the sheriff and his
deputies it is oecpssary to meet the
trains at an qn<(o a week
to -give the train crew protection
agaipst the strikers. That officer say*
he Ttfop.H in close touch with the strik
ers’ pltms ancj when he has reaons to
believe .that the train crews are in
danger trains are met and the
Ofew escorted away from the depot.’
IGG ASKING FOR
ip coin
Atlanta, BirmingkSfeqv
and* Atlantic Requests Re
moVaiof W. J. Patterson and
Inspector Comms, Declaring
Them to Be Union Members
nd Partial.
Atlanta, pept. 166 - Col. B. L. Bugg.
receiver of',the Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic railroad, today requested
the fntarststo Commerce Commission
to withdraw WV J. Patterson and In
spector Com ml;
Col. Bugg said the commission sent
ben* fib* investigate the fatal wreck of
a freljftf train on. the road were mem
bers of the union and were not Impar
tial. he avked that Impartial investiga
tor* be
Receivf?r Bugg announced the find
ing Of a piece of rail which he said
was bent upward, proving that an **x
plosive bwi been placed under (be
(racsi causing the fatal wreck. 3