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CLOUDY
VOLUME XX—NO. 42
Japan’s Request For Navy Increase May Call For Plain \'alk
A. N. SHELANDER,
JOS. F. O’BRIEN BOY
MARITIME PLANT
This Desirable Property of Old
U. S. Maritime Company
Has Changed Hands.
SALE MEANS DEVELOPMENT
NOT A WRECK PROPOSITION.
Maritime Inlustries Company is
Name Under Which new Own
erß will Operate—Promises
to Cause Wheels of Inlustry
to Again Spin, as Many En
terprises Are Likely There.
The shipyard plant of the U. S.
Maritime Corporation has been sold
to Joseph F\ O’Brien, of Savannah,
and A. N. Shelander, of this city, and
the papers were placed o-n record in
the clerk’s office yesterday. *
Mr. Shelander, who was general
manager of the United States Mari
time Corporation, has been in the
north for the past three months ar
ranging the details which made the
transaction possible, and Brunswick,
aa well as Mr. Shelander, is to be
congratulated on the successful term
ination of the negotiations, which
itave been pending for some time.
The purchase of the property does
not carry with it a junk proposition,
but, on the other hand, will surely re
ault in industries which will employ
many, and a general activity In that
section of the city. Of course, heavy
shipyard machinery will be disposed
of, as well as buildings and parcels
of land with them, but the property
1r certainly npt to he wrecked.
Mr. O’BTieq and Mr. Shelander are
the owners, and they will operate iu^
Company. Of course the lattw fr
•well and favorably known to the peo
ple of Brunswick, and the former is
equally well known In Savannah. He
is president of the Sayannah Ship
Chandlery and Supply Company, the
Brlght-Brook Lumper Comjwn./ and
the fllohe Dredging Company, which
company Is now 'building the trillion
dollar road to Tybee. He is a busi
ness man of wide experience, and
that the purchase of the local ship
yard by these gentlemen will mean
much to this section there Is no
doubt
With suitable buildings for manu
facturing and packing purpose*, and
With excellent river frontage, with l l *
feet at low water at the most shallow
place to the wharf, there Is every rea
son to believe that within a short
time the wheels „of industry will
again spin, and while not on Ruch n
large scale as in the old Maritime
day*, yet an extent that will add
materially to Brunswick as a manu
facturing and parking city.
The property of the United State*
Maritime Corporation has been Idle
since shortly after the end of the
world war and, unlike most wartime
Industrie*, the picric acid plant for
Instance. It will be developed to the
fullest degree. and with two sue It
men as will manage the affairs of the
Maritime Industries Company, there
la little doubt that -will mean much
to the community In general.
For the benefit of local stockhold
ers of the United States Maritime
Corporatl'n It may he stated that
each of the holders of the preferred
stock will receive Just compensation
for their* stock. as soon as the United
States Shipping Board and the United
States Maritime corporation have a
settlement.
D. A. R. THANKS NEWS FOR
THE Ptlßl ICITY (lIVF.N
Mr. C. H. Urt. edl'or Brunswick
New*, City: We, the member* of the
Brunswick Chapter. D * K. wUh to
•tpreaa to you our h*i*ty cpprecla-
Mon of year courtesy an I service to
u to so generously giving of space
la your dally paper to the furtk-tance
of all onr actlvttte*. and especially In
the matter of the recent exeat *ln to
St Mary's and Uun*ne-,.
Yours very truly.
Mrs Clarence B V?wen,
CNr. tec*y Brunswick Chapter
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYE
REACH WAGE AGREEMENT
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, N,ov. 18. —Plant com
mittees of Armour & Cos., have
agreed to accept wage reduct
ions ranging from three to eight
cents an hour. This is the first
time In the meat industry that
employer and employee have met
in a plant conference and agreed
on a wage cut.
About twenty-six thousand are
affected by the agreement
GRAB INDUSTRY ON
LARGE SCALE HERE
W. A. Quinn <ft Cos., of Morehead
City, N. C., and Crisfield, Md.
Lease Land From J. P. Dav
enport and Will Start Build
ing This Morning.
Solely through the efforts of the
Brunswick Board of Trade, W. A.
Quinn & Company, of Morehead City,
N. C., and Crisfield, Md., have loca
ted here, and will enter the crab
product business on an extensive
scale, bringing to Brunswick an of
fice force of several, and giving em
ployment to many workers.
Yesterday the company leased the
excellent river-front property from J.
P. Davenport, which is located at the
foot of ffeorge street, and is In every
way suitable 'for the purposes for
which it is to be used. On this site
the erection of buildings will be com
menced this morning, the contract
having been let to J. A. iDyal, and he
will lose no time in pushing the work
extensive scale, and by the first of
December to have the crab factory
worktng on full time, with something
like one hundred hands employed.
This will add much to the city's pay
rolls, us the minimum wages, it is
snld, will be $1.60 per day.
Messrs Quinn & Company are sftld
to bo among the largest dealers in
crab products in the entire country,
and at both their other factories, one
at Morehead City, N. and the oth
er at Crisfield, Md„ large numbers of,
workers are employed.
Brunswick is In every way suitable
for the crab business. The supply In
the waters about here is practically
Inexhaustible, and with a ready mar
ket many will become engaged In the
business of catching for the new con
worn.
DAYS OF MEDICAL
BEER NUMBERED
Senate Voted Fifty-six to Twen
ty-two Adopt Conference Re
port on the Anti-Beer Bill Be
sides Prohibitive Alcohol Per
Cent Suggestion.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington. Nov. IS. —Brief days
of "medical beer" were considered to
i be numbered today when the senate
! voted fifty-six to twenty-two to ad.pt
j the conference report on the anti-beer
bill, besides jrroWimtlng beer n#UN
more than one half of one per cent
' alcohol and reducing the amount of
wine which physicians might pre
scribe.
The measure’s constitutionality,
which was questioned in the senate
deltate. but It now goes to the Pres
ident. who Is expected to approve It.
EN(il-AND STOPS WORK ON
NUMBER FWHTINti SHIPS
tendon. Nov. 18. —The B*-U*h ad
miralty's announcement tea! y that It
had ordered oessaUon of all work on
four wa*<Vpr of *he mnu'd* Hood
type, evok ’d a chorus of tvntov;d by
prominent authorities throughout all
England
Thl* action, it Is estimated by na
val authorities, will save from fiflv
to • hundred and fifty million pounds
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOND COMMITTEE
ANB CITIZENS HADi
LIVELY MEETING
On All Sides Greatest Enthusi=
asm Prevailed, and All
Are Sanguine
MONSTER MASS MEETING IS
ON FOR MONDAY NIGHT
Judge C. B. Conyers Made It
Known That Females Who
Had Registered, About Twen
ty-five in Number, Could Le
gally Cast Their Ballot in the
Election Next Wednesday.
The campaign committee in charge
of the St. Simon bond election, and
some seventy-five members of the
general committee held an interesting
meeting at the Board of Trade last
night.
The meeting was presided over by
Chairman J. B. Abrams, and on all
sides the greatest enthusiasm pre
vailed.
Short talks were made by several
members of the committee, and plans
for getting out a full vote at the el
ection next Wednesday were com-
pleted. Speakers were named to
make three minute talks at all of the
theaters between now and election
day, and committees were named to
visit all of the country precincts on
Monday and Tuesday in order to see
the voters there, and explain in de
tail the general plan of the proposed
Issue of bonds.
The meeting was enthused with the
announcement that County Attorney
C. B. Conyers had just stated that
the twenty-five or more women vo*
U>r,s wjp) ba<L xeatetuOMlJlL
In tba mall this morning each regis
tered voter In the county will receive
a very strong letter from the general
committee in which the whole ques
tion is threshed out, and in which
some matters are made clear which
have been puzzling some few of the
voters.
On Monday evening a monster
mass meeting is to he held at the
City Hall by the advocates of the
bond issue, and the whole question
da to he discussed for the benefit of
the voters. The people generally are
Invited and urged to attend this meet
ing, and the committee feels that all
citizens who are In doubt about It
should, by all means, come to this
meeting and hear the real merits of
the question discussed by well-known
Brunswlckians.
As stated in the beginning, the
meeting last night was full of Inter
est and there la no doubt hut that the
election will carry. If every citizen In
terested In the matter will do nls full
duty.
ARBUCKLE JURY COMPLETED
Ban Francisco, Nov. 18 —The Jury
In the manslaughter case of Roscoe
C. Arhuckle was selected at 10:15
a. m.. today, and was sworn In by
the ederk.
CONCLUSIONS or
SECRETARIES IN
Weeks and Hoover Have Pre
pared Their Report to Con
gress on the Henry Ford Pro
position Relative to Mussel
Shoals Purchase.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington. Nov. 18.-*Report to
Congress embodying conclusion* of
Secretaries Weeks and Hoover on the
proposal of Henry Ford for purchase
or lease of the nitrate acid plant and
waterpower projects at Mussel Sroal
may be made tn a few days. It was
announced tonight.
The announcement came after ad
journment of a conference between
Fbrd and the government official*.
The report, tt was explatned, would
merely present fact* to congress for
consideration on final net lon.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, SATURDAY NOV. 19, 1921
FINE MEETING OE
It Was “Farmers’ Day*' With the
Organization, and a Number
of Glynn County’s Most Prom
inent Residents Were Present
and Made Good Talks.
The Young Men’s Club played the
host to the farmers of Glynn county
yesterday, and so**t twenty “tiller*
of the soil’’ were present, enjoyed the
hospitality of the club, made splen
did addresses, and set in motion plans
for the drainage of the county, a bet
ter market situation, and some sys
tem whereby credits may be extend
ed to the Glynn county farmer.
Judge J. W. Bennet, who at times
imagines that he was once a farmer,
was on the program, and as is always
the case, he made a splendid talk,
stressing the importance of the pi'p
er development of the lands of the
county. Judge Bennet made a dan
dy good talk, and was rourdly ap
plauded.
R. R. MacGregor talked Interest
ingly and pointedly on the necessity
for better marketing’ conditions In
Brunswick, and for some sort of a
drainage system In the county, and
he showed Just how this could be
done on the plan now In effeet in
many other sections of the country.
His talk was Interesting and will un
doubtedly have It* results.
Among others who made talk?- was
R. V. Crlne. who suggest**! th?t so
arrangement ought to be made thru
which farmers could have the bene
fits of credits extended by the banks.
In order to get the best results out of
their lands. C. S. Lee at and L. T.
Roberts talked on gene-el farm top
ics. both of whom explained that
Glynn oownty lands are highly pro
ductive *nd fertile, and n**-d oaly
modern methods and good fanners to
develop them.
Fred Warde made a ringing talk to
the interest of the SI. Simon Highway
bond election, and urged all membei*
to vote for the bond Issue and to at
tend the mass meting Monday night-
All of the visitors present enioved
the meeting and gave promise to
come often and discuss with the club
members the situation In the eonnty-
After the meeting Chairman Mark
Wilcox expressed his pleasure at it*
Important bearing on the community
and expressed the .purpose of inves
tigating , the drainage and marketing
conditions at once by special com
mittees to ha named by the club.
HATCHING EGGS UNDER DIFFICULTIES
RAILWAY LABOR BOARD’S
NEW RULES READY BY DEC
tes Railway Labor Board announced
tonight new working rules for six
shop crafts probably would be com
pleted and issued in time to become
effective on December 1.
Issuance of the rules paves the
way for consideration of requests to
be filed by the roads for a revision of
shop crafts wage schedules.
FOREMAN ALLEN
PAINFULLY HURT
Southern Engine 1558 Jumped
Track Yesterday Morning,
and Three Men Had Narrow
Escapes—N. D. Boone and Ed
Wilcher Not Hurt.
W. N. Allen, well known and pop
ular foreman of the Atlantic Coast
Line yards here, received painful in
juries yesterday morning shortly af
ter 10 o'clock when Southern switch
engine No. 1558 Jumped'the track
while engaged in switching cars on
the wharves pt the Georgia Oreosot
ing Company, in the Southern part of
the city.
Engineer Ed. Wilcher was in charge
of the engine, j and N. D. Boone and
the Injured man were standing on the
running board when the iron' monster
left the track. Mr. Boone escaped In
jury. but Mr. Allen's right foor got
caught between a part of the running
beard and the track, fracturing his
right ankle and inflicting two severe
cuts on his left leg. Mr. Wilcher
who was at the engine's throttle, like
Mr. Boone, escaped as the engine did
not turn over.
The injured man was removed as
quickly as possible, and medical at
tention summoned, the wounds dress
ed and at a late hour last night he
was said to be resting easy. Al
though not seriously injured. Mr Al
len will be confined for several weeks
Many frlenda. while deeply deploring
the accident, are pleased that it was
not more serious, as It is said by
those who wittnessed it that escape
from death of both Mr. Allen and Mr.
Boone was nothing abort of a miracle
OFFICERS ARE HELD
FOR WILING BOY
Shot at Him Because He Was
Carhying Moonshine, Roose
velt Robbins/ Youth Slain,
Was Only Eighteen Years of
Age.
Martinsville, Va., Nov. 18. —Follow
Ing an exhaustive inquiry by Com
monwealth's Attorney Taylor, war
rants charging murder have just been
served on three officers of this town
and a citizen in connection with the
killing of Roosevelt Robbins, aged 18,
of Greensboro, N. C., who was slain
here Monday night.
Former Sheriff J. Roy Henley, H.
J. Meade and Harold Stultz are the
officers and Ernest Craig the fourth
man. The boy was slain when the
officers fired at the tires of an auto
mobile suspected of having liquor In
it. The officers found 14 gallons of
liquor in the car. Craig, It Is alleged,
was helping the offiers stop the car.
The boy’s body was taken to Greens
boro yesterday for burial.
AUGUSTA HAS 818
WAREHOUSE EIRE
Building of Atlantic States
Warehouse Company is Part
ly Consumed.—Many Bales
of Cotton Stored Therein, but
Damage Not Estimated.
(By Associated Press.
Augusta. Nov. IS.—Fire, which be
gun at 7: °.O o'clock tonight In the At
lantic States cotton warehouse, where .
several hundred bales of cotton were,
stored, burned several hours before
being brought under control., f
Neither the Fire Department nor
officials of the company were able to j
night to estimate the extent of the 1
damage.
JAPAN, TO ANSWER
CHINESE TODAY
(By Associated Preds.)
Washington. Nov. 18 -At tomor
row** meeting of the "big nine". Are
basaador Shtdehara, of the Japanese
delegation, will present a statement
of the Japanese viewpoint In response
to proposals from the Chinese dele
gates.
l *>WERS
PRlCtj* VE CENTS
AMERICAI ’OS
READY TO DISPUTE
MATERIAL CHANGE
Figures Would Give Japan Six
Fighting Ships to Ten
For England
UNITED STATES WOULD GET
TEN SEA WARRIORS ALSO
Indications Last Night Were All
Powers Would go Into Con
ference This Morning Prepar
ed toi Express Their Views on
Plans Presented as Basis for
Discussion of China.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, I'iov. 18.—Japan's re
quest for an increase in proportional
strength of her navy may lead speed
ily to some plain talk across *.r.e couu
cil table of the armament conference
The American delegation stands
ready to dispute stubbornly any ma
terial changes from the ra*io set
forth in the American plan. That ra
tio was emphasized y the highest
authorities today, reflects existing
proportional Strength and cannot be
altered without itpsetting the funda
mental principles of the whole plan.
American figures, in effect, would
give Japan six fighting ships to ev
ery ten owned by the United States,
and every ten owned by <!reat Brit
ain.
Every Indication tonight is that all
powers would go into tomorrow’s Far
Eastern conference prepared to ex
pres their views on the plan present
ed as the basis for discussion by
China. Japanese delegates are pre
pared to ask for interpretations of
some of China’s points, and seero
specifically interested In the pro
posal for relaxation of all compacts
affecting China.
Formal call was issued today for
the third public session of the con
ference to be held Monday.
Committee Sessions Yesterday
(By Associated Press).
Washington, Nov. 18. —Commutes
sessions of the conference delegates
stood at adjournment today to give
opportunity to the Japanese delega
tion for preparation of a general pre
sentation of that country’s views on
China’s proposal of principles for the
settlement of the Far Eastern ques
tions at a committee of all the dele
gates tomorrow.
Following decision of all the dele
gation heads meeting as a commutes
on orocedure yesterday that a general
exchange of views on China’s pro
gram be bad before proceeding to ths
consideration of the specific points
as they fall under the divisions of the
original agends. the Japanese delega
tion asked for the lapse of a day be
fore holding a meeting of the delega
tions* for that purpose. < Baron Kato
has announced Japan’s acceptance of
China’s proposals as the “basis’' of
discussion In committee, saying that
he had no objection to their accept
ance in principle for that purpose
Meanwhile committees of the Brit
ish delegation pushed the| r work to
day of formulating In detail their po
sition on both the American arma
ment proposal and the Chinese Far
Eastern Program. Although prepara
tion of the British viewpoint on the
armament question, it is stated, will
reaulre two or three days yet for It*
completion, the committee of naval
officers of the five powers Is carrying
forward its consideration of the Am
erican proposal, and is reported al
ready to have made some progress.
Spirit of Caution.
Tokio. Nov. 18.—Witn tho fading
of the first entnnsian ov?r the *n
ticipated relief of armament burden*,
a spirit, of caution has developed in
Japan, with the Inclination to look
for a possible advantage to the Uni
ted States In Its proposals for a ten
year naval holiday and limitation of
navies. Expressions favoring a more
equal balance of power have become
the conspicuous note tn public ex
pression* concerning the scheme, with
the probable disturbing of labor con
ditions as a secondary consideration