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mBRUNSWiCK
Hal® landlocked harbor, lhe
best on the South Atlantic
Coast
\ UUME XXU N0.66
(i’QUINN’S STORE
IS DESTROYED BY
FIRE LAST NIGRT
Discovered by Pedestrian. Who
Sent Alarm to the Fire
Department.
STOCK AND FIXTURES
ONLY PARTIALLY COVERED
Euilding Was Owned by the W.
B. Burroughs Estate and is
Fully Covered.—Supposition
is Fire Started From Stove tn
, Rear.
About last night Leo Lazarus
Trail known young man. was naSsing
!r front of (he store of W. A. O’Quinn
& Cos., on Newcastle street, when he
noticed a small Are In the building.
Immediately sent In an alarm and
tie fire department responded in Its
u ual quick way but the tire, having
b en smothered, when an opening was
ir ade, smoke as dark as that which
c< meg fft>m burning tur, emiunted
fj iin the building, showing that the
f! Jnes would soon burst forth. The
chemical apparatus was first brought
into use but it took streams of water
to Anally extinguish the blaze. That
it was confined to thp one building
Is considered excellent work, as on
tl # south aide there is only a thin
wail between this and the Bwroughs
g’rsge. On the north side, which aJ-
Jclns the Grand Opera House, then* is
e 24-lnch wall which, of course, pro
tected this building from any confta
-gratioti from this direction. While
snoke crept into the Grand Theater
tl ere was no confusion or alarm. If
wis comfortably filled and “If Only
Women Knew” was the attraction,
bi t the many women fn the audience
to omed to know as those with and
w thout escorts, tiuletlv walked out of
tl o main exft and after the excitement
o! the fire, returned to see tho re
mainder of the reel, which whs resit n
e< .
The Brunswick Kandy Kitchen,
w i|cb adjoins the O’Quinn establish
h 'tt, was not damaged White smoke*
ft't Into the stlre it did not Injury as*'
If wa'not.-of great volume. Thor Bur
ial Ughs A Butler insurance company,
t| ird door.; and the Leighton Bur
rt ughs garage were, if damaged. only
ti a slight extent.
1 Will Open Again.
Coming right on the eve of h Christ
ie is holiday, with business at Its best,
Wr.i Q Qulqn is, indeed, unfortunate,
H carlrrMi a ktock amounting to about
$! <IOO and tkxtures valued at $2,000,
al! ot which is practically a total loss.l
a: what the Are did not render unfit
t<V jise the water did. The insurance;
Wist carried in the Burronghs A But J
Utf agency and Mr. O'Quinn figures
t) at his loss will be between S.IOOO and
$ .000,. The building l owned by
tl Cj Burroughs estate and whs fully!
Ctvered. . , ‘
i Did Good But'nese. a
coming to Brunswick a* few
y< ara ago, W. A. O'Quinn A Cos, store
b enjoyed an excellent* patronage
ad b one of the fcw.Uf not the only
ei tanflshnignt locating here during
tl o war, which has not left the city or
mld out. i Mr. O’Qulnn’s iiersonallty
ci rjred with It numberless friends, all
of whom knew that the good* he sold
w'JT Jltaf s repcew'iited. In other
w >rds, the proprietor had the full eon-
It ! ence of :hls customers and that puh
!t' generally, and tins’ destrnetlon of
bl* afort last night (s deeply regretted.
The work of repairing the building
Vjtt start as soon aa debris’can be
o'mred aWay and likely shat the
. the Arm will again occupy it.-
<m J. GORDON OFFERING
URGE NUMBER R}RQA)N§<
aUOGTFV i*HP i)
The gtock carried bv the Brunswick
f*wn and Uwn OfflpiP, George J. (Jor
dan, proprietor. MfiS Newcastle street.
Browning tvamslde Co,‘a former
st*nd i* iti vsfrfed that tiny periton.
n tn. voiMni, ( |iiiy or girl. ran bo ea*
tty MtifilW nhd the best part of It
t int the Ire being disposed of
at greatly reduced prices
Man's and women*# wear, shod*. fan
c* foods, kinds of musical
tr. aim wan la, revNver*. In fact. there
t everything In this writ stocked e*.
t %fcilhm*nt to appeal to tbr holiday
t iupper A look HI may s-x r Go h;i
<r a third of what tie ha* an article
J tad to coat.
► NEW YORK AUTiO I IS
¥ KILLED BUT FOUR ESCAPE.
¥
r (By Associated Press.)
► New York, (Dec. 22. —One ante
► mobile bandit was slain and an-'
► other seriously wounded tonight
l in a pistol fight following an at
¥ tempt to loot the offices of a real
¥ estate firm of West Sixty-third
► street, neaj* Broadway. Pour oth
► ers escaped.
CONTRACT LET FDR
ST. MARY’S BRIDGE
Went to Parker Construction
Company, of Tampa, With W.
H. Greenfield, of Brunswick,
a Close Second.
W. H. Greenfield, well known bridge
contractor, has returned from St.
Mary’s, Camden county, w r here he
went to he present at the opening of
bids for the building of the St. Mary’s
bridge and it may - be said that the lo
cal contractor only missed the next
lowest hid by SB,OOO, which on a con
tract carrying $36,200. is coming close.
In addition to the bridge the contract
for the draw was given at the sum of
$14,000.
The bridge is to l>e constructed for
the St. Mary’s Bridge Company, J. IT.
Backer, mayor of the Camden capital,
is president. It is to connect Camden
county, Georgia, with Nassau county,
Plorida. and starts ala point about
one and a half mile* from St. Mary’s.
It will be I,3An feet from bank to bank
with a 220 foot draw. The bridge is
to be of modem aonstructlon and
work will probably start within the
next sixty days, if not .sooner.
While Brunswick friends ot Mr.
OreenAeld regret that he did not land
the contract they congratulate him on
the close figures lie made. Something
over thirty contractors submitted
their bids.
YESTERDAY HEAVIEST OF
SEASON WITH MERCHANTS
Number of Out-of-Town Shoppers Was
| , Larger Than Any Day Since Hol
iday Trade Started.
Yesterday proved to bo the best day |
the merchants have had since the hoi ]
Jday season starred ftrtif 'Vtlb 4>n-*
Unue tp iptiftrpye >w|il the 1 Just -minute'
Saturday night and this, of oourse, will j
he the beat day of the week.
Parties from several counting in th'si
immediate vinkdty, that is, a radius i
of a hundred miles at Ipast. wit! come
iin today in large numbers and will
j buy all their Christmas goods. While
jUie number was largo yesterdny.it
| will be larger today and the average
merchant is expecting good business.
REM WS TO
Attorney/ General Drui|berty
Has Put Forci to Work W OiD
ferent Sections of Country to
Ascertain Facts.
< By, Associated t
•Washington. Dec. 22.-vl*\*deral in
vestigation, of mail pr’.e.■s,. .chat-gut
In various part* of sho Yjunyw ful
goods* furj ami .jrlqthlp?,, 'l' 9 '* V*4laL
cd today by Attorney Genor.it p?ush
* , * , J V ’ .
Thg Attorney General Jtjive s ordet?
to IWreffor Burns, t Bnraii of
'investigation of the Ut'partm-cnt of
iUHtiet* to assign a fofeo of tmaji
the purpose. t >f ibtulningdata
on retail prices in the different local
IHes. Atr. Daugherty dedirad ih'
of uceessary v'omiuoiHtps are
too high and, in some instancy.’ \h*’
profits of retailers we.y ‘'uncop^tilu
tional." * . V .
•THE SHIEK" CAUSING MANY
FAVORABLE COMMENT* HERE.
’ picture b* s
eaSfi*t’ ( a sensation everywhere, is
the Bijou again today and, it la,
nwaltiWi to say that it will bo by
a large number,
rotr hiah class picture u such p
low admission price, **Tbe Shlek*** la
giving agreeable surprises to pi*ture
fans generally
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
HENRYWATTERSON,
SOUTHERN EDITOR
BREATHES RIS LAST
I
—_ •
j End Came to Noted Journalist
at Jacksonville, Florida,
Yesterday Aborning.
HAD BEEN IN FAILING HEALTH
FOR PAST SEVERAL MONTHS
Fame as Writer Has Spread,
Not Only Throughout United
States, But Entire World.—
Founder and Editor of the
Louisville Courier-Journal.
(By Associated Press.)
Jacksonville, Dec. 22. —After an ill
ness extending over a long period.
Col. Henry Watterson, founder of the
Lo’uisville Journal, afterwards the
Courier-Journal; died here today and
in his death the nation loses one of
its brightest intellects.
Deceased wa's enroute to Fort Myers
when he became suddenly ill and >vas
forced to remain here. Henry Wat-,
terson, Jr., announced that his fath
er’s body wofild not be taken t<> Ken
tucky for the present, due to the ill
health of his mother, who w-s not
physically able to make the trip.
Funeral Services Today.
Simple services, attended by only*
members of the family, will mark to
|morrow* the funeral. After theso cere
monies the body will rest in a vault
nere until taring when it will be taken
|to Louisville for burial in the family
plot in Cave Hilt cemetery.
Henry Watterson was one of the
last of the old time personal journal
ists. More than half a century his
editorials, with their brilliant, original
amj phrase-making composition, at
tracted wide attention. They were
commented n and copied by the press
of the nation. Besides his power in
molding public opinion through his ed
itorials Watterson’s influence is cred
ited with having shaped the platform
of the Democratic party in more than
one presidential campaign./ .
rf Jen accLThfrt
ihat Henry Watterson pursued Jour- j
nallsm. Early in life he evinced un
usual musical talent-and parents
encouraged it. A mishap that crushed;
his left thumb, leaving that member j
Wifi caused, the musical education to
be abandoned, as the piona was his
favorite instrument. , v
A natural benf for writing develop
ed but even in this Mr. Watterson
was seriously handicapped as an ill
ness in infancy had affected his vis
ion. His lirst Journalistic, experience
was gained on i\ Washington. D. C..
newspajMW as* musical and dramatic
critic. His father, yarvey M. Patter
son. for twenty years preceding the
outbreak <if the war , hetweou the
States, was a representative In Con
gress from eg. U was durum:
this time Henry Watterson laid the
foundations of enelaborate knowledge
of national affairs, he spending moch
of his time associating with party
?
bntdc/ witl/the dr the gov
ernment.
Wat**fs)Sn's it; lectern and
Jittr,#fidn' in thF Ifntimwt on pill* was
interrupted just as he nttained his ma
jority by the outbreak of wnr. With
his father, be opposed the secession
moT'Mtftt. htYt iifon the declaration of
-hostiUties, be returned to his Tennes
see Ipune. and Joined -the army of the
t’oufeijtvraoy. He served throughout
tiw >w;aj. except for a period of ten
ipouthK, when he established and oper
ated Chattanooga.* Trnu.. ‘ The Heb
4 1/„ X setrrhmUfUlf
,\lr s Watterson served first as an
aide t, the famous cavalry leader.
General Nathan. twbWqrd’ Forrest, and
later was pp the staff of General l.eon•
bias .Polk
i Pnrimc the campaign between (rr.
1 etf?ti Sherman and .fohnston. Wattor-
I son was ehiet-of-seonts of the '*onied
!era arrlty
’ T|te RebrH” instantly achieved
Ureal popularity. The tmp*r was cut
| ipokrujirtd indepembmt. forecasting
i.in many tttltigs the fxmlsville ('onr’er*
}VL wythlji a-few >ara.
. Vbralutti Lincoln wrns said to be
4 he groat paesdon -cf Watters,* b.>
rllia (ebtpre on “l*ineoln“ was dellv
j Hi# ptrtde to tek op eflllitm on Unrein
* tb*‘ morning of fiis Inangurat’on and
jof standing -b#ble.him at %h cere
. nwwtr. . . s s' -
i." Let nut® point bU
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DEC. 23, 1921.
BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT
BY THESE
Timathv Callahan and Wesley Bar
ry. bath Irish, but they are good Boy
Scouts and live in California and are
doing much for the betterment of the
organization they love so well. It is
true that neither is .handsome, they
are making this Christmas happy for
many.
CONTRIBUTION DAY
WITH METHODISTS
Both North Georgia and South
Georgia Conferences Regard
„ This as, Annual
Ghrismas Offerings.
Sunday. December 2'. has lieen des
ignated by the North <leorgia Confer
ence and tin* South Georgia Confer*
emie of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, as the duy for making
the Annual Christmas Offering for the
charity work at Wesley Memorial
Hospital, which is the property of
these Conferences. It is expected that
on that day the offering will he taken
in the Churches and Sunday schools
Georgia Methodism. The funds
raised through this offering will he
Used to take care of the needy sick at
Wesley Memorial .Hospital.
The report of the Hoard of Trustees
for the eyar ending October :Ust.
15*21. shows that during.the year. 131
patients were treated entirely
ostt charge, and a large number at only
a part of the cost. These patients
came from every section of Georgia.
The offering taken in 1920 was not suf
ficient to pay the cost incurred In tak
ing CafH* of these patients. Because
of depressing financial conditions, it
is expected that a larger number than
usual will apply to the hospital for
free treatment during the next year.
The new- buildings of Wesley Mem
orial Hospital, located at Emory Tni
versify, are among the finesl hospital
buildings in the south. These are rave
Idly nearing completion and will be 1
occupied during 1922. Occupying
tlyse hniidings with increased facili
ties will enable the hospital to take
care of more charity patients and will
make necessary the providing of more
financial support than in the P*#! * n
-rder that helpless sick may not
needlessly suffer.
HENRY LACY. NEGRO. HANGED j
FOR ATTACK ON WHITE GIRL
Augusta. Dec. 21. Henry Lao. a
[ IT-year-old negro, who was e-mvleted
for at attack on an eight year old
White girl was hanged In the c mtv
iJail here this morning.
f finger at me.** Mr. Watterson said.’
| "because I rannonite Lincoln lor he
| was the one friend we had at coH.
when friends were most In need,**
When Watterson founded the Jf-pr
nal he mad,, a plea for harmony in
t the So’.ith. Thoroughly ree.ytstrurt
| td himself, hen rged all to follow hi#
j course in complete submission lo the
: Federal government.
[PRE-WAR CONTENT
FOLLOWS DROP IN
PULLMAN RATES
Surtax Charges Became Effec
tive Tuesday and Holiday
Travel Pleased.
RAILROAD COMMISSION
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CUT
Heretofore Ta* Has Been As
sessed in Addition to Regular
Fare But the Proceeds Went
to Railroad Lines and Not to
Pullman Company.
Brunswickians werj£ dejighbed ’at
the ruling of the Georgia Railroad
Commission the announcement
was made that Pullman sur-tax would
be discontinued after last Tuesday
and tlie feeling of genuine satisfac
tion was general ail over the entire
state, received indicate.
It should be borne in mind that the
sur-tax does not add to the coffers of
the Pullman Company, but to the rail
roads. the Georgia Railroad Commis
sion would have been powerless to
act as the matter would have been of
interstate proposition but, rs it is, it is
squarely intrastate, hence the action
of the commission in issuing -an order
discontinuing the sur tax.
Heretofore the surcharge has been,
assessed in addition to the tegular
Pullman fare. '.The proceeds went to
the railroads not to tile Pullman
company. * i
On December f> the railroad com
mission Issued an ‘order s*eqijiring tpe
railroads to discontinue t*he surcharge
December 2<. The* asked a
reheuring. declaring the order would
take away from them something like
SIOO,OOO a year in revenue. The com
mission declined t 0 reopen the case
and the order w'ent into effect at 6
o'clock Tuesday morning.
SAVANNAH ACTIVE ON PORT
STATE TERMINAL PROJECT.
Meeting of More Than One Hundred
Business Men Catted For Today
To Discuss Matter.
, t
Savannah is losing no time in her
effort to put that port’s advantages
before the Harbor Port and Terminal
Commission when it convenes in At
lanta and it may be said that no time
is being lost over there hi the en’lre
movement to land the great, state ma
rine property.
While Brunswick is not making any
great stir over it. natural advantages.
Chairman McLendon says, will be
foremost in the selection and if this is
the case, this Iwrbor is certain, but
this does not mean, that activity can
cease. As the project now standi It
reaily seems to favor -this port and
this is what Is stirring up the Savan
nah folk.
BRITISH LACK SUPPORT IN i
SUBMARINE ABOLITION PLAN
Other Nations Have Not Given
Their Approval of the Idea of
Doing Away With Little, But
Deadly Undersea Craft.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington. Dec. 22. —A commun
ique. Isrfumi hy the delegates of tbe
nrniH conference contained paraphrase
iof argument* for and again t tlse aboli
tion of the tibtnarine. Lord Lee. Brit
ish anthorftv. arguing for * the total
abolition, declaring it seemed strange
that, while reducing capital ships, that
the conference planned an increase
of tonnage of the submarine, which,
he said, was open to more objections
-than the capital ships. He declared
that no less than fifteen million Brit
ish soldiers crossed the English chan
nel during th, war and not one was
i lost from action olThe submarine ex
cept some of the hospital ships, which,
he classed, proved them not to be ef
fective as legitimate naval weapons.
GREAT BRITAIN MAKES PLEA
FOR SUBMARINE ABOLITION
Washington. Dec. 22.—Great Brit
lain's plea that the submarine be ban
'ished from the seaa was presented to
- MAKE SALVATION
► ARMY’S POT BOIL.
► ■
i Oapt. Walsh, of the Salvation
• Army, has not (received near suf
• ficient sum to carry out his plan
> for helping the poor this Christ
- mas help should be given in
-a liberal manner.
There is a pot at the corner of
Newcastle and Gloucester
streets, mak e it boil. The Army
does great service for . the oom-
poor and anything that
may be given will he exp m(led
in a way that will carry happi
ness with it.
TEXAS COMPANY’S
IRON SAFE STOLEN
Removed From Office, Which is
Located on Bay Riverfront,
Taken to American Ship Yard
and Broken Open.
For downright cheek, a burglary
which occurred at the office of the
Texas Oil Company on the Bay river
front, foot London street, prohabiy
taker, the lead. At some hour dur
ing Wednesday night the office was
entered, the medium size Iron safe
removed and taken to the site of the
American Shipbuilding plant, where
It was broken into and the. consents
removed. There •#aa a sma’l sum of
money taken by the thieves and some
papers, the latter, ,of course, are
iworthless tc* aypone except the com
pany. • * '
' 'After tearing away a large window
on the riverfront side of the building,
safe was removed through |he
opening made and when the yards of
the shipbuilding company were reach
ed the work of ‘-demolishing the safe
was made complete by the u3e of a
large hammer. There was evidently a
great deal of noise resulting from the
blows on the safe with the hammer
but this was not thought to be unusual
as at the wharves In that vicinity rfte
moored crart of all kinds and at times
these do repairing at any hour before
leaving.
Chief Register has the case in band
and while on clue Is yet in his posses
sion. the opinion is that the guilty par
ties will be apprehended.
FURNITURE IS ALWAVS
A SUlf ABLE PRESENT
f / , ~~
The Hoihe Furniture Company, 1218
Newcastle street, is showing an ex
cellent line of holiday goods, foremost
of which is. of course, an excellent
line of furniture and a large and va
ried line to select from. Beautiful
rugs., art, squares, talking machines,
in fact, there is everything in this
well filled place to npet the needs of
the Christmas shopper.
Those who are/faking in” the holi
day goods store - today or tomorrw
should, by all means, visit this estab
lishment.
the arms confernece 'today but it re
calved no support frdm the other na
tion.. *
* In turn spokesmen of France. Italy,
and Japan,- replied Wat they regnrdr
ed the submarine, when properly em
ployed. as a legitimate valuable arm
of naval strength and were not pro
pared to see them abolished.
The American delegate* l<X) k no ft'
nal stand on the question but suggest,
ed that the conference turn its attenr
tJon to such revision of international
practices as would prevent the ruth
less submarine methods of the World
war.
Today's discussions were behind
closed doors but the British indicated
that they wquld; probably carry the
fight to an oppn'aesalon of the confer-,
ipooe and If they do not succeed ares
preparing to join In aa ia- <
t*rnatUroal understanding to restrict
submarine in future wars.
Further discusaloa of the submarine la
expected tomorrow unless the French,
who are awaiting instructions from
Paris, are ready to present th*lr esti
mate* for auxiliary craft. Before the
meeting today the French indicated
that all was ready but there is evi
dently important communications in
progress between Washington and
Parts.
BRUNSWICK
Has the lowest death rate of
any city its site in the United
States ........ ,
PRICE VE CENTS
STATE HIIMAY
BOND
IS LAYING i 'NS
Seventy-five Million Dollar Bond
Election For Roads Well
Underway.
f! e. twitty is named as
PUBLICITY CHAIRMAN
• "" / * •• f |v|* *
In Event Election is Carried All
Counties Which Have Ex
pended Money on Roads Will
be Re-imbursed From Bond
Sale - rm i
In many counties in Georgia organ
izations are being brought into ezis-*
tence for the purpose of forwarding
the movement, starting in a meettng
of representative citizens in Macon
a few days ago, looking to a call for
a state bond election in the sum of
seventy-five million dollars. Glynn
county was represented by Hon. B.
F. Mann, who was not only a state
delegate but also was asked to attend
the meeting by the Young Me is Club.
At the gathering was a representative
citizen from practicealfy two thirds of
the counties, and impetus was ghee,
to movement looking to the call of
the election foi better Georgia high
ways.
Col. F. E. Twitty., who Hands among
the leading advocates of i\e good
1 roads movement, has be“tj named aa
i chairman of the publicity co/nrrittee
, and ah!e Georgians hay? select
ed to head each of the various com
mittees. Mills R. Land, well known
Savannah hanker, is cha<r.na.i of the
•finance committee and this insures the
monetary part of the movement will
be Judiciously handled.
The four working committees aft
pointed by the president and approv
ed by the body are:
legislative, S. D. Dell, Hazethuvst;
Paul Ethprjdge, Atlanta; O, W.
Bridges, Damascus; Morgan 'ihomp
son, Hawkinsville; Mrs. C. K. Thorn
ton, Atlanta.
Hnance. John T. Moore, Macon;
RJhodea Brown, Columbus; W. ft. Bow
en, Fitzgerald; Joe Satterfield, Canon;
Mrs. O. A. Parks, Micron.
Publicity, F. E. Twitty. Brunswick;
Hugh White, Athens; Tbomaa Boas,
Calhoun; J. M. Jolnisou, Hlaw&rtiee,
R. J. Kennedy, Statesboro.
Rules, by-laws and constitution, Dell
Etheridge, H. F, Burch, Jr., Eastman;
A. W. Evans. Sandersville; Mrp. C. E.
Battle, Columbus.
In working out this bond issue, stat*
officials have planned to retire the
entire iplue in thirty years by the use
of the present automobile license fee,
and tb gas tax, butilte gas tax Is pot
to be diverted format he general funds
before the year 1925, ; There-.will he
no tax other than the gas and-Moen.se
Tee required fqr; paying the
and retiring the bonds. According to
the present plans, the bonds will not
he sold in one lot hut will be rvpi m
the market f7,600.000 annually and
the'entire seventy five million retired
thirty years after the sale of the first
years bond Iqtiue.
The entire issuer will be used for
constructing tbe slat* highway -sys
tem, and hi addition to the yearly
amount required to pay the intoreii
and principal there will be sufficient
funds to maintain the entire state sys
tem. pay ail engineering and udmlqjs
tr&tlon expenses and ali expense Inci
dental to the collection of the license
fee originating In the office of the Sec
retary of State
It also is planned to reimburse xb*
couotle* that have issued bond, and
have used tbe money in roQstrucUofg
any one or any part of a road that
forms a link in the state highway
system and fjlyoo Is one of these,-
rqpwrs a real kakerv
HERE WITH THF. fiOODS.
*, nsr, ki' ;
i O *
In th* Vienna Bakery there Is real
comfort for Brunswick and nearby re*
idents,' because your Christmas din
ner, or at least, a part of it. caa ,b*
bought for much le< - than It can be ,
made and save the trouble and.
pense of the making. * ...
The Vienna Bakery is producing the
finest quality 0 f fruit cakes, nut cakes,
citron cakes, raisen cakes, fig cakaa
and. as for pastri**. there is nothing
tlul can touch the Vienna make.
Phone the bakery this morning and
you will see that the beat can be had
at las* than it will cost a housewife
to make ,