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BRUNSWICK
Has a landlocked harbor, the
best on the South Atlantic
Coast
VOLUME XXI. NO.
When You Purchase From News Advertisers Yoii Get the Best the Market AffcMswr the Price
GEORGIA RAISES
MANY LICENSES
FORGOING YEAR
Redlaurants and Wood Dealers
are Hard Hit Under
New Laws.
LARGE AUTOMOBILES ARE
ALSO HEAVILY ASSESSED
_ •
New Law and List of “Liables”
Received by Ordinary Dart
and Collector Harwell, Who
Will Spend Several Days in
Figuring It Out.
Not only merchants but many who
cannot really be claused in this lino
will be compelled to pay a higher veto
for doing business in 1922 than any
time in history, as the state of Geor
gia Is increasing fees on any and ev
erything that can he taxed. For in
stance, every person or company sell
ings cigars must pay $26, additional
barber chair rates have advanced,
wood dealers ar ft raised from $lO to
S6O and a list of other increases,
which are numerous. Probably the
heaviest hit will be restaurants. The
amount was printed jin The News
some days ago and totals something
like $226, this, of course, includes
cigar and cigarettes but. the internal
revenue tax is not taken In as this Is
separate and calls for quite an addi
tional sum.
Those who operate jitneys of the
larger kind are to be taxed ulmost to
the limit, while the ordinary car for
public service will get off at from $6
to SB6. Special Jiao* of goods ore men
tioned as liable and these take In
some article In nearly every ijnercan
tlle establishment carrying a gener
al ilm* of goods.
Ordinary Dart has received docu
ments from the state os also has Tax
Collector Harwell and they will de
vote several hours dally to figuring
out just who they will he made to
cull on for money, under the new
laws. Hut the list Is long ami “vari
ous.'’'
LIQUOR SELLERS
STICKING 10 GUY
Prohibition Agens Find That
Country Districts Are Too
Talkative For Thriving Boot
legger Trade.
(By Associated Pres*.)
Now York, Dec. 23.—The garrulity
around the cracker barrel In the g*#)-
ernl store will, in the opinion of pro
h Ibitlon officers, prevent moonshiners
from establishing themselves In the
countryside o fthe north after the
fashion of the com whiskey manufac
turers o fthp south.
* The theory has been circulated that
the activity of reveliuo officers in New
Yorki and oth* l * large coimmtnltlrM
had been driving into the country
bootleggers who previously manufac
tured their wares in the city cellars.
Seeming gubstnntinon of th'a was re
ceived from Atlantic City where pro
hthtticn agents are seeking gin mills
reported transferred to the Jersey
hills after raids at the resorts, •from
Mtneola. I. t.. where authorities tn
vesttgating a homicide came across
two stills In a forlorn shanty, and
from discovery of other liquor caches
within recent weeks.
Prohibition agents declared today,
however, that these were Isolated in
stances.
la the first place. It was pointed
ont the country surrounding the large
cities of the north, where a market
for bootleg could be found, was not as
unpopulated as the mountain ranges
of Tennessee and Kentucky, where
the long established moonshiner has
his haunt*.
Add then there is the farmers* cu
riosity and talkativeness to be taken
Into account, the agents said, hi very
new settler !* noted and his points
commented upon at th,- corner store,
A whiff of distilled liquor coming from
hi* quarters #mn would beget com
ment that would reach the ears of the
authorities
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
* > \ y r : 1 v • -*• ' m- . , . <•. 1 . \ * ' '
-■ NO agreement on muscle
- SHOALS FORD PROPOSITION
- (By Associated Press.)
► Washington, Dec. 23.—After a
- conference today with engineers
- representing Henry Ford, Secre
tary Mellon announced that no
► agreement had been reached on
<■ the Muscle Shoals project. The
- Secretary also said he had not
- completed the letter replying to
- Ford. *
OFFICIAL FRENCH
AGREEMENT SENT
Full Naval Committee of the
Arms Conferenpe Will Take
Claims and Submarine Ques
tion Later.
(By Associated Press.)
‘Paris, Dec. 23. —Premier Brland has
sent Ambassador Jusserand in Wash
ington, a final and definite acceptance
of the capital ship ratio. France, how*
ever, it is stated, maintains her nosU
tion regarding submarines and coast
defense ships, although she is willing
to negotiate.
Prance insists that tier demands
are virtually necessary to her securi
ty, it Is indicated, but is disposed to
co-operate with the United States as
far as possible.
EXCHANGE OF VIEWS.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 23. —A further ex
change of views on the British propo
sal for abolition of the submarines
was expected at today’s session of the
full navfh committee of the arms con
ference until the French delegatee
are prepared to go ahead with the de
layed presentation of estimates of
auxiliary craft desired by France un
der (he naval reduction program. Fi
nal instructions from Premier Brland
were still awaited by the French rep
ersentntlves late yesterday after an
nouncing at the naval committee ses
sion that they were unprepared to
present their auxiliary tonnage fig
ures.
While the position taken by spokes
men of Prance. Italy and Japan,
against the total abolition of the sub
marine and Indication of a like stand
by the United States following Great
Britain’s plea for Its abolition at yes
terday's committee session apparently
had settled tlje fnte "of the proposal,
there still remained to be discussed
the move for an understanding to re
strict the operations of under water
craft. This supported by all the
powers In the discussion of the Brit
ish proposal yesterday and the British
delegates apparently are planning to
Join in the move as an alternative to
abolishment of the submarine. They
Indicated, however, that they would
first carry their fight for that to an
open session of the conference.
In connection with th*. delay In pre
sentation of the French auxiliary tog
tiage figures considerable significance
was aattebed today to foreign news
dispatches saying that M. Briand felt
he must consult with the French cab
inet heft r making definite answer to
messages from Washington. The na
ture of the cable exchanges in pro
gress yesterday, was not revealed, bqf
they appeared to b<. of an important
nature, and the development was gen
erally regarded as greatly diminish
lag the chances for an agreement on
auxiliary craft for several day*. In
seme quarters it was viewed a* a pos
sible Indication* that some new issue
of major important had arisen.
AFTER FEDERAL BUILOING.
Columbus. Ga.. Dec. s.l—Columbus
Is after anew Federal building. It
Is announced that one of the first cam
paign* of th*. newyear to be put on by
the Chamber of Commerce will be in
the Interest of anew building and.
to that end. all civic organisations will
unite.
• “’Every farmer In this part of the
country is a natural detective,”, said
John 8. Parsons, chief federal enforce
ment officer of New York state. TRr
ery once In a while we run down a
few distilleries operating In the woods
I but the majority atiil carry en the
I towns, where ther* la not so much
gossip and where they are near their
market "
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF tHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
EUGENE V. DEBS IS
GRANTED FREEDOM
CHRISTMAS DAY
Noted Socialist Leader Given
Best Present Possible by
the President.
CONVICTED VIOLATION
OF ESPIONAGE LAWS
Has Been Serving at Federal
Prison in Atlanta and Proved
One of Best Prisoners This
Lock-up Has Yet Had as a
Guest.
(By (Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 23.—The ten year
sentence of Eugene V. Debs, Socialist
leader, was commuted today by Pres
ident Harding and the noted prisoner
is to be released from the Atlanta fed
eral prigf n on Christmas morning.
Along with Debs, who was 'convict
ed in 1918 of ivolatlon of the espion
age law, the sentences of twenty
three other prisoners who are serving
sentences for violation of war time
regulations were commuted to expire
Christmas day.
Five former soldiers serving sen
tences imposed by courtmartial on the
charge of killing a former British offi
cial while serving with the American
army on the Rhine, were pardoned.
A statement, which accompanied
the commutation of Debs said that
there was no question about his guilt
Inasmuch as he admitted attempting
to obstruct the draft but In the state
ment it was mentioned that he ad
vised only old men and men not phy
sically fit his idea of the military .ser
vice. ' )
CHURCH MINISTRY
IS FALLING SHORT
Episcopal Denomination in the
United States Shows Good In
crease, But Ministerial Re
cruits Alarmingly Decreased.
(By Associated Press.)
New York. Dec. 23.—The Episcopal
chnrch In the United States faces a
real problem in the steady decrease in
the number of recruits for the minis
try. a committee appointed to inves
tigate the subject declared In a report
made public today. This situation. 1
th* commission stated, is more grave
than seems to be the case with other
religious bodies.
In the diocese of New York, where
In the fifties ’there was one minister
(or every 491 communicants the com
mission found that for today there
was only one minister for every
2.523. |
“That this proportion is maintain
ed throughout the country," the state
ment said. “Is indicated by the fact
that In the diocese of Rhod<> Island
tn the fifties, one minister as recruit
ed for every 826 members, while to
day only one minister is recruited for
every 3.764 members, and that
through the southwestern states,
where in IS9O one minister was pro
duced for every 235 communicants
at present one Is {produced for every
8.000 communicants."
The report, made by Rev. Dr.
George Barthell. of Philadelphia, Dfan
Fosbrooke of the General Seminary.
New York, and Rev. Dr. Harry Nich
ols, covered an investigation of many
months. It snowed that on a general
average throughout the .Episcopal
chnrch the ratio of ministerial recruits
to communicants annually was on * to
[MSI.
On this phase of the situation the
commission says: "The seriousness of
our cas* is heightened by the inter-
I play of two facts; that our memfcr-r
--[ship Is increasing more rapidly than
•the average, while at the same time
oar ministry is increasing much less
rapidly than the average. It means
that w* srep rogreesing more quickly
toward the critical moment when
there will be so few ministers that tor
whole growth and work win be men
aced."
It eras shown that today there was
an excess <rf 1,27 stations over th# net
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, DEC. 24, Is2l.
TWO PROBLEMS IN
ARMS CONFERENCE
Submarine Abolition and Four
Pact Treaty Sole Topic Dis
cussed at “Conversation” of
Delegates Yesterday.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington. Dec. 23.—The attbres
rine problem and the four power trea
ty divided the attention or the arms
conference delegates today. New
prominence was given to the letter
by the statement that President Hard
ing, characterizing the differences be
tween him and the American delega
tion over Interpretation of the pact
as “unimportant” ami declaring the
American delegates had the full con
fidence of the White House. The
President added that the treaty h3<! no
“alliance or entanglement” and asked
that the lesser questions of differences
should not be permitted to obscure the
general purpose of agreement to* pre
serve peace not provide the means of
friendly conversation for the settling
of international controversies.
'Discussion of the British proposal
to abolish submarines remained unfin
ished today and the Freuch took th"
position that this should be decided
before the allotment of the auxiliary
craft is taken up.
A glimpse of the French position
was given today when the members of
the delegation declared that no Impor
tant naval power could atTord to main
tain leas than a ninety thousand sob
marine tonnage, which was the*-quota
of the American plant for the Thiifed
States and-Great Britain. There'ls
also a~i>roposal In which the Italians,
It la understood, take the lead, for fu
ture conferences ioo*ding t other na
jtiona. to take up the details of auxil
iary fleets which some of the dele
gate seem to think cannot be nettled
here.
LEO BROKEN IN AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENT, NEAR EUI.ONIA.
Chief Engineer August, of the mo
torboaj Dorothy W,, was the victim
of g painful accident yesterday morn
ing when th* Hudson Super-Six. In
wkhich he was * passenger, collided
with another machine near Dafaen.
Just at Eulopia.. The machines crash
ed together and, the occupants barely
escaped death.
Mr. August was brought to the city
hospital where h is reported as rest-,
In# enay but will be compelled to re
main In bed for sereral weeks. A
hoy who wa# in the car with the en
gineer, escaped serious
number of clergy available to fill them
and attention is drawn to the fact
that approximately 40 per cent of th*
new ministers ordained in the Bpl-wfO
pal church in th* last ten years have
come from Methodists. Presbyterians
or Baptist Herfoad nation* and not
from the Episcopal church
AWAITING THE VISIT OF
A VERY DEAR FRIEND
ADJOURNMENI OF
DAIL A SURPRISE
But This Action is Considered
as Indication That AngloW
Irish Treaty is Soon to be Ap
proved.
(By Associated Press.)
Ixmdoji, Pee, !?a.-r-Thn T)ail Hir
es nn’s ddjfrftrft of t’ Her debate
on the Irish peace treaty until Janu
ary* 3. although coming as a surprise
here, wraa> considered as favorable to
the chances for ratification. By agree
ment between the ebntehcWbg fac
tions, the Dali members will deliver n>i
t speeches touching: on the treaty dur
ing the period of adjournment, nor
participate In public meetings at
which the treaty is discussed, but It is
believed the Irish people will get to- j
getber and agitate for ratification.
Various agricultural and business
associations and civic bodies In Tre-
Ind are said to be planning meetings
to pass resolutions favoring the trea
ty, and although it j* recognised that}
there will be some declarations j
against acceptance, ft Is believed the i
large majority will support Hu* stand
of Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins and
their treaty advocates. The adjourn- j
meat period will thus be nearly equlv- j
alent to a popular referendum.
The English newspaper correspond
ents in Dubjln emphasized the iropor-j
tauce of t)ie speech of Richard Mul
cahy, chief, of staff of the Irish re
publican army„ In the Dail yesterday, (
In which he advocated acceptance of
the tregty. They thought that his sup- j
porf. together with that of such flghf ,
,Ing me® as Mleael Collins-and J. ?. j
McKeowp, assured the . adhesion of s
Hhe republican army throughout the j
country. ■
EIGHT KILLED IN
ARKANSAS STORM
>f. •fa
Struck Ciarksdale Yesterday
and Swept Through Several
Farming Districts in That Vi
cinity.
tßy Associated,
Clarksville. Ark. Dec. H.—Sew*
negroes and on<> white man wefts kiU*
ed and approximately a s< or more
injured iu a storm whu.n swept this
town today. It not only did damage
here but in a large grea of the terri
tory near heer. '
Wire* In the district are all down
but there .are many rumor* that the
death list will reach more than a am
en.
ONE NEW YORK, BANDIT T§
KILLED; OTHERS*" WOUNDED
New" York, Dec, .*??,. —An uni
dentitled' li&adit Was killed and
two dptei^L-os seriously wound
ed toni fmfflFo} 1 o\ving a hold-up in
a stoiy.m >the Uniter Cigar
Stores Crfropany.
■ i f T r
LAS! DAY OF BIG
ROTHSCHILD SALE
Rapid and Money Saving Sell
ing Has Been on at Pojplar
Establishment For Past
eral Days.
Today will end the greatest sale
,ever conducted by a jewelry establish
ment in Brunswick as the finish of \.
Rothschild’s twenty-five per cent re
duction. or rebate period, will termi
nate.
That this has been the most won
derful sale of the kind ever held here
there is no doubt. Mr. Rothcshijd, a
local jeweler for nearly thirty years,
offered a rebate of twenty-five per
cent on all floods purchased, with
the usual Rothschild guarantee going
with each purchase and all know that
ft guarantee from Mr. Rohmschold Is
real assurance of the goods being just
as sold for and just as represented—
quarter of a century in busi
ness proves that what is said to be
tme at this establishment, is true.
Not only is lA.h, Rothschild substan
tial ami reliable jeweler but ho is
also a strong believer in the future of
Brunswick and i purchasing real es
fate here frequently. He recently
bought the G. €. & p. property on
Gloucester street# as well as other
realty In Brunswick. He is reliable in
ev*ry way and what he says of any
'AJJJtflb' of 'Tnvbf^vf.fib*— nbsftlnfeTy
true.
RIG REWARD FOR
l JEWELRY BANDIT
Total Premium for Outlaw Who
Robbed Atlanta Jewelry Store
and Killed Detective Reaches
$1,815.
Dec. 2X —The
ment yesterday afternoon that Gover
nor Hardwick had offered a reward of
S6OO for the arrest of the bandit who
slew Pinkerton Detective Walker and
seriously wounded City Comptroller
B. Graham West, together with the
Information that the detective depart
ment was working on the theory that
an organized band of Jewelry thieves
had been operating In Atlanta, were
the outstanding developments of the |
day.
The expectation of the police to
have the bandit behind the bars by
Christmas is nof generally credited
with being more than an outburst of
optimism on the part of the sleuth*.
For several day* after the triple
crime, these ftherlocks b< gulled the
public into believing that they ‘'would
have him" In a few hours.
It. is stated with more fcr loss sen*-
jhlance of authority, however, "i t
thtir theory that the bandit, VdlereiT
to be, Dupre, had confedtrates in At
lanta was plausible. In *jr>pp*-t of
|this, the theory goes *h*t there were
At* conspirator* and tbv they held
la conference after h.* crimes had
been conduit ted; t**;:*, they called up
!the pawn broker !n Chnlt’fooga ,I?.d
.that they made arrangements for the
pawning of the ring, felling the broker
that It was a "hot stone;** that they j
then saw the bandit off to Chatta- j
ncoga.
The public believe* that Buckley
has gfven the police more informa
tion than they have given the public;
!fhfs was the forecast several day* ago
when th* members of the police com
mission read the “/kit act*’ to Chiefs
Beavers and Poole for allowing so
much Af the detail of their investiga
tion* f, get into print.
The police believe and newsmper
me working on the case believe ‘hat
Buckley has been a confederal* of
Mhe handit** all the time and that the]
Pdentfry of the desperado would be
' NSWICK
Has 1&2 est death rate of
any ' ize in the United
States
PRICI * VE CENTS
mm die Dr
GOLD AND HUNGER
Death; Rate in Famine District
!fas Been Rising Raidly
.V Lately. v
A AFRICA IS FEEDING
NEARLY ONE MILLION
This Country Caring For More
Than All Europe.—Urgent
Ne4cf For Aid is Made Public
to All Civilized Countries
Everywhere.
(By Associated Press.)
Moscow, Dec. 23. —The death rate in
the famine district of Russia is rising
rapidly. More than 200 victims are
buried every day in the Saratov re
gion.
The American Relief lAdministra
tion is now feeding more than 800,-
000 children and the number is ex
pected to pass the million mark by
Christmas, Distribution of food draft
packages will be started at Kiev short
ly. the grst being sent into the Khar
kov and Odessa districts.
All the European relief organiza
tions combined aro feeding less than
100,000 children.
PEOPLE DIE BY HUNDREDS.
(By Associated Press.)
Riga, Dec. 2M. —“The famine situa
tion has become absolutely ghastly,”
said Col. William N. Haskell, director
of the American Relief Administra
tion work in Russia on his arrival here
today. ITe*fs on his way to London
to confer with Walter L. Drown, Euro
pean director of Hit American relief.
“Where a few mou(lm*/igo” contin
ued Colopel Haskell, “the people were
4yiug by ibudreds,-fhev~*n uo .t riy--
in gby thousands. In a few months
they will by dying by hundreds of
thousands. One of the relief men on
a trip covering more than 400 miles,
fi und only two places where feed
could he had for love or money. In
the Saratov district they are dying so
fast that bodies are literally being
hauled away by the cartload.”
URGENT NEED FOR AID.
Washington, Dec. 23.—Despite the
congressional appropriation fat $20,-
DOb.OOO for purchase of grain for dis
tribution ht Russia, there is still ”nr-‘
gent need” for private philanthrophy
for ‘th> same purpose, according to
the Federal Council of the Churches
of Christ in America,
“The most recent cables from Col
onel William N. Haskell, fn charge of
American relief administration work,”
fhe council said In a statement, “de
eiarp that relief would re
quire over $50,000,000 from American
givers. f
"A from Colonel Has
kell December 17. reports a statement
by regional Inspector* that ‘conditions
; are growing worse by bap and
bounds. Am thoroughly convinced
;that half of the population of the Tar
;tar Republic will starte before the
end of winter. nUles* the outside
world awakenjs t G conditions more
than half the children we are feeding
today will perish.
‘“The federal council urges all
; churches and all Christians to push
1 1 heir plans for early contributions for
the relief of ihe children of Russia.”
.... ** *
OKLAHOMA TRIAL IS
. SUDDENLY RECESSED
ti 11 ’ r— —•
(By Associated Pr*n ; >
Ardmore, j, , ( j„ Dec. 23—The pre
liminary trial of six defendants’charg
ed with murder in connection of the
triple slaying at Wilson on the night
|of December halted abruptly
•today when Frank, Bonrlaod, formerly
sjuvtlec of th** peace here and a stab*
witness in the case, declined 4o an
swer questions pertaining to the Ku
Kill* Ktanu Hearing was adjourned
until Tuesday.
solved when Buckley told all that he
kn*w about the case. Developments.
Indicate that Buckley has been por
snaded to turn state's evidence.
The reward offered by Governor
Hardwick, the highest he can pay un
der th* law. brings the total offered
[to IUIS. with a probability that it
will reach