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BRUNSWICK
Has a landlocked harbor, tha
best on the South Atlantic
Coast
VOLUME XXI. NO. 204
M. 11 AKIN TO BE!
URGED MAKE BABE
FOR LEGISEMIIRE
His Term Expires With Coming
Session, Which Will be
Held This Month.
J. C. VOCELLE, OF ST. MARY’S
IS SENATORIAL CANDIDATE.
Well Known Camden Man, at
Present Representative in
Lower House and Under Ro
tation System is That Coun
ty’s Time to Name Senator.
Since the announcement in The
News Thursday morning of the posi
tive decision of Hon. B. F. Mann not
to become a candidate for re-election
as a member tif the house of represen
tatives from Glynn county, various |
names have been mentioned, but not
any one with as much persistency as
that of Hon. L. R. Akin, at present,
senator from the district which is
composed of Glynn, Charlton and
Camden Counties. Under the rotation
system it Is the latter’s time to name
the senator and Hon. James C. Vo
celle, of St. Mary’s, at present repre
sentative of Camden In the lower
house, has announced that he will be
a candidate. This statement was
made by Mr. Voeelle in Atlanta some
time ago and reiterated on various oc
casions. Whether or not he will be
opposed in his own county is not
known.
Senator Tkin will lend his second
term as senator front the Fourth dis
trict of the coming session of the
Georgia lawmakers. He has repre
sented Glynn on two occasions and
has served two terms as senator from
this district. He has been on some of
the most important committees of
both senate and house, foremost
among these being chairman of the fi
nance committee, and besides this, he
has headed a great, almost statewide
movement, for drainage and good
roads. It is said that some of his pro
jects are now underway and it is
thought he can do as much work for
their successful termination as a
house member as he could if it had
been possible for him to have remain
ed in the senate.
The News endeavored to see Mr.
Akin yesterday, but it was stated at
his office that he was. in Atlanta and
Would probably return to the city to
day. In the meantime it may be said
that the movement looking to his re
turn to the house is a strong one.
PUBLIC DEBT REDUCED
DURING MONTH OF MAY
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, June 2—The reduction
of-'fifty-one millions in the public debt
during May was announced today by
the treasury. The total debt May 31
was twenty-three billion, one hundred
and thirty-eight millions, eight hun
dred and thirty-six thousand, six hun
dred and seven dollars.
THREE BALLOON ENTRIES !
ARE STILL IN THE RACE
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, June 2.—Three entries in
the national balloon race which start
ed in Milwaukee Wednesday were pre
sumably in the air late today. .They
were: Major Oscar West er, army
balloon; Lieut. W. F. Reed, navy bal
loon, and H. E. Honeywell, of St.
Louis.
RACE RIOT NOT
BAD AS STATED
REPORTS HAD EXAGGERATED
TROUBLE BETWEEN WHITES
ANID BLACKS AT KIRWIN
(By Associated Press.)
Fort Worth, Tex., June 2.—Reports
were received here tonight of a race
riot at Kirwin, Tex., but later believ
ed to have been exaggerated when the
dispatches said the mob of negroes
reported hiding four miles south of
the Wwn could not be located. The
only casualty, the dispatch said, was (
Gibson, nineteen, a negro who'
wag killed when" he attempted to es
cape from three deputies sheriff after
his arrest in connection with the mur
der of Miss Hula Ashley six weeks
ago.
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GOOD ROADS DEADLOCK
WAS BROKEN YESTERDAY
(By Associated - Press.)
Washigton, June 2. —The dead
lock over federal good roads aid
between the senate and the
house was broken today when
the conferences reached a com
promise by which #50,000,000
would be available during the fis
cal year for continuing to aid
the states.
0. C. FAIRFIELD IS
GIVEN LIFE TERM
Defendant Receives the Verdict
Without Any Show of Emo
tion.—Attorneys Will Make
Motion for a New Trial.
(By Associated Press.)
Cordele, Ga., June 2. —Omer C. Fair
field, charged with burning a trestle,
of the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlan
tic Railway of which he formerly was
an employe, was found guilty with a
recommendation which means life im
prisonment. The jury reached its ver
dict at 10 o’clock this morning after
having deliberated since early last
night.
Fairfield received the verdict calm
ly and without any show of emotion.
It is understood that his attorneys
will immediately file a motion for a
new trial. In the meantime, Fairfield
will remain in the Crisp county jail.
Court adjourned for the term.
Bridge burning in Georgia is a cap
ital offense, therefore the recommen
dation of the jury coupled with the
verdict saved the former A., B. & A.
railway employe from a death sen
tence. The trouble occurred last sum
mer after a strike on the A., B. & A.
Arguments were begun yesterday
afternoon. They were limited to two
hours each for the state and defense.
Solicitor J. B. Wall waived the op
ening and announced that one hour
would be sufficient for his argument.
The first half of his time was consum
ed in a scathing attack on labor un
ionism, in which lie declared that its
methods were responsible for the trial
just closing and the country had
!■ reached a point where it had to make
a determined stand against such
I methods to save itself from socialism.
Fairfield, he said, was a willing tool
of men higher up and belonged to a
, dangerous type. “I have never be
! fore asked for a man to be hung,” he
: said, "but if you gentlemen of the
' jury want to render your town, your
county, your state and your country a
valuable service, break this man’s
neck.’’
| Attorney Harris, for the defense,
! based his plea for acquittal on the
I statement of the defendant that his
I confession was obtained under duress
and hope of reward.
YIC.A. PROJECT
MEETS APPROVAL
Little Doubt But That Required
Number of Members Can be
Secured in a Very Short
1 Time.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
inclement weather of the past several
days lias greatly hampered those on
the committee on membership for pro
posed Y. M. C. A., many names have
been enrolled and from present indi
cations there will be little trouble' ex
perienced in securing the required
numbr to assure one of the best there
is.
As stated previously, it is the inten
tion of those at the head of the move
ment to take over the Glynn Athletic
Association, but of course the Y. M.
C. A. will be conducted on a broader
scale and its scope will be of a far
reaching nature.
t The weather promises to be clear
next week and then real work will be
gin in earnest.
GEORGIA STORM MOVING
NORTHEAST DIRECTION
i
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, June 2.—The Southern
storm was reported by the Weather
Bureau to be oyer . Northern Georgia
and moving slowly northeastward. It
lias, been attended by general rains
throughout the South Atlantic atates.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 3. 1922.
APPROPRIATION
OF $341,750.000
MADE FOR ARMY
Bill Fixes Size of Standing Army
at Average of 12,530 Officers
and 133,000 Men.
$7,500,000 INCLUDED FOR
MUSCLE SHOALS DAM
If the Amendment, Which Must
Go to Conference, Is Con
curred in by the House, Work
on Dam No. 2 Will Start With
in a Month.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, June 2. —Carrying
an appropriation of $341,750,000,
the annual army appropriation
bill was passed by the senate to
day, and fixes the size of the
army next year at an average of
12,530 officers and 133,000 men.
Included in the bill is $7,500,000
for continuing work at dam No. 2,
at Muscle Shoals. The amend
ment must go to conference and
if the house concurs work will
start within a month.
MEXICAN PLOT
CAUSES DEATH
TWO NATIVES KILLED, AND TWO
AMERICAN AVIATORS ARE
BEING DETAINED.
(By Associated Press.)
Juarez, Mex., June 2. —Two Mexican
citizens were killed, two American av
iators and a former officer of the Mex
iean army, have been detained in con
nection with the investigation of rev
olutionary plots Tuesday, according
to official dispatches received here to
day. The aviators, whose names have
not been given, were arrested at Ja
lapa, Vera Cruz, after they are said to
have imported two airplanes, ostensi
bly for exhibition purposes.
Federal authorities said they had
leased the machines to the revolution
ists. r
DISSOLVE ONE LAND
COMPANY, ANOTHER
WILL BE ORGANIZED
The first notice of the dissolution
of the Habersham Park Land Com
pany appeal’s in this issue of The
News and this really means the early
organization of another company to
take its place and develop one of
Brunswick’s most delightful sections
—Habersham Park.
Located, as it is, in the extreme
southern portion of the city, it is a
delightful place. Fanned by the
breeze from the southeast in summer
and protected from the cold winds
from the northwest in winter, it is an
ideal residential sp6t.
It will be remembered that this
property was purchased by A. J. Gor
don at sheriff’s sale several weeks ago,
and it is stated that the new pur
chaser will soon organize a company
to make improvements with a view of
I selling those who will build homes. A
| paved street, east to west, is one of
the modern advantages offered.
SLAYER OF HUSBAND TO
CLAIM SELF DEFENSE
(By Associated Press.)
Atlanta, Ga„ June 2.—Counsel for
defense in the trial of Mrs. Cora Lou
Vinson, under indictmeiß for murder
In connection with the death of her
husband, Dr. W. D. Vinson, March 30,
intimated for the first time that self
defense will be claimed. The testi
mony of Dr. G. W. Field was the fea
ture of the first session of the trial
which is expected to be a lengthy one.
He stated that prior to the shooting
that Mrs. Vinson told him that there
was no woman in the case, that Dr.
Vinson deeded her his property, and
was trying to get it back from her,
that she would kill him before she
would give it back to him.
17 MINERS KILLED.
(By Associated Press.)
Essen, Germany, Jiune 2.—Seven
teen miners were killed and 25 Injur
ed and eight are missing from an ex
1, plosion In a mine belonging to tha
Krutfps.
BEEN MAKING WHISKEY'
FORTY YEARS AND DID
NOT KNOW IT ILLEGAL
(By Associated Press.)
Petersburg, W. Va., June 2. —‘Tve
b*en making whiskey for nigh on for
ty jrbars and this is (he first time I
knew there was any law agin it,” said
Henry Hours, a venerable resident of
the Smoke Hole district, located in
Grant and Pendleton counties, when
he was visited by state police and ar
rested todny.
A native of the district proffered in
formation to the troopers that "Old
Man” Hours was running a still and
had done so ever since he could re
member.
Corporal Briner, who led the state
policemen, said that he episode was
the beginning of an educational cam
paign in the Smoke Hole region.
POLICE-FIREMAN
10 GETVACATION
Usual Ten Days Off, With Reg
ular Pay, Will be Granted
These Departments as Usual
This Summer.
Members of the police and tire de
partments were made happy yester
day over the announcement by City
Manager Gramling that they would
be given their usual summer vacation
of ten days.
For some time, it is understood, the
matter of granting a vacation to the
members of the departments was un
certain on account of there being no
extra 'men in either branch of these
departments, but the city commission
ers devised a way to let one man off
at a time, as has been the custom
heretofore.
Members of the police department
will begin immediately to take their
vacations, the priority rule being in
voked as has been the case in the
past. Members frequently exchange,
however, in order to sijit their prefer
ences. Under this rule, Officer L. F.
Ridley would be the first to leave, but
it is understood that he will exchange
his time with Jailer Peters. The
same rule is in force with the firemen.
As stated, the men are given ten
days leave of absence to use as they
desire. Many of them..visit relatives
In various sections of the state, others
go on an outing in the country with
friends, while some remain at home
and take things easy. After having
been in suspense for some time over
the prospects of having no vacation
this year ,the members of both de
partments, who have served the city
faithfully and well, were greatly re
lieved and very joyous late yesterday
when the announcement was made
that they were not to be disappoint
ed.
IRISH ARMY FIGHTING
WITH CONSTABLES YET
(By Associated Press.)
Belfast, June 2.—Heavy firing be
tween the Irish Republican army forc
es, and the Ulster special constables
occurred during the day at Dungooley
Cross, tfrhich lasted seven hours.
Three special constables are reported
killed.
RACING MAN HELD IN PETERS
MURDERCASE SAYSHEKNOWS
ABOUT PLOT TO BLACKMAIL
District Attorney Will Question
Cunningham, Who Says That
a Man Wounded in the Fight
With Ward Was Taken to His
Mother's Home.;
—; —t —.' ■
(By Associated Press.)
White Plains, IN. Y., June 2.—Ex
amination of James J., Cunningham, a
race track follower, arrested last
night in connection with the killing
of Clarence Peters under’ mysterious
circumstances that have involved
Walter S. Ward.of New Rochelle, was
planned today by District Attorney
Weeks.
Cunningham, after a three hour con
versation with the West Chester coun
ty authorities, in New York, was ar
rested 1 as a material witness. He
stated that he man wounded by Ward
In the battle following attempted
blackmail had been teken to hia moth
er’s home, and that Aha. man told him
aheut tht fclaefcauULplat to fore* non
ONE PROSECUTION
FOR ORE OFFENSE
OFFICERS SUGGEST
District Attorney and Solicitors
Pledge Such Action
Hereafter.
JUDGE SIBLEY DIFFERS
WITH STATE JUDGE POWELL
Latter Had Stated in Speech Be
fore Georgia Bar Association
That Prohibition Was Cause
of Increase in Crime Instead
of Diminishing It.
(By Associated Pres3.)
Savannah, June 2 —Co-operation in
law enforcement, espeeiali" prohibi
tion and other cases a here state and
federal courts have jurisdiction, was
pledged here today at a meeting of
district attorneys and solicitors gen
eials of Georgia attending the Georgia
Bar Association convention.
The resolution adopted also pledged
them to eliminate duplicate prosecu
tions for the same offenses. These
suggestions were recently made by
Attorney General Daugherty ahd dis
cussed today by Federal Judge King
and Federal District Judge Samuel
H. Sibley. The latter took issue with
the statement that the prohibition
amendment resulted in increased law
lessness, made yesterday by Judge
Arthur G. Powell, retiring president
of the association.
Z. A. Anderson, of Atlanta, was to
day nominated president of the asso
ciation.
LEWIS MOBLEY 16,
SERIOUSLY HURT
Youth Jumped from Truck and
Was Struck by Ford Car Driv
en by A. C. Clark, of the Way
cross Marble Works.
An unfortunate accident occurred
yesterday morning at 10 o’clock in
which Louis, the sixteen year old sou
of Mr. and Mrs. H. Mobley, was bad
ly injured and is now in a critical con
dition, although it is believed, that he
will recover.
Young Mobley was riding on a truck
and behind this was a Ford car driven
by A. C. Clark, of the Waycross Mar
ble Works. The latter, moving at a
low rate of speed, attempted to pass
the former when suddenly, young
Mobley jumped from the truck and
was struck by Mr. Clark’s car. Mr.
Clark took the little fellow in his ma
chine and rushed him to the hospi
tal, summoning iDr. J. W. Simmons,
and it was found that the skull of the
unfortunate youth had been fractured.
An operation was performed and at
1 o’clock this morning reports from
the hospital said the patient was rest
ing easy, with chances for recovery in
his favor.
ey from Ward several days before it
occurred. ■■ ■
Detectives are searching for the
wounded man, whose name, as well'as
his probable hiding place, was reveal
ed by Cunningham, according to the
authorities. ■ ■. ; • ■
The arrest of Cunningham revived
stories of plunges made by Ward at
various tracks and his aequaintairice
ship with many well known horsemen
and gamblers. One story was that
Ward disappeared sometime ago and
that detectives sent out to find the 1
missing man discovered him at a race
track near Baltimore.
Details of the Information which
West county authorities were able to
force from Cunningham have been
withheld by Mr. Weeks and the sher
iff. Outside of’the brief statement of
the arrest and the fact that Cunning
ham had told the wounded man's
name, the only comment by Mr.
Weeks was that Cunningham, himself,
had not been at the sceue of the
shooting, according to his story.
- COAL OPERATORS SUBMIT
STRIKERS PROPOSITION.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, June 2.—Coal oper
ators today submitted to the min
- ers a proposal to ask President
Harding to appoint a tribunal to
settle the anthracite strike. Viee
President Murray, of the United
Mine Workers, said the proposal
was objectionable, but would he
referred to the wage scale com
► mitteer The miners later re
jected the tribunal propo-;M,
MATHILDE’S LOVE
MAY BE BUSIED
Word Comes from Switzerland
That the Consent of Both
Parents to a Marriage is Nec
essary.
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, June 2. —Contending fac
tions of the erstwhile household of
Harold F. McCormick were committed
to a policy of compromise today over
the romantic affairs of Mathilde Mc-
Cormick, and her former riding mast
er, Max Oser, Swiss horseman of Zu
rich.
Conference between counsel for Ma
thilde’s mother, Mrs. Edith Rocke
feller McCormick, and her divorced
husband, which saved Oser from an
absent investigation in court yester
day, were contined today, with tomor
row set by Probate Judge Horner as
the date for his decision on Mrs. Mc-
Cormick’s petition for an injunction
to halt the marriage plans of Mathilde
and the Swiss. Mr. McCormick, play
ing the double role of father and guar
dian, has agreed to withhold consent
of the marriage at least until Satur
day.
Meanwhile the situation was made
more complex by information from
Zurich that the whole legal embrcg
lio in Chicago is for naught. This in
formation was to the effect that the
Swiss law requires the consent of
both parents, if living, in the case of
a bride under 20 years of age. Ma
thilde, who is only 17, was given a
guardian, it was said, so consent to
the marriage could be given or denied,
according to her wishes.
Undaunted by the legal complica
tions and the charges made by Mrs. j
McCormick that he is a fortune hun
ter with designs on both McCormick
and Rockefeller millions, Oser, in re
ports from Zurich, was said to be con
tinuing plans for the marriage as If
nothing loomed to interfere.
Counsel for Mr. and Mrs. McCor
mick asserted that no basis for a fi
nal compromise on the proposed inter
national marriage had been reached.
CAPT. FRANK BURNS VERY
ILL AT CITY HOSPITAL
Early yesterday morning Capt.
Frank Burns, who resides about two
miles in the country, was taken to the
eity hospital in Miller’s ambulance,
suffering from, what attending physi
cians think, appendicitis, but no oper
ation was performed and will not be.
it is stated, until the trouble becomes
of a more serious nature.
For some months Mr. Burns has
been suffering with stomach trouble
and was under treatment of the Iftte.
Dr. R. L. Fox, and since the death
of the latter, he has been growing
worse. Yesterday the attending phy
sician, Dr. H. M. Branham, had his pa
tient taken to the hospital so as the
case could be watched more closely.
The many friends of this well known.
Brunswickian sincerely hope that his
illness Is not of a serious nature.
BROTHER-IN-LAW OF MRS.
J. J. WIMBERLY IS DEAD
News was received in Brunswick
early last night of the death, in a Sa
vannah hospital, of J. A. Varnedoe,
which occurred at 6 o’clock.
Mr. Varnedoe was appointed
clerk of the city council of Savannah
to succeed the late Clerk Halligan
only a few days ago and his death
came as a severe shock to his family
and friends. The deceased was a
brother-ißrlaw of Mrs. J. J. Wimberly,
of Brunswick, and had a numher of
friends here.
Mrs. Wimberly, accompanied by
Mrs. J. S. Raffo, will leave this morn
ing for Savanuah to attend the fun
eral of Mr. Varnedoe.
BRUNSWICK
Has the lowest death rate of
any city its size in the United
States. .........
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FISHERMEN WILL
DEMAND A CHANGE
IK PRESENT LAWS
Providing License for Members
of Crews a Serious Handi
cap to Prawn Men.
HELPERS ARE TAKEN FROM
BOATS WHILE ON HIGH SEA
Under Present Statute Each
Member of Crew Must be
Provided With License, and
in Many Cases Men Change
Several Times in a Week.
Local prawn fishermen, and there
are scores of them, are making seri
ous complaint against the present
Georgia law which requires each
member of a prawn boat’s crew to
have a license and unless they have
this necessary paper, they are liable
to arrest, in fact, two or more have
been taken in charge by state game
and fish wardens when found on.
prawn boats and when they could not
produce license papers. The amount
of the license is only $2.00.
Some days ago a helper was taken
from the prawn boat of Capt. Martin
when the craft, he states, was three
miles off shore. He was having en
gine trouble, his net was out and he
did not know that the man at the
wheel had been arrested until the
craft made an oblique dash and he
hurried to the wheel and managed
to get back to Brunswick as best he
could. Another case of almost simi
lar nature has been reported and if
the law is not changed it will mean
serious harm to this great local in
dustry. Boat owners sometime have
from two to five different men a week
as the class of labor employed is not
absolutely reliable and when weather
conditions are favorable it is the cus
tom of the boat operators to put to
sea at the very earliest possible min
ute and they generally get any worker
they can find. But. if owners are com
pelled to take out license for eaeh
man, the prawn business will not be
one of the. paying kind.
It should be understood that all
masters of these craft have licenses
and they are perfectly willing to pay
the sum required, but with helpers,
rhe local game warden is not always
to be found when new men are em
ployed so it is either remain in port
or go out and violate the law.
WATSON EXPOSES ’
DURBIN ARREST
Charges in Senate That Young
Man is the Victim of a
Frame-Up by Daugherty and
Felder.
(By Associated Press.l
Washington. June 2.—Charges that
an attempt was being made to frame
up and railroad to prison, Andrew T.
Durbin ,of Columbus. 0., son of Wil
liam Durbin, Democratic state chair
man of Ohio, for having given infor
mation regarding the acts of Attor
ney General Daugherty and Thomas
B. Felder, were made In the senate to
day by Senator Thomas E. Wasson,
Democrat, of Georgia.
Senator Watson's charges followed
the arrest of young Durbin here Satur
day under charges of obtaining money
under false pretense. The Georgia
senator said the charge was eightJin
months old.
HOTEL CLERK SKIPS OUT
WITH GUESTS’ VALUABLES
New York, June 2.—Accused of
stealing a bag containing S3OO in cash,
SSOO in Liberty bonds and $25,000
worth of jewelry which was given to
him by Mrs. Irene Waddell, of New
Orleans, for safekeeping while he was
a clerk in a hotel here, Ernest Hill
has been arrested in Newburgh and
brought here. '"‘“I
A diamond-stubbed wrist watch val
ued at $3,500, a bar pin and several
other pieces of jewelry, and SIOO in
cash were found on Hill. He is said to
have posed as a British prize fighter.
Hill, who was night clerg, vanished
on the night of May 12, after Mrs.
Waddell had turned her jewel case
into him for deposit. He is charged
with grand larceny.