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BRUNSWICK
Has a landlocked harbor, the
best on the South Atlantic
Coast ,
VOLUME XXI. NO. 210
DEAIH TOLL OF HEW YORK’S
CYCLONIC GALE HAS REACHED
A TOTAL OF MORE THAN SIXTY
PARENTS IN LONG
VIGIL ON BEACH
SEEKING VICTIMS
Hurricane Strikes Congested
District and Does Damage
of More than Million
MANY CANOE PARTIES
MEET DIRE DISASTER
Little Craft by Scores Overturn
and Relatives of Their Occu
pants Watch All Night Until
Bodies are Brought in by
Searchers.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, June 12.—The morgues
and undertaking shops in the metro
politan area tonight held the bodies
of more than three score men, women
and children, victims of yesterday’s
brief, cyclonic thunderstorm.
Marine police were grappling Pel
ham bav and Long island sound, off
City Island, where the greatest toll
was taken among Sunday canoeists
and where fishermen predicted they
would find at least a score. Eye-wit
nesses estimated the dead at even a
higher figure.
The death list leaped ahead when
an incoming tide returned eighteen
more bodies that had been swept out
to sea last night. Four more bodies
were recovered at Hunters Island and
two were reported to have been pick
ed up at Tavers Island.
City Island—haven for Sunday
pleasure-seekers and amateur fisher
men—was the hardest hit point in the
metropolitan area, but casualties, by
drowning mostly, were reported from
many other points.
The beach'at City Island today pre
sented a desolate spectacle. Several
ljundred persons, relatives of the miss
ing victims, waited in little groups
among the wreckage, on the sand for
some word of the fate of their loved
ones’.
Marine squad police, exhausted by
their all-night vigil, continued their
cruise, keeping a sharp lookout for ad
ditional bodies.
. Thousands of rowboats and launches
dotted the sound off City Island, just
before the breaking of the storm;
when it. had passed, the water was
strewn, with overturned craft, and the
buildings on shore resembled a battle
torn village in No-Man’s Land. Many
parties hurrying for safety saw people
struggling in the water, but dared not
stop for fear of capsizing their own
craft. The rescue work started im
mediately, but darkness and the panic
stricken crowds hindered the labors
of the volunteer life-savers.
Property damage, estimated at from
$1,000,000 to several times that
amount was done by the tornado.
CAPITALIST WILLING TO
FINANCE GRAIN MARKET
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, June 12. —The Chicago cap
italist who is willing to spend one
million dollars in promoting the sales
department for grain growers, is Bur
ton F. Hales, a millionaire member of
thdt board of trade.
James K. Mason, of Mlllton, Ind„
in his testimony before the special
committee investigating the ■ United
States grain* growers, said he knew
of persons willing to do this and the
name was disclosed today.
Hales said his nephtw, G. W. Hales,
woul.d .assist him in any financial aid
given the sales plan. He readily ad
mitted to the Associated Press he was
the man referred to by Mason. He is
known around the district as a fight
er and formerly represented P. D. .Ar
mour Grain Company on the board.
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BOY DROWNS.
Elizabeth City, N. ,C., June 12
Charles Aycock, 19, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. P. Aycock, ■of Pantago, was
drowned yesterday near Belhaveu. ac
cerdiug to a message received here.
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
GEORGE F. BAKER, ANNUAL
VISITOR TO JEKYL, GIVES
MILION FOR ART MUSEUM
Announcement has just been made
that George F. Baker, of New Y’ork
City, member of the Jekyl Island club
and known by a number ot' Brunswick
ians, has donated one million dollars.
Mr. Baker, chairman of the board of
directors of the First National Bank,
of New York, and a trustee of the
Metropolitan Museum of ArtsJ
The gift was announced on the eve
of the departure for Europe. Many
large gifts have been made to the
museum, but a cash gift of $1,000,000
—file bequest is in Liberty bonds prac
tically the equivalent of cash —is with
out precedent.
LOCAL POST AM.
LEGION GROWING
Membership Campaign is Meet
ing With Wonderful Success.
—Expect to Have 100 Mem
bers by Saturday.
rp he local post, of, the American Le
gion is growing in membership and en
thusiasm with ‘l-emailkable rapidity
and is now one of the largest and most
actiye organizations of its kind in the
state. During the past week fifteen
new members were added to its roll,
and the "Every Member Get a Mem
ber’’ campaign has just been formally
launched.
The ex-service men are taking more
interest in this great organization
than ever before and Commander
James D. Gould, Jr., states that the
local post is certain of having a mem
bership of one hundred by Saturday
night, next. This will make the Bruns-l
wick post the largest in the Eleventh
district. This increased membership'
will enable the post to greatly extendi
its activities.
The enthusiasm now being shown
by the members is construed by its of
ficers as an unmistakable indication
of the growth of the post, both numer
icaly and in accomplishment. A num
ber of features are to be introduced
as soon as the present campaign is
over that will prove interesting to
each member.
The local post is also going after
the next state convention, which Is
to be held in 1922, and the city that
wins over Brunswick will have a hard
fight on their hands.
FACING FIGHT OF
ITS EXISTENCE
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LA
BOR OPIENS 42ND ANNUAL
CONFERENCE.
; (By Associated Press.)
Cincinnati, June 12.—Facing a fight
that the leaders of organized labor re
gard as one for the existence of the
unions, the American Federation of
Labor today opened its forty-second
annual convention which was marked
‘by the presentation of many issues to
be considered during <the next two
weeks, and speeches by Samuel Gom
pers declaring that "we do not fool
ourselves into any fancied security,”
were the issues brought before the
delegates by the report of the execu
tive council.
CHICAGO TO PROHIBIT
MASKED DEMONSTRATIONS
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, June 12.—Recommenda
tion that Ku Klux Klan parades and
, public demonstrations be prohibited
within the city limits, if the partici
pants appeared masked, was made to
day by a unanimous vote of the coun
cil Judiciary committee.
The ordinance did not mention the
klan, but R. R. Jackson, negro council
man, said It referred to that organiza
tion.
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1922.
M. L. DUGGAN WILL
OPPOSEJALLIBO
In Announcement Tells of Ser
vice in Georgia’s Educational
Department Covering Period
of Twenty-nine Years. -
Atlanta, June 12.—1n announcing
he is a candidate for the position of
state superintendent of schools, M. L.
Duggan sent out the following,:
“I announce myself a candidate for
state superintendent bf schools, sub
ject to Democratic primary.
“For twenty-nine consecutive years
I have served the public schools of
Georgia in supervisory capacities—
eighteen years as county superintend
ent in Hancock county, five years as
one of the state school supervisors,
and for six years as rural school agent
for the state department of education.
Thus most; unusual opportunities have
been afforded me for becoming fully
acquainted with the schools through
out the state and with our pubiic
school problems, and for the people of
my state to know me and my work
for their schools.
“About twenty-nine years ago, while
county school commissioner, I aided
in the organization of the Georgia
County Schools Officials' Association,
and have never missed attending any
of these annual meetings. I have
watched closely the development of
school legislation through all of these
years and have had some parts in pro
moting the same. I have conducted
teachers’ institutes in nearly all of the
counties of the state, assisted in the
yearly summer schools for teachers at
Athens, Milledgeville and Valdosta,
held school rallies in numerous re
mote districts, advised with county
superintendents and boards of educa
tion, and otherwise worked as earn
estly as I could for the betterment of
our schools. Probably my most im
portant and far-reaching work for the
cause has been the county education
al surveys, covering in detail every
school in forty Georgia counties.
These have been published by the
state department of education in a se
ries of bulletins, number forty being
now in press.
“Besides creating considerable in
■ iterest within the state, especially
throughout the counties immediately
iconcerned, the demand for these Bul
letins from other states has increased
beyond the supply and they have been
favorably commented upon by normal
schools, colleges and departments of
educations, throughout the country.
The educational measurements recent
ly made throughout the public schools
of Dublin, Cordele, Albany and several
other Georgia towns have been the
most complete am} thorough eveg un
dertaken for any gptilhern city. . , ..
“Believing as I do that the most
important and far-reaching public
problem confronting the state and the
counties is the improvement of our
public school system, and upon the
basis of my training, experience, and
intimate acquaintance with the situa
tion, I ask the suffrage of men and
women in the coming Democratic pri
mary for this, the most responsible
position in the state.’’
STEAMSHIP MAURETANIA
SETS TWO WORLD’S REC
ORDS CROSSING ATLANTIC
(By Associated Press.)
New York, June 12 —The steamship
Mauretania, which arrived today at
Southampton, set two new world’s
records for speed on her latest voy
age, according to cablegrams received
’ by the Cunard line.
The Mauretania, which left New
York on June 6, arrived at Cherbourg
at 3 a, m. today, with a crossing to
her credit of five days, eight hoqra
and ten minutes.
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, in
January, set a record of five days and
sixteen hours, for the New York to
Cherbourg trip.
The Mauretania docked at South
ampton at 11 o’clock today.
The former German liner, making
the trip from New Yqrk to Southamp
ton in November, 189’/, set up a mark
of five days, 17 hours and 8 minutes.
MOVING PICTURE HEADS
TO MAKE REFORMS.
(By Associated Press.) ' i '■
New York, June 12.—Moving picture
reforms of a sweeping nature, both
as regards the morality of the screen
and the economic structure of the mo
tion plctur* business, wer# predicted
CHICAGO ELECTRICAL
WORKERS VOTE '’YES.’’
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, June 12.—With “yes” writ
ten across the square opposite the
strike question on the pink, blue and
white ballots, sent out Saturday night,
to all the railway shop workers in the
United States, the first set of three
ballots came into headquarters of the
unions today from the Chicago elec
trical workers on the Pennsylvania
Railroad.
SERIOUS CHARGE
AGAINST FARLEV
Editor of Gleaner Arrested in
Savannah Charged With Com
plicity in Counterfeiting Cen
tral of Georgia Checks.
(By Associated Press.i
i Savannah, Ga., June 12.—J. B. Far
ley, editor of The Gleaner, and promi- j
nently identified in labor circles here,
was arrested today charged with com
plicity in counterfeiting Central of
Georgia checks. ,
WELL KNOWN HERE.
J. B. Farley is well known in Bruns
wick, where he established The Glean
er, a labor publicatiofi, which he con- !
ducted here for about two years with
varying Success. He was for a time
prominent in labor circles, taking a
leading part on all questions in which
the unions were involved. Farley was
considered extremely radical in his
views both through the columns of his
organ and on the platfortp.
About two years ago Farley left
Brunswick, establishing headquarters
for The Gleaner in Savannah, where
he conducted his paper along the same
line employed in this city. The news
dispatch -from Savannah that he is
involved in his present serious trou
ble comes as a surprise to his friends
here, who believe that some mistake
has been made in connecting Farley
with the alleged counterfeiting of Cen
tral of Georgia Railroad checks.
INQUIRY HI STATE
FARM IS STARTED
Charges that Inmates Were Al
lowed to Die for Lack of Med
ical Attention Made at Open
ing Hearing.
(By Associated Press.)
Milledgeville, Gh„ June 1 12—Charges
that inales’of’the state prison farm
here were allowed to die from lack of
medical attention, their food and wa
ter being impure and their lodgings
unsanitary, were made today at the
opening of an inquiry by five superior
court judges, appointed by Governor
Hardwick. ,
Rev. Bert Donaldson, welfare work-,
er, testified, however, that since the
charges were made public a fornight
ago, conditions have undergone a ma
terial change. Henry Bohen, of At
lanta, and W. B. Norton, of Macon,
former prisoners, testified to alleged
instances of brutality, as did J. Chris. (
tie, whose letters to newspapers start
ed the inquiry.
HARDING AGAINST
SHOALS BILLS
PRESIDENT TAKES A DECIDED
STAND (ON PENDING BILLS
DISPOSAL MUSCLE SHOALS
(By Associated Prets.i
Washington, Jdnfe 12.—President
Harding is understood to have taken
a determined stand today against con
gressional action at present on the
pending bills for the disposal; of the
Muscle Shoals plants.
The president’s views were outlined
to Republican leader, Mondell, but the
Republican steering committee did not
indicate their Intentions. The mer
chant marine committee, at the re
quest of the president, announced the
ship subsidy bill would be submitted
to the house tomorrow.
as the result of a conference behind
closed doors today between represen
tatives of producers, headed by Will
Hays, and the exhibitors, headed by
gidMy I
DIPLOMAS 10 BE
GIVEN GRADUATES
GLYNN HI TONIGHT
Exercises to be Held in Auditor*
ium at the First Baptist
Church at 8:30.
SPLENDID MUSICAL
PROGRAM A FEATURE
Literary Address to be Delivered
by Hon. William Howard, of
Augusta.—D. A. R.’s Offer
Handsome Medal for the Best
Theme.
What will undoubtedly be the most
brilliant graduating exercises held in
Brunswick in a decade will take place
tonight in the auditorium of the First
Baptist church, when the graduates of
the Glynn High school receive their
diplomas after four years of close,
painstaking application to their stud
ies it is worthy of note that several
of the graduates made unusually high
marks, only a few points separating
the leaders.
In addition to the excellent program
to be presented by the graduates, two
enjoyable features will be the literary
address to be delivered by Hon. Wil
liam Howard, of Augusta, and the bac
calaureate %ddress to be delivered by
Dr. O. P. Gilbert, pastor of the First
Baptist church. Mr. Gilbert was se
lected for this pleasing assignment by
a popular vote of the graduates. Mr.
Howard, who is one of the most elo
quent and delightful orators in the
state, will arrive in Brunswick this
morning over the Southern railway.
He will be a guest of the local Rotar
ians at luncheon at noon today. A lit
erary treat is in store for those who
hear this noted Georgian tonight.
It was announced yesterday by Supt.
Charles E. Dryden that seats will be
reserved for the parents of the grad
uates. The exercises will begin
promptly at 8:30 o’clock.
The local chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution will give
a handsome medal to the graduate pre
senting the best theme on “The influ
ence of the West on American His
tory.” Each is to use a non de plume
in order that the identity of the au
thor may not be known to the judges,
who are Col. Millard Reese, Rev. T.
H. Thomson and Mrs. J. H. Morgan.
Mrs. Morgan represents the D. A. Rs.
The winner of this medal will not
be announced until the conclusion of
the graduating exercises.
As previously stated in The News,
Miss Helen Marks Lissner is the first
honor graduate, having made a re
markable record since her entrance to
Glynn High. Miss Tillie Borchardt
is second honor graduate, having wo>
this distinction by a very narrow mar
gin—one-tenth of one per cent, over
Miss Charlotte Carruthers, who was
absent for more than a month on ac
count of illness.
The Board of Education prize of
$20.00 in gold for the perfect attend
ance record during the four years will
be awarded to Miss Dolores Artau,
who was neither absent nor tardy
during this period.
The exercises will begin with the
singing, in chorus,; by the class of a
composition by Dr. J. W. Simmons,
“Goodbye, Glynn High.”
Dr. O. P. Gilbert will offer the invo
cation. The remainder of the program
will be as follows:
Salutatory—Tillie Borchardt.
Introduction of Hon. W. M. Howard
—Hon. B. F. Mann.
Address —Hon. W. M. Howard, of
Augusta, Ga.
Girls’ Chorus “Bright is the Sun
shine”—C. Pinsuti.
Valedictory—Helen Lissner. ,
Presentation of ,Class .for Gradua
tion-“-Mr. R.’ D. Eadie, principal of
Glynn lAcademy.
Delivery, of Diplomas and Perfect
Attendance Prize —Mr. A. V. Wood,
president of the Board of Education.
Award of Historical Medal Present
ed by Brunswick Chapter, Daughters
of the American Revolution—Rev. T.
H. Thomson.
’ Chorus, “tßlue (Danube iWtUtz,T> —
Strauss —Class.
Benediction—Rev. O. P. Gilbert.
The members of the senior clqss
who will receive diplomas are: Dol
ores Elizabeth Artau, Henry Fay
Beach, Floyd Kenneth Bell, .Sarah Mc-
Donald Blitch, Tillie Reiman Bor
chardt. Edward Cecil Bruce, Jr., Char
lotte Bell Carruthers, Carrie Belle
Dickinson, Margaret Louise Flanders,
Mary aigutlliut, Elizabeth Hammond
Harris, Alice MoEusn Ksnnsr, Wallis
BACK IN WASHINGTON.
(By Associated Frags.)
Washington, June 12. —President
Harding returned to the White House
shortly bet'ore y a m. today from an
over Sunday cruise down the Potomac
on the Mayflower. The President,
who was accompanied by Mrs. Hard
ing. had as his guests Attorney Gener
al Daugherty, Secretary Mellon and
Senator and Mrs. Truman H. New
berry.
MINISTFR TRIED
MURDER CHARGE
Rev. J. E. Winburn Faces Jury
and is Accused of Murdering
Three Men During Miners'
Armed March.
(By Associated Press.)
Charlestown, W. Va., June 12.
The trial of Rev. J. E. Winburn, charg
ed with killing three Logan county
deputy sheriffs during the miners
armed march from Kanawha and
Boone counties to Logan last summer,
was begun here today.
The case was transferred from Lo
gan to Jefferson county on a change
of venue. Wilburn Is one of eight
men in jail here on a similar charge.
He is also indicted for treason and un
der Redman’s act is connected with
the march.
The Redman’s act specifies that it
is a misdemeanor for two- or more
men to conspire to inflict personal in
jury upon a person.
1. HARDISON TO
ATTEND MEETING
Forty-second Biennial Advent
Christian General Conference
to be Held at Plainville, Conn.,
June 22-25.
The seventhteenth biennial session
of the Advent Christian general con
ference of America, will be held on the
Advent Christian camp grounds at
Plainville, Conn., June "2 to 25. This
is a representative gathering of the
Advent Christian church and all con
ferences, auxiliary societies, and insti
tutions in America will be represent
ed. Delegates from foreign lands are
also expected to be present. Rev. Dr.
I. F. Barnes, pastor Advent Christian
church, Boston, Mass., is president,
and is expected to preside at the
meeting.
For over eighty years this com
munion of believers have had an ex
istence and their work extends into
almost every section of the globe. In
America the work of the denomination
is divided into four groups around
four publications in the East, Middle
West, Pacific coast, and South. Their
principal institution of learning is Au
rora College, Aurora, 111., which ranks
alongside of other institutions of its
kind in America,
The general conference two years
ago met at Aurora. 111., and was nota
ble in the fact that a great "forward
movement’’ was launched and the de
nomination championed every approv
ed method of modern religious service.
The general conference this year will
be none the less notable in the fact of
considering plans for centralizing and
unifying the general work.
The South will be represented by!
the following mienisters at' the South
Georgia and Florida, conference: Rev.
J. T. Butler, president,! Jacksonville;
Rev. Edwin C. Hardison, secretary
treasurer, Brunswick; Rev. Burr A. L.
Bixler, regional director and editor,
Live Oak, Fla.; Rev, h. E. Pancost,
Lake City, Fla.; Rev. C. P. Thornton,
St. Petersburg, Fla. Representatives
will attend from other states in the
South.
Mr. Hardison expects to leave Tues
day of next week and will be absent
from the’city about two weeks. As
the fraternal delegates from the South
lie will also attend the convention of
the Eastern Loyal Workers' Society,
which is held at Plainville, Conn., fol
lowing the general conference.
Ann Konetzko, Daisy Grace Lazarus,
Sarah Cornelia Leav.v, Susie lEloise |
Leybourne, Helen Marks Lissner, Jew- 1
ell Mitchell, Joanna Helen Newman,
Thomas Bernard Owens, Mary Edward
Parker, Louise Marks Pfeiffer, Albert
Merrlon Smith, Jr., Ray Walker Wbit
tie, Judson Butte Smith.
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BRUNSWICK
Has the lowest death rate of
any city its size in the United
States
PRICE FIVE CENTS
EDWARDS TALKS
OPTIMISTICALLY OF
FUTURE OFAMA.
Assistant to Receiver Pays Visit
to Brunswick After Mak
ing Observations.
RAILROAD ALMOST
PAYING EXPENSES
!Mr. Edwards Says Prosperity is
Springing from the Fields and
the Woods Throughout South
ern Territory Traversed by
A., B. & A.
J. L. Edwards, assistant to Receiver
B. L. Bugg, ot the A., B. & A. Railroad,
spent yesterday in Brunswick looking
over the general situation with ref
erence to his road. During his stay ha
made a number of calls on friends and
incidentally discussed business condi
tions as relates to the A., B. & A.
Mr. Edwards paid a pleasant call on
The News and was exceedingly opti
j rnistic as to the future of the road and
business conditions generally. He
stated that the A., B. & A. was now in
better condition than it had been for
some time, in fact for the past few
years. In making a general observa
tion of conditions, Mr. Edwards said:
"March, April and May have been
the best months the Atlanta, Birming
ham & Atlantic railroad has had since
1916. We are not yet quite up to the
point of paying our operating expen
ses, but we are getting so close to it.
that with the seasonal increase in gen
eral business, we can see that result
only a little way ahead of us. If our
good friends and patrons will continue
their support, we will be on a solid
basis of doing business in a compara
tively short time.
"The industries, big and little in
the Birmingham district, coal mines,
iron furnaces, steel plants of all kinds,
pipe works, etc., are now in full oper
ation, and are good for a large ton
nage to the A., B. & Lumber and
naval stores industries, both of which
commodities we handle in large vol
ume, are quite active, owing to the un
precedented demand for building
throughout the country. These, to
gether constitute an important source
of revenue to the road.
“The increasing volume of business
into and out of Florida secured by the
A., B. & A. has been quite an impor
tant factor in the improved earnings
reported during the past several
months.
“The dairy, live stock and sweet po
tato industries of Georgia, and Ala
bama have been developed to the
point where the income secured by the
farmers who have gone into them, has
helped very aterially in bettering the
financial conditions now prevailing
throughout the territory traversed by
the A., B. & A. from Brunswick to At
lanta and to Birmingham.
"The general crops in most of the
A., B. & A. counties over the entire
road, notwithstanding the heavy seas
onal rains which came earlier this
summer than usual, and have so far
done only a minimum amount of dam
age, are much better than at any time
in the past five years. A substantial
improvement of freight and passenger
traffic, due to the favorable crop pros
pects, may be considered as a practi;
cal certainty in the near future.
“The first car-load of tomatoes were
shipped from Georgia, was loaded '<t
Nicholls last week, and I understand
brought satisfactory price. This crop
ought to become a good traffic produc
er for the road as well as a good mon
ey maker for the growers of South
Georgia.
"South Georgia has had a success
ful year, in the growing and marketing
of cucumbers, green peas and snap
beans, and has shipped for the first
time many carloads from a considera
ble number of points—cukes from
Mershon, Nicholls. Norman Park,
Moultrie and other points, snap beans
and peas from Woodbury, Mershon,
Warm SHprings, etc.
“The cantaloupe crop at Fitzgerald,
Moultrie and Norman Park, is in good
condition, and begins to move this
week. TUiere has been no Injury from
recent rains. The watermelon crop,
the largest ever planted in Georgia,
j has suffered some from recent rains in
i the extreme Southern tier of counties,
hut the movement will be very large,
and will get under way from our sta
tions this week, a few cars have ai
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