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J BRUNSWICK
Has a landlocked harbor, the
beef on the South Atlantic
Coast.-,
VOLUME XXI. NO. 22
GOVERNMENT TAKES
A HAND IN RAIL STRIKE
DEPUimiS
10 GUARD PUCES
SIRICKERS ACTIVE
It Wa3 Announced That Life and
Property Will Be
Protected.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE
AND MAILS TO CONTINUE
After Conference With President
Harding, Attorney General
Daugherty Said Government
Would Be Sure That Law and
Order Will Be Preserved.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, July 10.—With in
creasing numbers states troops
and emergency forces of the Unit
ed States deputy marshals are on
guard wherever outbreaks are
threatened, the government today
announced that life and property
will be protected, mails continued,
interstate commerce not inter
rupted despite the strike of the
railway shopmen. '
After a conference with Pres
ident Harding. Attorney General
Daugherty said that the govern
; ment would make sure that law
and order will be preserved. He
said the appointment of deputy
marshals was authorized and they
will be. sent wherever strike dis
orders justified it. This announce
ment came shortly after Lieuten
ant Governor Sterling, acting gov
ernor of Illinois, sent five com
panies of national guards to
Bloomington to protect ♦■he Chi
cago & Alton shops.
At Bloomington hundreds
watched troops as they came in
and appeared in an ugly mood be
fore the troops arrived. Strike
sympathizers threatened to “put
rope around your necks” if any
strikebreakers is brought into this
town.
National Guardsmen were on duty
in Illqinois and under arms in four
other states, United States marshals
were in charge of law enforcement
machinery at various points, the Mich
igan state police were ordered and
prepared for duty, while at other rail
centers the roads relied upon federal
injunction and . local authorities for
protection in attempting to operate
~ah6ps and maintain transportation, in
to which increasing inroads were
noted.
’Company D, 130th Infantry, Dan
ville, 111., "machine gun unit, left Dan
ville at 9 o’clock over the Big Four
railroad under sealed orders, prob
ably for Bloomington or Clinton, 111.,
according to one of its officers.
Shop and roundhouse whistles
shrieked the final notes of railroad
ultimatums cancelling seniority and
pension rights- of strikers who refused
to return to thes hops today. The day
brought ominous of an
Impending crisis at many points as
trouble brewed among the strikers.
New acts of violence occurred at scat
tered points and others were feared as
the situation grew tenser.
The tenth day of the strike wa:
marked by the apparent determina
tion of both sides ,to stand by their
positions taken at the outset and in
dications bointdd to h feverish dead
lock.
Railroads generally prepared to
open their shops with what labor was
available, accepting returned strikers
and filling vacant jobs as far as pos
sible with imported workers.
State troops patrolled the Illinois
Central yards and shops at Clinton,
111., while at Bloomington, 111., city
and county officials, admitting the
collapse of civil authority and expect
ing further trouble in the Chicago and
Alton shops, awaited action by Lieu
tenant Governor Sterling on their ap
peal for troops.
Anew appeal to the acting gover
nor was made by Mayor Jones and
Sheriff Morrison late last night. They
declared “the 'strike situation was out
“ tt their control. National guard com
panics were mobilized in Missouri,
Kansas, California and Indiana.
Several deputies were sent to Slater,
Mo., where strikers for several days
Just been In virtual control of the
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Chicago & Alton shopg and the town.
Marshal I. K. Pearshall said he was
prepared to have deputies at all of the
thirteen division points in his dis
trict.
Slater spent a comparatively quiet
Sunday with Marshal PekrshaU’s men
in charge of the situation.’hut import
ed strike breakers experienced diffi
culty in obtaining supplies from the
union-controlled town, and a number
of them quit.
Officials of the Missouri Pacific an
nounced the annulment of thirty pas
senger trains on the company’s east
ern division, adding that trains on
other divisions probably would- be dis
continued at the same time.
All train service on the Interna
tional & Great Northern from George
town to Roundrack, Tex., was sus
pended.
Governor Alf Taylor of Tennessee
received appeals to send troops to
Memphis to protect properties and
employes of the Frisco lines. Four
special agents for the Frisco weye ar
rested by Memphis police for carrying
concealed weapons while off railroad
property.
Investigations by .state authorities
in Kansas of the wreck of the Golden
State Limited on the Chicago,, Rock
island and Pacific a Topeka were un
der way. The state also took part in
the investigation of a wreck at Burr
ton Saturday.
In most places where appeals for
troops were made, the strikers said
all possible efforts would be made to
preserve order and they denounced
the calls for troops.
Details of police were assigned to
railroad and yard districts in Chicago,
Denver, New York and other cities
throughout the country.
In New York the strikers explained
their position in an “open letter to
commuters on the Erie," placing the
responsibility upon the United States
Labor Board.
Circulars addressed “to the shop
men. maintenance of way men. clerks
and others affected by the wage re
ductions,” urging defiance of the
courts and the armed forces of the
United States, were reported to have
been found on the door steps of many
railroad workers in New York. Union
leaders said the circular would at
once be turned over to federal au
thorities. The circulars were said to
have been signed .1. Davis, executive
secretary, central executive commit
tee of the Communist party of Amer
ica.
E. H. Fitzgerald, president of the
Railway Clerks, had a conference ar
ranged today with the Railroad Labor
Board over issues upon which hinged
a notential strike of clerks.
At Wilkes Barre, Pa., William B.
Roberts, vice president of the United
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Employes, announced a meeting Wed
nesday of twenty-two district chair
men representing twenty-eight rail
roads in the East on the question of
wage cuts by the labor board.
Martial Law.
(By Associated Press.)
Parsons, Kans., July 10.—Adjutant
General Chlrles I. Martin and 300
Kansas national guardsmen, took com
mand of the situation in Parsons at 4
a. ra. today. Without any word to city
or county officials the troops arrived
in town and were immediately quar
tered in the M. K. & T. railroad’s ath
letic field.
One of the first acts of General Mar
tin was to place a ban on all street
meetings. An official order was also
served on all dealers in fire arms
threatening arrest to any one selling
tire arms or ammunition during the
military rule, ..
a
The Decision.
(By Associated Press.) ,
Springfield, 111., July 10. —Requests
of Bloomington officials for state
troops have been acted upon “deci
sively" by Actnig Governor Sterling,
Adjutant General Black announced to
day. By sending five companies of
national guards.
BIRMINGHAM MAN GETS
UNMERCIFUL WHIPPING
(By Associated Press.)
Birmingham, July 10. —J. M. Bout
well |s in a serious condition at the
hospital here tonight as a result of an
attack upon hint today at his resi
dence by a well known physician
where he and his wife made their
h-.me. Boutwell was beaten and chok
ed and said he had received notice
through au anonymous source to leave
town.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1922.
HARDING PLANS :
END COAL STRIKE
He Called for Immediate Re
sumption of Work by Miners
and Fixing of Wage Which
Will Be Permanent.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, July 10- President
Harding today placed before the lead
ers and employes in the anthracite
and bituminous coal fields the gov
ernment plan for settling the coal
strike.
It called for immediate resumption
of work by the miners for fixing per
manent wages by the administration
for investigation the administration to
recommend a permanent policy in the
coal industry.
Definite, replies are delayed tonight
and union informed that they
will summon a general poliey
of the committee of United Mine
Workers. The bituminous operators
indicated they thought the arbitration
plan they suggested last week ths
best while the anthracite operators
remained silent.
UNSIGNED BILLS
FOUND ON FIRMER
Farmer Is Arrested in Orange
burg, S. C., With 77 Twenty
Dollar Bills Which Have No
Signature; Bank Is Bianmed.
Orangeburg. S. c., Tiny 10.—C. M.
Martin, 41 years of age, who claims
to be a farmer of Richland county.
South Carolina, was arrested hero late
Sunday afternoon, having in his pos
session 77 twenty dollars bills which
bore no signature.
Martin was arrested, following the
presentation of one of the bills from
a roll in payment for gasoline, at a
filling station near the city limits.
Martin says that the money was given
him Saturday by W. D. Barnett, at
torney of Coluhmbia. who handled the
sale of 222 acres of land, formerly a
part of Camp Jackson.
When seen at the city jail, Marton
said that the money was secured from
the Palmetto National Bank of Colum
bia by Attorney BarnetL The arrest
ed man says that lie has recently
worked in Raleigh, N. C., in the pic
ture business and as an automobile
mechanic. All the bills are of recent
issue by the National Bank of South
Carolina, of Sumter. Martin’s wife
is also being held by the police pend
ing an investigation.
CROP CONDITIONS
IRE IMPROVING
Com Is Advancing Except in
Southwest, Wheat Is Being
Threshed and Dry Weather in
South Is Helping Cotton.
(By Associated Press )
Washington, July 10.—General im
provement in crop conditions along
the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and in
the rforthwest, east of the RocMjy
mountains, was noted by the Agricul-,
ture Department,: in its crop: sum,mary
for the last half of June, niadep üblic
Sunday.
“Thirougho(ut |the corn bjelfcj” the
department’s observers found “small
grains were more or less injured by
the unusually hot and dry weather as
in the Southern states much badly
needed field work was accomplished.
The. crop generally made progress
except in the southwest, where it was
neglected for cotton. Wheat thresh
ing is going on in the Southwest aqd
some of the southeastern states. Oats
are reported generally poor to fair
and cotton had fairly good growth.
Weevils are numerous and consider
able damage, as yet unestimated, has
reported to be “fair to good," a large
acreage of beans and cabbages has
been planted, and other vegetables
k r said to bo in good condition.
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FIVE COMPANIES DID 4
► GUARD DUTY AT SHOP 4
• 4
• (By Associated Press.) 4
■ Chicago, July 10. —Five com- 4
• panies of *the Illinois National 4
" Guard ’ tonight are holding the 4
’ Chicago & Alton shops, where 4
► two thousand men are on a 4
’ strike and the union depot, head-
■ quarters for the Alton, Big Four 4
" aud Lake Erie, prepared' to pro- <
► tect volunteer workers. -
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STRIKERS KILLED
AT NUNIONTOWN PA.
Two Dead and Third Will Die—
Self Defense Claimed by Dep
uty Sheriffs on Property At
lantic Coal Cos.
(By Associated Press.)
Uniontown, Pa., July 10.—Two strik
ing miners were killed and a third fa
tally wounded late last night by shots
fired by two deputy sheriffs on the
property of the Atlantic Coal Company
at New Geneva, according to word re
ceived here. The dead man is Andy
Bobjackj and another man whose last
name is unknown. He was known as
“Bob.” The third is Alex Kosky. The
latter was shot through the neck and
spinal column and will die, according
to physicians.
It is reported that two deputy sher
iffs, crossing the property on which a
miners’ tent colony is located, were
fired on and returned the shots. Kosky
is said to 'have been asleep in a tent
when the shooting started and as he
went to the door of his tent to learn
the cause of the outbreak, was twice
struck by shots. Authorities are in
vestigating.
GEORGIA LARDER
IS FIST FILLING
S*ats Now Fast on Way to Self-
Maintenance and Thousands
of Dollars Worth of Hogs
Were Sold for Shipment.
■Atlanta, Ga„ July is
now fast on the way to self-mainte
nance in the matter of food stuffs. In
some imflortanlt itenfs, (indeed, the
state has become an exporter, whereas
but recently it imported in large
quantities. During the month of June
alone many thousands of dollars’
worth of hogs were marketed through
the co-operative sales in divers coun
ties, with prospect of the amount
growing steadily as the live stock in
dustry develops. It is of record that
immense stores of grain and proven
der which farmers once bought from
distant regions are now raised from
their own soil.
This augurs well and greatly for the
future of the commonwealth, it is as
serted by state agricultural experts.
The caonserving for home needs and
home enterprises, of millions of dol
lars that used to stream away in pay
ment of food imports is itself of large
significance: but even more so are
the better agricultural methods which
the production of various food crops
betokens and the independence which
it vouchsafes.
Asa result of these methods Geor
gia' farm* lands, a few years lienee,
will be worth a vast deal more than
if the single-crop system, with its im
poverishment of soil strength, had
continued to prevail; and likewise
Georgia farm incomes will he steadier,
j surer and larger.
j This way prosperity lies; may its
followers, already legion, continually
increase. Is the hope expressed here
by agricultural leaders.
READY WITH tOIFFERS.
The Hague, July 10—Russia is ready
to grant concessions for new railroad
lines and 9.888,030 acres of land for
agriculture, it was-announced by the
Russian delegation here today.
Tobacco harvesting has advanced
in the “cigar wrapper” section of the
southeast and transplanting has pro
gressed under fair but variable con
ditions elsewhere, the summary said.
The crop is reported well advanced In
Virginia and Maryland, and a full acre
age is predicted in'Ohio, Indiana and
Michigan.
STATE SOLDIERS |
ARRIVE YESTERDAY
AND NOW IN GAMP
Reached City of Southern on
Atlanta, Birmingham <& At
lantic Specials.
TOOK BOATS AT TERMINAL
FOR THE ST. SIMON PIER
Officers and Men Seem to Be
Enthusiastic and Most Succel-
and Annual Training of
Soldiers is Certain to Put
Them in the “A1” List.
Something over five hundred sol
diers from Atlanta. Vienna and Cor
dele reached the city something after.
7 o’clock yesterday morning over two
sections of the Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic, with two or more offi
cials of the coming making the trip to
insure that everything would be sat
isfactory and it was.
The officers and men expressed
themselves as pleased with the serv
ice rendered by the railroad company
and were especially pleased when they
were told that they would be taken
from the cars to the spe6itl boats at
the terminals. This saved the com
missary department considerable in
convenience.
The Southern special, with one of
the largest engines ever seen here,
rushed in on scheduled time and also
took the guardsmen to the Atlanta.
Birmingham and Atlantic terminals
where the soldiers embarked on spe
cial boats for Camp Coney, on St. Si
mon and shortly after arrival there
a tented: city on the beautiful and well
located camp site, was born.
Military service began directly af
ter the troops reached the island and
officers and men alike, are of the opin
ion that this will he the most success
ful training period yet held by the
regiment.
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COMPANIES IN CAMP
Service Company, 122nd Inf., Macon,
Ga.
Howitzer Company, ,122nd Inf., Vi
enna. Ga.
Headquarters and Headquarters Cos..
Ist. Bn., 122nd Inf.,-Macon. Ga.
Company A, 122nd Inf., Jackson, Ga.
Company B. 122nd Inf., Macon, Ga..
Company C, 122nd Inf., Macon, Ga.
Company D. 122nd Inf.. Macon, Ga.
Headquarters and Headquarters Cos.,
2nd Bn., 122nd Tnf., Atlanta. Ga.
Company E, 122nd Inf., Atlanta, Ga.
Company F, 122nd Inf., Atlanta, Ga.
Company G, 122nd Inf., Atlanta, Ga.
Company H. 122nd Inf.. Atlanta. Ga.
Headquarters and Headquarters co..
3rd Bn.. 122nd Inf., Dublin. Ga.
Company f, 122nd Inf.. Brunswick.
Ga.
Company K, 122nd Tnf., Dublin. Ga.
Company L, 122nd Inf., Cordele, Ga;
Company M. 12nd Inf., Elberton, Ga.
(h) 118th Field Artillery at Camp
Bragg. North Carolina, July 9th to
23rd, 1922.
PRATT SLATED
TO HEAD TECH
HE IS AT PRESENT PRESIDENT
OF T++E INSTITUTION’S
BIOIARD OF TRUSEES.
Atlanta, July 10.-Mt is generally un
derstood that N. P. Pratt, chairman
of the board of trustees of Georgia
School of Technology and for the past
several months administrative head
of the institution, will be nominated
for the presidency of Tech to succeed
Dr. K. G. Mqtheson. who resigned in
April to head’ Drexel Institute at Phil
adelphia. Mr. Pratt resides in Atlanta
and is a nationally recognized metal
lurgical engineer, haying made a num
ber of significant contributions to
science and industry. While not an
educator by profession, he is a recog
nized business executive, and is con
sidered thoroughly competent to head
the school.
OLDEST MAN IN THE WORLD
DIES AT HOME IN KENTUCKY
Greasy dreek, Ky., July 10.—" Uncle
Johnny Shell, Kentucky’s oldest citi
zen, said to have been 134 years old,
is dead here of infirmities of age..
Shell, a mountaineer, was claimed by
hi* relatives to have been the oldest
man in the world.
TWENTY-SEVEN STRIKERS
ARRESTED IN AUGUSTA
• (By Associated Press.)
► Augusta, Ga., July 10. —Twen-
► ty-seven men, said to be striking
► shopmen, were arrested here
► early today, charged with loiter
► ing and refusing to disperse after
e the police advised the strikers
► against assembling near a rail
► road shop.
► The men were later released
► under SIOO bonds each. The cases
► are set for trial tomorrow.
►
E. M. DART DIES
EARLY TODAY
One of Brunswick's Oldest Citi
zens and Newspaper Men Died
Suddenly at His Home Early
This Morning.
Mr. Edgar M. Dart, one of the oldest
citizens of Brunswick died very sud
denly at his home on Bartow street at
an early hour this morning. Mr. Dart
was stricken ill Sunday night, but
rallied yesterday and was not thought
to be in any immediate danger, but
death came as a distinct shock this
morning.
Mr. Dart w T as business manager of
The Banner, and up to a year ago had
been business maneger of the News
for about fifteen years.
He is survived by two sisters. Mrs.
J. S. Lambright and Mrs. W. C. Wil-'
kins of Brunswick.
COMMISSION TO
SMI! AIM. ROOD
Resolution Introduced in Senate
Yesterday by Senators Akin,
Manson, Thomas Haralson,
Sharpe and Tarpley.
(By Associated Press.)
Atlanta, Ga„ July 10.—A feature of
the State Senate was the introduction
of a resolution by Senators Manson,
Aiken. Thomas, Haralson, Thorpe and
Tarpley providing for a (jommission
of nine members to be appointed by
the governor to prevent the dismantl
ing or junking of the Atlanta. Birming
ham and Atlantic railroad, which was
referred to the committee on rail
roads.
The commission will include two
members of the Senate, three from
the House and four citizens from the
state at large. They would serve
without compensation and submit a
full report showing the general condi
tion of affairs in 'connection with the
railroad to the General Assembly as
early as possible.
EMBARGO ON LIVESTOCK
Kansas City, July 10. —The Chicago
& Alton today placed an embargo on
outgoing shipments of livestock from
Kansas City, effective until further no
tice. Action is due to shopmen's
strike, officials said.
GIRL 15 KILLS MAN
WHO SLAYES FATHER
Maria Del Pilar Moreno Swore
Vengeance Over Body of Her
Parents and Shot Four Bullets
in Man’s Body.
(By Associated Press.)
Mexico City, July 10.—Maria Del
Pilar Moreno, a fifteen-year-old girl,
this afternoon avenged the death of
her father, Jesus Moreno, editor of the
El Heraldo De Mexico, who was shot
and killed last May by Deputy Llorea,
after a quarrel.
Maria awaited outside before
Lloreas' home and as lie stepped from
tile doorway, fired four times. All the
bullets took effect and death was in
stananeous. The child, who has been
brooding since her father's death has
almost been deranged with grief,
calmly surrendered. She expressed
no regrets saying she swore venge
ance over her dead father’s body and
now death expiated, she wap prepared
to pay they enalty.
BRUNSWICK
Has the lowest death rata of
any city its size in the United
States
PRICE FIVE CENTS
COLORED KNIGHTS
' OF PYTHIAS START
THEIR SESSIONS
•f +
Something Over Three Thous
and Colored Visitors
in the City.
MAYOR OGQ MAKES THE
ADDRESS OF WELCOME
Some of Most Prominent Colored
Men of Georgia Are in the
Number of Delegates—Big
Parade for This Afternoon at
Four O’Clock.
The first day of the convention of
the colored Knights of Pythias of
Georgia gave Brunswick an excellent
impression of the organization and
j the delegates and friends were warm
ly welcomed.
The Atlanta, Birmingham and At
lantic brought in hundreds on a special
and the Southern came in with a dou
ble header. The excursion boat with
six hundred on board reached the city
late last night, being several hours
overdue which was caused by landing
on a sandbar near Darien.
The first meeting was held at the
Shiloh Baptist church, on Egmoat
street and the building could hold only
half the crowd who assembled. The
program was opened by Brigadier
General G. R. Hutto, of Bainbridge,
grand chancellor. Then . came the
opening song. America. Invocation by
Rev. O. J. Williams and P. C. King
ston. Mayor C. D. Ogg then warmly
welcomed the members of the organ
ization to Brunswick, paying high
compliment to the order. The re
sponse was made by Prof. H. A. Hunt,
principal of the Fort Valley High and
Industrial school and it w r as able.
The welcome address in behalf of the
Pythian s for Brunswick was made by
C. W. Alford, one of the state's best
known and able colored orators, the.
response was made by Prof. J. J. Wil
liams, of Boston, the welcome on be
half of the Calantheans was made by
Allene Roberts. Response by Ada
Scott Dunbar, of Savannah. Welcome
on behalf of the Uniform Rank, (gapt.
James Edwards. Response by Col.
W. L. Holmes, of Atlanta. Welcome
in behalf of the ladies’ drill corps,
Viola Burroughs. Welcome on behalf
of the citizens of Brunswick. Dr. R.
N. Jackson, response Rev. J. H. ClevpJ
land, of Bainbridge.
This afternoon at 4 o'clock probably
one of the largest parades ever seen
in Brunswick and in the line of march
will be the uniform ranks as,>well as
hundreds of delegates. The conven
tion will continue through Wednesday.
TRIED TO MAKE CROSSING
THREE INSTANTLY KILLED
Scottsburg, Ind., July 10.—Three
persons were killed when an inter
urban car demolished an automobile
at a crossing here today. The dead
are: Mrs. Tilden Freudenberger of
Cincinnati, her ten-year-old grand
daughter, Elizabeth Davis, and her
nephew, Parker Carver, .18, of New Al
bany, Ind. Mr. and
Emerson Tatum of Louisville. Ky..
were slightly injured.
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ELKS IN CONVENTION
IN ATLANTIC CITY NOW
Atlantic City. N. J., July 10.—Gaily
decorated in purple and white bunting,
Atlantic City today extended a “Hello
Bill” to the Antlered herd arriving
for the .annual meeting, of the grand
lodge of the Benevolent and Protec
tive Order of Elks, which opens today.
More th£m iIO.OOO repre-
senting aH sections of the CQuniry |R
ready have registered and graad ojfl
cers predict that at ieast 60.000 will
take parkt in the street parade on
Thursday, the concluding feature of
the convention.
DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE
MEETS ON NEXT SATURDAY
Will Name Chairman to Succeed Lata
E. H. Mason.
The Glynn County Executive Com
mittee will meet at the court house at
noon next Saturday for the purpose of
transacting important business and
among the matters handled will be
the election of a chairman to succeed
the late E. H. Mason.
The fixing for opening and closing
of the polls here and other matters
touching this county will ba taken up,