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BRUNSWICK Has the lowest death rate of any city Its size In the United States. . VOLUME XXI. NO. 2t /. PRELIMINARY TRIAL OF J.E. BREWSTER ON CHARGE OF MURDER ALLEGED WILLIE BLOUNT DIED AS RESULTJF BLOW Justices Beach and Hitch Pre sided and Court House Was Well Pilled. WILL RENDER JUDGEMENT 10 O’CLOCK THIS MORNING Many Witnesses Introduced and the Four Attoroneys Engaged in Case Had Many Legal Tilts. The prelininary hearing in the case of the State aginst J. E. Brewster, charged with murder was heard be fore Justices J. L. Beach and R. T. Hitch yesterday afternoon the spec tacle of the two justices presiding in the case was rather novel, but in murder cases it is the custom. ,It should be stated that both of tihe jusices acquitted themselves splendidly and presided with the ease and grace of old Presiding officers. It will be remembered that the charge against Mr. Brewester grows out of an altercation between him and Williams Blount, car inspector’s help er, which oceured on Sunday after noon at Thalman and as a result of a blow delivered by Brewster, it is claimed that Blount died on Tuesday The contention is that Brewster struck Blopnt, who had used profane language to his little six year old son and that i n falling has head struck, an iron tail, which produced death. The State is represented by Powell a nd Farr while the case of th e defehd an is in the hands of W. R. Durden and J. Mark Wilcox. Tli e evidence was concluded late yesterday after noon and the trial justices announced that they would render an opinion at ten o’clock this morning. Among the interested spectators, sat next to the defendant was his' wife, a very comely and attractive woman, modestly, though stylishly at tired and who gave frequent suggest , ions to the attorneys for her* hus band. Special Agent H. F. Fountain of the A. B. and A RoaWioad, was also at the counsel table of th e de fendant and gave them aid and as sitance from time to time. The first witness called was Dr. A. T. Courson, of Camden county, a practicing Physician for twenty years. He Proved ho be a witness of unusual intelligence. He testified that Blount died from the wound he received when his head cam e in con tact with the steel rail and also stated that as soon a s he examined the injured man he knew that death would soon follow. The next witness was Mrs. J. E. McManus, of Thalmann. She saw Brewster strike Blount and notwith standing the fact that she was put to an almost cruel grilling by attorneys, she did not swerve from her testi mony ifi th e least. Her husband, J. E. McManus was the next called anil he also gave testimony of an inter esting nature. He said that while lie,did not see Brewster strike Blount, lie heard the lick land saw the man after he fell and whe n he was being removed to his home, something more than a mile from the scene of the trouble. An effort was made by at torneys to shotv that, ill feeling had existed betwen, Mr. Brewster and the witness, but she emphatically denied this* statement. 'The next witnes s was A. M. Mc •Laughlin, a ear inspector at Thai . maim by the Seaboard and undtr whom the deceased was em ployed. This witness testified that he was sitting o n the postoffice steps, 4 hat he saw deceased come aroiy.d the depot and also saw th e defend yit \sn the waiting room, and looked down to the ground, and that his attention attracted by a lick and looked up and saw deceased’s head hit th e rail. The witness testified that he went to deceased and found him bleeding from a wound in the back of his head where he had hit the rail. The wit ness further testiifed that the only outcry he heard was from the de fendant's wife, “Oh, Jack you have killed him.’’ He further testified that he heard the defendant say “a dirty cur,’’ but did not know to whom he addressed such a remark. The wit ness testified that deceased, after he had had his face washed, wanted to knoyv who or what hit him and upon the witness telling him 'that THE BRUNSWICK NEWS THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SKY LIMOUSINE OF GOVERNMENT WRECK AT VALMY YESTERDAY (By Associated Press.) Reno, Nov. 2.—The twenty five thousand dollar sky limou sine of the United States air mail service was wrecked at Valmy, near Battle Mountain yesterday. The plane was forced to make a landing because of a driving rainstorm". The pilot and a passenger escaped without injury. GEORGIA SAVES ON GOVERNMENT TAXES REDUCTION TOTALS BIG SUM OF $5,800.00 ACCORDING TO COLLECTOR ROSE. (By Associated Press. 1 Atlanta, Nov. 2.—Georgia tax payers will be saved $5,800,000 this year in federal taxes as a result of reductions, according to a special sur vey of the cancellations and de creases i n tax rates Provided by the revenue act of 1921 just completed by Josiah T. Rose, internal revenue collector for this district. CONSULATE CONTROVERSY HAS NOW BEEN SETTLED ( By Associated Press.) London, Nov. 2.—The case of the American consulate in New Castle has been settled -in principle, it is undersrood in diplomacie circles, but the opinion is expressed that the United States will desvrt an apology in connection with the charges of discrimination against British ship ping. This latter charge resulted in tlie closing of (lie consulate. MOTHER OF MRS. BURNSED PASSES AWAY IN TAMPA A telegram, was received by Mrs. F. W. Burnsed yesterday afternoon announcing the death of her mother, Mrs. Mary Williams, which oceured at her home in Tampa at 6 o’clock after an illnessj of extending over a long period. She will leave this morning to attend the funeral. Deceased had lived in Tampa for many years and was well known and highly esteemed. Many friends of Mrs. Burnsed sympathized with her in her sad bereavement,. “they say you called his boy a scab, a damned scab,’’ the dece'ased said, “x have not had any trouble with Mr. I! iows tor and have not done any thing to him.” O. C. Jones, the next witness for the state, testified that lie, was in his office and as he left and went in tlie waiting room he met the de fendant and defendant said to him, “I have, knocked Will Blount cold you bad better get him,” and that he did not think anything about it and went on back in his office. Connie Harrison, then cjalled by the state, testified that he saw de ceased after he was hurt and helped carry him home; that his condition was critical. That deceased wanted to know who hit him and upo n being told it was because they said he call ed defendant’s son a scab, deceased denied. At this stage the state rested. J. M. Harvey, a telegraph operator employed by the Seaboard at Thal mann, was introduced by the defend ant. He testified that about an hour before the fatal fig-lit he and deceas ed had engaged in two encounters with deceased, getting the worst of it. The witnes s testified that he and deceased land one or fwo others were sitting by the baggage room door upon a truck ami defendant’s son carae up and he bega n playing with the child, who was about four or five years old. The witness stated that the deceased inquired lof the child if he was a scab and the child replied tha tlie was not. That there upon the deceased got to teasing the child and used some profane lan guage. The witness stated that he told the child to tell deceased that “he is getting more ignorant every day ” Here is where deceased and the witness got in the fight. After this the witness saw the defendant’s wife and told her what the deceased (Continued on page 8.) BRITISH PUBLISHER SAYS LLOYD GEORGE WILL COME BACK Sir William E. Berry. Sir William E. Berry, one of Britain’s foremost publishers end a friend of former Premier Lloyd George, declares that the llttk* Welshman will soon retnrr to ?ower. Berry is visiting in N* v, ork. -* PADRIGK READY BEGINSENTENCE Solicitor General Anderson An nounces Will Not Try Preach er For Slaying Wife. Will Go to Farm. (By Associated Press) Statesboro. Nov. 2. —Satisfied with the sentence of life imprisonment for their clieijt, attorneys of Rev. Elliott Padriclc, convicted yesterday of the murder of his mother-in-law announc ed that no appeal would be made. A. S. Anderson, solicitor general of the Ogeechee circuit, announced to day it was not the intention of the state to carry the case any further. Attorneys for tlie defense, as well as the defendant himself, expressed satisfaction at the verdict rendered yesterday. It is expected the minis ter will be carried to Milledgeville to begin his life term, within the next few days. “I will not appeal, I am well sat isfied with th e verdict..” With a pleased expression on his face. Elliot Padriclc, Methodist minister, confessed slayer of his girl wife and mother-in-law, Mrs. Mamie Lou Dixon, made this statement after being found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment here last night. The verdict of guilty with a recom mendation for mercy came after a trial of two days on an indictment charging the murder of Mrs. Dixon and deliberation of the ejury from 9 o’clock yesterday morning to 6:30 in the evening,. Padrick’s dramatic ser mon to the jury, in which he de clared he killed his wife because of her indiscretions, was the first inci dent of its kina jn a Georgia court. With this exception and at the time the jury filed into the court room with its verdict, th e minister took no interest in his trial. TO ARREST COMBS FOR ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO MURDER WASHINGTON, A„ SCENE OF SENSATIONAL CASE IN THE CITY’S HIGH LIFE CIRCLE. Washington, Ga„ Nov. 2.—Auth orities today had in their possession warrants for the larrestof F. M. Combs, charging assault with intent to kill Dr. Saggus, her husband, fol lowing an encounter yesterday dur ing which Combs was shot by the physician’s wife. The difficulty, was said to have re sulted from testimony offered by Combs at a coroner’s jury investigat ing the deaths of Dr. Saggus’ first wife and his present wife’s husband, Charles Wilbanks. The physician was charged with the alleged double murder by the jury, but at his Prelim inary trial he was acquitted. While en route to Tyrone, the cou ple is said to have met Combs and a discussion of the latter’s testimony at th e coroner’s investigation* devel oped. The physician accused him of having sworn to a lie, Combs said. During the fight that followed, he continued, Dr. Saggus called to his wife, who fired on Combs, wounding him in one of his legs. Mrs. Saggus told officials that she had been forced to shoot Combs in defense of herself and her husband. Combs, who is not wounded seri ously, was brought to a hospital here for medical attention, BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOV. 3, 1922. COLORED SCHOOL WILL BE READY BY THANKSGIVING DAY Finishing Touches Now Being Put on Handsome and Modern Building SECOND FLOOR HAS BEEN PRACTICALLY COMPLETED One qf the Most Modern Struc tures of Kind Anywhere and is Credit to Any City of Brunswick’s Population. The colored People of Brunswick will be pleased to learn that the hand some new Colored Memorial school will be completed and in use by Thanksgiving day and in thi s teach ers and Pupils will have one of the handsomest and best arranged school buildings in the entir e country and one of which any city of the size of Brunswick would feel justly proud. There is no feature in construc tion that is not the very “last ward” and if there is anything lacking to make it th e very best this one thing has not been found. Contractor Bruce Wright, notwithstanding delays in car shortage causing difficulty in receiving material, will complete the building on the time contemplated at th e begihning and he ha s done an excellent job. W. C. Anderso, who represents the Boar dof Education, himself an architect and builder of great experience, has inspected cv ery piece of lumber, brijk and other material that has been used and in this connection it may be said that all of this is of the very best and especially is this true of the floor ing and ceiling. I n the rooms completed are stee’ blackboards, the very latest and most convenient and the furniture, which will be installed shortly, i s also mod ern in every detail. Special care was taken by the Board of Education in seeing that the sanitary Part of the plans was tlie best, with plenty of fresh air as the predominating fea ture and this certainly has bee n car ried out to the very letter. The Board of Education did not foi get the playground feature that should be taken into consideration by boards everywhere and this will be equipped with all that goes to make health exercise perfect. Thu fencing which formerly enclosed court house square has been secured from the county commissionei-s and this will be Placed in Position within the next few days. TORNADO DAMAGE REACHES A75.0i Town of Webb City, Mo., Re covering From Wreckage Done by Storm With the Death List Standing at One. (By Associated Press) Webb City, Mo., Nov. 2. —Work of rehabilitation in the area leveled by a tornado early Wednesday morning has progressed far Thursday nibht under the direction of the local Red Cross and welfare organizations. The death toll stands at one. All of the approximately 75 persons made home less by the teriffic storm had been provided with warm clothing, food, and shelter. A cold drizzling rain added to the suffering of the sthicken. Relief workers placed the damage of the storm at between $75,000 and SIOO,- : 000. In addition to 29 dwellings de : stroyed and badly damaged,, three i business houses also were partly wrecked. Telephony and telegraph i lines were laid low through the path of the storm,. Mrs. Nancy Ford, 53, was carried from, her home by ,he storm and was picked up dead two hours later, 200 feet from her wrecked home. Mrs,. Emma Lott is internally in jured and her death is expected. She was found In the wreckage of her home with her small adopted daugh ter, Dorothy Gibson. Dorothy is suf fering from a broken arm. Twelve Others sustained injuries ranging from, and bruises to hurts. A number of others whose identity was not learned by relief workers, were suffering from shock and lesser' injuries. MURHUI’S BODY SENT HOME. (By Associated Press.) Mexico City, Nov. 2.—The body of General Murhui, rebal leader, execut ed yesterday, was taken to Durange 'City today where burial will take Place. MRS. MILLS CONFIDED INFATUATION 1 FOR REV. HALL, SAYS SLAIN WOMAN’S KIN Mra. Elsie Barahardt, left, sister of Mrs. Eleanor Mills, and (hiset> 4 Miss Barbara Tough. That Mrs. Eleanor Mills, slain church choir leader of New Bruns wick, N. J., once confessed her in fatuation for Rev. Edward W, Hall, is the statement of Mrs. Elsi e Barn hardt, sister of Mrs . Mills. Mrs. Barnhardt has told officials that a short tune before Mrs. M : lls and Hall MRS. TANKERSLEY, A LOVABLE WOMAN, HAS PASSED AWAY BREATHED HER LAST AT CITY Hospital yesterday; fu neral THIS AFTERNOON After an illness of two weeks, fol lowing an operation for appendicitis, Mrs. J. H. Tankersley passed away at 9 o’clock yesterday morning at the hospital. Although her condition had bee n serious from the day she became ill, on account of complica tions, her family and friends hoped for the best, and her death, coming suddenly, after she seemed to b e im proving, was a great shock to her loved ones. Deceased, who wa s sixty-five years of age, leaves a large family to mourn her loss . Besides her hus band, James 11. Tankersley, there are the following children: Mrs. Edo Miller, Mrs. Blain Peerson. Mrs. Julia n Drury, Mrs. Findley Drury, of ’Brookman, Mrs. R. S. Braswell, of Miami, Fla., Mrs. B. A. Tippins, of Charleston, S. C.; Julius, Claud, J. 8., of this city, Burford. of Mobile, Ala., and Sigmund, of Inverness, Fla. Mrs. Tankersley leaves thirty-eight grand children, five sisters and a brother. Scores of Brunswickians extend sym pathy to her relatives. She was be loved by all who knew her and will leave a Place that cannot be filled. She possessed a most cheerful and loving disposition. The funeral will be held this after noon at 3 o’clock from the home, cornei- Newcastle and I streets and will be conducted by Rev. Thomas H. Thomson, of the First Methodist Church and interment will Be in Pal metto cemetery. Her five sons and her oldest grandson, Edward Miller, will act as pallbearers. PAGE FUNERAL TO BE IN OLD FORK CHURCH TODAY (By Associated Press.) Richmond, Va., Nov. 2. —Within Old Fork ; church, where lie was christened, near his boyhood home in Hanover county. th e funeral ser vices tor Thomas Nelson .Page, author and former ambassador to Italy and lawyer, will be held at I<> o’clock tomorrow morning. Later in the day the body will be carried to Washington and laid to rest beside the body, ot his wife. (were found murdered i:i the count y j near New Brunswick, ‘ne slain won !a n confided to her that she (Mrs. 1 Mills) was in h ,v e with the minister. ! Mis.'; ’Barbara Tough, the “upstairs g’wt at the Hall home noW denies i stories that Mrs. Hall intimated to j her before the pastor’s , death that h e was dead. M’INTOSH ANNUAL NEGRO FAIR WAS GREAT SUCCESS EXHIBITS OF MORE GENERAL NATURE THAN WAS CASE LAST YEAR. Through the cooperation of of ficials and citizens of Darien and rural precincts, a very creditable ex hibition was presented by Rubie C. O’Neal, home demonstration agent of Mclntosh county and James IT. Simms, farm demonstrator of Mc- Intosh,. Th© opening address was made by Mayor Barclay. Other addresses were made by Superintendant Bran son, Alva, Tabor, assistant state agent and others,. The exhibits which far excelled those of last year, included canned vegetables, fruits, pickles, preserves, jellies, marmalades and relishes. Handicraft played a conspieious part-—box furniture, hats, shirts, quilts and patched work. Proof that in spite of rains re sults can be accomplished, was brought out in the agricultural ex hibits, which included cane, rice, peas, turnips and beans. The poultry and live stock exhibits were very interesting. Six registered pigs were brought over from, Liber ty county by pig club boys. Th e most interesting phase of poultry exhibit was the capon with his brood of chicks. Avery appreciative attendance of white citizens were present, bach rural community was represented in large numbers. A number of out of town visitors were present. Miss Moore, white demonstration agent was one of the judges. The following agents were present: J. H. V,. Conyers, district Alva Tabor, assistant state agent. Minnie Simpson, home demonstration agent. Liberty county; M. C„ O’Neael, home demonstration agent, Glynn county. MRS. PHILLIPS ACCUSES PEGGY CAFFEE OF MURDER (By Press.) Los Angeles, Nov. 2,. —Peggy Caf fee wielded the hammer which beat the life out of Mrs. Alebrta Meadows, according to the testimony of Mrs. Clara Phillips, who is on trial for slaying Mrs. Meadows. Peggy Caffee has been the prose cutor’s star witness,. BRUNSWICK Has a landlocked harbor, the best on the South Atlantic Coast. .‘ PRICE FIVE CENTS ABDUCTOR WILSON DRAWS SENTENCE THIRTY FIVE YEARS Enticed Eleven Year Old Rosa* lie Shanty in Car, Left Her in Swamp. LITTLE GIRL IS NOW IN SERIOUS CONDITION Feeling Ran High Against De fendant But Promise of Quick Disposal of Case Pacified En raged Crowd. (By Associated Press.) Muskegon, Mich., Nov. 2.—Amid cheers, hundreds of angry citizens heard Raymond Wilson, aged forty, confessed abductor of eleven year old Rosalie Shanty, beautiful Mukr gen girl, sentenced to serve from thirty-five to forty years at Mar quette penitentiay. In sentencing the prisoner the court expressed regret that a longer sen tence could not be imposed. Heavily guarded Wilson was taken to begin his sentence twelve hours after ar rest. The little girl is deliriou s and is in a serious c< ndition both men tally and physically. While 11 year old Rosalie Shanty lay near death in a farm house at Dublin, Mich., today, Bjaymond E. Wilson, of Grand Rapidg was being held at the county jail here under heavy guard, as th e ma n who kid naped the child last Sunday, drove with her to the Jack Pine Swamps of Manitee county and there abandoned her. Wilson confessed, the sheriff’s of fice reported, that be abducted the child. A formal charge of kidnap ing wa s the n lodged against him. Word from Dublin today was that Rosalie, Videly known here a s “the swimming girl,’’ through her expert exhibitions at a local beach last sum mer, might not recover. She still was j in a semi-conscious state and suffer -1 ing from a high feve r as a result of exposure fn the forests, where she was found by a farmer, her clothing torn to shreds and her body scratched and bruised by the underbrush. In his statement to the authorities Wilson was quoted as saying he en ticed the child into his automobile as she was leaving a church here Sun ! day, drove about the city for a time, 1 then started for Dublin. Near that town, the reported statement said, Rosalie became alarmed and asked to be let out of the car, Wilson said, and h e left her near a farm house, and then returned to Grand Rapids. The prisoner said he was intoxicated when he took the girl into his ma chine and was unable to explain his actions. Feeling ran high in Muskegon when it became known today that Wilso n wa s being held here and nu merous deputy sheriffs and police re serves were called out to guard against disorders. Wilson is 41 years old and has bee n married twice. Offieer s said he had a prison record here. ALL PARTS OF ITALY REJOICE AT CHANGE Rome, Nov. 2. —Reports received from various parts of Italy tell of enthusiastic receptions taking place and greetings to the returning Fasis cista from the “Conquest of Rome.” In several places headquarters of superservative organizations have been attacked • and destroyed and arms and amunition found. No cas ualties have been reported. VIOLENT SCENES MARKED SESSION TURK ASSEMBLY RTSOLUTION PROCLAIMING A NEW TURKEY HAD RISEN WAS PASSED (By Associated Press.) Constantinople, Nov. 2.—Violent scenes marked proceedings of the first session of-the Angora assembly during the discussion today of the statuts of th e sultan.' One resolution was offered and wa s sponsored by seventy-six depu ties declared that anew Turkey had risen from the ashes of th e Ottoman Empire and that the sultan was non existent. MustaPha Kemal outlined Turkish history in a two hour ad dress Pleading for separation of the sultahte and caliphate. The assembly adopted a resolu tion that a telegram be sent th e An gora government to Tewfik Pasha, grand vizor of th e sulta n ,was guilty of treason and demanded punishment. Tewfik suggested union of the two governments,