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BRUNSWICK
Has the lowest death rate of
any 'city its size in the United
States. ......
VOLUME XXI. NO. 273.
CAMDEN COUNTY
THROWS OUT ALL
OF ARNOW VOTES
GIVEN VOOELLE
HE HAD A LEAD
IN SENATE RACE
New Turn in Bitter Senatorial
Fight Stirs People of Old
Camden.
FIGHT WILL NOW GO
TO SENATE FOR ACTION
Arnow’s Friends Claimed Only
Excuse Manager’s Had For
Their Action Was that Arnow
Could Not Use This Ticket.
The senatorial contest in the
Fourth District, the most bitter ever
known to the counties which com
pose it, is not yet settled, an 1 there
is now every indication that the
fight will be carried to the floor of
the senate and th.it body will nave to
decide whether -Tas. T. Vocelle or
Chas. S. Arnow, both of St. Marys,
Camden county, is entitled to th<-
seat.
I n the primary Tuesday Vocelle,
the regular Democratic nominee, was
opposed by Arnow. On Tuesday night
the return s indicated the election of
Arnow by something like 212 votes.
He carried Charlton by 307 and
Glynn by 218. The vote from Cam
den gave Vocelle a majority of 309.
However, when the election managers
met at St. Marys Wednesday to con
solidate the vote a new question was
raise?). It wa s claimed that, inas-,
much as P sow’s name had beep
printed or stamped on the regular
Democrat ticket i n violation °f l ' ie
law that the votes could not be
counted for Arnow, but that they
should be either thrown out or given
to Vocelle. A vote of the managers
was taken and all of the Arnow- votes,
162, in Camden county were not only
taken from him, but were counted
for Vocelle. Thi s placed him i n the
lead in the three counties.
The returns, showing the entire
vote of the county for Vocelle hgs
bee n forwarded to Atlanta and o n the
face of the returns as they will ap
pear when counted Vocelle has been
elected.
This action on the part of the man
agers caused a general protest from
the Arnow suppoi-ters and it was at
once decided to protest the action of
the managers. Counsel has bee n em
ployed and the fight will be carried
to the senate.
Because of the fact that the tele
phone line to Camden county was out
of commission last night, no addi
tional facts on the matter could be
secured, but residents of the county
interested arriving in the city told
of the latest turn i n the case, w-hich
has thrown the citizens of Camden
into a condition which borders on
trouble. The feeling is intent.
Vocelle supporters first claimed j
that they were outrage.! when an in- '
dependent was placed in the race and j
false reports circulated against the j
nominee; that the religious question :
was brought into the fight and, al
though Camden has twice been car
ried by Vocelle, still the other two
counties of the district, Glynn and
Charlton, have stepped i n and refused
to allow four-fifths of the voter s of
Camden to select their senator.
On the other hand those support
ing Arnow in Camden charge that
Vocelle secured his nomination j
through fraud, that illegal voters,
were on the registration list, that:
many opposed to Vocelle were de
nied the Privilege of registering, and
for these, reasons he was not legally
nominated. They say now that the
action of the managers Wednesday,
in throwing all of the Arnow
votes and giving them to Vocelle only
goes to P- Ik- their charges of fraud
in the priYnJF 4 ',
J. S. N. Davis, one of the leaders
of the Arnow faction, arrived in the
city las t night from St. Marys, and
when seen by News representative he
said that the action of the election
managers in giving all of the Ai-now j
votes to Vocelle was greatest fraud
ever attempted i n Camden county. He
said .hat the only excuse used for
such action was that the tickets used
(which were the same as thos e used
in the election her, ) were Demo
cratic tickets and that Arnow’s name
could not appear on them.
Mr. Davi s stated that the fight
would be carried to the state senate
and he believed that rlgh would pre-
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MOORE CASE GOES
U.S. SUPREME COURT
HEARING ON MONDAY
ATTORNEY ISAAC LEFT SAVAN
NAH YESTERDAY AFTER
NOON FOR CAPITAL.
Savannah, Nov. 9.—Max Isaac left
thi s afternoon for Washington, where
on Monday he is to argue before the
supreme court of th e United States
in the case of Bill Moore vs. State
of Georgia. Mr. Isaac will appear in
the interest of Moore, who has been
convicted in the superior court of
Glynn county of assault and sen
tence dto serve from ten to twenty
years in the penitentiary. A young
woman in Brunswick was the prose
cutrix. George M. Napier, attorney
general of Georgia, will represent the
state in the court at Washington.
Moore’s case reaches the highest
court of the land upon the ground
that he was not granted a fair trial
because the judge cleared the coui 1
room of spectators. The exclusion of
the public, it is contended, denied the
defendant the trial to which he wa-i
entitled.
This is the first time a case of this
ch.uac f er ha s been hefoie the '-n
preme court. It was carried there
upon an appeal made by Isaac &
Isaac and James R. Thomas, attor
neys for the defendant, to Justice
Holmes, who granted the writ of cev
torari after the supreme court of the
state of Georgia had denied Moore a
new trial.
It is alleged by the accused that
the section of the code of Georgia
granting authority to a judge of the
superior court to clear the court room
in case s where he evidence is vulgar
and obscene is unconstitutional. It is
‘contended by the defense that i n the
exercise of this authority the court
denied the prisoner the rights which
were clearly his and that he was not
given the protection to which he was
entitled in the fourteenth amendment
to th federal constitution.
Moore has been in jail in Bruns
wick _ since his conviction.
BANK OF MANHATTAN
MAY DECLARE 100 PER
CENT STOCK DIVIDEND
(By Associated Press)
New York, Nov. 9. —A stock divi
dend of 100 per cent will be submit
ted for approval to stockholders of
the Manhattan Codpany, one of the
oldest banking institutions in. the
United States, at a special meeting
December 5. The directoros of the
bank, which in its present form com
bines tli e banks founded by Aaron
Burr and Alexander Hamilton and
still operates under a charter grant
ed in 1799 have voted to increase the
capital from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000,
by tlie transfer of a proportion of the
surplus of the corporation to the capi
tal. Under the plan each stockholder
of record at the close of business
November 28, will receive an amount
ofnew stock equivalent to his hold
ings at the time.
vail and that Arnow would be seated.
The Southeast Georgian of yester
day, which is Vocelle’s paper, an
nounced the action of the managers
and stated that Vocelle had wo n the
election for senator.
Mr. Davis said that as far as he
knows no fights had occurred in the
county, as had been reported here, ex
cept one little personal encounted on
election day. While a bitter feeling
existed over the entire senatorial
matters, he does not anticipate any
trouble.
It is understood that Col. R .D.
Meader, of this city, has bee n en
gaged to represent the Arnow side
of the question, while it was also as
certained that the Vocelle faction
bad engaged counsel.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, NOV. 10, 1922.
LONDON WITHOUT
TURKISH NEWS AS
WIRE NOTWORKINO
Since Cable Which Hasj Been
Cut is Out of Commission
All Seem at Sea.
REPORTED DEPOSED SULTAN
IS ON A BRITISH WARSHIP
But This is Denied by Govern
ment, Suggestion of Postpon
ment of Lousanne Conference
Rebuked by Kemalists.
(By Associated Press.)
London, Nov. 9.—London tonight is
still without Constantinople news but
with the hope that the cut cable will
be restored soon.
The government is unable to throw
any additional light on the Turk
ish situation except the grave an
nouncement that the British govern
ment kiWws labsolutely nothing of
the whereabouts of the deposed sul
tan and denial that he is seeking
refuge on a British ship.
KEMALISTS REBUKE ANY
SUGGESTION DELAY IN MEET.
Paris, Nov. 9. —lsmet Pasha, for
eign minister in the Turkish nation
alist government has informed the
allied governments that any delay in
holding the Lausanne peace confer
ence would be a disaster, as it would
be interpreted by the Angora assem
bly and the Kemalist army as a sign
of hostility against the Turks and a n
indication that the allies did not in
tend to live up to the conditions of
the Mudania armistice.
The French government therefore,
is extending every influence to have
the Lausanne conference formally
opened on schedule time, November
18, in order to demonstrate to the
Turks the good intentions of the al
lies. The British asked for a post
ponement because of their approach
ing elections, but th e French now
have proposed to the British that
in view of the message from Ismet
Pasha all parties go ahead and as
semble next week at Lausanne. The
British reply to t'ni s proposal has
not yet been received.
As the French view it, the confer
ence could be opened on time next
Monday as a demonstration of good
will and the n the more important
meetings requiring the attendance
of the plenipotentiaries could be
postponed for a week or so, during
which the experts could occupy
thmselveg i n sundry preparations.
Ismet Pasha still is in Constanti
nople, the foregin office has been ad
vised, but intends to go to Lausanne
as soon as possible.
FUNERAL OF HENRY
GIRVIN WILL BE HELD
2:30 THIS AFTERNOON
The funeral of Henry Girvin, whose
death was reported in these columns
yesterday morning, will be held from
the First' Methodist church, corner
Norwich and Monk streets, this af
ternoon at 2:30 o’clock and will be
conducted by Rev. Thomas H. Thomp
son, of this church, assisted by Rev.
L. C. Gray, of the McKendree
Methodist church and interment will
be held in Palmetto cemetery. Fol
lowing will act as pallbearers: J.
T. Powell, J. H. Woodward, W. C.
Paul, D. V. Johnson, P. Long, J. C.
Vinson. Undertaker J. P. Baldwin
will be In charge and the Junior Or
der of United American Mechanics,
of which the deceased was a valued
member, will attend in a body and
members are called to meet at the
organization’s hadquorters at 1:30
promptly.
The news of Mr. Glrvin’s death was
a shock to the community yesterday
and the many floral offerings which
have been received at the home, 729
Egmont street yesterday attestted the
high esteem In which he was held.
STATEWIDE RECOUNT
OF VOTES IN LODGE
GATSON SENATE RACE
PRESENT SENATOR’S PLURAL
ITY Was placed at eight
THOUSAND YESTERDAY
(By Associated Press.)
'Boston, Nov. 9.—A a bate-wide re
count will be made of the votes in the
race, between Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, Republican and Col. Gaston,
Democrat, for United States senator.
Lodge’s plurality at present is
eight thousand.
HO! HUM! WATCH YOUR UNCLE SAM WEEP;
ASTOR FOOTUNE TO GO TO GR^^BRITAIN
i'W 7 " Maj. John Jacob Aator and Mrs. Astor.
Answering hecklers during a political speech at Dover, Maj. John
Jacob Astor, candidate for a seat in the house of commons, declared the*
he was transferring bis wealth from America to England. Major Astor,
however, neglected to explain that inasmuch as a large part of the
$80,000,000 fortune consists of New York real estate, he may have to
move the heart of Gotham over to London and park it near Buckingham
palace.
BANQUET FOR
FAIR SEX IS ON
FOR TONIGHT
ROTARY CLUB WILL BE
HOST AT WHAT PROMISES
TO BE PLEASANT EVENT
The Brunswick Rotary club will
give its annual banquet featuring
ladies’ night, beginning 8 o’clock this
evening in the parlors of the Og
lethorpe hotel.
Invitations have been sent out to
every school teacher i n Brunswick, as
well as those at Arco and the Com
munity school and also to members of
the Board of Education and the wives
and daughters of Rotarians. Covers
have been laid for one hundred and
sixty, the capacity of the dining room.
The program will be of an educa
tional nature with music and other
interesting feature s interspersed, the
idea being to cultivate a better un
derstanding of the local Public school
system.
londolTpapers comment
ON AMERICAN ELECTIONS
(By Associated Press.)
Jxmdon, Nov. 9.— The come-back
made by the Democratic party ih the
American elections is explained in a
diversified manner in the London pa
pers this morning.
Some of the writers think that the
pendulum has merely swung back,
but others interpret the voting as re
vealing a widespread dissatisfaction
with the Harding administration and
its workings, which includes the new
tariff and the enforcement of the
prohibition law.
One paper feels that it was VIC ‘
tory for the tnti-prohibitionists.
WILL ASK THREE
INDICTMENTS IN
HALL-MILLS CASE
INVESTIGATORS I D E N T IF I E I)
MAN WHO MRS. GIBSON SAYS
SHE SAW SHOOT.
(By Associated Press.)
New Bi-unswick, N. J., Nov. 9.
The information on which the state
of New Jersey expected to obtain
indictments of three persons for the
murder of the Rev. Edward Wheelei
Hall and his choir leader, Mrs.
Elanor Mills, is to be laid before
Supreme Court Justice Parker and
grand jury Foreman Bibb by Deputy
Attorney General Mott at Som
erville.
Persons close to the authorities
say that the investigators have iden
tified the man who Mrs. Jane Gib
son says she saw shoot Mrs. Mills
and the rector. The authorities will
ask tdiat he be indicted for first de
gree murder.
They will also seek to indie 4 the
“woman in gray” for first degree
murder, on the grounds that she was
an accomplice, but did not actually
kill either Dr. Hall or Mrs. Mills.
The third man under suspicion is
said to be a member of the Episcopal
Church of St. John the Evangelist, of
which Dr. Hall was rector. Authori
ties hope to obtain his indictment on
a charge of being an accessory after
the fact. They say he drove the au
tomobile which trailed Dr. Hall and
Mrs. Mills to the Phillips farm, where
they were murdered, and .also that
he has conoealed information from
the authorities.
PROPOSALSTO
MODIFY PROHI.
LAW PROBABLE
THIS MAY RESULT FROM
EXPRESSION OF PUBLIC
OPINION IN ELECTION
(By Associated Press.)
Washington. Nov. 9. —Proposal for
legislation modifying the Volstead act
with respects to the sale of beer and
light wines were regarded today at
the treasury as extremely likely as a
result of the outcome of Tuesday’s
elections.
In the meanwhile, however, Secre
tary Mellon was reported as holding
that the treasury’s policy of a strict
enforcement of the prohibition laws
would , continue unchanged, despite
the expression of pirblit opinion in
different states, until congress acts.
Unless the question actually comes
up in congress, high treasury of
ficals indicated, little consideration
will be given the possible source
of revenue which might be developed
from taxes on beer and wine.
MAY ADVANCE APPEAL.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Nov. 9.—A formal
motion to advance the appeal of the
•foreign steamship companies from
th e decision of Federal Judge Hand
in New York, sustaining the prohi
bition ruling of Attorney General
Daughety was willed iin the Supreme
court today by former Attorney Gen
eral George W. Wickersham. The mo
tion asserted that the Daugherty opin
ion is “contrary to the opinion of a
previous attorney general and to ex
isting regulations of the secretary of
the treasury.”
The motion will be presented in
open court by Mr. Wickersham on
Monday next, when he will ask the
court to set the cas e for hearing on
November 20.
OBSERVER AT LAUSANNE
CONFERENCE UNOFFICIAL
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Nov. 9.—While the
Washington government expects to
name official observers to represent
it at the Laussane conference no def
inite steps can be taken until the
date of the conference i s decided up
on, it was announced tonight.
PROMINENT EDUCATOR DEAD
(By Associated Press.)
Lexington, Nov. 9.—John W. T.
Lafferty, dean ano founder of the
law college of the University of Ken
tucky, died thi s afternoon after an
illness of only four days.
IN GEMAN AFFAIR
FRANCE WILL GO
IT ALONE, THREAT
PREMIER POINCARE TELLS SEN
ATE BRUSSELS CONFERENCE
GIVE SATISFACTION
(By Associated Press)
Paris, Nov. 9.—Premier Poincare
told the senate this evening that
France had decided to act alone in
respect to Germany if the Brussels
conferene failed to give satisfation
to France.
France is not imperialistic, the
premier stated, in fact, he asserted,
the least so of any of the nations, but
it had a right to defend.
► TARIFF MEASURE
- PULLING PEOPLE
► GOOD AND STRONG
► (By Associated Press.)
’ Washington, Nov. 9. —Federal
► revenue of approximately four
► hundred and forty-five million
1 dollars for this fiscal year
► from import taxes was forecast ;
► today by custom officials.
► These figures ate on a basis
► of returns of the new tariff act
► for the mooth and a half of
► operation, an almost unpreced
► ented income before enactment
► when withdrawals were heavy.
MASTERS HARRIS
BE BROUGHT BACK
BY CHIEF REGISTER
WILL LEAVE HERE ON A. C. L.
TRAIN THIS MORNING AND
RETURN WITH MAN.
Chief of Police J. E. Register will
leave on the early Atlantic Coast Line
train this morning for Waycross
where he goes to return with Mas
ters Harris, colored, who is charged
with cutting Robertha Harris’ throat
from ear to ear on Sunday night and
who was captured i'n the Magic City
through the energetic efforts of the
Brunswick police chief, who instruct
ed the Waycross authorities in such
a manner that fe was an easy matter
to loctea the man charged with the
murder.
It was rumored yesterday that Mas
ters would be brought back on the
noon train and something like five
hundred colored people gathered fn
the vicinity of the Glynn county jail.
Hundreds walked there, others drove
in large auto delivery trucks of lo
cal wholesale and retail merchants,
taking the time off, in order to see
the prisoner and scores went in their
own conveyances. But the crowd
was there and it is likely that not
less than five hundred will he at the
Coast Line depot tonight when Chief
Register steps off the car with his
now famous prisoner. While rumors
were afloat yesterday that feeling had
reached such pitch among the color
ed people that something violent
could expected, officials are of the
opinion that nothing like this wll be
attempted and that the large crowd
gathered at the jail yesterday mere
ly to take a look at Harris.
MISTRIAL IS DECLARED
IN BRADSHAW A. B. & A.
TRAIN-WRECKING CASE
(By Associated Press.)
Greenville, Ga„ Nov. 9. —A mistrial
was declared, this morning of Tom
Bradshaw, former employe of the A.
B. & A. railroad, charged with wreck
ing an A. B. & A. rain near Man
chester, Ga., March 29 last, and the
jury was dismissed by the judge at 10
oclock, yesterday morning after Solic
itor General Atkinson had conclud
ed his argument. At 6 o’clock yester
day afternoon Judge Chas. E. Roop
called the jury in to ascertain if any
progress was being made toward a
verdict.
The foreman informed him that the
jury was unable to agree. He sent
the jurors back to deliberate further.
PARENT-TEACHER
OF PURVIS HELD
EXCELLENT MEET
MRS. CATE NAMED PRESIDENT
AND OTHER OFFICERS ARE
ALSO SELECTED
The Purvis Parent-Teachers Asso
ciation held the-r regular November
meeting yesterday afternoon at 3:30
at Purvis school.
This being the annual meeting the
election of officers was held and re
sulted as follows:
Mrs. G. V. Cate, president; Mrs.
W. J. Williamson, vice-president;
Mrs. A. S. Knight, secretary; Mrs.
)E. Vernon Jones, treasurer.
Mrs. A. L. Sterne, president of
the P. T. A. was present and gave a
most pleasing address, telling of the
work done at Glynn Academy and
urging closer cooperation 'between
the two associations.
It was voted to continue the nu
trition work that was carried on last
year by supplying fruit to those who
are getting milk from the milk depot,
supported by the Red Cross. The
Fruit Circle is maintained by indi
vidual members of the association.
The picture for best attendance
was awarded the third grade, Miss
Clara Pyles, teacher.
''The meeting was full of interest
and many new members were added
to the roll.
BRUNSWICK
Has a landlocked harbor, the
best on the South Atlantio
Coast. .
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BIDS ABE ASKED
ST. SUN HIGHWAY
CONSTRUCTION PLAN
County Commissioners Also Ad=
vertised For Sale $175,000
County Road Bonds.
BOTH PROPOSALE BE
OPENED ON DECEMBER 12
In is Proposed That Work on
the Actual Construction of
the Highway is to be Com
pleted by November 30. 1923.
Elsewhere in The News this morn
ing will be found two of the most
interesting advertisements that have
ever appeared in the columns of The
News; they are advertisements that
speak a world for the progressive
spirit of the people of the city of
Brunswick and of the good old coun
ty of Glynn.
They are advertisements thdt mark
rapid culmination of one of the most
far reaching development plans ever
attempted by any people anywhere.
One of them is an advertisement
from Clerk A. O. Townsend of the
Commissioners of Roads and Revenue
of Glynn county for the sale of $175,-
000 road bonds, authorized by the
vote of the people and incidentally
that vote stood for the bonds, 558;
against the bonds, I—for the build
ing of the highway to St. Simon is
land.
These bonds will bear interest at
fiv e per cent and will mature, an
nually, $7,000 from January first,
1925, to January first, 1949, inclusive.-
The other advertisement comes
from Messers. E. L. Stephens and
M. B. McKinnon of the St. Simons
Highway commission and calls for
sealed proposals for the construction
of the bridges and fills from main
land Brunswick, to St. Simon island.
This advertisement covers all de
tails of the construction, give s speci
fications a$ to materials, provides for
th e P'ers, etc., etc. It also provides
that the work must be completed by
November 30th, 1923. All work, to
be awarded under this bond, must be
started withi n two weeks after the
approval of the contracts.
Proposals in both cases are to be
received until noon of December 12,
1922.
These advertisements ought to
be most heartily satisfying to the
people of this whole community; it
marks a real epoch i n the growth and
the development of all of Glynn coun
ty and it is a real local triumph in
the interest of progress.
DEPUTIES MEET,
RAPID-FIRE WILL
BE ITALY CHANGES
PREHIER MUSSOLINI FIGURES
ON PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF
PUBLIC UTILITIES
(By Associated Press)
Rome, Nov. 9—The chamber of de
puties will recanvene of November 16
but will probably sit only a fortnight.
Premier Mussolini is expected to
Put through a heavy program includ
ing transfer of public utilities, tele
phone, telegraph and railroads to pri
vate ownership. He will inform the
chamber of th e government's inten
tion to reduce Police of all kinds from
150,000 to 75,000.
MEETING OF YOUNG
MEN’S CLUB TODAY TO
BE A LIVELY AFFAIR
It is stated that the meeting of the
Brunswick Young Men’s club today
will be one of unusual interest inas
much as a number of out-of-town
guests will be present and all of
these will be asked to say some
thing, it is stated.
While a great deal of the time al
lotted for the meeting will be con
sumed i n matters as seen from the
standpoint of non-citizens, it is ex
pected that a number of members
will say a few words on the many lo
cal projects in which the club has
bee n interested. It is announced that
an unusually excellent menu has been
Provided.
FRANCE SENDS ANOTHER
• WAR VESSEL TO TURKEY
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, Nov. 9. —The French govern
ment has decided <to send another
battleship to Turkish waters,. -