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BRUNSWICK
Has the lowest death rate of
any city Its size in the United
States
VOL
70 MINERS MEET DEATH NEAR BIRMINGHAM
BY ALABAMA CITY IS
SCENE OF HORROR AS
RESULT EXPLOSION
FRANTIC RELATIVES
AWAIT AT MINE’S
MOUTH IN TERROR
Rescue Work is Hindered By
Fierce Flames Which Fol=
lowed Explosion.
PHYSICIANS AND NERSES
ASSEMBLED TO GIVE AID
Identification of Dead Will be
Rushed as Quickly as Possi
ble in Order to Relieve An
xiety of Relatives.
(By Associated Press.)
Birmingham, Ala- Nov. 22.
Seventy miners were killed and
sixty injured in a dust explos
ion at Dolomite mine number
three, of the Woodward Iron
Company, about nine miles from
here this afternoon.
Four hundred were trapped
by the explosion according to an
official statement tonight issued
by D. E. Wilson, treasurer of
the company.
Rescue work is hindered by
the fierce fire, which started
immediately after the explosion.
Approximately half the vic
tims are white.
Ambulance companies armed
with lung motors joined the res
cue crews and the men compos
ing these are doing excellent
and heroic work. The Red Cross
rushed nurses to the scene and
a detair of the Alabama Nation
al Guard was ordered quickly to
the mine.
All the doctors and nurses of
the community were marshalled
to care for the injured.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
WAIT FOR LOVED ONES .
The scene, at the mouth of the mine !
late tonight is described as pitiful.
Frantic women and crying children
waiting for word of their loved
ones. Orders were given to remove j
the injured first and an announce- '
ment is made that it will take until ;
early tomorrow morning to do this. 1
Identification will be pushed as :
soon as possible to relieve the an
xiety of the alimost crazed fathers, I
mothers, sisters and other loved ones
of he victims of the awful catastro- j
phe.
As fast as the crewsi become tired j
and worn out fresh volunteers and
there is a large number of these,
rush up anxious and willing to take
their places and these continued as
the night wore on.
It is believed by those who have
studied the explosion that it was
caused by a broken electric circuit as
a result of a runaway train of the
trip cars.
Offers of assistance have reached
mine officials from every city and
town within a radius of many miles.
People are -flocking in and all are
anxious to do something for the in
jured.
BANDITS RAID TRUCK
GET MAIL FOR PLANE
DRIVER TELLS STORY OF BEING
KIPNAPED AND ESCAPED
IS CLOSELY QUESTIONED
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, Nov. 22.—Bandits e arly to
day held up and robbed a postoffice
motor truck, which was carrying atr
mail to flyiae field for transfer
a plane, kiddnapped the driver.
, JnA escaped. Th e driver returned lat
ely ap .said that, thie banYits dumped
him out and escaped ,wlt\ the truck
and 460 pound of mall mYtter. Thee
driver was closely quesHo\d by the
postal inspectors, ;v\
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
ROBERTSON’S DEMURRER
HAS BEEN SUSTAINED
(lly Associated Press.)
Ada, Okla., Nov. 22. —The demurrer
of Governor Robertson to tbe motion
of James Nepburn, Okmulgee county
attorney, seeking to vacate the order
for a change of venue by which case
governor i' charged with bribery, was
transfered here from Okmulgee, was
sustained late today by Special Judge
Thomas Edwards.
Th e hearing of the governor’,, mo
tion to Quash the indictment will be
held on Monday.
OCONEE COUNTY
NEGROES WARNED
LEAVE BY JAN. 1
NOTICES HAVE BEEN POSTED
ON SEVERAL CHURCHES
GIVING WARNING
(By Associated Press.)
Athens, Ga., Nov. 22.—Two -hun
dred or' more negroes and fifty white
farmers of Oconee county, located
near here, have held a mass; meeting,
according to reports published here
today, following the finding of notices
posted on several negro churches and
lodge rooms Sunday warning the ne
groes of the county to leave before
the end of the year.
A resolution adopted by the ne
groes at the meeting declared “con
fideilce in the law-abiding white cit •
iztetie rtf our county/’ and further that
“we will not be driven from among
the white people whom we know t
be our friends; without first giving
them an opportunity of protecting
us.”
Oconee county has been thrown in
to tumult on various occasions dur
ing the last yeav. State officers’ at
tentions have been called to the num
erous cases of night riding by mask
ed men in which reports, say negroes
have been taken from their homes
and flogged. The c-ounty grand jur>
recently returned indictments agains
; white parties following the lynching
l of three negroes. No convictipns
; however, were obtained when the men
' were Placed on tr : al
SOUTH OUTSTRIPS NEW ENGLAND AS
NATION’S BIG MANUFACTURING CENTER
i9.506J00,000 5.w0°0
S3 § 3
Ii COTTON PRODUCTION MANUFACTURING ELECTRICAL ENERGY
V“HE South has far outstripped
* New England and all other
-• tier3 of the country in the de
• *!o fluent of manufacturing, in
d .-tries during the past decade,
a covd’r.g to a survey recently
modethe Institute of Ameri
can business.
between 1910 and 1920 the
v>lue of products from Southern
•ftiet.tries rose from $3,158,300,-
000 io $9,808,100,000 or a gain
m/ more than 330 per cent.’ The
value of Southern manufactured i
products for the census year of j
1920 is almost exactly the same
as the total value of manufac
tured products of the United
States, excluding the South, in
1900.
New England, which now ranks
second instead of first in rate of
Industrial development, turned out
products in 1920 with a value of
*7,183,070,799 as against a total
value of $2,770,065,114 in 1910
or more than two and a half times
the total of the "previous decade.
Cotton hasvslm'ifo.lj valien be
hind in terms of wealth produc
-tton, in Southern States east of
the Mississippi. The value of the
1920 cotton crop wa3 only $1,220,-
739,000 instead of $632,720,000
in 1910.
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, THU G JAY, 3 >:??
SIX MEMBERS OF FAMILY
FOUND DEAD IN HOME
AT LANCASTER, OHIO
(By Associated Press.)
Lancaster, 0., Nov. 22.—Six
members of the family of Irvine
Henderson were found dead in
their home here today.. Their
death is believed to have result
ed from the use of some kind of
medicine. The father and moth
er were found sitting upright in
their chairs before the fire. The
four children were in bed. All
were fully and ressed.
MRS. WATSON’S PAY
IS ASKED BY HARRIS
GEORGIA SENATOR WANTS SEN
ATE PAY FOR SPECIAL CAR
FOR FUNERAL
(By Associated Press.)
Washington. Nov. 22. —Introducing
a resolution to pay the widow of Sen
ator Watson a year’s salary, Senator
Harris announced that he would seek
an additional $750 for Mrs. Alice
Lytle, secretary of th e former Sena
tor, for expenses of the private car
use to take the body to Georgia.
HALL'MILLS GRAND JURY
RECESSES ’TILL MONDAY
'By Associated Press.)
Somerville, N. J., Nov. 22. —The
Somerset grand jury, which has been
investigating the Hall-Mills murdei'
case since last Monday, adjourned
late today until next Monday.
James Mills, husband of the choi
singer, slain, was the last witnes
and was on tli e s tand over n hour.
CLEMiNCEAITMORE
TO BLAME FOR WORLD
MISERY THAN ANY MAN
SENATOR BORAH SAYS
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Nov. 22. —Sena-
tor Borah. Republican, of Ida
ho, issued a staement today de
claring Georges Clemenceau, war
time premier of France* now in
America to tell of European misi
ery, was more responsible for
that misery and .the present state
of European affaii-s than any
other one living man,
This phenomenal industrial ■ -
velopment has been primarily du
to the South’s rapid utilization jI
cheap water powEer, and the virt .
linking together of utilities int •
“super-power zone,” now be : j
advocated in New England a
necessary to offset the advantage*
enjoyed by Southern manufaciur
ers.
Electrical energy is now being
utilized by Southern mills to th#
extent of more than 6,000,000
horse power annually as against
3,000,000 ten years ago. If tf*
present rate of \ industrial expan
sion is to be kept up, however,
new sources of power must be
brought into this system, since 1 1
shortage of more than one' bil
lion kilowatt hours is already pre
dicted by experts within five years.
In the super-power zone plan
for the South worked by govern
ment engineers in 1921, the 1,000,-
000 horse power avaijuble at
Muscles Shoals, form the principal
reservoir of electrical energy to
he drawn upon in future expan
sion, If this power is diverted
to other us*e* in the creation of
a vast industrial city on the Ten
nessee River, the mills of neigh
boring states will have to find new
sources of supply. J
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BANKER ACCEPTS
OFFER OF WIDOW
TO SELL HERSELF
m smsM
j* wP® Wpp; J
Mrs. Rulher Schermlrhorn.
George Rogers, Chicago bank
employe, has accepted-!(no offergJ
Mrs. Ruther Schermerh ben to ..ell
herself in marriage for 115,000. She
desires the money to seek relief
from paralysis, suffered when she
was shot by her husla-.r three
years ago. Rogers haa given the
widow a year to recover her
strength and former beauty.
WOMAN’S BRIEF
SENATE DOMAIN
ENDED IN SPEECH
...... . #
MRS. FELTON HAD HER LITTLE
“SAY” AND THEN GEORGE
WAS SWORN IN.
Washington, Nov. 22—Wo
man’s brief domain in th e United
Slates senate ended today wi'h
th e dramatic speech of Mrs. W.
H. Felton, of Cartersville, Ga.,
fi e nation’s fl?~t woman senator,
who then retired as s oon as Sena
tor-elect Walter F. George pre
sented his credentials.
Tonight Georgia’s ’’Grand Old
Lady” is enroute bac-k to her
Georgia home with her every
wish gratified.
In answering the roll call Sena
tor Felton made a brief address
in which she blazed the path for
thg feminine in politics, national
and state,
DINED BY EX-SENATOR SMITH
Washington, D. 0., Nov. 22. —
Former Senator Hoke Smith en
tertained at dinner this evening
in the Slioreham, having among
his guests Senator Kebe° c a Lati
mer Felton, Senator and Mrs.
Walter F. George, Senator and
Mrs. William J. Harris, Dr. How
ard T. Felton of Cartersville, Ga.,
Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Heard, Mr.
and Mrs. Pierce Heard of
Ga., Col. and Mrs. John Temple
Graves, Miss Mazie Crawford,
and Maj. O. H. B. Bloodvorth, Jr.
MASKED WOMEN
PARADE ATLANTA
STREETS AT NIGHT
OVER THREE HUNDRED COS
TUMED FEMALES PULI. '
OFF UNIQUE STUNT
(By Associated
Atlanta, Nov. 22. wom
en, estimated at fully three hundred,
paraded Atlanta’s streets for the first
time in the history of the city last
night
The paraders were said to be mem
bers aft the Dixie Woman’s League,
“a patriotic society.”
They were arrayed in white cos
tumes. with (lowing sleeves trimmed
in red and blue. The masks com
pletely covered their faces and were
similar to those formerly worn by
the Ku Klux Klan. They also wore
V-shaped hats with red tassels.
The parade was led by mounted
Poicenien with a* band. Then follow
ed the memberd, grouped in .pairs,
each carrying a small American flag.
Just what it all was about Atlan
tians did not sieefn to know. News
boys dubbed tlfem ■ “women Ku-
Kiuxes,”
FARLEY DRAWS
SI. MO FINE AND 1
JAIL sentence;
Must Serve Six Months in Pris*
on in Addition to the
SI,OOO Fine.
CONVICTED OF FORGERY
CENTRAL PAY CHECKS-
Prisoner Will Make Bond in
Sum of $3,000 Pending Mo
tion For a New Trial Which
Will Soon be Heard.
Savainab, Nov. 22 Adopting the
recommendation of the Jury in the
case of J. B. Farley, editor of the
Gleanor, a local labor Paper by Judge
Peter W. Meldrim of the superior
court, this morning sentenced the
defendant to pay a fine of $1,900 and
Berv e six months in jail.
Farley was convicted in the super
ior court Friday on an indictment
charging him with forging Central of
Georgia railway pay checks. The
jury fixed the s entence at one year
minimum and two years maximum.
It affixed a recommendation that the
court should punish him as for a
misdemeanor.
“I am very embarassed in fixing
yotir sentence, Mr. arley /’said Judge
Meldrim. Usually I ani/not disposed
to heed these recommendations, bn
evidence of your previous good
character has reached the court com
ing from men in whom I have the
greatest confidence. Lik e myself, you
are not a young man any more. I do
not like to put you on th e chain
gang. On the other hand, if I put a
large fine on you, it is doubtful if
you can pay it. -The sentence of the
court is that you pay a .fin e of SIOOO
and serve six months jn jail.” The
judge hesitated a moment before
Passing the sentence.
The prisoner was apparently un
affected by the Sentence of the
court. He received the final word
consigning him to jail without a
word. His counsed, Charles G. Ed
wards and Marvin O’Neal, stood up
yith him when the court imposed the
sentence.
A motion for anew trial of the
cas e had already been filed and the
sup‘erseda s bond fixed at $5,000. On
application 0 f the attorneys for the
prisoner, Judge Meldrim reduced the
bond to S3OOO. Mr. Farley remained
in the sheriff’s office until ne Y
bond was arranged.
JURY COMMISION MEETS
The Glynn county jury commis
sioners will meet again this morning
at 10 o’clock at the court house and
continue the work of revising the
jury boxes. It is likely that the
board will be in session through
Friday.
PLANS FOR GLYNN CO UNTY’S BIG FAIR
ARE RAPIDLY TA KING DEFINITE SHAPE
Plans for the Glynn county fair
are rapidly advancing. The fair will
be held on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday of Thanksgiving wAek at the
barracks building on Kings square.
The department superintendents are
busy assembling materials for their
exhibits and have met with hearty
and enthusiastic response from every
one. The manufacturers’ exhibits
this yeaf will be unusually numerous
and attractive,
A uniform color scheme will be car
ried out for each floor and under the
skillful direction of Mrs. H. M. Bran
ham will present a pleasing picture.
The first floor of the two-story build
ing will be taken up by Glynn coun
ty’s agricultural exhibit, the Wo
man’s club booth and one class'of
the manufacturers’ exhibits:, while
the upper floor will be filled with
fancy work, canning, and another
class of manufacturers’ exhibits.
The Negro exhibits are being given
more room and will be far more com
plete than last year, especially the
rural community exhibits. Much in
terest and activity in Preparation for
the fair is being shown by the colored
people all over the county.
The bunaglow building is being
furnished and will) be maintained as
a rest room by the Girl Reserves of
the Y. W. C. A. They hope this will
prove a comfort to the visitors sit the
fair.
The poultry show to be put on by
the Glynn County Poultry Breeders'
association will be held in a large
tent which has been secured for the
purpose and which will be located
just west of the two-story building.
TURK DELEGATES IN
DEJECTED MOOD ON
FIRST DAY OF MEET
WILL START MOVE FOR 1
► LEGISLATION BROADEN -
► RURAL CREDIT SYSTEM -
►
► By Associated Press
Washington Nov. 22-—Eneour- '
’ aged by the recommendation of •
m President Harding that the na- •
• tion’s credit system be broaden
►ed to Provide relief for the ■
- farmers, members of congress;
► froth the agricultural states to
► day inaugurated steps to bring
r about enactment of rural credit
► legislation before the end of the
► present congress in March.
►
CAMDEN COUNTY
ROADS ARE NOW
IN FINE SHAPE
♦'
COUNTY BOARD HAS HAD A
FORCE iAT WOJtK THEBE
PAST TWO WEEKS
Brunswickian s will b e pleased to
learn that the Camden county roads
to the St. Marys river are in excell
ent condition and thos e who desir<
to make trips to Jacksonville or other
P.lac s south of here, need hav e no
fear of getting stucek and Commis-
Bouje, chairman of the
'Camden county board of commission
ers announces that work has been
about completed and maintenancf
ccrews will keep it this way.
Th e fact that Glynn’s highw a y s are
numbered among th e best in the
state, and with other roads in fine
shape, there is no doubt hut that the
present heavy travel via this route
' will increase as tourist s always advise
friends at home of th e exact state
of affairs and many who expect to
com e do not start until about Decem
ber 1. Another fact that brings thf
tourists this way is the excellent
Brunswick tourist camp, out on Glynn
avenue. Judge Edwin W. Dart not
only furnishes free storage but also
has a well appointed rest room and
this appeals to the many wear)’ trav
elers yho find perfect rest and mod
em conveninces at hand. From the
present until th e end of the season
Increased travel is expected and
Brunswick is extend ; ng all a w a rm
welcome.
! In addition to the coops used last
| year, new coops have been Provided
and the association will be able to
take care of all birds that are en
tered. No entry fees will be charged.
All persons who expect to •tenter
chickens, turkeys,. geese, ducks, pig
eons, or pet stock should communi
cate with Mrs. G. V. Cate secretary
of the Poultry association, who will
have charge of the show. Mr?;, Cate
wishes it understood that anyone in
the county may exhibit at this show
and that it is not confined to the
members of the poultry association.
Prof. C. E. McCoy, field poultry
agent from the College of Agricul
ture, will be Present to meet the Pub
lic and will give lectures to poultry
lovers each afternoon during the fair.
He will also judge the show.
The educational l exhibit of this de
partment will cover every phase of
poultry husbandry and will include a
rqodel poultry house, showing the
use cijf all Viecessary equipment
brooder with a flock of day-old chicks,
demonstration of proper feeds, etc.
Anew feature of the fair this year
will consist of entertainments on the
last two days—Thanksgiving Day
and Friday—further details of which
will be published in the next day or
two.
The police department of the city,
headed by Chief Register, is cooper
ating in every way and will furnish
adequate police protection, both day
and night.
The city and county commission
ers are encouraging the home demon
stration agent in her efforts to es
tablish a first-class fair for Glynn
county.
BRUNSWICK
Has a landlocked harbor, the
best on the South Atlantio
Coast. .*
PRICE FIVE CENTS
DISPOSITION OF
THRACE CAUSING
LAUSANNE SI
Claims of Turkey Being Op*
posed By Greeks as Well
As Other Nations.
CONFERENCE IS TO BE
HELD IN SECRET NOW
Jtigo-Savia, Rumania and the
! Creeks Want Boundaries to
Remain as They Are and
Not Enlarged.
Lausanne, Nov. 22.—Turkey pleni
potentiaries left today’s session of th a
peace conference dejcted, after the
great European powers arrayed
against her, on the question of
Thrace, where Turkey demands a
biscite.
It was stated late tonight, however,
that the matter had not neen settled
and more will he said about it tomor
row.
GUESTION OF THRACE WAS
BEFORE THE CONFERENCE.
Lausanne, Nov. 22—The question
of . thfl disposition of western Thracd
cam e definitely befoffe the powers to
day when Ishmet Pasha presented to
the commission of military and ter.
ritoral matters Turkey’s claim to all
of the territory embraced within her
frontiers of 1913.
Former Premier Venzelos, of
Greece, immediately opposed the
claim and was supported in this con
tention by th e Jugo-Slavs and the
Rumanians. This combination favors
the maintenance of the Martiza river
as the western boundary of Turkey
in Europe.
PEACE CONFERENCE WILL
BE CONDUCTED IN SECRET.
Lausanne, Nov. 22. —Tb e Lousanne
peace conference having organized for
work, is now ready to take up its
task of restoring peace in tb e near
east.
The Effort of Ishmet Pasha and the,
Turkish delegation, for open sessions
and complete publicity of all th e con
ference programs has been overruled.
All news announcements will b e lim
ited to formal communiques.
POSTOFFICE BEGINS
PREPARATIONS FOR
BIG HOLIDAY MAIL
HEAVIEST VOLUME OF CHRIST
MAS MAIL IN HISTORY OF
OFFICE EXPECTED
Expecting the heaviest volume of
Christmans mail in* the history of the
office and with the virtual certanity
a large number of forgetful shop
pers will idelav their mailing until
the very last minute, the Brunswick
postoffice is preparing in earnest for
the annual holiday rush.
“Shop early—mail early” is the
slogan, and Postmaster L. J. Leavy
and he added that every effort will h e
made to impress that slogan on every
person who intends to buy a present
which must b e sent through the mails.
Several pieces of good advice for
Christmas shoppers and mailers are
given.
They are:
“Shop Early—Mail Early f Santa
Claus needs yonr help.
“Be sur© to wrap and tip up yonr
mail securely.
“Be sure the address i s correct,
complete andd legible.
“B e sure return address is on up
per left-hand corner.
"Be sure to use proper amount o'
postage.
‘‘Don’t mail at night only. AC.
mail trains should be loaded, but
non e should be congested. Postal
clerks want a little holiday, too. —
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