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BRUNSWICK
Has the lowest death rate of
any city its size in the United
States. .
VOLUME' XX i.l
REV. T. H. THOMPSON
RETURNED TO FIRST
METHODIST GHURGH
Rev. L. C. Gray' Who I Ins
Served Four Years Here
Goes to I ennille.
METHODIST CONFERENCE
AT WAYCROSS CLOSES
T. M. Luke. Able Young Di
vine Who Has Been at Pear
son. Has Been Assigned to
McKendree Methodist.
Rev. T. H. Thomson, the Popular
pastor who has been at the First
Methodist chinch for the Past, two
years, ha* been returned to his rfrnrgt
while Rev. 1.. C. Cray, who has been
the pastor of the McKendree Meth
odist for nearly four years, has been
sent to Tennille, Washington county,
and while it is well known that this
city is not as large as Brunswick, thi
fact that there is only one Methodist
congregation there makes the new as
signment somewhat in the nature o'.
a promotion and which, it also may
lie raid, is well deserved. Dr, Cray
came here from the First Methodist
church at St. Mary's, anti under id;
pastorage the McKendree church has
grown both in membership and influ
ence and much good has resulted
from tile results of his efforts.
hi returning Dr. Thomson to the
First Methodist it is needless to su\
that membess of the congregation
are delighted and this pleasure is no’
only confined to the Methodists of
Brunswick but the general public as
well. Dr. Thompson is an earnest
forceful, pulpit orator and not only in
his churdh is his influence felt, but
the beneficial results are evident, it
all quarters of the city.
The new pastor of McKendree. Rev
T. M. l.uke, has done valuable wor!
at Pearson, Coffee county, and he
levaes a church which has thrived un
der his pastorage as never before
That he will prove acceptable to tin
members of McKendree there is n<
doubt. He is married and will ceUM
to Brunswick at jonde, bringing hit
family with him.
Another appointment of unusua 1
interest is that of Rov. L, E. Wil
Hams, formerly in charge of the
churches at Darien and Townsend
He lhas been assigned to Darien am
Arco and is well and favorabb
known by many Brunswiekians. lb
is an bale divine and will find haert.v
welcome at the Arco church.
Other assignments made are as fol
lows:
Rev. J. C. Flanders, presiding eld
er; Alma anil Nicholls, Rev. John
Swain; Alma circuit. Rev. H. A, Bil
lingsley; Atkinson, Rev. Aaron Kel
ly; Biackshear, Rev. Paul Muse, Brox
ton, Rev. TANARUS, F. Drake; Darien and
tArco, Rev. 1.. E. Williams; Dohgi.t-
Rev. Guyton Fisher; Folkston, Rev
F. M. Salter; Hebardville, Rev. R. F
Owen; Hinesville, Rev. Moody Booth:
Homerville, Rev. T. H. Tinsley; Jesuit
Rev. W. A. Brooks; Ludowici, Rev.
C. W. Jordan; Mershon, Rev. C. R
Williams, supply; Pearson, Rev. J
A. Rountree; Screven. Rev. C. E
Smith, St. Mary’s and Kingsland.
Rev. L. W. Walker; Townsend. Rev.
A. M. Smith, supply; Waresboro, Rev.
E. A. Martin, Wavcross, First church
Rev. E. T. Morgan; Waycross, Trin
ity, Rev. J. R. Webb; White Oak, Rev.
W. C. Rahn; Missionary Evangelist
Waycross and Savannah districts,
Rev. J. F. Clark; Students in Emory
University, T. E. Pickren and Rev.
J. G. Hardin; Americus, First church,
Rev. J. M. Outler; Americus, Lee
street, Rev. L. A. Harrell; Arlington,
Rev. S. A. Hearn; Blakely, Rev. J. P.
Chatfield; Cuhtbert. Rev J. S. Grahl:
Daw-son, Rev. T. M. Christian; Shell
man, Rev. W. F. Burford; Buena Vis
ta, Rev. K. Read; Butler, Rev. B. A.
Pafford; East Highlands, Columbus,
Rev. D. G. Mann; North Highlands,
Columbus Rev. H. L. Pearson; Rose
Hill, Columbus, Rev. R. Kerr; St.
Luke, Columbus, Rev. ('. R. Jenkins;
St. Mark, Columbus, Rev. J. E. Barn
hill; St. Paul, Columbus. Rev. W. L.
Wright; Richland, Rev. L. A. Brown;
Arabi. Rev. J. M. Rustin; Ashburn,
Rev. C. G. Earnest; Cordele, Rev. E.
O. Heath; Fitzgerald. Rev. W. Langs
ton; HawkinSville, Rev. J. L. Jones;
Marshallville, Rev. W. P. Blevins;
Montezuma, Rev. J. B. Johnstone;
Ocilla, Rev. W. E. Arnold; Perry,
Rev. W. K. Dennis; Vienna, Rev. C.
M. Ledbetter; Dublin, Rev. E. M. Ov
erby; Louisville, Rev. W. A. Mallory;
Wrightsville, Rev. G. W. Hutchin
son; Cochran. Rev. E. E. Rose; Ft.
Valley, Rev. Loy Warwick; Macon,
Cherokee Heights, Rev. H. T. Free
man; Macon, Centenary, Rev. W. H.
Joiner; Macon, East Macon, Rev. A.
B. Wall; Macon, First Street, Rev. TANARUS,
B. Stanford; Macon, Mulerry Street,
Rev. Walter Anthony; Macon, Second
Street, Rev. J. N. Hudson; Macon,
Vineville, Rev. O. F. Cook; Sanders
(C'onUnued on pa go 8.1
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
CONGRESSMAN WILL
ELY' TO WASHINGTON
FROM AMERICUS. GA.
(Ry Associated Press.)
Americus. Ga„ Nov. 27.
Manuel Herrick, the “flying Ok
lahoma Congressman.’ will “hop
off from Americus one day this
week to fly to Washington to at
tend the extraordinary session
of Congress called by President
Hording, according to an an
nouncement he made today.
So far as known he will be
the first American lawmaker to
make the trip by airplane to the
national capital to attend a* ses
sion o' Congress. He will be ac
companied by F. W. „ Crane, a
friend, and will go by wa.v of Sa
vannah. From there he will fly
along the coast., making several
stops enroute, according to hi*
Plans.
THIRTY-FOUR LIVES
LOST ON EXCURSION
COLLISION V ESTER DAY ALMOST
WIPED OUT ENTIRE PARTY
HAPPY PICNICKERS
i P ' ■ - Vd I ’ r A
Buenos Aire , N,.v. 27. Thirty
four live: w,.r ( , los( in the collision
Sunday evenin'.' between a launch and
a ferry boat in the Parana river,
northwest u thi it\ The hmiudi, fill,
ed with picnickers, main of them
children, -truck the ferryboat going
at full speed So far a s known there
are onlv Hire,, survivors of (lie ex
eotirison Partv.
DONOHUE NOTED COACH.
RESIGNS HIS POSITION
<By Associated Press.)
Motgotnery, Aim’.. Nov. 27.—Mike
Donohue, for the past nineteen Years
athletic coach for the Alabama Poly
technic Institute, today handed his
hesitation to President Dowell, re
fusing to Rife his reason for this
action •
UNDEFEATED TEAM TO MEET
IN GREAT BATTLE THURSDAY
Montgomery, Nov, 27.—There will
be hundred* of grid fans t.o see the
expected great game betyeen Auburn
and Georgia Tech in Atlanta On
Thanksgiving.
Neither of these teams has been
defeated in the south and th P real
battle of the se.a-un is looked for
SSS 'TED
Marriage at Crown Point. Ind.,
Has Several Clouds Over it—
Bride and Groom Both Have
Entanglements.
(By Associated press)
Chicago, Nov. 27.—Mr*.' Blanche ■
Hawn Rash Brimmer, second wife of
John P. Tieman, former professor bf
law at Notre Dame University, pos
sesses a marital status at. least as,
tangled as that of her husband-for-a
day, according to revelations she
made here before returning to Mar- •
shall town, lowa, where she Planned
to set about today learning whether I
she was entitled legally to accept Mr. i
Tieman in their Crown Point (Ind.)i
ceremony Saturday.
Mrs. Brimmer was left by Profes--
sor Tiernan with the Injunction to I
"go and redeem yourself in my eves,” j
replying a tearful, “Oh, 1 will, dear
John."
These expressions came after Pro
fessor Tiernan and Mrs. Brimmer
were informed that their marriage
had been rendered illegal by annul-)
ment of Professor Tiernan's divorce |
from Mrs. Augusta Tiernan at South
Bend, Ind., and that hes own prior j
marriage status possibly was becloud-1
ed. When she was tfi years old, eight*
year* ago, she eloped with Floyd L.
Rash, Marshalltownibanker, from the!
house of her parents, the Rev. and j
Mrs. Charles H. Hawn, then of Are-,
dele, lowa, and now of Hansell, lowa, I
she said.
Four days after receiving a notice.
that Rash had sued for divorce, she
said she married Arthur H. Brimmer, j
at Oskaloosa, lowa, only to learn still
later that Rash hud not obtained a i
final decree when she married Brim
mer. , Nothing was done about the
matter, she said but she and Brim
mer came to Chicago, where she be
came a check girl ; n a Chinese res
taurant. While here, she Jmrned that
Brimmer then was being4RUd for di
vorce by an earlier wife, whereupon
she returned home, but rejoined
Brimmer later in Kansas City, Mo.;
He disappeared there, she salt, and
hi* brother informed her Brimmer
was dead.
"Is that all the proof of freedom
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, NOV. 2L. 1922.
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ANOTHER HUMAN
TRAGEDY WORSE
THAN,SMYRNA
Quarter of a Million Refugees
Near Two Seas Ask for
Protection
(By Assooiat id Press.)
Constantinople, Nov. 27.—Another
human tragedy which promises to
rival Smyrna's fire is developing in
Northern Asia
for
protection by American ships arm
consulates.
Radio messages flood the air tell- 1
ing of starvation and suffering of the
tremendous horde of refugees unable
to cope with the situation and the
snow covered ground in many places ■
, making bad matters worse. j
you had when you niadaJ me.’’
Prof. Tiernan was said to hw ex-
IteplyinK to a question reg&Vtng
still another romance, Mrs. HrinMer
said she had not married the |ta
named, hut that she had met JtitrUPnl
Mason City. lowa, gone to Cllar
Lake, lowa with him, and then to lis
home in Uniontown Pa., where Is.
mother told her he was married ani
the father of a child. The mat*
mother Paid her way back home, Mtfl.
Brimmer said.
Shortly afterward she became in
terested in the Tiernan-Poulin pa
ternity case and opened the penciled
correspondence with Professor Tier
nan which led to their meeting here
last Thursday night, their first sight
of each other, with two attempts to
be married in Illinois before their
successful effort at Crown Point. Ind.
Mrs. Brimmer’s letters, as Puiished
by the Chicago Herald and Exam
iner, began by referring to Profes
sor Tiernan as “dear friend,’’ and
gradualyl increased in warmth of
tone until Professor Tiernan is said
finally to have replied “Some day I
am coming after you," to which Mrs.
Brimmer was quoted as having re-,
spomled: “And when you do, you’ll (
find me waiting.”
Regarding money, Mrs. Brimmer :
! was quoted as saying: “I have pien-j
j ty. Money has no attraction what-j
ever.” ■
In another letter this passage was.
said to have occurred: “But always 1
[ you are and will be my Sakawawin.”
j Reference to books on Indian lore
| failed to reveal the meaning of Saka
wawin.
, Mrs. Brimmer is the mother of two
| children, Verdene Rash, six, and Mary
Katherine Rash, three.
BRIDE AT MARSHALLTOWN.
Marshalltown, lowa, Nov. 27.
Mrs. Blanche Hawn Rash reached
this city during the night and today
sought County Attorney A. B. Hoov
er to inquire as to the status of her
marriage with Rash. She told the
county attorney that she expected Mr.
Tiernan would reach the city some
(jjgne later. *
SENATOR HARRIS
CALLS SHIP BILL
A MARI: TRUST
Says Revenue Hill Should Be
Amended and 'Tariff Law
Repealed'.
EXPOSES REASONS WHY
FORD’S OFFER REFUSED
Georcju Senator, as Usual, is
Active in Interest of the Mas
se- ilather Than Moneyed In
terest Generally.
Washington, D. 0., Nov. 27.—Dis
cussing the legislation which Con
gress should consider and denounc
ing the Position of the Republican ad
measures, Senator Wm. J. t:i
day made his first comment re
turning from Georgia for the Txtru
session of Congress. He announce
opposition to the ship Subsidy bill
advocated the repeal of the tariff law
and amendment of the revenue law:
urges legislation to help in the mar-1
kering o;l agricultural products, os-1
tablisriin", a system of rural credits \
and further stimulating the farm loan
basik, and favorable action at once
on the Henry Ford bid for Muhcl
Shoals. Senator Harris said in :
statement today:
“The ship subsidy, bill, Us recoin
mended by President Harding, is a
plun o fluxing the people to the ex
tent of 30 or 40 million dollars to:
, the shipping trust, in tn\ Opinion, an,
I am opposed to the legislation. Th,
farmers Have suffered more finan
cially than any other class and the.'
are entitled to first consideration b\
! the government in coneideration ot
i legislation. When the farmers ami
live stock raiserp prosper all other
industries are benefitted, *mt when
they cannot sell thier pifjfltWi at a
profit every industry suffers.
not President Harding,
recommend to this ‘do nothing am
some measure
tiff people of -.he ugri
I i-ssTOi and west" Jfreli Dtesi
ii riP prosper" eve-By -nEeSkn of out
enjoys priripi-i-rtv. - V
I election of'November 7th war
Jft l?8t of- the people against the
, jfem% bill pussed%y the Repulican
•tigress plqeing the burden of taxa
mon on those loast able to )tay. and
exempting those most able. This law
should he amended.
“The tariff law recently pitssei
should be repealed. It has increased
the cost of living for every person i:
the United States in order to help the
Republican manufacturers who, it:
many cases, had contributed to the
campaign. It is vicious to tax ail
of the people to assist in paying cam
paign contributions.
"The obiect’onalil'* provisions n1
the Esoh-Cumn-, is railroad la
sr.ould bt reor.vd - ml a re turn limit
fro.gid rates . nassenger fa A
should be made, so that the
turers and farmers can make a living
profit. Reductions will bring more
business to the railroads, in my judg
ment.
“Congress should Pass legislation
that will help the farmer in market
ing his crop at less expense and pre
vent the from getting ah
the profit the farmer earns. Severa
measures that would help the agricul
tural situation, in my opinion, were
introduced by me and passed by the
Senate at the last session. The farm
ers associations all over the country
have recommended these bills but the
Republican Congress -will not let them
be voted upon. Why not pass these
bills, and others, and give the. farm
ers assistance in marketing their
crops through financial and ware
house facilities ?
“The Democrats were, working on
a,system of rural credits to give the
farmer cheaper interest rates or
money. Why do the Republicans de
lay this measure? The Democrat*
are all urging it now.
“The Federal Farm Loan Banks
should be more prompt in making
Joans and Congress should increasi
the present limits.
“The southern cotton producer and
the western wheat farmers cannot
receive full prices for their products
as long as Europe is floundering
about* ftnanlially. It is to our interest
for Europe to get on a sound basis
finanially and commercially. It wil
help our farmers, laborers and matiu
facturers.
“Because Henry Ford contested
the Newberry election is one of thi
reasons the Republicans have refused
to let Ford have Muscle Shoals,
which would be a great help. The
Republican voters have repudiated
Newberryigm. Why not let Ford have
Muscle Shoals. He made the best
bid and offered millions for a planti
which the Republicans said should be
junked. Why not pass th-is legisla
tion now? The country will force
Congress to help Muscle Shoals two
years from now, in my opinion.
“The Republican party should not
LOVE IN FRANCE VS. LOVE IN AMERICA
;i Miss Marie Le Favour.
> *. r,< ; J A ' Faveur followed the man of her heart from France
jto the U. S. onlif to find that he was not so endearing in his homeland.
I She found another sweetheart. Now she charges her first love persists
mieiimkind
HMD 01 HIGHWAYS
Force of Forty-nine Convicts
and Thirty-nine Mules Are
Busily Engaged on This Im
portant Project.
St. Marys, NVv. £7. Work on the
now highway 'from "St. Mafys to
Kingsland i s going forward every
day, with a force of forty-five con
victs and thirty-nine mules engaged-
At the present tim e a small Part of
this outfit is doing souq, emergency
work on the Pixie highway near
White Oak, but that will soon be corn
plejted and the entire force again
back on the new road.
This work was started last April,
and as everybody ho tw-,, much wet
weather has been a hitiderfibce from
<-ii e beg nning- To this date the grad
ing has beer, practically completed to
a point just beyond the Rocker plan
tation, but beyond that, tbo wet
ground has made it impo s .4fcJe tor
the outfit to complete the gradmg a*
It goes.
This rba'l is a part of the state
system of county seat roads, and is
being built according to standard
plans and specifications. It will be a
good, when completed, as any rone
in the state with the same class of
surface. Figures on the cost sur
facing the road with different kindr,
-i material have recently been furtt
’shed the state highway commissiot
and no doubt a decision will soon It
made, as to what will he used. T t is
likely that either shell or clay-grave
will he used, since those are about
the least expensive of the standard
materials.
Half the estimated cost of the work
is being met by th c federal govern
ffient. This is done monthly, by state
tnents of work done prepared by nr
employee of the state highway do.
partment, who i s supervising the
work. A federal engineer also makes
regular inspection trips to see how
the work is golng^orward,
I Of a total of 83,800 cubic yards of
excavation, the estimate of No
vember 15 shows that 51,226 cubic
vard K had been placed to that date.
And of a total of about 82 acres ot
cleaving and grubbing, about 20 had
been completed, f bat est* is.to shows
that a- total of $6,961.65 had beer
assumed by the government, cover
ing itg share of t,he cost to date.
The other shares of the cost are
being met by the county.
TURKEYS AR ? CHEAPER
Savannah. Gr. Nov 27. Tttrke'/s
In Savannah are cheaper -Iris v„*•
ban they have h f -en for the past
cal vpars. Wholesaler--
ing turkeys po"'
toiind, which ought to mCan that t’ -
retail price wjl] not be more than to
cents a pound on th ( > foot, next week.
forget the farmer, the wage-earner
and the consuming Public,”
Senator Harris is a member of the
Senate agricultural "bioc’’ and all of,
his views on agricultural matters are
in line with the fight being made by
the. “bloc.”
SAVr OFFICERS
HIRE UIIW
Will be on Second Floor of Post
Office Building Until Novem
ber 30. Young jVlen Urgfcl t°
Enlist Now.
•'0 AaALridgf.. anti ( O.
Wheat, !' have res oiled the
city for thewmffose of examining men
who desire to become members of
the Pnited navy and will he on
the second floor .'of? (the ")n)sto|flce
build in-; today to talk to any ge
t" eeii the ages 1 S’and 35 whfi care
to become part of the naVy.
All ratings are open for enlistment
anil men who are examined here "'ill
Ke sent to Atlanta for another ex.
ami nation arid transfer to the naval
training slatjpn at Hampton Roads,
Va. it is stated by the officials here
that this i an excellent opportunity
for young men to learn trades that
will enable them to earn a good living |
if they desire to lenv„ the service at
the end of their enlistmentiperiod {
Several will he on hand thi s I’mrning j
*o confer with the officers and >t js
likely that several will decide to en
list. Fare "ill be paid by the govern-]
went to Atlanta and in case th ß aP-1
Plicant fails to pass on the second :
physicial examination fraasportatiol j
fvill he furnished by the government, j
M. CLEMENCEAU /
FRANCE'S WAR TIME
PREMIER, IN CHICAGO
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, Nov. 27.—M. Clemenceau,
TENNESSEE MAN MUST ANSWER
CHARGE MURDERING FIVE PERSONS
House at Bristol is Set on Fire
and Unfortunate Victims, it
is Indicated, Were Beaten to
Death With Axe.
\ (fly Associated Press.)
Bristol, Tenn., Nov. 27.—While
authorities continued their investiga
tion, Ben Burchfield, L, will be
brought here late today from the
Blotintsvtlle jail and given a hearing
on the charge of murder in connec'-
tion with the finding of five charred
bodies believed to have been slain
and the hoti S6 in which (hey were in
set afire here early yesterday.
Relatives of James W. Smith, SO;
a grocer, hjs wife, their 2 year-old
daughter, Mrs. Deline Burchfield
wifp of the man being held, and her
son, Hilaries, 13, were today makinp
funeral arrangements fn r th e quintent
their bodies having been found by fir f
men after the flames had been extin
guished in the Smith home.
Officers say they evidentially had
been beaten t.o death with an axe and
the house set fire to hide any trace
of the crime.
Calmly chewing oti a piece of gun
Burchfield showed no concern when
he viewed the flv e bodies late yeeter
BRUNSWi. \
Has a landlocked harbor,
best on the South Atlantic**
Coast. .‘
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BIG GLYNN FAIR
OPENS Him
AFTERNOON 1 P. 30
indications Are That Will Be
One of Most Successful
Ever Meld There.
ALL OF BUILDINGS WILL
bf; filled with exhibits
These Will Cover a Wider Vari
ety That Was the Case Last
Year and Will Bea Credit to
This Section.
The Gl.vnn county fair will open its
doors at. 12:30 Wednesday afternoon
at the old soldiers barracks on Kings
square.
All oif the buildings wdl be filled
l with exhibits of every kind which are
I being planned out with an eye lo beau
ty. uniformity and instruction.
The decorations have been well
thought out and ivil* he the crowning
feature of the entire show.
The tent which is to house the poul
try exhibit has been raised and tire
' coops put in place. Birds will be cn
| tered Tuesday afternoon and Wed-
I nesda.v morning.
Mrs. G. V. Hate will be in charge
of the poultry exhibit and will have
someone to care for the show stock
1 every day and night during the time.
It is requested that those who want
space communicate with Mrs. Cate,
without delay.
The educational part of the poultry
show will consist o:f every phase of
Poultry culture and .will be of great
value to the student. The county ex
hibit will he a revelation to those not
intimately associated with the growth
and development of the agricultural
actviities of the count' at large.
It. is hoped that every man, woman
and child in the county will see the
exhibits and acquaint theirselves with
the progress of the county.
The products .of .the county calcu
lated in dollars and cents will be sur
prising information to every one... y
IVic fair, /which opens WeffnesdiiV
afternoon, Will continue through Fri
day night.
The Motort party will visit the fair
on Thanksgiving Oav-which is being
a great impetus to t& negro efforts
in their Art of the Air which will
form no Wneonstderabl<\uarl of the
entire slnlv.
MARY MAC SW’NFY IS
OUT; SISTER AT PRISON
GATE FALLS !N FAINT
, ‘ llv Associated Cress.)
Dublin, Nov. 27.—Miss Mary Mac-
Sxviney was released today from Ml.
Joy prison, on the thirty-third day.of
her hunger strike.
Her sister, Annie, who has been
hunger striking at the gates of the
prison fainted when told of the re
lease and iwas unable to see her sis
ter.
war time premier of France, after a
riotious welcome andinter view grant
ed newspapers, prepared for rest to
night in preparation for his address
tomorrow afternoon.
The speech .here will be the third
one since the “Tiger of France” came
to America. It will be given at the
city auditorium.
day following his capture in John
son City, Tenn-, and brought back
here. He Wu s later removed to the
BdountsViUe Jail for safekeeping
pending his hearing this afternoon.
While the police claimed wlieq
they captured Burchfield bloodstains
were ound on his shift and trousehs,
tile accused denied any connections
with the alleged crime, saying the
reason he was in Johnson City was
that he was paying a visit to a sißter
Preparatory to going to W T est Vir
ginia. The police said that the trou
sers Burchfield was wearing at the
tim e of his arrest were the property
of the dead gro c eryman.
According to the police, Burch,
field and his wife were separated.
They s ay he is alleged to have made
threats against her after ascertain
ing that shg contemplated getting a
divorce-
Hospital authorities here reported
sarly today improvement in the con
ditions of H. I. Ley shoo, city editor
of the Knoxville Jounal and Tribune,
and Junes, Ray, pilot, who were Pain
fully injured when the airplane in
which they Were riding crashed here
'ate yesterday. The newspaper man
mid been sent here by his Paper to
, cover the Burchfield case •