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BRUNSWICK
Has the lowest death rate of
any city its size in the United
States
VOLUME XXI. NO. 305.
CITY AND COUNTY
BONDS REACH NEW
PRICE LEVELS HERE
LOCAL ISSUES 1
SOLO YESTERDAY
TOTALS 1400,000
City Bonds Sell at $3.43 Above
Par and County
at $2.36.
B. B. & T. CO.. BUYS THE
ENTIRE CITY OFFERINfi
While the Hibernia Securties,
Cos., and the First Trust and
Savings Cos., Buys the County
Issue. No Contract Let For St.]
Simon Highway.
City of Brunswick and Glynn eoun-,
ty bonds reached anew high level j
in price yesterday when both city and
county sold issues aggregating a to- !
tal of $400,000.
The city issue, consisting of $175,-
000 for the construction of the St. Si
mon highway and $50,000 for the ex
tension of the city sewerage system,
was sold to the Brunswick Bank &
Trust company, of this city, for a to
tal of $232,717.50; $181,002.50 being
paid for the St, Siruon highway is
sue and $51,715.00 for the $50,000
sewerage bonds.
The local bank won in this competi
tive bidding over six other bankingj
houses and trust concerns front all,
over the country and it is to be conJ
g ratals ted in thus displaying its
faith in the securities of its home
city. It was said last night that the
£ fore many of the other bidders, rop-
Sresenting out of town hanks, had left
the city, the Brunswick Bank & Trust,
company was offered a substantia!
profit for*-a large portion of their
purchase.
The complete list of bidders in this
safe were as follows, on the St. Si
mon Highway bonds:
Grant & Cos., New York.,,. $178,920.00
Trust Cos. of Georgia, At
lanta i 179.170.25
Citizens & Southern Cos.,
Savannah 178,737.13
3. H. llilsman & Cos.. At
lanta 180,100.00
Brunswick Bank & Trust
Company 181,002.50
(Robingfon-Humphrey Cos.,
Atlanta 178,701.25
Hibernia S. Cos & Ist T.
Cos. and 75,472.50
On the City Sewerage bonds:
Grant & Company $51,120.00
Trust Cos. of (la., Atlanta 51,191.60
Citizens & Southern Cos,
Savannah 50,968.29
J. H. Hillsman & Cos., At
lanta ... 50,900.00
Brunswick Bank & Trust
Cos 51,715.00
Robinson-Humphrey Cos.,
Atlanta 51.057.00
Hibernia Cos. & Trust Cos.,
Atlanta 50,135.00
In the sale of the county issue of
$175,000 for the St. Simon highway,
the sale was made to the Hibernia
Securities & Trust company and the
First Trust & Savings company, the
highest bidders, whose bid was $179,-
128.00. There were ten bidders in
this class and it will be noted that
the two concerns made a
joint and purchased the entire issue.
Those bidding in the county sale and
the amounts of their bids are as fol
lows:
Grant & Cos., N! Y $176,894.00
Trust Cos. of Ga., Atlanta $175,410.32
Citizens & Southern Cos.,
Savannah 176,582.77
Htlsman & Cos., Atlanta. 175,025.00
Brunswic Bank & Trust
Cos 176.017.50
Hibernia Securities Cos. &
First Trust and Savings
Corporation, Atlanta 179,128.00
SMtzer-Roriek & Cos., To
ledo, 0., 175,582.70
Stacy & Braun. Toledo , 173,827.50
National City Cos 178,000.00
The sale of this list of local securi
ties at such attractive figures will
certainly be most gratifying ,to the
people of Brunswick and Glynn coun
ty. It not only speaks fine of the
magnificent financial standing of city
ad county but it indicates a healthy
improvement df the bond and stock
market, which is a pretty fair index
of general business conditions.
It will be noted that the sale of
the county fori<fs' yields a total of
$102,36 or tb.fo accurate $2.36 above
par, while those of the City go it a
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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CLEMENCEAU COMPI RTFS
GOOD WILL TO UK AND
SAILS FOR HOME TODAY
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Dec. 12.—Georges
Clemeneeau. French war-time
Premier, after a speech tonight
before thirteen hundred invited
guests of the committee on de
vastated France, retired to his
stateroom aboard the steamship
Paris, and will sail for Fiance
tomorrow morning.
Today's events ended Clemen
ceau's mission of good will and
better relations between the two
nai ions.
ARTHUR YOUNG,
NEGRO, LYNCHED
BY A PERRY MOB
Second to Pay
the Murder
Ruby Hendry^^^^
(By Associated Press.)
Perry, Fla., Dee. 12. —Arthur
Young, negro, who ha si been held
here in connection with the murder
of Mis Ruby Hendry, nearly two
; weeks ago, and for whose murder
jJlnoUier negro, Charley Wright, was
stake by a mob
m i
mKhelping
HUNT FOR LOST MEN
ARMY AVIATORS REDOUBLE EF
FORTS TO LOCATE MISS
ING MEN.
(By Associated Press.)
Phoenix, Dec. 12. —With (lie co-op.
j era lion of Mexican officials assured,
: additional airplanes lt re expected to
] arrive In Arizona during the day and
; army officed s stationed at different
j Points in the south of the state today
I redouble efforts in the search for
! Col. Marshall and Lieut. Webh e r.
I Army aviators, who disappeared last
i Thursday white enroute from San
! Diego, California, to Tucson, Arizo
na •
GOVERNMENT DOES
NOT OBJECT ARMOUR
AND MORRIS MERGER
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, Dec. 12.—Decision as an
nounced from Washington that the
department of agriculture and the
administration could see no grounds
for formal action in the proposed mer
ger of the Armour and Morris pack
ing interests is taken to mean that
there is nothing in the Way of the
half billion dollar merger.
| COTTON CONFERENCE IS
BEING" HELD IN AUGUSTA
(By Associated Press)
Augusta. Dec. 12.—Farmers, mer
j chants, and bankers from all sections
of Georgia and South Carolina in the
j Augusta territory began arriving this
| morning to attend the Augusta Cot
iton Conference. The speakers on the
program are among the leading au
thorities in the United States on cot
! ton culture, soils, control of the boll
.weevil, and proper feciiirat n.
CHINESE RELEASE
ONE MISSIONARY
BUT THREE OTHERS ARE STILL
BEING HELD BY
BANDITS
(By Associated Press.)
Peking, Dec, 12.—Anton Lundeen,
of Nebraska, a missionary who was
kidnapped by bandit# in the Hphan
Province October 13, hag been releas
ed, it was announced fore, Three oth
er Americans are still being held cap
jtiv.e and the diplomatic corps here
has appointed a- commission which
will start for to ne
gotiate their rj
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 13, 1922.
COTTON CROP IS
SMALLER BUT IS
MOPE VALUHBLE
l ess Produced Thau Eur Any
Period During the Last
Twenty Years.
THIS YEARS’ CROP WILL GO
OVER FOUR 81l I ION POUNDS
Georgia %nd South Carolina
Suffered Most of All Cotton
Growing States From 801 l
Weevil Ravages.
(By Associated Pres.)
Washington. Doc. 12.—This year’s
cotton production is the smallest in
twenty years, except last season’
| but i s tite fourth most valuable crop
ever grown with an agnegate value
of one million, one hundred and thir
ty-four million, not including lltiter
cotton and cotton seed values,
i The final government estimate to
day placed this year’s crop at. four
billion’, seven hundred and sixty-seven
million, t.w',i hundred and sixty-seven
pounds, or nin e million, nine hundred
and sixty-four bales-
Georgia and South Carolina, suf
j ferdAiOst. from the boll weevil,
| weather and causes detri
i raenflTCo production, flgurri^|^w.
PROGRESSIVE TO f
URGE MANY VARIED
NEW MOVEMENT
IN LIST IS ONE PROVIDING FOR
PAYMENT OF SOLDIER’S BON
GS BY EXASS PROFITS.
(By Press.)
Cleveland Ohio. Dec. 12.—The re-
Iport of the committee on resolutions
•for progressive political action, pre
] enter! late today, made no reference
to the third party report called for
the formation of a “people’s bloc M Va
work for the people’s progressive
program and call the Progressive
' members of the ifflfer congress togeth
jer as soon to organize for action.
The report asks repeal of the Eseh
] Cummings transportation act and
| payment of soldiers’ bonus through
f ix on excess profits, Public control
■ f waterpower in the interest of the
I people and direct election of the pres
jidi.nt and vice president and further
l hat congress end the Practice of
courts declaring legislation unconsti
jtutional and enaction of the Morris-
I St. Glair blll.\
HAYNES ASSERTS
COURTS OF SOUTH
FOR PROHI LAWS
I ALSO SAYS PEOPLE AS A WHOLE
ARE IN FAVOR OF
ENFORCEMENT
(By Associate! Press.)
Washington. Dec. 12.—Maj. Roy
Haynes, federal prohibition commis
sioner, today gave out the following
report on bis recent, trip to Georgia:
i “Director F. D. Dismuke of Geor
-1 gia advised me that the most notice
able improvement in conditions in
.that state is the changed attitude of
[ courts and juries who, to prove they
[are in ful! sympathy with strict en
forcement, are imposing ch&bigacg
sentences along with heavy fines,’’
'says Commissioner Haynes.
“Both Director Dismuke and Divi
sional Chief Merrick stated that
about half of the liquor cases are
tried in state courts, whereas as year
ago only about 20 per cent wore, han
dled by those courts. This method of
handling such cases precludes the
possibility of clogging the federal
courts and much speedier action is
thereby obtained.
“On the whole, my week’s survey
of the South has convinced me be
yond a doubt that the people unquali
fiedly favor strict enforcement. I met
with governors, district attorneys,
: United States marshals and various
! other state and federal officials and
the generous support volunteered by
them presages co-operation to an
even greater extent than I had reason
to anticipate, which means that the
[source of smuggled supply along the
Gulf and East coast line, already
greatly reduced, will be materially
checked before many months, and
moonshining reduced to a great de
gree.’’
BANDITS HOLD UP MESSENGER.
Chicago Dec. 12—Four bandits held
up a messenger for the Logan Square
j Trust Savings Bank today and took
I $19,000.
NEW ENGLANDERS
WARMLY WELCOMED
BY BRUNSWICK
Committee From Board of Trade
Met Visitors on Broad
field Road.
DANCE IS GIVEN PARTY
AT MOTEL. LAST NIGHT
M. Rocamora, of the Party, Re
“ponded to Welcome Speech
by Fred G. Warde, Said - They
Would Return via This Route.
Twenty-seven cars bringing some
j thing like seventy-five persons from
Boston, Mass., and other Eng
land points, arrived in Brunswick yes
terday afternoon shortly after 4
o’clock and stopped here last night.
The entire party Is on tho annual
motorcade to Miami Fla., and this is
the first visit to the
third that has been
Sevei ft I ears J jjfflbf
the Brunswick Board 7IS((jPPKnd
the Rotary went out 4MH met the vis
itors and escorted tlroi to the city
and the entire party was tendered
dance m the pßrhn# of the Ogle
thorpe last night those who de
sired were shown of interest
In and about the, civ Coring the af-
Bp
A large number ofßrum’wickifUis
met the visitors a$ the hotel last
night and discussed' various matters
until 9 o’clock when the dance
ed. Before the dnneing, howevflJk
party assembled lit
room and upon being
M. UpeaniorH. member olHa'*fpjk
Wards,,
of of T>'ide,w9gfl
visitors Wt> Hi" i ujf'
'■ivic niur -0.-ia, JttJS|ll|lfl
and county .mi
people <# -GVur S \ j,,
Mr.
thanking | * i /’s'Yl v 1 ’ ';
stating tfinr be
party u- j him
next w atm and 1 '-'ls
the cohf-tai highwn^Was%|
thut a *l loW
Kh ~ Fhmj^awouhl
* ’Mmc opiß|
i.nnTi.-.i m bBNHB
Brunswick daily. Tho Board
presented each guest with
and the occasion was ofie of the mfo
pleasunt that has ever occurred hty
Tite visitors seem delighted wan
their stay in the city and stated tjJJljj
they would certainly return to|H
northern and nastem homes
route. They will remain here
9 ’clock this morning when they §§
juficeed to Flopiite^i^^^^
AN Sllol
Valetta, J2.—Mason
Mitchell, of New York, American con
sul of the island of Malta was shot;
and wounded today near Baracca.j
His assailant escaped, but pursuit!
was immdeiately taken up.
one advertising^an
WHO PULLED STUNTS
ON MERCHANTS, FOUND
Proprietor Brown of the Bijou the
ater, announces that he will not hon
or any more tickets given out by
Frank Hammond and George Green
wood to a number of merchants, who,
in turn, distributed them jo those
making purchases at their Atablish
ments. Hammond and Gftenwood
are the young men who pujfl off the
advertising stunt here laspweek arjd
shortly afterwards left the city.
Mr. Brown has located Hammoni
in Valdosta and he has stated that
he will return to the city during the
next few days carry out his contract
or refund amounts paid him by vari
ous Brunswick merchants. In the
meantime, it is stated, that unless
this course is pursued h" Hammond,
warrants will be issued for him here
on the charge of obtaining money
under false pretenses.
MASSING DRY ARMY
TAKE STRONGHOLD
BOMBING PLANES AND MA
CHINE GUNS WILL BE
USED IN KENTUCKY
(By Associated Press.)
j Covington, Ky., Dec. 12.—Prepara
tions to mass five hundred prohibition
! agents equipped with bombing Planes
and machine guns for an onslaught
on the mountain stronghold of Bob
Ballard’s gang of Menifee county j
| moonshiners, is being made by Fed
eral authorities, according to three
officials who have returned from
j Mount Sterling, where a posse of fif
ty agents is seeking the slayers of
two prohibition *§atw ■*
john winn
MERGH/INTPRINUt
HAS PASSED AWAY
World’s Most Famous Retaler
Succumbs Alter l
Illness.
ACTIVE IN BUSINESS l!P
TO HIS RECENT ILLNESS
Was an Independent in Politics
and Served as Postmaster
General During Administra
tion of President Harrison.
(By Associated Press.)
PhiUadelpliia, Dec. 12 —John
Wanamaker died at his home here
at 8 h m.
The world famous merchant and
former postmaster general passed
away at hi s town house on Walnut,
street. He had been confined there
|hn. e early in November with a heavy
cold, contracted at his country estate,
I.ynadenhurst, at Jenkintown, near
here. He was $4 years old.
Mr. Wanamaker was active in his
business affairs f ’> e time he
wa s stricken He much ot last
winter in Florida, and wag in this
city all summer hard at work, with
the excptioh of occasional surcease
from the duties of his o ffice for a day
at the seashore. He wag always an
eai* riser and wa s usually In his
mercantile establishment before its
doors were opened.
v JHr. Wanamaker is survived
lytndrnan, a resident of New writ
Mary 8.,
/'(jtMjarburton, and
■ I \1 sr!,r ,id.
Ik ymmajjßrv w a s
Wt'o weeks agb his
V such as to cause
N ago, howeved, Mr.
Ved such Clarified
. Nyiis physicians
J? -At o'c lock
wBUMjKKfoi!'% Jf seized a
SuKliiih 11. hi-, physicians
* restliied ‘in extreme
• Jpness. Major Barclay 11.
Mr Wanna' 1 ckef™ son-
V :T| ifled till' Associated Press
S a. m.
“r. Wannamaker became tin con
[oilß at midnight- When lii* con
'4i|in became grave during the night i
of the family were sum j
-'■pd and all were present with the i
Hptioti of Rodman Wannamaker,
arrived too late.
Wannamaker led crea-
Hkf the department iwi as an
HPKtlon in American the
outbreak of the Civil WarH^V^® 1 ,
when he began business for himself
in a humble way in Philadelphia, re
tail merchandising of this country
jiras a disorganized state, and, in
opinion of the far-sighted young
nrchant, it was suffering a rapid
through practices that were
Ifpn general. Aside from his ambi- 1
mu to make money, ‘‘my paramount
purpose,’’ said Mr. Wannamakc
“was to help have the mercantile
profession from lowering its flag be
fore other professions and occupa
tions.” There were in those days no
fixed selling price or goods. Busi
nojis then demanded a thirteen-hour
day from all its employes. Customers
spent hours price-haggling with
salesmen. was im
pressed withjftis waste of time and
to eliminate W' bocame, a pioneer
In flxinp a sem£ price for goods.
It was one of tnHbftjnnings of many
mercantile today are
so generally folloWl that the pres
ent genration can gcarcly find any
where a trace of the old practice.
He was known as a great believer
in advertising, in newgpapar s adver
tising above all other verities. He
spent millions of dollars in it. Onp
of the features of hi s advertising cam
Paign was hi s development of the
“Store 'News Page” which he led
with an editorial over his own signa-
ture, invariably written by himself, to
keep the public in touch with the
policies of hi 3 business. His friends
often orw him writing guch an edi
torial o his way to the store in the
morning, scribbling in on the back
of an envelope or any old scrap of
paper he had in his pocket.
In political life Mr. Wannamaker
was prominent as an independent re
publican. In 1882 he was offered the
republican nomination of congress
man at large for the state of Penn
sylvania, but declined it, and in 1886
he declined to be an independent Can
didate for mayor of Philadelphia. He
took no active part in most of the
presidential campaigns and gave e
great amount of work to the repub
lican National Executive Committee
of which he was a member during tbe
Harrison campaign. Upon the elec
tiOn of Harrison, Mr. Wannamake’
was invited to enter the cabinet, and
although there was much attention
to the effect that ‘a merchant was un
lit to*; a cabinet position, Mr. Wanna-
STEWART LEADING
SAVANNAH CITY
ELECTION B\ ♦VOTES
DEPARTMENTS OF STATE
AND JUSTICE ARE GIVEN
BIG APPROPRIATIONS
’ • By Associated Press
Washington, Dee. 12—The thir
ty-three million dollar approp
riations for the departments of ■
■ state and justice, carrying a
half million dollars tor investi
gation and prosecution of war
frauds, was passed lato today
by the house and with loss than
■ fifty members in attendance.
HEARING CASE
OF DAUGHERTY
NOW UNDERWAY
House Judiciary Committee
Started Sessions on It
Yesterday
(By Associated Press. )
Washington, Dec. 12.—Hearing in
impeachment proceedings brought
against Attorney General #*ugherty
by Representative Keller, republican.
! Minnesota, were opened today before
the house judiciary committee.
; Frequent clashes marked the first
I day’s session. Evidence wns sub •
| mitted to show the alleged
j of William J. Burns and to prove that
j Daugherty knew it when he appoint
jed dim.
I Ex-President Taft’s letter on the
subject of alleged underhand k me,th
fods used by Burris wA retail to tKe
j committee. Hearings are to con-,
tinue. &
LACK OF ARSENATE
MAY INTERFERE WITH
WAR ON BOLL WEEVIL
! INSECTICIDE MANUFACTURERS |
HOLD CONFERENCE AT NEW
YORK TOMORROW
Washington, Doc. 12.—Lack of am- i
munition may seriously imapfere I
with the war on the cotton bdfl wee
vil next season, it was disclosed to
day by the Geological Survey in a re
port of the arsenic situation.
The small blocks of calcium arse
nate—the heavy artillery against the
-the rapidly mounting price
uor that insecticide, and an appar
ent heavy demand for tffe opening of)
the campaign against the Pest next!
spring have resulted in a council of
war of the generals in a boll weevil'
control war at New York tomorrow, i
At a conferene with insecticide man- •
ufacturers there, experts interested j
in the fight on the weevil will en
deavor to find means of increasing !
the calcium arsenate supply next, soa-!
son.
Stocks of domestic arsenate on
Hand October 1 were reported by the
Geological Survey a 1,230 short
tons, and the estimated output be
tween October 1 and May 1 next year
is placed at 3,400 tons. About 8,000
tons were distributed to Southern cot
ton growers in 1922.
TRIED TO HOP TRAIN
AT CORDELE IS KILLED
Cordale, Ga., Dec. 12.—When he
attempted to flag an A. B. & A. pas
senger train with a lighted new&paper
at Mugsel Whites Crossings, George
18. Warren, 73, was struck by the
train and fatally injured.
maker became Postmaster General
and wa s acknowledged later by hia
critics to have worked many desirable
reform in the Postal system. Organi
sation, system, method and business
mechanism so essential in the post
office department were all In Mr-
Wannamaker's line. He spread the
fast mail service and opened sea
pastofflees inf foreign Jnail.s
?re distributed and made up on the
sea, and, among other things, advo-;
a tod the Parcels post and postal l
savings which were later realized, and
also urged government ownership of
telegraph lines.
The religious side of Mr. Wanna
maker's life was one less known to
the general public than any otheT.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon in Bethany firagWj
byterian church, known an
W’annamaker'a church.” - jjdjfl
BRUNSWICK
Has a landlocked harbor, the
best on the South Atlantio
Coast. .*
PRICE FIVE CENTS
IS EVIL.'* THAT
MCAIi. ITS
CONTROL COICIL
As Candidates mi Each of the
Rival Tickets Will be
Elected. '
MANY FIOH TSABOUT
POLLS, NONE SERIOUS
Advocates of Both Mayoralty
Candidates Claim Missing
Box Will Show a Safe Ma
jority for Their Favorite
Candidate.
(By Long Distance 2:45 A. M.)
Savannah, Dec. 13.—Out of
sixteen of the seventeen boxes
counted up to thsi hour, 2:45,
I Murray Stwart is leading James
M. Rogers, in the race for the
nomination for mayor by only
three votes and both sides are
claiming the election as alsd are
they claiming the only ofle pre
cinct which has nor. finished Ihe
counting.
Thousands lined about the
polling places all day and fights
j were many. Most of these re
sulted with only scratches and
I black eyes and none of a serious
mature.
1 It is stated by the managers
i<f the missing precinct that it
; will be probably 4 o’clock before
! figures can be given out.
As to the aldcrruanic tickets
there is no saying hour
who is elected,
be a mixed can
didats of each of theNHlions.
Already there is talk of i con
test and this can be expected in
the event either candidate is de
clared winner by only a small
majority.
More than 11,000 votes were
cast.
FREEZING OUT WEST
Chicago, Doc. 12. A high wind
brought the first severely Cold weath
er to thp 3 tates of the middle west
today, while the northwest tor the
second time this winter 1b in the grip
of s ub-zero temperature.
RICHMOND MAN IS
HELD FOR KILLING
HIS STENOGRAPHER
SHOOTING FOLLOWS STRUGGLE
BETWEEN COUPLE-WOMAN'S
PISTOL CAUSES DEATH
Richmond, Va., Dec. 12.—With the
formal arraignment tn police court
today of ThomaH Pollard, real estate
man on a charge of murder in con
nection with the killing at his home
last night of Mrs. Thelma Richard
son, his stenographer, tho police hope
!to establish a motive for the killing
and clear up certain phages of the
,case which failed of solution during
, the investigation, which lasted
i throughout the night.
Early today detectives working on
tho case said they had virtually es
tablished that the girl was killed with
a pistol which she carried wltk her
on the trip to the Pollard home and
:that the shooting following a brief
i struggle in front of the house.
ATERIC ON ROCKS
CREW TRANSFERRED
ANOTHER VESSEL WENT TO
RESCUE AND REMOVED
ALL SEAMEN
(By Associated Press.)
San Francisco, Dec. 12.—The crew
of the British Steamer Oterie, which
is on the rocks on Fish Rock off the
i California coast, ten miles south of
Point Arena, was transferred this
morning to the steamer Cotton Plant,
according to a wireless message. The
Oterie Is reported filling with water
gttjgUdly, but the fifty-five persons
|rad are reported safe on board
| Keamar Cotton Plant.