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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 (CenUaued on page .8,1 . .1 - ,4k 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.