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BRUNSWICK Has the lowest death rale of any city its size in the United States ....... VOLUME XXII. NO. 218. TRIO INDICTED FOR BRUTALITY FLORIDA Federal Grand Jury Returns Bills Against Sheriff, Whip* . ping Boss And Supt. CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF AN AGED NEGRO Ned Johnson, it is Stated, Died As Result #f Brutal Treat Ment Received While in The Putnam Convict Camp. (By Associated Press.) Pendaeola, Fla., (May 121.—J. P. •Tones, former sheriff of Leon county and Walter Higginbotham, whipping boss..of the convict camp of the Put¬ nam Lumber company at Clara. Fla,, and also Supt. Fisher, of the camp were indicted by the federal court here today in connection with the death of Ned Johnson, an aged negro, Johnson, it is stated, died as a re suit of brutal treatment while in the Putnam camp. ABOLITION OF THE LASH SEEMS JUI\L VI ID L 11* IM. 1 Cl Ll/I\lI/ii lipin A _ UPPER HOUSE WANTS IT STOP PEI) TWO YEARS; LOWER HOUSE FOREVER IBV Associated Press. Tallahassee, May 12.-Forced aboli firm of whipping bosses in convict ramps, taking into consideration a c inns nr both houses of the Florida legislature today. Hie upper house of the assembly passed a measure placing corporal punishment under a two year ban as n trial period and abolishing it for over, in handling county convicts. The scratching out “two years” and mak ing- it read “forever” in it provisions relating to state convicts and then approved the measure by .a vote of fifty-eight to two. The measure wiP prohahjv go to the senate Monday. GOVERNMENT TO REFUND MILLION IM I™ IMrAMr inlUlVlE, TAV 1AA THIS RE RETURNED ON EARN¬ INGS OF SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 12.—Millions of dollars in income taxes collected on earnings of profits of subsidiary com¬ panies accumulated prior to March 1. 1923, and contributed through hold ins*' corporations, will have to be re¬ funded by the treasury under a de¬ cision by Commissioner Blair of the internal revenue bureau. The decision, announced last night, reserves the previous practice of the bureau, which held that earnings or profits turned into holding or parent corporations by their subsidiaries were taxable as income when distrib¬ uted as dividends by the former. The decision in effect creates a division between the earnings of the two; and holds that on the distributed funds create.-' by the subsidiary the stock¬ holders need not pay a tax. The amended regulation, however, lays down the condition that the re¬ ceiving corporation must first have “distributed all of its earnings and profits accumulated since February 28, 1913,’’ in order that the tax ex¬ emption apply to the earnings and profits'of-the subsidiary. The ruling validates numerous rlaims for tax refunds which have been on file for several years. Treas¬ ury officials, however, werg unable to estimate the probable amount of re¬ fund involved, a reaudit of the tax returns being necessary to determine the amount for a greater portion of the claims. Some of the largest railroad cor¬ porations, which from time to time ijfCT acquired subsidiary lines and permitted them to return their identi¬ ty, were regarded as certain to be among the corporations which will profit through refunds under the de¬ cision. AUTHOR OF NOTED RUI.ftS DIES (By Associated Press.) New York, May 12.—Brig. Genera' Henry M. Robertson,' retired, author of Robertson’s Rules of Order, stan¬ dard work on : parliamentary proce dure, died today at HtfrneU,' N, Y. aged 86. ” 1'8—1 1 l-’C 1 W/ E I ' 14 Ei, W/ X 1 11 Pi EJfIIjU/IXLj tt 1 \ J I\ ^ n! 1 1 J ▼▼ THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAXLEY BANKERS ARE TO BE TRIED IN GLYNN COUNTY Order Received Yesterday From Judge Highsmith. Makes Announcement J. MARK WILCOX IS APPOINTED TO PROSECUTE Cases Were Transferred From Appling County On Account of Court And Solicitor Being Disqualified. An order was received yesterday by Superior Court Clerk Harry du i i Bignon from Judge J. P. Highsmith, Mark Wilcox apf as oin solicitor ?? n ? Att0 pro ™- tern V /’ to J | handle all of the Appling county bank cases, which have been trans¬ ferred to the Glynn superior court to be tried at the May term. This action on the part of Judge Highsmith was made mandatory on account of the fact that the court, Solicitor General Alvin Sellers, and the solicitor pro tern, of the Bruns¬ wick circuit are disqualified^ The appointment of Col. Wilcox to con¬ duct the prosecution is a distinct hon¬ or, a recognition of the eminent abil¬ ity of this young Brunswick attorney, as the cases involve the prosecution of two of the most prominent citizens of Appling county. The defendants are P. H. Comas, president, and J. G. Harmon, cash¬ ier, of the defunct 'Baxley Banking Company, who are charged with wrecking that institutibn several months ago. There are said to be six counts against Harmon, two against Comas and two joint indict¬ ments against the two bank officials. Judge Highsmith has not stated who will preside for him in the trial of these cases, although it is understood that it is propable that Judge Eschol Graham will be the presiding judge. The Baxley bank cases have at¬ tracted more than usual interest, as it is said the failure of the institu¬ tion involved hundreds of citizens of Appling county, who were depositors in the defunct bank. A number of the leading citizens of Baxley were directors. When the failure of the bank was announced it caused one of the greatest sensations in the history of that city and county. Although the amount of the al¬ leged defalcations of the bank offi¬ cials is not definitely known, it is said to reach a large amount. The depositors include hundreds of citizens of Appling and adjoining counties. The cases against the de¬ fendants will be among the first tak¬ en up for trial on the convening of the Glynn superior court, and it is stated that they will require several days in which to conclude them. NO ROOM FOR ALIENS ON CORPORATION ROLL Washington, May 12—Major James G. Harbord, of the A. E. F., new pres¬ ident of the Radio Corporation of America, believes opportunities should be held open first for Ameri¬ can citizens. He has just announc¬ ed: “Our charter requires that all elec¬ tive officers be American citizens, and we are extending this requirement to include all our organizations. Any who do not want to be naturalized are at liberty to leave. It is only reasonable that those who are enjoy¬ ing the privilege^ and advantages of inhabitants of this country should as¬ sume the responsibilities of citizen¬ ship.” General Harbord has prohibited the further employment of non-citi¬ zens by his company unless by special permission from him. AGREEMENT REACHED IN SUGAR INJUNCTION ■ ; . New York, May 1&—-An agree¬ ment eliminating a drawn-ut at¬ tempt by the government to obtain a n injunction in federal court re j straining Sugar Exchange the New and 'York its clearing Coffee as- & j sociation from dealing in the futures was reached today, between counsel j f° r the government and the defend j ants. | ------ CARLOADS BURN TEN ! CALCIUM ARSENATE __ New York. May 12.—Ten carloads i of calcium arsenate; made from the formula for combatting the boll weevil, and sufficient to cover ! 15,000 acres,, was destroveu by fire which burned a storelious e of the Chapman Chemical Engineering Com * pany, at Boundbrook. N. ,T. ; There is great iteed for the product, 1 officials said, and its destruction! caused a temporary shortage. •I* M M | H ♦ ♦ t 4 ♦ * ♦ -t : ♦ FLORIDA FURNITURE ♦ j: ! ♦ MEN LEASE-LASH DENOUNCE SYSTEM THE ♦ ■ *• (By Associated Press.) ♦ Tampa, Fla., May 12.—Strong ♦ denunciation of the Florida lease 4 and lash system of convict con¬ ♦ trol was voiced by the Florida + Furniture and Storage Associa¬ ♦ tion convention' ,in resolutions s 4 adopted before adjournment of ♦ 4 the 19211 convention. Copies of ♦ ♦ the resolution were ordered for- ♦ 4 warded to every member of the ♦ 4 legislature. ♦ ♦ ♦ v ♦ ♦ v LARGE CROWD TO ATTEND BEGINNING ; ! 1 i EXERCISES TO BE FEATURED | BY SPEECHES AND MUSIC j AT LANIER’S. ! A large number of prominent Geor j this, and other sections j H> yns ' n of ! the state, have accepted invitations j to attend the ceremonies at the com mencement, of work on the Brunswick : St. Simon Highway, which are to be held Wednesday at 1 o’clock, at La¬ nier’s Oak. The exercises will be featured by speeches and music in which several prominent local citizens will take pert, but the principal orator of the da.v will be Senator Walter F. Oeoi'ge , ami other members of the Georgia I delegation in congress. According to newspaper reports front ail over the state the commence | ment of this project is exceedingly j gratifying have to thousands of Georgians j who been looking forward for (years to the completion of this „re tontinns unile rtaking with the hone j that this great playground would be made accessible to the mainland by a j , h5shway and bridges R0 that those ! living in the interior of the state ; coul(| rido down to the island in their | automobi!es in a few hours take a i j , lip in the surf and motol . back home in reallv less time that it tatkes for ! these people to reac h the island bv railroad and boat, ■ Th( C!ub , Y Men - g committee on arrangements, will give a lunch , eon to a]1 mcmbers of the Young Men > s Club> aU vis itor.s, citv commis * sioners, county commissioners and •directors of the Board of Trane at one o’clock at Dart’s swimming pool. | The speaking and actual work on St. j Simon promptly Highway bridge 2:20 o’clock, will com-; | mence at and | (station the public is given a most cordial in to be at Dart’s swimming i exercises P 00 ‘ llot l ater of the than day. 2:30 and enjoy the The citizens of Brunswick are earn¬ estly requested to be on hand and i show to the visitors the grade of hos¬ pitality that has made Brunswick fa¬ mous. It is understood! that the retail stores and wholesale houses, will close promptly at one o’clock so that the proprietors and clerks can reach the place where the exercises will be held in plenty of time for the open¬ ing address which will be delivered at 2:30. BULGAR REVOLT RUMOR REPORTED BY THE TURKS EFFORTS ARE ALREADY MADE TO CONFIRM EXTENT OF' REVOLUTIONARY STEP (By Assoeiarod Press.) Constantinople, May 12.—Rumors are in circulation here of serious revo¬ lutionary events in Bulgaria, but they are as yet unconfirmed. Among other reports received is one that five thousand irregulars are rapidly approaching the Bulgarian capital. GOVERNtflfiNT IS PREPARED TO RESIST ATTACKS Sofia, May 12.—The government measures to repres the activities the Macedonian revolutionary organ izations have been carried out out serious incident. Many suspects ha ve been arrested and are held pending full investigation into tlieir activities against the govern ment. ____________ GEORGIA RURAL MAIL CARRIER IS CONVICTED - Macon. Ga., May 12.—Jesse Lee, rural mail carrier of Ga.. tried in the United States dis trict court yesterday, was found tv by a jury at 1 o’clock last night on a charge of theft of funds collected on C.' O. D. packages and sentenced ■to serve one year in tha federal pri son in Atlanta BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MAY 13, 1923. PEKING POWERLESS . WHILE 14 MEN AND TWO WOMEN STILL HELD BY Peking, May 12.—In the Shan¬ tung hills back of Linchirig are, according to latest advices from all sources of available informa¬ tion, fourteen men and two wom¬ en foreigners together with an unknown number of Chinese who have been held almost a week by Chinese bandits \yho raided the Peking express last Sunday morning and kidnaped the pas¬ sengers. All efforts of the Peking gov¬ ernment to liberate the prison¬ ers have proven futile. Tonight at 12 o'clock the ultimatum of the diplomats expired and each day from now Peking faces in¬ creasing indemnity and added penalties. MOTHERS’DAY TO BE OBSERVED BY ALL EXERCISES IN THE WILL MARK OCCASION AS HALLOWED ONE __ A I love each furrow in thy face, The silver in thy hair; There’s naught but beauty I trace, There’s none that’s half so fair. The love shines out from those eyes, How well I know the sign Of kindness, sweetness—all good— Dear mother—mother mine! You nursed me through my years, You loved me as a child; Y'ou shared with me my hopes fears, With counsel good and mild. And when my erring footsteps ed, How sad that heart of thine! You loved me better than before, Dear mother—mother mine! And now, when those clear grow dim, lAnd pain clouds that d*wr face, The love that you still have for Who ofttimes fell from grace Will yet bear fruit a hundredfold In love, dear heart, like thine. More prescious far than virgin Dear mother—mother mine! —Iowa Christian Journal Mother's day will be more ly observed in Brunswick today ever before, according to the program arranged at the various churches where exercises wil be carried appropriate to the occasion by Sunday schools, and in the to be delivered from the pulpits all denominations. IE|specially attractive exercises been arranged by tile First ian Sunday school, a program songs and recitations having been for¬ mulated which will be an inspiration to all who attend these services. Other churches have also interesting programs, which will be rendered during the Sunday school hour. All are to be featured by ap¬ propriate music, which will be ered by specially selected choirs. The day will be celebrated by everybody, the island visitors, and others, who are n»t unmindful of sacredness of the day and the memo¬ ries that are attached to it. The emblem of the occasion will be in evidence everywhere today, for it is a day that is celebrated but a year—and it is Mother’s Day. STATE ‘TOO POOR' TO OFFER WAGES TO PREVENT EXODUS Atlanta. May 12.—“Georgia is too poor to offer negroes four to ten dol¬ lars a day to remain in the state,” J. J. Brown, commissioner of agricul¬ ture, said in commenting on the re port that the Southern states are making an effort to halt the negro ex odus. Hal M. Stanley, commission er of commerce and labor, said, “Nothing to report so far as Georgia is concerned.” Negroes Against Exodus Birmingham, May 12.—Leading ne¬ gro editors, ministers and business leaders of the Birmingham industrial district have joined forces with large employers of labor here in concerted effort to check exodus of negro work ers which is said to have threatened a serious shortage of man power in the mines and mills of the district, according to an industrial item in the Birmingham News. Seale of pay in the district has been constantly ed during the last six months, accord ing to the News’ story, with wages today only slightly under those paid during the boom period of the World War. JOHN H. MORGAN, | 1 AUTO DEALER, IN Result of Proceedings ed To Failure of Bruns* wick iuick Co. MALCOMB B. M’KINNON NAMED AS | Local Buick Agency of J. Morgan Is Not Involved Will Be Continued Interruption. Judge Eustace C. Butts before Refereee in Bankruptcy Har lift proceedings for John H Morgan, well known automobile dealer of this Judge Reed appointed Malcolm B. McKinnon, of this city, as trustee, i the usual order of adjudication was entered and the first meeting of the creditors was set for May 24th, at Waycross. Judge Butts returned on the noon Atlantic Coast Line train yesterday and later in the day Mr. McKinnon qualified as trustee and assumed charge of the business on street. . In this connection it ought to stated that the business of J. 0. Mor gan, local representative of the Buick Motor company, is not involved and will be continued as usual. Buick j owners being assured of the usual prompt service in both parts and re¬ pairs department. The proceeding by Mr. Morgan is I not an unexpected one. In ... fact, since the failure of the old j Buick company, it has been expected by the friends' of Mr. Morgan. ! As is generally known Mr. Morgan was a partner in that firm, which was under the sole management of O. S. Perdue, the other partner. A few months ago, the company failed with liabilities which have been placed as high as $40,000. Mr. Morgan, as a partner in the business was liable un¬ der the law. He has made a fight to obviate the bankruptcy step, but was finally forced to takt' it. John H. Morgan has a wide circle of friends in Brunswick, who have an abiding faith in his business ill tegrity and they are sure that he will be able to come out of the situation in tfoo.u shape. MAY TURN O’BRIEN AND OTHER IRISHMEN OVER TO ENGLISH AUTHORITIES (By Associated Press.) Dublin, May 12.—Kevin O’Higgins, Irish Free State secretary of Affairs, stated to the press today that he would deliver to the British Art O’Brien and all other persons ported from England to Ireland when they demanded it He said he consul ered the agreement under which the prisoners were obtained from Eng land included compliance with sue cessful habeaus corpus motions. MOSCOW PROTESTS GREAT BRITAIN NOTE Moscow, May 12.—All Moscow’s factories and government institutions were closed this morning to permit the employes to take part in a great demonstration against the British note. Surging crowds early began to till the streets of the city. The in tent cf tin demonstrations seemed tc be peaceful but it appeared evident they meant to make the demonstra¬ tion an improssive one. FEDER/MON OF WOMEN'S CLUBS j ! ENDS SESSION j. __ j MRS. M’CORD ROBERTS, OF AT i l.ANTA, FOURTH VICE CHAIR MAN ON PUBLICITY —- (By Associated Press.) Atlanta, May 12.—Meeting of the board of directors of the General Fed elation of Women’s clubs this after noon, followed by a meeting of the ! executive committee tonight, formal- 1 j club l.v closed the Atlanta council of the women. At the afternoon board meeting, ] Mrs. McCord Roberts, of Atlanta, was appointed fourth vice chairman of the ; press and publicity committee in the national organization. Another fea i ture of the final board meeting was ! the announcement of an invitation ! front Atlantic City that the council meet there in 1925. The 1924 rneet ing will be held in Los Angeles, Cal. ^ GERMAN GOVERNM EN T BE SUED FOR MILLIONS 4 ACCOUNT DEPRECIATION ♦ 4 (By Associated Press.) 4 Washington, May 12—Suit for 4 twenty-one million dollars for 4 alleged depreciation of securi- ♦ ♦ ties of the imperial German gov- 4 ♦ eminent, held by the Association ♦ ♦ of American Holders of Foreign ♦ ♦ securities, Inc., is to be filed with ♦ ♦ the Mixed Claims Commission ♦ ♦ today, it was announced by counsel for the association. The suit is to ask for twenty million dollars for alleged dam¬ ♦ age to the property as the re¬ * sult of the depreciation of cur¬ ♦ rency and one million dollars for ♦ + losses suffered by the payment, A ♦ of interest on securities in de¬ ♦ * preciated currency. ♦ + * _____ i WOMAN PROMISES : TO EXPOSE SCHWAB | AT PROPER TIME MRS. HAYES RELEASED FROM JAIL DECLARES SHE WILL TELL WHOLE STORY New York. May 12. A prominent person in Boston, whom officiels de ■ . lined to name, is reported to have gone sef . 1|rity for Mrs . Mvrtle Bow _ man Hayes, of that city, and saved her from the Tombs after plans to surrender her hail been made last night by the bonding company which had furnished $10,000 bonds when she was charged with forging the name of Charles M. Schwab to a $25,000 note. Today Mrs. Haynes was ■ ,ubllant ' P r0 »»«ng she would make ! s ° me 8t » r t lln S <,isclosures when ,hp j charge against her were tried. ! PIGGLY WIGGLY TIGHT i IN MEMPHIS HOME j AWAITING SAUNDERS (By Associated Press.) Memphis, Tenn., May 12.—Pigglv Wiggly sat tight tonight in its Mem¬ phis home awaiting return of Clar¬ ence Saunders, its founder and direct¬ ing head, from a week-end outing ex p e dition and whatever fate has in store in the selection of a future j bomej which win tarry with it adjui5t ment of problems which came in the j wake of its recent fight on Wall | street. In the absence of Founder Saun¬ ders from the Memphis headquarters 1 nothing was given out as to where ! headquarters would be established. i PAKflN vIOvll"! PEN 1 11 » j ; CLIQUE INDICTED j BY GRAND JURY j ALLEGED TO HAYE VICTIM¬ : IZED WEALTHY SOCIETY PEOPLE IN NEW YORK (By Associated Press.) i New York, May 12.—The grand jury which has indicted George Max¬ well, president of the American so¬ ciety of Composers, Authors and Pub¬ lishers, for sending obscene missives through the mails, has evidence against eight other prominent mem¬ bers of a “poison-pen clique’ which is alleged to have victimized 140 wealthy society people here and in other cities, District Attorney Banton disclose;' today. Eight of the alleg ed victims already have testified fore the jury, which is still in sion. Dr. Banton revealed that their 1 statements had led to the uncovering | of 147 poison-pen letters and the dis¬ covery that nine well-known families had been broken up, nwian igjK and a woman had died shortly after receiv¬ ing vicious missives and another wo¬ man had gone insane. Maxwell Denies Charges Maxwell’s attorney here announced . that Maxwell had cabled from Eu- 1 rope a denial of charges in the indict men. Maxwell himself received sev j era] obscene letters from the clique, ‘said the attorneys. | Allan A. Ryan, the financier, whose j j wife was named in letters he turned over to the district attorney, result j ing in the grand jury disclosures, de dared today she also would return from Europe and that he would pros¬ j ecute the writer of the letters if it j took his entire fortune. Among disclosures made by Mr. Banton were that a band of anony¬ mous letter writers had been prey¬ ing upon prominent people in this and other cities since 1914 and that the recipient of letters included the late Enrico Caruso; the Countess of Santa Eulalia, who was the widow of John B. Stetson, of Philadelphia; John Drew, the actor, and Albert Gal¬ latin. lianker. BRUNSWICK Has a landlocked harbor, th« best on the South Atlantic Coast ....... PRICE FIVE CENTS curtain ready TOBERUNGUPON ALTAMAHA MEET j All Indications Point To One of J Greatest Conventions Held In State __ TOWNS AND CITIES BE REPRESENTED ___ I I Program Replete With Speeches and Entertainment That Will Fill every Hour of The Two 1 Days Session of Convention. j The stage is set for the great, meet ! ing to be held in Brunswick next | Tuesday and Wednesday when the | Altama'ha River System convention | is to be held. All indications point to one of the ^ niHS ^ representative gatherings ever | than assembled thirty-two in any Georgia and city, cities more I towns con¬ tiguous to the Ocmulgee, Oconee and Altamaha to be represented at the convention. No similar movement has so thor¬ oughly aroused the interest and en¬ thusiasm of that section that is af¬ fected by the development of this stu¬ pendous waterway system, which courses through approximately one fifth of the counties of the state and j which materially Georgia, affects the half of the population ’ ' of " " propaga¬ tion of which means more to the peo¬ ple than any other project of its kind at this time. In view of the fact that half of the popuulation of the state gind a fifth of its entire area is involved, the im¬ port of tiie meeting is being given more than ordinary recognition, es¬ pecially the as federal government will take cognizance of the effort to make this system of rivers navigable as far as Macon, on the Ocmulgee, and Milledgeville, on the Oconee. The first meeting of the convention is to be held at 10:00 o’clock, Tuesday morning at the Oglethorpe hotel, when Mayor Malcomb McKinnon will welcome the ^visitors, and Judge Mal¬ colm D. Jones, of Macon, will state the purpose of the meeting. The program, which has been pub¬ lished in The News is replete with in¬ teresting topics, to be discussed by some of the most prominent speakers of the state, including Senator Wal¬ ter F. George, of Vienna, and several congressmen. Editor W. T. Ander¬ son, of the Macon Telegraph, is also on the program for an address at the morning session. Hon. Charles J. Haden, of Atlanta; Commissioner of Agriculture J. J. Brown and H. H. Elders, of Reulsville, are among the others on the program for the open¬ ing session of the convention. The program for the second day of the meeting is equally as interesting as that arranged for the first day. The ceremonies on the second day marking the beginning of operations on the St. Simon Highway. Sena¬ tor George will be the principal speaker on this occasion. , Mayor McKinnon, President James P. Davenport, of the Board of Trade, and Dr. Clarence B. Greer, of the Young Men’s Club, request that every citizen of Brunswick ‘attend;, all ses¬ sions of the convention and demon¬ strate to the guests of the city their interest and enthusiasm in the cohD pletion of this project. The following towns and cities are t0 be represented, many of whom are Georgia’s most notable men, who are vitally interested in this great pro¬ ject: Abbeville, Athens, Atlanta, Bax¬ ley, Culloden, Cochran, Douglas, Dub¬ lin, Darien, Doctortown, Eaistman, Eatonton, Fitzgerald, Forsyth, 'denn¬ v i]l e , Hawkinsville, Hinesville, Hazle hurst, Jesup, Lumber City, Lyons, Milledgeville, McDonough, Mt. Ver¬ non, McRae. Monticello, Macon, Nieh olls, Rochelle, Reidsville, St. Marys, Soperton, Sandersbille, Uvalda, Vi¬ enna and other points. LABOR SITUATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA SERIOUS (By Associated Press.) Columbia, S. C., May -12.—The la¬ bor situation in South Carolina is the most serious in many years if not in the history of the state, according to a statement made here today by W. T. Willingham, in charge of the U. S. Employment Bureau here. Labor is short for all kinds of work, he said. PETERS IS PRESIDENT OF GEORGIA BAiNKERS (By Associated Press.) Savannah, May 12.—J. S. Peters, of Manchester, today was elected Presi¬ dent of the Georgia Bankers 'Associa¬ tion, and August g was selected as the next place of meeting.