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VOLUME XXII. 220.
TOBEGINWORKONST.SIMONHIGHWA Y TODA Y
ALTAMAHA SYSTEM
RIVERS CONVENTION
LARGELY ATTENDED
SENATOR GEORGE
WAS PRINCIPAL
SPEAKER OF DAY I
,
Permanent Organization is Per=
ected With Election of
Officers
BRUNSWICK MAN IS
ELECTED PRESIDENT
'Morning, Afternoon and Night
Sessions Were Featured By
Brilliant Addresses By Promi¬
nent Georgians.
Claiming the Altamaha river sys¬
tem to be the greatest undeveloped
resource in the state of Georgia, prin¬
cipally because there has never been
sufficient Federal aid to make the
river entirely navigable, delegates
from practically every county border¬
ing on the entire system met in this
city yesterday, formed a permanent
organization, appointed various com¬
mittees, mapped out a line of work
ami all pledged to make a campaign
for appropriations sufficient to make
the fresh water system the Mississip¬
pi of the South.
The convention was called to
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, who in a neat and cordial ad
• extended the delegates and vis
'
itorsUffe .. $he A._ cify an open-haiKled hos¬ Kiw.
pitality. Mhyoh' McKinnon poinitkl
out the wonderful results that would
follow the development of the rivers
tributary to Brunswick and express
ed his own pleasure at having- within !
the confines of the city so many dis
tinguished Georgians who were inter- * j
ested in the great movement. 1
The invocation was askeiT by Rev.
T. IL’ Thomson, of the First Metho
-dist church, after which Judge J, E
Burch, of Dublin, was made tempor 7
ary chairman. Judge Burch, in ac¬
cepting the gavel, made a very at¬
tractive little talk. He thanked the
convention for the honor conferred
and during the entire meeting he pre¬
sided with easy grace and dignity.
The .first speaker on the program,
whose address was the feature of the
morning”session, was Senator Walter
F. George, who declared in the outset
that unless there was more organi¬
zation ami cooperation along indus¬
trial HimUuraf lines in the state of Georgia ag-
1 comlitions woulii sink down
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to the levels of European peasantry.
It-was stressed by the Senator that
not only should Georgia care for its
natural resources in agriculture but
that every other available resource
should be'utilized to't|ie best advan¬
tage. 1 In this connection he put par¬
ticular emphasis on conditioning the
rivers of the state, especially the Oco¬
nee, Ocmulgee and Altamaha com¬
posing the Altamaha reiterated system. his state¬
Senator George of the
ment 'made at a recent meeting
Macon Chamber of ,Commerce relative
to the development of adequate pow¬
er in the state-and cooperative mar¬
keting. He declared that under pres
enUcoruIitions there is little to induce
farmers in'Georgia to continue then
chosen occupation being forced to ship
larger portion of the products to far
a losing practi¬
distant points, thereby
cally all of the profit from their la¬
bors. To avoid this method;of han¬
dling their foodstuff and getting them
to market Senator Ueiu’ge proposed
that there be established a co-opera¬
tive marketing bureau between the
farmers and city business and com¬
mercial organizations. To do this
wquld require little effort, the Sen¬
ator pointed out, while the beneficial
results from such a system would be
manifold. declared that the con
The Senator movement
a.«s would support any water
fcP the development of the
ways if the project was established
as a worthy undertaking, He urged
those in attendance upon the conven¬
tion to put their energy,, their time
and their money behind the project,
thereby assuring the government of
o-ood faith adding to the possibilities
for the successful completion of the
waterways development so greatty
desired and needed. The Senator was
loudly applauded throughout, his ad-
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dress.
Charles J. Harlen, of Atlanta, one
of the livest wires in Georgia and a
mar, who has made a study of the
transportation generally in the south¬
east, was the next speaker. Mr. Ha
don at once caught the attention of
the convention and especially of the
Brunswick delegates when he quoted
from a remark made by Gen. William
Thomas, thirty-two years ago, that
Brunswick would in time become the
greatest seaport .south of Baltimore.
He then stressed the many advan¬
tages to back up the prediction that
unity of action in all of the section
traversed by the three rivers should
mark every step of the work up to its
final completion. So far as Bruns¬
wick was concerned lie declared with¬
out equivocation that he believed it j
to be cue of the greatest assets in the t
state of Georgia—a port without an j
equal on any coast. J.!
Commissioner of Agriculture .J.
Brown followed Mr. TIaden in a very !
happy talk that covered many sub-',
jeets. The commissioner showed that
farmers°ffi 0 Georgia, t?TncSug j
a real orator. This is a new role for ;
ihe commissioner in Brunswick, and
to many oi his closest friends ,t came .
m the nature of a surprise.
Mr. Brown pointed out the wonder- ;
ful advantages that would ensue to a
large section of the state of Georgia
in the development of the Altamaha,
the Ocmulgee and the Oconee rivers. ;
He stressed develop the fact along that agricultur- Georgia | i
could never
al lines as she should until these riv
er systems are utilized and until they j
are made to play their part in the im
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Commissioner Brown, by virtue of
his office, is also commissioner of |
immigration, pointed out. the fact
was iiU%iti»f’i:'eV-iHR-i’rom
an exodus of negro labor into other
industrial sections of the country. He
thought some remedy ought to be
had and suggested that labor be .ra¬
ported to take the place ot the ne
groes iiMionn whom n-l-ir\VVl he said e'Ull were leaving IPflVlTl* J
their native homes 1 for new and undis-1
covered Other lands. and interesting talks j
were 1
made during the morning and after-j
noo risession by the following. Hon. the j
R. Lee Moore, congressman from j
First district, who pledged his aid to I
the movement, and. who stated that j
he was really outside the Altamaha j
system and that he had come to the i
meeting to learn rather than how-j talk, i
He made an interesting address,
ever, touching uuon a large number j
of important matters. !
W, W. Proctor, r, secretary secretary 01 of the me ! j
Dublin Board fifteen of Trade, minutes, talked urged inter-; ‘
esting’ly for
and pledged coopecation from his qjc- I j
tion and believed that the time had
come for practical work, rather than j
idealistic talk. Mr. Proctor showed
that he was a close student of the j
transportation question and made an ;
interesting talk.
E. B. Weatherly, of Macon, was
the next speaker. He was interest¬
ing in detailing the new and tremen¬
dous two million dollar plant being
built near Macon by the Southern
Portland Cement company. He said
this plant would manufacture three ;
thousand barrels of cement per day j
and that if proper arfiangements :
could he made with the Atlantic Re
fining company at Brunswick they j
proposed to use oil for fuel purposes.,
He showed that the freights alone;
for the transportation of the pro¬
ducts of this plant would amount to
more thpn five hundred dollars pet
day, Mr. Weatherly is a great be¬
liever in the river system and is go¬
ing to be a Hve wire worker for it.
Gen. Edgar Jadwin, corps U. S. en¬
gineers, speedily made friends with
his audience when he told them he
had been to Brunswick three times
before and on one occasion as a par- j
ty of army officers had the pleasure
of recommending Brunswick for a
United States camp site. He made a
splendid talk aim among other things
said that the dredge Savannah, now
working in Brunswick harbor, had
broken all records in its work here
in the past three months in the mat
ter of yardage. He spoke encourag
ingly of the river system and believed
it was feasible and possible. j j
Oflicers Elected
Officers elected by the association"
for the ensuing year are:
President, George H. Smith, Bruns-1
wick; vice president, Judge J. E.
Burch, Dublin; Geo. W. Hubbell, Ma
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(Continued *n page 8.)
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MAY 16, 1923.
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DEMAND FOR LABpR IS 4
ON INCREASE IN ALL 4
SECTIONS OF COUNTRY 4
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(By Associated Press.) 4
Washington, May 15.—In- 4
creased demand for all classes of 4
skilled labor, skilled mechanics
and farm hands has practically
ended unemployment in every
section of the country, the de¬
partment of labor reported to¬
day.
The report that conditions ev¬
erywhere in April were more
4 favorable than the month of 4
4 March. 4
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ARBITRATION OF
ST. SIMON HIGHWAY
MAI 1 FR AuRFril . /im-ifijv fiM /v*| ;
illrl 1 l xaUillalil/ Ulv
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CITY TO NAME TWO ARBITERS,
THE COM PLAINTANTS TWO,
FIFTH TO BE SELECTED
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The injunction proceedings, which
have been pending for several days
against the bridge commissioners,
spired by Dr. Frank Atkinson, and
others, have been amicably settled,
day" atTcS
commissioners, whereby it was agreed
to leave the matter to
the complements and the city to
name two arbiters, who are to
a fifth, and the matter is to be gone
into thoroughly as to eliminating the
cutves on Glynn avenue, fronting the
property of the residents at that
ticular point.
- It appeared at the cify
ers‘ meeting that Dr. Atkinson was
the chief complaintant and in the
terest of harmony, and to avoid the
delays incident to legal proceedings,
lowing resolution was offered by May
or McKinnon, and
—Wfe *. ~y
or of the city of Brunswick be and
he is hereby authorized for and in the
name of the city of Brunswick to
mit to any form of arbitration to be
decided on by him and Frank B. At
kinson, for the purpose of arbitrating
the question, to-wit: Whether the
City of Brunswick shall construct a
new roadway running across the
marsh to the east of the .property of
Frank B. Atkinson on Glynn ave
nue in said city, or whether the pres
ent roadway that skirts the
and adjoins the property of said
Frank B. Atkinson shaj.l continue to
b e the only city highway at that point,
it being understood that upon the
signing of said 'agreemhent for
tration. >
The said Frank B. Atkinspn shall
sign sign a’ a binding omuiiig obligatibrf-VJirsmisfeing ouiigarioii uisiiusBiiig
his petition for injunction 1 brought
against the city of Brunswick in the
superior court of Glynn county and
allowing the city of Brunswick to car
r v on the work that is sought to be
fajoined by said petition. The said
mayor to have the power to name the
arbitrators 011 the part of the city of
Brunswick.
The result of the agreement means
that the original program will be car¬
ried out at Lanier’s Oak this after¬
noon, iii which all ‘Brunswick will par¬
ticipate, in addition to the large num¬
ber _____ of visitors _________ who ____ are attending the
Altamaha convention,
it was erroneously stated yester
day that Attorney David Atkinson,
0 f Savannah, went to Waycross to
represent Dr. Frank Atkinson in the
injunction proceedings that were to
have been presented to Judge J. I.
SummeralL
tour is decided upon
Washington, May 15.—President
Harding has decided definitely to
make the contemplated trip through
west a nd to Alaska leaving
about June 20 and being
^sent from the capital about sixty
days,
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♦ TWO, INJURING MAN\
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(By Associated Press.)
♦ Cambridge, -Ohio, May 15.—
♦ Ove ra score of persons were in-
4 jured and one perhaps fatally
♦ tonight when a tornado swept
♦ ovei Bysville, five miles south
* ° 1 ’ here.
♦ Fifty houses were bVwn down
♦ or unroofed, according to reports
♦ receiver! here over crippled coir.-
4 nr,unity telephone lines.
♦
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BRITISH INSIST
RUSSIA MEETS
DEMANDS
Willing To Wait Awhile But
This Does Not Mean
Give-in
SECRETARY CURZON NOW
TO DISCUSS TERMS
-—
Conference Will Be Held With
Lenoid Krassian When House
of Commons Had Matters
Under Warm Debate.
(By Associated Press.)
London, May 15.— The outcome of!
eagerly awaited Russian answer!
1 was was the the cnhiprt subject nf of debate debate tonight tonight in in
; the house of commons with the an
j nouncement that there would be no
J | ain immediate and Russia break but between negotiations Great Brit- will
i be started through Lenojd Krassian.
i who was in the gallery. Under Sec
j retarv of Foreign Foreign Affairs* Secretary McNeill Cur- an
nounced that
j zon with is Krassin prepared in to order enter to enable a discussion Kras
j
I British i|timatum I
j tained in the to
the be
, abb ex ended he addedf ;
He st^te : ‘i that extension ot tne,
j time limit for an answer Iritish should would be |
taken to mean that the 1
[be satisfied with anythin g less than
.
compliance with their de nands
j
, j
Yllllllll AM »rpi AN’I lupi A
I VUliVI i »1 LiiTl 1 jl ix i
WOMAN MEETS ;
i I
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INSTANT DEATH i
Vir 1 ISiTnD
j LIGHTNING ht\INT’ ON ON ISLAND
Miss Mary _ Louise . Everett, of . A ..
i -
'anta, was struck and instantly kill
! ed by a bolt of lightning yesterday
morning at 8:30 o’clock, on St. Simon
Miss Everett, and her mother, Mrs.
Willis M. Everett, prominent Atlan
taians, arrived in island Brunswick short Sunday, time j
leaving for the a 1 |
afterward, where they had engaged
a cottage for a month’s stay. The |
mother an aug 1 ei a jus ■
| P^ted. the arrangement of them new
I home yesterday am weie prepaid
; 1° spend t e nex in j 1 ays in e
joying the advan ages w ic 1 e sea
! su ® °" ered -
i Yesterday morn mg, Miss Everett,
I who started upstairs, went to the back
1 — - - • ; • |
j ing through the house. ^ As . ob she , e ‘reach- reach ,
,
ed' the door, Miss Everett was blinded ;
by a sharp flash of lightping reeling
to the floor with every bone in hei i I
body shattered. When Mrs. Everett,
the young woman’s mother, heard
her daughter fall, she rushed to her
side, but life was extinct. ;
,
The news of the tragedy island spread colo- J
rapidly throughout the
and , several , , hundred . , persons were. ____,
nv ny cm, c v
soon gathered at the cottage, where' u„,. 0 ,
Miss Everett had had met met her her sudden sudden,
death. The lamentations of the moth¬ j
er are said to have been touching in
th kTbX Bruns-1
was brought to to
wick by Undertaker Edo Miller and;
prepared for shipmen o . an a a.
night. Ihe relatives 0 iss veie
were shocked at her ime y (< a 1
and meany telegrams of condolence 1
were received in Brunswick assuring !
Mrs. Everett of the deepest sympathy :
of hundreds of friends- it^ her great
sorrow. The body was sen o an f
ta last where night the over funeral the , Solx and } he interment ™_^ 1
way,
will be held tomorrow.
Miss Everett was an exceedingly
attractive young woman, and one of
Atlanta’s most popular members of
the young society set. Besides her
mother, Miss Everett is survived by
a brother and father, the latter a
prominent citizen of Atlanta.
VIOLENT WIND AND
RAIN STORM HITS
MACON YESTERDAY
(By Associated Press.) !
Macon. May 15.—A violent wind ;
and rainstorm struck middle Georgia
late today and the greatest damage *
appears to have been around Rev-,
nolds, where many fruit trees were
uprooted.
The velocity of the wind in Macon
was thirty-five miles an hour.
ST. SIMON HIGHWAY CEREMONIES
I TO MARK BEGINNING OF WORK
j
!
1 ; ON BRUNSWICK’S GREAT PROJECT
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4 CHINESE BANDITS TAKE ♦
♦ FOREIGN CAPTIVES TO ♦
4 THE MOUNTAIN^ ♦
♦
(By Associated Press.) 4
Shanghai, May 15.—The ban¬ 4
dits have removed their foreign 4
captives ten miles farther back 4
into the mountains behind Li- 4
cheng, according to advices re¬ 4
ceived here, early today. 4
This action, it is believed, is a
strategic move of the brigands
to impress the Peking govern¬ 4
ment on the eve of negotiations 4
for release of the foreigners. 4
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SOLUTION OF
HAZING DEATH
SEEMS NEARER
THREE POSSIBILITIES WILL BE
PROBED BY STATE’S AT¬
TORNEY’S OFFICE
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, May 15.—A three-day
ciliary investigation into the disap
pearance of Leighton Mount,
western University student, was
eluded by the state’s attorney’s staff
last night and with its end new evi
^T^addffig
Tories ■ ■ , ,
the three advanced by
authorities nf to explain the mystery,
.
1 n< f h !u p W „ e p« e „ n ^^V?nve t-L
, , . n vX ’• F iv. ,
Leighton's friend, fvfmtd. who who has been been ex
amined previously by both the
jury and the state’s attorney’s
Harry Warren, 12-year-old ‘ boy, who
*_______ found 1 ia the skeleton , 1 x under - tv Evans
an
ton pier, accepted by authorities as
that of Mount’s; Clarence A. Ney
rnann, formerly head of the Chicago
psychopathic hospital, and Herman
F. Steinbern, a spiritual adviser. Of
the investigation in all its phases, in¬
cluding the grand jury inquiry,
State’s Attorney Crowe said: “The
possibility of a solution gets hotter
and hotter as we go along. Even¬
tually the full truth will be known.
“We have brought out some impor¬
tant theories through this inquiry.
We do not pretend to say that either
suicide, voluntary disappearance or
murder has been proved or eliminat.
ed. We have found that there are
three possibilities in this case and we
mean to go to the bottom of every
one.”.
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MRS. C.L. PARKER r* 1 cure
AWAY SUDDENLY AT
nUmt PDMF HP Ur 1 nAITfHTPR /s\UvjH I LK
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mrs. u. L. Parker died suddenly
a t ^Jie .. home of her daughter. Mrs. :
Davis . - at at Apco, Au ’ , last last night
^ o’clock following an illness 0 j
months .
W h,le death , ofVl of - Mrs. Parker '
the
was not unexpected, her hundreds of i
friends wil be deeply grieved at the
announcement, of her pasing. She was
. of the late C. L. Parker,
w
a had been a resident of Bruns
wick for many years. Mrs. Parker,
prior 1 ' ... to her marriage was Miss ,.. Emma
months ago at , her home on Norwich ,, . ,
street and has been with her daugh¬
ter, Mrs. John Davis, at Arco, for
: Weg three daugp- j
tefg ters and and one one son, M „ Mrs. Mrs Frank Grady, j [
nf Columbia. S. C.. Mrs. John Davis,
0 f ^ rc0i and Miss Blandell Parker,
Bnmsw j ck and Cecil Parker, of| j
Ma.vport. Fla. Her nieces are Mrs.
Sam E. Brown, of Brunswick, and
Mrg John Conyers, W Albany. Ga.
f A Bland of Vidalia, is a brother,
f unera | arrangements have not
announced, awaiting the arrival I
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FRENCH CONTINUE TO
EXTEND TERRITORY
IN OCCUPIED ZONE
(By Associated Press.)
Berlin, May 15.—The French have!
occupied the Baden Anilene and soda
at Ludwigshafen, according to
message received here today. The .
have not attempted to en-!
the works, which are shut down,
entire French regiment quar -1
there. The street railways at
have ceased operations i
result of French occupation of!
depot.
The Hoechst dye works at
and the town of Limburg,!
also have been occupied I
the French.
U. S. WANTS NO SPECIAL
ADVANTAGES IN MEXICO
! (By Associated Press.)
i Mexico City, May 15.—-Tne United
States seeks no especial advantages
in Mexico through recognition ne¬
gotiations and has no intention or
desire of interfering with the sov
ereignity of this republic said Chas.
IS Warren, one ' of the Washington
delegates to the conference in an
address at. the opening session yes¬
terday.
“We come equipped with friendly
intentions and hoping to bring
about an understanding in order that
Mexico and the United States may
once more resume the normal cor¬
dial relations which shoqlld cxi^t,’
said Mr[ Warren.
SEVENTEEN ARE
DEAD IN TEXAS
TORNADO’S
TEN ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED
AND ONE HUNDRED HAVE
MINOR HURTS
1 (By Associated PreBS)
Colorado City, Texas, May 15 Sev
enteen dead and ten persons serious
* about one hundred with
injuries the seriousness of which
undetermined . far . . by busy . .
so
cmns and from 400 to 500
complete the check-up today after the
tornado which swept through Mitch
ell I’ounty ji'sten ay.
Tne path of the storm varied from
two miles to a quarter of a mile m
width, and was about thirty miles
long. Scarcely a house was left in
tact, trees were uprooted, and miles
of telephone.^ telegraph and
transmission' lines were leveled. Re¬
ports still’more or less
declare that fifty houses, at least,
were razed and thousands of head of
livestock lost.
Freaks of the Storm
The twister came in the hour be¬
fore dawn, when the country slept,
and it is agreed here that the home
shelter saved many lives. Some
houses were carried through the
and replaced with occupants mere
ly shaken from their beds. Other
houses were cut from their founds
tions, the walls and ceiling sailing
away ’ l eav ' n £ families suddenly
a \ Va )<ened, gazing skyward, but none
the worse for the bluster.
Some of the outstanding freaks
of the storm were told in reports
that ,a three-months-old baby was
found alive in a field after the storm;
an 8-year-old girl was whirled a diz
zy balf mile ’ and esca P ed unbruised;
babies, Elmer Bizzel awoke > from hlp slumber wl { e anti a hall
mile from where their house stood
when they went to sleep, the house be
ing carried along intact and deposit¬
ed gently to the ground, leaving even
mirrors uns-hattered.
Today all churches, hotels and
homes in the city are housing the
homeless. Food and shelter are of¬
fered everywhere, and the colony “f
the tornado-stricken country folk are
receiving care of doctors and nurses
rnshed here from Sweetwater,^ Big
Springs, Abiline and other places
nearby, who came in special trains
and automobiles.
WIDELY KNOWN PHYSICIST
TOOK I IFE AT WORCESTER
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Worcester, 7 " *n "webste^’widely' Mass., May 15.-Arthur
Go d 0
sicist at Clark TTniversitv, committed
suicide by shooting himself in the
university library today.
He left a note’ saying that lie had
been a failure as a physicist, and pre¬
ferred to end it all.
MRS. FRANK D. GRADY DIES !
IN SOUTH CAROLINA
__
Many friends will be grieved to
learn of the death of Mrs. Frank D.
Grady, for many years a resident of
Brunswick but who made her home
with her son in Columbia. S. C., in
recent years. A telegram was receiv
ed yesterday bringing the sad
mation. I
Dceased lived at the corner of Rey-;
rolds and J streets. She leaves three
Frank, Thomas and Bryan
Grady and one daughter. Miss
Grady. The funeral w41 be held in;
Savannah this afternoon.
BRUNSWICK
Has a landlocked harborj the
best on the South Atlantic
Coast.......
PRICE FIVE CENTS
All Business To Be Suspended
and Everbody Will Take Part
In Celebrating Big Event
Which is History Making.
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14 Proclamation 4
' 4 -- 4
4 Wheveas there is now being 4
♦ held in our beloved c-ity, a con- 4
4 vention, with a purpose to open 4
4 up to the great state of Geor- 4
: 4- gja, and particularly the western 4
1 ♦ portion thereof by the improve- 4
ment of the great Altamaha ♦
River System, and to bring to 4
the attention of the Federal gov¬ 4
ernment their neglect of that ♦
privilege given to us all of the 4
improvement of the navigable
rivers of our country:
And whereas there is about to
be inaugurated the construction
of a highway and road across
the marshes of Glynn, celebrat¬
ed in the imperishable story of
Georgia’s great poet, Sidney La¬
nier, to the island of Saint Si¬
mon; wH*ch at once is the bul¬
wark of civil liberty and the
cradle of religious liberty, and
the beginning of Mefhodism in
America’
And whereas this great en¬
terprise is of such vast import
* + rnain 1 to the state, but
ance y
j -+ particularly to the people of 4
; 4 A „ Brunswick, . , and the county of
Glynn, t at the
: ♦ be fittingly observed:
+ N therefore. I, M. B. Mc
K. R mayor of the city of
Brungwick b virtue of the pow
^ pr vegtcd jn me do hereby issue
{ j 4 nlv proclamation proclaim
^ a half holjday on Wednes
L dg Ma J6 192S and do ur .
j gently call upon all our citizenry 4
K 4 to abstain from their daily avo- ♦
catjof)R flt 12 0>clock noon on ^
sajd day . tQ c , ose thejr place i of ♦
4 business and unite in a general 4
♦ festival in honor of the occasion. 4
The exercises are to begin at 4
the swimming pool on the boule¬ 4
vard at 2 o’clock p. m.. May 16. 4
Given at the City Hall this 4
May 15, 1923. 4
M. B. M'KINNON, Mayor. 4
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j The event which marks the begin
j ning of actual work on the St. Si
j j day mon by Highway is Brunswickians, to be celebrated assist- to
many
ed by a large number of representa
tiye Georgians, who are in this eity
, f or dua j p Ur p 0se 0 f attending the
Altamaha River System conventiqn
^ and t0 witness the exercises attend
| ard U p 0n t:he most momentous occa
j j sion in the history of Georgia’s “City
by tbe Sea »
! The above proclamatib^, issued by
Mayor Malcolm B. McKinnon, will be
aC q U j esce( } j n by a p 0 f the citizens of
Brunswick( who wil! attend the meet¬
ing today and take part in the cere¬
monies beginning the operations,
are scheduled to begin prompt
ly at 1:00 o’clock with a barbecue at
historic Lanier’s Oak.
The big dredge belonging to the
Atlantic, Pacific & Gulf Dredging
cora p a fty, who have th& contract for
(be dred( , e work on the great project,
bas al . r j ved and j „ s ....... on the ground s ---
ready begin when the signal is fjiv
en> f 0 |j 0W j n g the dinner. The rqer
chants will close their stores and a
general holiday will be observed
throughout the city.
Several speeches will be made
local and visiting orators, Brunswick
bein « re P res0 ** ted by' Hon. B. F.
Mann - while Chairman 6. L. Steph
ens, of the county commissioners, will
represent the county. Senator George
and others are also expected to make
brief addresses.
The steamer Atlantic will leave the
foot of Mansfield street at 9 o’clock
this morning for a trip around the
harbor, after which a visit to the
mouth of the Altamaha river will be
made, giving the visitors an oppor¬
tunity to inspect the great project
that awaits development,
On returning to Brunswick the
delegates will be conveyed by auto¬
mobile to the pavillion at Lanier's
Oak, where a sumptuous fish dinner
will be served by the Young Mens’
hosts occasion.
At 2;30 o’clock the speakers, who
have been announced, will be intro
duced by B. F. Mann, master of cere
monies. They will include F. E. Twit
W. T. McCormick, father of the
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