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BRUNSWICK Has tlii* lowest death rate of any city its size in the United States ....... VOLUME XXII. NO. 222. BOY SCOUTS ARE ORGANIZED AT BIG MEETING Enthusiastic Gathering of Local Boys Is Held Last Night LEADERS IN MOVEMENT EXPECT GREAT RESULTS Scoutmaster To Be Selected At Once and Will Take Charge At Next Meeting—Twelve Troops Expected. Interest was renewed, a fter more than a year's dormant activities among the Brunswick Boy Scouts last night when an enthusiastic meet¬ ing was held at the Board of Trade rooms for the purpose of reorganiz¬ ing the local Troop. There were a large number of Brunswick’s representative young citizens present and they were jubi¬ lant that they were to again to be given the recognition they so much deserve by the former promoters of tin's juvenile organization which a few months ago was in a flourish¬ ing condition, but which gradually passed out of existence on account of the lack of interest in the organi¬ zation by the adults. The leaders in this new to reorganize the Boy Scouts are Rev. Thomas H. Thomson, R. |Et L. ReddY. Dr. J. W. Simmons, T. E. Glover and Fred G. Wurde. These promoters a'' 1 well known and will at once be given the support of the fathers and moth ers of the boys whom they expect to enlist in the Scout work. Robert another Scout master and the Scout committee have assured the boys that they will have them a Scoutmaster when their next meeting is held. A number of the troop have passed their “tenderfoot test’’ and several will be examined for this test next week, and will receive their tender foot insignia. As fast as the Scouts qualify before file Court of Honor various merit badges will be assigned them. The old First Methodist Troop, under the leadership of the late Phil Burgess, a few years ago, were the pride of the city and the new troop are endeavoring to make themselves as proficient as their prodecessors. It is the plan and purpose of the movement to continue the work until every hoy in Brunswick, of Scout age. p's identified and enlisted in some troop. A recent survey of the city discloses that there a re enough boys to comprise from ten to twelve active, wide-awake troops. The hoys, as well as the leaders in the re-organization of the Scouts, are highly elated oyer the prospects for one of the leading organizations in South Georgia. RADIO WILL BROADCAST DEMPSEYTilBBO'NS FIGHT Shelby, Mont.,. May 17.—Plans were launched here today for the installa¬ tion of a owerful radio broadcasting plant to be used by Jack Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons to tell their ad heavyweight championship fight July 4. Details of the fight, round by round, also will be broadcast. plant will be in operation by June 1, it was said. It will have a broadcast¬ ing radius that will reach all points in Canada a nd the United States. RESOLUTION CAUSES EXCITEMENT SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION (By' Associated Press.) Kansas City, May 17.—A resolution condemning the Tea Hing revolution was read in the Southern Baptist convention here today and created much excitement amoa» the gates. It was referred to the com mitee on resolutions. A motion to talk had.failed. Receipts from the seventy-five mil lion dollar campaign of over a mil lion during the past year were report ed by Dr. B. D. Gra£, Atlanta responding secretary of the Home Mission Board. - - KAINNAh rim GIRL Dcrcivcc KbthlVbS AIR LICENSE AFTER TESTS - Washington, May 17.—Miss Amelia M. Larhart, of Atchison, Kan., today received the first license granted to a woman by the National Aeronautic Association after completing th e test flights during which she piloted her plane to an attitude of 11,000 feet, be lieved to be the highest ever' flown by a woman. THE BRUNSWICK NEWS THE NEWS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS J. BRYAN DEFEATED BY PRESBYTERIANS FOR MODERATOR (By Associated Press.) Indianapolis, Ind., May 17.— Dr. Charles F. Wishart, presi¬ dent of Wooster College, Woost erm, Ohio, was today elected moderator of the general assem¬ bly of the Presbyterian church, .defeating William Jennings Bry¬ an on the third ballot. A. C.L LEASES THE C.C.&O. THROUGH L. & N. LONG TERM GIVES COAST LINE ENTRANCE INTO COAST FIELDS FOR THE FIRST TIME (By Associated Press.) Louisville, Kv.. May 17—The Louis¬ ville & Nashville railroad has leased the Carolina, Clinchiield & Ohio rail road for a period of 099 years accord ing to an announcement here. The price of the lease has not been given. The Carolina road forms a complete belt through the coal fields °f West Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina and links up with a direct connection with the sea at Charleston. Coast Line Involved Spartanburg, S. C., May 17.—The leasing of the Carolina, Clinchiield & Ohio railroad by the Louisville & Nashville road gives that line a di rec-t contact with the -Atlantic Coast Line which controls the Louisville & Nashville and gives the Coast Line a c'Tect entrance into the coal fields for the first time in the history of the lines, it is stated here, -------— ESTABI ISHMENT OF Biur IN F HAVANA fede *al APPROVED bank - Washington, May 17.—Although the Federal Reserve Board has reach ed no decision in the application of ■ the Boston Reserve Bank for permis sion to establish an agency in Ha : vana, Cuba, solution of the problem has been advanced a step by the ■ granting of approval by the State De j partment of the establishment of I such an agency. I Some members of the Reserve i Roard which further considered the I application fear that establishment j of a branch bank or agency in Cuba , might lead to complications because of its competition with the Royal j Bank of Canada, or banks from sev j eral other nations in Cuba. The State | Department, in granting approval, ! took the view that an American bank j w ith an official tinge might cement j close international relations between j the United States and the island re¬ j----- j public. j GEORGIA LIFE=TERMER ; BACK ON GANG AFTER SEVEN YEARS LIBERTY i Eastman, Ga., May 17.—At liberty ! for seven years and fourteen days, i I. B. Hall lias again taken up his task of serving a life sentence on the i I Dodge county chaingang for the mur der of Dennis Hall, of Tifton, in 1913. I Hall escaped from the chaingang in 1913 while working near Chaun s - - - ss 2 wag recognizeft anJ apprehended by the sheriff of Bushnell, Fla., where 1 he was making his home and engaged i j in growing oranges, When tried Hall was found guilty ; and sentenced to hang. Later the sen¬ tence was commuted to life inlpris . oinnent. WASHINGTON SOCIETY HAS NEW SENSATION Washington, May 17.—Washington society has been provided with a new sensation by Miss Kancy Hoyt, whose sister, Mrs. 'Elinor Hoyt Hichborn Wylie, has been the center of a se j r j e s of matrimonial sensations since ! 1910. “Indefinite postponement” of Miss j Hoyt’s marriage to Lieut. F. Wise man Clarke of the British navy, was i announced yesterday, a few hours be I fore the time set for the wedding and ! after many of the guests had assem bled from distant cities for the cere mo ny. ; At the Hoyt home it was said the j postponement was due to Miss Hoyt’s : illness. Immediately after the an nouncement, however, the prospective bridegroom and his parents left for New York with the apparent inten | tion of sailing for England of Miss Hoyt, Mrs. Wyllie, sister first startled society in 1910 by elop ing with Horace Wyllie, from whom she was granted a divorce. At the time of the elopement she was the wife of Phillips Hichborn, a member of another prominent Washington : family and soon after her departure he committed suicide. BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MAY 18, 1923. CHARLES PALMER HELD FOR DEATH LEIGHTON MOUNT Star Football Player On North= western University's Crack Team FORMER FEMALE FRIEND TOLD OF CONVERSATIONS After “Opening Up” to Assis¬ tant District Attorney Arrest of Former Student Soon Fol¬ lowed. (By Associated Press.) Chicago, May 17.—Charles Chuck Palmer, star football player of the Northwestern University, was held j tonlght , . , , in . connection ,. with . , the disap I Poarance of Leighton Mount, a fresh¬ j m an, September, 1921 . I Palmer protests that he knows ! nothing about it. He was taken into | custody after Mrs. Violet Bachman, former friend, told the assistant stato’s attorney that Palmer had told her shortly after Mount had disap¬ peared that Mount was safe and he knew where he was. Later he told her he could no talk about the case. Palmer was a student at the Uni¬ versity at the time Mount disappear¬ ed and later, about two years, a skel etoji identified as the missing fresh¬ man, was found head-downward se¬ curely made fast to a piling under a pier. j. oTbeasley, well KNOWN CITIZEN, HAS PASSED AWAY DEATH CAME AT HIS HOME ON THE BROADFIELD HIGHWAY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON After an illness of only short du¬ ration, J. 0. Beasley, one of Glynn county’s best known and most high¬ ly respected citizens breathed his last at an early hour yesterday morning at his home on the Broadfiold high way, about nine miles from the city and his death will cause general sor row and especially to the older resi dents of the city and county. ■ Deceased, who was 76 years of age, came to Glynn from Camden county, where ho was born, many years ago and settled in this county at. the place where he died. He was a man of lovable disposition and his home was noted for its hospitality where many enjoyable gatherings have been held. Surviving Mr. Beasley is his wife, Mrs. Lucy Beasley, one son, James Beasley, and two daughters, Mrs. Per¬ cy Higginbotham and Mrs. E. F. Hig ginbotham, all of this county. De cease?!, who planted extensively, was recognized as an authority on agri¬ cultural matters and stock raising as at one time he had engaged in both on an extensive scale. The funeral will be held from the home this morning at 9 o’clock, con¬ ducted by Rev. C. D. Ogg, and inter¬ ment will be in the little cemetery at Chapel Crossing- an hour later—10 o’clock. GREATBRITAIN AND RUSSIA ARE NEAR AGREEMENT AFTER CONFERENCE BETWEEN KRASSIN AND CURSON SITUATION BRIGHTENS (By Associated Press.) London, May 17.—Leonie Krassin, Russian Soviet commissioner for for¬ eign trade at the foreign office today had a two hours’ conference with Marquis Curson concerning recent changes of notes of the two govern ments. They agreed to reveal noth ing but it is apparent that Curson is determined that nothing be announc ed regarding the decision taken until conversations are concluded. It may be said that the Russian j trade delegation is also uncommun j icative and optimism is expressed in official quarters that negotiations j with Krassin will result in an amica \ ble solution. —--- DR. ALEXANDER SPRUNT ELECTED MODERATOR OF SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIANS 1 - : Montreal, N. C., May 17.—Dr. ! Alexander Sprunt, of Charleston, was elected moderator at the Southern ! Presbyterian Assembly on the second 1 ballot here today. *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ *1 4 TWO BOYS, EIGHT AND ♦) 4 ELEVEN, REACHING PLUMS, ♦ I 4 FALL IN POND; DROWN 4 ! 4 -- 4 (By Associated Press.) t j 4 Macon, Ga., May 17.—Two 4j young songs of Cooper Jones, 4 j well known farmer, ! were drown- 4 j ed in a'pond near Perry, Ga., to- 4 1 day. 4, The boys, eight and ten years ♦ old, with school children, were ♦ hunting plums when they reach- 4 ed and fell into the water. The 4 bodies were recovered a half 4 hour later. .J. 444*-4444®«., ♦♦ FOX MEMORIAL AT CITY HOSPITAL i NOW SEEMS SURE ^ NURSES OF LOCAL INSTITUTION j i HAVE STARTED UNDERTAK¬ I ING ENTHUSIASTICALLY - | The Fox memorial fund, which was the! i started last Saturday night at City hall, at the conclusion of the Na-; tional Miss Mary Hospital Ellen Day McTeer, celebration, superin- by j j tendent, and other nurses of the lo-! cal $217.00, institution, which has reached been the augmented sum ' of j j by several contributions from the! friends of Brunswick’s lamented j physician. ! City Treasurer L. A. Robinson, who i is also treasurer of the City hospital, I has been named by Superintendent j R. E. L. Burford as treasurer of the : memorial fund, which, when complet-, ed, will be applied to constructing a sun parlor at the hospital for conva- j lescent patients. It is understood j that Dr. Fox had often expressed a | hope tiiat some day the institution, in which he took so much pride, and; for which he was so ambitious, would | be equipped with this very necessary adjunct. It is planned by the nurses of the hospital to erect the room as soon as the funds are iti hand. It is pre¬ ferred that each friend of Dr. Fox make a contribution, however small, rather than have tire amount sub¬ scribed by a few citizens. All con¬ tributions, in cash or checks, should be sent to Treasurer L. A. 'Robinson, at the city hall. ______ [ENGLISH icu JAILS ia 11 c nnev OPEN pau FOR DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS j - j | (By Associated Press.) j London, May 17.—What happens to the people in England who do not pay j [ their income tax, has been told by an officials of the Inland Revenue, who ; declares there are about 1,000 such delinquents now in jail compared with 1,162 two years ago. Plenty of time is given by the au¬ thorities for payment, said this of¬ ficial, and in cases where it oen be shown that funds are not available, easy methods are devised. In other cases, after a certain interval, a no tice is sent to the defaulter that the tax must be remitted by a certain date—usually ten days time. If that is disregarded a more urgent notice is sent, and three days grace given. After that a distress warrant against the defaulter’s goods is obtained. Those who are imprisoned for de¬ fault are generally single, or have no seizable property of their own. NOTED PUBLISHER SHOT AND KILLED HIS WIFE (By Associated Press.) London, May 17.—The noted Flor¬ entine writer, Signor Massini, shot his wife fatally after a quarrel yes¬ terday. police He then surrendered to the with the remark, “all husbands do this sooner or later,” says a Florence dispatch to the Daily Mail. Massini, who was the head of a publishing house recently wrote a psychological novel which was a great success. . MEETING AND FOOTWASHING 1 j OF THE PRIMITIVE BAPTISTS ] ‘ AT WAYNESVILLE SUNDAY The annual preaching and foot washing of the Primitive Baptist will be held at the same place—four miles from Waynesville, Brantley county, next Sunday and something like two | hundred people from Brunswick, as ; they always do, will be present. The event assembles something like fifteen hundred who go to the same spot, hear preaching from their min isters and talks by some of the many who are converted. Not only do the men folk have thair annual footwash but tho women do the same and a* 1 become “as white as snow.” lAlong with the ceremonies the in aar man is not forgotten and yellow WHIPPINf "* Dl/kJLJ ROSS WANTS TRIAL IN DIXIE COUNTY Attorneys For Higginbotham Fighting Hard Against Change of Venue PRELIMINARIES WERE ONLY BRIEL YESTERDAY of Dixie County Crowd Court House to Hear Trial of Case Which Resulted in Re¬ moval of Officials by Hardee. Cross City, Fla., May 17.—Many citizens of Dixie county assembled here today and attended the trial of Walter Higginbotham, Putnam. Lum her company’s whipping boss, who is charged with the murder of Martin Tabert, North Dakota youth in Feb ruary 1922. After two sessions of the court lasting about an hour each, further preliminaries were postponed until tomorrow to allow time for the state to draw up a motion for a change of venue. Judge Horne is expected to render a decision Saturday on the venue mo tion. The trial was halted this morning until a new panel of veniremen could he drawn, when the court sustained a motion bv the state to quash the panel already in court on the grounds that it was improperly drawn, Preliminary wort centered in the efforts of counsel fdj^the state to state o-b tain a change of venue. The presented a plea /tlifit full justice could not be obtained, that witnesses will be intimidated, that already sev eral threats had been made, and that a fair trial therefore, could not result. Counsel for defense was countered with the assurance that a fair trial could be held and that ample protec¬ tion could be a fforded all witnesses. The trial of Higginbotham marks the approach of the climax of a case of convict whipping wherein the state legislature developed < an investiga¬ tion and two county officials were re¬ moved by the governor a nd the Sen¬ ate in connection therewith. Tabert, it is charged, died as a result of a severe beating at the hands of Hig¬ ginbotham while serving a term in the Putnam Lumber Company’s pri¬ vate convict camp for stealing a ride on a train. OFFICERS ENTER HOUSE OF DAVID FIRST TIME St. Joseph, Mich., May 17.—The first entrance of the state authorities within the portals of the House of David colony, the subject of the grand jury inquiry, was attempted this morning wffien a physician of the state department of health and the attorney general went to the colony. The visit was to determine if Etidot-phia Smith is in a condition to testify at the hearing. The state officers were accompanied by the sher¬ iff’ and other representatives of his office. The efforts to bring the gir 1 before the grand jury were halted when the colony physician forwarded a certificate that she was not in a condition to attend. The testimony of the girl’s roommate, however, prompted the authorities to deter¬ mine the matter upon a personal in¬ vestigation. STRIKE MAY TIE UP NEW YORK CONSTRUCTION New York, May 17.—A general strike of artisans’ unions will tie up construction in this city June 1 un¬ less their demands are met by the Building Trades Employers’ Associa¬ tion, labor leaders asserted today. They demand an increase of $1 a day in the wages for all crafts and resto¬ ration of collective bargaining. legged chicken, country cured ham, crackling bread and “chitlings” fur. ^ nish for the hundreds that will a menu i appeal to any .appetite. People gather from at least four counties about Brantley and leading preachers of the Primitive faith are always on hand a nd preach sermons suitable to the occasion. While many from this ifitjy and county will go by automobiles, others will leave on the early Atlantic Coast Line passenger train and arrive in ample time to witness the beginning of the ceremonies. These, i it may be stated, are continuous and of an interesting nature. BRUNSWICK Hus a landlocked harbor, th® best on the South Atlantic Coast....... ULTIMATUM LAID DOWN BY AMERICAN MINISTER SCHURMAN TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AT STATUTE UNVEILING PRESIDENT EULOGIZES ALEXANDER HAMILTON (By Associated Press.) Washington, Ma 17.—Alexander Hamilton’s service to the American republic was eulogized by President Harding a nd other speakesr of the unveiling here today of a statute commemorating his achievement, as one of the nation’s founders and as first secretary of the treasury. President Harding described Hamil ton as the “master builder of the re public.” MEXICO AND U. S. NEAR TOGETHER ON ARTICLE 27 NOW BELIEVED ACCORD WILL BE REACHED BY THE COMMISSIONERS _ (Bv Associated Press.) Mexico City, May 17.—The tion commissioners of the United States and Mexico met today to dis cuss the troublesome article twenty ' seven of the Mexican constitution. This i s the article which national ized the sub soil minerals of Mexico and caused considerable amount friction. The United States is now asking Mexico to guarantee the tection of petroleum rights in ico acquired by Americans before the promulgation of this constitution in 1917, on May 1st. With the article formally before the conference, together with Mexico’s oft repeated assertion that its pro visions were not retroactive, Presi dent Obregon’s commissioners are ex pected to be able to announce what assurances the administration is pre pared to offer in meeting the Wash ington request for positive guacan tee. When this question is finally dis posed of in a satisfactory manner it ls believed that nothing will stand in the way of complete recognition of the Mexican republican government by the United States. This twenty-seven has been the constant stumbling block, the oil interests tak¬ ing the position that the clause per¬ mitted the confiscation of the Amer ican property at will and therefore all such investments were unsafe. WASHINGTON WILL HAVE THOUSANDS .ft AT 1 f'C vuLCDllA I CDD A TlfiW I lUli NO OTHER EVENT HAS EVER DRAWN SO GREAT A CROWD AS THE SHRINER.S _ Washington, May 17.—Members of the Shrine, their wives, and children are already pouring into the capital of the nation to attend the annual Imperial Council session, which is to be held in June. Few who are coming have any con¬ ception of the magnitude of the gath¬ ering, and less, as yet, sense the great importance of this convention to the country at large. For no other convention, no other event of any kind, has ever drawn to the capital of the nation so large a crowd of people, or from so many sections of the country. At an in¬ auguration of a president, thousands come for a day, but there will be hundreds of thousands for a week or more. The country does not know well its Washington, or its government. And there will be four hundred thousand visitors, from every state and every city in the Union, spending a week or metre visiting and learning of the government machinery which they provide,to govern themselves; the ef¬ fects can not help but be far-reach¬ ing and lasting, and infinitely more important socially, politically, and governmentally, than the deliberation of the order which draws the throng together, be their magnitude what is ma y rnTTf)lW U MFN HOiNflR W. U. V VbKfctiNi rnrr„ YUJULlKlb «a,,, tdic - (By Associated Press.) Richmond, Va., May 17.—Election of officers and reports of committees featured the closing session today of the Southern Cotton Manufacturers, W. E. Beattie, of Greenville, S. C., was named president, and W. J. Ve reen, of Moultrie, Gh„ was elected chairman of the board of directors. PRICE FIVE CENTS Attack By Troops May Add Fire To Smouldering Vindic¬ tiveness of the Outlaws— Message From Captive. j j (By Associated Press.) | Tsaoc-hwang, Shantung Province, j China, May 18—“Get the foreign cap¬ j | tives talk out of the afterwards, grip of such otherwise bandits, terms ! there will be drastic action,” was the ultimatum laid down to the Chinese ; government officials here late yester j I day by American Minister Schurman. - Clash With Troops Anxiety over the foreign captives I held in the Shantung hills by Chinese ! bandits was heightened today when i woi'd reached Tientsin from Tsaoch- 1 wang of a clash between troops of the I Chinese government and members of | the outlaw detachment band. of bandits attempt A ! ing to join the main body at the Paot j zuhu mountain stronghold was said ! to have been llriven back after a sharp : fifi'ht. This incident, it is feared, may add fuel to the smouldering vin | dictiveness of the bandits, unconfirmed who al I ready are said in an re P° rt t0 have hurled three captives over a precipice as a warning. The i brigands repeatedly have threatened ; Eo kill prisoners if troops were not withdrawn and the bandits, in accord [ with tain the granted terms immunity drafted by and their enrolled c-hief ’ * n the national army, 1 ” Message from Captives Shanghai, May 17.—Leon fried I man, held captive by the Suchow train j bandits in their mountain stronghold i of Paotzuku, today managed to get ! a message out to his brother, Max I Friedman, here, stating, “Don’t ex j pect release for several weeks; ne j j good.” gotiations progressing slowly; health | Captive Released “ Parole i on | Frenchman, Peking, May 17.—'V. the Barube, captives a 1 was among I held by the Suchow bandits, has been j released on parole and has arrived 1 at Tsoa Chwang with further de¬ j mands al of the for troops. the captors It is for expected the remov- he 1 j will return to the bandit hea?Iquar ters today. j---: NEW YORK THREATENS TO BOYCOTT LEVIATHAN _ \ fBy Assocmted , Press.) >T New York City, May 17.—The City Sinking Fund Commission today in¬ structed Dock Commissioner Delaney to visit Chairman Lasker of the Unit¬ ed States Shipping Board with a threat to withhold docking space in Manhattan for the reconditioned giant bner > Leviathan, unless he reeonsid j i ered his decision not to award the contract for re-conditioning the Pres¬ ident Buchanan to the Brooklyn Navy j ! Yard. GOVERNMENT WILL URGE j SPEEDY SUGAR HEARING 1 (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 17— Hearing by the supreme court of the govern¬ ment’s appeal in the sugar ease is to be requested by the department of justice on “the earliest day con¬ venient to the court.” The department’s motion to be presented to the court on Monday will declare the injunction proceed¬ ings against the New York Sugar Exchange presents a “question vital to the welfare of the American public. The court must decide the motion, which will say ‘whether under existing statutes the govern¬ ment has the power to protect the public against sudden artificial fluo tutations in prices of necessities of life directly occasioned by a purely speculative operation on future ex¬ changes.” CHANGES IN PRESENT REHABILITATION ACT WOULD NOT BE ASKED (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 17.—A resolution declaring it unwise to ask Congress to make any changes in the present rehabilitation act was adopted unani¬ mously at the concluding session yes¬ terday of the conference of civyian j rehabilitation officials, representing j various states, social workers and government officials, called by the federal board for vocational educa¬ tion. The resolution requested that Con¬ gress appropriate $1,000,000 annual¬ ly for expenditure in cooperation with the states and $75,000 a year for ad¬ ministrative expenses of the federal board.