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BRUNSWICK Has the lowest death rate of any city its size in the United States ....... VOLUME XXII. NO. 223. SOUTH CAROLINA MOURNING SEVENTY-THREE MEN, 7 WOMEN AND CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH IN A SCHOOL HOUSE NEAR CAMDEN, Were Attending Graduating Class Play At Cleveland, When Building Ignites—From Fifty To Sixty of Victims Buried In One Huge Grave. (By Associated Press.) Camden, S. C., May 18—Ker¬ shaw county and South Caro¬ lina tonight had buried their un¬ identified dead which occurred at 6 o’clock this afternoon near the place where less than twen¬ ty-four hours before they had gone in a happy, care-free mood to witness the play¬ ing of “Miss Topsy-Turvy” by students of the graduating class of the Cleveland school. The bodies of fifty to sixty of the seventy-three men, women and children who perished when the school building burned last night were laid in one big grave forty by • twelve feet. By side of the grave as the obse¬ quies were said stood South Car¬ olinians from all sections drawn to the scene by the fact that friends and relatives were among those suddenly taken away when a hanging lamp fell, setting fire to the’ building. Among those present was Gov¬ ernor McLeod. The fire was caused by the over¬ turning of an oil lamp on the stage during the commencement exercises, which were being witnessed by a crowd that jammed the room. A ie followed. The school building, - a two-story frame building, building, containing containing three three school rooms, burned rapidly and fore outside aid could be summoned nothing remained but to collect the dea,-3 and give medical care to the in jured. All available doctors called from Camden, and other by towns. The death list reads like a roster of the families of the community. Family after family was virtually wiped out in almost every instance where parents are listed as frmo one to four children perished, Among the dead are: County Coroner G. L. Dixon and his young daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Humphreys. Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. McLeod and two children, Camden. S. J. West, Camden. Two children of L. M. West. J. E. Pearce. Mrs. J. R. Phillips and three tlren. Charles Hendrix and four children. M. B. McLeod. Mr. and Mrs. B. G. McLeod and one child. Mrs. Britt Croft and three children. Wesley Hendrix and one daughter. Mrs. M. R. Rhoden, Camden. Mrs. Andrew. Campbell, Camden. A daughter of Stoney Campbell, Camden. Jack Rush. Mrs. Walter Davis and three chil¬ dren. Grace Arrants, Mrs. R. L. McCas kill and ope child, Camden. Two children of B. L. Trapp. Jesse Smith. . Two children of C. K. McCaskill. Ina Arrants. Mrs. William Brown and one child. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Davis and four children. , Mrs. L. T. Dixon and two children. Mrs. R. L. Dixon and one chil;’. Two children of D. L. Sowell. A negro nurse named Wade. The teachers of the school, all of whom were saved are: Miss Ollie Stephens Dillon, principal; Miss Ester Garvin, Kitchin’s Mill, and Miss Vula Prosser, Lake City. Grim tragedy, stalking in the wake of mirthful comedy, today had turned Kershaw county into a county of mourning. The climax of the commencement play of the Cleveland school, a rural institution, eight miles from here, had been reached shortly after 9 o’clock last night When tragedy in the form of an oil lamp stalked on the little stage and was overturned. The lamp fell anu overturned and exploded. In an instant the stage was a mass of flames. Panic seized the audience of parents, brothers, sisters and rela tives of the graduating class, come BRUNSWICK NEWS f Governor M’LEOD* IN * A 4 ♦ PROCLAMATION ASKS All) FOR FIRE SUFFERERS (By Associated Press.) Columbia, S. C., May 18—A proclamation calling upon the people of South Carolina to con tribute aid to the sufferers from F (he Cleveland school lire was is- F sued this afternoon by Governor Thomas McLeod. Governor McLeod issued the proclamation after he had been tola that despite the fact that offers of aid declined during F day, money would be needed. * 444*44444444 DEMAND STRONGER GUARD FO£ RAILROADS IN CHINA Washington, May 18.—The foreign diplomats in Peking, fearing further bandit outrages while the Chinese government is temporizing with the outlaws who are holding five Ameri cans and eleven other foreign pris oners in the liills near Lincheng, have demanded that immediate steps be taken to reinforce troops and police' guarding tbe principal government railways in China and passenger trains operated over them. The Tjentsin-Pukow Railway, on which the recent outrage occurred, and the Peking-Hankow Railway are specifically mentioned in the com¬ munication delivered yesterday by the dean of the diplomatic corps to the acting minister of foreign affairs. Foreign troops are stationed along the Peking-Tientsin road. ACI/C SEPARATION cpnM FROM DA RADIO Din FAN -— New York, , May 17.—Sitting 0 . .. „ up . into . the small hours of the morning to lis ten m on the radio was described as cruel and inhuman treatment by Mrs. Emma E. Mapother, of Hollis Queens, yesterday, when she applied to preme Court Justice Lewis for a do cree of separation,_ with, alimony of $75 a week and counsel fees of $750. George Mapother, who is employ , by a wholesale , , drug'firm, . , . ted he is a radio fan, but denied there was anything excessive about hi s in terest in the apparatus. Mr^ Ma Pother also charges her husband with having deserted her on June 22. De «sion on the application was ed. AR I HUR LETTS, VICE PRESIDENT BOY SCOUTS DIES nine IN IXJ l LOS nC ANGELES A W/IEI CC Los Angeles, May 18— Arthur . .. recognized as one of Americas mg merchants , . died here early , today , , after a short illness. He was 61 years ° 1 ' proudly to honor the youngsters ’ had ’ crowded owded the litle auditorium. Some 300 were in the room. There was a concerted rush for the single exit that led to a narrow wood en stairway. The weight of the mass was too much for the steps and they : collapsed, hurling scoies in a tan-! gled mass, numbering being crushed to death. In a breath, it seemed to persons , who escaped, the entire building was . wrapper! in flames. And within an ■ hour the building was little more j than a heap of smouldering ashes, the funera 1 pyre of more than three and j a half score of Kershaw county citi-; zens, in spme instances entire farni Scarcely a home in Kershaw coun- ^ ty but that was affected by the disas- j ter. Many Camden people had gone to witness the playlet. Some of them are numbered among the victims of the fire. Five injured are in the hos pita! here, but all are too badly hurt j or too young to talk about it. Cleveland school is located in the center of a fertile section, but sparse ly populated. The road leading to the scene is little more than a one-way \ This path along morning the edge hundreds of a plowed of automo-j field, j biles and buggies were passing the to j and fro, marking the route to | scene where tragedy reigned supreme ! over comedy. i The audience was watching a little j comedy presented by the pupils when a lamp, suspended from the ceiling i - [ (Oontinued On Page Eight) THE NEWS IS A {MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MAY 19, 1923. \t ♦ BOMB ; **** IS EXPLODED .......* IN *; i AMERICAN CONSULATE MEXICO CITY YESTERDAY (By Associated Press.) Washington, May’ 18.—The state department late today re •F ceived official word of a bomb ♦ explosion at 2:30 o’clock this ♦ morning 1 in the building in Mexi F co City occupied as the Ameri F can consulate. F The message came from Con F sul General Dawson, who stated F .that no noticeable damage had F been done and no casualties. •J, 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 •;« i | BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOLS-B. Y. P. U. SHOW GROWTH MARKED IMPROVEMENT ! CORDING TO ANNUAL REPORT SUNDAY SCHOOL BOARD (By Associated Press.) Kansas City, May 18.—'Marked growth was experienced by Southern Baptists in their Sunday School and B. Y. P. U. during the last year, ac i cording to the annual report of the 1 Sunday School board, presented to j the Southern Baptist convention to j day by Dr, I. J. Vanness, of Nashville, Tenn., corresponding secretary. A to j tal of 20,935 local Sunday schools are reported with a combined enrollment of 2,220,035 pupils, while the number of Baptist Ydung People's Unions were given as 13,988, with a member¬ ship of 433,166. There has been a ^ *167members ° f "’ 3 °° un UI ion S statistical and report o^the The board shows there are 27 919 churches a f. filiated with the Southern convention, with a membership of I 3,366,211. One of the prominent features of board’s field work the last year I was }ts rura , campaign for the devel I opment of the Sunday school and B. > y i _ p. r U-g u s in geventeen states of the , conVTOtion territory, upon which the | board expended $32,810.71, which was | supplemen ted by the various state j ^ oarc j s The architectural department of (K , boar( , assisted 790 ehurehes in t he ( preparation of plans for new church buildings, while the educational de partment awarded 18,997 normal CQUrse diplomas t0 Sunday school teachers throughout the South during thg ; In the development of Sun £ , , , , R Y P eightv-seve"i II work in a total of y worke rs are employed by the Sunday schoo] board and the vai . io us state boards. During the last year the board’s receipts were $1,398,300.58 and from its earnings the board invested $273, 931.22 in general denomination work, th<? secretary repo rted. A new publi for the year -; is a Bible student ..... l „,„ iU ,________ the . . of £ worker r for the provision a pro motion f (]aj , vocation . Bib!e schoo , work. , Two new buildings costing $400, 000 are nearing completion at the board’s headquarters in Nashville, one of them to be occupied by the mailing and shipping departments and other as a printing plant. These wiI1 be oceupie,-] during the summer rp be conV ention today had before it report of the inter-board com m j ss i on 0 f student activity, which is seeking to promote among the Bap s t u dent in state and private gc b 0 ol a deeper, social, religious and denominational life. The Baptist schoo]s of the South have an enroll ment of approximately 40,000. Recommendations as to a program for genera ] missionary, educational and benevolent enterprises of the de campaign has been completed were scheduled for consideration this aft el -noon. Work of the foreign mission board was also to be considered. Galveston, Tex., applicants New Orleans an,-I Atlanta were for the 1924 conven tion. _ NEW JERSEY BROKER SAID TO HAVE GONE WITH COIN - Boston, May 18.—Police an] pri vate detectives are searching for E. Milton Aaron, a broker of Englewood, N. J., who has been missing from his hotel here since Friday. Aaron, police and hotel attaches say, has not been seen since he left the hotel for Chel sea, a neighboring city, on a business errand. The missing man, police say, had considerable money in his pos session. INJUNCTION «W VU1V1IVA1 OF VI ATKINSON OFF; WORK Differences Existing Btween City And Boulevard Reality Owners Adjusted BIG LAND DREDGE IS NOW SURELY “MUD SLINGING” First Work of Dredge Will Be Digging of the Canal Near Plant of the Marati me tries Corporation. The differences exjstjing between the city and Dr. Frank Atkinson, with reference to the construction of the St. Simon Highway in front of Dr. Atkinson’s home on Glynn avenue, which has caused the work to stop for the past few days, was adjusted —j yesterday morning and ^ e dredge which M been . up the road for the past few days resumed work early in the af¬ ternoon. It'wil( be remembered that after Dr. Atkinson filed an injunction, stop¬ ping the work, an agreement was reached before the injunction was made effective. It was agreed that the matter be submitted to arbitra¬ tion, the arbitrators to decide as be¬ tween the stand assumed by Dr. At¬ kinson ........ and the position ___ _______Mai taken by .... city and the highway commissioners. This agreement was reached on day and therefore Wednes.lay'during the work on the road coUinued the celebration held marking the actual beginning of work. Yesterday, after a few conferences, D r - Atkinson withdrew his and _ the ease will now be dropped. The engineers were at once notitfied and the big dredge at once resumed work In this connection it might also be stated that the' mammoth suction dredge Florida, which arrived in port Monday morning, will begin active operations this morning. Everything is in readiness and beginning today the big dredge will be busy for the next several months. The first work of the dredg? will be the digging of the canal out near the plant of the Maritime Industries Corporation. People of the city generally will no doubt be glad to learn that Dr. Atkin¬ son has withdrawn his objections and that there will be no legal fight over that portion of the road which was in dispute. SUM WANTED FOR ENCAMPMENT TO BE FORTHCOMING COMMITTEE OUT SOLICITING YESTERDAY AND RAISED ABOUT REQUIRED SUM A committee composed of Carley Zelmenoxitz, Jack Glover and J. L. Andrews was out yesterday for the purpose of raising the amount need ed to bring the 122nd„ infantry, Georgia National Guards, to St. Si mon for the annual encampment and up to last night only about one hun¬ dred dollars was needed. The amount required is five hundred dollars. It will be remembered that only a small quantity of quartermaster’s stores were purchased here last year and for this reason merchants and others did not care about responding a 8 Rurally as before but the com mlttee has been assured that this will not be the case if the encamp¬ ment is hpld on the island this year. On the other hand, it is stated, that practically all the stores will be bought from Brunswick merchants. Last year even ice cream, sodawater, Sp“”«r getting near the entire patronage and Brunswick paying “the freight,” so t« speak. It is likely that the balance will be raised and St. Simon desig¬ nated as the site for the next encamp¬ ment. This sum is needed, it is stat¬ ed, to prepare the camp site as of¬ ficers require. APPLICANTS OF MILITARY COLLEGE BEEN NOTIFIED Washington, May 18.—The war de¬ partment announces that the follow¬ ing Georgia candidates have been des¬ ignated to submit educational certifi¬ cates for admission to the military academy: Julia H. Evans, Sanders ville; Harris Benton Massey, Sanders ville; Henry Nervey Kelly, Augusta. ♦ ♦ 4 4 + ♦ 4 4 -f -f 4 -f FLORIDA GIRL AWARDED F FIRST RED CROSS LIFE F SAVING PRIZE OF $50 4 --- 4 (By Associated Press) 4 Washington, May 18.—For ♦ courage displayed in attempting F to save the life of Miss Dorothy F McClatchie, after she had been F attacked by a monster barraeu- F da, while swimming in the Gulf 4 waters off St. Petersburg, Fla., F F last June, Miss Mary Buhner of ♦ that city has been awarded the 4 $50 life saving first prize of the American Red Cross. 4 Others whose acts of heroism ♦ were recognized by the Red ♦ Cross in the annual award of F prizes announce,-] today, were F Edwin F. Dunn, Brooklyn, recip- F ( SEtST £ * 4 4 4 England division, fourth pnge. ♦ * The first prize of $50 in the first F * aid awards was given to Vernon 1 * Enos, Connellsville, Pa. i *!’ F 4 F F F 4 F F 4 F F F [ - }|\j£ ...... VV UJ\A An . m 1 U A nO A 1 »T 1 ’ l Au YOUNG MEN’S CLUB MEET YESTERDAY M. COURIC, A. ROTHSCHILD, PAUL MORTON, 0. C. USMAN, M. H. BURROUGHS 04 St ™« - an# , Torceful , - , addresses „ . . by , members of the Yopng Metis Club ! heretofore displayed * lave * . oratorical ability j p J r j £ featured ^ob the yeateUay• meeting Thep^ram of the Young committee placed these members on j £ J ■ ! i fb'd Lxeriog w 'tb the their orations addresses. were Thn Those J. de¬ M. Couric, _ Abe Rothschild, Paul Morton, O. C. Lisman, anil M. H. Burroughs. Each of the orators occupied about seven seconds in delivering their ora t ' ons ' The meeting as a whole might be termed another good roads session, as many questions pertaining to the provements being ma,-7e on a number of nearby roads came up for discus sion. A report was received from the committee which visited Jesup last week in the interest of the Jesup ‘Brunswick highway, and they were high in their praise of the treatment accorded them by the people of Jesup. ! They also reported that it took a very i few minutes to close up for the re | building of the bad stretch between j Everett and Grangerville. I The club was authorized to send one | one Dixie delegate Highway to the meeting be of the j I in Chattanooga, Association, Tenn., to week, held next at which, it is generally believed, F. E. Twitty, of this city, will be elected a director for Georgia. Brunswick will also be represented by delegates from the Boar,] of Trade and other organizations. One or two other matters also came up for discussion during the meeting WOMAN IDENTIFIED AS CORA PHILLIPS j j OFFERS LARGE BRIBE • Tegucigalpa. Honduras, May 18.— Police officials assert that they have intercepted correspondence from the woman held as Clara Phillips, the California “hammer murderess,” to persons of unknown identity offering large sums of money if they should assist the prisoner in escaping from jail here. As a rekult the authorities have doubled their vigilance and have decided that the woman may have no visitors. The police also say they have information that two per sons have left Mexico for Honduras with the object of helping the oner to escape. . SENTENCE DEATH ON ALBERT SCHLAGETER IS CONFIRMED; KRUPP SENTENCES Dusseldorf, May 18.—The sen¬ tence of death upon Albert Schla geter, the former Prussian offi "er, convict'd of espionage and sabotage and accused of being a chief of what the French call the “murder gang,” was confirmed by the revision court. This was the first death sentence pronounc¬ ed since the occupation of the Ruhr. Schlageter’s counsel will try to bring his case before the court of cessation. PRICE FIVE CENTS CHINESE BANDITS TO SHOOT AMERICAN AND BRITISH CAPTIVES NEXT TUESDAY, IS ULTIMATUM ATHENS BOY DROWNS BATHING IN OCONEE Athens, Ga., May 18.—Searching parties are dragging the Oconee riv¬ er for the body of Dolph Shelton, j ; age d h 9, plant who was of the drowned Athens at Manufac- the dam at t e ,------„ turing Company -----,—„ yesterday, „---------„, when ------- a | boat capsized. His two brothers, Will i FREAK FLORIDA i LAW STOPS TRIAL WHIPPING BOSS JUDGE HORNE DISQUALIFIED. AND SO ARE OTHER 17 IN THAT STATE ] Cross City, Higginbotham, Fla.. May IS.—Attorneys for Walter whipping i boss accused of the murder of Martin | Tabert. of North Dakota, today secur I ed a halt in his trial under the statute ! which permits further delay to ; tinue indefinitely. 1 his statute provides that tne ! fendant in a a murder murder trial trial by by present i tenuaut ixr : ing affidavits showing the presiding ; j udge ; s prejudiced • removal of tke judge. This ca uses wag ( ] 0ne today in the case of Circuit Juilge Mallory Horne., presiding, and noting on the statutes to prevent all other of the seventeen circuit judges in the state from becoming disquali¬ fied ijirniilahly. It is indicated that the Florida legislature, now in ses i si on, will be asked to repeal this law. j Tbe a ffj dav its read today charged : j lldge Horne with having expressed himself against Higginbotham in his charge to the grand jury yesterday. j The affidavits were filed immediate j ly after the state made a motion for a change 0 f venue on the ground that L. h PrP State’s Attorne Kelly at once telephoned to Governor Hardee Tallahassee requesting that he as sign another judge to the case. In disqualifying himself, Judge Horne said the motion was not made in good faith but under the law it automatically barred him from pre siding. The motion to which the af fidavits were attached w r a p signed by •nly two of the four lawyers repre¬ senting the defendant. ELIGIBLES FOR MACON POSTMASTER ANNOUNCED Washington, D. C., May 18.—The eligibles for the Macon postmaster¬ ship were made public by the post office department. In the order of their standing they are Junnis H. Bailey, Charles C. Cleghorn and Fox D. Stephens. The postoffice depart¬ ment has received no word from L. H. j Crawford in regard to the state or-! ganization’s choice for the Savannali postoffice. - MOTHER AND DAUGHTER ARE IN DUAL WEDDING] New York. May IS.—The engage j ments of Mrs. Nellie Santks. mother of Miss Alice de Lamar, to Captain Wi! liam Waters, an American living in Paris, and of Miss Consuelo Hatmak er, daughter of Mrs. Sands by her; first marriage, to Captain Charles! Nungessen. famous French ace, were ; announced today. Nungessen brought down forty-four German fliers dur-1 ! ing the World War. ! A double wedding will take place in ! Paris soon, it is announced. ! Dusseldorf, May 18.—The sen¬ tences imposed by the recent court-martial upon Dr. Krupp Von Bohlen and the other Krupp directors, Uded. for instigating opposition to the French at the Krupp plant at the time of the shooting in March, were con¬ firmed today by the court of revi¬ sion. The convicted men will be transferred to prisons in France which their counsel prepare for an appeal. BRUNSWICK Has a landlocked harbor, the best on the South Atlantic Coast....... Threat Is Made By Outlaws Against Government Unless All Troops Are Withdrawn Frenchman Released To Con¬ vey Their Purpose. (By Associated Press.) , Shanghai, May 18.—Unlessthefor I eign powers un j te ip forcing the Chinese government to realize that the Suchow bandits are ready to for¬ feit their own lives, and those of their captives, in their determination to have their demands met, they “were doomed," according to word received here tonight from Leon Friedman, one of the American captives. Berube is Released Peking, May 18.—Marcel Berube, of Shanghai, was unconditionally re¬ leased today by the Suchow bandits, according to advices received here. ! He is said to have been out sent J with the message that all American and British hostages will be shot if : the Chinese troops, beseiging the ban j are not withdrawn by next Tues(lay> The Chinese prisoners were | murdered for not obeying* their or Her, or for not ‘obeying* it quickly j enough, 8 Berube said | ’ I (By Associated Press.) Shanghai, May 18.—American and British captives of the Shantung ban¬ > dits will be shot next Tuesday if the Chinese troops are not withdrawn, according to the “final ultimatum.’’ of the bandits brought from the mountain stronghold toda.v by Marcel j Oliver Berube, a Frenchman, one of the prisoners, who was released for the purpose. Release Is Predicted Shangghaii, May 18.—'Lloyd Lehr bas. an American newspaperman, who was on the Shanghai-Peking ex¬ press train wrecked by bandits near Suchow twelve days ago, but escap¬ ed before the foreign captives were taken into the Shantung hills, has ar rived at Shanghai from Tsaochwang with the prediction that unless there are unforeseen developments, the prisoners will be released in tn days or two weeks. He quoted Marcel Oliver Berube, the French captive, who was in Tsaochwang on a brief “parole” from the bandit stronghold, as saying: “I am satisfied that on the slightest suspicious move on our part or by the Chinese troops, the bandits will kill one or two of us. and send out the bodies.’’ Lehrbas intends to return to Tsaochwang shortly. Negotiations with the bandits are proceeding, he said, with everything possible being done. Communications to the foreign hostages still can be forwarded from Tsaochwang to the new and more remote camp of the bandits, Lehrbas added. Regarding the censorship, he explained that delays in the trans mjssion of telegrams from Tsaoch wang were due chiefly to the single manned by a lone operator 65 years old. who had to baffiMe floods of official messages, principally to and ' from Peking. % NURSE RESCUED FROM BAND OF YOUNG THUGS New York, /May 18)—A woman's &creams an< I !' 3e crash of window pane glass through which she thrust an arm to wave a frantic signal for help led police early today to the rescue of a 30-year-old nurse at Bellevue Hospital, who had been drag ged from the street by three youths to an upstairs apartment where six other youths waited. The nurse, stripped of clothing battered and hysterical, was found S £ 34th street. Reserves who 'surrounded the block arrested Joseph McShea. 17. when they found bim crouching behind an ash can. McShea gave the names of eight companions who had fled down fire escapes. The nurse lives at the nurses' home on East 26th street. She was returning there after midnight, she told the police, three men leaped up¬ on her from a dark hallway. She was taken to Bellevue for treatment ot concussions.