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BRUNSWICK
Has the lowest death rate of
any city its size in the United
States .......
TUESDAY MAY 29, 1923
BAXLEY BANK CASES TO BE
TAKEN UP IN SUPERIOR COURT
THIS MORNING, SAYS JUDGE
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—
(1 Clash In Court Yesterday
Re¬
sults In Case Going To Jury
On Its Merits, Decides Judge
Peter Medrim.
Technical questions entered almost
exclusively into the ease of the State
against P. H. Comas and J. G. Har¬
mon, 'Baxley bankers, yesterday
morning when the cases were called
in the superior court by Judge Peter
W. Meldrim, presiding for Judge J. P.
Highsmith, who was disqualified.
It is seldom, if ever, that a cause j
of this kind, or any other, has been
more vigorously contested by coun- j
sei, both sides fighting every inch of i
ground in their contention, embrac- j
ing legal points that were not com
prehended by the spectators.
When Judge Meldrim called the ]
court to order he stated that the
court was ready to function and that
there would be no unnecessary de
lay° /tolerated as the operation of
color's concerned more than any in
dK'i Hdual and the public was to be
safeguarded against any contingency
vf this kind.
When the Baxley bank cases were
called, Judge Ed. Graham, leading
Counsel for the defendants, and
John W. Bennett, entered a
to the indictment, claiming that the
solicitor pro tempore—Mark Wilcox :
—had not been properly and legally
appointed. . , , ,,,, Th.s • point . , was argued ,
for some time and the court overruled
When r .J , 1 ‘ the of P H. TT Comas _
case was
called the defendant offered a plea in
abatement to the indictment, in which
he objected to the count and
ed that it be dismissed because cer
''.‘'.V JUr °J S Wh ° l ; et " rn :
ed the bill and the gentleman who had
acted as solicitor general before the
grand jury were related to
in the bank. This plea was argued
at length by both sides after which
Judge Meldrim announced his decis
ion overruling and denying the plea.
Judge Meldrim, in his decision, an¬
nounced that objections of this char¬
acter did not go to the merits of the
case but were mere technical objoc
tions that could not be urged after
the indictment had been returned. He
ruled that any juror who was
to to'sit any depositor would be disqualified
as a trial juror upon the trial
of the case, but that “there is a vast
difference” between a grand juror
who returns an indictment and a trial
juror who passes upon the merits of
the case '
The defendant them offered a de
murrer to one of the indictments. The
indictment demurred to contained
three counts, the first charging the
defendant vVith misapplying certain
fur/ls. The court held that the State
sjiould be more specific in stating how
the funds were misapplied. In the
other counts the State charged that
the president of the bank, just about
the time the bank closed, and with in
tend to defraud, took two time certi
ficates- which were not due into the
hank and drew out the amount of
them. It was charged in this count
that Mr. Comas knew that the bank
was about to close and that he drew
out the amount of these time certi¬
ficates which took about all of the
money in t^thircounf^taf the hank. The defendants ing‘tlmt
demurred
this did not constitute a crime
' the laws of Georgia; this demurrer
was overruled by Judge Meldrim.
The court then announced that the
case would go to trial today on its
merits. Should any contingency arise
tiiat would prevent the trial of the
bank cases, S. D. Levadas will be
placed on trial for murder, the first
of three cases that are on the calen¬
dar for the same offense.
SANDS GIVE EVIDENCE
THAT SKELETON FOUND
UNDER PIER IS MOUNT'S
: Chicago, May 28.—The sands of the
Evanson pier under which months
ago the skeleton believed to be that
of Leighton Mount, a freshmaq of
the Northwestern University, today
gave up evidence that the assistant
district attorney hopes will result in
positive identification of the bones.
Women, sifting sand under the pier,
found twelve teeth and several pieces
of bone. Eighteen teeth were miss¬
ing when the skeleton was found.
TWENTY BIDS RECEIVED
SHIPPING BOARD CRAFTS
Washington, May 28.—Twenty pro¬
posals have been received by the
shipping board, it was announced to¬
day, in response to the invitation for
bids for the purchasing of govern¬
ment marine craft.
Of the offers received Chairman
Lasker announced four or five offered
possibilities.
THE BRUNSWICK
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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4 FRENCH AMBASSADOR 4
DISCUSSES RULING OE 4
COURT ABOUT LIQUORS 4
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(By Associated Press.) 4
Washington, May 28.—The at- 4
titude of French interests to- 4
4 ward application of the supreme 4
4 court’s decision on liquor aboard 4
4 ships was laid before Secretary 4
4 Mellon by French Ambassador 4
4 Jusserand, who is understood to 4
4 have presented certain sugges- 4
+ tions relative to new regulations. 4-
4 Neither the secretary or the 4
4 ambassador would reveal details 4
4 of their conversation. 4
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WILL REACH NEW
ORLEANS TODAY
HAMMER MURDERESS BROUGHT
BACK TO SERVE A TEN
YEAR SENTENCE
(By Associated Press.)
New 1,1 V Orleans, May 28.—Clara v ” c “ Phil
■■ liP s hammer murderess, who escap
. ‘
ed aftor she had becn sentenc c ,
to serw ten yearB for the murder of
Mrs, Alberta Meadows, is expected
to arl , ive in territorial waters of the
United Statcs on the steamer Copan
before ' morning
The ship is due to arrive at the
mouth of the Mississippi some time
during the night and i s expected to
reacb j 1er0 a t 7 gfclock tomorrow
morning
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MR§> GEORGE WRIGHT
IS LAID TO REST IN
PALMETTO CEMETERY
Hundreds of friends of Mrs. George
W - Wr igbt gathered yesterday after
noon a * St. Mark s Episcopal church
0 their last tribute of love and
es * eern *° * bls es timable woman. Mrs.
Wright bad been a resident of Glynn
county for more than half a century
alld was krlowo 3,1(1 Iove<1 by 3 Wlde
c * rc ^ e ^ frienns.
* b ® old borne at Sterling yester
day hundreds of friends, both white
3,1,1 colo, ' ed > S atbered to place a fiow
® r 0,1 * be caske * ol tbeir friend. Mrs.
Wright was a gentlewoman of the old
scl, ° o1 and bel ' 8' en,al P resence will be
n,,ssed by those w,th whom she ass °
c,ated and in wbose P e, ' S0,,al ,nter -
es * sbe was closely , attached.
It was many years ago that Mrs
Wright tl , joined St. Marks Episcopal
c hurcll > and her to that
church 1 has , been nokable - She was
a devout, consistent member of the
conffregation and her genial presence
wdl be s ad,y by tbe eongre
gation. „ Mrs. Wrig'ht _ was born on St.
Simon and lived to see the island and
Brunswick grow from its primitive
stage to its present great propor¬
tions.
Following the services at the
chlm ' b - 3,1 * hat was mor tal ® f thi *
truly ' beloved woman was 1 lald ] to rest
at Palmetto cemetery.
CUTTERS ORDERED __ TO
SEIZE VESSELS SAID
TO BE RUM RUNNER
Norfolk, Va., May 28.—Orders to
seize the steamship Mohave if it j
comes within the three-mile limit
have been issued to coast guard cut¬
ters now patrolling the Virginia
capes against rum runners.
Officers declared today that they
were in receipt of information that
the vessel was connected with the li¬
quor smuggling syndicate. It is ex¬
pected that the vessel will show up
any hour.
TELLS REPUBLICANS
TO LAY ASIDE ARMS
Dublin, May 28.—A document ad¬
dressed by Eamonri de Valera to all
ranks of the Republican army, call¬
ing for discontinuance of the armed
struggle, has been taken by Free
State authorities from a captured Re
Ly. leader, it was announced to
The note declares that further sac¬
rifices by the Republican army now
would be in vain, and continuance of
the struggle would be unwise in na¬
tional interests.
The note concludes, “Laying aside
your arms now is an act of patriotism
as exalted and pure as your valor in
taking them up.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MAY 29, 1923
IS
PROCESS LEARNING
TO SEE, SAYS PROF.
DIFFERENT PEOPLE SEE DIF
FEREN’T THINGS IN LIFE,
SAYS WHITE
Sparks, Ca., May 28.—‘‘Education
is a process of learning to see,” Good¬
rich C. White, dean of the College of
Liberal Arts of Emory University,
told the graduating class, the stu¬
dents, and the guests of Sparks Col¬
lege at the closing commencement ex¬
ercises of the institution today.
In addition to the students and the
graduating class of 28, more than a
hundred friends and the parents of
the graduates gathered at Sparks for
the commencement exercises. Certi¬
ficate from the high school depart¬
ment and the special departments,
and diplomas from the junior college
department, were presented by Pres¬
ident R. C. Mizell following Dean
White’s address
‘‘Different people see different
things in life, depending on their ed¬
ucation in certain lines,” Dean White
continued. “We never see the whole
of things. What we see depends on
our preparation for seeing, as well as
upon the setting and the purposes of
the moment. We can learn to see and
to feel if we will. The beauty, the
joy, the truth, and the goodness are
there, but too many of us having
eyes see not. It is the pure in heart
who shall see God. We see in the
world what we come prepared to see.
“We should all learn to see clear¬
ly. As soon as we leaim to see more
and more of the beauty and truth ami
goodness and joy and holiness of na
ture and man and life, we acquire in¬
creasingly the ability to help others
to see. And in making ourselves more
and more nearly what we would like
to be and what we ought to be we are
helping make the world more nearly
what we want it to be. This is the
task you young men and young wom¬
en of Sparks College should set for
yourselves.” .
Commencement exercises at Sparks
began on Friday, May 25, with a
meeting of the board of trustees. Fri¬
day afternoon the students gave an
operetta. Class day exercises were
held on Saturday and a champion de¬
bate on Saturday evening. The com¬
mencement sermon was delivered
Sunday by Dr. J. P. Dell, presiding
officer of the Dublin district of the
South Georgia conference.
GRAMLING WILL
MAKE NEW MAP OF
ST. SIMON ISLAND
HAS BEEN EMPLOYED BY COURT
BOARD AND WILL BEGIN
WORK SOON
W. N. Gramling, who retires from
the office of city manager on June 1,
has been awarded the contract for
making a new and comprehensive map
of St. Simon Island by the Glynn
county commissioners and he will be¬
gin work during the next few days.
It is stated that the map will he
one of the most thorough ever made
and will call for about four months’
work of Mr. Gramling and his assist¬
ants. For a long time the need of a
map has been great and now that the
highway >s being built the dema J for
maps by out-of-town prospective
buyers will be great. Not only will
the map embrace the island proper
but the many streams as well.
FARMER IS KILLED
BY NEGRO AT FARGO
Valdosta, May 28.—Four small
children witnessed the killing of their
father, C. A. Hunter, a farmer of Far¬
go, late yesterday afternoon by Sandy
Armstrong, a negro, while the fann¬
er, his wife and children were stroll¬
ing in the woods near their home, ac¬
cording to a report reaching here.
A deputized posse was reported at
noon today to be close on the trail of
the negro.
OIL PROMOTERS ARE
BROUGHT TO COURT
Fort Worth, Texas, May 28.—The
first of the oil promotion trials, grow¬
ing out of the recent government in¬
vestigation of oil promotion com¬
panies operating here, got under way
in federal district court this morn¬
ing when defendants in the General
Lee Development interests were call¬
ed to trial.
Empanelling of the jury and ex
animation of the veniremen was
started when the court convened but
when the prosecution asked for a re¬
cess until the arrival this afternoon of
two other defendants, the court ad¬
journed until afternoon.
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SHIP BRINGING RUSSIAN 4
REUGEES TO AMERICA IS 4
HELD UP BY CREW STRIKE 4
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(By Associated Press.) ♦
Manila, May 28.—It war re- 4
ported today that the Russian 4
crew of the American army 4
transport Merritt, enroute from 41 4 j
Manila to San Francisco with
450 Russion refugees, hud gone
oh strike, holding up the ship
6,000 miles from Clongpopo. The
U. S. S. Harrison was started
immediately from Corrigdor
Island with an emergency crew
of Filipinos,
The Russian refugees, made
exile by the Soviet occupation
of Vladivostok, are emigrating
to the United States under per
♦ mission of the government. The
4 transport Merritt, assigned for
4 their voyage, left Manila May
♦ 23.
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AUTO ACCIDENTS I
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ELDERLY COUPLE KILLED NEAR
GREMEN. GA.; TWO BOYS
DIE AT MARIETTA
Waco, Ga., May 28.—J. R. Thomas
and wife, an elderly couple, were kill¬
ed when a Central of Georgia train
collided with the automobile in which
they were riding near Bremen, yes¬
terday afternoon. The couple were
returning from a Sunday school meet¬
ing at Rockmart ami were driving
through the country.
Brothers Die at Marietta
Marietta, Ga., May 28.—Riley
Reed, aged 1C, was instantly killed
and his brother, Ralph, 10, died sev¬
eral hours later as a result of a col¬
lision between a Western & Atlantic
railroad passenger tfain and the au¬
tomobile which they 'Were driving
here yesterday. The accident occurred
at Parks Crossing, where, according
to witnesses, the boys attempted to
cross the rjiijroad tracks in the rear
o fast reel car.
Seven Killed Near Detroit
Detroit, May 28.—With the seven
vicitims of the crash identified, Oak¬
land county authorities today were in¬
vestigating circumstances surround¬
ing the collision on Woodward ave¬
nue road, about ten miles north of
Detroit, last evening between an auto¬
mobile and a south-bound interurban
car.
In addition to the seven who met
death, all of whom were Detroiters,
a dozen or more passengers of the
interurban were cut by broken glass,
or were injured when they jumped
from the car after it crashed into the
automobile.
The airbrakes of the interurban
were broken by the impact and the
motorman was unable to stop the car
for two blocks. Parts of the wreck¬
ed machine and the bodies of the five
victims were pushed down the track
by the interurb*.
Two Accidents in Atlanta.
Atlanta, May 28.—Seven persons
were injured in the two automobile
accidents here yesterday. Mrs. F.
Griffin was taken to a hospital suffer¬
ing from a broken collarbone when
the car in which the Griffin family
was riding was struck by an automo¬
bile driven by negroes. Mrs. Grif¬
fin and their two children, aged 6 and
3, also received severe bruises.
Ernest McCall, Andrew Robinson
and Mitchell Robinson were injured
when an unidentified white man steer¬
ed his automobile into the side of a
drug store in the residence portion of
the city.
FOUR DEFENDANTS IN ONE
FRAUD CASE PLEAD GUILTY
(By Associated Press.)
Fort Worth, Texas, May 28.—Four
defendants in the “oil fraud’ ’case?
which started in the United States
court, today entered pleas of guilty
when arraigned before the court.
Three pleaded not guilty.
The case will in all probability get
underway tomorrow and much inter¬
est is being manifested in various
parts of the country in the final out¬
come.
FUNERAL OF WALTER
POULSON YESTERDAY
Walter Forrest Paulson, twenty
two months old son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. W. Poulson, who died yesterday,
was laid to rest in Palmetto cemetery
yesterday afternoon,
The funeral services for the little
fellow were conducted from the First
Methodist church, Rev. Thomas H.
Thomson offiiating. The pallbearers
were H. H. Rust, Edwin Dart, James
Osborne and Horace Symons,
HAYNES SAYS
PROHIBITION SLOW
BUT EFFECTIVE
UNITED STATES HAS “DRIED
UP” UNDER LAW DECLARES
COMMISSIONER
Washington, May 28.—How' the
United States has “dried up” under
prohibition, despite rum-running and ]
bootlegging, was the subject of sta-1
tistical statement today by Prohibi- j
tion Commissioner Haynes. .\ He gavel
out . figures „ showing , that , . .
major iin
ports , of - distilled spirits to the near- j
by liquor amounted smuggling slight sources altogeth- 1 j
er to y over .per
cent ot the pre-prohibition American I
liquor withdrawals.
Allowing none for , home use, „ said • j
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^ Commissioner • • tt Haynes if a, the entire 4 -
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0 t, t ' X ?^ 0t J b,StlUc ‘ ( L Spl " t S i
from the United Kingdom : to the Ba- .
h-amas, West Indies and Canada in ;
1923, as indicated by the present rate,
he added, to the imports of Mexico ;
1921 (the latest figures available) ;
and smuggled into the United States, j
the total would be about one paid and one- j
fourth per cent of the tax liquor the!
'v ithdrawals for consumption for
fiscal year 1913.
“It is readily seen that there is less
occasion to worry over the ‘rum fleet’
smugglers than over domestic con¬
coction of fraudulent spirits. If a
greater amount is smuggled in than
these figures show, it is certain that
expansion comes by means of adulter¬
ation and rectification, or in syn¬
thetic stuff smuggled out and in
again. The per eentage of good liquor
found in government confiscation
amounts to less than one per cent.
Recent magazine and newspaper rev¬
elations bear out this statement.”
Commissioner Haynes’ figures
showed 1,624,136 gallons of spirits ex¬
ported from the United Kingdom to
Canada in 1913, before prohibition,
against 813,105 gallons last year. The
Canadian imports thus far this year,
show a reduction of about 59 per cent
from the 1913 rate, he added, United
Kingdom imports to the West Indies
and Bahamas showed an increase
from 94,140 gallons in 1913 to 350,-
311 gallons for the first four months
of this year, or at an annual rate of
1*050,933 gallons.
“If the entire amount was smug¬
gled into the United States,” said
Commissioner Haynes, “it would
equal less than three-fourths of one
per cent of the tax paid liquor with¬
drawals for consumption in the Unit¬
ed States for the fiscal year 1913,
which amounted to 140,289,424 gal¬
lons.
“Stories broadcast regarding the
large amount of liquor being smug¬
gled into the United States are valu
able to the bootlegger to foist his
poisonous ware on the public as ‘gen
uine imported stuff” which he gets
fabulous prices for. In the same
manner is the ‘embassy’ fiction used
"help sale of bootleg |
in Washington
liquor.
TRAFFIC ON A. B. AND A. IS
DEMORALIZED BY WASHOUT
Montezuma, Ga., May 28.--Because
of washouts on the A., B. & A. rail¬
road, traffic has been more or less de¬
moralized for the last thirty-six
hours. There is a washout a quarter
of a mile long' and in places fifteen
feet deep between Lilly’and Byrom- i
ville. A freight train was caught
on the track with a washout in front
and behind it and has stood there
since early Saturday night.
The regular passenger train from
Fitzgerald to Atlanta left Cordele
last night at 12:30 but was stopped
between Lilly and Byromville, four-j
teen miles from ------ Montezuma, --------------- after
standing on the track until daybreak, | j
The train backed to Cordele where
it proceeded to Americus over tjie
Seaboard Air Line tracks and then
came to Oglethorpe on the Central
of Georgia road. Work trains are at
the scene and expected to have traffic
restored today.
ACTRESS VINDICATED
BY ORDER OF COURT
Court I
New York, May 28—Supreme ;
Justice Lehman today rendered a de- j
cision vindicating Miss Stella Larri
more, a young actress, who was nam¬
ed by Geraldine Farrar as one of sev¬
eral co-xespondents in her suit for di
voi'ce from Lou Tellegen.
Justice Lehman acted on the appli¬
cation of Farrar for pei'mission to
strike allegations concerning Miss
Larrimore from her divorce petition
and in granting it the court saved the j
befoi'e Diva from the the jury necessity evidence of already placing j
brought against her husband in the
referee’s chambers. 1
The decision quoted a letter from I
Farrar’s counsel in which it was
mitted that an investigation led to the |
conclusion that the charges against ]
Miss Larrimore were not true and J
that it was desired to abandon them.
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4 NEW YORK KU KLUX 4
4 KLAN LEADERS TO FIGHT 4
4 STATE ANTI-KLAN LAW 4
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4 (By Associated Press.) 4
.
♦ New York, May 28.—Refus- 4
4 ing to consider seriously the 4
4 challenges reported to have been 4
4 hurled by Ku Klux Klan leaders 4
♦ at a dozen meetings through-
4 out the state yesterday, ocftiials
4 declared today they were ready
♦ to begin enforcing the state anti-
4 Klan law when it becomes effec-
4 tive next Saturday. The law for
♦ bids members of secret organi-
4 zations from wearing disguises
4 , . public ... and , orders . ,, that , „ names ___
m f,
4 ^ of , their . members , be . recorded ....., , at ,
^ ^" y ;
^ tti t ude of the Klan to
+ the bm was expreS sed by
King Kleagle, who gave the
♦ . ot ,v Major • Johnson, T . ,, r L. - a b.
name
A., , retired, betore members and .
♦
^ j ^ at Eastport . The Klan
4 never reveals its membership, he
4 declared, and would fight to the 4
4 last breastwork” to keep the 4
4 names secret. 4
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MACHINE GUNS,
CONCEALED, GUARD
BANK TREASURES
Cleveland, May 28.—The new
Fourtn Federal Reserve Bank build¬
ing here is rapidly nearing comple¬
tion, and will be ready for occupan¬
cy about June 1. The building has
many details of architecture and in¬
genuity that make it one of the most
remarkable in the United States, ar¬
chitects and builders say, . with
strength and safety the keynotes.
The main vault is 30 feet below the
street level. Side and rear walls are
six feet thick. The front wall is sev¬
en feet thick and has the heaviest
door in the world. The vault is de
signed to hold upward of two billion
dollars in gold and securities, accord¬
ing to D. C. Willis, chairman of the
hoard.
The first floor, for the transaction
of public business, is finished in Ital¬
ian marble. Customers can lock them¬
selves behind iron bars when traps'
acting business With a teller..
A gallery of armor plate sur¬
rounds the first floor, with loopholes
from which guards can see everything
occurring below. 1
Truck driveways lead directly into
the mail room. It cannot be “rushed.’
The truck first enters a vestibule and
the street door must be closed and
locked behind it before the second
door, opening direct into the mail
room, can be opened. j
Armed guards can look down upon
the mail room and command it with .
rifles, and statues at each of the en
trances to the building will conceal
machine guns,
G0VERN0R=ELECT WALKER
PARTICIPATES IN WELCOME
OF NATONS’ KIWANIS
(By Associated Press.)
Atlanta, May 28.—The policy of
bringing closer relations between the
farmers and city folk and obtaining a
square deal for under privileged chil¬
dren—future citizens, has been car¬
ried out during the past year, George
Ross, of Toronto, Canada, told the
Kiwanis The declaration club meeting was heie.^ made follow¬
ing welcoming ceremonies in which
Governor-elect Clifford Walker and
Mayor Sims, of Atlanta, participated.
Response in behalf of the organiza
tion was made by Harry Karr, im
mediate past president,
WOMEN GOLFERS ___ _ BAR
YOUNG GIRL PHE'NOM
New York, May 28.—Male golfers
may be willing to compete with young
upstarts- may even encourage them, j:
as witness Bobby Jones and Jess
Sweetser—but the New Jersey Wom¬
en’s Golf Association is determined
to keep its tournaments open to wom
^' r jlTcLlr It has refused to permit the
Be young
phenomenon, Miss Maureen Orcutt,
15> for p ] ay j n the association’s one
((ay tournanie nt, on the ground that
she is too young.
Miss Orcutt often breaks 90. She
(competed in the women’s national
tournament two years ago.
GERMAN MARKS SELLING
AT $16.25 A MILLION
(By Associated Press.)
New York, May 28—German marks
sold in the local foreign exchange
rnai'ket today at $16.25 a million, a
new low recoi'd for all time. Bank
e rs report little commercial demand
the German currency, although
large quantities of marks are pur
chased by local residents for trans
mission to relatives and friends in
Germany. .
BRUNSWICK
Has a landlocked harbor, the
best on the South Atlantic
Coast .......
PRICE FIVE CENTS
GERMANS PLAN
BIG MORTGAGE
ONREAL ESTATE
New Reparation Program As
Now Outlined To Be From
Ground Up /
ALMOST EVERY SQUARE
INCH SOIL INVOLVED
Five Hundred Million Cold
Workers to Flow Into The
Reich Melting Pot For The
First Few Years.
(By Associated Press.)
Berlin, May 28.—Germany’s new
reparations program, as it is now out¬
lined, wftll literally be constructed
from “the ground up,” for it will rest
primarily on a nation-wide real estate
mortgage.
What promises to become the
greatest hypothecation of land in the
history of economics will eventually
encompass every square inch of Ger¬
man soil, which will be made to pay
tribute to Germany former foe for a
period of thirty years. The assess¬
ment will be made on a basis of fifty
per cent of present gold values.
Five hundred million gold marks
annually will flow into the Reichs’
reparations melting pot from this
source during the first few years. The
ultimate yearly total will approxi¬
mate one billion gold marks, the in¬
crease depending upon the prompt¬
ness with which metropolitan real es¬
tate can be subjected to the mort¬
gaging process.
A beginning will be made with the
agricultural lands and the physical
properties of the industrialists.
The plan for the great mortgage is
the most important point in the pro¬
gram of the German League of In¬
dustrialists, as submitted to Chancel¬
lor Cuno for the perusal of the gov¬
ernment. This organization indi
catesits readiness to assume payment
of forty per cent of the hypothetical
sum of 500,000,000 gold marks which
it believes the government can raise
by assessment on the industrialists
properties. The remaining 60 per
cent will be guaranteed by the bank¬
ing, commercial, shipping and grain
interests.
JOHN VEREEN KILLS
HIMSELF BY SHOOTING
Tifton, Ga., May 28.—John Vereen,
27 years old. committed suicide by
shooting himself at the home of his
father, W. C. Vereen, at Moultrie Sun
daj , n jght about 9 o’clock, Death re
su [ted instantly.
Mr. Vereen, according to a long
distance telephone message, had been
suffering from a mehtal depression
for several days. The funeral was
held in Moultrie Monday afternoon
with interment in the cemetery there.
The deceased was married, but had
no children. He was a member of one
of the most prominent families in
South Georgia and was identified with
a number of business enterprises at
Moultrie.
AMERICAN LEGION
TO PRODUCE FILMS
Indianapolis,-Ind., May 28.—The
American Legion will enter the film
industry as a producer. The new ven¬
ture is to be a topical review to be is¬
sued twice a month and distributed
throughout the entire country. Com¬
plete plans for the enterprise .were
approved at the recent meeting of the
national executive committee.
It is planned to make the produc¬
tion of general interest, carrying ma¬
terial of a general-magazine nature,
and giving-special attention to activi¬
ties of the Legion which are of inter
est to the general public. The re¬
leases will be under the superxisiou
of the American Legion Flm Service,
which has for some time been engag¬
ed in the distribution of war and his¬
torical films throughout the country
under sponsorship of the Legion’s
eleven thousand local posts.
EVANS COMES OUT —,
TO TAKE NEW JOB
Former Secretary War Under Lloyd
George Named Postmaster Gen- .
eral by Baldwin.
(By Associated Press.)
London, May 28.—Sir Laming
Worthington Evans, secretary of
war in the cabinet og David Lloyd
George, has accepted the office of
Postmaster Genaral under Prime
Minister Baldwin.
Evans was a member of a group,
including Austen Chamberlain, which
went into the “wildnerness” at the
time of the Conservative split which
gave Andrew Bonar Law the premier¬
ship.