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BRUNSWICK
Has the lowest death rate of
any city its size in the United
States .......
VOLUME XXII. NO. 275.
LIQUORS VALUED AT
$600,000 SEIZED OFF
NEW JERSEY COAST
FORTYFEDERAL
OFFICERS LED
SWEEPING RAID
Lakewood Popular Resort of tlie
Wealthy, Saw Quantity of
Wet Goods Taken
BARTLETT INN WAS FITTED
UP LIKE FIRST CLASS CAFE
For Three Hours Officers Con¬
tinued Their Search, Visiting
Many Fashionable Hotels and
Rooming Houses.
(By Associated Press.)
Lakewood, N. J., July 17.—Liquors
valued at $300,000 were seized in a
number of raids made here early this
morning bv forty Federal prohibition
agents and county officers.
Lakewood is a fashionable summer |
resort, popular with the wealthy all j
the year round, and it was from many
of these that the liquor was seized.
At the Hotel Marcon, in Point Plea¬
sant, the agents seized sixty cases of
liquor. At an automobile agency
nearby they seized thirty cases.
Breaking in the basement floor at
Bartlett Inn they found a room fitted !
like a cafe, behind whose sliding walls |
and panels, whiskey, sherry wine, gin I
and other liquors filled the shelves. !
Behind a picture on the wall was a
window, giving access to a large store j
room under the rear porch. Here the
raiders made a complete search and
found seventy-five cases of liquor.
For three hours the raiders kept up
their work, visiting many hotels, lodg¬
ing places, etc., where it iwas suspect¬
ed liquor was stored. All of the li¬
quor was seized and taken in charge
by the officers, but no arrests were
made.
SENATOR HARRIS NAMES
FIVE SPEAKING DATES
Atlanta, Ga., July 17.—Five speak
ing dates for the week beginning July
23 were announced today by Senator
William J. Harris at his office here.
They are:
July 23, Lincolnton, Lincoln county,
11 a. m.
July 24, Greensboro, Green county,
11 a. m. and Watkinsville, Oconee
ebunty, 1:30 p. m.
July 25, Eastman, Dodge county,
11 a. m.
July T 26, Jackson, T , Butts _ ,, county, , at ,
11a.m.
Speaking dates for the
week also announce,1 by Senator Har-;
ns are: Ju y 7, Manet a, i
county, Cobb county, 11 a. m 11 ; July 17, July Marietta, 18,; |
a. m.;
Gainesville, Hall county, 11 a. m.;
July 19, Rome* Floyd county, 11
a. m.; July 20, Tallapoosa, Haralson
county,-8:15 p. m.; July 21, Bremen,
Haralson county, 11 a. m.; Temple,
Carroll county,, at 2 p. m., and Villa
Rica, Carroll county, 3:30 p. m.
In all of his speeches Senator Har¬
ris is giving an aeoount of his stew¬
ardship for the first four years of
his term ,»in the senate and discuss¬
ing legislation before congress.
DOG DAY HAVE STARTED;
FORTY DAYS OF RAIN
. If St. Swithin has anything to do
with it or if the legend of St. Swith
in has any truth in it, Brunswick will
probably be in for forty days of rain.
Yesterday, it didn’t exactly rain, but
it drizzled away late in the afternoon
in an attempt to shower, The heat
wasn’t as bad, although, as it was
during the last week; the thermome¬
ter registered a maximum of 90 de¬
grees.
St. Swithin’s day and the first day
of dogdays, as folks sometimes call
them, are all one of the same. In
the legend of St. Swithin something
is told about the faithfulness of his
dog, and it is believed that the name
“dog days” originated in that way.
St. Swithin’s body was to be ex¬
humed, but forty days of rain pre¬
vented. Since that time every July
15 has been watched closely by the
more superstitious people who have
faith in t.he legend.
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
_______THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE jsSOCIATEP PRESS__
COLUMBUS TAKES
INITIATIVE STEPS
IN HIGHWAY TO SEA
CHAMBER COMMERCE STARTS
INTEREST IN PROJECT WHICH
IS SPREADING
The Columbus to the Sea Highway
is now a certainty, according to press
reports, and others, from all the cit¬
ies and towns between the progres¬
sive city on the Chattahoochee and
Brunswick, the deep water city.
The project was started in Colum¬
bus some time ago and received the
spontaneous support of the people of
that city, spreading as the days went
by until every hamlet and city on the
proposed highway between Columbus
and Brunswick declared they were
ready and anxious to lend their best
efforts in bringing about the comple¬
tion of the project,
A highway between the two cities
would give a direct road to Fort Ben
ning, thus making if of military val¬
ue, as well as otherwise. It would
also make the Atlantic coast accessi¬
ble to the principal Alabama cities,
which are connected with their sister '
cities to the west by higbways . In
other words, it is pointed out that the
Columbus-Brunswick Highway would
open up a direct highway to all points
in the west, supplying the necessary
Several enthusiastic meetings have
Severn ienthusiastic meetings have
been held by the Columbus Chamber
of Commerce, and bther civic organ
izations, and they have endorsed the
plan for the highway and are boost .
inp ing , ^ it most effectually. Yesterday a
letter, was forwarded to the Columbus
organization by the Brunswick Board
of Trade, assuring Columbus of
Brunswick’s hearty co-operation in
carrying the proposed highway
through. The letter read as follows:
Chamber of Commerce,
Columbus, Ga.
Gentlemen: We notice from recent
newspaper articles that a movement
has been started by Columbus to com¬
plete the Columbus to the Sea
(Brunswick) highway. Our Mayor
and city commissioners and county
commissioners have instructed me
to write you that we will be very
much delighted to' place our Good
Roads Bureau entirely at your dispo¬
sal for the working, out of this high*
way to the sea. This Bureau is com¬
posed of real active good roads boost
ers, and the State Highway Depart
ment credited this Bureau with hav¬
ing done more work for the building
of good roads in Georgia than any
other organization of ist kind.
The St. Simon Highway from the
mainland is well under way. One of
the dredges is throwing up from the
river bottoms a material composed of
marl, shell and sand, at the rate of
10,000 tons every twenty-four hours,
and ^ roadway itself is taking on
splendid shape. The steel bridges
are beinff assenlbIed and will bc ship -
pe; , tQ Bvunswick within the next GO
Qr da pile driving, where nec
g ig bei Jfc pushed to the limit,
and we are firmly of the opinion that
we will be able to throw this magni¬
ficent causeway to the sea,, open to
the public not later than May 1st,
1923, thus giving Columbus access to
the best beach on the Atlantic coast,
after your highway is completed, via
automobile, which trip can be made
between sunup and sundown.
We assume that you will have
meetings at different points along
the highway between Columbus and
„ .
Brunswick, and Good _ Hoads Bu
our >
reau will be very glad to attend such
meetings and help enthuse the people
along the route. We want you to
feel at liberty to call on us when we
can serve you.
Yours most truly,
Brunswick Board of Trade.
By Fred G. Warde,
Managing Secretary.
BUSSEY INTRODUCES BILL
ON TAX EQUALIZATION LAW
Atlanta, July 17.—The bill of Rep¬
resentative Bussey proposing the re¬
peal of the state tax equalization laiw,
providing an income tax and an ad
valorem tax on the properties of pub¬
lic utilities, an dother tax features ■
were introduced in the house today. ;
The measure was referred to the |
ways and means committee.
In the senate Senator Langford’s
income tax measure was started. This
bill would provide an income tax lim¬
ited to five per cent, and would allow
credit on income tax of ad valorem j
tax expenditures. his The author assert-1 vigor-1
ously defending measure,
(Continued On Page Eight.) j
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, ■4- JULY 17, 1923.
PRES. GARY
Head of United States Steel Co., who
announces that his big concern will
abandon twelve hour day and re¬
turn to old eight hour plan.
ENGINEER SULTAN
IMPRESSED WITH
LOCAL HARBOR
SPENDS SOME TIME HERE AND
IS ENTERTAINED WITH
COL. ALTSTAETTER
Major D. I. Sultan, United States
engineer for the Savannah district,
after spending Sunday and a portion
of yesterday in Brunswick, left yes¬
terday afternoon on the government
yacht, Icondega, for a tour around the
harbor. Major Sultan was accom¬
panied by Col. Fred W. Altstaetter,
former engineer, recently retired.
The Isondega arrived in Brunswick
late Saturday from Savannah, and
Major Sultan and Col. Altsatetter
were met at the dock by a delegation
from the Board of Trade. They were
entertained by several friends, during
their stay, being given an automobile
ride around the city, including the
scene of operations on St. Simon
Highway. Major Sultan pronounced
the project a splendid one, demon¬
strating that Brunswick was alive to
its vast opportunities.
After cruising in the local harbor,
and adjacent rivers, Major Sultan and
Col. Altsatetter will return to Savan¬
nah this afternoon. This was the
visit to Brunswick of the new
engineer and he expressed himself as
being very much pleased with what
he had seen of the harbor and (was
greatly impressed with the attractive¬
ness of Brunswick, and its way of do¬
ing thing's. Major Sultan made many
friends during his visit, who will al¬
ways be glad to welcome him to
Brunswick.
PORT ACTIVITY
PROMISES SPEED
UP IN FEW DAYS
STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANY
HAS STEAMER IN PORT;
OTHERS COMING
Indications are that shipping at
tliis port will become active in the
near future—in fact—there wa s more
activity recently than has been the
case for some time and this promises
to increase.
Some of the lumber and crosstie
dealers are chartering vessels both
foreign and coastwise and the Strach
an shipping Company has good pros
pects for many arrivals.
The Japanese steamship Karchi
Maru will reach port in about ten
stores at the Dolvvning Company’s
wharves, foot of Gloucester and Monk
streets, and will be in port probably
the remainder of the week then leav¬
ing for Savannah to complete. It will
then leave for Japan. This steamer
is being handled through the Strachan
Shipping Company.
Among the other ships coming
this company is the large
steamship Mountpark. This ship will
take on cargo of naval stores for
ropean ports.
The Japanese steamship Tokotoyo
Marus will reach port in about ten
da ys and will take on a heavy cargo
0 f naval stores for Japan. This is
a Lso a big craft and will carry a hea
vy cargo.
The British steamship, New York
City, will, also reach here shortly for
a cargo of naval stores and timber.
The American schooner Paul E.
Thurlow, with a cargo of creosoted
crossties from the Georgia Creosot
ing Company, will sail this afternoon
for Boston.
INCOME TAft BILL
BY LANGFORD IS
PASSED SENATE
One Amendment Carries Reduo
tion Ad Valorem Tax Five
to Four M il is
MOST HEATED DEBATE
DURING ITS SESSION
President Carswell, of Senate,
Left Chair and Made Strong
Speech Favoring the Pending
Measure.
(By Associated Press.)
Atlanta, July 17.—Senatoi Lang
ford’s income tax bill, slightly amend
ed, passed the senate today by a vote
of five to one. The measure now goes
tb the house.
One of the amendments provided
that the ad valorem tax rate should
be reduced from five to four mills but
efforts to limi tthe income tax to four
pei' cent instead of five as provided
in the measure was defeated. The de
bate on this measure was the most 1
heated of the session.
President Carswell left his seat as
presiding officer to speak in favor of
its passage. After the house as a
eommitee of the whole reported fav
orably on the resolution to have an
investigation of the highway depart
ment it took up for consideration one
of the bills to repeal the tax equaliza
tion law but efforts to bring about a
vote were lost when it was voted by
a narrow margin to adjourn until to
STATE HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT TO
BE INVESTIGATED
AMENDMENT TO AUTHORIZE A
COMPLETE EXAMINATION OF
DEPARTMENT PASSED
Atlanta, July' 17.—-The resolution
of Representative McMichael, of .Mar¬
ion, calling for an investigation of the
State Highwy department was
amended so as to authorize a thor
ough and complete examination of the
department, iwas passed by the house
as a committee of the whole ninety
six to sixty-five today. The resolu
tion was so reported to the house and
takes its place upon the calendar.
Three other resolutions, one
them from the senate authorizing an
investigation of the department were
reported by the committee to the
house with the recommendation that
they be not passed. The action by the
committee came after several days’
debate and the submission of numer¬
ous amendments to the various com¬
mittees.
Representative McMichael tomor¬
row will offer a resolution that the
question of the house authorizing an
investigation be taken up for corysid
eration as early as possible.
PAUL HARBER RETIRES
FROM JOURNALISM TO
BECOME A REALTOR
Atlanta, Ga., July 17.—Paul Har
ber, formerly a prominent newspaper
man, is now a member of the sales
forces of the L. W. Rogers Realty
and Trust company of Atlanta, ac¬
cording to an announcement just
made by officials of the company.
,Mr. Harber is one of the best
known publishers and advertising
men in Georgia, having for thirteen
years been publisher and owner of
the Commerce (Ga.) Observer. About
a year ago he went to Rome as gener¬
al manager of the Rome Tribune-Her¬
ald, and left there to accept the place
of salesman with the L. W. Rogers
company. For a number of years he
has figured largely in affairs of in¬
terest to publishers and advertising
men of the state.
In addition to his experience as a
newspaper man he was a prime fac
j tor in organizing the Board of Trade
| ; n Commerce and also the Neosho ad
vertising club of Commerce,
He was president of the Georgia
i Press Association in 1917-1919 and a
member of the executive committee of
i the National Editorial association in
j 1921. He also made the first tour
; with the Journal-Herald party a num
■ ber of years ago on the occasion of
; the opening of the Atlanta-New York
! highway. He now is a member of
the Atlanta Advertising club and the
i City club.
1 Mr. Harber has spent much of his
I time in Atlanta and was formerly as
\ sociated with the Atlanta Journal,
j Decision to enter the real estate field
! here was influenced by his belief in
| the growth and future of Atlanta, it
1 is stated.
j
Well known head of Columbia Col¬
lege, who is n< w making a study of
conditions in Europe.
122ND INFANTRY
BEGIN ACTIVITIES I
AT CAMP CONEY
ST. SIMON ISLAND MECCA FOR
THE GEORGIA NATIONAL
GUARD NOW
The first day of the encampment of
the 122nd Infantry, Georgia National
Guard, was one of unusual activity,
but last night everything was in ship¬
shape and the men slept for the first
time in several weeks under blankets
to sheer off the brisk winds which
drove in from the nearby Atlantic.
It was a strenuous day, but night
brought its repose, and therfe were
no lullabies necessary to lead the
troops into sound slumber.
Early this morning as reveille
sounded the. troops left their,. cpt§
feeling' fine and fit for another stren¬
uous day, having had sufficient rest to
j place them in good spirits and in a
j working mood. At 5:00 o’clock the
| boys were in line and for forty-five
! minutes were put through a vigor¬
ous drill. The program for r the day
j calls for inspection, guard mount and
a multitude of other things in connec¬
; tion with regular military life.
; The first accident reported from the
island was that which befell Private
S. A. Middleton, of Baxley, who fell
from an automobile, when the car
went into a hole on the beach, result
in the fracture of his collarbone. Mr.
Middleton was brought to the city
hospital and is reported to be rapid-!
ly recovering from his accident, which !
was but slight.
General R. H. Russell, of Macon,
accompanied by Mrs. Russell, arrived j
on the island this morning and will i
remain during the encampment. Mrs. j
Russell will be pleasantly remember-j
ed as Miss Carolyn Crawley, formerly j
of Brunswick, who was for some time;
physical instructoress in the Glvnn |
Grammar and High schools. Adju¬
tant General Charles A. Cox is ex¬
pected to arrive in camp tomorrow
morning. Gen. Cox was unavoidably
detained in Atlanta for two days.
The troops are enjoying the surf to
the fullest, and when not on duty,
hundreds of them may be seen at all
hours disporting on the beach. They
are having a good time, the best of
food, ocean breezes, and all the com¬
forts of home.
“GHOST WALKED”
AND RIFLEMEN
ARE ALL HAPPY
SOMETHING LIKE $2,000 IS PAID
OUT AMONG CAPT. HAR¬
WELL’S MEN
Capt. Harwell’s men were all made j
happy the very first dash ghost” out of and the j i
box by the “walking of the |
something like $2,000 was distributed
among members of the company.
The men all received checks for $15
and of course the officers got more,
And it came in handy, because if
there is any one thing that is incon-'
venient it is to be at an encampment j
broke and especially with all those j
pretty girls to buy ice cream and oth
er good things to eat on every hand, j
While all of the Riflemen are month em- j
ployed it is at a time of the j
•which is far from payday and this .
made some of the “holdings” of the
boys very meager, but the $15.00 will
hold out for at least a few days, pro- j
vided, of course, the vamping is not j
,too strong. j
JOHNSON’S ELECTION
CUT G.O.P. MAJORITY
IN SENATE TO FIVE
S
LANDED IN JAIL
WIFE DIED WHILE HERE AND IN
FEW WEEKS MARRIED A
GIRL OF SIXTEEN
Dr. w. Grant Thorpe, who made
Brunswick his home for
months, and who dfove about the city
and this section in a handsome turn¬
out, which he said was valued at more
than $5,0000, is in trouble with Uncle
Sam, the doctor having been arrest¬
ed in Greenville, S. C., last Friday
on a charge of using the mails to de¬
fraud
Dr. Thorpe, Brunswick people will
remember, cut quite a splurge upon
his arrival in Brunswick. He rented
a home on Mansfield street, hung out
his sign and for a time di/I a rushing
business, the feature of which was the
selling of “conjur” medicine, love
powers, etc-., and his advertisement,
qu.te an attractive ... one m -.11 the
guag'd used, appealed to many colored
people.
Several months ago his wife died in
this city and a short time thereafter
he married an adopted daughter of
Louis Malbert, who resides several
miles from this city, and in the hand¬
some turnout, drawn by two horses,
gaily decorated, with every possible
convenience, the doctor and his bride
started on a honeymoon trip to Cali¬
fornia.
Then it was, a few weeks after he
left here that post office inspectors
started the investigation of charges
filed against him by some of his “pa¬
tients.” The inspectors had in their
possession one of his circulars, alleg¬
ed to have been Dr. Thorpe’s price
list, and some of the articles listed
were the following: lpadstone, magic,
$50; magnetic sand, price $25; love
root, price, $50; Adam and Eve root,
price $15; lovage herb, price $15.
Many other such articles were listed.
From this city the doctor was slow¬
ly traced by the post office inspectors
and he was finally located in Green¬
ville last week and was taken into
custody by a post office inspector, and,
failing to give bond, was placed in
jail.
Whether or not be has since been
able to furnish the bond is not known.
Dr. Thorpe was well known among
people , . Brunswick, „ . , and , , he
many in
was a familiar figure on the streets
when here, with his brass-trimmed
buggy, drawn brass-mounted
horses, etc.
FINE NEW TENNIS
COURT IS FINISHED
READY FOR PLAY
-
BRUNSWICK BOYS AND GIRLS
SHOULD BE HAPPY.—MRS.
S. L. HIGH IN CHARGE
_
The girls and boys of Brunswick
will be .delighted to know that the
fine tennis courts on the public
squai-es on Newcastle and Richmond
streets, facing Prince street,
have been under construction for the
past few weeks, were completed today
and are now open and available to the
girls and boys of the city. The
tion of these courts are ideal and they
are considered splendid courts in ev
ery way. For a long time, the board
of directors of the Y. W. C. A. has
been trying to have tennis
built for the use of the Girl Reserves
but it was difficult to find a suitable
place and sufficient funds to erect the
courts properly. Finally, the city
commissioners were appealed to, and
they agreed to furnish the material
and the labor and to build the courts
under the supervision of a committee
of ladies from the Y. W. C. A. The
court on the north square was built
primarily for the Girl Reserves and
the Business and Professional Worn
en’s club, and the court on the south
square is for the use of the boys, in
fact, for the boys and girls of the city
generally, as while the courts were
inspired and directed by the Y. W.—
they are really municipal play
grounds and are for the use of all the
boys and girls of the town who en
joy tennis.
Of course it is necessary for some- j
one to be responsible for the courts,,
and Mrs. S. L. High, secretary of the:
Y. W., will have charge of them, and,
anyone desiring to make appoint-;
ments for the use of the courts, can j
do so, by telephoning to Mrs. High, at j
41”. and she will keep a schedule of j
the arrangements for games there, j
With these* splendid courts, it is
BRUNSWICK
Has a landlocked harbor, the
best on the South Atlantic
Coast.......
PRICE FIVE CENTS
M “ H,T
HARDING PUSH
TELLING BLOW
I Administration Measure in the
Upper House to be in
Jeopardy
LEADING MEMBERS OF
PARTY ADMITTING
? Concede That on Some Meas
tires There Will be Difficulty
in Holding in Line Sufficient
Strength. ,
Washington, July 17.—The election
of Magnus Johnson as senator from
M * lis the Republicans
. ^ ornjal majority of five in the
a
| senate. It now stands there fifty Re
\ publicans, forty-three Democrats and
! two Farmer-Laborites.
| j There is a vacancy in Vermont due
to the death of Senator Dillingham
and the general expectation is that a
Republican will be appointed to this
vacancy Ly the governor of Vermont,
who* is j Republican. Even with a
majority* lead eX f jncede ,f six, that however, they Republican will have
difficulty on some occasions in holding
in line sufficient strength to put
through administration measures.
The senator-elect was jubilant
whne informed that he had won. His
first statement was: “1 beat that fel¬
low? I am United States senator?
What do yo uthink of that?” Later
when he was assured of election, he
discussed his plans in a tentative
)vay: He was nqj ready to make de¬
cided statements on any of the prob¬
lems which will come before the con¬
gress of which he is a member.
Asked as to hi s program and his
plans to represent the people of Min¬
nesota, he said that he would have a
statement prepared.
The senator-elect declared he was
against the world court and the
League of Nations and against any
foreign entanglements and he insist
ed that he did not want to go on rec
j ^
j You see,” he sain, “? will wait un
tl! ... } . taI ., ^ to colleagues, ,, „ 0 Brookhart ___,,
; and such, v before I decide.
“Recognition of soviet Russia?
Well, I don’t want to go on record on
that now. Leave Russia out. Be
tween you and me, I am for recogni¬
tion right away, but I don’t want to
go off half-cocked.
“Prohibition. Leave that be. We
will have to see what to do about
! that.
j ! “Soldiers’ to work bonus? for bonus, Well, and I am for go- the
>'ig a
expenses to be paid by excess profits,
but it might be that we will have to
put part of it on taxes!’’
R0TAR1ANS HAVE
UNIQUE PROGRAM
AT TODAY’S MEET
Quite an interesting program was
given at the Rotary luncheon today
by the fellowship committee. It con
sisted of every Rotarian giving the
birthplace of bis grandparents, his
parents, iwhy he came to Brunswick
and the one outstanding incident of
his boyhood days.
The gueats of the club were Mr. Ba¬
con, of Savannah, and City Manager
Rinkliff. A. J. Gordon was initiated
into Rotary today by Brian S. Brown,
member of the educational committee.
The club was enertained by several
beautiful selections on the violin by
Miss Isabel Bunkley, accompanied by
Miss Elvira Torras.
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hoped that a tennis tournament can
be arranged in the fall, and many in
teresting sets staged. The city is
busy at present Ailing in the large
ditches which surround these squares
and comfortable benches will be plac
ed near the courts for spectators
making it a spot of sport and plea
sure for the young people of the city.
This recreation center will *111 a long
felt need with the tennis players and
is a credit to the city and to the Y. W.
whose whole-hearted co-operation can
always be relied on in civic matters,
particularly where it touches the lives
of the young people of the communi
ty.