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BRUNSWICK
Has the lowest death rate of
any city its size in the United
States
VOLUME XXII. No. 277.
ADM. SIGSBEE DIES
SUDDENLY TODAY
IN NEW YORK CITY
Was Commander of the Maine
When That Vessel Went
Down in Havana Harbor
HAD DISTINGUISHED
CAREER AS NAVAL OFFICER
At Twenty He Was Fighting
Under Admiral Porter at Fort
Fisher.— -Was Decorated
German Government.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, July 19.—Rear Admir¬
al Charles D. Sigsbee, U. S. N., re¬
tired, captain of the battleship Maine,
at the time it was sent to the bottom
in Havana harbor, died suddenly at
his home here today. Death was due
to heart failure.
For some time the health of Admir¬
J^Agood, al Sigsbee has been anything but
but relatives and friends were
not expecitng his demise.
Rear Admiral Charles Dwight Sigs- j
bee rose to fame through one of the !
greatest naval disasters in American i
history—the “blowing up of the i
Maine.’ ’ He was 52 years old at the
time; a captain, a veteran of the Civil
war, and an inventor of deep-sea ex¬
ploring and sounding apparatus.
Captain Sigsbee, commander of the
Maine, was ordered to Havana harbor
to protect American lives and proper¬
ty during the crisis of the Cuban re¬
bellion against Spain in 1898. As the
vessel was on a friendly mission, she
was received w’ith the customary
courtesies from the forts and Spanish j
war ships, and the usual official visits.
She was assigned to a special anchor¬
age and placed there by the proper
agents of the Spanish government.
On the evening of February 15 the
big white battleship had been riding
quietly at anchor for more than two
weeks. Captain Sigsbee went to his
cabin shortly after 8 o’clock and
wrote a long letter to his wife.' By
the time he had finished many of the
528 men and 26 officers were asleep, j
The Captain had just enclosed the
letter in an envelope and started -tea to ro
seal it when a deafening roar sound
cd through the ship. The great ves¬
sel began to list. Groping his way
through the dark, Sigsbee reached the
deck. A scene of horror greeted him.
The Maine was singing. |
‘None can never know,” he said ;
later, “the awful scenes of consterna¬
tion, despair and t suffering down in
the forward compartment; of men
wounded, or drowning in the swirling
water, or confined in a closed com¬
partment slowly filling with water. It
is comforting to believe, and it is
probably true, also, that most of
those who were lost were killed in¬
stantly.”
The tragedy cost the lives of 204
sailors. The news spread over the
world in a few hours, but not before
the entire American nation was
aroused to a pitch of frenzy, believ¬
ing the Maine had been blown up by
hostile Spaniards.
“Suspend judgment,” urged Sigs¬
bee in his first report. His calm wis¬
dom did much to prevent the United
States from rushing into war immed¬
iately. He accompanied the court of
inquiry in its investigation of the
wreck, and his expert knowledge
helped to arrive at a decision as to the
cause of the disaster.
The naval career of Sigsbee began
when he was a boy of fourteen years.
Born in Albany, N. Y., in 1845, he en¬
tered Annapolis in 1859' and was
graduated four years later. He was
assigned to the Wgst Gulf Squadron,
and at the age of nineteen was fol¬
lowing Admiral Farragut as an en¬
sign through the battle of Mobile
Bay. At twenty he was fighting un¬
der Porter at Fort Fisher and at
twenty-three he had been promoted to
the rank of lieutenant-commander.
During the thirty-three years of
peace .that followed the Civil
Sigsbee won fame and promotion as
an inventor. Among other duties
through that period, he was assigned
to explore the sea bottom. Here his
inventivfe genius came to the fore and
he invented instruments for deep sea
exploration that are used today with¬
out material change. The German
government decorated him with the
Red Eagle of Prussia at the sugges¬
tion of ex-emperor William, and he
also received a gold medal at the Lon¬
don International Fisheries Exhibi¬
tion for these achievements.
AT SUPERINTENDENTS’ MEET
Superintendent Charles E. Drvden,
rrintendent of the Glynn county
i.enools, is in Athens, Ga., attending
r’the annual meeting of the county
school superintendents, which is in
session in that city this week. Supt.
Dryden is expected to return to
Brunswick next Sunday.
BRUNSWICK NEWS
SENAOK DAVID M. WALSH
Massachusetts Democratic statesman,
who, encouraged by the election in
Massachusetts, predicts a great
Democratic landslide in 1921.
WOULD ABOLISH
12 AGRICULTURAL
STATE COLLEGES
Bill is Introduced in House
Harris, of Jefferson, and
Wimberly of Toombs
SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS
AGRCULTURE IN SCHOOLS
Both Representatives Assert
That Results Obtained From
This Institution Do Not Jus¬
tify Amount Expended.
Atlanta, July 19.—A bill to abolish
(ill twelve district agricultural schools
in the state was introduced in the
house by Representative Harris of
Jefferson and Wimberly, of Toombs,
today.
They propose to introduce legisla¬
tion to use the funds, amounting to
approximately a quarter of a million
dollars a year, appropriated to these
schools, .to meet Smith Hughes’ Fed
eral Vocational Educational Fund for
^hc p U1 -pose of placing an instructor
in agriculture in every qualified high
school in the state.
Agricultural schools, they stated in
discussing the measure, were estab¬
lished at a time when there was an
insufficient number of high schools in
the state. They have served their
purpose, declared both representa¬
tives and are not rendering service
commensurate with the appropria¬
tions they are getting.
BANDIT WIFE RETURNS
$3,500 OF LOOT HE
SECURED IN ROBBERY
(By Associated Press.)
Kansas City, Mo., July 19.—Jewel¬
ry valued at $3,500 which was stolen
recently from tile home of Mr. and
Mrs. L. R. Goudio was returned yes¬
terday through the mail. With the
package was a letter, which read as
follows:
“To the Goudies: I am sending this
stuff back to you, as I do not want
my husband to make a living for my¬
self and family in such a manner.
Hoping this ends the matter, I re¬
main, Wife of Bandit No. 1.”
While the-bandits were ransacking
the Goudie home after holding up the
adult members of the family, they
addressed each oijier by numbers.
The leader appeared to be No. 1.
FIRST EFFORT AT
CREATION OF NEW
COUNTY IS MADE
? INTRODUCED BY BELL OF
BURKE AND SAME EFFORT
DEFEATED LAST YEAR
(By Associated Press.)
Atlanta, July 19.—The first effort
to create a new county in the present
legislature came today when Repre¬
sentative Bell, of Burke county, intro¬
duced a bill to create Comer county
with Sardis as the county seat. A
similar measure was defeated in the
last general assembly.
A measure is to be submitted to the
house which requires all automobiles
to stop at grade crossings. The mea¬
sure also provides for the erection of
warning signs.
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JULY 1923.
GERMANS OFFER
CEASE PASSIVE
BLOCK
Resistance in Occupied Terri*
tory Would End But Un=
der Conditions
CONDITIONS WILL NOT
GET APPROVAL FRANCE
Inasmuch as No Guarantee is
Made That Reparations Pay¬
ments Wiil be Promptly Met
in Future.,
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, July 19.—The German gov
eminent, through the embassy in
London, is striving to have the forth¬
coming British note on reparations
convey to the French government
Germany’s willingness to cease pas¬
sive resistance in the Ruhr district
subject to certain concessions on the
part of France.
This information has reached the
French government on what is re¬
garded as unquestionable but unoffi¬
cial authority. These concessions, it
is declared here, would be unaccepta¬
ble to the French because they are
unaccompanied by any definite guar¬
antees that the reparations payments
would be forthcoming.
ASKING NATIONS TO ASSIST
IN RAISING THE BLOCKADE
Berlin, July 19.—German represen¬
tatives in London, Rome ana Wash¬
ington and at the Vatican have been
instructed to make representations
against prolongation of the traffic
blockade between occupied and unoc¬
cupied territory in Germany, accord¬
ing to an official statement made this
morning.
PRETTY GIRLS IN
DISTRICT BREAD
BAKING CONTEST
EIGHT COUNTIES REPRESENT¬
ED, WITH THREE GIRLS EACH,
AND DEMONSTRATOR
Twenty-four pretty Southeast
Georgia girls entred the annua! dis
trict bread-baking contest today in
the basement of the Glynn High
school building and when the first se
ries was over, the result was pro
nounced a revelation by Miss Etta
Coldough, state agent, of Athens,
who is in charge.
The contest today consisted in bak¬
ing yeast bread and biscuit, eight
counties being represented by three
girls, who excelled in their respective
counties in club work, particularly
bread-baking. The counties represent¬
ed, with their demonstration agents
are Appling-, Mrs. H. J. Parker; Cha¬
tham, Mrs. L. E. Backus; Bryan, Miss
E. R. Fennell; McIntosh, Mrs. Irene
Davant; Ware, Miss Mabel Hoge
bloom; Glynn, Mrs. M. B. Merritt;
Lanier, Mrs. Alice Moody, and Pierce,
Mrs. Annie W. Wiley. Among the
visitors are Miss Lois Dowdell, girls
club agent, Athens, and Miss Whit
field, of the Southern Cotton Oil Com¬
pany.
The contest in Brunswick is one of
ten that is being held throughout the
state. The winners in the various
districts will be sent to the South¬
eastern Fair, in Atlanta, in October,
where they enter the state contest,
the winners there going to Chicago to
enter the national contest.
It was stated today by Miss Col
clough that the quality of bread and
biscuit made by the contestants this
morning was superior to that of any
other contest by far, held in this dis¬
trict. “It’s really wonderful,’’ said
Miss Colclough, “how greatly the
girls have improved over their past
performances. The purpose of the
contest, she stated, was to train the
girls in breadbaking efficiency. Each
contestant must have done four years
in club work, bring their record cards,
etc.
The young ladies, all of whom are
delighted with their accomplishment
this morning, are being entertained
in several Brunswick homes. They
will be given a trip to St. Simon by
Mrs. Merritt this afternoon.
BILL IN HOUSE MAKING
FELONY TO SOLICIT
LABOR IN GEORGIA
Atlanta, July 19.—Representative
Delapierre, of Jackson, and Represen
tative Hogan, of Banks, have submit
ted a bill which will make it a felony
for any person or firm to solicit labor
in Georgia for other states.
The term of imprisonment, as fixed
in the bill, would be from one to three
years.
♦
♦ MAUGHAN FLIES FROM
4 NEW YORK TO DAYTON
4 ' HOURS 35 MINUTES
♦ -
(By Associated Press.)
Dayton, Ohio, July 39.—Lieut.
Maughan left Mitchell Field,
New York, at eight o’clock this
morning in his second attempt
to fly from coast to coast be¬
tween dawn and dusk.
He arrived here at 8 G 5. He
departed fiom the aviatio i hold
here at 8:5;-!.
4
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WOODBINE AGAIN
VICTOR IN FIGHT
FOR COUNTY
Contested Election is Carried
Before Committee in the
Lower House
M’LENDON’S RULING IN
FAVOR ST. MARYS REVERSED
Not Satisfied With Secretary
State's Decision, Attorneys
Carry Woodbine’s Contention
to Unbiased Tribunal.
On again, off again, seems to be the
J popular pastime with St. Marys and
Woodbine in their great struggle for
the county site of Camden, which has
been waged with all the bitterness
possible for the past year and which
now seems to be nearing its end with
Woodbine on top.
Only last week St. Marys won a
decided victory when Secretary of
State McLendon decided the contest
in her favor, ruling that many of the
votes cast in the special election for
the removal to Woodbine were invalid
and that of the legal votes polled
Woodbine had not secured the neces¬
sary two-thirds. Under the circum¬
stances, he reported, St. Marys had
won and the county capital should re¬
main there.
Dissatisfied at the report of the
secretary of state, Messrs. Conyers &
Wilcox, of this city, representing
Woodbine, carried the fight to the
house of representatives, and yester
j ‘lay before the committee of county
j and c ^be *Lv bill maters introduced a fight by was Represen- staged
! over
j tative Burwell Atkinson, providing
; ^ or the removal of the site. Mark
1 Wilcox appeared in behali of Wood
j bine St. Marys. and S. C. The Townsend report of represented the
sec-re
tary of state was before the commit¬
tee, as was the bill to remove the
site, and after hearing- the evidence
and arguments by the two attorneys,
the committee reported unanimously
in favor of the passage of the mea¬
sure, and it iwill now go to the house
and in all likelihood be passed.
Just what the next turn in the case
will be is problematical, but the fight
is now rapidly nearing an end, and
the present indications are that the
bill will be passed by both the house
and senate and signed by the gover¬
nor, which means that the capital of
Camden will be removed on January
first, next.
BERGDOLL MAY RETURN
TO SERVE PRISON TERM
Washington, July 19.—A possibili¬
ty that Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
may voluntarily return to the United
States and serve a prison sentence for
evading the draft is seen by some of¬
ficials here as a result of recent con¬
ferences with the Bergdoll attorneys.
Hope of such a development is bas¬
ed upon a supposition that at least
some of the Bergdoll property taken
over by the government during the
war might be returned should the
fugitive give himself up. The restor¬
ation law passed at the last session of
congress contains a clause said to
have been inserted to cover the Berg¬
doll case in particular, specifying that
none of the property held by the
Alien Property Custodian shall be
turned back to its former owner so
long as he is under sentence for viola¬
tion of the draft law.
When Mrs. Emma Bergdoll recent¬
ly applied for a passport to visit her
son in Europe, her lawyers are said
to have indicated that she would use
her influence to have him serve
hi:; five years sentence.
APPROVE ATLANTA
Atlanta, July 19—Charles J. Haden
has announced the receipt of a large
number of letters from members of
Democratic executive committees in
various states, approving Atlanta as
the site for the 1924 nationalll Dem¬
ocratic convention. Patrick H. Quinn
of Rhode Island, in a letter, express¬
ed the opinion the south had “done
enough for the Democratic party” to
merit the convention.
EUSTACE C. BUTTS APPOINTED
TO SUCCEED HIMSELF AS JUDGE
THE CITY COURT BRUNSWICK
JUDGE EUSTA CE C. BUTTS
Who was today re-appointed to sure eed himself as Judge of the City
Court of Brunswick. His term e tends through 1928.
FRIENDS PLEASED
IN APPOINTMENT
OF JUDGE BUTTS
SECOND TERM GOES THROUGH |
1928.—-HAS AN EXCEL
LENT RECORD
The appointment this morning by
Governor Clifford Walker of Judge
Eustace C. Butts to succeed himself
judge . , of , the city .. court . of , _ Bruns
as
wick will be received here with great
pleasure , .... by his hundreds , , of ...... friends m , |
-w-v Brunswick • , and l Glynn 1 | county. nniinti’ .
KiMinonrin r on/ I I'nn
The present term of Judge Butts
expires with the end of the present
year and the term to which he was
appointed this morning goes through
the year of 1928.
Judge T , Buts was first . . appointed . i , to .
the C.ty court judgeship by Cover-,
nor Hugh M. Dorsey and he has the !
distinction oi I,'.-, being* the first r x officer ox
®
of « the ,i return , . gtroops from over
in &
to , . appointment \ . , at , the |
seas receive an
, hand , of r n Georgia • , g chief t . r executive. , • xt, He |
, has filled on j this .i. important • , . office rv. to , the ,i
satisfaction of all the people. Tern
justice . with ... he , , has!
pering mercy, j
caused j many an erring . young man ot! ,
turn to the right path and examples |
can , be seen upon the ,, streets , ^ ot j} Bruns- _
W • , r y , i
Judge Butts has held a number of I
offices of honor and trust. H went to (
the Mexican border as commander of !
the Brunswick Riflemen ar« was not I
only , respected 4 i i but i i loved j -i by the ii men i
-
, he commanded. , i
When the war with Germany came j !
Capt. Butts offered his services, was j
accepted and saw some hard fighting
on the batlefields of France where
he also served as captain.
Judge Butts has served as mayor
of Brunswick, representative of
Glynn county in the Georgia legisla
ture and served ably as assistant so¬
licitor of the superior court of the
Brunswick circuit when Hon. John W.
Bennett was solicitor general.
J. Wilson Parker Named
Judge of New City Court
of Campbell County
Atlanta, July 19.—Eustace C.
Butts was reappointed judge of the
city court of Brunswick by Governor j
Clifford Walker this morning. Other i
appointments include J. Wilson Par-;
ker, of Campbell county, judge of the ;
city court of Fairburn; E. C. Hogan,;
of Campbell county, solicitor of the ,
city court of Fairburn.
This court was created by the pres- j
ent session of the legislature and
signed by Governor Walker yester
day.
;
LETTER CARRIERS
Columbus, Ga., July 19.—More than :
^00 members of the Georgia Rural;
Letter Carriers’ association are ex
pected here to attend the annual con- j
vention which will be hied September j
3, 4 and 5,
B R‘
Has a la
best on
Coast
M’MICHAEL’S BILL
TO REAPPORTION
FUND DEFEATED
AUTHOR GIVES NOTICE WILL
ASK HOUSE TO DISAGREE
WITH REPORT
A bill of Representative McMichael,
of Marion county, seeking to reappor
Don .. , highway . , funds - , on a , basis of x the ,,
road , mileage in each county in the fhn
state, was defeated in the highway *
vUlllilll itt vlCC UX of th liic hou 11 UUOv , e U f L re ICpLvoCll 1 en _
tatives by a vote of 18 to 5 at a meet
ing held in Atlanta last night. Mr.
McMichael gave notice that he would
ask the house to disagree with the
committee report.
Speaking in favor of his measure.
Representative McMichael declared
the \ le in the smaller coun
ties are tired of r seeing* . all „ , highway . ,
*
funds - , to . the ,, , larger and , richer .
go
,. and , they ,, want , roads ,
’ J cross
as well as county , seat , to , county , seat ,
* •
, . , TT He declared , , that ,, , the ,, state ,
*
hlJ?hway department , , could , , continue a
. of highway construction
supervision ‘ * 7
wuth appropriation . of „ ten , cent
an / ‘ per
. , .
0 ' ie 18 ^ s *
Chairman . John N. Holder . . and 1 En
. ... W. R. , Neel, T i of * the t highway • i de- ,
gmeer
Partment spoke in opposition to the
McMwnael measure, declaring that it
would result inthe withdrawal of fed
set er f all a >d the from construction Georgia and work would now up- go
*
. and planned . . the ,. state. , ^ They
mg* on f m /
. la . , l the , . . b . wblch . . . . h . h
ex P f e< f, s ^ ™ !^ '
wa - v funds ’ a / e allotted to the various
f and endeavored to show that
work that has been done ln each
road division is practically the same
as has been done in every other di¬
vision, claiming absolute fairness and
™Pfrt.ality . ...... m the , distribution ....... of . the ..
funds.
A letter was read to the commit¬
from Thomas H. McDonald, chief
of the bureau of highways of the
United States, in which it was stated
that the government would not con¬
tribute to the state’s highway work if
a bill as that proposed by Mc¬
Michael should become a lawn
IF SENATE PASSES ♦
HOUSE TAX BILL IT ♦
MEANS A PUZZLE -f
♦ - ♦
♦ (By Associated Press.) ♦
Atlanta, July 19.—If the sen- ♦
ate passes the house bill repeal- ♦
ing the tax equalization law and ♦
Governor Walker signs the mea ♦
sure, opponents of the repeal bill
♦ today expressed the opinion that ♦
the state would be without ma- ♦
chinery for tax collection, taking 4-
4- the position that the proposed 4-
4- law’ would not reenact the sta- ♦
tutes in effect before the present 4-
4- system was adopted as claimed 4
by the repeal opponents. ♦
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PRICE FI
C0LUMB1
CLUBISIl^ I
TO BRUM
Highway Between Tw
Strikes Popular Ch
All Along Way \
ROAD TO BE EXTENSION
OF MEMPHIS=MIAMI Rv
Interesting Letter Receiver.
Board of Trade From Mi
ger Henderson, of the Colt
bus Motor Club, on Subjet,
There is every probability th.
within the next few months, or eai
lier, actual construction of the, Co-„ be'
lumbus-Brunswick Highway will
under way, the matter now being giv¬
en enthusiastic attention by the “live
wire” citizens of Columbus, in addi¬
tion to those of the cities and vil¬
lages on the route.
Fred G. Warde, secretary of the
Board of Trade, has received a letter
from Leland J. Henderson, manager
of the Columbus Motor Club, in reply
to a communication recently address¬
ed to the Columbus Chambet of Com¬
merce.
In his reply Mr. Henderson states,
among other things:
“Your letter contains much of in¬
terest in addition to the spirit you
manifest. Will you please let me
know the condition of the road from
Waycross, through Hoboken, to
Brunswick, and from Brunswick to
Jacksonville. If the road from Way
cross to Brunswick to be built as part
of the State Highway System it may
be best to route the Memphis and
Miami Road, which is to be an ex¬
tension of the Ozark Trail, to Bruns
wick.
“It is evident that the shortest road
from Columbus to Brunswick would
be that marked on the enclosed map
in green pencil. The objection to it
is there is no state highway from Tif
ton to a point w'est of Pearson, at or
near'the eastern line of Tift county.
“The road marked in red pencil on
the enclosed map is the one we usual¬
ly follow’ from Columbus to Jackson¬
ville. It shows a gap in the State
Highway System from Ashburn to
Ocilla.
“A large portion of this proposed
highway from Columbus to Birming¬
ham, Ala., and Tupelo, Miss., to Mem¬
phis, Tenn., has been constructed and
the balance of it is in the State High¬
way System of Alabama.
“It will probably be a good idea to
inspect and log out both of these
routes and also the one indicated in
orange pencil before any route is de¬
cided upon.
“Please let me hear from you fur¬
ther. An invitation for the Columbus
Motor Club to visit Brunswick might
produce results.”
In reply Secretary Warde pointed
out to Mr. Henderson that this move¬
ment, with the proper co-operation
from each county to be traversed by
Columbus-Brunsw ick, which would be,
in reality, an extension of the Mem
phis-Miami Highway, to be known as
the “Ozary Trail” to Brunswick,
would in all probability mean com¬
pletion of the road from Columbus to
Brunswick before next summer.
Regarding the highway from Way
cross to Brunswick, via Hoboken, it
was stated that the road could not be
called “good” at the present, that is
from a point ten miles west of Ho¬
boken to a point ten miles east of
that place, all in Brantley county. It
is believed, now that the county seat
election has been settled, the road will
be placed in first-class condition with¬
in a short time. This is said to be the
“w’eakest link” in the chain.
The invitation to the Columbus Mo¬
tor Club will be forwarded by the
Board of Trade as soon as the State
Highway Department designates the
best of three routes between the two
cities, which have been forwarded by
Secretary Warde to that department.
One of the suggested routes, which
twenty-five or thirty miles shorter
than the others, while one follows the
State HijYiwav the entire distance,
county site to county site. The
and demerits are pointed out
Mr. Warde, who has made a com¬
study of the proposed
As soon as the information
forthcoming from the highway de¬
the Columbus motorists
be invited to visit Brunswick,
will be in a short time, it is be¬
BREAD-MAKING CHAMPIONS
Cordele, Ga., July 19.—Misses Ar¬
Puckett, Jewell James and Edna
who recently won the bread¬
championship of the Third
District in a contest
Americus, expect to represent
county in a similar contest to
held in Atlanta at the next South
Fair.