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BRUNSWICK HAS A LAND¬
LOCKED HARBOR, THE BEST
ON THE SOUTH ATLANTIC
COAST. . . ......
VOLUME XXII. No. 11.
MACON DENTIST FACES FLOGGING CHARGE
HARTLEY TELLS HOW YARBROUGH
AND OTHERS OVERPOWERED HIM,
TIED HIM TO A T REE IN THE WOODS
PROMISED QUIT
DRINKING AND
WASN’T FLOGGED
Woman Wanted Whipping Boss
! •' ; t
to Have BrotheHnTavv
Disciplined
KU KEUX INVESTIGATORS
GIVE THEIR TESTIMONY
This, First of Several Cases in
Central City Outrages, Will
Continue Throughout Tomor¬
row, It Now Seems.
(By Associated Press.)
Macon, Sept. 12.—Two women who
wrote letters to the Ku Klux Klan tes¬
tified today at the trial of Dr. C. A
Yarbrough, dentist, and alleged whin
ring boss, of Macon, charged with
flogging B. F. Mills in January, 1922.
The contents of these letters were not
disclosed, Solicitor Moore saying lie
would divulge their contents later.
Both women, Mrs. Lizzie Stuckey
and Miss Ora Goodin, said they did
not know Dr. Yarbrough and did no!
know whether the klan ever received
the letters. Sheriff Hicks testified
that the letters had been given him
by J .P. Durkee, klan organizer, who
is also under charges.
The state tried to prove through
Mrs. C. L. Hartley that she visited
Dr. Yarbrough’s office with a view of
having her brother-in-law disciplin
ed. She testified, however, that she
went to the dentist’s office to get as
sistance for her husband.
Moore said this woman had told him
different stories and it developed that
following the visit R. A. Hartley was
visited by Yarbrough and
Hartley said Dr. Yarbrough and the
other .... to his home,
men came ovoi
powered him, handcuffed and blind
folded him and took him to a neaiby
road and there he was tied to a tree
and '.lectured. Ho was not whipped
however, lie stated, upon making a
him why he mistreated his wife and
allowed him to £0 without a flogfWS:
Oil his promises. Dr. Yarbrough
shpjyed him the way home.
Solicitor Moore said Mrs. Hartley
had told him that she went to see Yar
Brough regarding her husband’s
wrongdoing and that iie wrote down
her statement. But this she denied
today, saying that when she started
*f talk to Yarbrough he told her she
had come to the wrong man.
Mrs. Goodson admitted she had
written letters to the Klan and she
was asked if her father had been
whipped. She replied in ihe negative,
W. A. Barnett testified that he bad
also been flogged and identified Yar
brought as being among his assail¬
ants.
The state was today apparently
trying to show by testimony of the
women witnesses that they sought to
have the Klan punish their menfolks.
Testimony of Ku Klux Klan investi¬
gators who have spent three weeks
in Macon, brought out that Yarbrough
ha d “felt the men out” when they
came' to Macon, ami later when the
work of rounding up the accused men
in the floggings was about to begin he
accused them of double-crossing him.
To one of the investigators lie is said
to‘have asked him to vender an ex
eu§4 and leave the city.so the. investi¬
gation woud be dropped.
Miss Elizabeth ■ Culpepper, of 417
American Boulevard, who has been
employed by Dr. Yarbrough for the
last three years, was put on.the stand
as a witness for the state. She
brought further light on the
of Yarbrough and Others in Yar¬
brough’s office.
Among the important witnesses
subpoenaed for the state ave
ernor Thomas W. Hardwick, Dr. C. C.
Harrold, Jesse B. Hart, J. Clay Mur
phey, Curran Ellis, Lawrence Bernd;
and for the defense, Rev. Grady D.
Feagin, Rev. W. H. Sledge, Rev. Mar¬
tin A. Wood, Rev. H. M. Fugate, R.
L. Merritt, S. -Z. Downs, Dr'. B.
Gostin, Dr. C. L. Penningtoni Dr.
W. R. Holmes and Mayor Luther
liams.
While it is problematical when
case against Dr. Yarbrough will go
the jufy, Judge Gunn has ordered
nesses and jurors not engaged in
present- case to report back at
BRUNSWICK NEWS
THE NEWS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HIS DAM PREVENTS FORD
GETTING MUSCLE SHOALS
MAJ. GEN. W. M. GORGAS
Who built the great dam in the Ala
bama Plant. The Ceoiidge Admin
istration will sell Ford the Muscle
Shoals Plant if he will eliminate
this Gorgas dam.
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R^L SPORTSMEN HERE
DO NOT VIOLATE LAWS
GOVERNING HUNTING
It is gratifying to be able to state
| that the Brunswick sportsmen have
not in th(‘ past or will not in the fu
ture, violate the national or
: game laws, but will see to it that fit is
!observed by those who are not in
c .j ass
, Tjast year several white men and
ba jp dozen or more colored, were ar
, res p e( i .jjy tj )e local game warden and
j a , Sf) sonlc arrests were made, by
sk
j tricts in Glynn and one or more
j 0 i n ino* counties.
! xhere ,, re several conflicts in the
national J ‘ and state laws. the'latter For
-^Hing to doves
i can be shot -August 1 to 31, while the
l national i aw savs from November 20
i to j anua ,. y 31 But, as stated,
.
huntors ave obeying the national laws
as , well as tho stato laws and eonse
tly , 10 arvests have been made,
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COTTON EXPECTED TO
BRING 25 CENTS POUND
(By Associated Press.)
Columbus, Sept. 12.—Cotton in Co¬
lumbus is expected to average around
25 cents a pound and bring $225 a
bale this year, as coin-pared to 13
cents a pound and $G5 a bale in the
year 1880, according to figures ob¬
tained from local cotton merchants.
Although this year’s yield is expected
to he about GO per cent of last, year,
it is expected that there will be ap
proxfmately 31,000 bales handled
here.
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Thursday morning at 10 o’clock. So
Ilcitor Moore said yesterday that the
case will probably consume more time
than was first expected. More than
200 witnesses have been called for
the defense and forty for the state.
Klan Dragon Talks
Atlanta, -Sept. 12.—Gen. Nathan
B. Forrest, grand dragon of the Ku
Klux Klan of Georgia, while not de
nying that an official report was made
of the flogging of R. F Mil s _to the
Klan Iieadquai tei s m ‘ ‘
after it happened, stated this morn
ing that^he knew nothing^a^unff^such
story” told by Rhodes McPhail.
General ronest has unquestionably
been the most active man in the state
in directing Klan operations a 0118
the line of aiding in the
and prosecution of doggers, and it
was he who brought the offer of a
$1,500 reward for conviction in the
Macon cases.
“I 1 do «,o -mi not believe oei.eve the u,e Klan can -** be -
connected with the floggings, he said
today, hut if it develops that any
or members are guilty they will be
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BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 12, 1923.
IN TOKIO
NUMBER 150,000
LATEST FIGURE
Dyseniery Prevalent in Stricken
City T oday, and is Much
Suffering
STILL FINDING GROUPS !
HUNDRED BODIES OR MORE
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American Marines Have Opened
Automobile Shop and a Bak¬
ery in the Embassy of the
United States.
(By Associated Press.)
Tokio, Sept. 12.—Deaths from
the earthquake, fives and tidal
wave in and around Tokio is to¬
day safely estimated at one hun¬
dred and fifty thousand.
Dysentery is prevalent and the
Japanese government has inform¬
ed the American embassy that
relief will be welcomed.
Groups of a hundred or more
bodies have been found in several
spots.
American marines have opened
an automobile repair shop and a
bakery at the American embas¬
sy.
CHARLES SMITH, ROOMMATE
OF THOMAS EDISON, DEAD
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[ Louisville, Ky., Sept. 12. Charles
Smith, seventy-four years of age,
<’ity superintendent of the Western I
Union telegraph Company here, died >
! this mormng after a long period of
: ill-health.
Mr. Smith is said to have been a
roommate ->f Thomas Edison for
many nie "‘____ montHs when both were ' y° un *|
|
THREE RUNAWAYS
FROM DODGE SCHOOL
; i CAUGHT IN SAVANNAH
j Three juvenile escapes from the
! Dodge school, on St. Simon, have
been located in Savannah. They will
be returned to the school, according I
to the authorities. The boys are said !
to be of the migratory variety and !
have given the teiciers no little tn.u-i
ble. " , 'L I
; —=ssrsa: fo i| owillE . st oi v annenred in the t
ca j?jF e of tb f tbree yout hs:
lbrce .. little boys, who . , arrived . .
a f 0 ^ f r°m St. Simon Island,
at the Chatham Artillery armory,
! ^ th ej ' told they a ta |f had ? f received woe about
t le treatment , m
i th l’ elled ® ^ nson t0 ret D ) odge “' n to that , W institution - *? m '
; ac ' cording ' to the decision of the local
ff'vcnde authorities yesterday. The
i lads > al arou " d th « a *f of 12 y ear8>
regret to return to the institution .
, subjected
where they say they the to
hard work.
“The boys were taken'to the police
ss stiHnn iSms Mnndav 53 evenine- sx after t the ]
lice authorities by one of the ser
geant at the Chatham Artillery ar
niory. They remained at the barracks
1 during the night where they were fed
j i ana “George rested. S. Sullivan, probation ofli
! cer of the juvenile court, took the
j boj s in custody yesterday ami ques
\ tioni d them from as the to home. their sud-le.i The condi- de- ]
parture ;
tions there were not favorable and
I they did not wish to return. They ,
, Mill have to go back, however, as such |
is the decision of the local authori
t ; es.”
,
] ITALIAN POLICE FOR GREEK
j | Athens, Sept. 12.—Anxiety here
I over the Italian occupation of the isI
i and of Corfu has been increased by
] the reported substitution functionaries of Italian in
I police for the Greek
! Corfu.
] DE g _ TR QYERS BREAKING UP
; ganta BarbaEa> Cal S ept. 12—The
.,
| I destroyers which went aground near
here Saturday night, are reported
j ^ j n i mm ntnt danger of breaking up
land causing the loss of all their -----
j equipment and machinery. The
; wbere t )ie seven vessels, the Delphy ,
j i Yonnft Woodbury> chauncey, S. P.
Lee, Fuller and Nicholas, struck has
j been unusually heavy for the past
] twenty-four hours.
j GIVES GOOD ADVICE
! Aniericus, Ga., Sept. 12.—“This is
, 10 time to talk hard times,” Rev. J. E.
| ^ ^ of Plains> has advised the
i Amerieus Kiwanis club. “Every man
should smile, look to his God
make a heroic effort t opay his bills.”
GREEK REFUGEES AWAITING FOR
FINAL DEPORTATION TO INTERIOR
Greek refugees, an aftermath of the big storm in Asia Minor, loaded on flat cars await their removal to
interior. The Near East has done a great work in aiding these people.
HENRY DURAND COMES
BACK TO BRUNSWICK
FOR INDEFINITE STAY
“I back in Brunswick, with '
am
Mrs. Durand,” said Henry R. Durand, j
one of the most popular and promi
. . ,
nent citizens of Atlanta, today, “be
cause we ave both very much attract
ed by this delightful city. We made
U P ol,r minds when we were here some
tm-ie ago that we would return at the
first opportunity, and the opportuni-,
ty came, and here we are right back j
here. I- mean it when T say there is
no more delightful city to be found
anywhere than Brunswick. The cli-:
mate is all that anybody could wish
for, the water is incomparable and the
general environments most pleasing,
That s why I am in Brunswick.
Mr. Durand stated that he and
Durand expected to spend much of
, . tlm , ^ . Brunswick. . , ,. I nfact,
m >’ frie " d ’ Saw t e11 - I am
« f0 * n « t0 be , classified as a Brunswcik
ian-Atlantian.’’ Mr.-and Mrs. Durand
ave the recipients of many attentions
on the P art of their many friends
the bay this afternoon by Dr. D. D.
Atkinson, on his launch, the Carrie
Dean.
YOUNG MAN. THOUGHT
TO BE BANDIT. SHOOTS
SELF WHEN CORNERED
'
, n T . . ‘V p iV—Pomer ,
,, maisnaii, , ,, iexas, sept . xz.
ed oy bheritt banders m tne rear or a
lunch r °° m ■''five'w’ars
young ' V iTT,,i;T,T,]a man about twent 1
one of
ro bbed a bank bank at at a a .mall .mall town town near near
here, shot and killed himself.
The robbery was committed yester
, . t* ,, , ,,
.
T It , developed , , this ,, . afternoon that ii
the .. , badit ... overpowered , ,
young a
ist, took his automobile and rode into
Mooringsport where he raided the
bank. Today a truck driver reported
tbe sheriff that the man had forced
bim to stop on a highway and bring
bim to Marshall. The sheriff found
^be suspect eating and decided to let
him conclude his meal after searching
him. The youngster suddenly jumped
up, ran back to the restaurant and
shot himself dead.
WELDON DENIES THAT
HE WAS PRESENT AT
TR0UT0N KILLING
(By Associated Press.)
Atlanta, Sept. 12.—Denial that he
was present when Millard Trouton
was killed August 12, near Newnan,
was made by Floyd Weldon, in
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the Coweta superior court today.
telephone 'message today from
Solicitor General W. Y.
staied that Weldon went on trial to
day and that the case will in all prob
ability be given in the hands of the
jury this afternoon.
WAYCROSS HAS CREAMERY
Waycross, Ga., Sept. 12.—Waycross
now has a local creamery operating
here, which is providing a market
foi diary products of the county.
BOLSHEVISTS LED
HERRIN MASSACRE
• MINERS CHARGE
EXPOSE ALLEGED PLOT BY MOS¬
COW COMMl NISTS TO GAIN
CONTROL OF LABOR
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Sept.
Lithuanian Bolshevists led the Herrin
massacre of non . un i on Illinois miners,
the United Mine Workers of America
charges in making public today the
third of a series of artic'os exposing
an alleged plot by Moscow Comnmn
ists to gain control of organized labor
m the United States and Canada,
stage a revolution and overthrow the
existing governments.
The mob leaders—sixty-seven ui
them—were members at Herrin of the
Bolshevist Lithuanian branch of the
Communist party of America, accord¬
ing to the miners’ article, nineteen
other members of the same party
were imported as agents to foment
the attack on the strip mine of the
^ .. <*
which culminated in the violent death
of 22 men in June last year.
“This revolting, inexcusable crime
was fomented, promoted and
solely by Communists,” says
writer. It was a carefully
affair, schemed with all the diabolic
cruelty and disregard for law
the Communist move
ment.”
William Z. Foster, promoter of the
“ one b '«' union” idea in America, is
aIle ged to have been the dominating
jn events pveC eding the massa
ere ’ numbering among his aides Jack
* ’ Y* Carney, in, ^ ft Chicago 1. i n editor n.l,f ah of the 4- In radical i»o , 1 i o o I
^ ** ■>»--«*• *«■
ne -'’> business manager; Arne Swa
beck, of the central executive com
mittee, Communist party of America;
Oscar Larson, of the Young Conimun
League; Gus Fraenckel, Red
worker among rail employees;
^ Charles Krumbem, district Conimun
ist officials, and Nels Kjar, convicted
in Chicago courts for conspiring
against the government during the
war.
FORBIDS SHIPPING OF
LIVESTOCK TO MACON
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(By Associated Press.)
Macon, Sept. 12.—Temporary sus
pension of the order forbidding
shipping cf livestock into Macon for
immediate slaughter has been ordered
by Dr. P. F. Bahnsen, state veteri¬
narian, while an investigation of the
local stockyards is being made. The
first ban was placed on the shipping
when reports were made that tick
infested cattle and hogs having chol¬
era were being shipped into Macon.
Local officials denied any knowledge
of such conditions,
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MAR r ON ^ TAGLESS _ ALTOS *iT . T n«
Augusta, Sept. 12.—County officials
\ have begun to wage a war here on
“tagless automobiles.” Small traffic
! jams were caused on some of the
downtown streets by the frequentey
whicli which the sheriff's forces held
up cars. Thirty-two cases were made
the first day of the crusade and those
arrested were released on bonds of
$100 each. The sheriff has announc
ed he intends to keep up the “war”
until all offenders are rounded up.
BUY WHAT YOU NEED AT
HOME AND THUS HELP
BRUNSWICK GROW TO BE
BIGGER AND GREATER. . .
COLUMBUS AUTO
CLUB POSTPONES
BRUNSWICK TRIP,
Telegram States Motorcade
.. Again Put Off Account of
Chairman’s Illness
ALE ARRANGEMENTS FOR
RECEPTION VISITORS MADE
j Manager Leland Henderson, of
j Chattahoochee Valley Motor
Club Wires Postponement at
I Eleventh Hour.
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ATTEMPT IS MADE
TO ASSASSINATE THE
PORTUGUESE PREMIER
_
Lisbon, Spain, Sept. 12.—Premier
Antonio Silva was waylaid ‘ bv * three
individuals . . , , while . driving . . . , h.s . automo
bile but the men were placed under
arrest before they committed any ser¬
ious assault.
London, Sept. 12.—Three syndical¬
ists attempted to assassinate Premier
Silva of Portugal, according to a
Lisbon dispatch to the Central News.
The attempt was unsuccessful.
] I SIX KII LED IN BERLIN RIOT
j ® J, ?
kil others inju ed when the
; » fil . ed unemploved demon
j olltgide the citv hall in Dres .
dejl ‘ todaN '
j
UNITED SPANISH
WAR VETERANS TO
HOLD ENCAMPMENT
FFTEEN THOUSAND VISITORS
ARE EXPECTED TO MEET
IN CHATTANOOGA
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j j (By Associated Press.)
Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 12.—All
; hotel reservations have been filled and
| arrangements are made to take care
| of the overflow attendance in private
] homes of the city for the annual en
I campment of United Spanish Spanish War
A: Veterans, nhcn'oric? which i meets here on
j i Many »■»-. early arrivals, including
some
j officers in the organization, are al ■
j ready here and all plans are complet
ed for the many entertainment fea
f ires as well as the rgeular program
George ..? Dover, chairman of the
committee reservations, ,. stated that
on
Iv,» ]he expected at „t w least + 15,000 ^ oon visitors for
] the encampment, while railroad offi
, cials placed the estimate much lower,
More ‘than 7,000 attended the con¬
vention last year in San Francisco
and it is pointed out that Chatta
nooaa is much more centrally located,
i and may draw a much greater number
! of delegates.
[ Portsmouth, Va., will send twenty
and the Florida delegation
consists of 125. It is indicated that
many of the veterans will be accom¬
panied by their wives and daughters,
v hich will increase the attendance
much.
The Sixth cavalry troop from An¬
niston, Ala., accompanied by the reg¬
imental band will arrive here on the
14th and a special train will bear the
I 24th infantry colored band from Co
i lumbus, Ga. They will contribute to
j th<1 musical festivities.
The famous charge of the Confeder¬
ate troops up Snodgrass Hill at the
i battle of Chieamauga will be reenaet
j ed for the veterans as one of the fea
] tures planned.
Another attractive entertainment
feature will be the All-Southern pro
; gram to be given at the Bijou theater
! on the night of Sept. 15, for the ben
efit of the veterans, showing the cot
i ton pickers, return of Old Black Joe,
j j cabin ing with scene, genuine melodies old camp and meet- other
negro
true pictures of the Old South.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
The Chattahoochee Valley Motor
Club has agian postponed its trip to
Brunswick, a telegram being received
by Secretary Fred Warde this raorn
ing from Manager Leland J. Hender
son, to that effect.
The wire from Columbus stated
that on account of the illness of
President Little, of the motor club,
that the trip had been necessarily de
ferred until a later date.
Arrangements had been made for
the reception of the visitors, an elab
orate program having been arranged
and the telegram this morning stat
ing that the trip had been called off
was a great disappointment to the
committees having charge of the en
tertainment of the visitors.
ites 11 would was , h make °P«d tbat the trip, the which Co^mbus- will
be primarily for the purp0SP purpose of se .
lecting the most desirable route for
the Columbus-Brunswick Highway.
Letters have been sent out to a num¬
ber of the most prominent good roads
enthusiasts in the state, a number of
whom have wired their acceptances
of the invitation to be present. Many
of these were residents of cities and
towns located along the proposed
routes.
Representative B. F. Mann, presi¬
dent of the Macon-Brunswick High¬
way Association, is urging the follow¬
ing route:
Columbus, Buena Vista, Eliaville,
Hawkinsville, McRae,
Lumber City, Hazlehurst, Baxley,
Brunswick, which will be at
least 20 miles shorter than any of the
routes mentioned.
One of the routes to be followed by
the Columbus Motor Club party on
its trip to Brunswick will be:
Columbus, Buena Vista, Eliaville,
Montezuma, Hawkinsville, McRae,
Reidsville, Qarien, Brunswick.—295
miles.
Columbus, Eliaville, Aniericus, Vi
enna, Fitzgerald, Ocilla, Alma, Bax
ley, Jesup, Brunswick.—311 miles,
Columbus, Abbeville, McRae, Reids
Darien, Brunswick.- 289 miles.
Columbus, Albany, Tifton, Ociila,
Alma, Baxley, Jesup, Brunswick.—
miles.
It is pointed out that the route
from Waycross at the present time,
cannot be considered on account of
the condition of the roads through
Brantley county. These, however,
*» *«• »»-*• •»-«- on by the
state highway department and the
counties of Ware and Glynn. Funds
for the building of a hard-surfaced
road through Brantley county will be
available as soon as certain conditions
are complied with.
Young Men’s Club
The date for the weekly meeting
ef the Young Men’s Club, which was
changed to Thursday, to conform with
the program arranged for the enter¬
tainment of the Columbus autoists,
will be carried out according to thess
plans, as the ladies of the Y. W. C. A.
have made all arrangements fpr serv
ig luncheon on Thursday. .'
The date for the coming of the
Columbusites will be announced as
soon as definite larrangements are
made for the trip.
TIFTS TAX RATE
Tifton, Ga., Sept. 12.—Tift‘s tax
rate will be the same this year as
last, according to officials. The coun¬
ty levy is $17 on the $1000 of taxa¬
ble property and state’s $5, making a
total of $22, to which the school tax
outside Tifton must be added, bring¬
ing the grand total to $27.
CITY BARRACKS OFFJCBS
ARE BEING RENOVATED
The offices at-the police station are
being renovated and otherwise im¬
proved in appearance. New flooring
is being laid in the south-side office,
the walls kalsomined, and other im¬
provements made. The building is
one of the oldest in Brunswcik and is
not the safest toy any means for the
purposes for which it is used.