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BRUNSWICK HAS A LAND¬ LOCKED HARBOR, THE BEST ON THE SOUTH ATLANTIC 'COAST......... VOLUME XXIII. No. 12. ATTACK CHARACTER R.F. MILLS STATE WITNESS YARBROUGH CASE IS UNDER FIRE Mills Told the Chief of Police of Barnesville Thai Whipping Was Family Affair PHYSICIANS TESTIFY AS TO CHARACTER OF DEFENDANT They State It is Good But Have Heard Rumors of His Being Whipping Boss in the Many Macon Floggings. (By Associated Press.) Macon, Sept. 13.—The defense to¬ day introduced several witnesses who attacked the character of R. F. Mills, for whose alleged flogging Dr. C. A. Yarbrough is on trial in the city court and all said that Mills’ charac¬ ter was bad. Walter Revere, chief of police of Barnesville, testified that Mills came to him the day family after the affair whipping and asked and j said it was a him to investigate John C. Colbert j and John M. Howard. He stated these two were in the crowd that whipped him. He stated that all the crowd wore khaki and leggings. Revere said he made an investigation him¬ self and ascertained that these men were at their homes and could not have participated in the flogging. He stated that he told Mills only two | men had gotten off the train from Ma¬ con on the night of the flogging and he said it might have been them. The j ■witness then told the jury he con -1 r d ,hit ' h ' dld ” l . ....... Dr. W. A. Little, -well known physi eian, testified to the good character of Dr. Yarbrough but admitted cross-examination that he had heard i reports that he was the whipping j boss in Macon. Dr. W. P. Rushing also attested 'his good character and said he had not heard any derogatory remarks about him. Three more’ Macon men positively ! identified Dr. C, A. Yarbrough, prom inent dentist, on trial in city court for the' flogging of R. F. Mills, chiropo Hist, more than a year ago. W. O. Barnett, W. W. Arnold and TL Hartley were positive in their identi fication in the second day of the trial, that Dr. Yarbrough was one of the . men who took them out on separate occasions and flogged them. Among the features of the trial were two letters identified by Mrs. Li vv.jp Stuckey, of Hawthorn street, and Miss Ora Goodin, of Ash street , as letters thev had sent to the Kn Klux Klan. The letters were Durkee. identi-1 fied as the ones which .J. P. Klan organizer, turned oyer to the uboseeutors, saying that, they had been taken from a drawer in a desk iij Dr. Yarbrough’s office.- Both let ters requested that “something he done.” one in the case of a husband. and the other in Vjthe ease of a father. Mrs. C. L. Hartley, who was called early yesterday morning by the state, admitted that she went to the office of Pr. Yarbrough to see if she could pot'“have something done, about her husband.” • Solicitor Roy W. Moore announced that he had been “abso¬ lutely entsapperJ,” by the witness, who.had told him recently that Dr. Yarbrough had "written 'town the in¬ formation about her husband. Several witnesses testified as to the good character of Dr. Yarbrough. All pf the defense witnesses weve asked by Solicitor Moore to ;state whether they were members of the Ku Klux Klan. Several asked to be excused from arijAvfirjbg) 1 tjiis *ques ' ‘ ‘ tjon.j Gostpn, ' well ■ known ' * ■ Dr. B. S. cianj admittedjfn^i tie hal mtaife plication for membership and Dr. D. W. Green admitied tpqm^epghip in the organizatiori said- Iff had treated one of the victims- of the doggers and #nad not reported the case,to the sher iff of Bibb count,y.. He said the man requested him not to report it. FEDERAL REVENUE AGENTS MEETING IN ATLANTA TODAY ■V Atlanta, .Sep*. ^13.—Field forces of the Federal Internal Revenue Bureau in Georgia and .Alabama are meeting here for a week’s course of instruc¬ tion in tax laws and regulations, J. T. Rose, collector for the Georgia dis¬ trict, announced today. AVashington w'U Two officials; from have charge .of -Qie instruction and about .fiftj .KK&ri? -..ace. expected to take the course, it was stated. THE BRON 8 WICK NEWS THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PRINCE OF WALES REACHES HIS GREAT CANADIAN RANCH; TRAVELS AS BARON RENFREW Quebec, ept. 13—The Baron of Ren frevv arrived in Quebec today The Earon of Re-Xr-vv it, none other than his Royal H'tfbness, t!>- Prince of Wales, heir to England's throne. Tiring' of being hailed as the fu¬ ture ruler of the British empire, the England's next monarch is given a rousing reception, although he was *• traveling incognito. Will stay a im nth. Prince of Wales chose one of his many other titles to travel under and CHARLES STILWELL WIFE, CHILD, SAFE IN YOKOHAMA f-_ B. STILWELL RECEIVES THIS DELIGHTFUL NEWS FROM SON IN JAPAN It will be a source of delight to the many friends pf Charles Stiiwell, mer Brunswickian, now of Yoko Japan, to learn that neither lie, his wife or little daughter were injured in the recent earthquake and tidal wave which caused the death,of many thousands in the very citv where he resides. C. B. Stiiwell, father of the well known former citizen, lives at Ster ling- and this morning received the news of his son’s safety through the department at Washington, and it is needless to say that he was lighted as lie had feared that the worst had happened and especially is this true inasmuch as he could receive no information from the stricken city, although he made every effort to do Than Charlie Stiiwell there was not a more popular young man in Biuns wick. For a long time he was con nected with the -wholesale grocery business of J. M. Burnett but left here several years ago finally locating in Yokohama where he is connected with a moving picture studio, MISS MAE GIBBS IS NEW BROXTON POSTMASTER Broxton, Ga., Sept. 13.—Miss Mae Gibbs has been appointed post mas ter at Broxton, the result of a fe C gtit civil service examination in which she stood highest on the eligi i; a t. She also had the rpcoinmerda j; or) 0 f J. M. Sutton, vice chairman of the Fourth - Congressional - - -- District, • an( j recommendations from postal of ficials and prominent citizens of the town , Mir-s Gibbs has been assistant post master here for a number of years, The other competitors for the of f lcc were C. A. Poer and Estop Riek otson. ------ MAN MAKES EFFORT TO END LIFE BY SEVERING ARTERIES George Lind, white man, forty-five, is occupying a cell at. the county jail C'harged with attempting to. take his own life. He was found this morning on the railroad tracks at Fourth and Cochran avenue waiting for a train to come along and decapitate him after had ip'ade an unsuccessful effort bring an end to his life, . Lind claims he worked for a Sa- BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 13, 1923. j thus escape the formalities accorded | a personage wanted of royal blood. In short, i ho to dodge the plaudits of the multitudes, enter Canada quietly and he on his way to an Alberta ranch, where, the papers say, he will eat boarding- house fare. Hid he succeed in dodging the mul¬ titude? He did not. A Prince is a I Prince, even though he be a Baron, ! figured the residents of Montreal. | Therefore, the Baron being a Prince, I a princely welcome was in order. Bright and early did the crowds gather at the pier to .meet Baron Ren frew (or was it the Prince of Wales they really c-ame to meet?) and as the Empress of Fiance steamed to her dock, a lusty cheer greeted the man who only three years before, had won the hearts Of Canadians and Ameri¬ cans with his smile. Being only a Baron, the Prince of Wales did not even rate a special cut¬ ter in which to reach the shore. There were no officials to accord him an offi¬ cial reception, but the unofficial one made up for that event. Even on the ship he could not escape the so-called “pitiless glare of publicity.’’ News¬ paper correspondents-; accompanied him and sent wireless -messages about ! his trip. ' Baron Renfrew went from the ship | bluffs, to the where ohauteau Froritenae his window on the he j from ! could gaze down upon the broad St. Lawrence rive)'. Tomorrow he will travel on a private car to Alberta. That will be the end of ceremonies. On the ranch Baron Renfrew will lead the simple life, and as the pa¬ pers say, eat boarding house hash and other simple fare. YOUNG MEN’S CLUB HOLD REGULAR MEETING TODAY MILLARD REESE ADDRESSES MEMBERS ON SUBJECT OF EDUCATION BILL The regular weekly luncheon of the Young- Men’s Club was held this aft-' ernoon, instead of tomorrow, the reg¬ ular meeting day,'owing to the fact that all arrangements 1 : had been made for the meetings, it being expected that the Columbus automobile party would be in tbe city and be guests of the club. A program had been' arranged for the benefit of the visitors, and it had to be changed at the last minute. However, the -meeting- proved to be an unusually interesting one. A letter was read from Jas. H. Winkler, chairman of the Young Men’s Dynamo, of the Savannah Board of Trade, announcing that a drive would be started at once to raise the money Savannah is still due on the Darien bridge. He asked for the amount, etc., and it was decided to refer the matter to F. E. Twitty, who is familiar with it. He will advise the Savannah body at once as to the amount. - At I he request of the entertainment committee Millard Reese, a member of the board -of education, delivered an adilress on the bill recently passed by the legislature imaking certain changes in the Glynn county board of education. Mr. Reese gave the mem¬ bers of -life club sonie very valuable information concerning the operation of the local schools; and in his limited time went into detail on many of the school matters. He explained some of the , proposed , _ changes and did not hesitate _ in pointing out why he was opposed ,to-: them. He stressed the point that the Glynn county schools, for years considered one of the best systems in the state, had been oper¬ ated since 1914 under the present plan and lie expressed himself in be¬ lieving that no city or cpipity in the state could boast of a better system. Mr. Reese’s address was a plain, clear-cut statement of the facts and lie received the closest attention of the members present, and received much applause at the conclusion of his address. vannah firm, but this was not borne out by information received from that city bv Chief of Police Register; who communicated with officials in that city. Lind is laboring under the hal lucination that he is being pursued by officers. In order to avoid arrest he cut his wrists with a razor. Failing to bleed to death, he laid down on the railroad tracks awaiting his eni. The man is a pitiable spectacle and will be tried for lunacy. •I* F ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ -t * .V v ♦ v F .J. . F CRAMER HOPS OFF IN F ♦ AN EFFORT TO BREAK F ♦ GULF-CAN ADA RECORD ♦ ♦ (By Associated Press.) F ♦ Houston, Texas, Sept. 13.— ♦ F Parker D. Cramer hopped off F ♦ this morning at the Ellington F ♦ field in an attempt to lower the ♦ F non-stop flight record from the F F -Gulf to Canada made recently F ♦ by Lieut. Scotty Croker. F F The'distance of the proposed F ♦ flight is about 1,225 biles on an ♦ ♦ airline j . F NO DOUBT ABOUT FRES. COOLIDGE BEING NOMINATED Assurances of Support for Pres= idenf Come From Every Section REPUBLICANS FROM MANY STATES WITH HIM He is Regarded as the Strongest Man in G. 0. P. and One Who Would Have the Best Chance of Winning. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Sept 13.—There seems to be no doubt in the minds of Re publican leaders who have visited the nation’s capita! recently but that President Calvin Coolidge will be the nominee of the Republican party with virtually little opposition. It is pointed out that while he is endeavor¬ ing to carry out the policies of the late President Harding, lie seems to be satisfying various wings of his party, except some few' United States senators who have been leading reac¬ tionaries for the wifl past several years and it appears continue to take this stand. Assurances of support for Presi dent Coolidge in the 1924 political campaign continued today to reach the White House. They were brought l\,r by Republicans RannGii^anc from caiiat.ol several ctoluc states who were among an unusually lai-pe number of visitors received by the executive during the day. NO EXPLANATION CAN BE GIVEN FOR WRECK DESTROYERS ADMIRAL KOONTZ REPORTS SQUADRON WAS 20 MILES OFF PRESCRIBED COURSE __ (By Associated Press.) Washington,. Sept. 13._Admiral Koontz, commanding the Pacific fleet, reported to the navy department, day that no adequate explanation had been given for the unusual position of the ■ seven American - destroyers when they were wrecked off the Cali¬ fornia coast Saturday night. Admiral Koontz declare*! the squad¬ ron was far off the prescribed course and steaming in a fog at a twenty knots an hour speed. SOLICITOR BOYKIN IS SKEPTICAL ABOUT BURNETT’S CONFESSION Atlanta, Sept. 13.4—Solicitor John A. Boykin’s office is rather skeptical about the confession said to have been made in Danville, Va., by O. E. Bur¬ kett, that he killed Charlie Dorsey, the, Atlanta taxi driver, in February, 1921, on the Federal Prison road. Reports from Danville are that Burnett now claims he killed Dorsey because the taxi driver “knew too much abopt the killing chnilection of Ed Mills” II n in g local .hotel Woodward in with the famous Ftoyd bunco ations. Half a dozen people have been ar tested from time to time in connection with the mysterious Dorsey .murder, but each has been release,-! after a quizzing. “We have been fooled three times by fake confessions in connection with the Dorsey murder case,” said Solicitor Bbykm toddy, “and we are going slow on this one.’ A man has been dispatched from the solicitor general’s, office to Danville to quiz Burnett. Woodward, still a fugitive from jus tiee, is wanted here on an tedict nent charging him with the murder of Mills, as well as in connection with the operation of the biggest swindle syndicate ever uncovered in the Southern States. A coroner’s inquest freed Woodward for the Mills mur der, but Subsequently the county grand jury indicted him. MARTIAL LAW IN BARCELONA FUNERAL OF BABY REFUGEE HOURLY SCENE IN ASIA MINOR Heart breaking .sight in the crowded and diseased refugee camps in Asia Minor, where the Near East Relief is striving to care for a horde of homeless refugees. > READY TO OFFER j REAL GUARANTEE | j STRESEMAN SAYS GERMAN CHANCELLOR ASSERTS PASSIVE RESISTANCE SEEMS TO BE NO SOLUTION (By Associated Press.) Berlin, Sept. 13—Chancellor Strese {man, | "We in are an rehdy address to today, give real declared: guaran j tees in order to "srSure the freedom j of the Ruhr.” i j He admitted that absolution, of the | problem could not be obtained by pas j sive resistance. Quiet Restored in Dresden Berlin, Sept. 13.—Quiet has been restored in Dresden, where a demon stratum by unemployed has caused the police to fire on a crowd outside the city hall, it was officially an nouneed today. No one was killed in yesterday’s outbreak, the official j report states, but thirteen rioters i were -wounded. France is Adamant Paris, Sept. 13.—Having informed i Berlin that negotiations cannot be op j ened in the reparations deadlock while | jsistance, Germany’s the policy French remains government one ot re- is i waiting to see whether the rapproach i mcn rumors emanating from Berlin are on H’ trial balloons sent up to at |tract the lull expression of French 'opinion or whetht-i Germany is iead^ to discuss a settlement that w ill sat¬ isfy France. Acting on instructions from Pre¬ mier has let* it be known that he will French ambassador to Germany, has informed Chancellor Stresemann that F ranee adheres to her determination to make abandonment of pass:-e re¬ sistance the first conditions to an op ening of direct negotiations. The pre mier has let it bze known that he will consider in a conciliatory spirit any well defined German proposal that is ‘ made after obstructionist tactics have \ ceased. i - I FIGURE IS NOW TWENTY-EIGHT, | j ON SEVEN LOST DESTROYERS j i (®J’ Associated Press.) ! San the survivors Diego, Cal., of " the Sept, destroyers 13.—Muster in-; j of last volved 1,..^ Saturday C! in the 11^ wreck night at in Point virUiz.U which Honda oaron j n United States destroyers crashed on the rocks was complete.! at the de stroyer repair base here this morning, j after which the official list of dead i and missing was placed at 23 sailors, Although all officers are believed to have been saved, it was stated this fact would not be definitely known until a muster the is enlisted held of the officers, show- j j Muster of men 547 men of the wrecked official destroy-j ers accounted for. The list ( gives 19 men dead or missing from i j the Young, and four from the Delphy. ' which led the vessels to destruction, No change from the list as already printed was made at the destroyer | base. | Sessions of the official board of in-i 1 quiry are scheduled to open at the North Island navy air station tomor-1 row. Officer, of the Delphy are ex-i peeted although to be the principal witnesses, j officers and enlisted men from the other wrecked ships also are j to be called I i MRS. A.E. PASSES AWAY AT HOME LAST LOVABLE WOMAN SUCCUMBS TO an Illness of several WEEKS’ DURATION Mrs. A. E. Leybourne died last nignt at 10:45 o’clock at the family residence, 2209 Norwich street. The passing of Mrs. Leybourne was a severe shock to her countless friends in Brunswick, who were ; prised of her illness, but who were prepared for the news of her death, fthp She Gad had llppYl been isrliennaod indisposed frtv covara] weeks with an attack of gastritis and all that medical aid and loving hearts could do proved unavailing and the end came peacefully last night, Mrs. Leybourne was a most lovable woman. She moved to Brunswick f rom Albany, Ga., with her parents when only three years of age and has lived here since. She was the young¬ est daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. A. D. Gale, a sister of the lamented, Miss Susie, Miss Mattie and Judge A. D. Gale. In the passing of this truly n oble woman there-is occasioned the deepest sorrow and grief. Her family and friends have suffered a* irreparable loss She was the em boniment of love and kindliness and the happiest hours of her life were spent in radiating sunshine among those over whom the shadows hipig heaviest, Besides her husband, Mrs. Lev b'ourne is survived by two sons, Allen E. Leybourne, of Jacksonville; James G. Leybourne, of Brunswick; and one daughter, Miss Eloise Leybourne, of the State Normal College, Athens; two brothers, Dr, L. D. Gale, of Louis¬ ville, Ga., and Hoyt W. Gale, of Cleve¬ land, O., and one sister, Miss Ella Gale, of Louisville, Ga. The funeral will be conducted to- ! morrow afternoon from the First | Baptist church, of which the deceased had been a most devoted and faithful member from childhood. The ser vices will be conducted by Rev. O. P. Gilbert, the following members of that congregation acting as pall „ ^. ^dd^on, Sard ReSl ln drew Lorentzson, and C. F. Kelley. The body of this beloved woman L laid to its final rest in Pal t V ’ Undertaker Edo Mi|lei . b in ch UNION STORE IS TO CONDUCT GREAT SCHOOL DAY SALE THIS WEEK Elsewhere in The News this after noon is an advertisement from the Union Store, corner Newcastle and Monk streets, which is of special in terest to parents and school children alike. Louis Silberstein, the proprietor of this popular store, is to conduct an eight day “school day sale” in which he is making an earnest effort to serve the school boys and girls at most reasonable prices. In addition, Mr. Silberstein is to give to each boy and girl between the ages of 7 and 12 today and Friday a neat “Red Goose” writing tablet, Parents and children are cordially in c ited to visit, the Union store during this sale. BUY WHAT YOU NEED AT HOME AND THUS HELP BRUNSWICK GROW TO BE BIGGER AND GREATER. . . PRICE ARMY OFFICERS HAVE REVOLTED; SITUATION BAD Rank and File of Entire Army, Report States, Joined in Sweeping Revolt CAPTAIN GENERAL SEEMS TO BE LEADER IN MOVE He Has Taken Responsibility and Has Asked Other Dis¬ tricts to Support His Action. —King Alphonso Called. (By Associated Press.) Madrid. Sept. 13.—Army offi¬ cers at Barceylona have revolt¬ ed and martial law has been de¬ clared there. The rank and file of the army has joined the revolt but the navy personnel remains quiet. A council of ministers held a special meeting this morning to consider the situation which is regarded as serious. King Al¬ phonse has been advised of the condition of affairs and re¬ turn here this afternoon. An official statement said the captain general of Barcelona had proclaimed on his own responsi¬ bility a state of siege and invited other districts to support his ac¬ tion. In certain districts, the statement said, it appears that the military forces are disposed to concur in the attitude of r* bellion. ALPHONSO AT MADRID Madrid, Sent. 13.—L»te this afternoon King Alphonso reached Madrid. It is declared the move¬ ment is not against the king but is aimed at the present govern¬ ment. The city of Barcelona presents a normal appearance late today and the army, as a whole, re¬ mains loyal to the government.' The revolt is said to have grown out of the Moroccan cam¬ paign. The military is disgrun¬ tled because of the liberty allow¬ ed the extreme Calanists in hold¬ ing a demonstration against Spain and launching insults . against the dead military men in' ” Morocco. ;• •' Started by High Officers The present state of affairs in Bar¬ celona due to the recent rebellion said to have been started by the? Ijigher officers of the military, will,; unless checked, become one of this city’s greatest rebellions. The military of Barcelona is com¬ prised of all men of the ages of eighteen to twenty-six years residing in the city of Bercelona and its en¬ virons, a* well as the adjoining cities of Valeenia, Terra Gonna, and Ali¬ cante. With the present war with Morroc co now being carried on across the Mediterranean and the great number of this force coming from Barcelona district, it is ’ rumored that unless some arrangement is speedily reached by the king, his cabinet and the mil¬ of itary Spains heads, rights troops, in Morroceo now in will defence have to be withdrawn if this is dotoe l^y the military the danger of -a generil rebellion is inevitable. t WALTER FELTMAN IS ACQUITTED OF MURDER CHARGE WAS ACCUSED OF PARTICIPA¬ TION IN THE KILLING OF WILLIAM TROUTON (By Associated Press.) Newnan, Ga., Sept. 13. — Walter Feltman was freed of the charge of murder in connection with the slaying of \yilliam Trouton,.whose .body .was found in a creek on August 12. The presiding judge ordered the verdict of acquittal for Feltman. Feltman is the first of four men tried and freed. J. W. Minter was sentenced to death and Grady Minter, his son, was givtti life imprisonment. Two others charged with the lollipg wiil be tried next week.