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BRUNSWICK HAS A LAND¬
LOCKED HARBOR, THE BEST
ON THE SOUTH ATLANTIC
COAST....... . .
VOLUME XXIII. No. 20.
90 PERCENT GUARDSMEN KLAN MEMBERS
COULD PUT END
'fO MARTIAL LAW
DR. LONG SAYS
Is Member of Legislature and
Also Admits to Being a
klansman
SAID GRAND DRAGON COULD
CALL MEN DOING DUTY OFF
In Meantime Governor Walton
is Holding His Own and is
Not Taking Water in Any
Manner Whatever.
Y MOB BEAT MAN, CUT OFF
HIS EAR AND TRIED TO
MAKE HIM EAT IT, CLAIM
(By Associated Press.)
Oklahoma City, Sept. 24.—A
Y story of how members of a
♦ masked mob at Tulsa after mer
Y cilessly beating a victim, cut off
A one of his ears and tried to force Y
♦ him to eat it, was made public Y
♦ tonight by Governor ,T. C. Wal- Y
♦ ton >, n tbe form of testimony givr Y
Y en the Tulsa , military courts by Y
Y J. H. Smitherman. Y
Y “This is only one of the lmn- Y
Y dreds of such crimes committed, ♦
Y which the civil authorities of this ♦
Y state refuse to prosecute,” de
f dared the executive. “I ask the Y
f people of the civilized world, in Y
Y the presence of this testimony if Y
Y I was not justified in proclaim- Y
Y ing martial law in the city of ♦
Y Tulsa.” Y
AY yYYYYAYYY y Y
(By Associated Press.)
Oklahoma City, Sept. 24.—A state
ment declared that 90 percent mem
bers of the Oklahoma national,
guardsmen were members of the Ku
Klux Klan and that all that would
be necessary to stop martial law in
Oklahoma would be for N. C. Jewett,
grand dragon of Oklahoma to call out
the klan members now in service, was
issued by Dr. C. S. Long, represen
tative from Tulsa county, in the leg
islature.
Dr. Long admitted that he was a
member of the klan himself but made
it plain, howe-ver, that such, action
would not be taken.
Governor in Seclusion
The rush of evepts that have
lowed the extension of martial law a
week ago paused Sunday while Gov
ernor J. C. Walton, worn by the ex
ertions of his campaign against the
Ku Klux Klan, remained in seclusion
at his residence.
Military courts in Oklahoma City
and Tulsa were not in session and
headquarters of the guard officers
were quiet.
Observers of the situation' looked
for an indication of its solution this
week. •' An attempt to convene the
state house of representatives Wed¬
nesday without call by the governor
is expected to reveal the immediate
course of developments.
The session was called by
with the expressed purpose of hives
tigating certain official acts of
nor Walton. The governor has brand
ed the session as a “Ku Klux Klan
demonstration” and has declared the
legislators will not be permitted to
meet. Whether Governor Walton will
back up his threat to jail any who
make an attempt remains to be seen,
Last night he said methods to be used
to block the session would be in the
hands of Adjutant General B. II.
Markham. The latter declined to
veal his intended course of action.
Members Want No Violence
A statement issuhd last night by
W. D. McBee, representative from
Stephens county, a leader in
movement to convene the house,
dared members who will meet do
intend to resort to violence if
governor uses force to disperse
He said if they are not permitted
Kpw j ene ene they tney will will “resore "resore i(o t(o
■Cuu !« ■ s for for vindication vindication of of our our
This, in the opinion of many
servers, will be the channel
which the tangled events will pass
final solution. That the matter
be in litigation some time is
not probable.
The citizens of Oklahoma and
nation at large had before them
day an appeal from Governor
issued last night, for funds
which to establish newspapers in
state “that will tell the people
truth.” The governor asserted
certain Oklahoma papers were
sidized with money from Atlanta”
were refusing to carry to the
testimony adduced by the
courts tending to implicate the
Klux Klan in law violations.
More Troops
More troops are to be
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MACON DENTIST FACING JURY ON SAME OLD CHARGE
SUIT IN EQUITY
FILED AGAINST
LOCALLAWYERS
J. B. Wright, D; W. Krauss and
Hope Strong Named as
Defendants
SENSATIONAL ALLEGATIONS
MADE IN THE PETITION
Alvin B. Rowe, Savannah Law¬
yer, Seeks to Set Aside Sale
Property of His Late Grand¬
mother, Mrs. M. C. Rowe.
Sensational allegations were made
in a suit fiVI in the superior court
! this mo, ' ni,1 £ b >’ Alvin, I!. Rowe,, well
j known Savannah attorney, against J.
i I B. Weight, 1). W, Krauss, and Hope
StronK( „ r the firm of Krauss &
: Strong, , local , , lawyers. _ 1 h-is
i .returnable'
; a bill in equity and is to
i th(> next term of tire Court.
J The allegations that the nlnntiffs set out,are sold sub&tan- the
} Mrs. property M. C. of Rowe, the grandmother estate of the of late Mr.
| Rowe, at sheriff sale after having
s
,
j that given the the sale plaintiff would every he held assurance
not in or
i der to give the plaintiff time to re
deem the property. Mr. Wright had
ja mortgage which for $3,000.00 duo on unpaid. the prop- It
i erty, was and
j 1 was 1 ho petition, agreed by that the the defendants, plaintiff alleges would
he given a specified time in which to
1 pay off the indebtedness,
ft. is alleged that, the plaintiff was
I a.-Tvised, after the notice of sale of
i 'he nropmty during the regular hours
1 °f the sheriff s sale, had been puo
jHshed, that the property would not be
j offered as advertised,, hut that the
plaintiff would lie granted more time
m which to redeem the property. In
; violation of that agreement, alleges
j and the sold petition, the property the defendants at sheriff’s offered sale
| the day it advertised be
; on was to
on the first Tuesday in Septem
I her. thus taking advantage of the
plaintiff,, who would have been pres
ent, had ho known that the property
vus to have been sold, in order to pro¬
tect, his interests.
The property, valued at approxi¬
mately $8,000, was sold to J. R.
Wright for the sum or .$1,000, it
is alleged in the petition and the
plaintiff prays to have the sale set
aside.
soon, the governor declared , as .
night. Ho said the “scope” for abso¬ ,
lute martial law will probable be ex¬
tended to several other counties. At
present only three counties in the
state are under such designated mil
itary rule. In one, Creek county, no
troops are on duty and no effort has
been made in the week since the de¬
j cree was promulgated to interfere in
any way with the regular civil au
: thorities. In Tulsa and Oklahoma
counties, the other two, but few
troops are under arms and there is
j virtually no interruption to the
j mal life of the cities. In Oklahoma
j City the state fair is attracting thou
j sands of visitors to the city and is
being policed entirely by regular city
\ officers. Critics
Answer
A statement replying to critics who
have assailed him for suspending the
writ of heheas corpus and quoting a
federal statute passed in 1871 which
lie said “outlawed the klan in the
United States” was issued by the ex
ecutive.
“Much has been said about the sus
pension of the writ of habeas corpus
and there are those who declare that
during the days of reconstruction fol
lowing the Civil war, the writ of ha
beas corpus was never
! the governor said. “I fear the mem
ory of some people is failing for there
j 1 was passed April a law 20, by 1871 the congress which and
approved , was
known as the ‘Ku Klux Klan
i This law was directed at'the klan and
| outlawed it in the United States.”
j “The federal government was hav
! ing to meet the very same conditions
j that I have to meet,” said Gov. Wal
ton, “and met them just as I have
had to meet them. * * * Now let
the newspapers’ court, headed by E.
1 K. Gaylord (publisher of the Daily
Oklahoman), pay its respects to
United States law that made it a
high crime for masked and robed
ganizations to pass along
BRUNSWICK, GA., MONDAY, SEPT. 24, 1923.
MISS ADEL RYAN,
OF FINANCIAL
FAMILY, IS HURT
AUTO WRECK CAUSES INJURY
TO HER AND DEATH TO
A COMPANION
(Ry Associated Press.)
New York, Sept. 24.—Miss Adel
Ryan, debutante, daughter of John
Barry Ryan, and granddaughter of
Thomas Fortune Ryan, financier, is in
a critical condition in a Long Branch
hospital, the victim of an automobile
crash early Sunday morning at As
bury park, and which cost the life of
Lieut. Lewis Gordon Nome, hockey
§tar of Princeton.
Hospital authorities declined to de¬
tail Miss Ryan’s injuries or to give
the names of others in the party.
COOLIDGE ATTENDS
MEMORIAL SERVICE
FOR LATE PRESIDENT
(Ry Associated Press.)
Washington, Sept. 24.—President
and Mrs. Coolidge attended memorial
services yesterday for Warren G.
Harding at Calvary Baptist church,
wherethe late chief executive wor¬
shipped. There they heard the Rev.
W. S. Abernethy, pastor, say that it
was not God’s will that Mr. Harding
should die.
‘‘Some people,” said the minister,
“have said that it was God's will that
President Harding should not live.
Rut I do not believe that.
“Sharp gibes and heartless criti¬
cisms wounded • his kindly heart and
contributed to.: his death. And, then,
there president's.' were thi^j.iurdens These we lay human upon
our wore
blunders. Afterwards we sent only
flowers. Mr. Abernethy We'.shqjBd,flifiad listed our the ways.” things
as
which made Mr. Harding great his
ability to see greatness in others, his
humility; hit gentleness; his courage;
his passion for peace; his human
qualities and his religious convictions.
The minister was abroad at the
time of the president’s death, and
church was delayed until today.
PERSIAN EARTHQUAKE
KILLS MORE THAN 100;
DOES GREAT DAMAGE
(By Associated Press.)
Teheran, Persia, Sept. 24.—Several
villages in the vicinity of Bejnurd are
reported destroyed with casualties so j
far as known of 123 dead and 100 in- i
jured religion in an earthquake which shook j j
this last Thursday, say dis
P atcl , > es r ?. achl , . n ? , here
Later dispatches f state ; . the ... shocks .
are continuing and the people are
! panic stricken. Damage is also
ported in the district of Shirvan.
REPLY OF CHINA IN
BANDITS' KIDNAPING
IS AN EVASIVE ONE
(By Associated Press.)
Pekin, China, Sept. 24.—China has
replied evasively to the demands pre¬
j se nted by the diplomatic corps as the
j re sult of the raid of the I.in Cho Sing
: bandits last May when foreigners,
I j n cluding a number of Americans,
were kidnaped from a train and de
j tained in the Shantung hills for
weeks.
j-
j PRODUCTION
OF AUTOS AND TRUCKS
SHOWN FOR THIS YEAR
j duction Washington, Sept. 24.—Record pro
: of automobiles and trucks
I this year was shown in figures made
j pu blic today by the commerce depart
: ment F or t b e first eight months the
.
, duction totals passe ,| those for
j ejther the entire pre ceding tw0
y 0 ‘! 1 , , 101
j ,ase< u P on re P m s Ionl man
1 ufacturers the department s report
! showed that up to September 1 the
j factories this year had turned out j
2,431 passenger cars and 258,774 j
! trucks, including fire apparatus and
• street sweepers. The entire output
! j as t yea r war 0 nly 2,309,414 passen
j rer cars an(1 244,882 trucks, while the
j | 1921 totalg were 1 , 535,196 and 147,
m respectively .
The peak of production this year
came in May when 350,181 passenger
cars and 43,228 trucks were turned
out, later months showing a slight
decrease, those for August being 304,
010 and 30,251 respectively*
Uncle Sam Starts in Scrapping;
Neighbors? No! Battle Cruisers
Rear Admiral CJiarles Plunkett, U.
S. N., started the American naval
scrapping program, in conformance
mrs. ward takes
IN DEFENSE
OF HER HUSBAND
_
§ a y S }Sight Of Alleged Killing of
Clarence Peters He Came
Home at 4 A. M.
SATISFACTORY EXCUSE
FOR LATENESS OF HOUR
Tells of poiiig to Bermuda and
Returning to Atlantic City,
This She Said Was to Avoid
Going Before Grand Jury.
(By Associated Press.)
White Plains, N. J., Sept. 24.—Mrs.
Walter S. Ward took the stand today
in the trial of her husband on the
charge of murdering Clarence Peters.
She said the night of the shooting he
came home at four o’clock in the
morning and came into her bedroom.
Here the court ruled that she did not
have to testitfy of what he told her.
Answering question # of the
a pros¬
ecuting attorney Mrs. Ward sail his
explanation as to the lateness of his
arrival was a satisfactory one. Mrs.
Ward said following the shooting she
went to the Bermudas and telegraph
ed her husband to let her come home
and get the children and go to an¬
other resort and she went with them
to Atlantic City to evade appear¬
ance before the grand jury.
The witness cried softly and made
an effort to smile while testifying.
When she left the stand she gazed
fixedly at her husband, then sat down
crying audibly, The testimony of
Mrs. Ward was favorable to the de¬
fendant.
ANDREW COLLEGE OPENS •
Cuthbert, Ga„ Sept. 24 .—Andrew
Female College, with an attendance
of approximately 150 students, is now
in the first part of its fall term.
Girls from Georgia, Alabama, Flori¬
da and far-away China are among
those in attendance. The institution
is the property of the South Georgia
conference of the Methodist Episco¬
pal church, South.
with the Four-Power treaty, by wield
ing an acetylene torch on the steel
plates of the semi-completed hull of
• • i
Y ENTERED FOR RACES FOR Y
f SCHNEIDER CUP IS LOST Y
Y __ -- Y
♦ (By Associated Press.) 4
Y London, Sept. 24.—The Amer- Y
Y iean seaplane entered for the Y
Y seventh annual competition for Y
Y the Schneider cup, September Y
Y 28, fell into the sea early today Y
Y near Plymouth and was totally Y
Y wrecked. Y
Y The occupants of the huge air- Y
Y craft were picked up and none Y
Y were injured. Y
Y Y
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FOUR MEET DEATH
THREE INJURED AT
TROLLEY CROSSING
THREE OTHERS IN HOSPITAL
WITH FRACTURED
SKULLS
Schenectady, N. Y.„ Sept. 24—Four
persons were killed and two others
injured when their automobile was:
struck by an interurban trolley car
near here late yesterday.
The dead are: Mrs. Louise Talford,
19, ,of Schenectady; Regina Talford,
her one-year-old daughter; Earl
Moore, Schenectady, brother of Mrs.
Talford; Mrs. Games Levee, 35,
neetady, sister of Mrs. Talford.
The injured are: Herbert Clarke,
7, of Albany, and Robert Talforn, hus
band of Mrs. Louise Talford.
The highway runs parallel with the
tracks of the Schenectady
Company. Passengers in the trolley
ea ^. said the au tomobile automobile apparently
" The
wa s rac j ng jt. was
struck when it attempted to cross
S
feet before it was brought to a stop.
DOCTOR COMMITS SUICIDE
Baltimore, Md., Sept. 24.—Dr. John
Alexander Williams, 52 years old of
Greensboro, N. C., committed suicide
yesterday by severing an artery in
his right leg and bleeding to death in
a private sanitarium. He was dis
covered by a nurse who was attend
ing him.
BUY WHAT YOU* NEED AT
HOME AND THUS HELP
BRUNSWICK GROW TO BE
BIGGER AND GREATER. . .
half fin
ished “Indiana’ at Brooklyn navy
yard; Capt. Edmund W. Bonnaff.m
and Rear Admiral Plunkett watch
ing the process, and, below, Piun
Kelt wielding first B «ty, ue torch
<m "Indiana's” hull.
S. dreadnaught “Indiana” at
! Brooklyn navy^ yard. Twenty-one
battleships and cruisers are to be
I scrapped in eighteen months.
twou.s. airmen
MEET DEATH IN
HOLLAND RACES
-
LlClltS. Ulmstead . aflu , r LhOplR't , ,
Killed by Lightning Sunday
Near Brussels
AMERICAN CONTESTANTS
IN GORDON BENNETT RACES
U. S. Balloon S-6 is Third to be
Destroyed in This Race and
Five Aeronauts Have Lost
Their Lives in Same Contest.
(By Associated Press.)
Brussels, Sept. 24.—The Unit¬
ed States’ balloon S- 6 . competing
in the James Gordon Bennett in¬
ternational race, was struck by
lightning last evening 1 and Lieu¬
tenants Olmstead and Choptaw,
her occupants, were killed.
j This is thethird balloon to be
destroyed in this race and five
j aeronauts have been killed. The
j S -6 was destroyed near Mistel,
| Rode province of North Brabant,
the Holland Aero Club of Brus¬
i sels has officially announced.
MRS. JULIUS MAY TO
DISPOSE OF REALTY
! HERE IN OCTOBERi
;
1 Mrs. Julius May will arrive in the
' c ’ t F on October 1st, from Los Ange
: Je». which city she has made her home
\ maT^ar^r^uns^ckian and Z
! f ™ nds who wl11 be Klad to wel ‘
come her back on her visit.
While in Brunswick Mrs. May ex
! pects to dispose of her realty hold
| ings here, consisting of both residen
j tial and business buildings. She is
: the owner of some of the most valu
I able property in the city and the an
! nouncement that Mrs. May will dis
j pose of all of it will attract the at
| tention of prospective purchasers of
j real estate in Brunswick.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
DR. YARBROUGH
AGAIN ON TRIAL
FOR FLOGGING
Was Acquitted for Whipping R.
F. Mills at the Trial
Held Last Week
THIS TIME CHARGED WITH
WHIPPING W. 0. BARNETT
In Former Case Barnett Testi¬
fied That Defendant Had Par¬
ticipated in His Flogging
Many Months Ago.
(By Associated Press.)
Macon, Sept. 24.—Dr. C. A. Yar¬
brough, prominent dentis. ar.d alleged
ring leader of Q e many Macon flog¬
gings, again went to trial today and
thi? time he is chaiged with partici¬
pation in the flogging of W. O. Bar¬
nett.
Dr. Yarbrough was admitted last
week on the charge of whipping R. F.
Mills, well known chiropodist, and
Barnett testified at this trial that
Yarbrough had taken a hand in the
whipping of him, together with a
number of others.
Solicitor General Moore is repre
i se " tin;J ' the state a " d ^n P. Ross,
i? ho won f not verdict in the
j forme ; . , « « am conducting the
|Ca ^ < 01 1 e eris ®'
I Many . witnesses from several sec¬
tions of the state are present and the
lease will likely last for more than
| two days. Interest is almost as in¬
tense in the present trial as it was in
the last.
It is stated that Wallace Mill
i er, former assistant United States
| to district assist attorney, City Solicitor has Roy been W. retained
! Moore
| in ging the prosecution it became of the known Macon fiog
I cases, here last
I night. Trial of the cases, postponed
last Monday, were resumed in city
court this morning,
i P. II. Lamb, who assisted Mr.
j Moore in the pros;'.’ff ion of Dr. S. A.
I Yarbrough when the dentist was tried
on a charge of riot in connection with
the flogging by R. F. Mills, former
Macon barber and chiropodist, will
| continue There to assist six in the charges prosecution.
are more against
!j) r c. A. Yarbrough, in addition to
the one on which he was acquitted a
week ago. Besides these c&ses, J. F.
Alexander is charged with rioting and
assault anil battery in connection
with the flogging of Ollie Perry; J.
P. Durkee, Ku Klux Klan member¬
ship solicitor for Macon and Bibb
county, with riot in connection with
the flogging of R. F. Mills; J. D. Pat
i rick, W. F. Delamar and J. E. Blood
worth with riot in connection with the
flogging of R. F. Mills and S. R., J.
C., and C. F. Hudson, brothers, are
charged with having attempted to
J whip a negro. '
Solicitor Moore in setting the cases
over for one week announced that he
had discovered new evidence in the
cases which he desired to look up be¬
fore taking up any others of the case.
He declined to state what this evi¬
dence was. ,
Mrs. Lynwood Bright, of Atlanta,
whose divorce ,-1 husband was flogged,
but who failed to appear at Dr. Yar¬
brough’s- first trial, was present to¬
day.
The state charged that her husband
was whipped after Mrs. Bright visited
the dentist’s office but the defense
claims she went there to thank him
for assisting ,in arranging bond.
POULTRY ASSOCIATION
WILL SOON RESUME ITS
INTERESTING MEETINGS
The Glynn County Poultry Breed
ers’ Association, which “recessed” for
u.Ir ^ee’kiv m^Hng^^U^
a source of great pleasure as well as
profit to fanciers both in Brunswick
and Glynn county.
Since the organization of the asso¬
ciation poultry raising has increased
to that point where Glynn is among
the foremost producing counties in
the state. At one time it was among
those last on the list. It is said that
the association’s fair later in the fall
will eclipse any previous effort and
this is saying a great deal.