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VOLUME XXIII. No. 36.
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Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist
and Christian Vonng
People Assemble
W. C. LITTLE ONE OF
PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS
Rev. O. K. Hull, President of the
State Christian Endeavor, and
H. Lewis Batts, Secretary or
B. Y. P. U. Make Addresses.
W. C. Little, president of the South
Georgia Kpworth Leagues, has re
turned from Columbus, where he has
been for four days in attendance upon
the meeting of Baptist, Presbyterian,
Methodist and Christian young peo¬
ple.
The meeting was one of the larg¬
est of the kind ever held in the South
of an r.tcr-denopninational session and
was attended by some of the leading
church workers of the state.
Interesting addresses were deliver¬
ed by Rev. O. K. Hull, president of
the State Christian Endeavor; H.
Lewis Batts, state secretary of the
11. Y. P. IJ., and W. C. Little, presi¬
dent of the South Georgia Kpworth
Leagues. A delightful musical pro¬
gram dose' of'Ve'7med1ng7h^‘r was also rendered and at the
present
repaired to the Sunday scnool room
of the church and enjoyed refresh¬
ments.
In opening his talk, Mr. Kull gave
some very interesting facts concern
in;'; the growth and development, of
the work which he represented, stat¬
ing' that in February, 1841, the con¬
gregation of the church of which Dr.
Frank E. Clark was pastor, was or¬
ganized into a society called the
Christian Endeavor society, and that
since that time, the movement had
continued to grow until there are
luiv. 1,000 similar organizations with
a membership of mere than a mil¬
lion, and branches established even in
far : way Thibet, as well as Germany,
Brazil, Australia and other countries.
Mr. Kull laid great stress upon the
church’s duty to superintend the de¬
velopment of its young life, and par¬
ticularly its social side. While it is
true, the speaker stated, that in the
present era, the dance hall, places of
amusement and summer resorts pre¬
dominate, and the young people of to¬
day are more indiscreet than at any
other period, the only way to effect
a change in the situation, is for the
church of Jesus Christ to investigate
and direct the social life of the young¬
er generation.
Mr. Little delivered an address
which was considered by those who
heal'd it to be one of the strongest
delivered.
Mr. Little briefly outlined the rapid
growth of the Kpworth Leap lie dur-.
ing the brief span of its life, and
brought to the Leaguers of the South
Georgia Conference the interesting
r enouncement that by report just is¬
sued from the centra! office, the South
Georgia conference is now the largest
conference in Southern Methodism,
having a total of 397 leagues and 14,
leaguers.
He then took his cue from the fig¬
ure.-; furnished by the three reports of
present membership and punting
Moody's statement, “The world nas
yet to see what God can do with a
thoroughly consecrated man,” spoke
(aii esily for fifteen or twenty min¬
utes, urging the young people of each
of the organizations to give their ser¬
vice and themselves to the work, as¬
suring them that the building of
character, which was the eventual
aim of each, was the greatest work
in the world. His talk throughout
was interspersed with illustrations
which were very apt, and drove home
in a convincing way, the truths he
presented, and the meeting was pro¬
nounced by all. to have been both in¬
spirational and a real success, and
steps were taken before adJ’uormnent,
looking toward making these union
services a regular event.
Mr. Little was more than pleased
with the meeting.
COTTON RECOVERS $4.00
BALE FROM YESTERDAY'S
SHARP DECLINE
New Yolk, Dec. 11 (A 3 )—The
covery of ..approximately $4.00 a
from yesterday’s severe decline oc
cur red today in the cotton
The i ise was accompanied by trade
buying which carried January con
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Los Angeles, Dec. 11 (A 3 )—William
Pinkerton, world famous detective,
died here this morning.
BRUNSWICK NEWS
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W1HTE MAN HELD FOR
MUKDER
ILult in.)..t, Ga., Dec. 1.. A
was reported m.ivclnng in on the
Montgomery county jail, at Mount
Vernon, where Bob Johnson, white
man of Hazlehurst, Ga., is held on
a charge of murder, following the
killing Sunday of Chief of Police T. J.
Kersey, of Hazlehurst. Sheriff Ii. E.
Burch, of Montgomery county, said
lust night he is taking all precaution:;
to resist the mob.
Warren Waters, charged principal
]y with the killing, was spirited out
° ? t,: Sheriff " 3ai * t “ Burch ni ^ t said, an .‘| t:l ahe ! ;su , t0 * had Ia T
con,
received information that the mob
was, on it ; way. Jim Cope, third
men accused in the killing - , is he- i ;n
jail in another county.
The chief of police was killed Sun¬
dry when he went to arrest Waters
on charges of violating his parole, ac¬
cording to information. Sheriff Burch
••aid tonight when Chief Kersey found
Waters at his homo the officer was
shot twice.
Kersey’s body was taken yesterday
to ids forme,• home in Swainsboro,
Emanuel county, for burial.
The mob was reported to be made
up mostly of Swainsboro men.
Waters in Bibb Jail
Macon, Ga., Dee. 11.—Warren
tor:;, who shot and killed T. J.
soy, chief of police of Hazlehurst,
Sunday night, was brought to the
Bibb county jail late yesterday aft
«*raoon by D. L. Evans, sherilf of Jeff
Davis county. The inrisoner was
caught late Sunday night at a friend’s
house about five miles from Hazle
lmr.n, where he had gone after the
shooting. He is charged with
der. Waters was first lodged in the
Montgomery county jail, at Mt. Ver¬
non, but on account of the proximity
to Swainsboro, former hoime of Ker¬
sey, where feeling was said to be
running high, Sheriff Evans deemed
it advisable to bring Waters to Ma
ecu. He will be left in the local jail
until the ease is tried at the next term
of court.
Waters, a man about 48 years of
age, said lie had been farming on
the edge of Hazlehurst about four
yeai's, on the place of G. I). Wilson.
“Kersey had been to my place twice
before,” said Waters, “claiming that
he was searching - for whisky, and
when I saw him coming this time, I
just decided that I wasn’t going to
let him come in. I said ‘Chief, don’t
come in,’ and he replied that he would
come in or kill me, and pulled his
gun. I was standing in the house and
when he didn’t stop I shot.”
DEADLOCK IN SENATE
CONTINUED; CUMMINS
FAILS OF ELECTION,
Washington, Dec. 11 (A 3 )—The
deadlock in the senate continued to¬
day and four ballots Failed to elect
Senator Cummins as chairman of the
Intel st ate Commerce Committee.
EDITOR PROVIDENCE
JOURNAL DIED AT HIS
HOME THIS MORNING
Providence, R. I., Dec. 11 (A 5 )—John
R. Rathorn, editor of the Providence
Journal and Evening - Bulletin, died at
his home hei - e this morning.
HARRIS' BILL PROVIDES
REDUCTION POSTAGE
ON FARM PRODUCTS
Washington, IV itMilllfcf LUII • Doc. L/t’C. 11 11 (Ah—A --A. fifty
percent reduction in postage rates on
farm products mailed directly from
tile falm fo1 ’ delivery at the postoffice
v - 0 m which the route starts, is pro
posed in a bill prepared by Senator
Harris, Democrat, of Georgia.
Carriers handling this class of bus
iness would receive a commission.
GA., DEC. 1923.
LATE PRESIDENT
IS EULOGIZED BY
| j HIS
Is Broadcast From Washington
Last Night by Radio All
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Over Country
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! ONE OF FEATURES OF
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HARDING MEMORIAL
Coolidge Said “Dead Chief Was
Eminently Fitted to Serve a
Distracted World in a Diffi¬
cult Period of History.”
Washington, Dec. 11.—President
I Harding iwas eulogized by his succes
Uor in office, Calvin Coolidge, in an ad
; diess broadcast last night by radio,
I as one who was eminently fitted “to
serve a distracted world in a difficult
j period of ita history .„
j The ) ate president, Mr. Coolidge
| declared, came upon the world’s stage
at a time it seemed set for other char
actors and after it had been domi¬
nated long by “the captains and the
kings, the armies and the navies, the
men who would not have peace.”
“Yet he found his place,” Mr. Cool¬
idge added, j'“He caught the ear of
a war-tired^world. .......:.....iV*.......l.l T.T.. He called our ......
country back to the ways of peace and
gladly it came. He beckoned the na¬
tions to come and sit in council. He
pointed them the way to peace.’’
The president spoke in his study at
the White House, and his address, one
of the features of the nation-wide ob¬
servances of.Harding Memorial week
was carried to the farthermost parts
of the country. Exceptional facilities
for broadcasting were provided as all
broadcasting stations were requested
by the department of commerce to
remain silent during the time Mr.
Coolidge spoke.
Mr. Coolidge began his address
with a reference to Leigh Hunt’s
poem, Aboil Ben Adhem, in which
an angel writes the name of him who
j loves his fellow men at the head of
the list of “those who love the Lord.”
“It will be hard to find a better pic
j ture than this of President Harding,
the man we loved and mourn,” said
(Mr. Coolidge after reciting a verse
of the poem. “He loved his fellow
j men, and because they felt it and
! knew it, they loved and trusted him.
His whole life from the knee of that
cherished mother who had an inspired
faith in him, down to the day when
a sorrowing world laid its tributes at
his bier, was a continuing testimony
to his devotion to them and to their
faith in him.
“Some will say that such a sweet
and gentle nature could only have
j .for found service its setting in strange and its and opportunity
j j time. Perhaps a they right. Yet
are
he came to. the world’s stage in an
hour when it seemed set for other
characters. The captains and the
kings, the armies and the navies, the
men who (would have war, and
men who would not have peace, had
long - dominated the scene,
among them could peace be made
could ear be found, for this kindly,
gentle, gracious soul?”
j BRUNSWICK BOY ONE
OF ANNUAL DEBATERS
AT UNIVERSITY OF GA.
A number of the more important
cities of Georgia, including Bruns¬
wick, twill be represented in the an¬
nual junior and senior impromptu de¬
bate at the University of Georgia, the
debaters for the occasion being - se¬
lected in a competitive tryout held in
Demosthenian Hall, on the campus of
the university recently.
Those selected were: For the De¬
mosthenian literary society, W. G.
Cooper, Jr., Atlanta; C. K. Nelson,
Dublin; D. Donaldson, Summit;JG. F.
Gowen, Brunswick; T. E. Merritt, Ma¬
con; J. W. Brown, Athens; for the Phi
Kappa Society, Irvin P. Myerson,
Athens; Bernhard Dornblatt, Athens;
W. C. Carter, Atlanta; Edward P.
Lawton, Savannah; A. A. Marshal,
■Atlanta. c
Mr. Gowen is a son of Mrs. J. H.
Whitmire, of this city, and is one of
Brunswick’s brightest young men. It
will be a source of gratification to his
friends to learn of his brilliant
achievement.
WTURKEY POURED ON STREET
! McDonough, Ga., Dec. 11 (A 5 ) —One
I hundred and eighty-five quarts of
? i Scotch wvvia-u and «“' ‘ Irish whiskey were poured r v “ lvu
! out on the streets here under order
of Judge Turner of the county court
recently. The whiskey was found by
officers in an automobile which was
carrying it from Florida northward.
The two men caught with it were giv
fcn heavy fines with the alternative of
a jail sentence.
Five States Revolt Against Obregon:
Leaders Demand End of His “Misrule ”
President Obregon, above at left,
and th* leaders in the revolts
against his rule. Abov*. in cen¬
ter, Gen. Chao. At right, Gen.
Gutierrez de Lara, in center, I
Gen. Calles, friend of Obregon presi-1
and hi* candidate for the
dency. Lower row: Raoul Ma
dero, Adolph de la Huerta, Gen. j
Pablo Gonzales and Gen. Bernar¬
do Reyes.
Here are the principal figures
in the revolt in Mexico which
threatens the Obregon govern¬
ment and the election of the Ob¬
regon candidate at the coming
HOUSE PUCES
ELLIS MEASURE
FOR EARLY ACTION
GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS STILL
DEADLOCKED OVER LANK¬
FORD TAX BILL
Atlanta, Dec. 11. —With the Geor¬
gia general assembly still in the
throes of a deadlock-over the Lank¬
ford constitutional amendment in¬
come tax, the house late .yesterday
again placed the Ellis statutory in¬
come tax bill, defeated once during;
the present extraordinary session on
its calendar for early action.
The measure is next in order, but
Chairman Ennis, of ; the house ways
and means committee last night stat¬
ed the general tax act, in which sen
ute * las ac *ded numerous amendments,
will be ready for action by lower body
at 10:00 o'clock today. As the
act lias right of way over all other
legislation, it probably will be pushed
for decision.
When the Ellis bill was brought up
last week, it failed of passage be¬
cause of the lack of a constitutional
majority. Another measure which
failed to pass for the same reason—
the Holden-Stovall bill to exempt new
industrial enterprises from taxation
for a period of seven years—was
placed on the calendar for considera¬
tion after the Ellis income tax meas
The house adopted a recommenda¬
tion of the rules committee that on
each bill only thirty (minutes be al¬
lowed for debate, the time to be even¬
ly divided between both sides.
A message announcing that the
house had refused to accept senate
amendments to the Ennis revenue de¬
partment bill, which would place the
machinery in the office of the state
tax commissioner instead of creating
a new department, was sent to the up¬
per body last week and is scheduled
to be acted upon today. In case the
senate stands firm in its position a
conference committee (will be appoint¬
ed with a view of reaching a compro¬
mise.
Administration leaders last night
expressed themselves greatly pleased
with the action of the senate in re¬
considering its action Friday reject¬
ing the report of the third conference
committee on the Lankford income
tax bill. Both the house and senate
yesterday recommitted the report and
measure to the same committee.
The house defeated the Aubrey bill
to make tax collectors ex-officio sher¬
iffs in the collection of taxes.
The author gave notice he would
ask for a reconsideration. Later, the
house tabled the Grovenatein meas
ure to make tax collectors ex-officio
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PASSES
RESOLUTION TO
ADJOURN FRIDAY
SENATOR DUKE INTRODUCES j
MEASURE, BUT MUST HE
CONCURRED IN BY HOUSE
Atlanta, Dec. 11 UP)—A resolution
providing that the general assembly
adjourn sine die next Friday at 6
o’clock was adopted today by the sen¬
ate. It must be concurred in by the
house, which it is conceded is doubt¬
ful.
The resolution was introduced by
Senator Duke.
BANK DEPOSITORS PAID
Moultrie, Ga„ Dee. 11 (A 5 )—Depos¬
itors of the Farmers and Merchants
Bank of Beilin, closed more than a
year ago by state bank examiners,
who had balances to their credit at
the time of liquidation, have all re¬
ceived payment in full, according to
the report of the liquidating agent,
E. Baskew. An excess of $25,000 was
on deposit at the time of the closing
of the doors of the bank, according to
the reports.
NEGRO SERGEANT HONORED
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 11 (A 3 )—SergL j
Charles Butler, retiring from the'
United States Army after thirty
years of service, was honored with a
regimental review here recently. But¬
ler is a negro and has served in every
war the country has engaged in for
the past thirty years numbering
among his first the Indian wars of
’92 and ’9G. He was formerly of Com¬
pany G, twenty-fourth infantry.
sheriffs in the collection of special
taxes.
BRUNSWICK HAS A LAND¬
LOCKED HARBOR, THE BEST
ON THE SOUTH ATLANTIC
(OAST.........
PRICE FIVE CENTS
general election*.
Five states are said to be in
revolt, the military leaders de¬
mand the end of the “misrule.”
The five states are Vera Cruz,
San Luis Potosi, Chihuahua,
Michoacan and Tamaulipas. Lo¬
pez Lara is leading the Tom&ufi
pas Chihuahua, Gen. Chaos is heading th»
(action.
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PASSES AWAY AT
HOMERVILLE, GA.
FORMER BRUNSWICK CITIZEN
BROUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL
THIS AFTERNOON
R. M. McLaughlin, former pvomi
nent Brunswick merchant, died yes
tenlay afternoon at 4:20 o’clock, at
his hone at Homerville, Ga. The re
mains reached Brunswick today a t
noon over the Atlantic Coast Line,
the interment being held at Oak
Grove cemetery, the deceased being
laid to his final rest by the side of
his wife, who died here twenty years
ago. who
Tiie Tl. death of Mr. McLaughlin,
was sixty-six years of age, will cause
genuine regret among his old friends
in Brunswick, by whom he was held
in the highest esteem. He left this
city seventeen years ago, locating in
Lakeland, Fla., going from there to
Homerville several years ago, where
has since resided. Mr. McLaugh
Iin's health began to fail some time
ago. He was of a genial, optimistic
disposition and made friends of all
with whom he was thrown in contact.
Mr. McLaughlin is survived by his
wife and six children, two by his sec¬
ond marriage, Marion and Hal.; and
four by iiis first marriage, Mrs. B. K.
Young, of Lakeland; Miss Lula Mc¬
Laughlin, of Lakeland; W. S. Mc¬
Laughlin, of Atlanta, and D. O. Mc¬
Laughlin, of New Smyrna, Fla., and
one sister Mrs. N. Lane, of Bransford,
Fla. *
The funeral services were conduct¬
ed this afternoon from Miller’s mor¬
tuary chapel, Rev. C. D. Ogg, pastor
of the Norwich Baptist church, offi¬
ciating. Inteilinent will be held in
Oak Grove cemetery.
FIVE DESTROYERS
AMERICAN ASIATIC
FLEET TO HONGKONG
Manila, Dec. 11 (A 3 )—Five destroy¬
ers of the American Asiatic fleet left
here this afternoon bound for Hong
Kong, the vessels were ordered to the
Chinese port in connection with the
situation at Canton and that vicinity.
TO COMPEL NEW YORK
ANTI -SALOON LEAGUE
FILE ELECTION EXPENSES
New York, Dec. 11 (A 3 )—State’s at¬
torney’s office today took preliminary
steps to compel the New York Anti
Saloou League to file an account of
jts fall primary and general election
expenses for 1922.
HOUSEBUILDING
PROGRAM GIVEN
GREAT IMPETUS
Meeting Held at Board of Trade
Rooms Last Night by
Business Men
TENTATIVE PLAN FOR
BUILDING HOMES GIVEN
Committees are Named by
Chairman C. H. Sheldon and
Active Work to Carry Out
Plans Submitted to Begin.
The house building movement in
i Brunswick was given a decided impe
! tus last night when a large number
j of representative Trade business assembly men met in
■ the Board of rooms
| to which take had definite been action discussed in the for mutter,
• some
j | time.
Chairman C. H. Sheldon, of the new
j industries bureau, of the Board of
j Trade, called the meeting last, night
! that the plan that lias been worked
; out might be presented to the busi
i ness men of Brunswick that the pro
| gram might be started at the earliest
* possible moment, as there is a ery
i ing need for houses in this city. It
is primarily the purpose of the spon
! sors of the movement to conduct a
j “home-owning* campaign.
| It is the plan to construct houses,
from four to eight rooms, in certain
j sections of the city, where lots are
j available at prices that the buyer can
! afford on a co-operative basis.. The
I house- are to be sold on a monthly
I payment plan, such monthly pay
; meats which would not exceed but a
j small amount, if any at all, for the
; rental of the houses or bungalows.
The meeting last night iwas thrown
j open for discussion of the subject and
■ the greatest degree of confidence was
| expressed by altogether everyone present feasible tiiat and
j the plan was
j could be carried out with unquestion
I cd success. James P. Davenport,
i president of the Board of Trade, fully
I endorsed the movement, stating that
j it was imperative that a building
[plan | be inaugurated at once as it was
absolutely essential that Brunswick
! have more houses if she ever expect-
1 ed to expand. He thought Hit 1 eo
| I operative would plan, as accomplish outlined by splendid the pro
j moters,
results.
On (motion of Chairman E. I..
I Stephens, of the board of county com
I missioners, which was seconded bv
^ E Twjtty> of the Brunswick
Bank & Trust Company, Chairman
Sheldon was authorized to appoint a
committee to formulate definite plans
» Prospectus for the work¬
ings and operations of an orgamza
tion to execute the ideas presented at
the meeting. This committee con¬
sists of C. H. Sheldon, Paul E. Twit
ty and City Manager G. L. Rinkliff.
Another motion prevailed empow¬
ering the chair to appoint a commit¬
tee of three to canvass the cty for
prospectve purchasers of homes on
the monthly payment, or co-operative,
plan. The committee named was
W. J. Butts, Clarence Peddicord and
Fred G. Warde.
There was the greatest degree of
enthusiasm in evidence at the meet¬
ing last night and the opinion of ev¬
eryone was that the home building
plan (would be brought to a successful
status in Brunswick within a short
time. The need of houses is impera¬
tive and it is realized that if this
city is to expand and grow something
must be done to bring about this
needed situation.
DENY REPORTS YAOUI
INDIANS ARE TO JOIN
THE REVOLUTIONISTS
Nogales, Mexico, Dec. 11 (A 3 )—Ad¬
vices from Hermosillo today officially
deny rumors that the Yaqui Indians
in Sonora have taken the war path as
revolutionists.
These reports assert that the In¬
dian's will only rebel if the govern¬
ment fails to keep up the supply of
provisions it has been furnishing
them, and officials declare there is a
remote possibility that this will be
done.
ASSISTANT WEATHER
OBSERVER FOUND DEAD;
POLICE SAY SUICIDE
Atlanta, Dec. 11 (A 3 )—Leon J. Guth¬
rie, 55, assistant observer of the Unit¬
ed States weather bureau here, last
night was found dead with a pistol
builet (wound in his head. The police
declared it was a case of suicide. Mr.
Guthrie came here from Fort Smith,
Ark,, about one year ago. Govern¬
ment officials said he was in charge
of the office there at one time.