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TWELVE PACES
VOLUME XXIII. No. SO.
EXTRA SESSION
LEGISLATURE IS
THING OF PAST
Representative Mann, of Glynn
County, Briefly Reviews
Bills Passed
V! UT I:VERY ISSUE
SQUARELY, HE SAYS
When Adjournment Was Taken
Friday Night, Speaker Neili
Said Extra Session Had Ac¬
complished Much.
Representative B. E. Mann
oil from Atlanta yesterday morning,
where he lias been in constant,
tendance upon the Georgia legislature
since that body was called into extra
session by Governor Walker five
weeks ago. Mr. Mann, one of the
most active members of the house,
gave out the following interview to
The News on his return yesterday, in
which he. states succinctly what the
lower house accomplished during the
extra session and which embodies the
salient features of the session which
ve as brought to a close, sine die, Fri
day night at 7 o’clock.
in his interview with a Nqws rep
resontative last night, Mr. M inn stut
ed with some emphasis, that the peo¬
ple of the state were not fully in¬
formed as to just what the legislature
had done during the five weeks in
which it was in session. Covering
briefly the situation. Mr. Mann said:
‘•As to what the legislature did I
wood say that it passed nearly all the
measures for which it was called,
ft did not repeal the tax equalization
law, nor did it pass a state income
tax hill- Notable among the meas
ures passed were the general tax act
md the Ennis bill providing adequate
machinery for the collection of all
delinquent taxes, the passage of eith¬
er one of which would amply justify
the governor in calling the extraordi¬
nary session. Each of these bills
lend toward distributing tile tax butt
deii.”
In referring to the general tax
■which is readjusted every two years,
and which was to have been
this year, Mr. Mann said: “It provides
for all the, professional, occupational
arid license taxes, and other kinds of
pernal taxes. It might be observed
that the special taxes provided $7,-
1 ) 00,000 of the $12,000,000 raised last
year for the support of the state. Tile
live mill ad valorem levy on the state
property provided the other
“The Ennis bill,” said Mr. Mann,
“provides for the special tax, depu
ties, one for every two of the congres
sional districts, whose duties shall be
to enforce the collection of all delin
queiil special taxes. They are also
enforce the collection of auto tag
cense, gasoline tuxes, and the new ten
per cent cigar and cigarette tax. it
is estimated that at least ten per
-cut id the auto tag tax is lost to the
ate for the lack of effective collec
machinery.”
Speaking of the loss to the stale on
account of the non-enforcement of
law, Mr. Mann said that the state tax
commission asserted that the state of
Georgia is losing twelve to fourteen
hundred thousand dollars each year.
“The lack of an adequate and fair en¬
forcement of the collection of our
taxes . is largely , , responsible ... lor . the , u .
vast ... .1 amount ...........I of dissatisfaction .lUenttefcie+inn with vvit. l
our present taxation scheme,” he said.
"A bill was passed for a state aud¬
itor. No business of ■anything like
the magnitude of the state, with such
st variety of interests would think of
trying to operate without an efficient
auditing department,” asserted Mr.
Mann.
Another bill passed, of state-wide
importance, is that of permitting the
cities and counties, by local option, to
exempt new industries from taxation
for a period of five years, was one of
the bills -passed that Mr. Mann stress¬
ed.
"One fact,” said Mr. Mann, “is
certain. Whenever the income tax
bill is passed it will carry a mater¬
ial reduction in the ad valorem tax
Ifcevy. Each of the bills passed at this ad
Tbbssion carried a reduction of the
valorem levy about one-half.”
Contrary to what some have
thought, the great majority of the
members of the general assembly
h ic given more thought to the sub¬
jects tinder consideration in the past
thirty-eight days than is usually
spent during the lift)' days of the reg¬
ular session, according to a statement
made by Speaker Cecil Neill just be¬
fore adjournment Friday night.
DECLINED APPOINTMENT
JVash iigton, Dec. 15.—H. B. Crea
/ |N^ of Brownsville, Tex., has declin¬
ed for the present an offer of the ap
paiatment as ambassador to Mexico.
BRUNSWICK
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WILL PREVENT RE-ELECTION
OF SENATOR CUMMINS ON
COM MERCE ( O.MMISSION
Washington, Dec. 15 l/P)—The
house insurgents won their tight to¬
day for a place on the rules commit
tee which shapes the legislative pro¬
srnm 0 f the house. At the same time
the senate insurgents strengthened
their lines to prevent the re-election
of Senator Cummins, of Iowa, as
chairmen of the inter-state commerce
committee.
By a vote of 198 to 2 the Republi¬
can conference approved the assign¬
ment of Representative Nelson, the
insurgent leader, as a member of the
rules committee of the house. This
dissipated any hopes that the Demo
crats Imay have had to increase their
membership on this important corn
mittee from four to five members,
Little time was lost by the confer
en ce in approving the shift in com
mittee assignments, and word went
out that the insurgents would back
solidly the Republican organization
in putting through the committee
slates.
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HIGHSMITH
WILL CONVENE COURT
MONDAY MORNING
Judge J. l’. liighsmith will convene
j the December term of the Glynn su¬
perior court Monday morning at 10:00
o’clock. No jurors will be required
to be present as only those cases that
do not require a jury will be called
and disposed or.
Judge Highsmith will assign cases
to be tried at the adjourned session
pf the court, which will be held in
January. The court has advised Clerk
Harry duBignon that on account of
the Christinas holidays he would not
summon the jurors drawn for the
present term to appear until the court
convenes in January,
1 i ue city cour. v,d! convene rhurs
day morning, December 20th, when
the appearance docket will be called
by Judge Butts for the adjourned
November term.
JEWELRY SALESMAN
ROBBED BY BANDITS OF
$100,009 IN SAMPLES
Nevada City, Cal., Dee. 15 </P>—M.
E. Grossman, a traveling salesman
of a jewelry ■> firm here, reported to
““J 10 bUel 1,1 KOD. Robson Oil, he (It had ll.Kl been Oetll
| held u;: today, seven miles from here,
by two unmasked bandits and was
robbed of diamonds and samples
worth a hundred thousand dollars.
SEVERE BREAK IN
COTTON PRICE AGAIN
ANNOUNCED IN N. Y.
New York, Doc. 15 t/P)—A severe
break in cotton .prices, sending March
down to 33.25 and May to .33.15 oc¬
curred in the local market today.
The break represented 95 points
loss overnight and practically $14.50
per bale since the government crop
estimate was reported. The chief rea¬
son for the decline iwas the .with¬
drawal of mill buying and the south¬
ern hedge selling pressure.
BREWERY MEN WERE
CONVICTED ON CHARGES
OF CONSPIRACY
Newcastle, Pa., Dec. 15(/P)—George
W. Lamoree, president of the Stand
rd Brewing Company; E. L. Haun,
secretary, and Henry Grotefend,
brew master, all wealthy men, were
convicted here today after their third
trial on charges of conspiracy.
The charges included conspiracy
and of manufacturing, possessing,
transporting and selling "the intoxicating
liquor in violation of Volstead
actt
BRUNSWICK, GA., SUNDAY, DEC. 16. 1923.
BOSTONIANS TO
ARRIVE HERE
THIS AFTERNOON
Cavalcade Will Be Guests
City of Brunswick for
Several Hours
WILL LEAVE SAVANNAH
EARLY THIS MORNING
To be Given Public Reception in
Corridors of Oglethorpe Ho¬
tel Tonight.—Musical Pro¬
gram is to Feature.
The Boston cavalcade, consisting of
thirty-five cars, conveying approxi¬
mately one hundred motorists, will
arrive in Brunswick this afternoon at
4:30 o'clock from Savannah and will
be met by colmmittees from the Board
of Trade and the Young Men’s Club.
They will make the Oglethorpe their
headquarters during their stay in this
city.
The party of Bostonians, and other
tourists from the New England
states, left Boston several days ago
and are being convoyed to Florida by
the Green Book Tour, via the South
Atlantic Coastal Highway. On their
arrival here the members of the
Board of Trade will tender the visi¬
tors a public reception in the rotunda
lie of the is invited. Oglethoi The pe, to reception which toe will pub- J
ex-1
tend from 7:30 to 8:30 o’clock, for:
those members of the party who will
not attend church services. From 8:30 ■
until 10:00 o’clock a musical program j
will be rendered by the Symphony or- ■
chestru, under the direction of Dr. i
J. W. Simmons.
The visitors will be the recipients
of every attention during their stay in ;
Brunswick. Several members of the
party will be entertained in
homes and be carried during the aft
nnoon to places of historic
in the city and its environs. There
are a number Of prominent person
ages in the party, many of whom
have visited Brunswick on former oc¬
casions and they will be given an es¬
pecial welcome.
The Massachusetts party (will leave
early Monday morning for .Jackson¬
ville, from 'which city they will motor
down the East Coast to Miami, re¬
turning home early in the spring.
WALLACE TO COOPERATE
IN COTTON BLOC, HE
PROMISES DEMOCRAT
Washington, Dec. 15(/P)—Secietarv
Wallace promised today to cooperate
with the members of the cotton bloc
congress studying the possible
changes in the system of cotton crop
reporting. He told Representative
Rankin, Democrat, of Missouri, and
chairman of the committee of the
bloc, the department of agriculture
would send experts to confer with!
the committee in considering the
problem. The meeting will be held
next week.
DREDGE SAVANNAH
BEEN RE ASSIGNED
TO LOCAL HARBOR
WILL COMPLETE THE WORK
STARTED HERB SOME
TIME AGO
The dredge Savannah, which has
been doing emergency dredging in the
Charleston harbor for the past few
months, has been ordered to return to
the Brunswcik harbor and resume the
work in which she was engaged when
removed to Charleston some months
ago.
The order was received by radio
yesterday by the local engineer’s of¬
fice from Savannah, the order being
given by Division Engineer Edwin
Jadwin. The dredge boat is due to
arrive in Brunswick, according to re
|:ort. next Monday week, or on Christ
mas eve. She is assigned to work in
the local harbor, to complete Sow the j
dredging of the bar to a water I
depth of twenty-seven feet, which is
thirty-three and a half feet at high i
‘
water i
The Savannah, which has been I
working in this harbor for some time,
.is commanded bv Captain William
Thompson Thompson. who is well known in
Brunswick and who has many friends
who will again welcome him most cor¬
dially to these waters. The iwork on
the local harbor will be conducted uu
dor the supervision of Division
neer J. S. Carruthers.
“Ghosts ’’ Roam in Home Blusb
so Tenants Leave House Landru Used
“Bluebeard’s house —the lormer home of Landru, the executed murderer of scores of women. Inset is of Landru
Paris, Dec. 15.—It is an excellent
house and the rent is extraordinarily
low. Houses are scarce and rents are
high, but it remains idle.
It is the house of Landru, the mod
ern Bluebeard. It sheltered the burn
in? loves of that mysterious and sin
ister Don Juan—a silent peaceful
dwelling. From it, on the August
JVlJlIlIV DITPCDT I HU\3&lLilJ III If 1 U EC *
WIFE REPORTED
TO HAVE SUICIDED
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AI.ONE IN CHINA WIFE OF WELL
KNOWN AUTHOR, ENDS
HER LIFE
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Los Angeles, Dec. 15.—Mrs. Ade¬
laide Monoh Hughes was reported a
suicide at Haiphong, Indo-China, in a
brief cablegram received by her hus¬
band, Major Rupert Hughes, author,
playwright and motion picture direc¬
tor, here late last night.
The message stated merely that
Mrs. Hughes had committed suicide
and asked instruction as to the dis¬
position of her body. In comment
ing on the brief dispatch,
Hughes said his wife had long been
battling disease and shattered nerves
and “no one else knows the battles
she had with storms of gloom which
swept over her.”
"I let her go to China,” he added,
“because she thought she could re¬
gain her health and courage there.
1 thought that she had regained them
until the cable announcing her'death
came. It is my greatest agony that
after a life of such close and devoted
union she should die alone and far
away.”
LOUIS COHEN FOUND
GUILTY MURDERING
KID DROPPER
Ne,w York, Dec. 15 (/Pi—Louis Co¬
hen today was convicted of second de¬
gree murder in connection with the
shooting of Nathan Lie Kaplan,
on the East gangsters as
Dropper, m a tax, ,n front of the
Essex Market-court last August.
The jury was out eighteen jiours.
Cohen contended that Kaplan had de
manded five hundred dollars from him
ami threatened his life if he did
get the money. He declared '.ie was
sure that Kaplan would take his life
if he did not kill “The Dropper ' first,
LEE CURRY APPEALS
FOR NEW TRIAL IN THE
PHILLIPS MURDER CASE
Louisville, :Ga., Dec. 15.—The
ing for a neiv trial in the case of Lee :
Curry, alleged slayer of Burleigh
Philips in .Toombs county, was pre
sented to Judge G. Mardeman here at
12 o’clock today.
Curry, lrrs probably been the most
tried person in Georgia in many
years He has been convicted in five
trials’ and should his plea for a new
hearing be accepted his sixth court
trial will he ; -sured.
Due to a crowded court it is
probable that tile plea will be
sented until late today and several
days may elapse before the decision
of Judge Hardeman is made.
MEXICAX TROOPS REVOLT
El Paso, Dee. 15(/P)—Federal troops
Casa Grandes, CWhuahua, ^two
hundred below Juarez, reaovlted today
evening, Landru left with his wrist in
handcuffs and doomed to die in the
guillotine fen the murder of a
of women.
Those who have occupied it since
declare that the ghosts of the
en walk in its rooms, looking for the
nr.u who killed them but who
nevertheless, their incomparable lov-
LARKIN GARRETT IS
FOUND GUILTY OF
KILLING MINISTER
Cumberland Courthouse, Va., Dec.
15.—Larkin C. Garrett was found
guilty of voluntary manslaughter and
his punishment, fixed at four years
imprisonmeift by a jltry today for his
part in the lulling last .June 5 of
Rev. E. S. Pierce.
His brother, Robert, was
several weeks ago to five years and
his case is now pending on an appeal.
GERMANS WANT
DISCUSSION OF
J THE OCCUPATION
| LENGTHY DISCUS¬
ENVOY HAS
j SION WITH PREMIER
I POINCAR E
' Paris, Dec. 15 (,/P)—Herr v°n
Hoesch, German charge d affaires, in
a half hour interview witn
Poincare today asked if Ihe
government was willing to engage in
conversations with the German gov
eminent on important matters.
It .was stated that the German gov¬
ernment would be willing to disduss
with France regarding the occupation
| of Ruhr and its consequences, as well
.
as modifications introduced into the
Rhineland occupation as affecting
railroad ■transportation.
The* interview today was of
m“j!vefouI’iater:' dins tH
After leaving the interview with j
| Premier stated Hofni! Poincare, Herr unable ixlii von to'outline Hoesch, rtllEllIH* ‘
1 .4 ii'.ie ivis 111vi 4/\
’
conversations in suffi
: cien{ dttail to enable the French Pie-;
{ tllier to give a definite answer. It is 1 I
j ^ 1 ^^ however, that this interview J
j w j]| 0 p 0n the wav for carrying out the !
| j( , ea a( ‘ | va nced by the German regard
'
in G® „. t hp (k , si , v< of th „ Berfia govern
;
I
j R q YAL ____ ARCH MASONS
HOLD ELECTION AND |
j
INSTALL ... OrrICUKo Apr ,. pnc
1
| The annual election and installa-:
i tion of officers of the Brunswick
j Chapter, No. 60, Royal Arch Masons,
| was held Friday night and a full at-;
j j tendance was present.
The evening was replete with in-,
and the large membership pres- |
lent entered into the proceedings with j
j intrest of the and meeting expectancy. the The election feature of
j • ensuing was This j j
officers for the year.
resulted as follows: W. L. Harwell.
king; excellent N. high Knight, priest; scribe; T. J. F. Holton, J. Pet-j j
F. Jones,!
i ersen, secretary; A. Coke Jones..
1 treasurer; W. A. Whittle, Jr., captain j
of host; J. A. Sheffield, Biitch, principal aych so-j
ijourner; J. D. B. royal j !
captain; W.’ Sam B. Bruand, master first
veil; K. Sears, master second veil; I
J. R. McQuaig,.master third veil,
M. Ricks tyler.
Landru’s landlord has sold it. p
bays it wasn’t fully explained th*t it.
was “Bluebeard's house,” some say.
The old landlord lived in the house
the second floor—but the new
j owner for does not. And he is looking
a tenant who doesn't cernniain of
■ ghosts,
LOCAL RED CROSS
CHAPTER TO MEET
TUESDAY EVENING
AWl'At. MEETING TO
OFFICERS AND TO HEAR
REPORTS
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The annual meeting of the Brun•■
! wick Chapter, American Red Cioss,
; will be held Tuesday evening, De
comber 18th, 8:00 m. ( at the
' ! of " Health " ’ ’ building' Richmond
on
st reet.
This is the meeting which K
: every year by ihe local chapter and to
which i . ■■.•"• member of the Re i (';■ a -
port of t an work of stm-:;
the tre-rsum Frank I,
make his annua! report,
At ■ meeting of the
board held last week, a nominating
committee was selected ami asked to
iv mo the executive board for the
coming year. The report of the nom
i na ting committee will be read at the
annual meeting and the executive
b 0; ,,,j elected.
. .The following persons compose the
nominating committee: Mrs. T. NV.
Mallard, I. L. Stacy, Rev. 1. I-•
Tho.mson, Miss Mary Clay, C. H.
Sheldon, Mrs. A. M. Ross. M. B. Me
Kinnon. Mrs. Geo. W. Cowman, J.
Davenport, W. S. Nathan, Dr. H. M.
Branham, A. Fendig, J. E.
bright, and Mrs. G. Y. Gate.
STATE AUDITOR WILL
SAVE GEORGIA MANY
THOUSANDS, SAY S0L0NS
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Atlanta, Dec. 15(/P)—Approximate-;
ly three billion dollars additional rev-;
enue will be received by the state!
treasury next year as a result of the
tax enforcement measures which were !
passed by a recent extraordinary
sion of the Georgia general assem !
bjy, according to c-apitol officials to
day. :
A more economical operation of the
state government was the result from
the Pace audit hill being passed, ere
ating an office for state auditor, offi-!
cials asserted.
CJ ncpc IC NAMED rmiTiE.L»
ON BOARD TRUSTEES
GEORGIA COLLEGE
Atlanta, Dec. 15.—Representatvie I
H. Elders, of Tattnall coun
ty. was appointed to the board oi
trustees of the Georgia State College
Women at Miiledgeville today. |
He succeeds E. K. Barrett, of |
Gainesville, resigned. ■
In In order oruer to to accent accent the tiie appointment appoint vent I
he resigned from the board of trus-!
tees of the Georgia State \\oman s|
College at Valdosta, a position wni n 1
he has held fora number of years,
Co:. A. T. Woodward. - f Valdosta,
^ .iH^’^eVallsu' i
TWELVE PAGES
PRICE FIVE CENT9
R. G. Svvint Testifies in the
Case of Slayer of Capt.
William S. Coburn
! E0X IS A MAN WHO HEARS
VOICES, BUT DOESN’T RAVE
Mrs. Margaret Weaver, Alleged
Accomplice, is Held by Police
in Johnson City, Tennessee,
It is Announced.
Atlanta.-Doe. 15 (JP) —Phillip E.
Fox, klan editor, who is on trial I'ur
i the killing of Col. William S. Coburn,
war late today declared insane by Dr.
R. C. Swint, expert alienist, who tes¬
tified for the defense during the day 5
proceedings.
I he alienist expert is supermini:-'
j dent of the Georgia stab sanitarium
' for the insane. “Fox is a man who
; hours voices, yet doc- not rave. Hi
j keeps his illusions to himself. A voice
1 tells him to kill. There are some
i cases where men have wiped out their
; entire families,” the expert testified,
• ‘'The voice of God told him to kill Oo
. burn or else he would be killed by
, Coburn,” Dr. -Swint testified Fox r>1c!
; him during a sanity test. Court re
i cessed late this afternoon until Mon¬
day morning with Dr. Swim's tosti
j mow incomplete.
Mrs. Weaver Held
Atlanta, Dec. 15 (,<Pi—Mrs. Mar¬
garet Weaver, under indictment Ir¬
an accessory in the slaying of Capt.
V.'. S. Coburn by Phillip E. Fox, i ■ un¬
der arrest in Johnson City, Teun.. it
was announced today during the trial
of Fox.
The prosecution charges that Mrs.
At caver took Fox to Coburn’.- office,
and waited for him.
The defense placed Mrs. May Ath¬
erton, private secretary to Fox, on the
: . and this morning in a further effoit
•to prove its sanity plea. Henry J.
Norton, exalted eyelops of the' A’t'far-'
j 'winner ta klan, charged today that Holt Ge
j had been attacked while at
i A l*'"? -' M Verner t J swv and 1 ° J/ hls ; bpothw> suU P ,K ‘ na at “
‘ ’
Peachtree Road resort, which is '.rel¬
ated by them. Verner said Ge.vin
i ner brew a pistol on them. The pros¬
ecution lias stated during the trial
that Fox once tried to shoot up the
GERMAN SHARES WITH
BRITISHER IN NOBEL
PRIZE FOR MEDICINE
Kiel. Dec. 15 (/Pi—Dr. Meyerhof
of Kiel iwcl shared , , lalnl the tj , c Nobel prize for
. medicine this year with Dr. A. V.
Hill 0 f London, for their discoveries in
th e processes of muscle-moving. Both
arrived it practically the same dis
c-overies from entirely different
a: pans. Dr. Me verb of delivered lec
tares in New York, Baltimore and
Boston last year on invitation of the
Rockefeller Foundation,
Germam has been much slower
tha „ foreign countries to recognize
his discoveries because he holds no
chair in a German university.
FRANCE S DEBT TO
UNITED STATES NOW
BEING CONSIDERED
Pais. Dec. 15 (/Pi—The possibility
of France's debt to the United States
is being considered in French circles,
was learned today. It has been
known that Premier Poincare desired
to find a way of disarming critics who
have intimated that the French were
indifferent to their war obligations
end .Secretary Hughes’ recent state¬
ment that there was no desire to push
France, has led to the belief that a
satisfactory funding arrangement can
be made.
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BASKETBALL TOURNEY
TO BE HELD IN MACON
FEBRUARY 25 TO 28
•—~—
Atlanta, Dec. 15 »/P)—The Southern
Intercollegiate Athletic Association,
late today decided to hold its annual
basketball tournament in Macon from
February 25th to 28th and its annua!
track meet in Birmingham on May
the the 10th. lOtn.
Applications for membership from
Centenary, Loyalo, Louisiana Poly
technic, and Carson-Newman were, re
by the association and tablet!
for one year. Maryville College had
make application i>r ^ for < membership.