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BRUNSWICK HAS A LAND¬
LOCKED HARBOR, THE BEST
ON THE SOUTH ATLANTIC
COAST........
VOLUME XXV. No. 229.
DANGER OF EPIDEMIC IN FLORIDA NOW PASSED
IDEAL LEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE
NOW
William F. Redden, Red
Cross Director, Gives
Out Statement
NUMBER OF DEAD STILL
STANDS FOUR
Missing Range Between 150 and
300. — Total Injured An¬
nounced at 1,800. — Some
Said to be Serious.
West Palm Beach, Fla., Sept. 28—
(A 5 )—Relief that all danger from an
epidemic in Florida’s hurricane strick¬
en district has passed has been ex¬
pressed by doctor?, nurses and relief
workers in a score (y mors commun¬
ities in the path of the gale.
Timely warning, ideal weather, en¬
ergetic efforts of doctors and nurses
and response of the populace to im
munization has fast minimized
danger, Dr. William R. Redden, Red
Cross director, said.
The number of dead remained in the
vicinity of four hundred with the
missing ranging from one hundred
and fifty to three hundred. The seri¬
ously injured totaled one thousand,
eight hundred, with seventy-five of
this number expected to die.
Four b ulies were found near Pro¬
gress yesterday. Police -authorities
of Fort Lauderdale announced that
the body of a negro had been washed
ashore at Palm Beach. Mrs. Hazel
Simpson died of injuries and a child
was killed when a building being raz¬
ed collapsed in Fort Lauderdale, add¬
ing to the death toll.
A survey of conditions in the com¬
munities of Fort Lauderdale and Hol¬
lywood today revealed t > newspaper¬
men that the past forty-eight hours
had worked wonders. Where large
pools of grey-green muck and wreck¬
age-filled roadways were, now are
fairly clean and moderately dry sites
where, along a cleared roadway, new
homes soon are to be erected. Where
three days ago there were but. piles
of brick, steel and stucco, now can be
seen signs telling of new construction
planned. Order has begun to come
out of chaos, and the people of south
east Florida have begun to plan and
to rebuild.
, The health situation has improved
and at fort Lauderdale, where reports
last night had it evacuation orders
had been posted, the number of
phoid cases definitely established had
dropped to two. There were a few
cases of malaria, and a few of measles
but none attributed directly to the
hurricane. A number of cases which
day before yesterday had been sus¬
pected of being typhoid, have returned
negative cultures and the- patients
were speedily recovering. In most in¬
stances the illness was attributed to
shock, lack of food and pure water,
and weakened resistance. As the doc¬
tors and nurses did their bit the fev
er which had caused the worry died
away and the patients threw off the
undermining germs. Medical workers
and supplies at Fort Lauderdale are
sufficient and sanitary conditions are
Remarkably good, it was said. Evacu¬
ation has not been console cd at any
time.
I»r. E. M. Hendricks, superintend
en-, of Edwards hospital at Fort I.aud
eir.ale, where hundreds of the injured
and ill have been treated, said that
while caution must be observed and
care taken in drinking water and eat¬
ing in public plaices, the chances of
epidemic now were slight. Only test¬
ed and proven water should be con
sumed, he sank and there is a plenti
ful supply of Pi mat made available by
the health authorities. Many wells
where tests have shown the water ini
pure, have been condemned and
iboarded up. The Fort Lauderdale
supply is chlorinated and distributed
to outlying sections. All eating and
drinking utensils should be sterilized
frequently, he said.
Miss Byrtene Anderson, field nurs¬
ing supervisor of the State Board of
Health, was of the same opinion as
Dr. Redden and Dr. Hendricks. Im¬
munization treatment has continued
steadily, she said, and at Fort Lauder¬
dale alone, 1,900 persons received the
anti-typhoid jmoculafiicm. At Pom¬
pano, residents of Pompano and vi¬
cinity, who were inoculated numbered
2,800. Oakland Park had 850. At
Progresso 500 submitted and at Dania
1,000 were made immune. Hollywood
medical relief stations treated 2,500
THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
THE NEWS IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
! STEEL LEAVING MAGNATE MILES
FOR FARM LIFE
Charles Schwab
With a great career in industry,
particularly in steed, well earned,
i ■Charles Schwab turns his activities to
agriculture as a possibly less profita
•ble but rathir more enjoyable occu¬
pation. However, he gives his word
to young men that industry today of¬
fers greater opportunities than ever
before.
A NEW TRIAL IS
DENIED DOOMED
BIBB MURDERER
----
.1. A. SWAIN, OI MACON, W HO
' j;"W" V
m-ST ro
Atlanta, Sept. In a decision
handed clown yesterday, the supreme
court upheld a death penalty court' imposed
by the Bibb superior on J. A.
Swain, convicted of killing .?. Walter
Johnson, in Macon, December
1924. The court declined to approve a
j .petition for new trial, in which attor
nevs for the c .nd -macd man contend
ed their client was insane at the time
of the killing. Swain will be resen
tenced and unless the governor
Ion tends clemency, will be electrocuted
a day to be fixed killed' by the trial tin judge.
After Swain Johnson one
j | 0 Macon f he prominent 'business his heme streets and shot of
went to
Mrs. ISwain and also wounded his
j mother-in-law.
L Johnson, who was slain, was
a .j „. e( i t „ | )e married to a Macon K j r l
an was shot the dav before the wed
j ( |jng.
BISHOP BEAUCHAMP
WILL MOVE FAMILY
TO ATLANT HOME
, Atlanta, Sept, 28.— Bishop William
Benjamin 'Beauchamp, of Nashville,
Term., of the Methodist Episcopal
ichurch, south, has selected Atlanta
for his home and according to friends
who have long urged him to make this
change, will arrive in Atlanta Thurs¬
day with his family to occupy the
home recently purchased from Thom¬
as M. Campbell, on North Decatur
road.
For several years Bishop Beau¬
champ has been in charge of the 12th
[ Episcopal district, including Gem gin,
Ala'bama and Tennessee,
Bishop Beauchamp has received
many civil and clerical honors and is
frequently sent to Europe as a dele
j | g’ate_to fo1 conventions !lis church, and as a mission¬
<“’ y ’
j One of the bishop’s sons will enter
Ktnory university, while the olh.'i,
I w h° recently graduated from Vandei
j hilt, will open a law office here. BDh
I °P Beauchamp will leave Octobei •>
j f° r Mexico, where at the invitation of
President Gallos, he will aid in arbi¬
trating the dispute between the Cath¬
olics and Presbyterians, it was stated.
in that vicinity.
Announcement was made at Fort
Lauderdale that electricity, which had
been cut off since the hurricane prob¬
ably would be turned on within the
next few hours. This would material¬
ly aid in the relief work, for much
co-uld be done at night that has been
delayed until daylight the next day.
This re-establishment of electrical
connection affects a number of
communities nearby also.
BRUNSWICK, GA. TUESDAY, SEPT. 28, 1925
CATHOLICS IN
MEXICO TO ASK
EARLY
Big Demonstration Has Been
Agreed Upon for All Barts
of the Nation
WOULD FORCE CONGRESS TO
ACT ON THEIR PETITION
Two Hundred and Fifty Thou¬
sand Sign Petition Asking
Lawmakers to Give Favorable
Consideration.
Mexico City, Sept. 28.— The
lies are preparing t<> launch a coun¬
try -wife call for popular demonstra¬
tions to force congress t « grant recon
sideratinn of the clergy's petition for
constitutional reform. A committee of
laymen will return the measure to
congress.
1 he action of the chamber of dep
lilies when the clergy’s petition was
thrown out by a vote of 170 to 1 on
I the ground-that the clergy lacked the
status of citizenship, was declared by
leaders if the Catholic League to be
a travesty of justice. Citing the total
of 250,000 citizens who petitioned
congress to give favorable consider¬
ation to the clergy's proposals, the
league will ask the Catholics to resent
the consideration shown them. It, will
urge that the economic boycott be in¬
creased in intensity and that the
(.faithful agitate until congress
I changes front.
i An apparently inspired editorial,
j -which appeared in the Excelsior in
! »y tafav. Met™ the c,a
olic campaign.
] “The first, formal sessions of the
chamber of deputies,” it says. were
j thos, “ in 'f io 'i t,1€ f a( ; he ’’ s of their
co,,ntry reflwed tn admlt the l ,et,t,on
of the Catholic Episcopate of Mexico
requesting reforms in the constitution.
i Nobody was surprised, least of all the
1 P pt 'tioners, :lt tne attitude of con
• * rC8a - U '™ u,d have hoon m0ft sur -
| ,,ns, " a ,f tllf ‘ mcmonal !la,i been slud -
j ,od conscientiously and with the sen¬
" ,pf! wh ' oh 81,0,1 an TO’nrtunt matter
‘b-manded. 1
! “ Bnt w never bpliew<l that con-
1 " ri ' ss ’ 1 "'" onlel ' to back their nega
live would avail themselves of reasons ;
s-o futile and so unworthy. Here is j
i naDonal representation without ideals,
; “Millions of C itbobcs believe in the
rlo! ' a ' y ’ s memorial. The volume of
siffmituros presented to congress be
j RT,eaks tho P f 'P' ,lar w ill. This merit
od fullest respect. But the hostility
of the ' frankly shown
from the outset. The jeers, hisses,
the catcalls that greeted the sole de¬
fender of the measure smacked of the
cockfight and bullfight. He was even
denied an opportunity to make him -1
self heard in explanation of the cler¬
gy’s measure. In the name of t he I
most elementary human culture 1 liis ,
should not be allowed to pass without
protest. Ample free discussion of any
measure is an inviolable and sacred
right. If it be not so an assembly of
men or of rational animals is convert¬
ed into an assembly composed of—to
use the current vocabulary
mals.” I
CLEMENCEAU IS 85 TODAY
Jar La Vendee, Frenfce, September
28 (/P)—-Clemenceau, the- most arrest¬
ing personality and perhaps the great¬
est among contemporary French men,
is 85 today.
He is spending the day as he did
! yesterday, in concentrated labor for
j some | lours w ith an American trans
lator over the English text of his
“Civilization,” in wandering through
his garden and in contemplating the
sea wall where the Atlantic waver
come rolling in with such force that
( veil on quie f days lie Is reached by
the flying scud.
The village postman is not busy
bringing letters and telegrams to
France’s great war minister for the
reason that few persons in France are
aware of the precise date of his birth.
All the reference books place his
birth as in “iSeptember,” 1841, and
he has always been reluctant, as a
personal peculiarity, to give more ex¬
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♦ Kiel) CKO'S FLORIDA
4 STORM RELIEF FUND
♦ IS NOW $2,850,400
Washing-)ln. £ pt. ’28 (A)
Cunt Tin: t i n: to lhe Keel Cr<.»
Kloikla ' Em relit! fund today
reached a Ud.at o'. $2.8;>0 400. \
min in at in ( f $5,000,000 is Dimmk
sought by the oi yani/.at ion.
The n r.iom l -adquarters ai -.j
vepoited today that forty K d
( d'oss nurses from various s ni th¬ ♦
orn citk.s have arrived in Miami
and that .100 n >tv a:e exne ied ♦
within the next two days.
’leu..Vi. Hal .or, national di¬ ♦
rector of disa. t *r relief, has suf- ♦
T ficiently recovered from injuri es ♦
♦ sustained in a recent automobile *
♦ accident to again take personal ♦
♦ chare* 1 of relief woVk. ♦
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HOLDS MTONNELL
FOR AUTHORITIES
IN BIRR COUNTY
OFFICER FROM LOS ANGELES
CLAIMS TO HAVE LOST
REWARD .MONBY
An officer from Los Angeles, Calif.,
who came here for • C. P. McConnell,
alias D. N. LaVelle, will return t-Vis-.ner. to the
California city without his
Chief Register had been notified by
Los Angeles authorities to hold the
ma " and he was a,s ’ '-Wormed that
reward of $100.00 was out for him
and would be paid local officers who
caught him after a rather exciting
automobile chase. The officer who
came here told Chief Register that he
started with the reward money but
lost it while enroute to Brunswick.
This being the case Chief Register de
tided to turn McConnell over to au
thorities of Bibb county where the
man is wanted for the thel’t of an au
tomobile in which he came to
wick. He stole the car in the Central
City from a man named D. N. LaVelle
ami with the machine he assumed the
owner s name.
McConnell is also wanted in Savan- ^
null where he stole a suitcase belong
ing to an Augusta woman and which
was recovered by the city police de
partment here.
The capture of McConnell here was
quite a thrilling event. He was in a
high powered automobile and when
pursued by the police automobile he
coveted the ground at a terrilie rate
of speed until in the vicinity of *he
Davis prawn factory i.n south bouk
yard it turned completely over but
the driver and a yodth he had picked.
up on his trip from Savannah escaped
injury. He was tried in the police
court on three charges and fined $50
in each case. Being unable to pay
the fine he was put in the city bar¬
racks and in an attempt to escape lie
fell through the plastered ceiling, ,\as
caught and later on was placed in the
Glynn county jail where he now is.
CONDITION OF ASA
G. CANDLER SAID
BE SERIOUS NOW
Atlanta, Sept. 28 (/P)—-No change
was reported today in the condition of
Asa G. Candler, financier, who was
stricken with paralysis Sunday.
My. Candler is seventy-five years
■of age and was said by physicians to
in an exceedingly grave comli
tion.”
act information.
Clemenceau at 85 lives austerely
simple life, suggesting ancient
tues. Reading philosophical and
entific books. Writing, gardening,
ceiving a friend now and then
up his ordinary day. Occasionally
goes into Sables D’Olonne to do
household- marketing' himself,
his sole luxury, a foreign
of great speed and beauty.
It is quite a show to hear him
gain with a lisherwoman for a
price on a sole or a lobster. He
the quick retort and joins in the
-on himself when the repartee
been too much for him. He has
lived a shut-in life. Accessible to
comers, his love of meeting with
mon folk has given him that
knowledge of what people think
feel politically. Tile spirit of his
ter on the Franco-American
question to President Coolidge
month, if riot derived from his
bors, was in accord with
Seek ‘ Common Sense.Methods in
Sponging Up Wet and Wicked East
. JJ l
Lincoln Andrews, left, and Chester l’. Mills.
District administrators of t te Volstead a t gather in Washington t i
discuss ways and means of enforcing the ' prohilttie.n laws. Chester P.
Mil)-', in charge of prohibition enforcement in New York, was joined in his
plea for “common sense” by General An Ircws. win. heads ; i no.:i n's dry
force. Mr. Mills advocates ignoring the small “hip lie bn in"-.'.? in
vor of bigger game.
LAST WITNESS
[ DAUGHERTY CASE
; 1 CALLED TODAY
! ....—
]{| ( HARD MERTON, A GERMAN
METAL MAGNATE, AGAIN
i THE STAND
j ______
j New Vork) Sept 2 8 (>Pi--The pros
j j edition called its last and eighteenth
| w j); ness j n the Daugherty-Miller con
I' S pj Kicliard rac y trial ‘ Merton', today,
German metal
TOaKnate , w ho testified he paid John
T. King four hundred and Forty-one
thousand dollars for the release of
seven million impounded enemy
shaves, was the last witness called,
He was also the first recalled bv the
government to give the defense an op
! portunity to further question him be
l fon , he'sails tomorrow for Germany.
i
! TEN ARE KILLED
AS CONSTABULARY
CLASH WITH MOROS
Manila, Sept. 28 H/P)—Seven Morns
were killed and a number wounded
and three constabulary privates were
killed and live wounded in a clash be¬
tween a Morn band and the Philippine
constabulary today near Urban, Sulu
province. The constabulary was at¬
tempting to round up the band which
had been depredating.
SAM DRIGGERS BETTER
Sam Driggers, young man who was
cut by two Moody brothers at his
home some days ago and who was
taken to the City hospital, is reported
as greatly improved this afternoon
and his recovery now seems certain.
The Moodys arc in the Glynn county
jail where they were put after the
stabbing affray.
thoughts.
“What I wrote,” said Clemenceau a
few days ago, “was what France
feels. L had to be expressed.”
The garden upon which Monseiur!
Clemenceau has spent so much love
and effort, has n i paths, no markings.
There is not the least regularity. The
first, impression is that the phlox,
roses, heliotrope, heartsease, larkspur
and mignonette are growing haphaz¬
ard, uncared for in the sand.
“Oh, I don’t like paths,” said M.
Clemenceau to the writer. “When
you have gone a few times along the
paths of a garden laid out trimly, you
have no fresh sensations, no surprises.
You have the feelings of being con¬
fined, even imprisoned by the rectan¬
gular outlines."
A certain wildness about the gar¬
den, its uulikeness to other gardens,
the disregard of rule and form por¬
tray strangely the man, defiant of
convention, unexpected in decision and
action.
MACON WOMAN TO
STAND TRIAL ON
MURDER
MRS. (LEO STRING FIELD
DEATH OF GEORGE BOSTICK
I.N KOOM! NG TlOl'^fc*
Tiiomaston, Ga„ Sept. 28
lowing the return yesterday of a
i der indictment against Mrs.
Stringfickl, of Macon, charged
killing George Bostick, of Macon, in
rooming house here last May
site will lie placed on trial Thursday.
Bostick was found dead in his
,.....- shot through .. .. the mouth. .... Mrs. . . .
(field claimed that he committed
| |e:de but laier, it. is alleged, she
the sheriff that she shot him when
|forced his way into 1: ,-r room and
to alt auk her.
STORM WARNING
ISSUED TODAY BY
I,,|p W E.A » np I y HfcK , BuKfciAU TTo
WashingCm, Sept. 28 t/Pj—The
weather bureau today issued the
following storm warning:
“There are indications of a
tropical disturbance central sev¬
eral hundred miles north rf Porto
Rim. Intensity is unknown but
it is likely moving northwest or
west northwest.
LAST CAMPAIGN
EXPENSIVE ONE
FOR J J. BROWN
COST COMMISSIONER AND HIS
FRIENDS V TOTAL OF OYER
Atlanta. Sept. 28 (JP) —J. J.
Brown, defeated candidate for
lommissHmer of agriculture,
spout $13,505.70, his reported to
the comptroller rendered today
showed.
Of the amount expended in the
campaign Mr. Brown put in 81.-
500, the remainder coming from
friends. J. 1). Weaver made the
largest contribution and this was
$ 2 , 000 .
The total expenses ol Eugene
Talmadge. successful candidate
for commissioner, was given at
$■1,985.68. of w hich Talmadge con¬
tributed $3,070.08.
FLORIDA RELIEF
OPERATES WELL,
HOOVER
Chicago, Sept. 28
that Herbert Hoover, secretary
commerce, be put in charge of
work in Florida drew from the
tary today the response that as
member of the executive board of
BUT WHAT YOU NEED AT
HOWE AND THUS HELP
BRUNSWICK GROW TO BE
BIGGER AND GREATER. .
PRICE FIVE CENT*-
BIG FURNITURE
PLANT MAY BE
LOCATED HERE
C. W. l ane Makes Statemeni
Rotary Club at Meeting
Held Today '
TR00DFN FURNTIURE CO.
INTERESTED IN BRUNSWICK
Rev. Silas Johnson of Savannah,
Makes Eloquent Talk Before
Club.—M. W. Weir Also
Speaks on Home Owning.
The Brunswick Rotary Club held
i one of the most interesting meetings
ii Isis had in many months this after¬
noon and heard three of the finest
talks ever delivered kief ore the club.
T! ere were quite a number of vis¬
itor.-, including C. \V. Lane, C. M. Se
! gars, II. heavy and W. L. Harwell
J of Brunswick, and Rev. Milas Johnson,
• of Savannah, and E. I.ee Dover, of At
: lanta.
1 Tlie program was in charge of Fred
j G. AVarde, and in the absence of the
j cliairinan, Vice Chairman T. \V. Sirnp-
1 son presided in a most satisfactory
j fashion.
The main address on the program
<va< delivered by Rev. Silas Johnson,
:< f ,Savannah, on "Rotary Education.”
Dr. Johnson is an eloquent orator,
possesses a well modulated, splendid¬
ly trained and musical voice and from
; ‘be beginning to the conclusion of his
; talk, he held the, closest attention of
: Ills hearers as he defined Rotary from
I the viewpoint of service. Dr. John¬
son i no stranger to Brunswick and
sixteen years ago was a student ill
i Glynn Academy. Tic tool: <'i-riisi.jn to
j compliment the people of the city on
<-*- Brunswick has made m
the* yeti vs th<it haw olnpsttd since his
i hool-day residonco here. He will
l(;ave tllis aft ‘‘ n,,,0 « for Darien where
| wlil s Pend the evening, proceeding
Ihence to Savannah.
Another talker on the program and
one who always impresses his hearers,
was Engineer M. VY. Weir, of the en¬
gineering staff of Charles Wellford
Leavitt & Son. of New York. Mr.
YV.fir’s talk was on the subject of
"wn yout own home, and it proved
111 ,u 1 , .....' lv
citizens who do not own their own
,uiln< ’ s n D tni ' n minds to
i briniz: that con-lition . about without.
, further delay. His talk will appear
I in these columns in full tomorrow aft
j ernoon.
j j tlw The club last talk and one that enthusiasm stirred
I and its gues, s to
came* from (’. \Y. Lnne. that stalwart
i Bruuswii'kiiin. who since his resi
I urm e in this city has become one of
jits most substantial citizens and en
itliusiastic boosters. Mr. Lane has
i been working hat'd to locate a great
, furniture factory at his property out
j j at the Picric Acid plant and in a very
frank talk he told of negotiations and
asked the community to aid him in the
work.
He has interested the Trogdon Fur¬
niture Company of Taecoa in the
proposition: George W. Trogdon. head
of the company, has spent two days
here investigating the site and he is
sold on the idea of coming to Bruns¬
wick and has been given a price on
the property by Mr. Lane. If he
comes Mr. Lane told the Rotary Club
the only concession he will ask of the
city and county is . to build a spur
track from the Atlantic‘Coast Line
near
to the proposed site. Mr. Lane said
he only reached the city yesterday
.and has discussed the question with
only a few of the city and county
commissioners.
As stated, the talk of Mr. Lane
made a profound impression and ev¬
eryone present agreed that tho wishes
of Mr. Trogdon regarding the side
track should lie assured at once.
Mr. Lane will bp here for a few
days and in the meantime. Brunswick
people should get busy and sec that
the proper authorities give assurances
that the trackage desired by Mr.
Trogden will be built and built just
as soon as it. may be needed.
E. Irf-e Dover, wiio is in the city the
guest, of Mr. Lane, is also greatly
pleased with Brunswick and it. may
be that he will make some invest¬
ments in the city.
American -Red Cross he already is
helping to revive and rehabilitate the
devastated area.
“We’s got it all organized and go¬
ing,” Hoover said as he stopped on his
way west. “The situation is being
j handled splendidly, All that can
j done is being done.