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Important Meeting Held Here
Today By Board Of
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ATLANTIC AND GUT
Appeal 1 for the immediate
survey of a proposed inland
c anal connecting the Atlantic
with the- Cull of Mexico which
traverse the southern part of
and the* northern sec tion of
were placed before a special board
engineers of the United States war
partment at a public hearing here
morning.
I he leader:' in the* movement
officials arid member. 1 of the*
State Canal Comme ion and
were* supported by a large- representa
tjve group of I’ernandina, Fla.,
ficials directly interested in the eon
st na tion and completion of tin* pro
jert. The ns ion wa presided
by Col. H. H. Ferguson, division en¬
gineer of the South Atlantic
and the* special hoard of engineer
composed of Major Dougla U.
Savannah; Col. V. U. Frazer,
sonville; Major R, .) ,Sheirnr,
gomery; Col. W. D. A. Anderson,
bile. Col. Mark Brooke, gulf
engineer, was not present because
illness.
The century old proposal,
would give the* nation an inland water
way canal extending from Cape Cod
along tin- Atlantic seaboard to Cum¬
berland sound, thence across the
of Georgia and Florida to the mouth
of the Mississippi river, is now
serious consideration of the war de
partment and the hearing held
was for the specific purpose of pro
renting various routes of the project.
(fitly one suggestion was offered
that called fora barge eanul
the coast at the mouth of the St.
Mary's liver at Cumberland sound,
following the coast line to New Or
leans.
The proposed route across Georgia
and Flotilla is the "missing link" mi
the inland waterway passage from
Cape Cod along the coast entering in
land and passing along I lie edge of the
states of Texas and Loui limn. Several
stretches along the upper coast are nl
teudy completed, from Beaufort, N. (’.,
to Charleston, S. ('., is underrun-1 rue
lion and from Charleston into Kuvan
nnh already completed. The
from New Orleans into Galvcrten,
Corpus Christ! and I'oint Isabel is al
ready authorized for construction. At
the present time the authorized con
struct ion would carry the waterway
along the coast of Florida to Miami
where it would enter the gulf, necessi
tilting a gull trip to again pick up the
inland waterway canal at New Or
leans.
t he route under const ruction would
eliminate the trip around the peniiiMi
la and the speakers for the Ccorgia
State < anal Commission, known ulso
a the Atlantic to the Calf Canal Com
mission, appealed to the unity cllgi
neers for a physical survey of (hat
mute with a view of the construction
ol a barge canal. The principal speak
or was Hollis M. Randolph, Atlanta.
counselor for the stale commission,
who sounded the appeal in behalf of
Georgia.
Speaking of the necessity and ini
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BRUNSWICK NEWS
port a nee of the proposed canal
the <»uIf to the Atlantic, Mr.
quoted engineers who have
mended the waterway and gave
ures showing its value to
and industry. “It has been
that the traffic over the canal
I he one third greater than that
tlie Panama Canal,” he aid,
would mean a saving of ${>,000,000
nually.” lie further estimated
the earial would handle 48,000,000
annually, or twenty per cent
jthan | Commenting the Suez canal, the canal
on
(Along the seaboard thence along
j {declared Florida coast “that to the Miami, route Mr. doe- riot
ueet with anything” and for the
of economy the government is
to connect the Gulf and the
with projects costing in the neighbor
hood of $‘200,000,000. He appealed
the engineer 1 1 . , to give their
attention to a survey of the
route and urged them to
their idle consideration.
With only a few remarks,
which he related the value of tlx- pro
posed canal to western indust rie:
those served by the great Mi m
waterways, T. G. Woolford,
of the commission, stressed the
portance and necessity of the
He then introduced Iv W. Bailey,
Fernandirra, former member of
Florida State Canal Association,
a ,porter of the proposed canal.
Speaking of the possibilities ol of
nccf-ss <; 1 a barge (anal, M
(leclaicd that "it is a national project
which means the most good for
most people and only a barge canal
connecting the waters of the Missis
ippi with the Atlantic will
this great need, bringing with it
fort, aid and prosperity to the great
middle west, the food and mineral pr<
| dueing center of the United
the eastern half of the nation and
| great Industrial Atlantic
project i- the greatest now
the ‘ u - American *....... : ..............” people,” he •— said. M -
Bailey outlined the history ol the pro
i I tI' "sal M I which which he In- stated I m t in ! (Inf dated liMck hack 1
the advocacy of Ceorge Washington,
.\ not her principal speaker was
- ell B. Smith, city manager of
.linn, who related to
wlmt the value of such a project
mean to the development aid
if that city. Mr. Smith offered
and figures on the tonnage
would he reegived over the
from the city of IVinniulma and im¬
mediate territory.
Short talks were made by Dr.
Folks, member of the stale
sion from Wuyrross, which is
interested because id the
of the canal with the
swamp; Col. T. I.. Houston,
island, a proponent of the St.
St. Mark canal; llatrv I’arker,
and river commissioner of
Mayor It. E. Sherman of Brunswick
and several others.
After a two hour session the hear
illy was adjourned, and among
who wen- in attendance were E.
Hood, president id' the Chamber of
Commerce of Fernamlina; Charles S.
Arnow, tide water commissioner of SI.
Mary; ; It B. Nolan, manager of th»
! Southern States power Company
j Fermindina; Cupt. F. F. Morse, bar
hoi- nun-tor of Fernamlina; Tom
jnandina; O'Hagan, light house keeper of l-er
IF E. l ong, St. Marys; 1. F.
Arnow, St. Marys; Major YV. E. liar
w-cll, Brunswick; Rev. Harris
linw-ack. Kernanilina. and others.
Few Voters Are
Registering For
Coming Primary
Although the registration book- iri
the office of City Clerk Hugh Hurford
have been open for the part several
weeks arid although there are seven
eamlidat.es in the contest for two plac¬
es in the city commission, only about
50 new voters have qualified and, as
approximately the same number have,
for various reasons, been dropped, as
yet there is no decided change in the
total number of voters who'will par
tieipate in the primary on November
Ik.
However voti-i have nearly six
weeks ill which to qualify and as the
campaign is expected to lie quite a
spirited one it is believed there will be
a big increase in t fie ii-gi- tratiori Ik
fore the primary.
formerly the hooks did not. open un
til a month before the primary, but
this law was changed at the recent ses¬
sion of the legislature and hereafter
they will he opened at till times.
Clerk Burfonl estimated today that
there were approximately 1,000 quali
lied voters on the hooks before regis
I ration started this year. While he
has not, tabulated the list of new vot¬
ers, be says riot more than 5(1 have
qualified. These, of course, are all new
voters, arid many old ones who were
dropped last year for various causes
will likely be added to the list.
All of those who are now on the list
and qualified wilt not have to register
again, as the city operates under the
| , ,''" ,1!, ’ l ; nl registration law. However
I lh " s “ wht ’ hflV( ' b< ‘" n on an ' 1
Ir,usl a R tt,n register. (
Manager Of New
Chicken Exchange
Is Under Arrest
Taylor Brantley, manager of a bus¬
iness recently opened at the corner of
Monk and Oglethorpe streets under
| t !„, numl . () f the Brunswick Poultry
| utl( | j,; KK Exchange, is in the Cl.vrin
jagninst county . jail ..: i with «i. two t .. or ... three charges
I him. He was arrested yester
,| uy afternoon and has not as yet ar
| ranged bond.
j| js am , s | yesterday was under a
(warrant is sued in Justice B. I’adrosa’s
court charging cheating and swind¬
ling. The charge, it wa stated, result
cd from two Worthless checks given
the Georgia Hardware Company by
the manager of the exchange.
Today another warrant was issued
in Justice Symon's court by YV. Scott,
in which he is charged with issuing
worthless checks.
Brantley recently came to the
and made arrangements to open his
chicken and egg business, and it was
said if was a branch of a larger con
cern, and apparently the place has
been enjoying a very good business,
It. wa; open today, despite the fact
that the manager was in jail.
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SEVERAL ROU TINE
MATTERS HANDLED
BY COMMISSION
Only a few routine matters were
up for discussion at the meeting ot
the city commissioners last night, but
the meeting recessed subject to the
call of the mayor,
A communication was received from
the Sea Island Company requesting
flee toll over the island highway for
children attending the Plunkett school
on Sen Island Beach. It was
out that several children in the
attend lit. school ami the authorities
were asked to give them free passage
over t he high.. a v. The mat ter was re
,ei„.,l to the e it V manage,-, who xflll
route, with count\ authorities on the
'
u l,j
The hospital hospital ordinance, ordinance, making making a
number of amendments to the present
law under which the institution is
operated, was not placed on its second
and third meeting, hilt was carried
over until the next meeting.
The ,-itv manager was authorized to
advert iso for bids for the sale of I aw
rcnccN ,11,, lot number 5SII. acquired by
the city at t:i\ sales in .itd\\ UKUh
One or two other minor
were also disposed ot during the meet
inn:.
County Board Is
Urged To Reduce
Tolls On Highway b '
Members of the county commission¬
ers today listened to arguments
by representatives of the Young
Club urging a reduction in the amount
ol toll oxer the Hrunswick-St.
highway, or the inauguration of sea¬
son tags to the people of Glynn
and then announced that a joint
ing of the city and county
would be held to act on the matter.
Committeemen representing
club presented some strong
to the commissioners in favor of a
duction. pointing out that in
opinion it would mean heavier
with an increased revenue.
The commissioners listened to
arguments, but did not comment
inhumed the representatives that
subject would be taken up at a
meeting.
As was stated i The News a
days ago. individual members of
commissions have stated that they
not see any possibility of reducing
tolls or selling annua! tags, at least
not for 19.12,
t II YNGK IN M YN YG ERS
M. Bohrman, who has been
iof the local store of the H. d: S.
, for than two has
:puny more years,
signed his position, and left this morn
ing for Atlanta, where he will reside,
Ale will bo succeeded by Ely Korn, for
l! merly manager of the company’s store
in \ aldosta.
CITY AND COUNTY
MAKE DEEP CUTS
Commissions Reduce Salaries
and Cut Appropriations as
Tar as Possible For Remainder
of I his Year.
Because the city’s receipts have fal¬
len lar short of the sum estimated at
the beginning of the year, when all
salaries were fixed and appropriations
decided on, a general cut of expenses
was last night authorized by the com¬
missioners, to become effective Octo¬
ber 15, and by which it is hoped to
save a sufficient amount to prevent a
big deficit at the end of the year.
1 he cut authorized last night is
general. It will include every official
and employee of the city and every ap¬
propriation and department.
A general cut in salaries of 10 per
cent ployees, was authorized, while all em¬
laborers working by the hour
or day will receive a similar cut. It
is also possible that wherever possible
the force in the public works depart¬
ment, most of whom are paid by the
day, will he reduced. If the full force
Is maintained, then their working
horns will he cut. in order to perfect
u saving.
All appropriations made the first
ol the year will be cut for the remain¬
der of 19.-1I. The park and tree com¬
mission’s appropriation for the year
was withdrawn for the remaining
three and a half months of the year,
and the hoard was allowed $1.25 per
j month until January 1.
The appropriation for the traffic
bureau was cancelled for the last two
months ol the year and a new allow
ance of $107 per month was made.
A sum of $50 per month rental
the headquarters now used by the
department was authorized for the
mainder of the year.
In explaining the general cut, City
Manager Terras stated today that it
was done reluctantly, hut there was
no other course to pursue under'* the
circumstances. Tax collectors for the
year, it was pointed out, are far he
hind last year and there has been
creases in the city’s income in every
other way.
The reductions, it was explained,
were temporary, and the hope was ex¬
pressed that by the firsl of the year,
when annual appropriations are to be
made arid salaries fixed, that condi¬
tions will he different and increased
| sums Just can how be much allowed will all be departments. the
saved re¬
mainder of the present year by the re¬
ductions authorities last night has not
,.»> yet >■ been .,, figured, ,, e ,.,cu, but u it will amount to
large sum.
j Unaware County that W the ields city Knife commission
i ers had made a general cut of ten per
j (cent county at commissioners their meeting last at their night, the
lar monthly session regu
this morning also
I wielded the knife, reducing salaries,
luud appropriations were possible
adopting a retrenchment program
| lor the remainder of 19,'f I.
The county’s cut, however, in some
instances was deeper than that made
In the city, as i; was In per cent and
upwards, and included all officials and
employees paid by the county, except
those whose salaries are fixed by law,
which includes the judge, clerk and
sheriff of the city court and the solic¬
itor of the Glynn Superior court.
It was stated that no cut of less
than ten pet cent was made, while
higher paid officials received a deep-
1 ‘ al •
> ~ aligned , by , the
U l > advanced by county officials,
1 j 11 ’ llu '''>' ! " (l «. de
ll,,is ‘' 111 lax v'’l‘«-el mns during me
>‘’ ar «“*' <‘ |h er <hvht.es m tin .eve
| jsolutely IU, «’- " h "' necessary. h mad ‘ J act,on toda >' ab "
W AY CROSS CLU B TO
VISIT ROTAR1ANS
YYaycross Rotarians will he guests
' u ' Brui.sw.ck club a an inter-city
"W to be sold a the Oglethorpe
hol “l tonight at « o clock. 1 he meet
!***♦*» °* course, will take the jdace of
0 regular Tuesday afternoon lunch
eon-meeting of the club.
The meeting will be in charge of the
YYaycross club and will probably be
presided over by its president, Frank¬
lin D. Aiken. Several of the members
were expected early this afternoon to
enjoy a round of golf on St. Simons.
,local boy wins
; HONOR AT ATHENS
One of the highest honors within the
gift of the law student body at Athens
was yesterday conferred upon Robert
J. Bruce, son of Mrs. Lucy Bruce,
this city, at the annual election of
senior class officers at the Lumpkin
Law School, University of Georgia,
w hen he w as elected president of the
class.
This position is considered by facul¬
ty members and students as possibly
tiie most important in the school.
Young Bruce was chosen for
high office because of *is
leadership in the law school.
SM Yl l. IU. V/.l- TOl> Y\
The fire department had a call
box 29 at 11 o'clock today. The
was at a house at 1012 Johnson
occupied by Lizzie Walker, colored.
spark on the roof burned a few
gles.
THE WEATHER
, South Carolina, Georgia: Fair
night and Wednesday; moderate ea*»
j er!y winds.
Uesdav. Florida; Cloudy tonight and Wed
probable showers in extreme
i south portion; moderate easterly
winds.
FAVOR ADVERTISING
NEW TOURIST CLUB
COMMITTEES OF KIWANIAN'S
AND YOl Nfi MEN'S (MB BE¬
FORE COMMISSIONERS
A joint committee from the Kiwanis
Club and the Young Men’s Club ap¬
peared before the Glynn count;, com¬
missioners this morning in the interest
of the movement to erect suitable
signs between Savannah and Brun -
wick, advertising the Brunswick visi¬
tors club.
It has been shown that the large: i
number of cars visiting the island in
any one day in the last tourist season
was only twenty-five car; and the av¬
erage number stopping at the club
was only fifteen. These two commit¬
tees felt that if the line between
Brunswick and Savannah was prop¬
erly posted, many more cars will stop
at the club and will stop in Bruns¬
wick.
The commissioners gave the two
committees a very'earnest hearing and
announced that they would arrive at
some conclusion just as early as pos¬
sible.
The following recommendation;
were submitted to the commissioners
by Hie two committees.
“We recommend that a suitable
fund be appropriated out of the St.
Simons highway funds to he used in
erecting these signs.
“We recommend that signs be plac¬
ed at suitable locations at stated in¬
tervals and that the mileage be shown
to Brunswick, together with a message
calling the attention of the tourist to
the municipal club.
“If it is possible we would recom¬
mend that after the signs enter Glynn
county that they be placed at inter¬
vals of one mile apart, giving the ae
|curate mileage. This will concentrate
tbe in Glynn county and will
have lh( ‘ effect of calling the travel
( ' r ’ s attention more forceably to the
'Brunswick municipal tourist club.
I “*f ttle county commissioners look
j wo favorable . W1 ** : *sk on that these a committee recommendations he ap-
1
Ilrom . the commission
county
l ''' s anfl ,,u ‘ special committee from the
j w Young ‘** be Men’s &lad to Club cooperate and Kiwanis with such Club
a
committee to work out the detail plans
as to the posting of the highway.
"YY ; e would recommend that a large
and attractive sign be placed right
across from the tourist club pointing
out. plainly to the tourist that this is
the tourist club.
“We recommend that the signs call j
attention to the Brunswick tourist',
club, instead of the municipal tourist!
club, as this more dearly indicates to
the visitor the object of the club.
“We are of the opinion that after
the highway is adequately posted that
the increased tolls from the visitors
who stop at the dub will more than
offset the outlay requested within the
present tourist season. We are not | j
recommending Jacksonville that the highway from j
to Brunswick be posted at
this he done time at in a like later manner date after as this could | j
lrom a results
the posting of the highway from ;
Brunswick to Savannah have been de-1
[ termined.”
EKE AE SAFES DAY
This was legal sales day with Sher
itt R. S. Pyles and others and com.id
eralde property was sold from the
block in Iront ol the court house at
noon. The bidding, however, was not
very lively.
anket Time
et Values
Extra large part Wear well, super
woo! plain and tan- . tex, part wool
blankets. Special 70x80, solid pastel
cy shades, green, pink,
$ 1.00 blue, yellow, orchid
$3.25
MELBOURNE BLANKET
1G0 per cent Virgin wool 66x80
—solid pastel shades of pink,
green, blue, yellow, orchid and
assorted plaids—
$6.85
MELBOURNE TWIN
BLANKETS
ICO per cent Virgin wool,—
70x80 in beautiful solid shades
of yellow, green, blue, pink,
and orchid—
$7.85 pr.
Super Quality
MELBOURNE
100 per cent Virgin
wool. 72x80. Novelty
shades—
$11.95
Tu^5>1»AY, OCT. C. 153.
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