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The Brunswick news., 1916-04-13
THIRTY MEMBERS
IN GLYNN COUNCIL
MANY NEW NAMES ADDED YES.
TERDAY MORNING BY So
LiCITORS.

The local council of the Dixie High
way association. which was organized
Tuesday night at the city hall with
| something like a, dozen members, was
swelled to thirty yesterday morning
through canvass made by Field Sec
retary Gilbreath, Mayor J. Hunter Hop
kins, Secretary A. NJ Smith of the
Board of Trade and Secretary r. V.
| Richard of the Merchants association.
Mr. Richard, who had been elected
secretary of the council, says that
while out in the city he will continue
to solicit members and believes he can
swell the number to something like
% or so members within the near fu-
ture, as only few people were seen
yesterday, and practically every man
seen became a member, the party be-
ing out soliciting only until about
o'clock when Mr.. Gilbreath made prep
arations for leaving for Savannah
These members are all given a pla-
card for their machines with the words
Dixie Highway" Besides this they
get a years subscription to the asso-
CATIONS journal, The Dixie Highway
man. All their names will be publish
ed in the highway directory and in the
journal and wherever they go, they
have the badge of honor of belonging
to the Dixie Highway association,
which is now doing more for road de-
velopment than any other institution
in America.
w. II. Wood, of the Wood Bailey
company, went to Savannah in the aft
.ernoon with Secretary Gilbreath, to
attend the meeting there today of the
boosters for the upper end of the sea.
coast route from Savannah.
The Brunswick news., 1916-04-13
LOCAL CIVIC LEAGUE
PLANS FOR MANY MORE
CITY IMPROVEMENTS

At the regular monthly meeting of
the Brunswick Civic association held
yesterday afternoon. interesting re-
ports were received, and further plans
for the betterment of Brunswick were
discussed.
Mrs. J. T. Colson. as chairman of
the committee on streets. parks and
squares, read very interesting re-
port. That committee has, during the
last two months, planted more than
six hundred trees and plants. MI Col
sons committee is doing work that
is of inestimable good to the city. and
she and her subcommittee chairman.
Mrs. F. ID. NJ. Strachah. Mrs. c. b.
Conyers and Mrs. j. Hunter Hopkins.
are to be commended for their ardu-
Gus, painstaking labors The work
planned, however, is far from com
plete. A very comprehensive cam
paign is under way to make Brunswick
veritable garden of evergreens and
tropical plants.
Reference was made TO the desira-
bility of planting orange trees, and
other citrus plants. Before this can
be done, however, the white fly pest
must be eradicateG, and these flies
will be with us as long as there are
any privet hedges and chinaberry
trees. If public opinion can be created
to dispense with these two harborers
of the white fly pest, a great step for
ward ran be made towards beautifying
the city.
Miss Ida Borchadt, as chairman of
the sanitation committree. made re-
port as to cleanup week, very sue
cessful undertaking. The public, in
most instances, gave very hearty CO.
operation in this movement and that
good has been accomplished there can
The Brunswick news., 1916-04-13
REV. DR.. SAM SMALL
LECTURES TONIGHT
WILL BE IN FIRST METHODIST
CHURCH INSTEAD OF THE
CITY HALL.

Rev. DR.. Sam w. Small the famous
southern evangelist editor and lectur-
er, called "a prince of the platform. "
will lecture tonight at the First Meth
Odist church instead of the CITY hall,
as formerly announced, delivering his
famous cavalry charge" address on
Routing the Liquor Traffic"
The News has been specially re
quested to state that everybody is in
vited to hear DR.. Small, who was once
a resident of the city, having been cd
itor of the old Brunswick Journal.
DR.. Small is man of exceptional
attanments. He was born in Knox
vile, Tennessee. in the city founded
Iby his family forbears; graduated with
high h0nors from Emory and Henry
College in Virginia, and after admis-
sion to the bar in Tennessee became
private secretary to ex-President An
drew Johnson and followed that states
mans political fortunes to the United
States senate. He holds the literary
degrees of A. b. and A. NJ from his
alma mater; Ph.D. from Taylor uni
yersity, and ID. d. from the Ohio North.
ern university. He is trained jour
naist many years editor of leading
southern newspapers, principally with
the noted Atlanta Constitution.
DR. Small is an acknowledged mas
ter of genuine platform work He is
one Of the class to which belonged
those lamented spirits, Cough. Tai
mage, Sam Jones, Copeland and De
Motto. He has an encyclopedia fund
of information, brilliant play of imag-
inery, an inerhaustible fund OF humor,
wit and earnest eloquence. He quickly
finds the sea-leveI Of his audience and
then he moves it to tears. laughter or
applause at his will Perhaps the H.
quor traffic never before. in Detroit.
received a more drastic going-over
than il got in DR.. Smalls speech"
No doubt Mr. Small win be greet
ed by large audience in Brunswick.
A cordial invitation is extended to
everybody to attend.
The Brunswick news., 1916-04-13
MEMORIAL DAY
IS TO Be OBSERVED
CONFEDERATE VETERANS ARE
URGED TO ATTEND MEETING
ON SATURDAY..

For the purpose of cooperating with
the Ladies Memorial association, all
veterans of Glynn county will meet at
the courthouse Saturday afternoon at
3 O'Clock. The call is issued to call
veterans, whether they are members
OF the local camp or not
The veterans are going to discuss
at this meeting plans for the observ-
ance of Memorial day, and it is their
intention to cooperate with the ladies
association in every way possible F.
H. Harris, who is taking the initiative
in the matter, has issued the following
call to the veterans.
please attend a meeting at the
courthouse Saturday, April 15,. at 3
O'Clock. This concerns all veterans re
gardless of camp membership and the
object is reorganization, so that once
more we can join with those noble
women, the Memorial association, who
have thus far kept alive the mem
ories of the past and make April
26th (Memorial day. a record day for
attendance of veterans. Let everybody
attend"
The Brunswick news., 1916-04-13
CORPORAL ANDRIEU is IN
CHARGE OF RECRUITING

Corporal Joseph l.. Andrieu of Sa-
%annah arrived in the city yesterday
to succeed Corporal w. f. Smart in
charge of the United States recruiting
office in the immigration room Of the
United States cusotms house.
Mr.. Smart goes to Savannah to sue
ceed Mr.. Andrieu as assistant in the
Savannah recruiting office. r. A.
Cissel remains in the local office as
assistant recruiting officer and he will
help Mr.. Andrieu to observe the same
hours observed by the office for the
past few weeks.
The United States government is ex-
erting every effort to raise the 10000
men for the army and to do so is Civ
ing every opportunity possible for en-
Ustment. Extra help has been put on
in the recruiting offices that long
hours may De observed and no man
may want for an opportunity to join
if he feels inclined.
During the several weeks spent here
by Mr.. Smart, not a single applica.
ton was received, although several
were examined and fell below the re-
quirements.
The Brunswick news., 1916-04-13
DEMONSTRATION
10 BE HAD FOR
.GLYNN COUNTY
A MEETING WILL BE HELD
HERE SATURDAY BY G. E.
MURRELL, HORTICULTURE
lST OF SOUTHERN RY.

II plans materialize that are to he
lald before conference of Brunswicl,
business men at the Board of Trade
rooms in the city hall at II O'Clock
next saturday morning, Glynn county
VIII soon have a demonstration farm
near Brunswick.
George E. Murrell. horticulturist of
the Southern railway, has written ask
ing that meeting of the business men
OF Brunswick be called for SATURDAY.,
ana stating that he and w. M. Brown.
agricultural agent of the Southern rail
way, Will reach Brunswick Saturday
and take the matter of holding such
conference up and arrange prelimi-
na1les. On Saturday morning, Mr..
Murrell states, Prof. T. H. Mediation
hortlculturiSt of the state college of
agriculture at Athens, will arrive here
and the three will present the idea to
the conference, which the Board of
Trade is calling, through the press,
for Saturday morning.
1t is the opinion of these agricultural
experts that a demonstration farm in
Glynn county would prove of great
benefit to the county and to Bruins
WICK by promoting the sale and settle
ment Of the lands of the county and by
furnishing to our home farmers ocular
demons tratiOns of the crop and orch
ard possibilities of this section One
OF the greatest benefits of such a dem
onStratlon farm, which would not be
operated for profit would be in dem
onstrating the most approved and lat
est methods of cultivation and in fur
nishing the means for making tests
and experiments that may prove to be
OF great value to our farms in future,
work that will be of benefit to all with
4 expense to none. The individual farm
er cannot afford to spend money in
making tests and experiments that can
be done through demonstration farm
According to Mr.. Murrell's letter. both
the Southern railway and the state
college of agriculture are anxious to
promote the growth of farming and
fruit raising in Glynn county, and. by
securing the establishment of a dem
onstration farm, they expect to assist
our present farming population to
greater success, to bring in settlers by
being able to point to actual results
obtained, and to make it easier for our
land owners to secure desirable set
tiers and make of a comparative will
derness the agricultural paradise that
it might we'll be.
Secretary Smith of the Board of
Trade requests every business man
and every farmer who is interested in
the welfare and upbuilding of Glynn
and surrounding counties to be on
hand at the city hall at II o'clock Sat
urday morning prepared to enter into
the discussion of the plans to be pre-
sented by the visitors and to co-opeate
in any manner that will produce re-
suits that will be beneficial.
The Brunswick news., 1916-04-13
COUNT SEMANsON
IS IN BRUNSWICK
STILL REMEMBERS SPENDING A
NIGHT IN FULTON! COUNTY
TOWER.

Count c. n. Semanson, of Marseil-
les, France, who spent the night of
April in Fulton county tower in de
fault of alimony cash due his divorced
wife, is spending a few days in Bruins
wick, a guest at the Royal
Count Semanson being a Catholic
and finding life with his prott/itant
frau unpleasant disposed of her in the
divorce courts That was all well and
good as far as he was concerned. but
when the divorce was rendered. the
count found himself in worse oondi-
tion than She for she, being protest
ant, was still in position to again mar
ry, while he, being a Catholic was
prohibited that liberty. That wasn't
all. While she runs around and has a
good time Setting out" for her next
husband, or victim, to use the
counts expression, and the count is
honor bound to deny himself that
pleasure, the courts have decreed that
the count must pay her expenses in
alimony.
After paying until he was sorely
tired the count came south as sales
man for Englehard & Company coffee.
tea and fancy groceries dealers, and
decided to see if he couldn't avoid
paying this unjust alimony. He made
out all right until ne got into Atlanta
a few days ago when authorities there
arrested him and threw him in the
tower in default of the cash the courts
had decreed he should pay his wife.
After one night in jail with four well
seasoned jailbirds the French count
decided to pay off and get out.
His picture, wearing his silk hat,
and with his gold-headed cane, and
cigarette holder, has been on the
front page of most of the big Georgia
dailies the past few days as the cen
tral figure in the latest scandal in At
lanta.
The count enjoys his visit here he
says because Brunswick is such a
quiet and pleasant place with splendid
citizenry. He thinks the American pa
pers are run too much toward scandal
but the only error he gives them in
following the truth is they say his Gig
arctic holder is but six inches long,
while in fact It measures eight and a
half inches.
The Brunswick news., 1916-04-13
LUMBER DEAL
IS CLOSED UP
NEAR THE CITY
CAVlS-ZlRKlE LUMBER CO.
BUYS TRACT IN WAYNE
COUNTY-NEW MILL SOON
TO BE IN OPERATION.

| With two or three new Sawmills in
course of construction in and around
Brunswick, some of them just about
| ready to begin operation. the sawmill
! business promises to pick up to a great
| extent within the next few weeks. Ii
is understood that number of large
timber deals are now about to be CON
summated and one of these, involving
Wayne county tract, has been closed
within the last day or two.
The Davis-Zirkle Lumber company,
whose large plant is located at Zirkle
Ga, station up on the A., B. & A,
has purchased 600 acres of timber
lands in Wayne county This CON
cern is composed of l.. A. Zirlle, j. j.
Dominy and E. T. Davis, and they in
tend to ship all of the timber to be cut
off the new tract through Brunswick
The land is located on the A., B.
& A., and it is understood that the
deal involves something like $4,000
or 0,0O0.
The large sawmil which has been in
course of construction near Thalmann
for the past few months will begin
operation within the next few weeks
and it will give employment to a large
number of men.
1t is understood that work will start
on another mill next week over in
Camden county, all of the timber from
it is to be shipped through Brunswick.
The mill in this city of ]. H. Trant,
Jr,, is now rapidly nearing completion
and will soon be ready to begin oper-
alton. This mill, as has ben previous
Iy stated in The News, is to cut tim
Der from the old Bethel tract. The
timber will be floated to the city down
Turtle river, and the supply it is ex-
pected will last for two or three years.
The Brunswick news., 1916-04-13
AUTHOR .D|EO
LAST NIGHT IN
PHONE BOOTH
RICHARD HARDING DAVIS WAS
Debating A TELEGRAM
WHEN DEATH CAME FROM
HEART TROUBLE.

MOUNT KINSCO, N. Y, April 12-
! Richard Harding Davis, author and
] war correspondent. died at his home
! here late last night from heart
ltrouble. His body was found early
. this morning and he had apparently
| been stricken while at his telephone
He had gone into his library to die.
tate telegram to a friend in New
York city. His wife assumed. when
, he did not return, that he was read
ing and she did not visit the library
until after midnight
Mr.. Davis had been in failing
health for some time and had sought
quiet at his country place. Cross
Roads Farm, under the care of his
wife, who was Bessie Mccoy, the
actress.
Richard Harding Davis, one of
the most popular of American writ
ers, playwright also, and veteran
correspondent of five vars, was born
i'll Philadelphia in 1864, the son of
L. Clarke Davis and Rebecca Hard
ing Davis also a writer.
After being educated at Lehigh and
Johns Hopkins university, Mr.. Davis
entered journalism starting with the
Philadelphia Press and later serving
on the New York Evening Sun. He
was correspondent during the Turco-
Greek, Spanish-American, South
African and Russo-Japanese wars for
the London Times and the New York
Herald, and during the present war
wrote dispatches for a syndicate.
One of his earliest and most
widely read books, Soldiers of For
tune was published in 1899 He
wrote more than thirty volumes of
fiction and war experiences, together
with a number of plays and short
stories
In 1899. Mr. Davis married Cecil
Clark, daughter of j. M. Clark of
! Chicago, and was divorced by her in
1912. A few days later Mr.. Davis
| married Miss Mccoy, who was the
famous Yama Yama girl in a pouu-
lar musical comedy. A daughter,
Hope Davis, was born.
The Brunswick news., 1916-04-13
VILLAS DEATH
ROSE To FOOL
TIE 'GR|NCOEs'
BANDITS BOAST OF USING
DEATH OF LOPEZ FOR FAKE
STORlES--THE RIDE SOUTH
PROVES DISASTROUS.

Ell PASO, April 12-An entirely
new version Of the story of Villas
death was brought. here today by
Mexican cattle man, who claimed to
have suffered a visitation from a
band OF Villa followers on his ranch
near Bachiniba. This man said Villa
was neither dead nor wounded, but
that Pablo Lopez, the bandits notori-
oua lieutenant and eXecutioner-in-
chief. had died and that Villa had
deliberately used his death as the
basis of the story of his own finish.
The cattle man told the following
story;
Il was in Guerrero at the time
Villa came there and afterwards
when the American soldiers arrived,
believed it was safe for me to re-
turn to my ranch.
Last Thursday band of twenty
Of Villas men rode up to the ranch
house. They took a little grain that
had and killed one of my cows and
had great feast, They had several
bottles of liquor that they had Sc
cured at Guerrroero and Mnaca and
got pretty drunk before they were
through
"They ridiculed the American sol
diers and boosted about the way villa
had fooled the "Gringees" by
sending guides to the American Off
GERS with stories of different places
in which he was hiding. Then they
talked about Lopez and said he was
dying and that as soon as he was
dead the Cringoes would be told il
was Villa and then they would all go
home
They did not say anything about
the whereabouts of the Villa ban
dts. but understood from their
talk that they were under orders to
meet him somewhere near Parral."
Villas ride south has been dis
astrous one for the villages and the
small ltowns through which he has
raided, according to numerous re-
ports received here. His men have
looted at will and have been ruthless
in their destruction of property. Sew
eral reports relate instances of wo-
men being assaulted and of Mexicans
who were shot because of their sup
pissed friendliness to Americans but
none of them has been corroborated.
Practically every man in El Paso
has map of Mexico on which he
picks out new location for the
fugitive bandit daily, but the most
reliable information is to the effect
that he Is in Northern Durango, try
ing to arrange for a concentration
for the villa adherents, who have
been operating under Canuto Reyes.
The Brunswick news., 1916-04-13

be no doubt Trash cans are to be
furnished by the city to he placed in
the downtown districts of the Civic
league. DR.. Abercrombie is lending
his hearty cooperation in the efforts
of the league. Several unsightly lots
were reported and an effort will he
made to get them cleaned up.
Mrs. X. r. Hopkins, Sr.. as chair
man of the finance committee, renort-
ed the activities of her committee. A
very lively interest is being created in
the baseball game to be pulled off May
. for the benefit of the Civic league.
Seven new members were reported
by the membership committee.
Mrs. Carl Hyer one of the chairmen
of the Junior Civic league. reported
the work done by these juniors in Han
over park The park is made the care
of the juniors. Palms are being plant
ed; the flower boxes at the hospital
are being renovated and planted.
Mrs. Abrams. another Junior civic
chairman, reported that the children
had planted the flower boxes at the
school buildings. Also that chrvsan-
themum plants have been distributed
to the Junior Civic leaguers for con,
test for the prettiest chrysanthemums
TO be held in the fall
Mrs. Henry 1irsch, another Junior
Civic chairman, reported the organiza-
ton of a new Junior Civic class at
Purvis school, consisting of III chill
dren.
A committee, consisting of Mrs. A.
Rotholz as chairman, and Mrs. Alex
Dickson, and Mrs II. j. Wright, was
appointed to consider plans looking to
the establishment OF a restroom. It is
hoped that public opinion will support
this movement
The Brunswick news., 1916-04-13
USE FLAMING
LIQUIDS FOR
RE-CAPT TURING
TEUTONS MAKE DESPERATE
EFFORT TO OFFSET GAINS
MADE BY THE FRENCH ON
THE MEUSE.

PARIS, April 1.-THE German as
sault on the Nerdun front west of the
Meuse, was renewed this morning.
Troops advanced on Caurettes wood.
south of Cumieres, the war office
announces, using flame projectors. but
were repulsed.
East of the Mense in the Douau-
mont-NauX sector. there was only ar
tillery fighting.
The war office says it has been
confirmed that the German losses
yesterday were very heavy
The statement follows:
"On the left bank OF the river
Meuse the Germans this morning de
livered an attack on our positions at
ihe Caurettes wood, between LeMott
flomme and Cumieres, in which they
made use OF flaming liquids. They
were everywhere repulsed.
"On the right bank of the river
there has ben great artillery activity
between Douaumont and VauX, but
last night saw no resumption of the
infantry fighting at this point.
ut has been confirmed that the
very violent offensive action yester-
day afternoon at o'clock In this
sector which was repulsed by us, cost
the enemy heavy losses.
'afThn "a
on the remainder of the front"
In Caurettes woods, just west of
the Meuse, another attempt to break
the French line defending Verdun
was made this morning by German
troops, The official French state
ment says the attack was repulsed
East OF the river there was no in.
iantry fighting during the night al
though the artillery kept up its in
cessant fire
The French statement says the
German losses in yesterdays fighting
were very heavy
Press dispatches from Paris give
praise to the German soldiers. who
after nearly two months of the
fiercest fighting keep up the struggle
with no visible diminution of cour-
age and ardor. The French, too.
sustain the shock of battle with no
evidence of fatigue and the struggle
for Verdun goes on with no sign of
ending
After winter Of inactivity along
the Greek frontier heavy fighting is
under way although apparently 1t
still is confined principally to artil.
lery actions An unconfirmed report
from Saloniki tells of the capture Of
a fortified position by the Germanic
allies, but so far as is indicated no
large bodies of infantry have been
engaged.
The destruction of British ship
ping which Is causing concern in
England. continues. The Senator.
new British 3,500.ton steamship, has
been sent to the bottom. The crew
is believed to have been rescued.
The Brunswick news., 1916-04-13
CUTTERS TO Be
USED IN FLOOD
PLANS FOR THREE COAST GUARD
CUTTERS WE'RE BEING DRAFT.
ED YESTERDAY.

WASHINGTON, D. G., April 12.--
Plans for three modified coast guard
cutters for use in flood time on the
Mississippi, Ohio and Missouri rivers
were being drafted today by the coast
guard service. The vessels will cost
approximately $4,000 each, will be
145 feet long, have speed of Is
knots and so designed as to permit
their use over country flooded TO
depth Of three or four feet. Each
will be equipped with wireless and
will carry four motor lifeboats ca
pabe Of holding fifty persons each, be-
sides ample storage space for food
and clothing for refugees. The crew
Of each vessel is to be q men,
resolution providing funds for
the project already has been adopted
by the senate and is pending in the
house.
The Brunswick news., 1916-04-13
MERCHANTS HEAR SPLENDID
ADDRESS BY Mr.. WILLIAMS

There was called meeting yester-
day afternoon Of the Retail Merchants
and Business Mems association to
hear an address by j. -. Williams, Of
the Piltsburg Mercantile Agency,
which agency has the local merchants
association as a member.
There was a good number of mer.
chants present TO hear the address
which dealt with credit systems and
means Of building up the country
ground the city.by putting in manufac-
turing plants Of various types TO make
markets for farmers and induce better
farming and systems Of financing farm
work.
The Brunswick news., 1916-04-13
W. II. LEAHY WILL GO
OUT TO SAN FRANCISCO

Brunswick friends of w. II. Leahy.
for many years general passenger
agent of the A., B. & A., will be inter
ested In the announcement that he
viii shortly leave Georgia for San
Francisco, where he goes to accept a
lucrative railroad position.
Mr.. Leahy Is one of the best known
railroad men in the south, having
been connected with various lines in
this section for the past Is years His
friends all over the state will wish
him much success out in the California
city