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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-08-24

In their hearts. I suppose, they want a
small select body TO have entire
charge of the navy. Well. they'll
never get It. and they shouldn't ge,
IT,"
You believe, then, that the secre-
tary of the navy should he civilian ?"
Absolutely He represents the
people, and the closer he Is TO the peo-
pie the better. Same thing with the
powers of Congress. can conceive
OF no greaer madness than TO put the
navy in the power OF naval eroup.
or the army in the hands of soldiers
alone. As a matter OF course. we
would look at things only from our
own professional point of view. The
whole democratic balance would be
destroyed"
"Here!" his eye caught Clipping
tucked away under some papers on the
desk. This thing was in the back of
my head all the time we were talking
about the alleged decentralization Of the
navy. Put that in"
What he handed me was an article
by Hector Bywater, the famous En-
glish naval expert, written for Brit
ish journal after careful study Of
the American navy, ! glanced It over
and eaw this paragraph marked:
at need hardly be said that the DO
litlcal head OF the United States navy
possesses infinitely more power than
the civilian First Lord in Great Brit
ain. And there IS every indication
that MIR Daniels has been using his
power to the utmost His friends say
he has accomplished wonders: his
enemies, who are very many, declare
that his personal fads and prejudices
have undermined the morale OF the
navy personnel and made the service q
| laughing stock But this charge is
not borne out by the evidence. Those
best qualified TO speak assert that tho
! last four years have witnessed "A re-
markable all-around improvement in
! The quality OF the personnel. Thanks
to the Secretary's drastic orders short
" after he came into office. intem-
perance has disappeared from the
navy, and although the drink prohi-
bition excited ridicule and bitter op-
position AT the start the majority of
naval officers now agree that It has
had most beneficial effect on em
cheney and discipline"
do you stand for that?" asked.
looking up after reading the para
graph aloud
Il would be dishonest n / didn't"
he answered gravely. AS / told you.
have been ln the navy since 1864
Against the ISLANDERS that have been
heaped upon the service that love I
want to say again that never IN my
/ knowledge has the material and per
sonnel been so efficient. The last few
years have been very wonderful years
for the United States navy"
This Is more than 7 have talked
for years. he said al last. rising to his
feet and holding out hts hand. nut
] want the people Of the United states
to know that Il is all right with the
navy. There Is no Generalization, No
lack Of discipline no absence Of en-.
thusiasm. The navy has never failed
America. II viii not fail"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-08-24

Petor Minor, 20 years old, Of near
Charles Town, this state. remarkable
specimen OF mountaineer. is cutting
new set Of teeth. During the spring
he hauled $50 rails a day and himself
built 282 panels Of seven rail fence
lie cleared FIVE acres OF new ground
and rolled his own logs lie has all
this IN corn. At his mountain home,
hid in the fastness. he scientifically
culiiyates lowers, having 80 many va
rieties that he has roses blooming
the year around.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-08-24

a mule belonging to Claude Ridg-
way Of La Habra, Cal, and which us
ually subsists on hay. was found re-
Gently making away with a half
grown chicken. Ia spite OF every
known inducemeut 20 desist, he con
tinued to MUNICH chicken until the last
feather had disappeared Whenever
he has chance now he dimes surroD-
titlously on spring chicken.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-08-24
U. $. Leads World In Building ships

The United States. under the admin
istration of President Wilson. has be-
come the foremost shipbullding coun-
try In the world, according TO the
Democratic Text Book. The figures
upon which the statement is based are
furnished by the Commissioner OF Nav
igation, Department of Commerce, and
are treated under the title wonderful
Revival OF the United States Merchant
| Marine"
On discussing the matter. the edi-
| tors OF the Text Book declare:
| Under the American ship registry
act OF 1914. which removed the re-
strictions as TO the country OF a ships
construction, there has been added to
American registry i'm overseas com
merce 1873 vessels OF G17.15 gross tons
which now carry American commerce
under the American flag.
"On July j, 1916, American regis
: try OF ocean merchantmen covered, I'm
round numbers, 100000 vessel tons.
as compared with $4,000 on the same
date in 1912. an increase OF l2G per
cent in four years time.
"On July /, moreover, there were
built I'm American shipyards steel
merchantmen OF 1,225.00O tons. as
compared with 271 900 tons on the
same date I'm 1912 in this case the
increase is over $50 per cent. Pro-
phecies OF timid Republican orators
that free American registry would in
jure American shipyards are blown to
| the winds.
AS against 1,225.OOO steel tonnage
under construction in American yards
on July !, the record construction OF
/ Germany was 100000 In 1914; and
while the United Kingdom has record
ed a greater tonnage up TO 1.40O. 900
! tons, fits construction last year was
G5O.910 tons.
There are reasons why America
Will retain this position. First. the
United States is the greatest producer
Of steel in the world manufacturing
more than the United Kingdom and
Germany combined and the price OF
American ship plates is lower than I'm
Great Britain, our chief competitor.
Second, steel shipbuildinR Ia closely
analogous Of two Industries in which
Americans have easily stood at the
forefront for years, namely. steel
bridge building ana locomotive con
struction We arc now building steel
ships for all comers. just as formerly
we built bridges and locomotives for
the world"
II Is brought out that from 1901 to
1912. under Republican tariff and nav
igation laws. only from 10 10 per
cent Of the water borne products Of
the United States was carried In Amer
ican vessels. For the fiscal year end
ing June 30 last this percentage in
creased 10 ~ In 1912 American yes
sells carried only II per cent OF the
total imports, but for tho last fiscal
year they have carried % per cent.
Another point brought out is that
the total American vessel tonnage eu
tering United States ports during the
last hsoai year reached $4,000. 900 az
against a total OF II PSI 900 four years
ago.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-08-24

g. s Dempster. a travelling man OF
Council Bluffs. Ia. whose wife is away
for the summer, woke up at 3 O'Clock
the other morning to find a weasel In
bed With him. lie kicked Il out of bed
and then got a revolver and killed H..
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-08-24

You might IS we'll buy "sight an.
seem as to buy from one who is
afraid 70 advertise.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26
FREE FLOWER SEEDS
Hastings Catalogue Tells You All
About Them

No matter whether You farm or only
plant vegetables Or flowers in small lot
you need Hastings 1916 Catalogue.
1t is filed goo pagcsl from cover to
cover with useful farm and garden infor-
nation.
1t tells Of seeds OF Kind and quality that
you can't buy from your merchant or
druggist, seeds that cost no more but
give you real satisfaction and . real gar
den.
II tells how every customer csn get alb
solutely free Ave packets of easily grown,
yet snowy and beautiful flowers.
Hastings is both the best aud largest
seed i.tm in the South, the only Arm that
you should hsly seeds from, sS
when, y6l plant Hastlana, Seeds. you
meet Good Garden Luck" more than
half way. Write today for their big 1910
Catalogue. 1t Is free. . 4 postal ccrd re-
quest win bring it. : H.c. HASTINGS CT
Atlsnss' Get Adst.Ss
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26

The officers of Worth eounty-those
charged with The enforcement of the
,aw and those in charge of the ma
chinery of the courts, are on trial be-
fore the public. Upon their vigilance,
upon their faithful performance of
their duties depends the good name OF
the fair state of Georgia, too often
trailed in the dust by the mob. Five
men have been put to death In Worth
county, put to death without the for,
mality of a legal investigation and
without Judge or jury. In Georgia, as
in every state In the union. defend
ant charged with the commission of a
crime enters upon the trial of his case
with the presumption of innocence In
his favor. That innocence remains
with him until it Is successfully done
away with by competent testimony
Therefore. we can assume that those
men who were put to death were in
nocent OF the crime for which they
paid their lives. They may have been
| guilty perhaps they We're, but no
court has said SO no verdict has so
proclaimed and yet they have paid for
their guilt with their lives!
| Its a shame and disgrace that
such thing should occur and as we
said in the beginning. 1t is squarely
up to the officials of Worth county to
approhend the guilty parties. those
who perpetrated this crime against
law and order and see to it that they
are punished,
Heartily do we commend the follow
ing from the esteemed Macon News
ON the subject:
Inc ilNe negroes "hu NSlc
lynehed in Worth county on the
suspicion that they were implicat
ed in the murder OF sheriff More.
land. of Lee county, may have
been guilty of the crime,
But they were safely lodged in
jail, and the machinery OF the law
was waiting to operate on them
to their advan age ii innocent,
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26
Says Woman's Beauty
Depends Upon Health
HEALTH AND yGOR MES TATE
REGULATION OF ORGANS
OF ELIMINATION.

Skin faods and face creams and
powders cannot make a woman beau
tiful, because beauty lies deeper than
that-it depends on health. In most
cases the basis of health and the
cause OF sickness can be traced to the
action OF the bowels.
The headache, the lassitude, the sai-
low skin, and the lnsterless eyes are
usually caused by constipation. An
ideal remedy for women, and one
that is especially suited to their del
icatc organisms, is found in Dr. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin, mild laxitive
compound. pleasant to the taste and
free from opiates and narcotic drugs
of every description. Mrs. Gertrude
Jordan. 252 North Liberty street, In
dianapolis, Ind, says: 1T is simply
fine; ! have never been able to find
anything to compare with DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin. / started using
it for the baby and now it is my fam
lily. standby in all cases where lax
alive is needed"
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26


and for the vindica.ion Of justice,
IL guilty.
The men who lynched them
were guilty of far greater out
rage on justice than the negroes
who killed the sheriff.
The lynchers took the lives Of
five. The negroes took the life Of
one. The lynchers brought what
the negroes did not, foul disrepute
on the good name Of the state of
Georgia.
IL was flashed throughout the
union, perhaps TO other countries,
that Georgians had lynched five
negroes, after taking them forci-
bly, from JAIL on the slim suspicion
that hey we're guilty Of murder.
Once more Georgia's name was
paraded in print under unenviable
and distressing circumstances, in
connection with facts which hor-
rlfy and which inevitably create,
If II does not strengthen, a preju
dice against this state.
There now remains one course.
II will not overtake the mischief
that has been done, but Georgia
owes il to herself, at least to do
as much.
This should be TO detect the
lynchers OF the negroes apd pun
ish them. Each one of them
should be convicted of murder.
If the superior court in Worth
county is not now in session, it
should be convened Immediately.
II the grand jury is not in session
1t should be speedily organized.
And those lynchers should be as
certained, even II it becomes nee
essary to subpoena every male
resident, OF the county. Further
more, the governor should use the
authority at his command in as
sisting the county of Worth in
prosecuting the midnight murder
ers who so fearfully stabbed the
character of their state by their
atrocious deed.
This is a matter which vitality
concerns the whole state. 1t af-
fects Georgia. indeed, even more
than it does the county of Worth.
And the responsibility rests heav-
fly upon Worth county to vindi
cate as far as possible the great
injury that has been done the
state.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26
AN Eye for an Eye. !"

Gruesome indeed was the scene in
Glynn superior court yesterday, when
Judge W. f. Thomas, presiding. SEN
fenced two men to death on the gal
lows Both were negroes and Of course
both were convicted OF murder. There
has been a very alarming increase in
crime among the colored people OF
Glynn county within the past four or
five years and strangely enough. they
seem 10 have arrogated to themselves
the right to solve their own differ
ences with pistol, shotgun and razor
We doubt If there is another county in
the state where murder has been
committed-or men and women have
been put to death by each other, in
such numbers as has been the case
here for some time. Far be it from US
TO wish TO see any fellow man pay the
awful penalty of a conviction for muir
der. and yet we must obey the Divine
Injunction: IAN eye for an eye,
tooth for a tooth" We must teach
the people Of both races in Glynn
county that wholesale killings must
stop; that outraged justice, long too
indulgent, cries out for vindication,
and that Jurors in Glynn county in the
future will convict when the guilty are
brought 10 trial. With the criminally
bent there Is among the best of the
class a tendency to mistake permit for
license to trample and trail in the
dust the laws. If those in authority sit
idly by and permit it! Thou shalt not
kill" Is commandment from on High
as mandatory and as binding in this
good hour as II was on that fateful day
when the great sermon was delivered
on the Mount, or when Peter immor-
talized himself and embraced anew
the word of God at Pentacost. No
man can take that which he cannot
give. without breaking the laws OF
man and OF God, and he who trans
crosses thus becomes the violator of
the mese.sacred. the most holy Of
laws and so far as he Is concerned he
might as well set at naught all of the
mandates of lawmaking bodies and be.
come at once violator of the deca-
logue In its entirety!
In sentencing the two men yester'
day Judge Thomas told them that
their final execution ought to sound a
clarion call TO the men and the women
Of the race to desist; to cease killing
and to discontinue the attempt to
usurp the powers of the courts, and 1t
is to be hoped that his warning, given
so clearly and Enthusiastically yester'
day. will have salntary effect, not
only on the negro who would kill. but
to all who would transgress the law
of the land,
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26
uNRULY CHILDREN.

A truant officer has declared that
most such children who come under
his observation are not properly
noarished. Mal-assimilation OF food
makes children cross. puny, peevish
and unruly Our local druggist, Rob
erts' Pharmacy have in Yinol re
liable nonsecret remedy for just such
conditions, because 1t contains iron for
the nourishing properties of beef pet
.one, and IL 1t fails to make weak
puny, ailing youngsters healthy and
good -natured, they will give back your
money,
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26

What a great pity II Is that the
Democratic majority in congress can
not get the November elections out OF
1t shead and attend to the public bus
mess. 1t could, II 1t would, go ahead
and pass the legislation needed by
the country and expected at the hands
of the party in power.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26

All of this talk about Wilson and
Bryan splitting on the question OF pre-
paredness is tommyrot They split be
cause il was Bryan's intention all the
time 10 split; because il has always
been his purpose 20 capitalize the
Democratic party for his own use and
he is doing what be has always done
Lots keep the record straight as we
90 along.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26

President Wilson is doing the right
thing TO make that Western trip and
tell the people of that section why he
wants preparedness. We often think
that President Wilson would be better
understood If he were not SO reticent
and If he talked to the people more
and would take them into his conf
dence more frequently.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26
chamberlaln's Cough Remedy Most
Effectual.

81 have taken a great many bottles
OF Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and
every time. it has cured me. | have
found il most effectual for hacking
cough and for colds. After taking it
cough always disappears" writes ].
r. Moore. Lost Valley, Ga. Obtain
able everywhere.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26

That was a splendid plea that Geo
Bellamy Of the National Playground
association delivered in this city on
Monday evening The movement is
gaining ground all over the country
and il is to be hoped that IL will take
root in Brunswick in some concrete
form
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26

II the people of the Philippines will
be tit for fgovernment in mot more
than four years aud in not less than
two" why in the nature of things are
they not tit for II now? The Wilson
administration measure now before
congress fixes their independence at
two and four years.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26

The supreme court Of the United
States has held. as ninety per cent of
the people of the country expected
that il would, that the income tax is
constitutional The power OF he fed
eral government 70 levy taxes is as
old as The government and strangely
enough. the fellows who have the larg-
est incomes and ought TO be happy
that he is thus fortunate, is the one
who tests the loyal rights in the mat
ter
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26

The channels OF diplomacy may be
eminently regular and all of that. but
they are not very fast when it comes
TO making progress. The Lusitania
met her fate on May s, last, and Ger
many has lot yet agreed on the terms
of settlement
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26

The Riddles in IN public school arc
smart--just awful hard to fool-Say
Name your lunch upon the slate"
thousand then will write STONES
CAKE" Six kinds-one price-l0
cents. at Phoenix Grocery.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26

Congress has a bill on hand proyid-
ing for the reduction of all salaries Of
government officials, including the
pay OF -sgTrTrUrs -5r4frf -roii g4essmaf4, The
bill won't pass!
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26

Scutari has been captured by the
Austrians and In the language of Gold
berg, Now that she has It, what is she
going TO do with IT."
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26

II every man who carries gun
could have heard sentence passed in
Glynn superior court yesterday, he
would Immediately throw the thing
into the discard If ii were not for the
handy gun In the handy back pocket,
there would be fewer murders.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26

That Trammell Scott shooting case
in Atlanta continues to remain in the
mysterious class and accordingly 1t
continues to be the big noise In the
Georgia metropolis.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26

DIR. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is sold
in drug stores for fifty cents bottle;
a trial bottle can be obtained free of
charge by writing to DR.. w. B. Cald-
well, 454 Washington ST, Monticello,
Illinois.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26

Along with other bumper crops this
year, every indication points to an
over production OF candidates, diver
sified at thatl
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26

Franks Vegetable cos-aound is a
positive cure and prer sntiye for la
grippe.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26

Yeggmen cracked the safe of a
butcher shop in Macon the other night
and hauled in 1888. That butcher
should have patronized the Macon
banks.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26
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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26

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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-26

Official Organ of
Giynn County.
City OF Brunswick.
United States Court, Southern Dis
trict OF Georgia, for ten counties.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-05-12
FOR MURDER RICH
GEORGIA WOMAN
PLANTATION OWNER Is FOUND
DEAD, WITH NEGRo's "HEALTH
RING" IN HAND.

GEORGETOWN, Ga, May S.-Miss
Julia Catchings, sixty-six years old,
owner of a large plantation in this
section, was found choked to death on
the front porch Of her home early Sum-
day, clutching in her hand health
ring" such as negroes in this section
wear in an effort to ward off evil in
fiuences. Rich" Henderson negro,
held by a coroner's jury to be the
slayer, was put in Jail here last night.
Miss Catchings, who had no rela-
tives as far as is known, except some
cousins in Florida, was reputed to be
one of the wealthiest women in south
west Georgia. She lived virtually
alone at her plantation and although
she employed white overseer, gave
much of her attention to details of
farm work. 1t was testified at the in
quest that blood stains were found on
the negro's clothes 1t was also said
that Miss Catchings had accused Hen
derson of stealing cottonseed. The
negro had worked on the Catchings
plantation for some fifteen years.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-05-12
HON. w. S. FLEMING
TALKS togo NC MEN

William S. Fleming, of the local bar.
addressed the young mems class Of
the Sunday school Of the First Meth
odist church on Sunday, delivering Q,
most interesting and highly apprecia-
tive lecture.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-05-12
TREt LIMB SAVES
BOYS WHEN BUGGY
PLUNGtS Off ivy
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF THREE
CHILDREN OF T. N.
FLANAGAN.
ONLY one is HURT At ALL
Twin Boys Might Have Been Seriously
Hurt, But For The Fact That They
Were Safely Caught on the Limb
OF Sycamore.

Miss Robenia Flanagan was quite
painfully injured and bruised and her
two younger twin brothers had a mi
raculous escape from what might have
been fatal injuries, when the buggy
that they were driving was backed off
the levy or approaches to the bridge
at Carriers Creek on Saturday after
non.
The escape of the two young boys,
twins, about eight years Of age, was
so remarkable as to be almost incom-
prehensible. While crossing the levy
the horse suddenly became frightened
and backed off distance probably of
twenty feet, throwing Miss Flanagan
to the ground and injuring her, though
not seriously.
In falling the top Of the buggy was
caught in the limb of a sycamore tree,
which lifted the top and seat of the
buggy away from the remainder of the
vehicle holding them suspended in the
air. The two young boys remained in
the top of the buggy and on the seat
and as soon as they recovered from
their surprise quietly climbed down
the tree, having sustained nothing
more than a slight shock. Miss Elan
nigan was not so fortunate, although
her injuries were not serious, the mys-
terry being that she escaped so lightly.
Miss Flanagan and the boys are the
children of T. N. Flanagan, a promi-
nent citizen of that section