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sookwB'H Waycross Weekly Hersild. VOL. XIV. WAYCROSS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY. MARCH 4.1893. NO. 14 A PISTOL DOES THE WOKE. Tom Cobb Jocluon, One of Ike Beit Known Young Ben In Atlanta Katddee In a Haek. At 8:30 o'clock last night Tom Cobb Jackson shot and instantly killed himself in front of his father’s residence on Mitchell street. Captain Harry Jackson and his son left their office in a cab a few minutes after 8 o’clock and went at once to the family residence. Captain Jackson stepped out of the cab as it stopped in front of his door and in an instant later a shot was tired behind him. As soon as the shot was fired Cap tain Jackson ran to the cab and saw Jackson engaged me, We drove to bis father’s office at the Kiser build ing on Pryor street. Mr. Jackson got out and went np stairs, and after I bad waited about an hour Mr. Tom Cobb and his father returned and got in the back together. Mr. Tom Cobb Jackson was drinking. When we arrived at the house Capt. Harry Jackson got out and went to the fence to put his overcoat on the fence, intending to return and beip Mr. Tom Cobb out. Just as he had reached the fence Mr. Tom Cobb Jackson shot himself. 1 said, “Mr. Jackson, your son has shot himself.” “Surely he has not,” replied his father. Then he went quickly back to the hack and saw thst Mr. Tom C'ohb bad committed suicide.” There were rumors this morning that bis son was dying from a wound "Jackson shot himself in in the temple. The captain asked a man who was near by to assist him and carried the dying man into the house. Dr. Baird, who lives just two houses distant from the Jackson residence, was sent for, but berore he arrived the suicide was dead. Just after the arrival of Dr. Raird, Drs. Armstrong ond Hagan arrived, but Tom Cobb Jackson had passed beyond all human aid and was lying in a front room of his father’s house a corpse. A NEW PISTOL. Yesterday morning he bought a 32- calibre pistol from Thomas M. Clarke & Co., and ns be was lifted from the cab his weapon fell from his hand. In his pocket were found a number of cartridges. His manner yesterday and his purchase of the pistol in the morning looked as if he had decided upon liis terrible act early in the day. After the business of the day had been finished at the office Cobb Jack- son went out with several friends and returned to his father’s office, and was front of the Western Union after the receipt of a tcledram, but these prov ed to be false AFTER THE WHISKY TRUST. Thomas Dcwcr, a United States revenue gauger, fired a bombshell in to the whiskey trust Wednesday morn ing. He testified before the con gressional committee that secretary Gibson of the trust had offered him 825,000 to act as a secret employe of the trust while retaining his position with the government. Ten thousand dollars were to be paid cash and the balance in stock. He agreed to ac cept the proposition so as to get into the secrets of the trust. About the first thing he was asked to do was to blow up a rival company with an in fernal machine. Gibson brought him the machine to the Grand Pacific hotel, Chicago. It was the size of an oyster can end contained several large bullets and explosives that would make it go off in three hours found there by his father, lying upon j after it was properly placed. When a sofa, at C :30 o’clpck. | Dewer had gotten the machine he Captain Jackson remained in bis-ceased negotiations and turned it over office for two hours with him though very little was said by cither of them while there or during the drive home ward. was beiiwixe’s VUIKNll. Lewis Rcdwine and Cobb Jackson were intimate friends and siuce the disappearance of the defaulting cash ier he had been very much depressed. During the morning lie was at the Gate City bank several times con sulting with President Hill and in the afternoon was seen to come from the rear entrance to the bank building weeping. He seemed terribly affected and. walked in the direction of the Kim ball house. About 5 o’clock be entered the hall from the Decatur street side leaning upon the arm of a friend and had evidently been drinking. He re mained but a few minutes in the ho tel and then went to his office, which is in the Kiser building on Pryor street. Tom Cobb Jackson was one of the most prominent young men in the state and was a member of the law firm of Jackson, Barrow & Jackson, and took an active part in the immense business of the firm. In 1886 he graduated at the state university with high honors and after spending a short time in Virginia he returned to Atlanta and entered his father’s law office. Eighteen months ago he was mar ried to Miss Sarah Francis Grant, only daughter of W. D. Grant. The marriage was a most brilliant one and the couple after a bridal tour through Europe returned and resided for a short time at the residence of the Grant’s on Peachtree. Later they went to the Jackson home where they have since resided. Mrs. Harry Jackson and Miss Cor nelia Jackson, his sister, were both absent from the city. Mrs. Jacksoa was at Athens and Miss Jackson is now visiting in New York. r The following is the story of the backman who carried Tom Cobb Jackson to his home: “1 was standing with my hack, in front of the Kimball bouse and Mr. to the authorities. Mr. Gibson found it necessary to get a United States guager to do this work because no one else is allowed in the exami nation of the distilleries. This tes- timouy has incensed the committee against the Whisky Trust Combine. WAYCROSS IS PRIST. X.tvs Items oflntemt From the Atlanta of South Georgia. Wavckoss, Feb. 18.—The growth of Waycross during the past five years has been almost phenomenal. Five years ago there were but a few houses of any kind where new Waycross is to-day. There was a swamp between old Waycross and where the depot is now. The few citizens of the place then realized that Waycross was destined to be come an important railroad and com mercial town, and they cleared away the swamp and began to bnild stores and residences. It was found that the swamp made the place unhealthy amt the town cut a canal through the at’amp, which drains it, and now there are handsome brick blocks where there was oniy a few years ago a swamp. New houses are going np all over the city all the time. The citizens of Waycross are progressive and they Intend to place Waycross foremost among the towns of south Georgia. Mayor Knight recommended that the city build apnblicpark. Mr.Knight has always worked for the good of Waycross and has shown a progres sive spirit. The park is a necessity, and will be an ornament to the city. Uf course this city will have a public park, and it will be another progres sive step in the history of Waycross. —Waycross correspondent Donglas Breeze. YalwaUe Property tbr S«Ie. Any person desiring to invest in val uable Quitman and Brooks county property, will learn something to their advantage by calling at the Herald of fice, We mean every word of it and more too. . job pumKttetjww. m THEY ARE BOUND FOB AFRICA. IdRdfd lrk»im» Negroes in Brnmwlck, Cl., on Their Way to Africa* Thtjr arc Looking for tbe Agent. Bel-xswick, Feb. 20.—The other day a special train passed through Macon on the East Tennessee road for Brunswick. The train carried 260 negro immigrants from Arkan sas, who were bound for Africa via Brunswick. They reached Brunswick all right that night, bnt found no ships, or agent, or anyone to meet them. They were in a deplorable condition. Among the immigrants were peo- of all ages, sizes and colors, and they were balf-starved. Chief Beach, of Brunswick, and members of the force and detective Wiggins heard the stories of the be wildered negroes and at onee lent assistance. Colored people’s hearts were also touched, and they went about securing sleeping places for tlie African bound visitors. All of the women and children were housed, while many of the men were noticed on the streets all night. In the notorious colored lodging house ut the corner of Bay and Mans field streets, a reporter, with detec tive Wiggins, visited some of the visitors last night at midnight. In a room 12x14 feet, nineteen men, wo men and five children and one small dog were found, all making efforts to sleep. Some were standing against the walls sleeping, while others were twisted up on the floor An old gray-headed darkey was found in this room who seemed to he one of the leaders. He said they were all living com fortably in Woodruff and Jackson counties, Arkansas, a month ago, when a man named Doll, or Doyle, or Dodd, came to them and told them if they jvoukl bunch together and come to Brunswick they could take a steamer to Africa and there live with out working, or if they wished to work they could get several dollars a day wages working on turpentine farms. They hail just closed out their last year’s crops, so they bunch ed and paid the ngeut 81,200 and now they are very anxious to come up with this agent. They last saw him at Memphis but expected to meet him here. He hasn’t turned up. No ship is here bound for Africa. The negroes are determined not to starve. They say Brunswick looks a land of milk and honey, and they will start ont in search of employ ment this morning. The East Tennessee railroad has a soliciting agent named Doll who spent last summer here and who car ried the Knights of Pythias of Bruns wick west over his road, and many believe it is he who sent the negroes to Brunswick. PEACE IN KANSAS. Govcinor Lcwelllaf Hu Backed Down.— The Republicans Jubilant. A Topeka special says: After a consultation Friday morning, which lasted over three hours, Governor Levelling signed the -peace agree ment between him and the republi can house of representatives. News of the settlement of the revolution was received in the republican hall with the wildest demonstration of joy. The teimsof peace area complete back-down by the governor, and the republicans claim that they have gained all that they ever demanded. The decision of the courts is now awaited with great anxiety. The populists are very much discouraged at the"’turn affairs have taken, and are abusing the governor for agree ing to the terms of peace. Many of the leaders say that they will not obey the supreme court if it decided against them. . 'I' TERMS OF AGREEMENT. .The agreement proposes to give the ^republicans undisputed posses sion of the representative hall with all its appurtenances and connecting The republicans to agree not tin* ke any further arrests of the Popufiit house officers for contempt. The.populists were to continue their meeting in a hall ilown town. The governor was to remove the militia force of deputies. The governor is to at^ide the decision of the supreme court before which two cases are now pending. . y > TROOPS ORDEIIKD BACK Immediately after the agreement had* been signed, dispatches were sent out by the Aujutant General Ordering all troops now cn to the capital to return to their The populists also loaded down the wires with messages to their supporters that all occasion for their-p’resenee in Topeka had passed e being. I’orur.iSTS indignant. warcrou Steam LtmSiy* Notice is hereby given that the Way- crocs Steam Laundry will be open and ready for business ou Monday morning next. Patronage solicited. 4t J. E. Wilson & Co. Modern seers are rising up to tell us that Shakespeare was not the au thor of Shakespeare, that Coiambus did not discover America, etc. Now an Ohio doctor strikes a blow at a time-honored custom that has come down to ns from Adam,* in condemn ing the kiss as dangerous from a hy gienic point of view, At the com mand of cold-blooded science, the mistletoe and all that it suggests must be banished. When the tradi tions and customs of centuries are handled so ruthlessly, it begins to seem that there is not much solid ground on which to stand. To be Given Awmjr. New subscribers for the Herald, as also those paying the back subscrip tions, will receive ‘-free gratis for noth ing,” a small though complete pocket dictionary. Don’t fail to call for it when you pay your subscription. It is worth having." LIFT YOUR HATS. “There are two occasions upon which I never will recognize a gen tleman, not even my own husband,” said a well-known society woman the other day to a New Orleans Picayune man. “If he is sitting on a street ct&ner to have his shoes blacked he might bow at me till the crack of doom, but I would not recognize him. Or if he was coming out of a saloon.” “Did you ever have a man greet you in the street without lifting lii9 hat?” asked a friend. “Once or twice, but I never recog nized that individual again. One of the best known clergymen in New Orleans makes a habit of not raising his bat to some ladies he knows. He would not feel flattered if he could hear the comments that are made on his boorish manners.” “Perhaps lie forget9,” said a man who wa9 ready to defend his sex. “That is no excuse. 1 would not expect an armless man to lift his hat to me on the street, but nothing less could excuse him. A gentleman has no business to forget at least the ap pearance of good breeding. A wom an feels a man has treated her with almost familiar contempt 'who does not lift his hat when speaking to her, and if she has any spunk at all she will never bow to him again.” Okcfenoke Drying Up. Mr. James C. Mell, assistant chief of construction of the Suwannee Ca nal Company, which is now engaged in the work of draining Okcfenoke swamp in order to get at the vast amount of timber located there, passed through the city yesterday, stopping while here at the De Soto. “The work has now been going on just sixteen months,” said Mr. Mell, iu speaking of the present state of i avails at the sw.nmp, “but, we have gone two miles into the swamp’ from ■ , ,, , . gone two mucs into uic swamp irom -Korn^oj tha popuheta from out-of- the cast si(]e au(1 for that distance have held his own until the republi cans were either starved out or driv en out of the statehouse. Among the citizens, however, there is a feel ing of profound relief that the crisis had been averted without bloodshed, and the good name of the state is not to be disgraced by open civil war. have removed so much of the water town are inclined to be decidedly ugly over tire turn affairs have taken t ) mt there is Bcarcel y enough left to contending that the governor should run p “ mps . “It has been the opinion of many that the cypress timber deposits there are worthless, but Butlers, Peters & Co , a North Carolina firm, have cut 10,000 feet to the acre from their part of the swamp, and we have 80,- 000 acres which will cut 40,000 feet to the acre. The cutting will lrcgin just us soon as the dredge works up to the timber lands, which will not be for a mouth or two yet. “The company has done very lit tle work, however, since Christmas on account of a SI,500 smash-Lp which occurred just about that time. The damage has been repaired and the work will begin again in a few days. A number of steam plows are being pat ont in the low lands and the surplus dirt is to be washed out by the overflow water, which is pumped out at the rate of 30,000 gal lons per minute. The enterprise is now well under way and in charge of Hr. James R. Hal), of Atlanta, chief engineer, the work will be brougb* to a successful terminus Savannah News. French and German Politeness. In England, as the titles of nobility are limited and cannot be usurped by ficticious characters without detection, they confer a degree of consideration upon the possessor far superior to what is observed in foreign coun tries, where they are abundant to an extreme and where every needy ad venturer can assume them. A Ger man baron, in derision, on a race coarse n few days since observed to a French mnrqnis that the title of marqnis was very common in France, “1,” added he, “have a marqnis in my kitchen.” “And 1,” retorted the Frenchman, who felt insulted, “have a German baron in my stable. "This repartee was particularly happy, it being well known that German grooms are as common out of their country as are French cooks. It affords a jnst lesson, too, against the folly ns well as rudeness of all na tional reflections.—Magazine Jour nal. To the Ladles. I am now receiving ray spring and summer stock of millinery goods and in vite the ladies of Waycross and surround ing country to call and examine them. My stock has been well selected and I am satisfied I can give satisfaction. Next week my new milliner will be here. Yonr patronage is respectful!}* solicited. 2t Mrs. E. C. Cottixgham. Mrs. Lease hasn’t forgotten her march through Georgia. She says: “Yes, I see Hoke Smith has been rewarded by Cleveland for bis dirty work against the peoples party in the sooth. It was this same Hoke Smith who had a man following Gen. Weaver and myself in the campaign when eggs were thrown at us.” Now Try ThU. It will cost you nothing and will sure ly do you good, if you have a cough, cold, or any trouble with throat, chest 01 lungs. Dr. King’s New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds is guar anteed to give relief, or money will be paid back. Sufferers from la grippe found it just the thing and un der its use had a speedy and perfect re covery. Try a sample bottle at our ex pense and learn for yourself just how good a thing it is. Trial bottles free at A. B. McWhorter’s, B. J. Smith’s, and E. B. Goodrich’s drug stores. Large size 50 cents and $1.00. The senate which will have the confirmation or rejection of Mr. Cleveland's cabinet appointments will be nearly evenly balanced between tlie democrats and the republicans. If the former should control it, the appointment of Jndge Gresham to be secretary of state ought not to be confirmed.—Isbraaelite. A choice lot|of Chinese*,arborvifcrs for sale at greatly reduced prices at the Cherokee nursery. THERE** SOMETHING IN THE WIND Plant and Flagler. Savannah, Ga., Feb.—The Flori da Central and Peninsular Railroad Company baa stopped its negotiations for land herd and everything is be ing held in obeyance awaiting the re sult of the deal now said to be under way by which Mr. Flagler and others may secure control of the road. Several purchases of land were almost consummated, but negotiations are off for the present, with the pros pect, if any buying is done, of Mr. Flagler and his associates being pur chasers instead of tlie Florida Cen tral and Peninsular people. If the reported deal is made it bodes no good for Savannah. Mr. Flagler and Mr. Plant have never manifested any interest in Savannah. Their in terests are id Florida. If the Flori da Central aud Peninsular, with its coutrol of the southbound and its northern connections via the Rich mond and Danville remained as at present, in independent hands, Sa vannah would stand an excellent chauce of obtaining tourist rates and of securing and retaining much of the travel that now goes to Jackson ville aud St. Augustine here. This city is recognized as the best tourist point in the south if proper rates are given it. Messrs. Flagler and Plant, with millions invested in Florida, have no desire to have it this way and hence the present deal which, if consummated, will bottle up Savannah again. ' r he Florida Central and Peninsular has become a formidable competitor with the Plant system. When connected with the southbound it would make great in roads into the business of that sys tem. Everybody realizes this and there 19 no wonderment expressed at the negotiations by wbich this grow ing rival may be cut off.—Savannah correspondent Constitution. A rumor has been floating around for somij days that negotiations were peuding between the two great rail road magnates, aud the above shows that there is something in the wind. RkemnatUm Q,olckly Cured. ~ Three days is a very short time in which to cure a bail case of rheumatism but it can he done, if the proper treat ment is adopted, as will be seen by the following from Janie’s Lambert, of New Brunswick, III., “I was badly afflicted with rheumatism in the hips anil legs, when 1 bought a bottle of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. It cured me in three days. I am all right to-day, and would insist on every one who is afflicted with that terrible disease to use Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and get well at once. Fifty cent bottles for sale by the Cash Drug Store. The New York Press has discover ed that President Cleveland had a very free and easy way with his first cabinet, and thinks it will be the same with the second. The press says: “Mr. Cleveland had nick names for every member of his old cabinet. Mr. Bayard was ‘Tom,* Mr. Manning wa9 ‘Dan,* Mr. Whit ney’‘Will.* Mr. Fairchild ‘Charley,’ the venerable Mr. Lamar ‘Quint,’ Mr. Vilas ‘Bill,* Mr. Garland *Alf,’ Mr. Dickinson ‘the Squire,’ and Mr. Endicott ‘William.* Mr. Cleveland rarely addressed any member of his cabinet by his official title. Even at formal cabinet meetings he would lean back in his chair and say: ‘Tommy, let’s hear what you have been doing at the State Department,* or ‘Quint, tell U9 about the Indians,’ and so on. Presumably the new cabinet will be treated the same way. Judge Gres ham will be known as ‘Walt,* Mr. Carlisle as Johnny,’ Colonel Lamont will succeed Mr. Manning as ‘Dan,* Mr. Bissell will be ‘Will,* Mr. Mor ton ‘Sterling,* Mr. Herbert ‘Hill,* Mr. Smith ‘Hoke* or ‘Hoax,* and Mr. Olney as *Dick.’ ” At Cost. Iu order to make room for our new stock of furniture, carpets, matting, baby carriages, etc., we will sell our entire stock for the next 30 days at cost. If you need anything iu our line, now is the best time for you to buy. This sale will be for thirty days only. Hkbschkoyitz Bros. /.