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VOL. XIY.
WAYCROSS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY. JULY 1.
NO. 32
BIO SALE AT COST
n DRY GOODR SHOES ADD CLOTmHG!!
Will sell at cost for THIRTY DAYS, commencing JUNE 1st You will never have another chance like this. Come and
get some of the Bargains. Many of these goods will be sold BELOW COST! *
Figured Lawns, 2 1-2 cts yard.
Ginghams 5 to 7 1-2 cts yard.
Calico 4 to 6 cts yard.
White Checks 6 cts yard.
Check Homespun 4 to 5 1-2 cts yard.
Tickings 6 to IS cts yard.
CoUonades 9 cts yard.
Wool Jeans 15 cts yard.
25 ct Dress Goods 12 1-2 cts yard.
15 ct Lawn 8 1-2 cts yard.
Black Calico 5 1-2 cts yard.
Doable Width Henrietta 11 cts yard.
Men'B Under Shirts 25 cts.
Ladies’ Under Vests 8 cts.
10-4 Sheeting 13 cts yard.
Linen Cbambry 10 cts yard.
Coats’ Spool Thread 45 cts dozen.
Remnants half price.
Black Silk Belts 20 cts each.
Dress Linings 5 cts yard.
Large lot of Fans half price.
Clothing at 5 per cent below cost.
Jeans Pants 75 cts pair.
Pants worth $4.00 for $2.50 pair.
Brogan Shoes 75 cts pair.
Women’s Glove Grain Button Shoes 80 cts pair.
Cow Pen Shoes 55 cts pair.
Fine Button Boots, worth $1.50, for $1.00 pair.
Oxford Ties 45 cts pair.
Best Fine Oxford Ties $1.00 pair.
1 ;
Ladies’ Hats half price.
Children’s Hats half price.
Men’s Straw Hats half price.
Men’s Socks at from 5 to 20 cts, worth donble.
4-4 Brown Homespun 6 1-2 cts yard.
3-4 Brown Homespun 4 cts yard.
Sea Island Homespun 5 cts yard.
Children’s Shoes less than cost.
Needles 2 cts paper.
Thimbles 2 1-2 cents each.
Ladies’ Umbrellas 65 cts each.
Fans at 5 cts worth 25.
Fans at 15 cts worth 50.
Trunks 15 per cent below first cost.
I will positively sell at cost and below for THIRTY DAYS! Come and EXAMINE GOODS and GET PRICES.
BRING THIS "WITH YOTJ and I will prove that you can get goods at NEW YORK COST. I
am going to give away some goods, and among the rest a FINE SILK. DRESS worth $20.00.
Watch the daily paper for particulars and come and see the Dress. • >
JOHNSON’S BLOCK,
, Waycross,
Car8j>
J.Y. NORTON
Council Proceedings.
Council met in adjourned session of
the regular meeting on the 19th of May
1893, at 7:30 o’clock. Present, Aider-
men McNeil, Sharpe, Crawley and Jus
tice. As neither the mayor or mayoT
pro tern, were present, on motion Aider-
man McNeil was nominated and elected
to preside as mayor pro iem.
Under call of unfinished business, the
chairman of the public property com
mittee reported progress on the matter
for improving the park in front of the
hotels, also reported that he had pur
chased 1,000 feet of fire hose of the
Fabric Fire Hose Company of New
York. The said committee asked for
further time which was granted.
On motion it was resolved that 250
feet of said hose be turned over to each
fire hose company, .viz: The Hubert
Murphy Fire Hose Co. and the No. 1
Fire Hose Company, and by them kept
ready for any emergency. On motion
it was resolved that Aid. Sharpe be in
structed and authorized to write and see
about getting hatnew for chemical fire
engine, book and ladder truck, and hose
reels immediately.
Under call of reports of committees,
the street committee report that the con
vict gang has been reduced to 5 men,
and now it had become a question wheth
er it was best to continue the system or
to disband it altogether. After due con
sideration, it was on motion resolved to
refer the matter to ihe street committee
with power to fully consider and recom
mend to the council that which they
deem best .to be done.
City attornev read ordinance to coun
cil on leaving Horses or mules unhitched
on the streets, which on motion was laid
on the table until the next meeting of
council.
City attorney reported that he had
seen Capt. Hamilton relative to a set
tlement of claims against him and re
ported progress.
Alderman Crawley offered to provide
room at his place for storing the hose
of the Hubert Murphy Hire Company
free of charge, which by motion was ac
cepted, and a vote of thanks tendered to
Alderman Crawley for his very gener
ous offer.
The petition of the R. E. Lee Fire
Hi «e Company was presented asking to
be incorporated as a lire hose company.
On recommendation of Chief Justice it
was ordered that the R. E. Lee Fire
Hose Company be incorporated as a fire
hose company of the, city of ‘Waycro«,
Ga., with all the privileges and immuni
ties arising therefrom, that none nndcr
16 years of age be admitted aa members,
and the membership uot to exceed 20
;• active members. Application of the
Hubert Murphy Fire Company, presen
ted, and by recommondation of Chief
Justice, it was ordered that the Hubert
Murphy Fire Hose Company he incor
porated as a fire, hose company of the
I city of Wavcroas, Ga, with all the privi-1 Joint Meeting of the Water-Works and | and the City Council, the Council was open the gate for applications to sell
' liges and immunities arising therefrom, Connell. called to order by Mayor Knight. other articles and the city would be
~ .... . * ” placed in the embarrassing position of
o arising
and that said company shall not number
more than 15 active members. , Mr. A.
B. McWhorter made statement that Fire
Hose Company No. 1 had heen organ
ized and kept drilling for fome time hav
ing previously been accepted by coun
cil, and were ready for any and every
emergency.
Mr. John S. Sharp in behalf of Dr.
Walker, Mrs. Lightsey, Mr. McQuaig
and himself made a tender to the city of
Waycross, of ten acres of land, beyond
the cemetery lor a city park, with- a
street running all around the square fifty
feet wide. The only condition of do
nation should be that the council should
clear up, enclose in a suitable fence, and
plant In suitable grasses and shrubbery,
and to connect said, park with the city
streets at as early a day as practicable.
By motion, this generous offer was ac
cepted by Council and a unanimous
vote of thanks tendered to the donors.
The bond of policeman Sweat
strengthened by additional security, was
accepted and ordered recorded.
The following bills were audited and
ordered paid:
Waycross Herald printing city
ordinances $100 00
Waycross Herald printing tax
blanks. 12 50
W. T. Brewer, dray tags 4 00
R. B. Keene, stove pipe, 1 05
W. A. McNeil, provisions. 20 60
Thomas Peach, shoeing mules...
J. P. Cason, ft on horse, etc.....
Reward convict, railroad expen
ses, etc...........'. .!.... ~
T. E. Lanier, docket book
R. P. Bird, stamps and lamp...
B. H. Thomas, home supply Co.
Allen Strickland, posts for park
The Satilla Mfg Co. lights, 189 95
$409 64
On motion, Capt. E. H. Crawley was
elected as assistant Chief of the Fire
Department, city of Waycross, for the
year 1893.
No other business being before Coun
cil, the meeting by motion, adjourned.
» W. A. McNeil,
R. P: Bird, Clerk. Mayor pro. tem.
The following item, clipped from the
Ft. Madison, (Iowa,) Democrat, contains
informntion .well worth remembering:
“Mr. John Roth, of this city, who met
with an accident a few days ago sprain
ing and bruising his leg and arm quite
severely, was cured by one 50 pent bottle
nf Phqtn)u>rl«!n’d Pain Rulm w Till#
of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm.” This
remedy is without an eqnal for'sprains
and bruises and should-have a place in.
every household. For sale by Cash
Drug Store.
Waycross, Ga., June 5th, 1893.
Pursuant to a call* of the Mayor, the
City Council .met in call meeting at the
City Hall on the evening of the 5th of
June, 1893, at 5 o’clock. His Honor,
Mayor Knight, presiding, i
Present, Aldermen Sharpe, McNeil,
Miller, Justice and Crawley.
The Mayor stated that the object of
the call meeting was, that the Council
might meet and confer with the Water
works Commission on the subject of
finishing the artesian well system, and
to this end a joint session of the two
bodies was necessary, by which ’some
plan or plans might be devised whereby
the difficulty might be obviated. There
upon, on motion, the City Council ad
journed, temporarily.
On motion of Mayor A. M. Knight,
Mr. H. Murphy, Chairman of the Water-
Works Commission, was called to pre
side over the joint session. There were
present of the Water-Works Commission
Commissioners Wilson, Reed, Albertson
and Cason; 1 absent, Com. Johnson.
The Chairman stated that the object
of the conference was to provide means
by which the Commission would be ena
bled to complete the present artesian
wdl and to sink anew one, so that a suf
ficiency of good and wholesome water
might be furnished for the use of the
citizens of the city of Waycross.
The Chairman then announced that
. the meeting was ready for the transac-
14 64 tion of business.
Col. L. A. Wilson was requested to
give his opinion on the legality of the
Water-Works Commission contracting a
debt for the completion of the object in
view. He briefly stated that the'Com
mission under its present charter did not
have the right to contract any further
indebtedness over the $30,000 bonds al
ready issued, but that the Council coujd
levy a tax of one-fifth of one per cent if
found* necessary on the valuation of
property, and thereby provide means for
the completion of the work, and that al
so joint interest bearing notes coaid be
issued by the Commission and the Coun
cil, and by this means the work might
be completed.
A statement was made by Commis
sioner Reed relative to propositions made
by Messrs. Joyce and Parker to complete
the present well, and also to drill a new
one, which proposals were thoroughly
explained by-Com. Reed.
Statements were also made by Com.
Murphy, Mayor Knight, Aid. Sharpe,
McNeil and others.
After a general discussion the joint
session was, by motion, adjourned. . _
iJ. Murphy,
R. P. Bird, Chairman.
Clerk. .
3 00
19 30
280
2 25
30 45
900
The Council duly and carefully con
sidered the whole matter submitted for
their consideration by the Water-Works
Commission, and on motion it was
Resolved, That the Water-Works Com
mission do proceed to the completion of
the artesian water-works system by
having the present artesian well comple
ted and a new one drilled near the
other ; and for the payment of the above
stated work, that the Water-Works Com
mission issue joint notes with the .City
Council, to the amount of $5,000, one
thousand dollars payable annually, with
notto’exceed 6 per cent interest
No other business being before the
Council the meeting on motion adjourn
ed. A. M. Knight,
R. P. Bird, Mayor.
Clerk.
The Herald does all kinds of job
printing at city prices and guarantees
satisfaction.
Short Line to The World’s Fair.
Upon the adjournment of the joint
session of the Water-Works Commission
Council Proceedings.
City Council met in regular session on
the evening of the 19th of June, 1893,
at 8 o’clock.
Present, his Honor, A. M. Knight,
Mayor; Aldermen Justice, Miller,
Sharpe and Crawley.
The minutes of the meetings of 19th
of May adjourned session and of the call
meeting June 5th, embracing joint-ses
sion with Water-Works Commission,
were read and confirmed.
Under call of unfinished business, the
petition of Howard, Jones & Co. was
considered.
Chairman of the Police and Fire Com
mittee s ated that he had consulted own
ers of adjacent property, who were op
posed to any addition being made, fear
ing that it would increase the rate of fire
insurance, and that he, the. Chairman,
would recommend against the petition.
Therefore, it was
Resolved, That the petition be denied.
The, ordinance drafted by the City
Attorney on leaving horses and mules
unhitched on- Plant avenue was laid on
the table.
The report of the Cemetery Keeper
was read for information, showing only
seven interments .since January, of whom
three were non-residents, three infants
and one adult
On motion, it was
Resolved, That dealers be allowed to
dispense soda-water on Sundays, but to
be restricted to soda-water alone.
The yeas and nays were demanded on
the motion and the following were re
corded: Yea—Aid. Crawley,- Justice
and Sharpe. Nay—Aid. Miller. Aid.
McNeil being absent.
The following veto message was re
ceived from Mayor'Knight:
• Gentlemen—I herewith return your
resolution authorizing the sale of soda
water on Sunday, without my approval.
Soda-water not being a necessity, to al
low the sale of same would be a viola
tion of existing ordinances forbidding
trafficking on Sunday., It would also
discriminating in favor of one article of
commerce against another, which is con
trary to all principle of law and justice.
Respectfully,
A. M. Knight, Mayor.
The Chairman of the Finance Com
mittee requested further time, which was
granted.
Chairman Finance Committee made
report on matter of purchasing hook
and ladder truck, and ho6e-reel, stating
that he had been offered outfit at Quit-
man for $350.
The Mayor appointed Aid. Crawley as
a Committee to proceed to Brunswick,
and more fully investigate the matter of
the hose-reel and hook and ladder. Also
Aid. Sharpe and Justice were appointed
a Committee to proceed to Quitman for
the same purpose, and to report immedi
ately.
City Attorney was instructed to see
Capt. Hamilton and his bondsmen and
notify them that unless the amounts due
by him were settled in thirty days that
steps would be taken to settle them by
law.
The petition to have electrie light
placed at the juncture of Haines avenue
and Pendergast street, was, by motion,
referred to Street Committee.
The following cases of appeal of citi
zens from the assessment of the Tax As
sessor, to the Council, were read, and
placed on file for future action:
. Mrs. F. E. Spence, Mrs. E. Highsmith
Messrs. J. A. Jones & Co., Messrs. Chas
Hohenstein & Co., Charles Hohenstein,
agent for W. L. Wilson; James Kno£,
W. M. Wilson, C. W. Hilliard, per J. J.
! Wilkerson,.agent; Dr. F. C. Folks.
The following communication from
His Honor, the Mayor, was read :
Gentlemen : After looking into the
finances of the city I find that they are
in such a condition as will require the
most rigid economy for the balance of
the year, and I recommend that yon re
duce the police force one man, discharge
the cook at the stockade, sell one of the
mules and use the driver as cook. We
have heretofore gotten, along with three
carts and mules and can do so now.
These recommendations, if adopted, will
save the city four or five hundred dollars.
Respectfully yours,
A. M. Knight, Mayor.
The communication was laid over un
til next meeting of Council.
The following b(lls were audited and
ordered paid:
The Fabric Fire Hose Co $
Cason & Miller, supplies 29 10
E. H. Crawley, “ 9 85
R. P. Bird, stamps and ice...'...„. 2 50
A. B..McWhorter & Co., drugs...' 3 75
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from all points in Florida and South
Georgia to World’s Fair.
Pnllman Buffet Sleeping Car
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Washington, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
New York, with Pullman Buffet Sleeping
Car for St. Louis, via Western and Atlantic
R. R. t and with through Pullman Buffet
Car Service via G. P. for Kansas City via
Birmingham and Memphis.
Sleeping Car on Night Trains
from Macon and Palatka. Passengers
leaving Palatka can remain in Sleeper at
Macon until 7:00 a. m., where breakfast can
be had and connections made with 7:40
train for Atlanta, and trains for Augusta,
Athens, Milledgerille, Montgomery and Sa
vannah, and all points East, North and
South.
H. Bcrkb, . A. C. Kkapp.
Trav. Pass’g Agt,. Traffic Mgr.,
Macon. Ga. Macon. Ga.
Waycross Air Line Railroad-
Leave Waycross daily except Sunday 200pm
ArriveWaltertown ** 44 “ 230 pm
Elsie ” *! 330 pm
‘ “ “ 400 pm
430 pm
* ** ** 530 pm
RETURNING.
Leave Sessoras daily except Sunday 5 30 am
Arrive Beach “ “ 610 am
Bolen ** “ ** 640am
Elsie r “ ^ 44 710am
Waltertown ** 44 740 am
Waycross 44 44 44 900 am
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On motion Council adjourned
A. M. Knight, Mayor.
R. P. Bird, Clerk.
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