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VpL XV.
WAYCROSS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3. 1891,
NO 11.
The following is
Corbetts meetings and conqucrettg:
At San Francisco he bested Elbman
ir 2 rounds,* Jim Hare 1 rounds; Ed
Slo-soii 3 rounds; Jim -McCarthy 3
rounds; .toe Choyinski 1 round; Hob Mc
Cord 1 round; Hilly Welch 3 rounds;
George Maxwell 2 rounds, Tom Pollard
4 rounds; John Dwyer 1 round; Ed Rose
3 rounds L. It. Fulda 4 rounds; Jack
Burke 8 rounds, (draw); Mike Brennan
3 rounds; Con Riordan 2 rounds Capt.
James Daily 4 rounds; Joe Choyinski 4
rounds. At Halt Lake City he defeated
Frank Smith in 7 rounds and Duncan
McDonald in 8 rounds. Again at Han
francisco, Joe Choyinski 3 rounds; Mar
tin Coftello 4 rounds; George Atkinson 3
rounds; Professor William Miller 6
rounds; Lary Hulli.au 2 rounds; Frank
Glover 4 rounds; John Donaldson 3
rounds. At Portland, Dave Campbell
in 8 rounds; Joe Choyinski in 27 rounds
in Han Francisco; Jake Kilrain in 0
rounds at New Orleans, Dominic McCaf-
frery in 4 rounds at Brooklyn; a draw
with Peter Jackson jn 01 rounds at Hail
Francisco. At Philadelphia, Mat Don
ovan 1 round John McVcy 3 rounds;
Bubbles Davis 3 rounds Boh Colley 4
rounds; Sailor Brown 2 rounds Jack
LHigdon 2 rounds; Denny KeHolier 4
ronnds;.Joc Wilson 3 rounds. At Boston, j
.Mike Dwyer 1 round. At Madison J
♦Square Garden, New York, Win. Hpcll- !
t ings 1 round; Boh Colley 1 round; Joe i
Lannoil 3 rounds. At Hartford, John !
McMahon in 2 r winds,---At Albany, 1
Jack McDonald in 1 round. At Colum- !
bus, Jim Hughes in 2 rounds. At Butte, •
Mont., Jack Grace in 2 rounds. At Han 1
Francisco, M.ke Risen in i round. At j
Tucson, Ari/..,Mike Hullivan in 2 rounds. .
At El Passo, Jack Don ally in 2 rounds. !
At New Orleans, John L. Sullivan, j
the champion of the world in 21 rounds, j
Yesterday jn Jacksonville Corbett j
knocked out Chas. Mitchell in three •
rounds the light lasted only 1) minutes. !
Corbett is still champion of the world, j
Edwards in three rounds, at Madison
>■ marc Garden; Oct. 13, 1884, fought 4
rounds with Dominick McCaffrey at
Madison Square Garden, McCaffrey de
clared winner; Feb. 23, 1885, defeated
John F. Heholes, champion heavy weight
of Canada, in four rounds at. Toronto,
Canada; May 22, 1885, 4 round draw
with Mike Cleary, at Han Francisco, Cal.;
k Bourkc; May 16,
with Jack Bourke;
round draw with Pasty
apolis, Minn.; July 28f
“Reddy” Galigher at
plctc list of | Cleveland. Ohio; March 10,1888, fought
30 round draw with Jonn L. Sullivan at
Chantilly, France, light lasting 3 hours,
JO minutes and 55 seconds.
Mitchell’s last fight was at Jackson
ville yesterday, where he was knocked
out in three rounds by Jas. J. Corbett,
of California. The light only lasted
nine minutes.
THE SCHOOL QUESTION.
Aired by Representative Citizens at a
Meeting in the School Building
Yesterday Evening.
dead or heart so calous as to rei
a pittance to his child, or to h
bor’s child, who ought to be cd:
CAPACITY OF OLD BUILDI
Professor Bridges stated
tha
xth | for the many kind and complimentary
gh- tilings .-aid of the Rifles. JJeute.nr.nt
|. O’Brien stated that he was like the man
whoqnnned the Lord’s prayer his bed
the curtain and before cntiring pointed to
: them with the 1
present building had a seating capacity
of 315, and that there were 800 school j timeftW’ He
children, and that they could not he ac- j ber<
commodated if the attendance was reg- ! way .deserves in
tir.ark, “them is my sen-
ndorsed all his comrades
?ant Hogan, who, bv the
>rq credit perhaps, than
CHARLES MITCHELL.
HIS RECOUP.
Chas. Mitchell was born m Birming
ham, England, November, 24, 1801; de
feated Boh Cunningham at Birmingham,
Jan. 11,1878, with bare knuckles, won
in 50 minutes; defeated C. Hmithers,
bare knuckles, Nov. 22, 1870, winning
in 17 minntes; same year fought 30
minute draw with gloves for a purse,
Pursuant to a call issued by the
Board of Education for a meeting of the
citizens of Waycross, quite a number of
prominent gentlemen met in the school
building yesterday evening. On motion
ofH. W. Hitch Mr. Warren Lott was
called to the chair and Mr. W. J. Cars
well was made secretary. The call
having originated with the Board of
Education, Col. H. W. Hitch was asked
to explain the object of the meeting,
which was substantially as follows :
The Board has long been embarrassed
in its efforts to provide proper and neces
sary facilities for the education of the
great mass of children who are knocking
at the door of our public free school for
admission, and this meeting has been
called to get some expression from the
people iu regard to bonding the city in
order to secure necessary funds to build
a suitable school binding with all the
modern improvements and appliances
necessary to facilitate speedy ami effect
ual education, and it was the sense of
the piescnt Board that such building
could be secured and paid for easily and
with less cQst for the present generation
by* bonding the city, and leaving I he
burden of payment to the rising genera
tion, who of all others, will be the
greatest beneficiaries.
Judge II. P. Brewer spoke first, and |
said, that, as a member of the Board of j
Education he felt a deep and abiding !
interest in the welfare ol the school, and
as a citizen lie was opposed to high tax
ation. Huch being the ease lie had
given the subject of bonding the town
for school purposes, much thoughtful
consideration, resulting in the conclu
sion that any tax, however high, which
afforded immediate and unquestioned
results for good to the masses should be
acquiesed iu and approved by the peo-
! pic. I was convinced after the City
1 Assessor made up bis returns for last
j year which footed up §1,809,000, after
i a little investigation that the amount of
! the increase in taxes in order to pay the
, interest and raise the necessary amount
1 for the sinking fund, to meet the bonds
i s.i31 it: our s/ ate m of waterworks was
J so small that our people would never,
cavil ov^tho insignificant raise in the
j annual tax if they understood properly
the splendid possibilities it would open
up to them, their children and the city.
We all realize the necessity, or de
mand for a new and larger school house,
and if a proper showing of the actual
coet will induce any one to lend ns
their aid in this matter, I am prepared
I to make it. The city was bonded for
ular, and that seventy-eight of the seats
now used by him had been borrowed
from the colored school, .and that the
colored school was at present in'as bad
a tight as himself for necessary accom
modations. There are two ways out of
the difficulty which confronts us. One
sometimes resorted to, is overflow rooms
in different parts of the city, but their
J tendency is to disrupt the organized
j system of a graded School and are not
i regarded with favor as expedients on
| that account, besides the cost of renting 1
I rooms in the different wards would
j amount to more in the year than the
i additional tax necessary to bond the
i city for a new and commodious school
! building.
Col. S. \V. Hitcli, Col. h. A. Wilson
| Hon. J. L. Sweat and others spoke at
| length showing in the course of their
arguments not only the necessity, but
that there is a growing and outspoken
demand for a new aud larger school
building with all the improvements and
facilities for successful education. The
fact that many of our people were send
ing their children to school ia other
cities and even outside the State was
feelingly referreL to, and the advantages
of Waycross as an educational center,
if her people would unite in pushing
her interests was set forth in fitting
terms.
Rev. Mr. Kimball summed up the
situation in a neat little speech and
submitted the following resolutions
which were unanimously adopted by a
rising vote :
Resolved 1st That it is expedient and
necessary to have a new school building
in Waycross. 2nd, That it is most expe
dient to raise the amount sufficient by
issuing bonds. 3rd That the City Coun
cil h<r asked to call for si vote on the
question of issuing bonds.
Ami Resolved Further, That a Com--
quttoc be appointed to show the advisa
bility througU-the means of the Evening
Herald.
The meeting adjourned in high good
humor, and the Herald regrets exceed
ingly its limited space to-day which
forces the withdrawal of a synopsis of
several very interesting talks made by
piominent gentlemen present.
else for the
dined to talk
anvofii
tainment,
on yielding the fl > >r to older an 1 m n*
experienced spokesmen. •
* Mr.Whe’.pley came up promptly when
called and stated that the Rifles were
heie to do good and for no other pur
pose. Dr. Smith had eaten a hearty sup
per and declared that he was too full for
utterance.
Mr. McSwceney called for the para-
goric as soon as his name was announc
ed. Mr. Olney-came up smiling and de
voted the time allotted him to a eulogy
on wdmen. His remarks were highly
appreciated and loudly applauded. Mr.
IT. HI Sasnett was very proud of the
Rifles and paid them some pretty com
pliments. Rev. W. W. Kimball made a
very fine speech which we think could
only be exceeded by one of his eloquent
sermons. Rev. W. H. Scruggs left be
fore supper, his absence was regretted
by all. The strains of sweet music by
the string band enlivened the banquet.
After the supper was over the Rifles
and their guests adjourned to the large
hall where the remainder of the evening
was spent in pleasant conversation and a
social dance.
Th«j Rifles entertainment goes into
history as a great success and as one
the social events of the season.’ Suce
1
c^rszscJ
.v\ he
I wo
sold
should be.
now will be
>>* obje
talk i
• and
display of heavy, i
ir wc can’t swap
your money.—If not. there will be no
I have move new suits than 1 want-
T care to pack up—am afraid tlie motl
derwear—you readily see what a fix 1
My stock of money is very smali-
the.se facts all together.m 1 arrive :U
sion.” You enu buy a suit, nmvoat,
k Clothing—Lct’>
'3©
!lie ‘tyrojic
as
Will You Try!
"Best Goods for theLeast Money.”
FRANK C. OWENS
The Leading Clothier,
Owen’s Block, Waycross,Ga.
VERY MILD WINTER
CD
of a degiaded, time serving opinion, we
proudly place the broad fact which con-
• temporaueous history asserts, that the
‘ South to-day stands pre-eminent for her
to our gallant soldier boys and their efri-I devotion to principle and for fearless
eient officers. ! maintenance of her convictions. The
| brightest jewels of a nation are not the
gold and silver bullion that be piled in
Mr. Wootens Speech.
Beauty and bravery are united to J
signalize this happy anniversary. The j
felicitations of the witty and the con- j
gratulhtions of the eloquent may be more .
pleasing to your fancy, but none, sir, are ;
ottered in more sincerity, than those of
the speaker before you. You pass to
night the fourBUmilc post in your histo
ry, and your record to date is as un
blemished as that of a southern soldier
should be. What the days to come will
bring we cannot know. It has been
wisely ordered that the veil which hides
the face of futurity is woven by the hand
of mercy. Blit of this, we do sir, feel
assured, that this company will never
forsake a good cause nor champion a~
bad one. The chivalry of its gallant
captain would rebel at every sentiment
An Eloquent Banquet aud a Pleasant ; not in touch with honor, and every pri-
Eveiling. j vate in your ranks would 1 resign before
The fourth anniversary of the Way- j he would commit an act not in keeping
oss Rifles was celebrated last night at j with the high character of a southern
tlicir armory with an elegant banquet, j soldier.
speeches and social intercourse. About ; ] > myself, am a very young man, ex-
eighty invited guests were present and 1 ceedingly young, but nevertheless, I was
when supper was announced at ten j just old enough at the close of the war
o’clock, the tables were filled with the ! to sit up on the back gate and holloa
beauty and chivalry of the Magic City, j h urra h for Jeff Davis to the very first
The spread was magnificient, the tables j Yankee soldier I ever saw. I have been
its vault®, but a!
less than all .
of mdepende
prompted
of ship r
overboard
fired the ff
proud tt;ij
maiden ar,
* all and more priee-
i that high-born spirit
ml that sensitiveness
i feels a stain like a
A lien V<
iwcred
Something Worth Knowing.
A few days since Mr. C. M. Eunice,
who lives near the city, had a fine mare
chocked with a raw potato. Everything
had been done that could he thought of
to relieve her but to no purpose. The
potato was located low down in the ani
mals throat aud finally Mr. Eunice got
a long pliant limb from ail apple tree,
wrapped it carefully with cloth, greased
it with lard and having tied the mares
head up and wedged open her mouth,
thrust the stick the distance of over three-
feet down the animate throat. The po
tato was dislodged and the mare is now
all right. This statement is published
hoping that it may benefit some one else-
in the future.
. These have ever been the
nniuating feelings of true Houihcrn
anhood, and God willing, they shall so
.ntinue to the end of the chapter.
The Confederate Veterans are rapidlv
W'i
t the stage which tlu
THE RIFLES ENTERTAINMENT.
with Bill Kenedy, the light weight i $30,000 for water-works, no one regrets
champain; next defeated Daily Grey | that now, and in order to pay the inter-
with bare knuckles in 1 round, lastin:
11 minutes; defeated Caryadoff, the
•‘Belgian Giant,” in four rounds^ with
gloves; June 16. 1881, fought Jack
kBurkc lor $500, lasting 1 hour and 17
"ninutes, which ended in a draw; Dee.
23, 1882, Mitchell won the champion-
shsp of England in championship coin-
petition over all comers; April 9, 1883,
defeated Mike Cleary in New York, in
8 rounds; May 14, 1883, was bested by
John L. Sullivan, in 8 round.-, in Madi
son Square Garden, New York City;
Oct. 2, 1888, fought a draw with Sheriff’,
‘•The Prussian,” at Flushing, Long Is
land; March 20, 1884, defeated Joe
Demming, amateur champion heavy
weight, in 4 rounds, at Turner Hall,
New York; March 26, 1884, fought four
round draw with Jake Kilrain, at Insti
tute Fair Building, Boston, Massachu-
sets; May 12, 1884, knocked onfc Billy
cst on, and raise a sinking fuud to
those bonds which will amount annual
ly to $1,950, requiring an increase of
one-tenth of one per cent, on the usual
assessment for" current expenses based
on the footing of the assessment made
for 1S93. A magnificent school build
ing built and equipped at a cost of
$25,000 if secured by the sale of city
bonds, would entail an additional levy to
raise about §1,650 which would he less
than one dollar on the thousand, and
would not he objected to by any one dis
posed to fairly measure the benefit by
the cost. For instance, a man worth
$5,000 would pay an additional tax of
five dollars; if lie sends one child to
school the matriculation fee for lour
quarters is four dollars, making nine
dollars in all, the cost of his tuition-for
one year, and I stand here to- say that
being laden with the choicest delicacic
and more substantial viands arranged
in handsome style. After supper was
over and before the guests had left their
seats, Lieutenant Gillon, in a neat and
appropriate speech welcomed the visitors
to the Rifles entertainment. Judge
Sweat was called and replied in fitting
language to Lieutenant Gil Ion’s address.
He congratulated the Rifles upon their
recent escape from the enemy at Folks-
ton and complimented them for previous
valuable services. The Judge’s speech
was a happy blending of humor and se
riousness and was received with. grea
applause.
The junior editor of the Herald was
complimented by being asked to follow
Judge Sweat, but excused himself upon
the grouuds that he was not down on
the original program for a speech and
that his duties as special reporter for the
occasion disqualified him as a speech
doing that ever since then, ami if to*
night the wealth of the world was offered
me to write traitor across Jeff Davis’
grave, I would die in a poor house before
I would make the first single letter.
Gentlemen of the corps, I admonish
and beseech you never be ashamed to
own your loyalty to the cause for which
your fathers battled. Don’t be laughed
nor jeered out of your devotion to a
principle which was championed by your
father’s valor and consecrated by your
mother’s tears.
You, gentlemen of the company, are
the direct descendants and the legatees of
the highest example of patriotic devo
tion which history records, and if you
live up to the high standard which the
old Confederate Veterans has set you,
yours will be a life full of honor and a
death without reproach.
Gentlemen, I hold up to you to-night
the old Confederate Veteran, and coin-
maker. He was excused.
Mr.Wooten next called. He responded j mend him to you, as m every respect
promptly and was evidently loaded for | worthy of your imitation. Unskilled in
the occasion. HLs speech in detail fol
lows these notes and will be read with
interest. At this juncture the senior
editor of this paper arrived on the ground,
or at the supper table, and Sharp! Sharp!
resounded through the spacious hall. Iu
quiet dignity he arose to his feet End de
clared that as yet he had bad no supper,
He stated that he loved the soldiers very
much but could not respond to their
welcome until the cravings oftlie inner
man were satisfied, he also said that in
making an impromptu speech he inva
riably required a notice of two weeks.
He was excused.
the arts of oratory, mine is not the
tongue to lisp his praise nor pronounce
the high eulogium which his charteter
merits. Genius lias immortalized in
poetry and eloquence the imperishable
record of his achievements, and history,
as it notes their rapidly decreasing ranks
writes them down as heroes worthy of the
lion-hearted ancestry from which they
sprang.
From the secession of Carolina to the
death of Jefferson Davis the south did
nothing of which a southern soldier need
feel ashamed. The cold calculating ma-
• lustrous with their unequaled achieve- j t ' i
J ill cuts.
| Their whitened locks, their trembling
| gait and unsteady hand proclaim that life i
[ stands on the verge of its decline, and j
j that soon they will be called to that long !
! rest from which martial fife nor stiring
drum no more shall wake them. May
Heaven grant them :i peaceful old age,
a happy death and a triumphant rc-un-
ion with their chieftains in Heaven. The
lark mounting Heavenward, and carrol-
ing its morning hymn, is not more free
than they would Lave died to make us,
and the song of the mocking bird as he
cradles the sun to rest is not more sweet
than the precious memory they leave.
May the pert.ime-laden breezes of their
native Southland rest in gentle benedic
tions on their graves.
We, who survive tnem, will see to it
that justire is done their memory. No !
vandal hand shall despoil them of their
i fair fame. May Heaven’s thunderbolt
j blast the man who would asperse these
! unpaid soldiers of immortal principles.
We of the New South, are willing to
rgetaud forgive. We have long since
shook hands across the bloody chasm.
Wc will wtfleome northern immigration
and capital to rebuild the waste places,
where wc find ashes we will plant roses,
where we find a ruin we will erect a tem
ple, but wherever aud whenever in our
journey throughout the length and
breadth of the land we come to the grave
of a Confeperate soldier, we will stand
and swear by all the gods of mythology
that the memory of him who fills it shall
never be dishonored.
“They never fail who die in a good
cause: The block may soak their gore,
their heads may sodden in the sun, their
limbs be strung to city gates and castle
walls, but still their spirits walk abroad.
Though years elapse and others share as
dark a doom, they but augment, the
deep-and sweeping thoughts Which over
power all others and conduct the world at
last to freedom. What were we if Bru
tus hud not lived? He died in giving
him liberty, but left a deathless lesson,
a name which is a virtue, and a soul
which multiplies itself throughout all
time. When wicked men waxed mighty
Vole for the New School Building.
If you have houses to rent, vote for
ie new school building.
ote tor the i
If
: a f
for the new
If you are a busines-
bmincss, vote foi
e.‘ the town on;
•bool building.
I'u.l to educate
h hjI lmihlinsr.
terialist of these latter days may point
Repeated calls now brought Capt. j to the loss of life and destruction to a a^Aoro&f sarvile, he'amMi'is
Farr to his feet. He reiterated Lieuten- property as just cause for reproach to j ],jgi, friends were styled the last of Ro-
there will be no man found with soul so ant Gillons welcome and returned thanks our people. But against this aspersion mans.”
■ • - • ■ . : S
and waii
new school
binding
The new school building will . add
more to the prosperity of Waycross than
any other enterprise yon can think of.
Let us not he behind our sister town#
in the matter of education.
A new school building will greatly
increase the value of property in Way-
cross.
Every citizen of Waycross should vote
for the new school building.
The Waycross War.
The Atlanta Constitution speaks of
the late little unpleasantness between
Governor Northern and the prize light
ers as “the Waycross wav.” We do not
take issue with the Constitution for call
ing it ttie Waycross war for the reason
forsooth, that it is well understood that
almost everything important that hap
pens in the State must occur either in
Waycross or Atlanta, and indeed for a.
time it did appear very much like a
minature war in this section. There
seems to l»e no question that a war was-
on hand and that an engagement ha*
actually taken place. The trouble at'--
headquarters now is to decide who shall
pay the war debt.
The terms of thirty United States
Senators expire on March 3, 1895,
sixteen Republicans and fourteen
Democrats. The present Senate is
composed of forty-four Democrats,
thirty eight Republicans, and three
Populists. There are three vacan
cies. The Republicans are likely to
lose Senator Higgins in Delaware,
but they may offset it by the gain, of
a Republican in place of John R. Mc
Pherson in New Jersey. Several
free silver Republicans, Senators
Wolcott, shoup, Power and Petti
grew among, them, go out.
