Waycross weekly herald. (Waycross, Ga.) 1893-190?, February 17, 1894, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextWaycross Weekly Herald. OFFICIAL OB.GA.HT CITY OF WAYCROSS, WABF, OHABLTOHT AHTD OAMDBJT COUNTIES. VOL XV. WAYCROSS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 17. 1894. NO 12. Turner’s Work. THE 8. F.H. DEPOT IGVEO , Notwithstanding tlic inclemency of | To tbo td jt or „f tbe Telegraph: Some the s,«ht. o“:rsb“S^tS Four Hundred Yards In Thirty Minutes, j' ast u 'ght, was largely attended. The j Chairman Wilson of the ways and means ! decoratio;: of the beautiful residence of j committee, “did more work in the prep- The big freight building belonging «» Capb 0race wa * >uperb in every detail the a F. A W. R. R. about I and consisted of festoons of red bunting dred and twenty feet long and forty feet j illtc . rspuracd wi|h , vcrgreens and fl owtr3 wide, was moved to its new locat.on yes- | arranged in m0Kt ., rtistio 9tyIe . xhc terday afternoon. A large crowd of spacious parlors were thrown' together peopie bad assembled to w .tncss the i an<] lhe „. hol<! charming acene was aight. The building was supported by | ij?bted by electricity. There was no twenty immense girders. Excavations 9})ecifl|Iy arranged pr ; gram for thc cvcn . had been made and double tracks laid | ingi but the company w as highly enter- under thc building. The whole struct- , tajnc( , witb vncal ,, nd in5trumenta , ure rested on twenty patrs of car trucks. ^ by tbc friend , of tbc chami A powerful wire rope was attached to j hoates* thc rear end of thc building, passing . At the ceremony of cutting the cake, over thc girders and to thc engine which j oiney was successful in capturing was stationed on one of thc main tracks, j a beautiful charm in thc shape of a I he work of preparation for the ,nove j golden heart upon which was engraved had been going on for some days and at | tbc wards <'l\b r uary 14, 1894.” Thc 2:40 o’clock yesterday afternoon thing was ready. Engine No. 74 with (’barley Andrews at the lever stood ready to make the pull. Mr. Reed gave thc signs'll with his handkerchief, tlic men waived their hats, thc ladies their handkerchiefs and Charley Andrews put on thc steam. As the rope tightened thc immense building moved as easily as if it had been a baby carriage, and in thirty minutes from thc time of starting the large freight depot had been moved a distance of about four hundred yards. The space left vacant by the moving of the freight depot suggests the idea of a new passenger depot on or near the same spot. Rumor says we will have it bye and bje. General Evans Coming. Capt. Hamilton wired the following invitation to Gen. Evans, on j-csterday: Waycross, Ga., Feb. 14,1894. (Irk. C. A. Evans, Brunswick. Ga. You are invited to visit Waycross. Wire time of coining and length of stay. W. D. Hamilton, Pres. W. C. V. A. Soon thereafter the following reply ryns received: Brunswick, Ga., Feb. 14, 1894. Capt. W. D. Hamilton, Waycross, G*. Invitation thankfully accepted. Com ing Friday morning. Stay few hours. Clement A. Evans. From this it will be seen, that thc soldier, Christian, statesman, and candi date for Governor of Georgia, will arrive on to-morrow ni'-rning’s train from Branswick, and will likely leave on thc Thomasville train at 11:30 o’clock. For thc enteftainment of Gen. Evans, while in our city, and to enable as many of our people as possible to meet him, thc following program is announced. A committee consisting of: Capt' W. 1) Hamilton, Hon. Warren Lott, Capt. James Knox, W. A. McNeil, Col. John C. McDonald, W. X. Miller, Capt L. Johnson, John 8. Sharp, Capt. J. D. Smith, Judge II. F. Brewer, J. M. Lee, W. W. Sharpe, Dr.. J. L. Walker, Col. C. C. Thomas and Mayor F. C. Folks, will meet Gen. Evans at the train on its arrival from Brunswick, escort him to the Southern Hotel, and front there they will take carriages, drive to the Court House and commencing promptly at 10 o’clock, an informal reception will be .held in the Superior Court room, after which the General will be escorted back to the hotel and depot by thc committee. There will be a meeting of the com mittee in the Ordinary’s office at the Court House to-night at 7:30 o'clock, which should be attended by every member. Everybody, including ladies and gen tlemen, are requested to attend the re ception at the Court House. Amusement. The educated ponies and dogs that will give exhibition under their mam- mouth tent in this city Friday and Sat urday nights and also a matinee Satur day at 2:30 p. m. Too much can hardly be said in praise of these highly trained animals, the exhibition that they give is so unlike other entertainmentsfgiven by m educated horses or dogs. There is not ' one dull moment in the program, noth ing that is monotonious. It is comedy from start to finfehptis high class amuse ment and strictly moral. Prof Gentry has spent years ot rime and labor in de signing the most attractive way of exhib iting their intelligence. No one in the city should miss this grand opportunity. Prices are within reach of all. Children 15 cents adults 25 cents. refreshments were of the daintiest kind aud were served in thc prettiest manner imaginable. The entertainment was perhaps the greatest success of the season and will be remembered by thc participants as one of the most agreeable of their lives. Will Be Built at Once. At their meeting last night the water works commission decided to erect the building at the pumping station at once. The new building will be very pretty and the bell tower will be about seventy five feet high. It will be a great addi tion to the appearance of the city. Will Defend the Ilopfen Weiss. Mr. Gumpf, of the Montgomery Brew ed ng Company, is in the city. Mr. Gumpf comes to delend the parties against whom cases were recently made by the city authorities, for selling the Hopfen Weiss beer. The cases will come before council soon and will doubtly at tract much attention. Death of an Inlfcnt. The four months old infant ot Mrs. Harts field died at the residence of Mr. and 31 re.Wootens in this place last night. Mrs. Hartsfield is from Camilla and was visiting Mrs. Wooten when the child f was taken sick. Thc remains were taken to Camilla this morning for inter ment Notice is hereby given to the public not to trade or barter for two notes made payable to S. L. Gapton, or bearer, made by roe. on November, 30th. and due sixty and ninety days after date, for $100 each, as they will not be paid when they fall due. janl-M. J.T.McGk Go aud Look at It, Those of our citizens who arc opposed to voting for bonds to build a new school house arc invited to go and examine the old building now being used for school purposes in this city. It is crowded and unsafe in case of fire or storm. In fact it is a disgrace to our growing city. Go and look at it. They are Not Types of Southern Young Ken. Thc following from the Columbus En quirer-Sun is proper, timely and true: Some few newspapers arc holding up Lewis Redwine and Harry Hill as aw ful examples to the young men of Geor gia. It is unnecessary. These crimi nals arc not types of the young men of Georgia. They are exceptions. Thc Georgia youth as a rule, wherever you find him, is brave, chivalrous and hon- He has made that record for over a hundred years, and he may be relied on to keep it up. Few of them will fol low the footsteps of the embezzler or the foi^er, and they do not stand in need of the warning.” A French merchant; a millionaire at tlic time of his death, left his property to n friend on condition that when he was buried a sum of $100,000 should be placed in his coffin. The executor was in no mind to comply with the precise terms of the whimsical request, but was at his wits ends to discover some means of defeating it. A happy thought, however, came at last. He placed a check for $100,0)0, payable to the dead man, in thc coffin, and in telling of his ruse to his friends, for the story was too good to keep, announced that he is quite prepared to honor the check when the payee presents it Which gives rise to the reflection by the New York Sun that dodging dead, men is easier ffir than waiting for their shoes. “Yes,” said the old man, addressing his visitor, “I’m proud of my girls, and should like to see them all comfortably married; and as I’ve made a little money, they won’t go to their husbands penni less. There’s Mary, 25 yeam old, and a real good girl, I shall give her a thousand pounds whep she marries. Then comes Bet, who won’t sec 35 again, and shall have two thousand; and the man who takes Eliza, who is forty, will have three thousand with her.”. The young man reflected a moment or so, and then nervously inquired: “Yon haven’t one about50 have you?”—Ex. aratiou ot the tariff bill than all the other members of the committee com bined.” No one wishes to detract from the services of Chairman W. L. Wilson. As the head of the committee it is natu ral that ho should receive the applause of the people. But others on that com mittee are arduous workers. Hon. Henry G. Turner, for instance, has made the tariff his hobby for years. He has made it a study. He remained in Washing ton all the summer, while other con gressmen were enjoying vacation, assist ing in the preparation of the tariff bill; and while honoring the chairman of the committee it is unfair to underestimate the work of other members of thc com mittee. Judge Turner was an ardent advocate of an income tax and sup ported that measure before his own com mittee. And wheu the committees on banking and currency had before them the repeal of the 10 percent tax on state banks, Judge Turner went before the committee and delivered an able speech in favor of thc repeal. He felt the need of the measure for his section. The platform demanded it without any con ditions. He exerted himself to impress the committee with the necessity of re peal of thc tax, and when thc committee reported adversely to the bill Judge Turner, in common with our people, felt a deep disappointment. And McMillan of Tennessee made himself so prominantas a member of thc Wilson committee that Bourke Cockran of New York, in his recent speech be fore congress, sneered at him as a new leader of a new democracy, attempting to heap ridicule upon him beesuse Mc Millan was aggressive in his advocacy of measures which promised relief to the south. Nor should it be forgotton how ably Judge Turner supported the Wilson bill on the closing day of general debate. That speech caused the New York World to say ot him: “His speeches are brilliant and effective, although he presents thc subject free from any fanci ful touches. He deals with facts and the waycross war debiv It Comes Up In Auother Shape—Thc Counties in Which thc War Was Fought May Have to foot the Bills* ^ Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 13.—Another hitch has arisen between the governor and the Comptroller General in regard to the payment of executive warrants drawn to meet' thc expenses of the Waycross campaign against the pugilists. While the new .complication does not call in question Jhe legality of the Governor’s conduct, that point having been dccidc-d already, it is likely to cause more real trouble than there has yet come of the controversy. It is now the county treas urers of thc several border counties who j will be heard from. Under the present opinion or the Comptrollei General these counties will be railed upon to pay something toward defraying the cam paign expenses. To-day, when the Gov ernor’s warrant for $768 drawn to meet the expenses of the sheriffs and deputies who participated in the Waycross epi sode, was presented, Comptroller Wright declined to countersign it, and it was not paid. He takes the . position that this money ought to come out of thc treas uries of tbc counties affected and in that light put thc case before the Governor. The Comptroller’s position is that the sheriff} and deputies were acting within their own jurisdiction only, and there fore the state has nothing to do with paying them. Attorney General Terrell has been asked for his opinioif on the question. If, as is anticipated, he sus tains Comptroller Wright, the counties of Glynn, Wayne, Camden and Ware, will have to go down in their pockets to foot the sheriffs' bills. Up to date bills to thc amount of $1,800 incurred by thc Waycross epi— sode have been presented and all are not in yet. The total will probally exceed $2,000. ‘ What They Think of Waycross. The following is from the Valdosta Telescope, and tells the tale about right: - Two ideal tramps—two blooming daisies-- were seated on thc sunny side of a platform near the 8. F. & W. depot Monday and they were holding a kind of experience meeting. One of them was just from Waycross, while the other PRICES WAY DOWN. I have kept marking and marking down prices until now thc BOTTOM IS REACHED. I don’t want to let the bottom drop entirely out. Sec my window display this week for what I want to sell you— 25e Undershirts for 15c. , $2.50 Undershirts for $1.50, 50c Undershirts for 25o, 25c Sox for 12Jc. 75c Undershirts for 35c, 15c Sox for 7.]e. $1.50 Undershirts for $1.00. 50fc Suspenders for 25c. My Half Price Sale of a few heavy Suits—Overcoats, Extra Pants, etc., is still going on. If you aven’t called now is the time to do so. The greatest bargains in town on men’s shoes. Come look at them — ‘‘Best Goods for theLeast Money.” FRANK C. OWENS The Leading Clothier, Owen’s Block, Waycross,Ga. statistics and gives them the most force- i from down towards Thomasville. Of ful application.”* All praise to the chairman, Hon. IV. S, Wilson, and may his Florida trip fully restore him to health aud vigor but let not our owu correspondents un dervalue the ability, and the hard labo rious work of such men as Henry G. Turner. J. C. Meeting of tlie Old Confederate Vet erans. Pursuant to a notice published in these columns, a meeting ot the old con federate veterans was held at the court hotise in this city this a. m., with Mr. James Knt>x iu the chair and Capt. Hamilton secretary. The minutes of last meeting were read and approved. Twenty-two old veterans responded to roll call. The following named new members were aded to the roll of the as sociation: W R Mallon,J D Smith, A E Smith, J D Sweat, / T Brown, J Strick land, C W Lynn, B J Waidron and A P Perham. The following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year: W. D. Hamilton, president; J. 31. Lee, first vice-president; J. D. Lee, second vi president; J. J. Wilkinson, secretary and treasurer; Rev. J. W. Quarterman, chap lain. General Clement A. Evans, was in dorsed for the nomination for governor and General Jon. B. Gordon was invited to deliver his celebrated lecture on “the last days of the Confederacy,” at this place at some time in the future that will suit his convenience. A committee on “resolutions” to the memoiy of comrades W. F. Parker, Capt E. H. Crawley and Col. John C. Nichols, was granted further rime to make their report The meeting adjourned to meet again on the 2nd Saturday in March. •Mr. Reed Mr. H. W. Reed tendered his resigna tion as a member of the Water Works commission last night Mr. Reed stated that his new business relations would not longer, allow him to remain on the board. A suit has been started at Ocala against the defunct Demands, once the organ of the Populists. It is a suit on a note given for cash to help the paper • along. The note is about alt there is left of the De mands.—Tamps Tribone. course they were like all other tourists .if their kind—sober, hardworking men of genius wRh large dependent families, thrown out of a job by these hard times or by some labor saving machinery. They were discussing to themselves the different towns they had bcen-to. One said to thc other: “Is yoii been to Waycross.” “No, but they tell me it is a blooming, bloody town, and I don’t care to form any acquaintance with it.” “Blooming, bloody ! Its the bloodiest devilish town I ever saw. Why I got tight there Saturday evening and they had me picking dirt with a hoe before breakfast 3Ionday morning. I saw a fellow ask a man for a chew of tobacco and they pulled him for thirty days work on the street. Wheu they turned me loose I went to the street well for a drink of water and they pulled me again. It’s one of these blooming dry towns and they fine a fellow quicker for totin' a half pint flask than they would if he carried a brace of pistols. One man took a drink out of a bottle in the depot and they fined him $50. Another fel low gave a driuk to a man in the drug store and they pulled him for a cool hundred dollars. , Why I’d sooner walk ten miles than to go in that town on an enifty ear or a truck. They have a re ception committee at the depot to meet tourists and the first fellow that crawls out they nab him and put him to work. Its a good town for sky-pilots, love feasts and the like, but it offers devilish little encouragement to a hungry tourist.” Then they both walked off toward an empty freight and when the midday freight car pulled out for Thomasville, they both went speeding with thc wind toward Quitman, as if to separate them selves as far as possible from Waycross. Adjutant General Kell, of Georgia, can now say that “all things come to him who waits.” He was on the Al abama when she was sank by the Kearsage, and be has lived to see the conqueror of the Alabama sunk.— Atlanta Journal. Connell Proceedings. Council uret in adjourned meeting of the regular session on the evening of the 2nd Feb 1894, at 7:30 o’clock. Present A. J. Miller mayor pro-tem, presiding, Aldermen S. F. Miller, 3IcGee, Archer and Pollard. Minutes of last meeting of Jau. 30th, were read and confirmed. Col. Wilson was heard as a committee with Mr. W. J. Carswell representing the mass meeting recently held at the academy on the subject of the issueing of bonds for the purpose of building and furnishing an academy for the whites, and of improving the school facilities of the colored; and stated that the meeting had voted unanimously in favor of an election on the school bond question, and requested that an early day lie named by council for holding said elec tion. Ou motion it was resolved that the said election be held on thc 10th day of 3Iarch next, and that thc mayor have said notice publised in the Way- cross Herald foi^thirty days prier to said election. The council next proceeded with thc election of a chief of thc fire department. On motion Mr. H. 3Iurphy was nomi nated and elected as chief of the fire de partment for year 1894, and the clerk was requested to notify him and ask his acceptance. The subje?t of the note of W. W. Sharpe was referred to the city attorney to confer with the treasurer and power, to act. The chairman of the finance commit tee reported that he had exchanged a mule for a home and received $10 differ ence. Clerk was authorized to get bids for the job printing by thc next meeting. The chairman cf the street commit tee reputed that he had ordered the Lennon restauraut to l»e removed and the nuisance abated. On motion the regular meeting of council were ordered to be convened on the second Monday night in each and every month at 7:30 o’clock. On mo tion council adjourned until the 12th of February. It. P. Bird, A. J. Miller, Clerk. Mayor pro-tem, Notice to Debtors and Creditor*. GEORGIA—CnARLTOX Cocxty: All persons having claims against the es tate of James Thompson, late of said county deceased, are hereby required to present them to the undersigned for settlement, and all persons indebted to said estate are re quested to come forward and settle the same. ^ t r* TOmroonv dec9-4tw Nine inches of beautiful suow fell in Massachusetts day before yester day^ The Columbus Enquirer ought to know that South Georgia is a unit for H. G. Turner for Senator. Midwinter balls are advertised in the eastern States and here we are thinking about spring picnics. St. Valentine's day is not nearly so mneb observed as it once was, in fact in some sections it has become abso lve. The good news comes from Wash ington that the passage of the income tax bill by the Senate is almost a certainty. It is not thought that the coming of tlie prognosticated cold wave will chill the ardor of thc average Geor gia politician. Senator V»la9 is preparing a bill for the repeal of the 10 per cent tax on State banks. It is said that tbc President will endorse Mr, Vilas’ bill. A true history of the yellow fever in Branswick is soon to be written, says tbe Savannah News. We had hoped that the yellow fever business was over. A large melon crop is predicted all along the line of the S. F. & W* R. R. this year and as osnal for the past few years, the farmers will lose money.* ; The late Chicago storm was-the worst ever known in that city. 3Iany lives were lost and millions of dollars worth of property was des troyed. It has becu suggested that the United States Senate is not as near the people as it should be. At an}* rate the people are keeping an eye on the said Senate. There is a strong movement being made in England to abolish the House of Lords. Let the good work go on, it won’t interfere witb any of our relations. Mclntosbe’s hog and hominy cam paign continues to lead the proces sion. It i9 the most important move ment recently inaugurated in Geor gia. All honor to McIntosh. It is announced that ific Rev. T. DcWitt Talmftge will deliver his fare well sermon as pastor of Lite Brook lyn Tabernacle on the first Sunday in March, and that he will shortly there after start on an extended eastern tour with his wife and daughters. Miss Alice L. Woodbridgc advo cates pensioning all women over fifty years of age. Of course thc princi ple of the project is objectionable, but it is notrlikely that its actual op eration would co9t the government much. How many women could be found to admit that tln*v were over fifty years old? - Indianapolis Times. The Lake City, Fla., Reporter says.that the rush of busiueis that was to follow’ the open sale of liquor iu that town has not yet set in. Grog shops never briug desirable trade or desirable citizens to a town. If a town with grog shops prospers it is not indebted to their presence for its prosperity. It is to be hoped that thc senato rial canvass will not run into a joint discussion. There isn't a stump in the State big enough to hold all thc candidates at once,.and if there were, there is no community that could spare the time in a lump to hear them all. through.—Savannah Press. If South Georgia has decided to relinqni9h the Governorship and take its chances for the United States sen ' ator, the time is fast approaching when good politics wonld suggest the propriety of centering on a candidate. Who will it be?—Columbus Enquirer- Sun. Application for Leave to Sell. GEORGIA—Ware County, To All Whom it May Concern : W. JI. Wilson, Guardian for Charley Murray, a minor child, has-bi due form applied to the undersigned for leave to sell land of said minor, consisting of245 acres of lot of land No. 138 in thc 8th district of Ware county; and said application will be beard on the 1st Monday in March nest. This January 30th „ 1891 WARREN LOTT, Ordinary. » To All WlMB lt Hoy Concern. G0ORGIA—Ware County. J. H. HiUbouso, administrator of W. IL Mangham. deceased, has in due form ap plied to'the undersigned for leave to sell the lands and other property belonging to to the estate of said deceased and said ap plication will be heard on the first M onday Waycross Cily Mm Headquarters for Fswjr Groceries ■adCeaftdteaeir, Breads, CeJhce, Pmtrtn, FHutt, Eti Satisfaction Guaranteed. C. C BBCHAXAS, Pro.

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Waycross weekly herald. (Waycross, Ga.) 1893-190?, February 17, 1894, Image 1