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WAYCROSS HERALD: NOVEMBER 18, 1899
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OUR LADY OF ANTWERP.
Notable Festival Celebrated
Once In Each Century.
OKOWNIHG A VENERABLE STATUE.
Vaaaual Pomp aad Salvador Marked
(he Itrrent Celebration For tke
Present cent ary—Striking lleaaty
and feremonlea.
At Antwerp, wltkin Ike luHt few
days, there lias taken place the cele
bration of a festival which hitherto
haa only been held once in ft century.
The feHtlvul 1h the crowning or the
venerable statue of Our Lady of Ant
werp. The ceremony was Instituted In
1685, says the Xxindon Queen, ami was
repeated In 1085, 1785, 1885. and now,
to mark the live hundredth birthday
of the event, the ceremony, with more
display than on previous occasions, has
again Imh*ii gone through lids year.
The actual ceremony of the crowning
took place last week, nud It was an Im
posing function. Amid clouds of sweet
incense, the lights of u hundred can
dles and the singing of a new hymn
to the Virgin the new crown given by
the town of Antwerp at ft cost of 84.-
600 crowns was placed on the head of
the venerable statue by Ids eminence
the cardinal archbishop of Muliues.
A grand procession forms part of the
function, and this was the event of
the day.
The tongues of a hundred church
bells s|H*ak to us as the Harwich boat
strains past the city to her moorings.
Every craft, large or small, tiles a piece
<rf hunting, nud every house along the
quays contributes Its note of color,
and the river by n thousand am! one
reflections adds to the display, till one
almost thinks that the ship Is moving
through a gigantic garden of tulips.
Ity the time we reach the cathedral
high mass is being sung. As we push
the door we hear ttie hum of Addles; u
moment Inter voices ring above and
mingle with the sounds of the Instru
ments. The gray, old, solemn church,
too, Is today not uullke a bed of roses.
Itcneath the lantern stands the statue
«»f Our tady. The Imnge carries us
hack to the middle ages. Its robes are
«f gold and silver. Picture a long
train skirt of cloth of gold highly cm
known as “the friends of the people."
The drum major, in n wild, hairy
tmsby, with ft red and white brush
plume, and bis insignia of office, leads
the way; in his movements the man is
as elastic as a contortionist. Then ban
ner after banner Is carried out of the
cathedral, nud master after master of
the cha|»el, each bearing a lighted ta
per, leaves the porch. But, alas, the
wind! Today each flame has but a
moth's life. Presently the band forms
Up, and music once more fills the air.
“Look, look!" cries the crowd, and a
minute Inter from out of the dim arch
way, with a stream of candles flitting
la*fore, behind and at Ita sides, borne
by eight members of the aristocracy of
the city, appears that gorgeous mass of
gold and silver brocade—the venerable
statue of Our I-ndy of Antwerp. A
long, long string of masters of the
chapels and administrators from dif
ferent churches, all In flowing black
robes with a strip of red or green em
broidery at the side as a badge, and
banners follow. (There are 08 banners,
differing tonly in degrees of magnifi
cence, without those borne by the
guilds.) A spot of color comes next,
and a delightful one it Is too. Two
little Ifoys—they might have stepped
out of one of Correggio's pictures—
with chemhlike curls, in white sur
plices, with broad red silken sashes,
carry between them a golden basket
filled with golden daisies. Then again
a stream of gorgeous banners, em
broidered In gold and many colors, fol
low. The last of these is the new ban
ner of the crowning, a magnificent dis
play of gold and crimson, with a pic
ture of the archbishop In the act of
crowning the statue.
There is a break In the procession.
Now come two of the choristers carry
ing and ringing sacristy bells and n
acolyte bearing aloft n golden crucifi
Hy his side walk two boys (Incense
bearers) In purple cassocks. Six priests
In robea chant ft hymn. At their elbow
nre two trumpets to give the pitch.
Then wnlk » string of monks and oth
er ecclesiastics. Notably In the line nre
four Jesuit missionaries In black cas
socks, hats and robes, who wnlk with
their arms folded across their breasts.
The bishops' secretaries in puple capes
nre here too. High dignitaries come
next in ecclesiastical robes (some of
gold). Then follow n group of 13 bish
ops and abbots. The Urst in this train
Is the Itev. Pere Anselme In the white
monk’s robea of his order. The rest
are In full canouleals of gold cloth and
the qualihed voters of said city as required
by the constitution of Georgia, and
Whereas an Election under the afor«*aid
Act was hod in said city on the 1st day of
April, 1899. at which said election bonds
were defeated, and
Whereas, said Mayor and Council deem
it wise and expedient, and to the best inter
ests of said city that additional bonds in
the sum of fifty thousand dollars should b
issued for the purpose of establishing
sewerage system in said city, and to pay off
the floating debt of said city, as provided
in said Act. and
Whereas, it is necessary, under the
visions of said Act that a vote lie Ion
the question of “Bonds" or “No Bonds,
d city, us therein provided, before is-u. . „
selling said Bonds; the Act providing
and interest on said bonds, as above speci
fied. shall be raised each year by the assess
ment of ad valorem taxes, on all property,
both real and personal, within the corpor
ate limits of said city.
Notice is further given hereby that ail
voters voting at said election, on the ques-
of bon s, shall have printed or written on
their tickets "BONDS" or “NO BONDS,” so
that in the determination of said question
it may be easily ascertained which side of
the question any voter may have cast his
RESOLUTIONS
Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the
City of Waycross, Ordering an Election
on question of issuing bonds for the pur
pose of establishing a sewerage system in
said city:
Where**, tbe legislature of Georgia pa-^.-d
an Act. approved December 3rd, 1897. au
thorizing the city of Waycross to i.-iue
Bonds, in addition to those already issued,
to an amount not to exceed fifty thousand
dollars, for the purpose of establishing a
sewerage system in said city, and
to pay off the floating indebted- .........
of said city. after submit- bonds by said city, will have printed or writ
ting the question of Bonds or No Bonds to ten on their tickets the words ‘ No Bonds".
*' ■<*—* —-** * Said election to be held on the date stated
above, and, shall be governed by the
rules and regulations that govern regular
elections, provided for under the charter of
said city. It is the desire of the Mayor and
Council of said city, that all of the qualified
voters thereof, on th< above date, shall par
ticipate in said election and express them-
bromereli lu .uW L.d “Tib mmcbo. of ^brold.ri™, ro !>™ ■»
rod row, uti It. nnd It I, lined wit bo , rn " on , ‘ ,|,,lcr " l,lc I 7° p ; los,s „ A
minute later ft multitude of camllea
twinkle once more In the dim light of
the porch. Bella ring, and you know
that the host la present. The snored
elements arc borne by the archbishop
of Mnlincs. His eminence nnd two
bishops place themselves under the
canopy. A little crowd of function
aries follow nnd then n brilliant dis
play of cundlcs In golden lamps, borno
aloft by acolytes. And In this way
ends the magnificent parade that has
been developing under our eyes for the
last hour or more. We follow It. In
the Grand place It Is augmented hy the
guilds, with their hundreds of banners
and tokeus, nnd then the procession
wends Its way to the Place de Melr,
where, close hy the king's palace and
within the shadow of Itubens’ house,
benediction is recited.
What a sight! The altar (raised on a
throne) with Its white statuo and crim
son draperies, the gorgeous figure of
our Lady, the priests in tlielr veatmeuts
and the multitude of hnuners and
sacred relics (these last nutued have
Joined the procession since It left Qio
cathedral, and most magnificent Is the
one that contains the XXXIV relics of
the saints; It Is a huge rellque some
what like a casket, resting on a group
of augels). And to enhauce the effect,
the sun Is pouring down. In fact shin
ing most brilliantly. As soon as the
brief service begins nil turn toward
the altar nnd uncover. Looking on the
mass of hends from tbe window
our coufvere, l .a Metropole, the sight Is
one of great solemnity, combined with
great grandeur. Indeed, It Is such n
function that cannot be forgotten In a
day. It must forever dwell In the minds
of all whose eyes have rested upon Its
glories. After the service was over we
watched the procession pass once more,
aud then hurried back to our little
tatlcotiy to see It again cuter the
church. The crush this time In the lit
tle square below was frightful. Sol
diers on horseback had to put In an
np|H>arance to hold the crowd back,
and the chief commissioner of police.
In Ids top hat. black frock coat, black
kid gloves nud tricolor sash, tied over
bis frock coat, rouud his waist, looked
lu a high state of perplexity. Toward
rveultig benediction was celebrated in
the cathedral. The host was carried
iu procession round the church, aud in
the ditu twilight the spectacle was
most UuiHJsing.
blue. The front of the dress Is white,
embossed with ft network of silver.
On the head of tlx* figure Is-a golde
crown of delicate Workmanship and
set with uuiiiy precious stones. Hound
the neck of the figure nre costly Jew
els. A large sacred heart In blue enam
el forms part of the decoration In the
front of the dress. The statue, sur
rounded hy a hundred or more candles,
atnndrt on a pedestal covered with
crimson velvet, with trappings of gold.
Directly lu front of the figure, on a
golden pedestal, Is a beautiful mon
strance In the form of u radiant star
containing the Host. On either side
are bouquets of flowers. A few paces
farther down the nave are three cun-
delahra. One Is an Immense pillar of
gold, with little augels In white mar
ble round Its base. It Is In these three
candlesticks that the faithful burn
their tii|H*rs. Then pilgrims have left
bouquets of white flowers all round
the wooden railings that shut the
atatuc of Our I^tdy off from the crowd.
High up aliove the statue hangs a
canopy of crimson velvet, decorated
with gold, and from the lantern of the
church swings, held up hy ropes of
red roses embedded lt» it yew, a giant
wreath of white roses. From either
corner of the arches of the lantern fall
huge crimson banners, with white
lilies and red nnd white roses |tnlutcd
on them. The effect Is enhanced hy
the hauner |>olcs being cupped with
Mg gilt fleurs-de-lis nnd having lut
mensc streamers of blue ribbon droop
ing from them. Then, ns to the umlu
building, festoons of roses decorate
the upper cloister stories; above them
Is an army of silken lutnuers of ninny
colors. Escutcheons, which, when the
sun shines, are alight with gold aud
altver and brilliant color, decorate the
bosses of the nre lies. At the foot of
each pillar stands a gorgeous church
bauucr of red or crimson velvet, cov
ered with a mass of gold embroidery
or needlework. And right away at the
end of the church is the high altar,
with Us frontal of white aud duxxliug
gold. A group of silver augels stand
between the altar light, and above
them Is Itubens' grand painting of
“The Assumption." in frout of the
altar are the celebrants clothed in
robes of gold; the archbishop wears
his golden miter lined with crimson.
The sun glints In through the upper
wiudows aud illuminates cue side of
the church and the great crowd assem
bled. Incense rises to the roof and
then descends, aud like the sweet
breath of angels hovers iu little mys
terious mists over the great crowd
that Is either at its devotions or surg
ing up aud dowu the aisles of this
most beautiful bouse of prayer, lu-
deed ltomc, with all her mystic mys
teries and colors. Is here today.
Ul> in ft little balcouy In the Marche
aux Gants, at the slgu of Beerta, print
er, we look down ou the crowd as
sembled. As tbi cold bauds on the
cathedral dock draw nearer and near
er to the gilt Homan numerals XI peo
ple pour in from the four corners till
there is a {lacked crowd In the Uttle
square. At ten minutes to tbe hour
between 'JO and 30 acolytes bearing
lighted candles in goldcu lamps leave
the church and stand round the porch.
Then a baldnehluo with silver rails
aad a covering of needlework takes up
Ita position. There is the sound of
drums, and tbe band of a regiment
turns tbe corner. We gather that the
sea are of a volunteer corps aud a nr
months from any election liad thereon
Now, therefore, Beit Resolved, first. That
notice of an election on the question
Bonds” or "No Bonds” he published ...
the Waycross Herald, the legal organ of
said city, for the space of thirty (30) days
next before the 2nd day of Dec. 1809,
that on thut date an election shall be held
in said city, at which all of the qualified
voters of said city shall be allowed and
authorized to vote for or against the issu
ance nnd sale of said bonds, as provided in
said Act. and that the ballots cast in said
election hy the voters of said city, shall
have written or printed thereon “Bonds"
or "No Bonds.” Those voting in favor n e
"Bonds," sha 1 have the word "BONDS'
on their tickets, and those voting against
“Bonds" shall have the words
BONDS" on their tickets, and if a
thirds majority of the qualified voters of
said city shall vote in favor of issuing bonds,
us in ssid Act provided; then,
He It Resolved, Second, By the May
nnd Council now in regular session asser
hied, that additional bonds of said city
shall he issued in the suin of titty tin
dollars, to-wit: There shull be issued lifty
thousand dollars, in the sum of one thou
sand dollars each, hearing interest at the
rate of five per cent, amt the interest tb
on shull be payable semi-annually, ou
first days of Januury and July of each
every year, until the whole of said bonds
shall mature and bo fully paid otT.
Third. Be It Further Resolved, Thut said
bonds shall he is-ueJ so ss to become due
nnd payuhlc each respectively thirty years
from the date of their issue, and they shall
be. both principal and interest, paid in
thirty years from the date of issuing the
same.
Fourth. Be It Further Resolved, That if
u two-thirds niujority of the voters of said
city sh til vote in favor of the issue ami sale
of said bonds, then, nnd in thut event, the
mayor and council of said city sh, II pro
vide for the payment of the principal nud
interest due thereon by a levy ana assess
ment of ad valorem taxes on the real and
personal property within the limits of said
city, dtirinc each of the years from the first
iss-ianceof said bonds until the same shall
have been fully paid, us follows: There
shull be assessed twenty-five (♦2ft00) hun
fired dollars each year for said thirty years
that said bonds are to have in which to ma
ture nnd for the purpose of paying the
interest at the rate of five (5) per cent per
annum thereon, nnd said m yor and coun
cil. hy like assessment, shall also levy und
• oiled the further sutn of four hundred riol
lors each year, during said period, which
said sum of four hunhred dollars, so levied
and assessed and collected, shall be to
gethcr with the accrued interest thereon
invested by the mayor and council of s id
city, from year to year pending the ma
turing of said bonds at a rate of interest not
less than six per cent per annum so thut
said sum, thus coll, ctcd, together with the
uccumulutcd interest arising therefrom,
shall he held and used 1 y said city as u
sinking fund from which said bonds shall
be puid at their maturity at the expiration
f said thirty yeats from the date of their
issito.
Be It Further Resolved, That notice of
the election herein ordered he published
He Noticed the l.lltcnes».
A Farisian swell recently bad a
crayon picture of bimself made, which
be afterward pretended to find fault
with:
“It does not bear the slightest resem
blance to me." said he. “and I will not
take it."
The artist protected, bnt all to do
•vaiL
After the dandy had left the painter
added to the portrait a magnificent pair
of ass' ears and exhibited it in the win
dow. thus altered, to the gaxe of tbe
curious public.
It hadn’t been long exposed when tbs
dandy entered tbs artist's studio in a
towering rage. and. finding that threats
■mounted to nothing, be at last offered
to buy it. even at a considerable ad
sauce upon the original price.
“It wasn't strange you didn’t recog
nise your resemblance to the picture at
first." said the painter, “but 1 knew
you’d notice the likeness as coon as 1
added these ear* "—Spars Momenta
Ik? had on the 2nd day of December. 1899.
Adopted in regular session of council as
sembled this 27th day of October, 1899.
KNIGHT, Mayor.
NOTICE
of Waycross.
Notice of an election to determine wh' th-
•r the city of Waycroas shall Issue fifty
thousand dollars in bonds in audition to
those heretofore issued by said iity. foi the
K ui pose of establishing a sewerage system
>r the ssid city. Slid to pay off the floating
indebtedness of said city: 8aid election to
lie held on the 2nd day of December, 1899.
Conncil Chamber. City of Waycross. )
Georgia. October 27th, 1899. (
To the qualified voters of Waycross:
As direct, d by the Mayor and (knincil. by
resolution, in regular session assembled,
notice is hereby given that an election will
be held in the city cf Waycross on the
2nd day of December, lHUb, within the
usual hours for holding electi ns and at the
usual voting piece , on the queetion of
issuing additional bonds, as p ovided by
the Act of the Legislature of corgia, ap
proved December the 3rd. 185*7. submitting
to tin qualified voters of said city the right
to dete mine by vote whether or not said
mayor and council shall issue and sell ad
dit’onal bonds of said city in the sum of
fifty th- usand dollars, for the purpose of
estnb ishieg a sewerage system for ssid city,
and to pay. If the floating indebtedness of
ssid city, as in said Act provid'd.
Notice is further given that if two-thirds
of the qualified voter* of the city shall vote
in favor of bonds, then additional bonds
will be issued and sold by » n id n ayor and
council, in the name of said city, in the
sum of fifty thotisa d dollars in the de
nomination. tn-wit: Fifty U>nds of One
thousand dollars each, said bon s to bear
igterest at the rate of five (ft) p r cent per
annum, and the interest thereon to be pay
able senri-annually on the first days of Jan
nary and July of each and every rear pend
ing their maturity. Said bomb will be
issued so as the prin* ipal wilt become due
and payable each respectively thirty years
from the date of their uwu*. And the entire
issue, both principal and interns*, will be
paid thirty yean from the date of issuing
the same.
Five (ft) per cent per annum os interest
twenty-five hundred doll in per annum
will be raised each and every ye-tr pending
the maturity ot said bomb for the purpose
of pay ing the interest thereon; tbe sum of
four hundred dollsn will be raawd by tax
ation. each and every year pending the ma
turity of said N*nds. which latter snm shall
be invested by tbe mayor and council of
said city, when collected, from year to year
at a rate of interest not less than six (6) per
cent per annum, so that said >am thus col
lected. together with the accumulated ln-
te*e*t arising therefrom shall be used as a
■inking fond from wbi'h said bonds shall
be pfM M IheCr m*t«rltjr thirty yean f-om
the date of their feme. The rune raped-
Itcky Or the purpefe of pa, in, affprioetpal
the ballot boxes on the question of
tbe issuance and sale of these bonds
This notit e published by direction ofreso-
Intion adopted by the Mayor and Council
in regular session on the 27th day of Octo
ber 1899. A. M. K SIGHT. Mayor.
Attest: R. I*. BIRD Clerk of Council.
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Local Legislation.
NOTICE is hereby given of an intention
to apply to the ensuing Legislature
for the passage of a bill, the title of
which will be as follows :
An act to repei 1 an net, approved De
cember tbe 16th, 1897, requiring the
concurrence and approval of the mayor
and council of the city of Waycross in
the making of any of tbe contracts con
templated by an act authorizing tbe es<
tablishment and maintenance of a system
of waterworks, sewerage and drainage
for said city, approved September 19th
1889.
October 6th, 1899. tf
Editor's Awlnl Plight
F M Higgins, Editor Seneca, (Ills),
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best salve in the werld. Cure guaran
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Druggists.
Local Legislation.
NOTICE is hereby given of an intention
to apply to the ensuing Legislature
for the passage of a bill, the title of
which will be as follows:
An act to amend the title and sections
1 und 2 of an act approved December
3rd, 1897, authorizing the city of Way
cross to issue bonds to an amount not to
exceed fifty thousaud dollars, for the purs
pose of establishing a sewerage system
for ssid city, and to pay off its floating
indebtedness, after submitting the ques
tion to the voters, etc., by striking from
the title of said act the words “the float
ing indebtedness of said city" and insert
ing ia lieu thereof the words “fifteen
thousand dollars, the present indebted
ness of ssid city" and by stilting from
tbe twenty-third and twenty-fourth
lines of section 1 ot said act the words,
“any floating or existing indebted^
•aid city" and inserting in lien thereof,
tbe words, “fifteen thousand dollars, the
present indebtedness of ssid eity," and
by striking from section 3, of said sot,
the following words, “but all contracts
to be mrde for the construction or equip
ment of said sewerage system shall be
subject to the approval of tbe mayor and
council of said citv."
October 6th, 1899. tf
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E3.
CRAWLEY
REAL ESTATE
& INSURANCE
BROKER,
WAYCROSS, GA.
I buy and sell city and country property. All real
estate left in my hands for sale will be advertised free of
charge to the owner, and no commission charges unless sale
is made. Before bujing or selling come to see me, as I have
enquiries for all kinds of lands. I also do a collecting busi^
ness and will collect rents, return property and pay taxes onfi
commission.
NOTICE.
I am instructed by Mayor and Council
to say that the Tax Book for Waycross
1899, will positively close on the 15th
November, inst. There will be no other
or further extension granted aod execu
tions will issue after that time.
J. D. SMITH, Collector.
Waycross, Ga., Nov. 6. 8td
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We are now furnishing
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near ice factory on Albany
avenue. Try us with an or
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patronize us in future.
Wood delivered anywhere
in the city.
Ware-Lumber Co.,
Phone No. 169.
mala
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