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Waycross
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE CITY OF WAYCROS83AND OF WARE AND CHARLTON COUNTIES.
VOLUME XXII
WAYCROSS OA.. SATURDAY DECEMBER 7, 1901.
NUMBER 30
Thu slav'd Gv.ntth? H*»r*d,]
Passenger Train 32
Wrecked in This City
FORTUNATELY NO LIVES WERE LOST-
Wreck Occurred ll.iir.Ulle From Depot
Mull Clerk C.Lkley Slightly
Ilrnlsi'd Up.
SIXTEENTH ANNIVEBSABY .(AIT.JOHNSON INTEBVIEIYED
or WokcBeld Loi'tc, No. 37, K. ofP.
rt Be Celebrated Monday Night.
Tbe following program h.is been ar
ranged for the occasion of the 16 h
anniversary of Wakefield Lodge, N•» 27,
Knight* of Pythia*. which will h<» h.
at their Ciwtie Hull nu n< x* vl.ni
oight, Dm ember 9
Audience called to ordtr by C C
Opening ode of the O-der
11.
Train No. 3i from WaycroH* to
Savannah was wrecked in this citvjut
10 o'clock this morning. The wreck
occurred on the trestle almost in
front of «J. F. Sharp’s residence on
Plant Avenue,
There were a large number of pas
sengers on board the train, but only
one man was injured, S. F. Coakley u
mail clerk, Was thrown to the lloor
of his car and knocked senseless. His
• only injuries, however, were a few
slight bruises . on the head. lie was
brought to Seals Pharmacy and his
injuries were dressed by Dr, Rlppard.
Mr. Coakley is from Charlotte, N. C.
The wreck was probably caused by
the rails spreading and throwing the
front trucks oi the eugiue oil the
tract. The road wav gang wore at
work on the track near the trestle put
ting in new rails and it is probable
that the foundation of the newly laid
rails was not strong enough to hold
the heavy engine which was pulling
the train.
Besides the engine, ono coach abd
three sleeping cars left the track. The
Pullman cars Arno and Standiah were
iftandingJu. the center of the high grpju biuiness qualifications aud of high
trefttle, and app.arod to b« utmost mor ,| character. H. nem iWrts
ready to tumble down the embank
ment. Tbe car were only prevented
from falling by the tffbily wrecked
piling. Tiie trestle is nearly 80 feet
high, and if the speed of the train had
been greuter, the loss of life would
have been fearful, as many passengers
were on the two sleeping cars.
A large force of bands were put to
work clearing up the wreck In a short
time after it occurred, aud it is expect’
ed early tonight the trestle will be re
paired and trains running oyer it
Train No. 85 from Savannah which
was due in Waycrosa at 11 o’clock, was
compelled to run back to Jesup on ac
count of the track being blockaded,
and was carried to Brunswick over the
Southern Railway, thence to Waycross
via the Brunswick & Western Railway.
Blaze In Reedsvllle.
The fire department was called out
at 11 o’clock la»t nignt to a blaze In
Reedaville. The dwelling house of G
Trask, just across the railroad from
Syfan Machine shops was abinze. It
was beyond the water limits, and the
two hose reels which were carried to
tbe fire were useless* Ed Trask’s
house was consumed by the flame* in
a short time and the two-story dwell
ing of Jack Wiisou, colored, also
caught aud warn consumed. Both build
ings with the\y contents were insured.
The negroes are railrose men and
both of them were out of town at tbe
time of the fire.
The Firemen Want to Know*
The fireman of Waycross want to
know bow the candidates for munlclp-
pal honors fesl toward them and their
department Some of the leading fire*
men think that something should be
done In tbe interest of the department
and at an early day. Any candidate
desiring to make any remarks on Una
subject ean do so through the columns
of t.ie H raid. Oar fire department
n u.i JO !-#-•! after.
8. Prayer *v Pr»**sie.
4. “Aims mihJ ohj-c's of the
K «.fP” by P. U. It J 8. vMii.Hi.iM
5. Q lunette-by the MLw* P.rhuu
«i.d Messrs, Aulrey and Lost her
6. Rending by P. C. J. U. bippttrd.
7. Solo by .Mr. Amrey.
8. Reciutiou by Miss Lot 1 if Jusiici
9. Duet by the Mimes Perlmm
0, ‘Tustiiuiion and Progress of Wj*k»
fi. id Lnige,” L. \ Wilson
Ssolu by Mrs. Twiity
•* The Endowment,” by llrothe
'V. F. Crawley.
Duet by Messrs. Autrey urn
Lowlher,
14. R-citation by Mrs Moore
Closing Ode.
Prayer by Prelate.
17. Refreshments.
Another Suggestion.
Waycross, Oa , Dee. 5, 1901,
Editors Herald:—
The writer desires to sugge>t that the
opposition to Mr. Knight, for mayor,
should have nominated Mr. 8. T.
Wright. Mr. VV right is a young tuau oi
moral character,
triend or turns bis hack upon an oppo
nent In my opinion he is one of the
few knights who could have held his
own in a tilt with the redoubtable knight,
a. M. Knight.
Looker-On,
]From Monday’s Evening Herald.]
Copeland—Arnold.
The Atlanta Constitution has an ac
count of the wedding of Miss Elnu
Arnold and Mr. Zach W Copeland
which occurred at Blbertou, Oa., on
November 20. Both these young
people are well remembered in Way-
cross. MUs. Arnold Jjias visited Miss
Gussie Sharpe in this city on several
occasions. Mr. Copeland is a young
lawyer who was loehted m Waycross
for a tew months the early part of last
summer. •
Miss Annie Green Bend.
Miss Annie Green died this morning
at 10:15 o’clock. The death occurred
at tbe home oi her parents on Brunei
street. Miss Green bad been sick for
about 11 weeks, and she had been near
death’s door on many occasions during
that time, Tbe funeral will occur
from the First Methodist church to
morrow morning at 10:80 o’clock.
Progressive Whist Party.
Mrs. 8. S. Fitzsimmons entertained
party of friends very pleasantly with
progressive whist at her home oa Bru
nei street Saturday afternoon. Mrs.
Weils was the fortunate winner of the
fiyst prize, which was a very handsome
hand-painted bowL After tbe gams
very elegant refreshments were serv
ed. Those whose who enjoyed tbe af
ternoon were: Mesdsmes, McDowell,
CL H. Andrews, Morrison, Wiggins,
Wood, Wells, Isler..
Hon. J. M. Smith for Governor.
Atlanta, Not- *#.—At a dinner given
by Hon. J. M. 8m.t i, of Oglethorpe
connty, yester lay to a few of hi*
friends, be made tbe annonneement
that he- would surely be in the race
for Governor. He is coming to At*
lintn next week for another-confer-
cnee with hie friends among tbe mem
bers of tha legislature Mr. 8mitb
expressed tbe opinion that, with him
self in the race, Hon. Pop# Brown
would not be a candidate.
3ii .Vnc:*» Taxation JHfll For Educe
tt ual Purposes*
' Mpt L. J-.hiiMHi on being interview
1 i nih»*f d *y, t«n*wered as lol lows the
•• «** ;nj4 ipietttiMHH;
Q vvim? wmm the idea »n intrudu-
•. liii hill ? A. Kn'»wi* k the great
f *hi hi!• »• in i'eriir« du-nct*
n«l ■ Si- .* :u.-k mi iiie cmum ry mimoo's
m i» in -e ueii) thi- u-.-s, and uIimi
•<‘*w:ng i| iv ijMiici'i-m *h a great factor
i >i a diiig up "I the rountry gen*
r* y -p*<•k i.it I in reduced the bill,
p.r miiv * eg with i-ur citizen*.
Q Whs- is tiie opiuiMii nf the State
**• Oniimissi'Sier mm ilrc<«* systems
* e>t.-.l b. es.erie.ice? A Our
Mfe S.'bo Oornmi—i'.ter hmv* «lint
s •* «* ’h** «li'v fe.-tlde p'uu by which
i* cm it ever cei an adequate -ysfem of
* ie ij-.fi f..r the p-.»pie wt 'Mrge in our
• te I q i-.te what lie says in this con-
■fti»»'. I be • H'l-itH'nt of 'bis fact ii
not Javor it in his town, and if he di-
not favor building up the county, h
would be against building up his tow.
by tiie lact.
Q How long will it take to get an
adequate system under tbe proposed
plan lor our county? A. It will takf,
after the passage and signing of the
bill, thirty days to order an election by
the Ordinary for the purpose of its be
ing ratified by the people of the county
undi>r our comditution as it now stands
and as soon as it is ratified the system
can be mganized and carried into effect
Q Do you think this the only feasi
ble plan to educate our people that is
anywhere within our reach at present?
A. I certainly do, knowing that we will
never be able to raise sufficient funds by
a g« neral tax from tbe State as the ten
dency now is to reduce the general ap
propriation instead of increasing it. ;
Q What do you think of the com
mon school system, and what is the ob
jection, that while we have to educate
our own childreu, we have to bear more
than our share to educate the negro?
A. This is a matter that cannot be
remedied under out constitution. You
see we have a great many poor children
iu ail of our counties and under the law
as it stand* we cannot now educate our
race of children without the other.
Q. 8ome say that they favor the bill,
but the people are not able to bear the
increased taxation. What do you think
of this object ? A. This, I think,
shouul be no object as the nion-
derived from the public fund
is not adequate to educate the chi I
dren and we huve got to go down in our
pockets in some way to do this, aud I
have always thought that every dollar
I have paid out for school purposes went
□e of the noblest purposes that tuxes
was ever paid tor,
Q. What is the chief dependence for
the material prosperity of our section,
A*e there any other cquntjes fn ; And. what part will the education oi the
AN ALL BAY WHITE PRIMARY
For Muiilciptil Officers Arranged for
Friday, December 18.
TURNER NOT A CANDIDATE.
Poor Health Compels Him to Decline
to Enter Gnbernatorlal Race.
local inter*
•cal aspi
x arouses
thussiasm
and ioca
n It •»<*♦ in* to me it is thr
n-dom to let the present fund
i* io be«ii-Diluted as hereto
ling to the school population
it'f-’ai** that would he burdened it
re itqmred to raise at leHst fifty per
to p*lice side by side with each
r that the State provides. As l see
it the local tax i« the only remedy for
he Hhij.i*i->n. It ia a remedy that has
»erii applied in every .State in the
Union
he e that have a mcaYliyslem itfloP qfebpte'at-large play ia-it-L A. I .think.
what, is their experience with these
-ystems ? A. Yes. there are a |good
ii any counties in fhorgia thnt have
»c.ti taxation fur educational purposes
I ha» been iborough>y demonstrated in
tV*e counties that this system has done
io inn d up the rural districts than
any thing that In.* ever been tried. Of
•urse anything that builds up the
county districts will build up the town.
It is a fact illst the farm lands in thpse
cotiuiies have increased from one hun
dred to three hundred per cent,
Q. Dors the local tax system in
crease the interest of the citizens in the
education of their children? A. It
certainly does Tbit is the only thing
chat will increase their interest, and
where you can get a community inter
ested in a local mcIioo), it builds up every
thing in the community,
Q. Does tbe local tax ayatem in
crease the value of land iu tbe rural dis
tricts? A. Ye*, as I have stated above
as an instance, the value of farm lands
in Bibb county have increased three
hundred per cent since the adoption of
the meal lax system, while farm lands
in the adjoining counties have not in
creased a cent.
Q Do you think locreased educa*
toaal facilities iu the lural district
wo .id check the drift of the younger
generation on to the towns? A. Yea,
a good school in the community would
check the drift of tbe young men to the
towns Educational facilities any way
comparable to out facilities in towns
will keep people in tbe country, as there
will be no inducements to move to town
for getting an education, and you will
find that good citizens will move from
other counties to one that has good
fsciUUea for education.
% State, wby^ jjou ^‘nk tbe people
of tbe.town sbquld bj,iuteiested in this
hvjr ihqr tirovlii Ar A.^Bim.
pj; bccuu. iio;tblDg that wllf build up
* county will build up a town But that
county fet'd* and any one that wooVd
not favor education io the county would
education will play otie of the greatest
parts in our material prosperity, os I
have never seen any locality orcomtnun
ity prosper without good children, good
schools and good society
Mrs. Mary Lltivllle Dead.
[8avannuh News.]
Mrs. Mary E. Llnville, formerly Miss
Brewer of Oliver, died yesterday at her
home, No. 112 Harris street, east, aftei
an illness of several weeks. Mrs. Lin
ville bad been living in Bavannah for
the fast two years and more and had
msny friends here who will lesrn of her
death with tbe deepest sorrow.
Among the immediate relativea that
aurvive Mrs. Linville, and who were
present at her bedside, are her son,
Henry Linville; her brothers, Msj J. J.
Brewer, of Oliver, Judge H. P. Brewer,
of Waycross, and Mr, W. (i. Brewer, of
Savannah; her aisters, Mrs. S. E. Ham
ilton, of Savannah, and Mra. W. H.
Finn, of Waukeeney, Kan; her daugh
ter, Mrs. William Le Fiis, of Jackson
ville, and Mrs. W. O. Brewer and Capt
Le Fila.
Mrs. Linville was a devoted Christian,
a member of the First Baptist Church,
where ahe was the teacher of the young
ladies* Bible class. The funeral will
take place in Ferntndina, Fla, where
■bo lived prior to coming to Savannah.
Tbe remains will leave this morning
at 8:15 o’clock, accompanied by tbe
above relatives for Fernaudina, where
tbe ftthbral will be held this afternoon
at 8 o’clock. Rev. Dr. John D. Jordan,
pastor of the First Baptist Church, will
accompany the funeral party aud con
duct the service.
Waycross, Qa., Dec. 3. 19.>1.
Resolved, by the ex>'cutive commit
tee of the city of Wavcrosn, in me«*»
ing assembled, as follows:
Flr-t, that the primary heretofen
call.d by thU pommittee to take pine
at tin; op.-ra house mi Tuesday uiv
uinsr. Dec. 8rd, be hereby withdrawn.
Second, that a primary of the whit.
regh.te.-ed voters of the city of Way-
cross for the nomination of candidates
for mayor and aldermen and members
of the board of education is hereby
called to take place In said city nt the
court house and opera house from 7
o'clock a. m. until 0 o’clock p. m on
Friday, the 13th day of December,
1901.
Third, that the following named
persons shall act as managers aud
clerks of auid primary, mfipely:
Opera house precinct, W. II. Miilur
and J. T. Beaton as managers. C. 1.
Allen aud W. F. Crawley as clerks.
Court house precinct, J. W. High-
smith and F. M. Young mauugurs.
Jos. Bird and J. E I'urnulie us clerks.
Iu case uny malinger or clerk shall
."all to act as such, others shall bo
rcie'cted by the opposing candidates
for the office of mnyor.
Fourth, said managers shall keep
list of voters and upou the closing of
the polos they shall prepare a ballot
shoot showing the result of the votes
at each precinct, ami they shall
hereafter on said day at 9 o'clock
p. m. at the city hull ami cousoliduie
the votes and declare the result of
..td .~l.~~ .jrh._n»r.nn - f 1 vi, M . | [ thcrejor., bound to conic, my
the higlict number of vote shall b.l'l*5«aMBSSna«BWlSWWrtW^
The Registration Lift.
The total number of registered
voters of the city of Waycroaa the
present year Is as follows:
White 855
Colored 155
TWM.c.....c. 518
The registration list this ysar ft not
as Urge as last, tbe total nomber of
voters Io 1900 being 551. There was
quite a rush at Clerk of Connell B>d’
offlos Saturday, nearly « • i.s kv.w
Dumber of voters hav ' .si r ri
that day.
declared nominated for the office for
which lie is a candidate in said prl
inary.
Any person wishing to contest the
result of said primary shall flto writ*
ten objections with this v ommitteo
specifying the grounds of contest,
which shall be heard and determined
by said committee.
The above action is predicated upon
the following resolution placed before
this committee by Messrs. J. C. Me-
Djnkld, J. L. Walker and J. C.
Reynolds, representing a meeting of
citizmsof Waycross held at the South
ern hotel Monday, Doc, 2. 1901, tQwit:
“Mr. J. C. Reynold* offered a resolu
tion requesting Mr. A. M. Knight to
become a candidate for Mayor at the
approaching election, which was
adopted
•*Dr. R. Fflzlar made a motion which
was seconded by Mr. J. G, Justice
that the chairman appoint a commit
tee of.three to confer with the Citizens
Club and request them to abandon
their meeting alopera house tomorrow
night and Join the citizen* in an all
day white primary to be participated
in by the white registered voters of
the City of Waycross, ‘ satno to be hold
on Friday, December 13th, and held at
the Court Hou*e and Opera House from
7.00 a. m. to 0.00 p m. and to abide by
the result of same, aud if tbe Citizens'
Club declinft, then tbe Mayor will be
requested to call a mas* meeting at the
Opera House oo date named and nomi
nate a ticket. Tbe chair appointed on
thia committee^ Mr. J. C. McDonald, J
C. Reynolds, J. L Walker.”
V. L. STANTON, Chairman.
F. M. HAWKINS,
Acting Secretary.
B*eo Blot iu Alabama,
Andalusia, Ala., D»c. 4 —Word baa
just reached here that Fate Atkinson
ind J. W. Dorsey were kilted by a
negro at Opp tonight in a general race
riot, In whfeb also Iwo negroes were
killed and several other persona
were wounded. The officers there
have> wlr-d hero for the sheriff nod
log* A In In r organised to go
to Opp nt on v
Valdosta. Ga., Nov. 29.—The follow-
ingatatement which will appear in the
Saturday’s edition of the Times, was
■cat from Quitman this morniug. It
a from the Hon. If. G. Turner, and
gives tl.o reasons .vhy he will not al
low the use of Ins name in the cam-
.•:iigu for the gov •••»-*rahip next year:
“Having been for «omu t.me urgent
ly Invited to become u caudidato for
the gubernatorial nomination by so
many friends, whose good opinion I
covetod even moro than public office.
I committed myself so far as to imply
that I would consider the matter. And
in August last, letters seoming inade
quate, I caused it to be stated in the
papers, in effect, that I would not
lightly, or without good cause decline
the tanners ot support so generously
made.
is now sufficiently obvious
that a long and active cutnpaign by
other gentlemen for this nomination
has been inaugurated, and my friends,
very naturally, desire to know with
talnty, oven at this oarly day,
whether I will be a candidate.
“It is with sincere regret that I um
compelled to suy that my health,
which has been poor all the summer,
could not beur the strain of an active
campaign for so long a time and over
so wide a field. Any aggravation of
my disorder would subject mu und
all those whom 1 nm most nxions to
oblige, to mortifying disappointments,
on important occasions and whon my
co-operation might be most desired,
friends to choose an abler and fitter
candidate for.this high office.
“Thu dignity attaching to the ohlof
magistracy of the state has its attr ac
tions, no doubt, but to bo able to lead
a corps in the coming battle orhe
old dominions of the party and for the
restoration of the national constitu
tion to the keeping of its old defend
ers, would have been an honor worthy
of the loftiest ambition. 1 ardently
hope that I may be permitted to hear
the shouting of the captains' and that
I may be able then in some way to
take a hand in this inspiring strife.
‘To the able pretx of the state, with
few exceptions, I am Indebted for most
o mrteous and di-tingnlshed consider
ation; and to generous friends who
would have charged me with this high
commission, and those whose rank and
number I could not give without the
appearance of vanity, I return my
most sincere thanks.”
Charleston’* Great. Exposition Openi.
| Charleston, 8. C., Deo. 2,—With Im*
posing ceremonies, embracing a parade
of fcdoral forces, and state militia, Con
federate veterans, beautiful women and
cheering collegians; a programme of ex •
ercise* graced by distinguished speakers,
and with words of greeting frprn tbe
President of the United States, the
South Caroline, Interstate and West
Indian Exposition waa officially opened
this afternoon. Conservative Charleston
and its thousands of visitors thronged
the historic old city from early morning,
cheered tbe artillerymen from tbe bat*
teries in the harbor, threw flowers at tbe
old, veterans and the ladies occupring
carriages in tbe parade, and gave enthu
siastic welcome to the invited guests
The day was set a*ide as a holiday and
ail places of boil be** were closed.
A will improved farm,, containing forty
or fifty acres for safe. Comfortable house
and good out buildings. Twelve acres un-
under fence and In cultivation. Good wa
le* it .it p.s» - »plsnd'd little farm will
Will be sold cheap it it can bt sold soon.
Perbtm. Knight A Williams