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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE CITY OF WAYCROSS AND OF WARE AND CHARLTON COUNTIES.
VOLUME XXII
WAYCROSS, GA., SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1902.
NUMBER 41
Griggs Convicted.
THE WAYCROSS COUNTERFEITER GOES
UP FOR FOUR YEARS.
A jury in the United States District
Court yesterday convicted Evander G.
Griggs of making and passing counter*
feit money, and Judge Speer imme*
diately sentenced him to spend four
years in the United States penitentiary
at Atlrnta. The evidence for the gov
ernment permitted little doubt to be
left of Urlggs’ guilt. lie had been
jointly indicted with his brother-in-
law, George W. Jennings, and the
testimony showed beyoud any reason
able doubt that tboy had conducted
a considerable manufactory for the
production of spurious dollars, halves
and quarters at their home in Way
cross.
T. J. McClellan, sheriff of Ware
county and a deputy United States
marshal for this district, testified that
he and a posse had arrested Griggs.
He was found asleep in his bed at
home, after his wile had told the of
ficers that he was in Charleston. An
effort was made at the same time to
arrest Jennings, but he hud gone to
Why The United States “Is.”
The house committee on the rtvison
of the laws, sjiya a Washington dispatch
to the New York 8un, in the course of
some tinkering with the statures rau up
against the time-worn proposition
whethei a singular or plural verb 'goes
with the Uoited Statts. There was
much discussion among the members of
the committee, and the worshipers of
the constitution, quoting from that instru
ment bad much the best of the argument.
It was suggested that the committee
consult any authority on the subject
that could be found.
Accordingly, the librarian ot congress,
the supreme court officials and others
were asked to throw light on the ques*
lion. The result showed that while the
constitution and nearly all the laws,
documents and messages in the early
days of the republic usedthe plural verb,
the tendency had been steadily toward
the singular form, which during the pjMt
fifteen or twenty years bad obtained al<
most exclusively.
The question was practically settled,
however, as far as the committee was
concerned, by the discovery of a pamph
let wri ten* by former Secretary of State
John W. Foster, with the title, ‘‘Are or
Is.” In this pamphlet Mr. Foster quotes
from Hamilton, Webster, Benton, Mot-
fey, C. F. A dims, Jefferson, Marcy.
Jacksonville. He was taken into cus-1 Reward, Fish, Eyarts, Blaine, Freling-
tody there aud held in jail on a churge
of having in his possession counterfeit
money. Nearly 3JU counterfeit dollars
were found in the pots’ssion of Jen
nings, anil when Griggs was arrested
the moulds, lathe and other parapher
nalia of the counterfeiting business
, were found in his house, A large
number of spurious coins were found
at the same time.
Charles Johnson, a Wavcross negro,
testified to efforts made by Griggs to
induce him to pass some of the coun
terfeit money. Griggs gave him five
of the spurious coma, which he was to
dispose of and receive 50 per cent, of
the proceeds. Johnson testified that
Griggs had seen him in conversation
with a man in the railroad, yard at
Waycrosa, had then come up to him,
pulled a revolver and threatened to
kill him if he revealed any of the sc
crels that had been placed io his po*<
session. It was on such evidence that
the jurv returned its verdict of guilty,
a practically inevitable result against
whi:h the counsel for the defendant
struggled io vain. The case lor the
government was conducted by Assist
ant District Attorney Aiexaoder Aker-
mao, and for tfie defendant by G.
Noble Jones and Fred T. Saussv. —
Savannah News.
The Beer Was On His. Daddy.
Editor S mver tells the story? of a
public school teacher who received
one day the following letter from the
father of ooe of her pnpils:
Dear Miss—Will you in the future
give my sod easier somes to do at
nites? This is what he has brought
home two or three nites back: If fore
gallons of beer will fill thirtv-two
pint bottles, how manv pints and half
pint bottles will oine galllns of be re
fill? Well, we tried and could make
nothin' of It at all, and mv boy cried
and laoghed and sed he didn't dart to
go back in the mornin' without doin'
it So 1 had to go and bny a oine
huyseu, Bayard, Gresham and Gluey,
who used it in the aiugular. In the
earlier messages of the 1'iesidents, Jack
son only used the singular form, but in
later years Lincoln, and since the Civi
war particularly, Grant, Cleveland, Mc
Kinley and Harrison had used it exclu
sively.
He also quotes from the decisions of
the supreme court, those of recent years
invariably using the singular verb in
connection with the United States. Ir
no class of documents is greater atten
tion paid io the language employed
than In drafting treaties, and up to 1890
the plural form wav used. Since then,
however, the singular had been adopted,
and Mr. Foster points to the fur seal
treaty of 1892, the arbitration treaty of
1897 and lastly the Hay-Pauncefote
canal treaty as conspicuous examples of
the usage. After reading the arguments
and authoritiea of Mr. Foster the com
mittee has decided that legally at least
the Uoited Staten "is.”
A Grand Opportunity
HAVE DEMOCRATS IF THEY KNOW HOW
TO IMPROVE IT.
Louisville, March 19.—In a letter re
ceived yesterday from Henry Watter
son, editor of the Courier-Journal, who
is now in Washington, he savs: ‘'But
one thing at this moment stands out
as bold and clear on the horizon as
the national capitol, and that is that
the democrats have a great opportunity
if they know how to emprove it.
“For the first time in thirty years
the republicans are all at sea. The
republican situation resolves about the
succession to the presidency. It
‘Teddy and anti-Teddy,' and both fac
tions are out In submarine boats.
‘Roosevelt haa been gradually
placing the McKinley cabinet, and in
doing this has been, figuratively, the
same as he employed in brocho bust
ing on the western plains. He is trv-
ing to duplicate the peculiar tactics of
Cleveland.”
A Horrible Crime.
AN AGED WOMAN OUTRAQED AND
MURDERED BY TWO WHITE MEN.
Illrh Water In Brooke.
The Little river, twenty miles north
Qjitman, has bean rising steadily
for the past few days. Last night the
water reached the rails, and this morn
ing it was over the entire track for
some distance and still rising. Many
hands are at work trying to save the
track, though it's u hard struggle
against the maddening currents of a
swift river. It is quite snre that they
will succeed In holding the track in
its bed.. Trains will run to-the river
on either side and passengers will be
transferred.—Quitman Advertiser.
Judge Speer's Court Adjourns,
Savannah, March 19. The United
Stages Circuit and District Courts will
adjourn for the term today. AM the
business deinauding the immediate at
tention of tne courts has been transacted
and nothing now remain- f ir Judge Speer
and the officers ot the court to do.
It had been expected that the term of
the court would last untii .tiny, but the
unexpected departure of Cupt. Greene
and Col. Gsyuor has caused a different
result to follow. Should these defend
snts be apprebendtd and brought back
for trial the District Court will convene
agaiu in May.
Gorged by Ice.
8ioux City, la., March 19.—The for
mation of a huge ice gorge io the Mis.
aouri river imperila thousands o! dollars
worth of property in this vicinity. Esrly
on Sunday morning the river suddenly
ceased running until the water tra^
but two feet deep at Chamberlain, S. D.
and so sudden was the fall that a ferry
boat waa stranded in mid-stream, The
great stream is atill tunning as no more
than a creek. Couriers sent up the
river to find the trouble report a great
Ice gorge had formed at Little Rend,
miles above Chamberlain, S. D.
Turkey Benue* to Refund the Money.
London, March 19.—A dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph Company from
Constantinople says:
"The Turkish government baa flatly
refused the demand of the United State*
for the repayment of the sum bi money
($72,500) paid to the brigands as a ran
som for Miss Ellen M Stone and her
gallin k eg of be re, wbieh I could ill j companion, Madame Tailka.
afford to do, and then he went and
borrowed a lot of wine and brandy
bottle*. We filled them, and my boy
pet the number* down for an answer.
I don’t know whether It le right or
not, as we spilt tome while doin' li
P. 8.—Please let tha next some be In
water, ns I am not oMt Ip bny more
The Flint Fast Falllur.
The flood tide of the present freshet
ha* been past, and Flint river la now
falling steadily. The highest point
waa reached some time dnrlng the
night, nod at daylight this morning It
mi teen that the fill bad began.—
Albany Herald.
1’hlncso Rebels Victorious,
Hong Kjpg, March 19. —The rebels
in the southern provlnccsof China con
tinues to cruthiugly defeat the impe
rial troops sent to subdue them. Gen
eral Ms and Marshal Sn report it im
possible to suppress the rebellion with
the troops at their disposal, and the
viceroy of Canton has requested the
viceroy of Chi Li to send reinforce
ments overland. The imperial troops
have been defeated at Sek Shing and
at Popak.
Gainesville, Ga., March 18.—Mrs.
Christina Biake, an aged widow, about
75 years old, living five miles south of
Gainesville, was yesterday outraged
and brutally murdered by two white
men, both well known in this city.
The men held foftbe double crime are
J. C Slower and Charley Pirkie, hia
brother-in-law. Of their guilt there
can be no question.
When Mrs. lllske's dead body was
found in her house, her clothiug torn
and disarranged, the two men held for
murdering her were lying stupefied
with whisky within a few feet of the
corpse, which was scarcely eold. They
had committed the crime and had
made do effort to escape. Either that
or they i ad been so horrifiud at their
deed that they had sought to find for
getfulness in whisky, and drank until
their benumbed faculties refused to
respond to tiie instinct ,of seif-preser
vation.
Slower and I'irUic were brougiit at
ice to Gainesville by J. M. Green
und \V. L. HaUins and are now con
fined in jail.
British Minister Airuld of Boers,
New Orleans, March 111.—Arthur G.
Vansittart, British consul at New Or
leans, applied toduy to Muyor C.ip<le-
ville and Chief of Police Journos, ask
ing for public protection for his ollice
and resitfcjnee, Mr. Vansittart,, in
makiug this request, staled that he
hud received so many threatening let
ters of late from Boer sympathizers,
aud had seen so many suspicious per-
lurking in the neighborhood of
his home and office, that he had be
come alarmed for his safety and feared
a petsonal attack tor some effort to
capture official papers held by him.
The chief o» police wilt consider his
request and decide tomorrow whether
a police force will be stationed at tho
British consulate.
The Jos. M. Terrell Club' Mr - f- c - °. we t na , ,e, /. ,ust n, « ht
I for a short visit to Greenville,
South Carolina.
TO BE ORGANIZED AT THE COURT
HOUSE TOMORROW NIGHT.
Tho .fitt. A.. Terrell Club ... or*
ganirod at the Court Hou.« in tbia city
Friday night at 7:30 o’clock. Alt per*
sons who are interested in the election
of Mr. Terrel] for Clovernor are requested
to attend, and everybody i. invite,].
WARREN LOTT.
W. W. BEACH.
GEO. R. YOUMANS.
JOHN W. BENNETT.
L. JOHNSON.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Mrs. J. E. Diekins ami littlo
daughter, Thelma, are spending;
several weeks with relatives in
Savaunuh.
The Herald’s force is pretty
well divided on the gubernatorial
issue. We have two Terrell men,
two Estill men, one Guerry man,
and the balance of tho boys aro
on the fence.
Thursday's daily.
D. J. McIntosh of Blackshenr,
is in tho city.
♦ ♦ *
Mr. B. B. Moore, of Hoboken,
was a WaycrosB visitor toduy.
C. W- Chase, the millionaire
ot Gainesvillo, Fla., spent last
night nt the Phoenix.
Mr. .7. M. Inman arrived in
the city last night from Sevan
null, and will
here before
home at Homorville
jv • *
T. C. Manning'speiit yesterday
in Jacksonville where lie met his
wife and brought hor Imme. Mrs.
Manning lias been spending
a few days at Waldo, Kin., witli
hor mother.
| JUST IN
/ The very
S Latest Shapes
jj And most
- Fashionable Leathers
are represenaed In our
Spring Styles of
nigni irom navun-,QUEEN QUALi . /
il spend several days '# And other Makes of
3 returning to his 12 Oxfords-—They are especial*
...orvilln. 11 y iH-aunful and stylish, the
Tjf happy blend of fashion and
9/ good season.
I Bickins Shoe Store. |
L waychohn, ga; 8
Policeman Killed at Knoxville.
Knoxville, Tenn.,March 10.—Thomas
C. Howard, a policeman, was shot and
instantly killed today by Josh It Jones
and Moultrie Jones on the principal
business street of the city. Howard
was in a shooting gallery when the
two Jones ssw him. Josh Jones fired
through the glass, wounding Howard,
and then both men fired on Howard
after he had fallen. Howard was
armed bat had no chance to draw his
gun. Six bullets entered his body.
The shooting was the result of a
Monroe county feud, in which five
Byes have been lost. The Jones sur-
rendeied and are in jail.
They All Sneeze,
London, March 19.—King Edward
has set the custom of snuff taking,
which, as a result, promises to be gen
erally revived. At Marlborough House
dinners, a Georgian silver snuff box.
once owned by the prince regent, is
banded to bis majesty at tbe beginning
of dessert, and while tbe ladies are
still at tbe table. Tbe King helps him
self liberally, sharing bis pineber with
favored guests.
Hetty Ums’S'JlBsbisd Dead.
Bellows Falls, March 19.—Edward
O'cco, tbe husband of pstty Green,
the richest woman fa America, died
taday of acoaspUeatloa of
Nrgrs Lynched la Mississippi.
Natchez, March 19.—John Woodward
the nrqro murderer of"Len” Oalvitt, a
p'anter at Ubion Point, was lynched
this morning in Vidalia Ls. The oegio
had sfolen some cotton from Calvitr. He
premised Mr. Oalvi’t to make restitute n
If the latter would go to bis (A’oddeard's)
home. Hr. Calvin did so, when the ne
groahot him.
A Blonde’s
Freckles
show more plainly than a brunettes,
but these discolored spots greatly mar
the beauty cf either.
HAGAN’S
MAGNOLIA
BALM
will effectually remove Freckles,
Sunburn, Tan, undue Redness,
Sallowness and all other blem
ishes to beauty.
IT IS A LIQUID
for the face, neck, arms and hands.
Can be easily and quickly app.'led.
Others cannot detect its use.
It leaves no sticky feeling. '
Harmless as water.
At all druggists.
Price 75 cts.
Cecil Rhode* Grow, Weaker.
Uapetowa, Match 19.—Cecil Rhodia
l, .lightly weaker today. The excep*
tion,I cooloea. od the weatner and the
free admiolatntloo of oxygen contribu
ted »• tbe patient pa-siig a qu et night
He no longer read* Rhode waa ouch
pleaKd ft tbe recent acreage* of rva>
patby tint bin by Kim Edward tad
Qaeeo Alexaadrla.
F OLEY’S Honey and Tar cures coughs
and colds, hoarseness and croup,
bronchitis and la grippe.^^^^^0^. even
Pleurisy, pneumonia and con*
the worst
sumption are prevented cases, are al-
Tar. Asthma and/r^V*/^ Tar, a „d in the early
consump. stages it cures them.
The proof tbit It baa done these things
Is on file with your druggist. Vn gi
tion.
♦hN'X*' tee it to do nil these things.
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