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▼Vaycross Weekly Herald.
•OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE CITY OF WAYCROSS AND OF WARE AND CHARLTON COUNTIES.
VOLUME XXIII
WAYCROSS, GA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1902.
NUMBER 14
O
Increase In Taxation
OF ONE DOLLAR PER THOUSAND-TO
BE USED FOR ROAO WORKING.
First Game Being Played
THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN WAY-
CROSS AND FORT SCREVEN.
From Tbanday'a Daily.
The county commissioners atth.-
meeting yesterday decided on a couu
ty tax rate of 80.20 on the 81,000 for
the present year. This amount acldcd
to the state tax rate of $5.*30 will
the total state and county tax 811.50
per 81,000. The rate last year
810.50, The increase this -yeag^aai*
occasioned by the organization oLthe
new road system In Ware county^.Qne
dollar additional on the thousand 'Was
added at road tax, and aboutSfcpoo
will be paid into the oounty treasury
for this purpose. Next year ftftqt
hundred road bands in the county will
be taxed $2.00 each for road purs
poses, making a total of about 90.000
which will be receiyed during 2003 for
the purpose of working the county
roftds.
From Thursday's Daily.
Tfco'Fori Screveo base ball ciub of
Savannah arrived in Waycross last
night, apjl flfet ul the serit-n of three
game* beuvetd'Uie Savannah ami Way 1 *
crops tjlubk commenced this aLernoon.
Both teatps ’''are composed of strong
plyfra, audVthjree of the beat games
ever seen in the city are expected today
And Friday Ajid Saturd y. The Way-*
c/oea club has beeii strengthened by the
Waycross Defeated.
UNINTERESTINQ GAME YESTERDAY.
WAYCROSS 8, BLACKSHEAR 9.
From Thursday’s Daily.
The scrub baseball club that went
CompllmenUary to Mr.*Hftiieju
Brunswick News. ‘
Representatives of the various de*
partmentaof the second division of
the Atlantic Coast Line rail way, which
includes the B. A W., road, met in't^ia,
city yesterday for the purpose of ^tak-
lug suitable action on the recent resig*
nation-of Superintendent George W*
—4
Haines. The maeting was held in the
office of Meaar* .Kay, Bonnet ami Con>
yers, and waa attended by fifteen or
twenty employes of the system from
all seetions of the division. ^ ,/A
S. 8. Fltsiiumons formerly ol fhfa
city, and now of the roadway depart'
ment, presided over me meeting, and
in n very graceful fashion stated iu
object. Short addresses were made by
many of tboaa present, all of them ex*
pressed deep and sincere regret at the
retirement of Mr. Haines, which neces-
aarllv severs the relationship which
has extended over a period of twenty
yearn In this connection it ia simply
a just tribute to Ur. Balnea to any
that no,man waa ever loved more de
voutly by bis subordinates than waa
George W. Balnea Be waa a profound
believer In discipline, waa Arm, bat at
the aamo time, a apirit of Idndneu and
courtesy marked hit every action. The
Newt joint with those of hfa old ,n«
ployet in expressing deeep regret at
hit retirement, wbleh was purely vol
untary on hit part and Indulges the
hope that the future may oontato
peace, prosperity and Uappinssa for
him.
Daring the meeting the following
resolution was adopted:
Whereas, On September 1,1W2, Geo.
W. Baines severed his relations as
superintendent of the Atlantic Coast
Line Beilroad Company, after more
then twenty years of loyal, faithful
and efficient terviee to the Savannah,
Florida and Western Beilwev end the
Brunswick end Western Railroad
Companies, dnring wbieh time the
undersigned have, while laboring with
,»d nnder him, learned to appreciate
vA’- only hie entire devotion to the
services of hie employers, but more es
pecially the strict sense of Justice
which bee characterised his every set
in dealing with those employed uoder
bin.
Now, therefore,'for the purpose of
testifying oar feeling of reaped for
the official, end ndm retion for the-
men, he it
. Resolved, That In the long course o.'
service wherein we have beta associa
ted with Geo. W. Balaev, we hare
ever found him able, loyal and dill
f.nt to the (ervlee of hie employers;
si wars patleat, coirteoaa aad just to
bis employes, fair, upright and honest
in nit dealings with the public, and
always true to every dutr of business
and friendship.
Resolved furthcr^Thnt he has
sincere wishes for his future business
, a ltod that, hjtopi-raonal happi
ness, health and prosperity can never
equptqvbpt o1l& make It »ere
their disposition In our hands
During the day the visiting * fficials
of the Coait Line were entertained in
the elty, and were the guest, of Col.
W. E Kay at lunch at the Oglethorpe.
addition of v°>e of (he bed ball players
ih the state, arfd the Foit Screven team
already hie, a reputation at a strong
team. The Mnfciup this afternoon it at
follows;) , VI
Waycross. Position 8evtnnab.
Westbrook, Catch Smith.
Clark, Pitch Werner. ■
Clerk, , Pint Base Blackman.
Teagle, Sec’d Bsae Burke.
Butler, Third •• Croeley.
Lopez, Short stop Etaenger.
Seaman,Bight £ield Wetter.
Pelzer,
Martin.
Left Field Friend:
Center'Field Siberia.
Craig, Who Waa Killed Yesterday.
Lenox, Mass,, . Sept 3.-rWilliam
Craig, the aecrot service operative who
wee killed, wee on duty as s special
guard at tba White Bouse for many
rears. Be was 48 years old, a giant in
physique. Be weighed overSOOpounda
and was more than six feat tall. He
waa a former member of the queen's
grenadiers and waa an expert broad-
swordsman. Be caught and arretted
a crank at Montpelier who waa at
tempting to reach the president
A Hundred Shots Fired.
The citizens of Waycross were
somewhat alarmed last night—
that is to say, those of them who
were awake—when they heard a
perfect fusilade of pistol shots
in the direction of the Klondike
section of the city. It was
learned this motning that many
of the Bliots were fired at one of
the houses of 111-fame near the
Jacksonville railroad. The house
was hit by a number of balls, but
no person was struck so far as is
known. It is supposed that the
inmates were lying very low
during the bombardment. The
officials of the city were notified
and Sheriff McClellan went with
his dogs, but the firing party,
which was thought to be in bag
gies had taken their departure
and could not be tracked. No ar
rests have been made.
Depew a “Story Talar,"
Chauneey M. Depew recently called
at the house of a friend, where he at
tracted the attention of a bright hoy
of eight. The boy aakod his fothor,
who, is that manf" when the senator
had departed. . _y
That u Senator Depew,” answered
the father, '-the greatest story toller
Id the world.”
A few days later the eenator celled
at tht sama house, and the email boy
advanced and said, “I know you."
•Indeed! And who at> IV’
•My papa saya that you are the big
gest liar on earth."—New York World.
Adam-oi os the Stamp,
Newnan, Us, Sept &—Congressman
Adamson addressed (he citizens of
Coweta coanty this week. Hla ar
raignment of the republican party,
both for,what it bad done and for
what it had not done, was Jk withering
indictment Be mDie sport of Mark
Banna and BosteU Saga as the pro
cessed champions of labor in its eon'
diet with organised capital, and cited
it ae a floe example of republican du
pUeityand hyprcrUy.
Try oar cheap column for
quick result*..
over to lilaekshear yesterday for n game
with the team of that place was de,
feated by a score of 9 to 8 The game
called at the end of the seventh in
ning on account of darkness It ivss
slow game from the first to the laat in-
ning. Teagal. of the Waycross team,
knocked a home run in the first in-
ning antf in the third batted a three
bigger, and thla waa about the only good
feature In the game. The lloe-up of
the teams yesterday was as follows :
Bitckshesr Waycross,
Solomon p Pelzer
McMillan c Inman
Harper lb Ballerd
Biggins, F 2b Tetgal
Darie 8b Martin
Ahl st Wiggins
Biggins, O rf Wooten, V
Centerfieid cl Wooten. B
Donaldson if McClellan
Score by innings:
Blacksheir 2 6 0 0 0 1 0—Total 0.
Waycross 1 0 8 0 8 0 1—Total 8.
Mr. Crews interviewed.
HE ADMITS THAT THE BELL CO. HAS
BOUGHT LOCAL TELEPHONE SYSTEM
The Accident to the President.
Pittsfield, Sept. 8.—A circumstantial
account of the accident says the trol
ley car came up behind the presi
dent^ carriage at terrific apood. The
carriage waa struck is it was crossing
the tracks dtegonlally. Craig was
looking around, half standing, trying
to warn the trollev ear back. Be was
knocked from the carriage to the track
end the ear pasted over him. The
president was thrown out end the
wreck of the carriage fell against him.
Ha was ptoked up bleeding frgm a out
on his right ebeek, but was able to
got on bis feet at once. Secretary
Cortelyou was unconscious when
picked up. Be was badly hurt on the
hack of the bean and cut on the faqc,
but soon recovered enough to ask for
the president. Governor Crane was
badly bruised. Beoreseutstive Law-
ranee was the least hurt of tha party.
A military guard of four mounted man
of the Second Massachusetts Infantry
were the first to get at tba wraek.
Miss M. E. Ryan has [returned
to Waycross and resumed teach
ing. Anyone desiring to take a
thorough coarse * in * music,
etenograpby and typewriting will
call at room 7 Folks’ building, or
Msy House. • sep2 6t.
WANTED—For a customer, a
cottage near central portion of
the city, worth $1,000 or 01,200,
Apply to A. P, Perham A Son.
Subscribe lof the Herald.-
From Thursday's Dally.
In an interview with .Ur. J. W. Cicws,
Assistant .General Minster of the
Southern ilfil Aiephune and Telegraph
Company, who waa in the city today,
Mr. Crews admitted that bis company
had acquired the Valdosta and Way-
Croat telephone exchanges hitherto
owned by Mr. W. A. Bi-bee and others
Mr. Crew, ^ was just from Valdosta
where bis company, having obtained a
satisfactory Ordinance, ia now construct
ing a modern telephone exchange plant
to tha delight of the telephone users of
that city;' The new Valdosta plant will
soon be In operation. Ur. Drews says
bis company will soon apply to the
council of |hia city for in ordinance,
and If a sail, factory franchise can be
had, the Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Company will at once pro
ceed to construct at Waycross an up to-
date teKphone plant, famishing
metallic olrenita for every subscribers’
station, and Equipping tha same with
Long Dialanoe telephones. The system
would be automatic aod the service as
good aa can he furnished, and not sur.
passed by that of any city in the
United State*.,
rcceptablc franchise
secured, the. Bell company will at
ouce bring their long distance lines in
to the city, thus ppoolngup telephonic
communication between Waycross sod
ail cities and towns'
lines of the Southern Boll Te iptiunc
and Telegraph company and lue lluc,
of the American Telephone and Tele
graph comp4ur. The Southern Bel,
company has Just completed, at the
cost of many thousands of dollars,
some of the finest toll lines ever con
structed In this or soy other section
of the country. These new lines cover
Southern Georgia amf Florida, and
counsel with the extensive systems re
ferred to above. Tbeae new copper
lines now skirt tha city, but do not en
ter for lkck of franchise rights. It
may not be known to many of our
citizens that oat In the woods, about a
mile and a half from the depot, In fact
Just outside thseity limits, stands a
•mail new building Just constructed
by the Southern Bell company for a
mat ataitoo,” and where enter lines
from Thomatvllle, Valdosta, Savan
nah, Jacksonville and Intermediate
points.
Out in the woods in a moat lonely
spot, in tbs teat station just men
tioned, presides two telephone opera
tors, who are kept busy switching tha
wires for various cities day and night;
one young man doing tha day work,
the other tba night work. When
asked today If ha did not find it very
lonely where only the cricket’s chirp
and the jsr fiy't tong greet bis ears,
the operator answered that be waa
kept too bosy "switching circuits'
havs time to gat lonely. Tha little
house out id tha woods, with not
paaserbv to feed tha letters or look at
the "Clue bell,” still has up the "Blue
Beil Sign,’' which, is now about us
familiar to tba aya of the trsreier aa
tfia well-known sign Of the Western
Union Telegraph Company. Anyone
can walk or rids out to tbrlittle house
out in tba woods and talk to New
York, Chicago, or coy telephone jfbltst
la ony Southern city.
Wo era pleated to inform tha oltl
sens of Wevsross that Mr. J. B. Las,
tba popular, affable manager of the
old company for toms time past, baa
accepted serviee with the Southern
Boll Company, and If bit new employ-
are obtain a Irancnise at Waycroae, be
will remain hare and with the. splen
did facilities which he aaya the Sooth 1
am Bell will supply, will endeavor tc
Mona for manv of the worries and
sBDorsnree of tha post. Wa will kpop
Mr Lee. — -
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Waycross Clothing Store«
With A Full Line
New Spring Goods
At moderate prices. You get a better fit and
better goods here for less money than can be
found elsewhere.
AIL GOODS CARRIED OVER
From a previous season will be
Closed Out At Cost.
This applies to every department of pur large stock.
So if you want a bargain come to see us—if you want
to be fitted TJp-to-Date come to see us.
WAYCROSS SLOTHING STORE.
High Grade
• Bicycles,
Bicycle Lamps, Bella, Tires,
Graphaphoncs, Records, &c.
We are agents for the Cele
brated
Fay-Sho Typewriter.
“Its touch is as light as a
feather’s,” A full line Type
writer supplies.
Waycross Cycle Co
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Real Estate Agency,
A. P. PERHAM & SON,
Waycross, Georgia.
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We Buy and Sell Real Estate
In Town or County on CoiiimisNlon.
AJ) property placed.in our hands is Advertised Free.
Correspondence Solicited.
No. 8 Jana Street.
Waycross. Osortia.
THE WORLD BEATER
([Just. Out, it will Make You Money .
IT IS THE
SAFETY INCUBATOR
And Brooder.
Now at work and on exhibition at M. M. Woodard’s,
Waycross, Georgia.
State and County Rights for Sale.l
Sea the owner, J. So Smith, ii
MR. J. 8. SMITH.
Waycroaa, n*.
DEAR hIR: The Incubator that I bought Iroro you proved perfect aatie-
faction and aa aooo ae 1 get a aullab'e p ace built I want another. X can bifblj
recommend it to anybody. Yonr» very reapectftilly.
M. M. WOODARD.
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Good Bread ^ •
Hakes Strength..
fc You can’: have abetter bie. d than
' thut which we make. It mak.s
health aud strength for y-u—
Makes you feel hungry for your
jpeals and satisfies that hunger.
I>’« good clear through every day,
and five cents buys it, •
\ Waycrott, 6a, Jo C» Hllbcr, The Baker. J