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WEEKLY EDITION OF THE HUlaycross Evening Herald. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF WAY,CROSS AiNjr WARE COUNTY VOLUviE XXVI ’AYCROS, GA., SATURDAY. MAY 6, 1905. NUMBER 50 “Earnest Willie’' Heard from. WILL BEGIN WORK FOR BAPTI8T 8CHOOL IN JUNE. Fall In Price o* Cotton. Mr. Upthaw Says, Has Caused Him to Have to Work the Harder for Monroe Col- lege. Buena Vista, Ga., May 3, 1905. Dear Brother Perham: Here is a letter called forth by some of your recent ringing editori als, and other comments which 1 have heard from good people of that section. It is pretty hard on a fel low who is honestly doing his best without reward or hope thereof, to be misunderstood. I hope you will give this letter prompt appearance and very careful proof-reading. Nobody In Waycross I suppose, has regretted as much as I have my inability to come to this work; but I have been simply over whelmed by unforeseen responsibili ties which no man of honor could neglect The Lord willing, I am com ing in June, and I think He is will ing. Yours, “to count on,” Wm. D. Upshaw Buena Vista, Ga., May 4, 1905. Editor Waycross Herald: A kind friend has sent me a re cent issue of your paper in which I find two personals, as follows Is there any news in regard to that Baptist College for Waycross: Where, oh where is Earnest Willie? Wouldn't it be a good Idea to call the attention of “Earnest Willie" to the fact that we now need his help in matters of our Baptist college. We may have made this suggestion before. If so we are now making it ;£hlnd. ijJTaow I submit, in all good humor, brother Editor, that it is hardly fair to poke brilliant, piquant editorial Squibs like these at a poor fellow 200 miles away without letting him know anything about it It sems from your last comment that you have done such things in public be fore; and all this, too, while the man you call “Earnest Willie” has been working day and night—almost stag gering under his load of responsibil ity, and trying his best to get through a paramount call, so he could come and do some work for Waycross Baptists in particular, and Wlregrass boys and girls in general —without money and without price. I had written Brother W. H. Scruggs, asking him to make pub lic explanation concerning my sec ond disappointment which had pre vented my coming to take up the work of helping to build up the Baptist Institute at Waycross. I thought the cause of my delay, so deeply regretted by myself, was fully understod. I did not know that my Inability to come was being made the subject of private and newspaper comment. I love the people of Way- cross too well to be misunderstood by them. Let me once, and for all, make the matter clear: When 1 voluntarily agreed last fall to come back and give a month to the work of raising funds to help establish the Baptist Academy, I could not foresee the crushing decline In the price of cotton which came soon af ter I was there. It is impossible for a man that is not engaged In such work to realize how this has para lyzed our collections at Monroe Col lege, both for building and benevo lent purposes. When the college year began I had, in addition to the nearly $20,(M)(f due on the. 100-room brick building Just completed nearly $10,000 of responsibilities on me during the cur rent year. I had hoped to hove this matter settled in prospect by January, but I had a chain of disappointments f necessary here to discuss, which je it absolutely necessary for me stand by.the obligations which I had assumed. Of course everybody understands that my first and para mount obligation is to Monroe Col lege. The institution Is in the most won derful campaign of enlargement which the South has ever seen—hav ing grown from lev than 70 board ers to more than 300 boarders since the coming of Dr. Charles Spurgeon Jackson to the Presidency four yea nr spiring girls all over Georgia and even beyond the stated bounds, who are turning with hungry hearts this door of opportunity, where the cardinal principles of Sanity and Christianity are emphasized in such a remarkable and wholesome way. To meet this situation at a time of such financial distress has brought on me an avalanche of responsibility which I could not foresee. I would be less than a man if I should fail the work to which I have dedicated my life in such an hour. But ’. did go to the vicinity of Way- cross in January and did some work and won some friends to the Way- cross sohool that will tell, I trust, when the campaign begins In June. I am resolutely declining all invita tions for work from the middle of June to the middle of July, and will give that time, without a dollar of salary, to the work of the Waycross school; and if this Is not enough, I will return a little later and give enough time, the Lord being my help er, to make the enterprise a glorious success. What more could I have done— what more could I offer than this? It is only a matter of postponed, but none the less sure success. One man should never be considered nec essary to the success of any great en terprise. Let all the people and the surround ing country be ready to do their full duty and the sun of October first will go down on my promise deemed, and an intellectual and spir itual lighthouse going up on beauti ful Cherokee Heights. Yours in Earnest, William D. Upshaw. PERSONAL. now in the crisis of'it’s* phenomena) prosperity. Not to handle this unusual situa tion would be nothing less than a crime against the hundreds of as- From Thursday’s Daily. Mrs. Ernest Fleming Is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Little on Williams street * Rev. Mr. Cassll, of Brunswick, Is the guest of Mr. and Mrs H. 8. Red ding this week. Mr. R. O. Lee leaves tonight for Tate Springs, Tenn., where he will spend about three weeks. Mrs. William R. Frier, wife of the editor of the Broxton Journal, is vis iting at the home of the hev. Mr. Read. Mr. A. I. Griffin is spending a few days in Camden county, looking after his extensive Interests in that sec tion. Miss May Day Dekie and Mrs. J. E. Green left yesterday for Thomas- ville where they will visit relatives and friends. The Herald is pleased to' learn that Mrs. C. E. Fort, who has been quite sick at the Phoenix, is now much better. Mra, E. A. Pound and her sister, Mrs. Brown, of Blackshear, are spend ing a couple of weeks with relatives at Gainesville, Fla. Consecration of Grace Church. The new Episcopal church which was cons' orated by the Bishop of Georgia on Tuesday last, is pronounc ed by the clergy and other visitors thoroughly complete and satisfactory. The Rev Mr. Whitney, of Thomas- ville, in the course of his sermon Tuesday evening, declared it the most beautiful church in the State of Georgia. It Is not an expensive building,but its beauty consists in its excellent proportions, the solidity of the materials, the harmonious col oring, and the perfect adaptability of every-part to the purposes for which it was designed. The accoustic properties, too, am perfect. It Js_n bulMInx o! whirl- Wayc. oss m i- well be proud. RIFLE8 RETURN. Big Military Day at Albany Yesterday \.Lota of Mud and Water, but our Boye Were Game for it From Thursday’s Dally. The Waycross Rifles returned from Albany at 6:30 this morning, rather tired and sleepy and very much mud bespattered, but with good con science of having done their duty and having conducted themselves as becomes soldiers and gentlemen. Capt. Raoul reports that 22 mem bers of the company, a bugler and an enlisted assistant quartermaster were taken on the trip and they all returned together without one inci dent of Intoxication or disorder hav ing occurred. The company were received and entertained most hospitably by Col. Wooten, of the Albany Guards. Col. Wooten especially compliment ed Capt. Raoul on the “Rain or Shine” telegram which Capt Raoul sent on Tuesday morning, and on aner In which the company lined up to the sentiment The morning formation and escort of the governor to the auditorium, occupied about three honrs duty in the rain and mud, and our boys After the address all the companies stood It without a murmerof protest marched to the mess hall for dinner which was delightfully served. At :30 the officers of the battalllon in a body from the regimental head quarters to Mr. Brown’s residence, where they met the governor and were served with refreshments by the ladies. At 3:30 the battallan again formed and was reviewed by the governor and staff. Altogether the trip was most sati* factory and enjoyable, and will be well remembered. The men found Capt Raoul a strict dlsclplarlan, but llkt the soldiers they are they appreciate it aa tending to the best good of the command. NO VERDICT FOR NAN. Her Counsel Does not Think 8he Will Be Tried Again. By telegraph to the Herald. ..New York, May 4.—The Jury In the Nan Patterson case failed to agree and were discharged this morning. They pledged each other not to tell how th^y stood. The. New .York Journal says' however, that they stood eleven for conviction of manslaughter in the second degree, and one for ac quittal. Nan fainted in the court room and lay there ten minutes after court adjourned. She was carried to her cell and laid unconscious for an hour. . .The first words she uttered after she recovered were, “My God, My God, why don’t they let me go.” Then sh# cried for her mother. ..Her counsel will move today for her re- lease oiv nominal bail, if the recorder refuses the motion to dismiss the In dictment Her counsel declares she will nevir be tried again. . .. AN ELEPHANT YARN. 'Phanty’s Mother's Presence of Mind Before Lion. In the jungles of India there lived an elephant who showed a wonderful sagacity and mother love for its off spring. One day, relates the Indianapolis SOMETHING ABOUT THE BAMBOO Facts About a Plant That, is .Very Useful in 8ome Parts. Since tho bamboo reaches n width < of only about ten inches, whilo it towers to a height of sometimes 100 feet, it is, properly speaking, a grass. But groups of tufts of this grass ta- News, the baby elephant wandered j lteu collectively have come to bo away from its mother, which showed called tress. There Is black bamboo. Selling Votes In New York. Iu a notable article on the wide spread corruptibility of voters In Harper’s Weekly, Mr. John Gilmer Speed tells how votes are bought in New York city. There are, he es timates, no less than 170,000 pur chasable votes in New York City alone—almost half the total of the New York City vote at the last elec tion; and ot this election, he says, $124,000 was distributed among tbo voters. He has found that this meth od of influencing an election Is sys tematically uid rc-gidarly practiced, and he describes ir. detail tho man ner m which votes ure bought. Theso Purchase are n.aoe, bo says, “brut- and filthify—ns a merchant him buy auy corrmcdlty, as a buck- wou'd bu> putt toes: or cab- ages.” Mr. Charllt Jtrnigan Dead. From Thursday’s Dally. Mr. Charlie Jertilgan, a young cigar maker,aged 20 years, died last night at 10 o’clock at the home of his moth er on Centre street, In Old Waycross. The young man had been sick for about four weeks with fever, and while his death was no surprise to his relatives and friends, St was nev ertheless a great shock to them. The remains were carried to Clinch coun ty on train 35 today, and' the Inter ment will occur at Antioch church. The deceased’s mother U now quite low. with fever, ^ ^ Martyrs at the 8teak. The gnashing teeth bit hard OnO a stern and rimb-bound roast While boarders ’gainst a dented wall The leaden.biscuit tossed. And their anxious brows grew dark As they glanced the table o’er And recognized In a chowdered form Somo things they’d seen before. What sought they thus afar? Fresh loaves and tender meet? The wealth of seas, the spoils of farms? They sought a bit to eat! Not as tbe conqueror comes— They hurried in pellmell, All hungry eyed, camciute, At sound of dinner bell. Ayi*, call It what you will, The produest spirit bows Before that nameless, shamiess thing— A city boarding house. Burgess Johnson in the May “Suc cess Magazine.” ivegifft.PoUUplUL J»s«pq time for you after the election. He does not listen to you, so he says, but he get• awfully busy promising before the election. It Never Comes Again. There are gains for all our losses, There are balms for all our pains; But when youth, tho dream, departs, It takes something from our hearts And It never comes again. We arc stronger, and are better. Under manhood’s sterner reign; Still we feel that something sweet Followed youth $rit£ flying feet, . \ And wL^.never .conewagain. Si l _g*-JLS4l H'H'SG tea jonaUE c.rjryjrxr-i to* »*ri The Dalton Citizen says;j*Jbe Something beautiful is vtnised, newi And wo sigh for It In vain; We behold It everywhere, On tbe earth and In tbe air— But it nsver cornea again. —Richard A- Stpdard. Chins May Assist Herself. Rev. G. M. Painter, thirty-two years a Presbyterian missionary in China and now lecturing In the Unit ed Stated, believes that the success of Japai^ln her present struggle with Russia Will mean the political as cendancy of the Chinese empire, as well aa the coalition of the Asiatic countries for the protection of them- lives against all Western invasions. "The Chinese possess a wonderful latent strength of whioh they do not seem to be conscious, but I believe the victory of the Japanese over the Russians will hasten the time when tbe Cblnaman will awaken knowledge of his nation’s power and assert tbat strength,” said Mr. Paint- •r. / . “There is no doubt that Japan has her eye upon China. In fact, for some time the Japanese have been taking a££*nd in- the drilling of the Chinese troops and have in recent years played a prominent part in the education X>f the nation. I do not believe that It Is the purpose of the Mikado’s country to assume con trol of the Chinese empire—such presumption could only be sustained for a short tlmo and would not avail tho aggressor very much In the end. “I am of the opinion that tho slo gan of the East will shortly be, 'Asia for the Asiatic/ The Chinese, Ja panese and Koreans will effect a co- they will work to the exclusion of all Western countries, and endeavor to recover the wealth and influence they have lost through tho trespasses committed by European countries. The Japanese spirit—ambition and energy Is beginning to chrystallze In the breasts of tho leading Chinese, and with the success of the sister empire, coupled with hor tralnlug and Influence, tho outlook for hotter times In China may be expected. “I should not bo surprised to seo tho triumviato—Japan, China and Ko rea—undertake to drive Russlu en tirely from Siberia, after the termin ation of the presont struggle. There is no doubt, judging from the senti ment and preparation for self pro tection In Japan, that that plucky little nation expects to remain inde pendent In the future. And while she is intoxicated with er tempor? ary prowess sho may undertnko to acccompll8h military and strategic feats that under other circumstances would not have a semblance of rea sonableness about it In Japan's eyes.” her uneasiness at Its absence. Reach ing the top of a hill, she saw her dar ling quietly browsing at tho foot while stealing along at no great dis tance, was an enormous lion. The mother was at her wit’s ends. Sho realized that the baby would not have a ghost of u chance ngnlnst the hun ger of a lion, who every moment was drawing nearer to its desired end. Tho lion halted a moment directly beneath the place where tho helpless mother stood. More quickly than it can be told the elephant rolled her self into a huge ball and rolled down the hill. The lion never knew what struck him. His feelings were com pletely crushed, wllle the baby ele phant was led home, where he no doubt got a severe scolding for going away from home without his moth er's permission. Coast Lina Wins. The case of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway versus the town of Pou- Inii, enmo up Monday in the special term of Worth Superior Court. Judge Spence granted a perman ent injunction against the town of Poulan, restraining its citizens from any future interference with the rail- toad crossings of the Atlantic Coast Sujv.-i.fen lent Hartnett went up • * > oi»!an Tuesday to remove tho obstruction placed by tho town of Pou!nn several weeks ago, In an ef fort to effect a crossing over tho Coast Line tracks.—Tlfton Gazette. roads owned any paper in Georgia. We hope tbe Gazette does not refer to ‘the Waycross Herald. Subscription Lists. nmn rushed out of an offleo building at Fifth avenue and Thirty- ninth street, tho other day and stop ped the first passerby, says the New York Tribune. “Say,” he exclaimed, “do 1 look like an easy mark?” “You look mad,” replied tho man uncomfortably. “Well, I am mad,” replied tho first speaker. T arrived at tho office in fairly good temper this morning. Just as 1 was sorting over my mail pffleb boy came to me with a long subscription list signed by nearly everyman in the office. 'The elevator boy is getting married/ he said. 'Will you contribute? ’Let him support bis own wife/ I growl ed; but it made mo feel kind ol mean, so I gave him a dollar when 1 went out to luncheon. Right after luncheon they brought mo another subscription list for a man in a ri val houso who had gone crazy. He was left on the hands of his wlfo and three small children, so 1 cough ed up. Finally, they produced a third of thoso hold-up slips to help bury a clerk In the house who had died. 1 subscribed liberally to that bccuusu I felt that way.” “What has that got to do with me?” asked tbe stranger. “Nothing,” replied his Interlocutor, “except that I'm trying to raiso 10 cents to get out home by trolley. Here's tho subscription list. 'Put mo down for a cent,” said the other, us he turned uwuy. “I’ll send it to you to-morrow.” The following is on extract froztJ Harvey Jordan's recent addresw to* the farmers of Georgia: hardly necessary for ua to bring to your attention the fact that unless we control the market and «Ie- mand, and receive fair and just prices for our cotton, bankruptcy stares os in the face, and there can be no es cape from it except in the manner la- dicated by tho plan suggested to the- Southern Cotton Association and the. executive committee, to which your attention' Is called, and Is ns follows: 1. To tie up and take care of the surplus of this crop; remove it from the market until next fall and hoUT balance ot crop until prices advance. Reduce cotton acreage and use of commercial fertilizers under cot ton at least 25 per cent, of that ol last year. » Arrange for a general system oft bonded warehouses under the contra* of the people of the South. Organize the producers of thsr South In every cotton growing coum- ty on a business basis to carry Into operation a permanent system of re lief and protection for the future. A LAUGHING PLANT. Produces much the same effect .as Intoxicating drinks. There Is u curious plant that grows in Arabia, and Is known by tho nnmo of “laughing plant.” This name comes from the fact that any one who eats Its seeds cannot control his laughter. The natives of the district wher this funy plant grows dry tho seeds and reduce them to powder. A small dose of this i>owdor, says tho Indinnoqolls News, makes those who eat it act very much like the foolish people who drink more liquor than is good for them. Tho soborest per son will dance, shout and laugh like u madman, and rush about, cutting up the most redlctilous capers for an hour. At the end of this time the reac tion conies. The dancer Is exhausted anil a deep sleep comes upon him. After a nap of several hours he awak ens with no recollection of the antics ho has performed. The Tlfton Gazette notes that Hon. J. Pope Brown has announced his candidacy for Governor, and then It makes this mysterious remark: “In dications arc tbat he will make the race on an anti-railyo^d platform,-and will bo supported by, tbo only, large Codrt of (Mlnar? fm>;sald county, Appointment of Guardian. OEORGIA—WARE COUNTY. It. L. Singleton, a resident of the 8tatu of Georgia, having duly applied to be appointed guardian of thu per son and property of Burrell Single ton, a minor under the age of 14 years, resident In said county, no tice la hereby given that sold appli cation will be pnesed on at the next as well as the more common yellow kind. The bamboo tree grows for about 30 years, then flowers luxuriently and gives up its life. Tho young shots of the bnmboo are prepared iu also gathered and eaten, many ways for food, and tho seeds- The older stems are so hard that they are used for tho finest carving*. They are made Into ndequato pipes, spears and knives. Scarcely any ar ticle can be mentioned, from drink ing cup to a ship, which is not made’ from bamboo. Harry Jordan’s Address. The Wrong Spirit The president of the New Normaf College was addressing a band ot young women. “Young women,” hm said, “generally make excellent teachers. Bupt If you dislike the work turo (o anything elso but teaching. We cannot succeed ever In what we hnte. Bad teachers, when wo find them, are persons who dlsllko their work. “Thoy aro like tho young girl Ii*. tho country town* who said to one of her friends: Yes, I nm going to take ui> teaching/ ‘The friend looked amuzed. ’’You?’ she exclaimed, ’you a school teacher? Why, I’d rather marry a wldorer with nine children/' So would 1/ said tho other. ‘But where is the widower?’ — New York Tribune. An old negro woman, who Is no doubt crazy, has been living In a» alley near the A. & II. shops for some time. She has moved now, so is Herald reporter was Informed, into- ditch near the road. Hhe has n lot of old rags bundled up, and ha* been living out in the open air for some time. The old woman. It np- liears, hns no relatives hero, conso- rpiently none of her race has tukou any Intorcst in hor. WM .b* M> b* h*W -* -ee^dnfcg^gHn railway capitalist*” June,„190L. We were not aware that the rail- witness my hand and official s!g< nature, this April 27, 1905. ^ Warren Lott, 8u!phur Givss Health. Thousands seek tonic, healthful bathing in natural sulphur spring*. The same results are found at home with Hancock’s Liquid Siilphur, Na ture’s Greatest Germicide. Cure*, many blood and skin diseases. A family remedy. At leading drug gists. Repuest booklet of Hancocft Liquid Sulphur Co., Baltimore, Md. Is It Right? Is It right for you to lose $4.20 that- a dealer may make 50 cent* more by selling fourteen gallons ot ready-to a»e painL at 8LM P*r (Mod, Urns our agent will make by Millie Jo* sight .callous et U t, M., itxt A gallons -of iisseod oil, which make- fourteen gallons of • tater paint, at 9Lf0 per gallon. Is It right? The Longman ft Martinez L ft at. Ordinary. p, lnt 1( Kld bjr p. N , H orIcy liar*