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WEEKLY EDITION OF THE
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF WAYCROSS ANT WARE COUNTY
VOLUME XXYII
WA YCRO*S. GA., SATURDAY..!LINE 17 1905.
NUMBER 4
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Boy and Girl
Assassinated
Valdosta, Ga., June 14.—The Car-
ter-Rawllng’s family feud In the Hnhl-
ra district culminated last night in
the assassination of Willie Carter, the
16-year-old son of W. L. Carter, and
his 14-year-old sister.
Sheriff Passmore and Chief of Po
lice Dampler returned tonight from
tho scene of the assassination, bring
ing Jesse, -Milton and Leonard Raw
lings and two negroes charged with
the crime.
The coroner's Jury fully investigat
ed the matter and returned a verdict
laying tho crime to two of tho Raw
lings men. Mr. and Mrs. Carter, par
ents of the murdered children, saw tho
men and say they recognized them.
Young Carter, after being shot, ran
BIG RAILROAD
DEAL CLOSED
Col. John C. McDonald, Counsel for
the Southern Pine Company of Geor
gia, closed up a deal this week be
tween his clients and the Ocilla and
Valdosta Railroad Company, by the
terms of which the latter company
aepuired the road of tho first from
Uroxton to Hazlehurst, a distance of
thirty miles. The Ocilla and Valdos
ta Railroad Company has a line al
ready from Ocilla to Osiorfleld, and
THREE KILLED;
EIGHTEEN HURT
NEWS AND NOTES
Vienna, June 15.—Three were kill-
and ejghteen injured, while forty oth
ers were bruised in a free fight which
occurred during the performance of
a traveling show at Derekgyhas, Hun
gary, today. A cannibal act had been
advertised, but when tho time for Gy?
performance hrrlvcd, but~tho manager
refused to give It unless some one in
the audience would offer himself as
subject for the cnnnihal. Fnnlly a
link from that point on Into Droxton,
and this will give this company a line
54 miles in length from Ocilla to Ha-
zlchurst, and from Hazlehurst, it is
understood the line is to be extended
to Savannah. It is also rumored
4 , that this line will build from a point
Into the house and told his parents | JUBt north „ ( Nlcho „ B| by tho wny of
Is now building and completing, the | |H . agant ,, oy volunteered, and tho
nlbal seized him and bit his ear. The
boy’s relatives rushed in, when the
cannibal bit harder. ' Others in tho
audience wanted tho performance to
go on and held tho relatives back
which precipitated a fight. Tho can
nibal escaped during the confusion.
who did tho shooting, dying «>")«, N , thence Fa(rfax on the A
time lator. These fuels eorroborut- R R „„„ from . thoro on t0
ed public suspicion from the begin- Vtt|(lo8ta Th|9 roaiV „„ now cxton „.
ning. '
It is said that tho two negroes un- [
der arrest were with the Rawlings.
men all of yesterday.
The tragedy occurred about 0
o’clock. Mr. Carter’s family was in
his home when they heard his dog
barking as If something was going
wrong in the yard. Carter Is still |
suffering from gun shot wounds In- j
dieted by J. Q. Rawlings some weeks , ______
ago, and his two children went Into
the yard to Investigate. The moon AnriT DAPIUP AT
was shining nlmost as bright as day U|\lA I llAuINu A I
and the boy and girl could be easily
ieen as they walked about the yard.
While least thinking of tho dan
ger lurking near, some one from be
hind the smoke house fired upon
them. The girl fell and died almost
instantly. The boy crawled back to
the house and died a a short while.
The full contents of a shot gun had
ed, covers a fine section of the coun
try, and if the proposed extensions
are made, will make it a still better
road, and. will develop tho country
very rapidly through which It will
pass.
Hon. J. A. J. Henderson of Ocilla,
is President of this road, and this
means that it will be a success.
SHEEPSHEAD BAY
The bricklayers’ striko at Albany,
Ga., has been called off. I*ct Albany
now go ahead with her improvements.
The first melon 'is in our midst.—
Quitman Freo Press.
A young lady, though she bo an ed
itor, should nover gobble up a wholo
melon by her lone self.
The county commissioners havo ac
cepted tho new court house nt Val
dosta.
Tho upper Mississippi is spreading
over all tho unprotected low lands,
and several persons have drowned
near Alexandria, Mo.
A Jnpane.se student has been
awarded the Wyman Crow medal at
the St. Louis school of fine arts.
FEARS A CLASH
WITH GERMANY
VERDICT AGAINST
GOULD $24,000
By Telegraph to The Herald.
Sheepshead Bay Track, June 15.—
The most democratic and dearly loved
of all the turf events, the uburban
Paris, June 15.—All Europe is on ’
edge, stirred by the danger of France’s By Telegraph to Tho Herald,
clash with Germany. The situation Mincola, L. I., Juno 15.—A sealed
will have strong effect on tho Japan- verdict wns rendered In the Ilaydel
Russia situation. The Czar is urged architect case against Howard Gould
by France, his alley, to accept tho this morning. Tho Jury found $24,-
move for peace. His nld will bo ooo for the architect. Tho latter
needed if the new crisis develops ov- asked for $60,000.
er tho Morroccan Issue. England’s
sympathies are with France in this
affnlr. She requests Japan to offer MONITOR PURITAN
moderate terms to end tho eastern ■ li111 I ftII
struggle. Thus the Kaiser’s present
aggressive game might be checkmnt-
ed. i
FAST AGROUND
done lie work nnd the two unoffend- Han „| cap> )g , 1(1 | ng ' ^ , mlay
ing and defenseless young neople were
dead.
The Carters abovo referred to for
merly resided lit Waresboro and are
well known In Ware count*’. W. L.
Carter wat once a preacher, tnd was
a member of the Method's* confer
ence.
WOULD CONSIDER
, MOVE UNFRIENDLY
By Telegraph to The Herald.
Paris. June 15.—Germany has been
for some weeks strengthening her gar
risons near the French frontier.
France has responded with a similar
move. The Kaiser, ignoring his own
provocation, has notified France that
If she did not cease these military
movements, Germany would consid
er an unfriendly act. This, of course
was eqnlvalent to an ultimatum, and
M. Roavier sent a conciliatory reply.
Sheepshead Bay track,
goes to the winner, the purse being
$16,000. The second horse to finish
will take $2,500 nnd the third will get
$1,500. Thirty-five thousand people
will attend. Belmont’s Beldame and
Keene’s Delhi are the favorites in the
betting, with Beldame slightly first
choice, with odds 12 to 5, while Delhi
Is quoted 3 to 1. Next in order
comes, first. Mason and then Alan
Dale.
Germany, while demanding an inter
national conference upon the affairs By Telegraph to Tho Herald,
of Morrocco, refuses to abate any of Washington, June 15.—The United
! her pretensions concerning that coun- States monitor Puritan Is hard nnd
e j try, and requires guarantees as re- f« Ht aground on a sand bar off Point
fortune (fanlg tho pac j nc nn ture of the Anglo- I-ookout, where tho Potomac enters
French agreement. Chesapeake Bay. Tho monitor has
been there since Monday night.
CALLED ON THE
PRESIDENT TODAY
Joe Hall to Hoke 8mith.
Washington, ,Juno 15.—Minister
There will be twelve starters Takahlra called at the White Houso
on the course which is a mile and
quarter.
EX-PRESIDENT GROVER
CLEVELAND IN GOTHAM
this morning and was shown direct
ly t(f the office of the President. A
pressure Is being brought to bear up
on Japan to induce her to fix tho In
demnity at as low a figure as possi
ble. This pressure Is being exerted
especially by the European govern-
Joe Hall calls on Hoke Smith to
know where he was in ’02 when he and
Dupont Guerry fought, bled nnd died
for the reforms which Smith is now
clamoring about?
That reminds us of one of the cam
paign anecdotes told during the jrop-
ullst fight by Mr. J. E. D. Shipp of
Chattahoochee. He said that there wns
a man who had a pet parrot. The par
rot was very profane, and in order to
By Telegraph to The Herald.
ments. President Roosevelt has In- j give him n good lesson, the owner took
tlmateo that an Important quarter has j the Irreverent bird and soused his
i advised that a moderation in the In- cage In a tub of water. He was nl-
demnity not only would facilitate ftio lowed to strangle there a few minutes,
! negotiations of the peace terms, but when he was brought back and hung
Cleveland came to New York today would be regarded py the powers with' in his place In tho sun. Perceiving
to attend a meeting of the trustees particular favor. Any such sum | his companion, tho monkey, perched
of the Hyde stock of the Equitable, would not only embarrass Russia I on the shelf, the bedraggled bird call-
He said that he could not yet say any- seriously and render her bankrupt, ed out to him, "Where In the hell
thing, as he did not know anything, but would probably disturb the flnan- were you when the cyclone came."—
about *. | ces of the entire western world. Savannah Press.
MAYOR EDWARD F. DUNNE OF CHICAGO.
Mn.vor Dunne. who has been luisy of Into owing to the grent strike of Cht-
csgo toauiHtors. and who was elected on u platform declaring for Immediate cit^
ownership of public utilities. Is a native of Connecticut and an adopted sou off
Illinois. Ed uni Ini In Illinois and Ireland, he boenme a lawyer and was thrlcw
elected Judge of the circuit court of Cook county. He 1ms long been prominent
in Chicago club life.
The Cosy Kind
Everyone wants his home
to look well and be cosy.
7 lie furniture stock of some house**
yields only the cheerless, ungrace
ful patterns—things that are quite
as uncomfortable to use as to look at.
Ours is Different
You’ll like the range, variety and the
numberless little comforts we show'.
Let us talk the matter over and you’ll
see nt what a low price you (ran get
goods from our store.
Lott, Pain & Go.,
The Big Store.
GEORGIA'S FAMOUS RESORT
THE WIGWAM
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