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Mr. WUI B. Folks, formerly of this
city, now of Atlanta, Is spending a
few days with relatives and friends
here. To say that Will Folks is wel
come In Waycross does not half ex
press It. He was raised here, and
la a favorite with all of us, old and
young. His success in the Gate City
afTords great pleasure to his many
friends here, and we wish for him all
the good things in the category.
Mr. H. A. McEachern, well known
In Waycross, died at his home in
Jacksonville Saturday. Mr. McEach
ern was prominently identified with
the naval stores business for some
years, and accumulated considerable
wealth. He was a native of Robin
son county. X. C., and was in his 49th
year. Mr. McEachern leaves a wife
and several children.
Mr. Clifford Johnson has resigned
his position In the First National
Bank to take a position as bookkeep
er for his father at St. Marys,
is succeeded at the bank by Mr. Lewis
Francis, who has been in the offices
of the A. & B. Railroad for some
time.
The Star is now in ”s seventh
month, and yet, not with tar? ling its
tender age, its patronage lines up easi
ly with many newspapers whose years
are greater in number than its months
For this substantial evidence of appre
ciation we are truly grateful, and
shall strive to merit its continuance.
—Ocllla Star. Merit always reaps
it* regard, Hanlon.
The people of the United States,
who constitute less than one-twentieth
of the world’s population, possess
nearly one fourth of the gold and sil
ver. If the Southern planter will on
ly continue to diversify his crops,
he will poon possess two-thirds of the
money nowd owned by the Unite
States. The South is getting in the
saddle in a way that counts.—Ma-
oon News.
Mr. C. B. Evans, of Guysie, who
disappeared from a Coast Line train
bound for Savannah Friday night, an
account of which was published in
Saturday’s Herald, arrived in Savan
nah early Saturday morning and ex
plained how he got left at Jesup. Mr.
Evans get off the train at Jesup, and,
Just as the passenger train started to
pull out, a freight train passed be
tween Mr. Evans and his train, con-
s^oucntly he got left and had to re
main at Jesup until Saturday morning.
Mr. Evans’ wife and children were
or. the train that left him at Jesup,
and they were greatly worried over
his disappearance until he Joined
them at the Screven House in Savan
nah. He had wired his wife at Sa
vannah as soon as he got left at Jes-
ip, but she did not receive the mes
sage and did not know the circumstan*
•es of Mr. Evans* disappearance until
le reached Savannah.
The Ship of Glory.
New York Sun.
The indignation provoked In New
England and elsewhere by Secretary
Bonaparte's enfortunate proposal to
make a sea target of the venerable
hulk Is in accord with the finer senti
ments of patriotism.
If the remains of the glorious old
Constitution cumber the surface of
the deep, if there Is nowhere along
side of United States territory room
for her in her honorable and Inspiring
helplessness, let the end be in the
spirit of Oliver Wendell Holmes’s stir |
ring protest, first printed in the Bos-
Another good thing about living in
the country. You don’t have to buy
your little Christmas tree from a ped
dler at trust prices.
Earthquake Vibrations.
The new science of sefsinometry
has revealed how widely sensative
the seemingly rigid earth really is to
vlbrutlons in its crust, and that all
To acknowledge an error and to great earthquakes can bo recorded
show a disposition to correct the over the entire globe by sufficiently
same, Is the course adopted by a wise genaatlve Instrument*. On April 4,
man. It is only the cute fools and 1905, a great earthquake occurred in
smart alecks who never make mis
takes.—-Valdosta Times.
The day before Christmas eve was
I lie shortest of the year. The sun
was above the horizon only nine and
1 half hours, and at that time winter I and all
ton dally Advertiser of September 14,1 "officially arrived." One of the long-
Mr. Robert Pierce Sweat, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. K. Sweat, of Waycross,
was married at Sparks, Ga., last week
to Miss Annna Dona Anderson, a pop
ular young lady of that place. Mr,
Sweat Is cashier of a bank
Sparks and is succeeding admirably
in the business world. After a wed
ding tour in Florida, Mr. and Mrs,
Sweat will return to Sparks, where
they will make their home. Mrs. W.
K. Sweat, of this city, mother of the
groom attended the wedding.
Holiday Drinking.
Pittsburg Press.
An Allegheny clergyman recently
made a special plea to his listeners
to exert their influence to put an end
to holiday drinking.
The appeal is timely. Holiday
drinking is an evil sul generis,
claims a wide circle of victims whoare
not much If any, addicted to drink at
any other time.
And what is the consequence?
It makes a nightmare of the holiday
season to many a man who otherwise
would have been able to look back up
on It with wholesome pleasure,
spoils a season of pure delight,
robs the Christmas tree and fireside
stocking. It desecrates the most
beautiful altar that belongs to the sim
ple faith of childhood.
After all, It Is not very much of a
father or mother who will deprive the
children of toys and Christmas
(Joys to gratify a liquor appetite.
There is another phrase of the mat
ter that Is worth consideration. It
bas been frequently noticed that ac
cidents of one sort or another—rail
road accidents particularly—appear to
be more numerous In the holiday sea
son than at any other time.
Who doubts that drinking has some
thing to do with this comparative fre
quence of untowered happenings at that
season of the year In which the world
Is making the greatest effort to be
happy?
If there is one time of the year in
which caution against drink Is more
pertinent to the average man than
thn .vhat season it Is?
Mr. C. S. Moore, representing the
A:'anta Constitution, is in the city.
r. Mat Robinson, who was out
hunting yesterday with Mr. S. V. Jef
fords, was accidentally shot by that
gentleman with small bird shot.
Jeffords was shooting at' a bird, and
Mr. Robinson, who wag some distance
from him, was hit with five small
shot. He walked to town and had
the shot, which were lodged Just un
der the skin,, extracted by a pbysl
clan, and be is gettng along all right.
One hundred baskets, filled with
fruit and provisions, were sent out
to poor families by the Elks of this
city last Sunday. Each basket con
tained flour, lard, a ham, baking pow
der, salt, coffee, sugar, oranges, ap
ples and candy.
’NEATH THE MISTLETOE.
The world wags on from year to year,
And wagging, wag the fancies;
Fashions foolish, fashions queer,
Are suited to circumstances.
Ixing ago the mistletoe
Hung on the chandelier
And he who met a maid below
t Might claim the Christmas cheer.
t
But times have changed from long agq
fipA changing changed the fair . ,
That sure they’re neeth the mistletoe
They wsar It la their hair.
Miss Marietta Boyette, aged
years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ste
phen Boyette, who reside near Wal-
tertown, died last night at the home
of her parents. She had been ill for
a short time with pneumonia. The
remains will be Interred at the Jordan
church cemetery tomorrow.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Haynes, and chil
dren, of Fitzgerald, are guests of Mrs.
Haynes’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Harvard. Their many friends gave
them a cordial welcome back to Way-
e css.
La Nature recently printed photo-
tograph of an enormous anthropoid
ape that was killed near the Sanga
river in the French Congo. Dr. E. T.
Hamy writes that these large animals
have been seen several times in the
last year among the valleys of Lom
and the Sangu rivers. The white
men at the German and French sta
tions corroborate this report that an
anthropoid of great size lives In the
forest along the boundary between
the Cameroons and French Congo.
Mr. Eugene Brussaux, who sent the
photograph to La Nature, says that
the animal appears to be a gorilla, dif
fering from those living In Gaboon on
ly in its enormous stature. Its skull,
face and ears ere exactly like those
of the gorilla. The specimen that
was killed was not less than seven
and one-half feet in height, and Its
body in a sitting position was as
high as an ordinary Pahuin native.
It was killed near Uessu, the chief
station on the River Sanga, and was
one of three animals living in the
neighboring forest, which had become
known by their large footprints on
the ground.
The animal was almost bare upon
the breast and stomach, but its
shoulders and thighs were covered
with thick, long hair. It was about
three and a half feet iu breadth across
the shoulders, It weighed nearly 800
rtfwtcds, and eight porters were re
quired So bring it to the station. A
Inter report says that another atfDollar
specimen has been killed near Bayan*
sr-00 the Sanga!—November Bulletin
of the American Geological Society.
I8.'!0, more than 75 years ago, against
i similar callous proposal by Score-
ary Bonaparte's predecessor, John
Ira neb of North Carolina:
Oh, better that her shattered hulk
Should sink beneath the wave;
Her thunders shook the mighty deep,
And there should be her grave.
Nail to the mast her holy flag,
Set every threadbare sale,
And give her to the god of storms,
The lightning and the gale!”
Sink her In deep salt water if there
Is no longer room for the ship within
the jurisdiction of Mr. Bonaparte’s
department, but let her go down with
flag flying and all the honors due to
her glorious memory, and unwounded
No American gunpowder should ever
be burnt to send a shot Into the heart
of Old Ironsides.
est days of the coming year will ho
that on which the Christmas'hills be
gin to pour in.—Savannah Press.
THE TIME WILL COME.
When it will be a disgrace not to
work when one is able.
When everybody will know thut sel
fishness always defeats Itself.
When the churches will not be
closed as long as the saloons are op-
t.
When to get rich by making others
poor will be considered a disgrace.
When the golden rule will be re
garded as the soundest business phi
losophy.
When the same standard of morali
ty will be demanded of men as of wo-
When all true happiness will be
found in doing the right, and only the j
good will be found to be real.
When the business man will find that
his best interests will be the best In
terest of the man at the other end of
the bargain.
When all hatred, revenge and Jeal
ousy will be regarded as the boomer
angs which inflict upon the thrower
the Injury intended for others.—Ex.
And then the mellnium will com
mence.
Editor Perliam, of the Waycross
Herald, showed a manly spirit when
ho complimented Editor Greer, of
the Journal, for the part he had taken
in the Atlantic & Birmingham striko
last week. Editor Greer justly de
serves all the credit that has been
accorded by the press of the state for
• h o important service he rendered
both the road and the men in settling
the strike Double. But nothing else
was to be expected of Perham, for he
is a man who has proven to the world
long ago that he is made of the pure
stuff, and is always ready to give
credit where It Is deserved.—Thomas-
ville Press.
Georgia's Wealth Now and Then.
A dispatch from Atlanta, Ga., to the
Augusta Chronicle suggests that Geor
gia is rapidly approaching In material
wealth the conditions which prevailed
In this state just before the war. It
cites the figures of assessed valuation
of property, $575,000,000 in 1905, ns
proof that ”lf the same ratio of pros
perity Is maintained Georgia will reach
within two years the same pinnacle of
financial wealth upon which she
stood is 1860.” As a matter of fact
the true value of property In Georgia
at present Is at least twice the value
of 1860. In 1860 the assessed value
of real and personal property In tho
state was $617,232,387 and Its true
vaule la far greater than It was In
1860, for the assessed value, it Is cal
culated, represents now but about 40
per cent of the true value, which ap
proaches $1,400,000,000.”
His Bottle 8aved Him.
There was a shooting affray in the
negro waiting room at the Atlantic
Coast Line depot this morning about,
three o'clock. A negro named Will
Lewis, from Brooks county, fired at
Charlie Brown, a negro train hand
from Thomasvllle, the bullet striking
a bottle of whiskey in the latter’)
pocket and smashing it The bottle
broke the force of the shot, so only
a bruise was made on Brown’s skin.
But for the bottle, the bullet would
have entered the lower part of his
stomach and might have caused a fa
tal wound.—Valdosta Times.
Another argument aganst whiskey in
bottles. ...
The candidacy of Col. Eatill, of Sa
vannah, for the governorship, which
will shortly be announced, will put a
new face on things, and there will be
in the race another of Georgia’s truest
sons and strongest men. Just what
effect the candidacy bf Col. Estlll will
have In North Georgia Is hard to say.
In this section of the country he Is
not as well known as In South Geor
gia, where there are hundreds of peo
ple who will give him their support,
no matter what platform he stands on.
No man Is so much responsible for
the upbuilding and development of
South-east Georgia as Is Col. Estlll,
nnd It is befitting that the people who
he has befriended should repay him
in whatever wuy they can.—Rome
Herald.
up from Bt.
_ ^ m Marys, where he is engaged In the
zx tw the See**!—November Bulletin *»w mill.ud tarpesUM bstlneea, to
•ptsd Chrletau <Uy with hi* (tally.
Sure Signs of Prosperity.
A force of gllb-tongued salesmen
have sold patent rights of a washing
machine in a South Georgia county
to the amount of $40,000, according to
reliable reports. When the farmers
of one county cun turn loose this much
money for patent rights there Is money
in the land.
There is something very peculiar
about patent rights. A man who turns
up his nose at a gold brick or the
shell game will buy a patent right on
a machine to extract moonbeams
from cornstalks, or any other wild
Idea. There is no swindle in these
sales except as the purchaser swin
dles himself by buying something he
will never try to work. Tho agent
sells to suckers and the suckers are
expected to go forth and find
ers of the crop that is born every min
ute, to rcII to them and thereby get
their money back. But few of our na
tive born suckers are Hrnooth enough
to work the gAine They buy, but
rarely sell. In consequence there is
steady drain on Georgia resources.
ILpatent rights agents and specula
tion in cotton futures could be brought
to a round turn hero In tho South
money would accumulate very rapid
ly in these parts. And then, If tho
Insurance drain could he turned Into
Southern channels the section would
show a tremendous gain in property
values In the next ten years.—Fort
Valley Leader.
Northwestern India, killing and injur
ing a great mauy people and causing
the total destruction of towns and vll-
leges. The entire crust of the earth
was set Into elastic vibrations, which
were recorded at the Weather bureau
the world wherever deli
cate seismographs were maintained.
Doctor F. Imori, secretary of the
Earthquake Investigating Committee,
of Japan, reports concerning the India
earthquake that the large seismo
graph at Tokio recorded first the
waves proceeding from India to Tokio
direct via Siberia, nndlnter on those
which crossing JSuropo nnd America
reached Japan by way of the Pacifl
Ocean. Still more remarkable than
this, the seismogram at the Osakn Me
teorological Observatory showed the
waves which, having reached Japan
from India direct, passed on across
the Pacific Ocean, America and Eu
rope, and finally as it seems, return
ed to Japan, after having made liter
ally a complete circuit of the earth.
The time required was two hours
three minutes and thirty-five seconds.
—Ex.
No more turkey 'till next time
There is no longer u doubt. It fm*
Mayor McClellan, of New York.
Three men struck and kJTed- hi
train near Spartanburg, Teun.
Drunken negroes kill lawyer Ptfc
son at Memphis, Tenn.
More bad weather,
had noticed it.
Perhaps yvass
Another internal revolution is brown
ing iu Santo Domingo. Let it brew
rhe days are growing longer
arc all growing older.
Thirty thousand strikers are marcA
ig upon St. Petersburg.
egroes Iyached at liarnwo/v.
p murdering white merchant
Wilson Hall was shot and almost
Instantly killed by Dan Styles about
10 o’clock yesterday morning. The
killing occurred on Parallel street at
a negro restaurant conducted by Geo.
Manley.
Eye-witnesses say that Hill was
killed without and provocation. It
appears that the murdered negro had
bought some cigars and gave Styles
one dollar for bfm to take pay for
the purchase. Styles dropped the
dollar on the floor, and several words
were passed between them, whereup
on Styles whipped out a 38 calibre
Sw’th & Wesson pistol and shot Hill
In the left breast, from tho effects of
which he died almost Instantly.
Styles was arrested at the restau
rant where tho killing occurred soon
after by Sheriff Miller and lodged In
Jail. It Is said that both negroes
had been drinking.
Styles, who Is still In jail, appears
to be quite nervous today, and claims
that Hill wns advancing on him with
on open knife when he fired the fatal
Rhot.
ThomnBvllle Is soon to have a new
brass band. This completes her o*rt
Negroes of New York try to prib
vent the presentation of the Clansmaa
In that city.
A genius Is a man who can Induw*
some other roan to paddle his cacoe
for him.
Just suppose, for the sake of die
argument, that it was Christmas a*.
the time.
Mr. Frank Dclxwch camo down'
from Quitman to spend CbriBtm&s at
home.
Mr. Geo. F. Wooten came dowm.
from Balnbrldge to spend Christina*
with bis family.
Don't destroy the pleasure of Chrt^r-
mus by drinking too much wine or any
thing else of like nature.
Mr. O. H. Pafford returned yester
day from a visit of several days f*■"
Valdosta and other points.
Now. begin to tighten your belt and
otherwise prepare for the du'ics and
responsibilities of the new yoai
Hon. George H. Bell, wife and baby,
are here from Swainsboro, Ga., vis
iting at the home of Mrs. Bell’s par
ents, Dr. and Mrs. Frank C. Folks.
Mr. Bell expects to begin the prac
tice of law at Swalnsbore on January
1, and will no doubt make a very suc
cessful lawyer.
Mr. F. M. Hawkins, who holds a
responsible and lucrative position
with the Covington Go. is Jackson
▼Ule, was 'hero greeting his many
Waycross friends yesterday. He and
Mrs. Hawkins nnd children came up
to visit BtV'fareatn, CapL and. Mrs.
L Johnson.
A Compliment From Hanlon.
The 8tar would be glad to see Judge
Perbam, of the Waycross Herald, In
the next state senate, not merely be
cause he has been loyal to the party
for over forty years, but mainly be
cause his district and state would pro
fit by the splendid service he would
render. His district would honor It
self by sending hm to the upper
branch of the Georgia legislature.—
Ocllla Star.
Many more such beautiful notices
as the above will certainly convince
us that Perbam is tho man.
For Thirteen Long Years.
For thirteen long years Frank C.
Owens has not failed each 25th day
of December to make the sciilor edi
tor of the Herald,a Christmas res
ent, and it is always something nice
and useful. As we were being seat
ed at the breakfast table yesterday,
the "lady we board with” remarked:
”1 wonder if Mr. Owens will send you
anything this time?” “He surely
will,” we replied; and In less than ten
minutes the express boy knocked at
tho door and handed in the package
for "Senator Perkam" with tho compli
ments and best wishes of Frank C.
Owens.
We are glad Frank Owens lived long
enough to become acquainted with us
and we with him. Such friends as
Frank Owens •’.re like tho oasis In the
desert, few an 1 tar between. Please
allow us to suggest that his example
Is worthy of emulation.
Mr. Dan Bibb, who Is taking *
course in the Southern Business Got--*
lege in Atlanta, Is at home for the-
week.
The Irwin county negroes who wen*
to Africa while trying to return home,
are held up In Liverpool for wunt a*
money.
The Columbus Enquirer suggests
that you should use your reason an£
Intelligence In the selection of u go^
ernor.
Mr. James W. Hitch, who Is taking
a special course at Vanderbilt Uni
versity, Nashville, Tenn., Is at hoin^
for a few days.
Miss Irene Smith is at the homo 4f
her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. B. W
Smith, for a week’s stay from Monroe i
Collogo at Forsyth.
MIhh Ellie Knight Is at home from
Monroe College at Forsyth,
spending the week with her parent* -
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Knight.
One old bachelor who was asked
why so many men remain single; m
plied that It is because they Just rut
turaliy know a lot about women.
Mr Thomas R. Bennett, former
school commissioner of Ware county,
came home Sunday from Charlotte,
N. C., to spend a few days with rela
tives and friends. Considering the
re illness Mr. Bennett has gone
through with during the year, he Is
looking remarkably well.
Desserts always taste so much bet
ter If you use Blue Ribbon Vanilla Kk-
tract. It flavors perfectly and goes
twice as far as most other brands.
Mr. J. T. Pope, who travels for the*
Gross Mfg. Co., has moved his family
to Waycross, and will make this city
his headquarters. They are stopping:
at the City Hotel.
Mr. James H Jones, a member of the
Jones Clothing Company of Tampon
Is in the city for a short visIL IU**
friends are pleased to know that* ha/
is doing a fine business In Thinpsr..
J. T. Harvard, traveling represen
tative of the Augusta Drag Co. ttr
Georgia and South Carolina, fs sptntf^'
Ing holiday week with his parents; Wfc.
and Mrs. W. C. 1 Harvard sn Reed
street