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WEEKLY EDITION OF THE
iLhnycross Evening Herald.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF WAYCR068 SATURDAY. MAY 26. 1906.
VOLUME XXVII.
WAYCR08S, GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1906.
NUMBER 54.
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Stolen Troperty
'Recovered Today
Mr. Anthony, of the R. J. Anthony
Hardware Company, was very much
pleased this morning by the recovery
of the Winchester rifles and all but
three of the fine pistols stolen from
his store Tuesday night, an account
of which appeared in yesterday’s
Herald.
This morning the children of Mr.
J Hopkins, a machinist, while playing un-
der the house at their horns on Lin
coln street, back of the old fire sta
tion, discovered tae stolen property
buried. Mr. Hopkins at once notified j
Mr. Anthony and the guns and pistols j
were returned to his store. The
rifles were wrapped up in a pair of |
“overall jumpers'* and the pistols j
were tied up in a towel. There is j
yet noclue to the thief or thieves. J
The Bup|K)8ition of some is that the 1
rogue, realizing that he could not get J
away with the stolen property, slipped I
BLACKBURN-PARK.
Mr. Martin E. Blackburn and Mr*. M.
B. Park Married Last Night-
Gone on Wedding Tour.
Mr. Martin E. Blackburn and Mrs.
M. B. Park, were married iast night
at 9 o'clock. The wedding occurred
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John A.
Lott, Rev. B. E. Whittington, pastor
of Trinity Church, officiating.
Mr. and Mrs. Blackburn left last
night lor Atlanta, where they will
spend a week, after which they will
return to Waycross and will have
rooms at Mrs. Way’s, on Tebenu
street.
.Mr. Blackburn is a well known
man and is engaged In the turpentine
business with his father, Mr. D. J. :
Blackburn, at Needham. For a long
time he held a position as postail j
clerk on the Atlantic doast Line. The
bride is a niece of Mrs. Lott and is
the daughter of Mr. J. S. Bailey.
The Herald extends congratula
tions.
Tarriff Speech
In The House
under Mr. Hopkins' house and buried
them, and shook the dust of Way-
cross from his feet and left for other
fields.
Big Fair For Brunswick.
Brunswick, Ga., May 23.—'The Com
mercial League is in favor of Brun
swick giving a great big fair this fall.
At the meeting held yesterday morn
ing the matter was fully discussed and
a committee waj appointed to devise
ways and means for such an enter
prise and report back at the next meet-
in”- The League seemed undecided a*
to whether to make it a fair or a
. street carnival and the entire pro
position was placed in the hands of
the special committee referred to.
Delightful For The Home.
The Waycros Bottling Works are
now putting up a combination of soft
drinks which will no doubt be very
popular in the Waycross homes this
summer. Mr. O’Hag&n’s famous
“American Beauty" Ginger Ale which
Is known to lovers of this delightful
drink yn equal to any of the imported,
is now put up in pint bottles. Besides
the “American Beauty" the Waycross
Bottling Work’s home combination in
cludes Cream Soda, Sarsaparilla and
Strawberry, all delightful drinks for
home use. with an unusual delicious
flavor. A full case of any of the above
flavors will be delivered at any home
in the city for 11.00, and parties de-
airing a case will please telephone the
Waycross Bottling Works, ’phone No.
165 or 331. tt
By Telegraph to the Herald.
Washington, May 24.—"Stand pat;
let well enough alone," was the text
of the tariff Bpeech delivered in the
House this afternoon by Representa
tive Charles Landis, (Rep., Ind.) in
discussing the ten ye^rs of the re
publican administration. He said:
"Ten years is long time enough for
us to fight a foreign war and set up
two separate republics and drive for
eign nations from the Western Hem
isphere. It has been long enough
for us to come in possession of a
cluster of Islands on the other side
of the world, and to impress upon the
people who Inhabit them that the!
| school book and not the bolo Is the 1
uckowledged badge of the nineteentn j
century. It has been long enough!
to explode absolutely and for all j
time the fallacy of free silver; it has |
been long enough to lay the founda- j
tion for the construction of the Pan-,
nma Canal, and to do a lot of other,
things, any one of which would con- 1
JOHN W. BENNETT HONORED
By Grand Lodge I. O. O. F of Georgia
—B. B. McCowtn Elected Grand
Master.
Augusta, Ga., May 24.—Hon. John
W. Bennett, of Waycross, was elected
without opposition yesterday after
noon l»y the Grand Lodge I. O. O. F.,
of Georgiu as one of the representa
tives to the Sovereign Grand Lodge,
which will be held in Toronto. Cunndu
this fall.
The following Is a full list of officers
elected by the Grand Lodge:
Grand Master—B. B. McCowen of
Augusta.
Deputy Grand Master—J. H. Dozier
of Athens.
Grand Warden—J. T. Blalock of Val
dosta.
Grand Secretary—J. S. Tyson, of
Savannah.
Grand Treasurer—T. A. Cheatham,
of Macon.
Grand Representatives—J. W. Ben
nett, of Waycross and R. T. Daniel, of
Griffin.
W. Ward, of Savannah opposed Mr.
Blalock for the wardenshlo, but the
other officers were without cpiHisitlon.
The Rebekahs, the Odd Fellows’ aux
iliary, met today and elected officers
j NEW ROAD MACHINERY.
{To be Tested as Scon as The Weather
| Clears Off—Good Roads Machin
ery Co’s Representative Here.
Hard Political Fight On.
By Telegraph to the Herald.
Savs'*,ffab, Ga., May 24. The twol^j( U | e sufficient assets for an or-
political factions have framcl up a| dlnary parlyi aml to jllat)fy aak .
hard fight for the nomination for 1 j„g a nGW i ca ge of power. I believe.
Judge of the tjl.y Court. Mr. Davit. L k . ltlng we „ enough alone, e.pec yW follow.
Freeman was named sometim ago by | n |)y when that well enough fa getting
the Peoples Democratic League and better a |j the time.’’
now Mr. T. P. Ravenel has been nom-| «j n c | 0H , ng hc 8aj(|> .. , want , t
inated by the Citizens Club. Thisj) (noWD that I appreciate the present
means that the contest is to be a | progress of wealth and development
and I believe that Mark Hanna’s ad
vice Is still good, and I am willing to
let well enough alone.”
close one and that no matter which
man wins there will be a clean man in
the judge’s chair. Mr. Freeman was
a protege of the late B. A. Denmark.
He knew him intimately and was as
sociated with him in the law Arm of
Denmark, Adams and Freeman. Since
Mr. Denmarks death Mr. Freeman has
practiced law alone. His father is a
Crazy Operator Mixes Things.
Huntington, Ind." May 23.—Wlt.i an
insane operator at the Wabash depot
at AnJrews, Ind., station agents ail
, _ . . _ .. along the section of the road yester-
prominent officer of the Citizens-South-1
w 0 , , day had the hottest half hour they
ever experienced, striving to Jreveat a
ern Bank. Mr. Ravenel Is the la
partner of Col. Rufus I^ester at pres
ent Congressman from the First
District. Neither he nor Mr. Freeman
have ever taken an active part in
political fights inChatham county be
fore. The successful candidate will
not take his seat for a year and a
half yet &s Judge T. M. Norwoods
time does not expire until then. The
primary is to settle a contest for a
plum that will be a long time dropping.
Mr. Freeman is now in Augusta at
tending the session of the Grand Lodge
of Odd Fellows and Mr. Ravenel is in
Pinopolis, S. C., on a visit.
series of wrecks and collisions.
That none occurred was not the
fault of Everett Kiellam, who suffered
from insanity brought on by sunstroke.
While he was waiting transfer to an
asylum Kellam remembered that he
j once had been an operator. When he
saw the operator at Andrew* leave his
office at noon he slipped in and took
possession of the key.
In half an hour he had the Indiana
section of the line tangled «p so com
pletely that traffic was not regulated
for hours, and the station agents are
still suffering from the shock.
Hawkinsvillc is very much elated
over the prospect of aecuring another
railroad. The Dublin and Southwest
ern, which It Is proposed to extend
from Eastman via this city to Cordele.
President—Mrs. I^aura Barlow, of
Columbus.
Vice-President—Miss Bettie l»u
Carey, of Macon.
Secretary—Mrs. L. H. Lohr, of Aug
usta.
Warden—Mrs. A. L. Moore, of Fitz
gerald.
There were three degree learns pres
ent, but two declined to enter the con
test in degree work, and all the hon
ors went to Clara Rebekah Ix>dge, of
Atlanta, Mrs. J. W. Brown, captain.
Tonight the surhordlnate lodge de
gree teams drilled.
First prize was won by the John B.
Gordon team, Atlanta, and the second
prize by the George R. Barker team.
Macon.
Receiving Mem
bers of Dounia
By Telegraph to the Herald.
St. Petersburg. May 24.—The mem-
j hers of the Douma are receiving;
j threatening letters especially from
from peasants and Jews who dis-
Jatisfied with the courso of events the
: Government Is encouraging in op|<o-
. sltlon to Dounia in every form wbiefa
present Itself. Even the socialistic
meetings are allowed where extrera-
j 1sts violently denouco Domna. The
I o®elal messenger organ of the Gov-
Mr. W. A. Neal, of Spartanburg, S.
C., is in the city to give a practical test
of the road machinery recently pur
chased by the Ware County Commis
sioners from the Good Roads Mach
inery Company.
Mr. Neal Is waiting for the weather
to clear off so as to demonstrate the
great advantage in using the mach
inery manufactured by his company In
building good roads. The testa will
be made on the road out beyond Deen.
wood.
The Commissioners purchased, |
two Champion road machines,)
"hard pan’’ plows, 24-horse powe
traction engine and water tank and |
six gravel cars with a capacity of ten
thousand pounds each. Ware county I
is taking the lead in road-hull.ilng in I
this section of Georgia and with tills!
improved machinery will no doubt be
able to make greater strides along
this line than ever before.
Mr. Neal says If the city authorities
will allow him to do so, the city
furnishing the hands to load same on •. , . .
.. . ..... I ,,y Irvin, another farmer, fob
the cars, he will move and distribute I ...
the Augusta gravel opposite the
eminent,
| grams addn
j him to snv
; Dounia.
ontlnues to print telo-
ised to the Czar praying
Russia and disperse
Killing at Political Meeting.
By Telegraph to the Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., May 24.—A dispute!*
received here from Chipley, a town
forty miles from Atlanta, tells of a
pistol duel lust night during a politic
al speech of Hon. Hoke Srulih. can
didate for governor, In which Jo*
I Hasty a farmer was shot and killed
I’lioenlx Hole) to any part < the city
they may desire.
Mr. Neal is stopping at the Phoenix
Hotel and Is a very clever gentleman.
Address on Canal.
Washington, May 24.—Chairman
Shunts will make an address on "The
relation of the South to Panama
canal.” Before the Atlanta, Ga. Cham
ber of Gonimerce on memorial day.
lie is also scheduled for an address
lowing a dispute over an alleged dept
of fifty ctns one owed the other Ir
vin fled hut was pursued by a puss*
from the audience was overtaken and ;
killed. Shooting broke up the meet
ing. There was two spectators wound
ed by flying bullets. No arrests. ,
Union of Presbyterians.
By Telegraph to Uie Herald.
Des Moines, Iowa., May 24.—Ttt#
Cumberland branch of Preshytarlaa
church passed out of ex*
on the same day at dedication to Reb- ^ Istence this morning. Corbett
Scott Hall, at Agnes Scott Instl- officially established Union an-
tute Decatur, Ga. nouncedment followed by cheer*.
The existing board of two hundred
Mrs. Davis Much Better. churches will carry on work in harmo-
New York, May 24.—At the Gerard n y ,hlt * year and ikere will be no ac-
Hotel this afternoon the relatives of ,l,a l consolidation until Mod*r-
Mrs. Jefferson Davis said that the' Corbett announced that the
SAW MILL LOCATION FOR SALE. | patient was much Improved. She | H . chances of reunion and union is now
I taking nourishment and the tempera-, fore© and effect nnd that Cumb-
I have about three million feet of J lure Is normal and pulse much strong-; er * an ‘* Presbyterian church in United
er, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Davis daughter, «» ««*e church will make
said that they now looked for the ; union complete,
ultimate recovery of Mrs. Davis | ———————
fine Georgia heart pine timber, and
can furnish the purchaser from two to
eight million feet In addition. Con
veniently located to railroads. Part
of It baa never been touched for saw
mill purposes. Call on or write H. A.
Cannon, Waycross, Ga. 23 6t.
South Georgia Is fast becoming a
net work of railroads from the Atlantic
to the Alabama lines. No other sec
tion has so many new railroad pro
spect* aa Wlregrass Georgia.
The Herald favors a new judical
circuit There la too much work in
the Brunswick circuit for one man.
Hon. Clark Howell apoke at Val
dosta yeaterday to a good crowd.
London, May 24.— Princess Ena,
of Battenburg, left here this morning
for Madrid where her marriage to
King Alfonso occurs next week. King
Edward, Queen Alexandria and other
members of the Royal family saw
her started on her journey she was
accompanied by her mother, brothera,
and Marqula Vilioeibar councillor of
the Bpaniah Embassy.
Says Dupont to be Next Senator.
By Telegraph to the Herald.
Washington, May24—Senator Oft*%
of Delaware, had a long talk with
the President this morning at the
White House on the polltioal sit na
tion in Delaware, when leaving thw
Senator said': “Col. Henry A. Dupont
win be the next United States Sen
ator from Delaware. He will be elec
ted within two week* at the apetHO *
session of legislature."