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odist church In Detroit If to hare Wife.
Bjlstol, V*.. July 2—As a train wss
pulling out from the union passenger
station in this city at 1 o'clock this
•.fi'rnoon lies ring Mrs. NIU Orr, wife
if John .W. Orr, of Bristol, an: Georg-;
8. Jones, who were about to elope, the
husband appeared op the sipehe spd
•.vIt».*Sftdly.:alm ilstlberately shot
Jones In the heck three times, all the
lots taking effect.and from which
> lied some houry later.
Tap tragedy created a sensation And
was directly due to the alleged
Ml ■"^hfWoeeur to-fcse- rsasoalnf «masy betw-n Jones and me p.
R rough the power of prayer a new Killed Th. Man Eloping With his
odist Church In Detroit Is to hare
a $7,000 organ. Some time ago the
pastor, Rer. Mr. Allen, prayed for the
organ, and- a few day* afo announced
that he had recelred the money need
ed. No eubacrlptlona had been taken
up and no special collection* made
-since Mr. Allen prayed for'the organ,
iao the member* of the congregation
were taken by surprise when he said
he bad the moner. He didn’t tell how
’It came to him, except - that It wafts
answer totteprayer;—Newsl
voter* of Georgia, who are sapporttag
Hoke Smith on hla dlsranchlaemenf
Issue, that whle the older generation
of negroes may be debarred from vot
ing by having a big unpaid tax at-
sessment piled up against them, that
the younger generation of blacks, and
-who are becoming of age every year,
and are educated at the expense of
the white people, will not have any
taxes to pay, and no law we can frame
■will keep them from voting? Hoke
Smith's plan tor disfranchising the
negroes Is a miserable and temporary
make shift, by which we try and dodge
an Issue that our children and grand-
children must confront and cannot
evade—Southern Field.
young wife of Orr.
Clean From Pasture to Can.
Washington, July 3.—By direction of
the President, Secretary .Wilson today
Issued a, statement saying that Amer
ican live stock are the healthiest'In
the world and that the supervision and
Inspection provided by the legislation
which has Just become effective wtll
be extended from the pasture to the
package, '' ;
“The Federal stamp upon the can,."
says tb^stgtement, "will be gums tee
not poly', of^thf. heaUhitulness ;of the
-animal, hut that th* product was pre
pared In sanitary suroundings end
with the addition of no deleterious
chemical or preservaot meat food pro
duct : bet ring the. government stamp
will bo lit for food."
The only mishap reportel on Tybe*
beach yesterday was the loss of a
stocking by one of the lady bather*.
Shall ATLANTA con
tinue to name our Gover
nor for all time?
, Wm. J. Bryan’s wealth Is placed at
$181,325—showing that the president
ial candidate business Is prolltabe.—
Ex.
0 Guy W. Gray, of thta city was
registered In. Valdosta yesterday.
Cotten. Has Cons to Crass In OVCrgls.-
Atlanta, July {.—"Cotton crops of
Georgia are in a won* condition than
t have ever known," said Commls
sloner of Agriculture Hudson thl*
morning. He says that this Is caused
by the rains which'have occurrod In I
all sections of the state and the great
quantity of grass.
Assistant Commissioner Wright, In
discussing the dilemma, said! "My
father tells me that In all his long life
as a farmer he has never seen such
conditions and poor prospects.”
rteso reports came from all sections
of the state. Poor prospects may have
a tendency to give cotton prices a
sprint upward.
The Herald Is wide open for com-
unlcatlons of moderate length on elec
tric light anJ bond question. We hope
however, no one In future will refer
to those citizens of Waycross who are
making an honest light for the muni
cipal control of electric lights In
Waycross as "Silly, Billy Children."
Rachel Coppell, a white woman, Is
confined In the county Jail on a
charge of larceny from the person.
Th* prisoner Is a slater of lfary Cop
pell, who committed sutckt* several
day* ago.
If Hoke Smith-is elect
ed Governor who will
really control the affairs
of the State? Will It not
be Tom Watson?
If J. W. Strickland, our present ef
ficient Clerk of Council, Is not able,
with some slight assistance and a
little more pay to attend to the once
business of the water works and elec
tric light plant for Waycross, we would
no longer claim Un with him.
Dr. W. H. Buchanan, Ware’s re
presentative’ Ip the Legislature, came
home Tuesday night and spent yeater-
day with his family. He returned to
Atlanta last night.
Mr. W. H. Pollard, the well known
mall carrier, Is off on a vacation to
his old home In Virginia. He will be
gone far severs) weeks and
Mr. V. D. Wilkins I* tilling hla place
as mail carrier.
Card From Qso. W. Dssn.
Editors Herald:
I am sure l have the Interest of
Waycross ’at heart and I shall vote
bf bonds; HOfw • any-; one can-look
at the crowded* condition of opr
public achotf and |our streets spd
sidewalks alipost Impassable In many
places, and so many people suffering
With Sickness for *tpt of city water
an d'sewerage, I can’t understand bow
any. progressive wldna-wake citizen
naijapijrieil the hood Issue, other !le-
euot should not be Injected In this
election to confuse dad defeat It; I
hare advocated la the’ past and do jyet
the municipal ownership of Its fran
chises and It certainly will not be'
long until Waycross wilt be operating
Urn electric light plant t hope all
will turn out Saturday and vote for
btfllJs. -
0. W. DBEN.
Among the visitors In the city who
are Inspecting the good roads machin
ery on ezhlbltlon here, are J. W, Hin
son, of Braxton, and J. C. Vaughn, of
Thotnssvllle.
For forty yean Atlan
ta has named Georgia’s
Governor.
Mr. John Lynn, h wall known farm
er of the Bolen section, who l»s been
alck for some time, was able to be In
the elty today,
Dr, W. M. Taylor and Mr. Charlie
Cason are spending today In Savannah.
in your county does
the negro help to elect
your city, or your county
or your state officers?
NO! Is he not already
absolutely disfranchised?
Mrs. B. B. Whittington tad Chil
dren left today for 'Dublin, Os., to
visit her parents, Rer. and Mr*. &
H. McGehee.
Judge J. F. Slope, of.the county of
Grady wm* in the city yesterday tT0t-
lag bis numerous fritpds. He. gave
the Herald office a pleasant call. ,
-If Hoke Smith Is elect
ed Governor what power
will he have to carry
out his many promises?
NONE,
Mr. H. }.■ Oray was painfully In
jured at his saw mill Tuesday
noon while trykig to adjust tome
the machinery. A pltco of wood hit
Mr. Gray la the face, cutting a
gash Just above the eye and
tng him unconclacous for a few min-
ate*. Mr. Gray It getting along very
well now.
A letter to the Herald from Dr. W.
N'. Brown, of Blackshetr, states that
Dr. Allen Is quite III at hla home In
Blackthear and Is unable to attcnJ to
the dullea at hla office In thla city.
Mcatrs. \V. L. Fisher and L. J. Pat
terson spent tho fourth In
turning home this morning.
Atlanta seems to be having an epi
demic of Suicide*. We thought
people who live in Atlanta wanted
stay there.
At anyrate ws don’t believe the
trusts have furnished Mr. Bryan wlthj The Herald surrenters much of Us
any of the boodle. W* have aa Idealspace today to the discuss loo of
that he has made hfs money honestly, bond election day after tomorrow.
The Herald pins It* faith to Mayor
Knight’s promise that he will exert
hit best energies In the direction of
an electric light plant for Waycross
to lie ownod and operated by the city
|tr. J. A. Too mans, of Brtnaon, Gat,
was In the city yesterday.
The oppeeltlon to Col. Esttil lu this
county It becoming less evident every
day. He will carry thla county by a
large majority.—Clinch County Newt.
Col. Estlll It rapidly gaining In*
strength throughout tha state and es
pecially In Booth Georgia, ft Is be
lieved that he will carry this section
by almost every county.—Clinch
County News.