About Weekly edition of the Waycross evening herald. (Waycross, Ga.) 190?-1908 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1906)
//• /?# i IHerald. OFFiCIAL ORGAN - F WAYCPOSS AND WARE COUNTY. VOLUME XIV. WAYCROSS, GA. 6ATURDAY, AUG. It, 1006. NUMBER 114. 1 ABOUT lOO PAIRS OF PANTS TO CLOSE AT A BARGAIN. t x T y 9 | i W-I-I-H”!“1. , M"M“H~M~M-M"M"I~H”H-H-I-M~H~M”M. Almost any size in them From 29 to 42 Waist. ; m ;,i i n ;; 11 Southern Hotel Block 5Zt SEDAN’S WAYCROSS. GA. GREAT WINTER FOR WAYCROSS “INDUSTRIAL SOUTH” HAS AR TICLE ON CITY. Say. That Nearly $3,000,000 Will Be Expended Here Within Next Year That the coming winter ft to be the mofet prosperous in the history of Waycross is evidenced by the great arpo.’nt of building to be done in this u city during 'Afife -in, the next year. “Industrial South,” published in Richmond, Va., in its last Issue gives a list of the building to be done in Waycross the present year, and states that nearly $3,000,000 ft to be spent in Waycross for improvement during the next year. A list of the Improvements for this city as mapped out in the “Industrial South” is as follows: “School building $30,000; exten sion of waterworks und sewerage, $30,000; paving streeta, $120,000; new hotel, four stories high, to be con structed by Waycross Hotel Co., $100,- 000; new Elks Hall, $20,000; Young Men’s Christian AcsBociatlon building, $40,000; Baptist College, $45000; Plntsch (las Co., $30,000; Bailey Mfg. Co., jnlll and railroad, $160,000; loco motive and car'repair shops of the Atlantic Coast Line, $1,200,000; new railroad yard of the Atlantic Coast Line, $100,000. rive hundred dwel ling, houses at in average cost of $1,- 600 each, $760,000.” The article adds; “The Increase In taxable property In Waycross during the year 1906 wae over $600,000 and la Ware county about $1,000,000.” WILL HAVE BIO SPACE. Government Exhibit At Jamestown Exposition Will Cover 70,000 Square Feet. - By Telegraph to the Herald. Washington. Aug. 11—The Govern- tneifl exhibit at Jamestown exposition will cover 70,000 square feet of rpace. This compare, very favorable with the exhibit made at Portland In which 70,00 square feet was utilised. This of course does not include separate exhibit to he made by life saving de partments. The government board will determine nothing definitely In regards to the buildings and the ex hibit ontil the return of the Assist ant Secretary of the Treasury, Ed wards, on Monday. REPLY FROM WARREN LOTT ANSWERS CHAIRMAN SWEAt’S LETTER AS TO BARBECUE. Says He And Dr. Walker Did Not Represent Hoke Smith Club. Will Urge Smith Supporters To Attend Darbecue On 18th. Waycrogs, Ga., Aug. 11th, 1906. Hou. J. L. Sweat, Chairman Ware County Estill Clib, Waycross, Georgia. Dear Sir: I received your letter of the 9th Inst., in which you decline to allow the friends of Hon. Hoke Smith to have a* speaker at the barbecue here on the 18th inst. I was very much surprised at the construction you put on the convehsa- tion between us. When Dr. Walker and I called upon you to request that the friends of Mr. Smith be given one speaker at the barbecue, it was in our individual capacity as friends of Mr. Smith and not as representatives or a commltte from the Hoke Smith Club, and as our request was verbal, we of course, expected an answer in the same way, but as you saw fit to be so formal -as to reply by letter which you had published with the evident intention of making political capital out of it, I will also publish my reply, that the public may understand our action in the matter. The day the announcement appear ed in the Morning News about the barbecue on the 18th Inst., I met Dr. Walker and we were speaking of what we thought the friends of Mr. Smith*, ought > to do, and I suggested that we see Col. EstiU’s friends and ascertain If they would allow us to have one speaker, If we would agree to bear our part of the expense, und we did this on our own motion, and without any action whatever from tie Hoke Smith Club. We certainly did not claim that we represened the Hoke Smith Club. You told us that you would confer with the Estill Campaign Committee In Savannah, and also the speaker! yon had Invited and let us know; that you supposed they would leave It to you, and If so, you thought we could come to an agreement., And Jnat as we started to leave your office I Jokingly remarked that I thought an arrangement as suggested by ua would he better for all of us, for if you allowed os to have a speak er we Would furnish the crowd for i (Continued on Page K.) Our Columns Are Open. -The columns of the Herald are open to all correspondents who desire to reply to others who have-had their say in this paper, or who desire to air their views on politics or on oth er matters. The Herald does not deny that It is partizan, perhaps extremely so, in the present State campaign, but we e honest In our convictions, and there are others who do not accept our views, who we do not doubt are equally sincere. It is not our inten tion to do any one an Injustice. If, In the heat of battle, we itfakejnis- takes, we are ready to stand corrected when convinced of error. The better part of our time since the dark days of reconstruction, has been taken up In fighting as best we could, for our state, our section, and for the Democratic party, which we consider the bulwark of our homes, our firesides and of everything we hold dear and sacred. This fight wo shall contlnue^so help us God, until the Master calls. We shall combat every innovation and every inch of the ground sought to be gained by the enemies of the party, with all the strength of which we may be possessed, and unless we go crazy before the present' cam paign is over, we shall die a Demo crat. We think a South Georgia man should be elected Governor at this time, and we hope he will be. , This is perhaps our last chance for Venrs^to come' and we”should make use of it. , Referring again to the caption of this article, we desire to repent that our columns are open to all articles of reasonable length and propriety touching the present issues, until the 22d inst. Then we hope to get back to business and to reason. WILL BE GIVEN THE GLAD HAND. ANOTHER TUNNEL ACCIDENT. The 8avannah Soldiers Will Receive A Hearty Welcome When They Reach Home on Sunday Night. Night. Savannah, Ga., Aug. 11.—The Sav annah soldiers who are now at Chick- amauga will be given the glad band by a large number of their friends and well wishers when they reach home {Sunday night or Mapday morning. The boys of the First Regiment are very popular in Savannah and they were given a goodbye by fully a thou sand people when they departed. It 1> hoped to get them back here on Suoday afternoon. If this !• done the crowd that will meet them will he im mense. About the only mishap or trouble that seems to have come to the regiment or any members of it was when Privates Gorden and Red ler of th*e Republican RJuts got Into some trouble at the Chattanooga de pot on Thursday night. Tbe reports that come to Savannah are to the ef fect that they were protecting a lady and were set upon by toughs. Gordon canr near having bis jugular vein severed. The other man was net so badly hurt. Explosion Cuts off O'Connor’s Head And Injures 8everal. New York, Aug. 11.—Another trag edy ocurred today in the North River tunnel which Is being built by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Just before the night shift left a dynamite blast was prepared. Mich ael O’Connor, of Jersey City, was in charge, assisted by fifteen men. O'Connor set it off, and when he pres sed the electric button there was a tremenduous explosion, and rock weighing more than a ton was thrown where O'Connor was standing. A boulder cut his head off and smaller rocks injured several of the work men. The men were panic stricken when they reached the surface. The injured were removed to the hospi tal. The aheepce.of a quorum prevented the regular qharterty meeting of the City Council last night. Mayor Knight and Alderman Lott and Morton were absent from the city. The meeting was postponed until a night next week when five of the aldermen will be fa the city. L0NGW0RTH8 RETURN TODAY. New York, Aug. 11.—The Long- worths will arrive here on the St. Paul about 2 o’clock this afternoon and will be met by the yacht Sylph and taken to Oyster *Bay, where they will probably remain until Monday, before leaving for Cincinnati. DUE TO -GIGANTIC PLOT. Baa Francisco, Aug. 11.—The Call today publishes a sensational story to the effect that the recent disturb ances and the report of an anti-Amer ican outbreak along the Mexican bor der, in due to a gigantic plot to atir up war between Mexico and the Unit ed Btate^ REV. OXFORD HAS REPLY. HIS SIDE OF CHARGE8 IN YES- TERAY'S PAPER. Has Kindest Feeling Towards Parties Who Commenced Attack, And Says He Only Defended His Posi tion As Advocate Of Hoke Smith. Waycross, Ga., Aug. 11 1906. Waycross Evening Herald, City. Mr. Editor: x Will you please give space-in your paper for a statement that. I wish to make to the citizens of Waycross, and to those that have read tho articles, which appeared In your paper yes terday. I hope that what T have to say “hall be In tho proper spirit and feeling toward the authors of the above mentioned article, whoso name I know not. Now In regard to giving my time to the support of Mr. Hoke Smith, I re fer my friends to Brother W. H. Scruggs, Treasurer, of the Baptist High School who gets reports almost daily of my work. I am sure that no one will doubt his statement. It is very easy to exaggerate a man’s political position when political en thusiasm runs as high as It is with sopie of- our friends now. In defending my position, as an ad vocate of Mr. Smith, when It was said to me by one of my friends, In the Gem Pharmacy, when he said he had no confidence In no preacher's prohi bition sentiment that would vote for a man Interested In a barroom, I might have, as other men, said some things which would have been best unsaid and should I have thought that news paper publicity would have been giv en In future for the sake of perfect harmony In public sentiment, I would ■ have refrained from participating, even though I did it In self defense. | But If the articles that appeared In ’ your paper havo given the least satis- | faction, to their authors, I am willing j to suffer whatever pain, or shadow of unpleasantness which # has been brought me by their publication. I know it is not best for Preachers to deal in politics, but 1 am not tbe only Preacher that publicly declares themselves advocates of Mr. Smith. The refrreu made to ray salary Job Financial /; n? of the Baptist [ High School, ucems to me to be out j of-plane, as tho Trustees know that I ! did not seek tho posit Ion, but 1 sup- ! pose I might say, the pe tition sfugbt I me. I am cure the Trustees will take ATTEMPT ON DUKE’S LIFE SOLDIERS USED BALL CARTRID GES FOR PRACTICE. Grand Duke Nicholas Had Narrow Escape From Death. Emperor Changed His Plans. 8t. Petersburg, Aug. 11.—It is re ported that Grand Duke Nicholas nar rowly escaped assassination by Im perial Guards at Krasnoys Selo. Some of the troops used cartildges In tho raaniieversVlien It was thought they had blank cartridges. Tho Duke was 'startled by -the bullets flying about his hend. Tho command to cease firing was given immediately and the troops taken to their quar ters, where an effort was made to loarn which of tho soldiers had been using bull cartridges. The attempt on tho Duko’s life chunged the plans of the Emperor, who had Intended to spend the week with the soldiers of tho Imperial Guard. WILL SU8TAIN LOWER COURT. Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 11.—-Gov. Glenn returning here, speaking of the con viction of George Hall, at Salisbury, for lynching, thinks that tho Salisbury Court will sustain the legality of the special term of court that tried Hall and other lynchers. Hall will pro bably be brought to the penitentiary here while awaiting division on *p- poal as It Is feared an attempt may be made by friends to liberate him. There are about twsnty-five cases against lynchers to be tried yet. care of that part of It. I trust my friends wno shall reply to the article* mentioned, verbally or through the columns of the papers, will do It in the spirit of kindness. As I am a great believer In the word of rriy !.ord, recorded In Romans 8: 28 where he * declares that “all things work together for good to them that love God, and to them that are called according to his purpose," so I tnmt my friends and myself *hall share together whatever good there may come to tis by the articles above referred to. With very best wishes I am sincere ly a friend to all. J. 1. OXFORD. Financial Agent Baptist High School.