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WEEKLY EDITION OF THE
Way cross Evening Herald.
Official Organ of Waycross and Ware County.
VOLUME XXVIII.
WAYCROSS, GA.,
rURDAY, OCT. 27. 1906.
NUMBER 24.
ITEMS OF INTEREST |
from savannah:
u*ir members.
And Mrs. Terrell In Sav-
■ and Mrs. Terrell were tit
GREAT LOSS LIFE IN
KANSAS CITY FIRE
STRONG CHAIN OF EVIDENCE
AGAINST EVANS.
N*B r o Convicted cf Reckless Driv
ing—Alderman Glatigny To Re-
sign—Republicans Have Nc Can.
didate In First District--Sev e rel
Mentioned For Mayor—Governor
And Mrs. Terrell In Savannah.
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 25.—The
cers are welding a strong c'm in of
circumstance 1 evidence aroutr: Ed
ward Evans, the negro held at the
barracks on the charge of nntv.Dring
conductor J. E. Sellers, of the Sav
annah Street Railway Company. A
negro named Gibbs who was on the
car when the conductor was killed
hag seen Evans and says he is the
jnan who did the killing. The motor-
man of the car has already identified
him. Evans swears he is not th
guilty one. He says he was not evei
on. the car at tho time. The officer
are pursuing their investigations
further and It is saij will have other
passengers see Evans with the hope
that others will identify him.
Convict'd Of Reckless Driving.
R. R. Riley, a negro, was tried in
the recorders court this morning
the charge of fast and reckless driv
ing and convicted. He was given a
pretty stiff sentence by the recorder
Riley has the distinction of having
been personally arrested by Col. G.
ATtitt'r Gordon, commander of th*>
Ff-S Regiment of Infantry* G. S. T.
Col. Gordon found that the negro was
about to run him down while driv
ing in h<s automobile. He had to
turn very sharply to ret out of the
darkeys way. Then the negro became
insolent and Col. Gordon started for
him. The negro ran or rather tried to
do so but was cauchi by Dr. Thomas
Clay. Then Col. Gordon marched
Riley to the barracks and the police
and the recorder did the rest.
Glatigny To Resign.
Alderman J. F. Glatigny who sever
al months ago was appointed States
Naval Stores inspector is soon to re
sign from Council. He thought of
doing this when first appointed but
was prevailed upon to staty on the
board. His successor will soon be de-
Savamah last night for so
. They arrived on tho s
Jessie belonging to Mojr
of Waynesboro. They w
p.i» by Major and Mr
oral hours
•am yacht
MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE PEO
• j PLE PERISHED.
Th-
ei*n or
nd Mrs To
oil
to Do Foto and during the even
ing r>* Kevt-al prominent Savannah-
inns who calhd ijxm them. There
was . formal reception but many
called to pay their respects. At twn
o'clock the party leit for Atlanta. The
Governor had no tbriling storm story
to {•■•: He had missed the storm ot
last Saturday being safely hi the
barbr: -if st. Catherine Island. Major
WilMnt id t/*» good a stllor to run
the governor into any such thing as
inmate* W«r< A*!eep When
Brok e —Many Fled To The Roof
And Jumped. Some Of Them Be
ing Caught By The Fir'men—-
Other* Found Unconscious I"
Smoke Filled Halls.
—More
persons r.re bellcv-
in the tuins of the
Commerce building
Dyed by fire early-
paid, the fewer days work does bo
perform. Not only does the average
negro work about half ns many days
per mouth at one dollar [ier day r.s
1 to when paid 50 cents, but
the higher wages seems to have
arouse i in him a spirit of indepen
dence and difference that renders him
lew valuable; while his surplus money
at the end of the month, in either
case, if. the same—nothing.
And tho situation grows worse
from month to • month and year to
cJded upon by the administration md year. Yet, as distresing as it has now
Kansas City, Mo.. Oct.
than twenty-five persons
ed to be buried
old Chamber of
which was dost
this morning.
The firemen and police are also es
timating that fifty others are injured
—— j ant', it is said that at the hospitals the
j dead list will be swelled, as hanv were
BOB LANIER KILLS BIG RATTLER. If
mortally nun. either from burns or
* i injuring received* in jumping.
one one in the building was
i sleeping when the fire broke out. In
Bob l^itnier's buggy . ,
; the mad stampede men, women .and
laige rattle snake which | c j,iidren fled to the roof. When the
[R OUS STRIKE
IS THREATENED
■ coming
uganza Mr.
yesterday
became entangled Id the wheel and
was brought up nearly on a level with
the a collector's face. Falling to
the giound the snake attempted to
get away but was overtaken and kil
led by Mr. Lanier with his buggy-
whip. The snake had eleven rattles
besides the button, was over five feet
long ar.d about three inches In diam
eter. The rattles are at the Herald
0V EMPLOYES OF the SOL'THEnN
"i PACIFIC.
1,
Engineer. F. remen. Conductors And
Trr.inmen Involved. And Strike
Is Threatened Over The Entire
6/stem—Company Refuses To
Concede Any Of The Demand*.
San-Francisco, Cal., Oct. 25-The
Southern Pacific R. R., Is threatened
with a strike of all its engineers, fire
men, conductors and trainmen gen
erally extending over the entire sy*.
tom.
After a conference between the re-
pres©ntutiv«s of the various unions
and the company a disagreement has
been reached which is most serious.
The demands of the men embrace an in
crease from 10 per cent up. It is
(Claimed on th* part of the men that
the company is now making more
money than at any other time i
the history of tho road, and that the
increased earnings arc due to univers
al efforts of the men to keep freight
moving. The company • refuses to
concede any demands.
C. C. ATKIN60N DEAD.
firem* n arrived the building was in a
mass of flames.'
Fire ladders were lengthened but
did not reach to the panic stricken
people on the roof. Many jumped
and were caught by the firemen. ■— ■
Other* were found unconscious in the p acs .d Away In ThomaVville Late
smoke-filled halls. ^ Yesterday Afternoon.
When the building collapsed It is
belie; od that at least tweaty-flve were
carried down Into the mass of burn- Tne douth angel visited Thomaa-
■ I ing debris.
IMMIGRATION AND NEGRO LABOR J The known dead arc
Speaking of immigration to South j Robert Burton.
; ville last night and removed from
I tho ranks of the living one of the
(best known citizens of the town, Mr.
Columbus C. Atkinson. He was 77
A.; year* of age. and had lived all hla
J life here. He enlisted and fought
Lynch, with the Sparks child In j through four years of the war. and
* arms, Jumped from a window, but j had a good record. “Uncle Lum,**
D. R. Lvnch.
Young Infant child of
Spa tks.
John
Cnrolin;; and negro labor, the Augusta
Chronicle has this:
The negro has entirely dispelled the
old iAea, that higher wages means
more work and better work. In a ma
jority of oases, the more the negro Is | fell Into the ruins and both perished, ns he was generally known, was very
he will then go off the board.
The Republican Executive Commit
tee of-the First District has adjourn
ed with out naming a candidate. They
will probably give their support to an
independent should one *make the
race against Mr. C. G. Edwards which
is not likely.
Several Mentioned For Mayor.
There are now five Savannahians
prominently mentioned os probable
candidates for Mayor of Savannah In
the January election. They are Mayor
Herman Myers, who has some friends
who want him tto run again. Mr.
Jacob 8. Collins, Mr. George W.
Ttedeman, Alderman R. J. Davant and
Alderman James M. Dixon. Mr. Dixon
Is now Chairman of Council and ac
ting mayor when Mr. Myers Is away.
The contest is to be a warm one.
There la some talk of a white demo
cratic municipal primary.
^' Question Of Water Supply.
The question of Savannah's water
supply at fires has arisen again. Some
of the insurance men say there wa*
not enough water at the big fire on
Tuesday.The Retail Merchants Associ
ation talked over the situation in?
formally at a meeting yesterday af
ternoon but decided to take no ac
tion pending a forwal complaint from
become, our legislator-politicians seem
afraid to cope with It in the only prac
tical way—by taking active steps to
bring izf desirable immigrants. But
South Carolina is pavipg the way, and,
maybe, (in ^tirne. other states, prill
pluck up courage and progressive ness
enough to follow suit. Thln^ can
not forever remain ns they are.
The seriously injured are:
Baby unknown fatally.
Spirks Mr. and Mrs. John A. sev
erely burned.
Childers Arthur, a Policeman, run
over by a hose wagon and may die.
J. R. Branham, jumped from a
fourth story window, both legs frac
tured.
31. J. Mortloy, fractured thigh and
scalp wounds.
Thomas Connor, burned.
E. O. Erbart, severely burned.
F. P. McConley, cut about the body
by falling glass.
Frank Altgrman, a railway mall
cleric, cut and bruised.
Miss J. H. Rose, hands burned slid-
much interested in anything that per
tained to the soldiers of the war be
tween the states. He was the pos
sessor of a cross of honor In which
he took great pride, and was a mem
ber of the local camp of confederate
veterans.
He was a familiar figure on the
streets, and took a lively interest in
all public questions. He was a de
cided partisan, and fought vigorously
for any cause that he espoused. HU
opinions and remarks on subjects of
t,ie day, often made him the center
of uu interesting crowd. Ho was
known to everyone In town and will
be very much missed. Length of
year.* had caused many strong friend-
W. M. O.
GOVERNOR OF
Dawson.
WEST VIRGINIA.
OSCAR STRAUS
TO BE IN CABINET
ing down on a rope from the fourta [ "hips to be built up, In which ho took
floor.
Patrick Horley, arm broken.
Thirteen persons are still unaccount
ed for. The lost includes seven men
and boys; two women, three girls
and a baby.
CONVICT GUARDKILLED.
Birminghanf, Ala., Oct. 24.—In a
sensational attempt to escape from
the “Flat Top” imne* of the Sloss-
8hefield Steel and Iron Company in
this county, where they were serving
a life sentence, John Thomas, a negro
convjct, cleft open the h**ad of the
guard. J. 8. Hilly, killing him Instant-
ly. Reports from the mine my that
the negro, fearing that he would be
lynched, suicided by taking poison.
nilly’s home was in Tifton, Ga.
The Waycross contingent which
went awiy in the summer to different
resorts for the purpose of having a —
good time a nd to blow In a flttle sur- Secretary Taft announces in effect
plus cash, has almost all returned *o that the Americans will stay in Cuba
the Magiv City where there is health, i until she reforms. That is another
happintf?s ami prosperity del yaar way of saying to Cuba that the A user-
around. hav * come 10 8ta T"
The New York Sun prints this as
"the truth about Jefferson Davis:’’
"The truth is that Jefferson Davis
was ’a self-made man' in the strictest
and most practical meaning of the
term. He went from Kentucky to
Mississippi with no prestige of fnmlly
inflluence or illustrious ancestry. He
was a man of brains, address, self-
confidence and Indomitable courag..
He rose from obscurity to fame and
power by his own unafdej genius. Hi.?
memory needs no promotion at the
hands of romance and hysteria."
j a part, and there are many who will
mourn his passing from the stage of
activity, and who will say peace to
his ashes aud re*i to fcik .oul.
He had bt-*-n sick only n few week*
but for the bust three dtys his de
cline had been rapid and he yielded
to the attacks of disease last evening
nt six o’clock. Ills death took place
at his home on Jackson street where
h*- was surrounded by a Is family
circle.—Thom as ville T.-E.
The writer has known Columbus |
Atkinson since childhood. He wan |
on»* of the last links thut bound Thom
as; file to the old times. He was a
St-wnnt in the Tboma.-ville Guards,
which was Company F. 29th Georgia
volunteers and sav«-d during the war.
"Lum*’ had his peculiarities but he
Wil - ,n,< * *° bis friends and to his sec
tion. We knew him well and mourn
wi’h tho*e who weep over his grave.
A LIFE-LONG DEMOCRAT. GETS
APPOINTMENT.
Straus' Appointment Has Caused a
Big Stir Among tho Politicians—
First Time a Jew Has Ever Held
Office in the President’s Cabinet.
Washington, Oct. 24.—The *'
lion of Oscar Straus by the president
to be Stcivfarj of Commercu and I.
bnr ,ias caused a big stir among the
politicians In these parts. The fact
that Straus has been a lire long Dem
ocrat Is regarded ns likely to have
some Interesting results in the forth
coming New York campaign. It is
argued that there will be many Dem
ocrats who will be won over to
Hughes by thli* evidence of the Pres
ident's determination to place person
al worth above the party.
Indeed, It Is well known thut the
President has often said that he did
not care so very much what political
party his appointees had served or
were serving so long as they were
right on cerialn fundamental prin
ciples.
The fact that Straus is a Hebrew
adds further to the interest of his
appointment. Nqver before In the
history of the country has a Jew held
office in the President's Cabin*!.
Uncle Sam's next catch will probab
ly be Cuba, and later we may cast a
JJne for Santa Domingo anj still later
for any old Central or South American
state that we find straggling around.
TO EXPERIMENT WITH RAISING
COTTON.
|»ndon, Oct. 24.—A commission au
thorised to buy land In the Southern
State* and experiment with raising
cotton In behalf of the Lancashire
spinners who are interested in the
plan to raise their own cotton and
thus escape having to rely on the
middlemen for a supply, will sail for
New York on the steamer Coronia.
The report submitted by the first
commission which went to the United
**s to investigate the possibilities
of such plan being carried out was so
fuvoialde that it was decided to send
a s*-cotid commission with much wider
power* They have in fact authority
to buy land and begin experiments.
WOMEN CAUSE DISTURBANCE.
lmmlon, Oct. 24.—Wild sceties wero
enacted In Westminster Police Court
this morning when ten women suffra-
gists were arraigned charged with
creating a disturbance In tho House
of Commons yesterday. The women
tried to force their way to buttonhole
the members of the House for their
cause. When the Judge ordered tho
suffragists to give security for their
goood behavior In future or stand com
mitted for two weeks, sympathizers
began crying "Shame!*' Many wo
men attacked the police biting and
scratching them. The police finally
ejected the disturbers after a rough
handling of some of them.
POPE PIU8 ILL.
Rome ,Oct. 25.—'Thoroughly ex
hausted as the result of holding sev-
eral Interviews today Pope Pius was
forced to take to bis bed. Tho Pon
tiff was so greatly exhausted that be
had to be practically carried to hti
room Collapse came directly after
he had received n number of
English pilgrims against the advice
of his physicians who however, de
clare that the Pope’s indisposition they
believe only temporary.
The baby girl of Mr. and Mrs. W.
E. Carn*-y died Sunday afternoon at
their bora** near the A. it B. depot.
The little one was 11 months old and
had been sick for some time. The re
mains were Interred at Lott cemetery
yesterday afternoon.
An American woman tourist was
lunching in a Ixmdon restaurant. Op
posite her at the same tablo sat an
English woman. The American want
ed to talk. “Say," she began, In a
friendly tone, "this Is a fine city of
yours.” The Britisher inclined her
head frigidly and colled for a lemon
squash. “Real friendly tbo citizens,
too," proceeded the woman of the
flowing veil; The citizen oppdjplto
here did not indorie thin sentiment.
The tourist was not deterred. She
proceeded to air her opinion of West
minster; she had been f« struck that
she had given it a whole hour. Her
listener, still frigid, gave all her ener
gies to the sugaring of her drink. The
lady of the veil broke off suddenly to
lean across the little marble table
and say, more confidently than ever
before. "8ay, are you aware that’s a
salt shaker you have In your hand?”
PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED.
Pittsbnrg, Oct. 24.—A passenger
train was wrecked on the Pitsburg,
Fort Walne & Chicago R. R., at Jocks
Run a few miles below Alegheny this
afternoon, Severel a^p reported to be
Injured.- Ambulances and physicians
have been sent. The locomotive jump
ed the track and rolled into the Ohio
river. The two first coaches were also
wrecked.
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