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MAY ORDER SYM
PATHETIC STRIKE
THREE THOUSAND MEN WOULD
BE EFFECTEO.
Southern Machinists And The Offici
als Fail To Reach An Agreement,
Aft*r A Conf e rence Of Several
Day*.
Washington Oct
• l.op.
out ll«?
allr
Kailwuy may I-
pathetic strlk*-. ccoiding to report*
in labor circle.'* today President
O’Connell, of tin- International Asso
ciation of Machinists says that such
drastic measures are very possible,
and that If the men should go out
It would effect 3,000, Including Udler
makers, car helpers, carpenters, fire
men and blacksmiths.
Tm* negotiations between strikers
and officials which have been on for
several days have resulted In a fall*
Agricultural Committet Meeta.
K large and representative crowd at
tended the meeting at the court house
Saturday morning, called for the pur
pose of taking steps to secure the
agricultural college for >Ula Congress
louul Plsrict. Mr. Geo. It Yotunans
wus ebairmuu of the mooting and Mr.
H P. Peabody secretary. It wus de
cided to on loud uu invitation to the
Governor and trustees for the elev
enth Congressional District to meet
in Wuycrosu about Nov. |5th.
A 001110111(00 of five citlHisling of
Dr. .J. K. W. Smith, (Jeo VV. Deeu. I)
A. Jordan, W. VV'. Sharpe and Dan
I silt was appointed to secure locations
fur (no proposed college utol to re
port to a meeting to be held on Nov.
trii
l. K. VV Smith.
Steffen ami Dan I
SOUTHERN NEGROES
PETITION GOMMIS’N
THEY WANT EQUAL RIGHTS WtTH
WHITE PASSENGERS.
On Partor And Steeping Cara—Two
Communication* Have. Already
Been Received By Interstate Com
merce Commission On The Sub
ject.
Washington, t)<
groe.- who a spin
with the whites a
ined to obtain r
33 —Southern ne-
to social equality
e evidently determ-
decision from the
Interstate Commerce Commission as
to whether the enforcement of the
Hepburn railroad rate law will not
abolish "Jim Crow 1 ' cars on Interstate
railroad trains and own up parlor
cats, sleeping cars, uml diuiug cars
to interstate negro posseug»ers all
over the South.
Two communications on this sub
ject have already been received. The
first was a letter from a Chattanooga
negro calling on the Commission to
enforce the Hepburn law 60 as to do
away with "Jim Crow** curs, and al
leging that the separation of the races
on Interstate trains Is such a discrim
ination n* Is made Illegal by the Hep
burn law. The second was more spe
cific and was in ttie form af a petition
signed by negro residents of Miss
issippi, South Carolina, North Carol
ina. Arkansas, Florida Tennessee, and
Georgia. It eays: “Under present
conditions colored Interstate passen
gers are denied equal privileges with
white passengers. Colored passenger;*
compelled by the railroad to ride it*,
whut are commonly known as “Jim
Crow" cars, which ar«- usually fllthv
ami uncomfortable, and are denied
also the right to eat in railroad din
ing cais ami occupy berths in sleep
ing cars, because of their color. This
Is a violation of the Hepburn railroad
rate law. which was passed by almost
ainio
Mr. Card t Tie
friends In VVaj
in the city.
A Morton 3i
•us. .« popular
spent yesterday
is vote of H.-f
in Congiess,
body w nth |m
Idicai
tin* CotnmisHio
inak s the sepi
t IlMl
vo studied tue
• opinion that
hold that it
f I he race o:i
decision
. sleeping
illations
ek Her ft lends
special iuvit.it io
Interstate trains Illegal
Commission must read
that will open all parlor
cars, and (lining cars t
I willing to pay for nccot
j tlo-m. Such a decision will make con-
I ditlous of railway travel in the South
it will lie afraid to
f their families to
daily in sleeping
woman might have
coupled by a neer .
GCV-RNCR TERRELL MAY HAVE
ENCOUNTERED STORM.
Miss Aide Paine
attend Hi - Deutl.i
el •b.lle,
D fell for the
MaJ. VV. A. WilUtis.
Mr. ami Mrs. Cbarb'y Harris, of
•cksonville, Kl«% are visiting Mr.
D Harris iu the city. The Herald
eloomea (’ll41ley to Wsfcioss.
Charlie Redding, i he wide-
real estate agent closed trade*
veral pieces of property last
n thi*various aurbitrbs qf Way-
itr«*e nice looking dwelling bouses
now going up In Central Park,
several others who recently pur-
**1 lots from Job a T. Myers Intend
-oaiaicace htilldiu^ soon
■ weatiie. |* still unsettled but
sincerity hope there will be no
e storms on the South Atlantic
that
reached St. Simon's Island before
slot in broke, but the cable from this
city to the island is not working and
definite information Is not obtainable.
Guv. uml Mrs. Terrell with MaJ. and
Mrs. Wilkins left (Savannah for a
week’s cruise ou the Georgia coast
The party Is expected In Brunswick and
plans are being made to entertain the
Governor In some manner during the
time he will be In the city.
Advices from Atlanta tonight states
that nothing has been heard from the
Governor since he left Savannah. It
U presumed that the Jessie put In
.ii some place on the coast and no real
fears are entertained for his safety.
V drop of water hollows * stone,
by its power loose. or weight, but
the frequency of Its falling;" and
thin principle underlies all good Mere
advortUiaff. ■* ? vw
• • l-.i#
ROCKEFELLER REFUSED TO DIS
CUSS VERDICT.
Cleveland. Ohio. Oct. 22.—Rockefel
ler says Ids present unexpected visit
to bis home iu Cleveland Is l:i no wa\
influence J by the recent legal troubles
of the Stni dard Oil CotU|»aiiy at Find
lay. He t-aid be came here to look
after certain Improvement* to hi*
estate. He refused to discuss the ver
dict rendered at Findlay. «
WARE8B0R0 NEWS.
VYuie.-boro, Gu.. Oct. 22.—A large
crowd of young purple assembled at
the residence of Mr. and M r *. A.
jnlg and held an tajojubi* «*n-
Inment. The evening wa* spent
in playing games and pulling ' andy.
Among the party that attend*--: were:
Misses. Mary Bourn, Mamie J**flford»,
Georgia McQuaig, Amie am! Eva
Bourn, and Messrs. John Bourv I/ir*
nine Murry. Wesley and Harl. * Me-j
Quaig.
Tracy Deigicy. u negro, was arr.-sto'j I
hero today on account of stealing. a j
pistol. Ho h d only been r-! isedl
from the chain gang ye»terd~>. and j
a»* ho ha-. !»• eu iu the gang twice be
fore. he will probably go back .gain I
Miss Ola Hargraves, of Millwood,
visited friends and relative*' here j
Sunday.
Mr. ('. VV. Roberts, of Waycr
ItisJ his parents here Sunday.
Mr. J. J. Bennett, who is flagman for j
the A. C. L. R. R.. between Waycross j
WORST BLIZZARD
IN MANY YEARS
RAGING IN THE .ROCKY .MQUN-
TAIN REGION.
Thousands Of Sh«ep And Cattle Per
ished— Big Fife In Salt Lake
City Does Damage To The Extent
Of $250,000.
;r. Col.. Oct. 22.- -Scores if
I sheep herders, cattle men, and farm-
I era were catfght In the worst blizzard
} that ha-* e\er swept the Rocky Moun-
tjin region in years, and it is feared
j there has been a great lo*s of life.
J Thousands of sheep and cattle per-
| lahed. ami the storm is raging In
I Colorado. New Mexico. Wyoming and
I Utah. Railways are seriously blocked
j by the snow swept along by the hurri-
Flre destroyed the Utah Pack-
! ing Company ia Salt Lake City. l.a>ss
and Thomasvllle, visited bis parents 1
* estimated at $230,000.
Sunday. J
Mr. Clarence Beck, of Waycross, vis
ited here Friday.
Mr. Marvin Thigpen left for Hora?r-
vllle for a visit to bis uncle. Dr. G.
it. Thigpen.
Miss Vera Baker returned from
Waycross Friday after a pleasant vis
it to her aunt, Mrs. J. C. Gasset t
3G0 MEN LYNCH NEGRO.
Mobile. Ala.. OcL 21— Robert
Clarke, alias Dan Dove, a negro, from
Kansas City, was hanged from a tele
graph pole near the Lucedale depot
of the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas
City iluilrosd by 300 masked men nt
nu early hour today after being mys
teriously spirited from the jail of
Jackson county, Mississippi.
The negro was arrested late Friday
night by a posse who followed him to
within two miles of Mobile from Luce-
dale. where he had attempted to as-
K'ltlt two white women and had stolen
a horse and shotgun.
CANNOT DE WHISTLED DOWN
THE WIND.
Municipal ownership cannot me
"whistled down the wind’’ by acade
mic theorists. It Is too practical, it
is too necessary as applied to mu
nicipal transportation, lighting, heat
ing and furnishing of |m>wit and wa
ter. It is only a question of time when
every enterprising city in the United
Slates will own ami operate plants for
furnishing all of these.--Knoxville
Sentinel.
SILVIRA LOCATED.
Willemstad. Curacao. Oct. 22—
losing as a mau who had done noth
ing wrong and claiming that he only
absented himself from Cuba for health
Manuel Silvlra who Is held responsible
1 ho failure of J. M. Ceballos L Co.,
of New York. Is living at Caracao
with his family. According to Jls-
patches received here he artived at
Caracao Oct. Iu from Puerto Cabella
then dispatched the steamer Carmel-
.. i..ick to Cuba. Silvlra declared
that he left hi* firm solvent and with
more than enough money to cover
the liabilities of Ceballos & Co.
WEALTH AND THE PEOPLE.
From tae C'Mcagu Journal.
The sudden change in Mr. Rockefel
ler i> aurprinln*. hut not remarkable.
He la affable, communicative grarloui
I but there Is a good reason for it. Like
Mr. Carnegie, he !< maneuvering for
the good opinion of his feliowmen. Mr.
Camegte having tried to give away
his fortune and so to avoid dying dis
graced. has quit For a year or two
nov. nobody has heard of Caruegie be
stowing libraries or anything else, ei-
evpi advice. Apparently be has
reuciied the conclusion that it is eas*
ier to will friends with soft » >rtie than
wit.t hard coin. The fact ■ £ toe mat
ter Is that both Mr. Rockefeller uud
Mi Carnegie have stopped their bene
factions until they see ho'* far Mr.
Rossevlet ami the United States are
prepared to go in the way of establish-
,. . ( j. jahcritnacc tan. They discern
t.signs of the times.
Though tile gifts they might have
n,tn,e ate sadly missed, yet they may
s ell 1st spared until the question rais
ed by their aonappearance is settled
Anally. It Is almost certain that he-
A KILL NG OC
CURS AT NAHUNTA
RILEY COPE WAS KILLED BY
AGENT POTTER.
Conflicting Report* In Circulation Aa
To Cause Of The Killing*—Mr.
Potter Is Agent For The Atjj
Coast Line At Nahunta.
Atlantic
f-
.News reached Waycross today of
the killing of Riley Cope, a young
white man, at Nahnnta- Saturday
night by Mr. Flitter, the telegraph
operator and agent for the Atlantic
Coast Line at that place.
Confilctlng reports of the cause of
the killing were Iu circulation In tha
city today. One was to the effect that
Cope was drunk uud acting in a dis
orderly manner around Mr. Potter's
wife and that when Potter tried to
interfere that Cope drew a knife ou
fore either Rockefeller or Carnegie j him. whereupon Potter shot him In
has il ed, in the ordinary course of I *he head killing him instantly,
nature, the United States will have
a law in effect materially limiting the
size of fortunes that may be inherited.
The Atlantic Coast Llae Is to do
away with all the wood trestles io
1 the city aud replace them with brick
Everybody sees tnat the time is at I
... ! and concrete. A large concrete arch
is to take the place of the unsightly
trestle on Plant Avenue and an su-ofc
Meetings At 1st Methodist Church
Continues Through Week.
The meeting* at the 1st Methodist
church will be continued through the
present week. Then? will be services
at 9 a. iu. and at 7:30 p. tu. A oordl-il
invitation is extended to all to come
and take part in these glorioifs meet
ings.
BROWARD THANKS PRESIDENT.
Washington Oct; 22.—President
Roosevelt this morning received the
following telegram from Gov. Broward.
Flotilla, in response to hi- message of
sympathy for the people of Florida,
referred to the storm disaster:
1 express sincere thanks
pie of Florida for your ex
sympathy and sincerity
«.ft"* j
Of the peo-
iresslon of
thank you
of nation.*! aid iu any
practical
further at
Will a
stlgating
Wn
hlngo
11. Oct. 23.—The Weather
Bureau litis morning received the fol
lowing despatch from Its observer at
Jupiter, Fla.: “From Miami, south
along the Keys where hundreds of
men were employed building the Flor
ida Fast Coast Railway, the storm and
high seas did great damage. Many
lives are reported lost. Reports say
that eighty laborers ou out* living
boat and thirty on a pasienger steam
er are kuowu to be lost.
The several destructive hurricanes
long the Gulf Coast seem to teach
he necessity for the establishment of
he Weather Bureau's service nearer
their source, which appears to be in
Caribbean Sea. Warnings sent
by the stations maintained by a
university in Havana were the means
f minimizing the daurige done by the
storm which wrecked .Mobile a few
weeks ago. By Increasing the number
»f these points of observation and the
facilities for communicating tlie new*
of disturbances, loss of life and pro
perty might be greatly lessened
Advertising keeps business moving
aud the money coming.
Crops in Cuba greatly damaged by
ruck by tiie storm
erious damage re-
Sait Lake City swept by terrific
rind storm. Several lives lost aud
nuch property destroyed.
The storm raged for three hours
list night at Brunswick. The water
• as high but no serious damage was
Bee Lane, a banker of Valdosta, re-
ently lost $tov in St. Louis. But
hen you know most Valdosta people
ave money to burn.
Relief boats, nurses aud supplies
it* being sent to the Florida Keys.
Negro found dead in the woods near
Brunswick. He hud been murdered.
Henry M Flagler has telegrapher
from X. Y., that- 110 expense must be
spared in ruriug for the storm suf
ferers on his South Florida railroad.
An exchange says: "Cotton is good
property.** Well we should smile.
Wish we had a pound or two.
hand when wealth must be limited or
the republic puffer, and 1 rational In
heritance tax, like that proposed by
President Roosevelt the other day.
seems to be the efficient a ad reason
able remedy. The very rich tuen of
the country know this, anil they are,
consequently, holding iu their hands
and at the same time tryiug to make
friends. It is an Interesting state of
affairs, but It can have only one out
come.
It has been suggested that it
an ill wind that recently struck the
South Atlantic Coast, but it does not
seem to have blown anything good
Li
ma 1 animosity, if you
versbadowed by the
tr hope city prosper
and progressive
Suggests and Exchange*: So much
the Gould fortune as goes to the
went ftf Boni Castellano's debt*
1 be spent iu about as worthy a
i as that* by which it w^s acquired.
recently
would
re some
Me same troubles that make the
idle man’s hair turn gray
npter county negro
is mother-in-law.
>ear that negroes h
Brisbane. I
dollar a year
will bo til
authori/i
thing.
•urst’s fifty thousand
iltor, declare* that Wil-
next President. It oc-
i that Mr. Brisbane's pay
him tl say ultuo-t an v oil
is also to replace the'trestle In front
of the Sharp home in the eastern part
of the city. The Coast Line Is replac
ing tu ny piling Nestles with brick
and concrete on many ports of the
system as fast as posslbfe, and have
Included the work In Waycross as
among the first to be done. The ma
terial for the Plant Avenue work will
lie 1111 loaded in a few days. The coa-
crete arch will greatly improve the
appearance of lower Plnut Avenue.
MR. YOUNG'S LIBERALITY.
•Mr. J. M. Young. Jr., proprietor of
the Central Pnarmncy, will give' to
the colored preachers and delegates
attending the A.-.M. E. conference in
Waycross this week *1$$ worth of
Young’s Famous Liver Pills. This
pill, which is said to l>e ot^e of thij
finest liver regulators on tlyjF
has steadily grown in favor slnct^-
were •mainifacturcd and offered to the
public. Thousands of boxes of these
famous pills have beeu sold iu South
Georgia and Florida. The oolored
preachers will no doubt appreciate
Mr. Young's liberality and will assist in
advertising the pills and Waycross
when they return to their respective
homes. These pills are manufactured
here iu Waycross by Mr. Young, and
while advertising his pills he adver
tise* Waycross its well.
The Bruuswick papers complain
that oysters ore scarce in that city.
Let the anoolnted ones of the City
by the Sea fill up with marsh hens.
Another man has been mistaken for
deer and killed up In the state of
Maine. Maine is not nearly such a
dry state as she I* represented to be.
President Palma ieft lift 1-0:1 million
dollars in the Cuban treasury. Thus
in another respect, wo find that the
Cuban revolution Is not of the South
American variety.—Ex.
Nor is president Palma <tf the South
American type of Governor
flK-
estate
late Sam P. .loue* leaver an
valued or about to his
wife. He rallied about |*£.0<h> life
insurance, payable to his wife. HI*
wife is esfimatrd to be worth, includ
ing life Insurance, $300,000.
The whole state will feel anxious
about Governor Terrell until he can
•>e heard from. The Herald hope*
that he aud hi* party are all safe.
8ay a sn Exchange. "Who can audit
the book* of tfc» heart to know of the
accounts are being kept straight. ’
Ye* Indeed! Who? There is only oue.
The kind of weather we have been
having for the last week or so pur*
the weather bureau out of business
entirely.
Some oue has suggested that
Sam Jones Is dead, the devil will get
rest tn Gelrgla. Acordiug to his
own statement and the experience of
other*. Sam Jones made it interesting
for hls Satanic Majesty while he was
here. Sam is dead and we revere hi*
memory, but he always liked a Joke
and we certainly mean no disrespect
by quoting the abive remark.
SOUTHERN HOTEL SOLD TO BANK
OF WAYCROSS.
ii* Bunk of Waycross Saturday
closed u deal with Chpt. L. Johnson
whereby the bank becomes the own
er of the Southern Hotel. The deal
does not Include (\ipt. Johnson’s prop
erty on Pendleton and Mary streets,
but only the Southrn Hotel proper.
The price paid for the property was
$40,000. The Bank of Waycross
made the purchase purely from a bus
iness ttnndpolnt. and while they do
not contemplate any improvements oa
the property at present, it is likely
that In the near future the building
will be put in better shape than It W
At present.'
BURTON BEGINS SENTENCE.
St. Louis. Mo Oct. 2^—Form-r
Senator Burton, of Kansas, arrlvej
here %t 7:30 this morning to surrend
er to t. S. Marshal and go to Iroito,
Mo., to begin the six months Imprison,
ment. Burton was accompanied by
bis wife and niece.
Prof. Otis A. Miller returned home
last night after a trip of rome months
through the North and Weat. Prof.
Miller announces that he will now be
gin work on hls hotel, ‘The Hunter's
Camp." at Plneacre*. near Ware*
boro, and will also construct a seven
room cottage for als own use. Prof.
Miller will bring hls family to Wny-
cross In ashort time and they wifi
spend the winter here. FItat ear
loads of lumber have alreaJjf been
shipped to Waresboro to be used on
the hotel construction wo*rk. In ad
dition to the hotel building Prof. Mil
ler will erect several small cottages
oa hi* Pineacres property.
Mr. Wm. Arrington, of Fitzgerald,
brother of Mr. Henry Arrington, was
4 In the dty Saturday afternoon.