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WEEKLY EDITION OF THE
Waycross Evening Herald.
Official Organ of Waycross and Ware County.
'iOLUME XXVIII.
WAYCROSS, GA., SATURDAY. NOV. 10. 1906.
NUMBER 26.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM SAVANNAH
MCLENDON’S
KEEN
LETTERS
INTER SCI
COUNTESS WON FIRST CONTENTION IBUILDING BOOM
Railroad Commissioner-Elect Asks
8ome Pointed Questions—Child
Bitten By Dog—Alleged Fortune
1 Left Chris Connor 8eems to be a
“Pipe Dream”—Other News.
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Savannah, Oa., Nov. 8.—The
publication in Savannah of the
letero of Hon. S. 0. McLendon, rail
road comittis&ioner elect, asking
stockholders of income bonds of the
Central of-Georgia Railway very
pointed questions about them, has ex
cited the keenest Intel est. Messrs
Lawton & Cunningham, attorneys for!
the Cehtral, were asked for an expres-
In Her Suit For Divorce Against Her
Hus6and, Count Boni—Verdict To
Be Returned Next Thursday.
f Paris, Nov. 8.—Countess Anna de
Castellane has won her first conten
tion In her suit for divorce against
her husband, Count Boni. There
will be no open trial of the case. The
judges will decide the question of
divorce on documentary e\)(dence
which Is to be placed before them by
attorneys. Their determination was
announced today with the statement
that the verdict would be returned
next Thursday.
OF TWO STATES
ily loaded it would never have sunk.
All the bodies of the victims have
been recovered.
Mo>*e Light on Alleged Fortune.
Considerable light has been thrown
sion relative to the letters, but de-' upon the alleged fortune which a new
dined to give one. Yorker is said to have left to Chris
It fs expected that Mr. McLendon R. Connor, formerly of Savannah, but
ADVANCE REPORTS OF PR0P08ED
NEW WORK.
Industrial Index Illustrates That Build
ing Up Of Cities Is Keeping Pace
With Other Industrial Develop
ment. ^ ,
A DEMOCRAT PROBABLY ELECTED
must iiate some direct point in view
to make him send out the letters.
What his “game” is none in Savannah
professes to know. Brokers and oth
ers have been much Interested In the
list and discussed it a great deal yes
terday afternoon, but they could of
fer ,no solution of the problem.
In .the mails out of Savannah last
night 'went several letters of inquiry
to l|i*. McLendon sent by holders of
the bonds who want more light be
fore they answer, categorically the
queries of the coming commissioner.
. Child Bitten By Dog.
The little son of Mr. H. O. Carter
wa^Uttfen by a dog supposed to have
been mad on Tuesday evening and he
Is being watched with much care and
interest by his father and Dr. M. M.
Saliba, who is attending him. The
family live at 1-111 Barnard street.
The child was in front of the house
when the dog came by, snapping at
now an express messenger at Way-
cross. The newspaper reporters
have been on Chris’ trail and they
have found that he has been very In
dustrious himself in scattering the re
port of the windfall. It has been
found that the leters addressed to
the newspapers telling of the great
good fortune that had come to the
young man were in a handwriting
very much like his own and that the
stationary used was that of the South
ern Express Company upon which
Connor does most of his writing. Con-
is engaged to marry a young la
dy in Savannah and It develops that
the engagement was brought about
largely because of the fact that hp
had inlleu heir to the private ear and
several houses belonging to his old
friend In the North. So far there
have been no tangible evidence that
he has been remembered in the will
j of a millionaire. He wrote to the
every object that caiue In his path, mother of his lllance that he
Before the child could set out' of the
way the crnlnc bit him through the
wrist. Inflicting a most painful wound.
A policeman afterwaids killed the
dog. The dead animal was removed
to the county farm and cremated be
fore any examination was made to
bco If he was mad. The parents of
the little hoy are very much worried
over his experience. It Is possible
that he will be Bent to Atlanta for
treatment. There have been several
dog, thought to be mad killed in Sa
vannah recently .
Cats Postponed.
The case of former Sergeant W. H.
Powell, of the Ocean Steamship force,
charged with receiving stolen gooods
which was to have come up In the Su
perior Court today, was not called.
The State had the case postponed to
some date not set.
Wants Salary Raised.
At the regular meemg of Council
last night, Mr. Henry Bartlett, the
city building Inspector, presented a
petition to the Board of Aldermen ask
ing for a raise In salary. He now
gets IKK) a month and wants $125.
The petition will be considered In
committee meeting.
. Investigated By Mayor.
Mayor Myers has made an Investi
gation of the circumstances leading to
thw drowning of live negroes by the
ling of a batteau In the Sa-
rlver on Tuesday. The
friends of the negroes claimed that
the batteau was overturned by the
-wash" from s passing tng. The
Mayor finds that the negroes were to
blame because the battean was over-
loaded and that tbe master of the
tug was not supposed to look’ behind
him to see what damage If any the
water was doing. It Is believed that
if the bateau had not been too beav-
gn-
tug to send her a clipping from a New
York newspnper with a full account
of his legacy but the clipping hasn't
come yet. The Impression here is
that somebody has had a pipe dream
and will soon wake up.
SYNOD VISITED
BLACKSHEAR TODAY
TWO INTERESTING HOUR8 WERE
SPENT AT COLLEGE.
Special Coaches Furnished and Sev
eral Waycross People Accompan-
i e d Visitors. Afternoon 8ession
Now Being Held.
The Synod of Georgia was in ses
sion for only a few moments this
morning, but took a recess to pay a
visit to tbe Presbyterian Institute at
Biacksbear. All the visiting dele
gates to the Synod went over to
Biacksbear, and several Waycross
people accompanied them. 8everal
extra coaches were furnished the
body by tbe Atlantic Coast Line, and
the trip over to our neighboring town
Was enjoyable.
About two hours were spent In
Blackshear, and tbe 'visitors were
shown about the school buildings and
grounds.
An afternoon session of the Synod
Is now being held here, anu
the business routine is being trans
acted.
Columbus, Ga., Nov. 8—The Geor
gia and Alabama Industrial Index
says in Its regular weekly issue to
day:
iiG-nnce reports to the Index this
week illustrate the fact that the build
ing up of cltltes in Georgia and A la
bama is keeping pace with the great
industrial development 1n the -two
states. During the week a meeting
of citizens was held In Fitzgerald, Gn.,
to arrange for the construction of re
sidences for the employes of the ex
tensive railroad shops which are being
built at that place. Orgauizatlou was
effected and to date citizans have pled
ged the erection of over 100 residence
l^qre wifi be needed. Anurabor of
elegant deBidences are to be built in
various cities of tbe two states. Aug
usta, Ga., is to hare a $50,0.00 hotel;
Montgomery, Ala., $15,000 Y. M. C. A.
building; Savannah, Ga., hotel remod
eled at cost of $70,000; Anniston, Ala.,
hotel remodeled at cost of $10,000;
eight story office building, Macon, Ga.,
$85,000 apartment house, Atlanta, Ga.,
club houses, Brunswick, Ga., and
Huntsville Ala., and numerous busi
ness buildings In various cities.
“Among other things reported arc:
Artificial stone plant, Birmingham
Ala., botling plant, Elberton, Ga., can
ning factory Brunswick, Ga., two ice
Lieutenant Governor Of New York—
Question Will Not Be Definitely
Settled Until Canvassers Meet
Tuesday.
New York. Nov. 8.—Until the scl
eral boards of the county canvassers
meet nexf Tuesday to report the vote
the question of the election of a Dem
ocrat or Republican for Lieutenant
Governor will not be settled. The
latest unofficial returns indicate that
the Democratic ticket except Hearst
was elected. The ret urna from many
interior counties have not been re-
. ceived, and all reports arc mere
j guess Work. In the city there Is a
wide difference between the tabula
tions of the police and press associa
*tions. j The police returns show
Democratic pluralities larger than
does the' news associations. If the
police returns are correct, Lewis
Stuyvesant Chan lor-and the rest of
the Democratic ticket la elected.
Need Of The 8outh.
Washington, Nov. 7.— A review of
labor conditions in the Southern
states published here shows that the
great need of the South a: tbe present
Lmc is an adequate supply of efficient
labor. ,lt is pointed out that with
such a supply the amount of cotton
manufactured in the mills of the South
could be increased by 500,000 bales
next year, that the Iron and steel bus
iness of tho South could be doubled
in five years, and that the railroads
could increase their fudliiius so as to
be nble to handle the constantly grow
ing traffic of that section, it is not
only in the mills and factories that
plants and $175,000 dry dock, Mobile, j the lack of labor is fell, but on the
Ala., trunk factory, Montgomery, Ala., j plantations, but It la estimated that
laundry AIbnny, Ga.; naval stores , tin* average efficiency of the negro
Plant Quitman, Ga.; turpentine plants laborer has decreased at least fifty
near Moultrie, Ga.; and Brunswick cent. Condition’, are being lm-
Gn.; $160,000 switch yard, Decatur. ; ,„„ V ed In some sections by immigra-
Ala.; electric light plants depots at • ;ion from Europe and from the North
Dothan, Ala.; and Florence, Ala.; $25,- i „,i the railroads of the South are
000 nnd $10,000 school buildings; ex-j . onstantly bringing the opportunities
Of that section to the attention of work
Ingnien in ail parts of the country.
COP* Right
C HHtD/Mtt
Rafael Reyes.
PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA* 80UTH AMERICA.
THE PRESIDENT’S
TRIP TD
BOARDS MAYFLOWER AT 4 TH^
AFTERNOON.
FlnST TIME SINCE RECONSTRUCTION.
..An Alabama County Goes Republl*
• can—Every Democ r at In Winetan
Smallest County In State. Defeat
ed.
~ ^ j Mobile, Ala., Nov. 8.—For the first
Will C« Accompanied By. Mr./ Roost- time »ln«* reconstruction .lays u
vcit, Surgeon General Rixey county in Alilwma has (one Republl-
t cretory Latta-Will Return By f<wi-. Winston, tho smallost county
! in the state defeated <
1 ic candidate.
•ctary
The Way Of Porto F!c«r.
\V>.: hi.: ,to-\ Nov. S --The Presi
dent’s trip to Panama, starting this
o.i will bo a nuvety In Annul
can history. For the first time since
the United States joined the Inde
pendent Nations the President will K L * nun ‘ l ,n Wash lug to
cry Democrat.
Talk Of Southe r n Man.
Washington, Nov. 7.—Talk of a
Southern man fur the Democratic nom
inal Ion for I he Presidency Is becoming
result of
set fool on foreign soli.
tensive sowers in Jefferson county, i
near Birmingham, Ala.; $400,000 com- ,
pany to mine lead in north Georgia; I
$1,000,000 water-power revelopment
company in northeast Georgia; three
saw mills; two municipal bond issues
waterworks betterments projected.” i
What London Papers Say.
Ixmdon, Nov. 8.—The Pall Mall Ga
zette says that President Roosevelt
stands before the Americans as a
man who has averted for the time
being a tempest of anarchism.
The Globe declares that a man likfi
Hearst could never, even for a mo
ment, bo supposed to possess the
smallest chance of winning.
60 MAJORITY
FOR REPOBLICANS
DEMOCRATS MADE GAINS OF 27
8EATS IN CONGRESS.
Republicans Elected 233 Members And
D e mocrats 163. Sixtieth Congress
Will Be Controlled By Republi
cans.
New York, Nov. 8.—The Congres
sional returns at noon show little
One Killed, Five lnjur«d. change in the heretofore reported ro-
New York, Nov. 8.—One man was suits. The Republicans will con-
killed and five injured by falling rock trol the Sixtieth Congress by a raa-
on the Pennsylvania Railroad exca- jority of about 60. The Democrats
vation tor the new depot tbia morn-1 made gains of twenty-seven neats,
ing- The Republicans elected 233 mem-
—— * bers and the Democrat! 163.
The Republicans gained one Con-
Alluding to the Cain girls, who are
editing papers in North and South
Georgia, the Douglas Breeze exclaims,
“Brave girls and bright ones!’’ Ribbon
cane,* as It were.— Griffin News
Col .Watterson and the Washington
Star are at variance. The Star says
the circles in tbe ground-plan of the
capital were designed not to confuse
a stranger, but to beautify the city.
Col. Watterson says that they were
designed to prevent the newly arrived
members of Congress from butting
shary corners while absorbed in a
vinous celebration of their political
triumph. It Is impossible to say
which is right, but the circles probably
serve both indicated purposes.—News.
’y. ft true you were fixing np that
Christmas advertisement.
gressman in Maryland, two in Ken
tucky, one In West Virginia.
The Democlats gained six Con
gressmen in Missouri, three in Mary
land. one In Nebraska, Three in Ohio
three in New Jersey, five in Pennsyl
vania, one In North Carolin.
The scarcity of labor Is preventing
the carrying through of a great
amount of a work In this city, and yet
the pool and billiard tables in a cer
tain negro “dive” continues to do a
land-office business from daylight un-
t:i midnight.
ullui' coadltons that prevail in
st possible contlltlons will ">*' ™nk« of tho parly In 1h- North,
prov.ll Inn the trip, as the rainy " '» *!>»» <”>» 111 '»»*' ll,re0 ,ncUo ' , «
season Ih at Its height. The Prewl 11,1 over ,,l< ‘ North and In some stutca
-lent purposely chon-' this lime, want 'hero are even more. First there are
Ing to /.;• the mc.i while they wen- wh-’ 1 * may be termed the conservatives
working under difficulties. . I "“ l r»«lie»lH and the hopelessness
It in argued that a visit during line j getting them to pull together lor
weather will bo of llitli* use for ob- Jtiny Northern candidates was Jliustrat*
nervation.
Tho return trip by tho way of Por
to Rico will be purely social, and was
planned mainly with the Idea of pop
ularizing Governor Wlnthrop's admin
istration.
Acoompanicd by Mrs. Roosevelt,
Surgeon General Rixey, of tho Navy,
ed in the Bryan nnd Parker campaigns.
Then the radicals are still further div
ided between the supporters of Mr.
Bryan and the followers of Mr. Hearst
and neither ono would receive the
loyal support of all the radicals whilo
either would be antagonized by tho
conservatives. Tbe only solution that
and Secretary I-atta, of tho Whlto «an give hopes of success at tho polls
House staff, the .•'resident will board
the Mayflower In the Washington
Navy Yard at 4 o’clock this afternoon.
The party will be transferred to the
battleship Louisiana, at Piney Point
near the mouth of the Potomac river.
MARRIED.
Mr. W. E. Baughn and Miss Bessie
Eunice were married yesterday even
ing at 40 Parallell street. Last night
a serenading party got after them !n
Old Waycross and followed them to
the Phoenix Hotel where they were
stopping. The serenading crowd made
music with tin pans, etc., and show
ered the grom and bride with rice.
Coding Was Re-Elected.
Boise, Iowa., Nov. 8.—Governor
Coding, republican, was re-elected
by a plurality of from 7,000 to 8,000.
Tbe Legislature will contain 48 Re
publicans and 24 Democrats.
Cuba has cut herself loose from the
ties of sympathy which bound her to
this country. There may be other
ties of a longer nature later.
Is the nomination of a man from the
South who has not been Involved In
any of the factional difficulties of tho
North und who can unite his party
and bring It back to its old lines.
We began to think yesterday that
Hearst was a dead ono when he voted
in an undertaker's shop, but then it
looked ns if Hughes would get trim
med when he voted In a barbershop.
Teddy emphasized his contention for
clean politics when ho deposited bli
ballot In a Chinese laundry.—Macon
News.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Is re
ported to have told his Bible class the
other day "God does not regard the
drinking of a glass of beer as a sin.”
How does the young maa know that?
And If he does know it, why didn't he
Invite the members of tbe Bible ciaa<?
to go out and have a beer with him.—
News.
It’s the easiest thing In tbe world
to forget your other trouble* wh*n
you have tbe tootacbe.