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WAYCROSS, GA, SATURDAY, NOV. 24, 1906.
NUMBER 28.
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Official Organ of Waycross and Ware Cotsnty.
WHAT IS TRANSPIR
ING IN SAVANNAH!
FIREMEN IN PERILOUS POSITION
PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE
MEET8 TONIGHT.
Better Railroad Schedule# Wanted In
Savannah—Vice-President Pair-
banks Passes Through—Other
News From Savannah.
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 22.—When the
Governor and others whose duty It
is to select a location for the Agri
cultural College for the First Congress
lonal District provided for by the last
legislature come to Savannah on De
cember 3rd to hear the arguments of
the different points as to why they
should have that college there is going
to be some hard pulling done by the
different communities that want it.
Reidsville, Claxton, Stlllmore, Waynes
boro and Statesboro are actively at
work to get the college for this di
strict. Competition is very keen for
it and it is expected that large sums
of money and large tracts of land will
be offered for the college by the dif
ferent towns. The trustees of the
First District college are Messrs. J.
• Randolph Anderson, of Chatham; W.
A. 'WllkinB, of Burke; S. W. Palmer,
of Jenkins; J. H. Evans, of Screven;
J. B. Miller, of Bulloch; J. T. Wells,
of Effingham; M. E. Carter, of Bryan;
George S. Roach, of Liberty; R. W.
Grubb, of McIntosh; B. F. Alexander,,
of Tattnal; E. C. J. Dixon, of Toombs;
and J. C. Coleman, of Emanuel. These
Svettl.emon have all been well button,
holedyand otherwise given attention
by those who want to get the school
for their town. It is believed the col
lege will go to Claxton or Waynesboro.
8erlously Injured In Runaway.
Frederick Zlpperer, Die fifteen year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Zlpper
er, Is In a critical condition at the
home of his parents as the result of
a runaway yesterday afternoon, it
la feared tbat he will tile. Joseph
Ayers, another boy of about the same
age, waB seriously Injured In the same
'accident but he will probably get well.
Tbeboys were driven a woodeirt
hen the horse ran away. The ve
hicle struck against a post and the
boys were thrown with great force
Against It. The Zlpperer boy'struck
the post almost on bis head. The
tissues of his neck were broken and
his lower Jaw broken. Be lay in the
streets IS one dead end It was at ffrst
thought that he Ml been Instantly
VtllcJ. ’Fit hfdrW and cart belonged
to -he Be Titos Transfer Co. The animal
became frightened at a passing street
Chief And Pour Firemen Trapped On
Fifth Floor Of Tenement Houce
In New York.
New York, Nov. 22,—While fight
ing a tenement house fire started by
firebugs that has been terrorizing this
city for the last fortnight, Captain
Rosch and four fireman were trapped
on the fifth floor by having the water
cut off leaving them without means
to keep back the flames. Investiga
tion showed that a three foot eel bad
lodged in that section of the hose.
The men were rescued by means of ex
tension ladders. The blaze started
by dropping oiled rags down the dumb
waiter. The police have no clue to
Incendiary.
MAGAZINE EDITION
WAYCROSS HERALD
aptists May Enter State Prohibition
Fight.
Cartersvllle, Ga., Nov. 22 —There
strouj probability that the Geor*
gia Baptist convention will take a'
hand In the temperance agitation. A
resolution Js being considered for In
troduction, requesting the ministers
to use their efforts towards state pro
hibition. Quite significant in the
same connection is an editorial In The
Christian Index, the organ of the Bap
tists, saying there is need for a lead
er.
The editorial calls on Governor-elect
Hoke Smith, to recommend to the
next legislature some measure tbat
will foster state prohibition.
The Methodist Conference, which
meets at.Milledgeville tomorrow, may
also be asked to pass a resolution on
the subject.
Past, Present and Future of Waycross, Ware County
and Surrounding Country.
ACTIVE WORK HAS BEEN COMMENCED.
H. P. Hevenor, an Expert of Over Twenty Years
Experience Has Been Engaged to
Manage the Issue.
New York, Noov. 22.—A flue of
eighteen thousand dollars was today
assessed against the New York Cen
tral Railroad by Judge Holt in the
Federal Court on charge following In
dictment, finding read guilty of grant
ing rebates to sugar trust.
The first Industrial lesue of any ^ ers, retail markets, agricultural, etc,
note that was published iu the State j Everyone who is a subscriber to
of Georgia was the lithographic cov* ( The Waycross Herald, daily and weekly
er edition of the Atlanta Journal^ will ret?Jve a copy of the publication
which was issued Jn 1889, under the 1 free of charge. Additional copies will
management of Mr. H. P. Hevenor. be sent to Business Men’s and Jobbers
It was a marvel of perfection at that [ Association, Chambers of Commerce
time, but it was an assuredly meagre and Boards of Trade throughout the
affair in comparison with the 132 page United States and Canada and they
magazine book cf The Kinston Free will also be circulated direct to manu-
Press, of Lenoir county. North Caro- facturers and farmers all over the
lina, which is just out of press and United States, with a view of having
was under Mr. Hevenoir’s manage- them locate here,
ment. Kinston has about the same ^ Our manager, Mr. Hevenor, comes to
population that Waycross has at pres- well recommended. He has numerous
ent and The Waycross Herald has de- letters of recommendation, but, prob*
termined to issue a similar publlca- a bly the best of all, one which all of
tion. Mr. Hevenor, who has been em- our citizens can unite on is from the
ployed to manage the work, says he Honorable Pleasant A. Stovall, Pres-
Relieves he can do even better for ident of The Savannah Press, under
Waycross, Ware county and the sur- whom Mr. Hevenor worked during
rounding neighborhood. He has is- the absence of some members of the re
sued a large number of special edi- guiar staff. We quote from blB letter:
tions, as he has devoted over twenty* “Mr. H. P. Hevenor has been em
years to this special branch of news- ployed by The Press to assist in the
paper work and has published an ex- editorial work this week, and has con-
position number of every exposition tributed some very Interesting ar-
held in the United States Jn the past j tides. He is a ready writer, prepares
twenty years, with the exception of his copy in an excellent way and seems
Shelby fA Cullom.
SENATOD FR OM ILLINOIS.
“UNWRITTEN LAW”
WAS HIS PLEA
WILLIAM THENDER80N GOT OFF
VERY LIGHT.
Pretty soon the country will b vc
to stop and listen to Commander
Peary'a story about how cold It Is in
the North Pole region. Peary should
have returned In August,
municipal campaign. This Is now the
dominant taction In Savannah poli
tics. It has been Btnted that Judge
Samuel B. Adams might he nominated
for Mayor by tbla (action. Judge
Adams said yesterday that he did not
seek the nomination. It is beginning
to he apparent now that Mr. J. S. Col
lins will not he the nominee of the
League for Mayor, but he may go on
the Board of Aldermen. Mr. Collins
announced once tbat the City Hall
tar, 'should be bleaned out from top to
After Industries For Savannah. bottom. This Is having ita effect now.
I tit. W. J. Donlan, Secretary to the Vlhe-Pmldsnt Fairbanks In 8avannah
<kamber of Commerce, has gone to Savannah had a fleeting vlalt from
North Georgia to try to corral a few Vice-President Fairbanks yesterday
Industries for Savannah. He will r*- afternoon. He passed through on a
turn home the latter part of the wesk delayed train en route to Tampa
when it Is anticipated be will have where he will take a ateamer today for
tome announcements of Interest to Havana. The Vice-President stretched
roa)ie __ himself In the Union Station while
Want Bstter Railroad Schedules, his train was preparing to continue
Savannah will probably get some lta Journey South. He dlecussed the
batter railroad schedules from the balmy weather, but would not talk
lines entering the tfty abd It Is ex- politics. He will probably be In
fleeted that before andtber week has Cuba for several days returning In
passed the roads will be advertising time to reach Washington to attend
Vhedulei that they can make. The the opening of Congress.
- paper, and the commercial bod- Kina’s Daughter's Msmorlsl 8ervle».
have been trying to get the serv-
the last.. He has issued an Industrial
Issue In nearly every state In the
South and assisted materially In the
development of Southern Pines,* pine
hurts, Mt. Holly, Charlotte, Wilming
ton and numerous other places in the
Old North Slate as well as elsewhere.
There will be 20,000 copies of the
edition published, and more, If neces*
sary. It will be profusely Illustrated
with cuts of street scenes, public
buildings, churches, schools and re
sidences and portraitures of (hose
who are identified with and have help
ed to make Waycross what she Is to
day and have paved the way for future
developments.
There will be historical, State and
County articles, writeups of social
and secret orders, banking Institu
tions, manufacturers, wholesale deal*
to be a good exchange editor, with a
nose for the news. From bis refer
ences i should any be Is s gentleman
of considerable nowspaper experience.
While his service In the Savannah
Presa office has been abort It has been
satisfactory.”
The Waycross Herald aBks the co
operation in tala work of all who have
the interest of Waycross and
Ware county at heart. A1
public spirited citizens shoould ul
In furthering the manufacturing
und developing the agricultural In-
tcrcsts of the community In which
they live at all time.
The publication we are now working
on must and shall surpass any like
iffrt ever before published In this
’nrm In Georgia.
Now, all together I " I iL
For Shooting Nathaniel Hutchinson
Four 8hots Wars Fired By Thend
arson, Which Cost Him tl.io Per
Bullet.
JOSEPH
C0NDII18L
Said To Be A Phyelesl Wreck—Hast-
To Be Wheeled Around In Imrat-
Id’a Chair. *
London, Nov. 22.—Joseph Chamber-
lain Is a physical wreck and his con
dition Is hopeless accordlng^to the-
weekly revler: John Bull which says:
"Mr. Chamberlain Is nerveless, voice-
' less and almost a paralytic His ori-
I glnal seizure occurred four month*
Wilmington, Del., Nov. 22.—Upon i «*»• 1» now wheeled twice s week
plea of "Unwriten law" William Then
St; ron, who Tuesday night shot Natb-
unlel Hutchinson four times nearly
causing death, got off with n fine of
{•.'I n about 11 n piece for bullets be
fore Judge Cochrane. Hutchinson bad
boasted It wnH nllleged about being
Intimate with Thenderson’s wife.
fee improved Jbr several days and the
agitation has gone so far sow tbat the
road* ate beginning to see that some
thing mtrrt be done. The Central and
the Coast Line trains are more often
late than on time and the Southern
By 1 *, mall train 1« also off schedule
enough to cause much Inconvenience
to business men who have to get their
tetters off o( it
League To Hold Rally Tonight
Mrs. Mary R. Campbell, of Augusta,
State Secretary of the King’s Daugh
ter’s, has sent out notices to all the
Chapters throughout the state to hold
a memorial service to Mrs. Margaret
Bottoms, the founder of the order on
Sunday afternoon. There will be s
meeting this afternoon of the King’s
Loughter’s In Savannah to arrange
for thie service. Mrs. Campbell asks
that the state papers announce the call
tqr tbla service and that all the Chap-
The People’s Democratic League Mrs act In accordance with her «ng-
will tonight hold it* first rally of the, gestion. *■ i
KAISER WILHELM.
.ar-
Cherbourg. Nov. 22.—The North
German Lloyd Liner Kaiser Wilhelm
der Orosse arrived In port today fol
lowing n collision with the Royal
Mall Steamer Orinoco. The Kaiser
was badly damaged. The passlogers
from the Kaiser will be forwarded
Saturday. Twelve passengers said
to have been killed on Kaiser, but
the officers of the German Lloyd Line
deny this, saying that four steerage
passengers were killed and eight In
jured. The Orinoco Is expected to
continue Its voyage to Antilles.
Vicksburg, Miss Nov. 21.—The will
of Mrs. Valina Jefferson Davis, wife
of the President of the Confederate
states, was filed here today for pro
bate. The will leaves to Mrs. Davis’
daughter, Mrs. Margaret Howell Dar
la Hayes of Colorado Springs, Col.,
all of the estate, with the exception of
$10,000 life Insurance, which sum Is
divided Into numerous small bequests.
It looks as though the trial of Thaw
will be # a "silk stocking affair,” aa an
effort will be made to have only mil
lionaires on the Jury—Dublin Times
It is said that young Sam Jones Is
trying to follow bis fathers footsteps.
Young Bsmmie will have to do tome
lively toot stepping.
ROOSEVELT GIVEN OVA8ION.
San Juan, Porto Rico, Nov. 22—
Roosevelt was accorded an ovation
surpassing anything ever seen here
at a reception today, at the guberna-
torlal mansion. Roosevelt's return will
be delayed somewhat on account of
roughness of sea makes It Impossible
to board the Louslana there find will
return to Ponce to embark. This gives
him an opportunity to see more of the
Island than otherwise.
Just suppose our college boys here
In the South took the same fierce,
passionate interest In qualifying
themselves go solve the hard pro
blems of our industrial and social life
that they do In making a "touchdown”
on the football field fn a champion
ship game! What a pecple we wonld
be In that event! But why Indulge in
such pipe dreams?—Ex.
Grover Cleveland has written a book
on fishing. And among mzny good
things he says that he never doubts a
fish story, from the fact that fish are
wonderful and mysterious, the ways
of which no man can fathom. Mr.
Cleveland also believes tbat the big
gest fish always gets away, from the
fact the larger the flab the harder
he Is to pull out of the water, and can
extricate himself from the hook with
less difficulty than his smaller
brethren.
Take Down My Old Knapsack.
New Orleans Tlmcs-Democral.
By Request.
"Git my oi l knapsack, Mary, and my
uniform gray;
Git my battered helmet, for I'll need
’em all today;
Git my canteen an’ niy legglns, rt-ach
me down rusty gnn.
For I'm going out paradin’ with the
boys of 'Cl.
"Never mind them bloodstains, Mary;
never mind that ragged hole;
11 was left there by a bullet that was
seeking for my soul
Just brush off them cobwebs, Mary;
git tbo bonnle flag of blue;
For J'ro going out paradin' with the
boys of *62.
These old clothes don't fit me, Mary,
like tbey did when I was young;
Don't you remember bow neatly to
my manly form it clung?
Never mind the sleeve that's empty,
let It dangle loose and free,
For I'm going out paradin' with the
boys of 'C3.
Pull my sword belt tighter, Mary,
fix that strap beneath my chin;
I've grown old an' threadbare, Mary,
like my uniform, and thin;
But III reckon 1' pass muster, as 1
did In days of yore
For I'm going out paradin’ with the
boys of ’S4.
"Now 1 am ready, Mary; kiss me, klsa
your old sweetheart goodbye;
Brush aside them wayward teardrops;
Ixrrd, 1 didn't think you'd cry;
1 ain't going 1 forth to battle; cheer
np, Mary, sakes alive.
I'm Just going out paradin’ with the
boys of 'C5.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama aaya
he wanta an anti-negro plank In the
democratic platform. The Egoator*
has oar permission to pat her In.
with utmost difficulty to his agchiS
house. Efforts havo been mado to
keep hla condition a secret.
A Miss Carter a rural maid over-
hero In Colquitt dnnty, was married
a few ilaya ago to a gentleman from
Ohio. The romantic feature attached
to this marriage function Is that tbo
gentleman of Yankee Doodle adver
tised for a 1)2 lighter of the Confede
racy to be blB companion with the-
above result. Evidently ho knew *
good thing even without seeing It.—
' A
A Indy visitor to Valdosta remarked
bat the would be satlsfi'd If Heaves
la aa pretty as that tows. Of cotirx*
'■ bo/iui*' Die cannot be expected to see-
It thnt way.—Savannah Press.
We know lots of people who wonld'
like to go to Valdosta when they die
provided tbey can't go to Heaven.
According to JMIss Julia Richmond,
district superintendent of the school*
In New York City, God created moth
ers, and when He saw that a sorry-
job was made of It, He created teach
ers. And yet If It wasn't for the moth
ers the teachers wouldn’t hare msdb
to do. ^
Uncle Barn’s statisticians say that
one hunderd millions of dollar* wwra
sent oat of this country for luxurfew
daring the last Ureal year. Perhaps?
this Includes the amount expended for
founts and lords and other such sup
posed ornaments.
The Baltimore News says that
lynching Is not a "deterrent” as “It
acts rather as a stimulus to crime.
No well- bandied aubject of a lynch
ing bee ever gave out any such in
formation.—Americas Recorder.
It is announced tbat a Japanese
squadron composed of vessels that
participated in the war with Russia
will visit American waters. Where
Is Hobson?
Detroit Is now the center oC auto
mobile manufacture. The output for
1906 Is estimated at (10,000,000 inf
that for 1107 at (UjOOO,tOO.
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