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.*1 A *■* '. I'UJl W across Weekly Herald OFFICIAL ORGAN OF WAYCROSS AND WARE COUNTY AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOLUME XV WAYCROSS- -GA- SATURDAY FEB 22 1908 ME MfflE III COHM ■ or wnss me® Case Transferred From Savannah toi Cordele Circuit. Bacon May Not Qualify For Receiver With Mr. Knight. On Tuesday * Judge T. A. Parker foregoing order, jurisdiction is here* NUMBER '~n granted the following order an] upon the une together with Ihe-eHSre re cord ot the case being presented to Judge U. V. Whipple, on Wednesday at Cordele, be assumed Jurisdiction of the case: Jesse Thompson, et al. vs. Bank of Waycrlss, et al. Injunction and receiver In Ware Superior Court, April Term, 1908. It appearing to the court that the petition In above stated case was or iginally presented to Hon. Gad. T. Cann, Judge Superior Courts Eastern Judicial Circuit, because of the Illness at the time of the Judge of the Sup erior Courts of the Brunswick Judi cial Circuit, embracing said Ware Superllr Court and an order passed on December 21st, 1907, by said Hon. Geo. T. Cann setting said case for a hearing before the said Judge of the Brunswick Judicial Circuit at Way- cross, Georgia, on Jan. dth, 1908. And It further appearing that said haring been continued the same came on before said JndBe of the Brunswick Judicial Circuit at Waycross, Georgia, In January 18, 1908, -when, on account of said Judge being disqualified by reason of relationship to certain par ties at Interest, an order was there upon passed by said Judge refOTMng said case back to said Hon. Gel. T. A. Cann. And It further appeared that' said case came on for a hearing before said-Hon.' Oed. T. -Cann! at Savsjinall Georgia, on January 85, 1908, upon consent an . order was than and there passed granting Injunction and ap pointing receiver. And It further appeared that said Hon. Geo. T. Cann continued to exer cise jurisdiction over said case until, February 15, 1908, when said Judge re signed. And It further appearing that by operation of law said case Is before said Judge of the Brunswick Judicial Circuit for the purpose of being htdlh referred -to another Judge qualified to by taken of above stated case. U. V. WHIPPLE. Judge Superior Courts, Cordele Clr- clal Circuit Judge Whipple passed certain nec essary orders In the case among them an order authorising and directing A. M. Knight, Receiver, to obtain offers for all the real setate of the Bank of Waycross for cash and on time and to report same for confirmation by the court. He also passed tho following order: Jesse Thompsln. et al. Bank of Waycross, et. al. Injunction and receiver. In Ware Superior Court, April Term, 1908. It Is ordered by tho court that A. M. Knight, Receiver in above stated case, be and he Is hereby directed to collect as speedily as practicable con sistent with the best Interest- ot all parties concerned, the debts due the said Bank of Waycross. Wnere parties show a disposition to settle and make an earnest effort to do so, said Receiver may accept par tial payments until the whole debt is paid In full without resorting to such drastic measues as would have the ef fect of jeopardising the claim; other wise said Receiver will cause suit, to be commenced J>y counsel for the Re ceiver and every legal step taken neo- esary and proper to enforce collec tions. Said Receiver Is also directed to have counsel for the Receiver Insti tute such legal proceedings as may be come necessary to collect from the stockholders ot said Bank of Way- cross an amount from the stockhod- ers liability as may be required to meet any deficiency as shall-be ascer tained tor the purperb of paying off In full all the depositors In said Bank of Waycross; and In the meantime where deemed necessary, to apply tor and obtain an order restraining and io seludpew OFFERS BANK CF WAYCROSS REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. Property Includes Farm Lands and Southern Hotel Block. W ceivo Offers In Writing. Advertisement of sale of real estate of Bank of Waycross. Jeaso Thompson, et. al., vs. Bank of Waycross, et. al. Injunction and Re ceiver, In Waro Superior Court, April term, 1908. Under and by vlrtuo of on order granted in above stated caso by lion. U. V, Whipple, Judge Superior Courts Ccrdclo Judicial Circuit, on Februnry 19, 1908, taking and exorcising Juris diction therein, the undersigned A. IU. Knight, Receiver In sold case, will I during the nest thirty days, receive b'lds and offers for the purchase for cash or for one fourth cash and tho balaaco In equal Installments on three !x and nine months time, with Inter est at 8 per cent per annum, ot all and singular the real cstato of the said Bank of Waycross, in psrt3 or parcels and ns a whole, n schedulo of wjitch Is as follows: (a) All had singular all the poper- ty conveyed by Geo. R. Toumans to the Bank of Waycross by deed dated the 14th day of February 1803 and re corded In Book "W” folio 473 Clerk’s office Ware Superior Court, except ing such parts thereof as have been heretofore sold and conveyed by the Bank of Waycross, a list of which now remaining unsold and owned by the Bank of Waycross being as fal lows: In the 8th District of Were county; Georgia. All of lot No. 9 on the South side of SatUla River, being shout 450 acres more or less. Lot No. 35 in 5th District Ware county, Georgia. Deed from AdmlnlSutrlx of T. T. Thigpen to ill ot said lot. Thera has been sold <5 acres In the Southasstj corner to W. B. Thigpen. No title WAS SIDETRACKED. COW ORDINANCE WAS TURNED DOWN. BECAUSE OF CONGRESSMAN’S SUDDEN ILLNESS. Crenshaw, cf Nebraska, Seised With Serious Illness. Medical Aid Se cured Anti Train Continued On Wry. dy Telegraph to The Herald. Spartanburg, s. c., Feb. 21.—Con gressman Crenshaw, of Nebraskn, a member of too Congressional escort on board tho funora! Iraln boaring the remains of Senator Lattlmer to his home, was seised with a serious illness curly this morning and It was necessary to sidetrack the train here until medical old could bo rendered him. Congressman Crenshaw was much better In a short time and the train continued on Its way. Ten members' of the Lower and fivo ol the Upper House were on the train The funeral of Senator Lattlmer oc curred at Belton, S. C., at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Dh. IZLAR ONLY MEMBER VOT-1 PHYSICIANS WILL RCPiflT T( ING AGAINST COWS. ! GOVERNOR ON ROGSRO’ CASE Meeting of City Council Last Night. E. H. Crawley Resigned at Treas urer and Warren Lott Elected. Dr. R. P. Izar, alderman from tho fourth ward, last night Introduced nn ordinance before the city council pro viding for the prevention of cows roaming at large on the streets of the Several Cavannah Physicians r.lcllev* cd Condemned Murderer la Crazy. Respited To Tuesday Next. Bpecisl to The Herald. Savannah, Ga., Fch. 21.—Tho In sanity commission, composed ot Dm. Brunner and Charlton, appointed by Governor Smith (a cxnmlno Into tne SHEET TIN WORKS RESUME OPERATIONS. By Telegraph to Herald. Scottdale, Pa.. Feb. 21.—Five bun- dred workmen who were laid off some months ago by the American Sheet and Tin Company here, will resume wo‘k on March 1st. city, and the resolution was turned t condition of Willie Rogers, under the down flat. Alderman Itlnr was the sentence of death for iho murdor ol aod lands formerly owned by T. W. Cole, South by original land line and land owned by T. H. King, on the Bust by original land lino and lands formerly owned by T. T. Tlilspen, now owned by tho Bank of Waycross, said land being In the Southeast <cor- ner ot said lot of land, the same being described In’ ^ deed made by W. H. King to the Bank ot Waycross on the 14th day of October, 1907, and recorded In book ‘’A’* folio 365, Clerk's ofllca Ware superior Court , . ^ j (d) All the following '<Mscrlbed property, sttuntad In the City of Way- cross, Wan county, Georgia, and known as the Southern Hotel Block found In T. T. Thigpen to sslj lot ex-j an g described as follows: Commene- cept a deed from J. P. Williams A Co., for 85 acres and a deed from N. R. McDaniel to T. T. Thigpen for 50 acres In the Northern corner. Thle has not been sold and If It was the enjoining the stockholders of “Mj property 0 f Thigpen It Is owned by Bank of Waycross from Incumbering. B(nk of w , ycroI ,. or disposing of any real estate held A1J of , ot No w except that port take jurisdiction thereof, the dlsqusli- 0 r owned by them until the Hecelv.ri of Cort crMki now by ft cation for the reaeon Stated of sold Judge ot the Brunswick Judicial Cir cuit still existing. And it further appearing that Hon U. V. Whipple Is Judge of the Cordele Judicial ClreulL which ^circuit adjoins the Brunswick Judicial Circuit silB It being the policy of the law where ~t Judge is disqualified that the Judge of an adjoining Circuit shoulj take tod exercise Jurisdiction and by reason of the accessibility of sold Judge, It Is, ORDERED that said case ot Jesse Thompson, eL ol. vs Bank of Waycross et all., Injunction and recelverln Ware Superior Court, be and the Skffii Is hereby referred to said Hon. 17, Whipple with the request that he take and exercise Jurisdiction thereof. Granted at Chambers, Waycross, Georgia, February 18, 1908. T. A. PARKER, Judge, 8. C„ B. C. Jesse Thompson, et aL vs. Bonk of Waycross, eL slL Injunction and receiver, In Ware Superior Court, April Term, 1908. At Chamber*, Cordele, Os., SMraary f». IK*. ' Upon reading and eatsUertBg the ship Is woqnd np. ' jj, R. Thigpen, the exception eontain- Grsnted at Chnmbera, Cordele, 0*..: lnf aboat „ m0 „ or leil . February 19. 1908. j Lo( No t8 lB g th District Ware U. V. WHIPPLE. only member ot the board of alder men voting for tbo ordinance. Those voting against It were Aldermen Lott, McClollan and Morton. Mr. Ed Crawley,' who was elected city treasurer for the onsuclng year at :bo annual mooting ot council, last night tendered his resignation. Mr. Warren Lott was elected city treas urer In Mr. Crawley’s place. letter was read from members of tho new military company request ing council to petition the Atlantic Coast L<no Railroad to furnish them tho lower part of the office building of tbo railroad company on Haines Avenue, lo be used for an armory. The council Instructed the clerk to take up the matter with the railroad officials. Tho clerk of council was Instructed lo notify Mess. Burdette I-oomls an* George W. Deen to a pear at the nest meeting ot council and give reuon why their bonds, given the city for electric llsht, street railway and gas franchises should not he forfeited. A resolution wa3 adopted Instruct ing the police force to change Utolr flours of duty from noon until mid night, and to alternate with each oil), or as to the time they go on duty.’ Council also passed a resolution resolution granting full pay Co Po liceman Knox and to members d? t&e Are department for ths Urns they lost daring sickness. his wife, this afternoon announced that they had Tound Rogers sahe and would so report to the governor. Rogers will In all probability hang on next Tuesday, ho having been res- ptted until that date. Savannah, On, Feb. 31.—The hap piest man In Georgia -to day is Willis Rogers, who killed his wife In Sep tember 1906, and who was expecting to be hanged Shortly before noon to day. Instead ot being hanged he Is certain of life until Tuesday of next woek unless providentially removed. The hintman can't touch him for (bat length of Ume at lessL Yesterday af ternoon T. J. Churloton and Dr. W. F. Brunner made an extensive exam ination of Rogers for the purpose of determining whether ha Is sine or Insane. They examined two physi cians Dr. George L. Harmon and Dr. M. X. Corbin, who have both given Jt as their opinion that Rogers Is Insane. Jailer. Seyden has also given testi mony to the same effect. The report of tho physicians will be sent to the Governor. f THEN SUICIDED. ATLANTA BOOKKEEPER DEATH. MEETS Ing at the Northeast corner of Lott and Elisabeth etrest, thence running North along Western margin ot said Lott Street two hundred (200) feet, more or lees, to the Southwest cor ner of Lott and Mary streets; thence West along the Southern margin of Mery street ninety (90) feet, mdre or less, to the corner of that portion ol Had B * ,n Suffering From III Health, the Southern Hotel Block now oocu-j N ® «•““ H “ BMn Atilaned For pled by tbe Waycross Poet Office, end Deed. lhat portion ot the lends of L. John-■ eon purchased of the Mayor end Coun- By Tstegraph to Herald. „ c , ecant y- Georgia. „„„ ...... — ... U " —» ! W 0 ® 1 * ecre*. route or lees, of *eldj en of u,,, ctty of waycross end form-! Atlanta, Os., Feb. 91.—J. B. Camp- Mr. W. M. Devsnt, of Savanna ,• boundeJ on tbe North end West' rIy ultd as a lane; thence South, bell, t well knowu bookkeeper, who having rcslsncd as Co-Receiver end Mr. H. H. Bacon, also cf Savannah, not having yet qualified, It Is not tup- poied hero et Wsycrosi, that under the clrcumetauces, he will now cere to do sc, but that Hon. A. M. Knight, of Wsycrosi, will continue to act as Receiver, giving attention to nil mat-' ter*, ee he he* been doing, until every thing Is wound no. I* ----- - - by original land line* and on too parallel with Lott street et the corner ' has been In 111 health for aome time, South and Beet by Cox’4 creek. | 0 f the store occupied by H. C. Bee- this morning shot and seriously In- (b> All and stagier *11 the proper mtn; thence East along the Northern jnred his wife. He then turned ty conveyed by Peter Likely to ''•"’ margin of Elisabeth street ninety (90) revolver on himself, killing himself Bank of Waycross on the 1st day of | f ce t to tbe place of beginning. In- instantly. No cause Is assigned for December, 1899, as shown by a deed c |„j| ng ,u tbe furniture and fixtures the deed other then bed health. ol every character owned by tbe said STORM STOPS GREAT which Is recorded In Book "8" folios 823 to 824, Clerk’* office Ware Super ior Court, excepting such parte there of as here beep heretofore sold 10 various parties by the Bank of Way. L. Johnson In the Southern Hotel and APPROPRIATES QUARTER In the Weycrosi Post Office on the' MILLION FOR FARM. 20th day of October, 1908, which real' , . cstato end personal property was eon- By Telsgraph To Th* Herald, cross, there yet remaining, held and J veyed by the said L. Johnson to the Albany, N. Y., Feb. 21.—Tbe Legls- AUTOMOBILE RACE.iowned by the Bank ot Waycross uf icf waycross on said dote, tbe mture today appropriated a quarter said tract of lend about elxty seres, doed 0 , conveyance being recorded In „( a million dollars for the support ot KendallviUe, lnd., Feb. 20.—Thom as, who Is driving the American car to the New York to Peris automobile race. Is stalled her*. Tbe Flench ear Is Stalled et Corinse, fonrtaen miles east of here. Th* enow drift* in some places it eight feet In depth end to hinders the racers Chat ef forts to continue the Journey will be postponed until tbe Storm abates. to Which deed reference la hereby made end as well to tbe several deeds made by the Beak of Waycross to various purchasers conveying a pert of said Iriglnat tract for the purpose ot ascertaining the exact acreage hold end owned by the'Bank ot Waycross. (e) Also elghty-two (12) acres of >ot of toad No. 37 to tb* 8th District ot Were county, Georgia, bounded ee follows: North end West by a dtufe book •Y” folio 663, Clerl’e office tbe state farm. The appropriation Is made from funds secured for that purpose from the race track*. Were Superior ConrL '•Said bids and offers lo be In writ ing end to be mailed for delivered to tbe undersigned et Waycross, Ga., end tbe same to be (object to acceptance end apprival end to confirmation by tbe Conn. This February 21, 1908. A- M, KNIGHT, Receiver beak of Waycroee. DECLINED A CHARTER FOR PALMER CLUB Gy Telegraph to Herald. Savannah, Ga, Feb. 21.—Judge Chariton today declined to grant a charter for the Palmer dab. CAPTAIN OE SLOCUM 60ES TOWING. BEGINS H(B SENTENCE OP TEN YEARS today. ..Aged And Almost Blind Man Who Was In Charge Of Ill-Fated Steamship Goes To Prison. By Telsgraph to Th* Herald, Albany, N. Y„ Feb. 21.—Cept. Wil liam Van SChalck, of the IDfated sicnmer General Blocum, on which over a thousand lives were losL be gins e sentence ot ten yean In Sing Bing, prison today. A strong appeal will be roads t* ibo President for clemency for Vas Scbtlck. He Is over seventy yean olJ, almost blind and If so feeble be can hardly walk. CLEVELAND GRAVE WILL BE ROYALLV ENTERTAINED. Savannah, a.. Feb. 21.—When tb* Cleveland Greys from Cleveland, O, comes to Savannah next Monday they will be royally entertain*]. The Sav annah Volunteer Guards ore to be ths hosts ot the visitors. There will be an oyster roast et the Savannah Yacht Club end other forms of ante* talntnent will be observed. The Gray* -will come under commend of CapL A. E. Sprackllng. TENNESSEE DEMOCRATS ENDORSE BRYAN. By Tstegraph To Th* Hsrald Neshvlle, Tenn., Feb. 21.—The Ten-, issce Democratic Committee today endorsed William J. Bryan for the Presidential nomination.
