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I THE WAYCROSS WEEKLY HERALD ERUPTION OF ETNA CAUSES PANIC. % DARKENED SKY 8PREADS GLOOM CF TERROR. Catania, May 6.—Another more rious eruption of Mounc Etna cau.-eti a reign of panic among the villagers living on the mountain side Those who have not already fled are invoking the Saints to preserve them. The clouds of smoke which hung over the crater have darkened the sky and spread a gloom of terror over all. Showers of cinders spurt forth and two slow' currents of lava are advanc ing down the mountain side. WHITE VOTERS. ASKS TO BE ELECTED JUDGE OF CITY COURT. AUGUSTA HAS $100,000 FIRE. Augusta, Ga., May 5.—The sash, door and blind factory and planing mill of the Perkins Manufacturing Co., was destroyed by fire last night. The loss is $100,000, fully covered by in surance. The fire caught from a spark from a passing locomotive. All the machinery was ruined. FEUD TWO WERE KILLED. I WESTERN SECTION. CLANS ARE GATHERING AND FUR- ( LIVES LOST AND GREAT PROPER- THER TROUBLE FEARED. f TV DAMAGE REPORTED. The following I, Col. John C. Me- donald’s statement to the white vot ers of Ware county. It Is straight forward, plain and to the point. Col. McDonald was born and raised In this county and is well and favorably known by all. Ills election to the position of Judge of the City Court _ of Waycross will be no mistake and ■ effect *kat t * le cIans are gathering, will be a well-deserved reward for his Jackson, Ky., May 5.—Residents of Breathitt county are in deadly fear today because of the bloody Hargis- Cockrill feud which claimed two more victims yesterday. It is feared that the trouble will break out afresh at any monent. Word from the mountains is to the DR. LANDRUM WRITES ON DANGER TO PROHIBITION LAW. In his recent address to the Anti- Saloon League at Atlanta, Dr. Land rum said in part: Now listen! If Hoke Smith Is re-elected the change of our voting system from the county unit plan to the popular vote plan, for which he is responsible and for which he now stands, will be en dorsed and fixed upon us. Our prohibition candidate for gov ernor will face the desperate fact that six counties with larger cities where the whiskey forces predominate will bo able under Hoke Smith’s reform cf our voting system to outvote more than forty rural counties in Georgia where the prohibition strength lies. This ig not fancy. It is fact. It is such a fact that long-headed prohi bitionists are blind indeed if they do not see it. The real peril to the per manency of the Georgia prohibition law is as clear as noonday to a who thinks a minute. It is this un fortunate change of our voting sys tem by Hoke 3mltfj that stares us In the face. It will be seen three years from now’*—when it is too late. If Joseph ,M. Brown is elected he stands pledged to give us back our county unit system, which reduces the big whiskey counties to equality the rural counties. If Hoke Smith Is elected the tre- menduous disadvantage of the rural counties will be Confirmed and fixed upon us. The man who cannot «e* this now will certainly aee it later. Prohibition leaders would better see it now. PLAN FOR A GENERAL MERGER. V Mexico City, May 5.—The Mexican Minister of Finance is said to have un der consideration a plan for a general merger of all the principal banks in Mexico into one centra! corporation, which will be officially called the ^*.nk cf the Republic. SAVANNAH TO HAVE (*' CITY BACTERIOLOGIST. * 1 Savannah, Ga., May 5.—It • expect* ed that after today Savannah will have a city bacteriologist on her pay roll. The Sanitary Boahi is Vo have a meet eft this afternoon to hear the re port of tae coitttnfrtee whose duty it was to select a Bacteriologist and if: the report is satisfactory the election will take place. There are several ap- plcanta for the job and the selection is to be made strictly upon merit past invaluable services to the party. Waycross, Ga., May 6. To The White Voters of Ware County: My candidacy for the office of Judge of the City Court of Waycross was announced several months ago, and until recently I have had no opposition in the race. T am at present the Solicitor of the City Court of Waycross, acting under appointment to till the vacancy caused by the death of the late J. Walter Bednett, and my successor as Solici tor will be elected in October next, and I will then retire as Solicitor of the City Court. Although the Judge of the City Court is to be nominated at the approaching June Primary, and elected in the October election, he will not qualify or assume the duties of the office until Jan. 1st, 1910, be cause Judge Myers’ term does not ex pire until then. This is the first time in my life I have ever been a candidate before you for an office, and if elected, as I hope to be, I shall before assuming the duties as Judge retire from any and all practice, for any and all clients, that would in the slightest sense dis qualify, militate, or be in the way oi my devoting my time and attentiotf to the duties of the office. J promise, if elected, to discharge the duties of thlR important office, faithfully, impartially, and to the best interest of the County and people generally. I may not be able to see and talk to every voter in person before the day of the Primary, but I wish to state, however, to all voters, that whether I see you In person or not and solicit your vote, I will appreciate profound ly both your vote and influence In my behalf at the Primary on June 4th next, and I promise you that if I am nominated and elected, I will endeavor to conduct the Ccuit !n a manner that shall be above crltfci&n, and try in every way to make the £curt a credit to the County. Very respectfully. I JOHN C. MCDONALD. nnd all are armed to the teeth. Following the fatal stabbing of Ex- Sheriff Ed Callahan in his store at Crockett8ville by bis brother-in-law. John Spicer, and the subsequent kil ling of Spicer by Wilson Callahan, a son of the ex-sheriff, there was fur ther bloodshed In Jackson yesterJay. Dan White, a menber of the Har gis clan, shot and killed Ed Fugate, on the main street of the place. This entire section of the state is in disorder today. The law seems to be stifled and further fighting is looked for. OHIO TOWN HAS BIG FIRE. Coalton, Ohio, May 5.—A fire which is still raging has already consumed the town hail, the police station and the flrq department headquarters. The business section of the town is burning and at 1 o’clock a high'wind 1b blowing. Toe fire is beyond con trol. GEORGE HOWELL TELLS OF BRA- GANZA DISTRICT. George Howell of the Braganza dis trict called at the Herald office Sat urday. Everbody knows George How ell, big. and broad and robust nnd straight spoken. George was klncking because a local paper reported virtu ally that there were eight voters in the 3: „anza district and that they were all for Smith. George says that there a. t 37 voters in the dlctrict and that they are all for Joe Brown but two and one of these has Just reached the turning point. George’s Statement was ratified by Henry Strickland. j Ambler. Texas, May G.—A tornado I struck this town yesterday destroying j three residences and several other : houses. Two persons were injured. 9— French Village, Ill., May G.—Three are dead, a dfizen missing and twenty houses were wrecked during a storm last night. A cyclone, followed by fearful cloudburst, swept this section shortly after midnight Engineer Ward, Conductor Smith and an unidentified man were drown ed under a L. &. N. locomotive which was wrecked near Belleville in washout caused by the cloudburst. Little Rock, Ark, May G.—It is r ported here that a disastrous tornado swept over Watson, Ark, this morn ing. The wires are all down and no confirmation of the report has been received. At Chickasha and Cold Wa ter, Oklahoma, many houses were wrecked, trees uprooted and crops damaged. Sevtral persons were reported in jured near Paris, Texas. / BY LIGHTNING PRINCE AND MADAM GOULD DEPARTED FOR FLORENck. AMERICAN FLAG OVER CHATHAM ACADEMY. Savannah, Ga., May 5.—For the first time In the history cf the public school system of the county the Board of torneys contested all the evidenc pres- plying of an American flag over one of the school buildings. The new Chatham Academy when It li complet ed will have a flag pole and a flag. This change in sentiment has been brought about by the Junior Order United American Mechanics Who re cently asked that they be allowed to put in the flag staff and run up the flag It the Board of Education did not so. The board considered the question and decided to put in the Blnff the flag* DELEGATION LEFT FOR WAYNESBORO. Savannah, Ga., May S.—Chatham county’s delegation to the First Con gressional Republican District Con vention left this morning for Wayne*- boro where there is to be a conven tion held today. The Savannah dele gation it is believed will have to fight for recognition in the convention as fee re will probably be a contest BLIND TIBER CASES BEGUN THIS MORNING. sltvannatt, Ga., May 5.—The famous blind fig£r cases were begun this morning in the City Court. These were tae cases made by the police de partment in a recent raid# All of the defendants demanded Jury trials and the cases were hard ‘ought from the Jump. It became evident very early In the trial of the first case that there was no promise of a verdict being ren dered very soon. The defendants at- Education has mad* provision for the ented by the city. These will be the* first cases of this character tried by a Jury since the operation of the ttatej prohibition law and there la much In terest is Che outcome of them. Rome, May 5.—Prince DeSagnn and Madame Anna Gould left for Florence today. The rumor is current that they have arranged to bo married there by a civil and Protestant cere mony. The departure from Rome is taken to mean that the couple have abandoned the hope of a Papal an- annullrr.ent or Ma^am Gould's mar riage to to Castcieiiane. The affectionate demeanor of the couple througheut their stay here has given rise to the report that they are already married, but both persistently deny this. It is said that Hoke Smith's cutr.-- paign will cost him fltf.C’C.. It will be money well spent. The less:a he Is learning will be worth that much to him. * « A Washington correspondent writ ing to a Georgia newspaper says: "It is nothing less than the honest truth to say that nine out of every ten vcoiglcns who come to Washington these days, and express an opinion at all, say that Mr. Brown will sure de feat Mr. Smith for sovernor of Geor gia—one well-posted politician telling me (and he is not an enemy of Mr. Smith), that Mr. Brown is good for at least 50,000 majority. I give It as a mere matter of uewe, and aa indicat ing the Heating talk in Washington, •hat even Mr. Smith’s most ardent Par isian* who have appeared here lately think be will have a bard time even ueezlng through. * * A large proportion of the Anti-Sa- Icon leaguers evidently believe that Joe Brown Is a better and more sin cere prohibitionist than Hoke Smith. MR. WARD MOTTO WILL MAKE A GOOD RACE. Savannah, May 5.—Mr. Ward Motto made announcement today of his can didacy for County Commissioner. Mr. Moto belongs to the younger Savan nah business men. He is president of the John It. Young Company a prominent naval stores firm. He will make a good race. Last night tho citizens league Executive Committee of 100 held a meeting nud decided to recommend the endorse ment of Messrs Alexander Lawrence, J. Randolph An derson, and Jos. McCarthy for the leg islature. As this is the only club that has organized for this campaign it probably means that these three gen tlemen will be lected. 3!G CHIMNEY AT NEW SHOP? BADLY DAMAGED. The big chimney at the new Allan tic Coast Line shops was struck by lightning during the severe electric storm last night and was badly dam aged. A split from the top of the clilmni: down about half way is plainly visible For a distance of probably 75 feet the crack extends downward anil brick has been broken clean through. It was not known just when th« chimney was struck last night, tin damage not being discovered until early this morning. While it Is not believed that tho hipiney is dangerous o’c this time, it is certain that repairs will have to bo made at once nnd that the cost to tho company will be considerable. The chimney will likely be used for while longer during the test work which is now going on nt the new shops. The chimney is said to be the high est in the South. MM REORGANIZE THE GOVERNOR'S COOK DI8TRICT SPEECH. Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga. The Hoke Smith meeting in Cook's district Friday night was the talk of Atlanta Saturday. Nobody seemed surprised by tho reception the chief executive received on the opening of his proposed ward canvass to recai>- INMAN & CO'S AFFAIR8 ARE GREATLY COMPLICATED. Augusta, Ga., May 5.—Tho local heads of Inman &. Co., which went tx» the wall yesterday afternoon, staU* that the condition oi the firm Js *** complicated that it is Impossible to* make a comprehensive statement to day. The business of the firm was pro bably the largest of any spot concern in the world, but not a single Augusta bank or other business house is af fected by the failure. Information of uu autehntic chuo acter refuses tho statement that the failure was due to the depression f» the cotton market. It Is declared u* be tracabie to other causes. Thomas Barrett, Jr., i..« receiver, refuses to make any statement it is alreudy predicted that a reorgani zation of the firm will bo perfected in a few days and business continued. Tho county registration books close on noxt Saturday night, and every per who oxpects to vote in the pri mary on June 4th must register bo- fore the closing of tho books. Those who have registered in the city only cannot vote in the county primary. The books are open at the office of F. J. Berry, Clerk of the Superior Court, at tho court house. J. R. AND T. BUNN WRITE % OF YOUMAN’8 CANDIDACY. ture his hpme county. Ho was dealt I El || tora n t . ra !d: 97 PRISONERS IN JAIL ON CHARGE OF DRUNKENNESS, Savannah, May 6.—Thero are prisoners in the county jail who were sent there on a charge of drunkenness There are only 175 prlAmers in Jail ns a total. It has been many years since so many people were In jail charged with being drunk. It brought about by the fact that the Re corder has declined to assess fines for Sunday drunks but has insisted upon those convicted of that offense serving a jail sentence. An Atlanta man says the mint is, overrunning everything In the gar dens, and ii "Wildly beaching out for more room.” But the absence of the other Ingredient# 'for the Julep is enough to tfaft-lilnint bed sleepless ,tai 150 GERMAN8 HAVE LEFT FOR CHARLESTON. Savannah, May 6.r—This morning over 160 Germans left for Charleston n a spe-;:"! train for the purpose of at tending the sangerfast there. It I* ex pected next year they will meet In Savannah. There will le delegat!o.m from ^Atlanta, Jacksonville, and Char leston and the occassion is to be one of Importance with the Germans. Editors Herald: Will you please have your boy deliver the Herald to me at 21 Butler target I am tired and disgusted With the 1 —- - It has got to the point w'nere they do not publish anything except Hoke Smith wind. J. H. Gainey. Mr. A. N. Leltch a resident of Brew er street in this city, writes the Her- 8Id from Eastman a# Iollows: ”1 find-everything here In old Dodge all right for Little Joe Brown. I think be will carry the county all right." Mr. John Beaton, of the firm of Rawls * Beaton of Hoboken, has or ganfzed a Little Joe Brown Club at wis mill. There are just 47 voters of that neighborhood and every single man has pledged his vote to Mr. Brown. The club will go to tbe vot ing precinct on a special mill traiu on election day, and things are pretty apt to be lively around the polls when the clnb arrives, as every member Is very enthusiastic tor "Little Joe.” # * r with by the crowd just uu uny other ward-campaigner would be. J Jttle res pect was shown fop tho office'nd holds, and none seemed expected on that score. It was conceded by both sides thut when a governor forgets dignity of his office lonk enough to conduct such a petty campaign, should expect to bo treated us any ward politician would bo under such circumstances. Although the crowd was decidedly for Brown In its sentiment, and sent up cheer after cheer for the opposing candidate, the governor seemed to ap preciate the situation. He mustered all his strength in an effort to main tain his equilibrium and avoid harsh remarks. This spoiled 'nis speech, which was made under novere res traint. For more than an hour he worried along with the crowd, plead ing, fondling, flattering and trying his very best to be good humored. It was only after an Urgent appeal for faliv play made to "you boys" that he could barely be heard. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC, BEWARE Tbe Eelectric current will be on the wires both day and night during tho balance of this week beginning tomor row, for the purpose of testing tbe elevators In the Hotel "Le Grand." Beware. *" * It The Waycrois E. L. & Power Co. It hug come to our eurs that cortala reports with which our name is con nected, are being industriously circu lated In regard to Mr. W. D. Youman* to- try to injure, hint in his ruco for sheriff. Without stopping to go ov er these reports wo wish to state the public that Ahey are absolutely untrue and without tho shudow cl foundation. Mr. Youmans has han dled our lumber business in Waycross for Home time und has done bo to oor entire satisfaction. Wo have fonnJ him to be honest, strictly stuffier and upright. We do ndt hesitate to state fur ther that we believe Mr. Yogmaas pill mako a good sheriff and expect to give him our hearty support We moke the above statement with out prejudice to any one, but In sim ple justice to Mr. Youmans and with out solicitation on his part A 3.R.AT. BAn. :XPERT8 SENT OUT ' TO EXAMINE LUMBER. Washington, D. C., May 6.—TheBu- Mr. S. E. Cannon is quoted as say ing yesterday , that so far aa^A* bat been able to ascertain every irotsr Is Deenwood and that section, with one exception, would support Mr. Bn^tfc for Governor. This Is an error a Mr. Cannon said that tbla entire sec tion of the city waa for Joe Brown. Other residenta of Deenwood bear mtt Mr. Cannon that this section will g© practically aolld for Mr. Brown. , F. L. SEELY'S REPLY TO IMPERTINENT QUESTION. Atlanta, Ga., May 6.—Edltor F. L. Seely, In the Oeorgian of tbla aftev- re»u of Corporation, hu now-prac- noon bounces „ , “distardly tlcally succeeded In completing Its cr)m<r (n ,| t -depraved lie" the charg- stntf for the conduct of the Inquiry ln-| ea made the recoot „eetlng 0 f the to file lumber trade. About fourteen , Tr , ve | )ng Hen's Hoke Smith Clob te or fifteeen agents hire been Instruct- j eBect thai tbe Louisville sol ed-snd sent Into tbe Held within, the Nuhrlle HaUroad hell recently per- past two weeks and abonc are add!- I chalea 300 lharBI of stock In hla pa- tlona! appointment, will be made, rata-. p e r H , , ute , (Vial be and hi, f»- Ing, the stair to some twenty members, j t t, Br .| n .|*w, E. W. Orore. own ell but It Is expected that the staff will re-1 twenty shares, which were (tree te mein In the "eld for probably three lw0 e mptoyBi .„f the paper lor their months and aome will .lay out for { faiaiflltoeia . His answer la a pretty three montha longer. They will l“-j warm one, and he challenge* tbe Joor- vestigace tbe movements of lumber, the I to open up tta c ] Mct and dtacloae It* prices, and tbe relation of the present} fam | ly skeleton*." situation to conditions In the forest. Toe Inquiry of tbe committee ap pointed at the traveling men's aeet- nlg as to tbe ownership of this stock was answered by the Georgian's coun sel In the negative along with the statement that the charge and ropM- tton of It were an Impertinent alane- der. " f X- system of the UnltedStaces, and In. data thus gathered will be worked u. by tba experts of tbe Bureau of Cor porations after they bare been lent ■ ' —-fr Tho Savannah Press wants to know whether It was -foe Brown or Hoke Smith who brought on the storms and cold weather. Caused simply by the gush of Hoke's hot air coming In con tact with the cold facta presented by Joe Brown.—Enquirer Bus. - ■ ., Steve Miller nays be la not runtrtsr against either Joe Brown, or Hoke Smith for governor, bnt is running for representative from ..Ware: county ce iry,-lull li ’dag