About Waycross weekly herald. (Waycross, Ga.) 1908-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1908)
’’The Democracy Of Deeds, Not The Autocracy Of Oratory.”—JOE BROWN. r w, across Weekly OFFICIAL ORGAN OF WAYCROSS AND WARE COUNTY AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS % = 1 VOLUME XXIII I BANK HEARING BEFORE SEABRQOK. CARTOM STOCKHOLDERS RELIEV ED OP INJUNCTION. The proceeding to enjoin the itock* WAYCROSS GA SATURDAY MAY ((,, 1 ii3sl NUMBER 13 JEROME WILL RE-ARREST THAW. GREAT HAVOC BY TEXAS T! BOWDEN WAS IN ILL UP TODAY JOINT DEBATE. FOR PASSAGE SHOULD HE BE RELEASED FROM HARVEST OF DEATH FOLLOW TOOK THE PLATFORM AQAIN8T GREAT STORM. I J. D. KILPATRICK. MATTEAWAN ASYLUM. New York, May 14.—District Attor* holders of the Bank of Waycross. ney j eroroe wa* on hand at the begin' came on for hearing before Judge Sea- nlag of Harry Thaw ., flght for free . brook at Savannah yesterday. De- dom from Matteawan asylum before murrere on behalf of certain of the | j„j g9 - Lorahauaer this morning pre stockholders against the grant of In junction were presented by Judge J. L. Sweat and Judge J. C. Reynolds, which apparently would be upheld by the court and Injunction sought de- . felted. Injunction waa granted agalnat the .stockholder* who were not represent ed by counsel. Ah' to the others cue cue waa continued until the 23rd Issl In the meantime Mesa. Mj’ers A .Parka ace to make further investiga tion and may dtamlu au to such stock- Iders who ace Couad solvent anu who are nor attempting ta tfansfer their property for the purpose of es caping the stockholders liability creditor!. ■ The Injunction was by consent dis missed against Alexander Walker. LIVELY POLITICS NEXT SATURDAY WAYCROSS BOOKED FOR $75,000 PUBLIC BUILDING. ft — Saturday will be about the llvest day politically Waycross has ever known. Hoke Smith speakings In the morning and evening and Joe Brown speakings during the aame hour*. At the court house Saturday morn ing at 11 o'clock. R. L. Berner will ad dress the voters In the Interest of Hoke Smith, and at the Bame time either Judge Twiggs of Savannafr or Col. Greene F. Johnson; of Montlcello, will speak In the Interest of Hon. Jbs. M. Brown, in Phoenix Park. At night the Hoke Smith speaking will he held nt the opera houae sod the Joe Brown meeting at Phoenix Park. It Is expected that the day will fie pretty Interesting to thoae on the out side, and It la certain that the ones on the Inside will get their fun out of the day. pared, it the prisoner was released, to rearrest him immediately and take him before a lunacy commission. Jerome has 'discovered that there Is a kink In the law through which Thaw can be rearrested should he be liberated. This can be done indefin itely on warrants sworn out each time by a single cltlxen who Is willing to testify that he believes that Thaw lx inune and a mehace to the commun ity. The largest court room In the court honse . at Poughkeepsie was crowded to overflowing with specta tors and many requests for admission were refuted. hENT IN LONDON » 50,000,000 A YEAR. * London, May 18.—The total rental of London land and home Is $50,000.- T- ; (o a year; 20,000,000 of this la the ( rental value of the elteconeUilng largely of Tbetaewflde march land. In addition to rente! value there ere |be rates to he considered, amounting tf about 14,000.000 apart from water, flo that the coat of living In London la $4,000,000. The saleable value of the property at tba present day would he more than 750.000.000. - Tlhrty- five years ago It would have been leaa han half this amount- So that London Increases In value at the rate Bf 12r 000,000 a year. In the City of London nlooe the rateable value In 1201 per- per annum. Today It la about par acre per annum. f*M4« IMMIGRANTS COME 7*01$. WILL LEAVE. * • .Nsw Tork. May li.-« Immlnra- yon continues at the same ae has pre vailed during the put four months ot^ JOHN W. BENNETT - this year, the tote) tamlgfation tor. a«N.*a he less than for the ttgiitm 'months of 1$07. The figures indicate that for- the entire year Iff fits ot the foreign Uabor will tearptbe country . .while $49,454 will eater «L ^ FAIRFAX VOTERS JOIN BROWN CLUB. FORMER HOKE SMITH VOTERS FAVOR BROWN AND BREAD.’ On Monday the Ware County Joe Brown Club received from the Fairfax district a llit of eleven new members for the club, and yesterday the Hoke Smith club reports ulna new members from that district' Here's how Fair fax voted two years ago: 37 I Dallas Texas. May 14.—A harvest of j Toccoa. Oa., May 13.—A Joint de death followed the storms of heavy j bate over me gubernatorial situation rains and lightning which baa pre- j was held in Toccoa today. Yester- I the^ast two Hoke Smith ... R. B. Rnssell . Clark Howell .. J. H. Estlll ... Jas. M. Smith 1 .... None None The Fairfax district along with the other seotlons of the county are com ing out for Brown and Prosperity, as Is evidenced by the number of voters who have joined tue Wnro County Joe Brwon Club from teat District. vailed In Texas during days A partial list of the casualties fol low: Near Jacksonville—Three children f D. L. Bullock were drowned and their mother had a narrow escape. Near Ca!!a--J. E. Wallace was se- ri- n. ly hurt. A cumber of houses near Dallas were damaged. , At Neyland—A negro was killed by lightning. Near Bolton—Twelve Mexicans are reported killed. Train service has been temporarily abandoned. Thousands of dollars damage are reported to crops. Mrs. Marshall Davla, of Bollnger la dead and her mother It dying. Two negroea are dead at GltUame. Mrs. J. T. Grlner and a clerk named Vaughn are dead, alto three negroes. No loss of life la reported from Oil City, but derricks and buildings ere almost totally destroyed. Property at Bollinger and Gilliams suffered heavy damage. The tralne that are arriving at all are greatly de layed and report great havoc along the road. WANT WORK OF NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY. New York.—At the requost of the Internathlonal Brotherhood of Book binders an organised effort la to b# made to have the books for the differ ent branchea of the New York Pub lic library bound by American dti- sent and union workmen. The official of the Brotherhood assert that the binding is now done by an English concern, most of It In England, but a part ot It by a branch of the firm In thle city which employe non-onion help. The campaign will be carried Into other cltlea khere there are pub- day it waa announced that Hon. 3, D. Kilpatrick, of Atlanta, would epeak at the noon recess of court In hehnlt of the candidacy of Hon. Hoke Smith. The supporters t Joe Brown ax once asked for a division ot tjrne. but were unable to secure a speaker from distance, on so abort a notice. J. E T. Bowden, a real estate agent of tbta city', formerly ot Waycross, agreed to represent Joe Brown ta the division of lime. The audience conflated ot about three hundred. Mr. Kilpatrick opened In a forty- minute speech. Mr. Bewden follow ed. stating In the Mglhalng that ha waa not n public speaker. During his witty, forceful address he heaped criticisms upon Governor Smith and ols administration. Mr. Kilpatrick made a strong argu ment in favor of Mr. Smith and hit administration, and hi* rejoinder wae generously applauded. He did not reply to Mr. Bowden's criticisms on Governor Smith’s position as to lmml- gratftn, hit failure to hava a lobbying bill paused and the fact that the gov ernor was making a political apeecb on the day observed ss Memorial Day, although Mr. Kilpatrick was asked to do so by Mr. Bowden. tw READ THB WANT ADS. "** lle libraries. STREET CAR STRIKE -ENDED AT PENSACOLA. Pensacola, Fla.,- May 14.—The street ear strike ended this morning when the remaining strikers voluntarily surrendered. WU-TING-FANG, TO DELIVER COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS. Urbans, III., May 13.—Wu-TIng-Fang envoy, extraordinary and minister from Cains to the United States, will de liver the commencement day address at the University of Illinois on Wed- icsday, June 10. > 4^2 The Members of the Bar endorse Hon. - John C. McDonald for Judge of the City Court of Waycross. The Lawyers certainly ought to be capable of Ad vising the voters as to which candidate is the, best qualified and fitted for. this important office? BROWN AND SMITH ORATORS WILL EACH SPEAK TWICE. During today's session of tho House of Representatives of the United States the public building building bill will probably be pasted. The bill Includes an appropriation of $75,000 tor the conatructlon of Government postoffleo building here. Up to 3 o'clock this afternoon the bill had not passed the House, but It expected that it will be brought up before adjournment today. The lot on which the Government building la to be constructed Is locat ed on the corner ot Tebeau and Eliza beth streets,-and was purchased year or so ago from Rev. W. Scrugf a for this purpose. TILLMAN APPEARED IN SENATE CHAMBER TODAY. Washington, Msy 14.—Senator Tlll- msn, of South Carolina, surprised the whole Senate by walking Into the chamber nt 1 o<0ook this afternoon, unassisted. Taking bis accustomed seat, be was Immediately surrounded by Senators, Democrats and Republi cans alike heartily congratulating him on his reappearance after hlu prolong ed Illness. TEACHERS ELECTED' H«"‘-SB-“ “J2S SKt ■ Lnuili.uu LLLUILU Second Bsptl.t church and has been , ENSUE! YEAR fori* 4 n Read What They Say. WE, THE UNDERfilGNED MEMBER* OF THE BAR OP WAYCROSS, CA* HEREBY ENDORSE HON. JOHN C. MCDONALD AS A CANDIDATE FOR JUOOE OF THE CITY COURT OF WAYCROSS AND COM MEND HIM. TO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OF WARB COUNTY -AS BEINO WORTHY'OP 1 THEIR SUF FRAGES hi THE PRIMARY TO BE HELD ON JUNE <TH NEXT, AND IN EVERY WAV WBLL QUALIFIED TO FILL SAIO RESPONSIBLE OFFICE. J. L. SWEAT •- -- -• ' J, jfc WILLIAMS A M. MARKET. R. T.'.MITOM LEON A WILSON TCNJ. 6. PARKS LEE L. SWEAT R. A. CONNOR EMMETT McELBBAT- JOHN T. MYERS W. W. LAMBOIN W. F. CRAWLEY SIMON W. MITCH V. WILLIAMS BOARD OF EDUCATION PREPARED FOR NEW SCHOOL YEAR. Tne city board of education at their lust meeting, elected the following teteberu for the city public schools for the ensualng year: E. A. Pound, Superintendent, Calhoun A. Mays, Principal Central School. Miss Mary Beverly Hancock, Eng lish and Latin. Miss Rachel Crook, Aeeletant to Su perintendent. \j Mlee Cerollne Meson, History and French. ) Mrs. Agnes Findlay. Mrs. R. E. Heldt. Miss Sarah Reynolds. , Miss Myra Thompson. Mlee Meude Brown. Mias Bernice Johnson, Mist Ethel Wbodard. Mlee Mery Brown. ’ ' i( ; .. Mrs. Hattie Gurr. Mrs. R. M. Bridges, Principal Howe .Street School. Miss Wil ls Itabuo Beck, Prinelpel Quartermen Street School. Mlee Vey Harris. Miss Mery Letford. Mlee Elolie Thompson. Miss ZoUne Dsrdls. Miss Lena Phillips, Mist Bessie Dunn.. R. R. Holmes, Principal Colored School. . Rebecca 8ocge tacks. Elisa Bongvtacke. One to be supplied. There were some resignations and |he board loose some teachers whom tt gives up with regret WHITE WRITES OF JOE BROWN EMINENT MINISTER AGAIN TELLS. OF MR. BROWN'S STANDING. From Valdosta Times. In order to ascertain whether.-, or not Mr. Joseph M. Brown Is as bud u man as some of his opponents make It appear, a gentleman here wrote to. Rev, John E. White, of the Second l Baptist Church of Atlanta, to find out zomethlng about, him. Dr. White’s reply makea Interesting.reading:, aaiL' It as follows: "My Dear Sir: I am.In receipt of your letter ot the 13th Instant, making. Inquiry of ms as the pastor of the * Second Baptist church, Atlanta, con-.-- earning Hon. Joieph M> Brown, ufbttki - puled by the statement that-report* . are being circulated in your- county to the effect that he Is an Immoral , man and n whiskey men. I do not. . feel that 1 should hesitate a moment / In answering your letter with frank- nets. Such reporti about Mr. Brown - • are utterly false. Ha ls 'a member ot the Second Baptist church, Atlanta, . not Only In ordinary good standing, but In the particular high esteem* ot: all who know him. He Is a modest; earnest, unostentatious Christian. No breath ot Immorality or wrongdoing: boa ever, so far as t have heard or so far as the people of the Second Bap tist church have heard, been nttaohedi .' for many yoare, although hie residence was In Marietta, Os., Only very recent ly ho joined with our church beta IB. < a hundeome contribution ib tho Mercer • eqdownment fund. 'Mr. Brown!* re- - cord on ’ the prohibition question la > well known In Fulton county.' He ham never been IdenCIflad.with the whle- key people. In the first prohibition v campaign In Fulton oountyi he stood . with Henry Ondy end Dt. Hawthorne -. In their campaign. Dr. Hawthorne Is r. my,authority for thle fact, ud maty others Identified with'the leadership, of that campaign \n the prohibition- side- Peculiar significance wee at tached to hie stand because of the feet . that be-wee against'hie father and.' other membera of big,family In obe dience to hla penonel tonvIcrfdM that . prohibition ,*** rigbL "I am also In posttstlon of the In- - formation that has always steadily • refused to rant hla private, personal ; property for isloon purposes, fix At lanta although he owned property eon- . •tently In demand for such purpose! at very much higher rate ot renUL "Personally, l believe from whet I ' know of Mr. Browne character, con duct end convictions,, that the fntereet . of prohibition can be safely trusted to hie bands. Of any other Issue tn the campaign I have nothing to Say! 1 aim > merely desirous In answer to year let- v ter that the false report* which yen - say ere being circulated concerning Mr, Brown may hare * posture denial*' from hi* !>>• tor. I to, sincerely yours, JOHN R. WHITE- PRESIDENT has Opportunity . i. HEAR CONVENTION NEWS.. MEXICAN. BANKS MAY RORM GENERAL MERGER. Mexico City, May 14.—The Mexican Minister of.flnanes Is said to have un der consideration a plan for a general merger of aU the prteotpel hooks In Mexico Into one central corporaUoa, which will be oHcltlly celled the Bank of the Bepnhiia Washington, May II—Tbs Pftnt- dent will not take op hit OuterSky residence thle hummer unfit Jma-i 20th. Thin plan will glvetHePrtteW- dent an opportunity to'bear the Chf-'- csgo, convention new* SO the White* House. There will be several dire**' wires, both telegraphic end*teleohMtle,!v from th* eonventlea halt Into the:Press' (dent's office here so that any- time !e... may he septenary, he. can fire e humr.. up menage tc the.oooraatlea. . ...
