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THE WAYCROSS WEEKLY HERALD R.B. TH1 GREAT SUNDAY 8CHOOL V/ORKER PASSED AWAY IN SAVANAH. A telegram this morning from Sa vannah announced the sad death of I/Cxington, Ky., June 1.—The »rial >lr. It. II. Itoppard, of that .city, which of Beech Hargis, for the murder of occurred ibis morning at 2 o'clock. Mr. Itoppard was one of the moat prominent Sunday School worker* in Georgia, and was known throhghout the state. For years he has taken especial in terest in the Sunduy SSchool work of Ware county, and has been a regular attendant of the conventions herp. He was known personally by nearly HARGIS TRIAL . BEGAN TODAY TROUBLE EXPLOTi-U IN SECURr ING JURY. his father. Judge I lands, the notori ous feudist last March, began at Jack- son, Breathitt county,^Vils rooming. Trouble Is expected In securing a Ju ry because of the high feeling on both sides. Ilargls* former followers say that he should be convicted, while friends of the latter contend self defeftse, Beech's mother Is prepared every one In the county, both old and j npend $00,000 for his defense and the I youth has the same amount ‘for his own use. • | The best legal talent in the moun- j tains has been employed to defend young. Mr. Heppard's death "ill be ■with great regret here as well all parts of the state. The funeral of Mr. Itoppard will oc-j Hargis, while the citizens of Jockson cur tomorrow afternoon, and the In-(have made puSJIc subscriptions and ferment will take place In Bonav ture cemetery, near Savannar. A 3URPRI8E. For The Hoke Smith Men. There were ome men In our state Wo were so wonderous wise, They got their wits together And planned a grand surprise. So when for about three months. The surprise they had expected; That Surprise, it came— For Joe Brown was elected. —Andromache Bailey. J title nth. 5, 19U8. Way cross, Ha. .m .— HARRI9 V/RITES TO LAMDDIN. Wn>cross, Ga., June 5. Hus. lion. W. V*’. I.’unndln Way cross, Ha., Dear .Sir: As an ardent uuppor.'ei; of Hon. Jos. M. Brown's ratididhcy In the recent primary, and a member of tho Ware county "Joo Brown Club," I wish to ex tend to you our heartiest thanks for the valient service rendered to us by by you, In carrying Ware County and the State of Georgia for "Little Joe" Brown. And as your benighted mind seems to have allowed you to bteonfe a llltlg- Indiscreet In some of your quotations, (which by the way, were not In quo tation mark*;) 1 would advlso you to rend ngain "Tne Leopard S|Kit»" before launching out on the sea of oratory against another campaign of "Forty Acres and n Mule." And ns It seems to be vour earnest desire to "see him" and to know if there REALLY 13 such a person as "Little Joe" Brown, we cordially In vite you to accompany us, as bur guest on a special train to Atlanta, on Inaug ural Day, where we will assure you that yen will "see him" and will re ceive a cordial welcome, and an honor ary seat at the Jla.iquot Board, where you will nave fate rein and full privi lege, to tell tin "Ilow it Happened." Respect fully yours, I). K. HARRIS. employed Floy Byrd to assist the ropecutlon. Byrd has relentlessly prosecuted tho Elder Hargis In vari ous Breathitt feud murders. At 2 o'clock the Savannah Morning News wired the Herald ns follows: "Please wire at once how It looks in governorship ruce there. Brown vl .nlng here four to one. L—At rnor te following Hearst News ilia Atlanta. June tnith's headquarters atement was given th< mice at 1 o'clock: ' f “Gov. Smith is leading the ballots In aiFon county and Atlanta precincts. ;i to 10 o'clock there had been no dilution In the crowds at the polls (onservutivo estimates Indicate Jov. Smith has maintained his Will TIKE IIP LILE’S -i TYPHON 2? CASE JUNE 6TH; MEN LOST LIVES Tho prison commission met yes ter,* day In regular monthly session tc: t-'-e consideration of application for cu- tKe clemency: The commission has set next Saturday, Juno 6, for bearing the ease of Harry E. Lyles, of Way- cross, who murdered hla wife mil child,rand .has been sentenced to hang. The commission has already passed adversely on this case, but recently Governor Smith granted £ respite to Lyles, In order that the commission might consider the case anew. I claimed some new facts bearing the case have been brought to light. The usual list of applications for e: cutlve clemency will also be const.I id. FLEET struck TYPHON. lug THANK8. As the chairman of the democratic executive committee of Ware voi I desire to return thanks to the m gers of yesterday’s primary In e precinct In Ware County for the prompt and efficient manner In which they have conducted the election. So ^ar as I know there is no complaint from any cource. It was a fair, square deal and will doubtless be accepted in good faith by the defeated as well as by the favored. We are all democrats and good ones. May good fellowship and prosperity continue In glorious old Ware county.» A. P. PERHAM, £R. Chairman Democratic Executive com. Macon, 2 p. m. 411 no 4.—Out total registration of 1,143, 2,799 hal lots have been cast at this hour, looks like- Bibb will go for Brown by 300 to 4no plurality. . Crawford county is reported giving Brown a lead of 300. lead of the early morning. The leg Is pro-./eoalng rapidly and orderly jacl tht her*, of good humor prevails. £0 far at all the precincts Smith sup porters are betting on the result In Fulton. Home betting was offered ami taken that Smith will have a ma- Atlanta, Ga., June 4.—Every hull- catlon'ls favorable to a large vote. Clear and pleasant weather prevails practically throughout the state. Tin* registration Is enormous and In terest is at th? boiling point. On the 4lay for the culmination of the bitter est primary campaign in the history of -Georgia, finds tfinita and Brown lead ers equally confident of victory. Reports from different sections of the str.te tell of good order at the polls. Yhere Is tnuc.i congestion ow ing to the large number of names on , the tickets, but the lota! absence of IntcxLunts assures a peaceabh ' lion. Fukoa county Is turning out a rec ord labor vote, mn.iy Industries hav ing- urranjed to allow their employes to leave their work In order to cast their ballot, At Stato headquarters both herd snarers are confident of the mcl'. The Smith lieutenant j claim that their candidate Is leading In Fulton ccunty and that the state Is safe by 40,000. Brown loaders express confidence that their estimate will be sustained and that Brown's majority will be „ W 40.0°0. . . , , A At Brown headquarters, James” R. Smith, manager for Mr. Brown, dicta ted tho following at 11 o'clock: “Fulton ccunty, if a full vote Is cast will give Brown 4,000 majority. We are handicapped on account of the lack of voffng facilities. Reports 1 over the state indicate that my last estimate of 40,066 majority will 1. more th m sustained, l will not be surprised If Mr. Brown carries one hundred and thirty-two counties. "Mr. Brown's majorttv will be es pecially large in the cities where the laboring vote is heavy and in the coun try counties where fav^fctble weather win permit the farmers getting to the WnynesvBIe, Wayne County—Smith 28; Brown 30. Jcsup, Wayne county—Brown* 206; Jntlth 106. Folkslcn, Y’hnri'.jn County— Salv 3 vote.-, had been polled ft» Smith at this pb.ee at 1 o'clock. # Hrngnnza. War# county—Brown 15; Araith 2. Beach. Were Ccunty—Brown 3j; fc'mlth U. Dupont, Clinch county—Brown 71; ac ' -.Smith P. .rrgyle, CUncr ccunty—Brown '51; .Smith IS. At 3 p. m. Indications that Cratham *ti» give Brown at least 2.003 majori ty. STRAYED—On Sunday afternoon y b“g-y horse, sorrel mare, black face heavy mane and tall. Went tin A telephone message received at e Herald iffico this morning from .loiiif Adams on lower Plant Avenue, lie says* “We are all Joe Brown men lown here today, wet a Hoke SmJt.i mau In sight. I congratulate the Her ald anT its editors upon H16 fair, squatv manly fight*they have made.' Good luck to you." . Victoria, June 4.—'I sank and 27 men lost the! rltves when i typhen struck th;.* fishing licet which van leaving Thursday island b off the We it coast-cf Australia, according tc the news brought by Uo liner Man- c.:urla to this place. Twenty of the drowned men were white. The typhon whipped the waves mountain heigh. PASSENGER TRAFFIC HjiLD UP BETTER THAN FREIGHT TRAFFIC. St. Paul, Pune 4.—Various officials of western lines report that passenger traffic has held up much better than tne freight end of the business. There has been some falling it Is true, but by far the larger portion of the de crease In passenger earnings is at tributed to the reduction in rates to the tWo-cent basis forced upon the roads by the legislative act.^i In many of the states. AUTOMOBILE SMASHED; SEVERAL WERE KILLED New York, June 1.—Two men, Wil liam Goubaud and Thomas Nolan, were instantly killed, victory Brandes fatally alfd James McKenna seriously injured when a racing automobile from Coney Island smashed a tree In Ocean Parkway at 3 o’clock tills morn ing, leaped into the uir and fell, bury ing the six occupants of the car un der Its weight. John Lnnyoif owned. 1 he car and the only person who escaped injury. GOING TO NEW YORK. The following telegram was can on the wires as it went over the wir We do not stand for it, and do not believe It Is genuine. Never- tile less the boys must have their fun; Atlanta, Go., June 5. Joa. M. Browj.1, Waycross, Ga., • ^ Left for New York on 9 a. m., train. HOKE SMITH. HOW IT HAPPENED. A lending Waycross Minister said Joe Brown was successful because one of his ardent supiwrters opened up a Joe Brown political meeting with prayer and the city stand pipe bap tized the Hoke Smith crowd In true faith. % - • SMITH ELIMINATED SECOND TERM PRECEDENT. ♦ The Recoil4 term precedent Was llmluatcd by fkike Smith himself wnen he called his frlnodi together and confided to fflem h»s\deslre to retire at the eud of his first term ami takg a seat In the United 3tutea Sen ilis "great renunciation" of that ambition came when his friends can didly told him that ho could not defeat Steve Clay. It comes In poor graco now for him to plead the second tertn precedent when It stands in the way of bread. If ho had tho right to re nounce the precedent nml quit and go to the senate tho people cn their part have the same right to renounce It. The Constitution of Georgia gives them the right. It (g a poor rule that does net work both way*—Macon Tele- iraph. HAIWA 14-RUBBER INDUSTRY IN EXPERIMENTAL STAGE ,Washington, Juno 1.—The rubbar in dustry in Httiwall Is sfill in the experimental stage, but experts beiieve the opportunities for profit!* are going to be large. Preliminary experiments by the Government indi cate a high yield from even young trees. Over 400,ofl0 rubbe*'trees have been planted in the Islands and still other plantations are-belng establish ed. GOV. .HOKE SMITH GIVES JOE BROWN HANDCME MA JORITY IN TODAY'S ELECTION. Regardless of tile- way the .remaind er of the state will go far Governor, the. supporters of Little Jee Brown Ware county will have the snttsfac tlon of knowing that their, home coun ty hag repudiated the policies of Iloke Smith, and that here at least, the ma jority of the people have decided o the question the right way and hay spoken there preference for Jos. M. Brown. The race in Ware county has doubt less been the most remarkable In the state. With a majority of 573 years ago out of a total votln? strength of less than 1,290 to al appi ances Hoke Smith would carry Wi county by a safe majority this time. Ware then was one of Hoke Smith': strongholds. sentiment of njort than three to one for Hoke Smith Is what the Ware County Joe Brown Club set out to overcome when Mr. C. M. Sweat was'elected president of this organization some two months ago. ' The club-was-composed of many of the most representative- citizens of Ware county, and from the first € uember put his shoulder to the wheel wfth the determination to take Ware from Hoke and his ruinous policies anil give a majority of the votes ti Little Joe Brown and Prosperity. The result of today's election h Ware Is a complete victory for Brown His majority at this time cannot b. determined, but there is e .try tadioa tjor. that it will. fte above the 30: mark. ^ The Herald congratulates tho Ware County Joo Brown Giub, and 'rejoices that one county at least has approved the clean policies of a clean man THANKS FRIENDS reported wrecked FATHERLAND IS SAFE. New York, June 7.—The Rod Star Liner, Vaderland, which was reported wrecked on the North Sea with 1,600 souls, passed . Flushing at 10 o’clock this morning, all well on board. jTho '•only incident of the voyage \yas a slight delay by the fog, accord ing to dispatches received at the line office in this city y to Vadertynd had to steam slowly because of this* fog, but she Is ex pected to arrive-jit Dover this even ing. Savannah, Ga., June 4.—Chatham U conceded to Brown by tho Smith men but tne estimates of the majority vary from 1,000 to 3,000. ,-- The issues of the empaign have boil- d down tp the record of the present MAURETANIA BECALMED BP BROKEN PRORELLEH. New York, June 1.—A wireless mes sage received thi*morning at the of- ftco of the Cunard Line today says to Mauretania, with one propeller out of commission, is becalmed on ocean. She maintained a speed of 22.22 knots for 12 hours Just before the breaking of her propellers. BOMB OUTRAGES SUCCEEDING WITH RAPIDITY. London, June 4.—The rapidity with which bomb outrages are succeeding one another in India makes it Impos sible to regard them as entirely spo radic, and is greatly Increasing the anxiety of the authorities. The latest reported instance is the fourth that has occurred within a few months. WILL EXTEND TtfE MERSEY DQCK8. Liverpool, June 4.—The Mersey Docks and Harbor Board practically have decided to extend the dock sys tem cl Liverpool by new buildings at t cost of about $10,000 aCO. ROBBERS GOT $10,000 FROM CONFLICT OF A SERIOUS CHARACTER. Rome, June 4.—The" Avgrarlan agl- .ntion at Parma, Italy, Is likely to result In a conflict of u serious char acter. The question is not one of wag- but - of*the right to hsld land as property; at least so It Is understood by the proprietors, who declare that they dare not make any concessions fight which Involves their very existance. The movement has already reached formidable dimensions; the number of strikers is said to be forty thousand with the possibility of exten sion to other districts, while the town peopje of Parma, manufacturers, threaten a lockout should there em ployes proclaim a general strike in sympathy with the other party. Both The election is over, the people have expressed themselves, and graceruuy accept their verdict. To the rnauy” friends who so faithfully worked for my success, and to the great number who cast their ballots for me, I am deeply grateful. I have made a clean race, and have ‘nothing tut my defeat to regret. Now lets forget all the past, and work together for the best Interest of our couoty. Look out for me two years hence. W. D. YOUMANS* GREAT POLITICAL BATTLE ON IN CHATHAM COUNTY. Savannah, June, 4.—The Democrats of Chatham county are engaged today In one of the hardest fought political battles that has taken place in this county in a long time. It Is the first real political “tree tor all" that Chat ham has seen in many years. Hereto fore clubs have,taken charge of the battles of candidates and fought for them. This year the battle is one of individuals. The greatest interest probably i# in the race for Governor. It is evident that Joe Brown will carry the county, if at all, by a very small majority. Great numbers of Hoke Smith workers appeared at the polls this morning and many of those were able to turn many ^voters when they came to the court house to vote. Browns friends were also active, some of the railroads have given their men a holiday to werk fur th-Jr candidate. The result of the race fer Congress man from the first dfstrict will so far as Chatham Is concerned will not be known until the final count but It look early tills morning a3 if Walter W. Sheppard had landed the county in his column. If he doesn't get it Ciias. G. Edwards the present incumbent will Overstreet has no show in tho county although he is getting a res pective vote. It is claimed by Shep pards friends that if he gets this county ho will be nominated as the country'Is very strong for him. One of the surprises of the morning was the strength developed by Mr. J. K. P. Carr the present Clerk of the Superior Court and who Is a candidate for re-election. Ho was opposed by Col. W. L. Grayson a very popular business man. It developed early In the fight however that Mr. Carr was in the lead of his opponent and this lead will be kept up until the clos ing of the polls. The race for Solicitor General Is a very hot one. The candidates are Mr. W. C. Hnrtrldge, Mr. R. J. Travis and Mr. Gordon Saussy, at noon it was nip and tuck between Mr. Hurtrldgo and Mr. Travis. They were then both working like beavers. Mr. Saussy’a friends have not given up the fiaht but It is not believed that tie can win. It is thought by eemo that Mr. Travis will bo tho winner although Mr. Hart- ridge’s frknds Jo not ccnc de to this.. Col. Waring Russell County Treas urer was opposed by Mr. R. J. Stew art but inere ia jw doubt of hbxr-elt'C- tlon. Mr. J. \v. Mcintiro sides nave been preparing for a strug- «. . , , , . # of the City Court will beat his oppen- gle for some time past, so that it is» likely to be obstinate. ent. Mr. J. J. Horrigan who once held j the office and warns it again. . —-■ ■ f _For the egUIatuVe thes? leading in 15 BRIDGES OVER THE * the ballottlng ar® Mes *. J. Randolph DRAINAGE CANAL. Anderson A. A. Lawrence cud John McCarthy. ^T.-.ey have the cmlorce- Chicago, June 4.—The proposed equipment of 15 bridges over the drain age canal with operating machinery at a cost of $1,000,900 within ISiJazan, J. \v. L'em months will enhance the availability j Cain. TOWN OF FAIRLAND OKLA.,|of the canal zone fer manufacturng * A full list of County Commissioners — plants of wjlich many bi? foundations Is being elected but It Is Imposibt Tulsa, Okla., June 4.—The bank of (are being laid, including the Corn t to t%Il who will win. There arc eljht meat cf a club. They will lead It Is believed until Cue polls are closed. The other candidate# ore Simon 1, and Janifs U. direction of Satilla river. Mrs. R. C. Carmen. The best oF good humor prevails in Waycross today.' And why should It not? However, the other fellows are wearing the crepe and eating crow, ernor's efforts on these questions. pftirand. FalrlanJ, Oklahoma, was en ' *ered by robbers Inst night and $19,- )O0 reported secured. Three men administration. A victory for Browaj composed the gang. They rede into town on horseback, tied their horses iioar the-bank and gat money and rod-* tway safely. Officer* are In hot pur- miy. I will be construed as a token that the people of Georgia are unwilling to pursue further political regulation of railroads and other public service and in lu ttrla! concerns. Smith's renomination will be a sig nal of redoubled efforts of the gwr- Atlanta, Ga., June 4.—The Journal, \ Smith organ, at 1:30 claims the state for Smith by 50,000 majority. Products $15,000,600 project at or ten'candidates and only five places Argo. Many business men ^believe ' to be filled. * . th£ 28 mile strip from Robey street { Mr. *. WV Stanley, {jio e:ran?r r,I-' th<.utk opened by jwo m«h w'L l* re-elected. Ik re have Leon several citizens at the polls during the day whose pur- to Lock port will te cue of tho world': ireatcat Industrial centers. Atlanta. Jane i K —‘The first precinct 1 j report officially, a rur?l dirt:let in icse It is to prevent the purchase cf Jeff Davis county, gives Brown 2 to 1. j vole3, While seme money. la bsing j spent it is not speut as brazenly as Fitzgerald—Brown seems to have a It has been in the past in Chatham , slight lead at 2 p. ra. county.