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Waycross Weekly Herald OFFICIAL ORGAN OF WAYCROSS AND WARE COUNTY AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOLUME X XIII WAYCROSS GA SATURDAY JUNE 20 1908 NUMBER 18 NO NOMINATION % CONVENTION ADOPTS I INDUSTRIAL REPORT I - EATU PARTY PLATFORM! FOR PAST WEEK EFFORT WILL BE MADE STAMPEDE CONVENTION. %TCLARES ADHERENCE TO POLI-! > CIES OF ROOSEVELT. Chicago, June IS.—The program for today’s National Republican Conven tion Is as follows: 1* a. ni. Ccnventlon door open. 10 a. m. Call to order by Chair man Lodge. In vocation. Report on resolution!# (Hour uncer tain). Debate—Presidential nomination speeches and seconds. For Taft—Theodore Burton, of Ohio. £Jeor?.e A. Knight of California. ., For Fairbanks—J. Frank Hanley, of I j 0 Indiana, Albert J. Dew ridge. For Cannon—Harry 3. Boutell. For Foraker—C. B. McCoy, of Onio, W. O. Emery, of OBio. For Lafollette—H. E. Cochems, of Wisconsin. For Hughes—Steward L. Woodford, of New York. For Knox—R. s. Murphy, of Penn sylvania. Balloting. Announcement of result. Vice-Presidential nomirations and seconds (perhaps not until Friday). Chicago., June IS.—Before the vention day, which began at 10 o’clock this morning, comes to nil end, William Howard Taft will have been nomipat- ed for the Presidency of the United States, and the platform upon which he will stand nave been completed, provided things go ns they'are expect ed. The delegates aro ready and managers of the various campaigns can see nothing to be gained by wait ing. Tne weather may have some ef fect in hurrying things along. It is sizzling hot In the Collsseuui today. Tne sun’s rays shoots down through a thick, muggy haze, widen absolutely precludes all possibility of keeping coo.-' CENTRAL OF GEORGIA WILL GO BACK ON FULL TIME, Savannah, Ga., June IS.—The Cen tral of Georgia has made good Its de» termination to place its shop forces on full time as soon as possible. It was announced here yesterday afternoon that the mechanical forces at Savannah Macon, Columbus, and other points would go back on full time and full pay. Centrals rolling stock will be given u thorough overhauling during the summer to be prepared for a big business this fall. HUDSON HAS FILED HIS REPORT. Hon. T. G. Hudson, state commis sioner of agriculture, has completed his annual report for 1907, and plac ed It In the hand3 qf Governor Smith. The report goes with detail Into all the workings of Commissioner Hud- on’s department. Tt glv-s a synopsis of the reports of the state oil inspec tors, of the Btate chemist, of the state Superintendent of fisheries and of the State entomologist. It shows that the sale of fertilizer tags during the year amounted to $84,674. It shows that the stamp sales in the chemists department amounted to $8,* 182.89. ago., June 18.—When noniina don are in order this afternoon there will be another attempt it stampede, Arrangements to briug this about have already been completed, and 1t is learned from one of the leading iil- libusterers that Roosevelt will be nam ed for the nomination in spite of Ills w I Sues to the contrary. The great Roosevelt demonstration of yesterday is still generally discuss ed. The weight of the unbiasej opln-j i men »vlio watched the de monstration closely is that the shout ing was largely the work of the gal leries, and while the eolegates did demonstrate, if it had been left to them it would have been over in ten minutes. The Taft nuiaagers are not at ail worried. Toe Vice-Presidential sit uation is unchanged, save for the the growing opinion that the New York delegation, after the Presiden tial fight is removed will present the name of Hughes for second place the ticket. The four men most i. tioned now are Hughes, Dolllver, C mins and Fairbanks. ! RAPID RECOVERY FROM BU3I- NESS DEPRESSION. Columbus, Ga., June IS.—The 'Geor gia and Alabama Industrial Index says In Its regular weekly issue: "From all over Georgia and Ala bama come reports of resuming in dustries. showing that this section is recovering rapidly, very rapidly, from the effect of the business depression of a few months ago. which while it affected the South K’ss than anv other motion of the country, yet had in a S'MI rail- MONTHLY REPORT TREASURER GIVES RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS. The -following is a report of the Board of Managers of King’s Daught ers’ Hospital from December 5tn 1 to June 15th, 19"S. RECEIPT Doc zing infill prise. , all Inisine; elite L’ottc ling ( in mills that have been run* half time and four days of the Chicago., June IS.—In the platform as adopted tills afternoon by the Re publican party it declares its "unal- tering” adherence to the policies of President Roosevelt and pledges it self to a continuance of them. It calls attention to the great wealth of our country whicn it attributes to re publican rule; congratulates the peo ple on a restoration c7 business pros perity and commends the majority in Congress for the passage of the Enier- renc.v Currency Bill and employes lia bility laws. week are going bnek to full time Iron and steel plants are in fail blast again, and miscellaneous manufactur ing enterprises of every description are getting back to normal condition. Monday of this week was enthusias tically described as "Birmingham's prosperity Monday” by one of the pap ers in that city on account of so many thou.-mnds of workman going back to work on Unit day. "The Southern RpBway announces that tne work of double tracking its line betwe n Atlanta. Ga.. and Wash ington, D. C\, suspended because of the financial stringency, is to be re sumed.' "The old cheerful look is beginning to ueturn to Lh*» faces of the lumber men. for tlu* volume of inquiries Is and the rapidly increasing, more satlsfa< beginning to stiffen. Investors iti rhe two states appe realize that th.i present low pric of building materials cannot continue Indefinitely, and judging by th< iloni with which they are buying brick 1 other material they seem deter- DISBURSEMENT Dec $ 2.00 Jail 8 92.63 F*b $115.65 Mar $158.91 April ....$184.83 May $169.18 June ....228.42 ..$951.92 Total Total ....$966.92 Balance on hand $15.00 Those amounts have been expended as follows: Huppllcs and light furnishings $71.70 Insurance $64.00 Payment on Screens $17.60 lUilining expenses $768.62 TOTAL $9.51.92 Our monthly Income is as follow Ware County $75.po Ware County. (Bill for aged patient From April 1st .. . 4 $18.00 City $.;7.oo Mrs. Cox $ 5.00 Circles No. 1, 2, 3 $15.00 Total $150.00 Cash donated since opening $25.00. MRS. T. S. SINGLETON. Treasurer Board of Managers. POLES ARE UP FOR {OFFICES BEING ELECTRIC HERTS RAPIDLY FILLED COAST LJNE WILL HAVE LIGHTS THROUGH YARDS. the EDITOR EDMOND’S VIEWS. The platform declares unqualifiedly j mined to make hay while the for a revision of the tariff by a spe- g.dnes. Building: activity has taken FLETCHER WIN IN FLORIDA PRIMARY HELD YES TERDAY. Jacksonville, June 17.—While the returns from yesterday’s primaries ara 8till incomplete at noon, it Is cer tain that Albert W. Gilchrist will gel a comfortable majority over Stock- cial session of Congress immediately after the inauguration of the next President. It commits itself to the adoption of permanent currency system com mensurate with the greater needs, It favors the Postal Savings Bank, and amendments to the anti-trust law that will give the Government greater con trol over interstate corporations. Included In the platform is the anti- injunction plank. It condemns disfranchise of negroes because their color, and commends the various measures adopted for the benefit of labor and pledges the party to the in stigation of the condition of cer tain classes of labor, including women, children and employes of telegrap.1 and telephone companies. The paltform endorses the move ment fer the conservation of natural resources and approves the establish ment of forest reserves. The platform was adopted by a viva- voce vote and was then made unani mous. Chicago, June 18.---At 12:48 the nominations for President were de clared in order and the roll call began. The name of Hughes was presented by General Woodford, and when Ohio wus called in regular order, Theodore Burton began the nomination of Secre tary Taft. MIDGETS ARE WEDDED AFTER HAVING ELOPED James Burnett, of Brishu., the smal lest Odd Fellow in America, and the ; smallest man in the emplay of the federal government, recently eloped from Baldwin, Mias., with Miss Lou Nabors, said to be the smallest fe male midget in the South, weighing less than sixty pounds. The couple were married in Marietta, Miss., after eluding the girl’s mother, who was bitterly opposed to the match. There Is a pretty element of ro mance attached to the marriage, the ton for Governor. Stockton made his I little people having formed an ac- campaign on a state-wide prohibition platform, while Gilchrist espoused the cause of local option. It Is practically sure that D. U Fletcher was elected United States, Senator over Governor Broward. Nine Bryan and one uninstructed delegate to the National Democratic Convention were choseu. Tne Joe Browa Club of Waycross telegraphed congratulations to Gen- GilchrBt last night. Gilchrist will be Flcrida’s next governor. quaintance growing from a corres pondence suggested by the picture of her future husband falling Into the girl’s hands. Burnett is one of a tNo of midgets, there being a brother and sister even smaller than himself. The boys are well known business men in their com munities, having amassed a small for tune each. Dr. Frier, representative from Ware county to the General Assembly of Georgia spent yesterday in the city. Mr. Richard Kpmoyds, editor of tho | Manufacturer's Record and one of the j greatest workers tor tho industrial dc- j vtdopmenta of the .south, has tho lowing to s^iy of the result of th cent election M*thU state, the views being given* at I he request .of tho At Iflnta Constitution: . "My deep interest in all that con cern* the welfare of Georgia and the South leads mo to express satisfac tion at the outcome of the primary in your suite. "I have imJ no interest in the per sonal elements necessarily Involved i;i the contest. II wish the campaign could have been carried on without a candidate being In the field. Then the fight would have turned upon an economic ques tion, ruther than have been confused with individual ambitions or personal predilections. ‘‘Disregarding such elements, the ro- suit at this distance, and in spite of the fact that effort has been made t: obscure* the main Issue, seems to be a striking demonstration of the ability of tlie Southern people lo correct mis takes of judgment when they have discovered their error. 1 interpret the vote as a demand the part of the people of Georgia that all the policies which by their votes more than a year ago they made iiosHibie, shall be reversed as speedily as possible. "The policies, which were attempt- I not only on Georgia, but in some other states, pointed straight to the clogging of the wheels of progress in the South. However honest their pro moters may have been, long time ob servers, removed from interest in the fortunes of this or that Individual in politic.* snd concerned only for the welfare and happiness of the people of the South .knew what the result would be. "Some of them, at Lie risk of be ing misunderstood and misrepresent ed, and the forecast hus been ver ified in every particular. .“It has been verified In the sudden loss of enthusiasm shout Southern na tural opportunities by the men of other parts of the country, who had the means and the desire to partlcl- OFFICERS FOR ENSUING YEAR p at0 j n the development ot theie re* WILL BE ELECTED. j sources to the Enrichment of the * South and to Its consequent equip- The Waycross Board of Trade will! ment for the enjoyment of all things hold Its annual meeting, tonight, he-1 that Its natural possess!ms justified, ginning at 8 o’clock. The meeting | and In the partial paralysis, which fell is for the purpose of reorganizing and upon railroad, Industrial and coramer- on a still greater spirt during the past few days, and a large amount of construction 13 announced In the In dex this week. "Numbers of Interesting Innd deals are reported for the week, the of the greatest magnitude being the sale of 60,000 acres of timber lands, together with a big lutnoer mill, south Alabama, the transaction being in the $450,000 class. “All the prosperity is not confined to factories and mines, or to the more common forms of agriculture, for the German farmers at Cullman, Ala,, are jingling coin In their pocket free»y. Tne result of the big strawberry sales there this spring. Cullman shipped over 70 car loads of strawberries this seuson ami the shipment brought in quite a tidy sum. | "Jefferson county, Alabama, is build- g what It terms a model boulevard, and tho Incident is of interest in con nection with tho good road movement all over the two states. "During the week the sum of $50,- 0 was given the University of Geor gia out of the Peabody fund, and thla means the erection of another hand some college building at Athens. "Quite a number of Georgia and Alabama cities are now advertising bonds for sale, the result of recent elections, and before long will be building schools, street and sewers and making other public improvements with the proceeds.” BOARD OF TRADE MEETS' T0NI6NT The construction t' lantlc Coast Line have now comp their line of electric light indos t liie passenger station. The pole strung along the yard tracks i distance of o\or two miles, Hon west end of the yard to the pa per depot. In tho shot) yards l lines of electric light poles have put up. Seventy five arc lights of high die power will light the railroad yards it night and hundreds ot incandes cent* will give light to the shop and office buildings. The electricity for the lighting, will be supplied fr railroad contpauy’B power plant in tho now shops. Tne company will also put up a II; of poles down the Savannah track to tin* Satilla river and will operate the pumps at the river by electric motors. Th** wiring of the poles has not yet commenced, but u force of electricians will be days. ;in this work within a few FUNERAL OF JOHN QUINCY AOAM8. Savannah. Ga., June IS.—The funer al of John Quincy Adam.-, the old mnn who died yesterday while sitting on a bench in Laurel Grove Cemetery, will lie .jeld this aftemon. Mr. Adams well known to muny .Savannah- He had charge of several lots l.i tho cemetery and went there yester day to cleun one of them. lie had fin ish**] his work and was sitting on a bench talking to John Murray, friend, when ho ’* suddenly toppled over dead. He did not speak after being stricken. The body was at once scrum! and taken to an undertaking establishment wnere the preparations for the funeral were made. WHITMAN COM. CO., MOVES INTO NEW HOTEL. Mr. .1. it. Whitman, of tho Whitman Commission Company moved ti day to his now quarters in the LeGraml ot- lice building, oil June street. He oc cupies two rooms on the fourth lloor. The offices In tile new building are gradually filling up. Among the ten ants at present aro Wilson,Bennett & Lanibdin, The I)oen Realty and Im provement Company, Deen and Bur nett, C. J. Thomas, civil engineer, Judge T. A. Parker, (’. L. Redding, Harry M. Wilson, Herbert W. Wilson, Calvin W. Parker, Tho Covington Co’s. Bumple rooms and C. B. Myers, con tractor and builder. Other tenants will soon move in. Tho elevator ser vice now runs regularly In the build ing. 8ELECTED SAVANNAH MAN AS TEAM CAPTAIN. Savannah, Grt., Juno 18.—Tno nows of the selection of Major M. J. O' Leary as Team Captain of the Georgia Team of militiamen to no to Camp Perry was received with much plcas- stiro by is friends here. They had hoped that he would bo chosen to tills jxtsitinn. His selection insures tho ervices of a safe, level headed pract ical man In charge of the team. HOPES TO SEE POSTMASTER NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN. Savannah, Ga., June 18.—There nre lots of Republicans und Democrats in Havunnah who hope to see Capt Henry Blun, Jr., postmaster here, made a national committeeman In the republican party from Georgia. Capt Blun has done u great deal to upbuild a white republican sentiment in the state and he Is personal*y liked by a largo number of Democrats. When he left here for Chicago there were many who hoped he would secure a place on tho National Commitee and It is yet believed he will do so.. If ho does he will displace Judsoii Lyons. electing officers for the ensuelng year. The special committee appointed at the last meeting has arrang 'd for a “smoker" and refreshments will be served, ^oubtiess including some of the now famous Ware county peaches. It is especially desired that a lafee attendance ,of the citizens of Way- cross be present. cial activities, and the grievous re duction of expected profits for tho farmer. "It Is very much cfoler to induce depression than to recover from It. THE NOMINATION OF GILCHRI8T. The nomination of Gen. Gilchrist In second primary to be governor of Flor- >vcr Stockton,' gives general satis- factlcn in this city and section. Few towns In his own state know the Gen eral better than does Waycross and we are quite sure that In none of them ha* he more warm friends and mirers than here. Second only to our own recent gubernatorial contest has been the great interest our people have felt i:i the Florida catn?>algn. Mr. C. M. .Sweat last night telegraphed the congratulations of the Joe Brown Club of Ware county to the General and the Herald adds Its own best wishes. The Herald learns that tho General will bo In Waycross soon and he will he warmly welcomed. REV.W. N. AINSWORTH PLANNING PLEASANT TRIP. Suvunnuh, Ga., Juno IS.—Rev W. N. Ainsworth, the Pastor of Wesley Mon umental church who came to Savannaii from Macon several years ago Is plan ning a very plensunt trip fornAugust He Is going to Texas to ap|fodr beforo a Chautaqua during a part of the time and after that engagement is over ho will go to the nocky Mountains to rough it tor a time. AN INTERESTING EVENT. Yesterday evening nt 6 o'clock p. m. there occurred a marriage at Heph- zlbah, On., In which event many of Waycross’ people woro Interested, when at tho home of th« bride’s par ents, Rev. und Mrs. J. 11. Carswell, Dr. B. J. Smith was united In mar riage to Mis* Mary K. Carswell. Miss Carswell Is a highly esteemed and ac complished young ludy who has been teaching school for two or more years at Nlcholls, Ga., and her many patrons and friends ut Nichoils regret to give her up, however Dr. Smith has won for himself a most esBrnable prize well as the congratulation of many friend*. Dr. Smita and bride are ex pected to arrive this evening ovor tho A.. B. and A. R. K„ and will go at once to his lovely homo In Sunny Side. The Herald Joins In congratulations and best wishes. from other parts of the country, and Imported after other sections had been convinced of their folly. “The crisis Is passing, but the pa tient must go tnrough the convales cent stage. Georgia Is fortunate In being a leader In the return to sanity and safety in public affairs, and ft is to be hoped that other states In the South that havo wandered Into tno broad path that leadeth to destruction may quickly retrace their zteps and fall In line with Georgia in the straight and narrow path that carries to con- "Ono must not look for an Jmmedl- » struction and to moral as well as ma- ate resumption of the pace In prosper- j terlal progress, tty which the South was enjoying at I “I have such faith in Georgia that the time when It was misled Into gir-il believe with a short time eveir *.y ing countenance to the radical zglta- ] element defeated In the primary, an WEATHER REPORT. tlon against material interests, not J Influential and valuable element in For Georgia—Partly cloudy with Is- called for by any conditions In the the state, will come to recognize the cal ahowera tonight of Friday. South, and. In fact, largely imported * wisdom of the victory.” TAX NOTICE. I will be at the Court Houae for tho purpose of receiving state and county tax returns on, Thursday, Friday and Saturday June 18, 19 and 20tb. Too books will close on the 20th. Come make your Tax returns and save double tax, Respectfully M. K. HENDERSON, R. T. R., W. C.’ NEW STORE WILL OPEN SATURDAY FIVE AND TEN CENT STORE FOR WAYCROSS. Mr. Emory Sessholtz wl! (open a 6 and 10 cent store at 100 Plant Ave nue. The place is now being fitted up, goods opened, and preparations made for the opening of the place next Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. Mr. Seasholtz, the proprietor, came to Waycross from Pearson, Ga., where be was principal of the Pearson Hlflj School for thfe past year. He is or iginally from Sunbury, Pa. He has had wide experience in the mercantile business. For next Saturday, the opening day, some special bargains will be offered, one of which is mentioned In Mr. Sea- sboitx’* ad in this Issue of the Herald. A great religions revival is In prog ress at Valdosta. Thought Valdosta got happy on June 4th. ,