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w ,4Ycross Weekly Herald OFFICIAL ORGAN OF. WAYCROSS AND WARE COUNTY AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOLUME XXIII WAYCROSS GA SATURDAY JULY 4 1908 NUMBER 20 PROPOSED LINE WORLDS RECORD PAPERS REVEALED “UNCLE REIS” DELEGATES Will W. D. VOUMANS- FXPLAINb. TO JACKSONVILLE AN APPEAL TO PATRIOTISM OF BROKEN BY AIRSHIP. COUNT ZOPPLIN’S SHIP REMAIN-' DETAILS CF PLOT AMERICAN CAPITALIST SAID TO CRITICALLY ILL * PHYSICIANS SAY SMALL CHANCE ' GO TO ORONSWICK. CONGRESIONAL CONVENTION Hilliard, Fla., July 1, 1903. -, Editors Herald: I beg to usk you to allow mo space lu your column to tell who notified tho sheriff and hls deputies also chief of Police and Capt. Waren IxXt and I WAYCROSS, 150 Invitations were sent out by the Board of Trade to Waycross citizens requesting their presence* at an im portant meeting to be held at the Board of Trade rooms last night; some thirty gentlemen responded. The matters to be discussed WERE OK VITAL IMPORTANCE; to devise stflne plan of procedure, ny which Way- cross could join Jacksonville in pre • seating a plan to Mr.. H. M. Atkinson, urging the extension of the A., B. & A. Railroad for its great passenger trunk line from Waycross to Jacksonville. If our property owners and our mer chants and professional men would give this matter some thought they would wake up to the VITAL IM PORTANCE of this project to the fu ture of this city's success. The build ing of this line, would mean for Way- cross its everlasting prominence and its firm establishment in its business future, it would make it a manufac turing center and put us on THE MAIN TRUNK LINES FOR PASSEN GER TRAFFIC OF THI9 GREAT SYSTEM of independent railway lines the A., II. it A. Jacksonville is deeply Intrested; yes and actively at work, the Hue is a PROMINENT POSSIBI LITY at this juncture, OlIR ACTIVE ALLY JACKSONVILLE can be of great help, but we ourselves must show our interest and THINK AND ACT NtJwi As showing the spirit of Jacksonville, 200 of her business men met and passed resolution invit ing our Co-operation and our interest, only this morning Mr. V. L. Stanton received, the following letter from the Jacksoi '"ft Board of Commerce: Jacksonville Board of Trade. Jacksonville, Fla., July 1, 1908 Hon. V. L. Stanton, Waycross, Go. Dear Sir: .It affords me pleasure to advice you that at a recent meeting of this ganizatlon, it was unanimously resold ed to extend to you an invitation to pmc to Jacksonville and address this Board of Trade upoa the subject of „ the extension of the A., B. & A. -Rail* way to Jacksonville. We therefore hope you will honor us with your pr sence on “a date to be fixed by you, if possible during the week commencing July 13th. We also think It would d)e proper tor you to bring with you to Jackson ville, a delegation of citizens of Way- cross representing your City Council and Board of Trade , Kindly let me hear from you with ns long a notice as possible of the day you decide to fix for this occasion and say who will accompany you. We would also like to know whether you prefer afternnoo or ovenenlg for meeting. Of course, if the meeting is held in the evening, it would be neces sary for the visitors to stay over night here but we feel we have an excellent pity to stay over in and the matter re solves itself merely into a question as to the time you and your friends can afford to give to us. Hoping to hear from you at an early date, I am, Very truly, H. H. RICHARDSON, Secretary. ED ALOFT 12 HOURS. Frledrlchsvhafen, July 2.—All the world’s records were beaten yesterday by the airship of Count Zoplin. The big airship remained aloft twelve hours. It traveled over the greater part of Northern Switzerland, and vis- i advance orders for attacks at Las Va- BE IMPLICATED. San Antonia, Tex., July 2.—The ar rest of members of the insurgent jun ta here reveals the detnils of a plot frr a general uprising 1n Mexico on July IT- The papers captured snow ited Zuriach, Winterthur and Lucerne. The airship maintained an average speed throughout the trip of 34 miles an hour. MONTANA INSTRUCTED DELEGATES FOR BRYAN. Bozeman. Mont., July 2.—The Dem ocratic State Convention today elected delegates to the Denver Convention and Instructed to support Bryan as long as hls name is before the ention. WAYCROSS, 8HALL WE DO OUR BE8T7 IT IS UP TO YOU. FINAL PLAN8 FOR UNVEILING WIRZ MONUMENT. Savannah, July 2.—Miss Alice Bax ter the head of the Georgia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy will be in Savannah on Friday: She will meet some of the prominent mem bers of the organization hero on that da*" and they will discuss some of the plans for the unveiling of the Wirz. Monument at Andersonvllle in Octob er. It is thought the inscription will be finally decided upon at that time. AT .AGE OF 104-YEARS MAN KILL8 HIMSELF. „ Lexington, Ky., July 1.—Henry Mil ler, aged 104 years, grew tired of life / ct Harrpdeburs, in Mercer county and coiuL.Uu J culclde ly taking parls greon.^ Ho waa one of the oldest mc-u id wlshe3 In the matter will prevail.— yjto Kentucky.^ Albany Herald. 80UTH CAROLINA DELEGATES INSTRUCTED FOR BRYAN. 0 ' " Columl la, S. C., July 2.—The South Carolina delegation to Denver leave tomorrow. The eight delegates are i«»Mructed to stick to Bryan throughout tfie convention. FLORIDA DELEGATION LEAVES FOR DENVER. Jacksonville, Fla., July 3.— Florida delegation to Denver left last night. The ten delegates are In structed for Bryan. They will Join the Alabama delegation Ihls morning at Montgomery. Tne two delega tions will visit Bryan their way to Denver. cas, Culdad, Horifirio, Diaz and other cities. A prominent Anyu-lcan capitalist Is reported to be implicated In the plot. More American soldiers have been or dered to the border. City’ of Mexico, July 2.—The author ities have captured and imprisoned eighteen more revolutionists supi>osed' to have taken part in the attack at LasVacasdast week. There is ir suppressed feeling and what was at first thought to be a mere display hns grown to be a serious revolution against the Government. FOR HIS RECOVERY. WILL MEET JULY 4. Atlanta. July Harris, “Uncle vfTh dropsy city. Physleiar chance for hls rt 2.—Joel Chandler) -— Remus, is critically f The ^Democratic Convention of the at ills home in this ^ Eleventh Congressional District, will is say there Is small I convene in Brunswick on Saturday, covery. Jjune 4th, at 11 o’clock. The Way 'cross delegation to the convention will GRAY WONT HAVE ! leave here tomorrow night. T.ie del- SECOND PLACE. appointed to the convention — ! from this city arc as follows: Wilmington. Del., July. l.--Judge| John C. McDonald, Judge A. I*. Per- Gray today issued a statement, saying ham, I)r, J. 11. Uugley, J. C. Hum- BANKER8 OF GEORGIA AND FLORIDA ARE fNVITED, Savannah, Oa., June 2.— Advices re ceived by Mr. Herman Myers and Mr. J. A. G. Carson. President, of the na tional Bank of Savannah and the Mer chants National Bank respectively in dicate that practically all the bunks In South Georgia and Florida willed were invited* to come to Savannah on July 11th for the purpose of forming "The South and Middle Georgia Currency Association" under authority of the Vreeland-Aldrich bill will be present. Those will he the First banka In the South to organize under this new law. The meeting is to be held on the mor.i ing of July 11th and will probably last a couple of hours or more. The visit ors will he entertained by the 8avan nab bankers interested after the or ganization Is perfected. •* Savannah bankers do not think much" of the Vreeland-AUrich Bill 03 a permanent financial measure but thoy think it ill serve temporarily. . COMMITTEE ON NOTIFICATION. Chairman Hall, of the State Demo cratic Convention has announced the following Notification Committee to apprise Hon. Joseph M. Brown cf his nomination as the Deniocrt tlo candl- for Governor of Georgia: R. Smith, if Fulton, Chairman: i Herman Myers, of ( ‘•••thani; John K. Donalson. of D ; J. J. Bull, of Ben Hill: c. L. Mo* of Cowet*; C. It. Pendleton, 01 Bibb; Moultrie Sessions, of Cobb; Geo. C Tnomas. of Clark; J. T. Peyton,-of Hubersnatn; C. H. Howard of W .thington; T. Bowen, of Ware; C. W. Rawson, of \ Doughtery;; It. R. Hopklr*% o Glynn; Thos. GainbK ’ of Enrnter C. C. Brantley of Lowndes; A. P. Per- ham, Sr.^ of Ware; C. I. Groover, of Muscogee; W. W. Poole, of Pulaski; J. J. Mangbam, of Haralson; Henry Banks of Tronp; J. M. Outler, of Lau- rclfc; H. D. Gurley of Lumpkin; P. E. Glenn, pf Twiggs; C. J.- Shipp, of Crisp; J. E. Brown of Coweta; John Autrey, of Cobb; W. F. Hubnrd, of Franklin: C. E. Hawes, of McDuffie, T. M. Fitzpatrick, of Wiikcs; Douglas Glessner^Qf Spalding; J. P. Atkinson, of Baldwin; J. F. Shannon of Jackson; Orrln Roberts; of Walton; O. H. Ar nold, of Clark; It. E. O’Donnelly of Fulton. that under no circumstance* would he consent to a vice presidential nomina tion, and would not consent ttf being placed In nomination as a candidate for president GUARANTEE BANK OEPOSIT3 IN GEORGIA. Columbus Ledger. The guarantee of bank deposits 11 matter that has been goven a great dal of discussion during recent years, and more than ver during the past few months. The lilure of several bahking Institutions ,£t fall and tin- spring just ended gave fresh ftltise for discussion. The framer-: of tr.o Oklahoma State Con- phreys, Henry Strickland, Sr.,. T, McClellan, T. A. Calhoun, C. M. Sweat, V. L. Stanton. Dr. J. L. Wal ker, R. II. Ballard, Dr. B. H. Williams, 8. F. Floyd, M. L. Moore, Wright, 8. F Miller and J. W. Ben nett. DELEGATES 8HOULD LEAVE TOMORROW NIGHT NIGHT. D Delegates from Waycross to tho J consideration Congressional Convention at- Bruns wick which convenes on Saturday fore noon, should leave here on the C o’clock truln tomorrow night. WILL ARRANGE TO RETURN TO 8AVANNAH. Savannah, G#., July 2.—Col. Jordan F. IJggoks, whose son, Horace J. Brooks, disappeared from Saypnnah and wag found ten days later in 8t. Louis has gona to the Missouri city ^o see his son. It Is expected he will arrange to have him return to Savan nah with him. Young Brooks and hi-? father are quite well known in Geor gia. The young man has held a fine position with the Hibernia Bank and it is Relieved he can retain It If he re turns at once. He is believed to have lad some financial obligations that he could not well meet and that this is what caused hls hurried and unexpect ed departure from the city. WANTS THE MATTER TO DROP. According to wbat Is considered re.- lable rei-orfs, It is believed to be the desire of Hon. Joseph M. Brown to have dropped the pending legislative nqulry into hls dismissal from tho Railroad Commission by Governor Hoke Smith early In the latter’s ad ministration. Mr. Brown is certainly vindicated in a manner which should satisfy even an unreasonable man, and probably realizes that a lo- .gislatl^e Jinvestigatlon would ftervo no better purpose than fan Into name the cmbei** of discord born of the re• *'-nt campaign in the state. The ver- let has ^already been-mu-red, and it to bo hoped that Mr. Drown'a report- HUNDRED MINER8 KILLED BY EXPLOSION OF GAS. Yusocvka, Russia, July 2.—A, hun dred mined* were killed by an explos ion of gas in tho Rikousky mine, In which GOO men were at work. SAVANNAH INTERESTED IN GAMBLING PARAPHERNALIA Savannah, Ga., June 2.—Theye was much interest in Savannah In tho news Item from Macon that the sport* there had had returned to them tho para phernalia which had been seized by the authorities in a raid. Savannah was interested became there Is a lot of gambling paraphernalia worth sev eral thousand dollar* In the keepinz of the Savannah police. It Is piled up in one of the rooms At the barracks Ft has been suggested that this stuff be burned but no one has ever yet been found with authority and Inclin ation to touch a match to H. It Is ex pected something will be done with it icon. If not it is believed tho gamb lers to whom It belonged will soon make and effort to receive possession of It as those in Macon did. (italic dcncy, bank ret. ' provia ?in to Mr. Hi Ion the Teat was the who v. ill be END OF THE WORLD IN OCTOBER. same. It«ecms as If some ruled to hear that I notified the officers. how ever I beg to say that I myself Inform ed one of the Journal reporters‘that I did so. I very much regret to do same, but in the face of the message and report I received I feel it my duty to myself my friends and my neighbors to noti fy the officers, In fpet Capt. loitt was the first man 1 talked with ami he said for me to notify the officers. I wr.s at home, wanted no excitement, In fact Mr. J. P. Lido of Fairfax, Ga., wus at my place and he and I were busy at tending some businss when Mr. Sis- trunk came to me and nskod me 1f I knew wo were on the ovo of serious trouble, then followlifg Mr. Sistrunk enme Mr. Smith stattng that we were on the eve of trouble, tbero is another reason and information that I will not mention now unless necessary. Assuring you nnd the public that my intentions wero honest and fair to all and that If desired 1 will give every thing in full that came to mo. With best wishes ami sucess to al» W. D. YOUMANS. Sill lull. June advocate of tho tho fed eral government guaranteeing bank deposits. Hon. Geo. \Y\, Deep, of Waycross, Gn„ state senator from the fifth dis trict, w.-y-ih a banker, being vice- president ot the First National Bank of Waycross, and also president of tho state bunk at Nlcholls, is at work on a bill, which he will Introduce In a few days providing for a guarantee of hank deposits in Georgia—both state and national—by the levy and collection of a tax by the state. If the measure becomes a law it will bo mandatory u|>o!i the state hanks, and nntor Deen believes that this fact will cause tho national bunks to volun tarily come under the statute. T^e senator entertains the belief, and with seeming good reason, that guarantee of hank deposits Id prove a great boon to the coin inerclal, farming uud banking Indus- of Georgia. He believes it would restore confldenco at all times, If tho people knew that heir hunks deposits were protected by a fund In the hands of tho state government. He believes the passage of the law would cause the bank deposits to Increase with leaps nnd hounds. WRIGHT BROTHER8 MAY 8ELL FLYING MACHINE. Jourtigle Dos do Bats says Wright brothers of Dayton, O., have signed a contract With 3. Ixizarn Welllcr, who is acting for a syndicate, which offers the Wrights one hundred thousand dollars for their patent provided: First, that aeroplane, with two per sons on board, files 3! miles In en closed circuit, and second, that it re peat* this pcrforraaifbe within eight days In presence of a committee. IPencther acropianlst accomplisbo.’ the same feat within four months of the time which tho Wrights make their successful flight, the contract Is to become void. Mr. and Mrs. Leon G. Davis, of Fitz tie vetting \V. C. Paul on Pa Townee llko individuals have Ihelr burdens. They should bo borne with the best gruce possible and wo should profit by past experience. DEATH KNELL TO PRE8IDEN DIAZ. Del Rio, July 1.—"This Is Mexico’s great Juy. The revolt against the ty rant Diaz has been sown and before night it is believed the knell of hls reign will be sounded,” declared Thom as P. Labrndn, a Mexican .revolution ary promoter. "He says the uprising will take place today. TIRED OF EDUCATING NEGROE8, SAYS 8ENATOR WILKE8. A proposal to superuto the whie and negro educational funds of Gcorglu. no that white people fcvlll pay for the education of their children and tho ugroes for theirs, is contained in a -III introduced Wednesday by Senator \ likes, of the Seventh district, which was referred to the general Judiciary committee. The bill provides that tax collectors and all other officials handlin' the •.iucatlonal funds keep separate books showing tho amounts received from the white people and the negroes; also :ar money from tho white funds be applied to whito educational purposes •ml for.the ht3roes;a similar arrange, oicnt *1 am tired of educating negroes with while people’s money,” said Senator WUkes when asked about hfs bll!. 30.—* Elijah” Fra 11 k W. Stanford, founder of tho Holy Ghost and Us Society, Ih ill and I destitute at his headquarters in the Holy Laud, and a cablegram has been received from him asking for aid. Mrs. Stanford also is reported to bo in feeble health. "Moses" Charles E. Hoilnml, who i.' in charge at Shiloh, is Hiaking pre paration to sal! on tho yacht Kingdom with money and* supplies to relieve him. It was announced in the chapel this morning that a message bad been re ceived from "Elijah" Stanford saying I that the world will come to an end in October, and warning the Shiioltes Holland is now negotiating with a New York yacht club for two discard ed vessels to he used to tramqiort the colony to Jerusalem before Octohre. On orders from Stanford all the Shllo- li* s, men, women nnd children nre learning to swim. Tho men In chnrgo of Elder Tuppor take a plungo *every me ruing ut C o'clock while the* women in charge of Elder Hatch, tuim their hath in the Ondroscoggln river each morning at 10:30 o’clock. There is much sickness and Insan ity pt Shiloh. Only Inst week n Mrs. Shaw, who came here from Now York several years ago, was sont to tho In sane asylum at Augusta. THE CONVICTJON OF REV. HOL COMBE. Too conviction of Rev. Walt Hol combe, at Cartersvllle on n charge of using ohsceiice language In the pres once of ladles, nnd the fine of $200 Imposed on him ought to be a warning to the latter day evangelists who fre quently regale their congregations with all the filth and rottenness they can hear. There are many good men nmen# tha evangelists, and it U prob able that In this Instunco Mr. Hol combe spake hastily and without due caution. But hls lino will prove a warning to others.—Ex. Holcomb** Is a son-in-law to the late Sam P. Jones, but wo are quite sure he never heard his Illustrious father -In-law say anything rough in the pul pit. Nobody every did, did thoy? the end may come * AT ANW MOMENT. Cooperston, N. Y., July 1.—White the physicians iu attendanc to Bishop Toler -luted today that he pn/sed a fairly comfortable night after his ral ly yesterday, also that hls condition Is no more hopeful, and that tho end Is looked for at any moment. He still being kept alive by administra tion of oxygen, but recovery is most improbable. MANUAL TRAINING FOR SAVANNAH PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Savannah, July 1.—Manual Train ing in ihe Public Schools has secured a firm Hold in Savannah. T.ie third exhibit of utununl training in tho schools was made on Friday and the the showing made was an excellent one. When the now High School building is completed the manual training department will be largely added to. It Is also proposed to have manual training in the grsimuor schools next' year when tho course Is to he extended to eight years. ANOTHER GLIMP8E OP FATHER. Father took hls coat off—said, “'Til do that Job today. Wo need a chicken coop, you bet; Our hens nib get awny.” Ho found tho hammer nnd the nails And then ho got tho saw, And went to work while all the tads Looked on In silent a wo, BjBB^jwaqW wWP i miohow tho hoards seemed rather tough And fato wn* most unkind While father puffed and puffed and puffed His trousers split behind. At last he got some short longths cut And while he mopped hls face To studied out the proper way To put Lieso boards in place. do nailed a strip across a strip, TSrn ho made a slight mlscue: Tho hammer came down on hls thumb And smashed it black and blue. ... t hen father used some language that We never heard before, % Vnd mother took the babes Insldo And softly closed the door. —Birmingham, Age-Herald. Heve your terra U;cd r.l T. Me- ITY EACTERIOLOGI8T "“BEGAN DUTIES TODAY. Savannah, July, 1.—Dr. Victor !l Csszett t!io City Bncterioloigist who elected a short time ago began his duties t.’iia morning. He will have *3 office fitted up In the City Hall and v W give hi3 entire time 'to tho cify. Dr. Bassett comes to Bannnab from 23 tfnod M,lwaukee ' Wie., a;. J la very highly recommended. DR. G. P. FOLK8 WILL BUY BIG, AUTOMOBILE ’BU8. Dr. G. P. Folks, will put on aii, tulomoblle omnibus service from Waycross to the Satilla river as soon as Plant. Avenue Is opened up to tho river. Dr. Folks decided some months ago that a sightseeing automobile ser vice in Wuy cross would pay and has practically completed arrangements for the purchase of a big automobile bus. He will attenj tho Automobile Convention next month and will. doubtless finally closo the deal at that tiiuo. The Dr. think* that when the people of Waycross learn of tho ex cellent qualities of the water from the two sulpher springs which come up near the Satilla rlvor, a few yards from where the new steel bridio will cross, that his automobile service will be profitable sad that the springs will bo a. real pleasure reset* for Way- cross. - *» Tao platform cf tho Joe Prawn con vonticn successfully put a stop to tiu^ fdi.j and Infamous talk that the pros- nlblticn and disfranchisement. But ent administration was a blow to pr,.- very few really believed that t ier? wa3 any danger to LI14314 two Lstma terpriao.