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<vv; i :-w • > ., > ‘ r K?® THE WAYCROSS HERALD WEEKLY \ THE WEEKLY HERAID ' A. P. PERHAM & SON. A. P. PERHAM d SON. * Editors and Publisher*. Entered at the Post Office at Way* cross, Oa., as second clat matter," The Evening Herald Is published every evening except Sunday. The Weekly Herald every Saturday. « All subscriptions are payable In advance. Advertising rates reaconaWe and made known on application. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: Dally, One Year * • • $6.00 Dally, Six Months ....i $2.50 Dally, Three Months 11.26 Weekly, One Year 60 WAYCROSS, OA., JULY ^ 1908. Fitzgerald has voted to issue 1130, 000 bonds for municipal Improvements. * * We all Joe Brown men all did oui best, and when a fellow does his best that ends It. It is claimed that Taft, is standing on plank* taken from Bryan’s plat* form. We'll do our beat to make hla position very uncomfortable. After all,. It looks as If the Joe Brownlte* only wanted the prestige of us Hoke Smlthuns.—Macon .News, Well we got it and the coon too, ain’t we? * . Grady Hospital Is now short of doc tors. How can you expect the young doctors to stay around when they are uot allowed to apeak to the pretty nurses. * Dick Grubb excialms: "If the Geor gia Press Association is dead It'ought to* say so!’’ Dick has probably for gotten that dead men never talk. At any rate our general assembly In Atlanta Is doing some talking whether anythingelse Is being accom plished or not. That notification cormnltti get busy. Joe Brown may still be in doubt about his nomination. It has Just occurred to us to enquire here Rube Arnold was when afl those “durned fools” were assembled in Atlanta last week. ij. ! Welle Southern states are voting should i prohibition, Maine, the original dry state Is considering she propriety of returning to the wet condition. Maine ought to be ashamed of herself. The body of Grover Cleveland has been placed beside that of bat* * Ruth, his first born. May It rest well has The Vermont Den; fused to s. n.l delegate* Instructed for Bryan by a vote of 163 to 37. * We had rather oc<Mij>y the position now held by Charley iVpdlvton In the hearts of the people of Georgia than to be governor of the state. -fr it Is reported that John Temple Graves 1h coming back to Georgia to live He needn’t come back on our account. We haven't missed him. * There Is much danger that tho pro hibition business may be overworked by those who are supposed to bt Lightning struck the ~cbol house In Ionia. Mich., tore the shoes and stocklrfs from the feet of Miss Ma in? I Kendall, who was knocked un conscious but* was not seriously in jured. Madisonian remarks that “the Ion Tuesday of Harry Lyles at oss was but the triumph of Jus- He hud murdered his wife and hlld in a most brutal and heinous tire CLEVELAND, BRYAN AND OTHERS William J. Bryan, who never had a kind word to say of ex-Prestuent Cleveland while living, now praise's him when dead. Governor Smith, who deserted him when he was under Are by resigning from his Cabinet, now rushes away from the General Assembly just met, to be among the chief mourners at his grave. Two years ago when Democratic polltlcans, in the South particularly were going mad on the hot path of radicalism, Grover Cleveland came forth from his dignified retirement long enough to say, speaking t Democrat, “We are doing some things now that we will be ashamed of after awhile.” Tho grand old man lived long enough to see sanity begin to re turn-—the first proud step forward be- If Cleveland had not been-deserted by those who cught to have followed him, the Democratic party would have had a continuous reign in the White House from that day until this good holfr. Think of the possibility that once existed, of no Roosevelt In the White House; no Bryan on the hu*t- Ings; no wild ass Democracy; no,cor rupt and paternalistic Republican party In power! - » But we did not follow Cleveland. We hearkened to the voice ol sophis try, and turned our bftc'ks upon fhe greatest man of our time.—Telegraph. WAS SHOT BY ARTHUR RICKER- 80N LAST SATURDAY. Tli»’ Herald has no plan to offer for the management and contract of tho Georgia convicts. We have sent to tne General Assembly of Gee to work out that problem ami w« sIM that they do so. strongest support** Senator Felder has referred to the Atlanta platform as "Casius, will.” Pray whoso last will and testament wjtb tne Macon platform?/'' ’ "Where are Inst June’s brides?” asks tho Now York Mail. They are busy, dividing tnelr time betwoon watching the nursery and their hus bands. "Upon a platform of ImpostUfi says Cob Wa'.erson, "largely construct ed out of timber stolen from Mr. Bryan's bnjck yard, the Republican party has set a man of straw." Isn’t a 300-potmJ citizen such as Mr. Taft rather too ponderous to be described as a "man of straw.” The Atlanta Georgian says there was no steam roller at the Georgia con tlon. Probably because the Georgian was riding on the band wagon It did not see tho vehicle that some of us encountered.—Maeon News. If the editor of the Macon News was mashed ne evidently tukea It good na turally. * Tin* water moion market broke nil to pieces laat wcok r then took on new life for n few days, but sagged again the latter part of tho week. Tho heavy shipments are responsible for the decline In prlcos.-^aldostn Time, King Alfonso, of Spain, baby boy'i full name Is; "Alfonso Plus Christian Edward Froncr is Willb.m Carlos Hen ry Eugene Ferdinand Antliony Vannn co, Prince of Jhe Asttiil.is, Chevalier of the GcldefT Fleece. Private of the First Royal Regiment.” * The first bale of this year’s cotton crop was sold at auction at the New York Colton Exchange Wednesday. It was fully strict go<nl middling in grad*} and brought 25 cent* per pound. This bale arrived at Houston, Tex., on Lie morning of June 20, and was sold at auction there at W cents per pound. An Interesting coincidence In Geor gia politics Is the close approximation of the majorities of Joseph E. Brown fof^Governor In 1857 and Joseph M.' Brown in 19bS. The majority of Brown tho father, was 10,767, and of Brown the son. 10,k5?—a silfferenco of 90 votes. Fifty years ago the elJerj Drown running as a Democrat, polled GfcSSS votes against Ben H. Hill, Know-Nothing 46.731 -* The Mllledgovlllt* News thinks tho recent election left a lot of work for the ministers In getting menlbcrs of their Hock on speaking terms again. Perhaps they didn’t complete the Job at first. The woist of It is thnt some of toe members don’t enre whether they speak to their pastors or not. * At Telmore, near Fairfax, in this county Saturday afternoon, A. J. Music was shot and almost Instantty killed by Arthur Rtekerson, both residents of that section. Very little information about the killing has been obtanablo here. It is stated that Music called Rickerson from a crowd and after a short argu ment. the latter *lrew, his pistol and fired, the ball passing through Music's stomach. Coroner Grimes went to the scene of the killin'-' yetserday morning and after being Informed that there were several witnesses to the killing, he de clined to hold an Inquest over Music's body. It Is said today thnt Rickerson will come to Waycross at once and surrender himself to the officers. CONSERVATIVE NEGROES. . « In jutslce to the better clas of ne groes In Waycross, we publish today a communication from three leading men of the race. There can doubt that as a rule tne colored pop ulation of this city Is better than tnat of any any other town of Its sfcee in the State. It is tru8 that- we have had some lawlessness in the past, but It Is also true that we, have not been called upon very often In the past fifteen years to rebuke our colored citizenship for serious outbreaks, and at this time especially we do uot see any cause for apprehension. # The recent trouble was not brought about by Waycross negroes. The crime which was followed by speedy and just retribution in our own town, was committed in another county, and twenty miles distant. No Waycross negro was connected with it and we are quite sure that no good colored citizen of our community sympathizes with the criminals. It is unfortunate indeed that Wayne county did not attend to her own af fairs and that Waycross was made the scene of a horribieTynchlng In re taliation for a more horrible crime. Returning, however, to the first pro position* we desire to say emphatical ly that we do not consider Waycross negroes a “bad lot," for among them are to be found a number of good, sub stantial, law' abiding men, people whom we could count upon In case of dire necessity and trouble. It Is our duty as white citizens to countenance, sustain and encourage'’ this class of our colored population In a proper manner. Tne Herald repeats that we do not feel that there is the slightest neces sity for a breach between the races In Waycross at tills time. The communication to which we re fer appears in another column. * DON’T KNOW WHERE HE 18 AT. Atlanta, Ga., June 29.—“I seriously consider Introducing a resolution call- upon the legislature to adjourn sine die’’, said one of the most prom inent legislators in the state a few day a?o. A PROTEST. Editors Herald:— Please allow mo to suggest that tho report wired the Morning News from Waycross by its correspondent of the lynching Saturday does our citi zens a grave Injustice and places tbo odium of tho whole affair on our fair city. While not attempting to de fend the transaction, I desire to say that our newspaper reporters should be more careful in crediting Waycorss with such affairs. T£e [acts as 1 un destand them ere that a part. Way no County Citizens hurried hero on tbo into train and took the negroes away from the sheriff. The crime lu Itself was most dastardly and its per petrator, the negro brute deserved all got, bufl do nok see why the r» porter In his telegram to the New should say It was our citizens wh did tho lynching. "WAYCROSS." TAFT. The man who gets nmd aud stops his paper shouldn’t slip around and borrow his friend's paper. We would be ashamed to do that—Glenville Observer. A man who would do a thing like that Is too small to notice, yet when the time comes for him to wind up his earthly career he expect* the paper to say something nice about his depart ure and predict a safe landing In that upper aud better world not made for m*nple of hla kind and where .ie Is efrre not to go. -4- to 85 cent.: “1 have already declared „ wou|| , lnrolva „ „ expeBdI . myaclf on 0.1. aubjec. and my deep < „ tncalcttlaMe . lUere intercat tn rte welfare of hc.e .chool. I woulJ be great danger of a natlooal 4a well known. The Martin bill to In- sscrlflce anJ[ Humiliation beyond crenae tbo price of fertilizer tag. from 1 (K)W( . r o( C8 „ mRte 10 to 25 cents seems to solve the prob- Tho Brooks county authorities arc devoting nearly all of their energies to building good roads, and the result Is that they are building some road* that are a credit to the county. Lown des county has been doing a little "claying," but the work we arc doing Is mere child’s play to /ibat ought to l>e done. We ought to be using ct u * ed rocks from the river beds on all sides of us and building roads tnat would laql DM) year*. We would add to valuesThen and would Invite manu factories *ud people, who would literally dock Lus way. Let’s get busy on this line.—Valdosta Titles. Ware coaaty officials please take no- Uc «- t. i? Our vinegar must be Served straight now*, without adulteration, according to an order drawn up by State Chem ist Stallings, making it Illegal to sell ith more than four per cent, of acetic acid.—Ex. We, are usolng hon ey instead of vinegar in South Geor gia these days. Our "sour” day* sro passing away. * Governor Smth recently made th Senator Bacon says: "The princi pal thing which I will regret If Mr. Taft la elected president is that it will preveut a consideration of tae Question of relieving the American people of the horrible burden of the Philippine Islands—a burden which Is grevlous and intolerable, both from a pecuniary and a political standpoint. Secretary Taft Is unalterably wedded to the retention of Phillplne Island* for at least a generation' to come, and tho restoration of those Islands costs the American peoplo, directly and In directly, not one dollar less than a hundred million dollars a year, whiU followlo* atatepunt In regard to rale. pnct|ul|y thoy brlng „„ In Inc tho tax on fertilizer tags from 10 i notnlt jreTgn lem. A "Grand Army" man who served as quartermaster under Sherman when he heard of the death of cx-Presldent Cleveland, announced that he had "no respect for him,*’ and added that ho had a “perfect contempt” for any man who would seek to "cut off the pen slous of the old soldiers.” This shows the Macon Telegraph that even the contemptible may profess to feel contempt. * “Our hands are practically tied, and If we stay here all summer we will do nothing and by adjourning we will save a hundred thousand dollars for the state.” The legislator who made the marks is an enthusiastic suporter of the administration, and although he is not antagonistic to the Brown meas ures ho believes that the present legi slature Is between two" fires and can come to no good end. "If we stay here through the full term, we will dilly dally. around and try to kill time pass ing local bills and adjourning for barbecues aud picnics and Saturdays and most anything else that will offer Itself qs an excuse. You see, a majori ty of this legislature are supporters of Governor Smith and with his defeat ke hardly know ‘where we are at*. I do not know how my proposed reso lution w*ould be taken, but I seriously contemplate Introducing It.” BILL*ARP ON LYNCHING. j promise. At any rate it caused _ - trouble and name in the family, and ... so It dias dene ever since whenever LUUeStag, fret u. more than *. »•»«■ »«*»*' C one.. If I write that Neptune 1. ala-j wages. Blackam *' ’ .. j a waiiaa from (sons, painters and drajmen are all teen Hundred millions of miles from _ • ^ . „ nnA „. achor the sun and It comes out In print six teen million it worries me. 1 write that the doctor seweJ up hare lip* and It comes out hair lips, I don’t like it. The type didn’t know that the rabbit had a slit under its nose. If I write that I walked out into the garden to let my choler down, meaning my an ger, the typo thinks I meant by shirt collar, aud so changes the spelling to suit his own Idea. But since and editor’s defense In a New York pa per I feel better, for he says It is amazing how few’ of these mistakes are made In the great dallies that have to be rushed through with lightning speed. Tho constant pressure on tytfb setters and proof readers is tremeuJ- busy. Cooks, nurses and w’asher wo men find constant employment—and they are not only contented, but some times dare to be merry and laugh. Where did Sledd get alt that rot about kicking and cursing and beating the negroe? We never hear of such treat ment In this region. Mr. Milam, a truthful gentleman, whose business keeps him on the street, told me, the other day that he had heard but one 11 oath uttered by anybody within a year and that was by a Northern man to ward* a negro who asked him a clvnl question. Dehumanized, Indeed! Ask Tribble and Brown who give their shops the most patronage. What ri diculous folly to demand seats in our ; but thev rarely make any serious cluircne. for tie negroes. They have ’ 'churches of their own'that were built blunders, and the Intelligent readers can'geperally correct then In his mind. And so I will not worry any more about It. Therfc are some other t.iings that are of more consequence Just now. Our cook has Quit, aud so ha* the house maid—gone off to Rock- mart for a week or two—gone to a nouse party, I think. That Is all light for t(te cook has been faithful a long time and needed re^t servant and keeps a clean kitchen mainly by the charity of the w'hite folks. They don’t want seats In our churches. They have schools of their own that we support and they have excursions and baseball and watermel ons and funerals aud Daughters of Zion. Oh. for shame on Sledd; I pity hi* family and his kindred. He thinks he has found a mare’s nest and for She is a good j lack of something fresh has raked up - - - ,| Sam Hose again. He laments the lyn- for several months. I have been sick but now we are reduced to tne regular family of five and have but little to cook aud can get along on two meal* a day. My wife arranged it for me to fire up the stove ad fill up the kettle* and grind the coffee and put on tho hominy and then ring the bell for the girls to get up and finl h up the break fast. She said that if I felt like it l might sweep out the hall aud the front veranda and settle up the front room. Well, of course. I had to split up some proposes a remedy. Mr. Sledd can set this down: that the lynching* will not stop until the outrages do. When a negro dehumanizes himself and be comes a veritable boast ne ought to be lynched, whether It is Sunday or Monday. Let tho lynching go on. That U the sentiment of our people, and let Boston and the Atlantic Monthly and sledd howl. We are used to that. Not long ago we had a lynching In Rome that was to my notion. The strung up In Broad street kindling and bring in the stov •rood, in the daytime and shot to pieces, and THE PROFESSOR WON OUT. Unless nil signs fall the Georgia peach crop will become more famous this season than it ha* heretofore. With good weather and tho right kind of stripping facilities, the lucioua El- Vert a will find it* way into hovel and palace alike over the greater part of too Ignited. State*. We congratulate the Georgia growers over the excel lent prospects this year, and we earn estly hope that everybody in the deal makes money.—New York Packer, “1 remember a stately and venerable professor,” said President Hadley, of Yale, while talking about Ills student days, upon whom some sophomores once tried to play a trick. “Tho professor, one morning, being unable to attend to his clas* on ac count of a cold, wrote on the black board: “Dr. Dash, through indisposi tion. la unablo to attend to his classes today.” The students' erased one letter In (Tils notice making It read:"Dr. Daia, through, indisposition. Is unable to at tend to his lasses today." i TO EVERY BUSINESS MAN IN WAYCROSS. If "Never Give Up” is the motto of any man or sot of men who are bent forward with their shoulder to the wheels of progress, it Is mighty hard to stop their rolling entirely, but should they stop still at any time for lack of interest or because of obstruc tions In the shape of panicky bumps or frightened capital, it will require double effort of both brain and muscle to start them on again rolling. Now, what’* the matter witn Way- cross? Is It not time that we wer giving the above motto thought? Would it nol be w’ell for the business men of our "Magic City” to get to gether,—and that very soon,—and dis cuss questions wuich the gathering to gether may cause to spring up, and like Jonah’s gourd vine, thelter us from a possible collapse that n. leave us with shattered fortunes, to say nothing of lost energy and stren- uoslty, if we wait too long? A half dozen citizens met a few* days ago at the Board of Trade rooms and after much thoug— and pleasant dis cussion about the very quiet condition of business In pur city, finally deefaed | that it would be a good thing to have some one go around and call on the business men of Waycross and get up enough funds to have a business men's banquet at an eany date, and In addi tion to having short talk* by some ot our own people also have some good up-to-date progressive man from some other live, wtde-a-w&ke city to give us a few pointers by which we can steer our way clear to a safe and pro fitable port: We do not beiieve there is a busi ness man or any ...er who feels an interest In the growth and prosperity of our city w’ho will refute, if in his power, to donate something in this direction. These little gatherings of "But it happeud a few minute* after tho professor returned for a bos he business men occasionally In every had forfotten. AmM a roar oflaught- *? live, yrosressive city of this broad and or ho detected the change lr» his notice j great country have done much good, and approaching tho blackboard, hn! and have helped to build cities where calmly erased one letter In his truu, ! once tadpoles and frogs held sway. Now tae notice read: “Dr. Dasfi, •. "Let ‘or rolL" through indisposition, Is unable to * Sincerely, . attend to hla asses today.** - OBSERVER. but I am getting along fjily well my wife thinks Lie exercise Is doing me good. Last n’ght rhe hinted that the veranda v, as badly tracked up since the rain am! necJed a good wash ing. So this morning I turned loose the hose pipe on It and she praised me right smart and I brought her some roses, from my garden. We let h«;r sleep until breakfast Is ready, for she cleans up her room and makes up two beds ami'then spwn all day for the* grand-children. But I want that col- 'ored house party to break up as soon as possible, for I don’t hanker after this morning business as a regular Job. .Airs. Mi turns say'fc she likes It, and I*think she does. She has a good room In the back yard and good fur niture and a handosme lamp to rend by, and her little grandson lives with her, and I don’t know of any colored woman that has a better time. In ract I know* of lots of good negroe* In town who are contented with their situation and will continue so If they are let alone by the northern fanntlcs and southern cranks. What craze has come over that man Sledd to cause »dm to write such a fool piece for the Boston magazine? What good can it possibly do, even if as true? But it Is not true and only the product of a diseased imagina tion. I would write hard things about him but for his family connections. For their sake he had better have smothered his feeling and his pen. The Atlanta Monthly has never shown any love for the south, and why he should select that as bis organ passeth comprehension. Professor Sledd says the negro Is an Inferior race: Then why does he Insist that we give him a place to our own churches and ho tels and railroad, cars? It was the work of the Creator that made him inferior, and will-.remain so—and neither education nor mlsce- generation will ever change it so far as social equality is concerned. Moses violated the law of God when he mar ried that Ethiopian woman, and he had to discard her, and Aaron and Hirtan chided him for it long afterwards. Numbers xll. The story goes accord ing to Josephus, thnt the Egyptians had suffered defeat In every battle, until Pharaoh was advised that no one could command his army successfully .but Moses. So Moses was given com mand and he marched with the army to the borders of Ethiopia and met the enemy and defeated them and then marched on to Saba, the royal city, and attacked the walls and Tharbis, the daughter of the King, saw Moses from the window of her tower, and he w*as so handsome that she fell des perately in love with him and sent a messenger to him to say that if he would marry her she would surrender fhe city and "army to to him. Moses agreed to this and their marriage was i once consulted. Then Moses re turned with army to Egypt He did not take with him Ms Ethio pian wife* tat act 1m? after he mar ried Zippc-rah, the daughter c! Jehro the MIdlauite. So we must suppose that Mose» mar ried the Ethiopian princess as a war nobody was disguised. The judge lived there, and sheriff and town mar shal and policemen and a military company, and the governor wasn’t far away, but not a soul say nay. Tnat suits me exactly.—Bill Arp In Atlanta Constitution. DIVIDED ON POLITICS. About the queerest product of the editorial mind that has yet o’oine t^^f OUT notice nonpars tn notice appears In the- Emporia (Kan.,) Times. Tho destiniesvof that paper are controlled and guided— with ability, apparently—by Mr*. Mary McCreary Parkruan, who Is des cribed os a lifelong and loyal demo crat. Mr. Parkman, on the other hand Is n republican office holder, now a candidate for rcelection. The Times is against him, and therefor^ its edi tor or editress or edltrei has been mpved to explain the situation. Mrs. Parkman, using the convention al “we," assures the public that In some ways Mr. Parkman is about as satisfactory as a mere man can be. He and she, it seems, "agree on liter ature, religion, art, the nebular ip- pothesls, tne proper method of poking the fire, the value of a breakfast food as a brain builder, paving, municipal ownership and the facts in the Guen- ess case.” On politics they are far apart, and Mr. Parkman is solemnly notified that a* a Republican he has ho claim on Mrs. Parkman as "a molder of public opinion, a fellow citken or as a wife,” which Is a little hard -to follow or understand. Then conies this gem of eloquence. “We .will cook for our husband, we will mend our husband’s clothing, we will darn and brush him up, as our husband—but as au office holder of a v (Jf’ venal and corrupt organization, an emissary of Wall Street, and as an oppressor of the poor, our husband has only our unspeakable contempt. He should thank hi* lucky stars that wo do keep his name out of the Times.- Wo know enough of our husband, should he attempt to press this matte* too far, to make his vote In thi> mat ter too far, to make his vote in this election little more than scratching.” Mr. Parkman has been on theTimes blacklist, and hla name has never_ap* peared on it. Apparently he or his friends have complained of this and made threats. They would do well to be careful, for as the article from w’hlch the quotations are taken says: "This newspaper is a free and un tamed organ of special privileges to none, and equal rights to all, and If our husband thinks he belongs to the privileged classes he Is mighty badly fooled. We think a good bit ot our husband first and last and In one w&y sml another but we will permit no fool(8unes£ from this Republican coun ty- surveyor. He te a bad lot,, and we withhold certStn matter! in tbU affair on account of the respectability ot the parties concerned.'* ■*' Little Joe la now resting on hia oars. In fact he may bo placed In the co- - tegony with those wto are waiting meaaure and with no Idea ot keeping fdr their job.