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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF WAYCROSS AND WARE COUNTY AND COUNTY COMMISS IONERS
VOLUME X XIII
WAYCROSS GA SATURDAY JULY 11 1908
NUMBER 21
DELEGATION WILL 60
TO JACKSOfMLLE 1 '
EXPRESS CFFiCS POBG6D
- AT VALDOSTA.
WILL MEET DOARD OF TRADE I
NEXT WEDNESDAY. |
i’aycrosB, Go..'July
• • Gentlemen whos
. 190S.
names
dre.T «lollai
the safe u
iti tilt 1 packages
INDUSTRIAL REPORT i
FOR PAST WEEK
DIVIDEND MONEW GREASING
WHEELS OF INDUSTRY.
Tim
a ud
! i resen tn five 1
ame has been sent In to *h<
Trade, Jacksonville, FI;
tiling Jfi-st ag It was.
j Yoanfg Bridges, 01
j employ estiva s In chai
of the delegation to attend I tl,e l * mo 61U * wa ’’
u „t 3 m„ VVe.lne8.i-y I slble ,or th,! loss -
No arrests 1 v*
. at JacksonvilL, -
illas much depends m! -leritoud thai
i going from Waycro .
t once; giving your ?c-
I to assume responsibility fo
'though no one believes i!
to blame In tjie le.ist for If.
j gathering of business nu*n of the city
I met aman.I the banquet board In the
(‘lining room of the Phoenix Hotel to
j hear the adore** of Hon. Walter G.
j Cooper, secretary of the Atlanta
of Commerce, end five min*
•nes iroiii busineg
n the subject of "Waycross"
reorganization < f the Hjurd
linnlnis, Ga.. July !*.-
and Alabama Indur.i
today in its regular
••lily is
LEFT VO HIS FATE.
barn early
found .1 is
of*
Ids
e on the Dixie Flyer
July 13tu.
ours Truly,
1) V. L. STANTON,
Chairman,
s who are requested *
Th«
• gimiin
MRS. PAULK MAY IUCOVER.
of the
-the banquet had
clock, but because!
large number of
• rations had to be i
fin-
Warren L. Hinson.
T. J. McClellan.
A. G. VIIlo£, Secretary Board of
Trade. '
It. M. Wescott, President Board ot
Trade.
Hon. W. H. Buchanan,
Dr. G. P. Folks.
Col. J. T. Myers,
Hon W. A. Price.
Hon. J. M. Cox. ^
Sentr.or G. W. Deen.
C. J. Thomas. Civil Engineer.
Col. \Y. W Lambdln
C. M. Sweat, President Exchange!
Douglas. Ga., July 9.—Mis. Deni
Paulk, Jr., who was (hough, by 1:
physicians at first to be fatally worn
Jed by here husband on June 27, ct
tinues to improve slowly, an«l has n<
I a very flattering chance lor finally ;
covery. — | 1«»: G**,
* On yesterday relatives of Paulk around
I wore out lunacy proceedings against j Mr. ]
him before Ordinary \V. J*. War
the case is set for a hearing <
1 sth of this month.
ivAs;
conically.
"Yes ]
o’clocK
open.
[lies
doors were!
Ha
lie.
other
; feller waitin’
ed by Mr. Host- j
ruin
wick ccnsiste.l of ten
was enjoyed by the guo
lord'*, when cigars
i purs
st lilt
Bank,
L. V. Williams.
Dr. J. L. Walker.-
P. N. Harley.
J. 8 Williams. Attorney at Law.
Caj»t. W. W. Ansley.
Hon. J. M. Bell.
A. I’. Perham, Sr.,
Hon. J. E. Wad ley.
H.-C. Seaman. A
Hon. C. E. Murphy.
Hon. J. \V. Bennett.
J. \V. S. Hardy.
Dan Lott.
E. H. Crawley.
A. B. Coo.
Col. B. G. Parks.
W. D. O’Quinn.
J. C. Humphreys
SAVANNAH’3 W. C. T. U.’S
RED LETTER DAY.
Savannah. July 10.—The W. C. T.
U.. <d Savannah at a meeting held yes
terday afternoon decided to celebrate
July doth. The Red Letter day or
tin* order with a suitable program. It
was on July doth lb*07, that the Geor
gia Legislature passed the law which J b
math* Georgia, a dry State and the
mem of the W. C. T..IL, want to cele
brate the anniversary of that victory.
MASONS TO BUILD $ 25,000
AUDITORIUM ON ST. SIMONS.
Brunswick. Ga., July 9.—Plans have
been started for the erection on St.
Simons Island of a $2.',u*)0 auditorium
by* the Masons of the Eleventh con
gressional district. The matter is re
ceiving serious eonsideraton at the
hands of all Masons n the district, and
a decision wll lit* reached at a meeting
to be held the latter part of the month
It is proposed to have a permanent
meeting place at a desirable resort for
the nnnuol sessions hoid by this or
ganization.
until about
e passed | Scuttles t
go ahead
M Wescott, president of the! g njm .* s j*
11 Board of Trade, made a short talk. I forty yoai
tiiankltw the business men of the city |
for tiicdr interest in attending the ban
quet, and then introduced Hon. W. W.
Lambdln. j
Paris, July 1
<>n her. Ain’t
j r ’em and arre
not," he replied sternly
*r obligations to kelp Huh
iv no difficulty. Let bln
1 work out his sentenr*
ieen n-doin' fur the las
THE TROUBLES OF THE
AVERAGE MERCHANT.
The Columbus Ledger gives a com
prehensive resume of the troubles of
of the average merchant and ha*
noine suggestions to offer, which fol
lowed will ho of great benefit:
"The real danger of managing * i
store, nowaday, is that it will »ot
; nto a run. The me. chant who is
afraid to "make a nolwho dreals
the day his bills fail dm*; who is
afraid to "spare hium;, for r. Ivor*
Using," who devotes most of his «iaie
to watching little things, to \voi;.':r
about trifles—he is in danger.
"In effect he Is trying to font. I
and build a stole on his fears, not u
Li; aspirations; on misgivings, w.i
on confidence. He forgers that f- -r
DEENS EILL UP AGAIN.
destroy
misgivings w
builde.
BONI V/ILL KEEP UP THE RACKET
-The attorney
for
Mr. l.ainbdin, in a short speech, told
or tl.e Importance ot the contlnttatlon I Prl, ‘ c, ’ 8 ' i D " " lc 1,1 way *«'■
of a live BuHrJ ot Trade for Way-! |,rl8e ' 1 Co " n ' nol,i u, ‘ Ca “ laUnn0
‘ intends to attack not onlv the Prince
Do Sagan, but t.ie princess, in Ills
forth coming suit to gain posession
f his three children.
They, say they expect that the
Count will attempt Id create as much
of a scandal as possible and they Iook
rss, ami in closing, introduced tin
fcp%..kvr of the evening, Hon. Waite
G. Cooper.
Mr. Ofioj.er did not ma^? a speech
his was u plain, Lusinejs talk—mor>
convincing in that Ills manner display
ed his real Interest in his subject, and
sis genuine desift* to
that would tend to help Waycross ami
this section, thereby beuefltiing Lie
whole at a Je. -
No man iuiGeorgia Isbettor informed
on the inJustiiui needs and the resour
ces of this state than is Mr. Cooper.
For years he has taken a loadiug part
in every movement tending to upnuild
the South, his state and his home city,
ami his experiences has given him tile
arguments necessary for an address
before a body of business men such as
heard him last Evening.
On the resources of Waycross and
this see*km, Mr. Cooper was doubt
less better posted than many Way-
cross citizens who heard him last
niv’ht. He told of knowledge he liatl j j lfl| .
gained of Ware county from the StateL (i
G»*o!otist’s oJfice ip Atlanta; of tiie| t j !(
pluck and energy displayed by ourl
citizens during the past few yen.s;'e u
ami gave nu idea of the "Waycross, ()V
Spirit" as It appears to an outsider, j j C(!
. ,i i. i forward to a protracted legal battle,
something; „ '
The Prince and Princess He Sagan
"Dividend-money is now givaMu : :
tin* wlieelH of cominerc • In Georgia
and Alabama, and a right welcuni
lubricant it is. Numerous humting In
d '..-trial and railroad corporations In
ike two states declared annual, sem
annual er quarterly dividends durliii
tin* first week in July, and a great
mili of money was tans placed in th ■
channels of trad*', benotlttlug count
less thousands of people, in the city
of Macon, Ga.. the motley paid out In
dividends Is estimated to have bee*
$liMi,0(i(i. lii Augusta. Ga., the Inter
ost paid saving bonk depositors aggro
gated $60,000—and tills was but om
item. In other large cities In the two
i totej Mg stilus of money were turned
loo.-e by t..e corpora I ions In I In* shape
i.f divblondes to stockholders, who for
the lime being found themselves in
the same role as employes, In that
they were on the pay-roll.
"The-weeg was untrue | by railroad
activity. Important niinounceiiunts be
ing made which indicate, that actual
construction work Is soon to begin oi
several long-discussed projects. Elec
tric railways between Sandersvllle
Ga., and TennUle, Ga„ aad at Hunts-
Ala., are among the projects .f
haracter now assuming definite
dutp
"Mobile, Ain., is gratified at the news
that a big Spanish steamship company
Is to opeiate a direct lino of steamers
between Spain and that port. The
fact that in the same breath conies the
Versailles fbday and took | announcement that a Mohllian has Just
“ '^«;,r
delivery at Spanish ports lllustr
the possibilities of tbs new transpor
arrived at
up tljeir mjft^eru in a hot**! wher
they will probably remain until they
open their homo in Paris In tie
Waycross in the
wet. The distnne
Mow
t 1<*
• mill
It i
the
leaviiu Waycross at S o’clock a. m
until 7: Id to reach Lak laud. 1 hen*
birds notwithstanding' they ran into i
rain storm made an average sj cod of
1,257 yards per minute or :i, 771 l* • t
per minute for the entire distance. .\D
Stanton has developed some very
speedy birds, and will hi* Independent
of the telephone or telegraph when lie
cs home by taking along a pair
wo of Ills birds and sending word
back home of bis arrival or any m«*s-
he desires to safely convey. Mos-
ages are plnced in aluminum capsules
and fastened to the pigeons' leg b.v
little metal claps. On the arrival of tao
homing pigeon lie always makes a
ve for the loft and Is easily caught
id tno message taken from the re-
ptublo which he has brought fast
ened to Ills leg. Truly has God statnp-
fi these birds of the air with a won
derful sense of orientation. So great
Is their lovo of the home loft that they
leave their mate and come oir
home if the mate lags or fails to keep
up.
HE FLEET ON ITS ’ROUND-THE-
WORLD TRIP.
The naval fleet on its ’rounJ-the
world trip got away from* San Fran
cisco In good shape and under the ha ’*
lest auspices. It will visit nianv
ports before returning to this country
and undoubtedly will be waruuily wel
comed In all of them.
ul Ruestlons which
present themselves In connection wltm
ibis trip. One Is, what j articular a J-'
uttan Enter-
tuniii. They both decline, to tclk of! tnlon
t.ie suit, brought by Count Uoni. j million Hollar hotel project has
Just been launched in Birmingham,
and It Is stated that people u» fluuii-
■l. l strength are belt in 1 h. obis fov
” — I an elegant new hotel at Cordqle, Ga
l evening Mis. (). W. Porter and will l
Mabel Sutton entertained their I mentli
Porter and Miss
tain.
guests, Misses Nellie Per
viiimah, and Edna llumtm,(
n’a. Fla., very pleasantly ai
of Mr. and Mrs. (>. W. Port
During the even I
of
ne to Nc
Florida
uillHpi) feet of lumber, for vantage will accrue to tills cbiinti >
from it? Another Is, what will bo tin;
omlition of the ships on tln-lr roturti
to llniiipton Roads In Ftdmiary next,
the schedule time for their reappear
ance there? Still miot.ier Is, was th.»
President, In ordering the fleet on tfi's
long journey. Influenced by his lovo of
ih..* sjoctaciilur or by the belief that ti
d* **p**r respect lor this country In the
Fur Eu t would ho Inspired?
In response to these questions It
<*d the latter part of tin 1
horn
Intel
there has Ju«t
rk and Boston to tons
■' wiih a M declared to
Mpihent of honey « vui*
if port.
.mo*l hull.’hi x me pro-
may
far [-tie
aid tmil to oUlcers and cro'
Mi. n of tiio tied will have h ■
-lienee rs will mako the.*
■ qiinllfied l f 4 handle the ship:
tin*
oilier
.d suL'ctions wer
by Homo* of thr
Li Georgia
Jaba
italion by Mb
much enjoye
filling didleioli
■ people
May
reconsi Jei
in defeatii
of ill*' I II
births
go in
qtU'H!’
July :i —'Th? Senate
.1 the action cf that body
t the bill by Senator Deen
i. providing that all deaths
shall !)** reported to t.ie Gr
in* county. Quo subject of
said to lie to insure better j
t of (lie child labor low by l 1
. indisputable record of!'’
; of which jVivetits cannot | *’
ing statements an to. the i 1
is -of children for workin: 1 ‘
i-sivei
lidit a
ItFOif l* till*
t could hftppcr
Suca ^ a pollc,
tir-n
do
!n
action later
WATSON IS NOTIFIED OF HIS
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT.
if tiny all patronized one store
could nof support it.
ho mercchanc who advertises
uotcly huiiila up bis hopes, not
his fears. Confident and aggres-
ndvertlslng makes store nnna^
a bushier , fit for nmn—men f
?, resources, rod blood.
file fir
,*?, Ju!j\&.~-Buford an audience
.i enthusiasts, Tom Watson
. was tonight formally noti-
:it he had been nominated for
jfiiuency by the Populist party
St. Louis Convention, the excr-
.* hK hell ill til a St. Nichols
: Hnk at Ponc«*’)e Leon.
• speech of the evening was,
by Cen. J S. Goxey. Then j ' Vc * a i J P :
\Y. For^rt of Albany, N. Y„ i corded
was introduced and he formally de-| public
claroi Mr. Watson the nominee of the
party. Then Mr. Wattcn, in u ring
ing speech, accepted the nomination
and declared the principles for which
he stood.
At the c liclucfon cf his speech Mr.
Watson wai repeatedly cheered
v'ac finallv U’jcJ cn the chouhle
tis admirers. j
EUSlNESj AFTER JULY
d after July ist Jordan’s I
.ore will ba turned Into
,e price t.n every article in
and will guarantee to soil
thar
elufer
Judy
lie UheraLpatrouage ac
•is in the i»ast and hope the
will continue 'o trade with u«.
IAS. L. JORDAN.
r. Cooper mudo many valuable
,Mmim f».r eondneting n success-.
Board of Trade, and especially
nl teal the ministers, the doctors!
the lawyers of the city be asked j
thi).;<
at
Mr. ;
Mrs. I’eterinaii. Mi,
etivo
■art in lb** uiTaii
of
Ik
.•Hie Port*
I Nina Sutton, Edna Ham- jih iicea.
ie Mae Miller, Alice Sutton, Mrucyi
inpbell. Susie and I.ucllo ( af ter, r
•onora ftewls, Lucille
io aggressive heft
■duration.
Hie construct Ion
ending today 1»
of tile entire yea
iunder
I inbi
!)!•
record oi
one of I ho
\ Ntnneron
dlmtt and
•’lltou
\!1k
vis.
e conclusioij of Mr. Cooper’s j j
Mr. Wescott introduced Con- j
in diaries (}. E*dv\ar*ls, of Sa-i,
who was pre-,en;. Mr. F. -j
pok.* In ills happy vein for trn
. li.* told of ais love and lu
ll Wayiroas, nolwithstuudiug i
deuce in another elty. and urz-| .
people of this community i‘»j T
?ther and pifil together for the *
, IVau
in, Reginald l'«
Ormond, Gra !
IhuIh and Hum
FARMS 1-0R CONVICTS.
AH,
July
;h.
ml In
>d «>f i
K»v. R. A. Brown was called tii»o;
and spoke on the advantages to Wa
cross and South Georgia to he d-wi
• il from a canal across the Fieri'
: un ins ilia r, passing throrJ*h the Ok
uokee swamp via the 3* . Marv’s ri
• i. Air. Brown rhowed where a go
eminent survey of tills canal had to
rnado nnd that It was f- und to 1
i ractirab’e. He called attention i
the fact )hat the cauai would shorty
ire the Joint
of the Senate
advocate! hi:,
a sefliemptit
iiiti iiilary Cominitt
id House today an
as of mod* 1 forma
t!u- convict-problem, t
Grawfi-rd Jac^tson, trnd W. S. With-
i. appmred to urge favorable nrtiw.
i lip* ajiproprdation for the farm for
\**niie delinqnenta.
The Committy jcanl ail orgumeniB
!t took no ac’.'i..f.
di: ;
Bhip
l. r -| A
O'iecca and New York at least on-
thousand tidies. Tho proposition wa:
a new on»j to many of his nearer?
and his address was received with
much applause..
One of the he?t talks of the even
ing was that of Mr. V. L. Stanton,
who spoke on the Atlrnta, Birming
ham a::d Atlantic extension td Jack
sonville. Mr. Stanton’s whole heart
Felder, of Macon, lias si
needed and iuipi rtiiit t
ting up i.ie it n import a nt
i«ecure3— and pointing LI
moving for their ah*
he wiH find h good
If ho prosecute/ hi«
illt ft*
lo-lng luiUt or planned and \ n M k
are determined to make liny (P mi;
will I.av j Iren mihj^tcd •*•
strain that they will have to
repairs iit an enormous cos',
mo of them will have to no
Iry dock and bo thoroughly
Hie I overhauled. During that time tho*
-•ae country wll lie largely without tho
ed - j protection of a navy. And for that maty
iff ; ter it Is praetlcaUy without such d*5-
: | fopae now. If war should suddenly
between England, Franco o *
md this country It would b'c
hlle III**
id** to ve
licet back in
icy. And
question If i
i. lit Ion will
W lii la
APPLICATION FOR CHARTER
x’otii e Is hereby glv. n that C. .
J. M. Box; Shepherd I5i-i-.il
itso.i; .1,1.11 T. Harvard and L.
il of the county of \Ym
Stan* of Georgia, propose to file wl
the Ihm. Philip Cook. Secretary
State, Stale oT Georgia, thdr petit!,
asking that they, their arngiofatt
succcsHors, and aligns he tnaila
body corporate under iho law? of t
Stale fd fborgla for a period of
years, under the name of "The M
chants’ Adfi’stnWt Company." Tli
the object of said iissocintlon is
gage in and can*/ o:t lii-; btirliiess oi
xn assessment, co-opgratlvo fire In
eu-
nth
a».-o,,t’iati*e and t ,hi thwi.n will l?e jk
capital sfqek. The petitioners shov
that they. In good faith Intend to g-
forward ns §oon as Incorporated an*
organize said company, with its prlu
! for any length of time. Thoy ought to I clpal office tTi Waycross, Georgia.
»e cut ofT. Georgia Is not rWb ••nouga j complying with all laws of said state
o pay salaries for Jobs that are »» 0 f Georgia.
This i^
rer.
Bryan day at Csn
DAILY PULLMAN SERVICE MA
CDN, GA„ TO ASHEVILLE, N. C.
AND THE “LAND OF THE SKY,*! Is In this proposition, and If the pro-
VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY. LEAVE! jeet Is carried through, r.s many h* -
If i MACON 5:C0 P. M. ARRIVE ASHE-: Uevb It v.iil be, the credit will be due
VILLE 7:10 A. M. FOR INFORMA-1 largely to Mr. Stanton. #
TION RESERVATIONS, ETC.V AD* 1 Other speeches were made by lion.
DRESS O. R. PETTIT, TRAV. PASS. John C. McDonald. Judge J. S. WII-
AGENT, MACON, GA. Hams an.| J. H. ^arker, and Judge
needn«l, whateve
think about it.
Sweat concluded the talks by making j
a jtropoHltion to all persons present
to Join the Board of Tiade organiza
tion. A list was carried around and
practically every one In the room
pledged their membership and sup-
|M>rt for the next twelve months.
C. M. Sweat.
J. M. Cox.
Shepherd Bradley Watson
John T. Harvard.
L. V. Williams.
*-
We see nothing for tho Georgia
delegation to do but to gat on the Br, •
an band wagon.
lurge a naval deni*
L be embarrass):!:;
i-.> rotiie of the c»)iitrkis which will be
% !*di< d Tiiero will fte no visible uvl
G,S*; <*;nhan'iiHsimnt, hut that.
It will exist there Isn’t imtflh doubt.
An! will not sumo of the nation*
visited re.-ieui this show of power? OS.’
course they will nop let the resent
ment ho seen, but If It exists it vrUI
crop out at some future time when it
Is least expected and when we many
have need of sympathy ami even a-t
slstance. The feeling will be to humble
tho proud nation that. sends a .gi'.'P
fleet around the world ostensibly for
tho benefit *of the officers and crew*
of the ships but in reality to notify*
other nations to beware of our power.
Ever since ho became presideULM*’-
Boose*.eit has rtiiown a love for Iho
Bp«ctttcu!ur. His entire career In th;
White House has been oi that charac
ter. And he has succeedol in i.nprcsi-
Ing the people favorably. Immediately
after the close of his term of offic,*.
he expects to go abroad. No dount
It is his intention to visit tho prlniir
pal European countries. May it nor.
have been n his mind when he con
ceived tho plan of sending the great
naval fleet around tho world that hf i
importance would be greatly increas
ed In the coutrles he exacts-to visit
by that act There Is a probabilltv
that he expects to gain a little glory
from this around-the*world raovemo .r
of the fleet, and no doubt there or-'
many who take this view of the nia -
ter.—News.
