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t* - «> * THE WAYCROSS WEEKLY HERALD RICKETSON GAVE [MUCH DEPENDS UPON UP TO SHERIFF! URGE DELEGATION KILLED A. if MUSIC AT TELMORE THREE WEEKS AGO. C. A. Rlcketaon, w.io kllleJ . Mudc on June 27tb last, at Telmore, In tbla county, came to Waycrota to day and surrendered hlmtelf to Sher iff Woodard. Mr. Mualc wot accom panied by two relatives, Mr. Green Ray and Mr. Dave Seam, both whom realJe in the Bickley diatrict Id tbla county. Mr. RIckcLon la a young man. only 23 yeara of age. Immediately after the killing of Mualc he aent word to aa that he would aurrender fcl:tiHe.f to the Ware county officer*. He will plead that the killing of Mua lc waa juatlflable. Mr. A. B. Spence ha* been employ ed by the defendant to look after hli cine. OFFICERS EXCLUDED FROM SHOOTING. Washington, July 13.—In an order Ivaucd at the War Department officers above the rank of captain and civilians are exrludej from shooting In the na tional team, Individual and the pistol matches to be held at Camp Ferry, Ohio, thla aummer. The order la In ac cordance with the act of Congreaa afe proved May 15, 1908. WATSON FLAYS HOKE 8MITH. In hla recent Atlanta speech Mr. Watson declared that he considered that Hoke Smith had (violated his pledges by fulling to denounce the ma jority In the Legislature which had blocked the passage of his measures; by disconcerting Ills allies and his friends by figuring mi the senatorshlp; by absolving tho Legislature of ull blame In a speech at McRae; by ms reversal of bis position In the matter of an early primary; by udoptlng new rules t.iat would have rolmen tne country counties of their (*«..i«.iitiitIon- al rights and would have i !:*ccd Mr. Watson and the Populists ,n u help less minority and would glv • the cl tie* controlling power lu the party organi zation. ALL MEMBERS URGED TO GO TO JACKSONVILLE. Mr. V. L. Stanton requests the Her- aid to urge the full delegation to go to Jacksonville on next Wednesday to meet with the Board of Trade of that city to discuss the proposej A B. Sc A. extension from Waycross to Jacksonville. It is greatly desired Jmt every gentleman whose name has •et-n sent in Join the pdrty on the "Dixie Flyer" early Wednesday morn- Mg, as much depends on the enthus iasm of a large delegation. Special badges have been prepared •by Mr. Stanton to be worn by the lelegatlon from Waycross. Mr. Stanton is today In receipt of the following letter from Mr. H. H Richardson, secretary of the Jackson ville Board of Trade: "I beg to acknowledge receipt of your communication of the Sth ad- ling some names to list of delegates, Everything is coming along In nice shape for the meeting next Wednes day. ' I have sent out a circular let- to our 600 members urging their at tendance and also urging them bring with them to the meeting any citizens of Jacksonville who are in terested in the upbuilding of the city. We have also received Information that there will be a delegation of citl /.qiis from St. George to come with on same train for the same pur pose." PROHIBITION CONVENTION MEETS WEDNESDAY. Columbus, Ohio, July IS.—The pro hibition convention meets here next Wednesday and Thursday. The sen timent Is strongly lu favor of nomin atlng Seaborn Wright of Georgia for the Presidency. It Is stated, how er, that he will not accept, as 2ie has ■aid lliut he will support the Demo cratic nominee. • DESTINY. Still glides, the stream, utid shall for ever glide; The form remains, the function never dies; While we, the bruve the mighty, and the wise— We men, who In the morn of youth defied The elements, must vanish. Be it »o! Knlugh, If something from our hand have power Tl live and act and serve the fu ture hour; And if, ns toward the silent tlmo we go. and Through love, through hlpe faith's transcendent dower, We feel that we are greater than we know. t am not earth-born, though l here delay; • Hope's child, I summon the infinite powers All 1 laugh to see the mild and sunny day Smile In the thtn and shrunken - • autumn hours. ’ I laugh, for hope hath happy for me lt my bark sinks, 'Us ti another tea —Selected. place ALIA, WILL BE HANGED DURING RECENT WEEK. RE UNION OF GEORGIA VETERANS The annual state reunion of foe leorgla division of the United Con federate Veterans will he held In At lanta early in October, probably the second week, Jn order to give the vet- * an opportunity to attend the fair. At first It had been the In tention to hold the re-unlon during Ju ly, but owing to the hot weather It has been decided to change the date to October. A committee has been tamed to take up with the railroads the question of rates. COUNCIL PROCEDING3. Waycross, Ga., May 8, 1908. City Council met in regular meeting present: A. M. Knight, Mayor; Aider- men J. A. Lott, C. M. Sweat, R. P. Iz- lur, A. S. Morton, W. L. Hlnuon. Minutes of Just regular meeting read and approvod, on motion the fol- owing guaranty bonds for tho offi cers was tiled and approved. J. W. Strickland, Clerk. Warren Lott, Treasurer. J. W. Colley, Marshal. J. W. Lee, Policeman. *IJ. Cotlngham, Policeman. K. W. Knox, Policeman. N* J. McClellan. Policeman. J. W. Murray Street Overseer. I). O. Hendrix, Stockade Guard. C. Earnest Cason, street tax collec- Oi/ motion the Bond of Chns. A. Sheldra personal bond filed ami ap proved temporarily. On motion of Alderman Lott, sec onded by alderman Morton, taut the question of additional street lights be indefinitely postponed. .On motion of Alderman II. P. Izlar, seconded by Alderman A. 8. Morton, the Mayor was authorized to take such steps as he might deem necessary to collect amount due the city by former city treasurer. Report of Dr, M. M. Johnson, City Phycislun, read and on motion, filed as information. On motion the chief of fire depart ment was authorized to let the fire men off In his descrutlon. temporarily. Bills rend and ordered paid: J. W. Strickland, Clerk, stamps $1.00 Chas A. Sheldon Ramp, $4.25. COMMISSION ASKS FOR BRIDGE BIDS PROPOSALS MUST BE FILED WITH IN NEXT 30 DAYS. The Ware County Xommlsslonerp, in conjuncticn witu the ordinary of Pierce county, are today advertising for bids for the construction of the proposed steel bridge across the Ha- tills river near the Atlantic Coast Line trestle, two miles east of Way- cross. The advertisement calls for sealed bids for the work, same to be filed on or before AOgust 14th. The advertisement for bids appears below: BIDS WANTED FOR BRIDGE. Sealed proposals, or auction bids, as may be decided upon at the time, will be received by the undersigned up until 12 o’clock noon, August 14th, 1908, at site of proposed bridge, for the construction of a steel highway bridge across Satllla river, near the Atlantic Coast Line Khllroad bridge between Ware and Pierce counties, Georgia. Plans and specifications to be shown on the day of the letting or upon those now on file In the offices of the Ordin aries of .Ware and Pierce counties, Georgia. Bidder will be required to deposit a certified check for One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) as an evidence of good faith, before submitt ing their respective bids. The right Is reserved to reject any or all bids. J. I. SUMMERALL, Ordinary Pierce county, Geeorgia. WARREN LOTT, Ordinary and er-officio Chairman, County Commissioners, Ware co., Ga. W. A. CASON, D. H. BENNETT. J F. TAYLOR, County Commissioners, Ware Co,, Ga DI880LUT.ON NOTICE. Waycross, Ga., June 19, 1908. Notice Is bereuy given that partnership heretofore existing be- •ween G. A. Thornton and J. M. r.t rr.ton under the name of Thornton Bros., is thla day dissolved by mutual consent, G. A. Thornton having bought the Interest of J. M. Thornton. G. A. Thornton will hereafter own and con duct the business and will be re sponsible for its debts and he alone is entitled to collect the accounts and debts due to said firm or said com pany. G. A. Thornton, J. M. Thornton. CITATlw 4. Georgia;—Ware County. To all whom It may concern:— W. J. Carswell, having In propel form applied to me for permanent let ters of administration on the estate of B. J. Smith, late of said county, (his is to cite all and singular the creditors and next of kin of B. J. Smith, to be and appear at my office within the time allowed by law and show caus? if any they can, why per manent administration should not Le granted to W. J. Carswell, on B. J. Smith's estate.Witness my hand and official signature this 10th day of July 1908. WARREN LOTT, Ordinary. JKORG1A—WAKE COUNTY. Under and by virtue ol a power of sale contained In a certain mortgage -xecuted by W. W. Sharpe of said County to the Mayor and Council of .ie City of Waycross, on the 9th day .( June, 1903, and recorded In the •sice of the Clerk of the Superior >..rt o' .-aid County in Mortgage •Jock "B" page 424, the undersigned v111 sell at public outcry, to the high ai tinder tor ca.-h, at the door o: .e euut house of said county In Way- oss, Georgia, within th2 legal hours ( sale, on Tuesday the 14th day o •iiy 1908, the foliewius real e.stati tc wit: All of lots two aundred and thlr*.. ix (226) and two hundred and thirty seven (237) in the 8th District of IVare county Georgia, -each containing our hundred and ninety (490) acres, ncre cr less; Said sale being for the purpose of ayiu * a certain promissory note exe it*-d by said W. W. Sharpe to th a Mayor and Council of the City o. Waycross for the principal sum ol $],293.6C, dated June 9th, 1905 and lue twelve months after date, ana APPLICATION FOR CHARTER Nodce is hereby given that C. M. Sweat; J. M. Cox; Shepherd Bradley Watson; John T. Harvard and L. V. Williams, all of the county of Ware, State ot Georgia, propose to file with the Hon. Philip Cook, Secretary of State, State of Georgia, their petition asking that they, their associates, successors, and assigns be made a body corporate under the laws of t»i« State of Georgia for a period of 99 years, under the name of "The Mer chants’ Adjustment Company" That the object of said association Is to en gage in and carry on the business of an assessment, co-operative fire In stil ance company. That the plan of said association is purely mutual, or co-operative and that there will be no capital stock. Tile petitioners show that they, in good faith intend to forward as soon as Incorporated and organize said company, with its prin cipal office in Waycross, Georgia, complying with all laws of said state of Georgia. C. M. Sweat. , J. M. Cox. Shepherd Bradley Watson John T. Harvard. L. V. Williams. 9 4t w. The Georgia School of Technology it better equipped end organized In ell departments than ever befOM, and pre pend to do the beet work In Its hlitorj. Fr— Scholarships . In order ta afford the young men oi Georgia Ugh clan technical educa tion,- fifteen free acholarahlpe are (■signed to each County in the State. Take Immediate advantage of thb opportunity and write for latest catalog, containing all in- formatlon necessary for prospective students, and setting forth the ad vantages of the Georgia Tech. Advanced cooraet In Mechanical, Electrical, Textile, and Civil Engi neering, Engineering Chembtry, Chcmbtty and Architecture. Ex- ten live and new equipment oi Shop, Mill, Laboratories, etc. New _ Library and new Chemical Labora tory. The demand for the School’t grad uate* b much greater then the supply. Neat Ration open. Sept 30th. For further information addrets L C. MATffKON, k. It, U» B, fret, Atlanta, Ga. A Busy Business Man Docs not- funic srd fuss \» hen he goes info a b&rir and ha# to wait his turn befc;6 he reaches the teller* when he USES THE TELEPHONE he is liktly to fcecome impatisnt et even a slight delay. This ir. bectuse to cannot ue the operator at work. Y> e ere til Lumen. Southern Beil Telephone and Telegraph Co. JKORGIA—Ware County, o All whom it mar concern: % Vloler Jones, having In proper form . plied to me for permanent letters of administration on the estate of aor?e Hardy late of said county, this » to cite all and singular the credi tors and next of kin of George Hardy o be and appear at my office within earing Interest from May 16th, 1905, j < ho tlm0 allowed by law and show : S per cent per annum, together enuse if any they ran. why permnnent ith 10 per cent attorney’s fees; Cm |administration should not be granted total amount due on said note being n the day of sale $1,292.00, principal. $227.70 interest and $162.13 attorney*! ees, together with costs of this pro- •ceding; said mortgage having been •iade for the purpose of securing the ,*ayinent of said Indebtedness; nnd proper conveyance will bo executed o the purchaser or purchasers of said land*. This 20th day of June, 1C08. The Mayor and Council of the City if Waycross. By A. Mj KNIGHT Mayor. to Vloler Jones on George Hardy’i estate. Witness my hand and official signature, this 11th day of July 1908. Warren Lott Ordinary. NNHni imMomw AHOiovd hivho vaiaou 9 m isoo smmmnw iv SHIVHO 000*56 nOA 0J. AHOiOVi m IVOBd A-5!8 wwi BU —^mcv. TIME HAS DEMONSTRAT * i ‘if 1 ! I The claims made for KETTERtR S SXCXTSIOR BLOOD r»R that It Is the greatest blood ncul< Inc of the a.e. S .others^ beauuejt assists namrejn_ r*tur- , s^c>*t Ketterer’s Excelsior BU06 Tcrtfisr ni(Buf»ctur*ri. Price 91.00 a lotlle. P(nuf*A»-«*l by ' TUI 1. W. KETTERER MEDICINE COMPANY JacJbtavlllt. Pori da EORGIA—Ware County. Notice is hereby given that the un- lorelgued have applied to the ordln- Tax Collector, ary u f 8a jj county for leave to sell land belonging to the estate of Anna he Pi Ice-McCulley Co., Feed for I p 0 ||te for the purpose of distribution. •\avle. $9?.C2. | Said application will be heard at thf ^ hero/ee I‘bar.ri.% Rx for Stockade | regular term of the court of ordnary f * 0, **‘* | for said county to be held on the 1st Wcod «u l Varnedoe, Groceries for 3 Monday In August. 1908. This July {tockuue, 94.97. j n, i*0S. G. P. Washington, Administrator. Utt and Peabody, Bund Insurance < . W. S.. ll< ud, $I.U0. itjir.'fc* Furniture Co., Desk for ;t. bl,e dm. 4X9.50. - . a. cross, Fionlrnre Co., t Mat*re c - stockade, $11.25. Denver, CoU July 13.—The deAth sentence has been Imposed on Gulsep- j84.lt. Pt Alla, who murdered’ A priest, and It# will be executed this week In ui» state penitentiary at Canon City, but tie day and the hour la unknown ex cept to the prison officials. Accord ing to tho custom lu Colorado, tae courts detlxnnte a week for the exe cution of convicted murderers, bn! the prison officials select the moment «t which the sentence Is to be car* tied out., It Is *atd that President Roosevelt fcas been offered cue dollar per word lor m.jmzlne account, of hie African hunt. Thg Washington Herald wants, to know Is thii Includes such woftlt *s ‘ thru, tho, and tuf." C. J. Thomas work $10.00 Jackson Grimes repairs 25cents. T. L. Brown Oil $3.75 he Waycross Herald Printing $12.50 Cuda.-.y Packing Co., F»r j Depart- jj A. S. Morton, Bacon, 12.78. meut. $3.00. I WATER WORKS BILLS. «r ing Construction Co., Lumber. [ Bills read and ordered paid. $ J. .\\\ Strickland, Clerk stamp $1.00 Sweat, McDonald & Parker, shoes fer Stockade. $12.25. Watt Hardware, Nalls, $1.75. J. M. Cux Co., Grain and hay stock ade, $58.72. Thomas & Smith, Hams 8tockad3, $7.70. 1 horpe St Co., Hay Fire Department, $5.75. Catarack Refining it Mfg Co. $32.90 Huaey Mfg. Co., $50.40. P. N, Harley Hardware Co., Hard ware. $S6S. P. N. Harley Hardware Co., Hard ware. $15.71. On motion the cow election held ie on first Saturday in May waa ne ared void on account of a Vnlsundcr- P. N. Harley Hardware Co., Hard- .-tandtng of the notice published in were, $7.68. P. K. Harley. Hardware Co., Hard ware, $4.65. T. G. Bibb, May & Grain $42.11. T. G. Bibb. Hay * Grata. $21.13. Ho H. Bostick, 2 ice books, $2.00 Ceutral Pharmacy, Rx 70c. W. M. Ulmer, work, $4.00 GEORGIA—WARE COUNTY. By virtue of an order from the Court of Ordinary of Ware County, will be sold at public outcry on the first Tues day In July, 1908, at the Court House door in said county, between the legal •tours ot sale the following described property to wit: All that tract or par- cvl uf land lying and being in the (.Ity cf Waycross, In what Is known Old Nine, and described aa follows: Beginning one hundred and fifteen feet east of the intersection of street and Satllla Lane, thence running along said Lane ninety eight feet, thence northerly at right angles alxty three and one half feet, thence easterly at right angles ninety eight feet, thence southerly sixty three and one half feet to point of beginning. The terms of said sale are cash. June Utn. 1908. EMMETT McELREATH. Administrator ot the estate of Fanny a* icon. TEMPERATURE UNKNOWN. ' It was not In a public address that 8enator Beveridge related this story, but at an Informal gathering of con genial spirits. "When 1 was a boy in Adtfms coun ty,” he said, “Judge Blank was taken; very ilk The doctor called regularly; but the judge, kept getttug worse Finally the crisis came. The morning After, the doctor called at the Jud.c’s house; "I hope your master’s temper ature Is lower than It was last even ing." said he to the butler. T am not ta sure about that"’ he paper. Oa motion A. S. Morton waa author* replied the man; 'he died sir, in the’ Led to put a abed, across the aid• night."--San Francisco Call, walk on Reynolds street 11 * ■ , , On'motion the Moving Pictures are. It Is stated that the headquarters hereby .required to copeil their cut-j'of the Central Railroad will be rnovid door mualc from 6 to 8 o’clock p. m. from Macon thla fall, probably to At- Councll adjourned. lanta, possibly to Savannah. ORINO Laxative Fruit Syrup Pleasant to take The new laxative. Does not gripe or nauseate. 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