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THE WAYCROSS WEEKLY HERALD
THE WEEKLY HERALD
A. P. PERHAM & SON.
Editors and Publishers.
1 Entered at the Pout Office at Way-
cross, Ga., as second clas matter."
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every evening except Sunday. The
Weekly Herald every Saturday.
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made known on application.
HATES OF SUBSCRIPTION*:
Daily, One Year 15.00
Dally, Six Months $2.50
Dally, Three Months $1.2!
Weekly, One Year 5i
Too much rain la some sections is
causing the cotton to s.ied badly.
The value of the Georgia peach crop
this year is placed at $5,000,000.
The amount of the money that, goes
out of this state to make others rich
is simply astonishing and is ahrd to
believe, but the figures are correct ail
right. But little of the money that
gees out ever con es back.
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Bryan and Kern are the nominees
cf the deniOCft
aside that ear
for them like
Brown.
1c party. Let ui
ess feeling and
.*e did for Smith
put
WAYCROSS, GA., AUG. 1, 1908.
A fine rain which does not seem to
be doing much harm, came last night
and Ik holding over today.
The prohibition race in Texas seems
to bo very close and the outcome Is
yet uncertain.
It is now reported that the Hearst
party may indorse Bryan. la»t the
mixing go on, something tangible may
come out of It.
Has tae L. & X., gobbled the A. B
A A? That's what we would like to
know. Suc.i an arrangement might
or might not hurt Wayerosa.
Tom Watson had a large audience
In Macon und he scored Bryan from
who laid the rails, or words to tnat
effect.
4*
Something must bo done for t.ie
Georgia agricultural school.*, They
must not he allowed to lungulsh for
means to keep, t.icm in operation.
Governor Smith's statement In r<
gard to the dismissal of Joe Brow
amounts virtually to the running up
of the white flag. Let the matter
drop.
We silii cling to the opinion, formed
some time ago, that Hon. Win. G.
Brantley is the man for democratic
leader in congress. His abilltyy and
fitness is generally ccnceeded.—Darien
Gazette.
Savannah Press: Taft money is
going two to one in Chicago. At hotels
a -big bunch is ready. Some odds like
this were given on Hoke Smith In the
last canvass. Those wao took them
are not now traveling In Europe.
COMING TO BRYAN.
Thing’s seem to be coming Bryan's
way mighty fast. Nearly every day
some prominent man In politics or
business, who was not expected to
do no, makes announcement that lie
will support the Democratic candidate
for President. The latest comes from
Hon. Frank S. Munnett, formerly II
publican Attorney General of the Sta
of Ohio. It was he, who, while hoi
in? the office began the progecuth
against tae Standard Oil Company a:
was afterwards enfrloyed by the I
ter-State Commerce Commission
gather material uj>cn which to ba
the Government's prosecutions. M
Monnett paid Mr. Bryan a visit last
Sunday and held a conference
Uni that night at which he announce
to that gentleman that it wag his p
pose to actively support him Jr. O
during the campaign to the extent
making many speechos in his behalf.
This is only one of the many ca
prominent men and of men of ini!
ence In their territory to have declp
ed that this time they will throv.
their influence to Mr. Bryan. These
are signs which show the way the
wind is blowing—and blowing stron
MUTTON MADE TO ORDER.
SEVEN NATIONAL TICKETS.
Although tile bulk of the vote in the
United States this year will as usual
be divided between the Republican
and Democratic parties, it seems
clearly foreshadowed that the last
named will lose a larger percentage of MUU4WVi >uivvu(ue
its rightful vote man In former elec- J butiily eating out of endless rows of
GOVERNOR CAMPBELL RE-ELECT.
ED BY 60,000 MAJORITY.
Seventy-five thousand sheep—feed-1
Ing in scattered bands or. a Western | ....
range is not an unusual sitht, at i returns front Saturday,
least to a Westerner, but too same dlcete that Governor Campb
number in fattening pens—all of them
Dallas, Tex., July 27.—Incu:
prim:;
A state election in Georgia c
four years would be worth the money
—to the people.—Ex.
Yes but suppose a felUgw needed to
bo rewarded by being given a Test
after two years, such tilings have hap
pened.
The Atlanta Georgian is making a
great fight on the convict lease system
and its efforts will be crowned
success. Too much zeal, however,
sometimes causes a reaction of pub
lic opinion. Moderation and conser
vatism should be observed always.
1
In his speech at Macon the other
day Mr. Watson said*. “Mr. Bryan
stole every bit of political clothing
that I possessed, not even leuvnig me
un apron or a fig leaf; I had to go Into
the house and nlJe while he sported
the fine raiment."
They are telling It that Roosevelt
has a new phrase, "hammer him Into
the quits." Nothing new about that,
it is simply un old version of “boat
him into a Jelly."
A citizen of Coiquit county demands
the nanios of tho live legislators who
were caught gambling at the Kimball
House. Been and Frier of Ware were
not In the bunch, that’s all we know.
——+——
We don’t know what that letter of
Mr. Brown contained, but are of opin
ion that It should have contained Ills
resignation as a member of the rail
road commission.
Mr. E. J. Young was the success
ful first hale man In Brooks county
this year and second bale man in the
state. Deal Jackson, the Dougherty;
county negro, again curryiug off that
honor this year. El sold his first
bale for fifteen cents.
COMPLAINT AGAINST 8YRIANS,
Some of the neighbors of the
ans living over on Rogers strict ar
complaining at the methods whi
the foreigners have adopted of sc;
ing off burglars. It Is said that the;
get up during tho night and shoot
their pistols out of the windows
frighten off any intruder who might be
hanging around.
It Is alleged that some time ago,
negro was caught In one of the hous
es and since then they have been
afraid of being visited by* hurgla
again. Several of the men came up
town and bought guns and since
then, they get up in the night and
fire off their pistols to let the burglars
know that they are not asleep, but
are doing faithful guard duty.—Val-
iosta Times.
Never forget iho advice of Themis-
tocles. Said tnat ancient, “I would be
stow tny daughter upon a man without
money, but not upon money without
a man." Just cnange money for tlltle
and see tho different reading: "I would
bestow my daughter upon a man with
out title, but not upon title without a
man.**—New York Press.
When meat went up *» few weeks
ago. they charged It to "Little Joo"
Brown. Now that It has droppci
the hottoni, we guess they are convin
ced fcittt ho and nothing to do with
It.
^
Suggests the Adel News: Notwith
Standing tho philllplc of Judge Parker,
of Wayerosa, the people of Georgia
have decided that ne who commits the
nameless crime must die. We
Against lynching, but it doesn't do any
good to fret about It.
,
Twenty thousand (tounds of wool
was sold at Tifton Inst week bringing
an average of 20 cents per pound. The
wool from the white sheep brought
more than the wool from the black
Sheep, because there was more of It.
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It <s not true that a majority of the
General Assembly of Georgia favors
the erection of Summer and Winter
hotels for the comfort and edlfllca-
tkm of tho convicts, most of whom
have been convicted of "murder, strat*
agism and Soil."
*
Tho common schools of the State
need money much worse than do the
institutions of higher learning, but
the Legislature always provides for
the Utter without apparently caring
whether the common schools
' enough to run on or not.
, +
/A resolution was adopted by the sen
ate denouncing the scandalous story
published in a Texas paper of a blind
tiger being In full blast at the Georgia
capttol. Well, well, we thought the
Georgia General Assembly waa above
suspicion. Gambling and drinking.
My! My!
•fr —
It U not known what the unopened
letter from Mr. Brown contained. Not
eten Governor Smith knows what It
was, and the contenu cannot be as
Signed as sn excuse for the suspen
tlon. Let ns assume that U contain
ed Mr. Brown’a resignation and ar
invitation to the governor to lunch
and let U go at that.
Tho Georgia editors expect a big
lime at taelr next annual meeting
which will be held at Douglas, and
they are not going to bo disappointed.
Those two young newspaper editors,
Jimmie Freeman and Sumtnle Crist-
opher, are living at Douglas.—Darien
Gazette.
Although Treasurer Sheldon has
not yet made it public, it is reported
that Rockfeller has given his check
for $1,000,000 and the Standard Oil
directors have ordered $2,000,000 to bo
paid to the Republican campaign fund.
It is of course understood that the
suit for the $40,000,000 fines will be
nolle pressed.
JAPAN IMPROVING HER NAVY.
Japan has a new naval policy under
which she hopes to double the fighting
trength of her fleet. This she
do not by building new vessels, but b;
uoderni/ing there she now has. T
Xpert* have decided that big gun
rail are the m :st effective lighters,
nd that small-bore ordnance. ,<•:
for repelling torpedo bent attacks, has
practically had its day? A number of
the Japanese battleships and heavy
cruisers carry from ten to eighteen
guns cf t-lnc i to 8-lnch caliber. The
guns uro to be taken out an 1 fen
guns of larger calibers substituted.
The Mikasa, for instaucc, now carries
four 12-inch and fourteen G-inch guns.
These later nre to be removed and
replaced by four 10-Inch guns. That
will give her a main battery of eight
heavy pieces and double her fighting
capacity. Could not Uncle Sam double
the strength of his navy In a similar
manner?
Wc trust that tae Republicans
make an active light for Georgia. The
state needs about as muen money as
they would turn loose in an effort to
carry it, and then we would llko to
see just what size majority the Demo
crats could get under nigh pressure.
Valdosta Times.
Mr. Bryan has load enough already
and we hope the Hearst contingent
will not be saddled on to him.
*
Jacksonville and Wayerosa
working together with a good will to
get the A.. B. & A. extended to the
Florida Metropolis. The Mayor of
Jacksonville was very enthusiastic
about the matter and made a very
warm speech to the assembled guests
from the Georgia city urging all pos
sible effort in the completion of the
propect. It Is understood that these
cities will send a delegation to Atlanta
In the near future to confer with Pres
tdent Atkinson about the proposition.
—’Thomasville T.-E.
*
Those who have made to much cap
ital out of the alleged fact that Hon.
Joseph M. Brown oould not make a
speech should not fall to rea dhls ad
dress of acceptance of the nomination
for Governor of Georgia. It would
be an impossibility to crowd more
logic and common sense Into a few
minutes talk. Mr. Brown speaks as
he writes, to the point; and does not
waste words In rambling harangues
like some of those high in authority
have been giving the people. Mr.
Brown has fully sustained his record
is a ieep thinker and able scholar.— 1
Lowndes County Local.
HOORAY FOR BILL!
Sure, Bill he has a brother—
That's right. Charley Is his name—
And Bill will be elected In the fall.
No; I don't mean the other—
Why, of course we mean the same—
The chap they uomlnated In that
hall.
The BUI 1 mean has traveled;
He has sailed across the seas—
(No; his Brother Charley wasn’t
on the trip;)
I*ots of problems he’s unraveled
With the very greatest ease
And he’s hound to be elected—
take my tip.
Oh, the Bills, mils. Bills;
Think of all the kinds of Bills
Adding to our joys or ills.
Silver Bills and doctor’s Bills;
Great Gold Bills to give us thrills; *
Rent-da) 1 Bills to give us chills;
Bills of every kind and nature;
Bills passed by tho Legislature;
Blls for food and clothes and ladglng
Bills that keep the debtors dodging;
Bills all clean and crisp and new
Ragged Blls; Bills overdue;
Bills that cannot be collected—
And our Bill to be elected.
Make no mistake—he surely will—
Of course he’s Charley’s Brother BUl-
You know—Bill
Hems, anl must therefore make great- * fee(l j.,
er gains than ever from the Independ- *
ent field in order to succeed.
To say nothing of the possible de
fection of conservatives dissatisfied
with the democratic nominee, Hearst’s
Independence Leaaue will draw its
chief strength from the Democracy,
and the Populist ticket is apt to gain
a larger vote in the South than for
merly owing to Watson’s industrious
employment of the charge that Bryan
is bidding for the negro vote by con
demning the President's dismissal of
the rioting negro troops.
In 1904 Mr. Roosevelt received
per cent of the popular vote and Judge
Parker 38 per cent, while the remain
ing 5 per cent was divided amoiii
the candidate of the Socialist, Populis
Prohibition and Socialist-Labor candi
dates. This year there will he still
another national party, the creation
of Mr. Hearst, whose newspapers
warmly supported Bryan In 1S96 and
1900, but which now condemn both the
Nebraskan and the Democratic plat
form. Hearst can do Bryan more
damage than Watson in the doubtful
States, but the Nebraskan must con
tend against them both as well
against Tuft. It would therefore ap
pear that thi3 year more than ever
will it be necessary for the successful
candidate to win the support of the
thinking, independent voters in the
close States.—Macon Telegraph.
HAD ’EM ALL.
Gen. Samuel Veazl.e of Bangor built
the first railroad In Maine and also
founded the Veazlo National Bank,
which Is doing business today In the
city of Bangor, says the Washington
Herald. Gen. Veazle had occasion to
isit Boston once, and made the trip
J>y the circuitlous means of transporta
tion used in those early days, by
stage, railroad and steamboat. He ar
rived In Boston in the evening and
went to the old Tremont houkff" for
the night. All he had with him was
old carpet bag. and as he was un
known to the clerk, he was Informed
that, having no baggage, he would
be expected to pay In advance.
All right,” said he, reaching into
his inside i»ocket. He drew out a
pocket book and took therefrom a
$1,000 bill of his bank., The clerk
took it. got out his bak detector, and
looked up the standing of th.e Bangor
institution. In a moment he came
back and said:
That bank has issued but three
bills of that denomination."
said the General, "and if that
one ig not enough for you here’s the
other two." and he laid the bills be
fore the eyes of the astonished clerk.
packed like sardines in
Immense sheds—that Is an unusual
sight. So writes Edward I Pratt in
the Technical World Magazine for
July.
Out South of Aurora, situated not
far from Chicago, where the steeples
of the town begin to fade behind the
willows that fringe the swift running
Fox river, where the shining tracks
of a transcontinental railroad bend
towards the sunset, a long low group
d^buildings stretch for a quarter of a
mile close to the rails. In their midst
tower two huge elevators flanked by
tall smokestacks over innumerable
pens and barns. In the background,
surrounded by a pretty yard is a
goodslzed dwelling and around all is
a maze of yards, alleys and pas
renominated by 00,000 votes ov.
llams.
The prohibition submission ;
ment appears to have been <h
by 25.000 majority.
BRYAN INVITED
TO WAYCRC5
The following invitation sign.*.! !,y
about four hundred citizens of Wa;,.
cross and vicinity ha* Jjfon forwarded
to Win. J. Bryan:
•♦We the undersigned citiz< u.- of
Waycross and South Georgia res..ect.
fullv request and earnestly solicit th.
Hon. Win. J. Bryan to address the citi
zens of tnis section on some day during
the pending campaign at Waycross,
Ga.
A stranger might think a minature
stock yard had sprung up out of the
prairies but for the legend painted in
gigantic lettering on the side of the
elevator. It is in fact the largest sheep
plant in the country, if not in the
world—a place where it can be trut’
fully said toothsome lamb chops and
mutton are manufactured—yes,
ufactured, for there is no picturesque
shepherd or green fields for these
sheep. Shippers send them to make
mutton by steady feeding, a mechani
cal process purely.
Fifty thousand sheep can be seen
here almost any day, and while occas
ionally the number Is smaller, It Is,
In the height of the season much
greater. Seventy-five thousand heau
is the capacity.
—N. A. J. In N.|Y. World.
The latest political absurdity eman
ating from Atlanta Is that Hearst’s In
dependence League will put John
Temple Graves In the field in Georgia
to beat Joseph M. Brown. This Is cer
tainly to good to be true; we certain
ly would like to see just how far the
man of silence and sense would beat
the man of gab and nonsense.—Grif
fin News.
Another Darwin theory, thts one to
the effect that plants have Intelligence
comes from London. The running
vine, the creeping ivy, the weeping
willow and the sighing pines all prove
this. Then, what is the matter with
the howling winds, the roaring cata
ract and the restless waves as show
ing that these things hare intelligence.
HER GHEATH GOWN RIPS.
Mrs. Jane Leggett, a comely young
widow of Taylor’s Camp, Pa., figured
In a most distressing accident which
was due primarily to a newfangled
tight fitting gown such as has become
popular In Paris and the large cities
of this country.
Mrs. Leggett, who Is a prominent
member of the Civic Club, had been
invited to visit a club meeting in a
neighboring: town and read a paper on
Raising Bread by Hand.” Desiring
to make a favorable Impression she
ordered a new sheath gown.
She spent much time In decorating
for the meeting, utterly regardlesa
of the time table. It was four minutes
to train time when she was ready to
start. ,
She heard the toot of the locomotive
whistle and hastened to the station.
Under ordinary circumstances she
could have made the train In season,
but the claspy garment retarded free
action and handicapped her.
POSTOFFICES A FLOAT
18 NEWEST INNOVATION.
Floating postoffices are the latest
innovations.
News has been received here In
government circles that arrangements
now being completed for the estab
lishment of a postoffle on every ship
In the United States nay. Such ac
tion was authorized at the last session
of congress.
The postmaster and his assistants
are to be appointed from among en
listed men. Their pay will be Increas
ed to $500 and $300 a year, respectively
According to the news received—
and It comes straight from Washing
ton,the fountain head—all preparatory
measures have been about completed
and in a very short while the postofflee
a-ship will be a fact.
This should be but a step in an eve-
lutlon. Postoffices on land, postofflees
on $ea, then why not postofflees In
midair as soon as airshipps become a
bit more sane and conservative?
JAMES W. BAXLEY
DIED AT ST. MARYS.
Mr. James W. Baxley died Satur
day afternoon at 2 o’clock at the home
of his brother, Mr. W. H. Mulling, In
St. Marys, Ga. Mr. Baxley’s death
was not unexpected as he had grad
ually been sinking for several days.
The remains were brought to Way
cross on the Brunskick and Western
train Mils morning and carried
the home of Mr. Wiggins, on Hicks
street.
Tae funeral occurred at 4 o’clock
this afternoon, the Interment taking
place in Lott cemetery.
Accompanying the remains to Way-
cross this morning were the deceas
ed’s father, Mr. J. S. Baxley, of Wav-
erly, Ala., and his brother-in-law, Mr.
W. H. Mulling, and his two sons, of
St. Marys.
For several years Mr. Baxley
Mrs. Leggart tripped several times.) employed as registry clerk In the post-
to the exceeding great Joy of envious J offlce here * He * model young
women. She was almost a full block ( ninn ani1 hls man >’ friends here were
from the station when the train pul- ® rea ^>’ grieved to hear of his death.
led In. and, since it remained only a
minute Mrs, Leggett got excited.
In her agitation she made a longer
step than she should have, and, with
a sigh and a rip, the goods parted.
She did not read the paper.
The dlsmlssial of Brown, like Ban-
quos ghost, does not seem Inclined to
down. •
t
Say. the Chicago New.: “Some
men will do almost anything (or n
little newspaper notorlty." This Is In
deed true and no one knows It better
than newspaper men.
1 ’ »l* —
The total area sown to gingelly In
Madras presidency, India, is 535,-000
acres, the estimated yield for which
44, 498 tons. This Is the commer
cial name for sesame, from which the
value of oil produced annually ia about
$3,993,104.—Ex.
4.
"Walking Joe” reached Savannah
from Waycross yesterday and hat a
column write-up In the News of today.
The News reports the young pedestrian
The convict lease system of Georgia
seems likely to be on the eve of a
thorough and exhaustive investigation.
It is well.
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The Valdosta Times says: ‘‘Georgia
women are not going to defy the law*
by making home made wine. Many of
hem are merely going to squeeze out
the juice and let nature do the rest.
* »t«
Adlal E. Stevenson, who was twenty-
third vice-president of the United
8tates has announced bit candidacy
for governor of Illinois on the demo
cratic ticket
*
MEETING OF DEMOCRATIC ELEC
TORS.
Atlanta, Ga., July 26.—Most of t.i*-
Democratic electors of Georgia met at
the Kimball House in Atlanta yester
day and after finding no cases of in
eligibility in their membership passed
a resolutiin to do all in their power
to roll up a good majority for Br.vau
and adjourned.
Col. E. T. Williams, of Atlanta, was
made chairman of the meeting an i
Col. Douglas Glessner, of Griffin, sec
retary. F. H. Saffold, of Emanuel, an
.elector from the state at large intro
duced a resolution authorizing Mr.
Watson to appoint the Democratic
electors on his ticket, and still to
count the ballots separately, but after
a lull discussion, in which all the oth
er electors took the ground that Mr.
Watson could nani.e the same electors
and that there would be no objection
on the part of any one, but that the
electors could do nothing to compel
the managers to p*ake two ^separata
counts of tho same names—in fact
that any such transaction was beyond
tae powers of the electors named by
the democratic convention, even
should they desire to enter Into it—
Mr. Saffold withdrew his motion. The
whole discussion was perfectly amic
able, and while Mr. Saffold had previ
ously expressed to the State commit-
intention of resigning from the
ticket, he did not renew it at this meet
ing. Should he decide to do so, Wesley
Shrlphire, of Chattooga county, who
is his alternate, will take his place.
tejr
200,000 PEOPLE PARADE
FOR TEMPERANCE.
London, July 2o—Tho greatest tem
perance demonstration ever held in
England took place today when 200,-
000 temperance and religious workers
paraded from the embankment to
Hyde Park. The outpouring was in
support of the licensing bill, which
proposes to reduce the number of sa
loons by one-third within the next
teen years. Hundreds of police were
on hand to preserve order.
ARRIVED AT BERLIN IN NEW
YORK TO PARIS RACE.
Paris, July 27.—The Thomas car.
(American) In the New York to Paris
race, arrived at Berlin this morning.
Barring accidents this car is a sifire
winner.
Protos’ car (Germah) has already
crossed the finish line at Paris, but
this car was shipped from Idaho to
Seattle by train and for this the Thom
as car was conceded fifteen days.
A QUEER CARGO.
There is no danger that the electoral
vote of Georgia will go to Watson. The
democratic party of the spite will vote
for Bryan and the vo|e will be cast for
him when the electoral college meets.
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The Alabama editors, 110 strong,
visited fernandlna from Brunswick
last Saturday. It waa the only “wet**
town, they struck on their outing and it
New York, July 26.—With the lar
gest snake ever brought to the United
States, the Hudson, one of the Anglo-
American Oil Company’s steamships,
anchored off Stapleton Friday after
noon from the Far East.
His snakeship, taken on at Singa
pore by Captain C. B. Fenton, com
mander of the Hudson, is thirty feet,
three inches long and weighs three
hundred and twelve pounds.
Besides the big snake, there are 23
monkeys, a porcupine, a cassowary, a
pair of Japanese silk feather fowls,
three Japanese spaniels and numerous
small birds, There were 55 monkey’s
when the vessel left Singapore on
May 21, but many of them died. A)
dozen mina birds also died.
The steamship’s crew Is composed
of 21 Chinese, 12 Lascars, 1 Slngalese,
1 Japanese, 2 “black men” from Co
lombo and Arabs, taken on at Aden,
while the engineers are Scotchmen
and the navigating officers British.
t00k * dMP
two weeks. p
Mexican government
BUILDING INLAND CANAL.
Mexico City.—The Mexican govern-
merit is bnilding an inland canal 104
miles long, to connect the ports of
Tampico and Tuxpam. Tihs Inland
waterway is now about one half fin
ished, and the contract was recently
let for the construction of the remalh*
lug, about 5,000,000 Mexican money,
which Is equivalent to $2,500,000 gold.
It Is 75 feet wide naa a uniform depth
ot 10 1-2 feet [
