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AfC 1 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." The Evening Herald is published every evening except Sunday. The Weekly Herald every Saturday. All subscriptions are payable In advance." Advertising rates reasonable and 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. ■——•i- 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. 4- 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. 4»- 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. ■ • - 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 [