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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF WAYCROSS ANb WARE COUNTY AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
K VOLUME XXIII
WAYCROSS GA SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 19 1908
NUMBER 31
NEWS OF A DAY
FI
IFOREST FIRES
FAREWELL DAY AT BILTMDRE ESTATE
IMAY DESTROY TOWN! SAGAMORE KILL
Milwaukee, WIs., Sept. 17.—A Is- j Oyster Bay. Sept. 17.—Today is
HON. J08EPH M. BROWN SPEAKS I meek, a considerable mining town 5 Farewell Day at Sagamore Hill and ev-
IN SAVANNAH TOMORROW. I miles north of Milwaukee, was threat- 1 ery resident of Oyster Bay has been
. . leneJ with destruction by forest fires invited to shnke hands and bid good
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 17.—When
Hon. Joseph M. Brown, Democratic
nominee for Governor of Georgia
reaches the city tomorrow morning to
be the guest of the Bryan Democratic
Club he will be met at the depot by a
distinguished company of Chatham
county democrats and escorted to the
Pulaski House which will be his head
quarters while her,e. Mr. P. A. Stov
all, president of the Bryan club will
head the delegation of citizens to meet
the distinguished visitor. At noon
there will bo a reception to the candi
date in tho Chamber of Commerce
rooms and In the afternoon Mr. Brown
wil be given a ride over Savannah’s
famous automobile roads by Judges
J. M. Dixon and A. B. Moore, members
of the County Commissioners of Chat
ham. The democrats of the city will
assemble at the hall on tomorrow
night to great the distinguished guest,
hear him speak and also hear some
local orators. There will in addition
be a series of canned talks from the
"Peerless” one.
Think They Have Man Who Got $2,000
In Clearing Certificates.
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 17.—In the per
son of D. F. Roberts who is a traveling
optician and dealer in optical goods
tae police believe they have caught the
man who some monhts ago got $2,000
In clearing house certificates from the
clerk of the Screven House. The cer
tificates belonged to B. B. Gray, of
Pinebloom, Ga. Ho had deposited
them with the clerk while he went
Into dinner. The clerk gave a man
now thought to have been Robert the
wrong valise and the man made a get
away with the securities. He was
picked up by the police a few days
ago and recognized by the detectives
as the man wanted for the robbery.
Robert strenously denies being* the
man wanted. He says he can prove
an alibi. The Savannah Hotel Men’s
Association Is behind the prosecution
of the case and tbiy have held Robert
] today. The flames broke out afresh
and widespread dumage Is threatened.
Tne fire now extends 60 miles from
Green Bay to Menomin.ee.
TAFTS ITINIARY.
Cincinnati. Sept. 17.—Judge W. H.
Taft will make three campaign tours.
His first will begin her,e Sept. 23 and
end Oct. 7 at Galesburg, Ill. The trip
will take him through Wisconsin, Min
nesota, North and South Dakota, Iowa,
Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas and Mis
souri. The second trip, which will be
arranged In detail later, will take him
Into Kentucky, Tennessee and possibly
North Carolina. The last trip will be
on the charge of falsely impersonating j in tiie E* 81 *
another.
SCHOOLBOYS EFFEMINATE,
DUE TO WOMEN TEACHERS.
Accompanying his resignation as ath
letic Jirector of the Cleveland public
schools with n declaration that school
boys are becoming effeminate, Geo. W.
Ehler opened a heated discussion to
day.
“Schools aro not turning out manly
lads,"he said. "They are quitters, in
their games they show no sportsmen's
honor. They want merely to win.
They lack the qualities a man would
teach them by example. Women teach
ers, too, Inculcate habits of tale-bear-
lng, and their pupils run, cons
tantly into the woman teacher’s dont's
missing inspiration to constructive
character-building effort.”
Supt. W. H. Elson and members of
the school board cried "Bosh!" but
President Thwlng of Western
erve University said:
“In America four-fifths of the pub
lic school teachers ar,e women; In Ja
pan four-fifths are men. I think It
would be well for us to Introduce im
mediately the Japanese system of men
teachers to avert the feminization of
our youth.
"The present method of training
must be altered if our children are to
be as manly as their fathers.”
bye to the President and Mrs. Roose
velt. This will be tho last opportun
ity his fellow townsmen will hgv.e to
see the President until after the Afri
can hunt, on which he is expected to
start as soon as he is out of offlqe.
HAD $50,000 FIRE
Ashville, N. C., Sept. 17.—Fire this
morning destroyed th,o Al.letord cot
tage and other property of George
Vanderbilt’s Biltmore estate. T.u?
loss is $50,000.
Second Day In 8esslon.
Savannah, Ga., 8,ept 17.—The Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers and
the members of the Ladies Auxiliary
who have been here for th,e past day
attending a convention at which are
representatives of both organizations
from all over the country b,egan their
second days session this morning. A
public session was held last night
which was attended by a great many
citizens as well os delegates. Today
th,e afternoon is being spent at Tybee.
The visitors have had a good time and
they seem much Impressed with the
city.
Nerviest Convict in Chatham County.
Savannah, Ga., 8ept 17.—Charles
Hunter is the nerviest convict Savan
nah and Chatham county have had "In
their midst” In sometime. While Char
ley was a trusty at the court house
serving a sentence to the gang hi
would slip out and rob houses in the
vicinity. Caught at this he was given
a sentence aggregating 18 months on
th,e gang. He escaped again yester
day and stealing a horse and buggy
went on a tour of thieving. He visits
ed the handosme home of S. P. Shot-
ter, the millionaire naval stores ex
porter, but there were so many peo
ple about be couldn't steal anything.
Driving into (he city he stole a watch
from a house he robbed en route. He
then went to th.e home of J. H. Klnckle
a colored attorney, and climbing
through the window began to array
himself In Klnckle’s best clothes. He
was se.en to enter the house by a de
tective who went in and as Hunter
fled through a window he was shot In
the hip. He Is now In jail. The bug
gy ho appropriated to his own use
belonged to the Southern Bell Tele
phone Company.
THE RUSSELL SAGE FORTUNE.
From the Springfield Republican.
How Russell Sago made Ills money,
at least the later accumulations, Is
shown by the fact Just brought out
that when tne executors took hold of
the estate after his death they found
that no less than $29,000,000 was due
it from loans mude to Stock Exchange
houses on cull. This waH a branch of
the money market of which he made a
specialty and for which he carried a
huge amount of cash. In tlmea of se
vere money stringency, when callrates
would riRe to 20, 50 and even 100 per
cent., it would be possible for him to
reap a fortune In a brief time, and it
was noticeable that he would be ex
ceptionally long of cash when such
times came on, and he charged all the
traffic would bear. Meantime It is to
be noticed that the executors of the
estate, Dr. John P. Munn and Charles
W. Osborn, have helped themselves or
been helped to a generous share of
tho groat fortune. They have been
two years in settling it and receive
$995,630 for their services, while Mr.
Sage left $25,000 each to his nephews
and nelces. That is a scandalously
extravagant compensation, of course.
It (s enough to make the thrifty
"Uncle Russell” turn in his grave.
FRENCHMAN DID NOT
MAKE RECORD
Paris, 8ept. 17.—Leon DeLagrnne,
the French aeronaut, attempted lou.iy
to win back the laurels wrested from
him by the Wright brothers but failed.
He remained in tho air 30 minutes and
30 seconds.
FEW EIGHTS WERE
ON FOR SHORT TIME
A. J. McBRIDE,
CONVICT BILL WILL
BE PASSED FRIDAY
Atlanta, Sept. 17.—The penitentiary
committee of the House this morning
sustained the essential provisions In
the Senate bill whlrh will end the
leasing or convicts on April 1st next.
It is believed that the bill will be
passed by the House on Friday.
WEATHER REPORT
Increasing cloudiness tohlght. Fri
day showers.
WILBER WRIGHT ECLIP8E8,
ALL EUROPEAN RECORDS.
Lcmans, France, 8ept., 16.—On the
field of Avours this morning Wilbur
Wright, the airoplanist of Dayton, 0.,
eclipsed all European records for sus
tained aeroplalne flights.. He remain
ed In the air for 39 minutes and 18 3-5
seconds. This gives tho Wright broth
ers the record for both hemispheres.
Mr. WrlgTat circled over the field at
an average height of 45 f<eet. He turn
ed and twisted in every direction and
his mastery of the aeroplalne aroused
great .enthusiasm among the specta
tors. It Is estimated that he covered
26 miles.
Candidate For Pension Commissioner
A. J. McBride was born at Fayette
ville, On.His schooling was alternated
with farm work and teaching for the
means with which he obtained his edu
cation. He HtudieJ law, was admitted
to the bar in Atlnntn, and built up a
fine practice, which continued until
the Civil War. Ho was In many of the
fiercest battles under Longstroet, and
severely wounded at Cold Harbor. He
had the distinguished honor of being
promoted from the rank of Captain to
that of Colonel, "for skill and valor
on tho field;” having* skipped tho
ranks of Lieutenant Colcncl and MuJ-
He has been one of the most enter
prising and public spirited citizens of
the South since the war. He conduct
ed trade on a business bases, being
one of the first to send drummers from
Atlantal; was also one of the first to
import goods to Atlanta from Europe,
China and South Africa. Was the
mover to make Atlanta the port of en
try. At his own expense he got up a
petition and took to Washington to
Honorable N. J. Hamond, who secured
the pnssago of the bill making Atlanta
tne Port of Entry. For thirty years he
has aided any enterprises for Atlanta
and the State. Was one of the origi
nal organizers of the Confederate Vet
erans’ Association, and Chamber of
Comm,eroe; helped to organize and
was one of the first life members of
the Young Men’s Library; aided the
Y. M. C. A., and tho soldiers home; is
a member of the Second Baptist
Church, Knights Templars, Odd Fel
lows, Royal Arcanum, etc., and was
President of the Georgia State Scotch-
Irish Society.
He Is now capablo and vigorous,
bodily and mentally.
TO THE VOTERS OF GEORGIA:—
As many of you do not know m,e, I
trust I will be pardoned for giving tho
above extract from my biography. In
soliciting your votcB and active sup
port, I can only promise that. If elected
I will endeavor to perform the duties
of the office with fairness to all and
in exact acordance with tho law.
Respectfully,
A. J. McnRIDB.
lore was considerable disappoint
ment last night when Lie new arc
lights of the Atlantic Coast Lino w.ere
turned on as it was announced
they would be In yesterday's Herald
few minut.es before six o’clock
v of the arc lights in the west end
of the freight yards were turned on
but they went out in a short time.
Mr. Heyl of tho Westinghouse com
pany and ail the Coast Line electri
cians were at the power house in the
now shops nil tho evening and fully
expected to turn on ull the lights at
the hour announced in the H.ernld, but
unforseen difficulties necessitated the
postponement of the lighting.
If everything Is in shnpe tho lights
will bo turned on tonight nnd for sev
eral dnys there will he nightly tosts
of tho dynamos.
LASSITER FELL
FROM TRESTLE
The hospital car of the Atlantic
Coast Line tills morning brought to
the hospital here .1. L. Lassiter, a
young man, who yesterday foil from
a moving train on the river trestle
near Albany. Tne rail was forty feet
to tne ground near the river bank.
Lassiter was badly injured. He
was cared for in Albany yesterday
and was brought to tlx? hospital here
for treatment. The young man was
formerly a conductor on the Bruns
wick & Western railroad, but more re
cently hnH been employed in the At
lantic Const Lino yard at Albany.
SALLY’8 QUESTION.
The worthy Sundny school superin
tendent of n certain Maryland town is
also the village dry merchant. Ho
is as energetic and efficient in his
religious ns in his secullar capacity.
An amusing incident is told of his at
tempt to enlarge tho scriptural knowl
edge of a class of little girls.
He had told most oloquontly tho lea
rn of tho day. and at the conclusion
ho looked about the room and Inquir
ed encouragingly:
"Now, has anyone a question to ask?”
Slowly and timidly one little girl
raised hor hand.
What Is tho question Sally? Don't
be afraid. Speak out.”
The little girl fidgeted In her Boat,
twisted her fingers nervously, cast her
eyes down; finally. In a desperate out
burst, she put tho question;
Mr. Ward, how much are those
gloves for girls in your window?"
Lnpplncot’s Magazine.
"Evelyn Thaw has gone Into retire
ment," says a headline. Will tho con
gregation rise and Join us In singing
that beautiful old ballad entitled "1
don’t care if you never come back."
CITY COURT
HAS ADJOURNED
Tho September terra of tho City
Court of Waycross came to an end
yesterday afternoon, a day or two
soonor than was expected. The coun
ty jnll was well filled with prisoners
awaiting trial, but tnetr trials were
cnrrled through with promptness and
the Jail was practically cleaned.
THE TRICKSTER8.
Mayor Speer of Denver was talking
the other day about a pair of political
tricksters, says tho New York Tribune
"They gave themsolves away," ho
said. "Don't tricksters always give
themselves away? It reminds me of
the two men who wantej to sell their
corpse for dissection.
"These two raon, miserably clad,
called tin tho dean of a medical college
In New York.
"We are both on tho verge of star
vation, sir," the spokesman said. "Wje
are well on In year*, and It Is clear
mi.irq,. haven't much longer to live.
Would you caro to purefinse our bodies
for your dissecting room?"
The dean hesitated.
"It Is an odd proposition," he mut-
torod.
"But It is occasionally done,” said
the spokesman In an eager voice.
'Well," said the dean, "wo might ar
range It. What price do you ask?"
"Over In Philadelphia," said the
spokesman, "they gave us $10."
Tho "Foggs" held a reunion In Bos-1 — ■■■■—
ton rMently. It seems that they blew ■ CITY SCHOOL NOTICE.
In from every direction: i xhe Pub | lo schools open on Sept.
Slit. All prospective pupils should
25 pints Oln(or Ale <1.00 Cowart's
See description In my ronl estate
column of two of too finest farms In
Brooks county for sale.
A. P. PERHAM, SR.
GREAT REVIVAL AT HAVANNA.
Rev. Burke Culpepper rotrunod last
night from Havsnnn, Fla., where h.
has boen engaged In a revival meet-
lug for the past several days. Mr.
Culpepper report, ono tho the greatest
mootings of Vila life, there being 125
accessions to the church as a reault
of tho revival. The mayor of the
town and a number of other romlncnt
men were among those who joined the
church.
Mr. Culpepper will go with his fath
er to Hnndersvllle, On., next Sunday
to begin a revival there.
| Phone 16 for frosb flsh. Coney, King
ft Co.
bring fee and register during tho pre
ceding week In order that proper as
signment may be made and book-llats
glvon out. There will he no reglstra-
tlons on Saturday. Conditioned puplli
•houlj see the Superintendent before
data of regtatretlon. Office hours, 9
a. m. to II. Afternoon 2 to 4 o'clock.
E. A. POUND, Snpt.
1-2-3- 3w.
When this cruel war, we mesa the
election, Is over, Waycross will go to
humping ns nover before and upon a
•olid basis.
SEE THE NEW
Widow Pumps
AND SAILOR TIES FOR WOMEN
New-Not Shown Before,
H. C. SEAMAN,
HEAOQUART RS FOR WOMEN'S AND MISSES' FINE SHOES
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