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i^ross Weekly Hera 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 : ■-*=?< .-rf?'' ; ( S' maasHssov-