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m aOBi l — OFFICIAL ORGAN OF WAYCROSS AND WARE COUNTY AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WAYCROSS GA SATURDAY DECEMBER 5 1908 NUMBfeR 42 Chicago, Dec .4.—Beginning with an ^extraordinary smuggling case Involv ing a fortune in rare antiquities, the ^Federal Custom officers have uncov ered what appears to he the gigantic theft of the ecclesiastical robes and ^church decorations alleged to have -been stolen from French monasteries. 'The value of the loot Is estimated at .^between $100,000 and $200,000, ship- •ped here from European ports and stored away for over a year In twelve fcases at a valuation of $2,500. Investigation has begun. An moil! A6AIN FEARED IN-HAYTI ^NIION OPENS III NEW ORLEANS New Orleans, Dec. 4.—-The River and Harbor Improvement and Reclam ation of the Arid Lands, formed the keynote of the land and waterways convention which convened this morn ing. Delegates from this and neigh- brolng states are Impressed with the need of largo appropriations. C. b. E. Holland, of Victoria, Tex., called tho convention to order. Governor Sanders Is present and will deliver an address. A number of social diver sions have been planned for the en tertainment of delegates. Port Au Prince, HaytJ, Dec. 4.— The advance guard of the revolution ary army entered this city this morn- lug. General Simon Is within four miles of the city and Is expected hour- afternoon and a verdict may be ex* \y. The adherents of General Four- chard, General Firmln and General Legitime are rallying to their sup port and are openly declaring that they will fight to .put their favorites into the palace. The provisional ^-government feels that its power $ waning. It is feared that rioting will break out again and the legations to day are crowded with those seeking j Safety. The material loss from van- 4 dalism Is already a quarter of a mil- 5 lion, vast sum in this bankrupt and it governmentless nation. MICHELL TRIAL NEARING END Thomasvllle .Ga., Dec. 4.—Today la being conaumed by argument# of at torney# In tbe trial of W..H. Mltchel, charged with abduction. Tba court will probably deliver hi* ebarge tbla THE COTTON MARKET IS WEAK TODAY New York, Dec. 4.—Moderate weak ness characterized the opening of the cotton market today. After call, tbe list declined sharply with tbe room crowd bearish owing to \the largb receipts. The cables were weak and the Southern markets were easier. Later undertone was feverish .with prices five to six points off. bad the want ads.-» pected tomorrow. Having demonstrated to tbe satis faction of everybody tbat tbe South can manage succeiafully tbe greatest automobile race ever held In tbe Unit ed State*, now' let ua of tbe South go ahead and demonstrate tbat we can also arrange and manage success- fuly tbe greatest race for the presi dency ever xeen In the United Statea. —Savannah Nowa. Let us sell you a'box of cigar* to give the frlend'Wbo smokes, tf. Bedding ft Co. J08EPH KING’S NEW VER8ION OF EAST LYNNE. Joseph King’s company In East Lyn ne will appear at Parkor Theatre Dec ember 10. Mr. King produced the Ninety and Nine, tbe great rural play that had a six months run at the Ac ademy of Music in New York and has given bis personal attention to tbe production of the greatest of all emo tional plays ’’Bait Lynno.” VILLAGES WRECKED . BY A LANDSLIDE Rome, Italy, Qec .4.—Landslides at Mount San Lucapo today wrecked the villages of Pra and Lagunas. The bodies of 27 dead and injured have been recovered, i* Waycross and Ware county ought to be represented at the rivers and harbors convention In Washington next week. Mr. H. K. Robertson, of this city, has been appointed by Gov. Smith a delegate to this convention but will not attend. SIXTY-FIVE HOUSES WERE BURNED Cenaralla, Pa., Doc. 4.—A lire start ing In a moving picture show last night destroyed 65 houses. The loss Is tlOO.Oto There was no water with which to fight the flame* and the blare woof allowed to burn Itself out. No casualties. f. The Georgian says most everybody got happy after the mayors election, We thought near beer waa too weak to make people happy. Poor Critter! ’’1 hear tbat your husband la crit ically 111, Mr*. Tiff?’’ sahl Mr*. Gum- mey. "Ye*, he is. He criticises the doc tor, ho criticise* the nurse, and ho criticises me.. Oh, he’s critically 111 ,all right."—Judge. CLOTHES THAT LOOK WELL FIT WELL AND WEAR WELL. GET A HIGH ARTaSUIT ANPVOU HflVETHX COMBINATION ’For they ere-made of the very best cloths and'by the highest class tailors., ( Style and fit ore two things High Art Clothing excell others in. r r* : 1 A fine line of Hanaa’s a id Howard & Foster shoes. r All the new, blocks in Stetson Hats as weU as EVERmnnws von want h fdrmsbmgs TO’!MAKE THE OUTFIT C6MPIETE. THHUEAPIHC CLOTHIER. H.C. SEAMAN WAYCROSS GEORGIA. 80ME PUMPKINS "Yankees .think they know all about pumpkins because they Invented the pumpkin pie, Unt to see the real thing a* a commercial article 1 you must come to tbe Hoosier state," writes a commercial traveler from Indiana. He speaks of a packing concern In In- oianapoils, where pumpkin* are at present of grant- Importance. They nre received In large quantities there trom all parts of tho state for ship ment to the market and for canning, and forty carloads a day are not an extraordinary quantity. “You don't quite reallzo what a car load of pump kins la until you reduce It to plea, and one la struck with awo when In formed that forty carloads will make 000,000 plea,” writes the drummer. “A carload, they tell me, weighs about 25 tons.' Of courae, that would be, too'much'for one day'* baking, so the pumpklni are canned, Mmx ton fills 550 .can*, and three -regula tion-sized pics can bo made out of tire contents of one con. r saw a {orty-car consignment that had boon dumped Into the packing concern's yard, 2,000,000 Incipient p!£s, ns It were, and when a man who stood reck deep among the yellow giant* raid,-‘Quito somo punklns,’ I echoed, 'Quite aome."’ NEWSPAJER SUPPORT. A newspaper, It It has any brains, conscience and muacle back of It, mutt continually decide botween doing Ita duty and Injuring Its 'pocket. In any position but that of au editor, tbe public Is able to separate the In dividual home from tha.pollectlve cltl- ■ttnTr But If an editor doss not plssse them Ui at hie pockete thojr elm. Thus It Is-the newspapers learn who their Mends are. The man who reads the newspaper and admires. It all the -tear around, yet fives bis business Support to som* other concern, whose principle* or Tbe actions of It# editor he detests, Is not a friend to tbs form er newspaper. Admiration alone win not run a newspaper. There are too many men who expect air editor to rlave In defense of their pet notions and hobbles, advocate their view* against the strongest .opposition and coolly withhold the business support by which alone a country newspaper can live. Talking about a paperihavlng a pub* lie duty to perform, and an editor having to work for hid principles. Is cebap when others stand back and ex tend a lukewarm neutrality. The re sult Is the editor may starve while laboring for his prtelplea and the cause of right and Justice, which thay admire, but do not aupporL Olenn Cason, about- 14 years old,' had bis right leg broken near the thlih while playing with some boys at the high school building today about 12 o'clock. The boy was remov ed to the home ot bis'brother, Con- stablo C. E. Cason, near tbs court house, and the broken limb was set by physicians. Ha Is now resting as well as could be expected under tbe circumstances. - • <auA| A Frenchman who has been looking around over hero says that “America Is, on tho whole, a religious country, but tho religion I* adapted to tho tem perament of the nation." it has al ways been that way since religion dawned on the-world, so-wo needn't feel that we are a peculiar people in Ibis respect _ , POISONING CHILDREN Memphis, Trim., Dec. 4.—William McBoon, a milt operative, has boon arrested at Marked Tree. Ark., charg ed with poisoning his children. Edith, nged 8, nnd Ola, aged 6. The girls died after finishing a meal. It is al leged that traces of strlchnlno pois oning were found. McBoon Is held pending Investigation* Excitement is high. The prisoner has been tak en to Jonesboro for safekeeping. Their mother Is dead. The Brightness Ht Saw. A man who died recently In the north of England and had been living a dishonest life under the cloak of re ligion .wlzhlng to pose a* a good man '-I the last, said to those around him: “All la bright before met" ‘‘Aye.” said one of those present whom bo bad iwlndled out of a sum of money, “an' In abeat ten mlnnlt* thelu'U he near enoof to see th’ blaze'”—Manchester Guardian. Intent Kid ahoea make a good Xmaz present. Dlcklns Shoo Store. Judgo T. A. Parker, who had an attack while holding court at Hszlc- hurst Tuesday, soon recovoreJ sufll- clently to prococd with tho court. THE PURE FOOD LAW. Atlanta, Doc. 3.—What promise* to give tho South a uniformity of puro food laws with a special regard to the food stuff laws, was tbe action of tho pure food officials In Atlanta this week In adopting uniform rules and regula tions governing tho Inspection and classification of feeds ad foods. The meeting ended yesterday, after a three day's session. There are Many Monomaniacs. In my Judgment," *aid a student ot insanity, "there are hundreds' of pcoplo walking tbe streets of all the big cities today who are Insane upon some one topic and who only noed a reference to It In conversation or otberwlxe to throw them Into a severe Irrational tantrum, and my experience satisfies mo that, the . asylums are crowded wltb persona who appear to be tho most reasonable beings on the earth until their attention la directed toward somo aubjeo that disturbs thslr menal apparatus and makes them dan gerous subjects. -'*• • "The most striking Incident tit tills kind that baa aver come' under my observation occurred when soma years ago I was visiting an aaylum In Edinburg. I waa Introduced to a pa tient who had bean a physician. He waa Intelligent, and I had a long con versation with him on general topics without Uu sllgbtsst knowledge on my part that he was s patient' -When bidding him adieu I remarked that we weer likely to hare a beautiful moon light night In a second his whole demeanor changed. Instead of being a cultured, amicable gsntloman ha be came a raving manlae and waa quick ly seised by several attendants. My simple allusion to tbe moon bad done the whole business. It seems that this doctor, who bad a large practice at ana time, had be come enamored of a study of astron omy and bad.for some years been en deavoring to Invent a telescope -which would enable him to get an Interior view of tba moot. He became crazy on the subject. His case was held to be Incurable.”—Cincinnati Enqulr- FISH! FISH!! FI8HIII FRESH AND BALT WATER./ DYSTERSI 0Y8TERSI UYSTER8II JYSTER CRACKERS OYSTER MEAL AND SWEET MILK. PHONE COWART AT 2IS But Don’t Forget to Have the Money. No news from the Hebbard* yeL No news is food news you know. Fur, trimmed felt slippers all size* Dlcklns Shoe Store. Unusnsl values In Ladles and Chil drens Hosiery at The Waycross Bazaar. Let us D.t yon up with a new pair of shoes that will wear well or an other pair. Humphreys A Williamson. — .A RAINS SEEKS TO DELAY TRIAL New York, Dec. 4.—Tho Halim brothers, through their attorneys, to day secured an order compelling tho authorities to show cause why tho panel of tallsmen selected should not he discharged. It Is alleged that the panel had been Improperly drawn. This is tho first step tho Mains broth, ers have taken to further dolay their trial on tho charge of murdorlng Wm. Anls, which was set for Dec. 14. MARRIED LA8T EVENING. Miss Lillie Sweat and Mr. C. C. Buchannsn, Jr., were quietly married last night and will be at home to their friends at 14 Butler street for tho present. The ceremony wa» per formed by Rov. R. A. Brown. Only a. few friends of the contracting parties were present. LADY MINSTRELS POPULAR. The Idea of Lady Minstrels origin ated with local societies and the amateur performances were to popu lar that It haa been adopted by a few companies this year and Waycron 1* to bo favored with one of the best of theso . The Dlxlo Girls Lady Mlnatrels have been making a tour of the South doing big buslnen everywhere and tho excellent entertnlnmont offered by Mr. Brook* and Manager Young toll deserves the libertl attendance in the various cities. Tho appearance of this company here next Tuesday night will bo the signal tor a full houso, as tho poople are very fond of bright musical at tractions. Reserved seats are on sale at Scruggs’ Drug store. •9 ELECTION TOMORROW. The election for Justice of the poaeo and two constables for the 1231st dls trlet occurs, tomorrow, there being only one polling place—the. coqrt house. For Justlco, Mr. R. P. Bird stand* for re-election and li opposed by Mr N, li. Rogers. For constables, C E. Cason and Henry O Freeman stand for re-oleo- Uon and they are opposed by Henry J. Sweat and J ,C. Jones. Christmas slippers for men, all the lstost fsJs. Dlcklns 8hoo Store. GEORGIA—WARE COUNTY. 1 . -■Will be sold St the oourt houss.ln said county os,- tho Arab Tuesday. In January nsxb within the lt& ihoura of sale the following property to wit: One boiler and engine, on* lot ol scrap Iron. "Levied on au the proper ty of Gray ft Farris, to satisfy an ex ecution Issued by W. J. Mullls, Tax rollsctor for ststs,ah?oounty tax for the year 1*07. This December- 3rd, 1801. D. A. Woodard, ■ , Sheriff. GEORGIA—WARE COUNTY. Will he sold at the court house In said county, on the- Drat Tuesday lu January nekt, with In the legal hours of sale the following property to wit: Ono Frick Engine, and Lombard holler 60 Horse Power. One lot of pip ing, 4 lumber trades, one lot shafting, pnllles, track Iron, one flywheel, on* fan. v Said property levied on a* the prop- ctry of A. 8. ft J. A. Morton, to satis fy an execution In favor of T. H. Mor ton December 2nd, 1908. D. A. Woodard, ‘ Sheriff. Netlco of Order For Leave to Sell Lend. To all whom It may conoern: Notice la hereby given tbit appli cation will be made to the Court of Ordinary of Ware county, Georgia, at the next regular term of said court, same being on the , first Monday In January, 1009, for leave to sell tho land belonging to tbe estate of Jacob it. Stiger, lata of said county, de ceased. This tho first day of Decem ber, loot. JOHN T. MYERS, Administrator, Estate of Jacob M. Stlgsr, Deceased. Are you building? We would like ■o much to sell you tho Sakh, Doors and Hardware. .... P. N. Harley Hdw. Co,