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Waycross Evening Herald.'
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF WAYCROSS AND WARE COUNTY AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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VOLUME XVI
WAYCROSS GA. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 6 1909
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NUMBER 2C4
1 ORPHANAGE
BY FIRE
THREE OF THE LITTLE INMATES
MISSING.
Battle Creek, Mich, Feb. 5.i-Tbe
Haskell Memorial Home, a three and a
half story ,brlcg orphanage, located on
the west boundary of this city was
destroyed by Ore early today. Three of
the thlrty-seren little Inmates were
mining when the roll was counted In
a cottage on the orphanage grounds
after the fire.
The missing are: Lena McFernoy,
14 years old: Cecil Juotent, 13 and
George Goojenow, g.
Seven little girls Jumped from a
third-story window, hut It Is not
thought'that any'or them were fatally
hurt,. though Ruth Boff, it years old,
wye se^lousjy Injured In jthe back.
There Is a widespread belief that the
Are was caused by an Incendiary.
HAND ON KEY
TELEGRAPH OPERATOR DIES
WHILE ON DUTY.
Atlanta, Feb. 5.—Fabius Larkin. 35
years old, night telegraph operator for
the Western and Atlantic Railroad in
the tower at the North aveneuo street
crossing dropped dead at his key be
fore daybreak today from heart dis
ease.
Larkin's hand was on his key, which
he had evidently'reached In order to
give the signal of “clear .track" to an
approaching switch engine. Falling
to receive the signal the engineer stop
ped his train, b^ow hls whistle and
fang, his hell. As there was np re-
iso .bo determined to Jtyfestigste
found Lapkin .dead wltb.bts hand
pppn the kBy, . . ' ,v
■ Larkin has a brother in Petersburg,
Fjo- v H*» |Wtt» ls dead. ;.
HIGH
8TEEL WORKER L08T HI8 LIFE
IN ATLANTA.
NO MORE CANE
*' -tin..JUICE THIS SEASON.
j-JSSj -"IUIUB Tills ssasoa.
Mr. Cole Bunico has removed his
cane, atia^rqn^thei utty-untt 'dosed
TORNADO SWEEPJj SEVERAL
STATES/NUMBtROF DEATHS.
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Urn thinks to his many
Louisville, -Ky„ Feb. S—Death for
friends 'who ^ ftlm V<V>«g»l
tronsge daring the plat fe* months.'
• iBh.P«PPWF: it* 9Wn.JP AW,In «9 «>e
<■ 3# •»
k# t lhe frezh lnlce they need in' the felt
probably, % scon? of persona, ■oases of
hkndfsdi'ipf thousands of doltarb la
' the crippling of mgpy til
between'-sc
proper!:
graPl
and arbiter month*.'
first - baptist- Church. ;
'RoguVar-servIces -morhing and ’ ev,
ffctivpo ;i iV.t fliyjce..
Preaching 11 o’clock and 7 o’clock. 1 '
Sunday School 1p.m.
jThe.publlpjja cordially invited to I
tend.’ 1
couth cen-
Vasco ’line
•torms
by
flash-
IM^aaea
!S
where Joes of life
thet
JaMmlng In
Atlanta, Feb. 5.—Struck by the boom
of a derrick, Thomas J. S. Wynn, a
steel worker, was knocked off the tilth
story of the new postofflce building
being: erected here, shortly before
noon today, and died an hour later
at Orady Hospital without having
regained consciousness. I n the faU
he turned a somersault and struck ou
his head.
His home is in Columbus, On., He
was . 23 years old and unmarried. He
was a .Mason, Red Jkfan and Odd Fol
low, -if? -/ T-
THE CENSUS DILI
CONGRESSMEN STRONGLY FAVOR
THE PRESCENT BILL.
DR. BULL 18-QRATEFUL
FOR SOUTHERN SUNSHINE,
Savannah, On, -Feb The
graptalPM fOR-Uiesputhern-uunel
ttr09°04to.M»)!:ttPf wuiia»T, $
la now.itJ¥ymperly, the former c
Washington, Feb. 0.—General inter
est was shown among congressmen to
day over the report that the president
intends to veto the census bill on
count of Its provision excluding three
thousand employes of the census bu
reau in this city from tho classified
civil service.
If this bill Is vetoed tt will be tli.
most Important, measure he has antag
onized in that way, and- If congress
should pass it over his veto it will
be the first- time such action has been
taken against - his wish. During tho
last session of congress- the president
vetoed a bill for the building of a
'dam over the Rainey rHer, Minnesota,
on the ground that the state had no
right to* depose of* waterpower and
MYSTERY IN OHIO
BODY OF YOUNG GIRL FOUND IN
CISTERN IN DAYTON.
that aUeh authority rested solely i1n
» the national government. . U‘.
now.AL.Wymberly. *he former come
m
etaye out In tho ppahtoe Ml , the time
totpg p« la 4h* morning and remain;
Ing until tho afteroon. He seems to he
t&ST
WAM CHURCH.
Divine'Scrvicii "eihl" pWichli* at
H n « -i: and 7:30 p .m.t t~’*f
" After'hit -veto'had boon seat to
greot'an toformal-aanohneepent Was
made that this adlon waa tho
of b’ misapprehension and .that jfhe
president , would bo glad tp havd^e
meaiira paued, Which waedohobyn
two-thlrda vote- w-i tii \>
The aentlment In congreee favoring
the census' bill M Its present fbpg
Is so extensive that to la generally Ihg.
Ueved a'; twodhlrda vote can M (to
ts toed for It.
qualntancea ln.,the,ettyi*nd I* unable
>*>ojWT..wl|loh. would
spy light on |)te elator-a.terrible
. v . ,.i.... .1. -d.ji -r.-dr. i- ,vj 1
..Albert Wilkie, employed aftheDaVla
Sewing Naohijp Mttry waa ; arr,4ted
Wre (onlfht .pp suspicion. WWa'ls
the. aweetlfeart of.the murdered: #M.
Vui saya.ho.has qp^ fl^on,h,cr |lnou Mu
“PI, ,to the .oily ,'op Deo. ;J9.,,
if ; Jis-rtfej '•>!. 5CT
Sabbath School at 3 p. m. <
Rev: !, Wi H.:S4rUgga will preach at
mppbn«;i
comer, have a special InVltaltbi.
NICE SPANISH' MACKREL 2M
CLOTHES THAT L(
atweo.AND .-"WEMtaaiEtr
A HIGH ART SUIT
THE COMBINAT
'f Mil i UII.FMJI!". 11
n*rR«b ibN-af/aL
For they are made o6 the
very best cloths’and by the
highest class] tailors.
ff Style land
Jhings ||High. Art Clothing
excell others in. u
‘ .A fine line, of Hanan’s and
Howard & Foster shoes.
All the new blocks, in
- 4?iA * *
Stetson Hats as weU as *
POLICEMAN JOHN W. LEE PAS#
ES AWAY,AT HI* HOME: ON
ALBANY AVENUE:, L ■ .I
Policeman .John. .W, Lee, after ID
Illness of .several months,'died this
morning at 6 o'clock at hia home, No
lit Albany avenne. Although. Mr. Leo
had beta aorlonsly llMor aome days,
.bojiee for hl» : rocovery bad been enter
talned up until- yoilerjay -afternoon
when he took a decided -tarn for thfa
worse. • His untimely death, therefore,
came ao a great shocl^ to hls famll^
and niany friends throughout the city
Mr. Lee bad been connected' with the
police department of' Waycross for
the past thirteen years and w*a well
known and popular. For t o years bo
was chief of the department. , He was
* brave, foarlesa offleer and twice
while In the discharge of hit duty he
came near being killed. About nine
years ago ho waa. shot by a de^perato
negro, whom be had arrestej,,at the
A: 0 .L. depot. He wae t serloualy
wounded and for several day* lingered
between life and. death, hut finally re-
covered.
'Mr. Lee wae a kind-hearted, gen.
erous man, and waa well-liked by the
people of Waycross. i rHo was 48 years
old and loaveB two small children, oije
son- and odei daughter, ami-, a Iso an
adopted daughter. He la alao niWIved
by hie mother,'Ml*.- J. M. Lae; two
brothers', II. D. and J) J, Lae, and three ii
aMMe. Mrfj B. B. Parker, Mr*, ff.
Morton and Mrs. J F. Mlllor, all of
Waycnta. Mr. Lew waa n member t|f
the FIrst Baptist church, gad: the .fun.
eral services will be conducted at that
church,. tomorrow,, taftemooa at ,*
o'elAck by Rov W. Hr Rcrugga, agfak
ed by tt*T.ra t‘.JV»dliy i lk*.BNNrn
JjrTi'BMter Tb»,f<^l<
lemen' will act as'pall-bearers: Jpbn
W Colley, B. W. Knox, B. Cottlnghs
Fred Flcken, A. P. Padgett and B,
Hull. ’ '•
past two weeks giving n dotnohstrs, -!•
tlon of road surfacing, baa completed^
bla. work' ami will laave -tonight fbrf
Union iBprlngs, -Ala., where he will
give ,nnother demonstration, '
Mr.,, Keller. superintended the sur.
fading of s mllo of the now publM
rood between .Wayerose -and the Ba>
Ulla river whlle bere. A coaling of
clay waa 1 'spread on- the road by the
county convict gang according 'to his
Ina'tractloitw, "and the Indications art
•that' It'Will prove i complete success.' 1
Fftitnp . h.mm m. . I've room Houses,
IN
COME BEE-OUR WOODEN.
Jost a reminder of tho tact that tho
W. B. C. wll^op^EHIOHT SCHOOL
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GOLD BAND HAMS Ido EtS. ff
l v a ;
■A—4+-
May’s Mixed Cow Feed will
feed sold ba town. . -
ypo L- to Tent * b'oaaa, ; >
d tf. 'See Dean'Realty "drtop. C^
. inaiifi
8 BALLON K." OIL Me ttt Jj
*<dll tV:N'A 'B.j Tl
Dayton, O., Fob. 6.—Another murder
mystery has been addo to the long
list which already shocked this city
Late this afternoon tho body ot
young woman was dragged out of a
cistern In tho rear of a vacant house,
Her brother has identified her os Lis-
ale Fulhart, 18 years old, of Vandalla,
O. Sho had always homo a spotless re
putation at her heme. She camo to
thla city on Tuosday Doc. 39 to loos
for employment pud waa staying with
nor aunt at Mrs Samuel Deo tors.
The body w*s badly decomposed and
discolored ftnd theieautrea are almost
unrecognisable. The face shows bruites
and other orldences pf violence are
plalnly vlslbjq. A burlap bag es shroud-
“teeT,Ponl<m,..of .»he body.
. Adatg.FubArt,,brother„of, thg dead
PRESIDENT HE*
COMPANY COINS
MR. oakford expected in wayl
cross NEXT week.
,U.fonfldenr ty*t,abo lisd no ao- southward tiward' 1 f4o','*i
. in iU.t.,,..C C..JI | •
OAVE DEMONSTRATION OP ROAD
.t# T-BUJEMINOa Vja it,
•'*-*1 HIM iC-t * '
Mr. W. 0; Keller, the Government
ro*rt ®*P*rt Who, has been' bare for tbo
President J. w. Oakford, of the-
llebard Gypress Company, Mr. Dam,
Hebard and contractors who are to
construct tho mill of this company !m
Wnycross, aro expected to arrive her*-
next Wednesday and will doubtless re
main In Waycross the remainder of
the week, ,
Tho visit of tho officers of the com
pany Is for the purpose of compCeflmg
all arrangemonta for the early com
mencement on. tbe,.mill, securing ttg
deed* for the property. dbtatntaN-
right-of-way for their tram’ wad SOB
arranging other detail! connected wttk
tho entcrprlao, ■'
- The aide track to the mln 'site wflk
he completed ; by next Tucsdajr'gad B*
construction ford) of'lbh eoalpnag m
Immediately begin work
There are seven iM(e4, l oI ( '*i
here dud tbto la (6 be lald da lRkm »
poslble: - -/ " A |
The company baa purchr * “
motlVe which l*Wbb ihli,_
city ae'aAoA ili'ii'iii
to leave the shops.' ''in.lhe t;
tbe road’ construtclb’n work' bt^beMv
carried dn with a hand ■ear"a«4 A Bm
comotlvc. will be lcased..»houW <11>
needed .before' the new obe arriWA :
. " ' f
If you want io buy ,a farpi
lug lot. ,, v ' e , .. v.viiu, AM
9 tf. Bee Deen, Realty A Imp. Cov |
. Ali kinds, of feed atuff f
CoW* pud Chicken* r J
' tided, kvbi
mnmwm
* Ml o.,'p lr.v.i r, 0:1.' , ^L
+ D. i O'LOTT *
iReal Estate vSRenls^
+J- «• -> *.♦•! ' J'H»-.evS
4« ■ -
Mr., Keller BlatetT to a Herald
porter thla morning that he consider
ed tho clay nparthe Batllla rlvor ex-
cellent for road purposes and that he
felt' euro that It would prove a com.
plete success for Toad surfacing It
put down properly and taken care of
at stated'periods.
The'Ware county tide of the now
road will be completed by the latter
dart of next month If tbe nine do not
flood tbe river:None of the material
tor the naw steel bridge baa arrived
sa yet'and tho'eounty commissioners
hate not heard from the bridge 'com
pany for several weeks.
PLEA!ANT' MOMENTS STATION
'■ lit) cl v.lM J-A -r . - vli.pl,
will. In moving pictures tonlgh'-
tcll a very pretty and highly Interest-
leg fairy story, one that will give plea>
lire to, all who **a ji(c A .rltb eld- fel
low who owns a most wonderful ani
mal that brings him In the ye|low . stuff
to b<* beart’a eonliTb A 1 * 0 ■>“ a.moat
beautiful daughter for whom. bo h*e
so often the cae* In tba.preeeut age. ■■
However, lf you wleb to «e" hew It Oil
beautiful. Fglry.. Queen comes to the
sM of. tho pretty, girl and tolls her
what to-dol. . .1
f.Yo* Win epjoy pare than l,W W
• pretty fairy storjf. W* *Vo
lag , another,, splendid reel on
the «:J9 p. ia. train but Jfil falls to
c^me we have that we »howe4
lost night thgt-.afo simply flno, so
many Of lMl' ntebtlsUltora eald. Wy
nothin*, but
'? , make .It. a.'rul* to show nothloff. but I
make the -beat'.picture^ and It (• not <mr
% *
olt it JJe .sure to cofne.out Might,tt PJeN;
i .>a'yg i WI
Dug, of tb« ydjtofs of thO:
wss nMe,“ Blk. tort, night. N«
•“M i» M on* Oftj
FOR RENT. "%'a
Th# Following Hiusee.
3 live room Houses Gcorgla st. .'.
t 5 room houso
4 4 to 5 room housed Owen's
vord from 44.00 totll
’.roOM h»UM Alpha *L 1 „,,.„: JtlB»
All the above houses *p sltwtoE
All tbe above bouse* *p sllu*l
Just Northwest of the entrance to
C .L. IL R. shops towards the Cas
ter of Waycross and ranging (toman*
U) soyen blocks from the entrauto of
said shops.
I dwelling 7 rooms with modem
ern conveniences, Retd street .|X&0T
, 1. dwelling 7 rooms with ., nsodens
convonlonco, Hicks-street . P.vj.|BU8>
■I - hi room, dwelling wMb .elty
and uwerage* Ilgttre ■—
II room house,Tho-
1 5 room dwelling
Decnwood
4 room dwelling’ Vtoakflii
Decnwood a ihiivJd
-room bouse Mlller.etneetinr “
1 S room house .Alt
1 4 room bonsa W __
■■ 1 4 room house Lee Avenne .
1 I room beasa Thomss straat 4M»
■j A ;nijmber^of011cbrMg.Wk,bPU*m
* , Jfc.
<*oaen a hubby ot hUTwn llklu*„bi|| pciee,itroiiw«JW-to.|UL*<i pcr W.ib U
his choice I* not,his daughters' as ^Twg.^yB^.qn^hath^ovor
ropm* flrat floor of brielR
.id., woa'tr„ypi .visit PtoMant
HoteJ,building;
to 14.04 each-.
..... mimrisl$&ng2£
Week!- • -wv- • • v-.i.kWA.ed41(M>
room o^Parallel-xtreetPlS-OB'
' Wore room In 8outhcrnrt bull.
into*
locallon In Waycross.
.Jo Southern..bonding most
located frop 44.00 jo' Jtw
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