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Waygross Weekly Herald
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF WAYCROSS AND WARE COUNTY AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
VOLUME XXIII
WAYCROSS GA SATURDAY *
6 1909
NUMBER 51
WILLIAM J. BRYAN
HERE US? NIGHT
•PENT HALF AN HOUR AND
•HOCK HANS WITH PEOPLE.
Tbs Hon. William Jennings Bryan,
of residential candidate tame, took
'Wsycross by surprUe last night. Mr.
Bryan waa a guest of the city for half
an hour and was greeted by a num
ber of Waycross people’ who were in
formed of his coming a few minutes
before the train from Montgomery
tolled In.
Hr. Bryan was expected here Tues
day night, and many Wsycross people
.Tare down to the station to meet him
tub he changed his plans and stopped
•rer In Osark, Ala.
Mr. Bryan looked Just like his pic
tures when he stepped from the parlor
ear of the Coast Line train at d
o'clock. He shook hands with the
Pullman conductor as he left the car,
and a little later thanked Conductor
Croom for bringing him safely
through. Mr. Bryan carried
grip to the Jacksonville train and
then came outside to shake hands
with those who had come to greet
him. He talked of his trip South
and mentioned that Waycross seemed
to be blessed with a magnificent new
hotel building.
Mr. Bryan stayed out with the
crowd until tho train was ready to
pull out, tho he bade everybody
tood-bye. He Is enroute to Jackson-
I'e and Tampa.
LION TRAINER’S
NARROW ESCAPE
A lion and puma In the wild animal
show with the Cosmopolitan Shows,
which exhibited in Waycross Isst
week, went on a rampage Tuesday
night at Albany and came near killing
their keepers. Partial account of the
attack of the animals on their keepers
Is taken from the Albany Herald:
"A lion and a jiuma In the wild anl
mal show with the Orest Cosmopolitan
•hows, exhibiting here this week
west os a rampage last night, and as
a result their reapeetlra trainers,
Gapt. Cardo, "Tho Man Who Dares,
and Christo Valerio *r. laid op with
severe Injuries.
Capt. Cardo owes his lift to Mr.
Samuel Parkas, who earns to hit res
cue whoa other help there waa lyrae,
and who with already walking stick
distracted the beast's attention momen
tartly from his prosirats victim, so
that the latter could Jump to his foot
sad escape to safety.! •«
Capt Cardo waa feeding raw beet
from hla heads to tho lion, In the prof
anes of a large crowd, during a regular
exhibition. In moving about the arena
tho minor’s, heel caught In a hole In
the bord flooring causing Mm to trip
and fall. In an instant tho boast was
upon tbs prostrate form of the trainer
biting and clawing him In flerce rage.
The crowd was. horor-atrteken, for It
seemed that an awful death for too
fearless trainer was Inevitable.
Mr. Farkaa ran to tha arena, and
thrust his heavy walking stick through
the Iron bars into the face of the en
raged brute. Dropping the trainer's
array, which he waa crushing In his
powerful Jaws, the lion threw back bis
his head to snap at the stick. Quick
as a flash tha trailer grasped tho op
portunlty and Jumped to bis feet.
With his ayes upon those of the now
thoroughly enraged brute, and tiring
blank cartridges from kls revolver In
the animals faoe, tha trainer forced
the lifnrlated beast Into bis! esge
before ho left tho arena.
SEVERE ATTACK ON
THE FORESTRY SERVICE
MADE IN THE HOU8E BY MR
.4,4-* MONDELL.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 3.—A severe
attack on the forestry service of the
Department of Agriculture was made
In the House today by Hr. Mondell,
of Wyoming. He denounced it as the
most autocratic bureau of government
outside of Russia.
The Wyoming representative recall*
ed the action of Congress last year
In an effort to oust the alleged press
agents maintained by the bureau. He
■all the attempt had resulted In fall
ure.
'And I notice that next year," con
tinued Mr. Mondell, "The forests are
to be protected, water flow regulated
and resources conserved by the pur*
chase of $34,924 worth of typewriters,
116,000 worth of paper, $22,000 worth
of envelopes and $7,000 for card in
dexes.'
He redlculed the appropriation of
$10,000 for the purchase of compasses
saying It is a joke In the West that
the Eastern college-made foresters
must have guides when they enter a
forest.
YESTERDAY TERMED “RED SUN-
DAY” IN THAT CITY.
Those yeang people of Uarora, Ill.,
ought not to mind going to
church in one of thC'Temple* at least,
since the clergymen says he does not
care if they flirt during the services.
By the time Taft gets through wi
the banquets already given and to be
given in the 8onth he will come to^
the conclusion that, while the Soutfi-
eraers’ heart* are soft their stomachs
are all flred tough.—Ex.
Valdosta, Gn., Jan. 31.—Today has
been “Red Sunday' 'In Valdosta, 81x
flro alarms were sent In and from 10
’clock until dark the firemen and
horses wero busy. Three conflagra
tions were being fought at one time
a high wind blowing and the
temperature low enough to almost
freeze the water as It came from the
uozzles.
Tho first blaze was on tho roof of
a small house in the*southern part of
the town and was quickly put out.
as the firemen reached their quarters
an alarm came ln^from the residence
om Mrs. L. M. BUtch, Patterson street,
The f)re caught In the roof and ceiling
from a defective flue and tho upper
part of the house was In flames before
the alarm was sent. The firemen found
tho hydrants frozen, but made a brave
fight to savo adjoining property. Tho
residence was old and burned like tin
der. Much of the household effects
was saved. The loss Is $6,000 wit:
Insurance of $1,700.
Other fires followed rapidly and the
day's record is eleven housese burned
and a loss of $20,000 partially Insure J.
ON TRIAL CHARGED
WIEN POISONING WIFE
WEALTHY SOUTH CAROLINA MAN
ON TRIAL AT UNION,
Union, 8. C.. Feb. S.—The trial of
W. T. Jonas, a prominent and wealthy
planter of this county, charted with
polaonint hla wife last July beinn in
earnest this afternoon.
Attorney Geo rye Johnston of tha de
fendants counsel, moved to qussh the
Indictment beeaime it was Indefinite
as to the kind of poison nlleged to
have been taicd and heesnse the char
acter of the bruises on Mrs. Jones’
deed body were not described. The
motion was overruled by Judfo Mem.
menger.
Dr. Jeter, tho Jones family physician
waa the first witness. He told how be
had been burrldly summoned by Jones
and found Mrs. Jones In convulsions,
brokenly repeating the Lord’s prayer
and asking (or forgiveness for her sins
She died in fifteen minntes. Hla opin
ion was that death -was caused by
strychnine poisoning. He said ho saw
a bottle In tho room containing strych
nine. Jones seemed unsltccted, ha said
when told that his wife was dead.
Other witnesses told ol seeing bruis
es on the body when preparing It for
burial.
Tho court ruled that testimony shall
be allowed as fur back a* practicable
to show the relationship existing be
tween Jones and his wife prior to
death. Tho trlnl will be continued to
morrow. - *£HL"
SAYS JOHN WILKES liNDICTDT AGAINST
BOOTH IS YET REIVE
MAN IN TENNESSEE WRITES TO
Speaker cannon about
THE MATTER.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 3.—Joha
{Wificos Booth, the assassin of Abra
ham Lincoln, la still alive, according
to S Jjstter received by Speaker Can
non from a man living In tho moun
tains of Tennessee. Ho euggests a nov
el method of commemorating tho 100th
anniversary of Lincoln's birth on Feb
ruary 11.
HC urges that Congress pass a bill
on that day granting amnesty to John
Wilkes Booth and others, who may
have knowledge of his present where-
•boats, or had guilty knowledge of his
crime. This should be done, he argues
because It would clear up the mystery
of Booth’s disappearance. Hp denies
that Booth was killed by soldiers af
ter the assassination, In a barn on n
Maryland farm, few miles from Wash
ington. A
COLO WAVE BELIEVED TO
BENEFIT TO PEACH CROP.
BE
Atlanta, Ga.. Jatff^l.'—With the ther
mometer hovering around 16 degrees
above sero since early this morning,
previous records wero broken In At
lanta today the cold snap was general
throughout Georgia, Alabama and
Florida. The lowed tomperaturo re
corded in Atlanta Was at 6 o'clock this
morning, 10 above; at Birmingham the
coldest was ll above; Montgomery, 16.
and at Mobile, 23.
While tho orchardlsts believe that
the cold weather will be of Inestim
able benefit to the peach crop of Geor
gia, reports Indicate that strawberries
ruined as far louth as tho northern
pert of Florida. A report from Pensa
cola sayq that the cold there today
was more severe than that experienced
during the freeze of ten years ago.
High winds prevailed througout the
day and several hundred thousands of
dollars worth of property was destroy
ed by flro In Georgia and Florida.
IT WAS A GRAY WOLF.
Parties who have seen the hide and
feet of the huge wolf trapped and kill
ed.several days ago In Mitchell county
by J. D. Frasier, a prominent farmer,
declare that It was s genuine Texes
Gray wolf and was a remarkable big
one of its species. It weighed 63
pounds. How the snlmol came to lie
at liberty in one of the apsrsely net
tled sections of Mitchell county Is n
complete mystery end will probably
remain sneh. The record Is that the
brute killed nearly 300 sheep before
Its existence was finally terminated.
Mrs. Shaw, tho loader la tha wo-
* man’s outrage movement, says men
' ought not to vqfa at oh for they he
McREES TRYING TO BREAK WILL
OF THEIR BROTHER.
Valdosta, Gn., Feb. 1.—A - low wiji
that is attracting more attention hero
than any that has been sprung Intel,
is tho one involving lha .will ol the
late E. J. McRee, which was brought
by his two younger brothers, Frank
and Young McRee. * The case will
como tip for a hearing at an adjourned
term of tho Superior Court, tho second
Moqday In February.
It will'be remembered that about
$30,000 of the ostate was left to his
housekeeper and her son, and the bal
ance of the estate amounting o some*
thing like $100,000, was left to tne
; M!dron of hla brother*, living at tho
timo of tho teatator's death. Aa the
young brother* had no children tho
will cut them out entirely, their part
being but $10 each.
Eminent counael have been employ
ed on both aide* and the case prom
ises to develop- Into one of tho moa
interesting that hat been tried here,
Tho parties to the suit are already got*
ting ready for the case, and some
lively testimony promises to come out;
at the hearing.
GOVERNOR HASKELL
NO CALL FOR DR. WHITE.
Atlanta* Feb) 3.—Dr. Join* E.
While, pastor of tho Second Baptist
Church, returned to Atlanta tonight
from Cleveland, said noc all had moon
made for him by tho Euclid Avenoue
Church, Rockefelled's church, an4 that
he intended to remain in Atlanta.
NEAR DIAMOND 8HOAL8
LIGHTSHIP.
THE CAR FACTORY
STARTED UP TODAY
The car factory whistle Joined
With those of tho other factories at
6:30 and 7 o’clock this morning and
tietocJ to give notice that a ne
ofprospcrlty was dawning for Way-
cross. The whistle signalled
recommencement of work in tho ma
chine shop, foundry, blacksmith shop
and planing mill of tho car works.
A good sized working force had
their names added to tho timo shoots
this morning, and during the next few
days tho force will bo addod to until
the car works are again running at
full capacity.
Tho first order to be completed is a
contract for both box and flat cars for
the Georgia and Florida Railroad.
FOUND BY THE FEDERAL GRAND
JURY.
Muskogee, OUIa., Feb 3.—Seven in
dictments were returned by the feder-
al grand Jury hero tonight In tho town
lot alleged fraud Investigation, tne
chargo being conspiracy to defraud the
government. Tho namos of those in
dicted are:
Gov. Charles N. Haskell, F. S. Sev
ers, A. Z. English, C. W. Turner, W.
T. Hutchings, James W. Hill and Wal
ter R. Eaton.
Attorney Thomas H. Owen, of Mus
kogee, representing Gov. Haskell,
made arrangements for the Governor
to enter his appearanco on Friday and
gave bond In tho sum of $6,000 for ap
pearance for trial. The writs Issued are
returnable forthwith.
Gov. Haskell Is at Guthrie. Therd Is
but ono indictment against him. It
charges const ^ing with Walter R.
Eaton and Clarenco W. Turner to do-
fraud the government. There are two
indictments against Turner ajid one
each against the others Indicted.
Turner was tho first to give bond in
the sum of $10,000. ..Hutchins and
Eaton called and gavo bond of $6,000
each. All will probably bo arraigned
before Judge Campbell on Friday.
Walter Eaton, ono of tho men In
dicted is the secretary of tho Indian-
ola Contracting Company, of which
Gov. llaskell Is president, and which
it Is alleged substituted the names
many “dummies” to secure towns lots
Fifteen of the wealthles men In Mus
kogee called at the office of tho United
States marshal hero tonight and ala
d Gov. Haskell’s bond for $5,000.
Many tnoro asked to be Aflowed to
Hign It.
WOMAN WILL DIRECT IF
8HE TAKE8 THE JOB,
f Atlanta, Ga., Fob., 3.—Captain R. E,
Park, state treasurer And ex-offlcio
bank examiner, received a lotter from
Mrs. T. C. Walnman, of Balnbrldgo,
today, anounclng her election at a dir
ector of a local bank.
Mrs. Walnman wrote to make In
qulry relative to the duties of a bank
director.
She stated that It was her desire
to fill the place more than Just to have
Elizabeth. City, N. C., Jan. 31.—In her name on tho stationery, and ask-
a tempest so violent that it seemed no **d Captain Park to Instruct hor how
ship could pass through it, a big steam- to do so.
or flying the American flag and with It (s legal for a woman to fill the
her stern spouting flame and smoke, place of bank director, # an«I many of
was engulfed in the sea today within: them havo places of that kind. Un-
three miles of the Diamond Shoals til recently there was one female bank
president in Georgia.
Mrs. Walnman was elected to suc
ceed her husband, who died recently
Single and double connection Lub
ricators at Harley's
lightship. Reports from the wireless
telegraph operator at Cape Hatteros
say that those on shore had Just time
to train their glasses on tho vessel and
see the smoke and flame, when sho
sank, the watchers being unable to
gain any clue to her identity. It is said
she had a passenger deck and If pass
engers were aboard all are lost. j
The City of Savannah Of the Savan-j
nah lino wre In nlRht or tko burning |in - t , ipurti but a
ve.8.1 an .ho foundered. Tho latter, itoady cllmb . You c>n - t nln up xbo
could give- no resistance. I mounta)n W | tbou t .topping to re.t.
The first reports from the Savannah , „ . , , .
were that the loat .hip wa. the freight 1 8om ' n ; cn , d ° » ^ ,ad **“
and passenger steamer Matilda Weems: ap * nd *'* '“""W ar ° u 1 ndand admlr '"*
of the Baltimore and C.rollna Steam-I "’ Keop out of bad corapan>r by
COMMON 8EN6E.
ship Compny.
The crew of the lightship put off In'
) having tho right kind of employment.
“The only undlgnlflod Job we know
boata and for a Ion* lime scouted:9j *f l0 »fl»*’ and nothing can cheapen
around the dlatrlct vainly trying to * raa " " bo "P 0 "*-* < aatead « bttn ‘'
find aurvlvors. The United State. GOT-!'»« «"» aort of work ’ b “ aba " he
emment wa. notified by wireless and c J ,n <’ alread T ® ba ” ade ’
the revenue cutter Onondago went to^™ - * ome aood advlce ' rlna *«°
the scene but reporteJ Iste tonight! ———
that she could find no trace of any or i The satisfaction of giving your
the crew or possible pasengers of tho message and hearing the reply Instant-
vessel. ifef j ly is a feature of tho long distance Bell
"■ ■■■—— | Telephone which no other agency has
_ Gould’s Pitcher Pumpe Noe. 3, 3, boon able to approach. For 66 costa
Plenty of 1346 by 12 dhd 6 American not MMa enough even to pick out fc 4. We believe they are the beet yon can talk J minute* to frieud* or
Wire Fence In utock. I good wlvee. Ie (ho Joke on Mr. Shaw' msdo. Let n* ebow them to you. I business associates In Barannik. OtH
, P. N. HARRLEY Hdw. Co. or on Mr*.' Shaw? P. N. HARRLEY Hdw. Co. "Lon* DlaUaoa." , j - ')
MU8TN’T LET WAYCROSS KNOW.
This Ik too good to miss:
A few days since In a certain neigh
boring seaport city, a WaycroBs man
was driving out In Iho suburbs with
a friend. The two were Inspecting
the former nltc of a big manufactur
ing plant which, a yoar or so ago was
destroyed by flro, and In rebuilding
the plant tho location was changod to
a small city about 37 mlloa away.
The drlvor of tho carriage, hearing
a word now and then, and occasion
ally "factory” and “■hops” mentioned,
turned to the gentleman from Way-
cross tad asked:
"Boss, Is you gentlemens thlnkln 1
of buying this land 1"
"res," replied tho Waycroaslte, "We
Intond to build a big manufacturing
plant hero.”
"Den for God’* aak*,’’ returned the
driver, "don’t let them Waycross peo
ple know anything about It. Dey’ll
take It aifay from you aure and move
It to Waycross,”
10 EIRE IIP SEREEf
TMjwosmoo
MAYOR KNIGHT TO MAKE RECOM>
MENDATION TO COUNCIL.
Tho misrepresentation of the street
tax proposition In this city which ban
been creating aorno dissatisfaction
among the newcomers the aast fow
days, will doubtless be brought up at
tho next mooting of the elty council
and settled to tho satisfaction of all.
Mayor Knight announces today that
he will recommend at the next moot
ing-that no street tax be levied
against new comers moving Into tha
city thin ycav, and It Is very likely
that this recommendation will bo so-
proved by tho city aldermen.
There are somo persons In tho dtp
who are continuing to misrepresent
tho facts regarding the street tax pro
position, and xomo of (he new Hliop
employes hare been Informed that
they will havo to pay t4.00 street tax
within six days after they atari to
work In the city. These false report*
should be corrected by citizens of the
city whonover they have tho opportun
ity to do so. Tho street tax rato la
only 12.00 per year If paid before the
first of July, and the probable action
of the city council will relievo all tho
newcomers of even this assossinonL
BIG SALE BEGINS
I
THE FISHING AT
BANK’S POND.
Tho big Quitting liUHinesH Sulo of
t|jp Grnce-Hrantioy Co's, stock begins
tomorrow morning at 8:30 o'clock*
and the indications arc that th*> safe
will be among tho most successful ov,
or hold In this section. fdo*
Pago circulars advertising tho salt
have been distributed throughout
Wuro and aJJoInlng counties. Sev
eral teams have covered every publlo
road in this section telling the people
that the biggest stock of dry goods
over before gotten together In a Way
cross store has to be moved at Quitting
Business prices, and the Indications
aro that people from far and near will
como to Waycross within the next
few days to attend the big sole.
Mr. John W. McGee, the manager ol
the big sale, has qmployed a large
number of extra clerks and while the
•tore Is dosed today all are busy
marking In plain figures the sole price
of every article In the house. Be ok
hand promptly at the opening at f:3»
Friday morning.
*> ./J
PERFECT" COLONY 18
YIELDING TO TEMPTATIONS
Valdosta Times.
Tho second day's fishing at Bank's
l-ako did not attract as largo crowd
as did tho first day. Not over three to
five hundred people wero on tho banks
and in tho lake. Some good catches
were made although there waif not as
many big fish caught as there was the
first day. The biggest fish that was
reported to have been caught was
mud fish weighing something like 23
pounds.
It Is said there was at least flvo
thousand pounds of fish taken from
the pond during the two days fishing.
Those who know, say that all the nab
was not caught, as there Is quite a lot
In the lake yet. Tho iako would have
been fished much closer If there had
not been so much water, as the wate
covered several acres and was from
six Inches to four feet deep.
Fully thirty per cent of tho catc.i
was composed of mud fish, cat fish
and suckers.
It was by a mighty narrow margin
the Volghts won their case with the
Wall Paper Trust and secured the de
cision of the court of laat resort that
a company violating the anti-trust law
ran have bo standing In court. The
court was as near evenly divided as
It was possible to be.—Ex.
*
Tho peach grower* of upper anfi
mlddlo Georgia do not think thlz cold
•nap will Injure th* crop. t ... 1
Chlcugo, III,, Feb. 3.—Dr. A.her
Gluck, Inventor of Iho "Simple Llro
and Equality Byatcm,” and author of
Olam Haulm; or, Tho New Inniortall.
ly Another Existence of n Future
State,’’ announces that he wlU disband
hla Chicago ‘‘colony,’’ not In ree.i.,
hut In spirit.
Oluck'n “zenltarium," is nt 1171 Mil
waukee avenue. Althouyl. tho leader
aayz there are 60 member. In hla col
ony In Chicago, neighbor* aay they
have not bcou appearing at the head
quarter. lately. Tho head of the cute
assort* that both ho and bin wifo
are now perfect. “In fifteen month*,'
hn add*,' “a child will be produced
that will be able to talk at birth and
that will never die. That child will
be myself reborn.”
The "doctor uya bo Intend! aelllng
all hla poaaeulona In Chicago and
moving (o some quiet apot where
there would be no danger that either
he or hlz wlfo should depart from
tho principle* of "perfect conduct."
It la hinted that Oluck baa bocomo
discouraged because other members
of hi. band did not baeome "ported"
The tempUtlona of the world, It la re
sorted, proved too atrong for the ma
jority of those who took up the ’pimple
life and equality ayatam,’ and they
dropped the teachings of Gluck.
Ampng the things aald to bo re*,
poaalbla for tha backsliding are wo
men cards, drink and theatres. Gluck’s
recipe for perfection Iz: Vegetarianism
sackcloth gasmen’*, abstinence fiver
lovemeklnr, Isolation from the world,
and prohibition from klaslng.