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Waycross Evening Herald
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF WAYCROSS AND WARE COUNTY AND COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
VOLUME XVII
WAYCROSS GA. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26 1910
NUMBER 214
IS NAMED
DEMOCRATS HELD MASS MIST
ING AT COURT HOUSE.
Al a bum meeting ot Democrat! ot
Ware today aa executive committee
or thirty memberi was elected for
the eniulng year. The committeemen
are, from Waycrosa, J. 8. Willlama.
W. W. Umbdlt. H. B Lao, H. Hens
erelt, B. F. Hearn. S. C. Houk. C. K.
Dunn, C. 8. Hardy, L. V. Willlama.
A. M. Knight. W. K. Steadier. H. Ta
tum; from Beach dlatrlrt. T. A. Mc
Millan, L. P. Taylor; from Blckley
dlatrlrt. X. I„ Olllla. W M. Denton;
'ram Bragania dlitrlct, Ed flrlfflo. K.
D Sunday; from Glenmore dlitrlct, D.
S, McQualg, 8. V. Wilson; from Ma
nor dlitrlct. W. 8. Booth. O. W. Crlbb;
from Mlluood dlitrlct. M. I. Bunn,
Jot Starllngton: from Wareilioro dls-j
trlcl. H. J. Militia, w. I). Thigpen;
from Waltertown dlitrlct, !). J. Caaon,
J. J. Ilenderion; from Sweat dlitrlct.
J. A. M. Jobneon. Alford Davli.
Altbough the ienie ol the meeting
waa that the county primary be called
at a* early a ddte ai p-teslble In con
formity wit), the atatc
FARM H
AGRICULTURAL COMMITTK OF
THE BOARD OF TRADE.
For (he purpose of getting informa
tion of the farming lands and oppor
tunities of this particular section of
the state a committee on agriculture
has been named by the Board of
Trade.
Senator George W. Been Is chair
man, with Judge J. T. Myers and Mr.
D. Morton as co-workers. Thla
tVTRk/C
MAN OF $10
ASA HODGES IS NOW IN JAIL
AWAITING TRIAL.
Havannab. Feb. 2d.—Ara llodges Is
la jail awaiting trial In the city court
for larcency. He Is alleged to have
committed one of the moot heartless
crimes known In Chatham county for
some time. It Is alleged he robbed
Samuel Sullivan an old blind man of
nearly llud.OO. Sullivan had a ten dol
lar bill In a little sack and went Into
committee will gather Much data as la store to get some tobacco. When
relative definitely to accomplish
ments In Wart* County, and at an
early date a booklet from the Hoard
of Trade will present the facts In a
most attractive manner.
JNO. f. WHITE
SPOKE AT BRENAU
he received Ails change It Is alleged
llodges grabbed It from his tynd and
ran away. Of course Sullivan could
not go after him. I.ater llodges was
found In the streets pretty drunk. Ho
had probably spent part of the mono?
celebrating. He was Identified bf
parties In the store as the unto who
stole the money.
j Atlanta. Feb. 26.—Dr. Jno. K. White
registration G f Atlanta, addressed the Hreusu col-
taw no deAnlte action waa taken. g, r |. OaMhaville Thoraday
The .election of the primary date Is noon ,t the aiiembly hour. Thla .ve
to be made by the executive commit ‘ nln , Dr uhl „. Will give bl. lecture
fee at a meeting In W.jrrw. March on nI ,|,V dlitlngulihed ,*oet.
H to believe,| t.te date will be Ax- - 8} duey l-anler" who lmmort.ll,ed
ed at April ». ' _ ; Hall county and the rhaltaboorhee
{river with bis song of the ( ^nttahoo-
It Is egp^teil that the Ternests jehee” A small admission fee will
Hand will soon comm-nce playing go to the Unler Memorial fund. The
their weekly concerts. Help the boya'ltrenau girls will build a msrble grot-
along we need the music. |to in the plcttiresque ravine of Urensu
■ - jl’ark near the short* of bkv ijinler.
’Our city fathers are going to beau-,This will be emblazoned with bronxe
tlfy our smnll I'arks and It Is hoped tablets engrkved with the "Soflg of
we will have plenty of music this sum- the Chattahoochee" and a short
n»«r. | sketch of 8ydncy Joinier.
ELECTS THE
OLD OFFICERS
I#
Atlanta. Feb. 26.—The" director* of
the Southern Bell Telepbooe and Tele
graph company were re-elected at tbo
annual meeting of the stockholders
helj In New York. The directors In
t'lfn elected officers, all of whom have
their offices in Atlanta. The officers
lected were W. T. Gentry, president;
Kpp* IJrown, vice president and
general manager: J. M. II. Hoxey,
vice president; Adlson Maupln, sec
retary and treasurer; J. C. Hctdltch.
auditor.
SCHOOLTEACHERS
EXAMINATION
WILL BE HELD IN ATLANTA MAT
« AND 7.
SPECIAL BARGAINS
In Mens Pants.
Your Choice of
Any Pair in the
Window for
$3.00
•Atlanta. Fab. M —An announcement
that Will ha of Intern! to achool
teacher, throughout the atata of Oeor-
gla and nalghborinn ilataa la that of
the annual examination for applicant,
for place, la the public achool ayateta
of Atlanta. It will ha held on Friday
and Saturday, May « and 7. Superin
tendent Wm. M. Slaton, of the public
achoob of thla rlty, prepared tba ex*
animation and It will lie held under
hla direction by authority of the board
of education, I'ompelltlon will by no
mean, be restricted to Atlanta appli
cant,. Add teacher, front anywhere la
eligible If ahv poaieiiea the necaaaary
qualifications. In fart, the board uf
education b anxloua to have the torn-
eat poaalble number of appllranta and
tboae living outilde of Atlanta who
desire to staud the examination can
iccure all Inftir.nutlon by correapon*
deuce with Mr. Slaton? Kvcry year
the puilic scbnoli of Atlauta produce
targe and delectable crop of June
brides and their resignation leavea
vacanciea that mini lie Ailed by hold
ing the annual examlnatloo. Alao
other, aecure leave «f abeenre aud
atlll other* drop out for different ten-
So It will readily be aata that
the number of rarooeles la by ao
ut a minimum.
MANY HANS
ARE INTERESTED
IN NEW RAILROAO WHICH WILL
■RIND GEORGIA MG MILES
NEARER PACIFIC.
OF
MILITARY FINE
Atlanta, Felt. SO.- -Georgia'* beat
military; coutpnify un dcpernilued by
Aiurea davlaed on the pen-entage hat-
la by Major F. b. Palmer, 17. B. A., re-
tlrex, inapector general of the Nation
al guard of Georgia, will be one of
the following: The Macon Volunteer,,
the Savannah t'adeta. the Atlanta Rl-
Aei of the IJndale RIAea. Major Pal
mer autea that the atandard of mili
tary excellence la the National Guard,
throughout the Mate, waa better at
the hut iniperiloD than aver before
and he predict, even mure Improve-
meet by the time another laspeetloa
rolla around. Kean rivalry exlyta be
tween a number of blah rated com-
paaiee In the atata aad the one that
■eta the beat perrantaffe will deem II
a proud honor.
BRAHNUM MAY
RON IN THE FIFTH
WILL OPPOSE HON. LON F. LIV
INGSTON FOR CONGRESS.
Atlanta, Felt. iff.—chan. I. Ilrannum,
regarded aa a poulble randldale
for congreia from the Fifth dlilrlcr
again,! Hon. Lon F. IJvlanMoo Iba
prevent Incumbent. Tho hla caadh
acy hai not been announced he alataa
that be la glvlau the mailer bit aer-
loui conalderatlon and admit, thmat
he may enter the mee.
Already Wm. Schley Howard, nolle-
llor rcnrrol of the Slone Mountain
circuit la la the mldat of a campaign,
having A red hla Aral bln nun la a
•prech at Monroe. On.. Walton county,
Thunday night lo 1.300 people. Ho.
with fob IJvingiloo already oppoeed
by a candidate worthy of hla atecl
and another man threatening to come
•ml. 'he campaign haa already aseaaa
coniljerable proportion, aad to-
larwM la dally laenaMag. Bat than
la a poailbllity (tat aim aaother aa
plraat for coegnaaloaal honor, may
eater the Weld, ike earns bring none
otbar than lion, a M. Hlarkbura. aw
rotary of the governor? Mo goes an
tar ai lo soy that then to yet a plea
ly of time for him to announce.
Atlanta, Fab. ld.--<tnile a another
of Ororglana ate Interrated In a new
traaarooilnantal road, which,
claimed, will bring Iba Km pi re state
and adjoining Main MM mllro nearer
lo the PacISc than heretofore. The
road is known aa Ihe Kaaaaa Clip
Mexico and Orient Railway with a
capital of I7I.m4.MO. and la anbaldlx-
by Iba government of Mealro.
Several Atlanta capitalists' have hern
talk|ag about Ihe project and the
probable benefit, to the south. Wil
liam Hurd lllllyer, a prominent young
Ananrler, and parhapa ana of the bcM
Informed men In Ihe south on rail
road condition,, declare! the new
road will furnish Ihe Brat absolutely
direct outlet for aoutliern manufac
turer! lo the far sail. Mr. lllllyer
aaya:
"The beneSla of auch a vyalem
Ihe Miuth would naturally be areal.
Thla mad will bring Georgia and ad-
Joining Mate, at lean son mllea
nearer lo the IbtclAc than heretofore.
In tart. It will furnlah Ihe Aral abso
lutely direct outlet for southern manu
facturer! to tka tar rail Southern
cotton good, aad other product, win
be shipped direct via Kansas City
end over the Kaaaaa City, Mexico tad
Orient linen to Topolubampo flay,
there connecting with the Hamburg-
Afnerlran line of .teamen lor China
and Japan. Tba aoolh win no longer
hara to pa? toll lo the north for Irani
imitation of lla products across Ike
continent and thence arroaa
I'aclAlc. ’
Another Interesting feature of thla
road which would particularly appeal
in soul hern pimple la the fact that It
Is being Annneed Independent at Wnll
■tract speculators. Moat Of tba money
I a in advlaed. la being luralahed by
Dnich and Knillsh bankers who are
looking merely lor a permanent la-
veal meal. It will be recalled lhal Ihe
Keasaa City Southern waa bull!
same man, Mr. A. B. Stillwell, who la
al Ihe head of the Kaaaaa City, Mex
ico aad Orient. Hla pradlctloa la re-
gard lo Ihe earnlhgs of lhal road bava
been more Hum verlArd and I
roaaoo why hla talaM project
ARREST GOMES
AS SURPRISE
PUT EEHIND BARE ON CHAR0E
OF MURDER.
fal. Nr. Rtlllweil KM cnatrol off Urn
Kaaaah city Southern JuM aa It waa
rearblan ita moat proaparoaa stage,
hy puttie, up hla Mock as ooftataral.
I am told, with aoma Wall Mraot bank
lag houaaa. lie bae provided against
Ibla roatlagenry In lbs cose of Ihe
Kaaaae City, Mexico and Orient by
the formation of a Dutch aad Rngtlah
voting truat which hold, nil tba Morn
aad InsMa voting truM certlBcafaa In
Ilea thereof "
H. C. SEAMAN
EGGS FOR HATCHINa
Rlngtat-Harrod Rocks, an parlor qua!-
Ity Rose ami Slagle combs. R. I. Rede,
lluE Oringtoas. Agent for Cyphers
‘ A*sq°sb F^i^ppo M |iM rt^ ,l,rr
CONDUCTORS AND TRAINMEN
WANT MORE PAV.
Savannah, Feb. id—Thera will be
no furiehr parleying between the Can-
tral Railway oNrlala and tho commit
laaa representing the conductor, aad
the trainmen of lha company rota
tive to the Increased pay damaadsd by
the loo labor bod lea anlll Monday.
Thla waa decided after yeaterdaya
conference which lasted two or throe
. Tha committee for the Aral
time yesterday waa cktaatad with Mr.
T. B. Molse lha Oeneral Manager of
eyelrm. IJtllc headway
II la axperled It will bt
taoal a couple of Wee ha before the
Altai anaoer of the railway company
la received by the committee. I, lha
meaailme I be men will cootlaae work
ing for Ike praaaat acale.
Savannah. Feb. M.—The atteai of
A. Ferry a well to do rillien ot
Chatham County on n charge of mur
der has coma aa aa unexpected sequel
lo the conviction of Alfred Jordan
a negro In hla employ on the same
charge. Uul August Alfred one giv
en a shot gun by Mr. Perry and wan
to guard wrll a walermellon
patch. Ife was Instructed to shoot
anyone who canto Into the patch.
While Alfred oatched Albert M|ch-
eleoo a Sweda who knew little of the
Kagllab language came along and en
tered Ihe patrh. It was at night.
Obeying order, Alfred palled down on
the Swede and a hot him. The man
wna ao badly hort be died In a short
time but made It clear In an ante
mortem alatement that be did not- In
tend lo steal mellotia but waa looking
*” - drink of water or aomMhlag
The Jury that triad Alfred found
him guilty aad aenleucad him lo tho
pealteolalry for IIM When Alfred
waa being triad Mr. Parry, hla ampler
waa placed upon Ihe stand. Alfred
has os Id Mr. Party gave him laatrno
t lo shoot t reaps sacra. Mr. Per-
hen he went upon th* stand oat ,
aakad about tho laMImooy of Alfred
hat waa cautioned that ha aaad box
anawer If hla anawar teadad to la-
criminate him la nay way. He slee
ted to answer the question and mid
without hesitation lhal tba negro had
told the truth—be had ordered him lo
about trespaaaera. Yesterday the 8o-
tlrltor General had a bench warrant
iaaued for Mr. Perry charging him
wllh murder. The defendant at once
save bond to anawer tha charge In
the Buporlor Court If he ajtoold be
Indicted.
TO 6ET MEET
New York. Feb H—'
Dentate /
Athletes of .
nnnl
today for Ike i
the Irnnaactloa
pertaining to tho affair, of tho or
ganisation. on of tbo principal Hama
tho aelertkm of tho
plaro for holding tha aaaodatloaM
aaaaai ckampjoaablp pee*. li la
generally expected that tha honor of
entertaining Ihe meet will be awarded
lo Ihe Ualreraliy of Pennsylvania.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Wrrn el weather, with rain for good
eonipun. , I. U .drriag tor Iks next
twenty Its. l-e.ta Today lha hlgamt
part al Ihe counnotlao ban keen case
ed principally by wind Thin la not
given alight mention In tha wenthai
schedule It la qaits probable that
lha night will ha colder I baa anticipa
ted as this sect too haa rot yet rerais
'd the cold snap predirect for Ihe Iasi
day of lha weak. Saadsy tha warm
ing ap should ha well under way.
The Herald dam not give nil Ihe
hewn, but we give some of It.