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WAYCROSS ANb WARE cbuNTY AND COUNTY BQARD.OF EDUCATION * '
VOLUME XVII
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WAYCROSS GA. SATURDAY JULY 9 ,1911 NUMBER 267
NECK SLIPPED;
JOY MAY DIE
ACCIDENT IN CREEK^IN A*PNG
COUNTY. -
Reports front Apllng county, south
of Baxley,^ say that Noah Whitt, *
. young son of Mr. and Mrs. Jadob
White, who live near that place. Is In
if critical condition by an accident
which happened while he was bath-'
ir.g in a creek with a party of boy
hlends. \ ' *■ '*
The young man dlvedjVliU head
auditing the ground, and slipping the
. neck bone. The body from the ghoul*
ders down is parallzed, and little hope
Ig ahtvrtained for his recovery*
Friends who were with him dia not
go to his aid at first, thinking that lfo-
was merely seeing how long he could
under the water. They became
alarmed, however, and upon inves^iga
tion found. Noah in an unconscious
cQBdftton. jj v
•NEW COMPANY
Petition for charter of "the Beach
Manufacturing Company, of which W.
SMALL EIRE
EARLY!
Fire slightly imaged stables* in
rear of/the home of J. K. Bibb, on
Mary street, early tbla omroingt The
R. Beach, of Waycross, la the nead,j flremeu jstopped -the spread of the
has been filed.. piauMs before; adjoining property could
The principal businesg of the com- be hurt,
pany will be the manufacture of lum- t known,
ber, shingles, and other material from
pine and cypress timber^ i n addition
to conducting a navaf.gt6res business.
The capital tock 1^1^00,000, with
privileged bf Increasing fo f600,000.
Ayith Mr. Bepch In the bpslness ore
ijy.C. Rozier.and R. C. ^Avtrett, of Mill
City, Apllng county. The mills whl
be at Baxley, with branch offices at
Waycross and other points.
The origin of the fire is uh-
SO MUCH IN JUNE
A CARO FROM
MR. BOWDEN
Millwood report settles
< , THE QUESTION.
REGISTRATION LIST CLOSED
- ' *'• ’ < IN CHATHAM TODAY.
Savannah, Ga., July 9—Under th*
Hoke Smith-registration law the Hat
Be sure to attend the lawn fete and
musical nett Friday night Moonlight
mueic and refreshments. 9 3t
SUNDAY BEING THE TENTH.
WE SHALL EXTEND THE DAYS
FOR' DISCOUNTING ELECTRIC
LIGHT BILLS SO AS TO INCLUDE
THE ELEVENTH. NO DISCOUNT-
ED BILLS WILL BE ACCENTED AF
TER THE ELEVENTH. *PAY YOUR.
BILL NOW AND SAVE THAT TWO
C^Nts PER WILOKATT.
WARE OQ,_ LIGHT 4 POWER CO.
Visitors-14. Waycross today from
Chariton dopnty reiterated statements
made to the effect that Charlton couv
ty* would (O solid for Gov
ernor Brown. The announcement of
B. F. Scott for representative, with no'
opposition In view, Is also reported
from Charlton.
A moonlight lawn fete and mualcal
will be given by the Presbyterian
Ladle* Aid Society on Frjday night
of n ent week. A One musical program
Is planned. Refreshment! will fee
closed betc today for those who Wish
to vote Ih'tiie municipal election in
January of next year. There was no
p\oft"’rf<iut’«t the closing the-registra
tion being^very* lax all drvy. One rca*
Vn ot tblB was that the people who
want tp yotc;in the municipal election
pfOafgely iriready registered for 4t.
because Jhey ore o n the hodks for tfifl
primary/and the state and county
^ election tbia^ summer.
} 11 that it will be necessary for.
them to do to qualify for the municipal
election next January will be the pay*
ttcut of they* 1910 taxes.
The new registration law seems to
work well ^ in Chatham eliminating
a large rongj house element that was
uncustomed to block the polls In the
pn«r a few days, before the date of
elections to get on the books. Every
man who takes enough Interest
la politics In Chatham county to regis
ter without being influenced is on the
hooks today.
On account of my lllnesa, I will Zty
my home on Carswell Avenue at a
Bargain.
Citizens in and about Millwood/
hustling iossn of western Ware, have
explained satisfactorily the recent un
usual series of showers and storms.
A commo n spread adder snake—
killed and hung betly-up on the side
of a stump by Prof. Gordon Willeford.
is given as the cuuse.
It might be stated too that said.Prof
WiJleford was not to be seen In tne
neighborhood after a week's rain.
Some say he merely tried to follow
out the tactics employed by Dr. Cook,
of North Pole fame.
There la a saying through the rur
al districts that the killing of a spreaj
adder and hanging In n certain man-
Editor Waycross Hera.'d, City:
Four attempted burglaries witbm
My attenuon ha. been called to a| the weck „ , he recori| (or Fo||iston
petition being circulated by one, Mr.. outh „ f WiJrcr01 , „ be|| „.
Da n T. Cowart,-better known ns 288, . . . J . . 4l
“ r . ed tQ have been made by the same
388, or .488, or "Don’t forget the J fR Jir fy
money loV. a bill Introduced atj werc pa|(| „ e
this ee^slon of the Legislature elect-! ^ w
ing each alderman front the ward he! ,
represents,
well knows
! home of Emory JlartlB. -One was ai
; nine In the evening, the would-be
Now Mr. Dau Cowart'. Itt ^. . . .
burglar trying to enter n room occu-
that 1 know that He is I
ner on'ja' stump or treo will bring
rain.
Mrs. X E. T. BowdeH.
The happening in which the profea*
or took inch an impqrtant part wa3
early in June. He told of it the af
ternoon before the first rain v When
it rained^ bis neighbors hailed him
with delight, and he was the center
of an adtftiring group.
The admiration grew whe n the sec
ond day brought more rain. And stlli
the Millwood people thought more of
him, as n)ore rain would fall.
Howevtr, when there was not let
up In a week, the admirers began to
drop out. The field o^ Uncle Dave
Bennett took in a big quantity of tbt
surplus rain, and he has drafted the
following; resolution for Prof. WUle
ford: "By Jingo, Gordon, you take
down that snake.'.!*,
-I JffriC*—— —
TROOPS GO TO
WILL LEAVE TOMORROW MORN
ING ON SPECJAL TRAIN.
During the coming hot weather, you want to
get a Straw Hat, and one of these cooljtight
weight Suits. <
I have them in Serges, Homespun, Grays,
Crashes, just the right thing to stand the sun
Come in and see how nicely you can be
fitted in one of
Stein-BIoch “Smart Clothes,”
Sam Peck “Nobby Clothes,”
Bros. “High Art Clothes”
They Are Ths Best In The Market TodaY.
Savannah, Ga.. July 9.—Savannah'i
troops that are to go to Cblckanwuga
for the purpose of taking part In tbt
maneuver! .of the soldiers for the
nest ten days will leave tomorrow
morning on a apodal train.. r y
The troops'going on this trip are
those pf the First Regiment of In
tantry. Cot. M. J.,O'Leary will ;bt In
command. All the companies of the
regiment Iron Savannah and from the
neighboring towns will be on board.
The Georgia Hussars the cavalry
| Command which la to go lo Chicks-
mauga also will leave here tomorrow
night. Savanhah will furnish more
troops for this encampment than "any
j othtr city In the state. Its railltary
Is Its pride.
-going to attempt If tbla bill la put
through to be a candidate for aldor-
nmn from Ilia ward, that I, a citizen
of Waycross, Ga., and having fought
for what I always thought to he right,
will from this time on fight all legisla
ture that la directed for tho welfart
of any one man's Interest, and Just
as slire as that bill la Introduced by
Representative Miller, ('intend to go
to AUantn and light, ai 1 have never
fought before in trying to defeat tlila
bill. The idea ot a citizen of Way-
cross, Ga., that claims to have alf-tbe
morals of Moses hlmeelf, trying to
etir-ct a bill that he knows II it pasted
that It would be possible. In a genera,
(’action of a negro to become aider-
man of Waycross, Ga. The same
thing existed In Jacksonville, Fla., and
for 20 years the people of that City
had two black men always sitting at
each Council meeting in tho capaci
ty or a Councilman, Take the alxth
Ward for Instance, In our City. We
know that a negro -would pot attempt
to run for office In this town, but why-
should we lower the gap for any ng|
tatlon Of this kind, end as Jackson
ville had to change her law,so that
she elected her Conncllmen, so that
would eliminate a negro, why should
we attempt, since our Law haa been
practically In shape that It eliminates
* negro from politics, to tur n around
now and tamper with our present
laps. I hope that those who hake
signed this petition will take their
names from this petition, end that
those who have not signed It will not
sign It, and when we want Inwi pass
ed In the future In Waycross and
Ware County, we havo got men, In
my estimation, that are far more cap-
ablt of legislation than this Mr. Dan
T. Cowart. '
Yours Tory truly,
.. J. E. T. Bowden.
pled by Mr. Mgrlln'js daughter.
At oue the same night a second at
tempt was laade, but railed. Tue
homo of E. l'.' cour»on was next visi
ted, without success. H. J. Davis"
"home was entered next, the Ihtcuder
getting. In an up-stalrs room. He es
caped over the porch roof wbe n Mr.
Davis ghvf chase. The Identity of the
burglar I; unknown. ,
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Col. John W. Bennett delivered en
address today at bum Branch Church,
la Liberty oounty, on Sunday Bchoo.
work, and In the Interest of Bunn-
Bell Institute, He will deliver several
more addresses through this section
lor the Institute shortly. »
:AT:
H. C. SEAMAN,
JOE HILL HALL WILL
n ^ SPEAK FOR BROWN.
Atlanta, Ga., July 8.—Anaotfncement
was made tonight that Joe Hill Hall
Bibb county would make the lead
ing address at the reorganization
meeting ot the Joe Brown Club In
Yzjletta tomorrow night. .
Ar a great deal of interest has cen
t. cd upon the stand Mr. tisll would
u be lo this campaign, bla consent to
del ver the address la encouraging to
tv. Brown forces. \
WEATHER REPORT.
For Georgia partly, with probably
local showers tonight or Sunday.
Meeting of Farmers Institute
The meeting of the Farmer’s In
stitute will be held at Court House
IB Waycross-on August 3rd. A large
atiendanco Is requested. Program
w;:i be published later. . .
r J. B. W. Sfblth, President.
i Oov. Hadley Advleet Negroes.
Jefferson City, Mo., July t'.-^-Gover-
nor Hadley today offered a reward
pt 3309 (or the arrest nod conviction
of every person engaged In the lynch
ing ot two negroes at Charleiton, Sun
day. *
In an Interview the Governor
warned the negroes that they, must
not provoke race riots on account of
the Johnson-Jeffrlee light. “Nagrot:
hare no occasion to fael any elution
over the result of that flghL" said
Governor Hadley. "It’s only signifi
cance la* that a negro prise tighter
tvhipped a worn-out prize'fighter,'yrno
had Impaired fela constitution by Idle
ness and dissipation. Jeffries no'more
represented the white race than doe*
Johnson represent such men-eui Book
er T. Washington or Professor Dubloi
While I propose to, do al| I'can to
protect the negroes and punish acts of
violence against them, the negroes
mutt understand that only by,their
own conduct can they secure the res
pect of Jhea people.V
DEM. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
OP CHATHAM MET LAST NIGHT.
Savannah, Ga., July 9.->-The Dem
ocratic Executive cammlttle of Chat
ham County met lait night In the
City Court room at the court house
und made plana for ths approaching
primary election. The plans and rules
dlger very little from those of two.
yeirengo. , ; x
Mr. Inton P. Wrigbrthe Chairman
of the commlttte will be the Supt. of
the election. Each candidate will bR
given representation at the boxes t»
much ju possible. The committee,
went on record as being oppostd to-
"single shotting" that la voting for
one man on a ticket. * To get your
vote counted In Chatham this year
you must vote for one candidate for.
each office. -fTlbls rule went Into «f,
feet last year and -was found to hr
very satisfactory. The local assess
men! against all candidates In the
race Is 339 each. All who wish tp
enter the primary In Chatham must
make their desires known by August,
first and send along the |20, .<j-S
For good stove, wood, phone 331.'-
All orders shall bav e prompt atten-
tlon. T 5 lor
M.
Knight
For Appalachian Exposition.
Knoxville, Tain., July 8.—The main
buitding ot the Appalachian Exposl
tlon, which Is to open here on Sep
tember 12, n‘ht, was formerly dedicat
ed today with Intereatfnt exercises
conducted lo the-presence ot a large
crowd ot spectators, William J. Oli
ver, who la the president of the ex-
poritlcn company, presided aqd d
Real Estate,
Renting
AIHO
Insurance
Agents.
33 and 35
SOUTHERN BUILDING.