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10-piece beautiful flowered Serpen
tine Crepe, 20C.
11 2t Humphreys & Williamson.
You Can Make No Mistake
By Wearing a Suit Made by
s:t out shade trees ' this
MONTH.
Kdltor Evening Herald:
No doubt niui pereone wbo cun-
lomplaft transplanting ahado ( trees
this pear think beat to wait until the
weather la warm to do the work.
I would auggeat to all who are put
ting off their tree setting until the
season whan the bude begin to swell,
that they begin at once, this month,
to get their trees out in good shape
and treat them In a manner that they
will both lire and grow and prove a
pleasure to their owners as well aa
othria »[io may share the Shade with
them, II not grapes and flgs.
Respectfully suggested by one who
loves the trees.
Chas. H. Redding.
The best dressed men you meet on the street
are wearing them.
They are the best on the market today.
SECOND PRIMARY FOR
FLORIDA SENATOR.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. II.—W. A.
Blount la maintaining his lead of ap
proximately 3,600 votes In the sena
torlal primary. N. P. Bryan Is sec
ond With a lead over J. NT C. Stock-
ton of over 600 votes, apd It Is prac
tlcally assu ed that Blount and Bryan
will be the two candidates in the,
second primary.
A feature of the polling yesterday
was the lack of Interest of the voters
and but two-thirds the normal vote
of the state was brought ouL Re-
poms are coming In slow, but it Is
not expected that the remaining conn
tics o be heard from will materially 1
change the position of the candidates.
Returns up to 11 o’clock with some
counties missing and others Incom-
( plete show the following vote: Blount
10,3-11; B:yan, 6.733; anil Stockton,
. 6,091. It Is certain that no one can
didate can receive a majority by the
present vote.
CONSULT OUR LISTS
when yon are In search of any de
scription of real estate. If yon wish
to have a house or storo yon will
find otm lists Include about overy-
thlng worth looking at.
IF YOU WANTO BUY REAL
ESTATE
you will Tcdrtalnly save tlm^, and’
probably money, by consulting ut au
to yonr requirements. Our expert
lence and knowledge of values should’
certainly bt or servlet-Jo you at they
have proved to be to many others.
COV. BROWS ATTENDS BANQUET.
Atlaota, Ga„ Jan. 12.—Oov. Brown
was the host Tuesday night at. a
banquet given the commissioned of0-
cera of the Fifth' regiment N. O. 0.
Co. E. B, Pomeroy acted as toast
master, and toasts were repsonded to
by ooo member from each company.
You can get them at
. NOTICE.
All tales due, state and. County,
will call at Sheriffs office and settle
same by Jan. ti, - or levy will be
mad*. A
. O, W. Pittman,/Sheriff.
JUST IN AT MUTUAL GROCERY
FRESH CRANBERRIES, 15c POUND.
AYCROSS
VOLUME XVIH
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WAYCROSS, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1911
NUMQER 127
E8IDENT KNIGHT OF 80ARC
.TRADE WRITES LETTER.
. The" following letter was sent'to
. fP the^deU officials and to Rev. A. M.
Bennett as a member of a committee
representing the striking telephone op
orators today by A. M. Knight, presi
dent o# the { Board of Trade:
“I. hereby, tender the. good offices of
the arbitration committee of the
Board of Trade, consisting of Messrs
J. C. McDonald, W. W. Lambdin. G.
W. Barnes, and O. W. Deen, to assist
In settling the differences between
the telephone company and Its em
ployees, with the racomendation that
«both,sides agree to submit to the de-
dslon of the committee.
t - “As neither wages or hours are at
v*' issue there should be no- difficulty in
arriving at an amicable agreement? .
"Ye*y respectfully.
“ A * m Knifffct.
, a "President, Board of Trade/
What- action will be taken on this
matter remains to be seen. Matters
are now In statuo quo. The opera
tors have announced a mass meeting
4 for tonight In Beauty Park, and It Is
presumed ’ matters will be gong Into
fully at this meeting. Last night’s
meeting wits wellatended, and talks
were made by Rev. Bennett and Mes
srs -Morton, Curry and Smith.
NEW OFFICERS IFIRE TODAY ON IRUMORS SAYS
FOR JJ.il. A. MJWILLIAMS HEIGHTS
HOKE SMITH
IS OUT OF SENATORIAL RACE
FOR THIS TIME PRESENT.
Atlanta. Ga.. Jan. 12.—The iumor
that Hoke Smith will not be a can
didate for the United States senate
and that Thomas W. Hardwick will
be a candidate for that, office, while
On account of the regular time for This morning about 10:30 o'clock
the election of the new officers for Are damaged the house in rear of the
Whycross Council No. 21 Junior Or-J Pretty home of Major F. H. McGee,
der United American Mechanics fall-. but was stopped by the flTemen be
ing upon the days celebrated as fore the damage amounted to much
Christmas and New Years the tame ' over a few hundred dollars. The flre
was postponed by a special dispenaa-' started from a fireplace in a rootp
tIon. from the State Councilor and at on ike second story, and gained rap- , no( based on authorative statements
very large and representative meet- Mly. The house was occupied by Mr. j 0 f either of these gentlemen, seems,
ing last Monday night the following and Mrs, Britt. Insurance was car-1 never!iieleas, to be based on a pretty
officers were elected to serve for the rled on both contents, which were j 80 lid assurance of facts.^ Any inti-
ensuing term: % damaged mostly by water, and on the. mate political friend of Governor-elect
Junior Past Councilor—B. G. Finn. house. j Hoke Smith’s will tell you without
! hesitation, “No he Isn't going to tun,* 1
MRS. DRISCOLL
IS ARRESTED
FOR LEAVING HER CHILD IN
NEGRq HOUSE.
MANY NEW
ENTERPRISES
REPORTED BY THE GEORGIA AND
ALABAMA INDUSTRIAL INDEX
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 12.—The Geor
gia and Alabama Industrial lodes
says in its regular weekly issue:
'“Many new enterprises, both In-
Atiunta, Ga., Jan. 12.—Mrs. Maud
Driscoll, the pretty young widow of
the late Captain John W. Drlscollfoi
Newnan, who mysteriously disappear-. . , ,
. duatrial and commercial, have sprung
ed after leaving her beautiful three-!
year-old baby in a negro house,
Councilor — A,"U Brett.
Vice Councilor—M. M. Breet.
-Chaplin—J. O. Brown.
Recording and Knancial Secretary
-Sherod Collins.
We thought the Smith-Brown eni-j and anj . friend u f Tom Hardwick, will
broglie was over in Waycross. But declare with equal assurance. “Why
^ I certainly he will run.”
J. P. CONNOR, j jf a j| £ Ve 0 f them now mentioned in
Assistant Secretary-D. J. E. Knight. Sho ^ makcr and um brella mender and ‘connection with the race actually en-
Treasurer—Dr. J. C. RIppard.
Warden—G. A. Kobn.
CJonduct^r—R. T. Tindal^.
Inside ,8entlnel—W. C. Hall.
Outside Sentinel—G. W. Douberly.
Trustee—W. C. Paul.
(Trustees T. H. Finn and G. A
Kohn holding over.)
Representative to the State Coun
ell—Richard L. Singleton.
B. G. Finn will also attend the
State Council as Deputy Cundlor for
Waycross Council and Sherod Col
lins will attend as Special Deputy for
Waycross and Glennville Councils.
After the election the officers were
installed with very Impressive cere
monies. After all business had been
maker, lower Plant avenue, next to | ,er !t * ftnd if the 8enator chosen
directly by the' senate, it will prob
ably require days of< ballotting to get
a majority. Mn addition to Hon. Jo
seph M. Terrell and Hardwick,’ there
will be, It appears, Murphy Candler,
W. A. Covington and Brantley. Con
gressman Brantley’s candidacy now
seems practically certain.
Hardy-’Bros.’ old stand. Give me a
call.
together.
Waycross Council has shown a
very remarkable growth during the
past year. It has not been in spurts
and spells but by steady upward
climb from the '^enthusiasm of dta
members and their presenting the
few days ago. has been arrested uy
the Atlanta detectives and lodged be
hind thg. bars on a charge of cruelly
treating her little one. Mrs. Driscoll
was arrested at the Palace Hotel, this f
city, where she was registered under j
the name of Miss Mary Jones. Mrs. I
J Driscoll broke down completely after
1 she hud been lodged behind the bars,
! and tearfully lad the only reason she
I had abandoned her little one was
that she had not been able to pro
vide for it the necessaries of life.
She said the story that she had de
serted it to run away with a man was
cruelly untrue. “I love only my child,
I love her better than anything In
the world; she’s my only baby and I
want her back. I will work my fin- j
gers off If necessary to care for her.’’ i
8o cried the poor woman almost In I
, NOTICE. ^
objects and principles before right! • Will the mother* of the children of ( h y 8,er,c *
thinking men. Their principles are | the Confederacy, please see that their | Bu t developments in the police
not hidden tinker a bushel measure ■ children meet at the Central School court " ,11 determine-whether or not
but the world is invited to Invest!-j house Thursday moving, January 1fl, , ^ frH ' Dr,a<oB eve T* « et6 her baby
gate what the Junior Order standi itc jnt 9:30 o’clock to form a body and ’ ,la / k aguln -
and then understand why It keeps j ut'end the exercises in celebration of j ” ““““
steadily growing when others around j Ue's and Jackson’s birthdays to ||f*||| a Anr
transacted the .member* enjoyed a flourish up and prosper for a sea- h-.ld in the auditorium at JO o'clock j IU I* Ml I 11 III* III*
The Stein-
Sam W. Peck
Block Co.
and Cq.
Strause & Bros.
Anything You Need For Boys.
Owls Ready
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN PERFEC
TED FOR INSTITUTION. .
H. R. Caulfield. Genera|. Organiser
tor the Order of Owls, arrived from
Atlanta this morning for the jmrpofce
of Inatltuting Waycro,, Neat of the
Owls, tonight, at the Parker Opera
Home at 7:30.
Mr. Caulfield expreued himself aa
very much pleaaed with the reault of
Mr. Cortbell and Fitch’,. work secur
ing members, ax they have xtnured
the names of over 300 of Waycioss'
business, professional men, foremfn
and others, which he says la in extra
large number for i;clty of this site.
■'However,’’ added Mr. Caulfleld. “It
fa not surprising about this plaice
•t.ir. xpt steps to con^ldt^ that
Waycross beat til other cities ip the
Stile In Increasing Its population, and
why not lead by pUtUng In 'the lira-
est percentage of his popular frater
nal order.”
GEORGIA OUT
Atlanta, Ga./ Jan. 12.—The new
code of Georgia, recently revised by
Judge Hopkins aild issued fresh from
the Foote Davies press, will sell
4be two volumes, for th6 price of $3,
the cheapest price ever asked for a
similar publication in the state of
Georgia. This price wss fixed after
a conference between Gov. Brown,
Comptroller General Wright and At
torney General Hall. The Volumes
contain both civil and criminal code.
into existence all over the two states
and are beginning their journey along
the highway of Time side by side
with the new year, 1911, Thirty new
corpoiations are reported, with min
imum capital stock of $627,500 and
authorized capital far In excess of
that sum, and they reflect activity in
every line of endeavor. Many new
mercantile and other business enter
prises are reported, and incident to
the readjustment of affairs for tho
new twelve-month period much new
capital is being invested.
u Various «8outh Georgia cities are
In aglow of enthusiasm over the of
ficial report of the United States cen
sus bureau, showing remarkable In
creases in their populations in the-
■ last ten years. Waycross, with Ite
' present population of 14,486, an in-
I crease of 145 per cent In ten ,years,
and Fitzgerald with $15 per cent in
crease, lead the list, and Albany and
Cordelo also show particularly fine
increases.
“The reports submitted by banks'
all over the two states show that the
past |mir was a vpry prosperous one
with tfibse institutions, the net earn
ings in inaify cases being 15 and 20
per cent. New bunks are repented
for Anniston, Ala., Atlanta, Ga., and
Macon, Ga;
/‘Commercial bodies were organized
at Cordele, Ga„ and East Point, Ga.--
Colquttt, Ga., will probably vote at an
early date on bonds for public in*
praveraents. Dublin, Ga., is offering
$30,000 of Improvement ‘bonds for
sole. New court houses are to be
built in Fulton and Spalding counties,
Geoigla.
JTA new fertilizer factory is an
nounced for Enterprise, Ala. Activ
ity in mining operations is reported
from the Alabama district. Six new
real estate companies were chartered
in Bftn^Jngham, Ala., during the week.
Russell county, Alabama, voted $100,-'
000 of road bonds, and Toombs coun
ty, Georgia, will vote oo the Issuance
of the same kind of bonds. An elec
tion on the issuance of '$100,000 col
lege bonds has been ordered at Flor
ence, Ala. Proposals for erecting a
haw federal building at MiUedgeville,
Ga., ard now Invited."
