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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 \ 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."