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VOLUME XVIII
WAYCROSS, GA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1911
NUMBER 129
HARDY’S NEW {SALE OF LOTS
STORE A DANDY
IS UNCHANGED TODAY— CONFER- PRETTY BUILDING ERECTED AT
'% F^RENCES HELD. ALBANY AND PLANT AYE.
So far as is known no change has
taken place In the telephone situation
In Waycross.. The hi ass meeting was
held last night as advertised, and sev
eral talks made. The petition got-
ton up was largely signed, but no ac
tion thereon has been taken.
There is now 237 names on the
tetitlon and the committee ia still at
Work getting more names.
ATTENTION - CONFEDERATE
t VETERANS * T. 0. Bibb on Albany avenue as
•BAND CONCERT WILL. BE GIVEN
EVERY DAY.
f The regular meeting or. the Way-
cross Camp Confederate Veterans No.
813, will be held at: the court house
In this city at 11 o’rlork on the morn
ing of the 19th, Inst., Lee's birthday.
At this time new officers wifi be elec
ted the terms of the old ones will
have expired. A full meeting of the
Camp ia -greatly to be desired and
the present Commander urges every
The new store erected some time
ago for Hardy"Brothers, the live gro
cers, of Way cross, is about ready for
use, and will be taken over by the
firm named shortly. The store is,dt
Albany and Plant avenue corner, less
than a block from their stand on
Plant avenue. The new quarters are
very convenient, and will give them
plenty of room for their increasing
business. They have'also leased the
building formerly occupied by the late
ware
house. ,
The auction sale of lota in "Idyl-
wiide” begins Monday, to last through
Thursday Jan. 19. Every day of the
sale a band concert will'be given.
The Waycross band has been engade
to furnish music..
ANNUU REPORT Of THE
MOSS MIC
To the Members of the Boa,rd of the • of -endeavor besides Home are enroll-
City of. Waycross:. e9 in our denominations! scho
Gentleman: • which Ib 1908 was not in operation.
I have the honor to band you :iere*<ln other .words we have enrolled 110
with the report of the schools underj per cent of the number given us by
your disection for the calendar year Lie census of two yearj ago. Noth-
ending December 31. 1910. ’ ing more clearly shown tl^c rapid j South eCorgia knows, is in Waycross
The total omoiliuent in all the growth of this most rapidly growing j today. Mr. I.ealiy has many friends
uools, white and colored, for the city. here who are always glad to wel-
IV. H. LEAHY
IN THE CITY
PRED4CT8* GREAT FUTURE FOH
WAYCROSS AND WARE
W. H. Leahy, general pa»seng«r agt.
of the Atlanta, Birmingham, and At
lantic, and one of the beat advertiser*
Valuable presents are to be given | calendar year was l,725r
1 At the beginning of the fall term come him.
away al the sale, and tile Indication/
are that a large crowd will attend.
Bonnelli-Adams Company, of New
York, will have entire charge of thvi
sale.
' NOTICE ODD FELLOW8.
■You are_ requested to meet at the
Lodge Room Sunday afternoon Jan.
15th, 1911 at 2 o'clock, p. m., for the
purpose of attending the funeral of
ottr deceased brother, A. W. Lang.
A full attendance is earnest request
ed. By order of.
S. Clark Houk» Jr., N. G.
FAIR SUNDAY
IS PROMISED
member to be present. The ladies of Attest C. A.LeC'ount, 8eety.
the If. Q. C. have, a beautiful program J
for the day and every Veteran should CAMP NO. 819 G.NITEd
be In attendance. . j CONFEDERATE VETERANS
A. P. Per ham, Sr.Cdpt. Comd. J ‘ -?——
J. W. Strickland, Adjutant. / Dear Veterans:—^ou are invited by
13 4t the Francis S. Bartow Chapter TTnt-
— —rr * ' ted Daughters of the Confederacy of
J
NEW GARDEN SEED, NEW ON-j this city to attend in. a body, the
ION 8ET8, INTACT EVERYTHING j memorial exercises ‘.'ok Jncksops and
IN THE DRUG AND 8EED LINE AT j Tree's birthday; *to b« held in the
REDDING'S DRUG AND SEED f CJertYTgJ .§chobY Ati^q^iupu Qn Tb^rs-
tf.'*T&RE. 1 YOUR PATRONjMK^ 80-i day. ^uh. 19th;, pf ten o’clOO^ n. m.
(Board of Trade Servlco.)
Waycross is promised a fair ahd
warm Sunday. The weather dope
from Washington states that this
condition will be general In Georgia.
TheL rain scare has been held up tor
the time being but it la quite prob
able that something In the wet goods
will be on the morket before mu^y
more days have passed.
This is an increase over the total 1910 the ingenuity of the Supcrlnten-I Speaking or Waycross and Ware
enrollment in 1909 of 157 per cent. J dent was again exercised in the en- _ county he said he felt sure the city
. The total enrollment in the white' deavor to seat all who applied for ; and county faced and era of pros-
schoola in 1910 was 1436, the same be- ' entrance. AH have been uccomoda-
ing 266 per cent, of the enrollment of j ted snve those who were applicants
the white school# in 1900, or an in-> for the first grade and who applied
create of 166 per cent. * J afte-t the expiration of the first month.
The increased enrollment in the Under the rules of th eBoard which
perlty never before known, and he ex
pressed the hope that all our wishes
and hopss would] be realised. He said
business along th^ A. B. & A. was
generally good, and travel improving
white schools in 1910 is an Increase; forbid b the entrance of pupils to the along along allJines, especially out of
of 9 per cent, over that of 1909. j first* grade after the'Aral month un
in the colored school the eniollment j less such pupils are prepared for the
in 1910 is somewhat smaller than In j work of the grade, those who had
1909, and yet the average attendance never been to school before wore de
in 1910 was larger than in 1909. jnied. All others were taken cure of.
Below are given the statistics as | but not until we hud introduced dou-
compared with those of 1900:
White schools 1900; total enroll
ment, boys and girls, 540.
hie g:ades in both Quaterman and
Central schools. 1 trust that during
the coming spring we can safely lake
White schools 1910; boys, 080; girls
Birmingham. Mr. Leahy said the par
lor broiler car service recently estab
lished between Atlanta and Albany
was getting a nice patronage.
COAST LINE OFFICER*
8PEAK OPTOMISTICALLY
Savannah. Ga., Jan. 14.—President
M. Emerson and Vice President
Mrs. Wooley Dead.
This afternoon shortly after noon
Mrs. J* C. Wooley died nt ’her home
on church street 'after aw illae«H* of
some time. * She is survived by her
13 4t 1.18 6t Mrs. ( F^ed-Brewer, Secty.l husband and a number of ..relatives.
Yon Can Make No Mistake
By Wearing a Suit Made by
Stein-
Block Co.
Sam W. Peck
/ and Co.
756; total 1,436. .
Colored school 1900; total Atten
dance, 132.
Colored school -1910; to:..i« enroll
ment,, 289,
All schools 1900, 672.
All schools 1910, 1,725.
Enrollment distributed as follows:-
Central school, hoys 392; girls, 480;
totalf «72.* - ‘
Howe Strode school, hoys, 164; girls
143; total, 237. >
Quaternion Si:ret ae'jocl, boys, l-l:
girl,. 122; total 21 It
Gilchrist Park school, boys, 13;
girls,'11; total,'21.
Total, white boys, 480; girls, 7Ml:
total, 1,434,
Colored school, boys. Ill; girls, 178;
toUl 289.
Grand total boys 791; girls 934; to
tal 1,726.
Eniollment Kail Term ony:
CentuU School, boys 294; girls 346;
total 641.
Howe Street school, boys 122; girls
112! total 234.
Quarterman Street school;- boys 99;
girls <9; total 128.
Colored school, boys t|7; girls 113;
total 180.
Grand total, boys 684; girls 689;
total 1,273.
Averagt number belonging whole
year:
White eciioolli 973; colored eehool
132; total 1,108.
Average number belonging rail
term otlyt
White ecbools 1.033; colored 134;
total 1,167.
Average attendance whole year:
White scboots 860; colored schools
116; total 970. ■ ‘
Average.attsndsncs fall 'term only;
White schools 981; colored school
IT; total 1.108.
School consul taken In 1908 shows:
White, males 668; white 'females
660; total whiten 1,228.
Colored, males 441; colored females
482; total colored 923.
Total malts 1,009; total female.
1,142; graad total 2,151.
Although 78 more while girla than
care of those who apply without the ;j R Ken , y #( ^ Mlant(o Coaat
employment of extra teachers.
again call the attention of the
Line were in Savannah yesterday,
having just returned from an intpec-
Board to the fact that the time will J 1Jop of ||)e Une -, lnter8<t ,
soon come when .ah additional schdol; pj 0rj( j ft ,
building will be necessary If we are) DoU) Mr Kmer , on Bnd Mr . Kenly
to take care of our rapidly growing 1
population, it !h true that, we have
f n few vacant rooms In the Howe and
Quarterman schools but these will
I were exceedingly opiomlstlc over
business conditions and reported that
the prospects f«r this year's buslneis
imimally .bright. While last year
not meet th* demand^ those who on ~ ^ t|(e Coait Llne
live in the central purl of the city, J
from both the passenger and freight
and besides with the growth ol our tnifflte at8pdpnln t ( this year Is
city these now schools will bo MU
with those who live In the districts j
of those schools. You will -recall that j
peered to prove evert better. There
are a number of minor improvements
to the Coast Une properties con tern-
the oBard last January appointed n |atC( , bu t thc offlc , a | a know of notb-
spedal committee on School 8lle.,l |nB , ha , w0||ld lnlereBt Savannah,
and that during the year Jhla coiu-| lhtv |eft „ , 0 - c f 0CII a prlTal , car
rnittee reported naming several sites j ov ,. r tbe Coa , t Un< N „ 8B for w „.
as being suited lo our neede. Thl. I minalnl . the headquarters,
committee bad In consideration a sltwl • . . _ .
Uiltable for a High School. With :j NOTICE KNIGHTS. OF PYTHIAS,
only one vacant room remahilng In j You are tequeited to meet at the
the Central achool, with the proba-| c4B1|e Ha) , Sunday aftqniion, Jan-
billty confronting us that this will. uary , 6th , „ 2 0 . cl00 |, p . i„. ( for
4>e occupied during the coming fall! 1he purp0M of attending the funeral
term, with an Increase In attendance j „ f our dw „„ ed brother. A. W, l.. r .
that will within a few yeara nil all, A fu || a tte Dd( nce la earnestly requea-
tbe schools to overHowlog, I reiterate tad By order of -V
he opinion already expressed that It
is not too early to consider ways and
means for the erection of na up-to-
date High School building, believing
this to be our greatest need. A gnat
many of our neighboring cities have
within , the last year or two erected
High achool buildings and the ma
jority of ibtm have added an addi
tional grade. We not only need an
eleventh grade but we need n build
ing especially adapted io High achool
woii. We need more teachen .aleo
in order that we may Improve our
course of study In such a way aa to
permit some option In selection and
that pupils may be developed aa
nearly as possible along the tinea ol
their aptitudes. The time will yet
come whpn we will Me and: appre
ciate the need of manual and domes
tic and commercial training for our
boys and girls. In order to property
Introduce these we deed room end
equipment. Without such room aid
equipment it will be Impracticable to
. Cbaa.:.E. Cason,- 0. C.
Attest: T. H. Ml|lqr, K. ot lt. and S.
If life were as tiffscuH as the prob
lem plays make'.lt, most married men
would take polaoa In the very Bret
scene.
wbfte boys attended school It will be ..make these improvements In a'satlv
seen from tbe above census that 92
more Valle girls than white boys
were In the city two yeara ago and
that there were at that time 42 more,
factory way. I appreciate tbe fact
that the members of the Board are
in full sympathy with thaws sugges
tions but I sm cognizant of tba fact
RE
ESTATE
CONSULT OUR LIST8
when you, are In search of any de
scription of real estate. If yoo wish
to have a house or store you will
And otar lists Include shout every
thing worth looking at.
IF YOU WANTO BUY REAL
ESTATE '
you will Icdrtalnly save tira^ and
probably money, by consulting ns ae
to your requirements. Our exper-
. fence and knowledge of values should
colored females than .males. One of; that a growing city has'many de-
the most wholesome signs is that 45 j mands upon its finances. I further
perecent of the present large tenth realize that our enrollment has grown j
giAde fa made .up of boy*. ! more rapidly than onr school op. j
An Interesting fact In the study of J portlonmenti from tk# city and the avc provPl1 *° be \° n,aD y oihera.
Lie school statUtloffstbat we en- state. However, we moat realize tlwt! a rr . «
| rolled 268 more whites in 1910 than • this Is but the penalty of our rapid’iVni^ht
were.' jn, fam according to tbe’&^wtb; » condition which, must, he!
census of 1908, sjbelt many of scbooL studied and properly met as it will am J Vqj.
age are ns at work in various liner' , (Continued on Page JO I v
