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VOLUME XVIII
WAVCROSS, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1911
NUMBER 132
ffitkin of superintendent of water
NOTICE.
The children of the Confederacy
are especially requested to meet to
morrow afternoon at 3:00 at Ihe ooi-
tral school auditorium to practice the
choruses tp be used on Thursday.
RING 174 fQK WOOD.
preliminary trial, Whitfield was bpund
over, but the evidence was not suffi
cient to convict.
CALL 189 FOR FRUIT, FISH AND
OVSTERS.
Can Make No Mistake
Wearing a Suit Made by
Strause & Bros.
GRIFFIN COUNTS AND
FINDS 8,235 PEOPLE
Gilflln, Gal, Jan. 18.—The correct
census of Oiiffln Is 8,235, accord Inn
to a cartful count by volunteer enuro
orators taken on last Sunday.
This Is a gain of 1,327 people over
the government’s census of 1900. and
a gain of 757 over the federal count
of 1910.
It is also a gain of 20 per cent over
the figure:! of 1900, and the figures
are generally accepted as being cor
rect.
The best dressed men you meet on the street
wearing them.
They are the best on the market today.
CONSULT OUR LISTS
when you are In ...arch of any de
scription of real estate. If you wish
to have t a bouse or store you will
find our lists include about every
thing worth looking at.
IF YOU WANTO BUY REAL
y ESTATE
you will Jcdrtelnly nave time, and
probably money, by consulting ns as
to your requirements. Our exper-
lance and knowledge of values should
certainly be ot service to you at they
have proved to be to many others.
' weeks. Its purpose, ss sat forth In
the announcement of the promotere,
TERANS. Is to show "the modern tendency to
wards sclentlBc child culture on a
that the mem- gigantic acale and the heroic efforts
'eteran* Camp being put fotth by thousands of so-
I meat 1,1 tbo ecological and charitable workera to
n, at > o'clock combat the evil effects ot congestion
19th hut, ideet and resultant condition! on the chit-
ratine business dren of New York, and to aave the
clock thov are j city from a weak, unhappy future
II D. C.. who citizenship.”
rao-ine arrang-i The good and evil features of the
By order of | moving picture show and Its amazing
Cap*. Comdq. development as a form of social en-
AJJutant. lertalnuicnt are demonstrated t>>
•‘•V,
CELEBRATION HERE TONIGHT
The programme arranged by the j AT CENTRAL' SCHOOL AUDITO-
Daughters of the Confederacy for to- j RIUM, RAIN OR 8HINE.
morrow’s celebration of Leo's and - ■—
Jackson's birthday Is a very pleasing | The aren't of Sidney Landon's suc-
one and It Is hoped that all who are , ces * aa a character artist lies In hl«
Interested will be present. Prof. Ray determination, to excel. Richly on-
of Bunn-Beil Institute will be speak- j dowod by nature with a versatility
cr. The following program will he! ¥ hat I 1 " (remarkable, be lms added
given: I much by experience and culture.
1. Instrumental Solo—Miss Cor-1 Hls art ls to Interpret life, and ho
trude Brown. /'does this with all the varying shades
2. Invocation—Rev. R. A. Brown. aml s " b,,e c ™ oliona peculiar to hu-
3. Chorus. Auld Lang Synye—Au- manlt5 ’'
dience. His sympathetic nature and keen
4. Recitation—Stonewall Jackson Perception, coupled with hls genius
Negro Found on R. R. Ill FREIGHfS “HOT GUiLIYll
Track This Morningj CRASH TOGETHER LYNENSES EREE
Supposed to Have T alien off a Train
Sometime Last Night.
NEAR WAYCROS8—TWO MEN
8ERIOUSLY INJURED.
HAS COST 135,000 SINCE
WA8 KILLED.
MAC MAYO GETS
- ANOIHER CAT
I A negto brafteman, Ed Isom, to as
found dead this 1 morning about
TMs morning about 7:15 two
frelgiit trulnH crashed together about
four miles north of here, piling up j
Cordele, Ga., Jan. 17.—Forme'*
Sheriff VV. B. Lyens and hls son, Ai-
! chle ar$ free. '
.ovie i* .1 ,, „ ,, . seven freight ears and two locomo-
o clock in front of the Bunn-Bell • Col
| lege on the Atlantic Coast Line track.
Way.
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5. Vocal Duet—Mrs. Howell, Mrs.
Whitman.
Chorus—Children' of the Con-
r f federacy.
7. Recitation, On the Rappahanock
—•Miss Woodard.
8. Address—Prof. Ray.
9. Bestowal of Crosses by the
President
10. benediction—Rev. w. H.
Scruggs. ?
VAN HQOSE 18 NAMED
; \, FOR LEE DAY.
enables him to present a gieat va
riety of characterization, and he has
carefully arrnnged hls programs to
they delight the popular as well as j j c j|| e( | >
the literary audience. j
Hear him tonight, rain or shine.
Nobody seems to know when f the
negro was killed,- hut it is supposed
he fell off of a train sometime during
the nigut or tally morning.
McGregor Mayo and Jack Phelan ! Kd l8om '“ homv *“• lu Wajtcros*.
got another cat In the early morning ! “ ml he had been a b-nkenian (or
hours, and it was a large one. This j 8om * ,lnlc 1>rellu "“ 10 1,18 d «* ,h -
makes eight wildcats that these two
| gentlemen and their two dogs have
A coronei's inquest, was hold and
the* body was taken in charge by an
undertaking establishment.
YOUNG ROME MAN FREED
^ OF ASSAULT CHARGE
Rome, Jon. IS.- An empty I
j COLONEL A. W. WALTON N j
a t | SEEKS ROME OFFICE |
GRIFFIN JURORS TO PAY ! Romr * c,a *» ,lan * 18.—A. W. Walton j
$25 FOR BEING LATE i of Atlanta, formerly a resident and j chtoroform bottle, a wad of cotton
I nfayor of Rome,, is seeking the po* • and a whlt$ hat murked “NV. B.
W.” were inttoduced as circumstan-^
tial evidence yesterday at Kloyd su
ert T. Daniel, in the superior court | work * here * made vacftnt *>* the .
fined four Jurymen *25 each for train* ‘Sn.Uon of M. L. Worrell, to accept*^ *“£»“ Walter B. Whit-
'and remarked he 0 »"»»»( k 081 " 0 ” Meridian, Mis., flcld - a > ,oun S f alIr ° ad man - cl > ar B ed
few minutes late, and remarked he
Rome, Ga., Jan. 18.—A. W. Van
Hoose, President of Shorter College,
has been selected as orator for Lee's
’birthday exercises to be held in the
first Methodist Church Thursday
afternoon, under the auspices of the
Rome chapter A.. D. C. Crosses of
honor will be delivered to a number
of veterans.
The position pays $2,100 per an
num. Colonel Walton ls here con*
public*
hoped they would be on time next
day. r *
His charge to the grand jury was ! TerrJng with the board of
one of the ablest and most eloquent j work **
ever heard In the Spalding county
court house.
old girl.
There was no direct evidence
gainst Whitfield and Judge Maddox
Engineer D. H. Urquhart, of Su-
vannab, was on the soyth*l>ound
irelght and 1TR3 clear track orders to
Wayctoss. Engineer W. T. Cowart
on the north-bound freight had or
ders to meet the other freight at
Owens. Engineer Urquhart should
have received orders at Offerinan to
meet the north-hound freight at Ow
en8, but did not receive any orders,
hence the collision.
Engineer Urquhart was unhurt, but
Mr. Cowart received a slight scalp
wound, but is allright. One negro
1 fireman was pinned unfler a car of
cross-ties and received injuries which
will prove fatal. Brakeman, George
Garey, of this city, was also pinned
under a car of cotton and had to bo
dug out He received Internal Inju
ries. Those were the only ones who
were hurt in the wreck..
Engineer Urquhart, when seen by
a Heraldreporter, said that he does
directed a verdlqt of acquittal. Some not hnow llow 1,8 « ot out of “ w,th
one entered the room where the girl I wl “ ,le 8kln ' a8 1118 ,raln n,ovln «
The Stein-
Sam W. Peck
Block Co.
and Co.
was sleeping k few weeks ago and ot aral,ld of 8 ' ,eed ' bul he had
attempted to chloroform her. On| 85lMt 0,r ,team for ,he bridge, when
he heard the whistle of the north-
You can get them at:
H. CL Seaman
Anything You Need For Boys.
Griffin, Gn„ JBn. H.- Judge Robert
T. Daniel dissolved the Injunction
case brought by Col. T. B. Patterson
nnd other prohibitionists against the
Issuing of n near-beer license to J.
M. Bassett & Co., on the ground that
the license was Illegal In that it was
passed at un Irregular meeting of Life
city council.
ALABAMA BANKERS MEET.
Montgomery. Ala.: Jan. 18.—A dis
cussion of the "hank code” hill to be
presented at t’ue State legislature
now In session was the principal fea
ture of the annunl convention of the
Alabama Bankers' association at Its
initial session this afternoon. *.
President W. L. Irancaster presid
ed over the gathering and one of the.
notable speakers was Clark Williams,
comptroller of the. State of New
York.
The convention will conclude to
morrow with the election of officers
tor the year.
roud crossing, he then blew hls whls-
tie and told ilia fireman to Jump, and
ha did llkewlae, landing In a sand
bank, and plowing u deep hole about
three feel deep and six- or eight feet
long. He said -that the Pierce coun
ty sand bed wits the only thing eavdd
him. •*
The wrecking crewe aro at work
and by tinlght will have the wreck
cleaned up and the main line open
for trafic.
All the morning trains north-bound,
left on time' by the Way of Nahuntx
and Jesup.
being out less than 20 min
utes a Crisp eounly Jury today',de
clared them not guilty of murder of
M. Fleming Smith, whom they killed
(at Jesup, Dee. 11, 1008.
After the final aigumenls today and
the Judge’s charge Ihe Jurymen retir
ed at 4:(T5. At 6:45 o'clock they
filed bnck Into the court room with
the verdict of "Not guilty.''
The case probably has cost Wayno
county *36,000.
M. Fleming Smith was killed nt
Jesiijt In the drug store where he
was nt work. The Lyonses declared
that he attempted to shoot thorn.
The prosecution contended that he
was given no chance for his life, but
was made the target for pistol bul
lets until he could live hut forty-five
minutes longer, long enough, the
state declared, to asaert lu a dying
statement that the father and son,
officers of Wayne county, bad given
him no chance for hls Ufa.
Here there hpe been little discus
sion of the verfilct In the streets des
pite'the very evident deep interest
that was taken In the trial.
When court opened this morning,
W. W. Bennett, who had not finished
....... , . . ,bl» argument pf yesterday, conclud
bound freight train, blowing for a - . ,, „ . , . . _
< ed, He wks followed by John W.
METHODIST EDUCATIONAL
CONFERENCE IN SESSION
Greencastle, Ind., Jan. 18.—Presi
dents of Methodist college! and othor
ec:sons of prominence In Methodist
affaire throughout tho country un
attending an Important educational
conference which began at De Pauw
University today and will continue
over tomorrow.
The various educational problems
of the church form the main theme
ot discussion.
Foremost among those on the pro
gramme are former Vice President
Fairbanks, fotmer Governors ltanl>
and Durbin, of Indiana and United
States Senator .Beveridge.
Bennett, the state's leading counsel.
He appke tor l-go and a halt hours.
Judge Max Isaacs, for the defense,
offer the verdict wastTendered, thank
ed Jiqlgc Whipple for the Impartial
manner In which the rase had been
conducted, also tendered hls thanks
to the Jury.
8ome of the family of Lyons shed
tears of Joy Immediately after the
verdict was rendered.
UNEXPECTED AT JESUP.
Jesup, Ga., Jen. 17.—The ordinary
expression here tonight following the
announcement of the verdict la tb«
Lyons cose at Cordele, was, “I am
astoundodr
Xobody teemed to anticipate Ibst
the verdict would be acquittal.
T
exhibits,-. The candy shop and Its
effects an the young, tho evils a|
•Sect corner loafing- and the fre
quenting of public dance halla aro
shown. Wheie and how the'children
of the-tenement districts ipend their
spare time are shown effectively by
miens of models end photographs.
feja
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