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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. V 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 $3