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VOLUME XVIII Wy\.YCROSS, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1911 > 'u j.ifi— —-4-- ..-V i'. -i- •- i*.— -,-JJit. NUMBER 134 * li Special Meeting At u SELL TELEPHONES TO. [ Keach of the ‘telephone subscjkcpv ! 12:20 apd 1:3d, \.hUU was »tra h::ax ; who signed the petition published In j hour and whiUi Hie Chief Operator- The Herald of January 16th., has re-1 was absent .from th ICLffltK SPEAKF 'Ll at. dinner 8 SUING FOR ES. Another big damage/iult 4 In city court has been, disposed’ of without • Jury dealing with the questions at lssne. \ . _ n In the snltot D fi. Thompson ver sus the Marsh Cypress Company n non-suit, was entered. Judge Mc- *- Donald, in giving this? dlreqtipff, stat Cd. that the ^plaintiff did not show' that the company was responsible! for birlAeing where he was on the day^pjtd time of the alleged accident, and that'It bad been shown that he wns out. of position. Thompson was -hurt in Lopndes Matter,Of Vital Importance lo Everyy^^ZfL „„ . Citizen of Waycross Who Has the Messrs. 13. H. Thotrta* and Other Sub- Best Interest of City at Heart. 8C,1berB B,gn,Dg ti,e pet,t,on: elved the folmwtyg.reply from the j und 'without any previous com;diilnt; DEMOCRATIC MEM b eui CITY COURT -V:.; i time, tonight at 7: and was thrown back under' the • ot Trade, moving ear. He asked $16,000 dara- i ■ ' ages.. Way (•tors, GRw,* j Gentlemen:—^ * i \Ve have read your communication j published ju the afternoon Waycross i papers of the 10th. instant, asking I/or t ho removal our Chief Operator ! at Wayc oss. \V| have considered ' your request and beg to call your I attention to some facts which are .-possibly not knotfn to you. FINES AND GANG SENTENCES, Sometime ago, and before the pres GIVEN BY JUDGE. I ent Chief Operator was placed In .' j charge of our operating here, com- in city cou.t among the cases act-! Pl»*nts had beep made by some of 1“ T? "““'tied are the following: Tom Banks : °> lr atthserlbera jot the service they | will bo,heard from. Don t forget the ; ^ co|ored larcency froln bolls0i 6 1 were receiving* These eotnplalnla Tonight at 7:30 o'clock a yeelal meeting of citizens will he held to; discuss, a matter that Is of. vital im-; podtnucu. Every poison Interested i In’ the^continued growth of the city j •ged to attend. The meeting will be called to order at 7:30, and prompt j attendance is requested. Owing to the nature of .the matter j to be discussed no announcement will j be made until the meeting is called | There will be several out j county near Mllltown, by a fall under of town pcr , an , u , e meeting who a box car. He lost Ills right aim. jumping from a car he struck a at the oBoard , iONE THOU8AND. PEOPLE months or $50. Forrect Moy, slnb- were Investigate!. It was found that ! bine, $100 or 12 month.. Arthur: «•>* ononttln* ifcles ot the company [ward, drunk on public highway. $40 "" “ot being•'properly observod. 1 These rules are* the result of mniiy I DRIVEN OUT BY FIRE . LOCAL RAINS TONIGHT j New York, Jan. 20.—Fire on the OR SATURDAY; WARMER lower East Side caused damage of (Board of Trade Service., $1$«.000 and drove 1,000 preaon. out ^ and probably From-Washington todoy cornea the j 01 their homes on the atreets. The comforting Information that It will | greatest damage was. caused by a be warmer. Many were of the opln., blaze which -burned out a six-story Ion that the change last night would; factory building in Elizabeth street. | tax collectors . off|ce bring on a cold spell, but In some 1 Tenement dwellers for some distance j manner that Jumped In another dlrec-1 around were routed out. tion. Rain is scheduled as'a side' Chinatown witnessed an exciting | line with the warm; dope. The warm-[hl»2e shortly before daybreak when j If you have any taxes to-pay make nets.Is, billed for a second appear-! a dvr-story loft building was gutted I It your business to go to the office of ance Saturday in this section, with *nd panic stuck tbe.'neighborhood. j.J. T. Strickland, Rie Tax Collector, or without rain. j Three hundred and mty.Jpdgerf In n j “Jims" office Is as neat at a pin and —r — j hotel next door rushed* tp thu streets ] It a big Improvement since he took For wood pbon! 216. 20 lm half clad. . ] over the office. . or six months. Docy William: j vlcted selling whiskey, not sentenced j >' ea:8 0$ experience and n:e not ar aB ye , i bttrary or burdensome upon the op- I Today the court again took up crirn- j < rulora - an >* nr< L 1,<Blle ' aH<1 ,nUiJ be enforced, for the sole puri»ose of en nbling the Company to furnish its elude the present session this after noon. VERY NEAT PLACE subscribers efficient service. We se lected one of yur experienced Chief Operators. who v had been in* Ybe em ploy of the company for more than ten years.-to take charge of our o»p erating here. 'The result was that the service Itfproved and very few complaints have Jieen made since (then by aqf subaci^iers. We rro pleased to note in your communica tion that the .service has Improved. Unfortunately, however, \ on last Tuesday the ; .|oth. Instant, • there' wm hie. for a vorjr short time, for uh to furnish any service to our \Vaycross subscribe! s. On that day between, of any kind by any of the operators, ’ nnd without any notice or iifttinniion of their Intention to do so, all of the operators then at the switchboard left the operating room and locked tlie door without leaving any one In charge of our properly, and this made possible for any of our sujmcrib- bycroas to receive any ser vice. U'orcfctyptely this situation Boon known -So/ us and the service whs promptly tutored. Since then no further Interruption to the serv ice has occurred, The fact that we were unable to furnish you service on the ^10th. in stant, for even a short time,»Is re gretted,. and this would not have oc- cm red if we had received intimation In udvance that our operhtors inten ded to leave the switchboard. While we have investigated the matter and have found nhtliing that would justif/ us Id discharging the Chtjef Operator, we would state that she abas tender ed her resignation as Chief Operator at Waycross and another Chief Op erator has been put. jn lier place. We beg further to say that nothing will be left undone on our part to continue to furnish efficient service at Waycross in accordance with the reasonable rules and regulations of Ihe Company applicable to our oper ators, and trust that you will have no occasion in the future to make complaint as to our service, and we confidently hope and believe that In our effort to do this, we shall receive your co-operation. Yours respectfully, IK. . SOUTHERN IIEI.I, TEDHPHONE & Tm.BORAflHt-COK-jJI'f-'. - J. Epps Bt-onn,. * Vice President and General Manager, Yon Can Make No Mistake By Wearing a Suit Made by CUS NAME GEORGIAN i WAYS AND "MEANS CStxffi* * ■ tee. „ v;' _ . ' . P: DEMOCRATIC HOUSE SLATE.'V • Speaker—Champ Clark of Mitsourfc,' Ways and Means Committee—Con^V. qressman Underwood of Alabama,.7 chairman; Congressman Randall of Texas, Harrison of New York, Brai^t ley of Georgia, Shackleford of Mis* souri, James of Kentucky, Kitchin of North Carolina, Hull of Tennesaee« Dixon of Indiana, Rainey of Illinois Hammond of Minnesota, Hughes* of\ New Jersey, A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania. Washington, D. C., Jan. 20.—Rep resentative Champ Clark of Missouri, the Democratic leader of the House and receptive candidate for the Dem ocratic nomination for the presiden cy, was tonight nominated by accla mation for Speaker of the House in- the Sixty-second Congress. This, with the aelection of a Com mittee on Ways and Means to make early preparation 'of tariff legis lation for submission to Congress Im mediately upon the beginning of tho next session in December when, the House becomes Democratic, was one of the features of the caucus of the Democrats! the old and new'mem bers, of the nest Congress, held Id the hall of the tyouse at the Capltol- |aat night .V^ere were .$10 Democrats present Mr. Hax .of'Virginia presided and Mr. Ashhrook of Ohio was secretary, Fran cis Burton Harrison of New York «allefk 4i th« attention of the caucus to the name of Theron Akin, represen tative-elect from New York, had been called twice In the opening roll call) . REPORT /• The Stein- Sam W. Peck Block Co. X and Co. Preiident'a firdtri. Strause & Bros. The best dressed men you meet on the street are wearing them. They are the Best on the market today. You can get them at: Anything You Need For Boys. •art, and he ou£ht not to bo nlloweil to remain In the Home. ! We therefore recommend that he ; he suspended until 1 hit next' meetfna Atlanta, Ou„ Jan. 181 11)11. 01 The Board." Confederate Soldlera’ Home of Oa. In the matter of the difficulty be- tween Captain A. W. Force. Bnpcrlr.. rile abov « «ndln* approved, and tendent of the. Home, and Mr. M. e!« “ ordered that Supt. A. tf, Fmce Fp*. December. H10. ' | be .u.pended until the next meeting, Repoit of Inveatlpatlng Committee: | ut «.e Board, and that, in ( the, mean- "Your (nyeitlgatln* CommitUe beta | "W W- Oeo. W. Miller be deelrmtoj leave*to report, that on the 27th day.* 0 *** •* ® tt P*- of December. 1910, It «aa called to! ** ** (of** 1 * 1, ordered that lnmat, the Hojneib* PreWdent H. W. BelL “• C. Few be.auatMnded from ,«U to InTeetigbte ChJ teporj relative 'to. Prlvll*#. of the Home unUl the next the 'conduct of the '8npeHntf«ident j n,eet,n * °l tlle Boat*- In connection with *n aauuti by him | T,,,, Dcc ' **- ,9)# ' on Mr. M. C, Few. one of the Inmate,, j Hi w ' 8*®- Prealdent. -»pt on the aaaembllng/,of tlie] Action of the Hoprd of Tru.teez, Committee ' the . Superintendent• pre-i Janua r!' **. eented cfharge. nninat Mr. Few. j Captain R. A. 8. Freeman offened The Commlllee determined lo In-;*'■•> followln* Rceolutlon, which waa veallgete both maifera toother and, ai ' 0 P*«* » »»'• °* *»« <•» «>" proceeded to auminoo the partlea and! n;ember ‘ v0,l »« therefor eacept Win. take tcfttlmony, aid/ herewith enb-js. Thomaon and C. D. Phllllpa), W. mlt Ihe Mlnutee of the Investigation M..Dunbar absent: which fully rovers Ml the evidence "The Board having carefully could- ea taken down end read over to the ered the foregoing report submitted witnesses anil approved by them; by the Investigating Committee, end Alao. the finding of the committee. the evidence eubmlted in the case, of H. W. Bell, ‘ the difficulty between Superintendent C. D. Phllllpa, A. W. Force, end Inmate M. C. Pew, Wm. 8. Thompaon, It la ordered by file Board that the Investigating ^Committee, auapenslon of Capt. A. W. Force be Finding of the Committee. and the samp ia hereby approved, and “The Committee after conelderlm that ha be removed from the pos.-tSon the evidence cannot Justify the Bu- of Superintendent, and the office he perlntendent, am such, In assaulting declared vacant" Mr. M. C. Few. although ea a man . On motion alao, ordered that Mr he might have been' Justifiable. Few's auapenafon be approved and We therefore recommend that the continual until the neat meeting of Superintendent, A. W. Force, be. sue*, the Board. C. Few denies any evil Intent i^mak- ACCUSED OF SPYING Ing big remark as to the Superlnten- AT BROOKLYN YARDS deni, yet the manner In which It .was j ’New York, Jan: 20.- A man giving made, made jt Innuendo of the.baeeat; hla name as Ray .Fuller, accused of having stolen from the Brooklyn na vy yard a blue print and drawing, rfcdwlnp elementary diagrania of both- umjamlttlng and deceiving ’circles of wireless telegraph apparatus In the navy yard test wns arrested by the federal autpcilUoa today. Fuller waive! examination and eon- sented. lo , so lo Brooklyn. NEW LINE DOROTHY DODD SHOES. AND SLIPPERS, $3 TO W. SPECIALS IN EVERY DEPART* MENT^AT , CHURCHWELL BROS. by fire will qot bring grief and ruin to your home If you have had th* forethought to secure one of our FIRE INSURANCE POLICIES. The cost for ample pro'c-tlon, to guarantee you against loss In event of such a catastrophe, Is very smalt. If you wish to know mote about ouf reliable companies, a postal wlD> bring our representative to your door. — pended by.' the l4estdent, (after he The abofe and foregoing l| a' true a -vg- TT • | shall have, made.tip fils, mopthly pay. copy of’the proceedings of the Board.'xjL, JYle J\Ill^ht anJ Son ■ roll), until the next meeting of the''January 18, 1J1L Board of Trustees.” H. W. Bell, President. •We further fnd that although M. W. H. llaiilnun, Secretary,