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WAYCROSS, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 26. 1911
NUMBER 139
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“THE CLIMAX”
HERETO!
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WILSON SPOKE ON
PECAN CULTURE
Dr. J. F. Wilson, editor of the Jiut
Joseph M. Weber's phenomenal New
York success, “The Climax'’ will be! Grower, and secretary of the National
the delightful attraction 'at Parker j Association of Nut Grower*, spoke
Theater tonight. j to a large meeting of he Board of
Those who enjoy problem play, will Trade at the rooms of the organization ,
And plenty to Interest them In this
unique play. The problems are util
ized'' in constructing the foundation
of “The Climax'’ any one of which
ON ST. SIMON
W '—
THE BYCK ELECTRICAL 8UPPL v
COMPANY, GET8 NEW v HOTEL
CONTRACT.
; For electrical work on St. Slmoqp
Island, ’Mr. Sylvan M. Byck, manager
of the Byck Electrical Supply . .Com
pany, N.o. 20 Lott street, has bfeen
awarded the contract to install the
electrical wotk in tee new hotel be-,
ing erected on St. Simons Island by 1
Messrs and Gibson. • | (
This hotel will be modern in every J Webber and will be presented here; son is an expert along this line, and j ills Andy mid "Minerva In “The Sin
particular. Telephones are to be in- by a carefully selected cast. j those who heard him were deeply in ) of the Father" are said to be eve
atnlled by .Mr, Dyck's ( Company In!
every . room in the building. This i
Feature alone is a great convenience !
and v^^r^sdily be appreciated by the •
public. ^Witches are to be placed at!
the eiftranee of every room to control I
the lights in the center of . said room. ;
Also all the cottages that are to be J
built by Messrs Bunn and Gibson are i
to bave telephones as well* as lights, j
A complete electric light plant Is
SOME NOVEL IINDUSTRIES OF THREE ARE KILLED
NEGRO ‘COMICS’! DA. AND ALA. BY COTTON GIN
MUNICIPAL ENTERPRISES IS IN MRS. J. p. WILKES OF TATTNAL
' THE r f6rEPRONT. I COUNTY PROVES HEROINE.
YOU WILL LAUCH OVER THESE
TWO FUNNY CHARACTERS IN
“SINS OF THE FATHER."
Columbus, Go., Jau. 20.—The Geor I ltelduvllle, Ga., Jan. 20.—A mother 1
Sick of the negro minstrelsy, the {gin and. Alabama Industrial index [vain effort to save her young (laugh-
last night, devoting most of his talk j public ever turns to Thomas Dixons Isays In Its regular weekly issue:' j ter from death cost her her own life
to the growing of pecans In this sec-; plays for its real negro “comics". A j "Municipal enterprise is at the and that of her baby at Elza, tH*
tion, and to the prospers of the Indus-1 North Caiollninn by birth, a South forefront of the Georgla-Alabama pto- j county, this morning,
try. He told of the best varieties, the Carolinian and Virginian by sulisc- gresa record for the beginning of the j Mr. .1. F. Wilkes proved her hero-
would provide sufficient material up. i Increasing yields, and In a practical quent residence, Air. Dixon knows the j new year. Fairburn, Ga., voted water- j i* m by springing to aave her 11-year
►n which to base the average play, manner showed his hearers why there | foibles and eccentricities of the ut-j works and electric light bonds, Dub- old daughter whose.dress had become
The Climax" has been staged by Mr. j was money in pecan culture. Dr. Wll-jgro better than any Northern writer, j lin, Ca., t old improvement bonds at a
htindfsorr.e premium, Willacoochee, Ga.
ordered nti election on* the issuance
leresteu in all that lie said. j funnier than lily celebrated Noise and I of electric light ami waterworks
r Mr. Snedeker,. of Wheeling. West Eve In “The Clansman.” . Coal-black j bonds Birmingham, Ain., and Macon,
Virginia, introduced Dr. Wilson. After Minerva loves crocolate-colored Andy, j Ga., awarded substantial paving con-
LOCAL RAINS ENDS
TOE WET SEASON
the tallc the Hoard of Trade guv
Wilson a rising vole of tlmnks.
(Board of Trade Service.) ; Turner - a Planter, was shot and prob-1 didn’t run are thnr ylt. As for Miner-
Warmer and local rains In Georgia I ab,y fata ! ,y wounded while driving In V a. her manner of making love to the
to be Installed. The awarding of the | laat night and today practically but the roodw! ’ > ' near Cameron yesterday.! unwilling Andy la simply overwlielm-
colltract to Mr. Byck ia a guarantee Into the lioe at dope and' knocked fur-
that the work will be well done. j tber aoaklnga aky high. The condl-
.— ; tlona about Waycroaa are doped u3
! fair and warmer.
BALLOT BOXES FOUND j
IN CITY RESERVOIR
Perry, pkla., Jpn. ; 26.—Fifteen bal
lot boxes used in the general elec
tion last ^November 8 Weye found In
the waterworks reservoir hbre yea-
terday. Severn) county officials were
fleeted i,y. smajli. ffialorltlea. Th*
s, '-yestlgaOtinrof the election
CITIZENS’ BANK GAINS
870,000; NOT 810,000
In our yepterdaya’ Issue we made a
mistake In stating that the Increase
■of deposits sthco ■ Jgp., 1 -w»s 810.000.
It should hgve keen $70,000. We glad
ly make thla correction.
Dr. but that briinmtc “gen'mnn" aspires tracta, Mobile, Ala., Is Inviting Dlds
In turn to a yellow lady. Amly'n Idea 1 for the construction.of much pnvlng
| of honesty- Is ns Interesting ns his [ and the building of sewers, and Klrk-
| choice of color.' Ho ‘‘fit wid’de Ma-jwood, Ga., is Inviting proposals for
—-— jjuh at Ball Run," but skedaddled in I furnishing the materials (or the con-
Cameroti. Tex., Jan. 26.—Bailey P. j good season, for ns he says “them as strtlctlon of waterworks and sewer
age system.
"New banks are reported for Alice-
ville, Ala., and Clio, Ala., while bank
ing institutions at Atlanta. Ga., Carlo,
The shooting followed a quarrel with j lug. One
Bd Tompkins, another planter, as to i must must see It to appreciate It. o Si Douglaavllle, Ga., Roanoke, Ala.,
the right-of-way on the county road. There'a many a hearty laugh awaiting I a „d Thompson, Ga., are to Increase county hut >vrt
In the midst of the dispute Tompkins' { the patrons of this newest of Mr. t helr capital stock. A building and Lmlreni oour^^**i
buggy waa overturned and his leg waa Dixon's Southern plays when It cornea ' loan nssorlotlon at Decatur, Ala., In-
broken. He Is under arrest.
- retail clerks notice.
There will be a regular meeting oi
the Retail Clerks Local 1240 at their
hall tonight at 7:30. Every member
is urged to be present, as builness of
ng I
For wood-phofl# SIS.
i importance is to be transacted.
20 1m W. C, Paul. Sec.
You Can Make No Mistake
By Wearing a Suit Made by
m
the Stein-
Sam W. Peck
Block Co.
and Co.
Strause & Bros.
|' The best dressed men you meet on the street
are wearing them.
|% They,the best on the market-today.
• to Waycro^s on Feb. 1.
CHURCH OFFERS REWARD.
Macon, Ga., 'Jan. 2fi.~The congre
gation of the Second Baptist church
have made a formal offer of a rewaru
for the apprehension of the miscreant
who cut-the electric light wires of
thechufcfc on-Monday night and there
by cause the abrupt termination of an
entertainment being held therein. The
entertainment was only half through
when the lights suddenly went out;
NOTICE. •
The Ladles of the Home Mission
and Aid Society of Trinity church
have arrnnged a unique way of re
furnishing their patsonugi. In that
they Tisk the ladies to contribute tow
ards a “Mescelaneous Shpwcr” • and
the gentleman to furnish a -Pound
ing.” The above Is not compulsory,
since we wish the. members to become
better acquainted with the pastor and
his wife, and with each other.
All church members and vhltln*
friends are Invited to ca)| at the
parsonage Fi Iday- from 4 to 9 p. m.
Cbmmlttee.
BESSIE TIFT OFFER
CREATE* ENTHUSIASM
Forsyth, <2k>> Jsn. 28.—The offer of
H. a Tift, the well known Tifton
capitalist, to add $20,000 to every
$100,000 subscribed In Georgia for the
endowment fund for Bessie Tift Col
lege, the famous old Baptist girl's
gchool at Forsyth, has aroused great
enthusiasm among the Baptists ot
Georgia and the movement will be
given its Initial Impetus at Macon on
next Sqnday, when fae Baptist church
<>s will unit* In a movement for rals-K |tmentI 0UtS |de the corporate limits
lag 160,006 as Macon's share of the
fund, which la expectedO reach 2300,-
000.
Bessie Tift College |s owned In fee
simple by the Baptist Cbnrch In
Georgia. It ban a fine campus and
spacious buildings and Its faculty la
an excellent one. President C. H. 8.
Jackson la one of Ihe foremoat edu
cators In Georgia. But the college
has outgrown- Its regources and the
Baptists of the~'itate / realize that if
they would keep their foremost school
In the forervont of progress it must
hsve a permanent endowment with
which to carry out Its principles and
to meet the growth It deserves. The
I movement will be taken up all orer
• G.orgla this spring pnd other towns
and cities will be called, npon fo*
funds.
creased Ha capital stock from 8100,00a
to 2500,000.
"South Carolina Investors bought
two Lee county, Georgia, farms, for
276,000. Through a Brunswick, Qg.
company 10,000 acres of timber. |p
Sumpter county, Florida, were sold by
g company which win proceed with
the development of the property.
Twonty-geven new corporations, with
capital of 2380.850, are reported.
"A 1600,000 company was formed at
Macon, Ga., to manufacture pine wood
products according to a patented pro
cess, and a wood distillery enterprise
waa also launched at Savannah, Ga..
where the site for factory haa already
been selected. A live commercial
body waa organized at Newnan, Oh.
Vnfon Springs, Ala., la to have a li
brary, nnd many olher public ■ struc
tores, such as churches, schools, etc..
are reported." 1
All blankets and comforts almost
;it your own price. Come and aee
thene. -Dlcklna.
TIFTON SHOWS HOW *
CENSUS SHOULD BE MORE
Tifton, Gal 'Jan. 26.--When the cen
bub bureau announced yesterday the
figures of Tifton's population at 2,381.
an Iqcreasa of 897 over Ihe census ol
1900, 62.01 per cent Increase, Hie Peo
pie wore rather gratified than dlsap
pointed. But they know thut they
have over 1,000 population Just th'e
sameMf the sold population was
mixed up like every other man’s town.
An the reason Is tills; The charter
of Tifton forbids land to be sold o:
owned hy a negro. Therefore, the
negroes who are, employed 1n tho In
dustries’, mercantile houses and horn
cs of the city live in their own set
Those number between 1.800 and 1.-
700.' Then, there are two pretty vil
lage* Just beyond the limits, Edge
wood on the north, and Brlntown on
the northeast, settled by while peo
ple who desired more space than a
city lot, and these number about 100.
The negro settlements are south and
smitheaat, and to the east Is Ihe cot
ton mill with 2C0 more white people.
When Capt. H. H. Tift was asked
bis opinion on the figures, he saldj
Tifton Is not (otnparable to the
seme class of towns. The conditions
not the seme. If they were, and
If we did not bave certain prohibition;
we would bave nearly or quite 1.500
,'opulallon. Onr gain Is on n soon.'
basis and the city Is In condition to*
go rapidly forward boih in population
and pro»p*riiy.”
entangled in the shafting of a cotton
gin on the furm of J. L. Pearson,
where J. F. Wilkes is a tenant. Mrs.
Wilkes held her baby in her arina nntf
in answer to her daughter's cry for
help sprang at once to aid her. Ifer
clothing, too, caught ia the shafting.
She was whirled about, her baby was
thrown from her arum and dashed to
the floor, killed Instantly.
The mother and daughter were torn
from the gin machinery alive, but so
frightfully injured that neither lived
more than an hour.
J. F. Wilkes, the husband and fath*
er, It the eon of James Wilkes o'
Lyons. The jgjglly came to Tattnall
county but \*rt time ago from
rm for Mr. Pear.
son.
Mission . frhite.
Columbus, Ga., Jt -26.—The min-
latere of 'Bis Colum*j V-llatrlct are
holding,a missionary Institute at Tal-
botton this week, conducted by Rev.
Dr. T. B. Stanford,- praaldlng elder of
the dlatrlef, and attended by practi
cally every Met’nodlqt pastor In the
five counties comprising! tho district. *
Pastors of the flve.Cntumblia church s,
es left the city yeslerday'efternoon Itr
attend the big Institute, whlcb opens
tills morning In the Methodist churt-i
nt Tnlbotton, and Is to be in session -
two days. An Interesting and Instruc
tive program baa been arranged for -
the occasion. ’{
New lot "Galateaa," moat colors,
7c.—Dlcklne.
ciVy will furnish.
VACCINE POINTS.
In view of the fact that sms)l pox
Is prevalent throughout Ibis entire
section I deem It necessary that every
men woman and child In Wuycross
should tm vaccinated at once. The
city will be g|ad to furnish vaccine
polnte to those applying for same. f
John M. Cox. Mayor.
New lot Cotto-SItk Foulards, 20c.—
Dlcklna.
m
IT BRINGS
DOWN THE HOUSE
to your mind again when you think
of the home that you Intended to buy
before now. And while you are think
ing of It la the time you should, come
and
J • '
SEE WHAT WE
ARE OFFERING
In the way of substantial and’desira
bly located homes at low rates and
on easy terms of payment.
A. M. Knight
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