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WAYCROSS, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 26. 1911 NUMBER 139 You can get them at: Anything You Need For Boys, rmi “THE CLIMAX” HERETO! IT 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 an on