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an», tod^y appointed *.tyiss Eunice
Semmes of Montgomery sponsor of
erout factories, and railway shops,
Churchwell Bros., have not been in
«ufe<i an enviable reputation for rood
»aluc» and conrtaow, WatMumt.—HY
thriroad of pro|r«u, which our
( now entered upon, will bo
ler extended: *
200 PAIRS &F PANTS
Worth From
$6.00
jboif t forget the Candy Matinee at
the Majestic Theater EVERY 8ATUR-
10*Y AFTERNOON J to S o'clock
i E»ir> child buying a ticket wljl be
given FREE a, bag of good wholesome
candy, end ih addition to tula they
wilhaee two reel, or floe motion pic
ture*. and the tegular raudorlile
ahow. All for 5 centa. Send the klde
alongdandtthey will beptrwmilljfJopV-!
happen before totnorrdw.
. jelam and goaalp, ah hurtful and un-
-* necessary. The flyince cimthUtee are
; dfserving of cj)6v*tulalions on the
'• atep they hgve taken.
aycross Evening Herald.
WAYCROSS, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1911
T
NUMBER 146
CALL BETTER CHANCE
FOR MEETING
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT GATH
ERING AT BOARD OF TRADE
TONIGHT.
The following call for the general
of those Islerested in Civic
was issued today by A.
M. Knight, president of the Board of
Tirade:
Feb. 3, 1911.
| WRITES BOARD OF TRAO.E THAT
HE HAS DECIDED THAT THIS
j CITY IS THE RIGHT PLACE
FOR INVESTMENT, AND IS AR-
RANGING TO MOVE HERE. »
FAIR WEI I HER
IS IN OROER
BUT CLOUDY CONDITIONS HAVE
UPPER HAND IN THIS SEC
TION.
Generally fair tonight and Satur-j
SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPANY
ORGANIZED HERE.
day.
That’s
the dope from Washington.
Waycross continues to develop new
j enterprises, uml one of the latest io
come forward, fuUfledgcd and organ-
'zed, Is *be Waycross Ravings and
' |Tri)J. Ajqm patty. This com par,
! For this section today toe weather
"When the census returns for Blr- seems anything but fair. The cloud
mlnsham, Ala,, were announced 1 conditions which became general l,,te ! t .a P l,alle»<l at one Hundred thouiand
thought I would go there and see it yesterday failed to pas, over, and un-! (|100 m , 0) dollttrgi and overy (Tollllr
" he nu8plce8 ° r " ,e Clvlc Jl could make a small investment. ' iese something happens In keeping J of |be beel) by Way .
; While arranging matters to carry out J with the dope showers long past due | c;ogg people. Organization was ef-
j this Intention the Waycross figures J will reach Waycross before Sunday, j feoted Wrekf aml the foUowlng j
j came out. Of the two 1 selected Way j J gentlemen elec
! cross, and hope to call on you in toe
j near future."
That’s an extract from a letter
I from a Georgia man, now living In a
OUR CITY
A CARO FROM
MAYOR COX
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE J
COMMITTEE TALKS ON THE j
IMPROVEMENTS THE SEEK,'
TO INAUGURATE.
Improvement committee of the Way-
Board of Trade a meeting of
interested is the - movement
will be held* at the Board of Trade
In the Southern building to
night at 7:.10 o’clock. A cordial in
vitation to everyone, men and wo
men, who are interested in civic Im
provement, Is extended.
A. M. Knight, President,
Board of Trade.
IT PAYS WELL
GETTING UP EDDITION
DE LUXE OF WAYCROSS.
Mr. Charles Temple who Is and will
for some days be staying in our city
at the Phoenix for the purpose of
forming an edition de luxe of Way-
cross. There can be no question
from what we have seen of its for
mation. R&peclally should we mention
Us cover page In which Waycross Is
| Georgia town, not far from Atlanta. J
[ He says he has satisfied himself thor-1
oueblv, and cannot get here too soon •
j to suit h1s desire. The writer has j
j friends in Waycross, and he has made i
known his intensions. He refers in
i his last lette
I es he sees
lanta papers,
A great crowd , of excited people
gathered outside the Churchwell store
er to the favorable node thl * '«"**** b,0 , cklnB «*• j
of Waycroaa in the At.;" l,le *» lk ' 11 '' nsn '« » j
strike or anything like that. It was
just a response to Judicious advertis
ing of a great sale. When the doors
M|SS SEMMES APPOINTED j opened at 8:30 the immense • crowu
8P0N80R FOR U. S. C. V,(surged in for a while, completely
I swamping the clerks, and the bargains
Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 3.—Dr. Clar-J were secured with great celerity,
ence J. Owens, commander-in-chief of j little later the experienced clerks se-
shown by a charming sketch as <?*jthe United Sons of Confederate Veter-j cured control of the situation and did
tending the glad hatid with its num-
.1 as directors: J. L.
j Sweat. J. S. Williams Dan Lott, J.
; L. Walker, G. W. Been, L. J. Cooper
! and D. F. Arthur.
! The company is to do a comprehen
sive business as its title indicates,
and the fact that it numbers anion*-,
Its directors some of our most enter
prising and successful business and
professional men, Injures Its success.
One. of the mafu features of the
mpnny's pi..a of operations is the
loaning of money to people for the
especial purpose of building homes -
the loans to be repaid In monthly or
other easy installments, thus meeting
me needs of salarle.i people or oth- \
ers who cannot command large sums
at one time. With the continued and j
increasing demand for houses in Way I
cross, the need for such a plan of
operations is apparent, nnj this fea
ture alone will make for success and
popularity.
But the company has other lines of
netlvbtf* planned out, prominent aw
ong them being a savings department,
Where a sufficiently high rate of inter
est on savings will be offered to in
duce and attract this class of busi
ness. it is believed that there Is
murh money In Waycross which Is
not being deposited In the banks and
this company Is going to make a spec
ial effort to draw It out. It will ulso
urge the savings plan on salaried peo
ple to the end that the "habit of sav
ing" may be fostered and encouragi'd.
There will be other features, includ
ing u general trust business, the de-
lopment of property and the en
couragement of home-btillulng.
.1. Cooper, the President of!
the First National Hank, was elected i
President; ,J. 8. Williams, Vlcc-Pres-1
Went; J. L. Sweat, Attorney and U.
F. Arthur, Secretary.
At the present the office of the
company will be in the old National
Bank building, and steps wljl be tak
en at once to begirt business. While
rtain legal requirements are being j
worked out by'the attorney the sec-
wnyrr-rfcd, in formulating j
yh.ns l< rallying oh fie business.
While certain Togul reqmrements uro
Editor Evening Herald.
In reply to Dr. J. L Walker's first
two questions in his card published
I In ycstci day’s Herald, will state that
In an Interview today Alderman 1 account of the absence of the
•lux. Sinclair, chairman ol the finance I , ' h * lr, »»» of Ihe Finance Commlltee,
committee, explained somewhat In de- j Mr - ^ w Sweat who was in Texas
tail the object of the Investigation whon our ,ftBt Council inerting was
now being made of the various sys- j held . deem'd ft prudent to hold up
terns of keeping the hooks of the sur-! a ^ reports until he cpijld pass upon
rounding cities, and why they had de I tl,em - We "hall endi&vor to- give
termfned to adopt a new plan in oiirl l * ,e8e reports to the public within a
city office. He stated that they had ’ fcw days, having nothing to with-
no criticism to offer and no fault toJ* u dd from the Doctor nor the public.
| find with the work of our efficient Replying to the Doctor's third qties-
city clerk, 1. W. Strickland. Looking ,lon « "M®* **»»«• U is quite true
! upon him as an upright honest ser-'^at Council at ft* last called meeting
vnnt of the people. But for some
time they had bden impressed with
the fact that the system or lack of
system now in vogue In our city of
fice cumbersome und out of date, and
does not meet the needs of our grow
ing city. Under the present method
it is almost impossible to keep a
check on the finances of the office.
If at any time it 1b necessary to find
the cost and expense of any depart-'
nient, it entuilB luborous
and examination; that wai
passed resolutions authorizing the
Mayor to borrow the sum of $15,000
towards defraying this years expens
es. It is not a large atnouut Doctor
for a city the size of Waycross to
borrow, when some of our neighbring
cities not so large as Waycross bor
row all the way from $30,000. to $40,-
000, and some of these cities have re
sources, of revenue that we haven’t.
Now Doctor to answer your last
research ' Question it will be necessary for me
both te- to n*k you a few questions. Don’t
dious and unsatisfactory and he . y° u owe the City of Waycross for side
thought It wa absolutely necessary pavlug put around your resl^
that a change in method should be.® 11 ® 6 0D OlJmore street, about three
adapted and the system Inaugurated ' ye*** »|0? Doctor Isn’t It true you
whereby the accounts could b|| kept °* $74.40 for street paving In front of
In such shape that any citizen at your store property on Jane street*
any time could Inspect the books and Put down nearly four years ago?
-Tfftnd out at a glance’almost, Just how doctor WBT It equally true that you
the money was being spent and the ^ *0*1 y°ur colleague, Mr. A. M. Knight
exact conditions financially of each , have three unsecured promlsory notes
department-and the funds of the city amounting to $5,553.41 due the City
in general. A simple business-like Sinking Fund since last February and
and up-to-date plan that would meet have not even paid the Interest on tho
every emergency, and show every de- same. By the way Doctor you and
tall of receipts und disbursements o. I Mr. Knight will he forced to pay
lt;e city. Hence the movement of In-j these notes and two years Interest
vestigation the finance committee j this month, or we shall force you to
were now making. {put up Mifficlent and satisfactory col-
No special system said Mr. Sinclair lateral to protect the same. Now
as yet been adopted, but the various * Doctor you are very dull in mathe-
plans were under consideration. From ' matics If you cannot figure out why
the store of Information on hand, u ( we have to borrow money so early ts
system could ho worked ©uf:, t’ at, the year, when we are car ylng delln-
would be very satisfactory to all c«n qents like yourself. /
ned.
The books used In ThomaHViilc, |
(sample leaves of which ure In hands j
of committee) are very concise and '
yet elaborate In detail. Every-Hew
ANOTHER HOME BUILDING.
secretary will e engaged in formal t
ing plans foi carrying on the business
| iarand in a very short while the active
opi aliens will begin. Waycross
weMmee the new aspirant for popu
lar favor and will no doubt find In It
much of usefulness to her growing
needs.
necessary to intelligently check and
show every cent received, collected
and expended In a city government. I
The first book, the "Receipt Account i
Book". This book Is Intended to!
show every account duo the city i
from each citizen. When paid anu j
for what paid. &o that at u gldncv
you could see whether and when
"John Smith" paid street tax, wutc-’
tax, IIcnifc. etc., crediting each itenf
to the,department to which it belong*
ed.
Book 2. Is the “Disbursements foi
General Government’’, and is divcitod
und sub-divided into different 'ncanjis,
police, fire, health, etc., anj shows
every voucher d awn, for whom, fot
what purpose, its number, Amount
und charges it under the vatTou*
heads. Ho that you can, in a moincn*.
tell what each department is spent*
ing and will) little trouble, Just what
each department costs the
J-Book .'J, Is called "The Balance
Ledger", and shows in p’overly de
tailed columns the receipts.pud dis
bursements in every idepartaient;
sinking fund, bon Is, etc., so that e
■ry month, if necessary, comple
and absolutely correct report of the
exact financial condition of .the city
can be made. These facts re ot
grave jim/^snee to every citizen
and if the plans are carried out w.ti
remove the cause tor annoying oritl
Mr. Virgil Parker has just closed
contract Tor a beautiful homy to be
built for Mr. H. Hengfveld on Mc
Donald street. It will bfi a 9 root
houne, with every modorn conveni
ence. : Mr. Parker states .that rthe
plans show that It will be one of tho
‘handsomest homes In our city.
