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lUch time to shold ride astride or sideways.
Waycross Evening Herald.
•'OLUME XVIII
WA VC ROSS, GA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1911
NUMBER 147
TREAK SILLS WILL FAIR SUNDAY A BUSY BAY FOR'!HARRY B. REEB jANBLER COLONY IN ! I/ETERANS HELD
JfE NO chance:
IS PROMISED WAYX MERCHANTS fi£4B fill LEAGUE
Wale i
was| )i
TO BOB UP HEADS IN THE NEXT COLDER WEATHER BILLED FOR' 8,reet8 Way cross yesterday I The Wadcrora civic improvement
LEGISLATURE. J THIS SECTION TONIGHT. were thronged with busy shoppers,. league wa^ launched into active life
j !»nd the.vaiious stores mre full of J in our city,’ with considerable embus-
Atlanta, Feb. -I.—Freak bills will j Sunday will be a fair day and rath- buiy bn.'' 01 ' 8 und active sellers. ISs- iasm last night quite a representative
have no chance to bob their heads upjer pleasant in all particulars so fai j lieclally was this noticeable anions ■ gathering of citizens belhg.^present at
at the coming session of the leglsla- as the weather is concerned, accord- t,H! dry goo ‘ ,s J,nd c,oth,n « *»»«»• (Board of Trade vuom* :|*absenee
“WIREGRA8S” GA.I ‘ LARGE MEETING
tore if the lawmakers face squarely ing to the weather predictions handed cI,ant8, ! of President A. M. Knight; 1 ’.) udge .1
all the serious issues which are bound 'out from the Boatd of Trade today. ! * ,le f°N° wln K interviews with some L. Sweat, presided and secretn:v C
to come up before them and dispose \ Tonight is scheduled as a colder of wur prominent merchants will show Fort Andrews acted as secretary for
of them t- otheir best ability. They I one than last nis'it but no very great that - a,tbou 8li yesterday was an ex- ■ the occasion,
will have their hands (till for the sum-' change In temperature Is anticipated. J ,lo >'- >« business |» steadily ; j| r . nurdoite l.onmls, Jr..
raer * {in fact It seems that the good weather | »*« w,n 8 ,n our oily . a,, ‘ l ever >* OIU! man of the Civic Committee
The probability is that the legisla-; will stick to this section for some | feP,s °P ,0,,,ist,c about our future: • Hoard of Trade outlined the
Humphreys & Williamson—IJnus- and aims of such an orgauizati
illy Inisy today. Spring goods opi n- urged united effort Tor the cl
and trade coining on with a rush. Ilm i bcamlfylng or our town, i
that the legist;
ture will have the arduous duty to time, although some real cold Ik hint
begin with, of naming a United Stat- ed at in the advices Tom Washington,
Ob senator, for Indications are now j - - - -
rotlier against a primary. With five j
candidate^, in the race this will take
up a ^onsidcrable time, especially it j
a deadlock occurs.
Tlien the state will have to be re-
districted so as to arrange the con
gressional districts according 10 the
new census. J
Ths being the frst session of the j
Although there has been some mis-
.TRANSFER SHED
FLOOR CONCRETE
H. J. Benton—Had one o fthe big- | nR uniform hitching posts, garbage
gest days 1 remember, hardly time cans, removal of objectionable slims,
to stir around. WeJl satisfied. improvement of our Parks, especially
Chuichwell Bros.—Almost tooiilg a emphasizing the wisdom of extension
crowd at first.
Atlanta Realty Company, are
developing a large tract of land ai
fluysie, Appling county. .1. pope
Blown, Treasurer of Georgia, Presl
dent: St. Klnto MaHsengulc, Vice Pies
ident.
Mr. S. W. Holies manager for the
ounty was in Waycross today, mak-
»g extensive purchases of supplies
for use of colony, and spoke very on
thslustically of th«*ir plans for the
development of this Inrge trnet. Said
Al". Holies:’-^" We have other tracts, |
but this.Is our first colony in South!
Georgia. We propose to make Guysic
; model town. We arc building hous-
■s, everyone of which will bo modern
ml up-to-date, painted and comfort-
bin. We propose fo sell them with
to 40 acres of land, at reasonable
new legislature, a tax bill and appro-
prlntlons bill will have lo be passed. ■ a P> ,rehe "* lon among property owner.
The question of the payment of the !as 10 ,he na,ure of ,he work being
•ehool teaehera salaries will certainly J dono by the So " lb ' rn Com-
be the subject of proposed i egl9 , P a ”>’here. It is learned that fnc floor
tion. and If dhe rpmhllngs which in-1 lnK for the tran8fer " hed wl " be 01
dlcate the gathering of a storm from | concre,e and eve ‘y Precaution pos
the direction of the State An'tl-Sa- j ,lble ,aken t0 ln " u, ' e an absolul '
loon league Indicate anything, there j cleanly condltlon at a " “ mea -
ia pretty dure lo be a big light on the j
prohibition In general and near-heef j See big window of new Bmbrold
In particular.^. | cries and
In addition to thla a whole lot ol
real business will come up unexpec
tedly. and If the solons stick t 0 bus- quarrel about whether
Am delighted with improvement of Mary street park for j ,hIccs. We arc laying out good, sub
tile business done, and doing. ' the benellt of the whole city. Dr. II. jatuntlal roads
W. D. O'Quinn—Husiness excellent; ; Iz |a spoke In Interest of civic lire
about the average at this season of provement, from health standpoint
year - j and explained ihe work done or ut
il. C. Seaman—This unseasonable tempted by the Sanitary Society,
weather effects business some, but p ro fessor E. A. Pound spoke from the
we maintain our average. standpoint of education, and warmly
.1. Jordan- Busines sis allright. ent |orsed the movement, and told in
If c-# - , v
Humphreys & Williamson.
We always get a good share of what's
coming.
IGlobe ll>.y Goods Co.—We bnve
had a great days trade, kept up reg
ular all day—very much pleased -
and at prices we quote believe it will
continue.
J. R. Dickins—About normal, but
am well satisfied, in view of the stir
some of my competitors are making.
Last year’s business mote than dou
bled my expectations.
2m PAIRS OF PANTS
To Close at
$3.00 A PAIR
t Worth From
OO to $6.00
S4.
AX
un lnteiestlng manner, the education
along this line new being carried on
In our schools. s
Judge Parker, in a humorous vein
also heartily endorsed the plan, and
gave some striking illustrations of
work being done in other cities along
Chose lines. Mrs. H. S. Redding, Pres
ident o&the Georgia Society, pledged
the hearty endorsement and active
support of the Georgian Society to ths
movement and expressed great satis
faction at the awakening of the pub
lic along these lines. Rev. A. AI. Ben*
stated that it was practically non
sense to talk of great Improvement
until the eows had been removed from
our streets.
Alderman Sinclair and J. W. Moor#
also spoke and encouraged the move
ment for c ity improvement and show-
ed that the present administration
were willing to help the'-e Ideas to
the best of their nbilJty.
A moton was then carried that the
Civic Improvement League should be
organized.
The following officers were dieted.
President, H. D. Reed.
Secty and Treasure.', Miss Sarah
Let ford. \
Vico-Presidents, two from each
ward as follows:
1st Ward—Mrs. I*. A. Wilson, Mi.
Dan Lott.
2nd. Ward Mrs. Geo. W. Been.
Rev. A. M. Bennett
3rd Ward—Mrs F. A. Bates, Mr.
Charles Redding.
4th Ward—Mrs. R. P. War, Mr. A
Knight.
5th Watd- Mrs. J. M. Cox, Mr. J.
\ Watt.
6th Ward- Mrs. J. VV. Bennett Judge
\ A. Parker.
The Civic Improvement League will
ie a live und active organization,
working for a cby beautiful.
poet to he ready
In March for the reception of eighty
families from South Wisconsin. We
are purchasing our supplies In Way-
cross as It is our logical trading point.
We Und we can secure prices here
•restwant to call, Camp No. 81b,
U. C. V. met at the court home here
today at 11 o'clock, with the follow
ing present: A. |\ Perhnm, (tn.pt.
Commander; .1. I. Waite, Acting Ad
jutant: C. J. Thomas, T. I.. Brown.
John VV. Booth, E. |<\ Pridgcon. E.
Cottingham, A. .1. Walnwrlght, C. M.
Eunice, It. (i. O'Berry, .1. Al. Kllard,
Bennett, Simeon White and
|J. L. Sweat.
The resignation of Judge Perham
as Captain Coinandcr of the Camp
was tendered and accepted, on the.
ground that his positibn as Trustee*
of the Soldiers Home, and other en
gagements prevented his giving the
necessary attention to the duties as
Commander, and Judge J. L. Swea,
the original Comniunder of the Camp
was unanimously elected to till the
Vacancy.
Alonthly or quarterly meetings of
the Camp will be held In future, of
which due notice will he given. Wltn
view of increasing ^he roll and
perfecting the records, a'l Confeder-
•hat arc lower than there quoted in | ule Veteran, in thin neetlon should
Atlanta nnd eliewltere. We are now write the f'ommander on Adjutant, J.
employing a large foree In preparing w. Strlcklqnd, at Waycro.i, and fur-
the land and cun use at leaRt another
hundred men. Send me the Herald.
It seems to be the paper of this sec
tion."
i BAIL FOR
WILIER CREWS
Upon hearing t'ne application made
by Alesms. Wilson, Bennett an.l Lamb
dir. attorneys *• r Walter Crews,
charged with murder for the killing
of Walter Allen, on $iec. 24tl», 1910,
at Bnchlott, in Charlton county, with
Solicitor Gene a I Al. I). Dickerson nnd
Judge J. L. Sweat appearing for the
Stale, Judge T. A. Parker refused to
day to admit him on bail, so he wil 1
remain In Jail lint 11 the trial at the
term of Charlton Superior court
in April.
nfsb ^Information n/Mlng Jto Hhelr
service In the army und discharge or
surrender.
TRAIN STRIKES HERD OF DEER.
Memphis. Jf#b. 4.—A St. Ixiuis and
Southeastern passenger train ran on
to a herd of wild deer ten miles from
Brinkley early this morning and kill*
ed five of them. The train was stop
ped and -Conductor Craiuer alighted.
He was attacked by a big buck and
received painful wourtds.
EIGHT YEARS OLD, LITTLE GIRl
SPEAKS EIGHT LANGUAGES.
MAJESTIC THEATER’S
GANDY MATINEE
Boa t forget t r ne Candy Matinee at
the Majestic Theater EVERY SATUR
DAY AFTCF.NOCN 3 to € o’clock
Every cb!!d buying a ticket will l.e
Iren FREE n Imp of good wholesome
und}'. and ir* addition to tills they
■aI'.I sfe two reels of fine motion pic
tares, and the regular vaudeville
siiov., All for 5 cents. Send the kid.
along and they will be personally look
cd after by the management. 2t
l.ln#t^ Torchon LncM, Matc^j Rets
nil width:, O 6c.
Humphreys &
Savannah, Feb. 4.—Aliss Winifred
Suckville Stoner, Jr., who speaks
eight languages at eight years of age.
has come to Savannah. She Is with
her father, Colonel J. B. Stoner, who
is In change of the United States /Ma
rine Hospital. Although she has trav
eled all over the world, Miss Stoner
thinks there is no bettor place than
Savannah because the children are al
lowed to sknte In the park without
tear of being reprimanded.
Miss Stoner converses fluently In
seven langueges and in one other to
a limited extent. Little "Cherrle” an
she Is • called, Is a product of the
sy^Lem of educa/ion adve^od by
John Stuart Mill nnd P^fewior Jam
es of Harvard. Ever since her birtV
she has had the association of cul
tiled n.JnUs and JRhe classics. At
three weeks her Instruction begim
When less than a year old she could
talk, and at two she learned to write.
By the time she was three the child
could manipulate a typewriter and
has begun the study of the classics
and Greek mythology.
GIRL GROUND TO PIECES
UNDER SOUTHERN TRAIN
Bristol, Tenn., Feb. 4.- Miss Min
nie Oler, 18 years old, was run down
and killed by a passenger b.Hln on
the Southern railway at Afton today.
She was a passenger on the train
from Greenville to Aftou, Tenn. Leav
ing the train, she started for the
home of her sister, while the train
| hfid stopped for wat«*r.
j As the train approached she stop-
I ped upon the track in front of it,
evidently being of t5ie. impreii.slon
that she was stepping >'P«n the side
track.
ROME BUY8 WAREHOUSE.
Rome, (la., Feb. 4. The city of
.'Tome this morning purchase 1 the lot
and warehouse front the Farmers’
union fo:i $0,000 and will use the
stmt as atublen and storage room
for city stock ond machinery.
JALANCE OF GLOBE DRY GOODS
CO’S. PURCHASE ARRIVED
Ten cases of merchandise which
was late in an:ivlng and not on mlc
yesterday at the opening of the
Dry Goods Co’s, sale are now
ready for the distrl-
to ,l?ie public. This tflock is
dress goods, domestic*,
Coats’ thread, rfoMo y,
VIEWING THE SMOKE
And flames of his burning house Is
pretty discouraging to ths uninsured
man. But It s a matter of Inconvon-
inn^e only and not loss to the. mark
A FIRE INSURANCE POLICY.
Which are you? Which •—'•*•**
rather be If fire
way? Of course, there’s
swfv. f?o let us wjite you
today. There’s no tellln? what
happen before tomorrow'..
A.