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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.