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WAYCROSS, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1911
NUMBER If7
IS
WILL DISCUSS
FOR VISIIORS: 1 AVIATION MEET
President Taft May Make
Visit To Way cross
8PEAK AT BRUNSWICK
OF DRAINAGE CON-
Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, geologist of
state of North Carolina, is one
prominent men who will attend
next meeting of the Georgia Drain
Congress at .Brunswick, Feb. 24.
Pratt i secretary of the North
Drainage Association, and
his work with the North Car-
drainage law, which is practi-
Is wanted in Georga, will
able to give the Brunswick gather-
a practical as well as interesting
Andrews is getting many
to invitations sent out, and in-
are that a large attendance
hand at Brunswick for the j
Tomorrow 500 invitations
Georgians will ho sent
senatois bnd represen*
The infoiraatlon feature which the
Board of Trade has inaugurated is
getting good results for those who
make use of It, and the boarding
house and rooming line alone quite a
number of parties have been placed,
FAMOUS AVIATORS MAY COME TO
WAYCR0S8 FOR MEETING OF
SEVERAL DAYS IN MARCH-
REPRESENTATIVES HERE TO
TELL PLANS.
Tonight at 7:fl0 o'clock a meeting
Col. John W. Bennett has just re
turned from an important business
trip to New York and at request of
Heiaid representative gave some Ju
teresting data on his trip.
Mr. Bennett found the wcathe
BOARD AT WORK
lay gave an unusually heavy snow
and arrangements made for many of business men of Way-cross will be j f a H* confining him to' hotel, Every -
more who have not yet reached the • held in the Board of Trade rooms to jibing frozen up to the lakes in Con-
city, t ‘discuss plans for an aviation meet In j Park with S inches of ice prefen-
It is proposed to get as much In-j the near future. J. S. Berger, repre* j tod * fi°° opportunity for skating,
formation about Waycross as can be ; seating famous aviators, will be here | While in New York Mr. Bennett inci
arranged, so that visitors as well as j to explain the plan In detail, and give Mr. Stuyvestant Fish, the millionaire,
citizens ia&y have as little trouble ae Information of the proposed meet, j and President of the Ware County
possible in learning what they desire} It is pointed out that such a meet j Light and Power Co. lie found hint
to know. The Board of Trade 1ms , will draw thousands oT people to Way- to be a most genial and approachable
always "been looked to for informa- cross, an'I give the merchants and man and deeply interested In Ware
tion along some line, but the present others a week of business such a3 county and the South. He spoke of
Idea provides for a general enlarge- they have never before known. ■ h'is satisfaction at the growth ana
ment. | In view of the fact that the time is promise in Waycross and stated that
! short, and the desire of those inter- j he would visit Waycross in early
There is lots of complaints about ested to furnish an attractive series spring,
the electric lights, and they realy do j of flights for a big crowd, something I Col. Bennett reached Washington
President recalled with pleasure his I
visit to the Slate University at Ath- j
ens. Ga., when he met Col. Bennett The Hquarizing Board appointed by
on reception committee. He stated j the grand Jury, consisting of T. J.
, that he hail watched with great in-1 McClellan, chairman; R. M. Lanier,
In ) (erect the wonderful growth of the secretary; N. L. Gillis, J. M. K. Tav-
New York exceedingly cold. First; South and especially South Georgia, lor, .1. D. Herrin and Ed Griffin, are
and although It would he impossible still hard at work adjusting and equal-
for him to visit Waycross this time. j Icing the county taxes. They are in
lie would try to arrange to visit the a most painstaking and consclentoue
Wiregrass DistrfM and especially j manner, going over every lot in the
Waycross at the very earliest oppor- j city and county, and the result of
•unity. Me said he liked Georgia, and J their efforts will no doubt be benefi-
the Georgia spirit of ouch fellow | flelent in our opinion. The tax pay-
thinking and maintaining that his j ors will have Justice rendered In full,
town was the best. Col. Bennett and each one pay his just proportion
.not seem to be blight enough.
said he was impressed with the fact,
that the northern people are ail talk
lug about the South, and capitalists
ot all classes are directing their, at
tention to the wondebful opportuni
ties that nre offering daily for In
vestment in the Southland.
During his Visit to Washington.,
| definite will have to be done at once, j on Sunday night, on his return trip Co j Bennett had privilege of hearing
Every merchant and citizen having and found Congressman W. G. Brant- g en Bailey deliver his great speech
nnBm{Mn , ... EARLY BLOSSOMS AND SPROUTS, the welfare of the city at heart, and ley extremely busy with the Impor- j n ,i e f en8e of Lorrlmer. The galler
ia pufesiuie mar maps snowing in t , ,
[1 the wnrhine ef r-. „ A little bunch of eatfy blooms everyone interested In keeping Way- tant Ways and Means Committee. , p8 wern pneked. Said Mr. Bennett,
detail the working of tlio North Car-
<ilina law, as well as a map showing
What was accomplished in a certain
flection ‘of Georgia some years ago
by drainage, will he on exhibition at
the Brunswick meeting.
and Blossoms brought to the Herald cross to the front, is urged to attend j Mr. Brafitley with his usual goo l whether wo agree or not with Sen-
this morning by Mr. Tom Lanier, the meeting ot the Boatd of Trade taste and Kindly feeling would make ator Bailey's sentiments on this mat-
shows plainly the “previoUsness" of tonight. j no statement or expression of his in-iter, it was one of the greatest pro-
the sprouting Vegetation in this lnt- j *. ’ tention regarding the senatorial cam- 1 Ben t mc ntH of facts that he had ever
titude. Mr. Lanier brought us peach BURGLARS ROB PRISONER S palgn. in view of the serious illness j heard But after all there’s no better
blossom, pear blossoms, plum flowers,] WHO WA8 CONFINED IN CELL I of his friend. Senator Terrell. Sena- j p j ane than Waycross and the Wire-
China tree sprouts and several other j Wilkesbarre, Pa., Feb. 16. - -1 wo ■ tor Terrell, in the opinion of Col.| g raa g # j left New York and Washing-
early buds. The ocuppcrnong grape masked burglass broke into the town j Bennett Is very sick man. Col. ; ton a hiverlng in the hitter cold and
PROBABLY WARMER, bloom, however, is not to be found in ■ 1all at Warrior Run. Pa., today and . Bennett called at the White HoUBe ; cnme down home, to gather a bou-
Local rains tonight and prohably this bouquet. When the scuppernong oursting open the door of the cell iu J to see President Taft, accompanied j growing out in iny sunny gar-
warmer Friday is the encouraging bud bursts you may feel quite su e which Stanley Jandus, was-the only by Congressfan Roddenbury. The j (Jen t0 wear In my coat the next day.
tews from Washington today in re- that there will be no more frost. (prisoner was confined, robbed him at j ' I
irds the weather.
'LOCAL RAINS AND
to the county funds. The work Is.
extremely tedious and calls for lots
of patient research anri common
sense. The committee is well selec
ted and qualified to do the right thing
to all concerned.
The cold spell
the point of a revolver of $2». The ,
| that him visited the cast and west Over a million pe<Mi|e reij the hook burglars then escaped and Jandas,
lately baa worked its way to the ’ “Beyond Pdjdqf by'- 0«r(d» M. Clay, who wa« being held on a trlval charge
| South and fear* are entertained for c. W. Par?» Dramatic Cp., will pro-' llnding himself free, went out and no-
frult crop. du C e the play tonight tilled the police.
200PAIRS OF PANTS
To Close at
$3.00 A PAIR
Worth From
$4,00 to $6.00
AT*
C. Seaman
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R. L. Singleton, District
Organizer; Back From Augusta
^ R. L. Singleton has returned to tb«. fyn make several flights in his aero
olty after a months absence. MV. plane, one time taking up with him
Singleton Is now District Organizer Judge Hammond: another 'time Mrs.
tor the Brotherhood of Carpenters | Coffyn and child Joined in the flight,
and Joiners of America, and was cal:- .Mr. Singleton says he saw John
ed to Augusta, where he organized
the railroad carpenters and mill men
into a strong uniofrr He also visited
Aiken and Millen.
D. Rockefeller, and he does not look
anything like the bug-’u-Tmo you would
*hink.
In his various trips he hears lots
Mr. 81ngleton found trade cond-.-iof talk about Waycross and lories no
'tlons in Augusta very bright and the opportunity to sing Its praises. He
mechanical trades organized r and In j has now a largo district under su
good shape. Ex-President • Dennis pervision and will start out on anotcrh
O'Connel joined forces with him there' round of visits shortly. Mr. Slngle-
and when he left tho city a Central ton is an official member of our lo-
Gabor Council was well under way. r .Carpenters Union and has the con-
Du; lug hia visit he saw Fran.; Cor faience of his union friends..
Careful Thieves Take Wagon
With Them to Haul Off Booty
Dalton, Ga., Feb. 1C.—Monday night to the store of Hogan & Brother, and
at about II o*t1ock, Tilton, this coun- it was there that they were discover-
ty, a small town ten miles south of ed by Dr. J. M. King, Arthur Joyce
here, experienced a peculiarly strange and John Shannon. The burglars
and daring burglary. The Uurglatm were frightened away, leaving by a
had with them a wagon to which was window and abandoning their team,
hitched t*o strong mules, and this The team was watched, and this vlg-
team was drived in front of the stores Jinnee was rewarded, for George
burglarized and loaded with the loot.} Wyatt, A young man living near Til-
Had it not been for the fact that cit^ton, went for It. He was arrested,
teens of the little village weie awake, and sufficient clncumatantial evidence
it Is believed that the burglars would! to warrant his being held and stcur-
have got away with the entlTe town j ed. He was brought to Dalton and
before daylight. ; placed in Jail. Tuesday afternoon be
The store of W. P. Kiser was first waived a hearing, and wan bound over
entered, and a large amount of flour on two counts, bond for $500 being
and other food stuffs was loaded into j demanded in each. No other arrests
the wagon. From there they drove (have been made.
Mr. T. J. Darling
Painfully Hurt
Mr. 1'. J. Darllnf was quit* pain
fully buit at hla mill tbla piorntng,
while busy at bia work near soma ma
chinery, bis foot sllppej on a lathe
and ba was thrown heavily to the
(round. Hie hud comiix lb conuct
wftb the machine. His face waa bad
ly cat and hla hip contuadd. Mr.
Dr.rliM bad raally a vary clou call,
.. 1 lad U. haaw >M«ls>llntw4 a llttl.
moving machinery might have been
very serious Indeed.
Dr. Redoing was called Ini and Mr.
Darling was at once attended to.
The Georgia Court of Appetls
THE PARKING OF
THE COURT ROUSE
Ordinary B. H. Thomas has now got
bis plans completed ■ for the improve
ments around the Court house. The
plan and plat prepared by Surveyor
Pafford. shows that when carried out,
Ware county will have a court bouse
grounds unequalled in the state. The
plan calls foj a wide concrete walk
all around the court house and around
the triangle park abutting Albany
Av$hUKK|Utalde Ihe wall immedhtelly
In front of court house. wlU be two
cool inviting grass lawns edgetj. with
privit, wlille the street proper on
Gordon and crossing from Albany to
church will be covered with Augusta
Gravel. The triangle part under the
newly planted treea wlH also be neatly
sodded and finished with shrubbery
and flowers. The parks and atroflta"
and concrete walks will all be curbed
and probably a neat ornamental pump •
will repOace the one now In use. Mr.
Thomas deserve congratulations and-
commendations on hla plans and ef
forts to beautify thi part of our city.
It is in line with the progress Way-
c !o»b is making, and when other plans.
nn w In view are carried out will In
crease values, make Waycross and
Wore county proud of their county
property, and help to still further edu
cate our people to Ihe advantages fin
ancial and otherwise gained rroro wlae-
expenditures along esthetic and prac
tical lines. When these things nre ae-
compiished, there Will be no auch a
question ne the cow question to vex
hi
BEAL
ESTATE
THERE'S AN IDEAL HOME
far every mun If he but look, for It.
We cu help you locate youn. Cull
in Mid tell ue your requirement!.
Probnbly we huve juet euch n piece of
REAL ESTATE ON OUR LIST.
It doesn't matter how little r»«h or
how much you have. We can veil
you a bonne lor all cash or on the
eaeleet term. Imaginable. So don't
heiltnte for lack of ready money. The •
mined the deelelon of Jnd(e J, C. Me- | 1on l!' r y° u kee b on P* rln * r * Bt ,he '
Donald of Waycroie In cue of J. C. further nwny owning your own home.
Janet, charged with violating the pie-
blbltlon law in Waycroie. Mr. Jodne
will have to verve eentence or pey
the line Imposed. Tbie Is tho Dm
case of Judge McDonald that he*
been pasted upon .by Appeal Board
A.. M. K«irfli+
