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ross Evening 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 \ 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+