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Waycross Evening Herald.
volume XVIII
WAYCROSS, GA., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1911
NUMBER 166
GAIT OF IS BIO SIGNS PUT OUT
CITY RAPID 1 FOR
MEMBER OF AVIATION CO., OF The advertising committee Is oui
NEW YORK SAYS WAYCROSS today In force getting the large dls-
TAKES THE PRIZE FOR RAPID play signs for the aviation meet and
GROWTH AND ACTIVITY. j census celebration In place. One of
j the biggest banners ever displays
That Waycross Is entitled to the , on the streets of Waycross «'as put
prize for rapid growth and general .up on Plant avenue, near the First
activity is the statement made today National bank, today. Similar signs
by Mr. I.ouls Berger, secretary or are to be displayed on many of the
the merlcan Aviation Company, of South Georgia towns, as well"as large
New York, the company having charso Ittilgraphs and posters telling of the
of the. aviation meet to be held In flights of airships at Waycross March
Waycross. Mr. Berger has within :,!t * an d IT-
a few years traveled through Texas —'—-
THE WARE COUNTY
S. S. ASSQCIAT
CLOSE OTHEIR SESSION LAST
NIGHT WITH CENTRAL BAP
TIST CHURCH.
ROBIN S CASE
UP FOR TRIAL
PANAMA CANAL A
and Mississippi, ns well as many east
ern stales, and fte says without fear
of honest contradiction, that Waycross
sheys n:o e activity and growth than
any place he has visited.
Mr. Berger is in a business that
cause him to notice these signs, as
lie ^ioes not like to become interested . -
in a etty that does not have the ap- Special to The Heiald.
pearance of being a live one. He Washington, D. C„ Feb. 27—Medl- j president, and R. F. Zelglcr Secretary
Bays there Is more building going on ca | Director Paul Fttzslmons was plac-1 and Tresairrer.
NAVY MEDICAL
DIRECTOR RETIRES
Special to The He: aid.
New York, Feb. 27.—Joseph G. Rob
in, the bank piomoter whom a Judge)
The Ware County Sunday School* and Jury recently declared sane des-j
Association closed last night after ! pjte the testimony of the so-called j
holding one of the most successful eminent insanity experts to the con- •
gatherings in lie history. The Cen* trary, was arraigned for trial today
tral Baptist church people regretted in the c’lmiual branch of the supreme
that the delay in the completion or court
their new building, rendered it neces-j He is to he tried on indictments
sary to use the opera house, but th-* \ charging him with the larccncy ol
change of location did not seem to funds from the hanks In which
inconvenience the meeting, and the was interested.
delegates in appreciation of the anx-1 • .
icty of the Central Baptist friends to
make them com for: table, by vote de
cided to meet with the Central Bap
tist church of Waycross again in
Washington, I). t\, Feb. 27.—After
nearly live hours of debate, the House
of Representatives voted overwhelm
ingly in favor of fortifying the Pan-
REVIVAL LARGELY
TTENDED SUNDAY
The sc: vices yesterday in the re
vival now in progress at the First
Methodist church were largely atten
ded, and productive of ho much good
uuui Canal, and appropriated $.t,ouu,- \ n cannot he recorded h .*"o or
000 to *)«•«*»» 11,6 work - ,1,e total measured In this world. The men
of which has been estimated at $12,- nued the church in the afternoon,
000,000. j Hn ,i hundreds pledged themselves to a
The action of the House practical- j better, purer, cleaner life.
Iv settles the question of fortification! Last night the crowd was bo largo-
lor tho sentiment in the Senate Is j tfiat all of the available space In the*
said to l»e more than two to one in ' auditorium, gallery and tho Sunday
of protecting the inland
hcaconst batteries.
1912, in their now building.- j
The election of officers resulted in )
the following being named to serve ;
during 1911: E. D. Carswell, P:esl j
dent; J. B. Quarterinan of Beach, V.
Is The Waycross City
Charter Constitutional
.school annex was occupied and chair*
| had to bo used in the aisle,
j Rev. Bob Jones, tho preacher, and*
| Mr. Makin, the singer, were at their
j best and the power or God was man
ifest. Thirty-four have applied for
membership in the chmch during the
meeting.
Services every day this week at lt>
Col. J. S. Walker in conducting a
whiskey case in Mayor’s Court this
morning taised an interesting ques
tion by filing a demurrer to suit,
In Waycross than In any city of like C( . on „ le retlTvd llBt of ihe Navy to-j Executive Committee: J. P. Ltd, J °n '’no F ound that the Way-
size he has been In for years. “I was fay, on account of having reached the Fairfax; W. S. Booth, J. J. Chamber, | coss City Charter is unconatltutton-
ln this city about seven months ago, a , e nralt for actlve Kervlce .
said he "and since then your city
Jms made .a remarkable showing. 1
don’t know of any city, larger or
smaller, that has as fine a hotel as
Waycross. I have yet. to find a city
of 15,000 people with as handsome a
depot as you have, and I think you
al are to be congratulated for this
showing.
MARDI GRAS AT PENSACOLA.
Special to The Herald.
Pensacola, Fla., Feb. 27.—Army
troops, sailors from the United States
battleships, mounted knights and city
officials participated In the gorgeous
parade here today in honor of the ar
rival of King P.iscuBl and hi scout,
Mr. Berger says the flighU to be maklng „, e formaI opcnlng of the
made here will be marvels for tbl. nimI Mardl 0raB carnlvaI . Thousand.
section of the country, and
banking on one or more of the av
iators making new worlds records
of visitors witnessed the festivities.
C. O. Bunn, W. J. Mullls,
Wildes, and Augus Blue.
Mr. J. L. Graves of Fairfax, was
elected to superintend the temperanco
work in the district.
E. *1.
The demurrer was overruled and
the case gone into and the negro.
while in Waycross.
CLOUDY AND COLDER
FOR THIS SECTION.
Cloudy tonight and colde? Tues
day is tho forecast for South Gcor*
gia. The cold will only.be slight ac-
cordng to Information contained In
the weather report. The cloudy, con
ditions will be followed almost gen
erally by showers.
Col. Walker will eventually buvo to, «• ni. and 7:30 p. m. Children’s meet
be passed on by Supremo Court. Ing at 3:30.
Tiio point raised by Mr. Walker Is
ns follows;
"That the title to the Act of tho
Georgia Legislature _ inert porating
tho city of Waycross contains two
IN MAYOR’S COURT.
O. P. Maddox, whlto, Ellzie Fora,.
John Rouse and Randolph Sinclair,,
colored, were before Mayor Cox,,
separate aud distinct subject matters j charged with whiskey selling. Mad-
and that Section 5, of the charter j doxs'
was continued to tomor-
Eliza Ford, dismissed. The evidence which contains the re-enactment of
brought by city not Justifying a con
tinuance of the case. But undoubt
edly the points brought forth by
at 9 o’clock. Eliza Ford was
whiskey ordinance Is matter ; tried hut dismissed. Tho other two-
foreign to that expressed in tho
Modern Maccabees Held
Pleasant Social Gathering
I
200PAIRS OF PANTS
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&
To Close at
$3.00 A PAIR
Worth From
$4. m to $6.00
AT
H. C. Seaman
Said
C. Thomas, of Port Huron, Mich.
Col. Thomas is making a tour'
through the South, visiting some of
eases being large dependent on the
evidence brought out in Ford case
wore dropped.
Sheriff Pittman at onco arrested
Ford and Rouse and thoy were com
mitted to jail under warrants Issued
by County authorities on tho same'
whiskoy charges.
The Knight, of the Modern Man bccomo . ,
cahees had a pleasant social gather- j ^ flomc yf . ar , ng0 .
ing on Saturday night to ', 10; „ your growl „ , g a)mo „ )ncredlb)o
the Great Lieu Commander, Col. C.'^ wp|| fof 3 ' ergy
get-up of your people.” Col. Thomas
!r. a Republican and holds an Impor
tant political office in his state. In
tho largest tent. of.the order In eaeh ( . onveria , lao h0 , (altd am a j '» J““- »"• arrc * 1 beln * ma,,e
state. Quite a large crowd waaprea pub|)can my|elf but |f you on a new warrant .worn out by W..
crats want to nominate a man for
WHITE AGAIN ARRE8TED AT
FATHER.INLAW8 INSTANCE.
After enjoying bis freedom from-
Waro county Jail a little ovor ten
hours, iionRin Wh|te of Savannah
was ro arrested ut 10 o’clock Sun
day morning by Sheriff Pittman and'
ent to gree this grand officer. Many
of the iriembcrs of tho W. of W., were
R Smith, White's father-in-law.
White was given a preliminary-
president who will thoroughly scare
also in the gathering. This organlz- ^ Ro|)Ubl|canai >tand grcat chanc0 trial yesterday on charge, of kid-
atlon having very kindly g'ven u. ()f |jo|ng e|eclBd Yo „ nom|nato '
Woodmw Wilson, for ho has certnln-
thelr hall for this meeting.
Thoma. .xp.os.ed Tils pleasure and 7“7"„ e " Republican." guessing."
surprise to And what a lino town
MURDER THREAT
IN ARSON CASE«
napping and' desertion and was
fiepd. White faced nnother prelim
inary t:lnl this morning before
Judgo W. A. McDonald. Ills lawyer**
J. 8. Walker pointed out that the-
warrant charging desertion was
without foundation. In fact would
not stAnd water. The Judge agreed
r | and Lonnie and his wire aro oagaln
visitors to Brunswick during ioMd-her to *enew their honeymoon*
vnrant issued for him, but the Uni
tea states commissioner took the
case In charge.
il round the harbor, had a good
view of the New 8t. Simon hotel.
— | It Is a magnificent building occupy*
WARESBORO MERCHANT 8AYS j n g tt commanding viow of the hay
1 HE SAW CRIBB BUILD FIRE. | and Is a credt to Waycross entorprse
j Alderman C. B. Dunn s pushing the
! work rapidly. The hotel and cottages
It Is currently reported and general
ly believed that Governor-elect Hoke
Smith enjoyed himself very much at
Brunswick yesterday.
Valdosta!, Ga., Feb. 27.—Waite*
,, ... . ... r a : will divide about 110 rooms and will
Gibb of Waresboro, charged with ;
. . .... , |l»o fitted up with all modern convent*
burning the depot and posloifice at |
that place, was given a commitment , 0Dcei *
trial beforo Commissioner Powell nnd
his bond was fixed at $1,200, which j THE L08T MISS DOROTHY
he failed to give and was sent hack j ARNOLD AT DANVILLE, V/.
J a,! - | Danville, Va„ Feb. 27.—Misa Dor-
There were several witnesses G thy Arnold, the missing New York j
against him, the ino3t damaging ev
idence bein^ given by C. W. RigJon,
a merchant, who testified that he saw
Cribb aet fire to wood stacked against
the depot and that he put out the
fire. loiter In the night he neard
Cribb tell Mrs. Cribb at their home
that "he was going to run the post
master and railroad agent, O. A. Mur
phy, out of town, if he had to burn
heiress, whose whereabouts have
been reported from many part* of
the United Statese and Europe, spent
A SMALL PAYMENT DOWN*
nearly a week In this clly and left ‘s,,, , ecurc you lhe uth , ntl po„»
suddenly last Wednesday, according of an |dea , home _ „ that propo .
io the police. ^ sltlon Interests you, come and see us.
[ We also have acveral cash
Imperial Wedding Anniversary. j BARGAINS IN REAL E8TATE.
tipeclal to The Herald. I Every one of them trill nmko money
Berlin, Feb. 27.—The German Em- for tho buyer tvho acts at once. If
tho depot and then bum Murphy's peror and Kmprcxx, who were married j you are looking for an Investment
house." Itlgdon also laid that Cribb !,- eb _ 2 7, 1*81, when the'former was that is bound to provo a money mak-
told him tue next day that he saw j p r j nC e William and the Sat-1 er you’d better not mlsa this chance.
Riddon put out the fire, but that when ; ,, r p r ; nreaa victoria of Schleswig-, Borne one may he ahead of you to-
be Itarted to do a thing Tie generally j {* 0 |ateln today received Innumerable ■ trofrow. Act today,
succeeded. Itlgdon said that C. Ibh |,, erl a ,. CI 0 , congratulation and many: . _ %
threatened to kill him If be told «*| valuable prtaentaion the occasion : f\ K nidnt'
Crlbb - }c.f their thirtieth wedding annlvera-1 * * <0
Othtra testified to aaelng Cribb leav a y. | ATIO Soil “
ing the depot Juat befora tha lira J REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE'
alarm waa given. | Large congregation! —
•# Crlbb’a relative* bad had a lonacr itba churchee yesterday.
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