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200 PAIRS OF PANTS
Worth
$6.00
Sunday at 11 a. m'., and 3:19 p. m.
Brother M. D. Saltern front Faleen,
X. C.,' will preach.
VOLUME XV li]
WAVCROSS, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1911
NUMBER 118
afiOllf CARS TO MEETING OF THE
CIVIC LEAGUE
The scout car on selection of Na-
t onal Highway is expected to reach
^ v Waycross from Jacksonville on to-
itow Saturday afternoon about 5
o lock. It will be accompanied by
the Waycross car from Jacksonville
K is being arranged for a number of
Waycross automobiles to meet the
scout car at the county line. Among
those who will go out to meet them
will be Mayor Cox, A. M. Knight. Dr. |
W. h. Buchanan, Major F. H. Mc
Gee and others.
The distinguished visitors will be
entertained on Saturday night at
Dutch supper at LaGrande Hotel
When no doubt Waycross hospitality
will convince them that this is the
right route for the highway
There will be a mfeetlng of the Ex
ecutive Committee of the Waycross
Civic Improvement League Saturday
afternoon, March 25th, at half past
three (3:30) o’clock at the Board of
Trade rooms in the Southern build
ing.
A full attendance is requested, as
plans for assisting in “Cleaning-Up
Week" will be discussed.
TRIBE Ot BEN RAGE QUESTION
HUR MEETS ALONE IN STRIKE
ORGANIZATION HAS LARGE MEM-
BERSHIP IN THIS STATE.
mystery SURROUNDS SHOOTING
The rumor of a' fatal shooting at
Tellmore, seems to be somewhat ex
agerated, so far as can bo ascertain
ed. Milton Glllis is said to have ac
cidentally shot himself, but consider
able mystery surrounds the case, as
it is stated that no trace of the shot
is to he found on hiff clothing.
Milton Glllis is the son of Andrew
Gillis, and is the man who was tried
at September term of Superior Court
on a very serious charge. Glllis
plead guilty and was fined 1250.00.
Whether this accident (?) has any
connection with that case is not
known at present.
CITY WATER IN
T
Marshalltown, la., March 23.—Mar
shalltown is entertaining for two days
annual convention of the Tribe
Ben Hur of Iowa, a fraternal or
ganization with- a large membership
In this state. The opening session
was held today with M. L. Lawrence
oi Sioux City presiding.
STRIKERS’ COMMITTEE CHARG
E8 COMPANY BROKE CON
TRACT.
Sliattnnooga, Tenn., March 23.—Set
ting out the reasons for the strike
of firemen on the Cincinnati Southern
Railway, the -general committee of the
strikers today issued a statement of
which they declare that the race ques- j
(ion is the only thing that figures in L
NOTABLE VISITOR jJAS. K. HACKETT
HERE YESTERDAY 1 COMGHERE
Oskafoosa, Mason City and Cedar j the trouble, declaring that tho
Rapids are applicants for next year’*
convention.
- agenient of the railroad broke its <
NOTICE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS,
On next Monday evening at 7:30
o’clock, the 27th, Inst., at Custle Hall,
the Grand Chancellor of the State of
Georgia, Hon. B. D. Brantley, will be
present and address the Lodge. Other
short addresses will be made. The
“Oriental Degree" will -also be confer
red on several applicants and a good
time generally Is promised those who
attend. I trust that every member
of the lodge, who can possibly do so.
laid, and already more than one j will be pres’ent, as It behooves us to
j hundred houses are connected up j give our Grand Chancellor a large
j and using the water. Supt. B. D. attendance. Visiting brothers are
Finn and his able assistants have! most cordially invited to meet with-cf the South an opportunity of follow
done rapid work, laying an average us. Refreshments will be sorved. j ing the occupation of locomotive ilre-
of nearly 2,000 feet per day. Now | By order of Chancellor Commander: [.men without being compelled to go
The extension of the water main
through Gilchrist Park is now com
pleted, the pipes were flushed out
yesterday and tested, and this Impor
tant addition to the health of that
section is now an accomplished fact.
More than 10,000 feet of main pipe
Subscribe lor the old reliable
Waycross Evening Herald.
tract with the brotherhood in placing
negro firemen on preferred runs. j
They say that the contract was!
signed July, JOlrt, giving white fire- 1
men preference in “work, runs and i
promotions", that the contract was
bioken in November, 1910, but that
when the attention of he superintend
ent was called to the violation a ne
gro who had been promoted was taken
from the preferred run and a white
man put In his plate,
he statement concludes as follows!
"The white men left the service of
the company on March 9, 1911, and
the strike is still in effect and It i
fight to secure to young white men
with a little more deep drainage, Gil-
Chas. E. Cason, S. C.
christ Park will become one of the J Attest: T. H. Miller K. of*R. and S
popular resldental districts In our j —-
NAT M. BRIGHAM TONIGHT AT
CENTRAL 8CH00L AUDITORIUM.
HEAp HIM.
Perhaps the military lemonstratlons
along the Mexican border will satisfy
representative Hobson and permit the
Japanese attack to hung fire longer
than the original ten months.
H. C. Seaman
North or West to secure employment.”
HEAR NAT M. BRIGHAM IN HIS
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE TO-
NIGHT AT CENTRAL SCHOOL.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Miss Frances McDonald invites you
lo attend her Spring Millinery Open
ing on Saturday afternoon and even
ing from 4 to 10 o’clock, March, 25,
No. 9 Lott Street,
TWO BOX CAR8 BURN.
Fire dtsroyed two box cars, load
ed with wood this morning about 11
o’clock in the yards of tho A. C. L.
railroad.
Waycross yesterday had as her
guest, one of the most unique and
picturesque characters in southern
Journalism In the person of the lion,
•'lias Tucker, proprietor and edito”
>f -the famous "Yellow Jacket," au
independent Republican paper, pub
j lit hod in North Carolina. "The Ye!
| low Jacket” stands practically in a
by itself, advocating Indepen
dent Republicans, thought and action,
j regardless of party lines or creeds
I and has a tremendous national cir-
I culatlon. Mr. "Ell" T.ucker Is a man
oi strong personality, courageous and
liberal in his views and absolutely
fearless in his advocacy of or denunc
iation of things that he docs or does
not approve.
The celebrated editor nrrived in
Waycross on Ills way from North
Georgia, via Atlanta and Waycross
to Florida, driving a model “O. O.’h
20-horse power “White 8teamer,” and
located It at Kelley’S' garnge for qomo
repairs.
Mr. Tucker took a walk over Way-
cross, and spoke very pleasingly of
WILL APPEAR AT THEATER
“THE KING’S GAME.”
j TJieaergoers have welcomed the an
j nonneement of James K. Ivackett's
I coming to Wuycross-early in April at
* the Parker theater in his latest sue-
I rermful presentation, "The King’s
Game," which hus been described us
jn flni're on the romantic play. In
taking on that definition it bears the
same relation to the other Hackctt
KLCccptes that "Arms and the Man",
tho Bernard 8haw satire did In th€
Mansfield lepertoire.
The action of "Tho King’s Game" I -
crncrod in a email European prtnek
polity of the Imaginary Ilk. Aristo
cratic auarchlsts aro plotting n-gnlnst
the King, who s tho central person
age In tho satire, lie Is a fun-loving
im.’norch ns played by Mr. Hackett;
keen to see things in their own set
tings, f,nd alert to the doings ot ev
eryone about him.
The leader of tho anarchists Is Ba
ron von Trump. With his daughter,
they plan to kill tho king by hurling
the Impressions made upon him. lie 1 n l.omb at him during a parado which
said, “I have looked forward with in- j h* to pass the streets of the capitol.
terest to visiting your city. I like j To a young workman who resembles
its up-to-date appearance and picture-1 the King, the duty of throwing tho
esque layout. It seems to me to he | deadly bomb has beon unsigned, but
a hustling llttlo city, with n groat fu-jWhen the time for the explosion oc-
ture. I shall hope to make a longer c»-rs, It is the real King who throws
stay here on my return trip. If all J a “fake" machine at a “fake" king,
your merchants and people treat mo [ Woven with much intricacy Is tho
well and do business like they do
nt Kclloy’s Garage, I shall bo well
satisfied to speak your praise. I have
had to call at several garage’s on mj
trip, but have had nonn to give me
letter service, do bettor .work and
cl arge more reasonable pricos than
I got tlioro. Such fair treatment will
Induce autolsts to visit your city of
ten.
Your roads are good and when you
settle up your vacant land you will
have the greatest county In Ainorlca."
HON. FRANK HOLT
PRAISES OUR ROADS
Hon. Frank Holt of Montezuma,
Ga., and nnrtv arrived in Waycross
last night from Jacksonville and reg
istered ot LaGrande Hotel.
The party consisted of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Holt, Ex-Congrejsman
B. Lewis, Miss Mattie Hayes, Miss
Lillie Lewis and Mr. Lavender. They
arc travelling in a handsome G-cylln-
der “Steven- Dyla’ car, and covered
the proposed central route for the
National Highway from Atlanta to
Jacksonville, via Tlfton, etc. But
I they found that route In very bad
• condition, and practically Impossible
] for automobiles to cover.
Said Mr. Holt In conversation with
a Herald representative, “Of course,
I was anxious to have tho National
Highway take tfee Central Route pro
posed, but I am now frank to say I
feel bure they will not do so, but
will be almost certain to select your
route via Waycross. The roads we
travelled on that route are in awful
condlttyn, at least 120 miles nothing
that tho scout car will at onco recoiw
mend your Waycross route. Our trip
fiom Jacksonville noro wns delightful,
fairly good roads all the way, In
'some places very fine roads, equal
to any In Georgia.
I “Yes, I have visited Waycross sev
eral times and. always enjoy coming
here."
Mr. Holt and party will leave this
morning on their way back home,
keeping ns far as possible on the pro-
pored route via Douglas, Fitzgerald,
etc. And will go back to Montezuma
and Macon warm and powerful ad
vocates of the Waycross route for
the Nntlonal Highway.
lcve story which concerns the king
and the naron’s daughter. When tho
Until curtain fulls, It is evident that
the turgid atmosphere has been cleat*'
ed and the King returns to his throne*
wMlo the girl, who lyis learned tl
love the King, realizes his mortality,
and from a hater of kings becomes a
sympathizer with their handicaps.
Among the many successes In which
James K. Hackett has appeared the
heat known havo been “The Prisoner
of Zendn", “Rupert of Hentzau," “Tho
Pride of Jennico," “The Crisis” and
“The King’s Game.”. Ho has been
able to associate liis name with tho
best tho American theatre affords ani
liis coming to Waycross will bo a
treat local theatregoers havo antic!*
Ordinary Banner Thomas states
OWLS MEET
AT
but a aand bed and practically Ini'
■ passible for anything but the moat
powerful can.
"For miles tbe road la narrow,-Just
wide enough for a machine to pass,
lodging among the trees and the top
ot our machine wae badly damaged
by the limbi of the trees, we had to
-touch under. Many miles of the
road tbe send was so deep that we
cnnld not make much orsr 4 miles
an hour. The worst road Is from
Ellarvltle to Baldwin. I doubt much
if Ike Atlanta care will be able to
get through the sand.
“There Is no doubt la my mind but
MEETING CALLED AT 8 O’CLOCK
BV C. W. PARKER, PRESIDENT
The Order of Owls will meet to
right at 8 o’clock at the Opera bouse.
Every member le corltelty Invited to
be present. Important business map
ten to be transacted. A good time
Is anticipated for all. By order of
C. W. Porker, President.
bee at present, but the detail work
gives him plenty to do. When asked ,
to espllun tlio apparent flump in the
niurrlugo license business, Mr. Thom
as suggested that perhaps the carnival
had taken nil tho marriage money.
IT 18 INDISPUTABLE
that many a man's only asset after a
Are has been an Insurance policy.
And many a man has been ruined be
cause he had neglected to protect
himself with
FIRE INSURANCE.
Don't run the risk of Ending your
self hi such a predicament Hare u*
Insure you today and make yourself
■ate.
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Waycross Evening Herald.
