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Waycross Evening Herald.
VOLUME Win WAVCROSS, GA., SATURDAY, MARCH 25. 1911 " NUMBER 119
DRIB.PHILLIPS IFIRSI BAPTIST
'•* ON APRIL 3RD! MEETINGS BEGINS
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OWLS HOOTED
LAST NIGHT
DIXIE FLYER WRECKED [FIRST SOCIALIST
AT ALAPAHA RIVER TO ENTER PALACE
every thing will be conducted in an ' son to deliver an address to the citi-
lnformal manner. zens on this Important subject.
200PAIRS OF PANTS
Worth From
SAcOO io $6.00
"ATE AND IN8UBANCB
AGENTS.
Dr. W. P. Price of Jackson, Miss.,
and Prof. J. P. Scholfleld of Chicago.
Ih., have arrived in the city and will
begin special meetings at the First
i The Central Bapftist Church are j TOMORROW—DR. W. P
^making all prepqfctlons and look for- WILL PREACH,
ward with great pleasure to the com-
ing of Dr.»J. £. Phillips and his not
ed singer Mr. Butler, who will con
duct a special Revival service at Cen
tral Baptist church commencing Mon
day April 3rd. The Central Baptist
church regrets the unavoidable con
flict with the special meeting at First
Baptist church, but the date with Bro.
Phillips has been arranged and an
nounced for several monhs and could
not be changed much though they)
would have preferred* not to have the
two meetings at the same time, but
It Is hoped the one will help th eother
and prove advantageous to both and
to the Ally at large.
The Waycross nest of Owls had a
large meeting last night and quite a
number of little owlets were taught
to fly, Including several ouf best cltl-
vens, A great deal of Important busi
ness wns transacted, aud several
members of the local nest, had prac
tical cause to recognize the real
Seven Killed And Nine Wounded
Relief Train Reached Here j
At 2:30 Today
Baptist Church tomorrow at 11 a. m' brotherllueis that underlies the order reached Waycross early this
and continue through the week. Lj 0w j g Definite arrangements were morning of .the wreck of the Dixie
Preaching each day at 3:30 and 7:30 j rnnde for flna , i ocaUon of permanent fi > er . southbound. .So far as can be
m. Prof. ScholfleM will conduct j qUQr(erg and plans get on foot for a ascertained the train was crossing
the music and wishes all who will J pleagant me etlng next Tuesday night
| assist in the music to jo:n the chorus ( There are now nearIy 400 members in
choir. To the. churches ana people t ,. 0 j ocfl | negt
of Waycross a most cordial invitation
Ip extended to all these meetings.
HON. 8. A. THOMPSON IN CITY.
A NOVEL WINDOW.
The Muual Grocery Co’s winaow Is
attracting quite a ’ot of attention. It
Is a novel idea emanuatlng for the
original mind of Mr. Elmgren, and is
a special appeal to the bump of curi
osity that is inherent In all of us.
Lots of people have peeped in and
have been impressed with the novelty
ci the advertlsment.
CIGAR MANUFACTORY MOVED.
The Pittman Cigar Company have
moved from the Walker building and
are now located In most convenient
quarters on Francis street. The new
factory is light and sanitary and will
enable The Pittman Company to great
ly increase their facilities for doing
DUTCH SUPPER
AT LA GRANDE
The plans are well underway for
the entertainment of the Herald-
Journal cars when they arrive on the
scout trip from Jacksonville this even
ing. Despite the gloom In the
M a natural result of the serious ac
cident to the Dixie Flyer. Every at
tempt will be made to give the visitors
a royal good time. Tho supper will
be given at the LaGrande hotel and
about 100 of our citizens win tw»
present to greet the guests. No set
programme has been arranged and'
Hon. S. A. Thompson, of Richmond,
Indiana is in the city resisterd at La
Grande Hotel. Mr. Thompson is field
secretary of the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress and is touring the
South visiting the various placos In
terested in waterway transportation
question. His specal purpose in visit
ing Waycross is to gather data and
give information regarding the pro-,
posed opening o! the Satilla River for j
shipping. ,
Mr. Thompson carries many rtrong-
ly worded testimonials from Congress-,
men W. G. Brantley, C. G. Edwards j
and other government officials inter
ested in the improvement of
waterways and is a very interesting
speaker. It Is probable that arrange
ments will be made through the Board
of Trade or other ways for Mr. Thomp-
AT
H. C. Seaman
the trestle. 400 yards in length, across
the Alapaha river when the acci
dent occurred.
It is rumored that ft was caused
by a broken axlt, out the statement
at present cannot be verified. The
reports, so far are meagre in detail
but as far as is definitely known, the
engine and four coaches were hJrtetf
into the river.
Those who were killed are: Con
ductor Charles J. Parnell of No. 210
Waldburg street, West, Savannah; W.
Culpepper, TifUm; O. F. Bonwart,
Henderson, Ky.; Mrs. W. D. Fletcher,
Rowland, Ill.; Fireman Lucius Elliott,
colored; Express messenger Wood
ward; Porter Whidden, colored, Sa
vannah. Those who were injured
are: Express messenger, baggage mas
ter Powell, who It Is believed Is fa
tally hurt; W. T. Perkins, Cattles-
burg, Ky.; Mrs. O. F. Bonwart, Hen
derson. Ky.; Nick Vandormeulon,
Grand Rapids, Mich.; Peter Gerlofs,
Holton, Mlcb.; Mrs. J. P. Klein and
three year old daughter, St. Louis;
W. T. Francis, Crawfordvllle, Ind.
Mr. L. J. Cooper of the First Na
tional Bank of Waycross was a pass
enger on the ill-fated train, but it is
reported that he is active and well.
Mr. J. D. Greene was the engineer,
brother of our well known townsman
Joe Green and had taken his brothers
run. It is reported that he was
slightly Injured, but was able to as
sist In the recovery of the dead.
The accident occurred between Ala-
1-aha and Willacoochee, about 48 mil
es from Waycross.
Immediately on notice of the acci
dent a relief train was made up and
hurried from Wr.ycrosa to‘tho scone,
bearing Dr. Lane and others, with
nurses and all necessary for Imme
diate relief‘and has not yet returnod
to the city.
Mr. J. E. T. Bowden and Dr. J. E.
Knight came in on the Seminole Lim
ited, the train Immediately preceding
the Dxlo Flyer. A number of citizens
left in automobiles for the scene.
And wo will endeavor to give other
news as it reaches us.
SPECIAL WIRE RECEIVED FROM,
MR. L. J. COOPER OF WAYCR088.
12:30 p. m. He states he Is all
right himself, but that 7 or 8 are
killed and about that number Injured.
He is now at Willacoochee with re
lief train, but does not expect to
reach Waycross before night.
Spring Millinery Opening, Tuesday
and Wednesday, March 28th and 29th.
25 2t. Humphreys & Williamson.
NEARING END OF
FIREMEN’S STRIKE
HAS BEARING ON NEGR0E8 ON
C. N. O. AND T. P.
Washington, D. C., March 25.—
Representatives of the conductors,
firemen and locomotive engineers on
the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Tex
as Pacific Railway, who have been
striking because negro firemen are
alleged to have been given preferred
runs on tho road, reached a tentative
basis of settlement with the railway
through the national meditation
board yesterday.
The details of the agreement were
not disclosed, It being decided to
make them public whon submitted to
a meeting of the general committee
of the strikers at Cincinnati today.
President W. W. Finley of tho South
ern Railroad acting for the subsidiary
company involved In the strike, ap
proved tho basis of settlement as sug
gested by Justice Martin W. Knapp
of the United states Commerce Court
who was the sole representative of
the national meditation board pres
ent
E. W. Curtis of Smlthville, Tex.,
Valentino Fitzpatrick of Columbus, O.
and Edward Corrigan of Cleveland,
O., who represented the conductors,
trainmen and engineers respectively
at yesterday's negotiations left for
Cincinnati last night.
ITALY'S KING LETS DOWN THE
BARS AND DEPUTY BI8SOLATI
WALKS IN.
! Rome, March 25.—King Emmanuel
J received Deputy BIssoIatl, leader of
tho Socialist pari I men tar y group, at
the Qulrinnl today and consulted him
regarding the ministerial crisis wth
a view to possble co-operation of tho
Socialists in tho government to
ceed that of Premier Luzzatti, resign
ed.
This move in his majesty is unpre
cedented, this being the first occas
ion in which a Socialist deputy had
entered the Itnlian royal palace
speak with the King.
But beyond this the audience was
notable for the reason that it. was
BIssoIatl, who, during one of the stor
miest 1900, when obstructionists wore
blocking tho progress, shouted loul-
ly three times, "Death to the King.*
few months later King Humbert
was assassinated by the Anarchistic
Mftetnno Bread at Menza.
New shipment of Val and Linen
Laces, Match Sets, special, 5 cent's.
25 2t. Humphreys & Williamson.
DOWNING FLOYD DEAD.
The announcement of the death oi
Downing Floyd the little son of Mt.
and Mrs. S F Floyd which occurred at
Hoboken Thursday Is received with
regret here. This is the second death
it: the past few weeks in tho family.
Walker Floyd, the little five year old
son dying only a few days ago. Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd have the deepest sym
pathy of scores of friends in Way-
cross in this terrible bereavement.
Y. M. C. A. BEAT
THE BOOK WORM’8.
Waycross Y. M. C. A. scratch ball
team defeated the Bunn-Bell Institute
boys yesterday by score, 11 to 8. It
was a scrappy game right through,
and the boys on both sides showed
lots of ginger. A few of the older
brethren got a little too excited at
times, but the gamo was enjoyed.
Especially by the girls, who rooted
with great ardor on both sides.
The line up was: Y. M. C. A.; p W.
Lowther, c DuBose, lb Lowther, 2ndb
W. Wilson, 3rdb B. Norvell rf Sim
mons, If Starling, cf J. Wood, ss Sin
gleton; Bunn-Bell: p Ray, c Jones, lb
Bland, 2ndb Dorsey, 3rdb Justice, rf
Lewis, If Peeks, cf Parker, ss Gray.
Batteries, Y. M. C. A.: W. Lowther
and DuBose; Bunn-Bell, L. Ray and
B. oJnes Hits off, Lowther 4; Ray S.
Btruckout, Lowther 2; Ray 2. Errors,
Bunn-Bell 8; Y. M. C. A. 9. Umpire,
J. Bunn; scorer, R. Jenkins. The
next game will be announced later In
The Herald.
THE AIR8HIP8 AT FITZGERALD.
Mr. Berger and his airships have
gone to Fitzgerald to five some e*
hibitlons to the people there, but It
is said that the first flight In-that
city resulted about ag it did in Val
dosta and at Waycross. It is said,
however, that an effort would be
made to "get off the ground" but the
cross currents around Fitzgerald
Ecem to be somewhat against success
ful aviation, especially for the avia-
ttrs now on hand there.—Valdosta
Times.
One Thousand Pounds Taken Up In
Asroplans.
Douat, France, March 26.—M. Dreg-
gett, In a monoplane today carried a
There will be fine preaching and weight of 1,262 pounds at a speed of
ifine zinging at all the dhurches^to- w miles an hour at height of about
! rorrow. if:* feet.
J
LAUNCH OF THE 80MER8ET.
Th. N.w Ship Will Ply Between
Baltimore, Savannah and Jack-
aonvllla.
Special to The Herald.
Camden, N. J., March 25.—Tho Bom-
erect, one or aeveral magnificent
Bfeamahlpa to be added thla year to
the fleet of the Merchants and Miner*'
Transportation Company, was launch'
cd today at the Camden yard* of the
New York Shipbuilding Company. The
Somcraet will ply between Baltlmt.'e,
Savannah and Jacksonville. The vea-
aal la 333 feet long and will have ac
comodation! tor 130 first cabin "and
twenty steerage passengers.
Our good friend W. T. Brinson may
yet achieve bla ambition to aoar aloft
In an aeroplane, aa tbt following re
port thowa they are now training to
carry Weight:
rne regular morning and evening
services will bo held In tho now Cen
tral naptUt Tabernacle tomorrow
i-t eleven a. m>, and seven p. m. Sun
day achool r.t 3:30. Rev. Scruggs
will preach. Everybody la moat cor
dially Invited to attend the services.
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