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XVIII
WAYCROSS, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. 1911
NUMBER 270
PLANNING
FORMER GOVERNOR RECEIVING A
NUMBER OF APPEALS TO EN
TER THE RACE.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 13.—Former Gov
ernor Joseph M. Brown will not make
announcement this week of his lnten*
tiona regarding thegubernatorlal cdm-
palgn, but those in touch with him
stated yesterday that it is very prob
able that he will have something to
say next week. It is believed that
the former governor will make a fa
vorable announcement within the next
week or ten days.
With his customary caution he ii
awaiting the opportune time before
. having anything to say. So far he
Is saying nothing, and is contenting
himself with conferences with friends
and inquries as to the situation.
He will not enter the race hurriedly
nor will he hesitate too long In case
he makes up his mind to run.
Governor Brown is still receiving
a large number of written and per
sonal appeals to enter the contest
which Is ecsVug over the seat to be
vacated when Governor Smith decid
es to resign and accept his place
in the United States senate.
Hundreds of former opponents have
pledged Governor Brown to get busy
in his behalf just as soon as he gives
the word, and are urging him to avoid
any unusual delay in making announ
cement of his intention.
The governor expects to spend most
of the next week or two at his farm
in Cherokee county.
FREE HOUSE
RENI OFFERED
'‘TIGER” GIVEN
HEAVY SENTENCE
In today’s Herald appears the ad
vertisement of that enterprising real
estate and Insurance Arm, D. & O.
Lott, who make one of the most lib
eral offers ever put before the people
of Waycross. They offer to give one
month’s house rent In Gilchrist Park
absolutely free. Gilchrist Park now
has a splendid drainage sytem, canals
having been cut through there recent
ly. Look up the advertisement and
read the most liberal proposition
made. Mr. J. S. Elkins is sales man- 1
ager, and will take pleasure in show- tried in the City Court at this term.
- Yesterday afternoon Gabriel Ward,
a negro, was tried and convicted in
the City Court of selling whiskey.
Judge McDonald has no patience with
’’blind tiger" operators, and he sen
tenced Ward to pay a fine of $300.00
or serve twelve months improving thj
roads of Ware county. Ward’s attor
neys. Crawley & Crawacy. nisi?
motion for a new trial. Pending the
motion, Ward was admitted to bond
in the sum of $500.00.
A number of other cases against
negroes for various offenses are being
ing this property to prospective pur
chasers or renters.
MUTINY AND FIRE
ON HAITIEN BOAT.
Cape Hatien, Haiti, Sept. 13.—The
dispatch boat "17 Septembre,” lies off
Port de Paix with mutiny and Are on
board. The steamer Eclaireur, which
went to the assistance of the dispatch
boat, returned here today, bringing
political passengers, who had been
transferred from the "17 Septembre.”
One hundred and Afty passengers re
main on the vessel. These include
the medical commission, who were
their way to Quanaminthe when
the trouble occurred. Qiyraamjntbe
is stricken with disease and the peo
ple are without proper supplies and
food. The commission will come here
and proceed by land to the suffering
town. Dr. James Donnelly, an Amer
ican physician, is here and will Join
the commission.
OFFER EXTRAORDINARY
On Friday September 15, we will
put on sale 500 pounds of extra Ane
linen waiting paper at 15c pound.
Envelopes to match at 5 cents per
package. Such goods have never
been offered in Waycross before at
the price. •,
14 2t Young-Robcrtson Drug Co.
ANOTHER TIGER
IN THE TOILS
John Henry Dawson, a negro por
ter, has been arrested on a charge of
selling whiskey. Guy Nesbitt, the
small negro arrested Tuesday night,
claims that he bought the whiskey
from Dawson. Both negroes will' be
given a hearing before Mayor John
Ml Cox.
GOVERNORS HELD
FINE MEETING
19
8EVERAL MATTER8 OF IMPOR
TANCE ARE BEING HANDLED.
At the Board of Governors meeting
at, the Board of Trade yesterday re
ports made by various committees
told of several matters of importance
that the board is handling. The mat
ters of especial interest to Waycross
are those relaing to new industries.
The committees in charge of tlite
has been very active in canvassing
for propositions that can be cared for
hire and as a result announced nego-
tlons with fertilizer and cotton oil
mpanies, a cannery and a variety
irks.
Ml of these industries are being in
vestigated and parties representing
them will be here shortly. At the
rtiggostlon of Chairman Deen, of the
riew industries committee, the Board
of Trade will call a special meeting
upon notice of the visits. This call
be Issued by President Sweat as
will be notlAed of the proposed
f
i)»it«.
lor i
special interert was the market
REPRESENTED
Nineteen South Georgia counties
are represented at Bunn-Bell Insti
tute this terra. Several Florida coun
ties are also represented at this splon
did ininstitution of learning.
But few people realize Just what
Bunn-Bell Institute means for Way-
cross. Its reputation as an Institu
tlon of learning is going to all parts
of the state, and nearly one hundred
boarding students are enrolled. Pres
ident E. L. Ray is justly proud of
the success being attained by Bunn-
Bell Institute, which is one of the
best assets the city of Waycross to
day.
OF
TWO STATES
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 14.—The Indus
trial Index says In Its Issue for this
question, one of the propositions re-!week:
ceivcd yesterday. This is from an | "Construction announcements corn-
outsider, but he has good backing and'prise*a striking feature of the Indus-
h$s been assured of hearty coopera-j trial news In Georgia and Alabama,
tlon in the city. The Idea Is to erect a great number of buildings, some
a hiarket at some central location and j of which will cost large sums, r.re
rent stalls to the various persons In- to be erected immediately. Increas-
Wrested, thereby enabling marketing ed building operations lirfown by
vtthout a tour of the city. j the number of contracts awarded al-
The governors took ofllcial note of so.
lijens from Dr. J. F. Wilson, of Pou-1 "Bids will be received In a few days
lan, regarding a Waycross Boosters; for a contract to construct the nine-
the Tlfton Land Exporcitlotr. ■ story, $$00,000 hotel to be erected at
The secretary today communlcnted
with the fair officials and naked that
a day be set apart to bo known ai
Macon, Ga., and which will he called
•‘The Demsey.”
- Intention of an Atlanta, Ga„ man
“Waycross Day". The governors will to erect a 22-«tory office building In
30 Into Into plans for the day In! that city at a cost of. about $1,500,000
more detail when the offlmcials nro|| 8 reported. Athens, Ga., la to havo
heard from. J n four-sory offleo building.
Coirmunlcattona from North Caro-; “Application haa been made for a
TO
BE LOOKED AFTER
GOVERNMENT WILL NOT MAKE A
treaty with lone aborig-
INEE OF CALIFORNIA.
Washington, Sept. 13.—No treaty
will be made between the United
Staten government and the only sur
viving member of the Yana or Nogl
tribe of Indiana who was discovered
near Orville, Cal., about a week ago
In a starved, wild condition.
Indian officials bero smiled today at
reports that as the government never
bad made a treaty with the Yana* It
might be necessary to negotlae one
with this lone survivor. It was
pointed out that It ha* not been the
policy for year* past to make treaties
with tho Indians, this method of deal
ing with them being a thing of the
past and that as congress had disap
proved of the general principle of
treaty-making with the Indians It
would not be likely to approve of one
with the Yana.
He will be taken care of, however,
official! said. Ills present welfare
according to their reports, la being
looked after by the University of
California anthropological department
which Is studying this language and
characteristics. An Indian who spoke
sotte Yana was found and In his care
the Indian bureau probably will de
cide to place the last of the Yanas.
A Special Bargain
ABOUT 30 OR 35 ODD 8UIT8 RANG
ING IN PRICE FROM $15 TO $33, TO
CLOSE AT PRICE8 FROM
$9.75 to $15.00
IF YOUR SIZE IS IN THE LOT YOU
GET A BARGAIN.
H. C. SEAMAN.
S8B
Una trade ludi'ea nri-t (ram an cVctrlc
ciil.pvny in Atlanta regarding tho ag
itation of moro farmer's telephone
lines received and discussed. The
plan In vogue In Nortb Carolina Is for
merchants and others Interested In
trade , t: union to form a fund to aid
In the extrusion of rural lines, exper
ience showing those placet that the
tural telephone developed the bin!- • “Hotels, Carrollton, Ga., AUcevllle,
ness of the merchants much quicker[ Ala., and Manchester, Ga.; school
THE CONFEDERATE
VETERANS MEETING.
Pursuant to call, a meeting of Gamp
819, U. C. V., wan held at Court
House at 12 m., today as follows:
J. L. Sweat, presiding; J. W. Strick
land, Adjutant; R. D. Harris, Lieu
tenant; E. Cottlngham, Sergt Major;
J. I. Waite, J. C. Miles, W. S. Carter,
D. C. Carmichael, W. A. Martin,
Jackson Grimes, T. S. Palno, and W.
McKnlgbt. Unsettled duel of
members present paid. The Adjutant
charter for a company with capital was Instructed to report and pay dues
•tock of $27,000,000, which proposes of Camp to the Adjutant General of
to construct an electric railway be- j the Georgia State Division, the Cap-
tween Stono Mountain and College tain Commander propoalng to par
Park, Ga., by way of Atlanta and any deficit due by the Camp.
other cities.
“Some of numerous other construe-
Itlors planned are:
then almost any other development
in the county. The governors refer
red the communications to the tele
phone committee with the request
that the matter be Investigated and
reported on at the next general mem
bership meeting.
Several membership applications
were recoiled and recommended to
the membership for election.
Tho governors expects to have a
reply shortly'from fire Insurance as
sociations regarding a meeting to bo
held In Waycross and will give notice
of same In due time.
SPECIAL MUSIC AT
THE MAJESTIC.
In addition to tho vaudeville and
moving pictures the following musical
program will be renSered by the Ma
jestic Orchestra: Oceanic Roll, Two
Step; In The Nick of Time, March;
Tbs Carolina Rag; Dream of tho
Rose, Waltz; Selection, IITravatcre;
InspocMon Day. March; When I’m
Alone I'm Lonesome, Two Step; Since
I Kell In Love With Mary; Irish Pa
trol Alexander's Ragtime Band; Be-
ten. C iirrseterfstic, First or a atilt of
the Four Wlndq.
J. F. Graf, Musical Director.
New lot Linen Torchon
match vets, special Sc.
Humphreys ft Williamson.
Lacn,
buildings,' Atlanta, Birmingham, Alice-
vlITe, Ala., Easley, Alt., sad Cordclo,
Ga.; $70,000 underpass, Macon, Ga.;
depots, Attalla, Alt., and Amboy, Ga.;
eburebn, Montgomery, $50,000, and
Augusta, $100,000; Jackspn, Ga„ bas
voted a bond Issue for electric light
plant and waterworks system exten
sions. Colquitt county, Georgia, will
vote on Issue of $300,000 of bonds for
Improving roads, and building a Jail
and steel bridges; Byromvllle, Ga.,
will decide as to the Issuing of bonds
for erecting a school building, con
structing sewers tnd waterworks sys-
tefs and paving streets.
"Plana have been completed for
erecting high school buildings In
Electlc, Lincoln, Oneonta, Oxford and
Llvlnxtton, Ala. Bids have been
opened for contracts to erect postof-
Oce buildings at Eufauls, Gadsden
and Ensley, Ala.
“August bank clearings for six
cities In Georgia tnd Alabama show
an aggregate Increase of $16,844,411
as compared with the amount for Au
gust, 1910, Tho total tor last August
was $84,200,260.
"New tianks will be established at
Attalla and Robcrtsdale, Ala.
“Twenty-four now corporations with
aggregate minimum capital stock of
$27,362,000 are reported.
'News of land salts show exten
sive transactions at good prices, more
than twenty-Cvo large deals being re
1-orted.”
The following members were chos
en to be present at the next State
Reunion of the Georgia Division U.
C. V., to be bold In Rome on the 20th
and 21>t Instant. Dalogatea: J. L.
Sweat, R. D. Harris, C. C. Grace.
Alternates: T. S, Palno, T. L. Drown
W. E. McKnlgbt
There being no further business Al
Camp adjourned.
Mr. S. M. Cannon came up from
Valdosta tbla morning and Is spending
the day In Waycross.
IF YOU COULD INSURE
everything you possess, you would
never suffer much of a loss In any
thing. Why not keep insured, to the
fullest extent, your most Important
possessions—
YOUR HOME AND
YOUR BU8INE88?
Insure these, and they can never be
lost td you. Your peacs of mind Is
worth the small cost of the policy.
A.M.Knight
& Son
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE'
AGENTS
