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aycross Evening Herald f.UME XVIII WAYCROSS, GA., TUEaDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1911 NUMBER 280 SCOUTS GOME I6AN0 WILL PLAY by willacoogheeIregular CONCERT Mr. C. Fort Andrew* and Dr. W. H. Buchanan, who went to Valdosta Sunday to escort Mr. Fred Lewis, ol the Atlanta Constitution’s “round the state tour,” to Waycross, reached the city yesterday afternoon. On account of the roads in Clinch bounty, the party came by Nashville hnd Willacoochee. Along this route they found good roads with the excep tion of the roads between Nashville and Willacoochee. Last night, Col. R. G. Dickerson of Homerville, met Mr. Lewis at the Board of Trade and held a confer ence. He assured him that the roads in Clinch would be put in splendid conditoin at once. Mr. Lewis, about the middle of October, will inspect the roads between Waycross and Val dosta by way of Homerville. He is anxious to come this route as it is ajiich nearer than • around by Nash ville and Willacoochee. Mr. Lewis left''last night by train for Baxley, ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT Band Will Also Play On Next Saturday Night At Usual Place The W’aycrosB Band will play the regular concert on Wednesday night, besides the band will endeavor to play every Saturday night. The band have only five more regu lar concerts to play this year, the last Wednesday in October will conclude these popular concerts. COUNCIL HELD SPECIAL MEETING The City Council held a special : meeting last night, Alderman Sinclair, and will go from tfiere by automobile mayor protem, presiding. But little to Savannah today with a party frdm Bat place. j. allen With the herald. m£. O. J. Allen is circulation mana- it Tor the Herald apd is authorized tt> collect and receipt for all daily and • weekly subscriptions for this paper. lie is also authorized to collect other bill, due us to -solicit and contract for advertisements, etc. Mr. Allen lenows our old friends and we desire td commend him to all who he has not tpt met. He will be around to sec right away. —_ tf business was transacted. The cow question did not come up, and it may be allowed to take a rest. The street car franchise matter was set for a hearing at a special meeting of the Council to be held to morrow afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, as it was the sense of the members pres ent that this matter should be up be- I fore the whole Council. WOMAN’S BAP. MIS. UNION LADIES ARE INVITED. Will Hold Sessions At The Bunn-Bell Institute. The Woman’s Baptist Missionary Union of the Piedmont Association ill hold Its annual meeting at Bunn- Bell Institute Wednesday and Thurs day, September 27th and 28th. The women of other denominations are cordially invited to meet with them. We will entertain the delegates in our homes Wednesday at dinner. Af ter Wednesday dinner will be on the grounds each day during the meeting of the association. Qro. Roberts, of Brunswick, will preach the Missionary sermon at Bunn-Bell Institute Wednesday night at 8 o’clock. POT BOILING “LITTLE JOE'S” ENTRY Every lady In the city should visit Humphreys & Williamson’s millinefy opening October 3 and 4. Don’t for get the dates. '’***•*<♦ n’elock. WATSON SPEAKS HERE SATURDAY Hon. Thomas E. Watson speaks here Saturday. On Friday he speaks at Douglas, and from there come* on to Waycross. The speaking has been thoroughly advertised by Mr. Watson’s friends in Ware and adjoining counties and an Immense crowd is expected. The speaking will be held near the new post office building, the City Council having given permission for the meeting to bo held there. The speaking begins at .lj).:30 ^ ~:dL Into The Race Arouses Much Enthusiasm All Over State A Look at The New Fall Clothes, Shoes, Hats and Furnishings Will Convince You That You can get as good goods and as nice Styles as are Shown in the larger cities The Prices Are Much Less. H. C. SEAMAN. NEW LINE OF LADIES, MISSES AND CHILDRENS SHOES ,COMING IN EVERY DAY. ALL THE LATE8T 8TYLES AND ANLL THE LATEST . Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 26.—The guber natorial pot began to boll with enthus iasm, following the announcement by former Governor Joseph M. Brown Sunday that he will be in the race that is pending. While Governor Brown will under- Jake -no activity In his own behalf for the present, and probably not until Governor Smith llles his resignation, hte friends became active just as soon as they learned that he will poBitivo ly be a candidate. Reports from Macon are io the ef feet that steps were taken on Mon day to reorganize the Brown club in Bibb county. Brown bus carried Bibb by big majorities in all of his rhees. Likewise, friends of the governor begun to get busy here. Several un dertook preliminary plans for organ izing a club In Fulton county. J. R. Smith Enthusiastic. One of the most enthusiastic Brown men to be found in Atlanta Monday was J. R. Smith, who has been close ly identified with all previous cam paigns of the governor. He directed the memorable fight of 1908, when Brown defeated Smith for a second term by more than 10,000 majority. “Yes, siree, you can put mo down Tor Jlrown,” Mr. Smi^h declared. telLyou his announcement pleased me verkmueh. It is just what he should hhve done and what I have urged him to do from the first. He will win, too, lake it from me. He can count on the best support I can give. I don’t know yet what official position, \ if any, I shall occupy in the campaign, but -whatever it is, my shoulder is going to be at the wheel with all my strength/behind it. "His 'announcement has put enthu slasm into his followers here in At lanta. They are stronger than they w6re In 1908. It seems to mo he should carry the county by a bigger majority than he did then. "A conference of gome of the gov ernor’s friends probably will be held In a day or so to map out some pre liminary campaign work.” New* I* All FavoraOTe. Everything coming to the ear* of the governor or hfa friend* Monday wa* of an exceedingly favorable char acter. C. C. Brantley, editor of The Val dosta Time*, was in the city Monday afternoon. Governor Brown I* stronger in my section than he was In either of UIs previous races,” Mr. Brantley declav- j ed. “He has carried Lowndes county , by a big majority each time and I am ; confident he will carry It again by as l large or a larger vole. His old MANY KILLED IN AN EXPLOSION ON VESSEL IN FRANCE Great Ship Wrecked And Sank To Bottom of Toulon Harbor Toulon, France, Sept. 26.—More than half her crew of 793 officers and men met death early today when fire broke out In the ammunition hold of the battleship “Liberte”, one of the finest vessels in the French navy. The explosion which followed wreck ed the great ship. The fire was dis covered at 5 o’clock. At first it was not thought to be serious, but It gain ed great headway over the sailors fighting It, and suddenly reached the magazine, which had not been flood ed, owing to the apparent slight na ture of the blaze. The explosion was terrific, shaking the vessel fore and aft, each* seeming ly stronger than that preceeding, and opened great fissures In the armour and frame work. The vessel Immediately became a mass of fire and smoke nnd soon 3ank to the bottom of Toulon harbor. At an early hour, unofficial esti mates placed the number of dead at five hundred. Estimates by naval men vary widely. Scores of seamen died in their berths. A few dozen saved themselv es by jumping overboard. Many of those Injured leaped Into the water and drowned before other boats In the roadstead could reach them. Two Hundred Had 8hore Leave. Two hundred of the crew escaped death because they were on shore leave. Commander Juarez was not aboard. The explosion’s carnage was worse than could ever occur in actual nnval warfare. The first crash caine when the fire dispersed to various section! of the vessel. The explosion was without warning, and Scores were hurl ed high into the air, accompanied by groat fragments of framework, nr- bursting shells and finding powder smoke. The men below were killed In tholr aleep. Others, awakened by the ex plosion, started to jump overboard and were caught by the second deto nation. Many vessels were in the harbor at the time, including several warships. There were throe tremors of exploB- Ions in quick succession after the fire reached the magazine. A BIG BOOST FOR WAYCROSS IN SAVANNAH NEWS Mr. Thompson Here To Write a Review of This Growing City Mr. W. P. Thompson, a Savannah Morning News man, is In the city, for tfie purpose of writing-a review and otherwise exploiting Waycross In the pages of "The News.” Numerous cuts and illustrations will be used In thi-3 write-up, as nlso statistical mat ter of interest. Mr. Thompson will, during the next few dnys, call on those interested and The Herald nsks for him and his pa per a hearing. No doubt a four, six or eight page section of The News would be of much value to WaycroBS, and Thd News proposes to do to the extent ol amount of patronage received. Mr.! Thompson can bo seen at the Phoenix Hotel. P. E. O. MEETING IN ST. LOUIS. Special To The Herald. v St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 2f—St. Louis Is entertaining this week a distinguish ed gathering of women visitors from all over the country, who have come to attend the national convention of the P. E. O. clubs. The organization, which was first formed in 1869 at Iowa Wesleyan Uni versity, is ths largest woman’s secret society In the world. No one except members know wbafc the letters P. E. O. mean. The Init ial session of the convention this af ternoon was devoted to the exchange of greetings and the work of tho or ganization. Mrs. Winona E. Reove* of Keokuk, Iowa, the national presi dent, occupied the chair. ■! friends are for him solidly and there are numerous recruits.” That the campaign Is on full sway Is indicated by the fact that the “straw balloting” has begun. At Mrs. Bell’s popular boarding bouse Sunday an Informal poll was taken by some of the boys. Out of about twenty-five only two declared that they intend voting against the former governor. Of course all of the “Bell house boys” were not present at the time, bat those who expressed themselves were a representative lot. ONION 8ETS. Silver skin, Pearl and Yellow Onion set*. Pest quality, at Redding’s. It ISt v EXPRESMAN ARRESTED HERE G. F. Radford, messenger tor tho Southern Express Company, was ar rested yesterday afternoon upon his arrival on train No. 21 from Savan nah and was lodged in Jail. Radford, who was under the influ ence of whiskey, was handling the money, said to bo between $6,000.00 and $10,000.00, in a reckless manner, scattering It all over the car. Rad ford claims that he objected to com ing out on his run from Savannah on account of not being In condition. After checking up everything, the Herald learns, there is only a short age of $16.00. Humphreys & Williamson invIU? the ladles of the city to attend the bl? millinery opening October 3 and 4. 26 2L MILITARY 8URGEON8 MEET IN MILWAUKEE. Special To Tho Herald. Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 26.—Distin guished military surgeons from many parts of the United States, and from several foreign countries ns well, have assembled In Milwaukee to discuss the general subject of soldiers and sailors’ ills and wounds. The occasion is the twentieth an nual convention of the National Asso elation of Military Surgeons, of which General Qcorgo H. Thorney, surgeon general of the United States army, is president. The meeting will continue its sessions for four days. 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 BU8IN&88? Insure theso, and they can never be lost to you. Your peace of mind Is worth tbr small cost of the policy. A.M.Knight & Son REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE A3ENTS •' S,, r fe? ' ' i