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LEATHERS.
Special To The Herald.
Canton, IU- Sm>L 37.—Tho elaty-
•Ixth lenlon or the Northern Illinois
ennnal conference of the United
Brethen Chucrh mefherc today with
a larze attendance of church leaderc.
Dlebfp 0 torge M. Matthew* of Chi
ago la presiding. .
A.M.Knight
ONION SETS.
Silver shin, Pearl and Yellow Onion
r" Heat cvr'.'l: , at Heddini'a,
iURANCi*
REAL
VOLUME XVIII
WAYCROSS, GA., WEDNE DAY, SEPTEMBER 27. 191!
NUMBER 281
Special To The Herald. The annual session of the Piedmont
New York, Sept. 27.—Another pure'Baptist Association will convene in
food crusade, to be icijnducted on
broader plans than any of the similar
movements of the past, is soon to be
launched by the National Civic Feder
ation.
At a meeting held today at the
New York Board of Trade and Trans
portation the new Pure Food and
Waycross, tomorrow morning, begin
ning at 10 o’clock. The sessions will
be held at Bunn-Bell Institute.
There are forty-four churches with
in the bounds of the association, and
a good attendance is expected. Judge
Thomas A. Parker ft moderator and
Rev. A. M. McCoob of Waynesville,
Drug Department of the Federation j is clerk of the organization. Rev. W.
was formally organized and prelim! j J. Carswell, of this city, is treasurer.
nary plans discussed for the proposed | —
campaign against alleged
food and
drug adulterators, misbranders and
short weighers.
Seth LowJ president of the Federa
tion, presided at the meeting.
GENESEE M. E. CONFERENCE.
Special To The Herald.
LeRoy, N. Y., Sept. 27.—The Ge
nesee Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church met in annual ses
sion here today, with Bishop Joseph
F. Berry of Buffalo presiding. The
conference will continue over next
Monday.
O. J. ALLEN V/ITH THE HERALD.
Mr. O. J. Xllen is circulation mana
ger foi^ the Herald and is authorized
to collect aritf receipt for all daily^and
weekly subscriptions for this paper.
He is also authorized to collect other
bills due us to solicit and contract
for advertisements, etc. Mr. Allen
knows our old friends and we desire
to commend him to all who he has not
yet met# He will be around to seo
you rightj away. tf
WILLIAMS TO MANAGE
POPE BROWN CAMPAIGN.
Atlanta, Sept. 26.—L. Volney Wil
liams, of the Waycross Journal, will
THREE DAYS’ SESSION
Several Hundred Attend
ing This Important
Gathering
Special r n Tue Herald.
Abilene, Texas, Sept. 27.—The sec
ond nnnual meeting of the Central
Wert Texas Dry Farming Congress
evened here today with several hun-
G~fcd me Interested in raising grain
and vegetables with little rainfall
present.
The session will last two days, du<
ring which time a number of agricul-
GETS GOOD JOB
WAS ELECTED AUDITOR
State Board of Education.
Board Met In At
lanta Tuesday
FIAT DRIVERS SHERIFF PITTMAN
ARE SELECTED WILE BE IN RACE
manage J. Pope Brown’s campaign»turai experts and practical farmera
for governor. The Waycross editor
will open Pope Brown headquarter?
Wednesday at the Aragon hotel. Later
offices nearer the Kimball house, the
political center! may be secured. Mr.
Brown is spending this week in At
lanta to assist in establishing the
headquarters.
A big sign displayed across the cor
ner of the Kimball house announces
that hotel as the location of R. B
Russell state campaign headquarters;
but thus far the headquarters has not
been opened there. James B. Nevin,
of Rome, will direct the campaign
work. The Fulton county headquar
ters is -still open In the Empire hotel.
Thus far J. *R. Smith, who will
manage ex-Governor Joseph M.
Brown’s campaign, has not arranged
for state headquarters, the campaign
plans not having been fully worked
out.
willy explain to the convention what
dry farming methods can accomplish
under seemingly adverse conditions.
LIES DOWN ON TRACK
TO BE KILLED BY TRAIN.
Live Oak? Fla., Sept. 26.—Ben
Hines, a stranger, said to he unbalan
ced'on account of h!s religion, delib
erately laid down in front of a train
near here today and was instantly
killed. The engineer, on making a
curve, sighted Hines walking down-
the track when suddenly the latter
turned and, after wavering for a sec
ond, prepared for his death.
Your orders for fresh meats will re
ceive prompt attention. ’Phone 2S8.
W. J. Parker. 2
Good line bags and suit ccVps qheap.
27 2t‘ J. W. Ailanis. ■>//
A Look at The New Fall Clothes,
Shoes, Fiats
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 SHOE3 COMING
IN EVERY DAY. ALL tHE LATE8T
STYLES AND ANLL THE LATEST
The State Board of Education, crea
ted by the .Legislature at its la«t
meeting, met in Atlanta yesterday
for organization.
Mr. C. C. Buchanan, Jr., of Way-
cross, was elected auditor. This Is a
splendid position, and Mr. Buchan
an’s election is very gratifying to his
numerous friends in thi3 section. Mi
Buchanan is an expert accountant,
and will no doubt fill the place to the
entire satisfaction of all concerned.
Rural school supervisors were elec
ted as follows:-Prof. M. L. Duggan
of Sparta; Prof. F. E. Land, of Daw
son, /and j Miss Celeste Parrish, of
Athens. Miss Parrish is now In
r Ware county visiting rural schools.
The State Board of Education ft
ompos.-d of Governor Hoke Smith,
ex-officlo chairman; State Superinten
dent M. L. Brittain, cx-officio Bocre-
tary; Judge H. G. Lawson, of Eaton-
ton; Prof. -Tore M. Pound of Barne3-
ville; Prof. T. J. Welters, of Athene,
nrd Prof., J. C* Langston, of Sylva
ni.i. Prof. Pound ft a brother of
Prof. E. A. Pound, superintendent
| the Waycross schools. Prof. Langs
' ton formerly resided In Waycross, but
is now superintendent of the schools
at Sylvanjn.
’I' The rnral school supervisors will
conduct teachers’ institutes at such
times as the state hoard deems best:
and in addition will visit rural schools
in every county of the state, anl keep
closely in touch with conditions,
' The auditor will audit the books of
every school In the state that receives
funds from the state, will examine
books of various county boards and
superintendents, to fiotlcc expendi
tures.
The auditor receives a salary o f
$2,OQO per annum with $1,000 for trav
eling expenses.
FoR VANDERBILT RACE
At The Savannah Meet
On November 27th
And 28th, 1911
To Adjust Baptist Differences.
Special To The Herald.
Old Point Comfort, Va„ Sept. 27.—*
To adjust certain differences that
have arisen between the two great
divisions of the Baptist church in
America, a Joint conference was be
gun bore today by representatives of
tie Northern Baptist Convention ano
representatives of the Southern Bap
tist Convention.
Difficulties growing out of recent
New Mexico organizations form the
principal matter in dispute.
, Savannah, Ga., Sept, 27.—The Flat
drivers for the Vanderbilt race to
take place in Savannah on November
27 have been announced. David-
Bruce-Brown, who will drive one of
the Fiat cars in the Grand Price Race
on November 30th will lead th e Van-
derbilt Cup team. The other drivers
will be E. H. Parker and Teddy Tatz-
laff.
These with Felice Nazzaro, who bag
been definitely engaged to drlvo nj
Fait In the Grand Prize, Caleb S.
Bragg, the other Flat Grand Prize
driver, make up one of the greatost
rating teams ever seen at a race on
thin continent.-
Tntzliff is a product of California,
having leaped into farno through his
winning of the lBl.g miles race for
thq Ferris Cup at Los Angeles last
fall with an average ■speed of 73.27
miles an hour. He^ began racing at
Los Angeles in 1909 when he won a
place In the Santa ^lonicp. races. In
1910 he won both the Santa Monica
races, free-forall, and stock, In one
day, making the free-for-all In 71.22
miles an hour, and the Stock Chassis
in 7v.27. He followed up these vic
tories by beating Hajph de Palma In
a hundred miles match race on the
Los Angeles Motordome track, aver
aging over 80 miles, and winning from
DePalma by six miles.
Parker is a seasoned veteran with
plenty of experience in both road and
track racing. He Is ’not new to Jthe
Fiat camp, having won.Becond place
FOR SHERIFF .AGAIN
He Has Made An Efficient
Official e - Will Have
Strong Support
Sheriff David W. Pittman stated to
a Herald reporter this morning that
he would positively be In the race for
re-election as sheriff at the next elec
tion. He is serving .Ms first term as
sheriff and has made an efficient offi
cial.
Sheriff Pittman was born and rais
ed in Ware county, and has some
strong -supporters. That he will have
a strong following goes without say
ing. Should he again be elected to
tnis important office the experience
be has gained will enable him to bet
ter serve the people than ever bofore.
Mr. Pittman’s announcement tflll ap
pear at the proper time.
DR. WE8TMORELAND QUIT8 A8
PRESIDENT OF 8TATE BOARD.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 26.—Because of
alleged friction between himself and
Secretary R. F. Harris, Dr. W. F.
Westmoreland, president of the state
board of health, has resigned, accord
ing to an annocncemcnt made today.
Dr. Samuel C Benedict, of Athens,
•was elected as Dr. Westmoreland’s
successor.
COTTON MANUFACTURERS MEET
Special To The Herald
Manchester, Vt., Sept. 27.—Opening
this evening with an address of wel
come by Governor Mend and the pres
idential address by Franklin W.
Hobbs of Boston, the ninety-first semi
annual meeting of the National Asso
ciation of Cotton Manufacturers will
In the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup race with j continue its sessions over tomorrow
a stock 46-horse power Flat Chassis, end Friday.
Caleb Bragg was In Savannah as-1 Many Important papers on cotton
sfttlng In the managing of tho Flat. manufacturing have beon prepared,
team last year, and participated In! dealing principally with the technical
the races on the Atlanta track Just j ^e Industry- ,
before last year’s Grand Prize, at ~
which time he turned professional.! 0*ther For Eucharlstlo Conference.
Bragg first startled motoring circles Special To The Herald.
by beating Barney Oldfield on the Los
Ar. re!os Motordome, In 1910. The
same year he had a thrilling exper
ience on the Brighton Beach track
when he crashed through the .fence
but turned h^s car back on thf. track
and won the .race.
Wyman Hill, a negro, entered a
plea of guilty to stealing one peach
Valued at 10 cents In the City Court
yesterday. Judge-McDonald senteno
Some New Mexico congregations j ^ Hill to pay a fine of 110.00 or serve
itbdrqw from the Northern Bapllat ^ thirty days on th<j gang.
Convention, nnd Joined tho Southern, j Henry Brimmage and James Tur-
with, it is clnimed, the cooperation a gP# negro section hands on the A. B
of some Southern leaders. & A., were arrested yesterday at Hay-
The action has produced consider- w<KJt | by Deputy Sheriff J. E. Shaw
and lodged in jail. The negroes are
chnrged with stealing cane from a
farmer near Haywood.
Jude Smith, a young white man,
who was serving a twelve months sen
tenee on the county gang for selling
whiskey, made biz escape last nl3ht.
Smith had served a good portion of
his sentence and bad been made a
“trusty/*
! able friction, which It is hoped will
! be removed by the present conference.
AMERICA TO SEE
NOTED ENGLISH ACTOR
Special To The Herald.
London, Sept. 27.—Lewis Waller,
who for years has boen regarded as
the finest romantic actor on the Eng
lish stage, sailed today for his first
visit to America. Mr. Waller ha-4
been engaged to play the leading role
in Robert Hichcen’s “Garden of A1
lab,’’ on Its production in fcow York
next month by Ltebler & Company. .
UNITED BRETHREN
CONFERENCE MEET8.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 27.—Many
eminent clergy and laymen of the Ho
man Catholic Church have arrived In
Cincinnati to take part In the Notion
al Eucharistic Congress, wlich Is to
meet tomorrow for a tension of four
days.
Archbishop Ireland of Bt Paul will
preach the opening sermon tomorrow
morning. Bishop Maes of Covington
will preside over tho sessions of the
congress.
AN ELEGANT HOME,
of your own o/ rented, hi within
reach. All that you have to do fs In
quire of us. Perhaps you have had
trouble in house-hunting at other
t mes.
let US KNOW YOUR WANT8,
and quite likely we will have some-
hfr..; Jus tsuited .to you on our lists.
We have a number of Ideal places
Just now. r
