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€ VOLUME XVIII WAYCROSS, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5. 1911 NUMBER 288 . . COMMITTEE IS V APPOINTED n TO ATTEND TIFTON FAIR On Tomorrow, "Waycross . .Day.”By.President a-—' Board of Trade WILL FACE A M’NAMARA BROTHERS Will Be Placed On Trial In California On October 11th J. E. WILL MOVE TO THE PHOENIX BLOCK About October 18-Will Occupy Lewis-Watson Old Stand CNLPLEY & SMITH MAKE REPLY CAPT. L WAS ACQUITTED TO MR. DEEN’S CHARGES OF CHARGE BROUGHT In Communication To City Council They State Their Side Against Him By a Farmer at Fort Caswell in North Carolina EICHTiflC TOR BIG ESTATE SEEKING HIS WEALTH Chanlor Begins Action To Manage His Affairs s 4 The following special committee ap pointed to represent the Waycross Board of Trade at the Tifton Exposi tion, on Friday, October 6th, 1911, “Waycross Day": Judge John T. Myers, chairman; Mayor John M. Cox, vice chairman: C. Fort Andrews, secretary; W. W. Lambdin, H. H. Burnet, W. E. Sir- mans, W. W. Sharpe, Jr., A. M. Knight, J., Walter M. Young, W. H. Buchanan, G. S. Finch, J. W. S. Har dy, J. C. McDonald, A. B. Spence, R. P. Izlar, M. L. Bunn, Warren Lott, V. L. Stanton, J. S. Edwards, B. G. Parks, H. D. Reed, J. B. Lewis, J. S. Walker, A. B. Estes, E. A. Pound, H. J. lienton, C. H. Redding, J. E. Wadley, G. P. Folks, James Sinclair, C. E. Dunn, J. W. Moore, C. W. Parker, Fred Brewer, W. D. O’Quinn. H. L. Marvil, J. H. Latimer, Howard Harley, B. H. Thomas, E. J. Berry. Chah. E. Cason. Jn addition to. the foregoing mem bers of the Board of Trade, their wives, daughters and sweethearts, the citizens generally of Waycross, and Ware county, are urged to attend and proclaim the wonderful prosperity and advantages of our city and coun ty. Be on hand at the new Union Station in time to obtain return tick- Continued on Page 8. Los Angeles, Oct. 6.—When the two McNamara brothers are taken before Judge Walter Bordell on the morning of October 11 they will be specifically charged with causing the death' of Charles Haggerty, a machinist, with dynamite. Haggerty lest'his life on Mr. J .E. Dickins has leased the Mr. Dickins, In order to avoid moving erly occupied by the Lewis-Watson Co. and will move from LaGrande bulding to his new quarters about October 18. Mr. Dickins in order to avoid moving a large stock of new, fresh goods, has Waycross, Ga., Oct. 3rd, 1011. Hon. Mayor and Alderman, City of Waycross, Waycross, Ga. Gentlemen:— Washington, Oct. 5— Captain How ard L. Landers, of the coast artillery corps, stationed at Fort Caswell, N. C., has, it was announced at the war In addressing this letter to you we, department yesterday, been acquitted feel that you are due both an apolog) .ci’ a cliarge of wrongfully locking up and explanation. j a civilian on the reservation by An explanation in as much as this courtmartial. The reports, which aro working directly under the alley 5 Jenkins, who will begin a big sale Sat- • letter was intended to' reach your; unofficial, were received at the judge which ied^/rom Broadway intp The urday. The prices made on the bands Monday morning. We did not advocate general’s office. The papenf Times building. According to the goods will move them, and the in-, anticipate tho failure to have a meet- j fn the case have not reached the head- district attorney’s office, and accord ing to tho committee which investi gated the disaster for Mayor Alexan der, the primary explosion which re sulted in the ■subsequent destruction of tho building occurred in this al ley. At a conference between District Attorney Fredericks and his deputies, it was decided that tho McNamara brothers should be tried for the alleg ed murder of Haggerty. Almost every other victim of the disaster met death "while attempting to escape from the buildings. Hag gerty being the only person who met death as the direct result of; the al leged explosion. By proceeding upon this hypothesis, *1110 district attorney believes the defense will be unable to prove that either fire or fall or suffo cation caused the machinist’s death. dications point to one of tho most sue-! of tb ® Council and had decided (•carters in Washington, and are be- cessful sales ever put o nin Waycross. j tho* it would be better to have our nt-i Hoved to be at the headquarters of the Mr. Dickins is one of the city’s moU i torney in our presence, and before the j department of the East at Governors successful merchant, and will be bet- j opening meeting, deny for us explicit- j island, N. Y. ter prepared than ever to serve his• to’ and unequivocally that wo have Captain Landers was charged with customers in his new quarters. He boon guilty ofany deceptions, and, to | detaining a termer in the guard housy cordially invites his friends and the • denounce as absolutely false any a t tho fort ’because a wagon load of public generally to attend the gigantic charge or insinuations that we acted; melons was being sold to the soldiers removal sale that will be inaugurated An bad faith during our connection a t a price in advance of that placed Saturday. t w *th George W. Decn. ; on them by Captain Landers. ^ — —■ ! We feel that we should npologlzo, ■ The farmer, it is said, refused to J even though we are not responsible, j o i, 0 y the orders of the post command- ; for dragging n matter before your CI . f and a3 a result was held for n few , body, the discussion of which should! ,| iiyg i 2 , the lock-up. J. W. Adams. Charlottesville, Va„ Oct. 4.—Laj- Ing claim to distim.- u? a sclntiflo investigator and declaring that he was the discoverer of a new phase, or new application of animal magnetism, John Armstrong Chaloner, officially insane In New York but a country gentleman of wealth and prominence in Virginia in spite of hte eratic ways appeared before United States Com missioner Booth hero late this after noon and deposed at length in his suit to recover $1,600,000 held by Thomas T. Sherman, as a "‘commit tee'’ In charge of Caloner’s estate In Now Yrrk. Tho "committee" sought to convey the Idea that Chnloner's scientific pre tensions were mere delusions. Chal oner answered this contention by In sisting that he was anaettve student of psychology, Interested In all scien tific experiments and told a remarka ble story about bow, eight years ago when at work In his.library over a When notified of this decision, the! have no part ln ycur deliberation*! Whether an altercation followed tho law brief, he discovered that he had lawyers representing the two McNa- and wh,cb hns been Injected solely' refusal of tho farmer to sell hio mol- the power to draw heavy curtains and brothers determined that the! to c lP ud tho ,s ™*‘ defendants would ask to be tried joint- As the time for the trial approaches lawyers on both sides are taking turns to securo a few days of reit. 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. ons at the price named or what the make them remain in a given position The first few paragraphs of the first rcaron is for his sentence to the guard for hours by merely passing hi« page of Mr. Deen’s letter seem to In- i, 0 use Is not known In -Washington. hands over them. He said thia Tho angry melon grower appealed “force” was uBed by his servants last to Senator Leo Overman’to have tho nfnter In overlapping curtains to pre- sinuate that tho writers sought to cloak their action under other names, when, os you know, wo signed the pe- officer punished for not allowing him titlon for franchiuo with other gentle men, not only without concealment, but after definite notice to Mr. Deen that we would have nothing further to do with him. H. C. SEAMAN.. NEW LINE OF LADIES, MISSIS AND CHILDRENS SHOES COMING IN EVERY DAY. ALL THE LATEST STYLES AND ANLL THE LATEST The remainder of that pago and the greater part of tho next he taken up with unnecessary details of the pro posed organisation. Tho charge that we were rcsponsl b!e lor tho delay la without bnsls ot fact; and, we feel that we can charge Mr. Deon with Intent to deceive those to whom hla letter wan addressed. He cannot deny that he was offered lev- oral proposttiona to conitruct the Drat alx miles of thla road. They were from responsible firms and were as followa; First: An offer to construct the line for actual voucher coat plua ten per cent for aupervlalon and use of utenills. Second: To guarantee that the con struction should not run above a cer tain figure, and to charge on thla guaranteed amount seven and one-half per cent for aupervlalon and use of utensils. Third: To construct and equip for an agreed on reasonable price, taking part cash and part bondr, We could never perauade him toi to soil Ills melons unmolested. The senator was aroused over the alleged indignities to hla constltutent, and hurried to the office of Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and told him the farmer's version of the watermel on episode at Fort Caswell. Tho Sen ator was referred to the office of tho Judge advocate general, and corres pondence resulted with the depart ment of the East. In the trial that followed Captain Umdhrs was acquit ted, ao ho unofficial word at the war department haa It. * vent draught. The taking of depositions 111 Chalo- ner’s caae was ronowed today after a lapse of threo years. Frederick A. Ware represented Chaloner and Wil liam O. Fife appeared for Mr. Sher man. such were the case we certainly showed lack of experience In suck «-»rk plots as we show by the records of the Company that we placed our- aelvoi absolutely at the mercy of Deen. Mr. Deen waa aware of every step of the organization of the Company, and agreed In advance to everything that wus done. Af our request, not only waa the draft sent to the First National Bank, but every paper per taining to the organisation of the Construction Company was sent In care of the Bank and delivered to u> by none one connected with the Bank. The actual organisation shows that ninety-one per cent of the stock Issued ... ... istandi In the name of George W. maze any dellnlte decision. _ . .. . . , I Deen end that we have only three The third page la taxen upwlth th.j,^ ap |.„, Jult ra0Hgh t0 Qu „| fy u> to act as Directors; and that the organisation of the Construction Com pany, and tho weighty questions as to who should or should not pay a small draft, covering the coat of such organ isation.' In thif connection we deny having any objection to Mr. Cooper at a Director, which would be absurd In a man of his social and financial standing; and we assert that evary- thing that waa said about thla waa said In the presence of Mr. Cooper himself. We asiert here and now that our only motive In suggesting the forma tion of tba Construction Company was to facilitate the building of the road; majority stock (In this caae held by Mr. Deen) hat the right at any time to cell a stockholders meeting and terminate the period of oOco of DJree tore and Offlelale. We charge Mr. Deen with being fa miliar with theae facto and we charge him with misrepresenting wilfully ana maliciously these facts so as to de ceive and excite the eympatby of your honorable body, end also to prejudice you against the writers and so achieve hla object of procuring hU ammend- n-ent* and preventing ns from secur ing the franchise petitioned for by Chaloner, who le a grandma of John Jacob Aator and who waa born "Chan lor," escaped from the Bloomlngdale asylum some years ago after be had been adjudged Insano and hla proper ty turned over to a committee. 81nce then he haa boon living at a country homo at Cobham, Va., having large means as his disposal In addition to the estate In New York. He has been working constantly to recover the Now York property and have the Insanity charge against him withdrawn. He always has blamed bis family for the proceedings against him, and wbon hla brother, "Sheriff Bob" Cbanler, married and last Mme. Cavnllerl he sent the famout “Who's loony now?” message. WHEN THE ENGINE START* It Ir too late for tire Insurance. No one knows where the next lire will be. Somebody's houae or place of buelnese le In flames. INSURE NOW. Don't look upon the Idea ad gambling with the law of chance. Fire lnanr- aace It the legitimate Investment of the business man. It Is part of busi ness expense. end w. stigmatize a. an absolute false- j knovn dtlpf „ of m , pIace and hood any direct or Insinuated charge t' at It wee In the nature of a consplr- ourselves. 'ccy to obtain control of the franchise j Referring to page fivi?and the vsr- A.M. Knight &Son Iocs subscription* alluded to there Continued cn Page 8. I REAL ESTATE AND IN6URANC* AGENTS. -