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VOLUME XVIII
WAYCROSS, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1911
NUM
TURNED DOWN BY
DECLARES HE
IS NOT GUILTY
IBAND RE-ELECTS
L IN. CORNELL
WRIT OF ERROR DENIED OF MURDER OF GIRL
In £eattie Case--His Last
Chance Is Appeal To
The Governor
Richmond, Va., Nov. 13.—The su
preme court of appeals today denied
the petition of a writ of error by Hen
ry Clay Beattie, Jr., convicted of mur
dering bis young wife last July.
The decision on the appeal from the
Judgment of the Chesterveld court,
which sentenced him to die in the elec
tric chair November 24, is znal.
Only clemency or reprieve by Gov
ernor Mann can save the condemned
man.
DELI FOR TRIAL OR
WOW CHARGE
George Tucker, a young negro, had a
preliminary hearing yesterday before
Judge W. A. ^McDonald o.n a charge
of selling whiskey. Tucker was held
for trial, and being unable to furnish
bond, is occupying a cell in the county
jail.
OYSTER SUPPER.
Saturday, November 19th from 4 to
10 p. m., in vacant building adjoining
city post office. Oysters all styles, ”25
oents. Cake and candy for sale. Pub
lie cordially Invited. The proceeds for
the benefit of Grace church choir
Rev. Richeson To Be Placed
On Trial In Boston
January 15
Boston, Mass., Nov. 13.—The Rev.
Clarence V. T. Richeson will be plac
ed on trial on the charge of murdering
Miss Avis Linnell, January 15, 1912.
This date was set late today when
Richeson was arraigned.
Without emotion and in a clear
voice, the preacher pleaded “not guil
ty”. He was then returned to jail.
The date of Jasuary 15, proposed by
District Attorney Polletler, was stren
uously opposed by W. A. Morse, the
pastor s coussel. He declared the de-
fesdant’s counsel has not been able to
hold a single meeting, and asked a
continuance of six months.
Mr. Morse said John L. Lee, of Vl»-
ginla, who is to be the chief counsel
for the defendant, would be unable to
meet the other lawyers until the lat-
ret part of this month at the ear
liest. Considering that Mr. Lee rep
resents the accused man’s family, ho
felt that the counsel should Confer be
fore the date of the trial was s^t.
In fixing January 15 as the date, the
court said that two months was ample
time for the defense to prepare its
case.
Escorted by a coun omcer, the ac
cused minister came Into cou^t today
appearing calm and confident. His
month In Jail had effecte'd him buf
little. He showed no signs of nervous
BE 60V;
.SLATON
HEAD WAYCROSS BAND FOR ABOUT SIXTY DAYS CONSTABLE A VICTIM
THE CRIME LIST {TELEPHONE TRAIN
18 SIGNAL SYSTEM
Will Endeavor To Give
Waycross a First-Class
Band
President of Senate Will]Eighteenth Murder In As
Take Oath And Become
Governor Tomorrow
The Waycross Bund met last night
In a called meeting, by the President,
13. M. York. The mluutes of a
previous meeting was read and ap
proved. Upon motion Mr. L. M.
Cornell was re-elected Leader and Mr.
York President. Mr. Cornell deserves
credit for the success of the Waycross
Bund, and with present members wil
give the city as good a band as can be
gotten up in any city the size of Way-
cross. The band wishes to thank the
or and Council for its liberal dona-
in the past and also the merchants
so liberally responded when call
ed upon.
The band will in fuure be ready to
accept all engagements In and out of
the city, and Mr. H. Jolmscn will act
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 14.—On or about
Wednesday, January 24, 1912, Geor
gia's new governor, to he nominated
In the Democratic primary election of
December 7 and elected in the special
state election yet to be called, will bo
inaugurated, to serve through the re
mainder of the unexpired term oj
Governor Hoke Smith. The Legisla
ture will meet about that date to de
clare the result of the special eleceion
and Inaugurate the new executive.
The special election will be conduc
ted about Thursday, January 10, accord
Ing to present indications. Tho call
for this election will be issued proba
bly next Monday, November 20. Res*
iatration books will cloao five days
after the call Is issued, which will bo
Many Months In Ala
bama Town
In the future as in the past, and any- about Saturday, November 23. aegis-
one wishing to secure the band will
communicate with him.
By order of,
B. M. York, President.
14 2t ness, and hla plea of ’’not guilty”
Col. Alexander A. Lawrence, of Sa
vannah, was among the prominent vis
itors to Waycross today. Mr. Law
rence Is one of the representatives In
tho general assembly of Georgia from
Chatham county.
could be heard distinctly in all parts
of the room. ✓
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
f?..
AND CHILDRENS SHOES COMING
IN EVERY DAY. ALL THE LATEST
STYLES AND ANLL THE LATEST
LEATHERS.
tratlon for the December 7 primary
will close the same day It does tor the
election, the same registration apply
ing to both.
John M. Slaton, president of the
Georgia Stato Senate, on Wednesday
of this week will succeed Governor
Hoke Smith as the chief executive nf
Georgia until the now governor is
elected and Inaugurated. His retire
ment and Mr. Slaton's succession will
be*- without ceremony. % He will on
Wednp*day notify Phil Cook, secretary
* Mhnt he has resigned, and Mr.
11 notify Mr. Slaton that it is
,it on him to take the office
the Interim. Mr. Slaton will
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 13—The 18th
murder within a little more than 18
months was committed at Lewisburg
last night when Constable W. W. El-
lard was killed at. Hagan's drug store
and his 8*year old son, Ralph, was
shot in the thigh.
EUard was shot three times, dying
at once, and his son said tho shooting
was done by Tom Hagan and Bob
Puyno. Hagan later appeared at the
-county jail and gave himself up.
These four men appear to have been
the only ones in the drug store at tho
time and just after the shooting Ha
gan and Payne were soon running
down tho road.
The cause of the trouble Is not
known, though it Is claimed the con
stable lmd been Implicated in some
numerous assassinations In that
section recently.
ON THE COAST LINE
To Be Used Exclusively-
Circuits To Be Com
pleted Soon
COL WN GOES
Col. W. W. Lnmbdln left this morn
ing for Washington, D, C.. whore ho
goes to attend the regular fall session
of the Court of Claims In that city, to
appear in the Interest of clients who
have claims against the Unitod States
Government for cotton and other art I
go to tho capitol anl bo sworn in by'cles* burned and stolen during the
Chleif Justice William H. Pish or j civil war. For tho yoars passed these
some other member of the state su-| claims have been barred by the gov
preme court. The chango of execu-! eminent, and only those persons who
TO WASHINGTON |^|ANA LAWYER
LOCATES IN WAYCROSS
ttves will probably be made between
10 and 12 o'clock on Wednesday.
Mr. Slaton returned to Atlanta on
Sunday following a three weeks’ rest
is New York. Ho has been engaged
all of Monday and will be on Tuesday
disposing of tho accumulation of mall
that came oo his law offices durtyig
could show loyalty to the Union during
the war wore allowed to prove their
claims.
Last year, however, Hon. Chas/ L.
Bartlett, representative of tho Fifth
District In Georgia, passed an amend
ment to the "Abandonod and Captur
ed Property Act,” which takes this
his absence. Thus far ho has not so-1 bar from Southerners, and they are
looted the executive nsd private secre-jnow allowed to prove and collect their
taries who will assist him in tho gov-[claims In the Court of Claims.
ernor's office,, but will Jrobably an
nounce them on Tuesday.
80UTHERN CORN 8HOW TO j
BE HELD AT ATLANTA, GA.
Arrangements are being made for
the holding of a Corn Show to be
known as the Southern Corn Show, In
the spacious Auditorium Armory at At
lanta, Ga., from December 6th to the
9th, 1911.
Exhibits will be shown from Louis
iana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia,
Florida, North and South Carolina.
Exhibitors from all of these States
will be Invited to compete for prizes.
Particular attention Is called to the
classification of the prizes. The prem
ium Hat la specific and complete and
admits of the widest scope of compe
tition, and specializes to a large ex
tent upon the competition sf Boys’
Corn Clnbs throughout the tterrltory
from which exhibits will be shown.
This is an excellent move. The pro
motion of methods of agriculture xr
engaging more Interest today then any
time in tho history of our coentry.
There it nothing more potent in the
stimulation of agricuttnre enterprises
then competitive shows of this chjtr*
Engineer W. A. McKinney, who wee
ilM In the wtook on *he southern
tutwny neer Greensboro, s. C., yes
terday wee e cousin of Mr. Charles
During tho war residents of this
section had large amounts of cotton
and other products stored at Savdn-
nah, Brunswick and St. Marys and this
was taken by the Federal Army and
either burned or confiscated, and only
this year have Southerners been able
to recover the value of their products.
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 14.—Work has
commenced on the Installation of tbo
telephone train signal system for thq
Atlantic Coast Line between Savannah
and Charleston.
Some time ago the Coast Lino
started the instalatlon of the telephone •
system between Savannah and Jack
sonville. The new signaling system
has already been completed from
Richmond to Charleston, and the tele- .
graph wires between these two points
has been abandoned.
It Is expected that the circuits be
tween Charleston and Savannah anu
Savannah and Jacksonville will be
completed within the next few weeks,
and the Coast Line will be using the
telephone altogether for train signal
ing between Richmond and Jackson
ville. The Coast Line plans to sub
stitute tho telephono for the tolograph
on all of its divisions ultimately. So
far the telephone for truln signalling
purposes has proven a great success.
Mr. Joseph J. McCarthy, a young
lawyer from Indiana, was admitted to
practice hero beforo Judge Thomas A.
Parker this morning. Mr. McCarthy
has moved his family to Waycross
and expects to locate here permanent
ly. He wil! be associated with Col. J.
M. Murkoy In tho practice of bla pro
fession.
CHANGE 8CHEDULE ON
WAYCR088 & SOUTHERN
Effective November 17th Iho sched
ule on the Waycross A Southern Rail
road will ho changed. train frofil
Hehardville, under tho new schedule,
will leave at 9:00 a m.; leave Way-
cross, Albany Avenue 9:05 a. m. Tho
train from Fredel arrives at Waycrosb,
Albany avenue, 1:25 p. m., tad at lie-
bardvllle at 1:30 p. m. See schedule
In Herald.
NOTICE
A.
SPECIAL NOTICE!
olIowlM named Indies are ro-
to meet In
The followl
quested to meet In the parlor of the
Y. M. C. A. building tomorrow of-
ternoon at three o’clock, for tbe%pur-
pose of planning work in connection
with the Y. M. C. A.:
First Methodist Church—Mrs. G. W.
Deen, Mrs. F. A. Bates, Mrs. E. P.
Peabody, Miss Crawley.
First Baptist Church—Mrs. J. W.
Bennett, Mrs. E. H. Reed, Mrs. W. N.
Jones.
Catholic Church—Mr*. C. Harper,
Mrs. H. 8. Dubose, Mrs. Herrington.
Trinity Church—Misses Myers, Mrs
E. J. Berry.
Central Baptist Church—Mrs. W. F.
Eaton, Mrs. H. P. Brewer, Mlia Carrie
Perbam.
Presbyterian Church—Mrs. Elkins,
Mrs. J. C. RJppard,^, j! Hargveav
ft
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R. O. Dial.I and Ur. If. If.
Martin, of Savannah, ipost femdajr at
tho bom. of Mrv and Mrd. J. YJ.
Klutz, cf the Wiycroii furniture Com- Strickland. Mr. Daniel la a naphar
J pair. . , 4 ' of Jfr/tWMckMndat-*. K '
There will be n meeting af the
Modern Brotherhood of America to
morrow, Tuesday night, Noveffihdf 14,
at 7:30 o'clock, In Wade’s Auditorium,
Southern building. Prof. Gibbs, of
West Virginia, an enthusiastic mem
ber of the order, will be present. Ev
ery member Is urged to attend. Com#
prepared to pay dues.
13 2t. E. M. Cason, Pres.
Real Estate
Renting
and
Fire
Insurance
A.M. Knight
& S on
Phone 266
laGrande Bldg.
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