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VOLUME XIX AYCROSS WAYCROSS,. GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER £2,-1911 NUMBER 1 AS KILLED BY IN WIFE’S PRESENCE - Fruit Grower Killed In Florida--Green Was Wounded Tampa, Fla., Nov. 21.—C. F. Perry, a fruit grower, was killed, and T. W. Green wounded In a gun battle today near {ValaUa, Lake county, Florida, which resulted from the deceased be ing overtaken in the woods with the six-months’ bride of T. H. Pantiey, Jr., by the angry husband ana the young woman’s father. Pantiey, it - is said, had for some time suspocted that the Intentions of Perry, a neighbor, toward his young wife were not as they should have been. When the husband returned to his home this morning after an absence of several hours he found his bride absent. He immediately told her fath er, T. W. Green, of Ills suspicions and tho two armed themselves and started in pursuit. Perry and Mrs. Pantiey wore over tyken in the woods. Perry nought cover behind a tree and opening fire with a revolver shot the young wom an’s father in tho wrist, missed. Pant- ley and then shot Green iq the side. As Green fell to the ground he shoe Perry twice. As Perry fell, Pantiey discharged both barrels of his shot gun. into his prostrate body. Perry ed before medical attention could be summoned. Pantiey and Green have not been arrested. ahass meeting the city council AT COURT HOUSE MAYOR J. M. COX’S CALL For Meeting Of The Regis tered Voters For To morrow Night Waycross, Ga., Nov. 22, 1911. In pursuance of a resolution adopted by the Mayor and Council of the City of Waycross a masg meeting of the qualified, registered voters of the Citv of Waycross is hereby called to con eno, at the Court House In the City of Waycross on Thursday, November 23rd, 1811, at 7:30 o’clock p. m., for tho purpose of electing an Executive Cpmmittee for the City of Waycros3 and arranging for the call of a prima ry for the nomination of a Mayor and three Aldermen and three members of the Board of Education, and for the purpose of transacting such other bus iness as may be' pertinent and ger mane to the purposes for which said meeting was called. No one other than a qualified registered voter of the City of Waycross will be author ized to take part in said meeting. John M. Cox, Mayor. 22 2t PUBLIC SPEAKING. Harry D. Reed, candidate for mayor, will speak at the band stand on Fri day evening November 24th at 7:30 o’clock,,Everybody invited. The Way- cross Band will furnish music. 21 4*. MET LAST NIGHT REGISTRARS • NAMED To Purge Registration List Other Matters Before Council GREAT JOE BROWNS RALLY IN ATLANTA IINGIZER AGAIN TWO ROYS PERISH UNDER ARREST INTHEELAMES OCCURRED LAST NIGHT BUFFALO OFFICER HERE ‘Little Joe” Attended The Meeting And Was Given Great Ovation Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 22.—The Brown rally at the Grand Opera House last night was by long odds the most The City Council met last night in regular session, Mayor John M. Cox, Aldermen Moore, LeCount, Sinclair, Parker, Dunn and Brewer being pres- j enthusiastic meeting of the present ent. j campaign fur governor and wW hard- The matter of appointing a board of jly be surpassed by any other meeting registras to purge the registrtion list ; held anywhere In the state thlU year was appointed as follows: T. J. Mc Clellan, Dan Lott and W. W. Sharpe, Fully 2,000 voters were crowded Into the opera‘house. Jr. . Governor Brown himself appeared l the stand and addressed Ills en- the registration books against the jthusiastic supporters. lie was given tax books. a jyeat ovation as he was introduced Mr. W. J. Smith appeared before | to tho largo audience by Governor Council and asked for an endorsement |john ,M. Slaton In a brief but effec- from that body of a sanitary milk c*v» tlve speech. Judgo James L. Ander- top ho recently Invented. Tfie city isou presided nifd Introduced the var- health officer and a number of other j ious other speakers, physicians had already endorsed the ) Judge Hopkln’s Talk, invention. The Council voted to givo J Almcct rivaling tho interest of the Mr. Smith nn endorsement. great crowd in Governor Brown him- Tho Mayor and Council accepteZran j self was that felt In the appearance Invitation to attend the openlhg of of the venerable Atlanta jurist, Judgo tho Hazzard Hill high school on to* John L. Ilopkins. The dean oi I ho morrow. Tho colored people of the J Georgia bar, co rccogulzod In his so- city have a building that will cost lection by tho state legislature on iv/o about $5,000 when completed. They occasions to prepare a code of lav/s of the stale of Georgia, mado a won derful appeal to tho audience to up hold tho letter and spirit of tho law. Ho lamented the appearance In the political ring, at wal'd meetings an1 have arranged a program' foi* the oc casion and hope to raise at least $500 for their building during the rally. The committee to investigate tho r factory proposition asked for more time to make ft report on the offermadeby Architect Scfiuremftn. A Look at The New Fait 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 4 IN EVERY DAY. ALL THE LATEST STYLES AND ANLL THE LATEST on tbe stump, of a member of the court of appeals of tho State of Geor gia. His opening reference to Judgo Russell caught the attention of tho vast audience, and he held It while ho discussed tho spirit of the i an .,' M ! They hood no «ot purse, no wmrdlan. embraced In tho federal art state Th< ”' nood onl ’ r t0 bo told th0 truU >: And Will Leave For Buffalo With The Prisoner Tonight John SliiglzeV, Who wac recently ar rested on advices from BufTdloT ftew York, but wbo was releaued In habeas corpus proceedings, is again under arrest. This morning Officer Kern, of Buffalo, N. Y., arrived hefo and soon bad Singizer under arrest, prevent uny trouble In carrying the prisoner out of the Stnte, Mr. Kern is armed with requistion papers. Since his rcleaso Singizer has been at work in the Coast Lino shops. The charge against him in Buffalo is aban doning bis family. Mr. Kern will lenvo with the prisoner for Buffalo tonight. ry upon tho issue whereon ho assorts candidacy is based. And their zealous partisans have bodily proclaim lielr belief that If tho people aro ved to vote upon this Jssue cer tain iaieorata would corrupt tho bal lot box and debauch the electorate of tho stato. "My fellow cltlzeus, that Is a chargo which Is personal to each of you- Do you admit that you aro so. debased, so lost to all senst» of responsibility and honor?' llinve never believed it and spurn tho -charge. I stand today here I have over stood. I plant my- solf on ground from which I will never rocede—that the people of Goorgia should never bo denied nor curtailed. I baso ray public life on tho common senso and conscience of tho olectorarb. WHEN HOME BURNS Were As'eep On Second Floor When The House Caught Fire Anderson, S. C., Nov. 21.—Brooks Wilson, aged 14, and Joe Sherard, aged 1G, members of influential and prominent families of Abbeville coua ty were burned to death at 2 o'clock this morning, when the home of Wal ter Wilson, in the Warrenton section of that county, was totally destroyed by fire. The young men had been to Abba villo court house, five miles distant, to attend an attraction at the opora houBo. They returned to the WllBon homo about midnight and went to bod in a room oft tho second floor.. At 2 o’clock Walter Wilson, who oc cupied a room on the first floor, was awakened, by the blaze. Ho managod to get the occupauts of tho first floor out in safety, but tho fire had made such headway on tho Btalrway that he could not get upstalrB to urouBo young Wilson and Sherard. Mr. Wilson ran Into the yard and hurled rocks against tho windows of tho room occupied by, tho young men, hoping in this way to warn them of the fire, but his ef forts wero of no avail. constitutions. The whole pufposo of ftio framers of these constitutions, ho said, was to remove tho judgo on ths bench from the influence of passion and prejudice, to set him, as It were, apart. For a judgo to tempor.irlly doff the official ermine, and ‘ontor into 'fie maelstrom of politics ns a seeker for another office, was repugnant to hU idoas of good tasto and the eternal and it Is an insult to the manhood of each when, eveH by indirection, a promlso is made Which the promisor knows is impossible of fulfillment by him. Brown Reduced FreiuHt Rates. ( “l am willing to face you on thd record I liavo mado. As a railroad commissioner, I aided in reducing freight rates moro than $2,000,000 in such n manner ns brought no shock ntness of tilings, said tho venerable | l ° corporation. I was ibo state'.' j udge ! arbitrator for tho determination of Governor Brown'. Remarks. " ,0 value of two ra " road »' » nd ° n ° '"Old men for counsel, young meJ. olhor corl,ora,lon ’ wlth tl10 for notion'. Such I. tho saying th«t| ,hat moro tl,an * 2 ' 500 ' 000 w * r “ add « d has como down to us through the ■ 10 11,0 tax I "I domurred to (he reduction or pa*. ' eenger fares on two of tbe rallroiNs to 2 I t cents per mile, lin'd my Jtldo- ages," said Governor Brown, In be ginning. “But tonight the young men or Atlanta, In blrnglng together this vast assemblage of those who ‘do things’ have shown that In counsel they are peers of tbe elders. •f .would bo untruo to the supremo duty of manhood wore I to fall to er preis my profound appreciation of tne generous consideration and tbe spirit of patriotic cooperation which has re- sponded to the call of those noble, young Georgians to hear tbe words, of the..gifted sods of eloquence who, while pleading my cause, assert also the right, of the soverlgu people. “Abovo all pretexts, for candidates, however, standi the soverlgnty of tho people. There Is no issue greater than the unrestricted rights of the people to rule. And linked to that right, I. the enforcement of all the laws, and contemptuously the discard Ing of dummies and the ahelvlng of shams. Opponents Unfair to People "The protest I make tonight, tbe protest embodied In my candidacy, is thnt > my disttngnlsbad opponents are cot treating the people fairly. Each arfugntes to himself a moral walght which can only be fbund in the bal lots of the electorate. Each declares that the white' people should not be | allowed to votn in tht pending pritna- A CARD EROM OR. WALKER ment was subsequently vindicated by the enlarged railroad commlaaton, which railed the rate! to 2 1-2 cents per mile, tho flgures I recommeudes, Tax Values Show Incraate. "In tho campaign preceding my elec tion ns governor, I plead for a policy of peace and of equal juatlco to ludl- vlduali ahd corporatloni. During the two yeare of my term with which I waa honored, the tax raiuea of th« state Increased 222,(74,228, tho total returns reaching the top-notch in the history of the atata. "And, llluatratlng the general re sults of a policy of. pence, let me add that when I waa chosen In the primary In 1908 tbe price of turpentine, one of 8outb Georgia'a chief producta,’ was 37 cents par gallon, and In dune, 1911, It waa 21.07 por gallon. "It is also pleasing to note that the two winters covered by my administra tion wore the only ones during the past forty years within which the price of cotton In Oeorgtn did not go below 10 cento per pound, "The value of thou flgures la pet- nonal to no man, hut they Undoubted ly vindicate the policy of peace, im partial protection, co-or>oratlon and construction. (Continued on Page 1.) Waycross, Cn., Nov. 22, 1911. Mr. T. H. Calhoun, President Wnro CotiMy Pope Brown Club, Bench, Os. Dear Sir:— I notice from tho Journal of yeiter- day that I bad been elected Vice-Tree, idont of your organisation In Ware count As I am taking no active part In Stnte politics, thle year, 1 beg to be excused from participating In your deliberations. While I appreciate the honor you have'conferred upon me, I cannot do more than exordso my right ns' n citizen 1c the approaching State primary by cnstlng my vote for the man whom 1 believe will sorvd the best Interests of the people. Yours very truly, J. L. WALKER, There are several hundred vagrant* In Waycroaa, white tan and black, of nil ages, and they should be Introduc ed to some useful occupation. Dr. Nanney, eye, ear and noae, nil Ml week nt Redding's drug store. Eyee tested for glassee. 22 2t Real Estate Renting and Fire Insurance A.M.Knight &Son Phone 266 LaGrande Bldg.