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AYCROSS
ERALD
VOLUME XIX
WAYCROSS, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, I9J1
'NUMBER 3
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PACKERS’ REQUEST Beattie Electrocuted;
REACHED HERE AT NOON
Given Royal Welcome—Will
Spend Topight At
Baxley
~ Eighteen cars, containing forty of
the citizen! of, Waycross, met the
Around-Thc-Statc'Tourists below Ma
nor thti morning and escorted them
to the city, reaching here at noon.
There were thlrty-alx care checked in
at Waycroes with one hundred and
twenty-eight occupant!. Mayor John
M. Cox and other citizens were at the
hotel to welcome the tourists.. They
took dinner at LaQrande, after which
they were entertained by the Board
of Trade. Dr. O. P. Folk! met the
to/uriiti at HomervBle and accom
panied them to Waycross. The cars
left here at 1:30, and expefijtto Spend
tonight in Baxley, and froz?fliert will
go to Savannah to remain until after
the races.
The Overland Car No. 14, containing
Miss Jtegtna Rambo, Mrs. Joseph It.
Brown, Mrs. S. D. Rambo and/ Mlses!
Standlter and Faby, of Marietta, was
delayed but arrived later and left for
Baxley at 3 o'clock.
WAS REFUSES
BY - JUSTICE - WHITE
d i v —‘
Court Will Not GrantfS
In Trial of Chicago
\ Meat Packers '
Washington, p. C„ Nov. 23.—Chial
Justice Vfhlte today refused to grant
a stay in the trial of the Chicago beef
packers,, but referred the attorneys
making the application to the entire
bench, with the statement that the
matter was of too much importance
for him to pass upon individually.
Attorney Miller announced tha
such an application to the entire court
would be made at the first sitting
December 4th. _
Attorneys for the packerB indicated
that efforts will be made to have Judge
Carpenter, of the United States Dis
trict Court at Chicago, before whom
the indicted packers have been sum<
moncd for trial on Monday, to grant
a further postponement until the Si-
premo Court passes on the application
for a stay.
PIK SPEAK.
Harry D. Reed, candidate for mayor,
will 6neak t at the band stand on..Fri
day evening November 24th at 7:3D
o’clock.,Everybody Invited. The Way-
cross Band will fuynlsh music. 21 4v
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CHARGES AGAINST BANK OFFICER
Special To The Merald.
Corvallis, Ore., ifov. 24.—The case
of James Evars, cashier of the defunct
First National Bank, of Pilomatb, will
be taken dp by the grand jury which
met today.
Evars Is charged with receiving and
accepting deposits after he h'ad know,
ewge that the bank was Insolvent
Get the habit, smoke
Clear Havana.
•Y. B. S.’
27 tt
Made a Confession
Special To The Herald.
Richmond, Va„ Nov. 24.—Henry
Clay' Beattie, Jr., betore his death
the electric chair at 7:23 a. m., today
confessed to the murder of his wits.
The statement, which was given out
in the rotunda of a down town hotel
follows:
, Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., d'estr-
ious it standing right'betore Cod and
man, do on this the 23rd day of No
vember 1911, confess my guilt of tbo
crime against me.. Much that was
published concerning the details was
not true, but the awful fact, without
the barrowing circumstances, remains
For this action, I am truly sorry, anf
TO SAVE HIS SOUL
Ndw‘ York, Nov. 23.—As a witness
in her . own behalf Mrs. Frances O'-
Shaugnessy took the stand today and
told'the jury, which will decide wheth
er slid shall live or die, of the events
which? led up to her killing her hus
band,* George, “to save his soul.”
A,Jpear after her marriage, sho
believing that I am at peace with [said,;;George began to stay out late at
God and am soon to pass into hie* * niglit." She suspected another woman,
presence, this statement la made." she said, but was not sure- until she
Beattie’s confession was followed
by this statement by the attending
ministers: “This statement was sign
ed in the presence of the two attending
ministers and is the only statement
that can and will be madd" public by
them.
saw George with this woman, tho
cashier at the store where he was
employed.
A bundle of notes which Mrs.
O’Shaugnessy said she found under
her husbands pillow was handed to
the jury. Tho notes were from
BAD WRECK ON
THE SOUTHERN
THREE'MET DEATH
And Several Seriously In
jured, According To Re
ports Received
Meagre details of a wreck on the
Southern Railway this mornnig at 4^
o’clock at Scotland, Ga., were received
In WaycrosB today.
According to information receiven
three were killed, and several i3r*
lously wounded. Among the kill<)d
was Engineer Brantley, of Macon.
Definite information in regard to tho
wreck could not be obtained. The
wrecked train was en route to Jack
sonville.
“Mr. Beattie desired to thank the Tcssle Hayes, the other woman, sho
many friends for kind letters and
expressions of interest and the publTc
for* whatever aympathy was felt or
expressed." .
STRAWBERRY PLANTS FOR SALE,
Fine, healthy strawberry plants for
sale at $2.50 per’thousand plants-
Lady Thompson and Klondike varie
ties and prolific bearera. Speak quick
if you want plants for they are going
fast. Enquire at the office of the
Deen Realty Company ifflee, LaQrande
building. 24 6td 2t\v
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, MIMES
AND CHILDRENS SHOES COMING
IN EVERY DAY. ALL THE LATEST
STYLES AND ANLL THE LATEST
LEATHERS.
•aid, and in them the writer call si
George endearing names. Mrs. O’.
Shaugnessy had read them all, she
said, then prayed for guidance before
slib shot her husband.
She declared that by filling her
husband sho would koep him from
violating the seventh commandment
and thereby save his soul.
TO HOLD JOE
BROWN RALLIES
ALTER THE BIG,
TRUST
Washington, D. C., Nov. 24.—That
Morgan, Rockefeller and other trust
magnates consider themselves too sa
cred to be prosecuted for violating the
law has been known for some time.
But that the, considered themselv
es too sacred to bp even Investigated
was not known until the Stanley in
vestigating committee was politely
asked by the steel trust attorneys to
please abandon Its inquiry because of
the Wickeysham suit to dissolve the
trust *
Should this request be gratified it
would mean that the Wlckershain
salt Is a God-send to tho trust, inas
much an It sidetrack* an honest and
searching investigation of a monopoly
that Attorney General Wtckersham
himself claims to be illegal. That tbo
trust fears a continuation of the In
vestigation by a committee that is not
packed with special rnterest servers,
more .than It does a "suit to dissolve'
conducted by an attorney general woo
was a former trust attorney, his been
known for some time.
Thanks to a Democratic majority on
the Stanley committee, thn investiga
tion will proceed. But wishing to be
entirely fair to all concerned, the-eom
mittee has discontinued public bear
ings until a foil commutes can pus
on the proposition. It Is already
known that the committee favora a
continuation of the probe.
On Wednesday, noxt the 29tb Inst,
public meetings to which everybody in
the city and county is Invited, will bs
[held commencing at 10 o'clock n. m
' In the court bouse, and at 7:30 o'clock
j at night In the baud stand' park,
to bo addressed In tho Interest of the
candidacy of Hoa. Jos, M, Brown for
Governor, by Judge J. L- Sweat, Mr.
V. L. Stanton,, Judge John T. Myers,
Hon. John W. Bennett and others.
And on Saturday, December 2, next,
meetings will also be held in Way-
cross In the Interest of Gov. Browns
candidacy, to be addreAod by sever
al prominent out of town speakers of
the state, whose names wilt be an
nounced inter, from the nancf atand
commencing at 10 a. m. o'clock,
and again at 7:30 o’clock.at night,
or if disagreeable weather prevails
both the coUTt house in the day and
opera house at night will be used.
Musle by the Waycrou Band'.
This November 22, 1011.
C. M. Sweat, prestdehL
V. L. Stanton, Secretary,
. Ware Joe Brown Club.
HELD LAST NIGHT-
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-
Named To Serve For Two
Years'-Majority Vote To
Rule In Primary
PUBLIC 8PEAKING.
Harry D. Rood, candidate for May
or, will speak at tbo Band Stand this
evening at 7:30 o'clock. Everybody
cordially invited. In tho event the
weather will not permit an opsn air
meeting Wade’a Auditorium In tho
Sou there Building will be used. Let
everybody come out. The Waycross forthcoming primary.”
Band will furnish music.
Tho*mass meeting, called by Mayor
John M. Cox, met at the Court Houae
last night fir the purpose of electing
an Executive Committee to arrange-
for thp primary, Alderman C. 13.,'
Dunn, In the absence of Mayor Cox,
calling the meeting to order. Aider-
Jsmes. Sinclair was elected
chairman and John W> McGee, secre
tary.
A nominating committee was apt
pointed as follows:
First Ward—J. L. Crawley, Harry
Wilson. * l
Second Ward—T. J. McClellan,
Frank Drexler.
Third Waril—W- E. Dempster, J.,
. Magnlls.
Fourth Ward—A. R. Pittman, F.
Inman.
Fifth Ward—John Youmans,, J. J.,
Woods.
Sixth Ward—John W, McGoe, J. 3.
Creamer.
The fallowing committee, to servo
for a term of two years, was elected:;
First Ward—Jamos Sinclair, J. [ .
Crawley.
Second Ward—T. J. McClellan,
Allen James.
Third Ward—A. W. Owens, J. E.
Phelan.
Fourth Ward—W. K. Goodyear, A.,
R. Pittman.
Fifth Ward—A..P. Goodwin, John
Youmans.
Sixth Ward—F. H. McGee, J. R«'
Kr earner,
City At Large—H. H. Burnet, O.
B. Dunn, John T, Myers.
The committee, at tho expiration of -
their terms, are to he elected in tho
primary.
Several epeechee were made, and
the following reeolutlon woe adopted:,
"Believing In thS 'recognised do*
triad of Democracy, that the majority
shall nils.—Wo tho" registered cltl-
zone of Waycrozs, in maze meeting as
sembled announce ae our opinion that.
all candidate* for ofBoe In City of
Waycrou abould be eleoted by our
citizen* and tberefdire tnetrnct tho
Executive Committee of the City of
Waycrose to adopt euch rules In com.
Ing city primary, that will require tho
•eourlng a majority vote by the in*
cessful candidate for Mayor, Alderman
and member* Board Education In
Western Intercollegiate Run,
low* City, la.. Nor. 24,-^Tb* annual
cross-country championship of tho
Western Intercollegiate Association
will be run bore tomorrow as a sort
of a preliminary to tha Northwestern
Iowa football gam*,
u The ran this year win bring to
gether teams from Pardo* Amu,
Northwestern end the univereltle* ct
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebras
ka, Illinois and Chicago.
The last lap will bo mad* on tbo
Iowa university track,with the finish
in front of the grandstand.
MANY SPEAKERS ON STUMP;
JOSEPH M. BROWN LEADING.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 24.—H. H. Cab-
anlss, Judge Moee* Wright, ot Rome,
and J. R. Smith, will leave tomorrow
morning for Griffin, where they will
take part in a rally which I* being
planned for Governor Brown’e Mentis
in Spalding county. The thru will
make addrepsu.
It It probable that Jndgt Wrignt
will deliver hie thirl epeech of tho
campaign at Carrollton Mbnday.
Mr, Cabanlss and Juijge W. R. Jones
Into Monday for a tour ot Crawford
and Taylor countlu In the Intereet of
the former governor's candidacy.
They will apeak at Knoxvill* Monday
morning; at Roberta in the afternoon,
probably at Fort Valley that night at
Butler next morning and pouthiy at
Reynolds Tuesday.
It wa* stated at Governor Brown'*
headquarters yesterday that many a»
luring roports are coming In.
Hr*. J. J. Holtzendorf, of Naylor,
wilt arrive tonight to bo the guest of
Mr. AM Iff*; Bam filter. ;
OYSTER SUPPER.
Saturday afternoon and night tho
ladles of tha First Baptist Church will
serve oygtora at number 11 Jans
street, next to poetoffle* The ladle*
will also bare on ule oak# and fancy,
work. Be sura and have your supper,
with the ladles on that evening, Baton
lay Uth.
Real Estate
Renting ,
and ,3-
Fire.
Insurance
A.M. Knight
& Son
Phone 266
LqGrande Bldg*
