The Waycross journal. (Waycross, Ga.) 1895-1914, March 18, 1902, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Waycross Journal. PUBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEK. VOL. VI.-NO. J17. WAYCROSS, GA., TUESDAY. MARCH 18, 1902. $1.00 A YEAR HE IS A BUT HIS HORNS DIDN’T GROW. The Honduras Freak Imblhed Too Freely of Valdosta Llguor and Exposed the Fakir. The Valdosta correspondent of the Savannah News gives the fol lowing account in Saturday’s paper of the downfall of the “Hon duras freak” negro who was brought to this city over a week ago, an account, of which was pub lished in The Journal: The horned wild man from South America, via Waycross, came to grief in this city this morning and one of the managers may have to face the charge of cheating and swindling, in that he has been passing silver dollars from Honduras for Uncle Sam’s coin, the Honduras money being worth lees than half of the Ameri can. The story of grief began last night when the policeman arrest ed the wild man himself for dis charging his pistol in the neigh borhood of California Hall where the negros were having an enter tainment. The wild man, whose name was placed upoD the police docket this morning as Calvin Byrd, went out on the town after his performance and was picked np by the policemen a little later for having fired his pistol on the streets. The arrsst disclosed one of the cleverest fake freaks that has appeared in this section in a long time. Byrd is au ordinary ginger-cake colored negro and weighs about 100 pounds. He has had an incision made in his soalp and a thin piece of metal slipped under the skin. This piece of metal was attached to two knoh screws about half an inch long and the horns were screwed to these little knobs for exhibition, gave an appearance as though the horns grew from his head. His eye-teeth were gold mounted and fixed so that the long tusks could be fastened to them so as to appear to be grow ing from the gum. Byrd professes to know nothing of how the operation was per formed on his head, and says it was done while he was sick with fever. The inoision has entirely healed up, though the place is still sore. Byrd came here from Waycross with a couple of men from there, one of them said to be a dentist. A week ago all of the the papers had a sensational story of the great horned wonder. The man who was arrested for passing the Honduras dollars gives his name as J. C. English. It is said that he had several hundred dollars of the money and passed them on a number of people here. The amount of the coin which he is said to have had with him gave ground to the belief that he was engaged in a swindling game- on money as well as 'with the freak. Mr. English was tried at special session of the city court of Valdosta Saturday and fined 166. He retnrned to Waycross Sunday. Mr, English tlaims that the charge of cheating and swindling brought against lim was false and that Elias Howei was if anybody the gnilty man. ' He claims that he was employedtaerely as a door keeper and spielet and that when he got into trouble, Howell left hi SENOR ANDONEGUI. He Is a Wonder With the Violin and Charms His Audience Into Enthusiasm. . The complimentary concert given by the Elks Thursday night to its members and friends was one of the richest, most graceful occasions that the Waycross peo ple have been treated to. Senor Jose Audonegui, violinist, assisted by Miss Gussie Parkhurst Hill, was the attraction of the evening aud well did they both sustain the high encomiums that had proceeded them. Audonegui is a perfect wonder with the violiD. Not only his music, but the man is a study. Usually, a violinist is phleg matic and sedate in his execution and suppresses his emotion even at the cost of great, effort. Not so with Senor Audonegui. Fired by the spirit of his work and inspired by the beauty of his translation he draws his bow with his whole miud, soul aud body and not only does be charm his audience, but he charms himself, and one ob serves with delight, the coiisnm- mate pleasure he derives from his own music. His program was eutirely clnss. ical and the music lovers in Way cross never had a richer treat than Senor Audonegui. It is said he will return here sometime iu the spring aud it is certaiu he will have a good audience. DEATH OF EDWARD MCCORMACK- Pissed Away March 8-Card of Thanks. Glenmore, Ga , March, 17.— Died at Glenmore Ga March 8th Edward McCormack in bis 70th year he had been in declining health for several months. He had been a resident of this place since 1880 having moved here from Kentucky. He had two children Mrs. S. Y. Wilson of Glenmore and Michael McCormack of Sparks Ga., both of whom survive him He was laid to rest in Glenmore cemetery. Editor Journal, Dear Sir:—Being a reader aud subscriber of yoar valuable paper, we waut to return thunks through its columns to all our friends who so kindly visited, assisted and ex hibited each marked manifesta tion of friendship and respect in the long sickness, suffering aud death of our dear father, Edward McCormack, who passed away on the 8th inst. Yon visited and administered to his wants while he yet lived and even after death, your kindness did not cense, but you stopped yonr work and almost as one solid body followed the cold form to the grave, there to do the last kind act. While we bow in humble sub mission to oar Master and say, "Thy will be done,” we can with eqnal candor and sincerity say “God bless onr friends and neigh bors, Hannah Wilson, M. McCormack. Grace Episcopal eunuch. Vespers and Instruction, Thurs day evening, at 7:80 o’clock. Subject of instruction, “The Creeds.” All person* cordially invited. The Rev. R. Alan Rue- sell, Priest in chaTge. Mr. J. H. Bynnm who has been with the O. & W. rood has accept ed a position with the Seaboard and will ron between Jacksonville and Tallahassee. He has moved hi* family to Waycroas to get the advantages of the excellent echool eyetem of this city. Tfy the Journal for Job Printing; i PENNSYLVANIA AND GEORGIA Are Joined Together In Wedlotk—Mr. Elmo Turner and Miss Kachllne Were Married Last Nlgnt—A Ro mance. Twenty days ago there came to Waycross a pretty little woman with bright brown eyes and dark hair and a face beaming wijtli thoughts and enterprise. Her name was Miss Nellie Kachliue and she was from Boylestown, Pa. She was selling a volume of political philosophy by Gen.Buell of Civil war fame and while the book is a splendid exeges is on mis takes of governmentitis not what one would call an easy seller. In spiteof this fact this little woman sold lots of them nnd not only did she sell books,but she made friends By her happy disposition and gen ial manner she won her way and within five days sho wns a favorite with a large number whom she had met. It was Elmo Turner's good for tune to meet this jovial littlo Yankee girl whose manner,though aggressive aud business like, wns ever gentle nnd ladylike. Not only did her vigorous mind im press Mr. Turner, but her velvet brown eyes sank deep into Mb heart and before she left here to go to Brunswick, he was a willing captive at her feet. She remained fifteen days the City by the Sea and the inter vening Sundays found Mr. Turner pleading bis case before the bar of Cupid’s court. He won. Saturday evening Miss Kach line returned to Waycross to fin ish her work here and last night at eight o’clock, at the Methodist pareouago Rev. A. M. Williams officiating, Mr. Elmo and Miss NellieHuldahKachlinewere made man and wife. Mr. Turner is assistant local freight agent of the Atlantic Birmingham Railroad at this place. He is the son of Mrs. Are- tns Turner of this eity. 0 The happy young couple will re. side at the home of the groom’s mother on Albany avenue. COLONEL ESTILL TELLS OF JEFFERSON DAVIS’ CAPTURE. In Hfs Write-up of Irwlnvllle He Gives Grafic Account of that Drama. THE VICE OF NAGOINU. Clouds the happiness of the home, but a nagging woman often needs help. She may be bo nerv ous and run-down in health that trifles annoy her. If she is mel ancholy, excitable troubled with loss of appetite, headadhe, sleep lessness, constipation or fainting and dizzy spells, she needs Elec. tricJBitters, the most wonderful remedy for ailing women. Thous ands of sufferers from female troubles, nervous troubles, back ache and weak kidneys have used it, and become healthy and happy. Try it. Only 60o. at all druggist, guarantee satisfaction. Mr. J. C. Sheets bad a pretty fox chase out near the river Sat urday. With his dogs and Mr. Bellinger's he caught the fox after an hour’s ran. He brought the brush to town. Rev. W. L. Harper will preaoh at Rehoboth church Fifth Satur day and Sunday, March SO and 80. All cordially invited. The Gnstoso Cigar Co., bad a letter recently from Mr. J. E. Wadley from tome Mexican point in which he wrote that he had not been able to bny since he left Way- croos cigars nearly to good aa are made by the Gustoso factory. He ordered a lot sent to him at How Orleans. Col. J. II. Estill was at Irwin- ville Inst weok and l- his write-up of that place iu the Savannah News he tells in the following delightful story about the capture of Jeffer son Davis which occurred near Irwin’s capital: It was near Irwinville that the martyrdom of President Jefferson Davis began. The capture of the great Confederate lender, his in carceration nnd ill treatment at Fortress Monroe, nnd his releaso because no man accused him, even in those days when innocent wo men were sent to the gallows, is a story that has passed into history. The grand old pines that, witnessed the opening of that drama, which still stirs Southoru blood to anger, untouched by nx or hack, still sway to the wiud iu all their prim eval grandeur, while others near by are falling before the inrondB of saw mills aud turpentine inter ests. One tree,that against which Mr. Davis’ tent was placed, has been surreptitiously cut away by relio hunters, but Judge J. B. Clements, the owuer of tho laud, and whose father owned it before him, now jealously guards this historic forest. When President Davis left Washington, Ga., it was his inten tion to cross the Chattahooohee river and join the Confederate forces in Alabama, and if, as it then seemed probable that there was no prospect of successful resistance, to cross to the trans- Mississippi Department, and re established the Confederate gov. eminent in Arkansas or Texas. A few days after leaving Wash ington, Ga., however, the Presi dent beard that a hand of marau ders were in pursuit of Mrs. Davis and .family, whom he had not seen since leaving Richmond, who with a small escort was tfying to reach the Florida cost, and turned from tha route he was pursuiug, and rodo across tbo country to the protection of his loved ones, finding them, he traveled with them for several days. The two parties, the President’* and Mrs. Davis’, halted for the night just outside of Irwinsville in an open pine forest. It was an ideal plase for a camp, a gentle sloping hillside, with branch of rippling water at its feet. President Davis having sat isfied himself that all danger from the outlaws Vas passed, bad bis horse saddled and pietele in hoist, era in readiness, for an early start in the morning, laid down to rest without undressing. It was his intention to bid his dear ones good-bys at early dawn, and start to carry out hia original intention of joining the Confederates in Aia. bams, or making his way to the armies of Gens. E. Kirby Smith and Richard Taylor across the Mississippi. It was still dark when tbs Presi dent was aroused by tbs sound of firing serosa the branch, and step ping ont tbs tint he saw cavalry deploying in the pines. He real ised tbs situation at once and told Mrs. Davis, who implored her hus band to leave her, but he hesitat ed, nnd in the meanwhile some of the cavalry came between him nnd S. S. CONVENTION TO BE AT MANOR Will be Held May 16. 17 and 18-J Lively Occasion Expected. Tho executive committee of the Ware county Sunday Sohool asso ciation met in Dr. W. H. Buchan- mi's office Saturday and decided to hold the county convention at Manor May 10, 17 and 18. The committeo will endeav or to get come of tho best talent iu tbo state to participate in this convention and it iB the intention to make it ouo of the most attrac tive yet held. Mrs. White Desd. Mrs. White au aged lady died Thursday at her home six miles from Bolen. Sho was (SO years old and the mother of a large family. Her remains were buried Friday. Love Sonnet of the Office Boy. Chicago KecoriMlernht. I wish, some day, when sliu’s typewrltln’ and I've took a note oat for tho busasomc. wheie, Toy'd ho Homo outlaws sneak In horu and acaro Ttiat long logged clork to death amt then tho hand Would stoal her, nnd nobody olso was thcro, To try to snvo her, and thoy’d mn nway To whore thoy had tliolr caves and keep lior there, And nst more for her than her folks could pay. Thou I would got a gun and a Hondo knife And tako the name ol Ducksln Bob or Joe, And track them to their den, ami then I'd go A-galley whoopin' In, and sure life, And she would say: “My hero's came at lastl” And we'd stand tliero and hold each other fast Fine Georgia syrup in gallon cans at Hardy Bros. his horse, and he turned to make hiB escape In an opposite direction Hastily pioking up what be thought was hia raglan, but which wore proved to be bis. wife’s, and with a shawl which she hastily threw over his head, he started towards the branch. It was this garb that was the foundation of the outrage, ous stories and cartoons that were published about President Davis by his enemies. The President had gone but short distance when a cavalryman galloped up and ordered him to halt and surrender. Mr. Davie iu hiB “Rise aud Fall of the Coufed' eracy,” tell of this thrilling scene better than any other pen cau do. scribe it. Ho says: "I gave a do. fiant auswer, and dropping the shawl and raglan from my shoul dera, advanced toward him; he leveled his carbine at me, but expected, if he fired,-he would miss me, aud my intention wat in that event to put my hand 'under hi* foot and tnmble him otf on the ether side, spring into hia saddle and attempt to escape. My wife, who had been watohing, when she saw the soldier aim his carbin at me, ran farward and threw her arms around me. Success depend ed on instantaneous action, and recognising that the opportunity had been lost, I turned back, and morning being damp and ebilly, passed on to a fire beyond the tent" During the raid upon the camp, Col. J. Taylor Wood and Lieut. Barnwell, two of the president’* escort, escaped. The former after many hair-breadth escapes reached Cuba with Gen Breckin ridge and othera in an open boat. Lient. Barnwell met bi* family in Sooth Georgia aud remained with them. MEET THIS MORNING AT -FIRST CHURCH. Officers and Delegates Who Have Thus Far Arrived—The Program- The ladies are with us in good*- ly numbers. The Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the South Georgia Con ference meots in the First Method ist church this morning at 1) o’clock. A largo number of delegate's ar* rived on the trains last night and still morn came in this morning. A program of the conference work was published in Friday's issue of tho Journal. This program will be followed as closely as pos sible. The officers and delegates who havo come in thus far are as fol- i lows: Mrs. J. C. Hinton, President: -< Mrs. Charles Beeland; Mrs. F. M. Knowles; and Mrs. M. C. Hoyk, and Mrs. F. M. Houser of Perry: Mrs. E. M. Whiting of Fort Valley : Mrs. Lott Warren of Americui-; Mrs. Sampter of Albany; Mrs. W. L. Duvall of Pearson: Mrs. W. B- Chenthnm of Dawson; Mrs. Mo* Cleery of Graves Station ; fylrs. Ward of Blaekshear; Mrs. Vaug han of Lumber City; Mi»a Lang of Waverly, Misses Ledbetter gnd Brewer of Blackehear; Mias Wight ? of Cairo and Rev. I. R. Kelly and daughter of Pearson. Jjvr You are a good thii this age of activities and Boy*. _ a trade. It is tfo, especially in world so rich in possibilities. A ]j g- od trade is better than either silver or gold, because it does not tako wings and fly away. Yon cannot lose it in 'a single night, a* were the orange groves of Florida! or in a day aa is often done witlj large fortunes, and the better yoi^ mnster it the bigger premium ill, will bring. When yon make up* your miod to learu a trade do so with the determination to stiok t. it, and win out in the end. Pluck, courage, perseverance, C patience are success winners, Al ways look out for the interest*, of I your employer, and yef will leanr 1 to look ont for your’own inter- . este. Dont wait to be told to do- a thing, but what your hand* find, to do, do, and always .remember that what ii worth doing at all is worth doiog well. Don’t (light any part of yonr work. Let ev ery piece of it stand as an adver tisement. Those who become the world builders are those who thoroughly master their trades. People always think well of is boy who minds his own business, who respect* hie elders and su-. periore, and who shows a w. to be something. f "> || There never was a time j iu tiu. £ history of the world,' when! a man with a trade was more in [demand ' than now. f Great engineering feats are just now being begun, and electricity, and other forces that are going to- , play important parts in the devel-. opement of the world, are now in their infaney. k The boy who is nowin his teens, if he live* to ordinary old age,wiii { j see mighty achievements accom- t plished, and the boy who is a., thorough master of a good trade will bo au easy winner of fame and fortune.—Exchange. j tel 1 V ■ Try/our One-Cent-a-Wonl Column.

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The Waycross journal. (Waycross, Ga.) 1895-1914, March 18, 1902, Image 1