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The Waycross Journal.
TWICE-A-WEEK.
VOL. VII.—NO. 50.
WAYCROSS, GA., TUESDAY. APRIL 11, 1902.
FRANK POTTS AC
KNOWLEDGES GUILT
b* In Order to Screen His Friend Terrell-Ouerry Never
Made Charge-Merely Asked the Question.
The famous I’ottg telegram
which has been the nightmare of
the polit'aiaus the past several
months,' As beeu made as clear
as mud by Mr, Robert Berner, in
a loug communication to the At
lanta Constitution,
The most notable evidence in
Mr. Berner’s article, are the two
following letters concerning that
telegram which he received in
reply to letters written Messrs.
Terrell and Potts &
“Atlanta, Ga., M^rt-h 17, 1002
—Hon. R. L. Berner, Forsyth, Ga.,
My Dear Sir: Yours of the 15th
iust., received and contents noted.
“In reply to yonr first question,
viz, ’Did I write or send the fore
going telegram, or telegram of
like character?’ I answer that I
did not.
“In reply to your second ques
tion, viz, ‘If you did so, state
what authority, if any, I gave you
to send it, or what knowledge I
had of your sending it?’ I answer
that you gave me no authority to
send any such telegram aud l did
not undertake to exercise any
such authority relative to your
senatorial race, nor did I engi
neer your nomination.
“In conclusion, permit me to
say that in common with the
great mass of democrats through
out the state I was plertddat your
selection as tho senatorial nomi
nee for your district in 1890. With
best wishes, I am, yours very truly,
“J. M. Tehrell.”
“Hon. R. L. Berner, Forsyth,
Ga.—Dear Sir: Upon my return
last night from my farm in Troup
county, I found your favor of the
16th instant, in my office, and
tako this, the first opportunity for
replyiug to same.
“In August, 1890,1 sent a tele
gram to T. J. Carling, at For
syth, Ga., substantially the same
as the copy sent forth in your let
ter. I wrote, signed, sent and
paid for that telegram myself,
and did so solely upon my own
responsibility. I have no recol
lection ot having stated to anyone
that I did not sign or write such
telegram and ’that J. M. Terrell
engineered the scheme with Ber
ner.’ In point of fact J. M. Ter
rell did not write, signor sond the
telegram, and so far as I know did
not ‘engineer the scheme with
Berner.’ Very respectfully,
“Frank M. Potts.”
The Telegram in question was as
follows:
“ ‘Atlanta, Ga., August 10,189(1
—T. J. Carling, care Senatorial
Hall: I am positively assured that
Bernir will give no trouble to the
brewing or liquor interests of the
state. Is it not unwise policy to
delay his normination? Answer,
“ ‘Frank M. Potts ’
This telegram was sent to For
syth in 1890 when the prohibition
ist were urging Berner for the
nomination to the senate because
he was supposed to be a prohibit
ionist.
Mr. Terrell was known to be
very intimate with Frank Potts,
president of tho state liquor deal
ers association, and it was charged
in Forsyth that he was the real
author of the telegram and en
gineered the soheme.
When Mr. Terrell spoke in Way-
cross Mr. Guerry wrote an open
letter to Mr. .Terrell in the Way-
croBS Journal asking him if he
wrote that telegram as had been
charged by the people in Forsyth,
and after several months the
whole matter has come forth
showing that the telegram was
written, that although Mr. Terrell
denies that he himself wrote it,
bis intimate friend, Frank Potts,
did write it, and acknowledges
that he did, shewing how the
whisky dealers of Georgia are
manipulating the politics of the
state, and how friendly they are
to Mr. Terrell in trying to clear
him of a charge that is hurting his
chances of election.
Mr. Guerry has never charged
Mr. Terrell with writing this tele
gram. He merely asked Mr. Ter
rell if he did write it or what con
nection he had with it, and the
assertion of some papers, that Mr.
Guerry made the charge is untrue.
The effort of Mr. Berner and T.
J. Carling, two leading politicaus
and Frank Potts, president of the
Georgia Liquor Dealers Associa
tion, to help Mr. Terrell nut of
this difficulty shows the relation
betweenthem and Mr. Terrell.
"STOCKHOLDERS MEEf.
Bank of Waycross Elect Officer* an4
New Board of Directors.
The stockholders of the Bank
of Waycross, held a meeting Tues
day afternoon, for the purpose of
electing officers, and directors.
The new board of directors are:
G. R. Youmans, Warren Lott, J.
A. Jones, L. Johnson, John W.
Bennett, E. H. Reed, J. R. Buuu,
H. Murphy, 8. W. Hitch, L. A,
Wilson, J. A. Lott and W. W.
Sharpe.
The new officers are: G. K.
Youmans, president: Warren
Lott, first vice-president; W, W
Sharpe, second vice-president;
James Knox, cashier, and" L. A.
Wilson, attorney.
Pants for men and boys in all the
new stripes at prices lower than
ever. J. M. A C. W. Parker.
Mr. Jacob Haas a prominent in
surance man of Atlanta, spent
Wednesday in the city.
CLINCH SUPERIOR COURT.
Convenes In Homervllle Monday, for
The Spring Term.
The Spring term of superior
court for Clinch county, convenes
at Homerville, next Monday.
It is expected that this court
will not be in session more than
three days, as the county court
has disposed of muoh of the busi
ness in that county.
The criminal cases have been
small ones and were tried by the
county court, leaving only a few
civil cases for the higher court.
The county court hss paid all
it* expense* line* it* establish-
ment, and ha* turned over 'one
thousand dollar* into the
treasury.
To the delight of her many
friend* Mrs. Janie Barber ha* re
turned home after a visit of two
weeks to her parent* Rev. and
Mrs. C. L. B. Dayis of Atkinson
Ga,
Successful candidate* are ohew-
iog Black Mariah.
ENLARGING ITS
LINE OF GOODS
JONES PANTS FACTORY.
Will Make Shirts and Drill Drawers-
Is Discounting all Its Bills and has*
Surplus.
The Jones Pants Manufacturing
Company will commence in a few
days to manufacture shirts and
drill drawers as an adjunct to its
pouts business.
When the company was organ
ized it wns suggested that a line of
shirts and drawers should be made
in commotion with the pants.
Mr. Jones was determined to make
a success of pant* manufacturing
before attempting anything else.
This enterprise was such
marked success that the new de
partment was added as a natural
outgrowth.
It was the purpose of the com
pany to enlarge its force of
hands in the factory to about doub
le. All the machinery is in the fac
tory that is necessary and within
thirty days an excellent grade of
shirtB and drawers will be turned
out.
The company is now travelling
two men who devote their entire
time selling Jones’ pants, while
several commission men carry
their, samples ill addition to other
lines.
The Jones goods are sold more
extensively in South Georgia,
Florida, South Alabama and South
Carolina, although they are being
sold throughout the entire south.
Orders are now being shipped as
far west as Arkansas, and the en
tire output or the factory has thus
far been easy to dispose of.
The company is discounting all
its bills and is adding every duy
to the neat surplus it has in
baak.
The fact that this company has
met with so much success while it
is not quite a year old, shows that
Waycross has a fine territory and
its manufactured goods are
appreciated.
Mr. J. A. Jones, tho president
has gradually sold out all his
other interests and is devoting all
his energy to this enterprise. Mr.
James H. Jones, the secretary and
treasurer, gives most of his time
to the sale of the goods and he
with Mr. Woodward cover a large
territory for the company.
Those who were skeptical about
the manufacturing business in
Waycross a year ago, have brushed
away all their fears and the pros
pects are that this year will wit
ness more new factories for Way-
cross than any previous year.
SECRETARY WILSON
AND DR. WILEY
Will Pay Us a Pop Call This Afternoon at 5 O’clock.
S*y I I
Don’t forget to remember itl
What? Why the silver tea at the
Hotel Virdie next Wednesday, at
8 p. m. and after. The Episcopal
Ladies’ Guild are raising money
for the new church, aud they waut
your help. Ice cream and other
refreshments, a pleasing program
and a rousing good time. Remem
ber not to forget it.
Rev. M. C. Austin and Rev. J.
B. Game of Brunswick while in
the city Wednesday on their Wfy
to Folkston, made several in
quiries about the tabernacle recent
ly torn down. They expect to
build oue in Brunswick for a
spring revival service*.
Judge S. C. Townsend of nom-
erville passed through the oity last
night on bis way to Atlanta. Druggist*
President Price of the Chamber
of Commerce received a telegram
from Capt. I). G. Purse yesterday
sluting (hut Secretary Wilson, and
Dr. Wiley, himself and others
would pass through Waycross this
afternoon at 6 :)I0 in route from
Jacksonville to Brunswick.
President Prico requests that all
business men of the city who cun
leave their business at that hour
be at the train from Jacksonville
and meet these distinguished men.
They are down here for the pur
pose of locating the cane experi
mental station and since Way-
cross is a candidate for tho loca
tion, it is well that her citizens
should show uu interests in tho
matter as far as possible.
SAM JONES WILL
LECTURE AT DOUGLAS
The People of Coffee Will Have *
Chance to Hear the Noted Preacher
April 19.
Rev. Sam P. Jones will lecture
at Douglas Saturday evening,
April 19, at eight o’clock, under
the management of the Southern
Lyceum Bureau.
The peoplo who have tho lecture
in chargo are trying to arrange for
a special train from Waycross
over the Atlantio it Birmingham
to go up late in the aftornoon and
return that night.
An effort will lie made to keep
Mr. Jones over Sunday in Douglas
and have him preach there that
day,
Mr. Jones has many friends and
admirers iu Waycross who will be
glad of this opportunity to hear
him.
The Douglas lyceum is to be
congratulated on having obtained
this engagement with Mr. Jones
and it is likely that- a large crowd
will hear him.
A DELIGHTFUL OCCASION.
SenorPeua llasa Birthday With His
Friends.
T
CONDUCTOR STUTTS
KILLED YESTERDAY
Supposed To Have Been Walking on
Top of Cars And Fell Through.
Conductor J. A. Stutts of the
Plant System was killed yesterday
morning at GiTerman by being
crushed under bis train.
It is not known just how Stutts
got under the train’, but he runs
on the through freight lietweon
Savannah and Jacksonville, and it
is supposed that he was walking on
the top of tho cars and fell between
them. He was not missed from
the train, aud his body was dis
covered on the ruck by the en
gineer of the passenger following.
Mr. Stutts was a young man
and lived in Savannah, but had
no relatives therb. He has a
brother at MoCall S. C. He was
a very efficent man and popnlar.
We have the grandest line cloth
ing for men ever offered $4.60,
$6.60 aud $8.60. J. M. & C. W.
Parker.
W»r.DS A SHARP AX.
Millions marvel at the multi
tude of malsdie* cut off by Dr.
King’s New Life Pill*—the most
distressing too. Stomach, Liver
and Bowel trouble*—Dyspepsia,
Loss of Appetite, Jaundice, Bil
iousness, Fever, Malaria, all fall
before these wonder workers, toe
Senor Vicente Pena, of tin- Gus-
toso cigar factory, wns twenty two
yenra old lust Saturday, and he,
with many of his friends, went (o
the woods to celebrate the ocr*
■ion.
There were more than forty peo
ple iu the pnrty, including nearly
ail the employees of the Gustoso
faolory, and quite a number of
iuvited quests.
Mr. J. Lopez engineered the
party, and acted as host of the
occasion and his hospitality was
rich aud royal.
The party weut ill hackB and
buggies to Saint’s Rest, Judge
Perham’s couuty place on tho
Satilla river aud there a sumptu
ous feast of Spanish viands was
spread, after whioh toasts were
dffered to Seuor I’oun, iu Spanish
aud English.
There was a bountiful supply of
Havana cigars and the afternoon
was passed iu singing, and merry
makiug, much to the taste of tho
orowd.
Those present-were: J, Lopez,
T. N. Fain, Vioente Pena, M.
Blanco, J, Bianco, G. Garcia, Jno.
Lopez, F. Cbapuzat, J. F. Alonzo,
E. Claramunt, R. Rogo, M. Vidal,
A. Cubillas, M. G. Alonzo, J. M.
Valdes, Z. W. Massey, O. Osier-
man, A. F. Bergamon, George Put
ney, J. R. Whitman, J. M. Cox,
Joe Brewer, Corlii Higbsmitb,
James Miller, Jno. W. Greer, W.
S. Branham, Dr. Rippard, Capt.
•Sheldon, Ed Jeffords, J. L. Craw
ley, Gene Parnell, Dr, Lovelace,
Harry Loyd, J. W. Williams, Ed
Brannon, Herbert March, Albert
Odum,Thos. Davis, Jim Juruigau.
IINE
INDUS WHISKEY
BRANCH DIED OF POI
SON.
Got the Dope From a Drummer Who
RIFLES ARE
RECUPERATING.
Had the First Street Drill Tuesday
Night la Some Time.
Tho Waycrou Rifle* had their
first street drill Tuesday night in
nisuy mouth*.
For some time the company ha*
been in the dumps, but it proposes
to pull out of the kinks now and
make up for lost time.
First Lieutenant Joe Bird got
seventeen of the boys together
Tuesday night and it has been
practically settled that they will
go to the Albany ChautanqUe April
*2.
the company will parade here
Memorial Day sad it i* hoped by
that time that with new recruit*
the rank* will be well filled.
The following non-commissioned
officer* have recently bjen ap
pointed by Maj. O’Brien:
Frank Quarterman, 1st Sergt.
Will Knight 2nd Serg, 0. C. Fur
long 8rd Berg.; 0. W. Parker, -1st
Corp., J. R. Sims, >nd Corp. and
W. L. Walker, 8rd Col
Will Hold Its Spring Mcetlag April 17
- Woman’s Uuioi- «gw£S
Was Supposed to be Addicted to Its
Use.
—
Robert- Brunch a colored harbor
who worked at J. W. Newton’s ■
shop in the Southern hotel took
poison Wednesday morning white
at breakfast, and died yesterday
morning at 7 o’clock.
A nhort while before eight
clock Wednesday morning a travel-
ing man had Robert to cut his ',
hair and shave him. After Robert ’
had finished his work, hiscuitom-
ur carried him to the.room iu the -
rear of the shop and gave hint a
half piut of wbiHkey.
Thou Robert went to bis home
on Lee avenue, poured the. wHQajjHj
key iu a glims, drank it and
down to eat. During breakfast . )
his wife said he complained of
being sleepy. When he had fin
ished eating he got np and went
to anothor room to lie down. In . i;
a few minutes his wife found hiin §
in a dying condition.
Sho Bummouod Dr. Islar who
after a careful examination pro
nounced Roberts condition duo to
morphine poisoning.
Robert remained in this oot); 5
dition uutil about sovon o'clock
Thursdny morning when he died.
He was considered one of the
best barbers in the oity, and was - -'j
n good, ordorly citizen.
Boon after Robert died, eoroner 0
Grimes summoned the following ^
jury: A. P. Perbam, jr., J. A.
Miller, C. R. Jordan, 0. II. A
Benton, W. A. Million, and J. W. V'
Newton, foreman. After holding
tho inquest, they brought iu a ver
dict as follows: “Tho deceased
cama to bis doath by morphine
poisoning, ndminiBtorcd by an un
known hand.”
One theory is, that the travel
ing man was addicted to tho use
of morphino, and had dosed hi
flask of whisky for himsolf, and!
gave Hobort half of it, without
thinking of tho drug iu it Bines
ho had nothing against tho hogro, 11
it is hardly probable that he did
it with malicious intent. The
two portors in the hotel also took
a drink of- tho liquor front th
same flask, but it m thought that
they did not get much, since they
wero not affected.
Anothor theory is. that Branch
took tho drug with suicidal intent.
This, however, is hardly probable,
ns ho reATrked to his wife when
he drank it, that it tasted bitter.
PRESBYTERY WILL
MEET HERE.
Tho Savannah Presbytery
hold its spring meeting
city commencing Thnrsdsy
17.
Hon. Warren Lott is the
gate and Dr. J. K. W. Smith is t
alternate from tho Waycros* Pi
byterian church.
During the Presbytery,
Womans Union of the HomeM'
ionsry Society of | the
which has recently
will meet in First Mi
church and transact busi;
much importance. -
A number of delegates
^ected, and he sessions
ob 'H8&»]i
Shelpfol and interesting
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