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I The Waycross Journal.
F^TLJBI^ISjeiED TWICE-A-WBBK.
VOL. V1L-N0. G2.
WAYCROSS, GA., FRIDAY. MAY 23, 1902.
81.00 A YEAR
HANDLER'S
Best Bishop in College.
Dr. Williams Writes of the Conference
at Dallas—Measures Up.
ten ffivi.i,as, Texas, Mny 10, 1IK12.
■that Anal :—We have been
r/i now ten dava and have
J the doors of General Con
le for new business. The
littees have been busy
and our calendar is laden
lusiness ready for action as
P, as it can be reached.
1, is conference will be famous
), louble reports. When the
irer desired is acted on by
[,l immittee the minority almost
inlily, bring in a counter re.
porf There nre on our secretary's
table two reports on bishops. The
majority asking for two, the min
ority opposing any election
this time. On the presiding eider
question the majority reccommend
that no elder be allowed to (ill
the office of presiding elder longer
than four years successively, the
minority favor the present plan.
The majority ou the publishing
house war claim propose a mild
condemnation, the minority in a
paper of extraordinary ability
present emphatic resolutions con
demning the deception of the
ugents of the church and propose
to return the money. The com
mittee on revivals are equnlly di
vided on the deaconness move
ment, and two reports lie on our
table.
The Bishops preside over the
conference on successive day’s,
beginning with the senior bishop
and coming down the list accord
ing to priority of election. It was
Bishop Candler's day last Thurs
day. He is perhaps the best pre
siding officer of the entire college.
The evening paper had this to say
of him. "Bishop Candler of
. Georgia gave an object lesson on
how to cenduet a conference. In
parliamentary proceedings he
makes a certain famous czar ap
pear like a boneless novice.’
When a matter is up it has to go
A distinguished layman sighed as
he saw him and said: "What a
pity that man is only a simple
bishop. Whyl he could run
Texas primary ora Tammany love
feast.
The week before us will settle
the war claim mntter, which is to
be discussed Tuesday, the elec
tion of Bishops and the deaconness
measures. The following men
aro discussed for the bishopric:
Coke Smith, J. C. Kilgore, E. E.
Hosb, J. J. Tiggert, GrosB Alex
ander, R. D. Smart.
Well this is enough for this
time. I am anxious to get home,
and just as soon as the bishops
gavel shall sound adjournment, I
will joyfully pack my grip for
dear old Waycross.
A. M. Williams.
(Since the above was received,
the war claim bus been settled by
censoring the book agents, Barbee
& Smith, and offering to return
the sum received from the govern
ment if the senate should de
mand.—Ed.)
Later:—Yesterday Dr. E. E.
Hoss, of Tennessee, and Coke
Smith, of Virginia, were elected
bishops.
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CAPT.L
Elected Wednesday Even
ing.
A Popular Selection-Will Tender a
Banquet to the Company Thursday
Evening.
Mr. W. A. Lowlier was uuan
imously elected captain of the
Waycross Rilles in the official
election Wednesday evening.
Mr. Lowber was nominated the
previous evening when a letter
declining the honor was read from
Col. W. M.Toomer. Col.Toomer
expressed his hearty appreciation
of the honor implied in his nomi
nation, hut gave as ins reason for
declining that his business would
not admit of his giving it sufficient
attention.
Captain Lowber lias been a
member of the Rilles nearly all
the time he has lived in Waycross
and his loyalty and devotion to
it insures a hearty attention to
the company's interest in the
future.
Ho has always been popular as
a private, and it is certain that
his new position will increase the
esteem in which he lias been held.
It wsb announced just after the
eiectitm Wednesday night, that
Captain Lowber would tender a
banquet, to the officers and mount
his residence on Folks Btreet next
Thursday evening. The company
will attend in uniform.
WOR Y0II1NS
USESHIS VETO
Sustains the Tax Assessor.
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION MEETS.
Regular Monthly Meeting—Officers
Elected.
Special prices on suits from $0
to $10 at J. M. & C. W. Parker.
Try our One-Cent-a-tVorri Column.
The Ware County Teachers
Association met in regular session
last Saturday, morning at the
court house nt 9 :!)0 o'clock.
Pres. T. It. Bennett called the
meeting to order prompt ly at the
hour, anil in the absence of Rev.
W. H. Scruggs, devotional exerci
ses were conducted by Prof G. C.
Ingram.
The program was taken nip in
its regular order, and a number of
earnest helpful discussions fol
lowed.
The association voted one in
stead of two sessions as provided
in the program, and the exercises
were continued without interval.
Prof Pound of the Waycross
High School, delivered a very able
and instructive address on “Some
Essentials to Good Discipline.”
Mr. Pound emphasized the True
Spirit of the Teacher, as being the
key-note to easy control and suc
cess in teaching. He used many
valuable illustrations, and scenes
familiar to the teacher char
acterized his entire discourse lend
ing a feeling of reality through
out. He closed with a beautiful
pathetic poem presenting in an
impressive way, the rewards of
the teacher in “Visions of a Coun
try School Master.”
The following officers were elec
ted for next meeting. PreB. T. R.
Bennett, Vice Pres. Miss Morrison,
Secretary, W. 0. Brewer, Treas
urer, Miss Holtzendorf.
Mr. Ingram, Miss Morrison aud
W. O. Brewer were appointed to
arrange a program for next meet
ing. The association then ad
journed to meet at '.) :30 a. m., on
the 4th Saturday in June.
Very truly
W. 0. Brewer,
Secretary for tbe Association.
Makes Owens Pay 35 instead of 28
Thousand Dollars on Phoenix Hotel.
Mayor Geo. R. Voumans, lor
tlie first time Wednesday, used
his veto power, nml iiis initial
veto was placed upon an act of
council which reversed Tax As
sessor, Ed Crawley's assessment,
on the Phoenix hotel property,
which belongs to Mr. Frank
Owens.
It seems that this property had
been returned for $25,000. The
grand jury recommended that it
be assessed at $40,000. Mr.
Owens made uu appeal, and the
mntter waB arbitrated and the
value reduced to $86,000.
City Tax Assessor, Crawley, put
thnt value on it when it was re
turned for city taxes. Mr. Owens
appealed to council which, by n
vote of 3 to 2, reduced it to $28-
000.
Mayor Youmans did not regard
til is a reasonable valuation, and
in his veto states, “that the ap
pellant was not present at the
said meeting of the council, and
that no evidence was introduced
iu his behalf, showing that the
valuation placed upon said prop
erty by the Tax Assessor of the
city of Waycross, was erronoous
in particular: but on the other
hand, there was introduced to sus
tain the assessment of the Tax
Assessor's evidence, overwhelm
ingly establishing tbe proposition
that such assessment wn9 fair and
equitable.”
Mayor Votimaus in talking with
with a Journal reporter, said the
property has an income of some
thing like $7,000 a year, making
about 20 per cent, ou a $35.000
valuation, nnd he regarded that
as sufficient reason for sustaining
the assessor in liiB position.
It is not likely that the council
will endeavor to defeat the veto.
He Was Found at Tampa.
COL HITCH THINKS
HE WILL WIN
Counts on Coffee. Clinch, Charlton,
Pierce and Ware. Possibly Camden
and Glynn-
Ills Mother After Two Weeks Agony
Recovers Her Wandering Boy.
Waller Gray has bean found.
The newspapers were too swift
f >r him, aud the story published
in tile Journal and sent out to the
state papers a week ago put the
county on notice, so thnt before it
was a half day old, Mr. and Mrs,
Gray began to receive message
about stray boys.
All these were investigated, and
Mr. Gray visited several places
only to find that the boys detained
were not Walter.
Monday Mrs. Gray bad a letter
from Tampa stating that a grip
contning clotlies with Mr. Gray'
name on it had been found under
a pile ot telephone poles in that
city.
Mrs. Gray took the first, train
for Tampa Monday, arriving thero
at eleven o’clock at night. No
news hud been heard of him.
Tuesday morning, Mrs. Gray
ployed a special detective, and the
Mayor of Tampa put the whole
police force on the search. All
day Tuesday nnd part of Wednes
day the senrch seemed iu vain nnd
Mrs. Gray felt that her boy was
lost. Finally'the detective visit
cd 1’ort Tampa and thero ou a
vessel about to leave port, Walter
was found in working clothes, per
forming tile duties of a cabin boy.
He called himself Jenkins when
the detective accosted him and
denied boing Walter Gray, and
when carried t<> h ih mother, lie
denied for u little while thnt lie
knew her, but her motherly ap
peals soon broke bis heart apd ho
wept bitterly,
Mrs. Gray returned with her
boy to WayeroBs last night nml
Wnltor says he lias had quite a
plenty of adventure for u wliilo.
The Gray home is happy.
ACM COFFEE
Two Tickets Now in the
Field.
Terrell Stock In Coffee on ttic Wane-
Election Bet Commencement will
be Big One.
Dorui.As, Ga., May 22.—City
ourt was iu session Monday ami
Tuesday. Several cases wore tried.
One negro was sent to the chain-
gang-
Judge Reynolds of Waycross
was present and tried some cases
in which Judge Quincey was dis
qualified.
Judge Sweat, Col. Hitch and
Col. McDonald were ill attendance
from Waycross.
Farmers roport excellent crop
prospects.
Politics is warming up with the
weather. The populists and demo
crats have been unnble to unite
and two sets of white candidates
will be run iu Coffee county.
Terrell stock does not seem t.i
Go rising much. Gncrry's and
Estill’s triends both seem confi
dent of success.
One confident Terrell supporter
offered to bet one hundred dollars
to twenty-live thnt Terrell will lie
the next governor of Georgia. His
bluff was snapped up in a minute
and he was informed that all lie
cared to put up would bo covered
lie did not care to risk more than
one hundred dollars on Terrell.
Southern Normal commence
ment promises to lie n very inter-
•sting occasion. Rev. J. I. Oxford
of Atlanta will preach the com-
11 a, m.
WAYNESVILLE NOTES.
Miss Hack’s Party the Leading Social
Feature for the Week.
/
Col. S. W. Hitch has just return
ed from Coffee county where he
has been attending city court and
looking after his campaign.
Col. Hitch says he is confident
of carrying Coffee, Clinch, Chari
ton, Pierce and Ware, possibly
Camden and Glynn. The lust two
are doubtful, and whoever carries
them will get only small niujori
ties, he thinks.
He concedes Appling Bud
Wayne to his opponent Judge
Parker and thinks that hie major
ity in Ware will offset the loss in
these two counties.
He thinkB that his prospects for
election are better now than when
he first entered the race, as his
friends throughout the circuit are
working hard in his behelf.
Col Hitch is one of the moat
popular and successful lawyers iu
WayeroBs. He received the en
dorsement of tbe Innsl bar associa
tion and was strongly endorsed by
the grand jury at the recent
session of tho Superior const.
We have lots of boys sails we
are offering very cheap 75 ceoti to
y. J. M. * C. W. Parker.
WAYNKsviu.K, Ga , May 22.—
Miss Hack’s party Tuesday even
ing in honor of her guest Miss
Mamie Smith of Liberty City, was
truly n delightful affair. All of the
old fashioned games that our
grnn'dniothers played, were en
joyed by tbe guestB. Dainty re
freshments were served at twelve
o’clock. Miss Hack's guests were
Misses, Mamie Smith, Auria Gib
son, Gertrude Taylor, Ella and
Janet Popwell, Lyla MeSwceney,
Katherine and Beululi Odum,
and Mcguirn, Messrs. Edwnrd and
James Smith, George Moore, John
Wiggins, Joe Gibson, W. B. Mc-
Sweency, Will Popwell, Isaac
Odum, George and Arthur Huck.
Mrs. H. E. Lord and three little
children of Baker’s Mill Flu., are
guests of Mrs. Lord's parents Mr.
and Mrs. T. McSweeney.
W. R. Townsend, of Jamaica,
spent Wednesday here, on busi
ness.
Mr. and Mrs. E. II, Ilighsmith,
Mr. aud Mrs. Will Rozeer, and
Min. Carrie Wiggins, formed n
pleasant fishing party, that spent
Tuesday on tbe banks of the
Satilla.
A. O. Anderson, of Brunswick,
was the guest of John Wiggins
| Tuesday.
meiicemeiit sermon
Sunday.
Gen Gordon will lecture at 2:80
p. m. of tlie 27,
Col. R. G. Dickerson will ad
dress tho students on the 20.
The alumni address and an-
nuul banquet will take place
Thursday evening. Tho graduat
ing exercises of the touchers and
scientific classes will take place
Friday.
Rosenfield’s Orchestra from
Savannah will lie in attendance
Thursday nnd Friday.
Tlie A. it B. has promised excur
sion rates to Douglas on Tuesday
and Thursday.
Dr. A. M. Jamerson of Yates-
ville, Ga.. has been visiting Dr.
Bryan. It is quite likely thut Dr.
Jamerson will form n partnership
with Dr. Bryan.
B. it B. surveyors nre Ioenting
tho line of their road this week.
Col. Machen has written Mayor
McDonald that a largo force of
bunds will begin grading at Nidi
ills seen.
Iron for tlie roud to tho river
has been contracted for, and 'that
line is assured.
ORPHAN’S HOME
WILL BE THEME.
The Epworth League Will Render An
Interesting Program Sunday Night-
The Epworth Leuuge will con
duct tho services nt tlie First
Methodist church. Sunday even
ing.
The service will lie devoted to
the charity and help department
of the League, and then a collec
tion will lie devoted to furnishing
a room in the new boy's dormito
ry, at tbe Orphans Home, iu
Mitcun.
Mr. James W. Hitch, president
of the Leaner, will preside over
the meeting.
The following program will bo
rendered:
Ilvnin.
Scripture Reading—Mrs. James
Hitch.
Prayer—Mr. II. Murpliry.
Hymn.
Address, "Our Heme,”—Hon.
Leon Wilson.
Reading, “One Neglected Or-
jilinn,''—Mrs. Win. Konnon.
Hymn.
Reading, "The Master’s Visit,”
—MisJosie Agatha Menru.
Song, “SweetStory,”—Children.
Address, “Our Offering,”—Mr.
Valentine L. Stanton.
Doxology.
Benediction.
Free.
0000 neat and attractive little
me.niorandum books used by every
body.
It will only take a postal or let*
ter to Bring one Gy return mail,
write J. M. it C. W. Parker.
Clothing Shoea and Hats.
Wuycross, Ga.,
Patronizi the Atlantic it Bir
mingham's first excursion to Cor-
dele, Sunday, May 2oth, fare $1 25.
Train leaves Waycross 8 a. m.
Mr. C. L. Inij an is with tbe
Wilson Steam Laundry.
ROBERT E. LEE.
Prof. Pound will Deliver Lecture—
Postconed lost Week until To-night.
Prof. E. A. Pound, will deliver
his lecture on Roht. E. Lee, ut
the opera house, tins evening at
8:80.
This lecture wns to have been
givon last Friday, bnt was post
poned on account of rain.
To hear Prof. Pound is a pleas
ure, and to hear him on this sub
ject, is a rare treat. *
Tlie finest butter in Waycross
for sale at Hardy Bros.
REVEALS A CHEAT SECRET.
It is often asked how such
startling cures, that puzzle tho
tiest physicians, are effected by
Dr. King’s New Discovery for
Consumption. Here’s tho secret.
It cuts out tlie phlegm and germ-
infected mucus, aud lets the life-
giving oxygen enrich and vital
ize the blood. It heals tho in-
llained, cough-worn lln'u&t and
lungs. Hard colds and stubborn
coughs soon yield to Dr. King’
New Discovery, tho most infalli- .
bio remedy for all Throat and
Lang diseases. Guaranteed bot
tles 60c and $1.00 Trial bottles
free ut all druggists.
Wo want to buy 1000 gallous of
pure strained honey.
Hardy Bros.
An adjourned session of the city
court will be held this morning at
the court house. All the cases to
lie tried are on the criminal docket,
none being of mtieh importance.
Mr. E. P. Peabody went up to
Leliaton yesterday.
Johnnie, the two-year*oid son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Campbell,
died Wednesday at tbeir home
near Jamestown, and' was buried
in the family burying ground near
by.
Seed field peas for sale at Hardy
tiros.
We find we have about 300 units
tor men too many and we are
offering them at from $0 to $12
they are worth double. J. M. & C.
W. Parker.