The Waycross journal. (Waycross, Ga.) 1895-1914, June 13, 1902, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textn { m i The Waycross Journal. PUBLISHKD *TWICK-A*WK K. j |: VOL. VII—NO. GS. WAYCROSS. GA., FRIDAY. JUNE 13. 1902. $1.00 A 1 AR THE SENTENCE WAS CONFIRMED The Blind Tiger Cases Were up Before the Council. JIM LITTLE THE QUESTION HAS NOT BEEN SETTLED Hon. W. B. Stutbs Says State Prohibi tion Was Not Defeated. INCREASED TO 23 MARRIAGE OF POPU LAR YOUNG COUPLE Mr. Stacker and Miss Snowden Were Made One at Grace Church. Is What Col. Estil! Says. He Demands a Recount In Several Counties Which He Thinks May Change Result. Col. J. H. Eetill hns filed n pro test. against the gubernatorial election returnee and demands a recount of the vote in several counties which he claims were given to his opponents and right fully belongs to him. It is as fol lows : Hon. E. T. Brown, Chairman State Democratic Executive Com mittee, Atlanta, (la. Dear Sir: From information received within the past few days. I am satisfied that there were irregularities ill the Democratic primary election held June 5, 1SK)2, and, therefore, trolest aguinst the claim that the Hon. J. M. Terrell has received 190 votes, or any number of votes by which it is claimed that he is the nominee of the Democratic party for the ofiice of Governor of the state of Georgia. This protest is based on the fol lowing ground, to-wit: That in the comity of Cobb, J. N. Gantt, chairman of the Demo cratic Executive Committee of said county, did issue and circu late a circular signed by him in •which he stated that no ballots would be counted in the Demo cratic primary in said county un less each ballot had bis name ns chairman thereon, and in that way and manner and by such means a free expression of the opinion of the voters was prevent ed in said county. Further, that in the county of Banks, tickets, claiming to be of ficial, were printed and circulated in which the names of two candi dates for the nomination tor Gov ernor, namely Dupont Guerry and J, H. Eetill, were printed with a black or obliterating ruje printed over said names, thereby prevent ing voters in said county from ex pressing their choico of candidates at the polls at said primary elec tion. And this said protectant, J. H. Kstill, further declares that ho believes that said unfair and un democratic methods used in the county of Cobh and the county of Banks were also used in other couuties to obtain votes for the said Hon. J. M. Terrell in viola tion of the rules promulgated by the State Democratic Executive Committee. In the county of I.aureus, where there was only a small majority of votes east agaiust this said J. II Kstill, he is informed that one precinct was not counted, and he believes thnt said uncounted pre cinct would have given him the majority of tho v ites in said county. lu the county of Jefferson he is reliably informed that one or mors precincts were closed before the hour of closing prescribed by law, and had said voting precincts been kept open uutil the proper hour of closing same had arrived, he would have received a majority of the votes in said county. Moreover, be has reason to be lieve, and in some instances has what he deems to be reliable in formation, that he received a majority of votes in the following counties, which counties are -e- ported to have given majorities to Hon. J. M. Terrell or Hon. Du pont Guerry, namely, Emanuel, A special meeting of the city council was held Tuesday night to consider the blind tiger cases re cently tried in the Mayor's Court. Frank Dnliois and Reuben John son were confirmed. That of Lott Smith was carried over until the regular meeting of the council, as he was unable to procure an important witness. A delegation, consisting of Ar thur Merritt’s father and a num ber of liis friends, appeared before the body in his behalf. They testified as to Merritt’s good char acter before he left his home, and proved that lie was led into the trouble after coming to Waycross. It was decided to change his sentence in that he be allowed to pay a fine of .$ 100 or serve ninety days. Towns, Union, White, Dawson, Washington, Murray, Dade, Lown des, Gilmer, Forsyth, Worth, Mil ler, Fannin, Colquitt and others And furthermore, he is informed thnt. in the county of Tattnall, in one of the precincts, the manager refused to open the polls, because tliero was no one present to repre sent Mr. Guerry as his manager, and that in that precinct the only adherent of Hon. J. M. Terrell was the manager, and other voters, who were thus disfranchised, were adherents of the protestant, J. H. Estil l, were deprived of their right to vote. He further avers from general report that unfair moans were re sorted to in reigstering voters, that facilities were afforded the adher ents of Hon. J. M. Terrell and not those of J. II Kstill and Du pont Guerry to register by means of divers devicos. And he futher believes that there are other irregularities in other couuties, and that if there is another count and the irregular ities and illegalities are corrected the said protestant, J. H. Kstill, and Dupont Guerry will show that together they received a larger number of votes by counties than the said Hon. J. M. Terrell. He, the said .1. II. Eetill, there- torn, in the best interests of the Democratic party of Georgia re- quests that a recount and full in vestigation of the ulleged irregu larities be made under supervis ion privided by law, and that he bo permitted through his friends or legal advisors to witness all proceedings connected therewith. I am quito well aware of the fact that the convention will be the exclusive judge of the election returns nnd qualifications of its own members,and I am not asking you or the committe Jjplecide this question. All I ask is that a re count be ordered in the counties 1 have named, so that the con vention will liuve before it evidence upon which to act in case of a contest over the seats of any county deregation. Yours very truly, J. H. Estii.l. Notice. All the hrethern and friends of Kettle creek chnrch are requested to meet there Wednesday, Juno 18, for the purpose of devising plant to finish the new church. Rev. W. H. Scruggs is expectq£ to speak there on that day. D. J. Mii.i.eu, Chairm. Com. “Grover” soft shoes for old la dies. The Brad Watson Co. Hit Him With Fence Rail. Quarreled About Leon Whipping his Horse—Sad Affair NearBIckley. Jim Little give gave his brother Leon a blow on the head Saturday witli a fence rail which resulted in his dpath Wednesday- morning. It seems that Jim had quarreled with Leon some time ago about beating his horse. Saturday the two men were ploughing in adjoining fields and Leon whipped his horse again. Jim sarv him and hurried to the field where Leon yvas working and demanded that Leon give up the horse. Leon refused to give up the animal, rvhereupou Jim picked up a rail and hit Leon a blorv on the forehead, rendering him uncoil- cious. L»on yvas carried to his house nearby rvhere it yvas found that his skull had been crushed. He yvas carefully nursed and given every attention until his death Wednes day morning. Leon yvas twenty-oue years old and married. His wife yvas near him when the brothers quarreled. Healways bore a good reputation nnd was well liked. Jim Little was thirty-tyro years old and had been married, but yvas divorced some time ago. He was considered the wildest member of the family and had had oue or two serious difficulties before Ibis. Sunday, when he realized how badly he had wounded his brother, he yvas grief stricken nnd attempt ed suicide. Tho men are the eons of Mr. Thomas A.W. Little, a prominent farmer,who lives about two miles from Bickley. Mr. A. .1. Little, brother of tho men,and Mr, J. T. Thompson, Leon's brother-in-law were in the city Wednesday, and procured a coffin from Griffin nnd Thomas. They told the sad story of the killing when here. Leon's remains were buried in the Hnrgrove grave yard yesterday. W. II. Chaiincy yvas deputized and sent to the scene of the kill ing Wednesday. He arrested Jim Little, brought him to Way- cross, nnd placed him in jail that night. Little stated to a Journal re porter that he did not mean to kill his brother, and didn’t think that he hit him hard enough to kill. He sayB thnt there had al ways been good will betyveen them, and they had had a little falling out about his brother’s beating his horse. lie said that the stick he hit his brother with yvas a small one, only being three feet long, and he hud no idea it would have killed any one. He acknowledges the killing nnd seems to regret the affair. In speuking about liis attempted sui cide ho said that he was so miser able after killing his brother, he didn’t see any use of his living. Nice fresh tomatoes at Andrew s, Bibb & Co. J. M. ik C. W. Parker are offer ing their fine line men’s, youth’s and boy’s clothing at cost lor cash 20 days only. It is no wonder thaf^tbe -Way- cross Bargain House sells so cheap as they buy their goods half price and sell them the same way, it pays everybody to buy at the Way- cross Bargain House. Mr. W. B. Stubbs, of Savannah, writes the following card to the Morning news in reply to nu edi torial in that paper declaring thnt state prohibition has been repudi ated by the recent primary: 1 was somewhat surprised at your editorial of June 7, entitled ‘One thing settled,' wherein you drurv tho inference that because Mr. Guerry was defeated I hat the people of Georgia do not wish state prohibition, I respectfully submit that this is not a fair inference from the result of the election. First. Because a large propor tion of the people in tho rural districts did not vote owing to the fact that to register and to vote at. this time meant a loss of tho bet ter part of two days from their crops at the busiest season of the year. Second. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of prohibitionists voted for Mr. Terrell, some beenuso they believed him to be as good a pro hibitionist ns Mr. Guerry, some because they did not think Mr. Guerry’s election would secure or materially aid state prohibition, and some because they knew and admired the man. One of tho plausible arguments used by Mr. Terrell’s friends, and doubtless one by which many wore misled, was that Mr. Guerry is not n sincere prohibitionist. Third. Many voters . did not feul thnt prohibition was an issue, because Mr. Terrell had rssured them that he would do all Mr. Guerry could do, viz. approve a bill if passed by the General As sembly. The only way that this infor- once could be drawn from a prim ary would be to let the voters havo the opportunity to express their choice on the bnllots uninflueuced by the personality of candidates. This opportunity, the lenders of tho Democratic party for some reason, seem disinclined to give the voters. I was not surprised to see tho Atlanta Constitution draw the in ference from the election that the primary snttlcd the prohibition question, as its leading editor had so expressed himself before the primary. I sincerely trust that the con vention will not offend the large body of prohibition Democrats in Georgia, who desire to fight this great isssue out fairly within the party by committing the party to n platform supported by so unsta ble a foundation us the inference that because Mr. Guerry was not nominated, the majority of the white people in Georgia are not favorable to state prohibition. It seems to me we hud us well ask the convention to commit the party to indorsing tho free-pass system and lobbyism, because both of them were opposed by Mr. Guerry. Rosen bloom has named his store tho Waycross Bargain House. The name suits the business, as it surely has bargains. It pays every one to see the goods and prices before they buy anywhere else; ns the goods can not be duplicated and better buy your stock at ouce at the Way- cross Bargain House, Warren Lott store. Ladies lisle thread hose only 36 cents-il for $1.00. The Brad Watson Co. Forty Votes Thrown Out. Only Two Illegal Votes Cast In County Precincts Most of Taose Cast Were Not Registered Mr. Toomer Talks. The slow work of purging the voter's list and recounting tho balots in the contest lor nomina tion of reprseutitivo was finished Wednesday night and Spence’s plurality for the legislature is in creased Irom sixteen to twenty- t hive. A committee of W. M. Wilson, A, M. Kniglil, Warren Lott and others were appointed by the dem ocratic committee to conduct the recount. Monday and Tuesday the com mittee examined carefully every name on the registration list, to see if they were legally registered; and on the voting list to see if any had voted, not entitled to. By this proceed forty names were thrown out, some were not regis tered and others did not reside in tho county. Wednesday morning tho purg ing was finished and the recount commenced. The committoe com pleted their work late Wednesday afternoon. There were only two illogal votes cast in the county precincts, the remaining thirty eight being cast at the opora house nnd court house polls. The vote at these precincts were the only ones re counted. Tho result was that Mr. Toomer received 252 (His former vote was 25(1) votes at the opera liouso and 1 hi) (former vote 202) at the court house, while Mr. Spence hnd 21) (formur veto 111) at tho opera house and llkl (former vote 1118) ut the court house. Spence hud a majority of six teen in tho first count, this was increased seven yotes, which gavo him a majority ovor Toomer of twenty-three in tho recount. When the committe gave the re sult, Col. Toomer and Mr. Spence both thanked them for their caro- lul investigation. In speuking of his defeat Col. Toomer suys that he is satisfied with the result, and knows now that he was not defeated by ille gal votes. lie says thnt Dr. Spence feels butter satisfied with his victory on this account, as there was no much tulk about tlioso votes determin ing tho election. He stutes that the people of the county should abide by the result of tho recount, as tho investiga ting committee was composed of some of the best and most promi nent citizens of the county and were very careful in their investi gation. Brad Watson Prir* Puttie. The following were the cities selected for Brad Watson's Prize contest: Boston, Mass. Rochester, New York. Atlanta, Georgia. Detroit, Michigan. Washington, D. C, Albany, New York. Troy, New York. St. Louis, Missouri. Omaha, Nebraska. New York, N. Y. Tiie Brad Watson Co., Dry Goods and Shoes. All tho fruits of the season at Andrews, Bibb & Co. The marriage of Miss Lydia Snowdon and Mr. I*. L. Stacker at tho Grace Episcopal church last night was one of the prettiest weddings of the season. The church was decorated with palms and pot plants. The brido wore a beautiful gown of white organdie, the maid of honor was gowned in pink organdie, and tho bridesnmides wore blue organdie. The wedding party marched to the alter to the strains of Mendel sohn’s wedding march. Tho at tendants first entered tho church and took their places around tho alter. After them came eight lit tle children, the bride then entered on the arm of Mr. A. S. Fitzsim mons, who gave her away. The groom entered on the nrm of Mr. E. It. Eppes, best man, nnd joined the bride at the alter. The services wore performed by Rev. It. Alan Russell in a clear impres sive manner. Mr. Russell used the old Episcopal ritual in which tho groom endows the bride with gold silver and copper money. During thu betrothal service l’rof. D. B. Manderville played tho beautiful solo, "The Angles Serenade,” by Millard. Through the marriage ceremony M iss Car ter of Montgomery sang“0 Perfect Love.” Tho ushers were Messrs, C. W. Wiggins and A. M. Knight. The bridesmaids were Miss llallie Snowden, maid of honor, Missos Minnie DeYeaux, of Charleston, Ilelou Mclver, Savannah, Grave Stacker, of Tennessee and- Josemine Love. The groomsmen wore Uessrs. Logan Williams of Nashville, Tenu., Raveuel Gignil- liute, Olio McIntosh and John T. Mclvor of Savannah. The child ren nttendents were: Katie Laura Lyon, Paul Harloy, Eleanor Allen, Dorothy Toomer, Louise Knox, Sadie Andrews, Johu Cox nnd Rosnlee Toomer. They were all members of Miss Suow- den’s Kindergarten class. Tho brido is tho daughter of Mrs. Anno C. Snowden of this city and tho groom a prominent civil engineer of Bainbridge. Thu couple left last night for Tennesson whore they will spend about two weeks. After the honey moon they will ho at home in Bainbridge. MR. BOLTON’S HONEY- Brings a Quantity to Waycross of the Finest Ouality. Mr. J. II. Bolton of Glen more was in tho city Wednesday and brought a quantity of the finest gall berry honey that has been seen in this market. Mr. Bolton has tho largest apiary in this ruction and bis bees ar» a source of large profit to hint every year. He Bays they have done unusually well this season. He uses the improved bivos and the honey is all put up in one pound cakes, lie finds ready sale for all he briugs hero and gets the best prices for it. Mr. Bolton never forget* The Journal when he takes honey and one of his choices cases wa* brought to this ofiice. Of course if a merchant buys his stock at 50 cents on tbe dollar lie will sell pleut of goods and tbe buyer is satisfied. Such bargains you will get only at the Waycroas Bargain House.

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The Waycross journal. (Waycross, Ga.) 1895-1914, June 13, 1902, Image 1