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THE WAYCROSS JOURNAL EOMfAHY
W. A. PnirK, President./
4no. W. Giikkii, Lessee.
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Entered at the I*«
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nail matter.
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ABOVE THE AVENAGE
Ther« i« u general idea abroad
and it has gained current in Way
cross among a few who have heard
it from time to time by outsiders
jinri who take it for granted with
out investigation, that the soil of
Ware county is po*r and unpro
ductive.
There never was a more glaring
error or more hurtful circulation
It has been our privilege to
travel over a large part of the
county within the last, thirty
days, covering every district in
part, and personal investigation
with n special view of ascertain
ing the truth us t<» this rumor
fully demonstrated to us that the
noil of Ware county is uiMjiin11-
fiedly as good as that of the six
counties surrounding it, which is
to say that it is infinitely better
than the lauds of north and mid
dle Georgia. It is hardly needful
to praise lands that produce a hale
of sea island cotton to the acre.
This we* have seen within the past
week in three different fields in
three parts of the county and
these were not spots but whole
iields that would make that
average.
Aatocorn we have seen hut little
in any section of the county that
will produce less than twenty
(itishels t > the acre, and not a few
fields that w ill make forty bushels
and some fitly.
Potatoes are not yet fur enough
advanced to estimate, but if the
yield is what it has been in the
past, from two to five hundred
bushels to the acre will he gather
ed on well-tended laud.
The sugar cane promises a thou
sand gallons of syrup to the acre
onflily and this promise is warran
ted by the yield of other years:
velvet beans in the fudds of l>r.
JSpenco at Wareshero are already
as high as a man's head in hoiiic
places and the Doctor says they
have only begun to grow; water
melons and cantaloupes were
never grown finer in the south
than in Ware county this year:
Oats have yielded from twenty to
fifty bushels to the acre and other
crops do well in proportion.
We do not forget that this is an
exceptional crop year and that
the yiold is above the average hut
wo should be willing to compare
Ware county soil with other sec
tions of Georgia any year or at
any time and we have no fear
that it would prove prejudicial to
thn home soil.
But the idea is abroad and it is
the duty of home people to cor
rect it; and to do so one must
have a knowledge of the soil and
its products, and many people
in Waycross are densely ignorant
about Ware county.
Ware county soil is not poor: it
is fertile above the average in
Georgia.
OAD LAW AND THE FEE SYSTEM
The now road law adopted by
the county commissioners in ses
sion last week ia n g<*od OU0.
In substance, it levies a tax of
two dollars on all men subject to
road duly in the county, provides
for a competent general superin
tendent at a regular salary to have
charge of a sufficient force, includ
ing the county convicts, and to
work the roads of the county prop
erly. It. also provides fora super
intendent in each district whose
duties it will bo to collect this road
t tx and see that every body pays it
or works on the roads ten days in
lieu thereof.
The only point now troubling
tlie commissioners is the convict
<juestion. Cy the fee system now
in vogue, the county convicts, ex
cept those supplied tli# city, are
bartered off to convict lessees who
pay their fines to the county and
these fines are used to liquidate in
solvent. costs which are ever in
arrears.
Now the commissioners say t hat
if this plan fails to furnish them
with sufficient force to work the
roads, they propose to ask the rep
resentatives to get a bill through
the legislature, abolishing the fee
system and paying the officers of
the city court regular salaries, so
that there will he no incentive to
sell the county convicts to lessees
and therefore they may he kept at
home to work the i\ ads.
Dr. Spence, representative-elect
heartily in favor of abolishing
the fee system simply on its de
merits, and we must say that his
reasons appear good.
In tin* first place, the fee system
by which officers “get out of
ourt what there is in it” is bad in
principle. No officer, sheriff or
PRESIDENT DICKEY.
The election of Rev. J. K. Dickey
us president of Kmory college was
a fortunate stroke for that institu
tion.
Mr. Dickey is a young man of
the rarest ability and his fine tal
ents will have ample room to de
velop iu the position he is about to
assume. Not. only, will it give
i!i opportunity to develop,
but the eye of tin* public will be
focussed upon him which will spur
his ambition, und his brilliant ke -n
mind and fine character will attain
to its merited appreciation with
the people.
President Dickey is perhaps the
most graceful orator in Georgia.
IIi« oratory is much alter the
manner of t hut of the lamented
Bishop Pierce und his logic is as
true us mathematics, his intellect
is brutal and towering and his
character altogether lovely.
A bright future awaits the new
president of Kmorv College.
Tracey is m may become a new
word in the dictionary of Crissie.
The Georgia editors are sam
pling brooks County hospitality
today.
Now that Alderman Murphy
has returned from his summer va
cation, he sh juhl make some ef
fort to locate that city building.
WAYCROSS AT ST. SIMONS.
How the Colonists Arc Passing the
Time.
solicitor, should have the incentive
set. before him to prosecute an ap
parent offender for the reason
that he may secure a fine which he
knows will redound to his profit
In the second place, the liberty
of a community can never he safe
when officers are paid to convict
men.
These, in our opinion are suf-
liccnt reasons, not to mention
others, for the abolishment «»f the
feu system, and we trust that our
representative w ill push the meas
ure through the first session of
the legislature.
First, because the system is bud ;
second, because we need the con
victs on the roads.
THE GRADUATE NOT A DUD£.
The Herald is not opposed to ed
ucation, but it seems there is a
cra/e to build colleges. WImt
Georgia needs is a craze for build
ing factories. Nino young college
men out of ten have an aversion to
hurd work, and are looking for
w hat they can’t find—a soft snap.
Our state needs more working peo-
and tower well-dressed, highly
educated dudes.—Americas Herald.
This is an unjust und untrue
aspersion on the college graduate.
In the first place, nine out of
every ton do not huvo an aversion
hard work. As a usual thing
the college graduate is ttio hardest
working man in the community.
As to his being a dude, the edu
cated man has loss respect for this
character among men than any
other class. He understands the
shallowness that prompts foppish
ness and while it is his prerogative
to dress decently, he spurns
dudislinoss. Some small minded
editors who are chagrined at
Tlicj
Farewells!
o ho sail lu say: no poem tells
The agony of hearts that dwells
In lone and last farewells.
They are like deaths: they bring a wintry
chill.
To summer’s roses, and to summer'
And yet we breathe them still.
For pure as altar-lights hearts
rill
said to tin
vith
And they h
"t ay
id, sighing as they said it,
i days are shortest, darkness
of the night that
The Waycroai Journal i* now I ,hl ' ir , ” r " lack of clturo, »‘>ver
appearing (“mi-\vet‘k!)' iu it* hath'
iug auit. lint the Journal i( al
right and promisee n "full drew."
er« long.—Moultrie Observer.
Yes, we’ll draw on our tog- ere
the leaves begin to turn and Way
cross promises to wrap us in a
bran new overcoat before the frost
falls.
Col. Est-ill makes a jieeuliar er
ror iu his write un of CollVe
County, calling it the largest
county iu the state. Cotlee is | , orkt . w alld dud
the •eventh in point of area
Decatur is the ioigrsl county 111
Georgia.
The quality of Georgia govern
ors during tin* past few year*
<lo*§ not, in our opini.-u warrant
A raise iu the saia* v.
lost* an opportunity to slur the
college graduate.
In truth, tin* college graduate is
tin* man who saves his country
w lien others fail. Il« is the patri
ot, the preacher, the scientist the
teacher, the leader in war, in
peace, in every great enterprise of
tin* world. Moses was a college
graduate, I’aul was, Luther was*
John Knox, John Wesley, George
Washington, JelVerson, I.ec*, Jack-
son and Grant. These were hard
i*s. In truth
there are nmrs dude? who Vt»
saw a college than otherwise.
Rut al.l this will not suffice for
the two-by-four editors who desire
to slander somebody.
Johnstown, l*a , has become the
syuouymn of misfortune.
The Minnie
tells
The starless sti
dwells
In lone and last farewells.
Two faces must here, there, or anywhere;
Knell wears the thoughts the other fare
may wear:
Their hearts may break, breathing,
“farewell forever.”
—Father Itynn.
St. Simons Isi.a.no, Ga., July 1 L
—The Islanders won* fortunate in
having Rev. Geo. Stewart preach
to them Sunday morning at the
Wallace Pavilion. The service
was not w idely announced, there
fore attendance was not so large as
would htfve been. All who did go,
enjoyed the sermon and felt it
would tell for good in the lives of
the people who heard it. Sunday
night In* preached to about 2000
people in Brunswick, a large party
from tin* Island went over to hear
him.
A pilot who wished to go out
to sea in a hurry Saturday after
noon got Fred Murphy and Kd
Hitch to row him out to a passing
ocean stcumer hoping she would
pick him up, but as she was un
der way she did not stop. The
tug, Vigilant came along however
and tin* pilot got a board taking
the two boys with him. They
spent Sunday on the tug just out
side the bar and came in Monday
morning. They report a splendid
time and no one has heard them
say anything about being seasick.
Fred Murphy aud Herbert Wil
son rowed up the beach Friday
searching for bait and found two
turtle nests containing about two
hundred aud thirty-six eggs. There
were enough to supply the whole
colony and for those who enjoy
them they were quite a treat, but
for our part we prefer the old
barnvard product.
Miss Johnson of Brunswick had
the misfortune to lose a handsome
umbrella otl tbs dock Monday af
ternoon. The gallant Hitch boys
cir bathing suits and
dived for it but the tide was run
ning very rapidly and it had drift-!
ed from where it fell. The boys j
discovered numerous remains of!
old pilings amt broken shells with ,
unprotected portions of their Good quality Hamburg utnbroi-
anatomy but were disappointed iu ilery, oc. Thk Brad Watson Co.
beins unable to recover tbo um
brella.
Master Edward Crawley stepped
into u bed of hot ashes s mn aft *r
his arrival and has since h-uu
going around on one foot like a
wounded hero. \W nr** giad the
severe wound is h**aiing and he
will soon be able to go in bathing.
The watermelons ms the island
ttr»* exta line in pi/.** and quality
and the crafty housewife cuts one
for her family about J1:')0 that
Ige of the appetite may
bo taken off and there will he
.‘something left for supper.
A Kodak enthusiast succeeded
in taking a picture of the light
house Sunday afternoon when the
Government was not looking.
A party from Atlanta consisting
of Col. Lees, wife and little son
and Miss Morgan have taken a
cottage in the colony and are very
much pleased with the Island.
Before leaving the Island Rev.
Mr. Kerr purchased Mn* cottage he
occupied while her.* and a party
of Fitzgerald people are expected
down to occupy it.
A party consisting of Mins Mc-
Eroy, Miss Cook, Misses Wilson,
Jones Walker Jones and Wooten
were given a delightful trip t<» the
mill Saturday evening by Capt
Berry of the little Hessie.
Master Robert Murphy fell off
the dock Tuesday morning but
that was a small matter, to him,
as ho otten falls off on purpose for
the pleasure of swimming out
Mr. Strum of Valdosta has his
cat boat with him this year and
he and his friends have been hav
ing some glorious sails on it. It
is a pleasure to watch the little
beauty as she skims over the w aves
making better time than an ocean
steamer.
The fourth was celebrated in
the usual way on the island with
an excursion, races a ball game
and other events of interest. The
crowd w as so large the Gov. Salford
was pressed int6 service to assist
in carrying the people. The ex
cursionists were very orderly and
did not disturb the peaceful colo
nists. In the evening th**re was a
dance at the Arnold house. Three
of Mrs. Blanton's girls, Miss Ella
Blanton, Misses Morris and IVn-
nick left Monday morning for At
lanta and Miss Annie Pringle of
Thoinasvillo has come to keep
Mrs. Blanton from being lonely
during their absence.
Monday evening Mr. McElroy
gave a gramophone concert which
was much enjoyed by ull the colo
nists. After a number of selec
tions had been given, Mrs. Blanton
sang into the muchine making u
new record, she has a splendid
voice and it made a good impres
sion, others sang and whistled and
Mr. McEroy now l\as quite an ad
dition to hie collection of records.
Miss Mildred Wooten who 1ms
been visiting Mrs. J C. Brewer has
returned to Waycross, and we are
all sorry. On Saturday she was
the guest of Miss Mary Walker at
dinner and received many other
pleasant attentions during her
stay.
Meu’s hem-stitched handker
chiefs 5c. Tun Brai* Watson Co.
Southern Normal Institute,
her Grac
Wz.
DOUGLAS, GEORGIA.
To Her Graduates, Patrons and Friends, Sends Greeting:
iv that tin- Institute i- ji
has be.
The buildings
.•ring upon one
During tin* past
the front and now
! institution* of
dioii*. and no ex
thorn
•ial dup:
-IIUUUHnfuI M-hool Work.
The Principal has exert<•
to be had, and in this he
er i- a speciali-t. In t h
in the Literary courses v
familiar with their work, but who lov
The citizens of Bought-and the
proud of the Southern Normal Inst it i
in their power to foster her interest-
profitable for all who seek her halls.
In fact, everything seems to iud
Georgia has already been realized in \
did institution right here in the hea
better location could be found.
h!y adapting t
uli v is -troug i
the
•ds of
.•cry department,
erv best IVaehers
id ing country are justly
I -laud pledged to do all
ike it both pleasant and
hat the dream of South
ihli-hment of this splen-
>otith <;■
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line.-
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cut alo
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splendid part i
tii uiisclves tha
Post-oHiee Box 14. r >,
n mi and w enen who desire to lit themselves for a
this favored land can lind no better place to prepare
at the SDl'l HKKS NORMAL IN ST FIT FE.
in and further particulars address the Principal,
J. WALTER HKNDIIICKS.
Douglas. Ga.
School Opens August 2€>
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