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The Journal ia Ifficial Organ of Ware County, County Conimi asioners and County Hoard of Education and Trades and Labor Assembly No. 1 of Waycrost
'OL. XV.—NO. S3.
WEEKLY EDITIOh
WAYCR088, GA. FRIDAY, FEB. 7,1913.
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[OASES—FOUR JURY PAN-
jgLS EXHAUSTED.
Dublin, Gn., Feb. 6.—The case
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Lynn
0 larged >• ith killing F. M. High-
J wer, December 17, last, was
Milled in Laurens Superior Court
sterday afternoon, but it was
■ t until late that a jury was sc-
B red in tile ease.
9 Both the defendants were
B ought into court just after the
>on hour, and stayed until the
M use of the session. Neither ap-
ip isrcd the least bit nervous or
el ncerned over the situation, and
B ith of them showed remarkable
self possession. Both were inter
im ted in the proceedings, and as-
> siBtcd in choosing the jury, Lynn
wipccially helping his counsel in
Tie.
(Four panels were exhausted
hen the court adjourned for sup
er, and one juror remained to
chosen. The defense filed a
lea in abatement, charging that
be grand jury which rendered
indictment was illegally
rawn. This was overruled. Al-
i their contention that since the
bfendants were being tried joint-
that they were entitled to 96
I trymen to select from instead
wf 48, which arc allowed ono per-
lon. This contention was nlso
overruled after considerable ar-
I-ament. <
[The case is one of the most ni-
cresting in the history of the
ounty, arid a large crowd ia at-
finding the hearing.
CIlf’AND SECTION
Ben L. Terry, of Nebraska, who
been in Waycross several
is highly pleased with this
and its prospects and may de-
to make this his home in fu-
Mr. Terry left Nebraska
Nu-'inir “ severe spell of winter
vj -eather and jumped right into
B>al summery conditions in Way-
■oss.
The climate and the business
respects of the city and section
Birrounding satisfy Mr. Terry
I nd he has already become a real
looster for Waycross. During
Jus visit here be h«» been out in
T ic country to a number of farms
■ nd has been surprised time and
3 gain by the results obtained by
The farmers.
PRETTY GIRL
101,
RIMES HELD
ATLANTA’S LATEST SENSA
TION REACHES A SPEEDY
END—GIRL IN THE CASE
IS REPENTANT.
Atlanta, Feb. 6—ltoss H Rimes,
a young merchant of Ludowici,
Ga., was bound over to the supe
rior court under a $2,000 bond
by Recorder Broyles yesterday nf
ternoon on charges brought by J.
M. Scoggins, of Ncwnau, (la., the
father of Miss Gladys Scoggins,
the young milliner who was found
after a week’s search, in company
with Rimes. The case against
Miss Scoggins was dismissed.
After the trial the father and
daughter were reconciled and left
for their home in Newnan yester
day afternoon.
In tears Miss Scoggins declar
ed that she was going to forget
Rimes and all the past.
“I will ask God to help me to
live only for the future,” she
said.
Her father took her in his armr
and told her he would forget all
and love her just ns be did before
she went away.
Before Recorder Broyles Miss
Scoggins said that Rimes had
made advances to her just after
she arrived in Ludowici to work
for him. She admitted that they
had lived as man and wife at the
Brittain hotel in Atlanta since
January 24.
Before the trial Miss Scoggins
sat in the office of Chief of De
tectives Lanford and wept as she
pledged loyalty to the man accus-
sed of luring her away.
‘‘I’ll hang on a gallows and go
to my grave before I’ll sacrifice
this love that is dearer to me than
my own life,” said the girl
she buried her face in her hands.
I love Ross—I love him better
than anything on the face of this
earth, and I’m going to stick by
him in this time of trouble. I be
lieve he loves me, too—oh, 1
know he must love me, and I
can’t stand to be separated from
him. They’re going to try and
hurt him, but I won’t let them.
I’ll tell the truth, but I won’t let
them convict him.”
Asked as to the truth of the re
port that Rimes has an actress
wife in the North, from whom he
has not been divorced, the girl re
plied :
“You’ll have to ask Ross
about that."
And then she added quickly:
"Bnt I don’t care anything
about that, I love him just the
same.”
GRAND MARSHAL OF THE SUFFRAGIST PAGEANT
Some fine weather, uhf
Em BREAKS LONG STANDING
RULE FOR A UTILE DOT FROM WAYCROSS
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 6.—For the
Bnt time in the history of its op-
| rations, according to statements
e by Southern railway offi-
today, the Washington Lim-
, known as train No. 40, was
ipped at Sanatorium, Ga, yea-
ay to let off a passenger. And
was don e because the officials
that road did not with to tea
eleven-year-old boy, a victim
of tuberculosis, arrive at his des-
,tion in the night atmosphere,
eh he would have had to do
rwise.
T. W. J. Payne, matron at th e
Inal station, received a tele-
from Mrs. P. N. Harley, of
Ga, yesterday asking
tbst she be on the lookout for
Joseph Johns, an eleven-year-old
boy, who was en route to the tu-
berculoais hospital at Sanatorium,
Qa. The Waycross train was to
late that Southern railway train
No. 12 did not watt for the con
nection.
Investigation developed that
tb e next train for his destination
arrived there at an early honr in
the morning, so Matron Payne
laid the matter before the South
ern railway officials. They im
mediately instructed her to place
the boy on train No. 40 leaving
Atlanta at 12 noon and instructed
the train conductor to let the hoy
off et the hocpital.
(SULTAN OF TURKEY SELLS
TO CONTINUE
HEAVY BATTLES m
ON TODAY-LOSSES
REF00IL0 HEAVY
Mrs. Richard Coke Burleson Is to be grand marshal of thu suffragist pageant that will he held In Waahlng-
on March 3. She Is seen hero standing br tho horse she will ride, and In evening costume.
By Wire to The Journal.
Yazoo City, Feb. 6.—Fourteen
men, members of the crew of the
tug boat Monurch, were drowned
this morning when the vessel
struck a submerged snag
Tcliula lake and sank.
The tug was trying to aid in
rescue work and was going in
unknown waters at the time of
the ueeideul.
This brings the loss of life
from the present flood up to about
fifty, according to estimates made
here.
105 HENS LAY 3764
EGGS IN 3
As far os is known Mr. Mc
Gregor Mayo of this city carries
off the prize for the best laying
hens in thia section.
Mr. Mayo has in his flock 85
April pullets and 20 old hens, and
during the months of November
gathered 648 eggs, during Decem
ber 12,10 eggs and during Janu
ary 1,906 eggs, or a total of 3,746
eggs in three months.
None of these eggs were sold
at less than 35 cents a dozen, and
a great many for zetting at 41.00
for 15 eggi, bringing a total of
*115.00 for thet three month*.
The cozt of feeding the flock,
which was kept in a back city
yard, wag 40 cents a day, or
$48.40.
Mr. Mayo has nothing in hi*
flock of ehickeni but standard
bred white leghorns. Parties
wanting to know about “laying
chickens” should communicate
with Mayo.
COUNCIL WILL
HOLD-IMPORTANT
MEETING TOMORROW
City council will hold an im
portant meeting tomorrow night.
Tho financial report for tho year
1912 will be submitted by Chair
man Beaton of Jho Fitanco Com-
mittee, and as soon as this
adopted the various committees
of council will submit tbeir
budgets for 1913.
Some time will be occupied in
cheeking the budgets aa council
intends to keep all the expend!
tures down to a mark within the
estimate of receipts for the year.
Several other matter* will bo
disposed of by council, among
them a petition for sidewalk pav
ing which was carried over from
the last meeting.
BEACH TELLS OF
WIFE’S RESCUE
REPORTER WHIPS
A BIG POLIGEI
TURKEY TRYING
TO GET PEACE.
tty Wire to The Journal.
Vienna, Feb. 6.—A dispatch
from Sofia states that secret ne
gotiations have been opened be
tween Turkey and Czar Ferdi-
nando, seeking pesee between
Tnrkey and tbe allies. It is stat
ed that peace will be tent to So
fia within a week.
Atlanta, Fob. 6.—Britt Craig,
a reporter, and Policeman II. T.
Adams, a member of the plain
clothes squad, had a fight yester
day afternoon in front of the po
lice station as the result of an ar
gument over a story abont alleg
ed activities of the “vice squad."
The officer is said to have
branded tho story "a lie,” and
Craig knocked the blnecoat down.
Policeman Bailey separated the
two men and stopped tho fight.
Cases were made against tbe re
porter and the policeman, and Re
corder Bryoles fined Adams $5.75,
ruling that the "lie” in law waa
the first lick. lie said also that
the reporter had merely quoted
neighbors. ,
PUJO CM OFF
TOUDT FORJEINL ISLAND
By Wire to The Journsl.
Washington, Feb. 6.—The Pujo
investigating committee will leave
here this afternoon for Jekyl
bland, Georgia, where William
Rockefeller will be examined.
Sam net Untermyer, of New York,
arrived thia afternoon from New
York and will go with the com
mittee.. He ia special counsel for
the investigation.
Ly Wire to Tho Journal.
Aiken, S. O., Feb. 6.—Frederick
Beach, the rich New Yorker who
is on trial here on the charge of
slashing his wife's throat, went
to the witness stand this morning
when tile defense was resumed.
He denied tli 0 charge flatly. Tho
courtroom was crowded to ca
pacity when tho trial started,
many of Beach’s Net* York
friends being in the crowd.
Bench told again the familiar
story tlint he and his wife have
told before, contradicting several
witnesses of the prosecution.
Bench snid he heard his wife
scream but at first thought some
negroes were having a quarrel.
When tile serenin wns repented ho
said bis wife let two dogs out and
stepped out on the porch of her
home. Then the scream was heard
again and he rushed to tho veran
da, where lie saw his wife stand
ing in a corner. A dnrk figure
darted between ho and his wifo
just qs ho went out on the porch,
he said, going out the front gate,
lie hnstened to bis wife, who was
about to fall, took her in his nrms
and carried her upstairs. He asii^
he got a pistol nnd rushed out of
the house, trying to catch up
with tbe assailant. He did not
sec tlic mnn. TIo then returned to
the house and went up to his
wife's room to sco how Imdiy she
hnd been hurt, He said he knock
ed on her door and said “This is
Beach, let me in.” His story
mndc a good impression.
Mrs. Beach followed her hus
band on the stand and denied in
an emphatic manner that she had
been cut by her husband. She
said, with her face aflame, that she
had been crushed to her knees
twice by a burly brute "ginger
rake in color.” She declared that
this negro slashed her throat.
The prosecutor asked:
"Did your husband slash your
throat!”
With flashing eyes Mrs. Beach
said, “No, no, he never did auch
a thing.”
Th e prosecutor again said:
You arc sure Mr. Beach did not
cut your throat!’ ’
"Absolutely and positively
sure,” snapped Mrs. Beach.
The ease will hardly get to the
jury before tomorrow.
COLO WEATHER
All of today's southbound
trains were crowded with passen
gers who were en route to warmer
clinics and who have just left a
snowbound, zero temperature sec
tion of country. Tlq. regular
liomeseekers’ rates are in effect
this week, and extra ears were
used today to handle tile heavy
movement of those who take ad
vantage of tile reduced rates.
Most of the trains were behind
time a few hours, tile Seminole be-
cause of delays caused by tho
flood waters. Tito f rains all stop
ped here long enough for the pas
sengers to gel breakfast anil it is
needless to say that the restau
rants wer u rent busy places ns
lung ns the trains remained in tho
city.
In conversation witli some of
those nboard tho trains today n
Journal - representative wns told
that this winter, while short in
duration comparod to past wint
ers, hns been unusually severe
nnd an extremely had February
and March was predicted. A
pnrty of liomeseekers from Iown
walked around the city awhile
nnd paid Waycross minty compli
ments. According to their state
ments, Waycross looks better to
them than qny city they Imvo
seen in their trips to the South.
BRUNSWICK MAN
MAY BE HEAD
OF NEW LEAGUE.
C, G. Vaughn, of Brunswick, is
being boomed ns president of the
Empire League, to succeed James
Sinclair of Waycross, who hns
stated that he will he compelled
to resign beenusc of his business
demanding his entire time. Mr.
Vnugltn has been ono of tho lead
ing spirits in the organization of
the longue and largely to his ef
forts tins the strong organization
been secured nt Brunswick.
MAY DECIDE ON
HOBPITAL TOMORROW.
A meeting of nogroca interest
ed in the proposed establishment
of a negro hospital will be held at
the offices of Dr. G. P. Washing
ton tomorrow night and some de
cision arrived at if possible re
garding the deal now on for the
hospital building on Reed street.
Stock subscriptions have boon
secured from n number by Dr.
Washington and he stated today
that.matters looked very favor
able.
By Wire to Tbe Journal.
(Iniistantiiiopie, Feb. ti. It is
reported here todqy tlint tli,. Sul
tan lias sold his crown jewels, in
I’aris to get funds to aid in car
rying on tliu war ugainst the al
lies.
Heavy battles continue today
nmi while only mengre details
Imvo been obtained it is estimat
ed tlint both sides are suffering
heavy losses.
At, four points, Dnllnpoli, Adri-
nnnplc, Clmtnljn, and Scutari, it
Ininicd that the Turks are
holding their own. Tltrco hun
dred Bulgarians nro reported
killed in the liomhardmcnt of the
Bulgnrinn town of Myricfite.
Turks Retreat.
Sofin, Felt. 6.—Tile liattlo of
Gallipoli continued today. Rein
forcements to tho nllics nro pour
ing in nnd the Turks arc grad
ually fnlling before tho repoated
assaults. The towns of Morste,
Bulnir, Clmrkoui , and Knvak
wore occupied todny by th 0 allies.
Tile Turkish defenders wore celth-
cr killed or taken prisoners. Some
fled but were overtaken. An en
tire detachment waa cut to pieces
near Avak river this morning.
War Can’t Last.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 7.—It is
generally bcliovcd tho war bo-
tween Turkey nnd the allies can
not hold out long. The Turkish
treasury is empty and large loans
have boon refused. Tho soldiers
ar n nearly nil in a stnte of mutiny
according to reports received
here.
WEATHER REMAINS
UNUSUALLY COLO
By Wire to The Journal.
Chicago, Fob. 6.—Weather con
ditions through tlie West are no
bettor toilny. Eero temperature
is reported from many states and
it appears that the cold spell is
going to hang on several days
longer. Much suffering from the
Poorer classes in *H cities is re
ported and relief associations
have their hands full getting sup
plies to tliOHc unable to help them
selves.
A friend: The jewel that ahines
brightest in the dnrkncss.
BOND EXPENDITURES UNDER SUPERVISION
OF THE COMMISSION AND OF CITY COUNCIL
With the action of council
Tuesday night in naming three
bond commissions the expendi
ture of the bond money has more
safeguards thrown around it than
ever before. In place of three
men passing on the actions of
council there arc now six, all well
known business men of Waycross
and men in whom the public has
unquestioned confidence.
The sinking fund commission
ers, M. L. Bunn, J. E. Wadley and
L. J. Cooper, arc ex-officio mem
bers of the bond commission, and
will serve with the bond commis
sioners elected Tuesday night.
The new commissioners, J. T.
Watt, Warren Lott and Dr. W. H.
Buchanan, are resident* of differ
ent sections of Waycross, and
taken with th 0 ex-officio members,
give the entire city splendid rep
resentation on the bond commis
sion.
Alderman Beaton's amendment,
which council almost unanimons-
ly adopted, has not stripped the
bond commission of its power over
th 0 bnod expenditures, as, the
bond commission ia bound to ap
prove the acts of council before
anything esn be done with ths
bond money. This is plainly aet
forth in ths amended bond com
mission resolution.
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