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" The Journal is the OfficialOrgan of Ware County, and County Board of Education and Trades and Labor Assembly No. I of Waycrosa.
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VOL. XT.—NO. 33.
WEEKLY EDITION.
WAYOBOS8, GA. FRIDAY, i MAY 30, 1913.
WEEKLY EDITION.
PRICE $1 PER YEA*,
In the annual election of of
ticers for the Hoard of Trade W
K. Sirmans was re-eleetcd presi
dent last night. While there had
been talk of o'lier men for the of
fice no one wanted to he a candi
date if Mr. Sirmans would accept
re-election. II. J. Benton was re
elected first vice-president and
.Marvin L. Bunn second vice-presi
dent.
The hoard of governors elected
is composed of the following: A.
M. Knight, Sr.. Dan Lott, .1. L.
Sweat, Ben S. Gibson. George W.
Decn, W. W. Lamhdin, O. P.
Folks, J. F. Harbin. W. J. Tubbs,
George W. Barnes, .1. S. F.lkins.
N. I). Rhodes, C. M. Sweat, James
Sinclair, Allen S. Morton, H. L.
Marvil, L. V. Williams, J. A.
Greene, R. A. McCranic, F.. J.
Berry. L. J. Cooper, Harry D.
Reed. Dr. J. F. Wilson, II. nenge-
veld, W. S. Henley, Dr. J. L.
Walker, A. Clarke Snedeker, Alex
K. Sossoms, H. K. Robertson, J.
E. Wadley.
Two very important resolutions
were adopted after some discus
sion by the Board of Trade. One
calls upon the representatives of
Ware county to pass an amend
ment to the present local act cre
ating a board of county commis
sioners, making the membership
of the board Beven in place of six,
four from Waycross, and provid
ing that each commissioner dis
trict elect its member without re
gard for the members of the oth
er districts. The resolution also
specifics that the net provide that
in each militia district no more
money be spent than is paid In to
the county by that district. In
this way no district's money will
go towards improving the other
districts of the county.
The other resolution calls for a
committee investigation of the
present city chnrtcr with the view
of getting views of the citizens on
such amendments ns are deemed
necessary to make the aldormanic
form of government more effici
ent. The committee will be com
posed of thirty members and after
considering the suggestions made
by the citizens will make such
recommendations as they deem
advisable to the board, after which
the matter will be taken up brfore
the representatives of the county
snd the senator of this district.
. Just what changes will be recom
mended are unknown but It is gen
erally believed the committee’s
probe will find that the present
form of government can he im
proved upon in many instances. It
is not thought that any recom
mendations will be made regard
ing the establishment of a codF-
mission form of government in
Waycross as previous investiga
tions along this line have shown
that there is very little difference
in the cost of the aldermante form
of government and the commis
sion form so far as Waycross is
concerned.
The charter reform committee
will be organized for work with
out delay.
CHARTER REFORM
COMMITTEE NAKED.
president W. E. Sirmans of the
Board of Trade today named the
charter reform committee as fol
lows:
W. W. Lambdin, Chairman; J.
A. Green, R. A. Brown, W. P.
Price, P. A. Morton, H. J. Ben
ton, N. B. Rhoads, L. V. Williams,
iy. W. Sharpe. Sr., B. O. Parks,
Dr. J. L. Walker, Jerome Craw
ley, H. H. Burnet, J. E. T. Bow-
Kill DEAD;
Bluffton. S. C.. May 29.—Rich
ard Henry Austin, died aboard
Attaquin yesterday after
noon about 4 o’clock, while half
way between Savannah and Bluff-
ton. Sheriff Morris left Savannah
with his prisoner about 2 o’clock
hopes of landing him alise on
South Carolina soil, hut Austin,
who was fatally wounded when
ptured, grew steadily worse
and died while the journey was
hut half way completed.
Immediately upon arrival here
Sheriff Morris procurred an auto
mobile and left with the body,
saying he expected to spend the
night at Ridgland. It is said to
he his purpose to go on today to
Allendale with the body of his
prisoner.
LIGHT FOOLS
TRAINMEN AT
TRAINS STOP WHEN RED
LIGHT IS SEEN BUT CREW
PAILS TO FIND THE LIGHT.
MYSTERY NO MYSTERY.
MORSE WARTS TO
MONOPOLIZE TRAFFIC
By Wire to The Journal.
New York, May 29.—Charles
Morse, convicted of bank wreck,
ing and afterward. parA ned by't«. von <' concerned was up .to the
If you want to know when a red
light is not a red light go to
Waresboro some night or ask
some of the members of train
crews who run between Waycross
and Albany.
What was thought to he a mys
tery—one of the phantom-like
kind you read from writers who
couldn’t tell a cylinder from
driving wheel—has gotten to he a
joke. Several nights in succes
sion trains coming into Waycross
have stopped at Waresboro for
no other reason than that a red
light was seen beside the track.
No railroad man passes a red sig
nal and naturally when the light
was seen the trains were brought
to a standstill. On going ahead
to find out what was wanted no
red light could be found. Mem
bers of the different train crews
were positive that they saw a red
light hut search as they did no
Bign of the red light could be
found.
There were no tracks that would
indicate a prank of some per
son living at Wareaboro and ev-
TWELVE THOUSAND MILE CRUISE FOR TWO BRIDAL COUPLES
President Taft on representations | a ’ r *° the explanation of
that Morse was dying, is now at-) f rpft Wsh light that was and
WAYCROSS PEOPLE WILL BE
ON HAND TO TAKE PART
IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
COUNTY BOARD.
Two happy brides started,from New York the other day for a 12,000-rallo cruise up the Amazon on a honey
moon which will last two months. The party will crtlso farther up the Amazon than Is usual for eicursionists.
Mr. Benedict, the owner of the yacht Oneida, eonsldera thin unexplored region the most beautiful In the world
and has visited It several times. The members of the party are: Seated, from left to right. Mrs. Colgate !{oyt
(bride). Commodore E. C. Benedict, Mrs. Richard Sinclair Blair (bride) Standing, from left to right, Mrs. Edwin
Beers, Mrs. Gerhard, Colgate Hoyt, Dr. Griffin, Dr. JoImb.
THIS NIGGER 500’
HAS GOT SOME DOME
tempting to secure 1 a m'onopoly of
the Hudson river steamship traf
fic and is reaching out along the
Allautic coast.
He has recently purchased four
large steamers for coastwise trade
een New York and Southern
p .rts. v
WANTS UNCLE SAM
TO MAKE ARMOR
PLATE FOR NAVY
AT HIS OWN PLANT
By Wire to The Journal.
Washington. May 29—The erec
tion of an armor plate plant by
the government was again urged
today before the senate committee
on naval affairs by Senator
Ashurst of Arizona. He urge* an
appropriation of $6,000,000 for
this purpose and declares that a
majority of the Democrats in
Congress favor such a plan.
SELLS WILL BE
GIVEN A PLACE.
By Wire to The Journal.
Washington, May 29.—Cato
Sells, Democratic national com
mitteeman of Texas, will be the
next Indian commissioner. The
President has decided on this ap
pointment and the nomination
will be sent to the senate within
a few days.
den, L. R. Bailey, J. M. Cox,
J. C. Pumphrey, W. J. Clark,
James Sinclair. R. A. McCranie,
J. E. Wadley. Dr. B. H. Minchew,
Dan Lott, Calvin W. Parker, J.
W. S. Hardy, W. P. Cler, Allen
James, George W. Deen, J. F.
Harbin, J. B. Strickland.
Thi* committee will be called
together within a few days by the
-hoinnan and the work that will
've done outlined. The committee
•xpects to consider every sngges-
ion that any citizen of Waycross
may make and will he glad of the
cartv co-operation of the people
in handling the question.
wasn’t
The investigation disclosed that
nothing more thnn a Rwiteh light
nil,| a liny window of the Warcs-
horo station were responsible for
the disappearing danger signal.
Seen at a certain angle the liny
window reflected perfectly the red
side of the switch lamp, which
wa s turned towards the station
when set elear for incoming
trains. This reflection could he
seen at a certain distance only,
and when the station was ap
proached no light was seen be
cause the red reflection was vis
ible at one point only.
Those who saw the light and
stopped have had nothing to say
since the discovery of the cause
of the freakish display of red.
It is said that a negro brakeman,
after seeing the light and then
going ahead and not seeing it,
went to the rear of the train mut
tering something about “hants”
and wishing he had "Inid off"
and "went flailin’."
By Wire to The Journal.
Washington, May 29.— A brick
slipped off the scaffolding at the
tenth floor of a building here to
day and struck Wjllism^foore, a
negro aged 24, on the head. The
brick was shattered and the ne
gro merely stunned for a few min
utes.
REQUEST FOR
CAMPAIGN
WARE
BOSTON GETS SMALL STRIKE
By Win? to The Journal.
Boat on. May 29.—Fifteen hun
dred employees of the Kturtevnnf
Blower Works and the Beelcer
Milling Company’* plant went out
on a strike today. Governor Foss
intended in the latter eoneern.
GARTER CASE GETS
HEARING POSTPONED
The hearing in the L. Carter
Company case, in which Waycross
attorneys are interested, which
wuh scheduled to have taken place
before Judge Emory Speer at St.
Simons Islnnd yostordacy, has
been postponed and will lie taken
up within a few dnya.
The Carter company will resist
FORMAL APPLICATION MADE | tlte bankruptcy petition filed in
TO THE STATE BOARD OF I United States court and will claim
HEALTH BY COUNTY PHY- that the company is solvent. Oon-
SICIAN M. M. JOHNSON.
ONE CLAUSE IN TARIFF
BILL WILL BE DROPPED.
By Wire to The Journal.
Wnnhington, May 29.—The
clause in the Underwood tariff
bill providing for a five per cent
discount on imports brought into
the United States in American
owned or controlled vesaols will
lie dropped from the bill, accord
ing to a statement by'Senator
Simmons, of North Carolina, after
conference with the President
today.
1 400 PEOPLE
TRANSFERRED
WHEN STEAMER
GOES ON R00K8.
By Wire to The Journal.
Liverpool, May 29.—The Amer
ican liner Haverford, Liverpool
to Philadelphia, crashed upon
Daunt’a rock near Queenstown
today in a thick f g. A big hole
was rammed inthe ship's hold.
1,400 passengers were transferred
without the loss of a single on*.
The ship is fast settling and may
be a complete losa.
TURKS KH.T.ED
IN A MASSACRE.
By Wire to The Jonrntl. . *
Salonika, May 2tt.—The entire
Turkish popula'ion at Hadji has
been massacred by Bulgarians,
according to reports received here
today. Hadji is between this city
and Serres.
THROWS NEGRO
INTO RIVER IN
GENERAL FIGHT
ON A STEAMBOAT
By Wire to The Journal.
Ooltitnhiis, On., May 29.—As a
result of a genral fight on a negro
excursion on the river Richard
Jackson early thia morning threw
John Carter overboard, drowning
him. A brother, Louis Carter, at
tacked Jackson then and ent hin
throat, inflicting what is consider
ed a fatal wound. - ,
KILLS KAN'S WIFE TO
GET EVEN FOB FIGHT.
Boyce; La., May 29.—Smarting
under the humiliation of being
thrashed in a public street by Mil-
ton Smith, Joseph Bowers thia
morning went to Smith’s home
snd killed his wife, ne then fled
to the woods. A posse la ont af
ter him and if caught he will prob
ably be lynched.
Yesterday formal application
for a second campaign in Ware
against the hookworm was filed
witli tile Georgia Board of llealtli
by Dr. M. M. Johnson, county
physician.
This action was taken In view
of the recommendation of the
grand jury ami the statement
from a majority of the county
eommiaaioners that they would
aid in the expense of the cam
paign. The Ware County Medical
Society has gone on record as fa
voring a secondary campaign anil
it hns been learned from the stnte
board that if the work waa really
wanted here the hnnrd might lie
able to undertake it.
One of the main arguments In
favor of a secondary hookworm
campaign in that many cases In
vestigated the first time will lie
investigated again and the result
of the treatment given made
known. The secondary treatment
will reach a great many who were
not properly benefit!ed by tin- first
treatment and will prove of con
siderable interest to the state
hoard in future campaigns in the
state.
It is believed that the hook
worm can be entirely eradicated
but it is known that one cam
paign is not sufficient to do this.
The physicians of the county will
undoubtedly lend the state hoard
of health every poAiblc assistance
in the second campaign, which
will probably start in the near
future.
sideralile interst is attached to the
outcome of the ease in view oT the
large interests involved. Ti. Car
ter, a prominent banker and cap
italist of Wayne county, is the
head of the company.
There is today every indication
of tin- mass meeting which will lie
lield at the court house In Way-
eros H tomorrow being one of the
warmest gatherings this county
Inis known in many years.
Janies Cowart, president of tile
Ware County Farmers’ Union,
and associate editor of the Ware
County News, issued the call for
the meeting and Inis invited Way-
eross people to attend and par-
tieipate.
There is nothing some Wny-
eross people like better thnn a de
bate on a political question and as
minty hoard of commission
ers seems to lie quite n political is.
sin- just now in view of the fight
that in being waged id the coun
try district it goon without say
ing that a strong delegation of
Waycross people will attend.
Tlte meting will lio addressed
by several members of the county
hoard, a few of them men who are
opposed to the present way coun
ty nffnirs are handled. The main
fight that haa developed io far is
onWaycrosa, in view of tha city's
WsyeroH, in view of the oity'i
larger representation on the
hoard. The meeting starts at
10:30 o'clock. „
BIG GAME IN
CITY TOMORROW;
PLENTY OF FUN.
WAYCROSS IS
GOING TO SEE
MU OH OF BIO
CONVENTION.
The selection of Jacksonville,
Fla., ns the next meeting place
for tile United Confederate Vet
erans means tlmt Waycross will
see a great deni of those who par-
tieipnte in the next convention
The railroads through Wnyeross
practically control the territory
from which the thousands of vet
is will come and numerous
•inis will lie operated through
Waycross to Jacksonville to lian-
lle the immense crowd.
It lias linen estimated that from
'ft,OtIO to 100,000 persons attend
'd the Chattanooga reunion antj
at least this number will ntteml
the convention in Jacksonville.
Veterans from the states north
and west of Georgia will pass
through Waycross, this city offer
ing the nesrest route and the only
veterans Waycross won't dee will
bn the parties using the Jesnp
Shrot line from the cut. >•
ROOSEVELT A SOBER
HAN SAY WITNESSES.
- ... NEW YORK STOCKS.
New York, May 29.- Stocks
steadier. General list shows good
frsctinal gains. May cotton broke
18 points. July 11.00 New crop
months four and five lower. July
11.45; October 11.05.
Mnrqnqtte, Mich, May{19.—The
Roosevelt libel suit started today
with Charles Thompson, a New
York newspaper i man, aa tha first
witness on the stand He main
tained.. that Roosevelt had never
been drunk to his knowledge. A
W. Avery, a locomotive engineer,
who had been with Rooeevelt a
vreat deal, said he never saw
Booaevelt take a drink.
Tomorrow afternoon at 3:30
the big game of llie season will lie
played at the "lot” opposite the
Coast Line freight depot. All fans
are urged to attend thia game na
they will see some new and entiro-
y sensational stunts. The Bus
iness Men versus the Professional
Men ia the way the teams are nam
ed and it is said that each erowd
lias it in for the other. Among
the Professionals are u few dent
ists and some of the business men
declare they have long looked for
ward to n chance of getting oven.
A few doctors who made business
men take some of their medicine
are on the Professional’s team
and it ia rumored that they too
will have if hard time getting out
of the gnme without souvenirs to
morrow.
Taking it all around, the gnme
ves promise of lieiug one of the
best seen here in ages. Local tai
nt will perform and if you wont
to see some of the hoys play the
game as it should lie played don’t
miss tomorrow’s game. Remem
ber, the game is called at 3:30,
and Umpire Sinclair will fine all
who are late.
WANAMAKEB IS
FACING CHARGES.
By Wire to The JonrnaL -
Washington, May 29—Attorney
General MoReynolds today an
nounced that charges of under
valuation of imports for John
Wanamaker of Philadelphia would
be laid before the federal grand
jury. MoReynolds conferred with
the President today after receiv
ing a full report from the agent
at Philadelphia, which be laid
fully justified the proposed action
of the department. >
After all, heaven'* branch office
ia just he human heart