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' The Jonrnol is the Official Orgs n of Ware County, and County Board of Education and Trades and Labor Assembly No. 1 of Waycrosa
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Vol. fe
WEEKLY EDITION
WAYGROM, GA FRIDAY, JULY II, 1913. WEEKLY EDITION
PBIOE M PUl YXAE
iHounow* 1
FEME fSaf DELHI;
By Wire to The Journal.
Paris, July 10.—A joint note of
the European powers was today
forwarded to Sofia demanding
that Bulgaria immediately secure
peaee with Servia and Greece.
ft is estimated that 65,000 have
been killed since fighting between
th,* Balkan nations started.
BIG BATTLE
RAGING TODAY.
Sofia. July 10.—Another desper
ate battle is raging north of
kotchaea between Bulgarians and
Servians. The latter are trying
to invade Bulgaria. An enormous
loss of life on both sides is report-
oil. 75,000 men are engaged in
the battle.
SERVIANS ARE
VICTORIOUS IN FIGHT.
Belgrade. July 10.—An over-
•vhelming victory over the Bnlgn-
"ianx is announced today. Ser
vians ami Montenegrins are oc
cupying the town of Radovitch.
The Bulgarians were routed, los
ing 6.000 killed and wounded.
The Greeks are now pushing the
Bulgarians back.
G. S. BARRETT IS
EXPECTED III ATTEND
PICNIC IDE SATURDAY
It is expected now that Ohas,
S. Barrett, president of the na
tional organization of the Farm-
era’ Union, will attend the big
picnic in Waycross Saturday.
He has accepted an invitation
conditionally and it is said tlmt
the chances favor Ids attending.
In addition to President Bar
rett the Fanners' Union vill he
represented at the picnic by M.
L. Rhoads of Tennessee, who will
deliver an address at the barbe
cue in Mary Street Park. -
Preparations are being made
made for the big event now and
there is every indication that a
record breaking crowd will be in
the city.
MAX ISAAC IS GHEAT
BOOSTER; LIKES THIS
CITY NEXT TO 'JACKS'
CHICAGO MARKETS.
By Wire to The Journal.
Chicago, July 10.—September
wheat 89 1-4; pork 20.97; lard
11.62; ribs 11.82; hogs five to ten
lower. .1
That Waycross is growing so
fast he hardly knows how to go
around in the city is the state
ment made yesterday by Max
Isaac, of Jacksonville, a former
resident of Waycross.
He came up for a short business
visit and during his stay was
taken around the city and shown
the recent developments. “If I
could not see with my own eyes
some of the improvements made
here J. eertainly would never be
lieve hearing them talked about,”
said be. “Places that are now
built up with pretty homes were
nothing but fields or pine thicket!
when I lived in Waycross. lion
estl.v, your town is growing so
fast it is bard to say what won’t
be done here next.”
Mr. Tsanc is one of a number of
Waycross people who has made
good in Jacksonville and while he
likes to praise Waycross he never
fails to inform his listeners what
Jacksonville is doing. He is a
great booster and declares that
bis present home is the best eity
the whole country. “Of
course.” said be. “T would not
talk that way if T lived in Way-
cross, because I think you have
here a splendid city and one that
is going to continue to grow. Your
success delights me and T hope
Waycross will keep Tip her re
markable record,”
FORMER ALLIES
FIGHT EACH OTHER
That the search which was in- lo go away and leave his place for
stituted yesterday and has been
ontinued today without results
rill disclose a foul murder,
prompted by robbery, is believed
ertain in the mysterious disap
pearance of Mack Spain from his
farm west, of Waycross.
Nothing has been seen of Spain
since for over two weeks, and
when it became known that ho
not at home neighbors went GARRISON IS
such a length of time, and on his
absences in the past always ar
ranged carefully in advance for
the care of his hogs.
If it is found that he has met
with foul play his .friends will do
everything in their power to find
and have punished the guilty par
ty or parties.
■lde and Servians and Greeks
which they all together wrosted from Turkey during the recant Balkan war.
fighting fiercely over tha division
hmhekpidiul
on con mn bu
TRAINMEN WON’T
ACCEPT PLANS OF
ANY ARBITRATION
By Wire to The Journal.
New York, July 10.—Intima
tion was given today by President
Lee of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen and President Gar
rison of the Railway Conductors
that they will not accept arbitra
tion from President Wilson, Sec
retary of Labor Wilson and other
influential men in the wage dis
pute between trainmen and the
railroads of the oast.
A thousand committeemen rep
resenting the trainmen will reach
hero Saturday and vote whether
a strike shall be called and when.
BIG BANKER ASSAILS
PLAN OF PRESIDENT
WILSON FOR CURRENCY
TWO BIG n FRIDAY
FOR BENEFIT OF LIBRARY
Tomorrow afternoon’s lawn
fete at Central School, followed
by the evening entertainment in
which a number of popular young
ladies and many prominent cit
izens will participate, will he big
events for Waycross and well
worth attending.
The lawn fete will be from five
to seven o ’clock. It will be a sort
of Coney Island affair, and young
and old alike will find it to their
advantage to attend. Games for
the young people, with a peannt
hunt for the little tots, will bo
feature*. A delicious punch will
be served and a good time gen
erally is promised all who attend.
An admission of ten cents will be
charged for the lawn fete.
Featuring the evening's enter
tainment will be a real old fash
ioned spelling bcc, with many cit
izens participating. There will be
just ahead of the spelling bee an
enjoyable program rendered by
ft group of popular young ladies
who have just come home from
college and a solo by Mrs. Ben
jamin G. Parka. Miss Lucile Rip-
pard will sing and Miss Fay Mc
Gee will play. A reading by Miss
Anna Morrison, an honor gradu
ate of the Mary Baldwin Semi
nary, will be one of the numbers
of the evening's program.
The contestants in the spelling
bee will be divided into two
teams, V. L. Stanton being cap
tain of one and Mayor Reed cap
tain of the other. The teams are
going to work hard to win the
(Continued oa Page 5.)
By Wire to The Journal.
Duluth, July 10.—George Reyn
olds .president of the Continental
and Commercial Bank of Chicago,
the second largest hank in the
United States, today assailed the
Wilson administration and Wilson
for the proposed currency bill.
His attack was made during a
speech before the Minnesota
Bankers Convention, In session
here. lie declared that some of
the provisions of the currency bill
were “revolutionary and ealcu-
latcd to place the whole system
of banking under the domination
and control of n purely political
board.”
Continuing, he declared that
capital must be managed by those
who supply R. “The investor,"
he said,” must be free to decide
whether or not he shall make In
vestments.” Reynolds said there
should he no limit on the amount
of hank notes issued, leaving that
to be determined by the require-
ments of business.
FEDERAL8 IN SHARP
BATTLE WIN VICTORY
By Wire to The Journal.
Mexico City, July 10—The most
important federal victory since
the rebellion against Huerta start
ed is reported today from Mon-
teva. General Navarett defeated
4,000 Carranza rebel*, inflicting
heavy losses. The Federate ex.
pect to occupy Monclova in s few
days.
The government today placed
an order in London for 80,000
rifle*.
Senator J. L. Sweat’s bill pro
viding for certain changes in the
Ware County Board of Commis
sioners and for the establishment
of a board of information to work
in conneteion with the commis
sioners was yesterday reported on
favorably by the senate commit
tee on county ami county nffnlrs.
The changes in the county
board as outlined previously in
the Daily Journal have lioou com
mented on considerably In the
county and while all amendments
proposed do not meet with the
approval of the citizens, general
ly speaking the changes are re
garded with favor.
A main feature of Senator
Sweat's bill is that calling for the
election of the commissioners by
the people, in place of the mem
bers of the board being named by
the grand jury.
r-f the hill is passed as it r.ow
stands it will cause radical
changes in Ware county’s board
before the first of next year.
CITY CHARTER CHANGES
WILL RE UP BEFORE!'
SPECIAL' MEETIN6
Everybody lores a good umpire.
F. B. SIRMANS LOSES
IN FIRE AT HI^HOME
News was received here yester
day of the destruction by fire of
the lar^e barn at the home of F.
B. Sirmans at Birmans, in Clinch
county. The barn and all eon-
tents, with four fine horses, were
destroyed, causing an estimated
loss of $6,000. Mr. Sirmans car
ried some insurance but does not
know to what extent his loss is
covered. The origin of the fire U
not known.
Changes in the present charter
of the city of Waycross will be
recommended at a special meeting
at the Board of Trade next Wed
nesday night, July Uk The com
mittee of which Col. W. W. Lamb-
din is chairman has gone over the
charter question at length and is
now preparing a roport to bn sub
mitted to the Board of Trade.
That some of the committee’s
recommendations will not he ac
cepted in regarded as probable al
though most of the chunges that
will ho suggested will be approv
ed.
In view of the fact that th
•eting Wednesday is to get the
charter bill in final shape for
presentation to the Ware county
((•legation in the lejfUlature a
large attendance is expected.
Those who hove been keeping in
ueh with the ehorter amend
ment question fe»*i tlmt some
changes nre absolutely neeessarv
biit whether the committee’s re
port will suggest all changes
thought necessary is a matter that
will not be settled until the spe
cial meeting next Wednesday
llotncrville. in Clinch county
and got permission to take charge
of his hogs and try to save them
hiring the unaccounted a?»se
of Spain.
When lost seen Spain was at a
oust met ion camp of the Way-
ross and Western at Mexico, and
>as <>n route to his ho , two
lib's distant. There was a storm
hat night. an<J friends fear Spain
•ittier struck by a falling
while going through the
s or was a victim of foul
play. He has the reputation of al
ways carrying with him a large
sum of money, at times keeping
on his person as imidi as two or
three thousand dollars.
That his absence from homo was
not planned is evidenced by tin?
fact that his watch dog was found
a few days ago tied to the house,
amt so far gone from lack of food
that he died shortly after lie was
released. The large Humber of
hogs on the plpco were in sore
need of attention hut before -tak
ing any stops J. IT. Smith went to
Homerville and got permission to
let the hogs out in the woods
where they could forage for them
selves.
Spain is known as a rather ec
centric character and seldom vis
its any place Imt the small towns
and communities in that setcion.
It is reported that he has been to
Waycross hut once in 25 years
And that was two months ago. He
lias prospered on his farm, which
he lias always operated success
fully. His specialty has been hog
raising.
Supt. E. T. King, of the Way-
cross and Western, and L. h. Har
vard, chief clerk to President
Sessonis, organized *the searching
party that is trying to find out
something about Mr. Spain.
The entire section about the
home of the missing farmer is
wrought up over his disappear
ance and no effort will be spared
to get some tangible information
GOING TO OUT
ARMY COST LOW.
I'y Wire to The Journal.
Washington, July 10.—The
most radical move in the army
administration since Elihu Root
was in the cabinet and reorganiz
ed it. has been determined upon
by Secretary of War Oarrlsor.
He intends to fight the charges on
the question of maintaining a
hundred or more absolutely use
less army posts in the interior and
will withdraw troops from at
least 75 per cent, of the army posts
in the interest of economy and ef
ficiency. lie starts next Wednes
day on a five weeks tour of in
spection. He declared himsolf
disgusted with the wasteful and
extravagant way the army is con
tacted, ascribing the system to
“pork barrel” arrangement into
which every member possible dips
his fingers.
WANTS TO DIE
E
YIELDS TO DEATH
By Wire to The Journal,
Jacksonville, Fla., July 10.—
Inez Sebring, the aeventcen-year-
ohl daughter of a prominent fam
ily here, ia dying aa tho remit of
an attempt at auieide last night.
She shot herself with a revolver.
The cause of the attempt at
suicide is said to be the girl’a
grief over the recent death of her
mother.
REPLY TO JAPS READY.
Washington, July 10.—Secre
tary Bryan has practically com
pleted the preparation of the
Htatc department's reply to the
second and third Japanese notes
of protest against the California
of him. He has never been known ]aw
NE WYORK MARKETS.
By Wire to The Journal.
New York, July 10.—Stocks
showed strength today, the active
list making gains of from a frac
tion to two and three points. Cot
ton, old crop, three higher. New
crop, two to three. July 12.19;
Oct. 11.63.
GREECE WANTS
LOTS OF FIGHT.
Athens, July 10.—Greece today
rejected all plans for stopping
war in the Balkans. Greece de
clares that it will fight until the
Bulgarians are anfiibilsted.
JACK JOHNSON
NOT TO RETURN;
HOME NOW PARIS.
ty Wire to The Journal.
Havre, France, July 10.—Jack
Johnson, the negro heavyweight,
'oday stated that he had determin
ed never to return to the United
States. He will make hi* home
in Faria
LEHSUIK U BO FIE!
INTO STATE ROAD
Atlanta, July 10.—Instead of
merely considering whether or
not the Western & Atlantia Rail
road should be leased again at the
termination of the present lease,
the legislature has decided to go
into the whole broad question this
summer, and decide, if possible,
what is heat to he done with ail
the state’s Western ft Atlantic
properties, including the term
inal lands at Chattnooga.
Representative Barry Wright,
of Floyd, a leader in the house,
is actively interested in the prob
lem, which involves the question
of whether it wilt bo best to sell
the terminal landa or to lease
them for a term of yean to par
ties who will put op permanent
structures which, in time, will re
vert to the state.
Mr. Wright haa already Intro
duce,) a bill to create a Western
ft Atlantic commiasion, and has
just announced that he will intro
duce another measure providing
for the opening up of the whole
question.
Interesting in cpnneotion with
this situation is the fact that it
was Mr. Wright who introduced
the first bill in th* legi»)*tjge
looking to an investigation of the
advisability of leaalng the state’s
terminal properties. Thjit >ic*s.
ore was introduced in. 1909. Mr.
Wright baa baen studying the
question over sincx
What disposition the state will
make of the Western ft Atlantis
ia a big feature in the proposed
revision sod improvement of tbs
state's present source* of income.
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