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The Journal is the Official Organ of Ware County, and County Board of Kdueation and Trades and Labor Assembly No. 1 of Waycross,
VOLUME FIVE.
WEEKLY EDITION
WAYOEOSS, GA., FRIDAY, DEC. 10, 1913.
WEEKLY EDITION
PRICE $1 PER YEAR.
GOVERNHENT fiKJIF OF
TELEGIlh'Tio MDlEliPBOIES
HI
Rebels Demand Surrender Mexico City
OVER BILLION NEEDED
ID MAKE CHANGES
HE SUGGESTS
By Wire to The Journal.
Washington, Dec. 18.—Govern
ment experts today estimated that
the cost of taking over the tele
graph and telephone lines as re
commended by the Postmaster
General in his annual report
would he over a billion dollars.
A party caucus may he held to
jret the exact views of the Presi
dent and the majority party lead-
TRUSTEES Of
BELL MEET TOMORROW
NEW ° EP “ ° F “ “ IMT ■ 0FF "[FAILURE OF FEDERALS TO GIVE
UP CAPITAL WILL MEAN EARLY
A regular meeting of the board
of Trustees of Bunu-Bell Institute
will be held in Waycross tomor
row, and much business is sched
uled for the board’s attention.
The meeting will he presided
over by Judge T. A. Parker, pres
ident of the board. It is expect
ed that the morning session will
start at ten o'clock. A report
from the committee named to
consider the new name for the in-
si itute will be made at the meet
ing tomorrow.
Congressman Lewis, of Mary
land, said today that he believed
the government should only ac
quire tho telephone lines, saying
tlie government would not need
the telegraj^illines because the
telephone liAes" could be used for
both telephone and telegraph bus
iness, ns is* being done now.
He estimates the cost of the tel
ephone lines at $900,000,000, with
the telegraph lines costing $200,
000,000 more.
WHAT REPORT j
RECOMMENDS.
Washington, Dee. 18.—Govern
ment ownership of both telegraph
and telephones is urged by Post
master General A. S. Burleson,
in his annual report made public
today. This follows recent con
ferences on the subject between
the Postmaster General and Pres
ident Wilson and reports that
the President was about to make
federal ownership of the two util
ities an administration policy. Mr.
Burleson points to the successful
inauguration and extension of the
parcel post system os a guaran
tee that the Post Office Depart
ment is capable of handling *urth%
er coilntry-wide business of great
magnitude and importance.
Another prominent feature of
the Postmaster's report is his as
sertion that there is a surplus in
his deparment for the year ended
June 30. 1913, estimated at $3,-
841.90fi.78, and his argument that
FIRST ROUND
WAYCROSS DISTRICT
STARTS DEO. 21.
According to the ^announced
schedule of the first round of the
Presiding Elder of the Waycross
district, Rev. I. P. Tyson, the first
meeting will be held at Deen-
wood Mission in Waycross Dec,
21 at 11 a. m. and at Trinity
Methodist church the same night
at 7:30 o’clock. The Deenwood
quarterly conference will be held
later.
The first quarterly conference
nt the First Methodist church in
the city will be held Jan. 18 nt
7:30 o'clock-. #
The meeting of district stew
ards will he held nt the First
Methodist Church in Waycross
Doc. 30, nt ten
morning.
► ’clock in the
Tho derailment of several
freight cars at Glenmore this
morning blocked traffic between
Waycross and Valdosta on the
Atlantic Coast Line for a few
hours. Train No. 182, Bainhridgc
to Jesup, was caught behind the
wreck and was kept from reach
ing Waycross until noon. A spe
cial train was made up at Way-
cross and operated to Jesup on
train No. I82*s schedule. The
Waycross wrecker righted the de
railed cars in short order.
FIGHT TO CAPTURE MEXICO CITY
A MESSENGER LEAVES
CENTRAL WRECK
DELAYS LIMITED
From a suite of dingy offices lu an old rented building Secretary of Com
mcrco Redfleld and the employes of his great department have moved Into?
this new building which has been erected for them. • It Is of the modern type
of plain, practical office structures.
WITH BIG m IN THE CITl
(Continued on Lust Page.)
EXPRESS 00.
ORDER ISSUED
BY COMMISSION.
By Wire to The Journal,
Washington, Dee. 18.—The In
terstate Commerce Commission to
day ordered the express com
panies of the country to file in
each state capital and 101 princi
pal cities a full directory of their
rates and charges on all kinds of
express matter. In smaller towns
an nbridged rate book must be
kept containing reference where
the complete rate hook is on file.
J. R. KENLY
A. C. [.SYSTEM;NAMED TODAY
Making the initial tour of in
sportion of the entire system own
ed by the Atlantic Coast Line, u
party of about thirty live road-
ngineers, general roatlmast-
ers, roadmasters, with officials of
the Coast Line from Wilmington,
Savannah, and Waycross head
quarters reached the city this
morning at 11:30 from Albany.
.The parly is making the inspec
tion tour on u special train com
posed of two Pullmans, private
ears of General Superintendent J.
N. Brand of Savannah and Chief
Engineer E. B. Pleasants of
Wilmington and the special road
way inspection car that is a model
of its kind.
Among those in the party in
Waycross today were E. B. Pleas
ants, chief engineer, .1, E. Wil
loughby, assistant chief engineer,
roadway employees are heavy
and the men are all known ns
hard mid earnest workers.
Some members of the party v
iting Waycross today are well
over six feet high. In fact about
a dozen of the party pass the six
foot mnrk.
Today’s visit was the second
tho roadway inspoctora paid Way-
cross, ns the special passed
through the city cn route to
Montgomery from Florida this
week. Yesterday's schedule took
the special from Montgomery to
Albany via Thomaaville. From
Waycross the special went
Jesup and Suvannhh and will to
morrow go to points in South
Carolina.
The rmi, ly ay inspection
used was built in the Waycross
shops and is so nrranged that ev-
IN CITY COURT.
City court today tins boon Inis,
witli the McKViinon damage soil,
which started yesterday. Court
will undoubtedly remnin in ses
sion all of the week.
TWO OUT OF
THREE OUILTY.
In the recorder's court this
morning two out of three negroos
arrested last night for alleged vio
lations of the city whiskey ordi
nance were found guilty and fined
•11100 or ninety days on the farm.
Sylvanius Wood was acquitted
and Earnest Wakefield and Sam
lories found guilty. The arrests
were made by Policeman Jc L.
fockfield.
WARSHIPS ARE
HURT IN STORM.
A wreck on the Central of
orgia between Macon mid At-
hinta early today' blocked trade
between those cities and delayed
lire South Atlantic Limited, due
in Waycross at fi:35 this morning
until after noon today. No pa
tieulars of tin* accident were re
ceived here. The South Atlanti,
SUPPLIES ARE LOW
"Limited was detoured over
Southern to Macon.
the
DR. ABERCROMBIE
RESIGNS FROM
STATE STAFF AND
LOCATES IN CITY.
Dr. T. F. Abercrombie, who for
two years haa boon a member of
thojncdical staff of the state
board of health and who lias done
much work through this section
of Georgia, lias resigned from the
hoard's staff and will tnnkc his
home in this ri^y. This will lie
pleasing newt, for ibis many
friends ■fufe. THs~ •ffiorfc-in the-
hookworm campaign through the has been wasted by tho Fodarcls
By Wire to The Journal.
Mexico City, Dee. 18.—General
Zapata, early this morning de
manded I lie surrender of the city
of Mexico. A courier delivered
the demand, under cover of dark
ness, at tho homo of General
Blanquet, minister of war, with
out waiting for a reply. Tho
messenger hnstened away.
It is slated that tho demand
will ho denied and tho Foderals .
light to the end to hold tho oity.
Tito War Department today
admitted that tho supply of am-»
munition was low. Rebels aro
firmly entrenched nt several
points near the city and it is ru
mored that a plan for a general
advance on this city has been
made lint it is not known when
the order to move on the city will
Im issued.
'•'Vast quantities of ammunition *
By Wire to Tho Journal.
Washington, Dec. 18.—.Several
warships of the Atlantic fleet
were severely injured in tho re-
cent storm encountered while
crossing the Atlantic. The ships
damaged are the Wyoming. Ar
kansas, Utah nnd Ftorida. AH
will be overhauled before resum
ing active duty.
By .ure to The Journal.
New York, Dec. 18.—J. R.
Kenly, third vice-president of the
Atlantic Coast Line, was today
elected president to fill the va
cancy caused by the destli recent
ly of T. M. Emerson.
, Mr. Kenly is one of the most
capable railroad men of the coun
try and his election to the presi
dency of the important system op
erated by the Atlantic Coast Lino
places at the head of that system
a man who will undoubtedly ad
minister the road’s affairs suc
cessfully.
Just what othtr changes will
be made are not announced, itr,
Kenly as third vice-president was
head of the operating department.
It is rumored that among the
changes expected will be one
whereby J. N. Brand, with head
quarters at Savannah, Ga., will
be promoted. It is understood
.hat the newly elected president
will carry out as far as possible
the policies advocated by the late
Mr. Emerson.
OFFICERS TO
BE REPRIMANDTD
FOR ORITIOI8M8.
By Wire to The Journal.
Washington, Dec. 18.—Army
nnd Navy officers who participat
ed in the wallow of the Order of
Caraboa last Thursday night will
he reprimanded for ridienling the
secretary of state and the peace
policy of the administration, Sec
retary of the Navy and Secretary
of War decided today after a con
ference. This will he recommend
ed to the President. It is under
stood no courtmartials will he or
dered.
Of course it is but natural that
the story of the average woman’s
past should be padded.
and J. B. Trenholm, assistant to i cry member of the party gets an
the chief engineer, all of Wil-, unobstructed view of tile track
miiigton, J. X. Brand, general from the interior. The seats are
superintendent, of Savannah; J. I placed in step-like order, the man
T. King, general superintendent j on the lust sent from’ the glass
of transportation, of Wilmington;- front seeing just ns well ns the
II. A. MeCrnnic, superintendent man on the first seat. Each year
of tile Waycross district, of Way-
cross; E. 1’. Laird, engineer of
roadway, of Rocky Mount, N. C.
O. T. Waring, engineer of road
way, of Savannah; L. L. Sparrow,
engineer of roadway, of Jackson
ville; General Roadmasters W. Q.
Jeffords, of Florence, S. C.; W. A.
McCullough, of Waycross, and J.
S. Jolly, of Jacksonville, Fla.
Eight road masters from each of
the three divisions of the Atlantic
Coast Line also accompanied the
party.
The tour these men are making
of the Coast Line started at Rich
mond, Va., and will be completed
at Wilmington, N. C. The numer
ous improvements made by the
Coast Line dnring the year are
noted hy the men making the
tour, and at important points like
Waycross a stop of several honra
is made. The roadway depart
ment is one of great importance
in railroading, as on the men of
this department rests to a large
extent the safety of the railroad'a
traffic. The responsibilities of
tlie Coast Line will operate the
roadway special and it will un
doubtedly result in benefits of n
long standing nature. While in
Waycross the members of tho
party posed for s photograph tak
en by M. J. Dolan, which they
will iiave ns a souvenir of the in
auguration of the annual road
way tour of inspection.
TURPENTINE REPORT.
By Wiro to The Journal.
New York, Dee. 18.—Turpen
tine and rosin unchanged today.
Eleventh District lins attracted
lunch attention nnd has resulted
ill considerable good
county.
1'rcviniiH to Ilia work for tho
stale hoard Dr. Ahercrombio de
voted seven years to the profos-
Hi on.
NEW YORK MARKETS.
MRS. IRBY'S SLAYERS
TAKEN TO ATLANTA
NEW HEAD WILL MAKE
WAR ON TAMMANY.
New York, Dec. 18.—William
B. Seldon, the newly elected
chairman of the Democratic As
sociation of New York county, or
ganized in opposition to Tamma
ny Hall, yesterday announced the
appointment of a plan and scope
committee. The body is empow
ered to select permanent head
quarters for the independent
Democratic organizations. It sl-
so will make an effort to win over
all dissatisfied Tammany ITall
leaders.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 18—Because
f tlie fact that quite a number of
people from Jefferson county
were in Augusta all day yesler-
luy, and tluit the country in that
vicinity where Mrs. Jefferson
Irby was murdered Sunday after
noon is still in a condition of ex
treme excitement, the three ne
groes, who are said to have con
fessed the crime, were quietly
spirited from jail here yesterday
to tho Georgia road train at
Stecdlcy’s Grossing and taken to
Atlanta.
The Governor was apprised of
the conditions and the possibilityi
that attempt may be made last
night to form a crowd outside of
Augusta. Out of abundance of
precaution, though it was admit
ted that a dozen men could hold
the jail here against several thou
sand, the negroes, George and
William Hart and Robert 1 Paa-
schail, were ordered transferred
to Atlanta.
By Wire to Tho Journal.
New York, Doc. 18.—Stocks
generaUy weak. Amorican Tele
phone and Western Union point
and flvo-eighths jlowcr. Cotton
dull, tlireo and four higher, later
declining. Jan. 12.41; March
12.50.
Shop early mid late.
sent out to fight the rebels. It is
reported that a garrison of sol
diers wns caught selling ammuni
tion to the rebels.
The financial stress continues.
Desperate efforts of tho bankors to
stem the tide linvo been of no
avail. A million and a half dol
lars have been withdrawn from
hanks here dnring the last threo
days. |
SMALLPOX SPREADS.
By Wire to The Journal.
Havana, Dee. 18.—Fivo new
cases of smallpox were found
aboard tho hattlesliip Ohio today.
Tho crow has not been allowed to
go nsborc anil will remain aboard
until the epidemic is over.
IK MID HAY BETTER Ml
CM FOR THIS GEORGIAN
When a man is awkward
nough to fall into a good thing,
nobody laughs at his “clumsi
ness.”
Five more shopping days.
One nf the most concrete in
stances of adeeess with crop ili
versification reported in South
Georgia for 1013 la furnished hy
II. II. James, living near Fitzger
ald, in Ben Hill county, in a let
ter just written to D. L. Camp
bell, farm demonstrator co-op
erating with the Atlanta, Birm
ingham and Atlantic in develop
ing the agricultural resources of
South Georgia.
Mr. James late in the spring
rented a fourteen acre tract of
land, paying (70 rental, ne plant
ed the land in watermelons, mak
ing a clear profit on the melon* of
(339.00. The melons were con
signed to commission merchants
nnd Mr. James believes that by
direct ale he would have made
more. Alter the melon erop he
sowed the land in cow peas, and
after deducting the cost of the
bay crop made (100 clear. Added
to the melon money Mr. James
made on the fourteen sera a
clear profit of (529.
Comparing the above results
with cotton results Mr. Jama fig
ures that he would have made
with the same amount of fertilizer
ten bala of cotton, for which he
would have received at leaat
(730. As about half of the cot
ton crop is always turned over ; to
the labor neeeaary in producing
and harvating his profit from
cotton would have ban (365, is
compared to (529 from the hay
and melons. An added faturo of
the melon businea is that the
money wa received during mid-
season. Mr. Jama allows liber-,
ally in hi* fignra for the cotton
erop, but gives actual profit in
his melon and hay report. What
he hu accomplished is being done
through many countia of South
Georgia on smaller and larger
acreages, and in some counties
farmers are making three crops
a yar without cotton at til