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The Journal is the Official Organ of Ware County, ami County P.osrd of Education and Trades sn d Labor Assembly No. X of Waycro
70LUME FIVE.
WEEKLY EDITION
WAYCBOSS. GA, FRIDAY, DEO. 26, 1613.
WEEKLY EDITION
PRICE *1 PER YEAR
QFIIFRF (1(11 n [THREE Klluu «Y 1
ocicnc uulu i m m SN0W
WAVE TONIGHT;
HIT BY FREEZE
SNOW REPORTED IN MANY
PARTS OP STATE—BELOW
FREEZING THE FORECAST
FOB TONIGHT.
By Wire to The Journal.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 26.—A cold
wave struck North Georgia last
night, continuing with a steady
drop in temperature today. It is
predicted that the temperature
tonight will be much below freez
ing in all Georgia, and over most
of North Florida.
Slight snow flurries are report
ed from many sections today.
WILSON GETS
NIANYPRESFNTS
By Wire to The Journal.
Pass Christian, Mias.,‘'Dec. 2
Bushels of the finest oysters and
dozens of the choicest fish ever
caught in the Gulf arg finding
their way to the President at his
vacation home here. Natives aro
also showering the President with
oranges, mangoes and other gifts.
When the President visited the
postoffice this morning he met an
old resident who told him, “We
live off oysters, fish, and nick
Yankees, Mr. President, but you
are the fir.;t sick President who
ever came to us.”
The hand that rocked the cra
dle now rocks a show window or
a prime minister.
HIDES THEM
Right of Gty to Collect Deen Bond*
is Challenged; Courts Must Decide
By Wire to The Jourual.
Pittsburg, Dec. 26.—Blinded
by a snow storm, three section
men of the Pennsylvania Railroad
were struck by u train and killed
in this city today.
JULIUS NUNN «
BADLY OUT IN
MARION ST. BOW.
WONDERFUL SNAPSHOT OF
THE VERMONT IN A STORM
Early Wednesday afternoon in
a row on Marion street, near the
canal, Julius Nunn, well known
negro, whoso nickname of Tough
has frequently been called in po
lice court, was seriously cut in
fight with two men. The row was
about a woman, and Nunn was so
badly cut he gave the appearance
of a dying man when officers
reached the scene of the disturb
ance. The most sevore cut was a
long gash in the hack, extending
from the shoulders almost to the
waist.
WOMAN'S BODY FOUND
WEDGED IN OAR WHEELS
Tampa, Fla., Dec. 26.—When
his car refused to respond to full
current at an early hour yester
day morning, Motonnan H. A.
Strong was horrified, on examina
tion, to find the mangled remains
of ajiuman being clogging the
running gear. The body was iden
tified as that of Mrs. Constantine
Gonzales, of No. 1905 Twenty-
second street. The dead woman's
husband and three suspects are
under arrest.
Motorman Strong was making
hist last run on the “owl” car
when he felt a bumping and
grinding beneath as if some one
had placed soft objects on the
track. He brought his car to a
full stop and with the aid of the
conductor made the gruesome
find.
■SOIE IK NIP IS
MED 1. H. HMT
This picture was taken by a sailor on one of the vessels con
veying the damaged warship after she broke her shaft ut sea in a
gale and ha dto be towed to Norfolk, Va. It shows the stupendous
force of the waves even where a 16,000-ton battleship is concern
cd. The ship will be placed in drydock for repairs and it will be
some time before the real -extent ot her damage has been, ascii-
tained. Several of her compartments wero flooded, but the others
remained intact. At the time of the accident the Vermont was
returning with the other American battleships tlm . visited Italy
and the south of France.
Job Waiting For This Man
Who Does the Unbelievable
There’s a job waiting for a man
whose conduct in Wayrroas Wed
nesday night early became
known yesterday to a certain
railroad official of Waycrosa. Tho
conduct that paved the way for
as I get through this other affair
ai-il take out a warrant for you.”
So saying he directed the man to
tin- jail.
And right here is where the un
believable ,ook place. The man
the man’s getting ..a .job- was of j actually hunted for the jail, and
the kind that you read about in ashed to bo locked up. Sheriff
There was a very affecting I cross for all the years of the past,
scene at the First Methodist The cup was a moat beautiful
church on Christmas night at the specimen of the silver-smiths art,
prayer meeting service when at. nud was presented for the church
tho close of the aervice of prayer | by Mr. V. L. Stanton in a pretty
a handsome loving cup was pre-! talk, made in his most happy
sented by the membership of the manner. Mr. Stanton in the course
church to Mr. Herbert Murphy, of the presentation addreta refer-
the venerable chairman of the red in the most complimentary
Board of Stewnrds. j terms to the splendid work per-
The idea of the presentation formed by Mr. Murphy. Mr. L.
waa very appropriate, coming at J. Cooper followed Mr. Stanton
the Christmas time, to one who and in a brief talk paid Mr. Mur-
since his coming to Waycrosa in
1879 has been a moat faithful and
loyal member of the Methodist
chureh, and has done more, per
haps, than any one man toward
the work of righteousness,
wrought by this chureh and who
has administered in deeds of love
"to so many of the needy of Way- Church, Waycrosa, Ga.”
phy a glowing tribute.
The cup presented Mr. Murphy
is engraved as follows: ‘‘To
Herbert Mfirphy, whose devoted
life and service have quickened
our faith, inspired our love.
1879-1913. First Methodist
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BIS MI SOOID Gi. UIID
A syndicate eoinj^oaed of Geor
gians closed a deal Wednesday in
Waycrosa whereby a tract of land
approximating 10,000 acres
changed hands, st a cost of near
ly *100,000.
Th$ new owners will improve
the property and place it on the
market -within' 60 days.
The deal wee made through a
Waycrosa agency and is the fore
runner of several other realty
transactions that will be made in
this section shortly.
When a bachelor begins to get
old he locks hia door every time
he changes hia collar.
novels but rarely over actually
sco or hear of in real life. The
man in question walked nearly
two miles Wednesday night to
surrender to the sheriff of Ware
county, and did so because an of
ficer who found him hiding in
freight car was not able at the
time to take the man to jail.
One of the special agents work
ing for the Coast Line was amaz
ed to find a young white man ap
parently enjoying life to the full
est Wednesday in an auto loaded
in n box car. The officer had no
trouble at all in getting the man,
and questioned him. It develop
ed that the fellow waa not near
as bad as some of the men found
in cars are, and just ®* he WM
about to Mart off to jail with the
man something happened that
called for the officer’s services at
once. “Yon go over to the jail,”
said he, "and get the sheriff to
lock yon up. I 'll get over as soon
Pittman was sn amazed that he
didn't know what to say, but
gave the man a cel). Then be got
in touch with the Coaat Line of
ficers and tried to find out what
the man waa wanted for. The of
ficer who sent the unknown man
to jail was out when Sheriff Pitt-
rn.-ii tried to get information of
tliu new prisoner and those to
whom the sheriff talked knew of
no arrests and eo told him. This
caused the sheriff to release the
white man who voluntarily car
ried himself to jail.
An official of the Coast Line,
hearing of the happening yester
day, endeavored to locate tho
young man, declaring that such
men would always find jobs and
intimating that a position . was
waiting fo rtbe man in question,
lie has not been located but ev
ery effort is going to be made to
find him and make known to him
the fact that a job ia waiting.
An announcement made at the
recent session of city court re
garding tho suit instituted by the
city of Wayersos against tho
bondsmen of George W. Deen
and L. M. Aldrich for the recov
ery of the $2,500 bond given as a
guarantee of certain work being
accomplished under the gas fran
chise granted by the city brought
to light un interesting develop
ment in the bond question.
After suit wns filed by Attor
ney C. L. Redding, at that time
attorney, a demurrer was
tiled, alleging that the city hns
no right to collect the bond. It
is alleged that tho bond sought
by the city is in the nature of a
penalty, and under the state law
this cannot be collected. The
city, so it is claimed, must show
that it hns suffered damages to
the extent Bued for in order to
recover the bond. The point will
probably he settled without delay.
If the court does uot sustain the
demurrer the city’s suit for the
bond of $2,500 will be pushed.
Attorneys who have been ap
proached on tho subject feel that
the ohances of the city getting
the Deen bond are anything but
bright. The form of the bond
given by Deen and Aldrich
the same form used in all auch
cases, so it ia said.
In the event the city loses
fight for the Deen bond, which
council has insisted must be paid,
it is regarded aa, extremely doubt
ful if a city council in-Wacross
will ever hand out another fran-
AT FITZGERALD IS
BURIED HERE
chise without a cash bond, paid
to the city when the franchise
granted and refunded only
such time as franchise conditions
hnvc been complied with in full
by franchise holders.
The outcome of the city’s suit
for the Deen-Aldrich bond will
be awaited with considerable in
terest here in view of all that has
been done and ssid about the gas
proposition.
CHRISTMAS WAS QUIET
in cur add coirr
200 Chinese Soldiers and
Commander Are Executed
Waycross and Ware county ap
parently observed Christmas in a
sane way yesterday, judging by
reports from the chief of police
and the sheriff.
No serious disturbances of any
kind were reported, and while
there wns a great amount of
drinking it is believed then^ffi
less this Cliirstinas than ever be
fore.
DAN CUPID HAS
DEEN STEADILY ON
JOD IS SEASON
By Wire to The JonrnaL
Pekin, Dec. 28.—Lined up in
squads of ten each, two hundred
mutinons soldiers were shot to
death this morning. The com
mander'of the soldiers was forc
ed to watch the execution of the
men who joined him in a revolu
tion at Kiang Yaun, and when all
had been killed he waa taken to
the pile of bodies and executed
in the same manner as had been
hia men.
The order for the execution of
the mutinous men was issued by
President Yuan Shi Kai.
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NEW YORK MARKETS.
By Wire to The Journal.
New York, Dec. 26.—Stocks
showed strength, generally high-
Cotton dull, three lower to
one higher. Considerable sell-
ing. Jan. 11.90; March 12.18.
Dan Cupid has not fallen down
on the job in Ware county this
year, according to Ordinary Ban
ner H. Thomas. He has not com
piled the marriage statistics for
the year yet and won’t do so be-
fore the early part of January but
he haa probed a little into the
year’s figures and knows that the
1913 record won’t fall abort of
1912, which was a big year com
pared to 191L Just about the
time the ordinary was afraid
Cupid’s record for the year would
show a falling off he began inn
ing licenses almost as fast as he
could write them and regained
that look of his that everybody
knows means the marriage record
is on the increase.
This morning at 11 u ’clock at
tlu-’himn- of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
Cannon on McDonald street the
funeral of Woodson Johus.iu, th
17 year old son of Mr. an I Mrs
D. J. Johnson, of Fitzgerald wcr.
held, intermen- being a: l,o;t
Cemetery. The young man
death in u river near Fit/gei-aki
Tuesday when a boat in which
he and two e-na|uminns were
rowing overturned. His'hody was
recovered Wednesday.
The funeral services wore con
ducted by Rev. .Mr. Muthews, of
Fitzgerald und Rev. W. If.
Scruggs, of this city II. Lester
Marvil was in charge i f tin: fu
neral arrangements.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson lived in
Waycross for a number of years
and have many friends hero who
sympathize with them in their be
reavement. Mr. Johnson is an
engineer on the Atlanta, Birming
ham and Atlnntie. Accompany
ing the body to Waycross were a
number of Fitzgcruhl friends of
Mr. nnd Mrs. Johnson. In tho
party were Mr. and Mrs. John
Lee, Q. U. Lee, O. L. Minter, A1
bert Kennedy, Mrs. Thomas
Lyles, Mrs. Edward Conney, Mrs.
Gladys Smith, Arthur Booker.
Dewey and Miles Webster, Mro.
Lon Wilder, and Mrs. J. H Dur-
row.
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IN THE RESERVE
SYSTEM OF II, S.
DIRECTORS OF FIRST NA
TIONAL TODAY VOTE TO
QUALIFY UNDER THE NEW
CURRENCY LAW.
SMITH PROPOSES
By Wire to The Journal.
Washington, Dec. 26.—Senator
Hoke Smith today proposed At
lanta ns a location for one of the
regional banks. The proposal waa
made to Secretary of Treasury
McAdoo. The endorsement was
led for consideration.
At a meeting of the Board of
Directum of the First National
Bank held today it was unan
imously voted that the bank
should make application and qual
ify us a member bank under the
new currency law.
Preaidcnt Cooper waa instruct
ed to mako application to the
comptroller at Washington imme
diately.
This action will put Wayoroaa
prominently before the public as
among the first Georgia citita to
apply ta tho comptroller at a
member of the reserve system.
BY BI6 STORM
By Wire to The Journal.
New York, Doc. 26.—Reporta *
from New Jersey cities along tbs
coast today tell of damage eati-
mnted Ota million •dollara from a*. j,
aevore storm which is sweeping -
the coast today. Much damage
haa been done in this city. Ship
ping has suffered heavily, and
traffic in the eit .vis badly domor- 1
alized,
They say nothing ia impossible
that being true, how many men
do the impossible f
COMMON AFFLICTION DESTROYS
BITTERNESS AND ILL FEELING
Calumet, Mich., Dee. 26.—On
the day Christendom sets azide as
Ono of rejoicing over the birth of
the Saviour, Calumet, stricken to
the heart by an almost unbelieva
ble catastrophe stood mouring
by the side of its dead—the 72
victims, most of them children, of
the frightful panic on Christmas
eve in the Italian Hnll. This pan
ic followed a fatso alarm cry of
fire during the prbgresa of a
Christmas tree entertainment ar
ranged for familiea of the copper
strikers.
All bitteroeas and ill-feeling
that has existed in this strike rid
den community for months past is
wiped away by the one great, com
mon affliction. Today the peopli
of Calumet only can aee their '
neighbors, their brothers, their
sister* and their little children,
staggering under an almoat on-
bearable burden of distrain and
grief.
A mass meeting of Calumat cit
izens was held yesterday after
noon to expreaa sympathy and de
vise ways and means to amelior
ate the suffering and sorrow of
those families on which tho hand
of death had fallen. A commit
tee’of twelve waa appointed to
viait each home and ascertain
what financial assistance waa
needed. Funds an assured and
no outside aid will be needed.
«0 IS EMIT MIMED;
1 Iff
Dan Simpion, colored, was shot
and probably fatally wounded
Uat night in a fight with John
Williams, also colored, on Has-
sard Hill.
Williams was arrested today
and lodged in jail by Sheriff Pitt
man. According to the phyii-
ciana attending the wounded ne
gro he haa but alight ehance of re
covery.
NEGRO CHARGED
WITH HOLD-UP
GETS HEARING
Brantley Edwards, one of the
four negroes charged with rob
bing two whito men near nebard-
villo Tuesday night, waa given a
preliminary bearing before Judga
Harry M. Wilson this afternoon.
Just what caused the shooting-Ho ia the only one arrested in tho
not known.
case so tar.
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