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■HELP US| BY PHONING Aft NFVtS ITEMS Uk TO M'MUER UU The Journal is tlie Official Organ of Ware County, City of Waverose ami County Hoard of Educati i VOLUME FIVE. WEEKLY EDITION WAYCROSS. OA. t FRIDAY, FEB. 27,1914. WEEKLY EDITION PRICE $1.60 PER YEAR. WEST IS NAMED UNITED STATES SENATOR MA YOR BEATON TALKS MORE ABOUT WORK OF Y M. C. A. EVENING; WEST IN ATLANTA S0UTH GE0B61A LANDS PLUM.- NO TROUBLE IN BEING SEATED Within an hour after Governor John M. Slaton yesterday named W. S. West of Valdosta, as Tint ed States senator from Georgia to serve until the November elec tions Waycross was discussing ern section of the state. Col. Went has long been con sidered in lino for political recog- nition. Ilo has been a roiispic- y„ i ni .|i,„,,| to r „i se r( „ v nous figuro in state politics for years and has rendered splendid POLICE WORK RATHER DUEL Quiet nearly all the time, it police circles since the cold wavt reached Waycross business h even more qiuct now than usual The cold weather has a tendency | to keep night prowlers indoors, and those who in good w BONDHOLDERS MAT BUT A. B. 8 A. WHEN OFFERED FOR SALE APB. 22 are too To the Citizens of Waycross: I feel deeply interested iu the subscription campaign now in Progreso by the Y. M. C. A. V My'inferesf is due largely to the fact that 1 aifr-personally aware of the good work that is being done by the Association. IT IS HELPING MY HOYS, and if it helps my boys it helps other boys, and WHAT HEM’S ANY HOY HELPS EVERY CIT- MEN’, even those who have no boys. ' There is no use to say that $.36,000 is too much money to raise iu Waycross at the present time, because it would he an easy matter to rui-c such an amount if only a few men would become intensely interested. If one men should fail to do bin duty this fact is no excuse for another man failing to do his duty. The people of Waycross should get awake to the fact that there is a probability of our beautiful Y. M. A. building being sold on the auction lilock by the sheriff to satisfy debts due by tlio Associa tion. As Col, L. A. Wilton stated at the noon day luncheon yester day, “Waycross is in danger of having her Y. M. C. A. building sold to satisfy creditorn, r.nd sueh a thing would bring a blush of shame to every loyal citizen of Waycross.” I appeal to the pond people of Waycross in n most earnest spirit THAT IT IS TIME TO ACT. It is no time to plead hard times, or as the Journal aptly stated a few days ago, “1 HAVE DONE ENOran.” If you love Waycross, you love the Y. M. C. A., and EVERY MAN SHOULD HO IHS PART in keeping the Y. M. C. A. and making it bigger and better than ever. Most sincerely yours, SCOTT T. HEATON. All T the appointment with keen inter-j part, Locally opinion v between the appointment, of a Savannah man and the Moultrie indidnto, W. 0. Vereen, »iiL though a few claimed that they had picked West as the winner from the first. It is believed now that Gov ernor Slaton, by naming a Val dosta man for the place, will re sign as governor and offer for the longer term, his resignation mak ing as governor J. Randolph An derson, of Savannah, who is pres ident of the Georgia Senate. This, it is reported, is why n Savannah man was not given the place, although information from Atlanta regarding the candidacy of Governor Slaton is somewhat indefinite. The appointment of the Val dosta candUJaLfi is told in the fol lowing dispatch from Atlanta: rani’s m snow Atlanta, Fob. 26.—Col. W. S. West of Valdosta yesterday af ternoon was appointed by Gov. Slaton as United States senator to succeed the late Senator A. O. Bacon. The appointment was announced shortly after 4 o'clock It was made for the adinterim term, or until the vacancy is fill ed by an election by the people, which will take place in Novem ber, when the regular congres sional elections arc held. It is understood Col. West will not he a candidate for the inainder of Senator Bacon’s term. The appointment would have been announced yesterday morn ing hut for the fact that Gov. Slaton delayed it to give audi ence to a number of delegations who sought him in the interest of other candidates. JORDAN BOOM IN COLUMBUS. The Cohrmhns delegation ex-, pressed a desire Tuesday night tO|! come to Atlanta and place the I name of 0. Ounby Jordan before | j the Governor. Although Gov. Every train passing Waycross 8:25 this morning from Atlanta. Slaton intimated that it would today from the snow covered sec-1 Railroad men coming in from avail nothing, the Columbus peo- pie insisted. A number of friends of W. C. Vereen of Moul trie and of other candidates also saw the Governor yesterday, and in order that no one might he de nied a hearing the Governor withheld the announcement un til the afternoon. It is generally believed in local political circles that the appoint ment of Col. West to the Senate entirely eliminates him from con sideration in connection with the governorship, and the political outlook is now being figured upon that basis. Col. West, hav- Baltimore, Md., Feb. 26—(Spe-jing heen considered for the last cial.)—The Maryland State Fed-[two days as one of the four most cration of Women’s Clubs, which likely to secure the appointment, has been holding meetings for the the announcement was hardly n past week, will today be address- .surprise, particularly so after the ed by Mrs. Trevi Simondetti, on correspondence between Clark the Mexican situation. She will Howell and Gov. Slaton, which tell of the hardships and her per-j clearly indicated that the ap- sonal experiences. Ipointment would go to the south- busy hugging stoves to give the police any trouble. No arrest of service. lie has nlwnys; co , lsl „ luu ,„.. e |,„ s | iee „ f or |heeu strictly n.ul consistently ol-j„ vo (1 . IVS , t0l |„ v j s scheduled divided.lied and aliened with the clement t 0 ]. c another off day for the po- of a j in Georgia polities represented ‘ )j ec> by Governor Slaton and former j Governor Joseph M. Brown, both* of whom he strongly supported. | He was also an active supporter of Clark Howell in his race for Governor against Hoke Smith. SERVED IN LEGISLATURE. Col. West has always taken a keen interest in Georgia politics. From 1802 to 1807 he served in the House of Representatives from Lowndes county find 1808-00, was a member of the state Senate. He declined elec tion to the House the following year, but returned to that body in 1002-04. In 1005-06, he was a member of the state Senate and was elected president of that body. The Senate of that year was a noted one, and'President West was widely congratulated upon its achievements. In 1008 Colonel West was sent ns a dele ft© to the Democratic National Convention at Denver. Washington, D. C., Fcl». 26.— No contest over the seating of W. S. West as senator from Geor gia to succeed the late Senator Bacon, can develop in the Sen ate, as the appointment was made under the Georgia law recently enacted for such emergencies. Senator Kern, chairman of the Privileges and Flections Commit tee, last night said that Mr. West's credentials would he con sidered ns soon ns Gov. Slaton forwarded them to Washington, and that the committee would fa vorably report them to the Sen- A broken rail at Montezuma caused the derailment of an en gine on the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic last night, delay ing through traffic between Way- cross and Atlanta two hours. None was injured in the accident. Parties from here who wero at the scene of the wreck got in snow knee deep while watching the derailed engine being right ed. The morning train from At lanta readied Waycross shortly after ten o’clock. CITY COUNCIL NEXT TUESDAY + **♦** + •>** + ** + ** NO WIRE TODAY. * c* Owing to wire trouble he- ♦ * tween Waycross and Atlanta ♦ * today flu* Journal's special ♦ ire service was not receiv- •> 1, which accounts for the ♦ * absence of telegraphic news. ♦ **■ Every effort possible is lie- ♦ * ing made by the Western <• * Union lo re establish wire + * communication with Atlanta. + +*+*++++++++++++ III1C -DISASIEB I GAVE SOI LESSONS Loudon, Feh. 26.—(Special.)— The new White Star liner Bri tannic will he launched today three years and three months hav ing been spent in her construc tion. This is more than a year longer than the time required for the building of the Olympic. The delay was due largely to the al terations made necessary by the sinking of the Titanic. The chief improvements is the inner shell. Three feet divide the inner skin from the outer shell, while the plating of the inner skin has been milked, so ns to make it water tight. Internally the vessel will he a big improvement on the Olympic. She has BOO firsT 'cab ins with bath. Home-made happiness is about the best brand there is. FUTURE OF LINE Much interest was aroused here over the announcement from At lanta that the sale of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic on April 22 had heen ordered. While mast of the railroad gos sip centering around the sale of flu* A. B. & A. makes the Louis- Iville and Narliville the purchas er opinion here is divided on the question. Many feel that the Frisco Sys tem, anxious to reach the South Atlantic seaboard, will buy the road, while others think that ro- eent inspections of the property by officials of the Seaboard Air Line mean that when selling timo arrives the Seaboard will be heard from. However, since the first time the sale of the road was mention ed the property hns heen sold to mighty near every road in tho South, and as sido deals the Pennsylvania has purchased the Atlantic Const Line and Louis ville and Nashville. Being on the ninin lino and having through service from At lanta, Waycross is interested more in the future of tho A. B. & A. than any city located on the road, as it is generally believed - whatever line buys tho property will extend from Wnycross into Florida in order to get in line for (Continued on Last Pago.) ate. Tho first regular meeting of city council for the month or March is scheduled to he held next Tuesday. The routine bus iness that nlwnys comes before council the first of each month will make the session a busy one. Up to date few special matters are listed for consideration next Tuesday but there’s no telling what may develop before the meeting is called to order. Y. M. G. A.—Report of All Companies Today OFFICIALS BEGIN BIG MEETING TODAY tions had evidence of the snow i Dupont this morning say a light storm of yesterday. The Allan- 'snow was seen there during the ta, Birmingham and Atlantic night. train from Atlanta last night was Up to date it seems that of all covered with snow and ice, and [the sections hit by the storm this the tourist trains today had part of Georgia has escaped with enough snow on them to permit,the least damage and lesa bad snow hailing again at the Union weather than any other section, station. The trains arc running much better schedule than antici pated in view of the weather conditions. Ihe South Atlantic Limited had to be op erated in two sections today, so heavy was the travel from the territory reached by the Sally. The last section passed the city between ten and eleven o'clock. Wire trouble was reported on the A. B. & A. today, the wires between Douglas and Atlanta be ing down. No reports were ob tainable regarding the wherea bouts of the train due here at WORD DIRECT FROM MEXICO I Boston, Mnss., Feh. 26.—(Spe cial.)—Miss Louise F. Adams won this afternoon married to Ashley Day Adams by Rev. Dr. George A. Gordon. Both arc distantly re lated to the early figures in Amer ican history of the same name. “Joe” Walker, Yale *13, son of former Speaker Walker, was the hast man. 11 Will GO TO DEATH AT Cleveland, O., Feb. 26.—(Spc- IcinJ.)—Operating, traffic and me chanical officials of the Central states intcriirban railroads con vened here today for the annual meeting of the Central Electric Railway Association. Mayor Ba ker addressed the delegates, wel coming them at the opening ses sion. Other speakers will zo K, G. Price, vice president and sec retary of the Indianapolis Switch and Frog Company; L. A. Mitch- ell, superintendent of track and roadway of the Union Traction Company, and Traction Commis sioner Witt. The sessions will o\/*r two days and many new ideas will be introduced. Uniontown, Pa., Feb. 26—(Spe cial.)—Frank Wells and Lugi f )e Leo, convicted of murder in Fayette County, will he execut ed today, pursuant to an order from Governor Tener. It is ram to find a thing as well done as you would do it yourself, .tion respectively. WHITE MAN ON TRIAL FOR KILLING NEGRO. Shreveport, La., Feh. 26.— (Special.)—The trial of Lake Sexton, a young white farmer, charger* with killing Yet Oliver, a negro, was begun here today. Both whites nnd blacks are lined up for the defense and prosccu- Pint Regiment—H. J. Benton, Colonel. Co. Captain. No. Amt. No- Amt. No. Amt A T. Jeff Bailey 2 $200 2 $126 4 $328 B L. J. Cooper 3 460 3 1,160 0 1,610 O W. J. Oassett 3 260 2 100 6 360 D Dun Lott 1 100 1 100 B J. H. McPipldn 8 226 9 276 17 600 Total 17 $1,226 10 $1,000 $2,886 Fifth Regiment—8. I !i » Co. Captain. No- Amt No. Amt. No. Amt J J. 8. Elkins 1 $ 60 2 $76 3 $125 K Herman Goodwin 2 75 1 125 3 200 L Ben 8. Gibson 3 76 3 76 N H. D. Reed 3 677 2 150 8 827 O L. V. Williams 4 276 12 1,600 10 1,775 — — — — — Mizcellaneonj Grand Total 10 $1,169 3 $3,000 33 $6,377
