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The Journal is the Official Organ of Ware County, City of Waycr oss and County Board of Educati on.
6TH YEAR FOR DAILY JOURNAL.
V
WAYOKOSS, GA.,
DAY, MAY 1,1914.
19TH YEAR FOR WEEKLY JOURNAL.
REPORTS
Waycross
Leads Other Georgia
In Point of Growth Since Year 1910
-"" „„„„ mCmMGUNSDEFENDBOjRDER
PASSES ATHENS; BRUNSWICK
HAS A GAIN OF ONLY 467
Washington. April 30.—Esti
mates made by tile Bureau of
Census of what the population of
Georgia cities will have been on
July 1, 1914, show the following:
Atlanta, 179,292; Albany, 8,717;
Americas, 8,227; Athens, 16,900
Augusta, 49,451; Brunswick,
10,649; Columbus, 21,805; Macon,
41,992; Rome, 14,146; Savannah,
69,917; Waycross, 18,134.
The same cities by the 1910 offi
cial census showed the following
population: Atlanta, 154,839; Al
bany, 8,190; Americus, 8,063; Ath
ens, 14,913; Augusta, 41,040;
Brunswick, 10,182; Rome, 12,099;
Savannah, 65,064; Waycross,
14,485.
The United States is not*, a
country of 109,000,000 people, ac
cording to the bulletin containing
the estimates of population for the
years subsequent to the Thir-
*«nth Census, soon to be publish-
Director. William J. Harris
of the iTureaiTof the Cenius, De
partment of Commerce. It was
prepared under the supervision
of C. S. Sloane, Geographer.
As stated, the estimated popu
lation of the United States for
July 1, 1914, will be 109,021,992.
The population of the United
States and its possessions in 1910
was 101,748,269; so there will
have been an estimated gain of
over 7,000,000 persons in a little
more than four years. The car-
responding estimated population
of Continental United States for
July 1, 1914, is 98,781,324, as
compared with the population of
91,972,266, as returned by
. . i ;• -
1
mates of population in 1910, 1911,
1912,1913 and 1914, for the states
and territories, and for cities
which had 8,000 or more inhabi
tants in 1910,
Estimates of population are re
qnired primarily for uae in the
Census Bureau in 1 calculating
death rates and per capita aver
ages for years other than the cen
sus year. The so-called arithme
tical method was adopted for
computing these estimates. It is
the simplest and it has been shown
by experience to come nearer in
accuracy in the majority of eases
than any other formula. It rests
on the assumption that the in
crease in population eacli year
since the enumeration is equal to
the annual increase from 1900 to
1910.
The bulletin presents in its sev
eral tables population data for __
the United States and its outlying A machine gun platoon, of theiarmy division now stationed at
possessions in l^O^id^QO, wjjft fo*M!fljnaral>J.ejtr t&gjat*, Jtoui'Afr
estimates of tne population July machine guns have been stationed in the vicinity of tbr interna*
tional bridge which crosses the Rio Grande and connects El Paso
with Juarez on the Mexican side. Both federal and rebel Mexican
troops have encamped across the^irdcr, General Villa’s detach
ment being a particularly strategie^tocalit.v should he decide
bombard El Paso. All traffic has been suspended across the bridge
and adobe breastworks have been erected at the American
trance, on top of which machine guns have been placed. Several
other artillery pieces have been placed on the heights to command
the bridge in case the Mexicans make a rush to cross it. Tho cit
izens of El Paso are alarmed at the situation and the army author
ities have ordered reinforcements from San Francisco and other
points along the border not so important as El Paso.
1st, 1914, 1913, 1912, 1911 and
1910. Similar data is also pre
sented for the different states in
the Union. There is also present
ed a statement of the white and
colored population on April 15,
1910, together with estimates of
the white and colored population
os of July 1st fo r each of the
years 1914, 1913, 1912, 1911 and
1910. These estimates, however,
have been confined to the states
having a considerable proportion
of colored population, no estimate
being presented for any state that
did not have 50,000 or more col-
enu-1 ored inhabitants on April 15,1910,
JAIIED TODAY
On complaint of J. M. Young,
Jr., of the Gem Pharmacy, W. M.
Luttrell, a young white man, who
claims to be u representative of
a drug firm, was arrested by Con
stable II. O. Jhvemnn and lodged
in jail today.
The cliargfe against Liittrell is
mating and swindling. He was
arrested at a boarding bouse on
Church.street. It is alleged that
he left unpaid board bills at two
hotels here, La Qratide a ml the
Phoenix, and secured money on
false representations at several
stores in the city.
Efforts are being made to se
cure bond for the young man
18,134 PEOPLE
mi h entrubi
ill IE ClOSEf M IDE
_ IM n Oil IflMODflON
him won
MOVES MSI
merators, April 15, 1910. This or at least ten per cent of its pop-
bulletin also presents the esti-1 ulation colored.
MANY NEW IMFROYEMENTS
10 HE MU OV JOURNAL
The Journal has just placed a
rush order for another late model
Mergenthaler Linotype. This ma
chine will be shipped within a few
days, and will be installed ready
for work within the next thirty
days.
The Journal management has
about completed negotiations for
a new style flat-bed perfecting
press, the same to be delivered
September 1st. A perfecting
press prints paper in rolls instead
of sheets, thus doing away with
vaAeeder and making it possible to
■Xrint 6,000 papers of 8 pages
(‘Very hour.
The circulation of the Daily
Journal lias grown to such an ex
tent that it is very hard to fur
nish tile large number of boys]
that deliver papere with enough
rapidity to guarantee the very
best delivery service when print
ing from a hand fed press, the
class of press used by the greater
number of small daily papers.
As soon as the additional type
setting machine arrives the Daily
Journal will increase its wire
service, as well as mail service of
state news.
The demand for a bigger daily
in Waycross is such that the Jour
nal feels obliged to keep up with
the march of progress. Whether
the expenditure of this additional
large sum of money will prove
profitable for the Journal will de
pend entirely upon the support
the Journal receives from the
merchants and business men of
the city.
Waycross should have the very
best newspaper, and whether she
is entitled to it or not depends
upon whether the business men
and property owners want it bad
enough to help sustain it. The
Journal management feels sure
that they will be willing to sup
port one most heartily.
HOW BELIEVED J8? MISS.
MU LOOK
(.'barged witli abandonment,
Al'tlull- Carswell was given a pre
liminary hearing this morning by
Judge Harry M. Wislon. Tho ev
idence.disclosed that Arthur sup
plied his wife regularly with
flour, meat, and paid the house
wt „ .
Judge Wilson felt that under
this showing Arthur was not
guilty of the charge brought by
tho woman, Ruth Carswell, and
dismissed the warrant.
By Wire to The Journal.
Eccles, W. Va., April 30.—Res
cuers today report that the bot
tom of the New River Colliers
mine is covered with bodies of
miners, piled in heaps.
The position of the bodies gave
mute evidence of how tho miners
fought for their lives. No sign of
life in the mine has been found
and it is now certain that tho
hundred and eighty-seven caught
in the place arc dead.
COLORADO ML BETTER
DEATH USE REICHES 13
TAX RECEIVER
CLOSES BOOKS FOR
1914 TONIOHT.
T TEST
NEXT WEEK
Next week it is expected that
tlie first of a scries of tests for
the new crematory will he given.
The plant is rapidly nearing com
pletion and as soon as the tests
arc given and the plant accepted
it will lie put into regular use by
the city.
Very satisfactory progres
being made by the United Slates
snag boat in the Satilla river,
working between Waycross and
tlie present head of navigation
Burnt Fort.
Tim boat was constructed hero
and started its work somo time
ago at the Atlantic Const Line’s
trestle, just east of the city.
Progress has been somewhat
slow becauso of tho largo amount
of work to ho done on the npper
end of tlie river, lint after a few
more weeks it is expected , that
tlie boat' can proceed at a more
rapid sneed.
Dynamite is being used with
success to remove the larger ob
structions; The work now being
dono by tho government is the
first step towards mnking tho Sa
tilla navigable as far as 1 Way-
cross, and it is expected that
further appropriations will be
made by tho'govcfnmcnt,t<firtfie
improvement of. the river.
HALF HOLIDAY PLAN
IS STARTED TODAY
500 REFUGEES
LANDED TODAY.
By Wire to The Journal.
Galveston, April 30.—Five
hundred refugees from Mexico,
who had been held in quarantine
on the battleship Connecticut,
were released and landed today.
They were quarantined because of
smallpox.
By Wire to The Journal.
| Denver, Colo,, April 30.—Hos-
I tilities hqve practically ceased
throughout the strike region with
tlie arrival of United States
troops today.
At many places strikers sur
rendered their fire arms with an
The lire department during
April answered nine alarms, and
according to tlie report compiled
by Chief K. C. Hall the loss on
buildings uml contents amounted
to 41,164. This is a very good
showing for the month, consider
ing the size of the city, and' tho
members of the department are
naturally proud of it.
During the past few days the
firemen have greased and cleaned
all fire hydrants in tlie city, 175
m number, repainted the caps,
and are now planning for a aeries
Starting today, ail furniture
stores in Waycross will observu a
half-holiday every Thursday, ex
cepting the Thursday of tho week
in which tho Atlantic Coast Lino
pay train visits tho city.
For somo time there has beon
a movement on foot hero for all
merchants to close at noon on
Thursday, giving tho clorks and
employers a half-holiday. In larg
er cities most business houses
take Saturday for the half-holi
days hut this plan could not lie
used here so Thursday was sclcct-
d as the day.
The furniture dealers are tlie
first to start tho half-holiday
scheme in the city and it is believ
ed others will fall in line.
MUCH INTEREST IS TOKEN IN
DEVELOPMENTS-MANY
for
Tomorrow is a big day
Ware county polities.
The entry lists for the county
primary will close at six o’clock,
and because of this and the un
certainty us to the actual outcome
of frequent political rumors today
tlie hour when the lists will closo
will he awaited with deep con
cern.
Under the rules adopted by the
executive committee the major-
ity plan will ho used for the 1914
primary, and it ia certain that a
second primary will lie necessary
to settle tho contest for ono or
more of tlie county offices. Sheriff
and county treasurer offices seem
to be in demand, and it is believed
that before the entry lists close
the contest for county commis
sioners will develop into one of
tlie most interesting tho county
has had in some years.
Candidate*-for. the. legislature
will submit their candEdaey to
the voters along with the county
candidates, under a rule of the
county committee. It was at first
thought this rule would bo chang
ed but it remains as originally
passed. n ^,4
Tlie primary will lie held May
20, and tho second primary, if
noccssary to settle any contosts,
will be held with tho state pri
mary Aug. 19. This will give
Ware one of tlie longest seiges of
politics known in years, as some
candidates, when the second pri
mary is over, will complete a cam
paign extending over a period of
not less than twelve months.
Despite tho keen interest in lo
cal politics the county is waking
up to tho state contests and the
politlcAI talk is probably more ac,-
tivc now than it has been or over
will he in tho history of the conn-
As Ware has staged some
mighty hot campaigns this is say
ing a great deal hut it is a fact
that is very evident.
HUERTA CONTINUES PLANS
EOR WAR A6AINST U. S.
County Tax Receiver Herrin
tonight closes the books for 1914,
as under the law the tax returnsj
must he in his hands by May 1.
He will remain in his office at. , , ..... ...
, , , ; understanding that they will not
the court house until 6 o’clock,!, . , . . . , .
, „ , , , , >>e taken into custody. Among
anil those who have failed to 1 ,,. ..... . ,, , . ,
make return, should do so before V? 650 “ Wa'Nwburg. nf drills, which will start next
this hour. The property not re-1 ^ T"’ ‘ h °"' “'“f ? WCr f 0l ' ,Kt IIa11 intends to ko< >P
turned on time is subject to do.J, ‘ a " d ,' nany , are , m 8 #f ' ‘ hp d,! P artment in tho vcry bc,t
ter two battles at Forbes.
I Militia officers are threatening men regularly,
to resign as the result of the gov- ]
ernor’s statement that the situa
tion was beyond the control of
the state.
hie taxation.
SLIM JIM IS BACK AT WORK.
Hoseman E. P, Brown, of the
fire department, today returned
to work after a few days sick
leave. "Slim Jim” is one of the
joliiest of the btmrh and his ab-
senee is always felt.
CHICAGO MARKETS.
Chicago, April 30.i-July wheat
85 1.2; pork 19.70, lari 9.9S; rib*
10.97.
shape possible and will drill the
NEW YORK MARKETS.
By Wire to The Journal.
New York, April 30.—Stocks
firm, sharp fractional gains. Cot
ton steady, three higher to one
lower. July 12.43; Oct. 11.78.
ByiWire to Tho Journal.
Vera Cruz, April 30.—Over
thirty thousand . Mexican rebels
have accepted Huerta’s offer of
amnesty and have pledged their
support in a conflict witli tho
United States, according to ad
vices from Mexieo City today.
This number includes 6,000 at
Sinola, 18,000 at Morelos and
Pueblo, 6,000 at Vera Cruz and
Oaxaca, and 1,500 at Guerrero.
The proclamation offering am
nesty was sent to ail towns in
Southern Mexico.
Although Huerta has given no
tice of his acceptance of the offer
of mediation he continues war
measures. Urgent calls for vol
unteers have been sent to the fed
eral governors, 21 of whom have
responded offering to raise forty
thousand each.
< .» ni
DID NOT SHELL
MANZANILLO.
Washington, April 30—Official
denial was made today that the
United States ships had shelled
Manzanillo on the weat coast of
Mexieo.
FCNSTON IS
NOW THE BOSS.
Vera Cruz, April 30.—General
Funston today took aupreme com
mand of the American army oc
cupation and assumed the title of
military governor of Vera CrAs.
The army is policing the city and
every preparation is being made
to guard against an attack. 10,-
000 men are ashore.
•r.-e
The Western Canada Power
Company, with offices in Vancou
ver, intends to add two 13,000
horsepower bydro-edectric gener
ating units to its present plant.
