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FRIDAY, MAY 1,1014.
Local News
Completing the concrete fouii-lgast «trcct, near the old stockade,
dation for the gas plant in Old Material is on hand to complete
Nine last iveek, it waa announced I the crematory and if nothing un-
todav that within a few dava may-1forsccn happens the plant will be
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be by Wednesday, work will start
on the brick work.
Material is arriving for the
plant every day now and. it is
hoped to rush the work without
delay. As soon as the pipe ar
rives the construction of mains in
the city will he started and rushed
to early eompletion.
Sunday afternoon between four
and five o’clock on Plant avenue,
near Riverside, Mrs. M. S. Zach
ary, whose borne in ou Brunei
street, was painfully bruised when
she was knocked frdin her buggy
by an auto driven by Oren Oray.
One rear wheel of the buggy and
the rear axle were smashed by the
force of the collision. With Mrs.
Zachary at the time was Miss Wil
lie Beck, pritieipal of Isabella
street school. She was unhurt.
At Hie time the buggy was
struck Mrs. Zachary was driving
east. The auto was going east al
so, and it is said that a motorcycle
was rushing by the auto at the
same time. A little 'boy in the
Oray machine was thrown out but
escaped with slight bruises. The
horse Mrs. Zachary was driving
was thrown-into the ditch at the
right of the avenue, the buggy
luckily remaining upright.
While in bathing in the Satilla
river at a point just above Mar
shall’s sand bar, and at a spot
where fivo others have lost their
lives, Bennie Miller, eighteen year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. T, II. Mil
ler, was drowned this afternoon
shortly before two o’clock.
At the time he went under he
wuh in the water with Tom Bri
tain, who came near losing his life
in au effort to save Bennie.
Those in the pnrty at the river
were Ward and Cecil Miller,
brothers of the young man who
lost his life, Willie Walden, Frank
Craven and Silas Morton. All
saw young Miller go under hut
until Tom Britain made an effort
to get him to the river hank did
noi know the young man was in
danger.
According to an eyc-wltneas,
Britain and Miller were lloating
in the water together, holding to
a small boat. The boat was
leaky one and when about half
way across the river, in deep vfa
ter, sank. Miller was unable to
swim, and grabbed Britain. Both
went under once together, Britain
coming up and making nit effort
% o get a good hold of Miller.
The river’s latest victim was a
popular young man, well liked by
all who knew him. He was an em
ployee of the First National *Bank.
His father was notified ns soon ns
possible of the sad accident and
went immediately to the river
with a party of friends. A large
crowd had gathered and are try-
lug to locate the body.
ready for a test within the next
week or ten days.
HON. W. M. TOOMER
IN CITY SATURDAY.
Hon. W. M. Toomer, formerly
of Way cross, was in Waycross
Saturday night en route to Ills
home in Jacksonville after a
short visit to Douglas on legal
business. He met a number of his
friends while here and paid the
city many compliments for its con
tinued progress.
At this morning’s session of the
drainage court talks on drainage
were made by J. V. Phillips, Unit
ed States engineer of Savannah,
George It. Boyd, civil engineer, of
Savannah, George W. Decn, D. J.
Miller, and others. The court,
composed of the county commis
sioners and the clerk of Superior
Court, met to consider a petition
from land owners asking for the
creation of the Astoria Drainage
District, comprising about 20,000
acres. Nearly a hundred citizens
attended the court, which was
held in the county court house.
The importance of drainage was
urged today, and the practical
workings of a drainage district
told in a clear way by the en
gincers present. The court ad
journed at twelve-thirty to rccon
vcnc this afternoon.
Continuing their anti-tiger cru
sade, police of Waycross Saturday
night arrested six negroes on
charge* of violating the city whis
key ordinance.
Four women and two men were
arrested, and one given a trial at
the morniug session of Recorder’s
court today. The usqal sentence,
#100 or ninety days, was imposed
by Recorder Kate*. Mary Hill is
the name of the woman convicted
this morning.
Others held for trial this after
noon arc Nellie Holmes, Kstelia
Teague, Nellie Carter, Walter
Finney, and Joe Johuson.
When Recorder Kstes called
court to order this morning he
found an even dozen eases on the
docket. Right were continued,
moat of them until this afternoon,
and fonr disposed of.
Fines amounting to #120 were
imposed on the four cases tried.
One was a tiger ease, and in a
case charging speeding an AUtoist
contributed #10.
Rapid headway is being made
on the city crematory on Pender-
Hon. J. A. J. Henderson of
Ocilla, Irwin county, spent sev
eral hours in Waycross Monday
tanking au investigation relutive
to his entering the race for con
gressman against lion. J. R. Wal
ker of this district.
A Journal representative was
unable to see Mr. Henderson for
iu interview, hut information
omes this morning from close
friends that. Mr. Henderson will
be in the race without a doubt. It
is stated that Mr. Henderson has
been over the larger part of the
district and that with the encour
agement he has received his mind
is made up at the present time to
liter the race.
It is stated on good authority
that Henderson’h formal
nouucement will be made within
the next week, and that ns soon
as it is forthcoming lie will enter
at once into a vigorous campaign
Mr. J. A. J. Henderson is a
successful farmer, business man,
and saw mill mail, who has also
had considerable experience in
legislative work, having served as
both state senator and represen
tative. He ia a good handshaker,
and everything he attempts be
goes at it with his sleeves rolled
up. All of which would indieato
that if lie enters the race there
will be lively times in the Elev
enth.
Friends of Congressman Wal
ker in Ware county still mantain
that there will he no opposition
to him this time,. They say that
several possible candidates have
already tried feeling out the situ
ation, with the result that none
of them have up to the present
hour announced.
Has Atlanta
OR. L. G. HAR2.MAN
years, Dr. Hardman Introduced several
Important bills that were enacted Into
law and have proved of great benefit
to the state. Among those were:
A bill to establish a State Sanato
rium for the treatment of tuberculosis;
the State Prohibition bill; a bill pro
viding for the election of the Pension
Commit**Ion by the people; a bill pro-
viding for the teaching of agriculture 1
and civil government in the public
schools of Uie state and a bill provid
ing for the serum for the treatment of
tuberculosis, hydrophobia and diphthe
ria to be furnished free by the state to
Its people.
The Stale Hoard of Health
hich was introduced by Mr. Whitley
ce^ved Dr. Hardman's In
Dr. La 0. Hardman of Commerce,
Jackson county, has announced his
candidacy for the governorship of
Georgia and will conduct on aggressive
campaign based on a platform of con
structive principles that are of vital
Importance to the welfare of the peo
ple. His candidacy offers the voters of
Georgia an opportunity to support a
man whose career lias been marked by
successful achievement along various
lines of endeavor that have contrib
uted in a forceful way to the upbuild
ing of the state.
Tho practice of medicine and surg
ery lias been Dr. Hardman’s profession
in life and success lias attended Ills ef-j of jiouglas,
fort;;; but he has devoted much time. fluentlai support and Its principal
to general business affairs. j measures embodied amendments made
Uy virtue of his presidency of a bank by Dr. Hardman,
and a largo cotton manufacturing en-' He was one of the strong udvocates
terprlse. and the fact that he is ex- of the (’onnor bill providing for the es-
tenslvely engaged Jn farming, he has Jabllahment of a State Agricultural
been able to closelv idontifv himself Co,,eK ' ! and of the bm Introduced by
neon able to closely Identify himseir Mr Perry j, rov , dln g for nintrlct Agri-
I Hi Practical business problems. ■ cultural schools
There are few men In the state, pos , n 1907 and 190s Dr Hardman wa „
sibly, who aro more familiar with ag- chairman of the Senate Appropriation
riculttira) affairs than Dr. Hardman committee, one ot the most important
and none who are more Interested in committees of that body and It recoin-
promoting the interests of tho agricul- mended the $100,000 appropriation for
tuml profession along broad and well establishing the State Agricultural Col-
directed lines for the benefit of the en- ,e *f- .. ,
tire people Dr. Hardman s legislative record was
He ha* met will, mm-velnim nurre** “ cred,t to hl» far-sightedness and to
He has met with marvelous success ||||( keen p #roeptUm of the pra ctlcal
us a practical farmer and has done needs of the „ tate
■""V"■> v *' u » h, 1 ” e*P» ri “ e n<*l work Coo.tructlv. PI.,form,
that has resulted in a great advantage .
to tl>. A.rlcultur.1 profesflion. In »d- Tl,< ’ c *" dUI » < * ° f Dr - Hurduom I.
dillon to the culture of staple crops
Ills various farms, horticulture, live
stock raising and dairying have been
engaged in to a large extent.
Throughout northeast Georgia, Dr.
Hardman is intimately known, highly
respected and greatly admired. His
high ideals, great moral force, unblem
ished character, tireless energy and
broad-minded patriotism, has won the
esteem of the masses in his section
and they regard him as ono of Geor
gia's foremost men, His life has been
■pent as a worker and the success
which he has won in sil the fields of
his endeavor, speak in eloquent terms
of his marked ability and resourceful
ness.
In other fields. Dr. Hardman’s labors
have counted much for the upbuilding.
based on a platform of constructive
principles, free from vote-catching
phrases that are commonly used by
demagogues.
He favors the enforcement of laws;
health measures looking to the pro-
teettta of the people from disease;
provisions for the protection of boys
and girls from association with crim
inals; a revision of the health laws
looking to the conservation ot human
life through proper sanitation, drain
age, pure food inspection and the in
spection of beef cattle and hogs, which
are some of the sources of tuberculo-
sis. an educational propaganda along
the lines of the prevention of tubercu
losis; a vital statistics law; favors a
fair and prompt distribution of the
state’s funds as provided by law; lib
eral appropriations for the upbuilding
of tho agricultural ami other educa
tional institutions of the state; favors
Commencing Thursday, ami un
til further notice, all baseball
games in Waycross will start at
3.*45 instead of at 3 o’clock.
This announcement will he of
much interest to fans. The later
start for the games will enable
many who have been unable to
get off at three o’clock to see the
games.
loiter in the season, probably
on June 1, the games will start at
4 o’clock.
The next at home aerie* opens
Thursday with Brunswick as the
opponent. Record breaking
crowds are expected to be on
hand to witness the three games.
TARANTULA BITE IS FATAL.
Chicago, April 28—Poison from
the bite'of an insect, believed to
have been a tarantula from a
crate of bananas on which he had
been sitting, caused the death of
Frank Giamilio, a fruit handler.
of tke state. U an educator of note
and his strong influence has been of enactment of laws for the eradlca-
K r,«. value lu promotlu* varinu, edu » HI.
rational enterprises. do go . favors the establishment of a
trustee of the Stale Agricul- state Highway Commission, property
turul College, he has rendered Geo; empowered but so us not to interfere
gia a distinct service. His intimate with local supervision; favors a State
knowledge ef the problems which v**- > (load Fund neparuneui ia coujuuciiuti
confronted in the founding and estab- the State Highway Commission;
Uidiment of Hie In.tltuUon and hl„ yf'* 11 " ot , 1 th «
i resources or Georgia in timber, min-
counstl in solving these problems wen ! t . ra , and agricultural lands along safe
of Invaluable aid to the boards on u ne8 that would not interfere with the
which he served. The great work growth, progress and development of
which,the Agricultural College is doing j the state; favors a geological survey
for Georgia has bad his support and! of the soils of the state and a drainage
guiding Influence. \ law that would provide for the best
Is also a trustee for 8horter Col- method of reclaiming waste lands for
lege. His wise cosnasi and practical
Atlanta, April 23.—The first
Joom and (clamor of grand opera
in Dixie have withstood the wear
and familiarity of five years. Not
in that first wonderful season
when it was all new to every hod,
jnofc in any of the succeeding sea
sons when the (rate receipts and
crowds kept getting steadily big
ger; never before in opera’s his
tory have all the circumstances
conspired to make the opening of
grand opera more brilliant.
Though variable weather had
been the rule in Atlanta up to yes
terday morning tho Monday sky
dawned deliciously clear and the
day that followed was full of that
glorious springtime haze that
made Seotti and Caruso declare
that nothing in far away Italy
mild equal the Georgia climate.
4 Atlanta, which has always
played in plienoiiiina! luck on
the question of whether during
opera week, has played in equal
ly remarkable luck about the
stars. In New York when a pro
gram for a week is outlined a cou
ple of months ahead some of the
big stars invariably develop a
cold or an illness or a fit of tem
per or something that in the gen
eral average prevents some of
them from appearing. For the
Atlanta .season they are all here,
and all in fine health and spirit
Caruse, Farrar, Gadski.v, Amato,
Toscanini and good old Ilerr Al
fred Hertz, with the shiny dome
ami the black flowing whiskers,
greatest of all living Wagnerian
onductors—they are all here—
all sailing around the town in au
tomobiles of their friends, all
tangoing and hesitation waltzing
at the clubs, all motoring out in
to the country to pick flow
like a lot of happy children.
You can laugh at it if you like
ami compare Atlanta to a small
town gone circus-mad. You
make fun of it with some justice
—but can’t heat it—not on the
top side of the earth.
Al! Geoflpa
Talking War
Atlanta, April 23.—The mar
tial spirit is strong throughout
Georgia, not only in this city and
immediate vicinity but in all parts
of the state.
Adjutant General J. Van Holt
Nash is receiving daily telegrams
and letters from the various offi
cers of the National Guard, which
indicate clearly that it would only
be the work of a few days, possi
bly a few hours, to recruit the
state militia to a war strength.
The usual serength of a regi
ment such as the Fifth Georgia
with headquarters here, is 600 or
700 men, while the war strength
is between 1:000 and 1,500. j
The feeling of the public was acre farm supplied with seed for
strongly manifested yesterday af- . vear 1913, a few hogs and cows
ternoon on the occasion of the Me- an( l necessary farming imple-
moriai Day parade, when the n,, dc. A. M. Knight.
Fifth Regiment, which inarched
i.. line with hand and full uni- th0 , P " ,e “ d , slck 'y
| Tiic Oli! btfindutd jreiiwnl utioiigtheuina tonic.
forms, was cheered to the echo by' ckova svASTiXtsr.c
friends and by sweethearts of the Atmf.omc. i^»»
ittf-r? Can (ha meet learned nr It
.• Cnnnjr knows, and, sbo knows
■bo know*.
UeUirmaair^OE^LnSe botlte of
Dr. Bell's
PINE-TAR-HONEY
35 Cent*. 50 Cento. ——— $1.00
“Tell By The Bell”
soldier boys who lined the curbs.
The mediation policy of Presi
dent Wilson has met with no very
enthusiastic support in the Geor
gia capitol either from the news
papers or on the part of the pub
lic.
An interesting item • of local
war gossip, is the statement, made
by friends of Major John S. Co-
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TO OUT RID OP MOSQUITOES
You can Sleep. PUh, Hunt or attend to any work
without being worried by the biting or *inging
*t Mo*quitne*. Sand-flie*. Gnats or other insects
, . v rallying to the f*ee, enr* **id hands, DR.
hen, managing editor of the Jour-J okraies antiseptic hkaling -
nal and veteran of the Spanish
American war, that in the event
congress actually declares war
with Mexico, the major will again
put aside the journalistic pen and
offer his services as a soldier.
Committees at
Work Hard
aid hat been of great value to this In
•titutlon which Is doing a valued »erv
ice in educating young women for use-
fulneea in life.
Dr. Hardman has played a prominent
part tn educating the people Along gen
eral health lines. For the pest several
years, he Has lectured extensively on
topics pertaining to the prevention and
spread of diseases. These free lectures
before schools, churches and various
societies, hare been of great practical
value la preserving the health of the
messes wherever engagements hsve
been filled.
UmIsIsUvs Record.
As a member of the legislature for
«!x yean and of the senate for two
the use of clttxens and the protection
of thetr health.
A system of Rural Credits, that
would enable farmers to use their
lands as security and receive the bene
fits of low rates of Interest, is favored,
such a system being established on a
firm basis and conveniently practicable
in Us operation.
Dr. Hardman has an ambition to serve
the people of Georgia. His ripe experi
ence. successful career, practical abili
ty and resourcefulness eminently equip
him for the office of governor and hts
election would insure a business ad
ministration of fairness and Justice for
the entire people. He Is squarely In
the race till the end and the support.
Influence and suffrage of the people is
respectfully solicited.
SWIPED A SWIM.
Atlanta, April 29.—Tempted
beyond endurance by the anmmer
weather, two enterprising young
sters slipped by the guards at the
Piedmont Park yesterday and
took g hasty dip in the lake. They
With the Waycross ceremonial
of Alee Temple, Ancient Arabic
Order Noble of the Mystic
Shrine but nine days away, the
local committees of the order are
becomiug very active and plans
for the ceremonial are rapidly
assuming definite form.
Today R. F. Rupert, of Savan
nah, special representative of Alee
Temple is in Waycross aud spent
the morning in consultation with
Ambassador W. D. Morton, N. B.
Rhoads chairman of the general
committee, L. B. llarrell chairman
of the parade committee and II.
Lester Mnrvil, chairman of the
banquet committee. Many mat
ters of importance were gone over
and the many details arranged in
order that when the big day ar-
•ything will he handled
without a hitch
As there are still several minor
matters to be completed, the pro
gratu for the ceremonial will not
be given out at this time, but suf
fice to say that the event will
be long to be remembered in
Waycross, particularly to the
novices who are waiting in fear
and trembling for their time to M * Uri **‘
cross the burning sands of the
desert. Mr. Hubert states that
the fires have already been start
ed in order that the sand will have
attained a proper degree of tor-
ridity by the time it is to be used.
The feature of the ceremonial,
as regards the interest to the pub
lic will be a torch light proces
sion which will start about 7
o’clock and will traverse the prln-
cipal streets of the city. In this
will be the fatuous Alee Patrol
and band, local and visiting No-
moiiial before the meeting of the
Imperial Council in Atlanta,
ices will come from many sec
tions of South Georgia in order to
he prepared to take in the Atlanta
meeting.
Valdosta, Brunswick, Fitzger
ald, Macon, Columbus, Albany
and Aqgusta are expected to send
their quota of candidates as well
as Shriners and the fact that the
ceremonial follows the State Con
clave of the Grand Commandery
Knights Templar assures Way-
cross a gathering of distinguished
Masons of high degree from every
part of the state.
It will mean much to the city
and it is needless to state that
Waycross will uphold her record
as being one of the best cities in
Georgia in point of hospitality and
good cheer extended to the visi
tors within her gates.
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MAKE TALK
were dragged out dripping by a
stern fatherly-looking policeman,
who promised them a thrashing if ,bles and last, but not least, the
they attempted it again, but let novice*.
them go with that salutary warn- ’ it i s expected that there will be
ing. The city fathers are obdu* a t least fifty candidates to be ini-
rate. aud will not open the lake to tiated as this wiR be the last cere-
Atlanta, April 29.—Colonel
John Temple Graves, distinguish
ed son of Georgia and famous
journalist, lias been chosen to de
liver the address of welcome on
the part of Dixie to the Shriners
of North America who will be
here in annual convention assem
bled on May 12 and 13.
Every Shrine tew"' *•» \\>rth
America, including • , ia and
Mexico, will he represent*.1 in the
immense gathering here. It will
east even opera week in the shade
in point of numbers, as it is esti
mated that more than 30,000 visi
tors will he in the eitv for the oc
casion.
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