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About Wayne County news. (Jesup, Ga.) 1896-???? | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1901)
VOL. V. a pr I! r vj t i m m m /?: 'v.W. . t t.%5 t §r t • J. A. JONES & SON, Are Selling Their Entire Stock of Clothing, Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats, Etc. r+ New York Cost. > i v-; ■ fm •\ A ai ! & ^ I Sr* >..v m m §i m s J I n • - 1 m i m . ' 4 fv . 'r, rj Worth of goods must go at New York Cost. As we are going out of this bus iness we desire to close out our entire,stock at once. This is your opportuni¬ to buy goods. J. A .JONES & SON, Way cross, Georgia. SOl.D ILLICIT OLEOMARGARINE. Proprietor cf Fake Butter Factory Fined $10,0C0 and Given Six Months. Having pleaded guilty to operating an illicit oleomargarine factory, Al¬ bert T. Dow, proprietor of the Fertile VaHey Creamery Company, in Chica¬ go, was fined $10,000 and sentenced to six months in the county jail by Judge Kholsaat, in the federal court Monday, Dow is said to have cheated the gov¬ ernment out of $40,000 in revenue, . payment of which he evaded. This is said to be the heaviest fme ever im¬ posed in a federal court. Famous Boer Diplomat Dead. ' ' Mafthinus Wessels Prctorious, the first president of the Dutch African republic, the title of which was chang¬ ed in 1858 tu the South African Re¬ public, died May 19th at Potchefstrom, Transvaal Colony. Mark a Full Fledged G. A, R. At Cleveland, O., Senator M. A. Hanna was mustered into Memorial post, Grand Army of the Republic, of that city. He was received with great enthusiasm and made a brief speech in reply to the congratulations. TO “YANKEEIZE" CONTINENT. Madrid Papers Make Flippant Fling, at Buffalo Exposition. The Macrid newspapers have begun a campaign against the Pan-American exposition now on at Buffalo. They say that the exposition is de¬ signed to undermine Spanish institu¬ tions in South America and prepare the way for “yankeeizing” the entire con¬ tinent. They urge that the South American republics should boycott the exposition instead cf supporting it ;> BROWN SIGNS ORDER Removal of Gaynors and Green to Savannah—Bonds are Given. judge Brown, of the United States district court at New York, signed an order Thursday for the removal of Captain Benjamin D. Green, John F., Edward H„ and Wiliiam T. Gaynor to Savannah, Ga., for trial on charges of conspiracy with O. M. Carter. Cap¬ tain Green and John F. Gaynor were held in $25,000 bail each and E. H. and William T. Gaynor in $10,000. James B. Leary furnished bond for Captain Green and William B. Kirk furnished bond for John F. and Wil¬ liam T. Gaynor. Wayne County News. JESUP. GEORGIA. FRIDAY, MAY 31. IDOL POLITICS IN DECISION. Supreme Court Was Not Altogether Guided By Constitutional Law. Politics rather than constitutional law appears to be the basis for Mon day’s remarkable decision of the su¬ preme court in the insular eases. By a vote of 5 to 4, the court decides to uphold the constitutionality of the For aker act. In administration circles there is great rejoicing that the administration has been sustained even if the result was reached by a narrow margin and declared by one of the closest opinions over delivered from the supreme bench. STOP HAZING OR CLOSE. Congressman Landis Makes Dire Threats Against Military Academy. Congressman Charles B. Landis, of the thirtieth Indiana district, a West Point visitor, is reported as saying that if the hazing evil at West Point could not be suppressed the military academy would be closed for three or four years. “Congress is in a humor to do just such a thing,” said Mr. Landis. BIG VOLCANO BREAKS LOOSE. Java Coffee Plantations Threatened and People Flee for Their Lives. Advices from Batavia, Java, state that the volcano of Keloet is in erup¬ tion. The lava is threatening the BH tar coffee plantations and has endan¬ gered Kediri. The district is in total darkness. It was reported that there had been great loss of life, many natives hav¬ ing been overwhelmed with lava. The population of Biltar is fleeing. TO REVISE CHURCH CREED. Presbyterian Assembly at Philadel¬ phia Vote Important Concessions. Creed revision to satisfy conscien¬ tious office holders, ministers, elders and deacons, who are disturbed by some of the doctrines and certain phrases in some of the chapters of the Westminster confession of faith, and a new doctrinal statement of the re¬ formed faith for the million members in the church not office holders, who wish to know what the church be lieves without studying the confession of faith—these concessions were made by the general assembly at Phlladel- WATERWORKS' FOR CHARLESTON Ce-,tract For Building Plant Awarded to a Philadelphia Firm. At a meeting of the Charleston, S. C., city counen Friday night a con¬ tract was authorized between the Charleston Light and Water Company, acting for the city, and the American Pipe Manufacturing company, of Philadelphia, for a new water supply system for Charleston, which shall provide 5,000,000 gallons daily. Water for the new system will be pumped from Goose creek, a distance of eleven miles. FLORIDA QUARANTINE STATIONS Will Be Leased to Government In Pur¬ suance cf Legislative Act. A special meeting of the Florida state board of health was held in Tal¬ lahassee Tuesday for the purpose of considering a proposal submitted to the board from the United States trea¬ sury department through the marine hospital service to turn over the mari¬ time quarantine service to the state and lease all quarantine stations to tie government as authority through a joint resolution of the legislature S KILLED IN PRISON CELL. j Man Detained In Memphis Police Sta¬ tion Slain By Fellow Prisoner. Alexander Peden, a well known citi¬ zen of Pulaski, Tenn., was murdered Monday night in a cell of detention at the police station, and N. A, Giilis, of Cumby, Hopkins county, Texas, is un¬ der arrest charged with the killing. Peden had been arrested for safe keeping, having imbibed too freely during the afternoon. Giilis was also arrested for the same cause and put in a cell with Peden. BOTTLE TELLS TALE. Steamer Croft Goes Down In Mid Ocean and All on Board Lost. A London special says: A bottle, which was picked up at Granton Fri¬ day, contained a message saying that the steamer Croft, with ali hands, was sinking In the mid-Atlantic, The British steamer Croft, of the Ar row line, laden with grain and gener al merchandise, sailed from New York January 25, 1899, for Leith and Dun dee, with a crew of twenty-five men, j and was never heard of. She ha3 long since been posted as missing at Lloyd’s. CONTRACT FOR NEW ROAD. Macon, Dublin and Savannah Line Will Soon Be Completed. The contract was let Monday night in Macon, Ga., for the grading of the extension of the Macon, Dublin and Savannah road from Dublin to Viila lia, in Montgomery county, a distance of about forty miles, to W. J. Oliver & Co., of Indiana, whose present head¬ quarters are in Langley, S. C. It is expected the work will be completed within three months. REDEEMED IN ADVANCE. Town of Carrollton, Ga., Takes Up School Bond Due In 1912. The municipal authorities of Carroll¬ ton, Ga., have paid a public school bond due in 1932 and paid the pre¬ mium thereon. This money was on hand in the sinking fund and could be applied to nothing else. Four years ago Carrollton issued bonds to build he present $16,000 school building and this is the first bond redeemed. The city saved $460 by taking up this cou¬ ncil. TO SEE NEGRO HOP. Trio of Young Nimrods Have Some Se¬ rious Fun in Alabama. Oscar and Webb Winn and Ollie Robbins, three young white men un¬ der twenty-one years of age, are in the county jail at Birmingham, Ala., the charge against them being the murder of William Knaves, a very worthy colored man residing near Robbins, where he was assassinated and where the young men also reside. It is charged that the young men deliberately took shots at the negro as he was passing along the highway, re¬ marking one of them: “Let us see him hop.” Fighting the Platt Amendment. Jaan Gualberto continued his speech against the Platt amendment before the Cuban constitutional con¬ vention at Havana Thursday. Senor Sanguilly replied to him. The conven¬ tion adjourned for the day without voting. Must Hasten Trials. General Wood at Havana issued or¬ ders Thursday to the judges and post office inspectors that all cases must immediately be brought to trial, begin¬ ning not later than the middle of next June, Plant System. PASSENGER SCHEDULES. Arrivals and Departures at Jestip, Ga. In Effect Apr. 14, 1901. Arrivals. For Savannah atul points North, East and Northeast. Train No. 24 Leaves 6 45 am “ “ 32 11 25 a m •• “ 30 10 45 p m tt “ 73 < ( 11 40 p m For Waycross and points South, West, Southwest and Northwest. Train No. 23 Leavos ..... 3 47 a in .. .. 63 ..... 6 27 a m “ 33 ..... a 10 a in “ 33 «< ..... 4 40 p m “ 25 ... . 0 50 p in For Jacksonville and points Houth. Train No. 13 Leaven 5 30 a m Solid train Cincinnati to Jacksonville. Trains 21, 36 78, 32,23, 13, 53, 35, 33 and 25 are dally. Peninsular and Occi¬ , Connection made at Port Tampa with V. N. Mail Steamship of Tampa Tuesdays. dental Steamship Line for Key West and Havana, leaving Port Thursdays and Huudays at 11 through 00 p. m. service, trains making , local stops, and , sched¬ , , For further Information, car ules to other TRIPLING, points, apply Ticket to Agent, Passenger Station. A. W. J. 11 VO REMUS, Traveling Pass. Agent. Savannah, Ga. B. W. WRENN, Passenger Traffic Manager, application Illustrated playing cards oaa be secured at 25 cents per deck upon to agents of the Plant System. Every flan HIS OWN DOCTOR. By J. Hamilton Ayers, M. T>. A 600-page Illustrated Book, containing valuable information per¬ taining to disease* of the human system, showing how to treat and c cure with simplest of medicines. The book contains analysis of courtship and marriage; rearing and management of children, besidea * valuable prescriptions, recipes, etc., with a full complement of faota in P materia medica that everyone should know. * This most indispensable adjunot to every well regnlated household will be mailed, postpaid, to any addraas on racaipt of price, BITTY i CENTS. * Address, Atlanta Publishing House, 1.16-118 LOYD STREET, ATLANTA, GA. NO. 1. From Savannah and points North, East and Northeast. Train No. 23 Arrives 3 47 a m «( 53 6 37 a m (i 35 'J 10 a m “ 33 4 40 p m It “ 25 6 50 p in From Waycross and points South, Southwest anil Northwest. Train No. 24 Arrives ... . fi 45 a m “ “ 32 ......11 25 a m •• 38 ...... 10 45 p in “ 78 ......11 40 p m
