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About Wayne County news. (Jesup, Ga.) 1896-???? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1905)
WAVNE COUNTY NEWS. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Entered as second class matter la the postofflee a't Jesup, Ga. Officlal Organ of Wayne County. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR IN r ADVANCE. f TELEPHONE NUMBER.....14 11. W,. WHALEY, T. S. WILKINS, Stockholders. Mi. W. TINDALL Editor. » t*y rt' 4» 4 » H H I >WH4'| 4 W i EDiTORIALS. 2 As soon its T’cary finds the North Pole sonic*, enterprising Idiot will nail tipon it nn advertisement of breakfast fyoilj tio Baltimore Sun avows. Tho Chicago Record-Herald says: AVliat is needed is nu explanation of the rapid rate of Increase in the death list of last year. The best way for the railroads to give such an explana¬ tion is *by practical measures for putting an end to the slaughter. If glass bricks become common - they are already In rather general use In Europe nnd have lately been recom¬ mended to American builders—a great increase may bo predicted In tbe num¬ ber of persons who, theoretically, at least, have no business to cast stones. . The winter wheat crop Is estimated at 424,500,000 bushels. The spring wheat production is placed at 285,531, OOO. Over seven hundred and nine millions! Here Is the lnrgest wheat crop the Unlled States has ever pro¬ duced, exceeding even that of 10013. as* Berts the Louisville Courier-Journal. An interesting decision by the West Virginia Supremo Court of Appeals holds that where a street car company stops its cars for the purpose of re¬ ceiving passengers it is charged with the highest degree of care to see that nil passengers lawfully entering Its cars got a place of safety before start¬ ing Its cars. Farmers, it will pay you to spend whatever spare time you have In study¬ ing your soil. You will find Jt very interesting nnd will be a great bene¬ fit to you. It Is n good plan if you own anything to know just whnt it is. This applies to your land ns well ns nny stock that you may own, remarks the New York Witness. By next January, snys Ihe London Mall, the Royal Field Artillery In Die United Kingdom, numbering ninety three batteries, will be in such a condi tlon that in case of war two batteries would have to unite to form one ef fleleut battery for service in the field, Recruits will not come forward and there are few re-enllstmcnts. According to the Japanese Blue Book for 1805, the empire of Japan, com¬ prising nearly 100 main ’ and nearly 500 adjacent small Islands, has about 18,000 miles of sencosst. It lias an urea of 1(11,148 square miles. The toial population was a little over 33,000,000 in 1872, and has risen to 47,812,702, besides 3,059,235 for Formosa, these being the figures given at the dose of 1904. The giant strides chemistry has achieved during the last half century has made possible tho production, at a low cost, of bright colored cloth, but It has also made adulteration easy, too. A great deal of poisonous dye is used in the making of smart tinted fabrics such as those known as fon¬ dant or bonbon shades, soft pinks, dfl leato purples, brilliant blues and mili¬ tary reds, so it is not surprising to learn that ladles’ clothes, dresses and mantles positively reek with poison. Owners of placer deposits have been invite*} by the United States Geologi¬ cal Survey to send samples of the sand or"grovel to Washington for examina¬ tion to see If they contain platinum. The samples will be used for determin¬ ing the best methods of extracting -platinum and other metals which may have economic value. This systematic search for platinum is to be under- I taken because of the growing demand f >r the metal. Platinum has been found In California Oregon, North Carolina and New York, and it has been detected In small quantities in Montana, Georgia, Pennsylvania am) Alaska, PHILIPPINE HORROR Three Hundred Men of Six¬ teenth Reported Killed, VICTIMS OF A TYPHOON, General Corbin Reports That Army Post at Malajvi Has Been Wiped Out by Worst Stor m in Many Years. - The military secretary at Washing ton, . • Wednesday, . , received , . the .. follow- , ___ ing cablegram from General Corbin, commanding the Philippine division, regarding tbe typhoon at Manila Tues day: "Manila, September 27.—The worst storm of years obtained here yester day, passing during the night Con¬ siderable damage was done by the unroofing of buildings. The post at Malahi is reported totally destroyed. Further reports when facts are known.” Tho following cablegram has also been received at the navy department from Admiral Reiter, commanding the Aslattc fleet: "Tho Leyte, which was out of com miBsion, was sunk In the harbor and lost in tho hurricane of September 26.” The Leyte wag a gunboat of 150 tens. She was one of tho vessels bo longing to Spain, which was taken possession of by the navy at the close of tho war. She was In bad condition, and It is said at the navy department that ehe was practically worthless, The post at Malahi, referred to by General Corbin, is 31 miles from Ma nlla, in La Guana province. The gar rison consisted of four companies, E. F, G and H. sixteenth Infantry, ac cording to the last reports received at the war department. There Is also a military prison at Malahi. The garrison at Malahi island on July 81 of the present year, when the last report was made, consisted of fourteen officers, 27 enlisted men and nlnet.y fceneral prisoners. The.officers are: Captains C. P. George and J. F. Gohn; First Lieu tenants C. L. McKaln, L. L. Roach, P. L. Smith and C. B. Stone, Jr.; Second Lieutenant L. Solelalc, L. Boswell, J. W. Hyatt, F. W. Mos chen, N. \V. Riley, Captains C. B. B. Flagg; Lieutenant W. P. Hunting don, surgeons, and E. P. Tlgnor, con tract dental surgeon. Another dispatch to the department from the commander of the naval sta tlon at Cavite was received later In the day, and stated that the hurricane dld 390,000 damage to tho buildings, plant, yard and craft. ERYAN TO ROOSEVELT. Nebraak-n Writes President to Stand Nobly by His Son. William J. Bryan, before staring on hts world four, has written another letter to President Roosevelt, whlcn has been made public. Ho says in part: “To President Roosevelt: Permit a parting worth You have the contest ()f your !ife i )0f()r(! y0 n, and I desire )0 ren( j er you nil the assistance in my power. You have asked congress to enact n V:nv so enlarging the powers of the interstate commerce commis sion ft»ree‘n as to permit It to fix and en reasonable freight rale, and tho railroad lobbyist was strong enough to stop lu the senate the bil! pagHol by the house. The railroad magnates'expect to block the passage of the bill again. “Sand by vour gun! You have do veloped a reform element in the re publican party; you must lead or snf fer Ihe humiliation of seeing tho lead¬ ership pass to some one else. “Go forward; you owe it to your self you owe it to your party, and, more than all you owe It to your country. "WILL1AM J. BRYAN" ENJOINS CAB MONOPOLY. Special Privileges of Atlanta Baggage Company to Bo Aired In Court. The special privileges granted the Atlanta Baggage ar.d Cab company at the terminal station in that city are to he aired in the courts. At tho instance of a number of cab men Judge Pendleton has issued an injunction against tue transfer com pany named, and tho Atlanta Terminal Station company, restraining the en foroe-ment of the rule that only ve hides of the favored company shall stand immediately in front of the sta tlon. OCTOPUS SPREADING OUT. “Tentacles” rf Standard Oil Encircle Big Railroad Properties. The Cleveland, O., Leader says: The Oil group of New York finau has obtained comroi of traction in Ohio and Indiana with par value of 3i3,150,000 at a re¬ ported cash outlay of 350.000,000. Oth similar transactions are known to oe pending. desperado bites dust. Outlaw Simms Laid Low by Sheriff and Deputiss with Fourteen Bullets In Hla Body. Will E, Simms, slayer of Conductor Julius Landsberg of the Seaboard Air Line some six weeks ago at E'llabeii, Bryan county, Ga., and iater of James Perry, a negro, wes himself shot and killed Thursday afternoon in Liberty county, about ten miles north of Flem ing. Simms was killed fay officers of the law, who had been on his track for “W hours * when 8et out iu P u: " suit Of him on receipt of the news that he . had . started in the direction of hii! oW haunl8 la ubwty tounvy. These ofllcers were Sheriff James Par I oh of Bryan county and his two dep uties, M. A. Gibson and H. V. Dukes, They left Ellabell and followed the trace of Shame as they picked it up and there, where he had stopped his way. About two hours after Simms had departed from a negro's house, Wed nesday evening, where he had killed a small pig, and had it roasted for him, the officers arrived. They took a rt . 8t then f or Hie night, arid e:.r!y Thursday morning were astir. Then they found a bed in a haystack, just 100 yards from where they bad slept. It was there Simms had slept, but he had got a good start, being up earlier than they. To the Canoochoe river they I raced Simms, and there lost his track for a time, p ut presently met A. Fraburn, who toid them he had seen Simms a short while before, sitting in the yard of a man named Parker, Simms’ fath er-in-law. The officers thereupon started for Parker’s. Arrived there, they saw no one In the yard save two small children. Sheriff Parish divided hi* force, approaching the house from one side, while his deputies each ap preached from another direction. All three arrived at tho house at the same time. Tbe elder of the children spied the officers and shouting, "WUHe.WU n e; here they come," and ran to the house. The officers, not having seen Simms, had concluded he was off in the fields somewhere. They entered the house, watchful with their weapons. At tho cry of the child, Simms ever alert, his Winchester rifle and start out the roar door. Catching sight f Rheriff Parish he fired at the officer a distance of less than twenty He missed, and fired but once more. Deputy Gibson fired tbe shot that Simms first, the sheriff having with his rifle and missed. Simms fell to his knees when struck by Gib shot, but the officers knew his determination, and saw he was still trying to work hts rifle. They poured shot after shot Into him until his body was riddled. One bullet nearly cut off Birman’ hand at the wrist. Parks, o*me up from the fields, at tracted by the shooting. He knew what It meant. He said he was surprised Simms had not been killed before that, It was found that fourteen shots had taken effect upon Simms, x wagon, was secured and Simms' body was taken to Ellabell. The death of the outlaw will relieve Bryan conn ty of deep apprehension, such hr.s been the terror of his name and of the deeds he has committed: Rheriff Parish Is being generally commended his work. -- ROBBERS ABOARD STEAMER. Wireless Message Calls for Detectives to Be In Waiting. A wireless message was received In Savannah Thursday by Cap ain Savage, local agent for the Ocean Steamship company, from Capt. Fish¬ er of the steamship City of Atlanta, oi. the way from New York, request Ing him to have detectives at he dock upon the arrival of the vessel. This ws* all there was to Captain Fisher's message, but the operator aboard tho City of Atlanta informed the Savannah operator shat there had been robbers aboard the vessel since lier departure from New York, several passengers having lest valuables. ROCKEFELLER EULOGIZED. Hla Fellow Citizens of Cleveland Call Him Greatest Man Extant. Several hundred representative men of Cleveland, Ohio, called upon John D. Rockefeller at his home in For est Hill Tuesday afternoon, and through Andrew Squire, a lawyer, and L. E. Holden, proprietor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, expressed Mr. Rockefeller their esteem for him as a citizen and as a great business man. The gathering Included mer ebants, lawyers, clergymen, educators and men in humbler walks of life. TO WAGE WAR ON SALOONS. Movement Started in Atlanta for a Georgia Prohibition Campaign. The first step toward a prohibition in Georgia was taken by Atlanta Anti-Sa’.oon League by adoption Tuesday night of resoln expressive of such a purpose, of which are to be sent church in the city of Atlanta the request ihat the congregn either adopt or reject them, MORGAN SAVS NAY Alabama Senator Declines to Go on Junket to Panama. SO WRITES TO SHONTS Thinks Tour of Inspection of Canal Route and Conditions of Isthmus fay Commission WHI Result in No Tangible Good. Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama wrote a letter to Chairman T. P. Shunts of the Panama canal commis sion. declining the invitation to ae company the commission which left New York Thursday for Panama. The senator thinks nothing will be accom plished by the trip. Hts letter says in part: "In your telegram of the 22d in¬ stant you speak of a large party who are to sail with the commission and tho advisory board to Colon and are to have comfortable facilities for making tours of inspection and exam ination of the canal. In the matter of sightseeing, such facilities will af ford much pleasure, which I regret 1 am not prepared to enjoy; but 1 do not suppose that such a surface in¬ spection of the appearance of condi Dons in Panama would give me any da;a from which I oould form any judgment ae to the practicability of » lock canal, or a sea level canal, or the preference due to either plan, or ;,s to the cost, or the time required for the completion of the canal on either plan. "I could not wisely, intelligently or justly give an opinion to any commis sioner, or to any member of the ad visory board as to the possibility of a dam at Bahio, 188 feet below the level of the sea, that would supply the canal at 80 feet above sea level; or as to a dam at or below Gatun that would supply a canal at 30 feet above sea level; or as to a dam at Gamboa that would control the waters of the Chagres river; or as to a po» Bible tunnel to either ocean to carry off those flood waters. “1 could not inform the able, cour ageona and distinguished chief of the hygienic service in the canal zone whether, if we should flood all the breeding places of tbe stegomyia fas¬ cists with great lakes, we would not Increase them a thousand fold along tho margins of the great bodies of fresh water. In the tropical under growth that would spring up around them in a few hours. Indeed, this is no question, among the many vital interests that concern this great Sn qulry, upon which t.,iy rational mind oould give any reliable information or form any correct judgment, from what one could see or hear In the tours along tho canal zone that this party of visitors will have the opportunity to make. "I must say that I distrust the ex peeled advantages to congress or to th<y country, of stioh an excursion oi the value of any opinion that may be formed on great engineering problems by a body of gentlemen who are non professional and must form their con elusions from surface appearances, Neither of these Important commit tees can derive any .**gitimate conciu sion* upon vital facts that must con trol that vast subject, from the opin ions of those who are mere guests of un excursion wjrtr. ** ^ey will be men of extraordinary sed poise, n they are not influenced by what may be a prevailing sentiment among them. "Since the ratification of the Hay Vttrllla treaty, which 1 opposed, I have done all that I could and much more than I thought could ever be of ad¬ vantage to the country to sustain th9 government in Its purpose to construct a canal In Panama. Yet I have not believed that success could crown their efforts, even In their most cost¬ ly and desperate form. You may find the key to unlock the barriers that nature has interposed at Panama. If you should be so fortunate, I will applaud your genius and courage. I will vote io provide you with every reasonable authority and power to ac eomplish your task and to meet your tremendous responsibility. •*Iu the effort to answer your friend \y invitation with perfect frankness. If [ have said anything that jars upon y°» r sensibilities. I have not so in tended it and woud regre or ho - to a* cs, ire you of m s and to say that »“* rejoae ^ •• You la the successful eomp.e - n o. the great work in yo.,r c .ar-t - * cereiy yours, iSigned) “JOHN T. MORGAN." CHINESE INSPECTORS FIRED. Stevenson and Boltz Charged With Aiding Smuggling Scheme. The department cf commerce and labor at Washington Tuesday issued an order removing Edward Boltz and Charles W Stevenson. Chinese iaspec tors in the immigration service. They were charged with assisting in smug sting four Chinamen tnto the fatted States at Buffalo, K. Y. OUTLAW UUILn DEFIES JURORS. While Coroner Was Making Up Ver diet, Desperado and MultLMur derer, Sends Open Challenge. At Eliabelle, Ga., Tuesday, while Will E. Simms, a white desperado, heavily armed, stood in plain sight, a coroner’s jury found him guilty of murder. Bilabelle is in Bryan oounty, 24 mile* from Savannah, and the vicin¬ ity la in a state of terror because of the aAs of Simms, who has already IciSed two men, has notified others that he will kill them on sight, and who, for the last three weeks, has openly defied the ofllcers of the state and couciy, being. It 19 said, shel¬ tered and supplied with ammunition by relatives and openly-levied contri¬ butions of food and money from va¬ rious persons cf the community, en¬ forcing compliance with his wishes at the point of a Winchester. Tuesday, a coroner's jury deliberat¬ ed on the death of a negro, the latest victim of Simms. The murderer was »o near the seen* and bo well posted as to the proceedings that before a verdict had been reached, he had ad¬ dressed' an open letter to all who were against him, defying them to do their worst and inviting them to come in the woods and look for him. About four weeks ago, at Ella belle, 31mm* snot and killed Julius J.ans bnrg, a freight train conductor on the Seaboard Air Line, for no other reason, it is reported, than that Lanfi burg had refused him permission to ride to Savannah on his train. After this crime he disappeared for a few days, but did not leave the vicinity of iSlabelie, merely keeping out of sight in the day time. A few days ago he killed an old negro roan and seriously wounded his son. Ho openly admitted the deed to some of bis relatives, and gave as his reason the fact that the negro had told of tb« place where Simms was in the habit of spending the nights. St was for his latest crime that the inquest was held. The man who gave Che most damaging testimony agaitrst Simms immediately loft the vicinity, fearing the vengeance of the murder¬ er, and number* of negroes likewise are fleeing from the country, being in a state of abject fear that they, too, may become victims of Simms' un erring rifle. A posse, led by the sher¬ iff, started out Tuesday night, search ing Simms’ haunts, with the intention of taking him dead or aiive. Simms la armed with a Winchester and two revolvers. He is a sure shot. He was within eight of the court house, where the inquest was held, but so great is the terror his name inspires that none would dare go to capture him. At the hearing, Sheriff James Par¬ rish, upbraided thos- who have been giving food and sb*fter to the oiff law. CHESTS FULL OF EVIDENCE. Carter’s Fight to Retain Boodle Un. der Full Swing at Chicago. At Chicago, Tuesday, attorneys f*» the federal government iconttnued td»e cross-examination of foxmer Captain O. M. Carter in the proceedings brought to compel Carter to turn over 3500,000 to the national treao ury. doc Twelve nrmy chests filled with umentary evidence Mired the wails of the room. Special Examiner Richard Wvman is taking testimony which will iater be referred to United States Circuit Judge Kohlsaat for consider at ion. The funds in controversy art* in the hands of the federal court awaiting the decision of Judge Kohl saat. VETS SHY AT BLOOMERS. Will Forbid Women in "Bifurcated” Attire Riding In Parade. At a recent meeting of Turney Bivouac. United ■Confederate Veterans, at Winchester. Terni ^ a ilesointlon was unanimously adopted condemning the appearance of females in confed¬ erate processions wearing divided skirts or bloomers. MARYLAND DEMOCRATS MEET. Platform Principally Dgvoted to Re¬ striction of Negro Suffrage. At the democratic state convention of Maryland, which was held in Bal¬ timore, Comptroller of the State At¬ kins was renominated and a platform adopted, which, excepting a para¬ graph indorsing the administration of the present governor, is wholly de¬ voted to the proposed constitutional amendment to restrict negro suffrage, which will be voted upon at the No¬ vember election. MOTOR RAILWAY PLANNED. Company Formed With Ample Capital to Carry Out Project. A corporation has been formed tm der the came of the Virginia Penfn sular railway, with 3300,000 oapRai, to build a road from Newport News to Yorklown. with a branch line to Po quoson. ft is intended to extend *be iine from Newport Ww to Hawpten, Phebus and Old Point Comfort. ATLANTIC COAST LINE. PASSENGER SCHEDULES. Arrivals and Departures at Jesup, Ga., In Effect May 8th, 1905. "s. Departures. For Savannah and points North an® East. Train No, 6* leaves , 7:45am Train No. 32 leaves ,11:30am Train No. 82....... , 11 : 20 a ns Train No. 40 leaves , 11 : 20 pm For Waycross and South, west. No. 89 leaves 6:00am No. 35 -leaves .. 11:05am No. 21 leaves .. 4:45an» No. 57 leaves .. 8:35pm For Jacksonville and points soith, via Short Line. No. 36 leaves 10:53sto For Folkston via Shcrt Line. £». 27 leaves.......... 5:05am j Arrivals. Froto Savannah' and North and East. No. 89 arrives...... .....4:65am No. 35 arrives..... .. ,.10:48am. No. 21 arrives .. .. .. ..4:40pm No. 67 arrives . ■. .. .... ,8:30pm From Jacksonville:, and points South, via Short Line. No. 82 arrives .. . .... ,A1:15am From Waycross and points South and West, via Waycross. No. 58 arrives...... 7u40am No. 82 arrives ., .. . 11:05am No. 40 arrive* .. *• .• ll:4^pm No. 22 arrives..... .7:46\tm From Folkston via Short Line. No. 26 arrives.. .. .. ,• • ..'7:30pm Nos. 25 and 27 daily except Sunday. All other trains dally. Connections made at Port Tampa with United States mail steamtSiip of peninsula and Occidental Steamship line of Key West and Havana, leaving Port Tampa Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11:40 p. m. For further Information, through services, trains making local stops an® schedules to other points, apply TICKET AGENT, Jesup, Ga., or M TICKET AGENT, Jesup, Ga., or Thos. Savannah. E. Myers, Trav. Pass. Agent,^ T. C. White, Div. Pass. Agt., Savannah W. J. Craig, Gen. Pass Agt., Wilming¬ ton, N. C. H. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. ALL BURIED IN ONE GRAVE. Mother and Children, Murder Victims, Laid to Rest Together. The bodies of Mrs. A. .1. Condif. her 13 -year-old daughter and her sons, aged «, 8 and 10, respectively, who were murdered near Edna, Texas, by a negro, were inierred in a single grave. The' discovery of a bloody ads with which the crime was committed and a bundle of discarded clothing found by bloodhounds a short distance from the scene of the tragedy are the only clues left ny the murderer. However, as a result of suspicion against Hank Gibson, the 17-year-old negro boy who was working in a nearby field, and who gave the first alarm, his homo was searched and a tablecloth with a bundle of bloody clothing was found concealed between the covers of a bed. ON TO GULF OF MEXICO. Plan on Foot t 0 Extend Darien, At. iantic arid Gulf Railroad. At a meeting in Douglas, Ga., Fri¬ day of the directors of the Earien, At¬ lantic and Gulf railroad company it was decided to extena the road north¬ ward from Barrow’s Bluff to Helena, and southward from Nashville, Ga,. to some point on the Gulf of Mexico not yet decided upon. HITCHCOCK FAVORS PUBLICITY. Secretary of Interior Expresses Him¬ self as to Campaign Contributions. Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock, in speaking of campa-.gn contributions, said in an in erview at Washington Tuesday: "I have ail along been opposed to secret contributions, and I am in fa¬ vor of passing a law compelling full publicity of campaign expenses. The secrecy given to the .ampaign contri¬ butions is apt to lead to undesirable results and cause suspicion. If con¬ tributions are legitimate there is noth¬ ing to be feared through publicity.” PEACE A BOON TO JAPAN. Further Progress of War Would Have Been Hard on Islanders. A Tokio special says: Notwithstan ding the silence of the government the real fact is disclosed that Japan made peace at Portsmouth in fear of a financial breakdown. The war proved more costly than tjad been, calculated and the rice and cereal crops seemed doomed to fail ure. Six months more of war would have meant very hard times, for the ©asses of the people are very poor and rice is their bread and meat.
