WAVNE COUNTY NEWS.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
Entered as second class matter la
the postofflee a't Jesup, Ga.
Officlal Organ of Wayne County.
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TELEPHONE NUMBER.....14
11. W,. WHALEY, T. S. WILKINS,
Stockholders.
Mi. W. TINDALL Editor.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
