The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-18
wAYoRoss NEWS WAITS.
What is Going on in the Progressive
CountYseat of Ware.

COunNySeGt OF W are.
Waycross. Ga. Oct. 17.-To-morrow the
democratic executive committee of Ware
county will consider the matter of chang
ing the date for the primary election for
the nomination of county officers. The
date. as it now stands, is Nov. 20. the time
for the holding of the congressional cleo
ton. An effort win be made to have the
date fixed for Nov 6. instead of the 10th.
Hon. Henry C. Turner spoke at Jesup
yesterday, Traders Hill to-day and will
speak at Brunswick tomorrow, Owens
Ferry Friday and Waycross Saturday
night.
Judge Turner's speech here will be lis
tened to by a large crowd and his recep-
ton will be an honest, sincere and over
whelming one. His friends throughout
the county have received notice of the
date and are expected to be present in
large numbers from the various precincts.
The Herald Publishing Company has
leased its newspaper and job printing
plant to Judge A. p Perham, the pres
ent managing editor of the Evening Her
aid. The lease will take effect oct. 26
and continue one year. Judge Perham is
an experienced and competent newspa-
per man and has won quite a reputa-
ton in editorial work. J. S. Sharp, the
present business manager, will not be con-
nected with the paper in its new man
agement.
Notice has been officially given by the
city council that at the next session of
the Georgia legislature a bill will be in
PRODUCED to amend section II of the citys
charter, so as to authorize the mayor and
council to condemn lands for the purpose
of laying out, widening, extending,
Strengthening and otherwise changing the
streets and alleys of the city and to COM
pensate the owners thereof for the same:
also to provide for extending and laying
out, cross and extend streets and alleys
across the right of way, railroad tracks
and roadbeds of any railroads in she
city.
Announcement is made of the dissoiu-
ton by mutual consent of the firm of H.
F. Butler & Co, grocers. II. +. Butler will
continue the business and w. b. Folks
the Junior member of the firm, has re-
tired
The populists of this county have
claimed all along that they intend to put
out a full ticket for county offices, but it
is now rumored that no ticket will be mar
shalled into the fight by them
Smith & Lee have sold their interest
in the market to Joiner & Middleton, who
will continue the business on a large
scale.
A white convict who had been SEN
fenced to the chain-gang for six months
for stealing, broke the iron bars on the
window of his cell at the guard house
tuesday night and escaped.
Mr. F. j. Gallagher and Miss LIVE Nc
Connell were married one day last week
at the home of the brides brother Mr.. T.
NJ. Mcconnell, at Manor, Ga. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. Mr. Aims
worth of Waresboro. The beautiful par
lors of the Mcconnell residence were
thronged with friends of both the bride
and groom.
NJ. J. McQuag, a popular and prosper
GUS citizen of Manor. died last Thursday
at his home. Mr.. McQuaig leaves a wife
and four children, an aged mother and
several brothers and sisters and many
friends.
Col W. A. Mcdonald, who has been
elected to the legislature from Ware. an
nounces that he will introduce bill at the
next legislature for an entire term of
free school in this county.
a protracted meeting is in progress at
| the Methodist church. 1t has been large
~ attended by the people generally for
over a week. Much interest is taken in
| the meetings by the members of the
| church
Charlton superior court was convened
| Tuesday by Judge Sweat and Will proba-
bly, be adjourned tomorrow.
D. b. English has bought the city 'ba-
kerry from c. Buchanan, and will en-
large the business considerabl bly,.
A sick and friendless little boy, who was
trying to reach Jacksonville yesterday,
was penniless and nearly half dead He
was cared for by Misses Daisy Lowering
and Cora May, members of the Yon Yon-
son theatrical company, who gave him
medical attention and a ticket to Jack
sonville