The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-02
wAYCROss NEWS WAITS.
Mr.. duBignOn 10 Speak-HOke smiths
Failure to visit the Town.

Failure TO Visit the Town.
WaycrosS, Ca, oct. 31.-It is understood
here that Hon. Fleming G. duBgnon will
spend Saturday in Waycross consulting
with his friends in regard to his cam
paign for the United States Senate, which
will be opened here some time in Novem-
Der. Mr.. duBignon will fix the day for his
opening speech. and his friends will ar
range to have the day properly advertised.
Secretary Holse Smith did not come to
Waycross on Oct. g. as was expected. 1t
has been rumored for several weeks past
that Mr.. Smith would be here last Satur-
day and that he would probably make
speech. 1t is very likely that he never au-
thorized any one to announce his coming,
and it is certain that had he intended to
come he would have given notice of his
coming. The people here would like to
hear Mr.. Smith speak again, and it is
PROBABLE that in short time he will be
invited to do so.
The Savannah presbytery has a mis-
sionary to Brazil at a salary of $3.50
year. He is Rev. William l.. Thompson.
All the churches within the bounds of
the presbytery have obligated themselves
to raise money to meet this purpose, and
the first collection was taken last Sun
day. The presbytery expressed a hope
that II would be able next year to pay
the expenses also of Mrs. Thompson
sionary work. Many of the churches are
weak and the burden will be borne chief
ly by the stronger churches. Rev. Mr.
in his new field. He has many hardships
ana he is exposed to a tropical climate
and tropical fever.
John Miller and Aaron Lotion. ne
groes, quarreled yesterday about a wo-
man at Blackburn's turpentine still at
Needham, and later in the day Lotion
went to Miller's house and renewed the
quarrel.
Both men We're armed with guns LOT
ton shot Miller through the left wrist
and beat his head with a gun. Miller
the wounded negro, was brought here
last night and jailed. DIR. Gus p. Folks
dressed his wounds. Lotion was not ar
rested
The present legislature will not elect
q solicitor general for the Brunswick jul
dicial circuit, but the Legislature of next
fall will. 1t is understood that Hon. w.
G. Brantley, the present incumbent, will
not be a candidate for reelection. There
are only two candidates for the office,
so far as is known here, and they are
Hon. j. w. Bennett of Jesup and w. NJ.
| Toomer of Waycross. Other candidates
may appear before the election is held.
The meeting of the Christian Laymen
| Workers at the association hall in Old
| Waycross continues with undated in
| terest, and the laymen are very much in
| terested in the conversion of sinners.
| James NJ Freeman, one of the Laymen
| Workers, testified that he wrote a nOval
about fifteen eyars since, entitled, Capt.
story was a lie" said he, from beginning
to ending" He expressed much regret
because he had wrote it,
Miss Conrad, the sister of Emerson 3.
Conrad, the man who is in Jail charged
| with cheating and swindling, has been
| here since last Saturday in the interest
she is deeply Inundated by her brothers
| disgrace, as ii is the first blot in the
| history of the family. She is making
| strenuous efforts TO secure her brother
freedom, and it is the impression that she
| will succeed when the case is tried.
A school will be opened next Monday in
farm by Prof. j. w. Rutherford, who has
| just closed a term at Wilkinson academy.
| J. s. Tart has returned to Waycross af-
| ter an absence of two years and is now
| preparing to establish a large factory for
| the manufacture of mattresses.
/ Ware superior court will be convened
| here next Monday by Judge Sweat. The
| regular terra OF this court is two we. Ks,
and it is most likely that the heavy civil
/ and criminal dockets will require all the
| time that the term allows.
Mrs. Sallie Murphy has in her possess
| sion a china image of Mrs. Bonaparte
| Napoleon's first wife, which has been in
the possession of the family half CEN
Ii has been cloudy and threatening
| rain since yesterday, and about 10 o'clock
| this morning a light rain began fall
| ing. The wind was high last night. and
| the dust was blown over the city in large
| clouds. The truckers and farmers gener-
| ally hereabouts have been complaining
of the drought for several weeks TheY
are rejoiced to see the drought ended.
| Several prospeetors have been here this
| week to buy real estate. and some sales
/ viii probably result in a few DAVIS
| NJ j. Parker of Brunswick was here to
| day. and he said that the Wilson shoe
| factory at Brunswick, which began oper-
| alton some time ago under the manage
! ment OF Mr.. Wilson, is turning out about
] 800 shoes per day and preparations are
4 being made for greater output to meet
| the increasing patronage
| The old depot of the Brunswick and
| Western was removed to Hoboken yester-
1 day. The whole building was intact when