The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-22
wAYCRoss NEWS WAITS.
A Budget of short Items ON the
Events of the Day.

Events of the Day.
Waycross, Ga, May 2L-On Wednesday
about thirty ladies and gentlemen OF this
city attended a fish fry and fishing at
Grace park, near Screven. The party
caught several hundred fish and returned
on the evening train. The Misses Louise
and Hattie Grace gave the fry.
The silk mulberry trees in front Of Capt.
James Knoxs store, near the court house,
we're transplanted from the captains
yard about twelve years ago. They form
an excellent shade and one of the trees
measures fifty inches in circumference at
the ground.
The F. w. Ketterer Medicine Company,
recently organized in this city by several
local capitalists and the inventor of the
medicine, has opened UP factory near
the Waycross Air Line station.
T. e. Lanier's handsome country resi-
dence on his truck and poultry farm,
about a mile and half from the court
house, will be completed in few days,
and in about three weeks Mr.. Lanier in
tends to remove there with his family.
N. M Reynolds has returned from EN-
DRY college.
Rev. Daniel Morrison of Waresboro will
preach Sunday at Fort Moniac Mills.
w NJ. Keaton's residence, near the
Waycross Air Line station, is nearing
completion.
]. ]. wilkinson, tax collector of Ware
county, intends going Monday to Tampa
on the big excursion.
Rev NJ. c. Austin will preach Sunday
at Toledo.
q. c. Musgrove, who left the interior of
Cuba about three weeks ago, in order to
reach Havana, is in the city, and will
leave Monday for Havana via Tampa.
s A. Marshall will build residence at
the corner of Gulf and Thomas streets
Judge j. S. williams of this city has ac-
cepted an invitation to make an address
Thursday evening, June g. at the com
mencement of the Folkstone grade school,
f. F. Chambers arm was accidentally
broken recently at Glenmore.
The Sunday school convention will be
an interesting feature of the bonneville
Raptist Association, to be held on the
nth Sunday and Saturday and Friday
evenings preceding, instant, at Wildwood
The chlldren's day exercises of the
Manor Sunday school Sunday morning
will be attractive.
Irby James Of Manor. has twenty-acre
field Of corn waist high.
John Baxter Of Pierce county last year
realized S556 net from the sale OF Irish
potatoes from six acres.
The Waycross Methodist Episcopal dis
trict conference viii convene on the 18th
inst. al Blaekshear.
The Ticket of Leave Man. by local
talent. will be given some time in June
al johnson opera house.
Three hundred and fourteen dollars was
the amount collected last Sunday at the
First Methodist church, FOR the orphans
home Of the conference.
John Raxton's store at Folkston, was
burglarized few nights ago.
on yesterday Gus Harvey OF Waycross
was married to Miss Carrie PoOre al st.
Simons. Rev. Mr.. Dodge officiating.
IL Is understood that w b. Williford.
who has had charge or the construction
OF the Southern Telephone Companys
lines. has accepted a similar position with
the Bell Telephone Company at Norfolk.
Va. and has gone there.
Judge J. s. Williams convened the coun-
" court this morning. and tried some
cases Of local interest.
II. p. Bird intends soon TO erect a resi-
dence on his Butler street lot. near Or. T.
A. Baliey's.
A negro paper called the chronological
and Scientific Journal has begun publica-
ton In Waycross.
A meeting Of business men this after