The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-18

sunday school COnvention-Church
Entertninment-Oth Matters.


Waycross, Ga. April 1.-THE ladies of
the Catholic Church of this city Will give
an entertainment at the Rifle armory to-
morrow evening. Refreshments will be
served, and a beautiful silver set will be
given to the party holding the lucky num-
Der. Music will be furnished during the
evening, and a pleasant occasion is ex-
pected. The object of the entertainment Is
10 raise funds with which TO complete the
Catholic Church. A portion OF the even
ing entertainment will consist of a very in
teresting competitive drill by the Way
cross Rifles.
The Twenty-seventh District Sunday
School Convention held at Dupont yester-
day and Saturday, was a success through
out. The session OF the convention was
well attended. and some very Interesting
addresses were delivered by enthusiastic
Sunday school workers. Among those par
ticipaung In the programme were: r. 'B
Reppard of Savannah, Prot. S. p. Settles
of Waycross l.. Gordon, Dupont; r. F.
Bird, Waycross; w s. Booth. Manor: j.
O. Word, Blackshear The following Of
ficers we're elected for the ensuing year
President, c. c. Buchanan, Waycross;
vice president, j. o. Word. Blackshear.
secretary and treasurer. w. S. Booth
Manor; Chorister, r. f. Winiford Mill
wood. The executive committee, all of the
county presidents. The delegates to the
state convention from the district are as
follows: c. c. Buchanan. Taylor Bum. w
s. Booth, Mrs. j. II. Reddng. Miss Lille
Thigpen, d. b. Sweat, from Ware; Rev
l.. Gordon, A. Dupont c. b. Patterson
Clinch; j. l.. Grady, b. ID. Brantley, Mrs
A. p. Brantley, Pierce; d. c. Layton.
Charlton; Jessie Lott, w. w. Mcdonald,
Coffee. Douglas was selected as the place
for holding the next district convention.
A fund was started yesterday at Du-
pont by the Sunday school workers of the
Twenty district looking to the
placing of handsome bronze tablet upon
the famous Wesley Oak at Thunderbot,
in honor of John Wesley, who preached
under that oak, and who established the
first Sunday school in Georgia, II not In
the world The workers at Dupont took
readily to the suggestion, and a good start
was made towards raising the necessary
amount. 1t isl understood that the enter
prise will be pushed through at once.
The little child of Mr.. T. T. Thigpen, q
prominent tie contractor of Waycross, died
Saturday afternoon, and it's body was bur
led yesterday morning at the family lot at
Kettle Creek cemetery.
An interesting story comes from Clinch
county. A man living near the Suwannee
river, which divides Clinch from the state
of Florida conceived the idea of establish
ing a floating barroom or blind tiger. Ac-
cordingly, he built him little house with
the necessary conveniences for living upon
the water The turpentine stills, saw mills
and tie camps along the river gave him a
good outlet for his business. He evidently
imagined that he had a soft snap of it,
and that living on the water he was not
amenable TO law After some little time,
however, he was arrested by the sheriff
of Clinch county, and was tried at the
recent term of Cllnch Superior Court and
convicted. His fine, assessed by Judge
Bennett was 800 and cost.
Ware Superior Court was convened this
morning by Judge Bennett of Brunswick
This week will be devoted to the trial of
civil business, and next week the criminal
docket will be taken up