The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-19
ALL THE NEWS AT WAYCR0SS.
CITIZENS WILL ENTERTAIN VICE
PRESIDENT KNOTT.

Call for a County Mass Meeting Is
sued-Recent Fire at Mcdonald.
Saw Mill Burned-HOn. j. II. Me-
Donald Is Candidate For re-
EIcction-He Seeks VindicntiOn.
Troubles of the WaycrOss Fair.
Early Primaries Wanted.
Waycross Ga, March 1S.-The Cham
Der of Commerce of Waycross win ten
der a reception next Tuesday evening, IN
the pariors of the Phoenix Hotel, to Vice
President S. r. Knott and Gen. Supt.
Denham of the Plant System. Ii will be
quite a swell affair, attended by the most
prominent citizens of Waycross. A num-
Der of invitations have already been sent
out.
Mrs. Tabitha Henderson has filed a pc
tition for probating the viii of Lydia
Bourp, deceased, and Ordinary Lott will
| hear the case on the first Monday in May
| next.
| Hon. Warren Lott. chairman of the
Democratic Executive Committee of Ware
county, has issued a call for a mass meet
| ing to select a new executive committee.
| The meeting will be held during the noon
recess of the opening day of Ware SUI
perior Court, Monday, April l6. 1t is
probable that the time for holding the
county primary will be decided on that
occasion
The recent fire at Mcdonald was more
destructive than at first thought. Two
dry kilns and several thousand feet Of
Iumoer We're destroyed. 1t required hard
work on the part of the operatives 20 pre-
vent the entire plant from being con
| sumed
The saw mill of William Guy &. Son at
Braganza, was destroyed by fire yester-
| day afternoon. Mr.. Guy has only re-
Gently made some extensive improvements
about the mill, putting in new machinery
| Tor manufacturing slaves and shingles,
and the loss is quite heavy. No insur-
once.
Hon. ]. R. Mcdonald comes out as n
candidate for reelection for Representa-
tive from Ware county. He issues a cir
cuiar platform wherein he states his de-
| slreS and aspirations. 1t will be remember
ed thar during the recent session of the
! Legislature Mr.. Mcdonald got into a dis
pute with the grand jury Of Ware He
was fatherng a number of bills TO reduce
the salaries of various officers in this
| county The grand jury passed res9lu-
| tons asking that the bills be not passed.
! These were given to the representa- i've
! sealed up. When read by the clerk ii was
| found that they had been changed TO a rec
ommenda ton TO pass. Everything pointed
! to Mr.. Mcdonald as having tempered
with them. 1t was his word against the
word of twenty-five of Ware county's best
citizens. so public opinion went against
him. He is now out to "vindcate" him
| self, and proposes, as ne wrote to N J.
Smith, clerk of the grand jury, to SHOW
where Tony hid the wedge"
| The Board of Directors of the Waycross
| Fair Association recently appointed
committee TO raise funds to pay off out-
standing Indebtedness of the association
| Notwithstanding the big crowds attending
| in 1898 the fair came out $1,000 on The
| wrong side of the ledger. In 1899 the price
of admission was doubled, but the crowd
| fell off one-half The shortage that year
was $3.50, making a total Indebtedness of
81 100, which will have to be settled If
this amount can be raised we will have a
! fair this year. If not the grounds and
| buildings will be sold, and the great Way
cross Fair will be a thing of The past
| Candidates for the various offices in Ware
county are clamoring for early prima-
| ry, and no wonder. They are being
| pulled" for all they are worth, by lazy
| loafers who will not work Already they
| are compelled to stand" for meals. lodg-
ing whisky. and other necessaries for the
floating. purchasable voters. With the
| large number of candidates in the field
| these ''bloodsuckerS' will have a regular
soft snap until after the primary is
| pulled off.
The local lodge of odd Fellows is making
arrangements for the annual encampment
and Grand Lodge, l. O. o. F., which meets
here next May. About 300 Odd Fellows,
many of them accompanied by their wives,
| will be here and big time is anticipated.
A fish fry will be given at Waltertown, on
the Satilla river.
| Mrs. Dilla Gooding, a sister of Judge
| Burrel Sweat died at her residence, near
Bolen, and was buried in Mt Pleasant
! Cemetery.