The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-01
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ALL THE NEWS AT WAYCROSS.
Meeting of District Stewards-An In
dustriaI Home.


Wavcross. Ga, Jan. 31.-The district
stewards of the Waycross district, South
Georgia Conference, hold meeting once
each year to fix the presiding elders sal
airy, and apportion the various confer
ence assessments. This body is composed
of one steward from each charge in the
district
The meeting for 1900 was called to or
der yesterday by the presiding elder, Rev.
E. Nj. Whiting After prayer by Rev.
Thos. NJ. Christian, D. B. Sweat was
elected secretary. The following stewards
were present: First Church, Waycross,
H. Murphy; Trinity Church, Waycross, d.
b. Sweat; First Church, Brunswick, I.
w. Causey; Nick endree, Brunswick, j.
W. Wood; White oak, a. j. Lilies; Mount
Pleasant, l.. r. Akin; Duke w. 7. Nc
Michael; Folkston, j. p. Stallingsi Revs.
T. M Christian; j. NJ. Glenn and F. a.
Ratcliff were also present.
The assessments placed upon the district
by the annual conference were apportion-
ed by the stewards among the different
charges upon the same basis as last year.
The presiding elders salary was fixed a
the same figure as last year. $500, and
an equitable apportionment of the same
made among all the churches.
There seems to be no doubt about Hon.
John W. Bennett having a walk-over for
reelection as solicitor general of the
Brunswick circuit.
+. H. Myers, Jr., for some time with
the Cherokee Pharmacy, has gone to Sa-
vannah where he has accepted a position
in prominent packing establishment.
Miss Claude Little of Jesup visited Mrs.
H. c. Williams at her Sunny Side home
yesterday.
one of the trucks on j. S. Bailey & Co.'S
tram road gave way Monday. four miles
out from Mcdonald and as a result
carload of logs was dumped into a trestle.
No serious damage was done.
The postofiice at McDonald's Mill will
probably be changed to Mcdonald, so as
to conform to the name given the place
by the railroad people F. r. Sweat is
postmaster.
Wall & Peagler succeed c. NJ. & F. L.
Sweat in the turpentine business in Coffee
county, near Mcdonald.
Mr.. George S. Rippard and his son,
Meade brother and nephew of DR.. j. c.
Rippard chief surgeon of the Plant Sys-
TEN Hospital department. are here from
Wilkesbarre, Pa, and will spend few
weeks visiting.
Rev. j. NJ Glenn. pastor of Trinity
Church, has been appointed chaplain for
the relief and hospital department of the
Plant System al this place for the year
1900.
Rev. W. II. Scruggs, pastor of the Way
cross Baptist Church, has devoted con-
siderable thought and attention to the
matter of caring for the poor of our city
and he advocates most heartily the estab-
lishment of an industrial home for the
benefit of widows, orphans and others who
are really not proper subjects for the poor
farm. for to send them there" he says,
would be to foster pauperism." He says
he has been offered all the necessary land
for site for such an industrial home
within the sight of the city, and if the
county does not take some steps in this
direction, which he thinks is proper. ne
thinks he will accept some of the various
offers for land in the vicinity of Waycross
and so to work to organize this institu-
ton on a strictly undenominat ional basis
Mr.. Scruggs has his heart in this work
and if he undertakes it ne will be second
ed in his laudable efforts by the best PEG,
pie in the city.