The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-28
ANNIVERSARY OF THE RIFLES.
WAYCROSS' MILITARY COMPANY TO
CELEBRATE TOMORROW.

Resign-The WOOten MedaI-Re-
marLabIe Work of the RusI<in Col
ony at Duke-Masons Held Meet
ing in the Interest of Lumbermnn
Davis, Who Was Injured-Othcr
News at WaycrOss.
Waycross, Ga, Jan. 27.-On Monday
night next the Waycross Rifles will cele-
brate their eleventh anniversary, at their
armory in this city. 1t win be a swell
affair and largely attended, On that oc-
casiou the Wooten medal, which was won
by Corpl. w. b. Fenton for the best shot
in the Fourth Regiment, Will be presented
Corpl Fenton will be honored above his
fellows, as he wears this medal first, Col.
Wooten having just offered 1t last year.
1t is very handsome and regarded by many
as the prettiest medal in the regiment
1t has transpired that there are some in
ternal disturbances troubling the Way
cross Rifles just now. During the eleven
years of their existence the members have
worked together tremendously, but at
satisfaction in the ranks from some cause
or other 1t is said that probably twenty
five applications for discharge will be sent
IN at the next business meeting, the first
Tuesday night in February. Sergts. w.
A. Lowther and P. c. Hamilton have al
ready sent in their designations. Some of
the members claim thai the trouble is on
account Of the law requiring an enlistment
for two years.
The Mayor and Aldermen were sworn
in at the meeting of Council last night.
The oath was administered by Hon. War
rem Lott. Ordinary of the county.
Thursday night as Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam Baden were driving across the Way
cross Air Line road at the Butler street
crossing, their buggy went through the
bridge. Mrs. Bladen was thrown out and
dragged about twenty feet before the horse
could be gotten loose. She was painfully
bruized about the head. face and body,
and their harness was completely ruined.
Arrangements have partially been per-
fected for all the school children in the
Ruskin colony settlement to receive their
pro rata share of the public school fund
ms term. There are about 125 in the col
ony school and Prof. Denney is the prin.
cipal
The Thigpen Lumber Company, operat-
ing nine miles west of here, recently
bought a large tract of timber four miles
west of their present site and will move
their mill to that point They will con-
,nue to ship from Needham
Mr. G. lie Counte will engage in the
poultry business on large scale this year
north of town He has about fifty fine
barred Plymouth Rock fowls, and is
Matching by the incubator process.
on Washington's birthday there will be
a racing matinee at the Waycross Fair
Grounds, under the management of Mr.
Hughes. the horse trainer.
Ware county's portion of the school fund
is S5.O0S0S for 1900
Waycross will send a large delega ton to
Savannah to welcome Admiral Dewey.
Rev. W. l.. Harpin. a local Baptist
preacher, has moved TO Abel.
1t is quite probable that Hon. p. d
Smith Of Liberty county viii enter the
race for the Senate from the district COM
posed of Liberty Mcintosh and Tattnan
counties.
Rev j c. Gillespie. the Baptist mis-
sionary in Waycross, has organized a
Sunday School in the old Dan williams
store at "Old Nine" a Waycross suburb
When the Ruskinites took charge Of the
Duke property in September there were
about fifty acres Of cleared land, now they
have nearly double that amount They
will have their stump pullers at work in a
few days. In addition to this 100 acres
they have rented the Lee farm. uear
them, and one family from the colony lives
on the place. In this farm are about 1870
acres Of land. They have torn down many
Of the old shanties and built a number