The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-10
WAYCR0SS NEWS NOTES.
Change i'm Ownership of Planning
MIL - Trades-Day Projected for
September.

/ Change In ownership OF Plnn1nE
MIL - Trades-Day Projected for
September.
Waycross, Ca, Aug. 9.-The Bladen
Lumber Company is at present MAX
ing some repairs in its plant at Bla-
den, and expect to have the large mill
in operation in a short time. Bladen
is situated at the crossing of the
Brunswick and Western and Seaboard
Air Line Railroads. 1t is nineteen miles
from Brunswick and forty-one miles
trom Waycross.
The water was turned off of Hon.
w H. Dentons mill pond at Buckley
a day or two ago, and a lot of the
finest fish were caught.
Prof. w. A, Berry. who recently re-
signed his position as principal of the
Ware Institute at Waresboro, has ac-
copied place as teacher in South Car
DINA, and will begin work at his new
home on Sept. Is. He has been in
charge of the school at Waresboro the
past four or five years, and was very
popular with the people. There are
number of applicants for the princi-
palship of the Ware Institute. but no
selection has been made as yet. 1t is
more than likely that Prof G. c. In
gram of Wildwood, will be the lucky
individual
Mr.. I. S. Singleton, superintendent of
the woodworking department of the
Satilla Manufacturing Company, has
purchased the interest of Mr.. ]. w.
Johnson, in the planning min of r. H.
Murphy & Co., located in the triangular
lot between the tracks of the Plant Sys-
tenn the old Brunswick and Western
and Plant System "Y" AS soon as
Mr.. Singleton can be relieved of his
duties at the Satilla Manufacturing
Company, it is understood that he will
take charge of the business just pur-
chased.
Mr.. j. D. Smith has purchased the
Mulberry Grove Place, better known
as the old Griffin Homestead" two
miles east of the city, from Mr.. Clar-
ence Wilson.
For some time past, the people living
near the Okefinokee swamp have been
suffering from the depreciation of a
couple of panthers. Cattle, sheep, hogs,
etc, have been carried off, and although
numerous attempts have been made to
capture the animals, they have man.
aged to escape.
Mr.. Obadiah Barber took a beef liver,
and after treating it to a liberal coat
of strychnine, left 1t in a spot where
occasions. day. or two later some of
his boys went out to look after the
hogs and found near the bait put out
by Mr.. Barber the dead carcass of a
monster panther. The animal was
about three feet high, and measured
over seven feet from the point of it's
nose to the tip of its tail. Its weight,
according to Mr.. Barber, was $50
pounds. The mate to this one is still
at large, but it is more than likely
that Mr.. Barber will succeed shortly
in dispatching it also.
President W. A. Price and Secretary
c. !. Allen of the Chamber of Com
merce will make canvas of the town
within the next few days, to ascertain
the wishes of our business men in re-
gard to having a big trades-day some
time in September. 1t is quite likely
that the trades-day will be arranged,
and that 1t will be a magnificent af-
fair The plan is to have a big trades
day in Connection with the sham bat
tie that is being arranged by the Way
cross Rifles. The Rifles expect to in
wife some of the military companies
composing the Fourth Regiment to
visit Waycross on a day in September
to be selected later on. All the compa-
MES that accept the invitation and
come are to participate In the sham
battle and parade.
Mr.. John M. Shaw of Blackshear has
invented and is manufacturing a new
hay pross. The presses are 20 feet long
15x1Sx36 inches in diameter, making a
bale of hay that size. They contain
about $50 feet of lumber. forty-one
bolts, thirty-two screws, ranging from
one and one-half to four inches in
length, and weigh 992 pounds each. Mr.
Shaw sells the press for $50
Mr.. s. w, Williford of Pierce county
has succeeded in giving bond for his
appearance at Superior Court, and is
once more breathing the free afr of lib
erty. His bond of $1,000 was signed by
George T. Moody, Elias Byrd, and his
wife, Mrs. S. w. Williford.