The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-04
WAYCROSS NEWS NOTES.

Wares Rural School Facilities-De-
partment Called Out for Two
Small Fires.
Waycross, Ga, Aug. 3.-There are in
the county Of Ware forty seven schools
and five schools situated on the county
lines participated in by Ware and ad-
Joining counties. Thirty-siX of these
schools are composed Of white children
and eleven colored. There are in ses-
sion at this time twenty-five white
schools and two colored. The white
schools of the county are presided over
by twenty-nine gentlemen and nine la
dies. The colored schools are presided
over by two males and six females
These schools are all located outside of
the city of Waycross, and come under
the Jurisdiction of our county school
commissioner, Mr.. Thomas r. Bennett
An incipient blaze in a house occu-
pied by Doc Johnson, near the Way
cross Air Line depot yesterday after
noon called out the fire department The
fire was eXtinguished before the boys
arrived on the scene, and there was
but little damage.
To-day about 10 o'clock the fire alarm
sounded again and the fire companies
responded promptly The blaze was
in a house near the Waycross Opera
House, and small hole was burned in
the roof. The fire was soon put out
by the hose company, and the damage
was very slight.
Mr.. r. M. Lanier spent part of yes
terday on the banks of the Satilla river
FOv fIa fVaiEa CHI
ceeded in catching some very nice fish,
but his finest one was killed with
shot gun. 1t was a fine trout weighing
ten pounds.
Some of the leading ladies of Way
cross have organized themselves into
an auxiliary of the Young Mems
Christian Association of Waycross.
Mrs. j. H. Redding, is president; Mrs.
E. H. Reed, vice president; Mrs. c. "A.
Sheldon, secretary, and Mrs. H. l.. Is.
Virgins, treasurer. There are thirty
five members in the auxiliary, and it is
thought this will prove a very valua-
BILE adjunct to the association. They
will assist very materially in furnish
ing the elegant rooms just fitted up In
the Redding building over the Grace
Brantley Company stores.
w. j. Lettuce was arrested yester-
day afternoon on Il charge of larceny
after trust, at the instance of M. CO.
hen, a Hebrew merchant on lower
Plant avenue. 1t seems that Cohen, VINO
runs a soda water stand, was quite
sick some two or three months ago,
and turned his business over to Lettice
while he went away on a trip. He
claims to have turned over Lettice
goods amounting to $339.60. While he
was away Lettice sent him $500, and
when he returned failed to account for
the balance of $139. Thereuporr Cohen
took out warrant charging him with
larceny after trust Lettuce has given
bond in the sum of 5000.
The Brunswick and Birmingham
Railroad have the iron laid and cars
running to within fourteen miles OF
Hortense.
Two negroes engaged in a difficulty
near Wildwood, and got to cutting each
other with their knives. One of them
received a very painful cash in his left
side. He was taken to the office of Or.
Bagley in Wildwood, who dressed his
wounds. The cut was about five
inches in length and ten stitches were
required to hold it together.
Mr.. C. J. Mcdonald, tax assessor of
Ware county, is in the city to-day. He
has just completed his digest for the
present year, and a splendid increase
in taxable values is shown.
The increase over last year is $27S,S41.
The total taxable property in the coun-
ty for 1900 was $2,605,S2S, and for this
year it is $2,SS4, 1863.
At their meeting next week the
County Commissioners will decide upon
the tax rate for Ware county for this
year, and if it is the same as the as
sessment last year, $40 on the $1,000 of
property the taxes will amount to $685.
Sal SO.