The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-10
WAYcROSS TO CELEBRATE.
The Rifles Preparing for Big Day
I'm August

III august.
Waycross, Ga, July 9-John Gallagher
died quite suddenly this morning at 4:45,
at the home of Mr.. A. L. Waldrop. CAL
lagher was a boiler maker, employed at
the. Gillon Machine Company. and had
been here about six months He was
native of st. John, New Brunswick, and
was about 40 years of age. Gallagher has
been a hard drinker and was on a pro
longed spree.
He got drunk on Saturday and was
not seen at his boarding house from that
time until yesterday afternoon, when he
came home and told Mrs. Waldrop that
he was sick. He went to bed and dur
ing last night raved great deal in his
delirium. About daylight Mr.. Waldrop
assisted Gallagher in getting on his
clothes, and just as he was about
dressed he fell over on the bed dead. In
his delirium Gallagher often called for
his sister and complained of severe pains
in his head. He had letetr in his va
lise from w. A. Dunagan, High Springs,
Fla The body was buried to-day about
noon, Rev. ]. NJ. Glenn officiating.
Ware COunty's Teachers Institute.
The second day of the teachers insti-
tute of Ware county was both interest
ing and profitable. Rev. Mr.. Smith gave
the institute an address,, which was
highly appreciated. The first thing on
the programme this afternoon was THE
Analizing and Diagraming of Simple Sem
tences," by Prof. John Lee Elementary
Geography was the subject assigned
Prof. ]. M. Markey. School Manage
ment' was the topic handled by Prof.
McLendon. There was a general discus
sion of these questions by the teachers.
The regular election for officers of the
Waycross Rifles will be held Thursday
night, when the nominations of j. G.
Bird for first lieutenant and ]. W. Bax-
ley for second lieutenant will be con-
firmed
Commissioner Stevens has replied to
an invitation from the Waycross commit
tee on securing an experiment station, ex-
pressing himself as favorable to a sta
tion for South Georgia and Waycross,
but stating that other engagements will
prevent his visiting Waycross this month.
Golf Links and Club House.
The Golf Club of Waycross, with a pres
ent membership of 20, are discussing a
plan by which they expect to establish
permanent golf links, and build a pretty
the city. The plan suggested is to in
crease the membership to 30, and for each
member to contribute $50, making a total
of $780, and then purchase a tract Of
land near town, clear 1t up, and build
a handsome club house with pretty
grounds around it, The links will be
seven holes, and it is their purpose to
make them quite large. The club house
will be prettily designed with rustic fin
ish, having large rooms for dancing and
every modern convenience for making an
afternoon and evening pleasant for the
members and their friends. The greatest
difficulty in the way seems to be the Sc
curing of suitable location for the club
house and grounds.
Big CeIebra ton in August.
1t is about settled that Waycros is to
have a big celebration and trades day
about the middle of August. The Way
cross Rifles are working up the scheme.
They propose to have among other things
an Extended order drill, sham battle
and the storming of a fort.
At meeting of the Rifles the matter
was definitely decided upon, and a COM
mittee was appointed to perfect the de-
tails of the entertainment. 1t is their
purpose to have one other company out
of the Fourth Georgia Regiment to par
ticipate in the military exercises, and to
have the Confederate Veterans and cit
liens occupy the fort at the siege. The
Rifles are now drilling twice a week for
the occasion, and they expect to be in
fine trim when the time comes. 1t has
not been decided yet what company will
be invited to participate with the Way
cross boys, but this will be known within
few days. committee is at work en-
deavoring to secure cheap rates on all
the railroads.
The Southern Polytechnic School will
continue through the entire summer. II
is now in a fiourishing condition, and
Principal Prof. S. P. Settle states that
he expects to have a larger school than
ever next fall.