The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-11
WAYCROSS NEWS NOTES.
City Court Is In Session and There
Is n Large Docket to Dispose of.


City Court Is In Session and There
Is a Large Docket TO Dispose of.
Waycross Ga, June 10.-The regular
June term of the City Court of Waycross
was convened this morning by Judge j.
s. williams Solicitor J. L. Crawley rep
resents the state. and Sheriff T. j. Nc
Clellan is in attendance. There is an
unusually heavy docket this term. 1t Is
quite probable that the court will be in
session two weeks.
There are seveuty-eight cases on the
docket and about forty more to be ad-
ded. There are about thirty gaming cases.
ten negroes and twenty whites, TO De
given attention by the court
One of the most important cases is that
of John W. MCGEE against Brade Wat
son for $3.50 damages for breach OF con-
tract.
s L. Strickland is suing the Savannah.
Florida and Western Railway Company
for damages. Cynthia Deem asks for dam
ages from the Brunswick and Western
road as also does J. w, S. Hardy.
Vickers Colony Company.
The Vickers Colony Company was or
ganized Saturday at Douglas by the cleo
ton of Peter Vickers, president; j. A.
Jones, vice president; c. G. Cobb secre-
tary and G. P. Washington treasurer 1t
was reported that $4,000 of the necessary
81, 900 had been subscribed, and $500 were
paid in at the meeting. The treasurer re-
ceived an additional $50 check to-day. The
treasurer was placed under a $1,000 bond
The Colony Association will meet again
July 13, at which time a payment will be
made on the tract of land bought from
Peter Vickers. They will not being OPP
erations until 81 800 or 5000 have been
paid in.
Moved to Tabernacle.
Rev Joe Jones is attracting large
crowds to the meetings at the Baptist
church His sermons are strong and
pointed, and much good is being done by
him here. In many respects he is like
his brother, Rev. Sam p. He is larger
man than Sam, but in appearance they
are very much alike. His gestures are
much like his brothers, and his style is
very similar
Under his preaching and the great meet
ing led here by Sam Jones and DR..
Broughton, there have been about sixty
acdessions to the Baptist church.
Big Day for Negroes.
Yesterday was great day for the col
ored population of Waycross. Some of
their big guns were here, and the ne
groes were in their glory. Bishop II. M.
Turner spent the day here. Presiding
Elder Smith preached at the morning
hour At the afternoon hour Bishop
Turner Last night Prof. Brockett OF
the Morris-Brown College Atlanta,
preached one of the finest dscourses
ever heard by colored congregation in
Waycross A large part of his sermon
was directed to the white people. He
asked their white friends to have pa
thence with the colored brother, and TO
hold up his hands and sustain him in all
his efforts to do right. He paid "a very
hf-h rib To
Bishop Turner preached again this
morning at the tabernacle.
Arrested at GIenmOre.
Mr.. W. r. Williford was arrested Sat
urday night at the still of NJ. H. Plow
den, eight miles south of Glenmore, al
the instance of the Murphy Whitman
Company, on the charge of cheating and
swindaing. He was a member of the firm
OF Wilrford & Plowden, turpentine oper-
ators, which was dissolved some time ago,
and it is claimed that he gave draft to
the company for $40 The draft was on
Saussy & Huxford. and, when presented,
it was promptly turned down. He has a
great many friends in this section who
hope to see him come out of the scrape
all right.
Rev. ]. w. Weston. presiding elder of
the waycross District, was in Waycross
yesterday, and preached in the morning
at Trinity.
The Sunday school of Trinity Church
will give its picnic at the Fair grounds
Wednesday, June 10.
j. M. Johnson. whose wife died recently.
and who himself has been critically i'll.
is reported a trife improved, but by no
means out of danger.
Charlton'S Fnrmer-sherin.
Sheriff wainwright, of Charlton county,
made business trip to Waycross SatlIr-
day. Mr.. wainwright, who owns $50 acres
of land in that county, runs 35-acre farm
near Folkston He makes a specially of
corn. potatoes and sugar cane but raises
nothing for the market Last year he
gathered about $50 bushels of corn. made
four barrels of syrup, and from one and
one-quarter acres of land produced 800
bushels of fine potatoes He is also en-
gagged in stockraising, having 70 head Of
cattle, 125 sheep and so hogs. From the
sheep he sheared this spring, over 800
pounds of wool, an average of about
2i9 pounds to the sheep.
Large Crop of Oats.
Capt John Lee, superintendent of the
county farm. has Just finished harvesting
the oats raised out there this year, and
will have plenty to last the next twelve
months. The yield was very heavy, and
of a good quality. Mr. Lee has ten
thousand bundles stored in the barn. 9th
er crops at The farm are looking well, es-
pecially the corn and vegetables, and If
the season remains favorable. the insti-
tuition will be practically self-sustaining
the coming year.