The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-29
WANTS A COTTON MARKET.
Waycross seems to BE Somewhat
Lacking in This Respect.

Waycross, Ga, Sept 2s.-South
Georgia Camp United Confederate
Veterans held a meeting to-day at IL
o'clock in the Office of Maj. r. P. Bird,
Clerk of City Council, and elected the
following delegates to represent them
at the Confederate Veterans reunion
in Macon next month: Capt. 7. S.
Paine, Lieut.. r. D. Harris. Mr.. w. r.
Hardin, Capt. c. A. Sheldon, Mr.. c.
7. Holmes; alternates: T. l.. Brown,
w. M. Hardin, A 2. Perhan, ST., w.
M. Russell, and ]. ]. wilkerson. 1t is
the desire of the camp to send full
delegation to the reunion. The cap
tain commander will appoint a spon-
sor and maids of honor for the camp.
At the regular meeting of the City
Council held last night, it was decided
to employ a special policeman for that
section of the town known as "Old
Nine" Ed F. Fisher was appointed
and was sworn in this morning Coun-
Gil took up the matter of fixing the
tax rate for the present year and de-
termined upon a rate of ten and one
half dollars per thousand. Five dol
lars of this is for general purposes,
three dollars for interest on bonds ana
sinking fund, and two and one hair
dollars for educational purposes.
-Four Inches of Rain.
Yesterday afternoon and last night
witnessed the heaviest rainfall that has
visited this section in several weeks.
The rain began about 8 a. M, ana
continued without abatement through
out the day, and the principal part OF
the night. At times during the night
it came down in torrents almost. There
forsY fran If "a
latter part of the evening and night.
Need of a Cotton Market.
There has been some discussion in
Waycross recently regarding the es-
tablishment of a cotton market at this
point. Some of our best business men
appear interested to some extent In
the project, and it is to be hoped that
the outcome of this aggitation will
result in revolution of things in Way
cross. The cotton industries is on the
upward trend in this section, and 1t is
believed that with a satisfactory mar
ket for the staple in Waycross, the re-
ceipts could be largely increased.
One good thing about the
cotton business in this imme-
date section is that those who
raise it do not depend solely upon that
article for a livelihood. They raise on
their farms a sufficiency of corn, rice.
potatoes, sugar cane, etc, including
all the meat necessary to run them
during the year. A farmer of Ware
county stated this afternoon that 1t
was a hardship on many farmers in
Ware to be forced to haul their cot
ton to Blackshear, in another county,
in order to dispose of 1t.
viii ReorganiEe the Work Thor
OuGhIy.
DR.. W. H. Buchanan, who was re-
Gently elected secretary of the Ware
County Sunday School Association,
states that 1t is his intention 10 thor
oughly reorganize the Sunday school
work in Ware county. There are on the
list in his office twenty-five Sunday
schools, while only one dozen made
report to the recent convention.
Col John T. Myers, who has had un-
der consideration for some time The
matter of entering the race for the So
licitorship of the City Court of Way
cross, informed the Morning News cor
respondent this afternoon that he is
positively in the race for the POSITION,
and that he expects to remain In the
race to a finish. Mr.. Myers is Pop
ular young attorney, and has been a
resident of the city for number OF
years.