The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-21
WAYCRoSS NEWS NOTES..
""HS fetty BurgIaries Committed.
Churches Closed ON Account OF
board of HeaIth,s order.


Waycross, Ga, Feb. 2O.-Deputy Sheriff
John P. Cason arrested Mack Crawford
yesterday, and last night Sheriff T. B.
Height of Thomasville. came down and
carried him to that town, where he is
wanted for COW stealing. The crime with
which the negro is charged was commits
Ted in 1895
Mr.. Cason made another important ar
rest to-day. 4 negro named Charlie
! smith was charged with having received
some OF the goods stolen from Springer s
store in Naldosta Sunday night. a gold
watch was the only article that had not
been recovered, and it was pretty certain
Smith had it. He was placed in jail after
being arrested he admitted having bought
a gold watch from the Naldosta negro,
but said he gave it back.
Fetty thieves continue to get in their
work about Waycross. The home of Hon.
W. H Miller was entered night of two
ago and stole two quilts, two pillow
cases and counterpart. They then
went across to -neighbor of Mr. Miller,
where they secured a bedstead.
y few nights ago u thief stole a set of
harness from James B. Strickland, at
Sunnyside, a Waycross suburb, and the
next night the robber made another visit
hauling away all of Mr.. Strickland's
sweet potatoes.
Leon Murray, who is held in Savannah
on the charge of shooting at a negro
with intent to murder is son of Street
Overseer j. a. Murray. He is commonly
known here as Sirm Murray. He was do
ing some painting at Burroughs for the
Plant System when he got into the diff
Guilty and shot the negro John Proud
foot.
Sneak thieves lifted a barrel of -four
from Mr.. J. r. Knight night before last.
Sheriff W. b. Lyons of Jesup came up
to the city this morning to buy some
lumber for his houses, which he is build
ing at Jesup He has bought a consider
able tract of land east of the Wayne
County Court House, and is building up
what is known as New Jesup. He has
three five-room houses nearly completed
already, and expects to erect several
more. He says he can rent all he can
build.
Mrs. W. II. Booth of Manor is report
ed in a precarious condition, suffering
from pneumonia. complicated with other
troubles At last accounts she was a
little better. She is the mother of Mr.
W. S. Booth, prominent merchant of
Manor.
1t is said the Star mail route from
Sallie instead of Baxley, and will run on
UP to Leroy.
j. P. Swearingen is experimenting on
an extensive scale at Hoboken, raising
eassava, sugar cane. and general farming.
and is meeting with success. He is also
devoting considerable attention to stock
raising 1t is not improbable that he will
establish a colony of Shakers there.
Clarence II. Wilson is engaging in the
poultry business on a large scale. His
farm is two miles east of Waycross, right
on the Brunswick and Western Railway
He has already 100 head of fowls on his
place, most of them fine stock.
Owing to the action of the Board of
Health ordering all the churches closed
for the next two or three weeks the meet
ing announced for Trinity Church to be
conducted by Evangelist John b. Culpep-
per and his son, Burke, has been deferred
until. a later date .