The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-22
WAYCROSS NEWS NOTES.
Stockholders of Citizens Bank Sc
cure Control of First National.

Stockholders of Citizens Bank Sc
cure Control of First National.
Waycross, Ga. Oct. 21.-Mr. D. K.
Ream, private secretary of Mr.. II. G..
McFadden, general passenger agent of
the Waycross Air Line, has gone to
Want Vert, o., which was his former
home, and on tomorrow he is to mar
ry Miss Anna Wileoxen. She is the
daughter of Mrs. Rebecca Wilcoxen of
Lisbon, o. They will arrive in Way
cross about next Saturday, and will be
at home to their friends at the home
of Mrs. Evans, on the corner OF Teb-
eua and Mary streets.
Money In Sweet Potatoes.
Mr.. Z. F. Moody appointment farmer
of Wayne county, living near Screven,
is demonstrating the fact that there
is money in sweet potatoes. With one
thousand pounds of guano and common
sawdust Mr.. Moody will make two
hundred bushels of extra fine potatoes.
This is the yield for two acres of land
which twelve months ago was rough
woods. Mr.. Moody ships his potatoes
to Waycross, Savannah and Bruins
wick, and is realizing from so to so
cents per bushel.
1t is said that cholera is playing sad
havoc with the hogs in and around
Screven.
Experimenting with Pecans.
Mr.. ]. T. Brown Of this city is MAX
ing some experiments in the culture of
pecans. His experiments are very sat-
isfactory, and he is highly pleased
with the outlook Ten years ago Mr.
Brown, while on business trip to
Texas, purchased a small quantity of
paper shell pecans. and showing his
faith in the culture of the nuts here
and in the soil of Ware county he de-
posted them in the earth. To-day he
has a beautiful grove of six and one
half acres two miles east of town di-
rectly on the line of the Brunswick
and Western Railroad. There are 40
well matured trees in his grove, and
they are just coming into bearing. He
gathered fifty excellent nuts from one
tree this morning, and quite number
of other trees are also bearing. Mr.
Brown says that his trees are slower in
bearing fruit than is usually the case,
for the reason that he kept them cut
back, preferring that the substance of
the tree should go to the making of a
healthy, hardy body.
RumOred Bank Changes.
There is a we'll defined rumor afloat
here to-day to the effect that the prin-
cipal stockholders in the Citizens Bank
have purchased a majority of the stock
in the First National Bank. This deal
is understood to include the elegant
building owned by the First National
Bank, all of the stock held by Mr..
]. E. Wadley, the president, including
his beautiful home on Lee avenue, his
splendid library, horses, carriages, etc.
While the deal has been practically
settled, 1t will not be finally consum-
ated until tomorrow, 1t is stated that
this VIII not mean a consolidation of
the First National and the Citizens
Bank, but that the two will be run
separately. An election will be held
for president. cashier and other of
ficers of the First National shortly af-
ter the deal is finally completed.
Large crowds attended the revival
services at Trinity Church yesterday
morning and last night. At the night
service scores of people were turned
away, unable to find seats in the build
ing. At the morning service Rev. l..
L. Pickett preached one of the strong
est sermons heard in a Waycross
church in a long time.
Miss Bessie sirman's Dead.
Miss Bessie Sirmans, who has been
lingering at the point or death Tor
several days, passed peacefully away
this afternoon at 2:25 o'clock, at the
home of her mother, Mrs. John $.
Sharp. She had been in wretched health
for years. and her death, while a
shock to the family. was not a sur
prise. Miss Bessie was about "a years
old, and was a member of the First
Methodist Church. The funeral will be
at the family residence on lower Plant
avenue tomorrow, at 2 o'clock.
About 10 o'clock last night fire was
discovered in the kitchen of Mrs. F.
c. Crons. An alarm was sent in and
the volunteer fire companies respond
ed. One of the hose reel companies put
out the fire.
Miss Mollie Sapp and Mr.. John Boone
were married to-day in Waycross by
Justice Burrell Sweat The parties re-
side down near the Okefinokee swamp.
and it was the brides first visit to
town.
Hon. L. johnson. state senator. and
Hon. w. NJ. Toomer, representative of
Ware county. will leave tomorrow
night for Atlanta to be present at the
opening of the Legislature.