The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-15
WAYCR0SS HAS A GOLF CLUB.
Mayor Knight and sheriff McC1cI-
Ian Reply to Mr.. Jones' Statements.

Mayor Knight ana Sherln McC1cI-
Ian Reply to Mr.. Jones' Statements.
Waycross, Ga, May H.-The waycross
Golf Club has been organized. its mem
bership including many of our popular
| young people.
The following officers and standing COM
mittee were elected:
| President, H. C. McFadden; vice presi-
dent, c. e. Murphy; secretary, j. f.
Sears; treasurer. W. B. Albertson. Green
Committee-Alex Bonnyman, chairman; F.
A. Hoyt, E. A. Pound. Membership Com
mittee--F. NJ. Hawkins. chairman; C. J.
Paine, Clifford Johnson
The park reserve, opposite the Plant
System passenger depot has been Sc
cured for the links The Green Commit
tee win prepare grounds for playing at
once, the necessary fixtures are here, and
1t will probably not be more than week
before the links are ready for playing.
1t has been deemed advisable 40 limit
the active membership for the present to
twenty This does not include families of
active members, who will be associate
members and auxiliary members, COM
posed of ladies, to whom membership will
be extended by courtesy of the club.
Post of the T. p. A. has been or
gained in Waycross, the following off,
GERS having ben duly elected: w. A.
Price, president; J. c. Titus, first vice
president; j. NJ. Cox, second vice presi-
dent; H. o. Benton, secretary and treas
urer; John w. Bennett, attorney; Rev
M. {. Stryker, chaplain; j. C. Rippard
surgeon; G. r. Brison, p N. Harley. H
]. Benton, A. N O'Keefe, directors; A.
N. O'Keefe, press committee; ]. C. Brew
er, legislative committee; Brook French.
hotel committee; f. Nixon, employment
committee; II. j. Benton, railroad COM
mittee; H. J. Benton, B. French. G. r.
Crimson, John w. Bennett, committee on
bylaws.
Carl Jordan exhibits here some Plv
mouth Rock and Lang Shang eggs that
are 61s by 712 inches in dimensions and
weigh ounces. He says the cross be-
tween the above breeds makes the larg-
est eggs.
News reaches here of a shooting scrape
at Goethe's Mill, near Pearson. Herbert
Halzendorf was shot by Linus Moore,
a negro The two men had a difficulty
when the negro emptied a load of bird
shot in his face. The wound is serious
but not necessarily fatal
The marriage of Mr.. Carey M. Sweat
and Miss Susie Mcdonald was solemnized
tonight at Mr.. Sweat's residence on Gill
more street 1t was quiet family wed
ding, only a few of the relatives and
friends of the popular young people being
present.
Mr. ]. J. Green and Miss Mary Aultman
were married Sunday night in the parlors
| of Mrs. Adamson's boarding house on
Plant avenue Mr. Green is a farmer, and
| lives about a mile from the city Mrs.
| Green Is the daughter of Mr.. David Ault-
man, who also lives near Waycross The
ceremony was performed by Judge j. w.
| Highsmith.
The firm of Thomas G. Crawley crosstie
operators, has been dissolved by mutual
consent, B. H. Thomas retiring from the
business. ]. L. Crawley will continue the
business, assuming all liability of the
same.
The firm of Durrence & Durrence, at
Sallie, near here, has dissolved. Will
Durrence continues the business.
Cob. John T. Myers left yesterday for
Griffin, where he goes as the delegate
from Waycross to the convention of Red
Men
Hon. A NJ Knight and Sheriff T. J.
Mcclellan have given out interviews in
regard to blind tigers in Wacross, the
statements coming in the way of a reply
to some statements made by Rev. Sam
Jones. Mr.. Knight said:
my attitude toward the blind tigers
is well known in Waycross. AS Mayor of
| Portable for them, and up to the time the
| Supreme Court decided had no jurisdic-.
| ton In the matter | had virtually run
them out of the place. You know that
the Mayor has now no jurisdiction in
blind tiger cases except In cases where
| the new city ordinance applies. The new
ordinance prohibits anyone from keeping
for sale Intoxicating liquors, and the po-
| lice have instructions from me to arrest
any one who is caught with it in stock.
| AS yet the validity of the law has not
been tested. but probably will be when
| the first case is made. 1t is almost inn
possible for the police to get proof enough
| to convict in these blind tiger cases. but
| they are constantly on the alert to detect
| any violation of the law"
Sheriff Mcclellan was called on to make
a statement in regard to the position of
| the officers in the matter He said:
1--WE have done everything possible to
uproot the blind tigers. and have offered
rewards from time 10 time in order to
catch them. and we have caught and con-
victed numbers of them but we cannot
| one. We have to get positive proof, and
very often our witnesses are impeached
and the juries turn us down.
LAS for the police of Waycross they
| have always aided the county officers in
running the vio!ators down. Three of the
| police / know to be absolutely temperate
men who never touch liquor in any shape
themselves, and l have never seen the
other two under the influence of IL. Mr.
Jones must have been misinformed by
some one In saying they have never made
| arrests in these cases. The police have
| arrested numbers OF them, and several
| have been convicted. ] do not think Mr.
! Jones is TO blame for his mistake. Who
| ever told him was mistaken"
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