The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-26
THE LEC0NTE PEAR CROP.
Large shipments From waycross.
Public Hospital TO BE Established.
other News Notes.


Conte pear crop in this county will
have all been harvested within the
next few days. The crop has been
larger the present year than for ten
years past, and the prices have been
higher Nearly the whole crop in Ware
county was purchased by a New York
commission house. Their shipments
alone from this city will be about l.,
500 barrels.
That public hospital will shortly be
established in this city now seems to
be an assured fact. A meeting of the
directors of the hospital association
was held in the offices of the Murphy
Whitman Company this morning and
the matter was thoroughly discussed
Rev. w. II. Scruggs was elected pres
ident of the association, Hon. Warren
Lott vice president, gand c. E. Murphy,
secretary and treasurer. The medical
board will be composed of Drs. frank
G. Folks, j. l.. Walker, j g. Rip
pard. r. P. Izlar, J. H. Latimnr, A.
P. English, and J H. Redding. A
committee of ladies was appointed at
the meeting this morning whose duty
viii be to solicit subscriptions for the
hospital. The committee is composed
of the following: First ward, Mrs. j.
c. Rippard; Second ward, Mrs. Geo.
r. Youmans; Third ward, Mrs. E. H.
Reed; Fourth ward, Mrs. ] G.. Nc
Dowell; Fifth ward, Miss Belle Black
shear; Sixth ward, Miss Matte Will
liams.
Capt. D. G. Purse of Savannah, was
in Waycross a few hours last night en-
route home from Douglass. Capt.
Purse stated that he would probably
be in Waycross on Thursday Of next
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expert, for the purpose of consulting
the citizens of Ware county in regard
to locating a sugar cane experimental
station here. He said that the govern
ment would locate only four of these
stations in the South, and that in all
probability Ware county would be Sc
lected as location for one of the sta
tions. Capt. Purse is assisting the
Secretary of Agriculture in looking
after The sugar cane culture in the
South.
A number of the ladies of this city
have organized a kindergarten asso-
citation" for the purpose of establish
ing kindergarten in this city Sew
eral ladies met at the home of Mrs
John M. Cox yesterday, and organized
by electing the following officers: Mrs.
p N. Harley president; Mrs. John M !.
Cox, vice president: Mrs. ]. H. Red
DANES w. M. Toomer and S. s. F'itz-
simmons, with the officers, as directors
1t is proposed to organize a kinder
garten school here by the beginning
of the fall.
The new saw mill, which is being
erected at Mcdonald Ga, in place of
the big mill of ]. s. Bailey & Co.,
which was burned a few weeks ago,
will probably be completed by Aug. / i.
| nd DafJ
having the mill rebuilt. Its capacity
will be from 10000 to 10000 feet of
lumber daily, and there is sufficient
timber in the neighborhood to run the
| mill for some years.
A new Methodist church will in all
| probability be erected at wildwood in
| short time. A committee, composed
| of Messrs. a. A. Bailey, w. f. Bag
| ley and Alonzo Davis, has been an
pointed to investigate the amount of
funds that can be raised to build the
new church.
The Iron Bridge Baptist Church in
this county will have a nine days
meeting, commencing Saturday, Aug
so. An interesting programme has
been arranged for the meeting, and
invitations will be extended to every
one In the surrounding settlements.
Excessive improvements are being
Railway, between Waycross and Wal
tertown. The long trestles over Ket-
tie Creek, and the one near Walter
town are being almost entirely filled.
and the track is to be raised f1ve or
six feet Other parts of the track
are to be lowered from one to six
| feet.
Prof. S. P. Settle. of this city, will
deliver an address on education before
the citizens of Rigdon, Ga, to-mor-
row. The people of Rigdon have in
view the establishment of public
high school.
The pupils of the Polytechnic School
on Church street held an interesting
debate tonight. The subject debated
upon was. Resolved. That War Has
Caused More Distress Than Wine A
large number OF the patrons of the
school were present to hear the de-
bate.
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