Waycross headlight. (Waycross, Ga.) 1884-1???, March 23, 1887, Image 1
WAYCROSS
WJd. PARKER, Proprietor.
Vol. 3.
B»<1 Trl»4 Pour or Flr«* Doctor*, and
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v -*ld°« t a, Ga., January 13th, 1887—
JUr. a!. A. Briggs: I have been sick
f° r three year*, hardly being able to
walk. I hao tried four or five different
doctors without any benefit at all. All
the doctors told me I was suffering
With and affection of the heart. I was
unable to walk or sleep and had no ap
petite. My liver was also affected and
.gave me lots of trouble. My face and
.stomach were badly swollen also. I
had given np to die, when I was advis-
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bottles I was so much better I got more
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GUANO roll SALE.
Persons wishing Guano, apply to
8. F. MILLER, who delivers for
S. P. & D. J. JEFFORDS.
Wavcross, Feb. 10-3t
WEBBS WS WORSHIP.
M. E. Church South—Rev. E.'J.
Bareli, Past6r.
Preaching every Snndav at 11 o'clock
A. M., and 7 30 P. M. Sacrament of J esU u this week.
the Lord * sunner ovprv fust Knml.iv “
Thursday
xperiem-e meeting every Tuesday
ght. ’ • -
Baptist Church—Rav. .
Scruggs, Pastor.
Preaching fir.it and third Sundays in
each month, morning and evening.—
Prayer meeting every Wednesday eve
ning and on the second and fourth
Sunday mornings. Sunday School at
3 o’clock P. M., U. 1*. Brewer, Super
intendent.
Stewart
Episcopal Church—Rev
Martin, pastor.
Preaching second and fourth Sundays
each month, at 11 A. M. and 7 P. M.
Also evening service Wednesday be
fore second Sunday, and Friday even-
at 7}4 P. M. Also Wednesday
afternoon before the fourth Sunday at
31.2 P. M. and Friday eveninir nt*7U'
P. M
Sunday School at 2*., P. M.
Sunday. The Ladies’ Episcopal
Church Aid Society will meet at Mrs.
Yulee Williams’ at 3,k» every Thursday.
. E. Church (Col)—Rev. J. C.
Allen, Pastor.
" caching 2nd Sabbath in each
month, at )l A. M. and 7 30P. M. Sab
bath School at 3 P. M.
List <f Jttrers for Aprl
Term, 1887.
Owen II Jones, David Silas,
W It Bennett, Geo It Youmans,
R McIJ Bennett, It J McQuaige,
James A Murray, Win M Albritten
Henry li Wilson, J J Barber,
James I) Hendrix J 1) Smith,
W A Cason, David A Jordan,
WmR. Mallon, WPLee,
I). C. Carmichael, W. 11 Cason
John C Reynolds, Warren Lott,
Joel Smith,' ,
D H Bennett, John Thornton
WT Lott, Burrell Sweat
J M Sweat W II Miller
Robert Murphy, lien Simians.
pktit jurors. *
Chas E Waldron, Geo. M Lee,
James Douglass, W It New
Ambrose Woodard J L I.t
W L Cason,
H J Tbompso:
IS Tuten,
Nathan Deen
James Booth,
J W C arter,
Win M Byrd,
II M Jeffords,
HEADLIGHT.
$1-00 Per Annum, in Advance.
Waycms, Georgia, |Iai’cli 1887.
No. 51.
EEACLIGET FLASHES.
ACQUITTB
The three men
ft . • • . m n .• Smithville soine te
Gathered ap Iu Tcwa, oa Both hy sheriff iiende
Railroads, Up asi Com. j suspicion of having
. to do with the rob
Sirmnns* safe, we®
Pic-nics and red-bugs are now i ast Fritlay by JugRtgrewer,
in order. I without oven a hffljfffgsV- Lack
Superior Court is in session at I of eyideuce.
Mr. J. T. Ilale makes a good
deputy sheriff. ' .
Read what Editor Underwood
Rev. J. M. Stiger of Glcninore,
was in town last Saturday.
We haver" heard some more
“artesian-well talk” recently.
The Sunday School of the A. M.
E. Church will celebrate in May.
Rev. Mr. Brett and Bro.Denton,
of Waresboro, were in town last
Satu-day.
J. II. Wright, of Duke. Ga., was
in town yesterday and left orders
for job printing.
Do the people of Waypross
propose to drop the building of
the school house?
The entertainment last Wed
nesday night at Kroms’s hall
was another success.
A cyclone struck Tampa, Fla.,
last week, demolished several
houses and killed three persons.
Tom Fogarty, who attempted to
kill Dr. Keifer, of Savannah, some
ten days ago, has been captured.
Whenever you have a piece of
news that 'you think the people
ought to know, come tell us about
Georgia, ere iii town, and will
wait upon our merchants for
cards for insertion during the
present week. The guide will
be neatly printed on substantial
card hoard, each busiufess card
gotten up in artistic skill and
attractive beauty. It. will be
posted along the principal rail
road and steamboat lines, in this
section and Florida. We hope
our merchants and business
men will take advautage of this
opportunity to advertise.
it.
II1* White,
Isaac Jordan,
Allen Sweat,
IIA Cannon
W J Booth,
J H Moody,
William Jordan
J A Barker,
J W Adams,
Win. J. Carswell,
Geo W White,
David Jeffords,
A true copy from minutes of
Ware Superior Court.
W. M. Wilson.
B J Minchew,
W F Parker,
Isaac Tavlor,
Eugene McCall,
Win. M. Cribb,
Lemuel S Taylor,.
Joe B Taylor,
M W Rivers,
B F AIcDanicl,
Dec. 8,18S6. *
An Enterprising, Reliable House.
Folks & Morgan can always be
relied upon, not only to carry in
stock the best ol everything, but to
secure the Agency for sued articles
as have well-known merit, and are
popular with the people, thereby sus
taining the reputation of being al-
woys enterprising, and ever reliable.
Having secured the Agency for the
celebrated Dr. King’s New Discovery
for Consumption, will sell it on a ‘
positive guarantee, ft will surelv
cure any and e\
Throat, Lungs, and Chest, and to
show our aonfldcnce, we invite you
to call and get a Trial Bottle Free.
Dickey’s
PiiLESS EYE WATER
Relieves at once. Cures weak ami in
flamed Eyes in a few hours without
pain or danger. The best Eye prepara
tion in the world. Price onl\- 25 cents;
ask for it. Have no other. Sold by all
No tic- of Sale.
GEORGIA—Ware County.
Under and by virtue of. authority
vested in me by an order granted l»y
the court of Ordinary of said county, I
will sell at public outcry between the
legal hours of sale, on tue first Tuesday
in April, 1887, before the courthouse
door of said county, the following prop-
It is generally conceded that
the recent cool capers of March
have ruined early fruit and
vegetables.
Headlight cb'irs aid Sola-
water at the the post-office. The
cigar is the best in the land—like
its namesake.
A crazy negro woman was put
in jail last Monday to wait until
arrangements can be made to send
her to the asylum.
When the Marcli winds began
blusteriug last week John Sharp
commenced talking about F.or-
ida. He has gone.
The nineteenth annual meeting
of the Georgia Press Association
will be held in Valdosta on Wed
nesday, May 11,1887.
Five or six hundred dollars
in the hands of Capt. Crawley,
besides what ho already has will
bore the artesian well.
The large and growing con
gregations at the Mei hodist church
every Sunday is evidence that the
churcn must be enlarged.
See new advertisement of Dr. M:
A. Briggs, Valdosta, in this* issue.
He is a leading .druggist in this
section, and offers, to the public
some valuable remedies.
The Drugists’ Association of the
State of Georgia, 100 strong, will
hold their annual meeting on Cum
berland Island on April 12.
The Jacksonville Times-Uinon
win suren i j 8 - 0 oge( j to t ] ie con tinance of
affection of |iri2e jj R ft ting jn that city . , The
Tiiues-Union is right as usual.
Joseph Weiss has returned from
Atlanta with his diploma us a full-
fledged book-keeper. Joe is a good
boy and we wish him success in
life.
Mrs Geo P. Conoya, of Sander
son, Fla. r was in town last Sunday,
en route from Baxley to her home.
She had been to see Ward’s
babies.
Mr Arthur Haines, son of Col.
H. S. Haines, General, Manager of
the Plant system, has been appoint
ed the Savannah. Florida and Wes
tern’s agent at Thomasville.
The winter hotels of South Flor
ida have begun closing up for this
season, and the patronage of that
portions is joining those in the
northern sections of the State.
Bristol, Tenn.'
by W. M. Wilson as a grocery store.—
Sold as the property of Charles E. Ca
son, a minor of said couuty. Terais
cash. This Feb. 7th, 1887.
W. A. CASON
Guardian of Charles E. Cason.
v Notice.
GEORGIA—Chariton County.
Sirs. D. L. Johns, residing in thiB
State, having applied to be appointed
guardian of Warren L. Johns, Mattie L.
Johns, Melissa A. Johns and Zilla K. E.
Johns, minor children of S. V. Johns
deceased. This is to cite all persons
concerned to be and appear at the term
of the Court of Ordinary to lie held next
after the expiration of four weeks from
the first publication of this notice, and
show cause, if any they can, whvsa
...... .... .. The passenger train on the B. &
lot m the town of W aveross, said coun- «,.«> i, . . . , .. -
ty, known as the place now occupied^ - It. R. was delayed by an ac
cident of some kind last Sunday,,
and several of our people were
prevented from visiting Waresboro.
The Rev. R. Bennett and son
have been down to DeLand, Fla.,
recently, and speaks well of that
country, but we presume they will
not ieaye Georgia for some time to
come at any rate.
The Patterson Advance contin
ues to ndyauce, and Lucius Lanier
advances to this place every Sun
day to make favorable advances
with the £■ iris. .Has Patterson no
girls, Bro Wilson?
Parker, in the brick house, has
i a new line of Merchandise that
He buys
applicant should riot be entrusted’with
the gnar.liei.ship ot the-persons.an.l j any pnrson .
official sig-! anil sells low lor cash, an<l you
ought to see how his note, shoes, ,]
7 <-\ C. * yo-aij ..ini clolhi.ijnregoin;'
IiAIL.noAD AND
Messrs. Wolf & 2
lishers of the Railn
P^o^-n.'r.in.fos ji
MIliLXVOOD.
Our esteemed correspondent
“Lost,” writing from Homerville,
under di.te March 19th, says : Mill-
wood, a small town on the B. &
W. U. It. is said to be a lonely
place, but we beg leave to differ
with the opinion. While there a
few days ago we had the, pleasure
of being the guest of Hon. Ben
Johnson, and among other dilic-
ious dishes we enjoyed were fine
fresh water fish, which abound in
the. creeks and river near that
place.
Lonely! Not a word of it true.
Here we met nine ladies, all single
but three, and you know, Mr.
Editor, it is impossible to be lonely
with such fascinating surround
ings. This is the place for the wife
hunter.
The lands around Millwood are
high and dry, with an occasional
creek or brook, making fish and
game plentiful, while the beautiful
locality make-these-ljiQd.s suitable
for farm and truck-growing.' This
is the place for the home-hunter.
We find a church in course of
erection, while a flourishing Sun
day School has recently been or
ganized, vith quite a bright pros
pect for future growth.
There is a turpentine still, also a
sawmill at. Millwood, which goes
to prove that it is. a good, place
‘or business, besides these, the
splendid water facilities near here
afford an excellent site for a fac
tory of no mean dimensions.
We return thanks to those clever
people for courtesies.
Lost.
WANTS TO KNOW TUB NEWS
A few days ago we received a
letter irom our esteemed friend
and subscrilicr, Geo Walters, of
Cedar Falls, Iowa, asking why
the Headlight has failed to reach
him, as he and his friends were
anxious to know the news fr
this section. 4Ve ari sorry we
unable to account for the failure
of Mr. Walters to receive his paper,
for it has been mailed regularly
from this office, and can only
imagine the fault of the miscarriagi
to be with the postal employes.
His inquiry is another evidence
that the people of the North and
Northwest have an eye on this
section of the country. If we are
not mistaken Mr. Walters owns
land in this couuty, therefore his
’’anxiety to hear the news,” and
we hope he will receive it regularly
hereafter, for he pays ,for it. As
the Headlight proposes to devote
more energy-und enterprise in the
publication and circulation of
facts concerning this favored sec
tion of God’s green earth ir
fu.ure than in the past it is the
only means bv which our Northern
friends can know the ad vantages
that,Ware, Clinch, Coffee arid other
sister counties hold out to the
prospector, and when, this fact
becomes better known ws have
confidence in the increase of an
already large Northern circulation.
If our'Northern brethren will ob
serve the consen ative tune of this
journal they will soon learn that
FOR FIJN.
Rev. Dr. Marshal! has had a
fishing-cork built, and some fine
day when his friends miss him
he will be seated on a stump at
the river bobbing for whales or
anything else that may chance
his way. '
WAYCROSS.
Brother Underwood, of the
OLKMAN’S 1IALL.
Prof. Miller’s entertainment at
Oleman’s Hall last night was
worthy of a full house, and
1 splendid exhibiton. The
jouring of water from a white
ittlrTTriUTglasses where it was
turned into wine, gin, etc, as well
as his numerous other sleight-
of-hand performances was mysti
fying and amusing. He was locked
to an upright beam, ankles, arms,
neck, and body, and at a given
signal was found in an iron cage
around which Willie Folks and
Churiey Hohenstein had wound
several coils of rope. The enter
tainment will bo repeated to night,
with a change in the programme,
and the reader has an opportunity
of seeing for himself.
on bautji-no mohe.
The voice of Lola E. Tarver is
hushed, the prattling tongue is
stilled and the little feet are rest
ing from the pilgrimage on earth
of only four years and a few
months. How sad it was to hear
the wails of her mother, Mrs. J. 1*.
Cason, when the earth was thrown
back upon the coffin.that shut
Lola from view forever, but what a
consolatian, as Rev. Mr. Scruggs
said, it is, “that il she can come to
her parents never more, they can
go to her.” Waycross turned out
a long line of mourners who had
so much respect for the bereaved,
and who loved the little one so
much. Such a gentle child—loved
by all who knew her—and who had
such winning ways. The Head
light’s family knew Lola, and to
know her was to love her, and so,
too, we have had little ones shut
from our view in the darksome
tomb, but we have a hope that
with Brother John P.' Cason and
lady wc may meet those little ones,
in that “land beyond the river.”
The Headlight sorrowfully ten
ders its most sincere sympathy to
the bereaved ones, and admonishes
them that death loves a shining
mark, and Lola “holds a light in
the windows for us.”
Died March 19, of typhoid fever:
buried in Waycross cemetery
March 20th, Revs. Mr. Scruggs
aud Burch officiating.
PASSES OVER THE PL \Nf SYSTEM. ,
General Manager Haines, of the
Plant 8vstcm, has issued an order c .
in regard to free passes, in which , Ci % 1,a Clar,ou » after reraal, “
he says: Annual passes, and trip i i^g m our town a short while on -
passes issued before April 4 hy the a recent visit has this to say:
President, General Manager or „ Tlie editor of tlle c)arion
jjovf . visit Of three days iast
exchange wi thother railroad com-! "eek to this charming httle rail-
panies, for their officers and em-j roa( * c, *y*. lwenty-tliree pas-"
ployes will bo recognized as here- j senger trains pass the town dai-
tofore. Annual passes and trip; ly, which, with the numerous
passes issued prior to April 4 by ( freight trains fil the air with
the President, General Manager or
supqriotendent jtu persons not offi
cials or employes of railroad com
panies will be recognized as here
tofore, except that they will not
be good for passage from one State
into another. Trip passes issued
by heads of departments to em-
ployes-will be recognized as hereto
fore. After April 1 no trip passes
will be issued for passage from one
State to another except to railroad
officials and employes.—Savannah
News.
Hardware, all kind, at Black-
shear & Mitchell’s.
Why don’t you try J. G. Nelson
& Co’s 50 cents Tea? It is fine.
Smith & Sharp receive fresh
supplies every day.
Years ago there was a citizen of
Worth^vho owned a valuable deer
hound. The hound would go
driving without its owner, and
kept itself poor through the exces
sive exercise. Finally, the owner
tied the dog to a block of wood.
One day the dog could not be found.
While searching for him the hunter
heard the dog open some distance
in the woods. Going to the spot
the dog yjas not to be seen, but
the animal opened several hun-
dered yards further on. The dog
barked only two or three times.
When the owner arived at where
he supposed the dog to be, he heard
him open still further on. This
was kept up for some time, till
finally the owner saw the dog lay
the block on the ground bark three
limes, take the block up-in* its
mouth again and move along on
the trail. The dog was trailing a
deer, and carried the block in its
mouth, except when it paused to
let its master know where it was.
Car Load Stoves, at Blackshear
& Mitchell’s.
we do not recognize any dividing
line berween our American people.
The. wounds of the civil , war be
tween the two sections have been
healed, and to-day thore is no
North, no South, but -one grand
and glorious country. Our North-,
ern and Northwestern brethren
are informed that the South
extends to them a hearty welcome.
Let them come with their money
and energy and we warrant them"
hospitable treatment hnd good
lands.
You will make money by send
ing your orders for family sup
plies to Smith & Sharp.
J. G. Nelson &. Co., Savannah,
are selling the best Green Rio Cof
fee six pounds to tne dollar.
Silver plated ware, at Black-
shear & Mitchell's.
Smith & .Sharp presents ^you
with half the profits «n every bill
of groceries purchased from them.
Mrs. Potter’s Sad-irons and Hern-
at b:
Engineer J. M. Smith, of the
Savannah, Florida and Western,
made the fastest run ever made in
Florida on last Saturday. The
afternoon train left Gainesville
more than an hour late, and north
of Fort White Engineer Smith
made a run of sixty-two miles in
sixty minutes.
A quantity of thin, cheap note
heads, ruled on one side, on hand,
and will be printed and padded
at $2 50 per thousand, or two
thousand for $4 50—one form.—
Send orders for plain and fancy
printing to, this office. Prices'
down, for cash or C, O. D. orders
WILL bK ItUILT.
Last week the IIkadligt gave
its readers notice that a delega
tion from the Boards of Trade of
Albany and Columbus would
visit Brunswick last Wednesday
in the interest of the Columbus
Southern railroad, which, if the
readers remembers, connects
Albany and Columbus, while
the Brunswick and Western is
to be run in co-operation thereto
thriving city, her generous peo
ple—full of enterprise and
energy, her beautiful harbor—
best on the Georgia coast, while
the welcome they received and
the enthusiasm exhibited proved
that the “City hy the Sea” was
alive to her interests. The
amount desiret} from Brunswick
was readily subscribed, 011 con
dition that the Brunswick and
Western raiload should bo put
in shape to receive the enormous
amounts of freight and the large
volume of travel which would
naturally seek this route if the
Columbus Southern was built.
Managor Gaddis stated that
he was authorized by the owners
of the Brunswick and Western
to say that the road would bo
in eondtion to manage all the
freight secured hy the Columbus
Southern. This, then, will'put
Columbus and Albany from
under the thumb of the Central,
will give them a route to the sea
thus gaining a Western feeder
for Brunswick and-this section
of Georgia, and giving Albany
and Columbus an outlet to the
sen. The contemplated building
of this road has beeu met with
approval from the citizens along
the entire line, and there is nu
doubt of the necessary amount
being subscribed and paid at
the proper time.
Agricultural Furnace?, at Black-
shear & Mitchell’s,
The best Lard, 12 pounds for
one dollar. J. G. Nelson & Co.
Granulated and powdered su
gars, fourteen pounds to the dol
lar, at Smith & Sharp’s, and ev
erything else in. proportion. Call
and see for yourself.
Wood-saws, Cross-cut and Diss-
ton Hand-saws, at Blacksheai <fc
Mitchell’s.
Mr. Curtis of Darien, is in the
city, engaged,, in ruising the nec
essary capital to drain the Okefe-
nokee Swamp, and erect a canal
between £t. Mary’s and the Gulfs.
Only $8,000,000 are required for
the undertaking. Mr. Curtis says
the prospects were never better for
the early completion of his useful
internal improvement.—-Savannah
Times.
All go'ods bought of Smith &
Sharp delivered free of chargee.
Grafoiteware, jqst arrived, at
Blackshear & Mitchell’s.
If you want a good article of Plug
Tobacco, ask yonr dealer for “OLD
RIP.”
J. G. Neisori & Co., Savannah,
are selling the best Gilt-edge-
Butter at only twenty-five cents
per pound.
Nuns Veiling at B. Simians’
Safe burglars have been getting
in their work in Macon.
The safe opened was
entered by boring exactly as was j.
done in the Simians’safe robbery. uinl ’
They only got twenty dollars and
Jn is believed to be the same gang
that lias been “working” Griffin.
Waycross, Jacksonville aud other
places. There was no clue.
the notes of the bell and whistle.
The great Savannah, Florida
and Western has two main.,
branches separating at this
point, end here it is crossed by
the Brunswick and Western.
The former is pursuing a liberal
policy toward the country and
towns along its lilies, and their
improvement is keeping pace
with its prosperity.
Waycross is its pet. Heie it
maintains the finest railroad
restaurant in the South. The
grounds near by are being beau
tified with shrubberry, while al
most the entire southern por
tion of the to\yn has been sold
in lots on easy terms to conduc
tors, engineers and other em
ployes, who have been assisted
iu building comfortable and at
tractive homes on the eqstall*
went plan.
The beauty of the business
part of the town was marred by
allowing 4 thc courthouse trfeu-
ple to be tilled up with stores.—
A stranger can find himself lost
or bewilded in the ceiitre of
Waycross tfiore readily than iu
any town of its size in the world.
Away from the business pqrt thq
streets are regular and tne neat
residences well arranged. Way-
cross has some good schools,
but sadly lacks an academy. It
has one or two churches, how
ever, which are pushiiig forward
and steadily growiug’. It ha$
two,, lively newspapers which,
are receiving a steady increa** x
of advertising patronage. Th»
harder the times and the closer
the competition the merchants
everywhere are realizing the
greater need of employing more
newspaper help. The Waycross
business men have found oub<
that in these pressing times the
merchant who docs not adver~
tise is sure, iu the long run, to.
be left.
Thanks to editors Brewer, and!
Sweat, of the Reportei, and to.
editor Freeman, of the Head
light, for many brotherly at
tentions May they never have-
anything but good to Report
of their town and of each other;,
may they keep tlfe I1eadlight :
of journalism undimmed by.-
personalism; may tlicir brains
never Brew any beverage* hbk
wholesome truth aud hearty-
good will; may success reward:
their toil and Sweat, and they
both live long to show the.
world how blessed is the m:iu.
who with all other privileges of.
an American Freeman, knows,
how to use the power of the
press for the welfare of liis fel-
lawmen,”
The Headlight would be an
ingrate should it withhold from
Bro. Uuderwood . its thanks for
the kind mention made of Way.
cross,.her people and her press,
but, we sorrow to note, our es
teemed friend makes a serious
aud damaging mistake when he
writes: “Waycross has one or
two churches,” leaving his nu
merous readers tq conclude that
this number was all we could
boast of, or be thaukful to the
great “Ruler” for. We have
Methodist, Baptist and Episco
pal churches, a Presbyterian
congregation (uo church), and
two or three churches for the
colored people. Our brother did
not intend to make a false im
pression, by - the expres
sion quoted, but his widely cir-.
cuhited paper falls into the
hands of many who might thiuk
we should have more than “one
or two” churches in a town of
four or five thousand -inhabi-
goods. 1 ei- or prosperity.
: 'f/Uj v: : fr. : ,y;
AVe trust we may -not bo
considered too particular or sen
sitive, and we hope Bro. .Uuder-
wood's Clarion notes may ring
out long and loud for “wisdom,
justice and moderation,” aud
111:1V lie not be the Undkrwooi.
. The Ladies are request-d to call
and see B. Birmans' Xew spring • in the erection of Georgia's tow-
itiliiy
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