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J. X. FREEMAN, Editor.
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Court Calendar — Brunswick Circuit
Wayne—Third Mondays In March and
October.
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October.
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In April and Novcmlmr.
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in April and November.
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business m*v require.
Municipal Officers.
Mayor—W. J. Smith.
Counci linen—Warren Lott. E. P. McCall
Geo. IL Youiunna, D. A. Williams.
Treasurer—W. M. Mellon.
Clerk of the Council—J. 8. Williams.
Tax Assessor and Collector— J. E. Butler
Marshal—J. P. Cason.
Night Watchman—S. IL Ilinnant.
County Officers.
Clerk of the Superior Court—W. M.
Wilton.
Ordinary—Warren Lott.
Sheriff—T. IJ. Henderson.
Tux Collector—J. A. Ca«on.
Tax Receiver—J. J. Wilkinson.
County Treasurer—W. S. B.iiley.
County Surrogate—Jasper Eunice.
Cnroncf—J. T. Ilalo.
Waycross Lodge 305, F..& A. M.
Elects in their hall 2nd and 4 th Wednes
days at 7 p. m. Visiting brethren iu the
oays at i p. m. visiting b
town are cordially invited.
Pierce Lodge No. 07, L 0. O. F.
Meets at their linll in Wnycross every
1st and 3rd Thursday evening at 8 o’clock
P- m. O. p. Folks, N. G.
W. J. Carswell, Scc’y.
Knights of Pythias.
Mocth every Monday night in Lott's
Ilall opposite Methodist Cliufth.
Wauukk Lott, C. C.
Jons R. Franklin, K. of R. S.
Tcrro Haute’s Mudstone.
The Indianapolis Journal says:
_ “Torre Haute’s mudstone, with its
eighty years* record of hundreds of ap
plications, has twico more been usod
within tlio past week. Mr. Jas. Walker,
of Irving’s Station, ou the Imlinnnpolis
*ud St, Louis, in Illinois, brought his
little girl here yesterday. Sho had been
bitten by a dog that showed fevery sign
of being rabid. Tho stone would not
adhere, and ns its record shows that lio
death over resulted when the stono
failed to adhere, the father went away
satisfied.
“A few days aco Miss Hoover, of
Newman, JU., was brought hero terribly
lacerate by tho bitos of a dog that luul
died with rabies, and had bitten other'
dogs that clso died, as supposed, from
the same disease. The stone immedi
ately adhered to one of the wounds, and
when it dropped oft During the time
the stone took on a ~ -
— . a dark color. wu
cleansed in sweet milk, and again ap-
adhering to the flesh for ton.
L after vrliiob it filial In .rllmM m
plieJ.
noun,
—™i uwu iw ten.
tours, after which it failed to adhere on
•"•'ifcatioM. Miss Hoover re-
rhetne, and word is received
eadily improving."
that she is steadily i
Philosopher Porridge.
^Husband, if I were you I wouldn’t
permit Nelly to receive "any further at-
Mr. Por-
tentions from tha*
ridge.”
“I’ll look out for him, madam; don’t
you fear n but that ril give him timely
‘ Yc }, J° a «“* <*«* >™ too
—in. Permitting his visits invites
tntnble, for you know tho old shvinj;
‘giving as Inch and taking an
.“So I do, mydear, but when I have
1 rv, wuoa inTfl
A Dangerous Trip. .
“We will have to cancel your life in
surance policy, sir, Pm sony to sav,” re
marked the agent.
“Good gracious!” exclaimed 'the
frightened Cobwigger; “whatever is the
^natter?'*
“Why,” replied the agent, we under
stand you are Ming on a trial trip on on*
pf tkf $ew •(pel cruUer§.”r=r^ Djvck
DIVING FOR TREASURES.
Methods of Reaching Sunken Vee-
aela—The Diver’s Perile-Disposi-
«lon of Some Wrecks.
The number of valuable wrecks. that
iro annually sunk along our Atlantic
baa increased so rapidly of late
George E. Walsh’in Jlar-
that the art. of diving has
become more than ever an important
sne. Stories of sunken treasures have
been told and retold, until every boy is
familiar with Captain Kidd’s vessel,
which went down somewhere—but jio
one knows just where—with an unknown
quantity of gold and silver on board.
Evci7 year or two the report is circulated
that the exact spot* has at last been dis
covered, and divers are set at’work to
rescue the treasure. Although there are
many wild stories about such things, it
U still a matter of fact that millions of
dollars in the form of precious stones,
golden ornaments, and coined money are
scattered over the bottom of the ocean.
Most of the treasures are in deepwater,
where %hey cannot be reached by the or
dinary diver without considerable
danger to life. Unlike human bod
ies and other things that float
upon the surface of the water until
thrown upon some beach or shore,
wrecked vessels go straight to the bot
tom, and there remain for ages. It has
become a common' expression to say that
the “sea throws up everything;” but it
doea not throw up the golden ‘
that are once put within its grasp. When
a vessel has once filled with water it set
tles slowly downward until it strikes the
sandy bottom, where the sharp keel
pates and rubs unceasingly on the yield
lng floor of the ocean. The action of the
water keeps the vessel in constant mo
tion, and in due time it becomes half
buried in the sand. Then, with volumes
of fjreea water rolling and tumbling over
. the once stately vessel looms up
above the surrounding dirk objects like
an old deserted mansion. The sea slider
crawls over its deck, the small
breed- their young in the cabin, and the
ocean plants and seaweed wind about
the masts 'and rigging. Gradually tho
heap of broken and twisted wood and
iron becomes clothed with a thick coat
ing of sea moss, while blossoming
zoophites, sea weed and focus form a
dense vegetable mantle. In this con
dition the wreck remains until time hat
decomposed the wood and rust eaten up
the iron, unless rescued by some daring
diver.
The lobgcr a vessel has been below the
waves, the more difficult becomes the
work of the diver to reach its treasures.
Tho jircssuro of tho land frequently
crushes in the sides of the hull and blocks
up the passageway to the cabin, if it
docs not bury everything beneath a heap
of broken timber and rubbish. Clearing
away such debris is the most difficult
task that the diver has to perform, as he
is constantly in danger of severing his
■pipe, which supplies him with air
from above, by some of the floating
pieces of wood. Besides this* the cabin
of the vessel is dark and gloomy, and
only the expert divers can work in water
that is pitch dark. It is said that thoso
who have been well trained to work iu
dark water have their sense of touch so
finely developed that they can distinguish
a piece of brass from a.piece of copper
when under wntcr. If the^ame pieces of
metal were presented to them on a table,
with their eyes blindfolded, the divers
could not tell tho difference, but if putin
a basin of water the distinction between
them would bo readily detected. This
acute sense of touch enables them to pick
out the gold plates or coins from other
metals.
In descending to a wreck on a warm
day the diver is exposed to the peculiar
danger of going to sleep. The sudden
change from extreme heat to delicious
coolness induces a listless, sleepy sensa
tion to creep gradually over him, which,if
not thrown off by violent work and ex
ercise of the will, often results disastrous
ly. Sometimes, in spite of experience,
tho diver yields for a moment to the
temptation, and rests upon the bottom
of the sea or tho deck of the vessel. The
result is about the same as when a person
sits down to rest in the snow when nearly
overcome with the cold. Sleep inevitaby
follows the sitting down. In the case of
the diver, however, the sleep is not an
endless ono if he is working in still
water, where no tides or c urrents inter
fere with his work. But in certain lo
calities, like at' the mouth of rivers or
near deep inlets, it is possible to work
only a short time each day, the rising
““ * * it
tide or changing currents makiug ..
dangerous to attempt it at any other
time than when they are not in active
motion. To fall asleep in such a place
means a horrible death to the diver.
Occasionally treasures that are thus
sunk in the ocean near the shore are
found in a tfery curious way, and with
out the help of a diver. If a vessel once
becomes deeply imbedded in the sand,
it remains stationary until it decavs or
thrown up by some violent upheaval.
The sand feefi and bars are
their position year after year by the” a<£
tion of the water. The sand seems to bo
in constant motion; washing away
from one shore and building up another
one. During violent storms sand reefs
a mile in length have been known to
chango their position, while others have
^disappeared altogether, and new ones
have been emerged from the water on
another coast at the same time. The
strongest rocky coast is sometimes unable
to withstand the repeated blows of na
ture’s heavy battering-ram. The strength
of the waves is greater on the surface*
the water than below, but during excep
tionally heavy storms the agitation
extends many fathoms downward. At
such times the wreck imbedded in the
sand may be wrenched from its position,
and driven with irresistible force upon the
reef. Tonsofsand would be carried along,
with it, and probably the nucleus of a
new sandbar be thus formed by the Heap
s toi— — —• » - — which
of rubbish. When a point around
the sand can collect is Once formed, the
Work of accumulation goes on rapidly. A
sort of eddy is formed around the point,
and the sand is forced into it with great
rapidity,and after being drawn back and
forth fora time it is finally deposited near
the base of the heap. This operation con
tinuing for a long period loon pushes the
top of theW reef out of wateTwhieh
ur time becomes a permanent beach. The
wrecked vessel, with all its
sof gold and silver, is thus buried
r feet down in toe sand. BAches
r have
many feet down in toe sand. Bad
that have been formed in this way hi
frequently been dug up for various r
eons, and the treasures buried years be
fore discovered. For a long time it was
rnw toe
impossible to suggest how toe pieces c
broken planks anf iron bolts and rivet
work and action of the
were more carefully studied, too
explanation was accepted as toe most
probable one. -r
Again, divers have frequently explored
certain localities of toe ocean until they
became so familiar with tho bottom of
the ocean that they could point out every
slight knoll or elevation in the sandy
floor. Bat after a heavy storm the place
would
scarcely be
for the
; after a heavy
so changed
that it could
resting on toe sand. During toe violent
storm the sand had been shifted from
some old wreck, and toe whole thrown
up to the surface. Treasures that have
been lost by the sand covering the
ly that the divers could not get at
been recovered hundreds
of years after the accident occurred.
are very rare, although
record which will stand the
several arc
closest scrutiny, so far as the accuracy of
toe accounts is concerned.
Sam Jones’s Sayings.
The BdUimorc-Amcriean gives toe al
lowing extracts from three sermons
preached by Rev. Sam Jones, toe
Southern Revivalist, in that city:
You can’t make friends with God un-
tfl^ron’re lorry enough of your sins to
If a roan repents he don’t have to try
to believe; it comes of itself.
God can’t give you faith; you’ve got
to do that yourself. God gives you
sight, but seeing is your job. God gives
but ao yoi
you ever ask God to
s hiun and eggs.
f call this silly talk, but Fm
You may
talking to a silly crowd.
Foolishness is what you rub on foolish
people.
A man once said to me: “Mr. Jones,
when yon have converted toe hypocrites
come and talk religion to me. These
hypocrites are in my way.” I said
“they wouldn’t be in your way if
they hadn’t got ahead ofryou. Ain’t you
ashamed to let hypocrites get ahead of
yout”
‘ I’ve got more confidence in bread pills
administered by a praying doctor than
toe finest science given by an agnostic.
I understand why old Bob Ingersoll is
an infidel; it pays him $500 a night to
deny God, while he would not get $10 a
night lecturing that there is a God.
I wouldn’t give ten cents a dozen-for
Christians who won’t pray in public.
There are a thousand differences be
tween us, but we are astonishingly alike.
When an engineer gets down from his
cab to oil his machinery I notice that he
pours oil out of the same can upon all
toe parts, great and small alike. And so
the Great Engineer of the universe pours
upon tho
alike, and makes it as easy for one per
son as another to do right. If there is
any ono here who is not what God in
tended you to be it’s because you won’t
givo him a chance.
I am getting sick and tired of this cant:
“It’s so hard forme to do right.” You’re
good for nothing, that’s what’s the mat
ter with you.
I know it is a heap easier to be a gen
tleman than a vagabond. I've tried both.
Blessed be they who give, and blessed
be those who do not give, for if they are
blessed they will give.
The last step, the last thought on
earth, means good-bye to the last oppor-
tU Qo& speed the day when the church
will kick out every man within its bor
ders who deals in futures. The church
and the preacher who depends upon such
sort of people belongs to the devil from
hat to heels.
• Brother, if you arc not afraid of God
you will have good reason to fear every
corner of the fence.
God docs not care for present events;
He looks out for final results.
I’ll make my bones ache dancing the
pigeon wing if it will help me to heaven.
The curse of all the churches in this
of members who
victcd of sin, much less converted to
God.
Whenever anything is wrong quit it,
and quit it short off. A good many want
to taper off in sin. They taper off gen
erally to the big end.
Tho sooner you die, tho sooner you’ll
get to heaven if you’ve been a good man.
No man is going to growl on getting into
heaven ahead of time.
Don’t consider yourself safe till you
get there.
Heaven is just on the other side of
where a fellow has done his level best.
The man who think’s he safe, and lies
back on his oars loses heaven right there.
If I ever fail I'll get up and run right
on; and if I can’t run I’ll do some tall
crawling.
You take Baptist water,Methodist fire,
and Presbyterian ‘‘hold on to what
you’vo got,” and you've got a sight.
^ Uses of tho Cactus.
It amuses a person from tho western
part of our country to see people culti
vating as a rare plant a thing tfiat is the
pest of the plains, says John Bostwick,
in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. I mean
the common cactus, which I have seen in
many greenhouses and gardens in this
city. With us it is an intolerable nuis
ance, anu one would as soon thiuk of
cultivating a particularly active' set of
fleas and musquitocs. But the cactus
one virtue that would be highly ap
preciated if known in this city, where
the water is more in need of a bath than
toe dirtiest inhabitant. When split
2 ien the cactus is far better than any
ter for clearing and settling toe water.
A single blade will make twenty gallons
of Mississippi water as clear as crystal,
and will leave no unpleasant taste as a re
minder of its use. As an antiscorbutic
it is also most'effective, and is -freely
used on toe plains for this purpose. The
cactus is, therefore, not without its value,
but as an ornamental shrub it appears to
B a complete failure.
Heart Disease Among Beasts.
Dr. Chapman, in the Medical and Sur
gical Dcporter, says that nine-tenths of
wild animals in confinement are subject
to heart disease, although all animals
have their peculiarities. The elephants
are heirs to many diseases, bat the most
common and fatal is rheumatism. Monk
eys and baboons generally die from bron
chial affections and heart disease; felines,
such as lions, tigers, leopards, etc., from
dysentery and Heart disease; deer, ante
lopes, etc., suffer most from dysentery
ana Heart disease; while the canine tribe,
as wolves, dingoes, and foxes don’t
to be subject to any disease except
“pure cussedness.” The only thing Jo
lie feared in the wolf tribe is too much
sociability. It is unsafe to keep more
than a pair together; otherwise they
would eat each other.
j Mortality of Leading Cities.
The annual death rates p£r 1,000 in toe
principal *
ttcipal cities, mccording to recent re
us are ss follows: Calcutta, 29; Bom
bay, 91; Madras, 37; Paris 24; Brussels,
23; Amsterdam, 20; Rotterdam, 18; The
Berlin, 20^ lUmbnrg 23; DresdeH, 17;
Breslan,
Prague, 31; Bnda-Pesth, 28; Trieste, 20;
0,46; Alex-
Philndclpiie, 22, nod Baltimore,
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A. R. BENNETT.
(Near Grind Central Hotel)
WAYCROSS, Q-A..
General Merchandise,
Gents’ and Ladies’ Furnishing Goods,
Gents,’ Ladies’ and Children’s Boots and Shoes,
Full Line of Family Groceries, Corn Oats Bran
and other Plantation Farm and Mill Supplies.
Patent Minis, Minis ail fa kissnriis.
Saddlery, Stoves, Sewing Machines. Buckets,
Tubsjjind Other Articlestoo Numerous
To Mention.
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May 25-12m
A-. R.-BENNETT.
W.. M. WILSON,
WATOBOSS, - b\mOR/OI A.
FANCY AND FAMILY
GROCERIES.
SPECIALTIES s
Magnolia Hams,
Fruit, It
^"Prices on all goods
is, High Grade Sugars, Coffees. Rico, Butter, Lard, Bacox
Irish Potatoes, Began, Pipes, Tobaccos, Canned Goods, Etc.
i on all goods warranted to be as low as (tho quality of goods can
Bacon, Dried
be purchased anywhere. Connected with the store is a
BILLIARD & POOL ROOM
All Goods Delivered Free.
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HOT WEATHER SUITS.
Countij Merchants who cater to a trado that they ore anxious to hold, can hare
no better medium to%n our
Fashionable Clothing.
Having all our Suits made under Prrsoxax. Supervision, and con
sulting always the prevailing requirements as to Fabrics
and Cut, wo are able to offer superior in
ducements to the trade in the way of
Job Lots and Extra Drives, always
the latest Metropolitan Fashions!
HTSpecial Sizes in Suits to fit Fat, Thin, Short or Tall men..
Our C. O. D. System
Has our most careful attention; rules for self-measurement sent free on request
:K, “ “ --- M ' *- Mon before p
not given.
Suits sent to responsible parties with privilege of examination before pay-
g. Money refunded in every case where satisfaction is not given.
OUR SPRING AND SUMMER SUITS, HATS—Soft, Stiff and Straw,
UNDERWEAR, NECKWEAR, FURNISHINGS, ETC.,
Excel any Similar Stock South.
Prices always toe Lowest. Consult us before buying.
161 Congress St., - • SAVANNAH, GA.
B. H. LEVY & BRO.
REDDING & WALKER,
Physicians and Suganu,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Druggists and Apothecaries.
PAINTS, OILS AND
.VARNISHES,
Perfumery, Soaps and Brushes
Wholesale Agents for P. P t p.
Heavy Wagons and Harness.
For Mill! and Turpentine Distilleries,
Buggies and Bngy Harness, Ranges,
Stoves, and House-Furnish
ing Goods, Guns,
MONEY TALKS AT WAYCROSS!
Hardware, Tinware, Agrriculturai
Implements.
Pocket and Table Cutlery, Powder, Shot, &c.
Dlackshear & Mitchell,
janl0-12m-vogo
Wholesale Dealer* and Manufacturers* Agents,
. WAYCROSS, GA.
UHLFELDER & CO.,
Waycross, Georgia.
Furniture of all Styles AM Qualities!
CHAMBER SETS, IN PINE, POPLAR & WALNUT.
Mattresses, Springs, Matting.
Oqits, Mr State, Balt Caw, inilo Ha
ETC., ETC.
ISTPlcasc call and Examine our stock and wo will Convince You.^gJ
Agents for LUDDEN & BATES S. M. II. Pianos and Organ*, on Easy Ten
may 20-12m
fkmi BBSS GOODS,
MILLINERY, NOTIONS
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
C. C. VARNEDOE,
VALDOSTA, GEORGIA,
Is headquarter* for Millinery and Dress Goods in this section of Georgia. H
has in store and it constantly receiving all the latest designs and novelties in that
line. He is headquarters for
OTJSTOIM: - IMZA-IDIE! SHOES.
He is also headquarters for General Merchandise, and all other articles found in
an elaborate establishment dealing in specialties and first-class goods. Orders by
mail promptly attended to and satisfaction guaranteed. sq.9-12 ra
Our Prescription Department is under toe care of one skilled in the theory end
practice of phznnzcy, xud emtomen mzy rely on tho careful preparation of pro
scriptions.
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Job Printing receive prompt at
tention at this office.
JOB PRINTING
Of Every Description Neatly
Executed at this Office.
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Cason & Miller,
GEHEML GBOCERS
WAYCROSS, QA.
GRAIN MAY
SALT AND BRAN,
BY THE OARLOAD.
Ofdcn from tho country aolicitcd and
proraj* Attention guwMtooi. oc29 ly
. J. S. WILLIAMS,
Attorney and Counsellor at Lav,
WAYCR088, PA.
Win practice in toe Brunswick Judio- '
lei circuit end elsewhere by contract.
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