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E—i a titpttiMJiia Crastj. —Win:* YOU SMB — Srt'E, pleditw, fllto 5*i?> KANCY and TOILET articles, station® nr, CLASS, OILS, &c., in fact anything carried in stock in v'ni'T class drug store. buying. Do not We fad to cull on us before keep none hut the BEST QUALITY OF jsvkuything, and in price defy com petition. We have been engaged ni the tlian°25 drug business for a period of more years and point for to our the i,ast record as a guarantee do fail future. When in Macon not to call and see us RANKIN & CO., Mulberry and Third Sts., Near Wadley Monument and,New Government Building. n4-3m sgte t Sit'L PUBLISHED EVEttY SATURDAY MORNING AT GUAY’S STATION, GEORGIA, —BY T. R. PENN.— Subscription Rates-In Advance. One Year. $1.00 Six Months. Three Month, Entered at the IVstoffice at Gray's tion, (Ja., as second class mail matter. Postofflee orders, drafts, etc., should be made payable to T. It. Pens. Kates for advertising made known on application. for individual benefit, (•oinmmiicatioiis personal character, charged for the of a advertisements. e a me as Marriage and obituary notices, not ex ecedingone square, inserted without —over <> ne square will be charged for as Correspondents advertisements. alone responsible are opinions expressed by them through columns. town and county. Mrs.F. G. HARDEMAN, Local Editress. ess Tbc weather has been very clement tho past week. Wc hear of about five men are going to act as guano agents at Grays. Miss Mullikan, of Bradleys, been spending a few days in our midst. Miss Sallio 8 tew art, of county, is on a visit to relatives friends here. The farmers m e making tions for another crop, and oats are being sown. Mr. H. A. Morgan has and now occupies the new ot Mr. W. II Uolsenbeck. Louis Bray, living four miles Athens, made last year fifty bsles cotton with only two plows. The stock of groceries and erai supply goods of Jones & are arriving, preparatory to opening. Mr. Jim Morgan lias given farming, and now handles the stick behind the counters cf W. llolsenbeckand Bro. Col. R. V. Hardeman, J. H. gan, S. L. Chiles, of Clinton, James Morton, of Pine Ridge, Mr. J). D. Uolsenbeck, of spent last Monday in Macon on iness. In another column will be seen the advertisement ot Davis Balkcom. These gentlemen pro p se to furnish the planters with fertilizers, grains, groceries and •miles Give them a call you visit the City. Laying of iron on the C. & began the I9lh inst. where tho left off last .summer. Tho road "’ill be pushed right along now Shady Dale. The firm of Winters, Holsenbeck an d Co. have dissolved partnership by mutual agreeament. Mr. ters once was one of Jones' best •eost successful farmers. He pects to commence farming Success to Mr. Winters. We call the attention of our er* to the advertisement of bell & Jones in todays paper. arc are prepared to accommodate 'bo planters, and all who are need of supplies will do well to °n '.hem. Most of the farmers around have killed hogs and as”a 'bing they have enough meat '“‘"“'I "•« M. *•*><• says be has moro than enough also has about oneihundred and found, of fre.h ..do. he ban old lard left fro,„ Y°*r. CLINTON LOCALS. Oh! snch weather! Rain, rain, fog and mist. It is rumored that Col. J. C. Bar -1 ron has purchased the Kingman home and lot in Clinton. The “small fry” of Clinton will enjoy a candy pulling at the home of Mrs, Stcph Phillips to-night, Mrs. Grceham, widow of Wilkins Gresham, (long time sheriff of this co.,) died at her home in the county last week. Mrs. .Maggie James of Camak Ga. spent several days last week with her sister, Mrs. M. A. Phillips at the Parsonage. Miss Kate Morgan will open school near Grays next Monday 23d Mrs. Barron also begins in Clinton same day. Col. R. V. Hardeman says ho will vote for repeal of revenue upon par egoric, he is sitting up these nights with a “new girl.” This is leap year and the girls are taking ad vantage of it. Mr. H. A. Morgan who has re cently moved from Sman’s to Graj’s has taken charge of Hardeman's mill. Mr. M— is an experienced miller, and the public may depend upon getting good meal. A novel sale of personal estate took place in Clinton last Saturday, between two prominent citizens of this count}’, gentlemen both of sense and experience. A horse for which tho owner paid last spring $130.00 was given for a pointer dug! How is that for High? While sweeping her house Mon day, Ella Franks swept in the fire, accidently, a piece of dynamite which exploding severely wounded her in the arm, and put out one eye entirely. Her husband, Tom Fianks, had used some dynamite last summer in blasting a rock from his well and forgotten that he left the piece in tho house. Tho case of Macon Savings Bank vs. It. A. Gordon and others, is be ing tried in the Superior Court in Macon this week. The amount in volved is between seven and eight thousand dollars, and nn array of legal talent has been engaged to wit; Lanier and Anderson, with Hill and Harris for Bank, Harde man and Davis, Dessau & Bartlett, R. V. Hardeman for defense. The ease may consume several days. The ignorant Editress of the Jones Co., Headlight takes this method of begging tho pardon most humbly of the Wrightsville Head light. Really we had not been in the journalistic arena long enough to nave formed the our worthy exchanges and confess that Bro. Huffs head is much older and wiser than ours of Jones that it can not possibly be light. “We take it all back,’' and “wont be caught napping again!” Bro. Penn had nothing whatever to do with this light-headed business^und We beg you Bro. Huff to exonerate him. He is too old in the ^cause to make such a, faux pas. Clinton Jan. 17th 18*8. Items from Stevens Pottery. Mr. Editor;—Will you allow me a short space in valuable journal? Mrs. H. F. Newton is on a visit to relatives in Macon. Steven Bro’s. are erecting a new Pottery in the Central City, and will be ready for business in a short while. / Our Military Dubignon A’ohin leers company is coming to the front. We will have an election of officers the 25th inst., also a prize shooting for a medal cup. We would advise the boys to practice target shooting. There is a saw mill in our vicinty owned by II. F. & L. C. Newton (wide awake business men) the noisiest affair we ever heard. In re ply to complaints that have been made they say we shall have a rest when they eaten up with orders. The weather for the past week has been very unfavorable for farm Work. We note with pleasure that our farmers are turning their atten tion more to the planting cf small ih, return.of good old “hog and hominy limes ” when cotton wifi cease to be ting. S.nd ool s.mpl. copiM ot tb« Headlight, weaie delighted with it and want it introduced all over the county. Wo hoard a gentleman re mark a few days ago that each number was worth the subscription price. Much success to the Pro prietor and Local Editress. More anon 15. Z. K. REMINISCENCES OF JONES COUNTY BY MRS. E. G. II. CON V1CTED AN1) HUNG UPON Cl KO UM ST ANT IAL EVI DENCE. It is a well known and lamenta ble fact that men have been tried and convicted upon merely cir cumstantial evidence. Evidence which at the time proved as “strong as holy writ,” and juries as intelli gent as over sat in serious debate have rendered verdicts of “guilty >) upon persons who in sifter years were innocent as tlie babo unborn. Such a case, to the regi ot of many, on co oecutTO t in this (County, al though the party made to suffer was only a poor slave. “Before the war” a widow lady, Mrs ■ Harrison, lived in Jones county, tuid among tho negroes in her possession was an honest, hardworking boy, Harry, with wife and children, who occu pied a cabin near tne misties-’ house and yard. Somewhere near by tho home of Mrs. H. lived a poor white widow almost alone. This woman was awakened one night by finding in her bed room a stalwart negro man. Frightened almost to death, she gave the alarm, but un der the fearful cireumstanoes cou id remember nothing by which the fiend could he identified except that he bad on an old military coat that she knew was owned by Harry Harrison and was the only one ot the kind in the neighborhood. Soon after tho alarm was given, a posse of men with sleuth hounds were put upon the t.iail of the negro, and he was soon tracked to Harry’s house. There was Hurry apparently asleep in his bed and near by on the llcor lay tho coat. Harry was thunderstruck when awakened and seemed paralyzed with amazement when confronted with the fearful accusation, and pro tested most piteously that ho was innocent. However, as everything so plainly proved his guilt, he was arrested and brought to the jail in Clinton. The crime was a offense, and the criminal could be tried by Inferior Court in days. This court was presided over by three judges, one of whom was Janies Gray, father of Hon. James M. Gray (for whom ‘ Gray’s” is named). Harry’s trial came before this court- Ho was without hesitancy pronounced guil ty and sentenced to bo hung at an early day. The dastardly crime so incensed an outraged public, nolh ingelse could appease them. There fore, tho scaffold was erected and tho disagreeable task devolved upon Sheriff William Barron, grandfather of our present efficient Sheriff, Wrn W. Barron. Just beiore the fateful trap was sprung, Mr. Barron, who was in much (sympathy with Harry, whose demeanor throughout the in carceration had been praise worthy, asked him : “Harry are you guilty, of this crime?” “Mr. Barron,” he answered, “I am not guilty, I am as innocent as the angels in heaven.” Yet he was hung, and consigned to an ignominious grave. Sometime afterwards, years per haps, a negro boy, Charles Dumas, was arrested for some crime and brought to trial. On being sen tenced ho confessed as to having been the perpetrator of the deed for which Harry had been hung, lie described most minutely the modus operand! of his proceedings. On the afternoon, before the assault, having determined upon it, he thought of the old coat, and man aged so as to abstract it from Har ry’s bouse, without its being missed. Finding tho hounds were upon his track with Satanic cunning, lie ran direct to Harry’s house, found all j Abe family quietly asleep, and the window ajar, threw the coat m, acd climbed to the front of the house, and jumped to the back yard ^ 11 au conclusively 1,1 uic upon crime g ^ | Although Cterk. woo l,on ™l- Tho Angora goat seems to Lie raised in great perfection in Texas A skin of the most beautiful de scription came from the ranch of the Messrs Arnold, in Uvulae coun ty. The hair is brilliantly white, and very long and silky. They also possess the art down there of dress ing these skins in a manner to make them as useful for rugs as they tire agreeable to look at. w §, Uifi ,»Vl. WEIGHT? •L vROYALKSS I 1 * 4 KIN^ POWDER Absolutely Pis re. This powder never vanes. A mar vel of purity, strength and whole* somenesB. * More economical than tho ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition short with the multitudes lew test, weight, alumn orphos ROYAL hate powders. BAKIN Sold G PO only \VD in cans ER GO 100 Wall Street, New York. [\aR-^C/\D TiJYlE T^BLE. COVINGTON & MACON R. B. Frun and after Tuesday, Nov. 1st 1887, trains on the -Covington & Macon Railroad will he run by the following schedule: GOING NORTH—MAIL TRAIN. Lv Macon...... ............. 4 30 p in Massey’s M ill.. ........... 4 45 p in Roberts........ ............ 5 00 p ra Morton.......... ........... 5 25 p m Grays........... ............ 5 33 p m Bradley ..... ............ 5 43 p m Wayside....... Round ............ 5 53 p m Oak..... ............ 6 13 p m Hillsboro ...... ............ 6 26 p m A dgalo......... ........... 6 38 p m Miunota......... ........... G 51) p m Ar Mont/cello, ............ 7 11 p m GOING SOUTH—MAIL TRAIN. Lv Monticello..... 7 00 a Minneta............. 7 13 a ill Adgate............. ...... 7 CC -t a m Hillsboro.......... 7 4~ o a m Round Oak........ 8 08 a m W ay si do.......... ...... 8 1C >— a m Bradley............ 8 C-'C LC a m Grays.............. .. 8 41 a m Mi rton........ ... . 8 53 a m Roberts............. . 5) 06 a m Massey’s Mill..... . 9 22 a m Ar Macon.......... . 9 40 a m GOING NORTH—FREIGHT TRAIN. Lv. Macon...... 7 30 a Ill Lv. Grays...... 9 15 a in Ar. Monticello. 12 13 p m GOING SOUTH—FREIGHT TRAIN. Lv. Monticello. . 12 30 p Ill Lv. Grays....... .. 5 00 p m Ar. Macon.. .. .. G 30 p in S. Reed Stoney, 1 . 018 A. Craig Palmer, ’ , The Morniug News. STEAM PBIUTmG HOUSE Printing, Fterotyping, Lithographing, Book Binding, Engrav ing, and Blank Book Manu facturing. The larRMl Concern oJ'the IUiiiI South. Thoroughly itself; equipped the latest and com plete chinery within and the skillful ma most workmen. Corporations, Manufac turers, Banks and Bankers, County Officers, Farmers Merchants, Mechanics and ihinim:ms jd:s generally. About the placing Live line, orders for visit- any thing in a from a ing card to a mammoth poster, or from a memorandum book to a mam moth ledger, are requested to give this house a trial. J. II. Estii.l, Proprietor, 3 Whitaker St,, - - Savannah, Ga Dentistry ■ m I\. IJOJST33E& RESIDENT DENTIST, .rnianon llv loo t 4 y<mr! -t p Spared to do Baris-1 WO rj{ „t reasonable rates. facfi 'j guaranteed. P .f£KS3$,ri£i A liberal por-j zier’3 drug p*» store. I « havo 6„,j established ft branch | Butin,, nn.J M cck.io each |,“‘J'‘"“‘’“V month., nl Planters Read. We have this day contracted with Messrs. JOHN MERRY MAN & Co to sell, at nil stations on tho C. & M. Railroad, their —CELEBRATED BRAND? OF GUANO ferryman's A. D. 'Bones, Merryman’s GEORGIA TEST. We can say without any fear of contradiction that Merryman’s Fer tilizirs aro to-day, as they have been for 30 years, at the very top in excellence, and the perfect satisfaction they give to planters. Yv bile most of the popular brands on the market in past years liavo changed the grade of their goods by lowering their grade, Morryman has continually improved. We do not make these statements at random. Wo refer to any planter in Jones and Jasper counties who have used -■ erryman’s Guano, and will stake our reputation on tho result. —WE ALSO HANDLE— SOLUBLE BOMS BUST for composting, which is tho highest grade acid on tho market. We sell cheaper acid phosphates; also Kainit., and are agents for the Macon Oil & Fertilizer Company for tho sale of their Cotton Seed Meal. We can give low prices on these goods, and arc ready to deliver now. Our Agents will call on tho good people of Jouos and Jasper coun ties, and we will Irustreceive their orders. ROUIS, WHAM & ( 10 ., 420 AND 422 THIRD STREET, NOVEMBER 16th, I8S7. [lti] jvr.A.ooasr GE-.sk W m WARE 1 Si 8H1TH Read f lie Low Prices. :o:- FULL PATENT FLOUR, per barrel, $5 50 25 POUNDS PATENT FLOUlt, 70 1-2 PATENT FLOUR, per barrel, 4 50 25 POUND SACK, 60 FAMILY FLOUR, per barrel, 4 35 25 POUND SACK, 50 13 POUNDS GRANULATED SUGAR I 00 41 POUNDS FINEST COFFEE, 1 00 SALT IN WHITE SACKS, 75 I1ADNUT GRITS, per peek, 35 BEST UNCANVASSKD IIAMS, 144 BEST N. O. SYRUP, per gallon, 50 25 BOXES MATCHES, 25 1 DOZEN PAPER BOXES MATCHES, 400s - 45 K&T The way' to make money is to savejit. Como and trade with us and wo will savo you money. W.A.EUE « 3 fc SMITH, 360 Ttftfp Sj^EEj, P^cojI, Qeouqia. CiMBULL k JONH o-o W arelioiase and Commission * Merchants for the sale and storage of Cotton. Farmers can buy nocccssary sup plies cither for cash or time .papers, with satisfactory security. Call and see us before making arrangements for another season. Kipp tyh AV. A. DAVIS. M. C. BALKCOM. Davis & Baikcom. Cotton Factor sand General Grocers. All Planters supplies at lowest prices for cash, or on timo with ap proved paper. Agents for CHESAPEAKE GUANO, A full lot well broke mules always on hand. Rust proof Oats a specially. Jan. 21st 1888 3rn. MACON GA. Established 1832 m?; M&eoii SI*®© Stove* I have one of the largest and the best selected stock of BOOTS AND SHOES. tho State, and offer them at prices as low as tho lowest. K 1 ' STRONG L 3-3 mo. tb MACON GA ■ Irf .