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About Jones County headlight. (Gray's Station, Ga.) 1887-1889 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1888)
o 1 ♦ Ml • » I / MMU '«*’ ill 0 "Onf Ambition is \s to make a Yeracions Wort, Reliable in its! g Statements, Candid in its Conclusions, and Just in Us Yieis." VOL II. ROBERT COLEMAN. JOHN N. BIRCH. BOLIVEE H. RAY, COLEMAN, RAY & CO. Macon, Ca., COTTON FACTORS Dealers in Groceries, Planters’ Supplies, Bagging and Ties. After Wanv years , practical . , experience . in nananng and selling Cotton, We announce to the Planters ol Georgia that wo are now ready for the coming season, with every facility and convenience for satisfactory hand ling of all Cotton that may be entrusted to us. Without any favorites among the buyers, but treating all alike, we make it our special aim to get the very highest market price for each Planter, selling to the very be3t ad vantage each individual bale of Cotton. Tor the convenience of our friends in the country ,we have in connection with our warehouse a store supplied with a full stock of Groceries, Provisions and Bagging and Ties which we will sell as cheap as any one. In season we have a full supply 0 f H the U best he«| W grade, ffr,fde W wh»eh which we we wHl Will be vfe glad ffl-ul frff to furnish to ® all ?, S0 Wishing . it Guano for cash of or on time. We thank our many friends of the past years for their liberal patronage, and to all new ones we guarantee satisfaction. We solicit J vnnr Cotton ' and trade. Respectfully, * - . IbsII fp i!Jf 45 vEaSkiflMiSy IlHI DAV Gtf £ PH UUa If H. aug 25—-3m. GREAT SACRIFICE OF liilii Unis ill lifi ■-AT AT sum 1 III CHERRY STREET, Macon Georgia, Special Offers to the Public. Ioffer as inducements from now until Jan. 1st 1889, to advertise my goods Best Band Sewed Shoes $3.50 Former Price, $6.00 “ Machine “Calf “ 2.50. »( 3,50. 2nd Grade “ “ « 1.75. k «« 2.50. Ladies Sewed Button Shoes 2.50 “ <■ 4.00. =: a « “ 1.25 (c .< 1.75. r. Calf Skin Lace “ 1.25 •t 2 00 . . Best Boots for Men 2.00 (I “ ^,op. “ Brogans 1.50 and 1.75. — Children Shoes and Hats at your own price All of these goods I guarantee to be strictly First Cl^ss ami everything war an ted to be as represented, we respectfully invite you to give us a call. Remember the place. Scliall’s No 513 Cherry St. '» H—8-25—3m. macon, mmm • H B hi : lldlfl il J r g if 451,453 and 455 mulberry st. macon ga. Just received, One Car Load Dixie and Ludlow Bagging. « « a a “ Arrow Ties. a a Two “ “ Flour. We also keep Seed Oats, Rye, Meat, Corn and everything else kept in a First Class Grocery Business. Can give you Bottom figures on such goods. DAVIS & BALKC0M s 8-25—t£ 451, 453 and 455 MULBERRY ST., MACON, GA. E. L. BURDICK, Agt., Dealer in Corn, Meat, Flour, Hay, Oats, Meal, Wheat Bran, Sugar, Coffee, Laid, Syrup, Salt, Tobacco, Bagging and 'l ies, etc. When you come to Macon, call and Bee me and get my prices. E. L. BURDICK, AGT.; 452 POPLAR ST., MACON, GA. Subscribe for This everybody. Paper ! Brimful of choice reading matter for >fow 1 $ Time. Examine this paoer and send us your subscription. T WILL PAY YOU! GRAY, GEORGIA, SATpDAY, NOVEMBER 34, 1888- household matters. # Beef for Roantin? and Bakin**. M hen roasts are cut large enough for toore than six persons there is a portion at the ends of the ribs which alwa a SSwSSaSg rounc. muscle at the chine end, and favorably consumers? is less truest regarded by thq economy is to cut it oil before cooking, to trim away all the superflu ous fat to fry out for drippings, and fore r iea cooking corn > spice, or pickle the meat be it, or stew it in a thick sauce incil jt is tender * or b °il it— first - Sth b rnA°'Z ? .°. n * s 7 O and ‘ 1 * pross.it t r " t0rpi to use °' ' / ' Necessities of the Boudoir, Ever y lady's room should lie furnished , cl thes 1 " brusb > a wisp broom, a a “i br “ 8 ^’, a 8 P° n &?> a hottle of am m n ft oTer^ve soap, to aid her in keeping her wardrobe ih order. Another very necessary item ln the care of clothing is mending and S?, 1 he pair time / Bg eve,- spent y article in as doing it may is need it. stowed, so well be for bes des the pleasure it gives to always appear in wh.de, respectable garments, the clothes will last twice as long. Every rip and rent in dresses, skirts or underclothes should receive at tention as soon as it occurs. The old time adage, “A stitch in time saves “| ne ’” is wel1 ta remember. Gloves should be v mended , as soon as a rip ap R ormeidSwW Car . 1D ., e n fj ers > and, if thin and or mended with a piece of an old ?*?** glove of the same color .-Detroit Free Fret*. Purification of Yeast. The Brewer ’u Guardian says that a new method of purifying yeast has been sug gested, adopted and that it has already been by some of the Continental manufacturers. The yeast is added to a dilute solution of sugar, and the result ing mixture is subjected to the action oi a the ceutrifugal living cells separator. effectually By this divided mean* ore from the dead ceils and the bacteria; the pure yeast leaving the machine in a concentrated condition, while the dead cells and the bacteria remain in the liquid. It is said (hat the process is sc perfect be that nothing but healthy celli are to found in the separated yeast, and that the purified article possesses such remarkable germinating power that a glass which is one quarter filled with it will overflow in the course of an hour. —Scientific American. Laundering- Table Lln®*». .Table cloths aad bh^usao ohould be Carefully loo - ed and over if before being placed in the washlub. any fruit or cof fee stains are-found, they can be removed by stretching the stained cloth over a pail or basin and siains pouring will boiling watei dis through it. The quickly appear. Make sure that your table linen is wetl washed a d ihoroughly rinsed. II is nicer without either sta ch or bluing. When preparing for ironing, it should be mu ue quite damp. A hot iron will bring out the pa:tern stiff. nicely, tablecloths, and rendei the linen suiliciently In but two fi Ids are admissible at present—a crease the other through through the the center lengthwise, center crosswise. The cloths are double! loosely, or, bet ter, rolled so as to allow them to be placed in drawers, and not produce any additional creases. Fiinged napkins ironed, arc quickly, following easily, and rery nicely in the manner: Alter they have been thorough ly dampened, p.le up. say half a-do/.en, evenly, gather up one side of the nap kins in the hand, and strike the fringe of on the opposite side against the edge will the ironing table. A few strokes separate it beautifully. Serve all sides thus. Then place the napKins on the ironingtable perfectly straight, and do not pass the iron over the fringe.— Frai vie farmer. Recipes. Rick PnnniNo.—One cup of boiled rice, one half-teaspoon of salt, one cup of sugar, four eggs, one quart of milk; bake in a model ate oven two hours. Buttehmilk Pudding. —Two quart! buttermilk, one coffee cup sugar, heap ing tab espoon of butter, thre t tabie spoons flour,lour eggs beateu separately, custard is tiavor to ta,te; bake until the set. Potatoes with Cream Sauce. —Cut cold boiled potatoes into dice, place them in a baking pan, cover with cream sauce, spiiulde the lop lightly with bread crumbs, and bake in a moderate oven about twenly minutes until brown. Bread Pancake. —Take the crust of itale bread; mix thoroughly with enough sweet milk to make a thin batter; add two or three eggs, well beaten, and a small cup of flour, with a teaspoonful of baking powder and a little salt. on a hot and well-greased griddle. Afi-t.E , PREI erves.— Peel i and a quarter the apples,dry in sun nearly all day, then drop m boiling weak alum water; let stay in two minutes not longer. For Bvery Proceed pound of fruit do with use one tig of sugar, peach as you with or preserves. Ilavoi ginger. Old Fashioned Virginia Corn Pud ding.—H alf a dozen ears green corn: split the grains and cut from the cob. Beat up an egg and add to the above; then add one-half pint of milk; one tablespoonful melted butter; one salt spoonful salt; a r/inch of pepper. Put into a baking dish and bake half an hour. Chicken Broth. —Cut up a chickeD into; mall pieces and break the bones, Cover it with cold water and put w here it will simmer for three hours. If it should boil too fast and the water boil away, add more. Reason to taste. A fnw stalks of eefery may b,e if txjjled it with it &«tartred and nee added is allowed. i A FRONTIER SKETCH. [ * Just A wild a cabin in clambering a “clearing,” o'er, , rose And a woman with a baby ^Standing in the cabin door. » the field a man is ploughing, And whistling as he goes, While the wompn and the baby Are counting ail the rows. And the forest stands around thorn, The sky is spread above, And everywhere is written, The mystery of Love. Tis a home that Love is planting Whore strong, young life shall grow, Would 1 had the artist’s power, l That simple home to show. 1 ' 1 w.ould paint the lights ami shadow Of that young face so fair; I’d copy all the poesy “Baby” had written thera { W %£%£££ j ! ! Upon the father’s cheek and brow, j iytttie love-illumin d face *• pbepromise ^Enfolding and tho mystery jfcd baby life, ■ - Love’s divine ful illraent, Sin wedded man and wife. T fL ... „ , „ a w,ld rose claraberin S 0 , 0P * , Wind a woman with a baby >• f ^Standing in tlio cabin door. ||^ ,£ut Love is reaching downward 0 lishten toil and caro> nftnd Love, on swift wings mounting, * Heavenward those hearts doth near . i M ,, Vr J>orse ,, ' 1,1 . MercM ,, ' lJ ~ ’ J ‘ TIT!I AM) POINT. n shipbuilder should kuow tho hull business. i. double , tenement . , , ho . apt . to , , bo ise is r 111 twalu - , broken W«ul jA. spectacle. eyeglass may be called a A high old time—The ancient clock ina church steeple, pealing Bicyclists are allowed the privilege of without a license, E <m™ts r. the only who do . Iicdl ^ ebeve are tb,51r persons ln convictions, As a rule orchestra leaders are moral heroes. They all face the inmic. It seems queer that the “hold” of a 6 hip is not used to anchor her with, A cordage store would make an ex client place in which to learn tho ropes. '' *—•»"** upon t)io- children. Kid iLpers sometime - 470 ithscuuA.to take Lair. 1 Queer that the base ballist who makes the fewest erroi'3 has the n-o o-o-otiest record. Taken as a whole, the Indians, al though illiterate are the best red race in the world. The Chinese farmers often gain, Anil vory rarely lose. Because they never fail to mind Their peas and queues. ' B tzar, «iAre you engaged to Miss Eclat?” «‘Xo, not exactly. But when I asked f or her hand she gave me the refusal of jt.” We have it from a reliable source that it ha 9 been called the “pail moon” ever since the cow kicked over it .—States man. Mrs. Jones—“Don’t trouble to see me to the door, Mrs. Smith.” Mrs. Smith— No^ trouble; ,, . pleasure, _ 1 quite a assure F ou - “Where have you been for a week baek,Braunigau?” “Been to the hospital, sorr. But how did yes kuow Ui had a weak ba k, sorr?”— Life. Marc Anthony must have been tcr riblv down on umpires when lie ex claimed: “Judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts. "—Detroit Free Frew, “Mother may I go out to popl” Tf “Yes, my darling daughter, shop, you fail this year you must shut up You’ve kept longer than you’d orter.” si linns. Cutting—(Uncle takes Tommy to the barber to have his hair cut), lmr her—“Well, Tommy, how do you want your hair cut?” 'tommy—“• h. short, p ease, with a hole in the middle, like uncle’s!”— bun. It is related of a British Museum offi ^cr, who was tired to death by the ques tions put by the visiting public, that he burst out one day in answer to tho query, “Why is the museum closed;” w.th the remark: “Because one of the mummies is dead and the officers are at* tending the funeral.” The Baby’s Savings. A. little girl presented herself at the counter of the Dime Savings Bank and b a» d ed a bank book to Mr. Wooltenden, the goniel cashier. , hardly ,. bhe was a little thing, and reached to the window in stature. Her b her wi8tfu f blue eye8 ' ,. It . B baby ^ - 6 book ,; .. sh „ ai d with a trem0f in er voi( .. ai;d ljaby is _ ^e'td ” ' dear child { „ gald Mr . Woolfen deDi tty s. wha do you wish me t0 do v q t h the book?” “Why, sir,” said the little one, “it’s n0 good to baby now—she don’t want it —and mamma thought maybe you could make it over to me for little sister.” So a new book was made out, and ths small savings of a baby’s lifetime were transferred to it, and the little maid whose first business transaction was so sad a one went away satisfied that she had done the best she could with the baby’s savings .—D troit Free Press. The long drouth in England has been followed by a season of profuse rains, and now there is too much vretam U there was before too much dryness. NO. 8. RODGERS, WORSHAM & CO., 420 & 422 Third Street, MACON, GEORGIA. We offer our services to the farmers of Jones and Jasper counties for the aeasoi of 1888 and 1889. --We have now in stock pure- Texas Rust Proof Oats, Georgia Rust Prool Oats, Rye and Barley. Wo also have a large stock of BAGGING AND TIES, FLOUR, GRAIN, BACON, TOBACCOS, ETC., AT THE LOWEST PRICES. We liavo made the best trades of our lives in FERTILIZERS, And we assure planters that their interest will be served by calling on ns before buying elsewhere. . FOR NEXT SEASON WE ARE C3- El IT 33 IR; _A_ Ij AGENTS IN MIDDLE GEORGIA FOR: H. S. MILLER & CO.’S Famous Bono Fertilizers; “PLOVVBOY’S BRAND” a Complete Fertilizer; “SOLUBLE BONE DUS T,” the Best Acid Sold; MACON OIL AND FERTILIZER CO., Cotton Seed Meal. Wo have also Imported a very large lot of genuine GERMAN KA1NIT AND MURIATE OF POTASH. Estimates made to ALLIANCE CLUBS. All farmers are cordially invited to call, or writo to us for prices, etc. ROSSERS, WORSHAS & CO., 429 and 422 Third St., - MACON, GA N-II-9-20-Cm. 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