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TOWN AND COUNTY.
News is scarce.
The rain on Wednesday night was
badly needed.
A Fishing Club has been organ
ised In Jackson. *
The Headlight office is receiving
a neat coat of paint.
Mr. R. J. Turner and son, Raddie,
visited Macon Friday.
Misfl Louise Henry, a charming
young lady from Macon, is visiting
Miss Kay to Morgan, near Gray.
lion. J. H. Blount and wife, of
Macon, spent several days this week
at their summer residence at Gray.
New«y communications from any
part of this or adjoining couuties
will he thankfully received at this
office.
Atlanta was visited by one of the
most destuctive fires hist Sunday
afternoon that has occurred in three
or four years, The loss is estimated
at ever one hundred thousand dol
lars.
We presume there is hardly a
lady to be found in our broad land
who, if she does not already possess
a Sewing Machine, expects somo
day to become the owuer of one
and if she desires the Best in the
market, should get the Light Run
ning New Home.
The good tidings has been receiv
ed that not a single passenger of
the steamer, Danmark, was lost, as
was feared for several days. They
were rescued by the Missouri and
with the exception of an engineer
who wag scalded to death, the en
tire crew wa« saved.
We copy the following from the
Jasper County News.
Mrs F. M. Swanson has returned
from a pleasant visit to Clinton and
Muoon.
Rev. Mr. Scott preached two very
interesting Sermons at the Presby
terian church last Sunday
Our Sunday schools are all flour
ishing and looking for Ward to the
annual Celebration with great anti
cipations.
It is expected that Dr Brantley, of
Macon, will preach at the Baptist
Chuoh next Sunday Ho is an able
Divine and all should go out to bear
him.
A colored man living on Mr. C.
R. Exell’s place, belown town, re
cently went fishing on Murder creek
and ing caught 27 fish, the largest averaged weigh-
27 lbs. and twelve that
from 6 to 12 lbs.
A6 we go to press wo learn that a
colored woman named Jane Greer,
living a few miles below town, brutal died
yesterday beating from the effects of a
inflicted by Jim Daniel,
<Parley Philips and Floyd Philips
all colored.* Two of the parties
urc lodged in jail.
NOTICE1
I will do aH the work and sawing
of your pines at 40cta per hundred
feet For further information apply
*o the undersigned atMonti©el!o,Ga.
A. A. PENN.
Notice. ___________________
Ao Debtors and Creditors,
-
All persons having demands
against the estate of N. S. Glover,
late *f Jones County, deceased, ane
hereby notified to render in their
demands to the undersigned aecord
ing to law; and all persons indebted
to said estate are required to make
immediate payment.
W, P. GLOVER, Adm’r.
N. S. Glovqr, deceased
Apr. 2nd 1888. fit
Mrs* E. « HARDEMAN, Loea l Edltres
CIJMON LOCALS.
Miss Emmio Chiles is visiting
her aunt, Mrs'. Frank Johnson, ol
Macon.
Wasn't Easter Sunday a lovely
one? And aren’t the roses in and
aroaivd Clinton as handsome and
Infect as aay in the State ?
Mr. John Lane has moved his
Feather Renovator to Dolton, Ga.,
where wo trust he will meet the
patronage he deserves.
Mrs. Park and Mrs. Fannie Pitts
of Haddock spent Friday and Sat
urday in Clinton with their nu
morons friends and relatives.
Mrs. H. S. Greaves is the boss
chicken raiser of this section. She
has had hatched tins season 285
chicks 1 And has more in expecta
tion.
Mr. Billie Lowe near Elam church
has the finest whoat patch in Jones
eounty. It is as high as the “ten
rail fence” and headed and is a
beautiful sight.
The hour for holding Sabbath
School in Clinton has been changed
from 3:30 p. m. to 10 a. m. Wo
hope the charge may be pleasant
and that more of the adults will at
tend.
Oh, how busy the mothers and
girls are, cutting and making the
Spring dresses, and we know if they
bought the dresses from Ellis & Co.
of Macon, they are pretty, stylish
and cant be beat.
Mr. Henry J. Stewart, of Chatta
noogp, was in town Tuesday. Ho
lias recovered from the sickness
which caused him to seek “the
home circle" and is looking well
and as handsome as ever.
Jones Superior Court adjourned
on Saturday morning. A number
of very important cases were “laid
over” for October term. Judge
Jenkins thinks he wilt have to hold
a two weeks session then.
Mrs. Emma Whitaker, of Talla
hassee, Fla., is visiting her sister
Mrs. Tbos. J. Woolfolk near James
Stutiou. Mrs. Whitaker is a lady
of culture and vivacity and it is a
treat to hear her reminiscences of
‘dang syne” and old acquaintances.
She leaves for her daughter’s home
in Alabama this week.
We must recount an amusing
thing on ourselves and one compli
mentary to the Headlight, but ex
posing our forgetfulness. Reading
that worthy exchange, the Mil—
lodgeville Chronicle, wo found an
interesting and instructive item.
Reaching for tbo scissors to
clip it—wo discovered that it was
copied from—the Headlight! !
In company with Mrs. II. S.
Greaves we visited tlio family of
Mrs. Tom Woolfolk Monday. The
taste and energy of this extraordi
nary mother and charming daugh
ters is evinced on all sides, by the
flourishing orchard whose trees are
ladened with fruit, the vineyaid,
garden and flower yard and last but
not least the tempting strawberry
bed with the red and ripening fru t.
The berries are unusually fine and
large, and on Sunday over a gallon
was gathered and tigain about the
same quantity on Monday was set
bolore appreciative visitors.
FROM ROUND OAK.
Dear Headlight ;—At 4:30 p. ro,
a few days ago your corrosponden i
left Round Oak, foot-Lack, bound
for Cedar creek, via Stewart’s Mill,
lo play “Petro ” After supper, in
company with Mr. Bob Cheek, wc
set out for the creek, fished one
trap, thaee trot-linos and eight set
hooks, and caught only four fish.
To accomplish this, we had to “pole”
the boat a half mile up stream and
drag it over three logs and a big
rock. The down stream trips were
easy a6 we would take a running
start and make the boat jump the
logs. How that’s so! We repeated
those trips—well, We do»t kiw>w
how many time*—and iv-e-v-e-r
didcateh another fish. All o'clock
we slept. But at the break of day
we slept not, for we were og tin
dragging that boat up and scooting
down stream, ’til 8 o’clock the next
morning, and caught only three
more fish. Disgusted, we took the
seven little old fish for Mrs. Cheek
to have fried for onr breakfast.
Breakfast over, Mr. and Mrs. Cheek
us nicely for an hour
with vocal and instrumental music
on tho piano. After which we “hit
the grit” for Round Oak,' lauded
thereat 11 o’clock after walking,
all told, sixteen miles.
Had an invitation from Mr. and
Mis. J, M. Hunt to help eat a great
big gobbler, but our little ”ealfie»”
wouldn’t trot us down thorp. We
are preparing to enter the walking
match at the next State Fair. But
just here I will state for the benotit
of the Wayside correspondent that,
the tor key Mrs. Hunt bad for din-;
ner was die vory identical gobbler
ho “walked on his back” so far in
endeavoring to kill: “Git” up now
“H,” quit dragging yourself around
in tho dirt, that gobbler “are” dead
and bis spirit perhaps wafted into
the realms of turkey bliss.
Now we will tell you what sort of
an AUianceman Air. J. M. Hunt is.
Ho never comes to town to buy auy
thing without bringing something
to sell. He has shipped barrel after
barrel of sweet potatoes to Athens
and Macon, also lard in 50 lb. lots,
and hams by the “goods box” full.
He is preparing to plant twenty
acres in potatoos, lots of corn and a
very small average in cotton. John
Malone, by name, is tho ox that
brings Mr. Hunt’s numerous ship
ments as far as Round Oak. John
•a none of your Bill Arp’s “Big
John's ox” nor Folsom’s little
“spraddle h'ggod Darbv” but a well
formed, high headed fellow. When
he comes to town, tho yoke is taken
off and ho is allowed the liberty of
the town. When the train stops, he
walks down and surveys it with the
air of a .Muster Mechanic, and when
it is gone, he walks back to the cart,
mumbles out m— o—n a—li, and
is ready to go home to his fodder,
barley and corn.
There is lots of fun in America
yet. Occasionally’ we scoop in a lit
tie. For instance, a few mornings
ago, one of Capt. R. J. Smith’s hands
came out of his yard through the
alley gate with a tin plate piled up
with “grub.” This hand’s duty is
to drive tho calves (four or five in
all) down the lane toward the old
Ricket place, and with plate m
hand, he raced around some time
after the calves before getting thorn
started off. Finally 7 he managed to
get them into the lane, but by this
time Cutty’s indignation needed
proper ventilation, so he let fly with
a lot of cuss woids and seized tbo
hindmost calf Oy the tail, which
piece of impudenco frightened the
calf and ho bellowed like rip, which
created u regular stampede with all
The fun now began. Nevor saw a
calf pull more vehemently or a
negro stick to a calf tail witli such
tenacity. Down the lane the whole
“6hoot and biten” went at a “two
forty lick,’’ the bottom of the ne
gro’s feot flew up so fast and high
they seemed set tiinly in the middle
ofhis back, stepping about ten feet
at a bound, hat off) ‘ grub” scattered
all along the line, and tin plate roll
ing into a fence corner!! Not fun
ny’ to tell, or write, but just have
your sides insured before putting
your peepers on such a scene.
MisB flattie Hunt is visiting her
cousin, Mrs. K. C Taylor, of Momoe
county-.
Farmers are quite busy plowing
corn and planting cotton and are
talking of Scovil hoes and sweeps.
Wliut would you think were we
to tell you that one of Gray’s lead
ing merchants got lost on a It. It.
car and a friend had to show him
his bundles and the way out.
Since our last communication no
one has committed suicide, homicide,
futricido or matriniony.
“Tar-tar.”
“J.”
Owing to the physical exhaustion
of Capt. John C. Rutherford, at .;
torney for Tom Woolfolk, Judge
Gustin felt constrained to pass an
order postponing the hearing of
Woolfolk’s case at Perry, from May
7th to the first Monday in June.
Capt. Rutherford has been so over
whelmed with legal work that he is
broken down, and announced to
Judge Gustin that he would be ut
terly unable to enter into the Wool
folk trial May 7th, so herculean in
its proportions. Therefore, rather
than subject Bibb county to the
expense of summoning witnesses,
eet.. nnd then May, having wisely to pos’pone decided
the trial in lie
to announce the postponement now
—Macon News.
A bee tree recently cut in Wonh
county contained six .feet of well
filled comb.
In southweet Ge orgia before tho
war the common price of the eounty
raised baeon was 2| ceots a pound,
IT YOZTR HACK ACBK9
Or yea arc all worn out, really *o»3 for nothin!
it is general defaults'- Try
Jt HO HITS I It OX HITTERS.
It will cure you, and give a good RppfUse. SoU
tv kll dealers In medicine.
TAX NOTICE.
third and last bound.
I will bo at tho following places
tO-wit;
J. (J. Dumas’ on Monday, May 13th.
Haddock Station, Tuesday, May 14th.
V. B. Clark’s store, Wednesday’
morning, May’ 15th.
Jesse Miller’s store, Wednesday
evening. May 15th.
Wash Ross' store, Thursday, May
Kith.
J. F, Stewart’s mill, Friday morn
ing, May 17ih.
Bradley’s Station, Friday’ evening,
May 17th.
Round Oak, Monday, May 20lh.
M. N. Tyner’s storo, Tuesday’ morn
ing, May 21st.
Glover’s mill, Tuesday evening,
May 21st.
T. C Pippins’ store, Wednesday
morning, May 22ud.
Caney Creek church. Wednesday
evening, May 22nd.
Popes Ferry. Thursday, May 23rd.
Five Points, Friday’ morning, May’
24ih.
Wayside, Friday evening, May 24th.
R. A. Gordon’s store, Monday morn
ing, May 27 tli.
G. W. F, McKay’s storo, Monday
evening, May 27th
Jiukson Roberts, Tuesday, May
28th. *
Roberts Station, Wednesday, May
23! h.
LaFayctlo Ballroom’s Thursday,
May 30‘h.
James Station, Friday, May 31st.
Morton Station, Monday, June 3rd.
Grays Station, Tuesday evening,
Juno 4th.
Haddock Station, Wednesday, June
5th.
Sid Jones’, Thursday, Juno 6th.
I am in Clinton ^very Saturday,
and will close my r books by the
20ih of June.
William T. Morris,
Tax Receiver Joues Co.
Apr. 22nd 1889.—til jun20
One of the. most convenient arti
cles to be used in a sick room is a
sand-bag. Get some clean, fine
sand; dry it thoroughly in a kettle
on the stove* Make a bag about
eight inches square, of flannel, fill
it with the dry sand, sow the open
ing carefully together, and cover tho
bag with cotton or linen. This will
prevent the sand from sifting out,
and will also enable .you to heat the
bag quickly by placing it in tho
oven or even on top of tho stove.
After once using this,yon will neve
again attempt to warm the feet or
hand of a sick person with a bottle
hot wuterjor brick :j Tho sand holds
the heat a long time, and the hag
can be tucked up to the back with
out hurling the invalied. It is a
good plan to make two or three of
the bags, and keep them on hand
ready tor use at any time when
needed.—Georgia Farmer.
ATTEMPT AT MURDER.
On Wednesday Mr. C. A. Avant
was sick with bowel troublo. He
sent Mr. James Scotr, who worked
on the farm, to Di. W. C. Gibson
for medicine. The Doctor gave a
prescription which was fill at Mas-
senburg’s drug storo. A vant took
the medicine and, it is said, soon be
came very sic k. lie alleged that
Scott had po isoned the medicine,
perhaps, with laudanum. Scott left
Avant’s employ soon after.
This morning A.vans met Scott on
the road near Daly’s store, and.
pointing a pistol at him, made him
go to his father's. J. Avant, justice
of the peace, where he swore out a
warrant against him charging hirn
attempt at murder. Ho was then
carried to iail.
Today Justice about Freeman noon he was releas- $200
ed by on a
bond, Mr. Jery Hollis and others
stood the bond. Mr, Scott emphati
cally denies the charge* He will be
defended by Mr. Claud Este»,—Ma
con New*.
F«»n nvsrvrsTA
t*»c Browt'i lr»u BlUfti.
i’oytlciocj. reeocojfteo'l tt- Oeoulos
All 3-natera b*p it. 1 1 Ufa per bottle.
tuveadd-owk xui uoNMd red Uaw otfVmfvtr.
HOUSEHOLD.
Ten common sized eggs weigh one
pound
Soft bid ter the aiao of an -egg
weighs one ounce.
One quart of sifted Soar (well
heaped) wuigbg one pound.
Two teacups (well heaped) ofeof
fee A sugar weighs o^e pound.
4rJSL"sr-*“ ^ °
Two teacups of , soft butler, well .
packed, weigh one pound.
Onc and one-third pints ot pow
deied sugar or flour weigh one o*u*ee
One table spoonful, well rounded,
of uoft butter weighs one ounce.
(Ue jant, hooped, of granulated
sugar weighs fourteen ounces
Four teaspoons are equal to one
tablespoon;
Two and one-half teacups, level,
of the best Urown sugar weigh one
pound.
Two and three-fourths teacups
level of powdered sugar weigh one
pound.
One tableBpoonful, well lieaped, of
granulated, or coffee A, or best brown
"*«. -W* ouc «»»«,
Miss Parloa says one generous
pint of liquid, or otic pint of finely
chopped meat packed solidly, weighs
one pound.
REMEDIES.
Many remedies are vouched for
as the most efficacious to rid the
house of pests. For roaches, bed
bugs. in fact all vermin that abide
in cracks and crevices, benzine is an
almost certain destroyer. Put pure
benzine in a machine-oil can, and
squirt into the places where these
terrors of the housekeeper hide.
Ammonia is also a remedy not
dangerous, bat most effective, Am
monia should not be used on paint
or varnish; it discolors the paint
and torus varnish white. Borax,
powdered, is an effective terminator
of roaches; sprinkle freely around
the sink and pipes, the floor and the
baseboard, not once or twice, but
every night for a week, and tho re
sult will justify the troub'o.
Beeswax and salt will make your
rusty flat-irons as clean and smooth
as glass. Tie a lump of wax in a
rag and keep it • for that purpose.
When the irons are hot rub them
first with the wax rag, mid then
scour them with a paper or cloth
sprinkled with salt.
Steel knives which are not in
general uso inny be kept from rust
ing if they are dipped in a strong
solution of soda, one part water to
four of soda; then wipe dry, roll in
flannel and keep in a dry place.
For “greasing’’ the griddle, cut a
white turnip in halves and rub the
griddle with it. It cansos no 3moke
smell, taste Or adhesion, and is bet
ter than butter or grease.
Make ordinary whitewash with
lime water, then add one pound of
dissolved copperas to ooch bucket of
whitewash, which will cause it to
ihickcn considerably, thin with
water again, very tbiu, and apply
to the steins of tho trees from tho
giound up to tho limbs with a
whitewash brush in May each year,
No round headed borers will enter.
BROWlTS MOM BITTERS
Curea Norvoiumsra, Indigestion, lUUousnses, DjrnmpsU, Main,
rls, stid General Debility. Phyal*
elans racoram*n4 It. All d<*Uuii a«U It. Gendin*
has tradiAmark and crossed rad lines on arrippse
Happiness is what we all seek.
Buy your wife a light tunning New
Home Sewing Machine, and if it
does not make your home happy the
New Home Company will refund
the money and take back the ma
chine.
The town of Machen on the Cov
ington and Macon road is on a boom
In a few davs a compress is to be
built, then electric lights, etc. The
new road from Machen to Jackson
will be started, Several Jh ousts
in course of erection and will be
finished soon. It is a beautiful’site
for a town and there is no doubt
that it will be in a few months from
date. Col. Machen says that ho will
have 2,000 people there in eight
montliB aud Jj,OOO in five years. Mrs.
Gould in a few days will light her
residence with electricity and ex
pects to extend the wire to Machen
and give the town electric light*. U»
future i» very bright it *eouiB.—Ma
con News.
a HOT DOWN IN A SALOON.
Atlanta, April 2fo—While the
multitude was gathering around the
Confederate monument at Oakland
this afternoon a tragedy was being .
enacted i» the city,
At 3;30 o'clock two pastol slicts
were fired in quick succession in
tlie barroom of C. P. Johnson on
sar—iistisi.
with two mortal wotuids in his body.
The who feed botli shots was
M. T. Whitlock, a venterinary sur
goon and horse trader, formerly a
railroad engineer, and well known
in tiio city,
A police officer entered the bar a
lew seconds after tho shots were
fired and immediately placed Whit- '
look under arrest. The prisoner do.
manded bef re being carried out that
Belding be seaic bed, as ha had a
knife in his hand and was rushing
on him wnen he shot. Bel ling was
at this showed time dying lie but had an exaiuiua
tion that no knife in
his hand. The knife was found in
hisooekel but closed.
Whitlock was carried to tho p®.
lice station aadj from.thence to jail,
Belding received two shots, the •
eleven minutes,
The quarrel between the two men
originated some hours previous to
the difficulty, and grew out of a
trifling bet. Whitlock mot Bolding,
whom he had not seen for some time
and asked him where ho had been.
Belding replied that for the last two
years he had been au engineer on
the West Point road.
Whitlock denied it, and offered
to bet watches that it was uot true
The bet was made aud the watches
put up. Later the men met in the
barroom, and Whitlock said he had
won the bet aud had taken the
watches. Belding accused him of
swindling or boating lnm out of the
watch, and some violent woods.
passed.
Whitlock claims that Holding
said lie would have ins watch or kill
him and drew his knife and started
toward him. Whitlock pulled a pistol
and rapidly fired the two shots
Some of the witnesses slate that
Belding was rushing on Whitlock
with a drawn knife. Others state
that he had his knife drawn, but at
the first shot, be put it in his pocket
The fact was ascertained that at tho
second shot the knife was in pocket
closed, which makes an ugly case
against Whitlock. Tho coroner will
investigate tho killing t> morrow
morning- Whitlock ia quick
a man of tem
per, and has been in a number of
difficulties. Belding was a railroad
engineer and a member of (ho
Brother! ood of Locmot/ve Engin
eers, Both moil were drinking,—
Telegraph.
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