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HP** light, fCBUCHKD EVERY SATURDAY .M08N1.NU AT OBAt, GEORGIA, —BT T. B. PSVN.— MobscriptioB Bate*-In Advenes. Oa»Y«*r. . . 1. S Six Uosttii. - • • - SS5 1bs<m M-mtB, ..... K.iUral it tUo Pi*to ltlce at UrayGa at second clast mail matte;. Pestoffles orders, drafts, etc., should be made payable to T. B. Pcsx. Sates for adrertiiing tuado known on Application. Communications for individual benefit, or ef a personal character, charged for the Dime as advertisements. Marriage atid obituary notices, not ex Seeding one square, inserted wiibouLvJuwgr —ever one square wifd be charged for same as advertisements. Correspondents alose arc responsible for columns. opinions expressed by them through these 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. “GOLDEN DAYS.’ A HIGH-CLASS WEEKLY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. THE BEST WRITERS for youth that money cau procui o are regularly engaged upon and give their best work to Gold Ear Days. PCZZLEDOM will perlex and delight the ingenious boys and girls, as it has in the past TERMS: $3.00 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE. ADDRESS, JAMES EL VERSON, Pea; N. W. ccr. Ninth a SpucceSts. Philadelphia, Pa A ABSOLUTELY HAS no HOOPS! ONE gleam ‘ V " f NEITHER PAINTED 03 VABNISHED! 3": g NOT AFFECTED BY ”01' WATER! a 5 ‘ ' HA8 APPEARANCE or rousnso mourn. 4 -: .«(Id mm. was, nuns. mos, rattan, smrooul.‘ ‘ swP-uas.IAtEn-coouns.ntsmsnAm,l-c.,h. . \ . . mas mum or com. .. counter»; "Aves, um York. Solo Meats. ' - u-tnmi v"§mm"'u.'€2ml"'ui~u." mm” """ mmnummmmmmn m arm: cut on cmanon. um m an.