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About The headlight. (Gray, Ga.) 1889-1??? | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1889)
H6>* rUBLISHEt) LVEllV SATUROAV MORNlNO AT QUAY, OP.OROtA, ——BY T. R. PENS.— Subscription Kates.-In Advance. One Year. * 1 8 Six Months...... g Three Month, ..... g Enteral at the Postofllre at Gra\Ga es second class mail matter. Postoffice orders, drafts, etc., should be made payable to T. It. Fe.nk. Kates for advertising made known ou tpplication. Communications for individual benefit, or of a personal character charged for the lame ^.advertisements. Marriage and obituary notices, not ex tec-ling one square, inserted wnliout charge —over one square will be charged for same as advertisements. Correspondents alone are responsible for opinions expressed by them through these oolunms. TOWN AND COUNTY. WANTED -RTn. Havn’t we had a cool sped? Wheat cutting is now in order. Mi s Kate Morgan spent Monday m Macon. Miss Rosa Morgan is visiting relatives in Macon, Mr. It J. Turner is quite sick at his home near Gray. The growth of vegetation general ly is very much retarded by the re cent dry weather. A good many of our citizens at tended the Interstate Drill at Macon Monday and Tuesday. The Southern Cadets came out victorious again and won the $1,000 prize at the Inter—State drill at Macon Tuesday. Ail the really good points contain ed in other sewing machines have been utilized in the construction of the New Home, and many m-w im provements and devices added, the result of which is a sewing machine as nearly perfect as it possible to make one. Examine the New Home. Air. W. L. High last ivwk pur chased of Messrs. Pbinizy & Co., of Augusta, Ga., a plantation situated within half a mde of Alachen. He contemplates erecting at an early day on this place a la ge mill, and will also, in a short time, establish a brickyard using the most improv ed machinery for the manufacture of brick. In all probability, the land lying nearest Alachen will be cut into lots, and sold for residence lots.—A!adison Adverltser. We copy the following fiom the Jasper County News. Dr. William Roberts, of Houston County is on a visit to relatives in Jasper. Airs. Adeline Dozier’s funeral was preached at Sardis church last Sun day by Rev. O. A. Thrower. A good crowd was in attendance from Alon ticello. \Ye learn that Mr. Jack Thomas on's orchard was almost entirely stripped of fruit by the hail storm last week. Also other orchards in the community were injured. Air. J. W. Almond has on exhibi tion! his week & stalk of cotton twelve inches high. It was grown on the farm of Mr. L. Whitton—the result of Jackson High Grade Guano. This shows what Air. Almond’s Beano will do. The ice cream and strawberry j festival given hy the ladies of tire I Baptist church last Friday evening j was enjoyed. well attended and very much Dane) “Rebecca (Col. Tom I I at the well” afforded amu.e Jwnt for the entire crowd. The I silvery(?) voice of this fair maiden I I "atted by the gentle zephyrs, “over the hills and far away,” I rnight be heard, “Ice cold Lemonade Alade in the shade, Stirred with a spade I By an old maid, etc. I The amount realized from the sales I "* ks about thirty dollars WHY IS IT gIThat people linger along always M Complaining about that continual ■ bred feeling? One bottle of BEGG S' ■ FLOOD PURIFIER & BLOOD ■ JAK.ER will entirely’remove tins B H'-i ^-iag, give them a good appetite ■ regulate digestion. For s? D - D HOLSEN BECK. Mrs. E. G 51 U’lSitU, L)?.il Elitres CLINTON LOCALS. C'a'-ke Hardeman took in Drill, all alone, this week in Mact-n. The Ghntor, Sabbath School picnic at Gray on Friday, the 31st inst. Messrs. „ iloUmgs , . Andrews , . and Frank Ha. deman, of MuCou, sp Sunday in Clinton. Miss Addie Hancock, of Atlanta, is visiting her cousin, ,Mrs. t at the Clinton 1-arscm,g.-, The drouth continues. Th■■ nights and mornings are cool and ,. , V “ ill. „ and Mis. Was. June,. T . , clnlaien ami ninge, oi Macm, v. • , theguists Olio A-ut-ess V.mi, ; y. Ju Igc and Mrs. Ruhan.1 J-, spent- several . days , j » Arian'-.t . . this . ; week attending the Road Con e- s Mrs. R. B. Barron left Tintr d ;.t to spend several days with her bus bund, jj who is Camp 1 I'hv-iciun, * near w a *- vs, , q a a. Mr. Thomas TIardenvin, of Jefier son county, vi-ited us Wednes'hty. lie is one of J < {forson’s most stiu eesslul farmers. The Editress lias boon q -tte sick all this we> k ami therefore c-rave the indulgence of the readers for the lack of news. Alias Sallie Taylor, of County, who has charge of the Stripling Bchool, with AUss T’a S. spent Salnrday aflernr-on with ns. Rev. C. C. Davis, who was in the Clinton work some years ago, and who has teen holding a nteeGng atRoberts Chapel, preached in Clio ton Monday night. How fearfully do the gardens euf fer for rain and how the wilting vegetables and other garden truck draw dusty sighs tor a spiinkK ! and how heavy the houaowile’c heart 1 We have received a lov 1y invita tion to t'-'O Anniversary Exercises of the Phi Delta and Ciceronian So cieties of Mercer University to be Imld at the Academy of Music, a eon, on Friday, May 31st, 8 p. m. Two young gentlemen, in our presence, several days ego, were dis cussing the way to ‘ | op t’if) qu •« lion.” One asked the other, “How do you pop the question ?” “Well it always pops itself ior nm.” an swered tho oilier. Rev. A. M. Thigpen, who was bom and raised in (Linton, died in Carrollton last Friday after an ill ness of only a few hours. Mr Thigpen' was one of noblemen—a perfect Christian gen tleman and was beloved ‘V , knew , him. . f Ot . a large . iannly, . two alone are now k-fr, Aiisscs Juno and Carrie Thigpen, Sisters of Rev. M. Thigpen, and the symatides their many friends in Jones County goout two them in their recent bereavement. _ T1IE WtftfSW _ WOMAN. A clear pearly and transparent 8 kmi..lway 8 « s ignof puro ! and ... all persons troubled . ,, with ... darK, , . greasy, yellow or blotched skin can rest a^stued that tnen blood o ( ?> /? r< r'r\ | mnirurw, "' 6 " D J ,i . , *e sx.n tecome c , vu eu. av« !1 ' paren . *J K * an ‘ ‘ 1 ^ If 1,10 1 Ti' 1 " ll ‘ ' r * J .° Jl ° np D«- ■ K‘ TIMELY TilOS’.IITS. Suppose all the women in the land should leave home to eomtat the heeno.s errors of oi the the wor'd worM, wl'il wind won,d become of the chih ren, and the 10,1 " I a J 111 ' 1 ’ ( "', '' ’ *■ <J slow. A good cause may he hurt by bad management. '««•. Home 1, throne, on ,-hkl, .ho .its »» (j„ee„. » h „ she . leaves , it to , enter ... the atrug , , of the outside vorl , she /orsaxe her God-ordaiuel duty, and be comes ouo of the common crowd. Tho reason why there are so many unmarried women in tho land is, because tho old spinsters meddling,' have | left homo and gone to with affairs that are in the line of! men’s especial duty. ' wtaknes;, Mi.:arta,N'i'tyatlon taso j i n rwe» bbowv- ar-t.r. 3 innv nrrrsws. ;y wi tan «-* i vedicitv oet tin - FROAl ROUND OAK. T>fak JlFAngriiiT :— Have you forgotten my tachclor frieiid Kit ? If you remember, the last advice 1 save him was to go right straight and make love to Miss Doliie, we viJ! calI hu Wd p le wont an<) !Vnv vl , e wcr4 s „ n of 1100 ” 1 '" 0 «'«»“< «•*> »S“ told me »!! about tho ati ir. Slui!] not- tell v.hat he said--<twonld ‘'nigh tor 1 ’ nuke v-, ; , sick. Him- he- t rv Itohii s at ' ' to. t insist'd Ftr !. write a pic - for bis ,. 3 i}. 1 i ;..h! E- ] i tb.u mud m,ut «P ' ! ' quot that ’’ l i<1 ' l -i o u»ou wo-id ..... i'.vo I.-o hr wi-rn-lo M. rno a , in (1 u m>> ;;V( . Uo , - p (> . . , r. . ■ - , _ t ' 1 " 1 ' ’ ' • All , .. l->r . tlu-e coiividx mv nerves, s . , , ... ( • > ,..... T ._ * ^ C U 8 1 11 “ . . "AF , h; my heartstrings , shall , forever . vibrate, Ail my j’uls; s bent soon and late, Ad my nerves can never abate, For i s convn'sio! i S < d iove, no bate As long as my body contains mv VO II 5 ri e In art within shall never grow cold, | For I U.;vo you now and when I am old. ■ nd-along through life its ardor un loll. Tnev arc- having a regular . ionic " ; * i •» /' nicn.iej j. . j are nno . it ‘-sinarUy , ,, ‘ L s going m on him like nu-a- 'e*. 1 ^ve prt^c-r.-bed ‘vsa.s-a'ac” tea uhictecn times a day, Gil it out n.et-ly, then follo'w up the'tea ''J**' 1 * ,oe and chicken gravy /in break-tis ! , h-t-nco for dinner, co'd “taler’ pudding f r supper, moon shine an 1 Doliie from 8:30 j) m. till 11, sit on the end of the piazza near wlmro <lio lattice work is covered with Madeira vines. U-) homo at II p. m. and lay du.wn immediatcV, but be very careful not to sleep a wink, roil, groan, sigh and kick ]d-:e 'bunder the remaind -r of ilie night, get up a» break of day bathe your uire and hands, walk the floor and soliloquize a while, throw yourself across tho E d, from sheer exhuu-t ion, and dream yonr-wl!' submerged in n car load of vases, jessamin, honey suckle and geraniums, the whole gpiva I oyer with cologne'. nuimcgsi and crauln*.: rive. If ]'shorn had' a picnic. Saturday, r gh\smack in town. Dancing was in-hdgc-l in freely, m> s ! c w;i3 lur i j dt (.1 l»y too Sn.it,h /iuuily, Jasjor j county’s string band. Tim haler , of tbf band is the man that com pos-d the Well known tunc of “Cot ?0;i Fv ,. Jo , -, 1 i-ave of on ho-tr! the old saying, |>r-Gy a«i red shoes with bine hut !u *! no thought oJ ever Hie like. 1 did, however, n f-'tv days ng-.- row add to them a hm-ly Chadtio dress, 8i.yli.-h sum n»cr hat, a pair of pretty blue eyes J ' 1 ' !j - qnenloa by le. and Will, fii i ceil nu mites talk if «his e-mbimtion, (I saw it all) when brought to hc-u-on a fellow, **-»c*. tnake b<m fei.-l lender u ’’ ' ( cor.'ifcf vf‘ ui.s ehi-t, to* n I II give it up. . V. due Barbee is such nn ardent admirer of polka-dot that he walked four miles to nurse -Mr. Barfield’s i le girl long enough to notch chicken-pox. He got the dots and went to hig mirror 40 times a day <o admire them. Tho dots are lading aind Willie looks The “drv drouth” cantirmes in these -dtggins,’ though , oats and gardens are not suffering materially. Farmers genoraJfy are up G with ' t • o,k, exo.jt «,i»c , 11 ,., t, ^ ... J ' ____ YOU „ CANNOT AFFORD At this season of the year to be Wi “ h ° U a g00<i rc labl ° . , balsam in the house, as cramps, ic, diarrhoea and all inflammation of the ft-,much and bowels are exceed m Sh dangerous if not attended to at once, One bottle of 15EGGS DIARRIKEA BALSAM will do more good m cases of this kind than any other medicine on earth. We guarantee it. bur sale by D. * . . . FROM GLOVE IIS The weather has Won verv changeable, somewhat like tb ■ negro’s tuxt, “a mixed multitude of aims and indigo.” Farmers have the blues because they me so tired . . oi . scraping . the l.sppv if I,a cun Mir,-cad in Miopingoff to a pici- or iUh unfJr' ir or pbywme p - ;l nk on some ' tnn-ito ’ V. by ; fi’Iow ", T ., ; , , .... ,, ' . . “ ' ’ "f.\ .. ,q •, 10111 1 d , f‘‘ r U J, j '" ‘ ' ' ‘ i n!]: 0 r give up the ghost, Niw.-isii » tolerably , ,. ... thing , stareo y • v - 0,1 a sh n-fc - while tq;-> w« could save ,»p items from one week to. another and when tm-y canto out wen hi sound fresh but of r o all newspar-ef readers • mi e t bn- -ino eorresjamdents and srn-eiimes wrile thin (s before . they <-cutr and oent g.-ye ns a tsvmg <-hanco to tell ivr t Jew little tiling we lsn >v,. Mon who live almost in sight take long journeys through 'own and write them up. Otbei.s go to log-rolling* of t.)>e old fash. id - ed , per-mu-jon . and.t' , , ,, II about , them . j Others make sport of us and infiimi- 1 - -r • flint we only t.v t> pl.-.v low li ru ; but wo “get, there Justus hot,’ ii \ye didn’t go to the Gave Springs pi- iiio. But vve went to iheOcnuii see picnic and had n ore fun t: an h’dfW ;;0ttrt«r 1 ad oats” and it if some let other him wiHKi, to write up, Suij ''-nr in. talented fiiond ri (Mike) of f I«'» ««"« « '• WH»i he woul'l f;tvu us a or two ociiiebn.aliy. f.r he" is Carminly tt«o so?l and cnib.idimi-nf of fun. fVnd if tho> ( - fellows around Round * ,k *' 1 '''''' \vc can eiiterlaiii i li) m, will just, mako lot them them come down aed hi'll \v<} fee] as if they lived a \vd o'e year in one day, .We wore a- us to say sound liing alind. the burning <■(' Crpf. 1!. B. Kid ! ey s barn, but some lei low rusiied it|nio hiil time tlm to papers before from the the t’rpt first r-cover si/ock ; but vve can guy this much, flat tho Gap!,, fools very grateful to b s colored .n nd.- for their prompt m 'ion oi the premises mid says If ii Jit'i not been for them his Joss wplil l certainly have been much gfea ter. Mr. JDave Mitchell, Sr., is very sicV, He is at tended liy Dr. J. F. Ainlt-r.-un who thinks there i:; some j b T' 8 , ' fi c°very, i Corn is looking w< II. Poor s ofrotton, and the oat Crop a p! to failure. But bee-robbing is th; order m tb- d .y, and d a fellow d< r car much about his beauty. I.c cai get plenty of Inn ey. Alc.ro anon, “I KE.” ..... *x^-**‘ -<88w i ■■ -- FROM J A MM ■>, Tie dry weal her stijl li olds on and as iuatiy r o' o ir farmers have no stunia of cotton up as those who are Fp with their woik. Fisbirg seems to bo t be order of I ho uuy. l.aHwi-ek, Alegsrs. J. W. mid. i). li. Sloeumfe and R. II. Kingmun, a-id othe.tq (y6ur cor e j-ondent auiwtn. the miiibcr) loft fur HottHtmi county (yr a “fish,’’ and Jbdine-Johnson," be : ng joined by <n»r “city cousin,” wore splendid soon jedding down that ne w mid roat^ the Ga. S. & Fla., lo U'-IW ... S bt with that prince of host-, Mr. Jas. Brv ant, who in the Ion- u«« tan lured one of Jones comity’* fair mat'dHo eairtcd us (only »i*x« moruiM^ t*>. tiio Houston Factory on-Mo<*y Creek, and to say lf iat vve had a ruco t ,tno and were 'Successful in capturing the finny tfibo puls it but mildly. The enjoy ra <' n tof the crowd was complete w ' 1 - 1 hut one cxrepfc'on—one of the L’ ,!I *' ''' ‘/''i 1 h( [“ F> i. ink it, at nil ^ ’ l b0: Aln^bd^Mm ; y il nme nsejy r:s. of Houston, eoneludod to eome S| ’“ n l l ,'h might'and haven i fry with hiw Jones friends, and ui yo them a fi-w dots in (he capture of th * finny tribe, ho having the r -'b n Dd Air. o! Morris, being an expert fisher winning tb, to initi „„„ ................ , to,-y of “bobl ing” by m oot,li B ht, in -WM W« l»w . ... ...... <l.™„ they went dancing on th« moonlit warn with tho silver “bob” trying to allure the shy trout from bis watery home. Mr. M. not only pro 1)0g( .d t0 initiate onr fi-herman in to the mystery of “Lobbing” hy moonlight hit to give him a ,n0 '' <! [ taking: a £ ll,ar hirn . to ' l tho herd of tho pom] ' J and f , ' n arol,nd b >" ti,u shore.” Mu* alas! bow vain ‘'unng one oj v rV !> “‘T a I” rtot man'e^ in -r t" n ,t ' .... ^ tho ' coo) ' and ‘ «wiv '• ' • - •! the fir-o tiling that makes its appearance is D'o hoad-ot Mr. M. Icoxing like a llU “ e '‘eoutoi »n he peeps over the edge of the boat, and attempts to climb in. Now it is no joking matter with our fisherman, who being unable to swim expect , . , , ! ’'t Vtl 8 ilp!d ou John . ' G hold “ ,l ‘ » 0(1 - U "“ U S ™'' 1 thi ’| k thi « expert-neewill s one what dampen hi * arder on the subject of “bobbing” by r.iiv.ahv.it, and he-ays f.H> next «»»•* ™ £**« him into a J 0. (by request , of „ correspondent , i iVrry homo Jeurnul plcfoe copy, lid.) F011 THE WOMEN OF GEORGIA The Proposed Iml vs t rial Sch ool for Then- Education. The following is the nd Ircss which Hon. W. V. Atkinson of Newiv.-.li delivered at the recout Sia'e Teachers 1 eon von lion on the subject of the industiial education of women; , , ^' „ A ,,, ° "" r (,eor . :;l ltimliers <o"ventHm:hNer , . p - xi»ce tho revolution in our wiul and indus vial systi'ins, as a remit J „f the civil war, there has been a c0 „,f ;ln t ami rapid in Tease m the „ vjm i K , r 0 f ow women who need remunerative employment and me ambitious to bo.ome eclf-supiqioi t ing. Tho great number seeking to outer bn iiu-ss life have benj pre pared f.ir so few vocations that the supplv so greatly exceeds the de mand us to force these who do receive positions to ; crept a com pensation not commensurate wtl-h the duties imposed, while a majority u ho d«s re work fin I ull business avenues c'o-wd agahr-l thtm. To lemedy this great and growing evil—which is making lives miser able, in dieting a wtong ttpen w< limn, and pn venting the accu mulation of wealth by the state— wo must train the daughters of Georgia for moro vocations and epen to them tho two hundred ways of making it respectable living which have til ready been opened to t»-e women in a largo part of the civilized world. What tho schools ll « nt ' ullWrC ttml , leuhaol . , ■ °‘- y tt '° : l( > do b r our boys, that and more we desi/e a school eHtablinhod by the state to do I'm; our girls. The present educational institutions in the htiite me invaluublo, but I iji si- o to supply a want in our { educational system which they do j not and cannot fill. The father i who burdens his lito with debt to ! give his daughter the boon of an education in not propoid lor biw titter li- e when she is returned to him no b-tier equipped for tho practical duties of life than when she left, him, even though she may be what.' is generally termed an accompli lied woman. Tho demand js for tin educational institution which shall have for its special mipsniM the education of the daughters oi tho poor and of those wit h moderate means, and making i Item so skilled in tliose vocations l which should be open to women that they cun enter life confident 1 of ih«»r yapacity to be s-Hf'RUsUun , mg and independent, J 1 shall introduce, when the legis tature convenes, next July, a bill U estublisb an industrial college aw a branch of the Biat,o University Jdr the education of tho while girls of rie ° r ”’ ft ' 1 dcsipc itt0 1,0 ,U1 cdt'cational school of high order, designed especially to equip those who must di al with tho practical ; of m ani , lult t ,,., r own Hiving, 'i here should be provided a department for the thorough - - .... K ,r S -- '-"»0,cr„. . , 1 b,,, I “''““P 1,0 t„„„ ta “* w “ ““ .,to„, -'W'J t ™p,„ ? j typewriung;decorativoart,tador ing and dress making dorm Uo I economy, and instruction given in | such other branches as shall he ! deemed advisable. 'J he establismont of such an institution by the state -. . . . ,J W industrial 'fields, a.oJ g.vT to , lcmalc iub:Jl . ^spoetabiity and dh' r ,ity. For several years I have desired , to se Georgia haves-.tcli an msfitu ti„n as I have briefly outlined, but beiievuig thatehe wa*« not reaefv ?, ’ mako , f-.ucu , an advance, 1 , have , d-j!ay- urging its establishment. Georgia ig now aroused as never before in her history upon the impeltanee of es~ tabiishing and fostoring an edne.rt vional sy8U>m which will place her upon a proud eminence, and mate her future wonliyof her past. The hold step taken by the present gen eral assembly is but the beginning of a great-work, which it will he Georgia's pride to complete m a manner that \vi 1 add to her material greatness and give luster to her name. In laboring to secure tho estab lishment of an industrial college I ask, and trust I shall receive the active support of the educators of Grorgia. 'Tho approval of your judgement in behuifof this measure will be va'uable, and l hope you will request the general assembly to cs ablisb sut li a school, embracing a literary; a normal and an industrial department. I' will be a great aid in liberating a large numb r of our noble women, who arc now condemned to work for salaries which aro shamelessly inad equate, to enter into marriage ns a matter of convenience, or to live in. enforced idleness.—id aeon Tele graph SEVERE CASES OF BLOOD POISON. Thousands suifer from blood poi s m, who would beeured il'thoy gave • B, B. B. (Bontanic lllo -il Balm) a trial. Bend to.the Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga., for book'of wonderful cures; that convince the mostsUepu eal. It is sent free. J, O. Gisbo.q Meridian, Mis^,, writes. -‘For a number of years 1 sufiered untold agonies from blood poison. Several prominent physi cians did me little if any good. I begun to use B. B. B. with very little faith, but. to my utter surprise it has made me unwell ar.d heurty pc; sou.” Z. T. lliillertftn, Macon. Ga. writes, ‘‘1 contracted blood poison, I first tried physicians, and then went to Hot Bpiing, [ leturnoil homo a ruined man physieinlb Nothing seemed to do me any good. My mother persuaded me to try B. B. B. To my utter astonishment every ideer»quiokly healed.” Benj. Morris; Atlanta, Ga. writes; <; 1 snlltiiod years from syphilitic blood poison which refusid to bo cared by ad treatment. Physicians pronouiu-ed it a hopeless case, hud no appei'e, I had pains in hips and joints and my kidneys were diseased. My throat, was ulcerated and my breast a mass of running sores. In ihts condition 1 com menced a nee of It. B. B.. It healed every ulcer and soro and cured mo completly within two months,” m (Kij WODDW0tqK^yj)(6j a mtmMnara ■Vr.i-ouis.Mn. tT.iraKn^!«-vq oauastex. vauamrm m DU f 'ROYAL Tivi n./« .'Muaff? l ISSWi u.KIM. J %3| (C m 1 V AbsoSutefy Pure . This powiler never varies. A ma vel of purity, strength and wholer someness- More economical than tho ordinary kinds, and cannot ho sold n competition with the multitudes ow pliate tost, powders. short weight, alumn or phoa Sol only in cans ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO 106 Wall Street New York a. KturaJyic. Ftrnons 'tnSOiesa troublrfl wltli nervomnoM resuttlnf fiua care or overwork will be reltevo't t>\ ukicl Brown’» Iron Jiiffertt. oen.ilo* ue.-.£ i etsl orowic t re-1 iluet on w
