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LOVF.HMMlV* HOUSE GlAHbS.
of the l>e’roi». Fr*« I’m-<»n ; i.e
td (.nation ol the South fiti'i tht :i'i*
vantage- it oticia to truia'^i .ui^.
Mr. lias don*- more forum
: Suiitb than any Norlliorn writer,
for 1m i*a-* vvi itten tfi!'!*j- a-
art, jiitt.'i < art'itiiiv istVv**tiur«'. *r*g
them. He has -ee«n**d to apprcci-
Ttie Waycross Headlight cam# site the efforts of the South**! n pot-
out lust week with a new ami very i pie to advance t.he ini«sn*?*t> <»• tueir
Appropriate heading. The Head- ' section, and ha* carefully taken in-
light if* improving in worth a* well to consideration all tin sc-usd • ••-
vv. L. UtKRliSiKR. Bdllor.
•iBUial Or trim or Webster futility.
m *p.4v, jn»:i. Inst
There seems to be hut little dif
ference, these days, between specu
lation and peculation.
as looks.
The vot»T in threatened with no
less than six national tickets this
year— A nti-monopoly, 0reenhack•
labor, Kepnl lican, anti-Masonie,
Democratic, and Prohibition.
meats of our *i'?ei* iy. In discus
sing tilt* negro probh-ni vv** think !.-*•
has drawn the negro ctmaeter a
little too strongly, and his charge*
against them art- a lb tic too sweep
ing. |t, should he renumbered,
however, that li** i J *.' No:ihern
man, used to the push :iu*.l enc-i^
Jav Cooke, whose foitune was
swept, away by the crash of 1873, ; ( >l white laborer;, and
is to-day one of the wealthiest men t thin, the indolent, can
in Pennsylvania, lie has invest
ments in iron, coal, gol i and sil
ver mines and railroads reaching
into the millions.
intern
of the
todisgu- - .* :i tn;<
to energetic, <
shop and fb h
much, ol his <i
gio character
The Brunswick Herald nominates j
Col. J. If. Kstill, of the Savannah j mjJ ti|Jf l}
lie would L .1 ....i.
News, for Hover nor.
j to the lido he h
ireful work in the
*1 hat much, ti.o
iineat ion of the in-
ihtiilo we iii'i-t ad-
ire many exceptions
laid uown. \Y
make a good one, but we wool,I k „ 01v limllJ honest and industri-
prefer to nee him in Congress, arnl j <|U , IH . ai . ol ., m ,king money
the people of hid district could send i H|| ,j ril j',j, rr land lies. Much
no better man. i (> j :i u . Indolence and di-re
“Give u« the old ticket,” seem«jtf n, 'l ' * contract'? is due to the
to be the cry of this district.,so far i "hitc plantcts, "ho w M;<*ii effort*
as Congressman is joneerned. J to n,,i bu’gc I* ‘ f i‘:iiion- have placed
Judge Hripp has made a splendid | them.-elves in
record lor the first term and there i laborers, and
: hr povve
seems to 1m* no oppoaili
nuioin illation.
(Jen. Butler i* squarely in the
field with two nominations for the
Presidency — the anti-monopoly and
the greenback—and he is now cry
ing for fresh partus to coni}tier.
He will need Severn! dozen such
to Ida ' negro to
a small fore*'
upon hiro-HI
nave little V
problem.
ol their
urge the
el with »
who runs
The gossip- of Wall -tie*
prate about Jay Gou!-l'-
nominationa to help him int" the j l bey *‘‘. v be is pinched and .
White House. I ™ wil, 8 » ,on ”.'
The New York Sun, which only
a few days ago declare I itself in
tavor of Tildeu, and was then quot
ed as undoubtedly voicing the wil
lingness of Tilden to accept the
uotni lation, now says that Mr, Til
den ha* decided to refuse it, and is
exerting his Influence
elect Pavne, of Ohio.
A hat a
should tfi
ntiibtttion it
a .a li who ha**
amount*,
would be
tii-e-l the
fall, at last, from his high posit inn
Should rueb a fate come lo into
Mr. Houi.l would no:, litid >\ u*pri
thy in thi- country, vviu re i:is tit.
-••rupuloii- method:- have bed. lot
Senator- | often observed by the public to In
j forgot«and. in -oiu- .*• Ids ru
Vio'ations of t he law regulating j l ,lltl * , n *
the practice of medicine having j !: >{
become quite cointnon, the Heorgia j Hudson, i
Medical Society has issued a circa* j »bmd but
l-ir in order i«» place the law 1 cfore j *’* x
• he public. Those who have not |
registered, as required by the Hint- |
ule, need not la* surprised if they j
attract the sBention of the Hrand j
Juries and sutler the penally for il
legal practice.
a'ir.<
*. hout prect'detuv
wav king nf 111)
if nf quitv: :e
Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Banda!)
think the session may dose about
flu* 1st of July, lint some expe
rienced Congressmen espeei. that
the end will come about the mid
die of July. Senator Cockrell
sav* it is more likely to he August
1st. The clement of uncert ainty in
forming a judgment is the coniro
versy betweeu the Senate and the
House with respect to sonn* of the
•appropriation bills.
Hwu!d, and Straushcrg, ill*.
Biism* Herman railroad specuhloi
and swindler, controlled mtcipiis*
e- in which many millions v.erf
invidved. Any •X!tU|b- that
•night cure 'V dl sir«* *t «*f it* mani.i
lor gamhliiig must- in the end 4 >»«»\ c
a beiieli!.
A Peinocratie Pieaid n? would
: be a bigger thing than half a do/, n
; horizontal taiitf hills. It is tolly
; to lose the aiibsinnee of a thing in
! diving for th- siiad->w *d it. — Mno«»‘i
I Telegraph.
I It might be a lugger tiling, but
| it wouldn't, be half as beneficial to
the people. A Hemoerntic pu^i-
j d at, elected on a Bi-puMican plat-
! form wtnibl indeed be the sbadow
!of
The fact that far more person* :
are killed accidentally than inten 1
mid a
If Hie
da rk
•ionaliy by pi«to!*, ought to be a
convincing argument again-’ the
pernicious habit of cany ing those
weapon*. Nearly every day of the
year sjmo such accident ss t he fol
lowing is reported: At lillidale
Hei.. on Saturday last a son of L.
B. Wells, while oiling hb- pistol,
accidentally duchaigcd it. Tlu*
bullet pierced his mottier’- b»ab.»,
killing her iiisuimiy; uu-i nun the
In s than the
little • 11lie r* u
IbMiioeratie i
dent.
Republican pi
The ottlehn who lobbied f.ogan
until he protested in open Senate.
w-*s Assi-tant Secretary Jtisiyn, of
the Intelior lb-pattmen’.
11 si mistake not, this sums
Joslvn iv»i at ittif time a member
of the legislature in Illinois and
young man i-a raving maniac Horn . lHn , |jjH |U>Hitiou to ioH , v bliK
remorse. ^ ^ ^ ! througb foi !iioin" t '*>!i-ts. n,. was
TU« tninorilv ri-pwi of tli- com- ! »<> l»»
luittw tliat w'fiii to Now Orleans { t,lr0 "-''' !,u i " ,| U‘‘ ,Kv ,,r I"'^".And
to investigate the eieetion trouhlea ! is a ' :,n " nn, l' ! '‘ 01 ! c '
in Copiah county. Mi--, w* that | ^
there were no greater ,li<tnrl>:iiicea ’['he lU'inocratU* national eei ver..
in Copiah thill, are likely to ocelli' tion will h iv.- eigiiteen ilelegate.
nt any election where excitement Ic- than the l!e|mhii,aii eonven-
prevail*; also that the conclusion* ; tiou. no repieseiusiive froai the
ol'the minority are l.a»e>l on the Territories being a,imitteil to the
eviiience of the licst citizen* ot* the former, li will nee.l i.:;5 votes to
county, white the majority report nominate a Pemoeratie lVesitlen-
is are based on the-,eatiiuony given tj;,[ eandiilate. a- the two-lhir.l*
liv drunken negroe* and ignorant r „[e prevails in it> conventions,
wliite*. The fact that the Kt-ptd).. About BOO of the .leiegalcs
iiennsonlyg.it u,. this investiga- USV e now l een elected,
tion ami their re|>oil tortile pur- I —• • — —
pose of making party capital of il years ago the country wa«
: .... . ... crying for "aiivbodv to heat
is eudeaced l.y the proposition T , 1C man has' been found
that the Senate have 130.0UU copies tn d hi* name is Ward—Valdosta
printed. * T:.«ss-
Ma« s. f»a., May 2Uth.—Nearly
f. 000 people witnessed the tourna-
luuit of ti c Governor's Uor^e
Guard-4, of Atlanta, at Macon Bulk
i his afternoon. The Guards arrived
|.T*t nisrht. fuiy-live strong, Tapi.
John Miiicdge commanding. The
Mat on Yoluntetrs and Heveral hun
dred citizens met the Uu irdsat the
depot and escorted them through
the principal street d a "la id
pv rotccliuic* display. The \oiun-
leers gavt* the Gtiurds a reception
at the armory, air! Mmu conducted
them to the Brown Hou%e. where
a supper bad been pr* pared. To
day the Gua.ds »nve nstrcct parade.
'I lie ton it,ament t .is at' ert o >n. on
the* t'uv'.t at tl e |»iik, was a
*.ei\ brilliatit hUair. No ncei»l*-nt
occurred. Tin; tilt consisted of the
ring and *abre exercise in
horsemanship. Fifteen troopers
entered an follows, and made total
scores as follows, out of a possible
M. !*'. A. Arnold 10. George I'aine
10. J. M. 0iiboun t'J. (i. (’. Whit
lock t»T. H. C. Glenn t*, T. J. You
mans •!*, Li* u . Frank Gordon 21.
T. I>. Arnold GO. I. (>. Stephen 31,
.1 I’- Trolls, 2H, J. L. Beatty 10,
It. L. Jones ft2, Charles Wrenn 10,
L T. Paint* *'14. and Capt. John
Miliedge HJ.
IL h. Jones won the first prize,
the company medal a gold watch
j and chain valued at $160 and the
privilege of crowning the Queen of
, Love and Beauty. T. J. Tollmans
won tiie second prize of $7 and a
; gold crown for the first maid of
j honor. J. M Calhoun won the third
j prize of Jfti) and a crown lor the
: second maid of honor.
Trooper** V. A. Arnold, George
; I’nini*. J. i*. Beatty and Charles
Wrenn, who tied on forty for the
; fouit!i prize, run one tilt over, and
• trooper Arnold scored ten, I’aine
, fourteen. Beatty seventeen, and
, Wr<*nu fourteen. Trooper Beatty
won tin* fourth prize, and the
; crown for the third maid of honor.
Ti.<- prizes were presented by J.
G. Z ichry, of Atlanta, in an appro
prialc speech at the park.
! The judges of the tournament
i wer*» as follow-: Time, W. 0.
| Jones and J. W. Thuye-,of Allan-
I t,a. and A. G. Butts, of Macon; in*
I fan try head, 8. H J aquas and Jim.
L. liuidemsn, of Macon, and K.
W. Wilson, ol Sparta; first ring
! quarto point. S. I* Joim*!*. of A»-
J l intu, I . W. C:i!»i*niss, of For*vill,
! and W. W Barker, of M:».*on; sec-
| ond tierce point. 0. I). Soipie and
i IL li. Knapp. ••! .Allan!a, and It
j Lamar, •»} Macon; ca!>** cx-uci-e
j ('orpl. B'.iss*-ii.of tin* Georgia Ifu »-
j snrs, of Savannah, Win. »(•»**. of
' Mni’on, I. W Vv, »y, of Allard a,
: and Wilberlorce Hoiicl*. of An
j gu*!?t:hor-i-man-'hip, W. W. Cai ne.-,
! George IMarit and <>. TiiuL-t-
lake, of Mac -u.
A gram! bad was given to-night
i at Masoiii'* lluli, cornpliruenlary
j to the tin.* Guards. .Mss Atirie
' Hall, «*t Macon, wasciown.-d queen
: ni!tl received an elegatu pendant
; diamond brooch; Mis- !..»«•• of
Columbus, li' i! n.a -i of hon u;
1 Miss Nicb.'is ,.f N u*o'»chee. sec
ond maid of lionm*; ami Mis* Al
berta Lunar, of Mat-on third maid
of honor. Lueh urnid received a
. handsome gold monogram of the
Governor’.- Horse Guard.
lb W. I*»?t(•»*-<*n made »he pu -
sentalion spiceb. 8up|.-er was
| serv»»i at. inidnigiit. The Guards
leave to monovv iiuouing, highly
I td.ited at their Macon trip and Ma*
I eon is captured by the Guards.
lee unit Fro*I,
Ai.hanv, N. Y., .Mji\ GO—lee half
; an inch 'hick formed in this vieini-
: tv last light. Nearly all vegetables
and steal! fruits were destroyed.
! Sou e of the farmer- protected their
straw berry beds by keeping tires
; hoar them all nigh’
W.v-mv’ii' N. May GO Am»ib*-r
! heavy frost occurred lust l ight,
being thethird on-uceessive nignts,
doing heavy damage to oats. corn,
potatoes, garden vegetables, truck
farms, and especially to tobacco.
Ice a quarter of an inch thick is
j reported in Canada and a fuezing
! temperafme is reported tlooughout
; t-a-eorw |Vn-vIv.-uiSa. Ohio, Indi- '
: atm. Illinois. Miehigsn nml Wi<eon-
j sin
The First llijie VVa’eriiieiua
Black iikah, Mav Jo.—Tim first
ripe wateru e *»u grown in Bierce
county tin- year was cut today.
It vva-* grown by M r. l>. D. Brantlev.
within the corporal*' limit-of Black- •
shear.
“A Grand Revolution
COIPARE THE OLD PRICES WITH THE IEW
-AT
THE OINTIL.Y
Spot Cash Store*
TINT AMBmCTJS.
\\V iiroiiiisi'i! in issm- of the Ukcohdeu of January ‘Jtl, to f-ive you some prices so soon as
ue ;;minted and marked down our "oods. We are now prepared and ready (o give you more
goods lor less money than any house timt sell goods on thirty days time.
Con emplate a lew quotations and note the differenee in SPOT CASH priees and thirl,
days credit:
Flour. Flour.
In (Ids article we stand head and shoulders above everybody, having ransacked the big
markets ol tlie West and Northwest in search of the best, and paid the CASH DOWN. Wi
will sell you First Patent, (entire Holler system;
For 50 pounds SI.!>0. Old price, $‘2.la
•Jd Pat., ibr o0 pounds 1.70. - UK)
Fancy, for 50 pounds, l.fiO. - l.M' 1 -
Choice Family 50 pounds l.dO. ” l.tia
We gtiarntilee all these Flours ns represented, and if not satisfactory you can return then;
and we v ill cheerfully refund the money.
In future we will keep on hand the best grades of GRAHAM FLOUR—cheap.
Sugars Sugars.
Will sell you 10 pounds Granulated Sugar tor $1.00
-• l(l| pound< New Orleans Clarified for 1.00.
“ »• 11 pounds New Orleans (llellewood) Clarified, Ibr 1.00.
P2 pounds New York Sugar, lor 1.00
In this line we are full) up and advise everybody to seize the golden opportunity and pur
c*hn$<* sit mint* u sufficiency ibr the year’s comsumption.
lu this article alone (by buying from us) we ran save you money enough in one year tolui;
all the ‘-Santa Claus” you want lor the little ones We deal (if, pounds Choice Pin Coffee for SI
Thurbev's No. 11. (Roasted) a combination of Java, Rio, and Mocha, for 23c per pound.
Salt. Salt.
Liverpool, full weight, for .-1.20 per sack. Fine .Salt, seamless bags, ldft pounds. Sl.Od per sack
We are slaughtering at the verv low price of #1.15 per cwt to make room tor n ear load cl
SFF.l) l'OTATOKS.
Whiskies. Whiskies.
In this line we are full to overflowing, and to unload we have reduced the price on all grades
from Joe to §1.00 per gallon. Think ol it! Cox, Hill & Thompson’s genuine Stone Mountain
Corn Whisky for §2.20 per gallon, usually sold at $2.-70,
Tobacco and Cigars.
\\V c an uudc‘vsi'11 anybody—we offer “Lucy Hinton” *> f 57c per |fOund, ami all other grad* 14
proportionately.
Wo rojrret tliat wo have n»»t spnee snfHciont to give full ami complete *|'iotuUons on all of our goods* but
you will tu-ar from us oecasnmallv. Hiiueiuber that by c.-ing your j^oods from us and paying SPOT CASH
yon do tint pay from 25 lo *»0 i»i*r cent, for bad debts, as usual in credit store.
N.,t i
• Hit
ton
or, tin*
Times
will 4Hit
up and d.»wn i ho
street b* ft>ro 4 it again. Not
one man i t twenty thousand ojiens
a sa*nun tin »r !V**m the inside with
«mt sil.iiieing up and ib»w»» the -treet
bo foie slipping 4)Ut.
GIN WORK.
REPAIR OLD GINS !
»oiU**4. iis:.)«iat] P. A* CAMKItOX.
A Word as Regards the Penny !
To all tin)).,- who scout at I lie iiica of introiluoing the Penny in Americus, we say that we stain! ready
to reilecm in gooi’ ■ or lie cash anv amount from .'ic upwards. Hrinj^ them along and'get their full value
TIIE OILY SPOT CASE STOKE IS SIMS.
FIRST DOOR SOUTH OF J. W. WHEATLEY & CO.’S BANK.
Very truly.
SCHUMPERT & R0NEV
Amerieus. Go.. Jnnunrv 11, 18S4.