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JKKB THK OFFER OF Chip Sibirban Laids I* TUB COLUMNS OP THIS PAPER. FOR NEKT dob-t- Printing CULL XT THE HERAliD OFFICE. CITY PRICES. vol. xm. WAYCROSS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1892. NO. 44. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. J^l. JAB. C. HIPPAKII. Physician and Surgeon, (It. •on Mock, op stair*. April l«-tf. WALLACE MATHEWS, V. D., PHYSICIAN AND HITROEOV. WAYCROHri, : : : : OEORQIA. jan23-ly JJK. D. K. NrXAKTKR. Physician and Surgeon, WAYCltOHH. - - - 4) BORGIA. jp#* All calls promptly atHpdGl ux Urf TAR. P. C. POLKS, Phjridan and Sur- JrflW o'vrr l^Kl^ASiicij'it Jewelry Store. Ofllr* hours frr*m 9 to 10 a. m. GwJ» found •t my mklrmv, corner Pmdlaton »ti»rt tml Rninxwh k avenue, ;wlirn not pnilri- M.mally rnfgrl.i>4.1y DR. J. E. W. SMITH, Olllrc Rml'ii Illock. Special atii-ntion firm of the Kye. Fair, Now ami Throat. WAYCROSS. - GEORGIA. |)K. A. P. KNGL1MII, Physician and Surgoon, WAVOHOSH -- • OEOWIIA. tdr All call. pnim|.tly utli ii.lt.l- "Ip. DR. RICHARD B. NEW. I'll Y8H IAN AND SURGEON, t Wire at Mi** Kenishart’s,' ‘ WAYCROHH, : : : GEORGIA. Jan 39-Hiii Dr. J. P. PRESCOTT, Practicing Physician IIOBOkEN, GEORGIA. All r ail* promptly ntt.inled. JV-’Ooi S. L. DRAWDY, ATTORNEY AT LAW. llOMKItVILLE, : : GEORGIA. DR. J.H. REDDING, • IMofl W. NITTH r.l»W. II. MYKS*. HITCH & MYERS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, I’p 8tair« Wilson'* Mock. WAYCROSS, | GEORGIA. J H. WILLIAMS, Attorney at Law. WAYt’ltOSS. .... GBORGIA. JOHN V. MrOONALH, Attorney and Counselor at Low, WAYCROSS, - - - t. BORGIA, i irrioc up stain in Wil*on Block. OFFICERS OF WARE COUNTY. W'arrm* Lott—Ordinary. W. M. Wibon-4*lerk Super* w Court. H. F. Miller—Sheriff ami Jailor. . K. II. Crawley—Trrwim r. Joe D. Smith—School Cotnmi*Moner. J. J. Wilkinaon—Tax Receiver. T. T. Thigpen—Tax CoTterlor. J. W. I tooth—i V.roner. CountyC«mmi*eionen—W. \0iain. J. W Davidson ami D. J. Mai khurn. Addrefl*. Wiycrnw, Ga. CITY OFFICERS, WAYCROSS, «A. Arthur M. Knight, Mayor. A Mermen. W. A. McNiel. W. W. Sharp. J. II. Gillon, J. O. Jn«tice, IL II. Murphy. W. D. Hamilton. tlerk of iIty Council. W. V. Parker, tltjr Aumorind Collector. Warren Lott. <1ty Tiwnrer. . J. L Sweat. City Attorney. John P. t'a*on. City Marshal. W. M. Somerville. City Kngineer. The Wayrrns* Herakf, Official Onran. BOARD OP BDVCATION. II. W. Reel. iTrfhlent; J. M.» Marshall, Secretary; W. J. Canwell, L. John-on, S. W. Hitch, II. P. Brewer. J. 1.. Walker. Iloanl meet* Scroml Saturday in month *»ip. m., at High School IniiMing. V.» mud A. M. . A.* P. Knglbh, W. M.: B. II. Re«l, ULACKMIIKAK CIIAPTKR NO. 9, K. A. Meet* at Ma-onic Hall, Plant Av Friday in each month at 7:30 p. &AKIM 6 POWDER Absolutely Pure. A cream of tarter baking powder. Highest of all in leavening strength.— I rated U. S. florrmment Foot! Report. Rot vi. Hakim. Powde*Co,. HW Wall St. N.Y. WE Bffl KKDGK Dodgers, Circulars, Note. Heads, Envel- opea, Statenenls and all kinds of (bmmerrlal Printing. CALL AT THE HERALD OFFICE MO SET ESTIMATES. Bx. SAVANNAH ADVERTISEMENTS. WAKKKIKI.D IjODGK NO.97, K. ef P. ■IHOTHKltllOOO IjOCOMOTIVBC EX- ; ; J. W. I.j A. MH.ee, ln-uraii.v Agent, ami llh Sunday*of each in..ml, Motherhood hall, Heed hloek. vrvtary. Meets id and em ."laiuniay* eaeli month at It. I.. K. hall, WAUROM ttIKL.Es. Company —. 4tli regiment Georgia Volun teer*. Cant. J. MeP. Karr 1-t Lieutenant, J. II. Gillon; ‘.M l.ieutenaiit, T. O'Brien; Secretary, John Hogan; Trea*uivr. W. B. Folk*. Regular monthly meeting 3d Thurs day of each month. Drill night* Tuesday and Thursday of each week. p. m. .. EDWARD LOVELL’S SONS, l LOINiK I. o. O. P. ’every Monday evening at 7^50 n’eloek lone*. N. G.; D. William*, Secretary. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. PF.AI.KIW IX Hardware, Tinware, Plows, Turpentine Manufacturer*’ Supplier*, Rar, Randjiud Hoop IRON. Wheels, Axles and Wagon Material, Gun*. Pistol* and Ammunition. d19-ly AX ELOQUENT SERMON BY THE RET. GEO. W. MATTHEWS, AMONG THE CHURCHES. PREfIBYTEIMAN CHURCH. Wiliiain* Stivet, Rev. W. S. Porter, Pa*tor. cry Sabbath* except tlie A. WILSON, Attorney at Law, WAYCROSS, • • • GBORGIA METHODIST CHURCH. 1 Service* ! ^•hool n p. Lloyd & Adams. DEALERS IN Faints, Oils, Doors, Sash and Blinds, Terra Cotta and fewer Pipes, BUILDERS HARDWARE, Lime, Planter and, Hair and Cement. Comer Congre** and Whitaker Sts.. Savannah, : : Georgia. Sole Agent* forf^damant Plaster, liest preparation In the world Air plastering walls and ceilings. Write for circular*. dec 19-1 v A GUT ON RATES. t *hri*tian Endef JJ « CANNON, Attorney at Law, WAYCROSS. - - - GEORGIA. j.IL Itiiknell, Rrctoi Omen up stair* in Wilson Block. Service* It a. in. ami 7:90 p. Will practice In tl»e Brunswick flrrnil and : Sc hool 9 a. m. el*ewhere by special contract. Novl5-«My. JT- ATTORNKY LAW. WAYCROSS, : : GEORGIA. Office in (he Wilson Building. BAPTIST CHURCH. Albany Avenue. Rev. W. H. Serum*, Pastor. Preaching i "'**“* •• i'raycr .Meeting t cry Tkur-day 7:30 p. i SAVE YOtTR HOUSE. DR. T. A. BAILEY, DENTIST, i ___ B, raintirm It with Office over Bank, * Du Plant Avenue, ■ wAvcRoes, : : ««>bou. Gfjffjn’s Rre - Pnwf Colors. i From June to October $1.50 PER DAY, -* T ~ i The Old Reliable HARNETT HOUSE, SAVANNAH, OA. •7. It WARREN LOTT, Fire, Life and Accident In surance Agenfe . WAYCROSS, • ' GEORGIA. —Nothing hut first-class companies repre sented. lxsi'^SCK eUecte»l on all classes of 1 property. tiU.MUNTKEP • and Fire Tested Accident InsuranceVoni- panica, and ESTATE OFFICE. fNIGHT FALLEN, Shlpprtl in 5.10 and 20 (iallon Packages, all color*. Prices per gallon light colors 00c. Metal lic Paints 75c. 4 These are wholesale prices. Adilres* all orders to S. GRIFFIN. Manager, (3R1PFIN PAINT Cth, JMkMMtUle, Fta. BRIGHT, J. P., 1 .tfwtPbr,. National Guarantee Co j Securities obtained on easy term*. Special j Hon given to the collection of rfaims. 4 Office Building, Waycrosa. Ga. Removal! CITY TAX NOTICE. Ti»e Books for the payment of City Taxes for the current year will he closet! on the aoth «lay of SeptemWr next at fi o'clock P-m. EXECUTIONS • issued immediately tl ill defaulters. OFFICE Plant Avenue, in IIoo*lenpyle'* Restaurant. Hour* fnon M o'clock a. m. U* 12 in. tlaily. By onler of fUy Council. W. F. PARKER. Cmr Tax ibunun. 0m Mlaate Walk from l?alaa Depot, j Waycrom. Ga^ Sept. 10. H& i $S00 Will b» Ulrra J, W. oTRICKLAND,For a nr case of rheumatism which can- [ not be cured by l>r. Drummond’s IJ-ht HOTEL PHOENIX, * WAYCROSS, GA. A Cuie far Twenty Cento. Any remedy sold at one dollar a bot tle which claim* to cure rheumatism, is , simply an imposition, for when all ex penses are deducted it leaves not more Paonunn*. { ning Remedy." The proprietor* do not than twenty cent* to represent the medi- .IRON Ptonig »trtnrt !i. rcuew arrvsitc, rcitore hrMtli and IBIliis ..Md erarywhere. AD r—tee geode Seer jTrcwwi." bead oeacaotstampturaApaya •C. NMtTER MEMCWt C0^ tL UnSe Ladies are Unfoiinnate. Rct'ause the higher they ri*e in society the weaker they find themselves Iwdily. llislcy’s Philatoken controls the nerves, aids nature in various functions, and thus combats with the many Ub of womankind success fully. If your druggfct has not got it be will order it fiir you lor $1 a bottle, from Chas. F. Ri*Iey, Wholesale Druggist, €8 Cortland Su. New York. Send for a des cribee pamphlet, with directions ami cer tificates from many ladies who have used it and can’t say enough in Civorof Risley’s Philntoken. - ! mrl2-ly -1 hide this offer, but priut it in bold type no . i ail ik.:. i 1 >r. lTrummood’a lightning Rem- inifm, pnnlrf <-ly, which U twrfonning Mich wonder, it column* nf new*- fill curt* that'it is bcilg prcscrilml bjr ill work won- i the mnlical Scully ererrwhtre, is Ton j all their circular*, """ *** j matter and through the nert, teerr | poonJcJ stpmitMptmc^om true ./eac h new *me appearing each week, i <***• If *he druggist has not gn( it, he i awl cannot be sold for less than Five from the Dr. Harter Medicine Go. Tl»i* I will onler it, or it will be sent to anr ! Dollar* a bottle. But it always cures. „„ I&fesSH®s! i SW ! sjc'isssaftac«! ^ return you Book. lWuiifal Utbognplis or S oO.Maidcu Lane, New Yock. Agents! .50 Maklen I*ane, New York. Agents swn - . . , ,, , ,, , . n , ° *- JouSt-ly .wanted. j wanted. j fictitious energy and an appearance of been able to gather them. In Glynn And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance and judgment come, Fe lix trembled.—Acts xxivt^4|: - In the show window of a wholesale liquor home In- Cliicago, stootl a decan ter filled with alcohol. Coiled about the decanter was a serpent with it* head drawn back in striking posture, while jnst above it were written the words: “Don’t touch me! Don't touch me!! ” As the sign was in a wholesale whis key house it could not have been in tended as a warning against alcohol. It could only have been designed a* a warning against all effort to interrupt alcohol in -its chosen mission, in which case it was fitly represented by the ser pent in striking attitude. VYe believe that many of our fellow citizens on the other side of this prohibition contest are honestly ignorant of the character and influence of the policy they seek to re store to our society. “It is 1 letter,” they sav, “to allow whiskey access to the peo ple, to permit it in decanters on counters^ than to antagonize or oppose its coining.” I can see how honest men, looking at matters from different standpoints, and accustomed to different lines of thought, can differ even upon a question like this. This we must retneinlter, because some who now are standing squarely upon the side of prohibition, were once upon tiie opjiosite side, and we accorded to them business, and intellectual honesty then as now. We must further remember that even upon the great question of sal vation and the truth of the gospel, God speaks of those who differ witlr Him as “unlearned,” and says unto them in that condition, “come let ns reason together,” which He would not have said had they been intellectually dishonest. We are confident that this question can liest be discussed upon the highest plane, and j without that expansion of predjudice whicli heat engenders; and we feel sure that the still small voice of such reason ing may find its way to confuse*! and troubled mind*, which the rush of a rap id recital of facts, the mighty lieavings of unutterable anxiety on the part of advocates, and the fire of blazing elo quence may nlike^fail- to affect. All these are good and of great (tower, but let us to-day invoke the presence of God’s Spirit that the subject may be so presented as to make us each to gather the robes of his accountability about him and to stand at the opening of the cave to hear what God would say to us njton this question. Since the matter has been oj»ened among us, I have not lieen calm. My already fully charged nerves have been disturbed. It is like the electrical dis turbance before an earth quake, when the oppression of an impending agony enforces a hush, which birds ami ani mals, and men—old and young—feel alike—a nameless dread, and a desire to lay hold upon some help, which is not seen, but which, it is felt, mn*t exist. I feel to-day that I have firnnd that help in the mighty truth which has come to me from God’s word and from elsewhere, and which is embodied in this sermon. The text pitches temperance upon the same key with a righteous character and the judgment to come, and says, In ef fect, that here is where we must consider it. Not only is this onler and associa tion of the subject scriptural, but it is further endorsed by the tact that under this presentment of it, “Felix trembled.” We will seek to present the subject briefly, not forgetting, like the apostle, to “reason” upon points where men hon estly differ. As we therefore candidly consider the muon* for not fa coring prohi bition, we would invoke the help of Him without whom we cannot but err, and with whom we cannot go wrong. The first alleged reason for not favor ing prohibition is, it hurt* businet* to pro hibit the sale of whiskey. There seems to abide a strange idea that whiskey ha* some mystic and magic power to bless, making it important to placate^ uTtnlist ita power npon our side, if we would jwosper. I suppose it is never known quite how whisker brings prosperity to a town,! quite how its removal, or exclu- real life, which, like fever, are only at the coat of true energy, and means, if con tinued, only the end of life; while an other and leas forced state of excitement mean* health, substantial growth, and ready resources of energy. It may be that men claim that whiskey benefits the business of a town because they mistake the fever and the excitement mt its pres ence for prosperity, for normal and real enlargement. We believe that this i* true and that men are honest when they say they see it. Like a former in a southern state who told a friend of a crisis pres sing upon him because of big debts and bad luck and a poor -crop, and forcing him to a decision to sell out and move to Texas; but who after taking several drinks saw things so differently that he told his friend that he had changed liis mind, ami that with his big crop he was going to wipe out hi* debts and buy hi* neighbor’s farm besides: so it i* with the change of vision in a town, and cspec- pccially in an individual, which whiskey makes. The men are honest, but there is an influence nt work which affect* their judgment. Why is it, let me a*k in passing, that nearly every drinking man i* in favor of bringing whiskey hack, anti secs big prosperity in it ? Some who don’t drink are going to vote for its return, but is it not corroborative of the above that drinking men, who have suffered from it ( all see prosperous times in its wake? Having honestly tried to look at, and account for, the estimate by honest men as to how whiskey brings prosperity, and prohibition brings injury to business, we| now assume to say that that esti mate is utterly, absolutely—we had al most said blasphemously—false. We address ourselves earnestly to this ques tion, because, as we shall see, there is a great deal more in refuting this claim than the settlement of this issue. Ah we can all see, business success is made up at gain*, taring*, and what we'adran- tagrouxhj expend. And it can be shown in respect to each of these that the ad vantage is all upon the side of prohibi tion. Take the gain* in his business hich a man lias from whiskey, is only one. man who may he said to make any, and that is the man who expects to sell it, and we know he dots not expect to give equiva lent in value for that which he recieves. There is no man upon eartli that believes that whiskey, as it it is sold and drunk in bar-rooms, is the equivalent to *any man for the money he s|»ends tor it. There can therefore be no honed gain in it There is no increased energy or skill, or industry, or virtue, from its use, and these are the ingredients of success and true gain everywhere. Sam Jones puts it tersely, but knowingly, when he says the prosperity of a town is not built upon the red noses, the enfeebled frame, the blurred or becloud**d intellect, which are the product of whiskey. Consider next, that which after all is a more important matter than the gain* of a man or people, and that i* hi* tar ing*. It is here that fortunes are made. It would be harder to believe that in this important matter of saving, whiskey was any help than in the matter of gain ing. Whiskey dont help that way. The very best that men can claim is on the ljope that money will be brought in by it, and that they will be t< o wise to let it rob them, while they know it will rob, impoverish others. There will be inen, and many of them, that it will bring to rags and want, but they don’t expect to be of them. Now this very claim admits the fact that the general prosperity will not be heightened ; besides putting upon the brow of every man, that makes the claim, the mark of Cain, who confessed his guilt in the question, “am I my briber's keeper? But upon the subject of savings we can talk from proof*, which in our own county are at hand: There are four way* in whicli these savings can be studied: 1st. As to total savings in the couuty for the ten years. 2d. As to the security of the savings, as shown by mortgage incumbrance* and number of business failures. 3d. As to how these savings are shared in by the jtoorest. 4th. How do the savings in all these raqiect* in a dry county compare with the savings in counties having the “help” of whiskey. We invite examination. 1. In the ten years of prohibition Ware county ha* in taxable property advanced from $9^3.046 to $2,547,IKS. 2. The number of mortgages recorded moo, from a town ran indict Mich » 1 during the l»rt fire crar. are ooly 7S4. blight as Is threatened. But like the ex- ; 3. The property of the negroes hither- citement that always exist* in the pres- j to all of them belonging to the poorest eace of known danger, giving vivid im- ! class, has increased pOO per cent, daring pressioa of eveiything: and revealing ; the reign of prohibition, all through a looming or magnifying Now what of the comparison of other medium: so the presence of the excite-j counties under the help which it is meat and uncertainty that this sale and : claimed that whiskey brings. Our op- of intoxicants give to everything, is i ponents claim that our prosperity and well of the dim and large impres- . being are independent or in spite of prohi- There is a hitiou. Let u* see thefocts a* for as I have county, with its county site at Bruns wick, there have been recorded during five yean, 1,233 mortgages against our ■’24, while, as to the number of business failures, we have the statement of Judge Sweat, whose circuit takes in Brunswick, that there are now several large firms in the hand* of receivers. The whole number of failures for five yean we have been unable to get In Lowdne* county, with its capital site at Valdosta, there have been re corded during five yean, 2,134 mort gages, against our 724 ; and against our absence of any real business failure they record ton failures for the pa»»t five yean. The rate of increase of the prop erty of the negroes is two hundred per cent, against the five hundred per cent. our county. In other words. Ware, a dry county, from record* official and attestc*l, in comparison with Glynn and Lowdnes, contiguous, but “wet,” counties, reports fewer mortgage* by nearly one to two in Glynn, and by less than one to three in Lowdnes. No business failures, against ten in Valdosta and quite a number in Brunswick; and a rate of gain in negro property of five hundred per cent- against two hundred per cent, in Ixiwdnes* The gain by the negroes means much for them, but it means more for us. Lift up the poorer classes or lowest stratum and you lift up those strata* that are above. We best see there how a ft have prospered, by the way in which the- poorest have prospered. A connected fact here is brought out by the question, trhere does this earliest prosperity show itself? The answer is always the same: In the homes and the furniture of the home, just wiiere domestic happiness is measured, and just where intemperance laysits impoverishing hand ! We see the falsity of the claim that prohibition in jures business! We said that there was more involved in the disproof of that claim than the settlement of this issue. The truth of God’s word and the contin uance of every preacher's calling are in volved in the truth or falsity of the claim that prohibition hurts busi ness. That word says, “seek first the kingdom of God and his righteous ness; and all these things shall be added untojou.” “Godliness is profita ble unto all things, having the prom ise of the life that no»r i* and of that which is to come.” And many such promises. The claim that business is injured is not only false, but infidel l*e- siifes. A second alleged reason for not favor ing prohibition is that it hinder* the building up of a town in point of popu lation. Surely, an alleged reason never met prompter or fuller answer! The statistical and relative gain of our city is not cnly remarkable and without par allel, but it seems Providential against this effort to bring in the order of things existing in other towns. Tjie actual gain of ten years—of pro hibition—was 423 per cent., while the rel ative gain was 220 per cent, greater than any other town in the state. This positively marvelous, and cannot be fully taken in at one effort of the mind. Way- cross, under prohibition, teithont a par allel for growth! It is further true that Way cross is building up on capital com ing to us from contiguous and bnr-rooir towns. Count the stores along oui streets that came to us from these towns. I know of no Waycross capital that is seeking elsewhere better investment than it can find at home. But even if this claim were true, it is met by One who seems to sometimes let men have their way for a little while, but Whose trill lie heard in time as well as eternity: “Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and established a city with in iquity.” “Woe to him that coreteth an evil covetousness to his hourse, that he may set his nest on high.” It is thus that God speaks to ns on this point also! Another reason for not favoring pro- liibitidft is a disregard of the moral and spiritual effects of intemperance. Now we know that against this it la claimed, to break its force, that “prohibition don’t prohibit.” There is a single answer to this, and we might base the whole matter upon that. If “prohibition don’t pro hibit,” why is it that teholemle whiskey houses ring the changes on the words, and why is it they are so ready and eager to supply money to other towns to defeat prohibition. They are not phil anthropists in this; and it is not because they want to reduce the use of whiskey, that committees go np clandestinely to the wholesale hqnses to get campaign money with which to defeat prohibition! They talk to us about the number of jugs coming to oar express office. In the “wet” town of Albany daring my pastorate there, one whiskey drum mer, between the hours of 3p. m, and supper, of a single day, sold ($13,000) eighteen thousand dollars worth of whiskey. No wonder the wholesale whiskey houses raise the lying cry that “prohibition don’t prohibit! ” We have not time to consider the tnond effects of whiskey. I wish’ the anx ious faced women of the country, who are begging their husband* to *t.*n<l for God and home in this matter could preach for me on this point 1 As a preacher of the gospel I am concerned more with that deeper interest, the effects of intem perance on the soul. Listen, “more souls are destroyed by intemperance thauby war, famine and pestilence.” Ml* Gladstone says lire* but we say *otth on the authority of God’s word which declare* drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of heaven.” Listen! “tramp! tramp!! the boys are marching sixty thousand strong, annually, down to drunkard*’ graves and a drunkard* hell! But why. should we reason when God speaks ? Oh may every soul hear! “Wine is a mocker strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby i* not wise.” “Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess, hut be filled with the spirit.” Wine is in everlasting antithesis with the spirit of God. God in hi* eagerness to deliver u* from this ruin of souls, shows us a ladder leading up to heaven with “temperance” as its topmost round, ami waminglv points us to another leading down to hell with “drunkenness, revelling* and such like” as its bottom round. (See Epli. v 19-23) Our text places temperance in the only place where as Christian*or be lievers we can wisely consider it, in con nection with the “judgment to come!” W«*Vannot dislocate or transplant it to another arena of discussion. Wo must look at it in the light of the “judgment to come!” God who lias a word for every crisis in our life has this ti aay to us now: “woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that puttest thy bottle to him and makest him drunken also,” and in view of the “judgment to come,” may I not add “directly or indirectly.” I<et Christians of every name consider these statistics: “for every young man that is Haved at the church altar, at least re destroyed by the saloon. For every $3.00 given to evangelizing work, are spent for strong drink. For every missionary rent to Africa with the gospel. 30,000 gallons of New En gland rum are shipped over there to de moralize and debauch the heathen.” Is not every Christian called upon of God to pray find trorh against this omnijiotent evil which in able to “destroy iiotli body and soul in hell.” In our time of |*ril is it not a Safe prayer for every man to pray: “God stand by inejn the dyiug hour, as I stand by the cause of temper ance, the interest of immortal soul*, and by the cross of Christ, in all my dealings with this monster evil.” A Few Paragraph! tram M. Mary*. A large baptism occured at .St. Mary’s river Sunday evening among the colored people. Some young ladies from the Wesleyan College have been riding up and down our quiet streets recently in that delight ful ^carriage. ’Ti* a pleasant sight to those who are seated on their piazzas and porches to see the ladies out riding. Mr. J. S. Russell and daughter, Mis* Gussie, from Tompkins, Ga., Camden, county, were in town last week. This young lady lias been to charming St. Simons several time*. Rain has fallen here plentifully for the last few days. The mosquitoes sing merrily all the day long, we have no brass band to play “Listen to the Mocking Bird” or “Dixie,” the mosquitoes make up for this. Mr. Jno. Bachlott received his fall stock of goods the other »Iay. Some of the St Marys people enjoy salt water bathing. Miss Carrie Hardee, a charming belle from Jacksonville, is the guest of Dr. A. F. and Mr*. Bernard. Mrs. Rena Jenkins and husuaml are in the city from Virginia. The grape crop has been abundant both in the town and country. Maj. E. A. McWhorter’s arbor has yielded well, and the Maj. has been generous in sup- __ plying his friends with grapes. The mansion known as “Orange Hall” was once the home of your correspondent, now the Spencer House, Mr. D. J. tang, proprietor. Thia hotel is beautifully situated, ’tin pleasant to look upon by daylight, but presents a more picturesque appearance by moonlight. Few travel lers sojourning here at this season. Tha writer saw one stranger in town this a. m. Mi*s M. Bessent has opened her school. Mr. and Mrs. HuBose were in town last week. Plenty of nice, new hats at Mrs. Jef fords’ and Miss Kndolph’s shop. F. M. A. WH or Dry. Democrats, Republican*, Third Par- tyitea are ail invited to the great $3.00 pants sale which begin* Sept. 14th. Five hundred pair, some worth $5.00 to be sold at $3.00. All kinds, all *i»a. Come early aud take your choice. Owens, The Leading Clothier. Trr a pair of Palmer’s $1.00 school