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Iflagero** nuu muiinw nxrm. J.1. SILUtr, Efliteran* Proprietor. liiM AftiM, wiyoi, Ga. Sabacription $1.00 per annum. [lives will be provided whhyyer rmi.mt.li liiilsi ikdr awtbce.ty. dsiy ukn «lr si SATURDAY. DECEMBER 17. 1892. The Gibson Record remark* that Wataoo ia the firat congressman erer known to "jaw around the hat” lor hi* own benefit. Jay Gould payed his son George a salary of $1,000,000 a year. Few men not engaged in the newspaper business receive such remuneration. “Dead.” “suspended,” “last issue,” “failed for want of patronage,” etc. That’s the way the reports are coining ia from third party paper*.—Jackson ville Banner. It is rumored that Major Bacon will again be a candidate lbr governor in 1894. Major Bacon is an able and clear headed man and would unquestionably make a wise executive. Many men and some women who never give away anything in their lives, al though well able to afford it. wear very pleasant faces at this season of the year, they know that some of the fools among their acquaintances will send them Christmas presents. South Georgia conference is in session this week, and we are left without Methodist preacher. Way-cross being exactly in the center of the world, and being otherwise qualified, we shall pect to entertain that noble body of Christian workers, as soon as church is completed. The present legislature has not yet taken any steps looking to a change homestead ami exemption laws. .1 yet this is a most important matter. The difficulty attendant on collecting pre vent# the investment of millions of dol lars capital in Georgia.—Herald-Jour nal. It is pretty generally believed that Cleveland will call an extra session of congress as soon as he is invested with the powers of administration. The re publican UrifT laws are so galling to the people that they cannot well wait a year longer lor the relief that the democrats were placed in power to 'give.—Citizen, Macon. «’■■■ The legislators go home at the dose of the week. Some good hills have been passed, some have been killed, some hare been introduced and aomAhave not been introduced, but taken as TT whole, the work of the general assembly is fully up to that of its predecessors.—Athens Banner. Legislation in Georgia is drifting too much into parsimony—in some things, matters appealing to state pride, for in stance—and into costly mistakes when it comes to the things which the average legislator considers more material.—Al bany Herald. The negroes in this county have about reached the conclusion that the third party ia using them simply as tools and many will reftise to vote with that party in the county election. They say they are tired of being huddled together by two or three white men and one or two colored ones and carried to (he polls in tko interest of office seekers. You watch the tide turn in January. The negro is learning something about this third par ly every day.—Jonesboro Enterprise, The cariosity exhibited in legislative circles as to what the verdict of the Gober investigating committee will be, is iutenas to say the least of it. The Jour nal anticipates the committee with the following: The report will exonerate Judge Gober from any criminality in changing the proceeding of the court on the motion for a new trial, so far as the evidence discloses. The committee will find that there is n conflict in the testimony as to what oc- currad at the hearing In Marietta, when the change ia arid to have been made, as to how much of the motion Judge Gober changed, and they will declare that as this conflict is irreconcilable, they will five Judge Gober the benefit of the donbt. The committee will presume that the judge did his duty as a judicial officer. The committee will further say in their report, however, that this investigation has developed the fact that there is a necessity for some legislation on the sub ject of motion* for new trials, defining th* power and duties of judges, in order that the practice throughout the state shall be uniform. The arguments submitted on both sides havs been printed and freely circulated in both branches of the legislature and thair action upon th* report of the com mittee will be watched with interest by the people. The report of the committee has been declared a “dog foil.” Glen and made n breve fight bat Gober had all oader-hold. HSULT TO DEMOCRACY. Speaking of the insult to democracy and the national congress by the Reform club of New York at its dixraef last Sat urday night, the Washington Post has this to say: Mr. Fairchild says there were so many democrats of prominence present that the number of speakers had to be limi ted, but it would seem, under such cir cumstances, as if the name of General Patrick Collins, of Massachusetts, or Congressman Tom Johnson, of Ohio, or Governor-elect Stone, of Missouri, or even Mr. Breckinridge, of Arkansas, might have been left off and that of Speaker Crisp, of the house of represen tatives, substituted without any great ef fort to the intelligence of the democratic party, or any serious strain upon the overpowering dignity and intellectuality of the Reform Club. The Post is quite sure that ex-Gover- nor Campbell, of Ohio, who, in spite of the uncongeniality of the surroundings, made the only speech of the evening in which there was a salient democratic idea, would have gladly stepped aside for Mr. Crisp had the opportunity been afforded him. No. Mr. Fairchild’s explanation won’t do at all. The strange fact that a “distinguished democrat” like Tom Johnson was given precedence to Mr. Crisp and permitted to make a speech that can be regarded in no other light than an insolent and studied attack upon the gentleman from Georgia and his lead ership, furnishes an explanation that really explains, at the same time seri ously impugning the good frith of the ex-secretary and his motives, ami be traying the ingratitude of a congress man who has always been treated by tbe speaker with quite as much considera tion as he erer deserved. The Birmingham Age-Herald says: Speaker Crisp Isn’t the first democrat whom the mugwump have snubbed. The mugwump thinks himself better than an angel and turns up his nose at the mention of a seraphim. Elsewhere in these columns will be firtind a communication from the presi dent of the board of education, which ought to claim the attention, and receive at the hands of every citizen of Way- cross careful and earnest consideration. Capt. Reed has been an earnest worker for the cause of education. He was the prime mover in the work of securing the present site for the school building, and unremitting in his efforts to secure do nations and pro*ecv*e the work until the present building wi-v completed. Tbe rapid growth of the city and the large increase in applications for admitance to the school, notwithstanding the new annex to the old building just completed last year, presents to the board of educa tion the alternative of providing some is to enlarge the accommodation, or being confronted in the near future with the stern necessity of withholding from many of our children the benefit of a public free school, for want of sitting room. The plan suggested to raise the money with which to erect a new, com modious brick building, ample in all its ^tycnts, affords perhaps the best so lution, and the only escape from the al ternative the board of education could devise. The Herald invites the friends of education to use its columns freely airing this subject which is even greater importance to Waycross just n< than the question of water-works. BOARD OF EDUCATION. Regular meeting of the board was held Saturday, December 10th. Present—II. W. Reed. Simon W. Hitch, W. J. Cara- well, J. L. Walker, L. Johnson and J. M. Marshall. It was ordered that the 8th rule b* suspended for the colored school until the 19th of December. After said date it will be rigidly enforced. The president was directed to employ Miss B. Blakely at a salary of 3-10.00 per month. After auditing some small accounts, the board took up for discussion a long felt necessity, i. e , the proposition to build an academy that would accommo date all the children of Waycross, and possibly a few more. Realizing that this was a question upon which the board mast have the earnest co-opera tion of the people, it was decided to ap point a committee, consisting of 8. W. Hitch and \V. J. Carswell, to draft a hill, while the entire board resolve them-, selves into an agitating committee to in duce consideration by the people. It was ordered that there be a two week’s vacation for Christmas, commenc ing December 21, and ending January 3, 1893, and that the last term end on the third Friday in June, so as to provide for the spring vacation. Dr. W. C. Bass, the president of Wes leyan Female college, states that the young lady, Miss Taylor, who, in the re cent past, has been sick with scarlet fever, has entirely recovered and In a few days will resume her studies. The eighty young ladies who left immediately for their homes at the first appearance of the fever in the college, will return after the Christmas holidays. All fears of an epidemic have subsided, and the students from the city are in daily attendance. The Albany Herald has this to say of Hon. E. R. Jones: Hon. E. R. Jones is receiving many flattering notices of his bill to provide for a weather bureau and crop reporting service lor the state. This b an impor tant move, but has never as yet been provided for and sustained by state ap propriation. It b a want in which the formers of the state are directly interested. Way cress an Bdacatlenal Center* We people of Waycross feel justifiable pide in our little city, and one of the prime elements that accord us the right to a sense of superiority, is the educa tional system that we maintain at a lower cost than any other city of equal size has done. But while we rejoice in the work of the present, (however imperfect it may be), we should be mindful of the to come. He is wise who builds with an insight into the distant future. It should be remembered that our rate of school tax is only 25 cent on the one hundred dollars, scarcely enough, to gether with other resources, to pay the necessary running expenses. The board, of education receives no compensation for their services, and there is no fund that can be applied to buildings and grounds. Other cities and towns have erected handsome school buildings and lavish money annually on improved grounds and apparatus. I will further venture to assert that no city of the size of Way; cross has ever yet succeeded in taining a public school system year after year without the expenditure of one dollar for 1 alibiing* and grounds, and yet this city has done so and has spent very little for furniture. The high school building was built by private donation upon a block of land donated free by the 8. F. & W. Railway Company, which U now worth fully $5,000. The colored school lmilding was built and tendered, rent free, by the 8. F. & W. Railway Company, and the 8. F. &. W. Railway Company lias also loaned to the board of education money to pay for school furniture. \Ve now find ourselves in a position that demands immediate action. Tbe white school has been increasing in membership about 40 scholars |»er an num, until we now have 30G enrolled and the old building, with its new addi tion, is full. Another year at the regular rate of increase, we will be over crowded as we were last year. It would be decidedly inadvisable to add to the pres ent building, and we have no money to do it with, if it was so decided- Now what are we to do ? Only one plan sug gests itself to me as practicable, we should build a first-class brick school building of sufficient size to hold six hundred children and we should also provide ample funds for building more school buildings for the colored children. The burden of this work should not fall on the present citizens of Waycross, but should be liorue in measure by those who come here in the future. To accomplish this, it will lie necessary to Issue bond* payable say 30 years hence. I estimate that a present assessment of 15 cents on $100 will be sufficient for the purpose, and of course this rate will diminish as the property valuation in creases from year to year. We could with this method make Waycross in fact, as well at in name, an educational centre, and it 'a apparent that to provide for our natural growth something must be done at once. The present school building might be used for a city hall or for a boarding de partment for the high school, a thing that wouid bring us a large numlter of pupils from abroad. 1 hope our people will take hold of this matter in earnest and If any better plan can lie proposed, let it come out. H. W. Reed, President Board of Education. Hurrah FOR THE rvyv■■ V > s s ,\ y.~> > V V > V > . V. & fc HOLIDAYS! C. E. COOK XrXICIPAL XOJUSATIOSS. ' The mass meeting Jast Tuesday even ing, called by the mjiyor, was well at tended.- Promptly at 8 o’clock mayor Knight entered the hall and rapped for order. The object of the meeting was briefly stated, and permanent organiza tion effected by calling Col. H. P. Brewer to the chair. Mr. E. T. Malone was chosen secretary, and the chairman an nounced ready for business. Col. John C. McDonald offered the following resolution: That the meeting proceed to nominate council men from the respective wards, commencing with ward No. 1. Dr. J. L. Walker offered as a substi tute a proposition to open the ball with the nomination for mayor. The and nays resulted in the adoptiou of the substitute and the name of Mr. A. M. Knight, present encumbent, was pre sented by Dr. Walker. There being other nomination, on motion of Col. 8. W. Hiteh, the secretary was instructed to cast the unanimous vote of the meet ing tor A. M. Knight. Nominations foi aldermen were made by acclimation as follows: First ward, Andrew J. Miller; second ward, Capt. E. H. Crawley; thin! ward, J. G. Justice; fourth ward, W. W. Sharpe; fifth ward, W. A. McNeil. Dr. J. L. Walker was placed in nomi nation for member of the board of edu cation, and elected by acclamation, after which the uominees were called fur and resj>onded with abort ajteechca. Solid gold, 14 k. ladies' watches, $18.50. Best Waltham movement, at Lanier’s jew el cry store. 11 you •hilt!’* Smith’s Is /Sow "Ready with a Large Line of James G. Blaine i* reported to be dy ing of consumption. Somite Georg In MrthodUta. The South Georgia Methodist confer ence met at St. Lake’s church, Colum bus, Ga., last Wednesday, Bishop Fitz gerald presiding. W. C. Lovett was elected general secretary and W. F* Smith, A. C. Downing and W. C. Wade, statistical secretaries. The hours for sessions were fixed from 9 to I. At the opening of the confer ence Bishop Fitzgerald read the 13th chapter of First Corinthians and < mented thereon, followed by prayer by Rev. Get*. G. N. McDonald. Reports on educational institutions were then made and referred to the edu cational committee. Reports were made from the Andrew Female college, at Cuthbert, Wesleyan, at Macon, South Georgia College, at McRae, and Emory, at Oxford. Rev. Crawford Jackson, of the North Geor gia conference, presented this conference with a scholarship in Andrew college worth two hundred dollars per year to be used by the daughters of poor preachers. Rev. W. Lambert, one of the mission ary secretaries, delivered an eloquent ad dress on missionary work. The case of Editor McCook, of the Brunswick Times, will come up before the conference under question twenty. Much sympathy is expressed for Mr. McCook. His foil is attributed to a prescription for hemorrhage for which he took whisky. oys and «3>- Christmas PRESENTS Tie West Variety of Toys EVER BROUGHT TO WAYCROSS; The Lowest Prices ever Known in the City before! DOLLS! DOLLS! BOLLS! A Cm e for Twenty Cents. Any remedy sold at one dollar a bot tle which claims to cure rheumatism, is ■imply an imposition, for when all ex penses are deducted it leaves not more than twenty cents to represent the medi cine. Dr. Drummond’s Lightning Rem edy, which is performing such wonder ful cures that it is being prescribed by the medical faculty everywhere, is com pounded at great expense from rare drugs and cannot be sold for less than Five Dollars a bottle. But it always cures. Sent prepaid to any address on receipt of price. Drummond Medicine Co, 48- 50 Maiden Lane, New York. Agents wanted. Some rare bargains in men’s extra coats j and pants at W. J. Smith’s. D ON’T FORGET TO GIVE ME A CALL IF YOU WANT A NICE DOLL AND CARRIAGE AT A VERY LOW PRICE. Now is the time ons lx?fore the rut Chamberlain’s Eye i Ointme , A certain cure for Chronic Sor Tetter, Salt Rheum, Scald Hoad, Chronic Sores, Fever Sores, Eczema^ Itch, Prairie Scratches, Sore Nipple?; and Piles. It is cooling and soothing. Hundreds of cases have l»een cured by it after all other treatment had foiled. ■It is put up in 25 and 50 cent boxes. For sale at the Cash Drug Store. W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SE40S? cEN-fiSfLiEN, to BCCTSHOEummiuiniTOinaEr. •old at th* rricc. E>;u&L)i-UkU4a toads ahoMcoatla* !B4 nSjllamS-sewqd,. flnecalftboss. Tbs at the prico,* t &hv> c^uaia'iM 2*9 S0 9 lV>lirs Shoe-.xi want something nohhy it ir boy’s overcoat, see >V. •rices, they suit everybody. There came near Wing a serious fire Thnmosville last Tuesday morning at 2:30 o’clock. Fire caught from the hearth iu a sleeping room above the store of T. J. Ball A Bn*. John Androehock occupying the room and discovered the fire iu time to save the building and stock. There was some damage to the kuildiug and very slight damage to the took by water. Both are. fully covered by insurance. All the best features of the circus •rid will be seen with Sells and Rent- fro tv’s Big Shows. Uurklru’a Ant Ira Salve. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, », and all skin eruptions, and |*osi- tively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give jKrfect satisfac tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by A. B. Whorter & Co., E. R. Goodrich, and R. J. Smith’? drug stores. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. varb county. Contractor’s Notice. Bids for the contract for tapping water nuiius. furnishing corporation cocks, and lead pipe connections, front 5-8 to 2 inches, will Is? received by the Sanitary a * “* ility of material to be furnished. Bond in the stun of $500.00, with approved security for faithful performance of cnntrai * required from the acepted bidder. The commission reserves the right to i jeet any or all bids. By order of the Sanitary and Water-woi Commission of Waycross, (ia. iVeemlter 13.1«»2. W. 1>. Hamilton-, Ex-officio CVrk. City Marshal's Sale. Georgia, Ware Comity* Will lx* sold, on the second Saturday January next, at the court house, s: county, within the legal hours of sale, to t... highest bidder, for cash, the following prop- fine and one-half (1)) acres of land, more or leai, in Waycross, said county, Imunded east by Morton canal, west l>y land of Jef fords and Jordan, south by A street, nort* by Wadlgy street. Said land levied on * the property of D. J. McIntosh, to satisfy tax fi-fa issued by the city clerk, for city tax for the year 1802. Waycross, <i: *' centber 15, l«r_*. J. P. Cabo: Georgia, Wore County. To All Whom It May Concern t J. R. A J. W. Bennett, administrators < the estate of Richard Bennett, deceased, h applied for an order to sell 335 acres of lot land number 2U5. in tlio 5th district of sa •minty; also 3 guns, I set of buggy ami oi.. set wagon wheels. 1 gold watch and 9 head goats. And I will pas* upon said applica tion on the first Monday in January nex‘ Witness my hand and official signatur this December 5,1892. Warreji Lott, 4t < irdinary. first Ttiesduy in Jan- e legal liour* of sale, Of lot of land im miter 31, in the 8th f said county; sold as the property of John B. Cason, late of said county, de ceased, under and by virtueof an order from the court of ordinary of said county, for the purpose of paying the debts and for distr' button among the heirs of said decease* This December 5,1892. J. A. Casox 30d Administrator. .o Imported abocs costing S3. feet Cry sad warn. CO 30 FIs* Calf, sad 62.00 Work- Wfci Inamrn’n Shoe* will give more wear for the money than any other make. They are made foe aer- vtce. The increasing sale* ahow that workingmen b «rten*km edeeahoe. may to walk In, and wilt hare found ti Boy#’gjgs?3sftsr»B«.- wbera. p*s most acrriceabl e ahoeaaold at the price*. Ladies’ 13:8“ HFIrsvteSMSf Mieses are made of the be*t Doogola or One Calf, at d«*lmL They are very at rush, comfortable aaddura- TbeKUDafcoe equal* cn>to«n (made abort eoaunjc SUOtoStnt. Ladlee who with tosoosenUeU* footwear are Cod tag thnoot. ■tlon.-W. I- Douglas' name and th* price la _ ped on the bottom of esc hi shoe; loos tor It When yon boy. Bew*re of dealer* attempting to aub- ■Utata other make* i«-them. HuchsabaUtutloasare fraudulent amt subject to prosecution by law for oh- taining money under false pretence*. wTl. botuus ItncktM, Maas. Bold by FOIt SALK BY B. II. LEVY BRO.&CO janl-ly HOTEL PHOENIX, -f One Minute Walk from Union Depot. J, \V. Strickland, Ar . T „ Proprietor Benton & Upson, Machinery and Mill Supplies, ENCitM'.K, IIOII,Kits, Saw Hills, Shingle Hills, Wosd Work ing Machinery, Sugar, Rice, Cotton and Canning Machinery. Irrigating Machinery A SPKCIAI.TV. S. F. 8 W. Railway Depot, JACKSONVII,LK, KI.A. SAYANX AI [ ADVKUTISEMKNTS. EDWARD LOVELL’S SONS, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. Hardware, Tinware, Plows, Turitentine Manufacturers’ Supplies, Bar, Ramljutd Hoop IRON. Wheels, Axles and Wagon Material, Gum, Pistols and Ammunition. tlHMy J. II. Smith and EHender Smith applied to me for letter* of dismission from the ad ministration of the estate of Ransom Smith, deceased, and I will pass on said application “on the first Monday in January, 1803, at ”’-7croes. Georgia. Oct. 5th. 1802. WARREN LOTT. Obmxart. OFFICERS OF CHARLTON COUNTY. Aaron Dowling, Ordinary. . A.G. Gowen, Clerk Superior Court C. O. J. A. Wainright, Sheriff. , James Thompson. School Commissioner. Sheriff Sale. Will be sold on the 3d day of January. I8W. at Trader’* Hill, ‘’hartton county, GeOTgia, between the legal hours ofsale the home ami lot known *» the C. S. Pute drug store in the town of frolkston. levied C. E, COOK S, Plant Avenue, Waycross, Georgia kill germ „„ w satisfy an execution issued from the Superior court of CoBee county, in fovorjof Itcsenbemer A Co. Levy made this the 25th day of Oct. 1892. J. A. Waixw*iohTj Lloyd & Adams. DEALERS IN Faints, Oils, Doors, Sash and Blinds, Terra Cotta and Sewer Pipes, BUILDERS HARDWARE, Lime, Plaster and, Hair and Cement. Comer Congress and Whitaker Sts., Savannah, : : Georgia. Sole Agents for Adamant Plaster. I»«st preparation in the world for plnstcring walls and ceilings. Write for rirental*. dec 19-1V A CUT CN RATES. From Joke to October $1.50 PER DAY, The Old Reliable HARNETT HOUSE, SAVANNAH. GA. NICE, Hal Printing n Specialty.