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THE WAYCROSS HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER, 14, 1893. IN DRY GOODS, SHOES AND CLOTHING!! 5§ Will sell at cost for THIRTY DAYS, commencing JUNE 1st. You will never have another chance like this, get some of the Bargains. Many of these goods will be sold BELOW COST! Come and Figured Lawns. 2 1-2 cts yard. Ginghams 5 to 7 1-2 cts yard. Calico 4 to C cts yard. White Checks G cts yard. Check Homespun 4 to 5 1-2 cts yard. Tickings G to 13 cts yard. Cotlonades 3 cts yard. Wool Jeans 15 cts yard. 25 ct Dress Goods 12 1-2 cts yard. 15 ct Lawn 8 1-2 cts yard. Black.Calico 5 1-2 cts yard. Double Width Henrietta 11 cts yard. Men's Under Shirts 25 cts. Ladies’ Under Vests 8 ct3. 10-4 Sheeting 13 cts yard. Linen Chambry 10 cts yard. Coats’ Spool Thread 45 cts dozen. Ilemnants half price. Black Silk Belts 20 cts each. Dress Linings 5 ct3 yard. , Large lot of Fans half price. Clothing at 5 per cent below cost. Jeans Pants 75 cts pair. Pants worth $4.00 for $2.50 pair. Brogan Shoes 75 cts pair. Women’s Glove Grain Button Shoes 80 ct3 pair. Cow Pen Shoes 55 cts pair. Fine Button Boots, worth SI .50, for S1.00 pair. Oxford Ties 45 cts pair. Best Fine Oxford Ties $1.00 pair. Ladies’ Hats half price. Children’s Hats half price. Men’s Straw Hats half price. Men’s Socks at from 5 to 20 cts, worth double. 4-4 Brown Homespun 6 1-2 cts yard. 3-4 Brown Homespun 4 cts yard. Sea Island Homespun 5 cts yard. Children’s Shoes less than cost. Xi-cdles 2 cts paper. ^ Thimbles 2 1-2 cents each. Ladies’ Umbrellas 05 cts each. Fnus at 5 cts worth 25. Fans at 15 cts woet.h 50. Trunks 15 per cent below first cost. I will positively sell at cost and below lor THIRTY DAYS! Come and EXAMINE GOODS and GET PRICES jBRINTGr THIS WITH “’ST’OTT and I will prove that you can get goods at NEW YORK COST, am going to give away- some goods, and among the rest a FINE SILK DRESS worth $20.00. Watch the daily paper for particulars and come and see the Dress. JOHNTSONT^S BLOCK, Waycross, Gra. J.V. NORTON. SnlUraac. | in contact with him. I am proud to say In this age of political chicanery and ! that in the South, among the white peo- demagogsry, wl.cn private gain has tn- P 1 ?. "'e have been to depart trom ken precedence over public good «ndl“>e traditions and customs of our fore- thc interests of the country at large | fathers, and have not degenerated our- havc been submerged into private cinolu- selves so far as to commit such a crime ment, it may be well for us to stop and reflect upon our present condition. Every one who thinks, and whose eyes j are open to the signs of the times, .ad mits that our present political system is - eorrupt and rotten to the core. It cannot be too plainly understood that the demoralisation of our politics moans the ruiu of our liberties, the over throw of our institutions and our extinc tion as a nation. This corruption and pollution has assumed a ipore putrid form in that branch of our political sys tem known as suffrage, and since the ballot is tlie basis of our politics, it is a subject of the greatest practical impor tance and touches every right of the citizen, industrially, politically, socially and morally. There is no man who can say but that we have a free ballot and a fair count. Tne evil which pervades our voting sys tem arises not from the fact that men who are entitled to vote are not allowed to do so, nor from the fact that our bal lot boxes are stuffed, or that the votes against our conscience and the best in terests of our government. But it is sad to say, our colored breth ren have caught the idea. However dull they may be in other respects, they are always on hand, ready to be pulled about by politicians and ready to vote that the office sought the man, but the reverse is true now, and the man is willing to stoop to anything and do any thing in order that he may be victori- uos. Is such a man fit to hold an office ? Is a man who hasn’t enough merit to be elected without the purchasing of votes worthy to fill any office ? Nm^times out of ten the man who.has.to resort to such measures to secure an office, is in- ! competent to fill it, thus by the bargain of votes we have our offices often fill ed with - unworthy men and the public has to sutler in consequence. But who for the man who offers them the most j s to ^] amc f or such a state of affairs ? inducements. What is the result? general demoralization sets in, they re fuse to work, and we have in our cities and towns a congested and idle class of people. Where whiskey is dispensed we have a drunken howling mob, which is a breach of the peace, an influence for evil and a shame and a disgrace. Scarcely has a year passed since, within our own city, such a catastrophe has oc curred. Such occurrances as these have a powerful influence for evil upon the negro. Fill him full of mean whiskey, give him a few dollars in his pocket, stick a cocked hat on his head aud place the ticket you want him to vote in his hand, and you have a typical exponent of America’s suffrage as contemplated by the fifteenth amendment to the constitu- cast arc unfairly counted but it reaches tion . Sllc|l „ coursc a3 tbis brccds n<) good to the common country, but it fore stalls evil and puts life into a germ, . its highest form, days and weeks before the polls arc opened, in what is called electioneering. In the times of Jefferson aud Jackson elections were decided upon principle, dangerous effect upon but now, nearing the close of the nine- 1 teenth century, they are decided strictly npon a financial basis. It was then a matter of principle, it is now a matter of money. Electioneering has given rise to a new profession, that of a politician. And why has this new profession sprung up? It is caused directly by the abuse of liberty. A man has the right to vote as he pleases, it is his liberty, and when he sells his vote, hex abuses his liberty. The right of suffrage is a sacred trust, confided in every citizen, and it is his duty to cast that vote for the best inter ests of his country and his fellow-man. The man who sells his vote or barters it for whiskey is a faithless ami dangerous citizen, so also is the man who purchases it, an unscrupulous perverter. ' A man who .has no more patriotism, no more manhood and no more sense, than to of fer his vote for sale is as dangerous to the civil government as a firearm in the hands of a lunatic, is to peojde who come J answer the people are to blame, and just so long as they tolerate it, it will continue to exist.' But when public sen timent rises up and declares itself op posed to such unscrupulous and danger- our proceedings; it will cease,^and we will return again to our old time politics. What remedy then shall we adopt to bring about the change ? I answer an active sense of justice and an earnest de mand for political honesty by every citizen in this great commonwealth. Should we adopt the plan of holding a primary in every election however great or small, we would get rid of a lot of Republican negroes and vote-sell ers, and would prevent a great deal of the disorder and demoralization which attends every election. Let every patriotic and law-abiding citizen rise up in the power of his might and manhood, and cry out, in no mistak- A Good Suggestion. Editors Waycross Herald: In the matter of aid for the suffering (f Brunswick, in addition the the concert now in contemplation by the ladies f Waycross, why not request some of our citizens, who have seen the World’s Fair, to give us a lecture, or recital of the many wonders of that great Fair. Charge a small admission fee and donate the amount. This, it occurs to the writer, would be both interesting and beneficial, doubly beneficial. The lec ture or recital, to' those of us who belong to the “can’t-get-away-club” would be beneficial and the proceeds arising from them would benefit the needy. Such talent as Waycross possesses in* lie minds of Judge J. L. Sweat, Col. Jin. C. McDonald, Capt. H. W. Reed, V. L. Stanton, W. W. Sharpe, H. S. Du Bose and others who have visited the Fair, could he well employed in this laudable purpose There are ladies in the city who have spent some time at the Fair, who, the writer imagines, would not object to taking part in these recitals, if the affair is properly gotten up and managed. There are some emi nently qualified to tell, in an interesting way what they have seen, and who doubts that Waycross ladles would hesi tate for a moment, to maintain the well earned reputation our women have, for bciug first in all works of charity, and all else that enobles and refines. which, although invisible now, will after J able tones, against tluVdishonorable and a few years, spring up and recoil with dangerous foe of good order and good The negro, as a race, has made won derful progress since the war, but unless he realizes the course he is pursuing, turns frogi the error of his way and as serts his manhood, he never will be any thing more than a hewer of wood and a drawer of water. Bat what about the man who pur chases the votes ? Is he any better than the man who sells? Does he not de grade himself more by buying them than the man who docs the seUjng ? But the politicians tell us that they have-it to da in order to get elected. In this boasted age of enlightenment, when science, philosophy and art have reached their apex and civilization is being en joyed in its highest form, has the time come when we must pay the people in order to get them to entrust us with an office ? government. C. C. Thomas. Waresboro Work. A committee has been appointed at Waresboro for the purpose of collecting and forwarding subscriptions to Bruns wick from that place. The committee cansists ofthc following gentlemen: C. H. Bennett, chairman; J. II. Hillhoi^se, D. J. Miller,. J. W. Davidson and D- Morrison. A large lot of provisionn consisting of rice, meal, potatoes and beef has already been forwarded. "Later on they will send a half carload of live sheep. The secret of it is, the man is seeking the office and wants it bad. It used to be An Old Time Conductor. Capt. Joseph Dcsverges, /one of the oldest aud best conductors on the Plant System, is again running into Thomas- ville. He*runs on five and six between here and Bainbridge, the same\ run he used to have ih the long ago. Dr. Des- verges’ friends are glad to have him with them again.—Thomasville Times. BEN RUSSELL SPEAKING. MEMBER FROM THE SECOND AD DRESSES THE HOUSE. The Negro Member Has His Say. Washington, D. C., October 5 —The Senate is sitting with closed doors, con sidering the nomination of some of Mr. Hoke Smith’s Indian agents. It would take an Alex Dealer to faith- tul ly portray the scene in the House. The sable hued Congressman, George Washington Murray, is enlightening his colleagues as to t!:c effect the repeal of the election law will have on his’race. There is a solid !»'.». k frieze to the gal lery. With open m«»uths the Washington darkies listen. if the house stenograph ers are true phoiuti lists, the Record will contain a lively exposition of the dialect ot the South Carolina coast. BEN BUSSELL TO THE FLOOR. When Murray concluded, Ben Russell, with a fresh white tie and a new black prince albert, commenced to talk. The new member from the Second jumped right into the arena with a hallelujah true blue lick. He is making a constitutional aigu- ment, interspersed with cold facts drawn from the actual varieties ot the poUjcal situation. He caused much amusf^nt . by announcing that he had listened with Ibis is suggested, Messrs. Editors, J interest to the gentleman from Indiana with the hope that you and other, may | and the mcnlb(!r from SoIltb Carolina . give life to the ideas crudely given. , At 2;3 0 Mr. Russell was still speaking _ an«» receiving close attention. The .Suffering Iu Brminiriek. The Herald is in possession of Intelli gence from Brunswick to-day which wc cannot doubt, and which confirms and more than confirms, the report in regard to the suffering and desolation in that apparently fated city. The people re maining are almost entirely dependent on charity to sustain them. Contribu tions must go forward constantly and in such quantities as will prevent starvation. It would be a terrible thing after the epidemic is over to discover that the people of Brunswick had been allowed to suffer for the necessaries of life. Waycross has done considerable but she must do more. Let our charitable citi zens take hold of the matter at once. Silver dr no silver the American “center board” holds its own and America has downed England again. Subscribe for the He: Hei^W. A Big Deal. New York, Oct. 2.—The Florida and Peninsular Railroad Company has pur chased the entire stock of the South- Bound Railroad Company, amounting to $2,033,000,'* from the .Savannah and Charleston, and assumes control of the property at once. Stealing Sugar Cane. Boys from Way cress, who go ont bird hunting near Mr. J. G. Clough’s home, arc stealing his cane. They have been seen in his patch twice, and one time were followed and asked to pay half price for two stalks they were eating. Their names and parents are known and ifthcyjlo not keep ont of his cane patch the boys’ names will bq published and their parents notified. The Plant System is carrying all contributions for Brunswick free. The Plant System is always liberal. Dependent upon Charity. Wc clip the following pathetic pic ture from the columns of the Brunswick Times-Advertiser, received to-day :— “The pinched faces aud unfeigned anx iety of the great line awaiting their, turn to get into the store, make a picture that no one can doubt stands for hunger and distress. No person with a human soul could make a daily observation of this long line of sad faces, almost funeral in its gloomy silence, without being moved to a heart aching pity. God pity the man who, knowing not the intensity of distress of an environed epidemic that can criticise it. There, is an indescriba ble pathos in a condition where inhabi tants have been forced to a resignation of certain fate, and not knowing the hour or result of it. The line of color demarkation having been destroyed In our daily experience makes this the case here. If those who have given in charity to relieve the burden of hunger could feel the weight of appreciation which it be gets, it would certainly make their hearts lighter for having given it, Among the incidents of childhood that stand out in bold relief, as our memory reverts to the days when we were young, none are more prominent than severe sickness. The young mother vividly remembers that it was Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy cured her of croup, and in turn administers it to her own off spring and always with the best of re sults. For sale at the Cash Drugstore. Band Officers. The following are the officers of the Magic City Band for the ensuing year: Musical director, Prof. F. W. Gerber, president, W. B. Folks; secretary and treasnrer, E. B. Scott; finance committee, Prof. F. W. Gerber and P. S. Archibald. City Registration. Notice is hereby given that the books for the registration of the voters of the city of Waycross, Ga., will be open at the Clerk of Council’s office, in Masonic Hall on the first-day ,of November, 1893, until the first day of December 1893, Sundays excepted, from 8 a. m. to 12 m.; and from l p. ra. to 4 p. m., each day during said month of November. By order of City Council. This Sept. 30, 1893. R. P. Bird. Clerk of Council. 1 N i Passenger trains on the S. F. & W., five and six, between Thomasville and Savannah have been discontinued for the present. They will be put on again when frost comes.