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THE WAVCROSS HERALD SATURDAY, AUGUST 25. 1894.
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Laeal Maltert •/ a Readable
Shape and Nature.
Tb« thermometer ftand- very nearly at
par.
Rev. Kemp, of Homerville, was in the
city last night.
Waj cross is about the best summer re-
sort we know of.
I)r. Williams and a friend or two are off
on a hunt to-day.
Mr. C. C. Buchanan visited the .Sunday
school at Waltcrtowu. Sunday.
Mr. C. E. Murphy made a flying business
trip tp Rlackshear, this morning,
Bnul Watson's maimOrilll circulars are
cnpturinR the town lo-day.
(leorRe Turner has some of the prettiest
horses ever brought to the city.
Ben Grace was in the city yesterday. He
is making a success of life insuiancc.
■ It is rumored that a new grocery store
will open up on Plant avenue in a few days
A few of our summer tourists are return
ing home ami they seem glad to get back.
Miss Ida llolton. of<Henmope, is visiting
her sister, Mrs. J, I.. Bailey on Brunei st.
The luscious watermelon is fast geting
out ot the way for the incoming sweet
potato.
Tne business of the Waycross post ofllce
has increased largely during the past six
' months.
l.*t us find a good in everything and sing
a song of hope in the very fat e of hard
times.
Is it really the people’s party, and if so
how many does it take to constitute "the
people?” * / . v*
An interesting session of the quarterly
conference was held last night at the Meth
odist church.
Rev. M. 1’. Austin went to Bainbridgc
yesterday where he & to assist the Rev. K
J. Bureli in a meeting.
Rev. <1. M. Brett held a very impressive
service at White Hall church, near Way-
cross. Sunday.
Vegetable are getting sear** in the city,
that is wo judge so from tin* way neighbors
are sending in things.
People too easily oveilook the good
things they enjoy and think ti>o much and
too long on the bad.
The farmers on the Okefenokee swamp
state that their potato crop is injured by
the heavy rains.
Mr O. A. l>avis, of Brooks county, is in
the city to-day. Mr. Davis is returning
from a weak at St. Simons.
The Knignts of Pythias were doing some
work last night. The K. of P. are very
prosperous in Waycross.
Miss Rosa Vann, of Thomnsville, who has
liecn visiting her cousin. Miss Carrie Fai
son. returned home to day.
Capt. T. J. Fuller, of Blacksheur, passed
through the city yesterday on his way
home from a trip to Alabama.
Conductor Wheatley is running in ttcorge
<’room’s place as conductor, while Mr.
Groom is having a little recreation.
In ten years from to-day Waycross will
lie one of the manufacturing centers of the
ISonth. Cut this out and refer to it.
Miss Edna Sheldon, who has lieen visiting
the family of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. G. Carson
at Isle of Hope, has returned home.
Judge Sweat went down to Brunswick
yesterday, and is holding an - appearance
session of the superior court for Glynn
i-ounty.
Notwithstanding the tremenduous rain
fall, ourstreets are rapidly drained and are
passable in .a very short time after a heavy
shower. 1
Mr.’D. B. Paxton will go into the turpen
tine business in Volusia connty, Fla., in the
near fhture. We wish him success wherever
he may be.
After leaving Waycross the Tliomasville
base ball team got beat at Valdosta. Thom
nsville seems to have had bad luck on that
trip.
Mrs. N. M. Duncan, accompanied by her
sister. Miss Mabel Bolton, left this morning
for a visit of some weeks to friends an® rel
atives in Screven county.
' Eighty thousand is the majority set for the
democratic party to reach in Georgia tills
year, and Ware county will hold np her
end of the hand spike.
Mr. Ira Champion, of the Troy, Ala,
Messenger, is in the city to day. Mr. Cham
pion has been spending a week at St.
Simons.
Will Walker, of Quitman, paid Nhe
Herald office a pleasant visit this morning.
We are always glad to see the lioys from
God’s country.
A Plant avenue grocery merchant adver
tises thusly: “Buy your eggs from me
and get your chikens free.” What do you
supposehe means?
,, The turtles and the alligators in the foun
tain at the S. F. A. W. R. JI depot are the
only citixens of the Magic City who seem to
enjoy the recent heavy rains.
Mr. F. C. Owens left yesterday morning
for Ashville, X. C.. where he will meet his
wife. From thence they will go to White
Sulphur Springs for a stay of some weeks.
The third quarterly conference of the
Waycross Methodist church will he. held in
■ the pastors study to-night at 8 o’clock.
Full attendanc&of the official membership
_ * is earnestly desired.'
Mr. A. J. Milter, councifinan - from the
First Ward, returned home last night. He
has been spending two or. three weeks
Indian Spring. We are glad to state that
Mr. Miller is mnch improved.
The Aurora Berialis.
Parties who were up at about one
o’clock last night report that the north
ern heavens were illuminated with a red
light which extended apparently from
high up in the northern skies to the
earth. It was undoubtedly an exposi
tion of the A urora Borialis, of which we
have heard so much. Parties who saw
it describe the scene as wonderfully
beautiful. These northern lights are
said trf be caused by a reflection of the
suns rays upon the frozen regions of the
extreme north and are seldom visable in
this part of the moral vineyard.
Matrimonial.
Cards are out for the marriage a on
Wednesday morning Sept. 5th at 10c’JO
o’clock of Mr. Clarence H» Blackshear,
of this city, to Mrs. Susie Rivers, of Ca
milla. The marriage to take place at the
Hotel Georgia.
The Herald tenders congratulations
in advance.
The Orange Blossoms
r. Abe Golabach, of Thomasville,
was married to Miss Kate Chastain, of
this city, at the Southern Hotel, this
morning at 0:80 o’clock, Rev. W. H.
Scruggs officiating.
The happy couple left at 10:80 for
Thomasville, where they will make their
future home. Miss Gussie Chastain ac-
co 111 pained the bridal party to Thomas
ville.
The Herald tenders congratulations,
cake or%no cake.
Mr. E. A. Aldrige Badly Hurt by a
Limb.
Mr. E. A. Aldrige, a farmer living
about nine miles from Waycross, in
Pierce county, on the Satilla river, was
badly injured yesterday by a falling
limb. Mr. Aldrige was cutting down a
tree when a limb broke ott - and falling,
struck him on the forehead. The wound
is an ugly one and may prove very se
rious. Dr. Smith dressed the wound
this morning.
More Base Ball.
The first base ball club of Brunswick
will play the first nine of Waycross three
games next week.
It lus not been decided what days
they will play, but they will probably
be here Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day. These games will, without doubt,
be the most interesting that has been
pilayed here this season.
There will be a great iniprovement in
the management of the grounds, and la
dies need not in the least be afraid to
come.
We publish the above at the request
of the Waycross nine. There is plenty
of room for improvement in the manage
ment of base ball in Waycross, aud we
are glad it is to be inugurated.
Change of Business, .
Mr. H. M. Elder has sold out his in
terest in the Elder Grocery Co. to Mr.
J. S. Sharp, as will be seen by reference
to dissolution notice in another column.
Mr. Sharp will carry on the businss at
the old stand, and solicits a continuance
ot the public patronage.
"You may talk of phamphlet and almanac;
1)1 bills stuck high on the lofty wall;
Of the "sandwich man,” with his lettered
back—
But the "ad” in the newspaper beats them
all.
The floods continue from day to day.
Mrs. John Hogan is rapidly improving.
Mrs. Darr was no better yesterday after-
The singing at the Methodist church yes
terday was excellent.
The recent heavy nuns have badly wash
ed some of our streets.'
Capt. C. O. Grace and Mr. Wooten will
leave for New York in a few days.
Mr, Branch preached a very fine sermon
t the Methodist church yesterday.
You may lie hot this morning but the
ain will cool you off this afternoon.
Eggs are very scarce in the market, and
hose on hand are said to be over ripe.
We are glad to learn that the health of
Mrs. Dell Saulsberty is somewhat improved.
Waycn>ss must have ii00 new citizens dur
ing the next year. She needs tliem in her
business.
The colored voters of Ware oonnty are
taking no great amount of stockJn the third
party maneuvering.
The summer will soon be over and then
we will find something else besides the hot
weather to grumble about.
. We are glad to note the fact that Brother
Young is cutting down the weeds on the
right-of-way in old Waycross.
Mr. J. K. Nelson and family left Way- ■
cross yesterday for Savannah where they
will nake their future home. The many
friends of Misses Clmssie and Gertrude will
greatly miss them and their departure is
much deplored.
Some much needed improvements will be
made on the liaseball grounds before there
is another game. A scorer's box will be put
back farther from the diamond, and no’
outsider will be allowed within the ropes at
any time daring a game. We are reqnsted
by the base ball clnb to[ make this state
ment.
A FORGER IS WATCB0SS.
He Escapes Arrest.
A stranger went into the store of The
C. C. Grace Co. on Saturday afternoon
last and presented a check which por-
ported to be drawn by F. C. Owens, in
favor of himself, on the Bank of Way-
cross, for $27.00. The young man pre
tended that he wanted to buy some
goods.
Mr. Pittman, the book keeper, and
Capt. Grace at onece discovered that the
signature wab & forgery and while Mr.
Pittmaii took the check lo show Mr.
Owens, Capt Grace undertook to enter
tain the party by showing him some
clothing. Before Mr. Pittman returned
however, the forger had slipped away.
The man is not known here, but is
described as a young man twenty-two or
three yeare old, with thin face and
about 5 feet 8 inches high. The check
was written on a Bank of Waycross
blank, but the signature does not resem
ble that of F. C. Owens. Mr. Owens, of
course pronounced it a forgery.
The officers are on the lookout and it
is hoped that he may be captured. It
was a j>oor attempt at forgery.
A Cutting Scrape.
A negro named Neal Howard was badly
cut Saturday night in Reedsville by
another negro whose name is unknown,
but who is|now locked up in Ware county
jail. The negio who did the cutting
went to a house where he had been vis
iting and having a key to the door went
It seems that the woman he went
to see had moved out and other parties
had moved in. Not understanding the
situation he went to work on the sup
posed intruder with his knife. The ne
gro Neal Howard is badly cut, and the
other fellow is in jail. The morals of a
p ortion of our colored population need
im prove* ng.
The Southern Hotel to Change Hands.
Mr. C. H. Remington will take charge
of the Southern Hotel on or about the
1st of September. Mr. Remington is an
old hotel man and is well known in Way-
cross. Wc wish him success.
Jim Jams.
A well dressed stranger came to town
last flight from down the S., F. & W. R.
R., with a very bad case of “jim jams.”
He was around the Southern Hotel for a
while and afterwards was seen wander
ing about the streets. He was begging
for whiskey, and seemed to be in a piti
able plight. He was again on the streets
this morning, and looked as though he
had slept in the jam of the fence. Such
characters should be looked after by. the
officials. •
Accidently Shot.
While fooling with a gun yesterday, a
negro boy named John Dixon, aged
about 12 years, accidently shot his sister
aged eighteen, in the thigh. The w ound
very serious, bat is not necessarily
fatal. Dr. Washington attended the pa
tient. The accident occurred in the
suburbs of the city.
Incendiary Fire.
Glenmore, Ga., Aug. 20.—The Sam.
depot at this plaoe was destroyed by fire
sesterday. It is thought to be an incen
diary’s deed, and the second of the kind
here this summer.
A Rally iu Clinch County.
Homerville, Ga., Aug. 20.—Arrange
ments have been made for a big Demo
cratic rally in Homerville on September
8th. Hon. W. Y. Atkinson and Hon.
H. G. Turner will be among the speak
ers.
. The occasion will be first in the histo
ry of Clinch county that a candidate for
governor has spoken within its borders.
Clinch was one of the first counties to
select Atkinson delegates.
The citizens in Homerville and sur
rounding country will give a big barbe
cue on the day ot the speaking.
Thp third party is on its last legs in
this county.
Manor Gleanings.
Sheriff S. F. Miller was in Manor
Tuesday.
Mr. L W. Hubbard, proprietor of th'e
Weekly News, of Waycross, spent Sat
urday with friends in Manor.
Mr. W. S. Booth has in contempla
tion the erection of a large and commo
dious store building.
J. E. Byrd & Co. will continue to cut
and slash high prices and defy competi
tion.
Ruby, the little dautghter of Mr. and
Mrs. T. M. McConnell, is very sick with
fever.
Mrs. B. Crews, of Stockton, is visiting
her sister, Mrs. M. L. Miller,
Mr. R. A. Lee, who has been danger
ously sick with typhoid fever, is improv
ing and will be up again in a few days.
Mr. S. R. Baxley spent Thursday and
Friday in Brunswick.
Messrs Booth & White have commenced
work on their new ginhouse building.
M. N. Baxley & Co. will move in their
new store this week.
Call on J. E. Byrd & Co. and get
prices before you buy, they lead, others
follow. - B.
Dots and Dashes.
It was so hot yesterday that even the
ice man didn’t have the courage to show
U P-
*
And still it rains, but poet Stanton
says: “If it rains or if it snows, keep
a-goin’!” We think if it keeps on rain
ing in Waycross, we’ll have to have a
boat to move round much.
It is said that the finest corn crop
made in ten years, will be gathered in
1894. But the cotton crop will be cut
short by the excessive rains.
Will tin* tariff help us out?
We shall see!
Will it give us hope for doubt 1
We shall see!
Will the cackling pullets lay
Any more tine eggs a day V
Will we have less bills to pay ?
We shall see!
*
There are five candidates tor tax col
lector of Ware county. Some one will
have to get left. Cy Clone.
Supreme Court Decisions.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 20.—The supreme
court to-day affirmed the decision of the
lower court in the case of Rahn vs. Hull,
from Savannah.
The following cases from the Bruns
wick circuit were also disposed of:
Kreitzter vs. Crovatt el ah, from Bruns
wick, reversed.
Reynolds vs. Padgett, from Appling,
affirmed.
Wade vs. Johnson, from Pierce, re-
ersed.
FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE.
virtue of
Association, of New Orleans, La . on the
30th day of December, 1892, recorded in book
of deeds "J,” pages 142 to 147, December
31st 1892, of Clerk’s office, Ware Superior
Court which authorizes and empowers the
said New South Building and Loan Associ
ation to sell the property herein after des
cribed. upon the i&kire qf the said Mrs.
Mary E. Jenkins to pay jfor two successive
months the installment|SnteicAs and prem
iums, as set forth in said mortgage to said
New South Bu’ldingand loan Association,
and secured by said mortgage and the said
Mrs, Mary E. Jenkins haring made default
in the payment of installments, interests,
premiums, etc., for more than two succes
sive months, to the extent of twelve hun
dred and one dollars and forty cents
($13)1.40), which includes the advance of
one thousand Jolla* ($<HK>.00), original
loan to said Mrs. Mary E.' Jenkins, and such
default still exists.
The New South Building and Loan Asso
ciation will sell at public outcry at the Court
House door in said county, on the first
Tuesday in September, 1894, within the legal
hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash,
all that tract of parcel of land, described as
follows: Two certain town lots of land,
situate, lying and being in the city of Way-
cross, Ware Connty Georgia, and designated
and more particularly known as lots num
bers four (4) and five (5), on the South side
of Williams street, fronting North on said
Williams street sixty feet each, and running
back nearly South one hundred feet each,
containing one fourth acre, more or less, to
gether with all and singular, the rights,
members and appurtenances thereunto be
longing or in any wise appertaining.
Will be sold for the purpose of paying the
debt due to said New South Building and
Loan Association, including interests and
premiums np to the day of sale, together
with all expenses of making said sale.
New South Building and Loan Associa
tion, By their Attorney.
J. L. Crawley.
July 27th 1894.
Administrators Sale.
GEORG! A—Charlton County :—To all
whom it may concern : Simon P. Howard,
administrator of Redick Wanright, deceas
ed, has in due form applied to the under
signed for leave to sell the lands belonging
to the estate of said deceased. And said
application will be heard on the first Mon
day in September next.
This 27th day of July 1894. '
Aaron Dowmnu.
Ordinary.
Let Miss Lindy Pass.
Lizard on de fence rail.
Black snake in de grass.
Rabbit in de brier patch—
Oh, let Miss Lindy pass!
Let Miss Lindy pass—
Her foot won’t bend de grass.
Rabbit, lizard, black snake.
Oh, let Miss Lindy pass!
Squirrel in de co'nfiel’.
Eat yo’ breakfas' fas'.
Set op straight an’ watch de gate v
An’ let Miss Lind pass!
Let Miss Lindy pas*
Lik’ de sunshine on de grass C
v Set up straight an’ watch de gate .
..And let Miss Lindy pass!
White rose in de gyarden walk,
Wid a dewdrap lookin’ glass.
Bresh dat dew f uin off en yo’
An’ let Miss Lindy pass.
Foreclosure of Mortgage.
Will be sold before the court house door
n the City of Waycross, Ware County Geor-
1 the first Tuesday in September next,
corner of MacDonald street and running
east that f*»r on the said Elizabeth street,
thence sonth one hundred feet to the land
of J. Cronin, thence west seventy-five feet to
McDonald street, thence north one hundred
feet to place or point of beginning. The
above disoribed land being one half of lot
No. two, in block eighty-eight, in the City
of Waycross. and County of Ware, said land
with all and singular improvements thereon
to be sold as the property of Mrs. Eva Kate
McIntosh and Mrs. Meta A. Groff, as their
interests may appear, to the highest bidder,
for cash, under and by virtue of a mortgage
given thereon, by the said Mrs. Eva Kate
McIntosh to Mrs. Emily I. Daniel, dated
Jure 6th 1891, to secure payment of a cer
tain prom isory note, dated June 6th 1891,
payable to-wit: twelve months after date
due June 6th 1892, on which there is now-
past due the sum of one thousand dollnre,
principal, and twenty-five dollars interest.
Said mortgage recoided in book "A” of
mortgages, page 91. June 8tli 1891.
Mrs. Emily I Daniel,
Aug 1st ’94, 4-w, Mortgagee,
Strayed or Stolen
From my residence a black setter pup.
age four months. Answers to name of
Syd. Suitable reward will be paid for
return. A. M. Knight.
2td-ltw.
Thomasville’s Artesian Well.
Thomasville’s artesian well has been
a source of trouble as well as anxiety for
the past few months. When the
tract was let to the Polile Air Lift Go.
to put in one of their improved pumps
it became necessary to move a plug
which had been placed in the well sev
eral hundred feet below the surface. In
the work of removeing . this some of the
tools were broken .off in the well. Af
ter weeks of hard work this difficulty
was overcome, but- no sooner had Mr.
Thompson began to drive the plug again
than more tools were lost than ever since
then he has been fishing for them.- The
end is apparently no nearer than when
the work first commenced.—Times.
Sheriff Sale.
GEORGI A—Ware County : Will be so
on the first Tuesday in September next,
the court house door in Ware County Geor
gia. within the legal hours of sale to tin
highest bidder for cash, the following pro
Savannah Florida and Western Ran j perty, to-wit: Two hundred acres of lot of
land number three hundred (363) and three
in the nth district of Ware connty, together
with all improvements thereon. Levied on
under and by an execution issued from the
county court, of said county, in favor of II
F. Butler, against Ann K. Bagley. leved
way Company vs. Brooks, from Charlton,
affirmed.
Savannah, Florida and Western Rail
way Company vs. McConnell, Irom Ware,
reversed.
The Atmosphere Fall of Elect) iclty.
The atmosphere wes filled with elec
tricity during the storm on Saturday af
ternoon. The electric wires were st; uck
in several places and considerable dam
age was done to the machinery belong
ing to the plant.
The frequency of lightning strokes in
and around Waycross during the past
few months is exciting much comment.
CoL Bill CliftM for Secretary of the
Senate.
Col. Bill Clifton is announced as a
candidate for Secretary of the Georgia
Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Col. Wm. Harris. Col. Clifton’s
friends should go to work ' at once to se
cure his election. The Herald is for
Clifton teeth and toe-nail.
Let Miss Lindy pass
An’ she'll pin yon 01
De goodness knows
t las':
So let Miss Lindy pass!
Frank L. Stanton.
1 Judgt •-
A Knotty Question.
Atlanta, Ga. t Aug. 19.—The decrease
of taxable values this year will force
Comptroller General Wright to ask the
legal opinion of the attorney general on
a very 1 knotty question. The shrinkage
will create a shortage of $115,000 and
the tax rate cannot be increased to
make up the shortage. The last legisla
ture, for some unaccountable reason,
failed to levy a tax rate for the $100,000
sinking fond required by law, and the
tax receipts will not be sufficient to pay
the necessary expenses of government
and replace the sinking fund. TI16 at
torney general will be asked if a levy
shall be made for the sinking fund. If
the tax receipts go to the sinking fond
the governor will no doubt be authorized
to borrow enough money to make up the
deficit for govemmebt expenses. This
is a new situation and it -worries Comp
troller General Wright.
Mrs. Hetty Green will contribute
$40,000 to the support of government
as her share of the income tax, pro
vided she can not find some way to
get out of paying it.
.... the property of Ann E. Bagiev. The
above discribea (200) acres of land being
where the defendant, Ann E. Bagley now
resides.
This August 1st 1894.
S. F. Miller,
Sheriff W. C.
Guardian's Sale.
GEORGI A—Ware County :—13 nder and
by an order from the Ordinary’s office of
Ware county will be sold on the first Tues
day in September next, before I he court
house door, between the legal hours of sale
the following described property to-wit:
Four lots in the City of Waycross, Nos-11,
12,13 and 14, in Block No. 2, fronting on
Sweat street, three hundred feet, running
back one hundred and ten feet. Sold as the
property of Willie, Robie O. and Lee Sir-
mans. minors of Addie A. Simians deceased.
Ben Sirmans.
Aug-6-l-m. Guardian.
GEORGIA—WareCounty:—Toall whom
it may concern : D. A. Jordan, having ap
plied for guardianship of the person and
property of James, Randol, David, Walter.
Agnes, Minnie, Archie, Andrew and Seward
Taylor, minor children of John M. and
Julia A. Taylor, deceased, and said applica
tion will be heard at my office at 10 oclock
a. m., on the first Monday in September
next. This Aug. 6tli, 1894.
Warren Lorr,
Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Ware County:—Whereas, H.
F. Jeffords, administrator of D. J. Jeffords,
represents to the court in his petition duly
filed that he lias fully administered deceas
ed’s estate, this is, therefore, to cite all
persons concerned, to show cause, if any
they can, why said administrator should
not be discharged from his administration,
and receive letters of admission on the first
Monday in November, 1894.
Warren Ixmv
Aug-6-3m Ordinary.
The Queen of Italy smokes, so
does the Queen Regent cf Spain, so
does the Queen of Portagal—follow
ing the example of her mother, the
Conntess de Paris, who smoked long
before the fashion set in—so does
the Empress of Anstria; so does the
ex-Queen of Naples, her sister; so
does the Czarina.—Ex. Be this as
it may, Southern ladies do not smoke.
The belief is growing that the in
come tax, while it will be unpopular
in a few of $he states where wealth is
congested, will be very popular in
many of the states, and will in. the
end be adopted as a permanent part
of onr system of taxation.
Melons Afoat.
r loads of Georgia watermelons
consigned to the Jacksonville market,,
arrived at their destination last week, sv
day or two after the time allowed by the
state board of health in which to sell
melons. They were ruled out, and tak
en by the S., F. & W. railroad to the
St. Mary’s river bridge and dumped in
to the water. TfcThe river was lined for
miles with floating melons on their voy
age seaward.—Southeast Georgian-
Bright and Happy Thought*.
Truly great leaders walk alone. It is
hard work to let an empty head. The
slouch never leads the procession. Chron
ic excuses are rotten crutches. New ac
quaintances are the fool’s friends. Bru
tality is shod at the blacksmith’s shop.
The best clothed often most fear expos
ure. The richest cheese breeds the most
skippers. Don’t try to cram a whole li
brary into one skull. A wiFs good opin-
a gilt edged endorsement. If you-
would be truly happy make others smile.:.
Gold soup is a heap better than a ban
quet of words. A party name may only
be an alias for a bad principal. Some
married folks only get acquainted in a’
divorce court. The marriage ceremony-
should not preced that of introduction-
Bob Ingersoll will find several of his- owm
mistakes casually mentioned in the BHJlo-
Because a man subscribes for a reKgkra**
paper it does not follow that he pays-fb*
it—Exchange.
The Senate Tariff HilL
The tariff on woolens is reduced adorn
one-half, wool itself is made tnee;.io+i**
also lumher and salt; the eoeton> and!
metal schedules are greatly redneed', and!
the the duties on coal and iron are vir
tual 1 cut in two. .Furthermore, the inc-
come feature of the bill takes several
million dollars from the tax on articles
consumed by the masses and places it on*
the incomes of the rich. These features-
of the bill all contain important benfits -
for the people who pay the taxes-,. anti>
they should not be depreciated 09 belit
tled in any way.
The democratic party is carrying out
its pledges to the people ami fighting for
the principles incorporated in it plat
form.
THAT BARBECUE IN COFFEE—
Wilson and Brantley Speak to a Thou
sand People.
Douglas, Ga., Aug. 19.—There were
over a thousand people present here
yesterday at the big democratic barbe
cue. Hon. W. G. Brantley was intro
duced by Col. J. M. Denton. Mr. Brant
ley spoke for an hour, delivering a very
fine speech. He expressed the hope
that those ( who had become populist*
friends would return to the Democratic
fold, as some few have recently done. -
Col. Denton then introduced-Col. Leon''
A. Wilson as the next Senator from* the
Fifth district Col. Wilson made one of
his characteristic speeches in behalf of
pure and undefiled Democracy.
The best of order prevailed through
out the exercises of the day. After CsL
Wilson’s address all repaired to iEe-ta-—
ble, so bountifully spread with choicest
barbecued meats and delicacies, for
which Coftee county is proverbial.
Coffee county will outdo her former
record for pure Democracy in October-
There is a great deal of hard com
mon sense in the following paragraph
from the Blakely Observer :■ ‘•‘A
woman will face a frowning world-
and cling to the man she loves
through the most bitter adversity, but
she would not wear a hat three
months behind the fashion to 9ave-
the republic itself. She just ain’t
constructed according to those plan&
and specifications.’*
Capt. Chas. P. Hansell, of Tbom*—
asvifle, is in the race for the secre
taryship of the Senate. Charley has *
had long experience as rssistant*-
clerk of the House of Representa
tives. -