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THE WAYCROSS HERALD. SATURDAY, JULY i.y. 1S05,
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SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1893
SHORT EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS
The Georgia editors are having a
great time on their Canadian trip.
Iirad9treet reports brighter time*
in the near future for the entire coun
try-
Michigan has a town without a law
yer. That must be a mighty lone
some town.
Macon's peach carnival is a big
success and will doubtles prove
benifit to middle Georgia.
At a meeting of laboring men in
Atlanta last Saturday free silver was
condemned as a fallacy.
Call for a free silver convention at
Albany was issued for this afternoon,
by the Herald, last Sunday.
It is believed that a new trial will
not be granted Will Myres the Atlanta
murderer, and that he will be hung
Ang 2nd. ,
Fitzsimmons, the pugilist, who
punched the life out of Riordain, has
been acquitted of the charge of mao.
slaughter*
The Cuban insurgents seem to be
holding their own. We sincerely
hope they may succeed in throwing
off their Spanish yoke.
The barber shops of Chicago were
closed last Sunday for tbe first time
in the history of that citv. And the
moral wave goes sweeping on.
And now tbe news reaches us that
Queen Lil, of the Hawaii island, is
willing and anxions to marry a Jap
in order to win that country’s aid.
Gov. Richards, of Wyoming, has a
daughter. II* years of age who is his
private secretary, and when he is
away from home the daughter acts
US governor.
Hoop skirts have made their ap
pearance on the streets of New York,
and it is thought ladies will have them
all over the country by next season.
The Hungarian of three centuries
njjp was entitled to wear one feather
in his cap for every Turk lie killed,
hence the phrase is common among
white horse will follow.
Albany Herald: The lruits of Macon's
carnival will be lasting to the South.
It is a great show, and is sure to do good.
Valdosta Times: From the present
outlook it is probable that before another
year rolls around the little island of
Cuba will have a “glorious Fourth” of
her own to celebrate.
Tom Watson grows humorous some
times, and one of those times was last
week, when, in his paper, be alluded to
Judge Hines as “the man we elected
governor last year.”
Alpharetta Free Press: The best
times this country has ever seen are at
hand. Cotton will be worth a good
p.-ice this fall and our planters will be in
good circumstances next year.
W. F. Lawrence, a young 17-year
old boy, who worked with his father
on a farm near Atlanta, attempted
to kill his father last week because
the old man gave him a flogging.
The gun wouldn’t fire, however,
Two negro boys in Atlanta bad a
fight and used knives on each other
last Saturday. The hospital physi
cian says one of them will die.
The State Agricultural Society will
hold its next session at Cumberland
Island on August 13lb, 11th and
15tb. •
Tbe peach carnival at Macon has
closed its Ilr9t week, and has been a
great success.
Mad dogs are cansing trouble in
Augusta.
One thousand men have recently
moved to Fort Valley to engage in
the fruit industry.
The election which was held in
Chatham county Wednesday on tbe
fence question resulted in a victory
for the ‘no fence” men.
Numbers of counties in Georgia
have already selected delegates to
tbe silver convention at Griffin on the
18th. It will be a large and repre
sentative gathering.
Aa Fickle as the Wind.
A London paper tells a story to .illus
trate wonyras tendency to change her
mind.. A young and well-dressed woman
entered Charing Cross Telegraph offiice
the other day and wrote out a dispatch
to be sent to Manchester. She read it
over, reflected for a moment, and then
dropped it on the floor and wrote a
second. This she also threw away, but
was satisfied with the third, and sent it
off. The three telegrams read: First—
“Never let me hear from you again 1”
Second—“Noone expects you to return !’’
Third—“Come home, jdedrest all, is for
given.”
Interesting Facts About Snow.
A foot of newly fallen snow makes
but one inch of Water when melted.
Snow seldom falls as far south as
Pensacola, Fla., but has been known to
border the Gulf from that point to
Brownsville, Texas.
One hundred miles north of Key
West is the farthest point south in Flor
ida that it has ever been known to
fall, at Punta Rosa, on December I,
18*6.
The only time snow was ever known
to fall at San Diego, Cal., was during
the great storm period of January 15th
1862.
The average annual fall in Maine is
seven feet, New York four feet, and
Iowa 2J feet.
Tatnall Journal: The Trade*
Day edition of the Wuycross Herald
was a most creditable one in every
respect and in keeping with the spirit
and enterprise of the “magic city.”
Monroe, Ga., has raised 875.000
for tbe erection of a cotton factory.
The exposition managers at Atlan
ta are discussing the bull-fight sub
ject.
A motion is on foot in Valdosta to
have mail boxes placed at the hotels,
where letters may be deposited and
then be taken to the {lost office.
Quite a convenience.
A Spanish steamship loaded with
At Little Rock, Ark., last Sunday,
Sallie Harkins, a young white woman
living near that place shot and killed
John Burges, a negro, who cursed her
because she charged him with burning
her fathers house. The negro admmtted
tbe crime and said he was sorry she was
not in the house when it burned. Miss
Harpin9 replied by putting two bullets
into tbe negro's bead.
It appears that Brunswick wants
to clean up and be something after
all. She has a shoe factory, and now
will soon have a broom and brush
factory.
A wedding in Albany, Ga., was
postponed recently because one of the
bride’s maids failed to get her dress
home in time. The couple who were
to marry most possess a fine stock
of patience.
M. IV. Baldwin, who killed
Andrew Yeoman, a few weeks ago in
Jacksonville, is suing kis wife for
divorce. He alledges adultery, she
files a cross-bill charging cruelty.
Mrs. Janie Metcalf, only fifteen
years old, has been arrested 1 oat west
for furnishing Indians with whiskey.
She was with a band of bandits when
arrested and is said to be the leader.
Mortgage Sale.
GEORGIA—Ware County.
Whereas, Ou the twenty-si* (26th) day
of September, 1893, in the city of Columbus
and State of Ohio, J. D Groff, did execute
payable to the order of Edgar F. Hoyt
his certain promissory note for the sum of
two thousand ($2,000.90) dollars, due twelve
(12) months after date.
And Whereas. In order to secure the
payment of said described promissory note,
tne said J. D. Gruff did, on the twenty-sev
enth (27th) day of September. 1893, make
and execute unto the said Edgar F. Hwy t
his indenture of mortgage, said mortgage
vesting the said mortgagee. Edgar F. Hoyt,
with power and authority, upon default
made by the said J. D. Groff, to promptly
pay said promissory note at maturity, to
sell at public outcry, to the highest, bidder
for cash, at the time, place and in the i
ner in said mortgage defined; the property
hereafter described and the said
J. D. Groff having failed to pay said prom
issory note at its maturity.
Now, Therefore,^ Under and by virtue of
the power of sale, in said mortgage contain
ed, a record of which mortgage is to l>e
found in the office oj the Clerk of Ware Su
perior Court, in Book of Deeds “J.” folios
774, 755, 776 777, there will be sold at public
outcry, to the highest bidder for cash, at the
Court House in Way cross. Ware county
Ga. on the first Tuesday in June 1895
between the legal hours of sale
the following real property in said
mortgage descrilied. together with all im
provements thereon and the rights and ap
purtenances thereunto appertaining:
of lot of land Number Two Hundred and
Forty Six (246) in the 8tli district of Wars
county, Georgia, lying on the North side of
the Savannah, Florida & Western Railroad,
except twenty (20) acres, owned by Ezekiel
Dunmore, being in amount One Hundred
(100) acres, more or less, as well as that por
tion of lot of land No Two Hundred and
Forty 8ix (246), in the eighth district, Ware
county, Ga., lying and being on Jthe South
side of the Savannah, Florida & Western
Railroad, except^Twenty Five [25]
owned by Benjamin Collins, and adjacent to
the original lot land line, between lots Nos
Two Forty Six [246] and Two Forty Seven.
[247] in the eighth district of said county
of Wire; and as well all that tract, piece or
parcel oflai d, lying and being in the eighth
district of said county of Ware’ and State
aforesaid, known and distinguished by the
numberTwo Hundred and Forty Seven [2*7]
containing Four Hundred and Ninety
[490] acres, more or less.
Under the further authority contained in
said murtgage, conveyances in Fee Simple
will be then and there executed to the pur
chaser of the property herein-before des
cribed, upoh compliance withjthe terms of
said sale and purchase.
F.DGAR F. HOYT, W. M. TOOMER. "
Mortgagee. Mortgagee's Att’y.
WATT-HARLEY
SHEPPARD’S
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MADE FROM PURE PIG IRON.
DURABLE, CONVENIENT u* ECONOMICAL
All Modem Improvements to Lighten
Housekeeping Cores.
Twenty different sixes and kinds.
Every Stove Wimated Against Defects.
Prices not much higher at this time
than on commoner kinds of Stoves.
Callonoraddrtu
RE CO., WAYCROSS, GA
Do You Need Machinery ?
Get our pri
ces on complete
Ginning outfits,
engines, boilers,
cotton gins and
presses, pulleys,
shafting, etc.
Special Agents For Thomas Stem Press and Cotton Elwatoi.
MALLARY BROS. & CO.
Macon - - Georgia.
Parker Co. [
It has taken China a long time to
borrow a little money. When a fel-
bw is down on Ins luck it takes lots
of persuasion to get his professed
friends to go down in their pockets
for Di.ml»ln.
G-SlOUi :l A. tV..re County:
Whereas- 3fr*. A. C. A. Qudnn, adminis
tratrix of Terry K. Quinn represents to the
court in her petition, duly tiled and entered
record, th*t he has fully administered
Teny K. Quins's estate. This- a» therefore
to cite all persons concerned, kindred and
creditors, to show cause, if any Sin- can. why
said administratrix should not be discharg
ed fsora her administration, and receive
lettei»of dismission on the first: Monday in
September 1895*. Given under my hand and
official signatu-v tbis 3d day of June 1895.
Warrw Lott;
» w- (far inacy.
SHERIFF SALE
GEORGIA—Ware County :
Will be sold oil the First Tuesday in. Au-
ist next,.at the court house in.said county,
within the legal hours of sale to the- highest
bidder for cash, the following property to-
SBXili L
Gilt Edge Bleaching, 1 yd. wide, 5c. f-
Cabot Cotton 44 ** “ 6c.
Lonsdale “ “ “ 7c.
H H H Seaisland “ “ ^
Lawn Sjcup.
Nainsook 4Jc up.
Counterpanes woith $1.50 go for $1.15.
Ladies Slippers and Oxfords, black and
tan, 50 cents.
Ladies Slippers and Oxfords for 75c, and
a new pair if they rip.
A big cut in the price of Men’s fine
Shoes.
We are overstocked and they must go.
I See us before you buy.
jU
Company.!
WARREN LOTT,
C. E. MURPHY
us.
Alliens is to have a stocking fac -
tory in full opeartion in a few days.
The Atlanta Journal says it i9 under
stood that the first pair made will be
sent to Sockless Jerry Simpson.
Mrs Minnie Williams, of Tampa,
F'la., has been divorded from her
husband, because a9 she asserts, he
represented himself as being rich,
when she lirs had to pay all the bills.
Mrs Robeit Cone, of Alley a small
town near Atlanta, killed herself yes
terday with a gun, pulling tbe trig
gers with her toes. Before she was
married she had been shot in the
breast by a discarded lover.
Misses Nila Oliveros and Florence
Andrea ought a 6-foot 6-inch shark
off the Anastasia Island (Fla,) jetty
yesterday afternoon. They didn’t
have very hard pulling for when the
monster behedld such pretty creatures
he was willing to die at their feet—
and did.
Dog farming is carried on exten
sively in Chiba. There are thousands
of large breeding establishments
scattered over the northern districts
of Manchuria and Mongolia, and no
dog skint in the world can compare
with those that come from these
parts as regards either size, quality
or length of hair.
Strange things tre surely bappen-
m Pennsylvania. It wss only the
other dsv that a fanner in digging a
ditch found a well from which gur
gled pure whiskey, and now comes
the story that cot only did it rain fish
in McKean county, bnt tbe fish were
fried by the forest fires just after fall
ing. The Washington News thinks
the Pennsylvania liar is entitled to
tbe bead of the class.
cotton, bound from Galveston to
Liverpool, put in at Savannah last
Sunday and after discharging one
hundred and sixteen bales of burnt
eotten proceeded on her way.
Savannah was struck by a cyclone
last Sunday afternoon, and much
damage was done property and ves
sels.
Tifton’s [fair will he in fall bloom
to-morrow.
Two negroes had a duel in the
streets of Adel last Saturday with
pistols. The funeral ol one of them
was well attended.
Tifton and Macon, the former with
a mid-summer fair and the latter
with the first pesch carnival ever bell
in tbe South, sets Waycros? an ex
ample that should be followed in the
nesr future.
The Chamber of Commerce of Val
dosta will invite Hoke Smith to speak
in that city on the financial issues of
the day.
Valdosta’s telephone line has been
completed, and subscribers will soon
be yelling hello 1 at each other.
Htil stones fell to a depth of ten
inches in Carroll county one day last
week. In that section crops were
completely destroyed ' and tenants
left destitute.
Blind tigers are numerous at St.-
Simon’s Island, and theliqnor dealers
of Brunswick are making a row be
cause much of their custom is taken
away by them-
Georgia has sixteen afternoon papers
—mure than any other Southern state.
Of this number Atlanta has two, Macon
two. Savannah three and Augusta three,
A'abama has eight aftern'on papers and
Florida five.
for him.
Dissident Cleveland is beginning
to be a man of a family be has three
little girls at his hoase.
Some of tbe Georgia editors claim
to haTe eaten corn bread on the 4th
of July made from, corn grown in
1895.
Houston (Tex) Post: A modern
Nebuchadnezzar was caught in tbe
police net today. When frond be
was on his hands and knees in a
green vacancy eai'rng grass with tbe
aridity of a hungry cow. He claims
that if it was good for dogs and cats
it mnst be good for msn. This species
of instanty is new here. It’s belter
than the type of brain troable which
drives a man to drink, at that.
Atlanta always wants a sensation
and will have one at any cost. Last
week a young lady went away from
home to spend the night with a friend,
and the next day headlines, “A
young lad; mysteriously disappears
from home,” was in tbe city and
State papers. Tbe yonng lady and
father are angry and they have a
right to he, and some mashed noses
and. a few thousand dollars damage
ought to pay for the slanderous aen-
satio^
Petition for Removal oTDUabLillies.
Georgia, Ware County:
Notice is hereby given to all concerned
that 1 have filed with the clerk of the Su
perior court of said county, my petition ad
dressed to said court returnable to the next
term thereof, to be held on the first Monday
In November next, for the removal of the
disabilities imposed upon me by marriage
with Malinda Surrency, which application
will be heard at tde court house in said
county at said term! This June 25th, 1895.
Abrix SuBBEXCY, # Petitioner.
6-2c-2mos.
Lot ofland>3&h. 440 acres of lot 363,. being
all of the said lotexcepfSOacres-in the north
west comer of some. Also, 25 acres oflots
of land 398 ami 399 described, as follows:
Commencing in Young’s branch.at the-point
where- branch touches the land line between
lots efland nutnliers 361 and 399« thence sun
ning southeast along said branch.to King’s
branch,, thence northeasterly along suit 1
branch.tooriginal land line on nortl^side of
lot of land number 398, thense west along
the original laiuJLlineof said nnml>er396and
399 to place of beginning. All iu -tine Fifth
district of Wwe county, levied on as the
property of Catharine Wilcox to satisfy two
executions ’seued from the Superior coart of
said eounty in. favor of Warren Lott against
Catharine Wilcox. This 5th day of July,
1895* S. F. MILLER, Sheriff,
Notice or Dissolution.
The partnership heretofore existing under
the firm, name of Brad Watson A Col. com
posed of F. C, Owens and Brad Watson,
has this day been dissolved by mutual con
sent. Flunk C, Owens.
July 1st 1885. . Brad Watson.
1 have this day bought out the interest of
Frank C. Owens in the business heretofore
conducted under the name of Brad Watson
& Co., and I ask the same liberal patronage
that has been given the old firm assuring
you that it will be my constant aim to merit
the same. Brad Watson,
Way cross, Ga. July 1st, 1895.
In retiring from business I desire to thank
you for your long and liberal patronage,and
I ask that my successors meet with the same
kind treatment at your hands.
Frank C. Owens
July 1st, 1895.
Libel for Divorce.
S. L. Fisher vs. Ida Fisher. Libel for di
vorce, in Ware Superior Court, April term
1895.
Georgia, Ware County:
To Mrs. Ida Fisher.
You are hereby [commanded to be and
appear at the next term of the Superiors
Court to be held in and for said county of
Ware, then and there to answer thep lain-
tiffs libel for divorce, as in default of such
appearance the court will proceed as to jus
tice shall appertain. Herein fail not.'
Witness the Hon. J. L. Sweat, Judge of
said court, this 16th dsy of April 1895.
B. H. Thomas, Clerk S. C.
2tmofor2mos.
LOTT & MURPHY,
Fire, life and Accident
INSURANCE AGENTS and BROKERS,
WAYCROSS, GA.
Nothing but Fiist-class Companies represented. Insurance effertei on al
lasses ot property •
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Plans and Estimates Furnished on short notice.
Will take Contracts anywhere in Southern Georgia.
GILLON & PARKER,
FOUNDERS AND; MACHINISTS,
WAYCROSS MON WORKS. - - WAYCROSS, GEORGIA
'Ll \ ING added all necessary Machinery to onr shop, we
11 are now prepared to do all kinds of casting, repairing
and general work on Locomotives.
We also carry in stock Stationary and Saw Mills, Piping,
Belting, Pulleys, Hangers and Brass Cocks of all kinds. We
make a specialty of
SYRUP MILLS AND KETTLES.
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