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FOB THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
Fearful and Sensational Forecasts of
Storms. Fires, FI nods, Wars, Etc.,
by The New York Journal.
IN THE PAWNSHOPS.
QUEER INCIDENTS NOTED BY PRO
PRIETORS OF LOAN OFFICES.
SHOUT PARAGRAPHS.
The Baptist State Convention of
Florida meets in St. Augustine next
Monday.
Why don’t the Cabans shoot the
devilish Spaniards for rebellion ? That’s
what wa’d like to know.
Cleveland has evidently set his head
against Cubs, and that is where Cleve
land slipped up in our opinion.
It is now pretty well understood that
it was neglect and drunkenness and not
treachery that sunk the Commodore.
Editor Triplett, of the Thomasville
Times-Entcrprise, says that Bryan has
his consolation, David Bennett Hill
failed as a lecturer.
With Debs and Coxey both deserting
the Populist party, how roseate the fu
ture must look to Tom Watson as th<
only spellbinder left in harness.
There seems to be a mania amoug
defaulting bank officials to suicide.
. Well, that’s better than running away
and carrying off what little there is left
The New York Journal of Sunday
morhing*prints a most startling detail of
astronomical forecasts for the month of
Janaary. AYith explanation of con
junctive luminaries the astronomer starts
out with a prediction of fhe storms, fires
and shipwrecks that ..were .-startlingly
manifest on lust Saturday, naming .the
time, and certainlv before : he could have
had knowledge of their existence.^ He
explains this by the effect 4 of the moon’i
visit through Scorpio, and which, he
thinks, will cause such disturbances as
are sure to cause many deaths.
About the 7th we are to have some
very cold weather and some high wind« f
by the moon's visit through Piscis on
the 8th, followed by heavy downfall of
rain, and snow, t> continue fi r several
days, accompanied by accidents of which
the month will be fruitful.
On the 11th the moon passes through
Aries, the domain of Mars, and exciting
activity may be expected. War rumors
will be rife, frequent firew, public disaf
fection, increase of crime, daring robber
ies, serious failures in business, general
depression in stocks, the moon at this
time being in opposition "to the evil
planets in the second house.
From the 15th to the 18 th, cold
weather, deaths of prominent people,
and indications of naval activity, signifi
cant gathering of war ships. Spain is
apt to become incensed, and we may
hear the thunder of her guns at sea. All
the great powers will be disturbed, sedi
tion will be in the air, more failures and
heavy fires.
On or about the 20th the President
will be heard from in no uncertain man
ner, light will be thrown on his secret
orders to the Navy, Congress will dis
cuss important questions, and exciting
war news will be heard; a spurt in trade
actvity, more failures and serious fires,
and cold weather. Exciting newa; Span
ish government will receive offers of
help, but without avail, and cause of
Cuba will continue unabated.
Near 28tb, prison . troubles, and fires
in connection. Month will close with
stiring times, storms and disaster to.
shipping, financial matters stirred pp,
and the country amazed at the damage
wrought by the elements.
Am Toilful* of the legion of Honoi Often
Trying to Fawn » Olui Eye.
Tho Secret Which » Few n.if xnch
Board* Kept Bark.
One boy recently christened in Madi
son county, Kv., should be assured of
good straddling ability, the parents hav„
ing named him Willi* n Bryan McKin
ley Stevens.
The tariff hearings are in progress at
Washington, but the tariff fixer can be
found in Mr. Hanna’s Cleveland office.
All persons whu expect to benefit should
govern themselves accordingly.
The assurance comes from Canton
that ex-Speaker J. W. Keifer is booked
for “one of Ihe most distinguished
places outside of the Cabinet” It is in
teresting to know even that Keifer is
still alive.
And soon the average editor will be
telling the average farmer the whys, the
wheres and the wherefores of farming,
and advising him to go to work. There
it generally method in the madness of
. the average editor.
TO OCR CONTEMPORARIES.
Suppose we all unite for 18l»7 in a de
termined effort to awaken public inter
est in material affairs, to encourage home
enterprises, to give special attention to
all new undertakings, to discourage all
political demagogism, to frown down
every attempt to arouse hostility to capi
tal, to do all that is possible to make the
South a safe and attractive place for the
investment of money, to untiring work
to show our people the importance of
immigration and the equal importance
of encouraging the immigrants who do
come. This is a common platform on
which the "gold bug,” the "silver bug,”
the "straddle bug,” and all othar "bugs”
except the humbug can unite to the ever
lasting benefit of the South, and thus of
every individual who engages in the
work. Are you ready?—Manufacturers’
Record.
Kentucky is threatened with an extra
- session of her Legislature.; This, com
ing right on the heels of the reign of
lawlessness in that State, looks as if
Kentucky might soon succeed Kansas in
- the bleeding business.
The Valdosta Times says that Fian-
nigan, the murderer, should be given a
foil, fur and impartial trial and then
hung as high as Ham an. The question
naturally suggests itself, if he is to be
hung anyhow, why give him a trial ?
The fates seem to be against the Dem
ocrats this year, sure enough. After
winning a sweeping victory in Kansas,
Bryan may lose one vote from that State
through the alleged discovery that Elec
tor Linton deserted from the Union
Army in 1865.
Mr. Bacon Tells Wlij.
In a recent interview Mr. Bacon made
the following statement in regard to the
probable action of Congress, in regard
to Cuba. Mr. Bacon is doubtless cor
rect :
No, I do not expect any final action
on the part of the government in the
Cuban matter,” said he in response to
an inquiry. "The Senate may pass a
bill reoognizing the Cubans in some
form, but the prospects are against a
vote being reached in the House. There
are two influences working against Con
gress recognizing the Cubans at this ses
sion. One is that the Republicans pre
fer to delay action until they come into
full power. The other is that great
power in this country—a power which
will live after this session—which op
poses anything, even though it might be
the maintanance of the honor of our gov
ernment, which would effect the value
of bonds and stock for a time. This
power—these people who hold dollars
above all things —oppose action in the
Cuban matter, and its influence is felt.
No, I look for ho final action of any
kind at this session.”
• The pawnbroker, the banker of tho
spendthrift and the unfortunate, the
custodian of family, skeletons and the
receiving teller of bard Tuck stories,
rims across a deal of the pathos of life
tailed up with not * little that la strik
ingly ludicrous. : ..
- Stories of former ppulenoe aqd present
need of reckless speculation, of dissipa
tion, of oppression, are given over to
his safe keeping, along with valued
keepsakes and family heirlooms. Borne
of these heirlooms have strange histo
ries. •' * ■ • ; r
’ In the vaults of a Clark street pawn
broker is a bit of soiled ribbon that was
once pinned^on the breast of a gallant
general by no less a person than Napo
leon. The ribbon is soiled and. cram-
pled, bat from the bottom of it, bright
as the day it was first worn, hangs the
insignia of the Legion of Honor. Along
with it are papers giving the name of
its first holder and the fields of battle
on which h*o achieved the right to wear
it How it made its way to Chicago is
unknown history,, but time and again
has it .found its way into the vaults of
the broker, only to be redeemed again
and brought back. A few doors away is
deposited a belt of fine gold and silver
interwoven, the last relic of a once dis
tinguished Russian family.
Not long ago a woman, past the prime
of life, tall and stately, and with the
dark, imperious eyes and haughty bear
ing of a Castilian, called on a Clark
street broker. She said she was of a
Spanish family which had been com
pelled to leave its country for political
causes. She would not give her name.
“If I did,” she said, “you would be in
credulous. ” Then, she handed the clerk
a casket of jewels—tiaras, bracelets,
pendants, all set with gems of the first
water. She wanted. $80,000—for only
a short while, she explained. Not a cent
less would be of use to her. The jewels
had doubtless cost a great deal mom
than this sum, bat the broker feared ue
ceroid not realize that amount On them,
and the woman left and never returned.
A few days ago a well dressed, digni
fied man walked into this same estab
lishment and said he would like to se
cure a loan of a few dollars. On being
asked what security he bad to offer
gave the dapper broker a fit of nervous
prostration by calmly removing a glass
eye. * *
- “This is remarkably fine eye, ” be ex
plained, leisurely wiping the dislodged
optic on his handkerchief. “I have been
told it becomes me better than my own,
bat if you would let me have a few dol
lars on it I think I coaid get along with
the other for a day or two. ” *
The broker admitted that be had once
assisted in patting pennies on the eyes
of a deceased relative, bnt couldn’t see
his way clear to place dollars on the
glass eye of a live man, and the visitor
secured the address of a second hand
clothes dealer, replaced his eye, bowed
stiffly and walked away.
In the higher class of pawnshops—
those that restrict themselves solely to
diamonds, watches and jewelry—the
place loans are negotiated and goods re
ceived are separated from the front show
room by a partition. To give greater
privacy to customers there is a little row
of stalls along a counter. These are fitted
with spring doors, giving them the
appearance of a line of telephone boxes.
Into one of these a person can step and
transact bis or her business unseen by
any save the clerk behind the counter.
Last summer, about holiday time, a
fashionably dressed woman was in one of
these stalls in a down town broker’s of
fice. She wanted to borrow $30 on n
ring. “It’s my engagement ring,” she
explained, “and I wouldn’t have my
husband know for the world.’*
While this was going on a man in the
compartment next to her was dickering
with another clerk over a loan of $50 on
a watch. The owner’s initials were on
the back of the watch, and os this less
ened its selling value the clerk hesitated
in advancing so much.
“Ob, that’s a point in yonr favor,”
explained the wonld be borrower. “My
wife had those pat on there when she
gave it to me, and I’ll be bound to re
deem it shortly, for if she knew I was
soaking her present there wonld be in
somnia in oar family till I brought it
home.”
By this time the woman in stall No.
1 had secured her money and departed.
After a little delay the man did like
wise. When the usual list was made
oht for police inspection, it was found
that the names and addresses of the two
fuim* ££0 that they were, in fact,
man and wife. The ring and the watch
have long since been redeemed, and
neither guesses that only a few half
inch boards stood between two awful
revelations.—Chicago Record.
Jewelers,
WAYCROSS, GA.
As We Are to Move
WE HAVE DECIDED TO REDUCE OUR
■ STOCK TO THE LOWEST AMOUNT
POSSIBLE, IN ORDER TO DO SO
WE WILL SELL OUR ENTIRE
STOCK FOR THE NEXT 30
DAYS AT COST FOR
CASH ONLY
Come at Once.
■You won’t have a chance like this again in a lifetime.
T. E, Lanier & Son.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
B. 9. JLAMER,
Photoaraqher.
Gallery over J. M. Lee’s grocery store in
Smith’s block.' Copying a specialty.
CHAS. G. FR1PP.
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Satilla Office. Old Nine.
DR. J-H. REDDING,
PHYSICANS SURGEON
OlFICE, AT RESIDENCE,
Near' the ttand Pipe apr30-ly
DR. Gh P. FOLKS,
PHYSICIAN AND SURHEON.
J. WALTER BENNETT
Attorney-At-Law,
Plant Are., near Poet Office, WaycrOM, G.
Prompt and personal attention given
ail legal business.
A. JONES. E E.
JONES * THOMAS.
Successors to J. A. Jones & Co.
Waycross, Ga-
We have just received a carload lot of Wagons
and Buggies as well as a large stock of Buggy and
Wagon harness, Collar Pads, Team Collars, Riding
Bridles, Saddles, etc- We also keep a full stock
of 24 inch Well Curbing, sewer and Drain Pipes
Our Prices are LOW. Give us a call -
Plant Avenue.
JONES & THOMAS,
The iridescent Ingalls has just been
walloped unmercifully in a fight to get
back to the Senate, but with a buoyancy
deserving better luck next time he has
thus early announced his candidacy for
1900. There is ho telling what condi
tion the minds of the Kansans will be in
by that time.
The Canary islands have a peculiar
plant known as the fountain tree, which
contains receptacles for the collection of
rain. Several gallons*of water are often
found in one of these natural pitchers.
The mosquitoes found in swamps and
iamp woods are generally mare bril
liantly colored than thoee varieties
ftbich frequent human habitations.
A lady spending summer at a fishing
village on the south coast asked one of
the male residents:
“How f ar is it to Mr. Di bson’s honse?”
The seafaring man pulled his topknot
politely and answered: * *
“Just about a dog’s trot, mum.* 1
“How far is that?” the lady asked
The man hesitated an instant, as if
searching in his mind for an exact meas
ure of distance, and then replied:
“About as far as it would take ye to
smoke an even pipeful o’ torbacker,
mum!”—Pearson’s Weekly.
MEDICINE.
You don’t know what you are taking. You pi ace implicit confidence in
the physician who prescribed it and the druggist who compounded it We realize
this fully and act accordingly. We want you to have every confidence in us. We
want your prescription trade. We have made a specialty of this line. We will
appreciate your trust. Everything else kept in a first-class drag store at
H., X3. STOB.MAX*
WE SELL GOODS JUST THE SAME AS
TTKTPT.IB SAM SELLS STAMPS, —
^STRICTLY FOR O^YSH..
There’s one thing you may be sure of when dealing with us. You are m
taxed to help support the credit customers who do not pay. Cash buying at
cash selling store lightens cares, makes your steps lighter and yeur pocket book
heavier. Come and see us ween in need of the following articles:
SIMON W. HITCH SI>W. U. MYh
HITCH & MYERS.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Up Stairs, McLendon Block,
Guns, Piibh, Pm it; Knives, Table Cutlery j WAYCKOSS - Georgia.
CAPT. KNOX’S. ALBANY AVENT) K
WAYCROSS. OA.
DR. J. L. WALKEh
practitioner,
Office at Residence: Gilmore Street
Waycross, Georgia*
T00MER & REYNOLDS,
Attorneys-A-Cousulers-At-Law.
First National Bank Building,
Waycross, Ga.
geon, Waycross, Ga.
Office over T. E. Lahiki
Office hours from 9 to 10 a. m. Can,be found
at my residence, comer Pendleton street
and Brunswick ..avenue, wh*n not profee
sionally en jy4.1y
i Jewelry Store
DR. JAS.O. rwPPARD,
Physician and Surgeon,
P Stairs, in Folks
Block, or at residence cornor Thomas and
Baker streets. Anril 14-tf
DR. T. A. BAILEY,
DENTIST,
Extracts teeth on Saturdays without pan
Office Plant Aveune over 8mith
Adams, Parker Co.’s store. Oct. 17 ly
N.
A. HOLLINGSHEAD,
DBKTTIST.
Office over Folks Building.
gumv
extraction
JNO. C. MCDONALD.
Attorney-At-Law.
fUp Stain. Wflaon't Block,]
Wavchoss, - - Geo non
Will practice in the Brunswick circuit and tilt,
whereby special contract.
J 8. WILLIAMS,
Attorney at Law,
WAYCROS8 • - - GEORGIA.
“ONE-
MINUTE
COUCH CURE
made for. Prompt, cafe, aura, quick
Children like It and adult* like It.
Mothers buy It tor their children.
J. E. BUTLER.
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Albany Avenue. - - Near Court House
WAYCROSS. GEORGIA.
B. H. Williams, d. d. s.
Omci: Up-staibs
FOLKS BLOCK. WAYCROSS, GA.
Crockery, Stoves Tinwar®, Glassware, that'you can drives nails with, Lamps of all
kinds and prices, Paints and Oil, and in fact everything usually kept in a First-
Class Hardward Store.
Blackshear Hardware Co.
Utt Binding, Plat Annul,
Waycross, G-a.
TELEPHONE 66. —■
J. W. HOWARD,
BARBER
Plant Awe, Next to W. It. Mclntos *
Work Done in First-class Style.
S. A. MARSHALL.
On* Day at a Time.
It seems as if life might all be so
simple and so beautiful, so good to live,
so good to look at. if we could only
think of it at one long journey, where
every day’s march had its own separate
sort of beauty to travel through.—Phil
lips Brooks.
DEALERIN
Wood, Hard Coal, Smith Coal*
Fire Brick, Tile,'Fire Clay, Common Brick, Pressed
Brick, Portland Cement. Plaeter’ Paris, Lime, Hair
Builder’s Sand, o sendale Cement and Gasoline. If
yon have any dray ing to be done give him your
orders. Office over TSTational Bank
John P Ulmer, 4 C
MAGIC CITY
Wagon and Buggy Works,
d>
all kial of Blacksmith and Wheelright work,
HORSESHOEING A SPECIALTY.’
I have employed a first clasi Trimmer and Painter. I
make Buggy Tops and do sign work.
Bit. BEDGE.
DENTIST.
ROOM 10. Upstairs Folks Block
WAYCROSS. GEORGIA.
S. L. DRAWDY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
HOMEKVILLE, : : : GEORGIA
X- A. Davis’
Fashionable Barbershop.
Next door to Miller’s restaurant. Easy
chairs, razors keene, scissors sharp, linen
dean; for a shave you pay a dime, onlfiAf
a nickel to get a shine; shampoo ano^w
hair cut pompadour you pay 50«- more.
R.
C.CANNON,
Attorney at Law,
WAYCRO88, - - GEORGIA
OrncK upstairs over C. M. Sheffield's^ tore
Will practice in the Brunswick Circuit anJ
elsewhere by special contract.
■’90-1y.
Nov 15-’9
W. M. PARKER j
UNDERTAKER,
Parker Building, Old Wajrcrosi.
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