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TJ'C Waynesboro True Citi
zen is one of tbe most readable
pf our exchanges.
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p* «ccotul cUim mnil Wittier
TUt Urcesl T.wn Clreutii}tou,
■Thr f««ntj Circulation,
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Tift’s mill and the Commer-
cial hotel, of Albany, were
destroyed by fire last week. In
cendiary.
Official Organ cf CHarlton,
Official Orgftn of Ware.
Jf. *. I.ANIKK.
Editors.
Tfui iquicipql contest of Al
bany last wpek rcsulled in the
plec-fion of Hon. W. H. Wilder.
“Quitman wants a Democrat
jc postmaster.” Certainly, she
piust have one; gilitor Perham
is the man.
The ' president’s-- Sless'i
Tbe message of president Cleve
land, is a very strong document,
and is well worth a careful peru
sal. As the message of the first
democratic president for twenty-
five years, it reflects great credit
upon the party in the choice of
I its leader, and shows that he
fully merits (l.o confidence and
trppt of the whplc people. A=? the
president of a great country he has
proven himself fully capable of
discharging with eminent ability
tlio duties pf his high ollice. 'flic
unrest and anxiety which followed
his political opponents, fo a feeling
of confidence and security, and p
general faith in the honesty of pgr
pose anil patriotism of motive of
the chief executive.
The most prominent topic of the The Cochran Messenger and
message, is the President’s treat- McCrea Dollar Times have
incut of the silver question, in I, , , .
whichV urges a suspension ol been consolidated, and is now
Carpenter pencils, 5 cents
at tbe Headlight office,
A poted etatician, Edward At*
kinson, insists that there is abund
ance pf room yet in this world.
Atlanta’s artesian well gives
forth one hundred and fifty gal
lons to tbe minute. It cost $20-
000 in clean cash.
The 1,400,000,000 persons suppos-
ed to be on the globe could all
find easy standing in a field ten
miles sqqilrc, and by the aid of a
telephone could be addressed at
onp time by a single speaker. In
a field twenty poles square they
could all be comfortably seat
ed.
MEN ONLY
EeH: JJ^l5clll*&)l l p.O*N.T.
An excursion party of twen-j
tv-five, from Cliieago, going to
South Georgia aqd Florida,
passed through Atlanta last
w.eek. Jlomc-hunters.
Recently several prominent gen*
tleman in various pans of the
country have mysteriously disap-
j>card. Their families gave the
matter publicity, advertised in the
newspapers and secured tbe ser
vices of detectives. In nearly
every instance thp missing jnen
were fogtu} enjoying a big spree.
Tliis i.8 the true inwardness of
most of the mysterious disappear
ances.—Atlanta Constitution.’
VALDOSTA AD iMflTLSEMEXTS.
WIXaSsIAMS BROS.
Valdosta, Georgia,
The Brunswick Rrcoze was
pne year old I»st Sunday week,
The saucy little sprite is old
pnoqgli (o spank..
JJr, W, D. Keilstt, sheriff of
Cbllfioogqpounty, murdered
fty moopshiners last week.—
Whiskey is the cause of many
^nurders.
Lowndes county-will shortly
tackle the prohibition question,
'J’he tiroes has been entrcncl|i|ig
pgajnat tlijs |iy whopping up
llic sofiriofy of Valdosta, but no
gso, a|;;ho. mflftt gfl-
silver coinage,
He deems a reduction of reve
nue expedient and necessary, and
and deals at length with our for-
cigii relations, urging congees? to
recast the appropriations for) tlio
maintenance of our dipjoihatie
and Ponsylar sprvjce on a footing
commeiisurat >yitli otir natiqnaj in
terest. Ho devotes considerable
space to the reports of the several
cabinet officers. lie thinks that
our navy should ho made more
efficient,'and asks congress to con
sider tlio question. As to Mor-
monism, he urges the enforcement
of tbe existing laws directed
agaiugt it, The civil service law
arp highly commended and the
published and edited at Coeli-
Mr. Chas. R. Mitchell. /
^TOin
n Sherman, the knave and
bloody-sbjrt slingcr is president
of t]«e Senate: Hon. John G.
Carlisle, the gentleman and
friend of peace, is Speaker of
the House. Mercy! What a
contrast!
system heartily indorsed. He calls
of
The Augusta News hopes t||at
(’prohibition will giyp an i in pet:
gs tq grape cqlture in CJeorgia.”
yboso, lonnie; but prohibi
tion was intended to impede the
flow of red liquor down your
ffiront-
the attention of congress to the in
adequacy qf the law regulutingthe
presidential succession, and asks
for remedial legislation concerning
it, Other questions of iniuqr impor
tance arc considered.
jn git, tin: message is a notable
one.—Macon Telegraph.
Crawford Roberson stuck his
little knife into Sherman Cren
shaw last week becdtise the lat
ter owed him twenty-five cents
and failed to pay him. Cren
shaw pull die, Roberson has fled
and Dodge county will have
two negroes less.
i
T-vq |jtf!p hoys, one fourteen,
the other fjyelvo, had a “falling
qut," over sqmc iooyish affair,
Jnst Wednesday, fit pl-attanooga
Tenn., when the younger killed
fho elder with a base-ball bat.—
Thp murderer is in jail.
President Cleveland’s message
is tljc Iqngcst paper of the kind
pver received in Congress. It is
fulVniid complete, touuhii^i and
handling tl)e momentous ques,
tions of the «|qy S'jtl) patriotism
and judgmenf.
Now that the fircejd 1 -'"^ Jl as
gotten through with that oqm-
persome picco qf machinery, his
jnessage, isn’t it in order to con
tinue turning the old rascals
put and letting the young ras-
puls in? Ferjiaip wants a place.
“Thomas J. tjrepr.qf Atjieus,
jias been convicted and geiite|;c :
pd to prison for tampering \yjtj|
|lio mails.”- That's very strange;
there are plenty of young girls
jn this counnty who ‘tamper
with males,” nud they are
protested,
A cyqlonp 6trgc)c tlje peiijten
}iary of Illinois tlyo other day,
and a liougc yyas blown down on
p horse thipf pqiivjyt, breaking
Jiis leg. Qqqd or. {lie horse,thief
he eon qqff jho State for
damaging his (eg oypn if hip
feputution is sliatteppcj-
Mr. A. II. fiice, a high toned
geutlcuiqn, has been elected
ptorekeepef of tlpe lqnatic asy-
)nni, at Milledgeville. \ye are
glad of that; wlign our brother,
of t]ip Jpgup Sentinel, is sent to
that pjgpg for treatment he will
find Mr. Ifjpp Rfi pntertainjng
gentleman,
A preacher-scj|Qo| tsacjjer jn
Cincinnati, has been askeil tq
. step down and out because he
fumed a 14:year old girj pver
jiis knee aqd spanked bat;
the girl had spanked the pnj-jqp
Wo guess it wqqld hqve been qll
right, yerily, tjiis js a strange
world.
A special graperviue frqm
Quitman says: “The lady that
l’orham ‘bKafljs wii|>’ » s >1 P™-
lubitigpjpt, fo Is {forlntm, blit he
carriej g.jjask of the ‘ardefit' in
| jiis poqkfif, wrapped in hi?
jiandkerchiqf, f.qd, wj|gn ]ire-
fjjiiding tq wipq hi? !|iqqtli he
tsl,ps This h,a? bgtn dis-
covcrm\ La_U.p ,u:d Per^
An engineer was killed and
five men badly wounded in the
wreck of a freight train near
LaGrange last Thursday. The
train had become uncoupled
from the engine and left behind
and when running back for it
a coljission was the result,
A correspondent from Wash
ington writes: “President
Cleveland has qttpndei? church
four Sundays in succession.’
By founds! wo flidn’t know that;
we’ll brush up and “attend”
some ourself. Wo nevyi^'ntend-
ed that Crover should beat us.
A discarded lover shot and
killed lijs sweetheart because
she wouldn’t have him, at Eat-
onton, last week. The country
nnot afford to have its daugli
ters wantonly murdorod because
they will not (parry every vaga
bond that offers himself. Snipe
iiecjj-stretching might do good
Two negroes were hanged in
Charlotte, N. C., last Wednes
day, for the offense of burglary
Geqrgig woplij dp well to punish
this crime in the samo manner,
(hereby saving the country'
great expense and at the same
time furnish cheap transporta
tion .fur the culprits to glory
It’s worth trying.
The Dawson Journal, one of
ouf most yjtlued exclRinges, lias
beep sold by Messrs. Thornton
& Stevens to Mr. S. T. Jordan, ;
whp assumes the business' niton-;
iigeraciit of the paper. er.fE.
Rainey, the former editor qf.the
paper, is retained in that posi
tion, which is a tributo to his
worth that he deserved. Como,
brother Rainey, crock yqvjf whip
for a start.
A yankee eilitor says: “Riel,
the Canadian rebel was hanged
on the 10th of Novemlier—our
Jefferson Davis still lives.”—
Yqs, ho docs live, you cowardly
pqr, through the mercy of God,
not by* vour good wishes. When
the seething flames of an infari.
otpd hell have sung voqtfpner.
al knpll and your inftymous
name has passed into ob||>ion
Davis will stilj liye^rln the
hparfs of his ppuutryropp.
John Smith, of Hcaid county,
who deliberately shot and killed
Bonner ^firkqp, of tlio same
county, qboutonp year ago, (tbe
murdered man (filling dead in
bis wife's arms, wliq was beg
ging for the life of her 'fiuqrm
yd husband) " ns fried and
(qund guilty of murder, jn the
The Republicans of tjie Sep-
e, propose to make a figbf
against the numinatious made
by President Cleveland of Dem
ocrats to supersede Republicans
who have been removed t|'Qm
office. The contest promises to
be long and bitter.
Monday R. W. Andrews, of
Sumter, S, C„ passpd through
Americas on foot, ei) routo for his
home. He has been traveling for
years, always on foot. His Jks*
trip was tfieBustbo vfa fcew Vo! Sc
and back borne again, Then be
went down to New Orleans, and is
now going back home. He )s 95
years of age. and has a sister 102
years of age, anil one died a short
time ago who was JOG yoars of.
age.
AUTICS.
GEORGIA—Charlton County.
Superioi Court ol said County, No
vein her Term, Ifi85,
Sailie Butts V
vs. ' Libelford vorce
Geouge Butts. j
It appearing to the Court by the I which they
return ot the Sheriff and oilier sat
isfactory evidence, that ihd defend
ant docs not reside in said Count'-.
Stale, it is ordered by the Court
that service l»e perfected on the de
fendant hr the publication of this
notice in the legal organ of the
County, in terms pfthe law, and
s aid pause In n larnahh to the nrxt
term of this Court. This Nott-mbe
if, I8n5, Granted in iqien Court.
M. I.- Meksiiok. Judge S. .C B. C.
JvoC. McDoxaed Lim^^^Att’v,
A true extract from of
Churltun Superior
Calls especial aiteption to tla-ir new /
and beautiful
HilSB SiOB, BSTEY ORGAH,
! offering t »
free, of
frriglit at any mil rum I d q.ut on receipt
Of Tin Dollars Cash, \
and SlXTfcid MOKTHLf PAYMENTS \- r
FIVE l>i>LLARS vacti* including bo<»k
and stool. We also utter Uie
New Estey Piano,
ort installments of ?50 CASH, and fron
$10 to 15 per month,
Repairing'and Tuning Organs
work guaranteed or no charge. -Our ie
ask is a fair and impartial trial, and we
Write us for special prices of our
Mr. O. P. Knox, conductor of
of a switch engine outlie 15. T.
V. A Ga. railroaj, was standing
on top of a car while passing
under a street bridge in Atlanta,
last Thursday, wjiei) ho was hit
by some of the bridge timbers
and the top of his head knocked
completely off.
Vanderbilt, the richest man
in the United states, fell dead
one day last week. As he is
a distant relative (his father’s
father y.-ijs born in the county
where our’s first saw the light)
lie leaves ps a foptune; but we’
guess we’ll get c-bisselled out ol
it as we liavn’t time to file a
claim. Alas, alas!
Judge McCay, in sentencing
Thomas J. Greer, a lad, who was
convicted of breaking open and
reading, while a postal clerk, the
the letter of a young lady to her
male admirer, gave him a severe
lecture. He said lie would rath
er a sou of his had rifled the let-
ler of money. He bad been
guilty of a tow down, mean ac
tion. In addition to this, on the
stand lie had falsified, It would
be to his real interest to stay in
jail twelve months' and learn to
form a better basis of action.
He had intended to inflict upon
him the full penalty of the law
for such a prime, but in view of
his father’s condition, and his
ago, be would only sorrtewce him
to six months imprisonment in
the pommon jail ofClarke coun
ty, The reason for sending him
to Clarke county was that Ful
ton county jail was full of bad
people. In Clarke county prison
there were but few and he would
have time and opportunity to
review his past conduct, and re
resolve to ’lead a bettey life.
ISucklen's Arnica !sal*e.
The best Salve in the world - jr
Cutf«, Bruises, Sores, Vlccr3, Salt
Rheum, Fever Spres, Tetter, Chap
ped Hands, Chilblains Corns, and
all Skin Eruptions, and positive
ly cures Piles, or no pay required.
It is guaranteed to give perfect sat
isfaction, or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale
at Folks & Morgan.
Uplaundrycd shirts a special
ty at B. Sirinuus’f
<100 COOKSTGVES\
\ TEE CHEAPEST M \
! GEORGIA!
j I will undersell anybody’s ^
| prices. Try me. j,
<i C, R. ASHLEY, £
i )
j VALDOSTA, OEOIIOIA. C
*! oct l-8m vog £
H. L. BOONE,
Valdosta, Georgia-.
De ier in Hardware, Stoves, Ktov
Fixtures, Me'ehanical Tools anti
Farmers’ Utensils, Obrmshellers,
Wheei-barrows, Cane Mills and(
Syrup Fans,
-AH Mods of PLOWS-
always on Hand.
JACKSON GRIMES.
It is said that a citizen of
Eureka Springs, Mo., exclaim
ed when lip heard pf the death
of Vice President Hendricks :—
“Thank God; one more rebel is
gone to hell.” Poor foql; what
a mistake he made. All the
standing room satan has is re-
spryed to? l bo idiots who give
expression to such sentiments
Oobbins House,
maf. B. Dobbins, Pro.
Ritjffo 82 00 per day; special
rates to railroad employees, and to
regular boarders by the month or
week. The house is new and new
ly ?nmi8l-cd ami the table supplied
witn ibe.best the market alfhrds.
uov 25 1;. eego.
An organized band of Mexi
can horse-thieves was attacked
last Thursday, by a deputy
sheriff and pc sse, at Eagle Pass,
Texas, when of the Mexi
cans were killed. The remain
der of tbe band escaped into
Mexico. Mexicans and Indians
will steal.
fipst dpgree i last Thqpsday, after
b h* j
which
was sentenced to b«
5tli of Feb, 1SS6,
L und Barker I?
quiet, goot
11 be bar-
(North side of Courthouse Square)
Waycross. Ga,
Dec 2-lf.
InteretoUng Experiences.
Hiram Camerpn Furniture Pealei
of Columbus. Ga., tells his exi*r
ienee, thus;-For three yefis havt
lr\e»l every remedy on the tuarke
for Stomach and Kidney L'jsorder*.
but got no relief, t|ptil J used }S)«*etrio
Billets. Took five hot ties and am
now cured, and think Electric bitters
the best blood Purifier in the world.’ 1
Major A. B, Reed, of *est Liberty.
Breech-loading Shoftguns and
d&idBS; 1 Anmhinitionrfefe", J af
large and well selectei stock A
A Captain’s Fortunate Discovery.
Capt Coleman, sjehr.. -wevinonth,
plying between Atlantic City and
N. Y , had b»en troubled with a
cough so that he was unable to sleep,
and was induced to try Dr. King’s
New Discover}* for-ConsiimpMon, It
not onlv gave him iuatant relief, but
allayed the extreino soreness m his
bregst. Ujs children were similarly
affected ami a single U**se Ind the
same happy effect; Dr. King’s New
Discovery is nowUue ptamhfnl reuje-
<ty in the ColemcA horsel^old ami oif
board the schooner- Free Trial
PtoUles of this Standard IJemedv at
Folks & Morgan’s.
Kv- us ed Electric bitters for an old
standing Kidney affection and says;
•‘Nothfpg has ever done me so much
good as Electric bitters.”—Sold at
fifty ceiffs *4 buRle h}' Folks & Mor
gan
Manufacturers .of all I hinds of
Tinware.
Iron, Steel, Steam Fixtures and
MILL SUPPLIES, Belting, etc.
Our Stock is the largest in
Southwest Georgia, iind we
defy competition. Buiers can
always have tlieir orde] s filled.
New Orleans, December 7.—A
tangle train, consisting of 151
ended cars, was brought into this
city to-day over the Jiouisville,
XcW Orlcap^ and Texas railroad,
this train, which is the largest
over handled In this way in the
Jnitcd States, was drawn by one
engine. The cars contained 4,G0(
>ale? oi cpttpp, and lnisceHarrrous-
incrcliandisp. Tlip tofaj weight of
the train was over 72j5(J0,000
pounds, jipd it was over a mile
long.
Just Beceiveb—-A large stqck
of Simmons’ Liver Regulator, in
liquid form and-in powder, at
nov 18-4t] Folks & Morgan.
It was reported ijt Wed
nesday that four negro men had
Men killed at some point on the
Brunswick division of the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
ailroad. It was impossible to
:earn their naij^es or the place
where the killing occurred- It
vas said that the negroes went to
another negroe’s house to kill him.
He jumped out qf a window, and
ilants in the rear
Bend to me for what yci^ want.
' G n-a 8 o g
TUTTS
FILLS
28 YEARS in use,
TXs Greatest Keaical Trluaph cf the Age!
IF A
torrYdOver.
Vack part, Pnl* nutter 1U0 tyoujdcr-
Llade, FnllnetM after cntlaff, with »«••»-
iacUaatiooto exectl^nnf flatly or wind,
Irrltabllitrof temper, I.oxr eplrlte, with
Heart, Dots before the eye*. Headache
oxer tbe right eye, ReetleMnSM, with
fltfnl tfreame. Hit Mr colored trine, and
CONSTIPATION,
•PUTT’S PILLS are especially hdapted
to each c**w, ono *J» cb *
change of feei iiiff * < to ft*tOnt»l» tlie sufferer.
TUTTSHAIBOyE,
Guay Hat* or WHWOT* changed to n
REARER RY
General
One of tbe largest stocks in my line has receptl}* been open
rare hargajns Chu be olitaincd.
Gray
GLOSSY — - ,
this DTK. ft Imparts
Glossy Black hr »P]
Millinery and FancyDressjl
and Custom-madg_£dtf>es
ciaities,
Orders from tbe countrj* solleifed, and 1 will make it Iq the interest of
fail to bqv from me in preference to sending further away from home for
goods which 1 sell at reasonalo figures. X have one qf the finest slocks
LIVEKn
FILL'
t»f Millinery Press Goods
Health*
.to the live
■dreUevealt bU-
troubles.
Pa»fr7«£sUtIt; NcCn^ss. f-»ja 2j=. An j
in Southwest fl corgi a. from which purchasers can select goods. Give mo
a trial and l will be satisfied. septtl-lgq) a s o g
attacking his assailants
with a sho gun and ft pistol, kill
ed them alL
SEWma<MAOBiN!
HAS J70 EQUAL,
There is a possibility tha| Mayor
W. H. Gilbert, of J\lf>a n y, will
ontest the election tp the office
>f W. H. Wilder ip Tuesday’s
lection. The fraud c?y has been
ised. The vote as counted
"273. There is said t<
numli
and that
sus^^Wilc of
perfect s&nsFACTm
Iflcie'SerjiflacliieCo.
Send us
your orders for
Job Printing.
—ORANQE, MAOS.—
n6aaS=aVJ.Y. Ciiap,!! S:. tit:, tlo. |
Cr—-To. ’ —‘
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i —“
Cqllars, Ouffe and Neckwear,
in profusion, at B Simians’.
DiSKolatlon orCopurlnersklp,
The co-partnersliip' heretofore
existing between W. B. Fulhs ar,d
G- P. Folks ip tho drug hn»inp3s % ;
Mnc|prthp of W. B. Folks &
ISqu, ii this day dissolved by mu
tual consent. G. P. Folki will
continue the business ae formerly
and assumes al 1 liabilities, ajnd will
collect all indebtedness pf the late
firm.. \V. B. Folks.
G. P. F<itKs.
yorosg, Ga., Oct.* 19, 1SS5.
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