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the year's work; behind us lies^ Junior Editor and his fanii-
Official Organ of Charlton.
Official Organ of Wars.
V. f~ LAS1RR.
JAMES M. rUKEMAU,
Editors.
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CITIZENS 9 TICKET.
For Mayor,
LEON A. WILSON.
For Councilmcn,
A. J. Sweat,
II. W, Reed,
V, L. Stanton,.
II. W. Wilson.
It i* ft little difficult to turn some
of the rascals out. At Ripon,Wis.,
the old postmaster kicked the new
postmaster into the street.
The. Quitman Free Press, one
irfour favorites, didn’t “get in”
last week. This is suggestive
that something was wrong.
A New Hampshire editor says
the South is only half civilized,
lie’s right; his friends, the ne
groes are still very barbarious.
Miss Mattro Hell, from North
Gqptgio, is visiting Albany. If
sho fools around there much
ftonjo ofthoso chaps up there
way catch Hell, yet.
Tho Central Railroad gave
all of its employees, oxcept train-
^ men n holiday last Friday.
Adhere ip the man that said cor
porations had.no pity.
There are fifty-two weeks in a
year—fifty-two papers, including
this one, have gone out from
this office for 1885. Tho Head
UOQT never flickers.
Dr. Wm. Parker, of Clinch
oounty nephew of Wm. Parker,
editor of the South Georgia Land
Agent, is dead. He was coroner
of Clinch county and his death
is lamented.
Whiskey was tho cause of
some tragedies in parts of the
»Stnte, last iveek and left heart
aches. Whiskey was the cause
of some people playing the fool
last week, and left head-aches.
Congress has passed a bill
pensioning Mrs. Grant to the
tUnc of $5,000 per year. Tis
well; the nation took care of the
General while he lived and now
propose* to .take care of his wid
ow.
the past, before ns the future.
Some have done well in the
past, life has been filled with
pleasure; others have met with
sorrow and reverses of fortune.
Some, too, who have been un
fortunate may find success in
the future—the new year may
record for them a signal victory
over adversity.
Let us hope that all may en
ter the New Year which two
more suns will usher with brave
hearts.
The people of Southern Geoi-
gia are in a tolerable prosperous
condition. The people are
healthy, nearly a.l of them have
comfortable homes, provisions
are cheap, wages good, property
advancing in value, society in
every district is improving, and
the portion of country named
is in the midst of general pros
perity. With this, also, is the
fact that the rising generations
are being educated—that ignor
ance may not blight the land
with a curse, and to tho casual
observer it really seems that
“there is life in the old land
yet.” So, the Old Year has
done well, still, there is a bright
er prospect just ahead. Oui
country must soon strike a
boom that will cause the lands
to advance to a surprising fig
ure, people will come among
us in crowds to live, and we can
give our reasons for thinking
so in a very few words: Florida
is fast filling up with orange
groves and truck farms—this
part of tho country is superior
to that, the climate quite as
good for oranges and the gener
al surroundings are better for
orange and truck growing,
therefore this country comes
in next.
Our national affairs are in
much better condition than
when the Old Year came upoi
the calendar We had elected a
Democrat but Democratic ad
ministration had not been inau
gurated, therefore, the country
one year ago, held its breath;
now thanks to the Ruler of
rulers wc breathe easier, Cleve
land holds’the reins,
During the past year many
homos have been draped
mourning, some of them local,
and among those of the State
wc mourn some illustrious sons
of Georgia.
The wedding bells have been
ringing, too; homes have been
made happy, hearts have been
leaping with jov, and, taken al
together, the Old Year has b^en
a very prudent old lady, and
has not more marks on the
blackboard of Time than her
lv (wife, sister-in-law and a sev
en year old daughter) were eat
ing Christmas dinner in Albany,
when the question was asked,
Where will each of as dine on
New Year’s Day?” Probably
this was going too far in med
dling with the hidden mysteries
of the future, but after the older
ones had answered in some way,
the little girl, our first-born and
only child, looked into her ma
ma’s face, her expressive eyes
swimming in tears, lips quiver
ing with hidden emotion, while
she said: “You all, mama, may
cat New Year’s dinner here,
but if there is any in Heaven
I’ll eat there.” What a strange
answer to the question, we
thought, but the words so solid
and direct had more than a
passing effect; the food became
tasteless, the mother threw’ her
arms around the child, as if to
shield it from harm, all eyes
tilled with tears, and we sadly
turned away.
On the last day of the Old
Year, (ten years to-morrow! )
Geo. II. Thomas, our wife’s
brothor-in-law, son of Uncle
Thomas, of Waycross, asked
permission to carry this little
girl to his homo (ten miles
away in Baker county) and as
the child was in good health,
the request was granted with a
kiss and good-bye, but we didn’t
know this w’as for the last time.
Late that very evening we were
summoned to Baker by a mes
sage which said: “Come quick;
Nannie is very low!” With our
wife we went—the child looked
into her mother’s face with the
expression on her angelic face
that we had seen only once be
fore, and gently murmured as
she closed her eyes, “Mama !”
The hour and minute-hand
were both at twelve, the year
had expired and the fluttering
spirit had gone to join four sis
ters that had gone before. She
was buried on January 2nd,
1876. The cause of her death
was a fall from the cart upon
which the child and her uncle
were riding. * * *
And so, she was dead on New
Year’s Day, and Col. Brewer
and a great many others know
why wc looked “sedate, sad de
jected,” on Christmas Eve., and
every parent’s heart will sym
pathize with us—not because of
the child’s death, but for the
circumstances of our “Christmas
Sorrow.”
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EIl5 MiDICAifSo?K.Y
Sai lie Butts A
vs. y Libel for d.vorce
George Butts. )
It appearing to the Court by the
return ot the Sheriff ami oilier sat
isfactory evidence, that the defend
ant does not reside in sai l Countv,
nor Stale, it is ordered by the Court
that service be perfected on the
fendant by the publication of th
notice in the legal organ of tl
County, in terms of the law,
sain cause b*. r* I urn:. In. to the
term of this louit. This No end
17, 18*5. Granted in open Court
&1. L. Mekshox. Judge S. .C B.
JnoC. McDonald Libellants Att’
A true extract from the minutes f»f
Chailton Superior Court.
A. G. Gowf.x,
Clerk S. C. C.
VALDOSTA ADVERTISEMEXTS.
CTXXJtlAMS BUGS.,
VALDOSTA, GEORGIA,
Calls especial attention to their new
and beautiful
Nine stop, MY OBGAH,
which they are uttering to deliver, free of
freight at any railroad depot on receipt
Of Ten Dollars Cush,
=>!>'> MXTttN MONTHLY PAYMENTS «>f
HVK 1)>)LLA1!S tach. including book
and stool. We also otter the *
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ltucklen's Arnica salve.
The best Salve in the world . jr
Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, 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-
faction, or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale
oiks ifc Morgan.
p. p. p.
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5= a a
Mrs. John Brack, of Clinch
-county, who was recently burned
*o badly, from haring her dress
to take fire while standing in
front of tho firc-plncc of her
home, is dead. Sho was well-1 predecessors,
liked and her death is regretted. I Let our friends endeavor to
* The Evonjnj^\Visconsin, pubJ h ' c, J*: th ° I** 1 ” y ^
lUUed by earner. Atkin *tw!™ ,k,n * tl,e I '°"' '? ar T
or at Milwaukee, \Vis„ has fJ J ','; V . aml ll! >l>P>'>oss, for. where
vored us with a sample copy of * U ", 1 ' eace ; '?/
that valuable paper. It is very l ° fa "“"V As /° r ° ur f/', " c
large, foil and complete in every to b ° aS ' a,tl,faI as
depart went. I'rke, daily, *S. |
per annum.
Notice.
It having been rumored that
I would be a candidate for May
or of Waycross, I take this
method of announcing to the,
public that I am not a candi
date, and under no circumstan
ces will I be. I can assure my
friends however, that I appre
ciate with a deep sense of grati
tude the assurances and solici
tations they have made in my
behalf. Warren Lott.
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| plovers and tlio general good-
Tho editor of the South Geoi- j will of the readers of the paper
gia Land Agent gave us our] So, then, kind friends,
Christ inns turkey. Editor
Lanier of this paper tilled our
children's stockings, and now
the tittle ones have named their
dolls after these generous lieart-
fld quill-drivers.
Editor Millncr, of the East
man Times, was married last
track toa beautiful young Indy,
• Miss Horne. There were n
Spent many "horns" captured
for Christmas presents, but we
{tope our brother’s may haxe a
more melodious souud than the
small hoy’s,
! stranger died y ean Fran.
> last week who left a legacy
f fio.ooo ry some unknou'n
“Do your host foT one another,
Makiug life a pleasant dream.
Help a weary, struggling brother.
Pulling hard against the stream.
Some of our exchanges came
in a half-sheet form lapt week.
The Thomasville Times will
be on the half-sheet this week.
Editor Triplett preserved full
front during the seige last week
in order that he might have a
“quiet time” alone when the
rest of the boys wore on duty.
Triplett is sly; devilish sly.
To tlio Brethren of the Press:
If we have said anything that
caused your feelings to become
A new brewery in Cincinnati
has a storage capacity of 600,000
gall ons.
The Missouri Cremation Socie
ty has 400 members, twenty-five
of whom are W’omen.
Miss Mary Mcullenhall, aged 73
years, has just eloped with a farm
hand of hers in Indiana.
Georgia Now, who knows j irritated wo sorrow for tlie rush
stranger” is “our j Word used. It was the “
death ff the brain—..not the he
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, like Presi
dent Cleveland, will not accept
«ny sort of gift not even taffy.
It is announced that the India
na politicians are already organiz
ing for the next campaign..
Washington society is determin
ed to have a happy New Year, and
the President will do all he can to
help it.
Several Western banks were pre
sented with bogus drafts on Christ
mas c\ c, but the drafts did not
come from Santa Claus.
Mr. Sanmel Miller, of Chatta
nooga, has made himself famous
by having wives in five different
States. IJc deserted each one. a
after marriage. Mr.
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New Estey Piqfp,
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in>t:illinei>ts «»f $c0 CASH,
610 lo 15 per moult).
id Piane>3 made a speeiaty an l
reasonable, and all wo
|^* Repairing and Tuning,^Organs a
work guanuteed or no ch irg*. On* ter
ask is a fair and impartial trial, and we will prove that wo mean business
W rite us for special prices of our different styles of organs an l
pianos. sepll) 6m c s o g
100 COOK STOVES*
ms CHEAPEST m
GEORGIA 1
jl will undersell anybody’.*
J prices. Try me.
C. S. ASHLEY, ►
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. VALDO »TA, CJKOTtGI A.
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bobbins Mouse',
DUPo .T. t.EOKMA.
Mrs, P. B. Dobbins, Pro.
Hates, S2 00 per clay; social
rates lo railroad eniploxees. and to
regular boardeis by the month or
week. The h«»us • is new and new
ly ‘uriTis ed audT'the table supplied
witu *.Lc host tlm market affords.
iiov 25-1 c«/go.
AaEMerprUlng, Reliable lions-.
F:-]ks & Morgan can always be
•died upon, not only to carry in
tock Lite best of everything, but t«
ecuve the Agency for scum article*
is have well-known merit, and arc
(Kipular with the people, thereby >u>-
taming the reputat.on of being al
woys enterprising, ana ever reliable.
Having secured the Agency for th**
celebrated Dr. King’s New Discovert
for Consumption, will sell it <«n a
|»ositive guarantee. 7t will surelv
cure any’ and every affection of
Throat, Lungs, and Chest, and to
show our «oidi<leiiec, we invite you
to call and get a Trial Bottle Free.
H. L. BOONE,
Valdosta, Georgia.
(Dealer in H^unlware, Stoves, Stove
Fixtures, MMblmnical Fools ami
Farmers’ l^feusils, C’oru-shcllers,
Wheel-barrows, i 'ane jliSls. and
Syrup ihios.
-All Kinds of PLOWS-
always on Hand.
Breech-loading Shot-guns aiid
Rifles, Ammunition, etc., a .
large wmhwell seleeted^tbfeJc^^^
Manufal’tu^^oC all kinds ot
Tinware \
Iron, Steel,\Steam Fixtures and
MILL SUPPLIES, Belting, etc.
Our Stock ' is the largest ■ in
Southwest Georgia, and we
defy competition. Buyers can
always have tlieir orders filled.
Send to me for what you want.
TUTTS
PILLS
25 YEARS IN USE.
Tha GrBatast*Madi~5aiTTiTUPgh cf tha Ago 1 .
SYWPTOW1S OF A
TORPID LIVER.
Loiacfappecitc, Bowel* costive, Pain in
the bead, wills a dull ecnaatioa in tho
back part, Tain nuder tho phoulder-
liledf, Fullness after cat Ins, with a dis
inclination to exertion of body or mind,
Irritability of temper, Low spirits, witb
afeelicffof harinj neglected same duty,
Weariness, Bizziaesr, Flnttcrlne at tho
Heart, Pots before tho eyes, Iicadacbo
oyer the right eye. Restlessness, with
fitful dreams, Uichlycolored Urine, and
CONSTIPATCON.
HITT’S FILLS are especially adepted
to such eases, one th'so ellects such a
change of fee! 1st S i«s to astonish tl to sufferer.
^ They I nr reave UioAppctlle, nnd esaaethe
nourished, ard byih'.r Tonic Action on
the UIcuUtc Orwans, Heafulor Stool* cro
TOTTS HAIR DYE,
Grat Hair or Whiskers changed to a
Glosst Black by a single application of
this Dtx. It imparts a uatatal color, act s
inSantaneonMy: sold by Druggists, or
sent by express on receipt of fl.
Office- 44 Murray St. f New York.
LIVER!
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Health;.’
action to the Id ve
il relieve al. bil
ious troubles.
fstyVtgtttUe; HaCntfeg. £ii«22c. AUOracsteft
Send us
your orders for
Job Printing.
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THIS PAPER E™
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DEALER EY
^emeral 1 Meroliaiidise,
One of the largest stocks m my line has recently been opened, and
rare bargains ct»u be obtained.
Millinery and Fancy Dress Goods
and Custom-made Shoes Spe
cialties. Y
Orders from the country solicited, an l I will make it to the liUgQftt.'of.
all to bn\ from nu* in preference to scndini* further away from home for
good* wUnbi sell at reasonale tigur\>*. I have one of the finest stock* , ;
of Millinery dk Dress taoods
in>>ouiIiwest Georgia, from which poniha^ers ca.i select goo«l». Give me
a trial ami I will be satisfied. sept9-I2m a a o g
T>isso1ntlon of Copartnership.
The co-partnership iierctofore
existing between V.’. B. Folks anil
(i. I*. Folks in the drug business,
under the name of W. B. F<»!k».&
Son, i.1 this day dissolved by mu
tual consent. G. P. Folks will
continue the business as formerly
and assumes ai 1 liabilities, and will,
collect all indebtedness of the late
firm. _ tv. B. Folks.
G. I\ Fr.’KS.
Waycross, Ga., Get. 19,1885.
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-iTHSS PAPLH-
i\ 1 ISOM FWE Win*
h fr. E. HANBURY & CO.,
ADVEBTISIHG AGENTS.
ja.TS.AWTA, GA
■'®ElrS3J»T®aS5S.ie
jSl. VM*
Buvr have mourning pap
nnJ ji.Velopes in boxes.
/ : Ij.vnikr & Yocm.
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