Waycross headlight. (Waycross, Ga.) 1884-1???, January 06, 1886, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 1 ^L. V. LANjER & YOUMANS, Proprietors. VOL 2. WAYCROSS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAwJANOARY 6. Sara A. Higgins. O, tlier Krismus Time ivill Soon be Over, Then ther Hoys trill ait Git Sober. I der tlier house an the after him an lie :u ther lot, an run over an ther bees tuck artel tuple fellers dup adieu dekon Skinner ! ^ Widow's Christmas. a''tu ' "as pulled (X!ten ther tor troft;. -Standing on tjie Bowery, in the -hive ! throw feathers an cotton on ■ shadow of a projecting sign, un- . l:.„ *;n u- in l ... . ^ 15 him, till he looked like a busted i featber-bed. he run down behtne ther black-. . - Southern Chill and Fever Remedy Okyfenoky Swamp, Klinch ) kounty, Georgy, Jin. 2th. \ - Tom Lavnear: Ueer Tdmnne: —Krismus is don cum an I is dun an had a hrfalutin time, shores vu born. I’m gwine tu tell yu ’bout ther party over tu De kon Skinners. S i Paints, Oils, \ Brushes, Pqre White Lead, And Colors, There being such a great demand [for Fever remedies in this country, I have been making a special study of the different remedies used in malarial troubles'ever since I have [been in the drug' business. I de- ermined last Fall upon putting up [some preparation that would cure the majority of cases of Fever, Ague, Chills, etc., and that would [take the place of a great number of Northern and Western Fever and Ague remedies, believing that one 'living in this section is capable of .•preparing something that is better *for the peculiar cflass of fever and (the debilitating Icondition of the ‘system that prevails during the .Summer months! I have far ex ceeded my expectations— Last (Spring I began f to manufacture [JENNINGS’ FEVER TOXIC. jSincc which time I have put up land sold several (thousand bottles, lid IT HAS NEVER FAILED TO CURE .v a single instance. Meeting |witii this unprecedented success I {feel perfectly safe in placing a (.GUARANTEE upon EVERY bot- ■Rle; so, when it is taken according ito the directions and it does not ef fect a cure the liioncy will be re funded, The regular practicing physi cians of the country have examin- fprmula of Jennings’ Fever if iflfciiTg :s A W icforc the public only a f the great number of unsolic- certificates received in regard [to its cures. You kno dekon skinner is er powerful church man, an if eny of wc gurls wus tu happen tu go tu a “shin-dig,” as Charly Har per yuster say, he’d hold up his hands in holy horror, as I hearn men say what had on store hot close, an say we gurls had dun a nauty mean trick. Well, we all dun mitv well long in ther fall of ther year, but when every boddy else wus having gether- ings he thort he’d do sumthiu, so begin a party. Hit wus most krismus time, an all ther boys an gals round tlier hole settle ment wus on band by ther time yu could skin cr chicken er pick er rabbit, an bimebv four or 5 men with fiddles an horns cum prancin iutu ther house. In course this tuck us all on a kind er surprise, kase we want lowin tu have any danein, nuthin cep- tin a soshibel party, vu kno. Dekon skinner be sed tu cm, “gentlemens, yu mua put up yore fiddle, kas< to Have house." An the men what had T Albert Jennings, Druggist, Jasper, Fla. Certificates. Newnansvii.le, Fla.,) July 22, 1S85. j Mr. T. Albert Jennings, Jasper. Flo.:]] I Deaji Ur—I have used your Fever Tonic quite extensively with my hand?, 1 and find -that it will do 'all you cAim for it I take pleas ure in recommending it. Yours truly, Johx F. Lamb, IConductcr Roadway Train, S. F. & W. tailway. smith shop, ther kracke in all iher time, an thi John Adams, Burrel S' Smith, Bill Karswell ai er holloriu an ei lallin, ah when down berhiud thef intu ther troff what tar, what «e greases with, an got all stuck ther boys pulled him 01 Dekon kussed qn swort, an tbor boys they got sorry, An when they started off they ised they tvus gtvino tu hay a big bull up tu Waykross, an I mus kum, kase they would send me a kard. So tbertimo kum artorawhile ail 1 went tu tlier bull by myself, an Kapt. Austin met me, at ther depo, an Bill Write an Kundue- tor Loyd, an Jeffy Mattficks, an so forth all wanted tu gq with me, but Kapt. Austin wus the big gest an I went over tuither hotel with him. Bimeby he sez, when I gin him my kard, “yu kin go intu ther diuiii room an make yerself tu home.” , So, shore nufflwcnt in an when 1 pushed tlier dore opeu the musick cum lloten outen tliar like sweet drawn stranes frum - er keg ov hunuy, an Johnny Kason sed, sez lie tu me, as he tuck off his hat, uti squatted most dowu on ther floor, er bowiu tu me, (yu kno John uster be mi spark, but we broke up kase him an Jo Jones went rabbit huntin SunityJ sez he as he jerked £®iifier]uw one way an shot out tothrer^'Eveiiin tu over I h "j‘ in ther comer ail squat down.” Sed I, . I see frum yore Hedlight that shoot- you’ve -got a korrespondent -boys,.j down' ’bout "Jessup. Hft’s a * Lee | karions name, “Kappa,” I ,hav forth ’ * """ ” . * — en er been trying tq find o.ut if that was it she-namo or., a he-name. If hit’s a she-name writin tu jo thar’s ‘bind on ther mune,” if her left baud, .with which she clas- hit’s a. he-name,- all rjght—no dun., .’Sjpectfully you’rn, ‘ BrijGiNS'. ' F. R & N. Railway Shops,) Kllaville, Fia. j ?Mr. T. Slbcrt Jennings, Jasper, Fla.: I Dear Sir—I can snfelv and ■ , , . , . . Icl.ccrf.ity recommend Jennings’ \ B,me ^ d j e ^ on skmner. he cum iFrver 'Emic, a pleasant cure for' ’ C_J r --- -« bilious (ever, etc. the fiddles sed they wus law-a- bidin peple an wouldn’t du nuth in rong, an if lie didn’t want no danein they didn’t want no fiddlin, so that settled the arg- yument, an all uv us, John Adams, what stays at Smiths, an gives Pol Skinner sketch snuff, an Burrel Sweat, what stays tu Highsmiths, an Le6 Smith, what stays at his daddy’s store, an Jim Knowles, what lives way down in Eastman, an Pol Skinner, an Mad Kaswell, an Mandy Higgins, my gal, an Bill Karswell, what helps in the post office an wears a red-beard what looks like a broom-saige field, all uv us kommenced tu play steal pardpers an thimble | an truth on ver honer an sich. A Sheriff Murdered« Valdostr., Dee. 26.—G. \V. Epperson, Sheriff of Bradford county, Fla., was shot and killed near here last night by a negro named Richard Townsend. About three u \veeks ago Townsend brutal ly murdered D. C. Cohen, a tie contractor, for whom he was work ing in Florida aiid robbed him of $600 or $700 and other effects.— Sheriff Epperson followed him to Valdosta, and last night spotted him on the Braswell plantation, about four miles north of this place. \V. H. Cooper, a policeman here. W. J. Nelson and a negro guide went with Epperson and surround ed the house. The negro decoy tried to induce Townsend to come out, but failed. He thou went in and tried to get him to build a fire, and this he refused to do. Epper son was too eager for his game and pushed in at the door. As soon as he entered Townsend shot him through the brain, and he fell dead. Officer Cooper was just be fore he could spot his man he got a ball in the left shoulder. The negro guide fled, leaving Nelson, who is a cripple, alone with the wounded.^, policeman and To noticed by the .passing throng of hurrying merry makers, .yesterday was a woman whose pallid laqe and toil-rou ghhened fingers told of cheerless days and nights of battling with thread and needle against cold and hunger. A gold ring encircled the third finger of ped the weather-browned* shawl hUWl. The faded crape bonnet told that lie who had placed’ it there * 1 pftaecdnway. Her eyes were fixed upon the widow of a neighborhood pawn shop in which were temptingly dis played crisp batik notes, and shin ing heaps of gold and silver coin. A nervous hesitancy characterized her movements; moisture gathered in her weary eyes and, lingering for a moment upon her lashes, dropped in two large tears upon her faded garments, as she slowly drew the ring from her trembling finger. Mustering up her resolu tion she disappeared behind the screen door, issuiug thence a mo ment later with a precious some thing clutched in her hand Stop ping at a toy booth that some thing was speedily expended for a few cheap toys, to which the kind- hearted salesman added a pack age of bonbons. Tears still trem bled in her eyes, but the light of maternal love and gladness shone through and made them glorious The little ones would have a “mer ry Christmas,” purch&£( mother’s ^jabcrUtCe and a dead father’s offering. . MJSSTTS ■ yoveiUbtr Term Charlton, Superior Court. . that Christmas in Atlanta. The Grand Jurors,chosen, se lected slid sw om for the Novem ber Term of said Coart, beg leave ttfreport as follows, to-wit: We have examined the books of the various county offices, and find them "neatly and cot: rectly kept. We rettona^. NuncyJonesyiL j county, receive five dollars pbf'" month from this date. We find the public buildings in bad repair, and recommend that steps bo put to the court house, aud also recommend -that an iron cell 12x12, 7 feet high, cost not to exceed eight hun dred dollars be placed in the Jail. We also recommend that the Ordinary have a new bridge erected across Spanish Creek, on the road from Trader’s Hill to Folkston, and that the same be constructed of good heart or lightwood material. We also recommend that the Ordinary appoint J. P. Stallings, Robert Robin,sou and John Paxton as a committee to confer with the Ordinary in devising a plan for the construction of said bridge jajd-that-thc-Ofd i nJry_ advertise the same, amT let the building to the lowest bidder, and that said committee have authority to inspect and receive said bridge r i The miserable t Yours Truly, j J. D. Johnston. JaJi’Kr, Fla., July 10. 1885. Mr \ Albert Jennings, Jasper, F(i: Deai Sir—I have used “Jen nings’’ever Tonic,” and find it to be a siiecss. One bottle cured [three caes of chill and fever op. jmy plfre. I cheerfully recom mend j A Yours ^Respectfully, in an Mad Kaswell, an him wus put in ther middle of ther room with their e^ses tied up, blind folded yu kno, with their backs tugether, an John Adams, he tolc them they mus tell who John Kason, .yu galoot, yu is a good marshal, an ther people likes yu, but yu musn’t try tu put me in ther back ground, sez 1, an so 1 just pranced over thar an sot down by the Waykross Oc-chester, yu kuo that’s ther name of ther musick boys. Bimeby sumboddy sed, “All yu fellers git pardners fur a squad-drill, an all ther boys grabbed thur pardners, an a nice, klever lookin, squinch eye feller, Lee Smith’s bud .ie, Ed. Smith, but he ain’t no kin tu John Smith what kilt Pokyhun- tus, cum an axed me to be his pard, When we all got strung out roun tlier room, Dr. Nobles skrutched his ole base fiddle on ther back, an Gus Foakes putt ed an blowed his horn, an Dr. Karswell, Bills brother, blowed his ttute, an Frank .Foakes au all ther band boys what makes up ther Waykross Oe-chesty kummenced ther musick an all uv us capered tu ther frunt, up an down, an then ther feller what done ther hollerin fur ther crowd an talked like he had a high- rag in his mouth (he's a mity good feller, too) sed, sez he boy, together with several com panions, was “playing circus.” Among other acerobate feats they performed, they climed upon a fence and attempted to balance themselves on top of it, leaving the feet on one side and the head on the other. Young Jones attempted this “difficult leat.,” but his body slipped and he dropped to the the ground headforemost. As he fell his leg struck the fence with » i j i oi * *« j - -j such force that a bad fracture was struck dekon Skinner on ther | nlt "Siashed-a-w.Q-.'’-0, but hit produced just above the ankle.. His bed, an sez^sed' Macf^“5'5ir i tflfe nice, an all uv ther gurls 'head struck a small stone, and send was still master of bis ground The dead sheriff was left in the house with Towftsend. Of' course w Townscnd tte'd before another force marched against his stronghold. To-day the Sheriff of Lowndes with a large posse is in hot pursuit of the murderer, but it is hard to capture a negro once out of sight, among these planta tions and turpentine farms. This is the third white man tnat has been killed by negroes in Lowndes within two years. Ed Brown, colored, of Homcr- villc, danced hiiu^elf to death Christmas eve. He danced all night at a negro ball in town, took cold, resulting in miningetis, and died on Saturday. \nas day will reconcile daaiiv .Atlantians to prohibition i who *N v 'te<l Aigainst it. The day of ^'eaceiuid good will” was strange ly observed, when one physician had to treatseven gun shot wounds- and three fractures. The area oi drunkenness was unusually ample and much of it was rank. * Ninety and nine eases before the recorder reversed the meaning of the goou old hymn, and travestied the day. The jug was hid beneath the Christmas tree and made the festival a fight. When the fighting began the ready pistol was there. Fisticuffs amf sticks were the honorable exceptions The pistol was the rule, it really looked as if every tnau shot when he was touched. It was a word and a flash, and a fall. A young boy of twelve years, who can hardly be blamed for falling in with the examples so profusely j*ri-i- ] when-tlie same is finished, or to Clarence Jones, a seven-year-old white boy who lives on I air street, i gc ^ pulled out his pistol and broke his right leg and otherwise i planted a bullet in the check of injured himself yesterday. The another bov. The Ju" A * K ~ • , r>- v. , ■« “Slash-a-way-all,” and thpn ther bobbed em. Bimebv su.nbody I Wnd boy3 J blowcd hard an we Thos J. Bryan - . bobbed brother, \rno bobbed yu and tben the dekou would guess nos, Fla., July 21,1885. Mr.T*. Klbert Jennings, Jasper, In.—DkaVi Sir : My wife had the ver tor IE months, and I could -*t ’nqtliingl to cure her until rc- entlj-, wheii she used a bottle of dinings’ Fever Tonic,which cured er itnuicdiptely. I have-used sev- ral bottles of Fever Tonic on my ^rm,:and am highly pleased with j-t—it] never fails to cure. i Respectfully, ^ S. S. Sharp. sumthiu er father .but ther fuq «P WUh went on uutwell Burrel Sweat stuped down, unbeknownst to ettny uv us, while ther D’ekou wus blindfolded, and tied sum White Spbino, Fla.J July 2d, 1885. j r. T. Albert Jennings, Jasper, -Fla.: Deab Sir—Last spring I had an tte'ek of fever. Hearing of your ' sr Tonic, I purchased a bottle used only a third of it and cured. The remainder of the I gave to a young lady who had the fever for two "years, have learned that it entirely her and she has not had the since. I take great pleasure mending it to those sufler- chilis, fevers, etc. Very respectfully, J. F, Sttswaet, Assessor, Hamilton Co., Fla. wus a watchin uv my capers. An tben my pardner, ,lie got bellowsed, an cavorted round au a l. mad as a wet rooster, ure-works rouu the dekons coat- . wus mad. me, au 1 sed, as 1 looked tu Him with a witchin smile “Kd Smith, dear Eddie, yu’s a slow coach,” au then he sot down, Yes, he tail, an then set off er kiuiiiou cracker. Ther dekou he jump ed up an se3 ther boys had kom menced sliootin in his bouse, an it was agin koustitutional rights and boot that timo sumbody toch off ther firepopers what wus tied to ther Dekon’s cote-tail, an they begin to slzz an pop an ther dekon he fell down au rolled an ther kraekers kummenced tu shoot shore nuff- Mad Kaswell ho jumped up an yelled ku klux!” an ther Dekon he holler ed “murder!” an run outi n doors an a kannon kracker shot off, an he fell down, an then suhi little kraekers sez—“Sh-liU-h-^ spang, bang, kerdang-dsng,” ~ ther dekon bolieicd an ruff u Kaptin Austin, the big whis kered proprietor of the hotel ax ed nielli danceaskotch-itch with him, but I refused, (cause I had ther itch one time) as I hid my face behind a lace hancherchiif an nodded tu Will Write, an he nodded, an tben 1 nodded ergin an then all uv us gals nodded. Alvy Baker wus thar, but I wouldn’t dance with him, an ’fused, kase I beam be wus a gwiue tu git married, au I seen in yore liedlite paper tbat-he’s done gone tuck an got married shore nuff. I’m told bis little wife is a mity nice little ’oman, but she wus a mity Greene gurl ’fore she got married, au if she didn’t git a - rich husband she i go.t a good Baker. I hope' so; yes, I hope so, certin. Hit wus a mean trick them’ bad scalp wound was inflicted also.—Atlanta Constitution. and tb pistol certainly held’the fort on Christmas day. Unless both speedily and thoroughly reformed our people will b^gin to accept Christmas as a day when windows are to be closed, not to shut in the peace and joy . of home, but to shut out the random missiles of riot qnd the tch phone is to he invoked to forestall the morning paper.— Atlanta Constitution. reject the same if it is not in compliance with the plans. We, recommend that the Clerk‘ascertain what books are ueeded in his office, and thut he report the same to the Ordinary and that the Ordinary supply tiie ottico with suc*h dockets. We find the roads in good passable condition. We recommend that the county advertising he done here after in the Waycrosg Head light, and that these present ments be published in said pa per. In conclusion we hereby ten der our hearty thanks to Judge M. L. Mershon for the able and impartial manner in which ho has presided at this term of our court, and we also return our thanks to L. A. Wilson, Solici tor General pro. tem., for bis courtesies to this body. F. Lang, Foreman. H.J. Stokes, Japoth Rawls, W W Milikin, E. Burnsed, E. Hendricks, J. Stokes, E D O’Quinn, S A O’Quinn, J B O’Quinn, J T Mizell, J P Stallings, J R Cooper, J B Brooks, I. E Summerell, Mrs. George Gray, of Leliaton, while.out riding With' her two lit tle children and colored nurse girl, met the colored girl’s mother, who has been crazy at intervals for several years, and one of her hob bies is to get her daughter back home to abuse her. She met Mrs. Gray in a lbnely piece of woods near Pine Bloom, caught the horse by the bridle, then the lines, and jumped into the buggy and com menced fighting her daughter; then she tried to take posession of the lines for a maniac ride. Mrs. Gray and children screamed j when Mrs*. Gatchell and Miss Lonnie Dclaughter came driving up be hind. Mrs. Gutcbell jumped out and caught, hold of the horse, and commenced to bilk to the crazy woman. When told if she would get out she could have her daugh ter, the ruse Worked well, and as soon as she touched the ground, In Harlem, New York, the meanest fraud on record has just beert brought to light. Thsre has p p ft appears, ticena scarcity iff vac- N V ® obwrte » K Fowers »’ cine virus thereabouts, owing to the great demand along the Cana dian border. A physician of that place is responsible for the follow ing statement: “Taking advan tage of the scarcity, unscrupu lous druggists have prepared quills with Croton oil instead of vaccine matter. The sore produced by Croton oil is so much like that of genuine virus the ordinary people would nevetknow the difference. I have oo doubt that there are a great many • people in town who suppose they are safe from small pox infection when they have siui, ply been vaccinated with an irti- iant.” R Robinson, R Hatcher, 1 J M Mattox, Jehu Paxton! General Presentments of Graud Jury, November Term, Charlton Superior Court, 1885* A G. Gowex. Clk S. C. C. C. -J.j i In this country a young man who made his living fiither a pres ent of a coffin would get bounced out of tlic house, but in China it is the proper thing to do. Every father expects his son to givo him as fine a coffin as he is able to buy. Cuthbert baa a brass band composed of ladies. Prohibition goes into effect in Elbert county on June 1st. The county school cotn.nis-, siontTs of Terrel county paid ' out $3,500 lust week. There were seventeen deaths in Savannah during Christmas ' week; only two of then, were whites. Judge W. T. Jones lias been selected to codify the ordinan ces of Albany, and will get one hundred dollars for tiie job. John Goff, k German r Thomas Singletary, Town Mar-; ^ shal of Hoinerville and * county ! J?. Y., claims Jo 1 i :i:cr ..I,... :1a ! V S oon f : ^ akii/iron orrivwl home 1 hand while loading a pistol, yannab, oi io tzultL / i V ( safe after a bad scar*. \ T* ) ■ g a painful wound.

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Waycross headlight. (Waycross, Ga.) 1884-1???, January 06, 1886, Image 1