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WAYCP^SS HEADLIGHT,
WEDNESDAY, JAN. fl, 1SS0
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The Ltmn T«n Circulation.
The Lenrmt County Circulation.
The Luvryt General Clrcnlatlon.
fU HEADLIOIIT Tl.lt- more Home.
M>4 la Head by more Trople than any
alhae fa per pnblUhrd In this Section.
Saturday’s Vote.
For Mayor:
_ Official Organ of Charlton.
Official Organ of Ware.
«T. K. LAVIER,
JAMBS N. FREEMAN.
Editors.
The now year has commenced,
let every one have a purpose in
view.
Jacksonville, Fla., has again
fallen a victim to the fire fiend,
to tlio tunc of (50,000.
Misses Susie and Minnie Ab
bott, of Brunswick, have been
visiting friends in Waycross.
Ben. J. Apple, of M. Forst &
Co. was in town Tucsdny work
ing for his bouse. Ben is a brick,
^'HMOtiXKrlck.
L. A. Wilson
213
Jesse E. Butler
83
Wilson's Majority -
- 130
Councilmen:
A. J. Sweat
103
II. W. Reed,
2G0
V. L. Stanton
199
H. W. Wilson
215
H. E. Hutchins
- 129
B. Sweat, - - .
92
J. A. Lott
111
The four gentlemen receiving
the highest vote compose til
new council.
The firs* train ever run on the
Georgia Railroad was ill 1S3G.
ers prop
raise toliacco they should begin
to studv the revenue laws.
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The Odd Fellows will have a
public iustallation at Oleman's
Hall next Thursday evening, 7
o'clock. I’uhlie invited.
Mcssis. Calvin and William
Parker, of Pearson, passed
through town last Tucsdny morn
ing bound for Savannah.
Wo acknowledge an invitation
to attend the young moil’s social
dance at Folkston, to-morrow
night. Sorry we can’t attend.
A merchant of Albany says
his trade has been as good du
ring the past business season as
ever before, the cry of hard-times
notwithstanding.
Lanier & Youmans have re
ceived tlieir large and haudsome
Jeweler’s sat. andJuumJ
sition, anirwiiniercufler carry a
largo stock of jewelry.
Last week during an enter
tainment at Miss I. C. Rems-
hart's some person, supposed to,
he a tramp, entered the liall and
carried nway several overcoats,
cloaks and hats. No clue.
Roxbury, Mass., claims the
honor of establishing the first
Sunday-school in the United
States.
The ball and party season of
85-86 has been quite lively all
over the country. “There is life
in the old land, yet.
Chicago has only 9,000 saloons
against 13,000 last year, and yet
the people of that city do not seem
; to fear a liquor famine.
The fertilizer factory at Elber-
ton is to be enlarged to keep
pace with the growing demand
for cotton seed compound.
The President’s conservative
attitude relative to tariff legisla
tion is doubtless in accord with
the business sentiment of the
country.
Editor Ward, of the Baxley
Banner, spent Christmas
Pearson. If we hear of any as
signments in bankruptcy up
there wo shall know the reason
Married at‘the residence of
Mr. Shep Watson, in Waycross,
Mr. John L. Larson to Miss
Emma Slaughter, both of Pine
fia., Rev. E. M. Whiting
ofiiciatin
The decease of Vice-President
Hendricks and Mr. Vanderbilt
may well suggest how great a
levelcr is Death. Prinoe and
, Shreds and Patches.
A few more days of happiness
and then Congress will meet
again.—Philadelphia Times.
There’s many a slipper ’twixt
mother and son in every well-
regulated household.—Ex.
The trouble in politics is that
the square man is never round
when he is wanted.—New Or-
ieuns Picayune.'
The Chinese can make the
most elaborate bows, but it is no
ticed that their clothes are titled
for it.—New Orleans Picayune.
Somebody sends us a circular
which begius “Are you troubled
with fullness in the stomach?”
And this to an editor? Ye gods! dam
—Evansville Argus.
In his will Mr. Vanderbilt
left no money to the lawyers.
Let us take back all the mean
things we have said of Mr. Van
derbilt.—Minneapolis Tribune.
The socialists claim to be half
million strong in this country,
but we don’t believe it. The fool
killer dusen’t loaf all the time.
—Philadelphia Press-
Readers of fiction must have
noticed during the past several
months that the late Hugh Con
way wrote a great many more
stories after his death than while
he was living.—"Norristou Her
ald.
A band of cowboys out in
Montana hung up a horse thief’s
stocking Christmas Eve. As the
owner of the socks happened to
be in them at the time Santa
duns didn’t speak as he passed
by.—St. Paul Herald.
Dr. Barber, of Hazlehurtst,
bought a nice turnout in Savan
nah last week and drove home,
a distance of 100 miles, in six
teen hours, being a little over
six miles per hour.
On January 10, the Athens
paper mills shut down and re
main closed for about three
-months. By this, none of the
hands will suffer, as they have
nearly all secured emplov inent
in the Princeton factory, which
commences operations right
away.
The^suit of Peter Williams vs.
the Savannah, Florida and Wes
tern Railwa;. Joinpnny, for ro,U*HI
i- continued last w
Tiie plaintifi in his declaration
says that in June, 1884, lie was in
the defendant’s employ at Way’s
station in Bryan county^ While
running aW^*' m *fy engine there
some hot "' as , bl "' vn ! n °
\Villi iim /H«ft eye and the sight
was destroyed and his right eye
vyaft w^owy.injured. He claims
that the company is responsible
for the accident, and he sues for
damages. |v
Where jFire Crackers are
Made.
Nine-tenths of the fire-crack
ers come from Canton, China,
where they are made by convicts
hired by Fatshing &. Chow Hin:
from the government at the rate
of three cents a day. All of the
work is done inside of the prison
which consist of a reservation of
400 square feet, staked off and
surrounded by high .bamboo
peasant, millionaire and mendi- failings. The paper employed
Editor Hanlon,. of th Albany
Medium having published a float
ing rumor that the citizens of
Sumner, in Worth county, had all
with one exception, sigued the pe
tition to hold another election in
that county on the whisky ques
tion, brings out the editor of the
Freo Trader, published in Sum
ner, who says that upon personal
inquiry he has not been able t<
find a man who had ever seen or
signed a petition, and furthermore
that the citizens of Sumner are now
nearer to barrooms and dram shops
than they care to be, and that
many would move way if whisky
is ever allowed to be sold there
again.
p. F.
VALDOSTA ADYERTU 'EMENTS.
WILLIAMS
VALDOSTA, GEORGIA,
Calls especial ateiitio
and beautiful
to their new
fafl
Nin m, Ml ORGAN,
liich they are otfenn-r to deliver, free
right at any railroad depot on recei
Of Ten Dollars Cash,
«nd aXTEcu MONTHLY PAYMENTS
IVE DOLLARS each, including boo
ad stool. We alsJ otter the
New Estey Piano,
Pu,
installments of $50 CASH, and fro
$10 lo 15 per month.
Repairing! and Tuning Organs and Pianos ma le a apeciatjr an 1
work guaranteed or no ctiarg*. Our terms are reasonable, an l all wo
v TvcalMs juiitit and impartial trial, and we will provt that we mean business
Write us wr ~5p€bi«i~T»rn;wr'ui Onr UmOrtiiqf twr ’of orgtfST ■ a J■4-
pianos. f scpt9 Cat c 8o g
CSX
H. L. BOONE,
Yaldosta, Georgia.;
Dealer in Hardware, Stoves, Stove
Fixtures, Mechanical Tools and
Farmers’ Utensils, Corn-shell ers,
Wlieel-barrows, Fane Mills and
Syrup Pans.
ant, must obey the incx&raheJ'in the manufacture of firecrack-
Every paper you pick up now
contains accounts of incendiary
fires in different parts of the
country. A liberal use of well
t visted hemp would greatly di
minish these crimes if the cul
prits arc ever caught.
Murdetfa and murderous as-
Fiialts in Massachusetts are get
ting so numerous that eulogists
of the commonwealth will need
to dilute slightly the strong doses
they administer to outside bar-
barions.—Boston Record.
Mr. Roan PafTord, an influen
tial and honored citizen of Cof
fee county, came to town last
Thursday lo look after his home
here. Helms our permission to
go and come when he has the
good of his family and our town
ftn view.
Presidents and Vice-Presi
dents and great financiers come
and go, but the stability of the
Republic and the firm founda
tion upon which its varied bus
iness interests rest render the
death of no man, grievous as it
may be to his friends and kin,
gn irreparable public loss.
The Atlanta prohibition con
test fm* been decided, and the re
sult of the election as declared
by the Ordinary was 228 for pro
hibition. One dealer will sell
nearly ah of this year, as he bad
renewed bis license for twelv
month* before tlie' contest was
decided. Others will close as
,'tbftir license expire, during the
year.
summons.
Mr. Cleveland, writing to Jos
eph Kepplcr, who plays the clown
in Puck, says that the newspa
pers of this country “are liars
and purveyors of lies.” No
doubt the president had in mind
the western newspapers.
Mr. G’alstonc use3 postal
cards. This seems to be the sev
erest charge that can be brought
against the old man. A postal
card is well enough once a year,
hut no weli bred person can af-
fordtouscin his private corres
pondence
When the old year went out Mr.
Francis Milroy thought he would
go out with it. When it was mid
night he nudgdd his wife and woke
her. Just as the lady opened her
eves Milroy said, “Fannie, good
hve; I’m gone/’ He put a pis
tol to his head, pulled the trigger,
and was a dead man.
The Supremo Court of North
Carolina last week decided that*
the law requiring home drummers
to take out a license to solicit
trade on the streets is unconstitu
tional. As a consequence the
State Treasurer will be called up
on to refund about$100,090, which
has been collected from home mer
chants under tho provisions of the
law.
Editor Perliain, of the Quit-
man Free Press, “insisted" in
his last issue that the people of
Waycross should elect us mayor
of the town. Thank our stars
his “insist" came too late, and
now we are overhauling our
brains trying to fin<J out 'what
we had done that Brother Per-
ham should thus de6iro to af
flict us. “How sharper than a
serpent’s tooth is it to have a
toothless friend."
The Jesup Dish-rag informs
the public that it will make
some improvements for the
New Year, “and that a new sub
editor will be among the other
ers is made of bamboo film, and
is without doubt tho strongest
paper made. Each cracker is
rolled and pasted by hand, and
the nimble fingers of the convict
finish them with remarkable
rapidity. The powder is differ-
ent from any other made, and
despite the finness of it, is never
theless equally as powerful as
onr best blasting powder. When
ready for the market they are
distributed all over the world.
In the year 1884, 500,000 boxes
of fire-crackers were entered in
this country. Each box con
tained forty packages of from
sixty-four to eighty crackers.
From this some idea may be ob
tained of the number of crack
ers exploded on Christmas day.
Chicago, January 1.—A mys
terious piece of mechanism was
found near the office buildin;
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
railroad at the corner of Adams
and Franklin street, at 2 o’clock
to-day. It is believed to be an in
fernal machine, and is said to
have been lying where it was
found for a week. The machine,
which was partially covered
dirt, was in- some way reveal
last nights ji police
called, and the machine was
carefully taken to the Harrison
streets police station, where sever
al experts examined it. They were
unable to decide upon the nature
fo the queer machine. There is
a cylinder of tin six inches in
length, which It is thought may
contain dynamite. This cylinder
is hermetically scale 1, as are also
other portions of the machine. It
will be turned over to persons of
experience for examination.
P. p. F.
-AH kinds of PL01S-
always on Hand.
Breech-ljoading Sliot-gun^j
Rifles, Ammunition,
Tlio dispatches bring qs the
fearful news from Austin, Tox-
«s., that between six and ten
women, white and colored, have
jril been outraged and mur
dered in that place within the ohanges, and the Heawuo'ht
A rest!
ted <
§gi||!j^^^k case
ict
Hiir;
part year, up to this time
the raid culprit has not bean ar
rested, Several have been arres
ted oil suspicion, hut in every
ease sufficient evidence to con-
ict has been lacking, and the af.
jri» still shrouded in mystery.
should prepare for another lint
ing.” Indued ! If there is any
one thing the Dish-rag needs it
is an editor. Be sore to get ono
that will “lick” Charlton eonn-
ty off of yoor sign board. Only
6 pirate sails under false flags'
Charley Ranson, the notod New
York gnmdler, is d n ad at last,
ioaving to his widow a fortune of
(225,000. Ransom was particular
ly fond'of stock operations on Wall
street, where lie was popular.
Most of his operations were con
ducted through Frank Work.
Men like Charles J. Osborn and
William R. Travers were his warm
friends, It is said that the Rev.
John P. Newman, known princi
pally as General Grant's pastor.
Many st cries illustrative of Ran-
son’s good heartedness are told.
It is said that on one occasion a
young man lost $3,000 at faro in
the Twenty-fifth street house. The
victim went in tears to Ranson,
who was sitting in a back room
was an intimate friend of the gen
tle mannered gambler. A late
presidcat ofthfe United States was
ondo a' patron of bis establish
ment, and members of congress
darkened his doorway constantly,
with some friends. “Mr. Ranson,”
he cried, “I've lost money that did
not belong to me. I have been
Woak enough to yield to tempta
tion, and my whole life will be
ruined by it.” “How old are yon?”
said Ranson curtly. “I’m twenty-
three.” The gambler went to a ta
ble and wrote a pledge abjuring
gambling ofall kinds for life. Then
bo held the handle of the pen to
wards the victim, "Sign it, and yon
shall have every cent of your moq.
money back,” bo said. The young
man eagerly signed the pledge
llncklen’s .arnica halve.
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
isfaction, or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale
at Folks & Morgan.
The sensational report of Mr.
Benjamin’s fracas with the guards
of the shah’s wives in Persia, is
quickly followed by our Leipsie
consul’s story of how he circum
vented lhe elopemeut of a design
ing married man with an Ameri
can girl. Our diplomatic agents
are furnishing so much good read
ing matter lately that it gives rise
to the suspicion that the given
ment has orgonilfitLiistory syndi
cate: ' - T 1 "
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him.
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Iron, Steel, Steam Fixtures anc]
MILL supplies, Beltinj, fte.
Our Stock is the largest * ffe
Southwest Georgia, and We
defy competition. Buyers can
always liqve their orders filial.
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An Enterprising, Reliable House.
Folks & Morgan can always be
relied uj»on, not only to carry in
stock the best oi everything, hut to
secure the Agency for sucu articles
us have well-known merit, and are
l>opular with the people,' thereby sus
taining the rcpulat.on of being al
ways enterprising, and ever reliable.
Having secured the Agency for the
celebrated Dr. King’s New Discovery
for Consumption, will sell it on a
positive guarantee. It will surelv
cure any and every affection of
Throat, Luugs, and Chest, and to
show onr vonfidcnce, we invite you
to call and get a Trial Bottle Free.
The Buena Vista (Colo.) have
at least one young lady of whom
they are very proud. Her name
is Sadie Bay, and she is proprie
tress and editress of The Buena
Vista Wasp, Miss Bay, although
only-16 years of ago, does the ed
itorial work upon her paper, sets
all the type, oonducts all of the
business of the office, and runs the
press horseif. It is a hand^press,
and she hag the requisite nmaole
to perform the labor. Besides do
ing all jfie work enumerated, M’igg
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C. C. VAR
HEALER LY
General | Mercl
Yaflosta,- Georgia
One of tiie largest sUws in my line lias rckently hedn qtcnc.l, and
rare bargains Chu be oblaied. • ' ^
Millinery ai
and CustH
cialties.
Fan
Goods.
iti-made Shoes/ Spe- *
OlHm from the confitry J'l'ciled, an.) I will make K ^ ,
all to nnv from me in pniferenco 10 sending further
goods which I sell at
onaid figures. I have one
of Millinery & Dress
in Southwest Georgia, from which purcltarcre'oa 1
a trial and I will be ntiafied. ’ j^ere oa» select
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FOLKS
Parker , Brick B.iiilJn,
Keep on i.and
A Full Line
Ice and SoJa water
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°" . ,l,,n d a Full slock of Drags. Druggists Stimirik. is *
Ods, Cigars, T.diacco, ttmifl. Stulidfter.v, Paietif Jedn- n ’ s ir
A K’—Il v. trv '• Y c-
Seeds always • ou himd.
when ; u spawn,;
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