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mmi WAYCP^SS HEADLIGHT, WEDNESDAY, JAN. fl, 1SS0 f 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. \ \ 1 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 " ■i and bad him. t money restored' to 3se§=.ogS2is ** * I S-21S * £• c *c ■ : CO * 3 5 c ^CO : HJiJj f-S-SSeS -^*5^ CG O 5.2 .a to „ „ £ « O a - go 1 y ® .2 M z: co o< Manufacturer Tinware. 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. 15 • ta S. s ® 2 G. a .2 ■a *3 - ajw c£ ~"o a •S’Sj au a SA 8-3Sv" °£ o S .2J ® - _•= = 5 .te-a § o •5;I|! 51«|! l| •5 3IIISt/S!-*? o - 2* - = -= frX •-33 o co Cu t-3 i! 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 F.l school evory day. j' • 53 S.'" I T5 ffi — ,9 T? = SGQ’S'S « _ .5 =1 s|i|11 «. s - . Oh « « ‘ i a V 5 -g £2s‘cogo sa g c- w ® « rS. +■» o ti'TS-s:*— i •g-SiJ— 3 1 ^ => o SH* 1 SP3 -ts sJSfllFJ'i ^•2 gt Ste | w a; £4,0 - •2 O T3 B..2 o •§ 1 11 o < I < iStS'a § 3x t 2-0OS. te o c ir* S3 P. F. Send to nie for what you want. septO-jOm-a s o g 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 + FOLKS Parker , Brick B.iiilJn, Keep on i.and A Full Line Ice and SoJa water 5 °" . ,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,; . » i- L