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His Hotter, L. A Wikcn. (
Last Sunday was regular day
for preaching at Pearson. \
Now it a good time to cfast
about and get your spring garden
ready. 1 j
Place your advertisements 1 in
the Headlight to catch the eiirly
spring trade. I
Christmas, New year and } the
election excitemcnf being Jver
there is time for reflection. 1
Mr. Staff D. Davis, of Ciffee
county, en route from Thomas
county home, passed through
town last Sunday. J
Just Received, a fresh Jot of
onion sets and garden seeds of
all kinds, at
Folks Mouga
at Millwpd had a difficulty last
week in yrjich Davis was shot
in the thi|h. Smith escaped.
The yojng men of Folkston
will get urtU ball for to na rrow
night. Mri Higgins may l*e
there “if fjer foot-log kin be
Our City Taxes•
The subject of “tax reduction”
was fully discussed in the late
municipal election, and while
the ticket headed with “a reduc
tion in taxes” was composed of
gentlemen of pure motives w.e
fail to see how such an eud could
be accomplished without retard
ing the prosperity of the town,
in some manner.
The taxes gathered by a mu
nicipal government is generally
applied to the support of that
government, for the improve
ment of the streets, oils, lamps
and for other contingent purpo
ses, and it would be suicide to
any corporation to assess bc4o\v
the amount necessary for these
purposes. *
The Headlight is opposed to
oppression in any form, and will
not submit to such a proceeding
'av*»-xipon ourselves or uponi-he poo-
k cooned over
Advertisements should be hand
ed in on Monday, or at the latest
•Tuesday morning, to insure inser
tion in thatjweeks’ paper. Please
notice this^kiends
Capt Janls McDonald's new
•'-^Pijesidence aPMcDonald’s mill, is
' •* i>ear completion. Mr. S. L. Stead
is putting on the finishing strokes
with his little paint brush
Why did Col John C McDonald
f refuse to run for mayor?” has been
asked us recently. Because
extensive legal business claimed
all of his time, is the answer.
| Mr. G. W. Collins, an engin
eer of the Brunswick and Western
iailread, died tins week of con-
j ’sumption. lie leaves a wife but no
children, and was 30 years of ;%c.
* Everybody ought to subscribe
0 for their county organj in the l>e-
gining of the year. Send us one
/dfolltf and fifty cents and we will
Headlight one
pie, still, we must be reasonable
and fair in all things. If we
refuse to lend our aid toward
tlic support of the municipal
government we cannot expect
to see our streets kept in order,
our town cleaned up and tender
ed healthy, order and quiet reign
supreme, and our homes guard
ed by faithful watchmen of the
night. All of these blessing?
can only be obtained by the sup
port of the citizens who form
the corporation of a city or
town.
mlation
All persons indebted to
are respectfully requested
settle their accounts by January
All who do not settle by that
time, their accounts will be dis
continued.
Respectfully,
E. H. Crawley.
population has the weight to
bear, bud eleven dollars^ special
tax upon] a few business men is
rather steep, we think. With
the able! legal talent of the May
or elect,! and the fairness and
honestyNof his Council we feel
sure thai this subject will receive
His Honor’s attention at the ear
liest possible moment, when our
people will receive the best terms
of taxation that can be devised,
and uniil then we rest the case,
with th^ Court’s permission.
Error Corrected.
Somjetime ago we made the
statement that city taxes had VATI ,,|>
• (lit , rs U i i L li*
been reduced, bat we erred.—
The taxes for 1384 was 25 per: ° EORGIA — Charlton county,
cent, in 1885 the assessment! Will be leased to the highest
was mide at 50 cents, but was bidder, on January.the 0th, 18S6
subsequently reduced to 30 per at * °^ s l° n » Ga. untill January
SCHOOL NOTICE.
Miss Maie Stead will open a school
for primary and intermediate
ranches on the 1st Monday in
January, 183(3, at her father's res
idence, oppssitc the-Presiding El
der’s home. Terms, primary, $1
per month ; intermed'at<* $1.50.
Henry Hohenstein, j
REPRESENTING
$50,000,000
Fire and Accident
Insurance,
► Waycross, Ga.
L.
cent ^>11 the hundred. The re
duction from the assessment to
the flatter figure led us to make
this)error, which, of course, is
regretted. Dr. W. B. Folks
culls our attention to this mut
ter, but we had already examin
ed Col. Brewer’s books and had
determined to make the correc
tion before his message was re
ceived, our attention having
been arrested by others who
had discovered the error.
It was not our intention to
give wrong figures, but we must
admit our own inexcusable
haste in publishing the item
1st, 1887, the following property
belonging to the estate of J. R.
Bachlot, to-wit: One good store
house, with ware- house. ( the
Bachelot old stand. ) One fine
dwelling house, two stories high
with eight rooms, with kitehen
and all other suitable out build
ing, also two or three acres of
open land under fence, a good
garden, peach trees and grape
vines, in connection with said
dwelling. One field containing
NOTICE.
GEORGIA—Charlton County.
The legal advertising of Charl
ton county will hereafter he done
in the Waycross Headlight in
stead. of the Jesup Sentinel, ae
heretofore.
W. O. Gibson. Ordinary.
N. F. Robinson, Sheriff,
This Dec. 7, 1885.
To All Whom it May Concern.
GEORGIA—Ware County.
All persons interested, are here
by notified that, if no good cause
be shown to the contrary, the fol
lowing orders will be granted by
he undersigned, on the 11th day of
January, 1886, to-wit: Establish
ing a new road as marked out by
the Road Commissioners appoint
ed for that purpose : From Glen-
more to Coxes hammock, by the
way of L. P. Steedley’s residence.
Also, changing a portion of the
public road as marked out by the
Road Commissioners appointed
for that purpose, from the Baptist
Lurch, near the residence of Geo.
without faking "proper time for
Now, we have heard street-tax | | ns p ect ^ ou or reflection in the
seven or eight acres under good ‘ Lee, jr., so as to run parallel with
fence suitable for trucking* 'the railroad to the Rowell place.
Terms will be cash on the day! Also, to discontinue the public
of lease, or note with good se- > |* oa ^ from Waresboro to the Doug-
curity payable on January the^ ass fer ’* y 0111 ie ^ atl a nv
1st, iss7.
J. Rawls, Administrator.
that those
ed and found
•ecive due con-
iiiglit pay to do
r.g the bpsy houses in
Lcross during the holiday
|m that must? be mentioned,
s wcll-knrrAi fc^ce^y store
Testnururi^Sf ^* c 'pefcirper
door to us. \ ^ to
■i oystei stewV rom Hatpei
|e muni-in u eketc-i
last ^Saturday represents both'
railroads. VTis well; the rail
road people Wve a right to help
VoverB the Jown since thev help*
%ake tfipp 01 * it. Those arc'
our s£n$,uj>Ir n t s * '
the 7-year bid
Aldepan . M. UP
istautV killed on thi e
Itrack/of the East
^’irgiiXi and Geo***
by thinorth bounid
[inswic last Satu r *
'ant a filiation? Af e
of'liel? Have }V U
out, s^k to sell/
to remr buy? * H
r advUsement to
ill j be iserted ^t a
•notice of 5J300*
Vk - r
cost but 9150
blc in abvance.
jbscription j and
new yean. It
forus tvhen
of the; larg-
ption fist of
this section,
be power of the
irir.g about such
B » is tb| time
of year, for yomto tointnnnco to
do something. 1 YoU may have
passed the last yeaf in idleness,
don’t remain idle any longer.—
Soon manhood’s days wHl be
upon yon, andf yoi^r idleness
’ ignorance Wjll b® I’ oar 6 > n >
• fault. Lebrn\ to work,
to write, J p ari> to keep
learn to oSOP w ood, and
if jeon have an ppportunity of
n g t o school ip, •I™ «PP*y
yonrself. We see a^pow the
nation
- noqd ofuin educa.. ...., -
was our fortune \ to .'earn to
wotk, our misfortpuel »ot to
boqducated, v Take\l>e^, boys.
ES
payers say they had no property
in the town and they did not
think it just for them to have to
help keep up the streets, but
they have as much right to pay
that tax as they have to pay.
State and county tax, or as much
right as they would have to sue
the corporation for damages if
they wero to stumble on those
streets and get hurt, and they’d
be very quick to do that if they
had a chance, as they, would
certainly have the right. Way
cross lias a good many streets,
and the tax may seem high, and
is a little higher than in some
towns we have lived in, still,
tlVy may not 6e reduced with
out crippling the street-service.
By the receipts in our pos
session we see that we have paid
four dollars for the year just
closed, as street-tax, vet, the
street in front of our house lia
not been worked, baring the
chopping down of weeds, still,
we lelievo the street fund has
been judiciously expended, and
wo are willing to continue the
payment of the same amount, as
■01 citizens should be, to see the
^Uts needing work more, put
m pro* er ort j er>
The cb^cii just elected has
much to do; they have even
more, and arc expected to ac
complish more good for the
town than the government whose
time has expired. Because, if
we h$ve been informed correct
ly, the old council found debts
and other 'obstacles to pay and
remote, when inaugurated,
whiqh has been done, by judi-
management and aide fi-
lg. This, then, is a
;e the New had over the
lid the money paid into
mry now can be applied
the improvement of the
possibly some reduc-
* cs - - ~r / “
re heard some com
plaint made against the levying
and collection of the special tax.
The tax on a business house is
te^ dollars, and when the receipt
or liceuse is given an additional
dollar is charged as a clerk’s fee.
This, we hold, is wrong,.yet, we
del uot. pretend to say the® clerk
hits no right to compensation,
but the Council should pay the
fee. Kis salary should be made
afiple to cover this transaction.
If the town wants ten dollars
fyr a special tax, the applicant
should not be made to pay eley-
( n, (or if he be-a poor man hot
ble to take out a special tax li
cense for one year) more,
^here’s no justice in this,
think some remedy should be
: applied-—let the Council pay the
for*H Park’s fee, or IflA the tax bo re-
- - fiuecd.
We oppose the reduction of
tho street-tax/ because the wholo
Lilli
premises. Our motives
pure—it was our mistake.
A Valdosta House.
Estate J. R. Bachelot.
Dec. the 12th 1885.
3 t Printing $3.27.
Testimonial.
Waycross, Ga., Sip 25th, 85.
One of our most arden t|T. Albert Jennings, Jasper, Fla.:
friends, Mr. J. H. Stump, whose| Dear Sir: For the last two
years I have been troubled with
chill and fever, and I bought one
"large and well displayed adver
tisement appears in to-day’s pa
per, covering an entire column
on the title page, gives evidence
that he is fully alive to the
stimulating influences of judi
cious advertising. In addition
to carrying the largest stock in
his line, he is making a special
ty of sign painting, both plain
and ornamental. Write to him,
vices of
bottle of Jennings’ Fever Tonic,
and was cured entirely of chill3
and fever, before the bottle was
i half used. I take great pleasure
i in commending it to those troubled 1
| with chills and fever. Yours,
E. P. Shouse.
b I at Valdosta, Ga., for ..pyicc
-("what you want. **
Tanger J A neglected cold or cough may
>:ui to I'n-uinoiiia.t'onsuiijptlnn or other fatal
(SH ase. Strong's Pectoral Pi la will cure a
cold ii-s bv mauie. llunirforUyspeppi*.In
digestion, sick headache as thousands testify.
C A S H.
LANIER At YOUBANi
Practical Jewelers and Publish? .
ers Waycross Headlight.-.
OUR
Al-o, to discontinue the public
ad from Green Roberts’ planta
tion to’the Coffee county line.
Also, will pass upon the validity
oi an order heretofore granted,
making the roud fiom O. F. Hop
per’s old still to the end of t'Tu.
Tyre’s lane, by the way of Waiter-
town bridge, a public road, and at
the same tiino will pass upon the
complaint and petition asking for
a discontinuance of the same, said
petition having been filed by the
citizens of the neighborhood.—
Given under my hand and official
signature. WARREN LOTT,
dec 9 Ordinary.
may ho form ’ on
CIO at Gno. P.
Roweix, A Co*■
ms mm
Newspaper Advertising Bureau ( 10 Sprue*
~7«NEV YNK.
Wonderful Cures.
W. D. Hoyt & Co., Wholesale
and Re tail Druggists of Rome, Ga.
sav: We have been selling Dr,
King’s New Discover/, Electric Bit
ters and Buchlen’s Arnica Salve foi
two years. Ha\e never handled reme
dies that sell as well, or give such
universal satisfaction. There ha'c
been some wcndertul cures efiecied
by these medicines in this city. Sev
eral cases ^ pronounced Consump
tion have been entirely cure<rU~U!fe
of a few bottles of Dr. King’s New
Discovery, takt n in connection with
Electric Bitters. We guarantee them
always. 8old by Folko & Morgan.
£23r* As our country readers failed to ses last Siturdiy’s special, wo print; it in full size, just
as it appeared in thirty minutes after the polls were closed, announcing results.
WAYCROSS HEADLIGHT.
Special.
Saturday Eve., Jan. 2, 1886.
HEADLIGHT FLA3SSS.
1886:
Happy New Year.
H* ADLIGHT special.
Morning gray and foggy. ^
How do you like tho ‘special?’
How far is it to artesian wa
ter ?
It was our friends that were
defeated, and it was our friends
that were elected.
Get your books ready, chil
dren, the school bell will tingle
Monday morning.
Rev* Mr. Llovd, Presiding El
der, will preach at the Methodist
church to-morrow.
When the smoke of battle is
cleared away we can then count
the maimed and killed. #
W1 . i It is not good policy to re-’of the populace with them can-
What shall we do for a ma e t | uce taxes to such a degree | not bring up any other verdict
that the improvement ol the ( than that they are judicious,
prudent and thoughtful. This
Mr. Henry Ilohensteui. o Iij-'
surauce Agent, issued" policies
last month, in Waycross and
to the
amount.of $150,000.
The Headlight is outgrowing
the most sanguine hopes of its
friends, and before us lies a fu
The Result.
Mayor—L. A Wilson
Aldermen—II. W Reed, V. L.
Stanton, H W Wilson, A. J
Sweat.
Waycross does not lose any
thing in the result of the elec
tion to-day. The gentlemen
elected are capable of adminis
tering the municipal affairs of
the town, and the acquaintance
school?
“Let not the sun go down on
your anger.”
La^ge toe-corns from little
ache-^rns grow.' . ‘
The chicken is hatched; now' strrrcmriding country,
ydu call count him. ~
** Abe } Morgan sold $641 07'
worth of postal orders yesterday.
Waj T cross begins the New
Year with flattering prospects.
Lanier & Youmans have just
received a new lot of parlor
clocks.
The contest to-day has been
the hottest Wayeross has ever
known.
The election, with few excep
tions, passed off with the best
of feelings.
The candidates have raked
the branches and combed tho
grass for voters to-day.
' People wanting to rent homes
in our town have been numer
ous during the past week.
The season is fast approach
ing when the small, girl will
\\* e ‘commence to nibble pencils.
■I
Repairing is under the care of Mr.
G. 18. YOUMANS, therefore, our
customers may expect prompt and
careful work.
JOB PRINTING
Of all kinds made a specialty,
Lauier & Youmans,
Headlight Office,
W ay cross,
Gra. .
m cross
FAMILY WPIES.
A.. 11. BENNETT,
Waycross, ©a.
Has in store and is constantly receiving large, complete stocks of
Dry Good?, Boots, $hoes, Cloth
ing, Dress G oods,.
Furnishing Goods For
Xiadies and
ifi what. . \V<> 1‘OLiIil aot
afford to elect men who would in
any manner retard the progress
of our town; nor do we want
men that are too lavish with the
funds of the citizens of the cor
poration, therefore we congratu-
Ilis entire stock is complete, with every article need 'll in the family
household Whenever you so to his store to trade tou find event thing
need under one roof, thereby avoiding the tr iable of r lining all'over
town, and at reasonable pi i.'ca. apr 5-1 y
lure radiant with pleasure for late the people ou tlfe day’s
onr friends and profit for our
selves.
It is the fool that always
finds fault with the efforts "of
their friends; it is the unwise
that crows over weak or less for
tunate rivals, not the generous
and brave.
“Faint heart never won fai r
lady,” it is said. Faint heart
never won fair fame either, and
those defeated in the race just
closed has this consolation,
Try it again.
The contest between the can
didates for Mayor has been
warmly worked during the past
few days. Both were confident,
and what a pity both couldn’t
be snccessfpl.
■ The managers of the election
refused to allow us to vote for.
Lucie Jesse in the moruing and';dates worked’ faithfully to-dav,
tjien to vote for Leon in the and 2 o’clock the bul’k of the
eVening, therefore we wouldn’t .vote was cast and the contest
™te at all. Onesided affairs practically decided* 4 Good or-
can’t horil-snoggle us. | der prevailed all day. - j—
b \ m
work.
For those defeated we 'nave
equally as much to say. Had
they been elected we could and
would .have rejoiced. Honora
ble, faithful and capable , they
are known to he worthy of con
fidence to the utmost. The de
feated candidate for Mayor has
beenout of active office for
only a short time, and his. fath-
lul discharge of duty is still a
pleasant recollection in the
minds of numerous frienJMfo Sc
the matter of choice in one has
not been a condemnation of the
other, by nu means.
We have only space to-day to
give the result, bntiii the future
we may have more to say on
The friends of both eandh this subject, yet, we want it dis
tinctly understood that we say
10 word to court favor or affec-
hargiug oor duty
lalists with kind.
WHERE 'THE FASHIONS AREN
The Clothing Palace L
ive have removed to our -niagnifiiKjnt npir Tron^ Front BuiMing/j.61
Congress Street, Savannah. Ga.,-have-on h^nii a grand stock
. .
TOW: ®JI» W30SX«S
Hats, Underwear and F umis’iiag
GOODS; ^
Overcoat?,* Overcoat?,
Every Garment of latest style and best material. . SUITS SENT C* tlnP
to responsible panics with privilege to examine before paying. Rut^s.for
self measurement sent free on applications D>n’t forgei that we have the
nobbiest stock of GENTS’* YOUTHS’, BUTS' AND CHILDRENS’ ciotiing ia
Savannah.
To Country Merchants.
With increased room and facility we are better prepared than, ever to