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WAYCROSS HEADUSHT.
WEDNESDAY, FEB.loTlSSO
' at
Tlie Linmt T»ir« Hrnlatioa.
The Largr»t Portid j Circulation.
The Largest General Clrrnlalhm.
Tli* HEADLIGHT *Uil« mom IIooin
•»* I* I'.rirt Vjr in or* Proplr than any
•lhar Paper publl>h#«l In till* Section.
Official Organ of Charlton.
Official Organ of Ware.
T. K. LAME):.
JAMES M. 1KKEMAX,
Editors.
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T. BI.ISIIKR-’ NOTICE,
Wc will hereafter take sub
scriptions fo the Waycross
Headlight, at the following
low prices for CASH only:
One venr, - - $1.00
Six months, - . 50 ots.
Three mouths, . 25ctA
‘."Our increased
allies us to reduce the price of
the paper, and wc hope hv the
reduction to double our sub
scription list in the next few
months.
Prof. Djpves, the bigamist,
has been acquitted,at Amerieus.
Both of the lluwk iusville pa
pers are in favor of prohibition.
Since the death of Secretary
Bayard’s wife nod daughter lie
lulks of resigning.
A Voice from A.
Cedar Falls, Iwoa. )
Feb. 4, 1886. )
Messrs. Lanier 4 Youmans:
Inclose you will find a money
order for the Headlight for
another year. I am much
pleased with your paper and
want to take it continually.
While I was there, two veats
ago, I was much pleased with
•ur city. Waycross is a rail-
ad centre of wondeful facili
ties of trade, and has every ad
vantage of becoming a large
city in the near future. As
soon as I sell my property here
I will comc there and liplp you
build up the city. I blare ill-
vested some there aud
come again will invest more.
Yours truly, ,
Geop*'-
A northers' exchange savs: | ® Afafcey’a Awful I York*
••A prominent drnggist in this Mr. Kewbern, of this county,
.. , .. , , ; who has just returned from Lcliols.
Cltjr has discovered a process by, gj vcs us tl,u following particulars
fo the burning of his uncle, Mr.
when I
which alcoholic spirits may be
robbed of its powers to cause
drunkenness, and the strength
of the distilled beverage re
duced to small pills. Each of
these pills, taken with wuter,
has the same effect as a drink
of whisky; a man with a box
containing a dozen of them may
hove a ‘high old time.’” Say,
you yankce buddie, give us the
name of that druggist, not that
we want the pills for our own
use, but you know, some of our
neighbors might be snake bit
ten; nothing more.
The Jacksonville Herald of a
recent date says: “Look out for
yopr babies as tramps are try-
SPB'd. A’l.v,i*p-rfiem. Cue step*
*Yt.e above fetter is only one Aj into lIie residence of R. L .
among hundreds that we have spflrkmau, at Starke, a few
received, and we only publish I day» since and seized an infaut
this to show how our paper is | an d V ad ' 3 cff wit b it, and did
A new and com odious passen
ger depot at Thoinasville has
just been finished.
The new court house at Bax
ley has been finished, and is
said* to be a handsome building.
Two more largo brick stores
wi.l soon take the places of old
wooden structures in Valdosta
A man, woman and six ehil
dren were frozen to death last
week in one house in Kansas
City.
Cold wave number three
struck us last Friday, the ther
mometer registering eighteen
degrees above zero.
appreciated away from home.
Some of our incredulous read
ers may think we are pluming
ourselves overmuch on the suc
cess of the Headlight, but all
hat we say is milduess itself
compared to what its readers
report to us. to say nothing of a
subscription list multiplying at
a rate unprecedented. tVe
know of no people who under
stand better what they want
than our own readers, nor who
are so quick to recognize it
when it is once produced. We
have great faith in the future of
Waycross and surrounding
country. All we want to build
up this section is pluck and
energy, which is coining to us
in the persons of good business
uieu of the North aucl West.
Georgia 9 s Oat Crop Loss.
Wc clip the following from
liradstreet’s crop report of Feb.
6th, which shows the condition
of the oat crop throughout the
the State: ‘‘The larger oat
;ro\ving counties in southeast-
rn Georgia, in the rvgion trib
utary to Savannah, while uot
not tirop it until closely pur
sued \by an irate mother, c
spunky nurse and several
brave ynen. Young mothers
should\ake warning, and be on
the aleVt when tramps are
about.’* \
The (Republican Senators
huvo cut tthe territory of Dakota
in two and admitted the Radical
portioy, as'a State, to the Union.
The other lfulf has been named
Lincoln, as-*a territory. Of
course this new State will raise
up supporters', for the Republi
can cause, and the new territo
ry will breed more, when, in
due time, it will be admitted.
Geography-makers will please
make the desired change.
And now at this quarter of
the moon, Perham, of tlio Free
Press, claims to havo lost ten
dollars on the streets of Quit-
man. His loss was uot made
known until we announced that
Editor Parker gave an old gen-
lieinau who had lost ten dollars
on the train, twenjy^lars that
be (Parker) bad found on acar-
Fisher Griffin, in that county on
Saturday tdght last. Mr. Griffin
hud been drinking for some days
and going home about dark drove
his wife away fioni home. Half
an hour afterwards Mr. Lee, his
liephQT, went to the house and
found him on the door-step with
every particle of clothing, except
iiis snoes and socks, burned from
his body, lie was still alive and
trying to crawl when found bul
aied soon afterwards. Investiga
tion shows that he fell in the tire
and was too drunk to get out
immediately. When he did get
out be crawled out into the yard
with bis clothes on tire, and here,
in his agony, he had stripped the
burned skill from both hands like
a glove, tearing out as he did so
every finger nail on both hands,
in this awful condition he crawled
-bock: into th? house and then
thd dt»ur-step
he was fcftind. He wus
literally roasted alive. Mr. Grif
fin was a well-to-do farmer aud
mill man and when not drinking
was liked in the community.
Score another for whisky.—Quit
man Free Press.
The startling announcement
is jnade that Mr. Gladstone kiss
ed the queen’s hand when he
parted from her the other day.
This affecting display, however,
has no bearing on the Irish
question.
The smallest dog in the world
is four inches long. He can curl
hVmself up and sleep in a com
mon glass tumbler. He is just
as big a^any dog ought to be.
A rich man in Chicago pays
$10,000 per annum for a church
pew. The road to Heaven is
just as long from that pew as
from anywheve else.
A map of Senator Edmunds’s
mind would look like a litho
graph of a crazy quilt. As the
old lady said, he is “long head
ed and narrer minded.”
Mess. Smith & Boatright will
open a general store to day
next'dooT'tj A. J. Sweat’s' We
wi»b‘for the new firm abundant
success.
lha»T>een completed.—
»hasn’t anv.
. Reynolds, a well knowm
Js man of Albany commit-
eide lust week. Cause—
Fraud) whiskey. Next!
negro murderer was al
lied at Homerville last week
Id carried back to Florida
bere lie had killed a school
idler.
Twenty-six females of Savan-
Vh liuve registered as liquor
for 18S6. There are
hundred men in the
|siness.
fc’ille (S. C.) Adver-
■es a long slanderous
Iticlc on the people of. Mont-
Imery county, the purport of
i is to injure tlfe turpentine
lercsts.
be burlesque shows of New
have done away with the
►ition part: The re-
JSpts may fall off as the dudes
nd old bald-heads may not like
Ihe omission.
The editor of the Hawkins-
ville News says there are eight
times as many bow-legged w*>-
men as men. Editor Hanlon
rliow
nation.
Perham don’t want any emi
grants in Brooks. He says there
are enough boys aud girls there
to grow up with the country.
That’s all right, if von can grow
any enterprise into their consti
tutions—it’s a scarce article in
some latitudes.
Some weeks ago we published
from tlie Attorney t.vn-
eral of tbc Statu in regard to le-
> gal advertising, addressed to
Ordinary Lott of this eouuty,
1 the same has been' copied
iiyely by esouanges, giv-
ug, in all Cason, save one, prop.
u credit. Tlljs one .being.'a
1 and editor of the Cu-
■ion, appropriates tlie
impunity and licks
Jfiir anything he can
tip. Preachers
■rip*
cjffg II l I 1 Wfiwm .r ywhauutfi.a
The gubernatorial feeler
broad in the land. South Gc
to more than supply what
inny be termed the local de
mand, find the importance of
the oat harvest one which can
not well be ignored. It is re
quired to supplement the local
corn crop for feed, and any los:
in the out-turn becomes of spe
cial interest in view of possible
effect on the financial condition
of an important portion of the
agricultural community in the
leading Southern State. The
news that the late period of
severe frosts in the South has
injured the autumn-sown oats
in Georgia was’thorcfore consid
ered of sufficient interest to
warrant a special investigation.
The cold snap which did so
much damage (shown in Brad-
street’s of January 30) to the
Florida orange crop, was re
ported to have killed the out
crop in Georgia, and merchants
at the larger cities of that State
have manifested special inter-
Tattooed Cheeks.
The fashionable edict has gone
forth that it is the proper thing to
look healthy ami robust. The day
of the confirmed invalid, the deli
cate dower,” and all that sort of
thing, is past, and now our belles
striving to see who can look
the hardiest. The daughter of a
distinguished naval officer lias
been ; one of the leaders of the
“healthy craze,” and is now, for
that -matter. Her well-rounded
figure and swinging gait can be
seen on Pennsylvania avenue near
ly every afternoon, raiu or shine,
and she has the ruddiest pair of
cheeks in Washington. She looks
the perfect picture of health, but
some of her sharp sisters have
been tracking up the secret of
how her pale complexion dis.ip
pcared so suddenly. It appears,
so they say, that the young lady
called in tlie servicers of an old
sailor who had known her ever
since she was a “wee bit of a thing,”
and told him that she was miser
able because she never could have
any color in her face. She asked
him to tattoo her cheeks a deli
cate shade of red, and although
the operation was quite painful
she stood it bravely, and the conse
quence is that she will have a red
face emi after death. It is siJd
that Weyftral society belles.eoiUOTa-
plaftTFoWkergoing the same course
of treatment.
ATTENTION.
A limited number of regular
boarders will be taken at $12.50
per month at S. F. Miller’s res
idence, near B. & W. R. R. cross
ing. (4t.)
By trying again and keepiu^
courage many things seemingly im
possible may be attained. Hundreds
of hopeless cases of Kidney and
Liver Complaint nuve been cured by
Electric Bitters, after even thing else
had been tried in vain. So, don’t
think there is no cu;e for you, but
try Electric Bitters. There is
medicine *o safe, so pure, and so
perfett a Blood Purifier. Klectr"
Bitters will cure Dyspepsia, Dia
betes and all Diseases of tuo Kid-
iievs. Invalimble in affections of
Stomach and Liver, ami overcome
all Urinary Difficulties. Large B<
lies only 60 ets. at Folks & M
VALDCSTA ADVERTISEMENTS.
WILLIAMS BROS.,
VALDOSTA, GEORGIA,
Calls especial attclitioa to- their new
and beautiful •
Nil Stop, ESTEY OEM,
which they are offering to deliver, free or
freight at any railroad depot on receipt
Of Ten Dollars Cash,
aart SIXTEEN MONTHLY PAYMENTS of
FIVE DOLLARS each, including book
and stool. We also otter the
New Estey Piano,
it installments of $50 CASH, andJroiii
$10 to (k
Tuning Organs and Piano? mite a sjfemty .*
work Gat t.-r m :it nr) alH
ask is a nuMfl^fflfpanwl trial, an-Nve will prove th it wre mean busine-
Write us for special*!I ices of our different styles of organs
pianos. '1 seplt) Cm c s o g
J i
abroad in the land. South Geor
gia has a plenty of timber. We
love to vote for men who are uot
candidates. We’ve got the pol
ished, able and eloquent Hammond
and the sturdy old Roman, Col.
McIntyre, of Thomasville, aud
the practial, long headed Col.
Tift,of Albany. Neither of them
is a-candidate. So much the bet
ter. Take one of them and you’ll
have a governor unawed by threats
and unbought by promises.—
Camilla Clarion.
Madisox, Fla., Feb. 2.—A sad
accident oceured four miles north
of here yesterday. While Miss
Margarret Stephens, sister of John
U. Stephens, agent of the Savan-
nuh, Florida aud Western railroad
at Jacksonville, was standing near
the fire her dress caught and all
of her clothing was burned off be
fore, the flames could be extin
guished. 'She died early this
morning.
Brother Underwood, of the
• i • . - * . » . Clarion, is doing his best for
St ... learning, not only to .t hat Cal , lill3 ’ ; wh io h he%„lU “the vir-
H. L. BOOfjlE,
. )
Valdosta, Georgia.
Dealer in Hardware, .Stoves, Htovc
Fixtures, Mechanical Tools and
Farmers’ Utensils, Corn-shellers,
’^Wheel-barrows, C ane Mills and
Syrup Fans.
-All kinds
always
of PLOWS-r
on Hand.
extent, but the probablo effect
on the financial condition of
those who have been the imme
diate loses.
Inquiries were sent to a num
ber of tho leading oat-growing
cnnuties'ui that portion of the
State where the average produc
tion per acre is the heaviest.
The tone of the replies received
from every county applied to
was quite uniform on two
points; first, that the low tem
perature had resulted in great
gin town among the pines.” We
hope his efforts may be apprecia
ted by liis fellow citicms. An
editor’s efforts to build up his
town arc not always appreciated.
Quitman Free Press.
A Tennessee * s publish
ing a “black list” of ..persons who
have left the country\ and their
subscription bills unpaid. If the
publishers had made these people
pay in advanco he w'ould have
been the gainer instead of the loser
by their imigration.—Savannah
News.
ie oat crop -in tbatr Cleveland has put his foot down*
second, that the re
sult will depend very largely on
the second crop, the present in
tention of many farmers being
to replant oats at once.”
Editor Underwood, of the Ca
milla Clarion, says the Attorney
General’s letter concerning legal
advertising was addressed to
Hon. Warren Lott, of Sumter
county. What’s the matter
witb that man, anyhow? He
purloins an article and then
tries to change the location!
Nobody predicts a boom for
ISSff, but what is better, there
is an encouraging unanimity
in tlie prospects of,. a~ good,
steady business. The advance
in tjie price of iron and steel,
cotton aud wool, cannot be mic-
understood. It is a healthy ju
dication.
Jacksoxville, Fla., Feb. G.—
The important case of the State
vs. the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway, Jbr obstructing
t he highway at what is known as
Brooklyn crossing, just outside
the city limits, is now pendin
the Circuit Court. The cat
being-vigorously* prosecuted by tho
Count}* Commissioners on behalf
of the State, while it is as strenu
ously defended by the road. The
decision of this case involves great
interest to the city anil county,
and also to the road, as it involves
the right of the road to run its
eight or nine tracks into its de
pots, or else abandoning them or
joining the city in either opening
a new street to Brooklyn suburb
or in erecting an elevated bridge
across the tracks. The decision
of the case will involve the ex
penditure of some $200,000 by
either one side or the other, for
the change of the roads or build
ing the bridge has become an ab
solute necessity. State Attorney
Owens and Messrs. Randall,
Walker & Foster appear for the
Commissioners. Messrs. Flem
ing & Daniel, and Judge Chisholm,
of Savannah, for the road. The
:*ase will go to the Supreme Court
in any result.
It is marvelous what vitality
there is in a downright lie. Tramp
it out a dozen times, and it springs
up in the most unexpected quar
ters as fresh a? a daisy. An item
creeps into -^a newspaper which
lacks tha^feist important
truthfuJijO^and which 3ocS *tii
inju9tic'eto some innocent party.
A solid column of straighout
...
your Family Guocebi&^BBI Con
fectionaries ; do you hear ?
feb 10.
fie says that he will be blasted if
he gives the Senate the informa
tion which it has demanded, of
him, in reference to removals.
Stand up to’em. Grover, the
country is at your back.
Up to the time of going to press
New Haven possesses the champ
ion mean man. He looks through
a magnifying glass at a cent to s**e
th<*t nobody has stolen a feather
out of the Indian's head.—New
Haven News.
The same cold wave which con
gealed the Florida oranges froze
the tails off a number of Georgia
mules. Of these two crippled
Southern industries that mules are
still the most industrious^. '
Never look a gift, horse in the
mouth. Sell him for what you
can get, and let the other fellow
look.—-Puck. -
A man about to build a house
advertises for proposals. Why
don’t the girl* try that plan?—
Lowell Citizen.
Daring the year just closed
denial follows swiftly after it, but
the lie has the start and keeps
traveling on, no matter how often
it is headed off.”—Ex.
A lawsuit over a band of tur
keys was tried before justice and
jurv in Williams, Calusa county,
one day last week. The lawyers
submiUetTthe cas^. without argu
ment, but not so (the jurors. A
great rumpus was heard MV their
rooms, tables being-' overturned
and chairs flying in every direction,
When the constable opened the
door, he found .one juror on the
floor and^ another holding him
down &nd beating his head we.*e
arguing the case.
We are not of those who “go in
for the spoils.” We do not sot
down all Republicans as incompe
tent or unworthy; but we insist
that after twenty years of waiting
competent Democrats who want
office should have their claims
favorably ci nsidered.
A prospei ous farmer at Marion,
0., has elop d with his hired gjr!.
The local-p4per accounts for it by
X JTICE.
GEORGIA—Charlton County.
Sealed proposals for the con
tract of building a bridge over
Spanish creek, on the public road
leading from Trader’s Hill to
Folkston will be received at any
time until 11 oelock, a. in., on
Thursday March 11th, 1S86, when
(ill bids will bo opened, and the
Contract awarded to the lowest
and best bidder. Said bridge to
l»e built in .arched form, 86 feet
Jong and 12 wide; to have four
stringers 12 inches square, string
ers to rest on abutments 15 inches
square and 12 feet long, which
must be secured by piles. The
arched stringers must have gird
ers or braces 8x8 inches, 40 foot
long. Joints in stringers and gird
ers to be strengthened by cross
sleepers to be supported by piles
12x12 inches. There must be
good all heart balusters, GxG inch
es, supported by post braces 8x8
inches. All the frame work of the
bridge to be solid liglitwood or
sound cypress. Flooring to l>e 2
inches thick, of good heart pine,
well nailed with GO penny nails.
All joints to be fastened with iron
bolts. Minute specifications sub
ject to examination in my office.
Contractor must give bond in
double the amount of bid for the
faithful performance of contract
and to keep said bridge in good
repair for seven years. Bridge to
be completed by May 11, ’8G, and
*nfe.7r~'-* f,v: when finishetftond
aecepicu oy a comimttee cotypist-
ing of John Paxton, J. P. Stallings
and Robt. Robinson. Feb 8,1886.
W. O. GIBSON,
4 t $9.00 Ordinary C. C.
Breech-loadinlg Sin>!-<»■ mi s.
RiHeivfjSmunni<>n, etc.
large ancf well selected stock.
Manufacturers of /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 their orders filled.
Send to me for what you want.
sept9-6m-a s o g
C. C. YARNEDSE
DEALER LX
General Merchandise,
One of the largest stocks
rare bargains esu be obtain**!
i my line
conn-jpbiaof consumption, r*;d 1,485
|ofjmeoinonj«.
CITATION.
To All Whom it May Concern
GEORGIA—Clinch County.
H. P. Mattox, administrator of
C. F. Mattox, deceased, has, in
due form, applied to the under
signed for leave to sell the undevi-
ded one third interest of said C. F.
Mattox, in and to the southwest
quarter of lot of land No. 420, it>
the 12th district of said county,
and said application will be heard
on the first Monday in March
next. This February 1, 1886.
M. S CORBITT,
feb 3-4t Ordinary.
wpSs as ->•***
. Id crest in religious re
vivals, but < r late had become ti
speculator In Bohemian .oats. 1
To AU Whom It Mkj Concern.
GEORGIA—Clinch County.
Lillian Partner has api.lfcd to
the undersigned for permanent
letters of administration on the es
tate of William Parker, Inte of said
county deceased, and l will pass
upon said application on the firs’.
Monday in March, 1886. Ciwcn
under my band and official signa
ture, this Feb. 1.1886.
M. SL CORBITT,
Ffb. 3—It. > . Ordinary.
I|ne^^ r<
Millinery and FancyIfress Goods
and Custom-made Shoes Spe
cialties.
Orders from the country solicited, nn<l I will make it o the interest of
all to buy from nie in preference lo sending further away from home for
goods which 1 sell at reasonale figures. I have one of the finest stocks
of Millinery dk Dress Goods
in bouihwcst Georgia, from which purchasers ca.i select prods. Give me
a trial and l will be satisfied. sopftJ-li’in n s o g
FOLKS & MORGAN,
RBmSl, BE'S&OISES,,
Parkers Brick Biiildfig, Wavcrosi, Ga jJ.. j
a full slock r.f Drugs. Druggists Sundries, Soaps!
Tobacco, Snuff, Stationery, Indent Medicines. &c.
Line of Frish Garda
eeds always og hai
Ice foil Soda water when : u season.'. I may J- I
-mtp fl tmrm
Keep on i.u
Oils, Ci
A FuJ