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■ WAYCEOSS HEADLIGHT. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17, 188C The Unreel Town Clmlatlon. The Unreel Cenntj Clrtelation. The Urteet General flrealation. The HIADUOnT elelu am nomee mm* Is Bm4 bjr tmmrm Pwple tbmm mmy mtkmv r*p*r paUliM te this Sretlon. Official Organ of Charlton. Official Organ of Ware. K. LAK1KK. AMU M. rRBIXAK, Editors. London, Eng, sras at the mer cy of a bread riot last week. Politician* are starving the peo ple to terms. Tobacco culture is engaging toe attention of the newspapers if not the farmers, throughout Georgia and Florida. Ex. Governor Seymour, of New York is dead. His wife is not expected to live, both having been ill for a long time. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock, of the United States army, died i cur * last Tuesday week. His death was produced by a carbuncle. Ware County—Advantages to Home-Hunters. We have said before that we have great faith in the future of Waycross and Ware county. It is true that trade is dull here, so it is all over the State, but we venture to say that there is no town in the State, of the same size, that sells more goods for spot cash than does Way- cross. As a general rule the farmers of our county do not buy goods on long time, but are able to pay cash for the needed supplies when purchased. Our fanners, so far us wo can learn, are in better condition, more ill- dependent than those of any sec tion wc know of, most of them making a sufficiency of the staff ot life at home, with, usual ly, some to spurc. Wnycioss is known, far and wide, to be one of the best pruduce markets in the Stale, therefore, everything not needed on the farm can be readily disposed of for cash or barter, at ull seasons of the vgSsgmm There was riotous trouble in the coke regions of Pennsylva nia last week. The men of the mines are not satisfied with their pay. lion. Charles F. Crisp, of the third district, is one among the live members from Georgia. Ills people know how to reward faithfulness. Senator Sherman has opened his guns on the President for :c- fusing information concerning removals. The rebound of his attack will likely result in the discomfiture of his own party. The Brunswick Advertiser speaks in feeling terms of regret concerning the illness of Dr. tV. B. Folks. Our contempora ry is assured of our thanks for Ids tender words. “None know him but to love him,” our sea side neighbor truthfully says, ^_Tbo newgnnners of the State divided oh almost everv question, except prohibition.— On that one point the press is M unit, with few exceptions.— The Valdosta Times is on the fence, but we think when the time comes she will fall on the right sido and pull for temper- once. Quitman Free Press: “The Waycross Hkadlioht is one of the most readable and sprightly papers that brightens with its presence our sanctum. Its edi tors, Freeman and Lanier, have talent, energy and enterprise.— A little—just a little ciieek is all the boys n?ed to complete their outfit.” We have cheek enough—at least enough re produce such complimejfts, and return thanks forGjjs^mc. No one is better quaffed to judge A good ^aper jpan Perham, for he makes one. WAYCROSS is steadily glowing in wealth and population; new industries and enterprises are springing up continually, our merchants are in a prosperous condition, several new business houses have been opened recently, and others are to open soon. Our hotels have done a heavier business this season than ever before known in the history of the town. The P. I*. P. Manu facturing Company is also do ing a large business, the house having just commenced the manufacture of several medi cines of merit, and is badly be hind with their orders. Thier sales aie so immense that they will soon erect a labratorv and introduce labor-saving machin ery which will enable orders to be tilled with more dispatch.— There are several oilier towns within the county’s borders that deserve special mention. WARESBORO is a flourishing villago of sever al hundred inhabitants, situa- tod several stores, stoam mills, cot ton gins, churches and a good school, presided over by a com petent teacher. GLEN MORE, No. 10, on the S., F. & W. Rail way, is also a prosperous little town of considerable impor tance. Principal business saw milling, manufactui# of naval stores and merchandising. The surrounding country is^thickly settled by^lirrftv ftumors. Near The Dawson Journal, one of the State’s leading papers, says Terrell county is largely in fa vor of Hon. A. 0. Bacon for governor. Terrell county can find Mr. Bacon’s equal nearer home, in the person of Hon. W. E. Smith, of Dougherty. lie’s our man, and wc defy the Jour nal or any other organ or power In Georgia to show’ a purer, abler man or sounder, truer Democrat. We throw down the gauntlet; who takes it up. Gltmmorc is where Rev. J. M. Stiger bought a large tract of land several years ago and had it surveyed up into small farms. This place is now known as the “Stiger Colony.” Mr. Stiger has been instrumental in doing a vast amount of good lor Ware county, as some of our best citi zens were influenced by him to come out here several years ago. BRAGANZA is situated on the Jacksonville short line division of the S., F. & W. Railway. Principal bus iness, manfacturing yellow* pine lumber. Dawson Journal: “The Way- croi-s Headlight has reduced it* subscription to'fl.00 per nn- MANOR, NEEDHAM AND BICKLEY, ure also small towns-in the county, l^inds are cheap, cli- Tramps—How the Army is Growing. Since the war the army of tramps has been growing steadily year by year, until now its num bers are countless. It appears, too, that these knights of the road are from the great cities of the northwest and cast, s;ill, sometime we find one who has forsaken a home below Mason and Dixon’s line for a tramp upon the highway of the “land of the free and the home of the brave.” You find them in all conditions, except luxuriousnesB and decency, and now and then amusing inci dents of the tramp-life are brought to light; then, again, something akin to sadness stirs the heart, causing a feeling of sympathy for these homeless, roving creatures. A few nights ago four or five boys from the northern part of the State struck the town, and as they depended upon “beating” the trains out of town it appeared that they would have to tarry, at least, all night. We made it convenient to visit them as they were huddled off in a group to themselves (like frightened sheep in a strange land) to learn something of their inten tions, if possible. Three of them, apparently between twelve and six teen, were sitting around a smoky camp-fire, while near by, on the wet grass, reclined the smaller ones, (two boys, between ten and twelve years of age, respectively) with no covering save the blue vault of heaven and their clothing, fast asleep. We couldn’t learn any thing from them, except that they were going to Florida, from where, they wouldn’t say, but an occa sional sob from one of the sleep ing boys arrested our attention. “What is the matter with that boy ?” wc asked. “Homesick,” the spokesman of the party said. “How long has he been from home?” wc asked. “Three days; and he erics like a babe everytime he thinks of home; wc would be glad to get rid of him.” We took a light and looked at the little fellow, ns he lay on the grass, moaning and sniffling, in his sleep, while occasionally he would mutter names of people. Just before we finished our inspec tion of the boyish face, he mur mured some unintelliglbh^vords his mother, ^ryiqg ‘Jome here, mother; I’m tired and hungry.” No doubt he was hungry, poor little tramp, and no doubt the ten der heart was troubled and want ed to be consoled by the pitying voice of “mother;” even in his dreams he yearned to pour his tale of sorrow into the ear of her who had taught his lips to lisp her name, for whenever he had whis pered that he was hungry she was never too tired to administer to his wants. • No wonder he grieved, for he had played the truant, and giv en trouble to her whom he called. These smart Alecks were recruits to the tramp brigade. Waycross is a great town, a rail road centre, and wc have an oppor tunity of seeing tramps in every shape. Some of them have fine forms and faces, some of them carry on their visages the grim, glaring stare of a demon, but all of them are tramps; tramping toward the gulf in the winter, and, like the tide of the ocean, receding when the first flush of the morn of spring kisses our sunny land. Well, yes, the tramp is a curious creature—sometimes he tries to get hash by force, sometimes by ]>ersuasion, sometimes by reciting talep of woe, but lie tramps for a living, tramps before bo will. work, and the State of Ueorgia should Hall county will vote on the prohibition question on the 10th of March. Pulaski county votes on the liquor question this week and another county goes dry, while the good work goes bravely on. It is hoped the day is not far distant when there is not a drop of the vile stuff is sold in the State. An enterprising party of Northern capitalists are drain ing the everglades, in Florida and have reclaimed over 4,000,- 000, acres of fine, rich land. They hold a grant covering all the land reclaimed, and the work has only commenced. Judging the intelligence of the people of Ilumilt n county, Fla., by the cross marks in a wniskey petition in the Hamil ton County Courier, it would seem that a public school would do those people more good than a bar room. Lack of comfort in animals hin ders fattening. The Mormons are contemplating the purchase of the Sandwich Is lands. Bills are being introduced in Congress at the rate of three or four hundred a day. Farmers are making prepara tions for their crops, feeling assur ed in the old adage that “fruitful summers follow cold winters.” New Jersey is excited over a ghost that kisses the women and climbs the lightning rods. A ghost that will kiss a New Jersey woman will climb almost any thing to take the taste out of his mouth. The people of Southwest Geor gia want to be -more self-reliant This thing of waiting for Northern people to come here and develop our country for us will not do, We must take the first step our- s & Adv. rERTISEMEJfT.S. S BROS., ft TA, GEORGIA, Calls especial attention to| their, and beautiful Nil! Slop, ESTEY tjEGiN, which they are oaring to deliver, free or freight at any railroad depo^ ou receipt Of Ten Dollars Cash. and Sixteen monthly payments °f FIVE DOLLARS each, including book aud stool. We ^alao offer the New JSstey Piano, ■elves—Albany News vcrtis- The Radicals.having failed to bull-doze President Cleveland into submission they are now trying to haul the Secretary of the Treasurv over the coals. May be they’ll receive the in formation after awhile that they must quit robbing the treas ury. A correspondent writing from Washington says: “The oppo sition of the Republicans to Mr. Cleveland is falling to pieces.” Of course it is; where there are many bosses and leaders there’s always failure. Sher man, Edmunds, and every other Senator wants to boss. Judge Richard Clark, of At lanta, furnishes the press wit! proof that Gen. Tecumsah Sher man’s army burned the home and plantation of his cousin, an old, harmless woman 92 years of age. Those Sherman’s are brave, bold men, they’ll fight a woman, it seems. on installments /of ftoO Ca£>(I, and front to 15 per month. James L. Freeman, of Char lotte, N. C.,Vhas been arrested for parsing <5<lnntei feii HT<m«y. He is said to have ©massed a fortune since the war, and inas much as he fails to divide with his relatives we hope lie’ll be sent to a chain-gang for coun terfeiting. He’s a disgrace to the* family. A Real Necessity. We. presume there is hardly a lady to bo found in our broad land who, if she does not already poss ess a sewing machine, expects some day to become the owner of one. But after the mind has been fully made up to purchase one ol these indispensable articles, the question arises as to what kind of a machine to buy. It should be so simply con- The effort b^ing made to des troy the monetary value of silver is an effort to destroy one half the money of the world, that those who are in possession of the other half, may be benefited. Give us silver, silver, and plenty of it.— Quitman Free Press. The celebrated Armstrong ease in Atlanta, closed last week. The church found the doctor guilty of drinking beer and visiting lewd women during a rip to Chicago. His congregation arc sticking to him however, and it is probable that he will lie reinstated in a few months. About ten o’clock Wednesday •olored man named Richard Wright, was caught in the shaft ing at Cruger it Co.’s brick yard, d thrown around several times in a perilous manner. His right s broken in three places, and several of his ril»s were hro ken. His arm was amputated. His injuries are pronounced as not endangering his life.—Albany Me dium A jourdalistie pliilosoplie speaking of the virtue of advertis ing says: **A man’s sign offers a mute invitation to those only who pass his place of business; his circular can only reach these to whom personal attention is given : but his announcement in a news paper goes into the highways anti byways, finding customers and compelling them to consider his argument, Munroe Odum, a very worthy and industrious young man, who been in the employ of Mr. Tift fora long time past at the mill at Tift on, was yesterday struck by apieceofflyingtimlierthrown hack from the edging saw and quite se riously wounded in the face. With good mertlcnt nricuuo though* he will be all right again in a few weeks. Plain talk is always best. The man who whips the devil around the stump, or who is too cautious to ever assert that his soul is bis own. may pull through life by a scratch, hut he is sure to leave an unsavory memorv behind him) to say nothing of the innumcriihle lashings hi?conscience-bestows him during life. Speak plain, J what von think and have the man hood to stand by what you flo say.—Albany Medium. 1 iy Repaving and Tuning Organs and Pianos ma le a *|»eeiaty an 1 work guaiMiiiedo ir no cb'arg *. Oar terms are reasonable, and all we ask is a fair anil impartial trial, and we will prove that we mean business Write us fuf special 'prices of our different styles of organs an t pianos. I' scpll) lime !> o g H. L. BOONE, Valdosta, Georgia. Dealer in Hardware, .Stoves, Stove Fixtures, MeclianScal Tools and Farmers’ Utensils, Corn-shell ers, Wheel-barrows, Syrup Pans. me Hills and --All kinds always if PL0WS-- >n Hand. Breech-loadii liiflqs, Ai SkJfel ' " Manufacturers Tinware. Shot-guns. and inition, etc.* a 1 (selected stock, of all kinds ot Iron, Steel, Steam Fixtures and MILL SUPPLIES, Belting, etc. Stock is the largest in Our Last Friday evening Marshal Kenslortook Bogue Selph to Lake City for confinement in the Colum bia county jail. Kcasler was feel ing unweil and looked rather glum, while Bogue had more the appear- structcd that the most inexperien- ance of being on his way to a pic- jSouthwest Georgia, and we defy competition. Buyers can always have their orders filled. Seqd to me for what you want. scpt9-6in-a s o g ccd can successfully operat The other points mainly to be con sidered, and which are the most desirable, are durability, rapidity, capacity for work, ease of opera tion, regularity of motion, unifor mity of tension, and silence while in operation. The “Light-Running New Home” fills the above require ments, and is said to combine the good points of all sewing ma chines, with the addition of many new improvements and laborsav ing devices. The price is no higher than tha of other machines, and every lady who is the happy possessor of one may rest assured she has indeed a treasure. See Advertisement. rohte mild, soil productive, wa- rid the land of these pests by ap- ter good, the people prosperous Pb** n S ^ie vagrant law. and happy, and there is no bet- ter section for home-hunters Judge Vann lias overruled tlmu here. j the motion for a new trial in the Bogue Selph case and it will be carried to the Supreme court. The leadership of the fight te'rs VndBuchlcn’s Arnica'saive ~fbr 1 a g ai,lsl Hie President was accor- Wondvrfnl Carrs. W. D. Hoyt & Co., Wholesale and Retail Druggists of Rome, .Ga..‘ ( sav: We have been selling Dr. j nuni. Jim Freeman will have Kin*’* Near Discovery, Electric Bit- to vi.it more than ever !in« v if i J*” B, £ hk “ » Arn , k '» fur , , . . „ _ . . , Jie gets enough to cat." There’. IX where you are mistaken, broth- universal satisfaction. There have I hloody-shirt Sherman took vt Rainy; our neighbors are pro- bwn * OUM! »°n»!erlul effected' • . . • i . by these medicines in this city. Sev ering to put 111 good, early | vtM \ case* of pronounced Consijmp- «pri|lg gardens, jmd visions of lion have been entirely cured by use an abundance of rot-liquor, veg etables, etc., float before our eyes, then, again, good brother, U is better to havo a thousand c*sb subscribers atone dollar porannuni' than fifteen hun dred at and fifty on of a few bottles of pr. King’s New Discovery, taken in connection with Fleetric Bitters. We guarantee them always, bold by Folkc & Morgan advantage of Mr. Edmund’s ill ness to shout the war-whoop. A Macon man was offered a suit of clothes to jrnik across on® of the streets of that city ten times several convicts, in as many prisons in the Union have re cently fallen heirs to large for tunes, by the death of wealthy relatives. Some of them have been pardoned that they may have an opportunity of enjoying Intensive farming means highly manuring land in order to pro duce large results. Intensive farm- ing pays the. small farmer better than anx* other method of cultiva ting crops. It lessens labor, doub les and trebles the yield, and makes farming a pleasant avoca tion. Why should a farmer dig and delve over forty or fifty acres of poor land, when he can make a better crop on'ten acres properly prepared and fertillized? Echo an swers, why? The $artow county grand jury finds that “our young men are, as a general thing, improved in their manners and lives, and cases of drunkenness among thas class are very rare, jiml those who are so lost to self respect as to procure li quors secretly, are forced to blush and make excuses when any is found in thoir possession. «w\nx- ious wivo* feel that prohibition ts ^ ‘"Bulwark with which thov wonM not park despite the hov.L ings $f opposition, and we ure to note tliat the good color* i!e of our country are so their approval of ite id that so few of them ted to thf.i court this law.” ^ nic than to jail, and laughed .and joked pleasantly with those around him. As they sat hand cuffed to gether in the car strangers took Keasler for Selph, marked his downcast appearance and moral ized about it, much to the amuse ment of those who knew t’other from which.—Live 0».k Inteligen- cer. Jasper, Feb. 9.—The condition ot Mr. Silvester Sams, a well- known citizen of this county, ex cites considerable interest. Two years ago Mr. Sams, while walk ing over his farm, was bitten by rattlesnake. He immediately re sorted to the native remedy. Ivhis- ky, of which he took co$)ioui draughts. Nothing more{ was thought of the matter untn six months ago, when Mr. Sams trayed symptoms of St. Vitus' dance. He was never still, not even in his sleep, twitching ,his| muscles and moving incessantly. Lately ho has developed vu>lerit| svmptons and developed violeni symptoms and has bcaton hii wife and family, and, in fact, all -whi conic within his reach. He no acts like a man with a well defim case of rabies, only instead of bar! ing he makes a rattling soum He has been taken to Canton jail where a strong guard will be ke; over him until the crisis is over. 1 |oe| C. C. VARNEDOE, DEALER IJf. General Merchandise, YaltetJ, Georgia. - Ono L-Jhe largest stocks in my line has recently been opencJ, and ba q»n* Cku be obtained. 4 iwmery and Fancy Dress Gooc j anl Custom-made Shoes Spc / eilties. ~ Orrte from the country solicileil, ami I will make it to the interest of lo hai om me in preference to sending further away from homo for g< ods whi 1 sell at reasonale figures. I have one of the finest slocka o’ Millinery A Dress Goods y&oiithest Georgia, from which purchasers ca.i select goods. Givens /trial ad ( will be satisfied. sepl9-12in a s o g in Aa EnterprUIn*, Reliable House Folks & Morgan can always relied upon, not only to carry stock the I test of everything, but secure the Agency for such ariii as have well-known merit, and popular with the people, thereby i] taming the repulat.ou of being (al- woya enterprising, »nn ever relli Having secured the Agency for lllie celebrated Dr. King’s New Discovery fur Consumption, will sell it oi poftitive guarantee. It will surdv enre any and every affeclitm of Throat, Lungs, and Chest, and to sliow onr •.influence, we invite you to call and get FOLKS & MORGAN. BKSXZL St&VO&Xggg. Purker’s Brick BuiilJiig, Waycross, Ga. - ’ - *n ».»nd » full slock of Drugs. Druggists Sundries, Foaps, U,,J Cigars, Tobacco, Snuff, Stationery, Talent Medicines, &c, A Full Line of Fresh Garden Seeds always ou hand. Ice and Soda water when ! i> season. ■/: