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WAYCROSS
LANIJ3R Sl YOtniANS. Proprietors.
Temperance, Truth -md Justice~
$1.00 Per Annum, in Advance.
Voi. :s.
Wayeross, Georgia,'Jfammry 1887.
No 41. .
2, <$• /?. 5. .¥. II.
Want to nee you, in fact have got
something finportant to say to you, and
not owning this entire pajwr, in fact be*
ing limited by the gentlcmenly and
good naturod publishers to iO inches
e, we cannot say all we want to,
nnaci
anou
I-N MISCHIEF AGAIN.
Parker, in the brick building,
is full of new shoes and hats now,
mixing them in his old stock, at
reduced rates to make all the goods
go, but the new goods go and the
old ones stay right on. Parker
b14 . in justice to the stockwe have [ can’t blame his patrons for that.—
Sec his fine shoes, tidies, ladies 1
underwear, etc.
for vonr ii spection. It will not only
delight yon co come and see our beau
tiful Temple of Art and Music, but it
will also pav you. Still, we know how
> impossible it fs for everybody to
* impossible it is lor everyoouy 10 coinc
to Savannah, and to those who cannot
come, all we say is write us and we
w ill do for you all we can by sendiu*
you complete descriptive catalogue of
the goods you may wish to know' about.
Here they an?, c’leven of them. You
will find full descriptions of all goods
under different heads and prices, will
Ins found lower than any heretofore
heard of.
Catalogue So. 1—l’ianos.
Catalogue No. 2-r-OrgayiH.
Catalogue No. 3—Music.
Catalogue No4—Hand Instruments.
Catalogue No. 5—Band and Orches
tral Music..
Catalogue No. 6—Automatic Instru
ments.
Catalogue Xo. 7—Small Instruments.
Catalogue Xo. 8—Strings.
Catalogue No 9—Pianos, Stools, and
Covers.
Catalogue Xo 10-r-Artists’ Materials.
CntaiogneNo.il—Frames.
Please indicate by numbers the Cata
logue you wish.
Mnthusck, LKyit & Arion, $2t*0
to ft,000, $35 cash and $10 a
month.
Organs—Mason & Hamlin, Bay State
A Pochard, $27 00 to $5 00 cash
and $500 per mo.
8iiret 100,000 puces in stock, new Mu-
Mu sic sic received as soon as publish
ed, 2 cents a eopy up.
Music For Churches, Schools, Sunday
Books Schools, Lodges, Choir and
I Ionic use.
Baxo Direct imiiortations from th
Inhtrl- world’s In-st Factory, used by
MKNTS. nil the leading bands of the
South, Be sure and scud for
prices.
Music We furnish everything publish
ed. All new pieces received at
t published,':
turners furnished at
prices,
Musical Our stocK is complete
Mkkciian- small goods and we sell ut
imsk. jirices that enables us toelann
the iargest sales in the South.
Secretary Lnmar and Mrs. Holt,
of Macon, were married last week.
Bneklen’s Arnica Sate*. *
The best Salve- in the world fjr
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.
Middle Georgia enjoyed or suf
fered a heavy fall of snow on elec
tion day.
Wonderful Cum.
W. D. Hoyt & Co., Wholesale
and Re tail Druggists of Rome, Ga..
sov: We have bem selling Dr.
Kind’s New Discovery, Electric Bit
ters and Biiclilcn’s Arnica Salve for
two years. Ha\“ never haudlcd reme
dies that sell ns well, or give such
universal satisfaction. There have
liecn some wonderful cures effected
by these medicines in this city. Sev
eral cases of pronounced Consump
tion have lieen entirely cured by use
of a few bottles or Dr" King’s New
Discovery, taken iu connection with
Electric Bitters. We guarantee them
always. Sold by Folko & Morgan
HEADLIGHT FUSSES.
2d.
And some of’em sai l they just run
for fun—didn't want to get elected.
Rev. Sam. Small preached in Savan
nah and Jacksonville, respectively last
week.
Col. A B. Estes, of Blacksliear, was
in town last Friday to have some print
ing done. •
Considerable alarm about the orange
crop of Florida was caused by last
week’s cold weather.
Mrs Baker has put the acre of land in
front o*f her-resIdehceTh'beautiful pre
paration for gardening.
A lumber train engine and tender
were thrown from the tiack of the ‘ Y,’
last Friday. Xo one hurt.
If you would smoke the best 5 cents
cigar in town, try the ‘‘ Wayeross Head
light,” ut the post office.
The authorities of the B. & W. R. R.
will build a freight and passenger depot
at Brunswick at an early day.
Three negroes charged with house-
burning iu Albany have been captured
by detective Jones, of Atlanta.
Our ooluinns araopen at all ttmes for
communications from subscribers. Let
us hear from some of our fronds*
The Ilawkinswille papers have
anounced Rev. E. M. Whiting’s first ser
mon. The News declares it was mas.
terly.
There is no better time to get your
under way than now,
wait until the ground
provided y
dries olF.
The new city council of Brunswick
assumed control of municipal atfa
last week, with a balance in tlietrca.*
ry of $5,000.
Manager Gaddis lias just returned
from New York, and gives it as his in-
W. R. R
Savannah, Cia., Charleston and tention to pu f the B.
several other South Carolina towns, t * a * ss on er *
have been, shaken by earthquakes
during the past week.
An Enterprising, Reliable House.
Felks & Morgan can always be
me ia 'em much hi hw r °lied upon, not only to carry in
STyU^'dirett'from'uio largest I stlK ' k «•*»« , >«st ot everything, but to
guaranteed, and wii
exactly ns represented.
Strings. We import our strings di
rect, ami especially call atten
tion to our Paginini string
which is used by all leading
ItSk
Artist’s We keep everything needed
Matkkml by Professionals and Ania-
tours, ami furnish all materials
used iu Paintiug on Canvass,
Cloth, Brass, Glass or China.
l»ic- The finest and largest assort
turns ment over shown in the South.
It will i*ay prospective purclias-
.... to coiue to Savannah if f«
nothing else than to look ovei
our immense stock. We lmvt
Paintings, Engravings, Pastels
Oleographs, Intotents, Arto-
typos, Chroinos, Sketches,
Drawings, etc.
Picture We carry a stock of the finest
Fames, mouldings manufactured, over
500 different patterns. Have a
complete manufactory, com
plete with latest and most im-
I >roved machinery, and inanu-
acturc the finest frames that
can be made. Our prices the
lowest.
Repairing We are thoJougldy equip-
Dkpakt- ped with necessary machine-
ment. ry ami the best class of work
men that are to be had in the
17. S. for repairing and over
hauling Pianos, Organs, Vio
lins. Guitars, Banjos. Accor-
deons, Orquinettes, Flutes, or
any instrument made._ Our
secure the Agency for such article
lerit, and. arc
taming the reputation of being al
woys enterprising, ana ever reliable.
Having secured the Agency for the
celebrated Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption, will sell it on a
positive guarantee. Jt will surclv
cure any and every affection of
Throat, Lungs, and Chest, and to
show our vonfidence, we invite you
to call am! get a Trial Bottle Free.
Over five hundred negro men
and boys were throwing snow-balls
at one time in Macon lust Thurs
day. The day was a general holi
day.
If any of our subscribers fail to
reive their papers regularly, we would
regard it as a patieualar favor to be
informed of the fact.
The merchant or manufacturer who
offers good goods and lets the people
know It by judicious advertising is the
man who succeeds, while liis old fogy
neighbor Iooks on and' does not know
Robin Red-hreastlws
The new town *xAnd|fi»as gone to
work in earnest.
Sir. J. W. BeiUortfjunl;famifv have
returned to Waycro^S *
Plant more Irish potatoes* how and
trim up your fruit trees.
Business men are 'put that
economy in priuters’ ink don’t pay.
Last week was a col done. The racr-
iry fellas low as20di
The happiest and
mn last week, -was t
The last circus of
exhibit in Wayer<5S¥*>»'
bqlowzero.
! EVERY town caitt ray as much.
There is .no tcqvn in Georgia
that is more’free of: bickering and
petty strife, than Wayeross, and as
there is no drinking hero arrests
by our marshal arc of rare occur
ence. The feeling between our
business men and other citizcnsjs
one of good will and friendship.
There are none here too good to
live here and hut few that could be
spared.
.will
!v iiist.
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J Tou A
int a Good Article
co, ask vour dealer for
Old Kip.”
Last week was a misty, foggy one,
with a good, steady rain all Sunday
light.
There is a young man in Brunswick
rho can eat thirty bananas ut ^pne
sitting. - -1
For school books and all kinds
of. stationery, go to Lanier & You-
Tlic White Rock Crystal Spectacles
re the best. For sale only by
Lanier & Yocmanh.
Dellaven’s circus will give two per
formances, at 1 and 7 o’clock in AVay-
coss on the 19th inst.
Go to Lanier & Yon mans for so
cles .They furnish a nice case, fix
charge, with every pair sold.
Of course you are coming to the circus
on the 19th, Then you can drop in and
pay your subscription for the year.
Mr. II. B. Taylor, the late typo on
Glenmore News, is nov. employed
the Hamilton County (Fla.) Times.
4 the burning of tl
Mr. J. T. Hale is making the Grfiiin
House quite popular with the pubilc.
Good board and low rates are doing the
business.
Prospectors for sites for business
enterprises ore still looking around.
The people of Wayeross should be oi:
the alert.
Thanksgiving day, Christinas and
New Year’s I My having passed
the tuncey gobbler can come dow
the house.
The Hand of -God*” published in
tiprrinU
Austin, Texas.
. Mr. A. K. Hawkes: Dear Sir-^-I
take great pleasure in saying that your
spectacles excel anything 1 have yet
prices will be reasonable for
first-class work ami orders will
receive prompt attention.
D0j\’T forget.
Pianos an«l Organa S5 and SIO p«r Mo.
We sell Pianos ami Organs on easy
terms, ami at lowest prices offered by
any house in the United States. Pianos
offered at $500 per iuo. All new in
struments fully guaranteed and «
returned if not entirely satisfactory
after fifteen dayr trial
been able to procure, enabling _
read the finest print with ease and com
fort. FRANK RAINEY, M. I).
Sold ami guaranteed by Redding &
Walker, Wayeross, Ga.
The people around Fort-Mycrs,
Fla., are enjoying watermelons*
cucumbers, onions tomatoes and
other suminer vegetables.
Zttddea A Bates’ Southern Katie
Bouse, Saraaaah, Ga.
april 14-12m
Notice.
GEORGIA—Charlton County.
Mrs. Eda Tavlor, widow of Evan Tai
lor, deceased, has applied for a year’
support for herself out of the estate of
aauf decease. Appraisers appointed
for the purpose have tiled tlieir report
in my office, and I will pass upon the
same at mv office at 11 o’clock a. m.,
- Free Trade.
The reduction of internal revenue
and the taking off of revenue stamps
from Proprietary Medicines, no doubt
has largely benefit ted the consumers,
as well as relieving the burden of home
manufacturers. Especially is this the
case with Green’s August Flower and
lioschee’s German Syrup, as the reduc
tion of thirty-six cents per dozen has
been added to increase the size of the
bottles*, containing these remedies,
thereby giving one-fifth more medicine
the 75 cent size. The August Flow-
for Dyspepsia ami Liver Coinplaint
and the German Syrup for Cough and
Lung Troubles, have perhaps, the
largest sale of any medicines in the
world. The advantage of increased
size of the bottles will be greatly appre
ciated by the sick and afflicted in every
town ami village in civilized countries.
Sample bottles for ten cents remain the
same size. oct 13-eow.
Given under my band ami official sig
nature, this December 2SJ,18S«
Notice.
GEORGIA—Ware County.
Whereas, the estate of Robert Joyce
late of said connty, deceased, is without
representation, and not likely to berep-
“ . i ia Immliv m veil that
When the news of the burning
Orphans’ Home was received Inst
day night, the small congregation at
prayer-meeting at the Methodist
church donated near or quite one hun
dred dollars for the homeless ones.
There is not a vacant dwelling house
in Wayeross. Nearly every day some
one comes to us to know if we can tell
them where they can get a house. Sev
eral families are boarding out now just
because they cannot get houses. Can’t
some of our enterprising men build a
few more houses to rent ?
The life of any community depends
cn the way you make your wants and
wishes known through the columns of
your local paper. If anything of anv
importance is going on in your locality
do not fail to write us aljout it, it takes
but a few minutes, and pleases a great
many of your- most intimate friends.
While the cashier of the Quitman
bank was on his way from the Express
office to the bank one day last week, he
Just a package containing $3,000, which
is supi»osed to have fallen from his
pocket. A negro is in jail in that
county on suspicion of having some
thing crooked to do with the lost money.
The Jacksonville Times-Union, one
of the best papers in the South, lias
been investigating the failure of the
Xorthen travel to Florida, this fall and
after interviewing agent, hotel
and others affected, has arrived at the
conclusion that the tide has been turn
ed to Cafii'orfeia. Those mammoth
railroad corporations give cheap rates,
the hotels do the same, advertise
heavily,
this,
the Pacific slope
Prof. S. P. Settles’ school opened on
the 4th with a fuff attendance. Others
expected as soon as the weather
SKirPED WITH A A1AKKIKD WOMAN
Lnst.^MoiuLiy night nb;mt tell
The Elections.
WARE. COUNTY.
Our county election passed off
quietly, not a disturbance of any
kind occurring that we have heard
of. The day was cold, part of. the
timorafciing, but still, the candi
dates were busy and this is the
wqv it resulted ': *
Clerk—-W. M. Wilson,
Sheriff—Thos. B. Henderson.
Tux 1 Collector—J. A. Cason.
A NOTE OF WARNING.
As we haye often said we have
an abiding faith in the future of
Wayeross. Her railroad facilities
are such as will in the near future
eoniuTnud the attention of capital
ists, and industries will spring up
here-that our people do not dream
Of now. Small factories are
springing up all over . the South
and small towns are becoming
cities, inany of. which arc not so
favorably located As Wayeross.—
o*oiock' when 5Ir; AV W. s
who lives near the corporate limits,
was sound aslseep, bis wife quiety
left his side and ran-away with
J. W. Mosely, a young man with
whom she had been acquainted
sonic time, leaving behind all her
children, five in number, the
youngest about two years of age.
The fleeing couple, left in a wagon,
going toward Brunswick, but
nothing has been heard from them.
Deceiver—J. J. Wilkinson.
Treasurer—W. i$. Bailey.
4 Surveypr-^-J.V. Eunice. _ , ... .
. t’oioiipr^sI. i T. Jlaie. Wc are led tp-say^thiS..oviiry Upie
All of the oiticci‘3'''elected are we think of the cheapness bf our
AN OLD LANDMARK.
One of our old and esteemed
subscribers, Mr. John B. Cason,
celebrated bis 70lh birthday, last
Saturday, with a large number of
relatives, friends and acquain
tances of this county. Wc con
gratulate our old friend on his
safe arrival at this period on the
march ot life, and trust. he may
make a safe landing at the port
beyond when the fitful dream of
life is past. No better, more clev
er or true-hearted men live than
•‘Uncle Johnny.”
THE OUTLOOK.
The year just closed has been to
us a stormy yet a successful one,
and we stait out in the new year
with bright anticipations of a pros
perous business year. We are
nearing the completion of our third
volume and we will soon enter on
a, fourth year. Wc earnestly so
licit the support of the public gen-
crallv, as never before*. Wc are
The present council have decided to
to do part of th dr advertising on the
“short-shirt” stylq—paste it up where
_ our ef
forts by subscribing one dollar for
the entire year of 1887.
good, “responsible men, and Ware
county enters the New Year with
most flattering prospects. Those
who were defeated were also re
sponsible men, and if they had
been successful the county’s honor
would have been in safe hands
still there wore not enough votes
-ast to elect them, therefore they
must wait until another time.
CLINCH COUNTY.
The election in Clinch county
was quiet, everything passing oil
harmoniously, so far as we have
been informed, with this result:
Clerk—W. A. Ecord,
Sheriff—B. E. Mattox,
Collector—Wm. Griffis.
Receiver—J C Jones.
Treasurer—H C Moore.
Surveyor—George M. Dame.
Coroner—D F McDuffie.
PIERCE COUNTY.
. The Ordinary of Fierce county
writes as follows:
“Dear Headlight: Below I
hand you the official report of the
election, held in Pierce county, on
the 5th inst., for county officers.—
Ihe election passed off* quietly
with the following named officers
duly elected to-wit:
Clerk—Dr A M Moore.
Sheriff—Hihert Williamson,
Treasurer—B. D. Brantley, Sr.
Receiver—Daniel H Burney,
Tax Collector—E. Z. Byrd,
County Surveyor—Davis Thorn
ton.
Coroner—Joseph S. Wilson.
Respectfully,
A. J. Strickland.
mmm
I The Bruuswiek. Advertiser and Ap
peal is now'issued as a daily and week
ly. We wish Brother Stacy abundant
♦access in his enterprise.
The school bell has put a stop or
piictus to the tin horn and the small
boy is now busy with his booxs, bat occ
asional}' puts a pin in the chair where
the master sits.
Nearly every week there are two or
three theatrical companies passing
from Savannah to Jacksonville that
would stop here if we only had a hall
for their accommodation.
The first twelve days after Christmas
are said to be an index to the twelve
months that follow. If this be* so,
1887 will be a good year for corn, peas
and potatoes, but not much on cotton.
The Headlight is put to press every
Tuesday morning, in order that it may
be mailed on Wednesday, therefore,
urge our friends and advertisers to hand
in their favor before, or. not later
than Monday evening.
There is onlv one way to administer
municipal government, and that is
“with straight forward and honest
integrity.” It is true that wont please
a great many whose wishes it would
not be wise to catcr'to.
The Wayeross Post office has been
Gen, E. P. Alexander was elect
ed President of the Central Rail
road and Banking Company last
week.
resented. Noticc i» hereby* given that
on the first Mondnyin Febrnary next,
I shall appoint the Clerk of the superi
or Court of said county, or some other
good and discreet person to administer
® 1 in (.irnw Ilf till* I liven
on sai'l estate in terms of the l*w. Giren
nndcr my hand and official signature,
this December 21,1?"-
WAIUtEX LOTT/Ordy.
advertisers;
School Books at
Lamer *t You.man’s.
Harnett.
M. L. Harnett, proprietor of the
Harnett House. Savanah, Ga., is a
constant advertising patron of the
local papers, a fact which stampes
him as a level-headed and appre
ciative business man.—Daily Na
tional Hotel . Repoter.
Dickey’s
PAINLESS EYE* WATER
made a presidential office anu our
vily, and as the Floridians fail to do worthv 1>ostinu8tor , Mr. A. II. Moigan,
• ,he “finlden gooae” flies toward lla3 Wu nomi , mlt .,| Ly , hc President
and confirmed by the Senate for the
next four years.
The Headlight extends sympathy
friend, E. M. Cribb and family,
moderates. Wayeross is pleasantly lo- | of Waresbor ; a, e ir sad bereavement
cated and .ts ] in the deaths* theft^atfeirter last week,
who was merging into womanhood.—
health, its i ail road fatalities maxeit
center point, and in easy reach of the
surrounding country. Good board can
be had here at normal prices. Should
friends desire to send their children
Verily, “death loves a shining mark.”
We have been favored with a pamph
let descriptive of the Morning New
here they c-n rely on Prof. Settlos to building, giving a history of that paper
THU NEW CITY COUNCIL.
The new city council, consisting
of W. J. Smith, Mayor, and Messrs.
Warren Lott, George R. Yomans,
E. McCall and D. A. Williams, was
sworn in on last Thursday evening,
and assumed control of*tlio city
government for the ensuing year.
The gentlemen are good, progress
ive business men, and it is confi
dently expected that a better state
of affairs will exist, and the city
will bo permanently benctitted by
their election. At their first mect-
tng the following officers were
chosen : Clerk of Council, J.
Williams,Tax Collector and Asses
sor, J. E. Butler, Treasurer, W. It.
Mallon, Marshal, John P. Cason,
Night-watchman, S. II. Hinnant. I
With these gentlemen in charge we j
have nothing L> fear, for they have t
pledged themselves to amend the
by-laws so as to bring about a better
state of feeling between llio town
and county, and to repeal all laws
that are obnoxious to the people,
and enact such . measure as will
enhance the business of the town
and county. Mayor Smith and his
able council should have the
hearty co-operation of all our cit*
izens.
Mayor Smith was raised a far
mer hoy in Hahnilton county, Fla.,
his father being among the early
settlers of that section, where he
now lives, enjoying his declining
years in peace and quiet,- suround-
ed by hundreds of friends and rel
atives, and possessed of a suffi
ciency of this world’s goods to
keep him in comfort through the
journey of life. Mayor Smith
came to Wayeross an entire strang
er not many years ago, without
Clerk—W W Graham,
Sheriff—D J Branch
Receiver—J J Clark.
Collector—M Baxley.
Treasurer-—Horace B lloyall,
Surveyor—A F Byrd.
Coroner—James M. Hall.
lands and the facilities we have
for distributing, our low taxes and
cheap living—nearly all classes of
;oods can be manufactured cheap
er in Wayeross than in the North
and West. If our jieople will only
talk out loud and let men of cap
ital know of our advantages,
within a very few years instead of
a small town we will have a busy,
bustling city. Let’s wake up ami
shake off the dust and cobwebs,
uul let people outside of Ware
county know that there is such a
place as Wayeross. Let’s invite
men to come and see for them
selves ; let them sec our unlimited
resources to carry on every and all
kinds of industries, and they will
come. Our waste lands will be
turned into fruit and vegetable
farms, stock-raising will become
a profitable industry, factories will
spring up, the town and county
will grow and be benefitted in
every particular. We must wake
up to our interests, or others who
are already awake will come iu one
of those fine days and take the
places that wc and our children
should have filled.
.THE HAND OF GOD!
A letterTrom Douglas, Coffice
cohnty, to the Atlanta Constitu
tion, Jan 4th, says: ‘T hope that
God .may paralyze me” were the
WAYNE COUNTY.
Clerk—J W Pappell.
Sheriff*—J D Roberson.
Receiver—I) II Carter.
Collector—Elias Ogden.
Treasurer—J H Bennett.
Surveyor—J G McCall,
Corone—I* I* Scott.
CHARLTON COUNTY.
Clerk—A. G. Gowen,
Sheriff—N. F. Robinson,.
Tax Receiver—I) F ltoddenberry
Tax Collector—J J Stokes.
Treasurer—
Surveyor —J. R. Cooper.
Coroner—David Altman.
see to their welfare in every respect.
Messrs Blacksliear & Mittchell,
wholesale ami retail dealers and manu
facturers of Mill Supplies, Turpentine
tools, Hardware, Tinware Agricultural
implements and all other good kept in
a first class hardware store near Ole-
man’s hall, in this town, are now open
and ready for business. We cannot
give an idea as to the immensity of
their stock on paper, and can only say
they are in every way prepared to
cany on the business they proposed to
do. No middlemen are between them
and the factories, no soeond costs are
added, and with the facilities they con-
trol for their hnuijp, the firm is head
quarters for the Hardware trade of
South Georgia ami Florida. Read the
advertisement ia another column and
_ then go and see the gentleman, who
Anilerson, * j will take pleasure iu giving you honest
Bristol, Tenn. ' treat ment and low prices.
flamed Eyes in few hours without
pain or danger. The beat Eye prepara
tion in the world. Price only 35 cents;
tion in the world. Price only w ,
ask for it. Have no other. Sold by all
from its incipiency to the present time.
The Morning News is recognized
friends or money but by his close
application to business and his
. upright conduct have now both
leadin'* Daner of the boutb, and should • . p . , n . .
ieamn 0 paper ui w ; friends and means sufficient to
arv on several branches ol
be patronized by everybody.
receipt of a letter from our
young friend, Turner Brewer, who is at
Halcyondale, Ga., enclosing a remit
tance for the Headlight, and a wish
for our contained success with* a happy
new year. Turner will please allow us
to return our thanks for his kind wish,
with a desire of the same lor himself.
We call atention td the new firm of
Smith d: Sharp, whose advertisement
appears in this paper. This firm is
among the leading fancy and family
grocery dealers of this town, and
have on hand all the time fresh goods
of all kinds. Mr. John 8. Sharp is there
■eantile business—he having
half-interest in no less than three
of our most prosperous business
houses, which shows that the test
of merit is success. It is both
proper and just to estimate the
ability of a man by what he has
accomplished. It shows an ac
quaintance with the principles
which uiiderly the laws of business,
anil evidences an application to
work that is commendable, lie
has '-correct judgment, industry,
drugalitv and diserectlon in all
COFFEE COUNTY.
Clerk—Gileo J. Lott.
Sheriff—John II. Ilall.
Tax Receiver—J J Carver.
Tax Collector—T F O’Neal.
Treasurer—Elias Roberts.
Surveyor—Mark Lott.
Coroner—Elias Batten.
••OH, CONSISTKXCY
“The Dodge County Journal,
Jcsup Sentinel, Blackshear Geor
gian, Wayeross Headlight and
Wayeross Reporter have part of
their papers printed away from
home—patent-sided as they are
called. The Baxley Banner
printed at home. It may not look
quite so well as if printed in Atlan
ta, but we like it better. We print ln f. country, ana scores oi pc
a local paper for our county and C ? ' 1 ^ I _ n V__
people and every type is set
our
own office. This is home enter
prise.”—Baxley Banner.
If there is anything we admire
in a man it js truth. We plead
guilty to the charge brought
against us by the able editor of the
Banner, but at the same time must
expose him in his falsehoods. He
says “every type is set” in his
“own office,” which he knows is
not true, for he uses every week
several columns of patent plate
matter, which he “prints all at
home,” as he claims, but such
printing as he does is a disgrace
to journalism, and should be
frowned down, as the people of his
county are doing, the last grand
jury having refused to pay him
for publishing their present
ments. Yes, his is all home print,
and he “likes it better,” but it
seems that no one else docs. Better
At oiice his hands* dropped to his
side, his legs refused to move, and
his eyes rolled wildly round. His
prayer was answered, as he stood
paralyzed on the spot where but
a few moments Ik*fore he was a
magnificent type ofphj'sical man
hood. Lie tried-to speak, but his
tongue would not move. Half a
lozen men, who were present, were
rendered motionless by the evi
dent visitation of the hand of God.
When the}' recovered self-posses
ion, they tenderly moved the
afflicted man to his residence, a
half miic distant. When
Miss Rlmdy Burkett saw the plight
in which her father, was brought
home, she screamed and fainted,
and died a few days later.
For years Mr. Burkett had been
the ferryman at the Hawkinsville
road crossing of the Ocmulgee
river. He was of giant physique,
with long gray locks, and became
especially noted because of the
brace of revolvers which he kept
strapped to his waist. He was a
great hunter, and the ferry being
in the midst of a swamp, he was
convenient to an abundance of
game. From those who lived
around him it is learned that he
was fearfully profane. Whenever
he sighted game and was culled off
from it by an alarm from the ferry,
he would’pour out such a volley
of oath as would make the flesh of
ordinary men crawl. It
was while in one of these profane
spells that he cursed his creator,
and wound up with the expression
above quoted.
The news soon spread through
the country, and scores of people
was
at first completely prostrated, but
subsequently was enabled to take a
few steps, when he would fall.
When spoken to he replies in an
inarticulate mumble, and acts in
the most idiotic manner. The
physicians can ascribe no natural
cause for his affliction, but admit
that it is a visitation of God. The
preachers in the neighborhood
have used the inedent in their ser
mons with great effect.
things, his growing habits of indus-j have your paper printed “away
alUhetiine and* by his fair dealings D*Y have petrified into solidity of i from home,” Bro. Ward, and then,
and polite* attention always gives , character overshadowing the im-! perhaps, it can be more easily road
pleasure in trading and satisfaction iu ’ pbrtance of steady application to and you won’t have to offer to pay
ivmiUs. <‘;iYtf thorn an early ,-all. 1»L*. 1 your l*opl<! to take it. By-l*y.
The Southen Forestry Congress
recently asked the Governor of
Virginia to name a native of that
State, living or dead, to whose
honor congress may plant a tree
in the National Circle. Gov. Lee
has sent them the name of George
Washington.
: • :: ,
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Indian Commissioner Atkins
and Colonel WjUiara Morrison pro
pose to take two of the fat places
on tlie uational railroad commis
sion when it is formed. John al
ready* has a job, but Bill will soon
be out of stamps.