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Vol. 4. Waycross, Georgia, April 6, 1887. No. 1. A 1IOU.VED SNAKE ' | tenant on Mr. Robert nftd TlM T»nr -r PlTfl u< lu»4 UItn up tm III*. Yammmta.Ga., Jurtntrr 15th, 1887— Mr. M. A. Briggs: 1 have been tick for three year*, hardly being able to walk. -I hao trlrsd fear or five different doctors without any benefit at all. All the doctors told me I was saffering with and affection of the heart. I was unable to walk or sleep and had no ap petite. My liver was also affected and gave me lots of trouble. My fare and atomarh were badly swollen also. I had give!* up to die, when I waaadvia- *1 to try BRIGGS* BETTER TONIC PILLS* tad after taking five bottles I was so much better I got more and now I au» entirely well. lean RIP. _ J. G. Nelson & Co., j&vannah, are selling the best Gilt-edge Butter nt only twenty-five cents per pound. Smith & Sharp’s City Bell is the best patent flour on the market & Co’s 50 cents Tea? It is fine. and now I aut tnUtWr mu. lean Smith & Sharp receive fresh sup- GO Special Notices. szabliget flashes. ZlZ ST Bather,* np to Tcwu, <m Both SaUroadt, Bp and Down. Garden truck lifting up again. Suliscribefs rushingin before we clone uur hooks. .... ... . . „ .. * | Mi«s Mnie Stead u teaching a Why don’t you try J.km. Nelson gchmll at || ob ,,t e n. k/ 1 aam#. Tnn9 T* ia finn Gordan Parker, ot McDonald’s mill, was in town last Saturday. ■ ware, shear & Mitchell's. Send on your orders for Job work. A fine lot of stationery just Prices down for cosh, or C. O. D. orders. ’ J. G. Nelson 4 Co., Savannah, are selling the best Green Rio Cof fee six pounds to tne dollar. Car Load Stoves, at Blacksbenr & Mitchell’s. Silver plated ware, at Black- shear 4 Mitchell’s. • Five dozen pairs of Opera Slip pers at B. Siuians’. Don't fail to see B. Sirinans’ straw hats. Prettuet line in town. The best Lard, 12 pounds for one dollar. J. G. Nelson A Co. Wedding cards printed nt this office with neatness and dispatch, good wishes thrown in. ,of Ware county} was in town this week. Over 1,500 crates of tomatoes have hern shipped from Florida to. New York. Orders for job work reach ns from Graham, Ga., on the E. T., Vn. & Ga. H. R. We have it, on authority, that Spring has come, this time, cer tain, gentle Annie. WHERE WE WORSHIP. M. E. Church South—Rev. E. J. Burch, Pastor. Preaching every Sunday at 11 o'clock A. M., and 7 30 P. M. Sacrament of the Lord** sapper every first Sunday. Prayer meeting every Thursday night. Experience meeting every Tuesday * ;nt. Sunday School at 3 o’clock I*. Baptist Church—Rsv. Scruggs, Pastor. W. II. Homerville came in too late. Ki; 6. fiorbiu of Cinch, was in i tu %ww iotv> town to day. if I ‘ ol Brunswick, I - „ Wn,«1 _ . ... .. . ! «nakelast^k.aud Mr Bev1l tti&ZS&SS; and i visiting Way cross/ ‘’jb-ght it to town, and gave it to enternrisine. ■ - .... to Dr. Berton. We have always arc in a prosperous condition yoh will find: the “ enterprising. i. I Ltiis Arnheim, Esqr.,of Albany. Mr. J. H. Sweat’s meat and veg-' ia attending court, ctable stand, near Mr. B. Simians’ j Mrs. Furlong, late of Brunswick, store is growing in favor with the . is at the Satilla house. »?bhc.. Aj°»M^tr6nago Misses Susa and Fannie Wide- to Dr. Berton. We have always [thoughtthe horned snake was count, sonam. We understand that CoL G. Gunby Jordan will leave Colum bus very soon for How Ygrk, to make arrangements for the buildingof the Columbus South ern. We trust that this may will make it a greater convenience. On Easter Sunday, April^.lOth tliere will be scrviceiyn _ t)ie^ Epis copal church " a-A ' P. M. No morning service. Sun day-school 3 P.’M. Last Friday tire South Florida Railroad placed its fares at, if col lected by the conductor, 5 cents per mile; straight tickets, 4 j cents per mile. This is a .reduction on the last two of 12 J per cent. We hear it reported on good authority, that Editor Ellenwood, of the Blackshear' Georgian, who has been for some yca.rs a Methodist Lanier 4 Yonmans are author- preacher has renounced the Min- :rugg?», l iuiur. Preaching first ant] third Sundays in each month, morning and evening.— Prayer meeting every Wednesday eve ning and on the second and fourth Sunday mornings. Sunday School at 3 o’clock P. M., H. P. Brewer, Saper- ized to take and receipt for sub scriptions to this paper. The town-cow that will un fasten a gate and nip shrubbery should be suppressed, and her hide tanned. HEADLionT cigars and Soda- water at the the post-office. The rignr is the best in the land—like its namesake. It is almost impossible to mnke room in the Methodist church for the Sunday school when there is a full attendance. The mnii with those little bills was abroad in the land last Fri day. Friday is always and un lucky day for us. The past week dosed in a drizzling rain, but the warmth of our people in religious mat ters was not cooled. The fruit crop in this section was not entirely destroyed by tho recent cold weather, but received a terrible black eye, so to speak. ■BMC'J. W. Walters,- of the Albany Bar, was in attendance at Court diiring the past two or three EriscorAL Ciicrc-h—Itev. Stewart Martin, pastor. . Preaching second and fourth Sundays | One of tho brightest legal in each month, at 11A.M. and 7 P.M. •• i t „ Also evening service Wednesday be fore second .Sunday, and Friday even ings at 7% P. M. Also Wednesday afternoon before the fourth Sunday at SJ£ P. M. and Friday evening at 7*4 E. M, Sunday School at 2& P. M. every Sunday. The Ladies* Episcopal Church Aid Society will meet at Mrs. Yulee Williams* at Vs every Thursday. M. E. Church (Col)—Rev. J. C. Allen, Pntoo Preaching 2nd Sabbath in each month, at 11 A. M. and 7 30 P. M. Sab bath School at Z P. 1L &JJ An EnS t. Don. tieraping. Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, 111., says- ‘'Having received so much benefit Trout Electric Billers. I feel i* my duty to let suffering hu manity know it.. Have hail a run ning sore on my leg for eight years; my doctors told me I would Imre to have the boje scraped or log ampu tated. 1 used, instead, three bottles of Electric Hitters seven boxes Buck- lea's Arnica Salve, and my leg is now ,i • - , sound and well.” Electric Bitters are * ® lights of Georgia. Tho Salvation Army was dis turbed in tiieir hall at Savannah last Sunday night, ..nil a riot lto- tween roughs was the result No one seriously hurt Contracts for job printing can ito made with Messrs. Lanier & Youinans, when neither ourself or Mr. Parker enn be found, and will be faithfully tilled at this of fice.* Tho lady that patches onr sor rows and darns our pleasures has lieen sick during the week, and this must account for the short comings of this issue to a certain extent Miss McDonald, of McDonald’s mill, was in town last Sunday mmnipg. Two years ago she wss a little girl, and now Bhc is a grown young lady. How we girls istry and given up his credentials. At Eramit Anderson’s fruit and candy stand, just beyond the post- office, near the B. 4 W. Railroad crossing you will find splendid taffy candy, pea-nuts, oranges, bnnaniias, etc. Trade some with Emmit ' Whenever the people of Wav- cross are appealed to in behalf of hencvolent or missionary purposes there is generally a liberal re sponse. Two hundred and nine dollars wus raised within a few mo ments Inst Sunday. Brother Wilson, of that , pretty little sheet, the Patterson Advance, was in town this week. We were pleased to learn that our brother is succeeding admirably with his new enterprise, while he rc|iorts bright future for blackberries Coffee Cnuntv Gazette, South j Georgia Land Agentnnd Waycross Headlight subscription list con solidated, and reaching, all ovet five counties in Southern Georgia, offer to the advertiser the best nicdum ever before, given them. Mesdim.es TfT—T. Kcttwm, and T. K. Tindall, of Hoboken, were in town last Monday, and came to seethe Headligbt. nbnat printing bv-laws and < nnsljtution for an Indeimndet Order "ot Good Tem plars, recently organized at that place. Before many years have pass ed seine of the Streels of Way- cross will present a most beau tiful appurauce. Tlie-trees in sente places will have formed n arch across the Stiects, beneath which the treaty pedestrian may hide from* the Summer sun’s heat. sold at SIty cent} a bottle, and Bucklcn’a Arnica Salve at 25c. per box by Folks & Morgan’s. Dickey’s EYE WITH Believes at once. Cures weak and in flamed Eyes >n a few bouts without pain or danger. The best Eye prepara tion in tho world. Price only 23 cento; ask for it. Have no other. Sofdbyall dealers. Dickey Jc Anderson, aprii 7-80. Bristol, Tcnn. man, of Jacksonville, aro in town. Tho Ladies are requested to call arid see B. Sirinans’ Now spring goods. The ’ Lillies r oY tlie Episcopal Church Aid Society will have an Easter Festival at Oleraan’s Hall, on the 12th of April. Donations of any kind will bcthankfully receiv ed, from the citizens of Waycross, at the hall during the day. C. C. Crawley, the foshinablo barber, whose dll'll is elsewhere, is a skilled artist, and keeps a neat shop,- where patrons are always served in a becoming manner. J. W. Wiliams, an expert with the shears and razor is at this shop, at which he has made an ex cellent reputation. Strangcts will receive polite attention at Crawly’s shop. All ASSURED FACT. At conference last Saturday uight the subject of education wus under discussion, when Mr. H. Murphy informed the meeting that all, or most of the material for building an academy had been so- secured and tho work would he pushed forward at once. This is good news, and when Mr. Murphy says anything like that there is sure to he something done right away. CABKYIXO 1 a myth, but erred. It was | prove true. There is a bitch Bevil’s tenant approached, the snake was making venomous efforts to strike them with its tail end.—Valdosta Times. Perham, of the Quitman Free Press, says one of the merchants of that town, leaves his shfe wide open, inasmuch as there is noth ing in it and he does not want the burglar to ruin it by boring holes in it. Editor Ellenwood, of the Blackshear Georgian, advises us to tarry at “Jericho until our beard grows longer.” If he is a living specimen of those who “tarried,” we beg to be ex cused. Brother Bennett, of Waresboro, was at Love-feast last Sunday and interested his friends by an enjoyable recital of his experiences in different phases of religious life. Brother Bennett must come again. The Sunday Excursion Tickets sold by the Brunswick and West ern railroad are becoming very popular at all points along the line. We are glad to see the ef forts of the management in giving An anniversary and children’s meeting will be held ot the M. E. church, bh Hazzard’s hill, next Sunday evening at’ 2 o’clock, P. M. All the Sunday Schools inviLed to attend. General P. Washington, Misses Emma Roberts, Este.la Todd and others will leisure on thcoccasiou. J. C. Alley, P. C. We call the readers a.tention to the card of Messrs. J. E. Hendrick son it Co., Fruit,- Produce and Live Stock Commisinn Merchants,' Philadepbia Penn. These gentle men are recommended by the lead ing banks and fifths of tho coun try as fully responsible, therefore, -shippers of fruits and melons ' would do well to patronize them. A young man employed by Mr. H. W. Reed as milk-peddler, will leave for his home nt Balti more this week, but will return this Fall. He says he is in love with the South and thinks our country the best ho hits over lived in. This opinion is ex pressed by Hr. Geo. Walters, of Cedar Full, Iowa. Como South, brethren: come south. Space in the Trade Edition the Headlight for September is being taken np this early in the day, and from the present outlook we' will have to’publish twelve or sixteen pages instead of eight as announced. Aside from our reg- CEDAK FALLS, IOWA. Waycboss Headlight: I re ceived the papers you sent mo and am ever, so much obliged to you for your kind ness in sending them ns we are always glad to read the news of the piosperous town of Waycross. Please con tinue to send the papers regular- ly- Iu the Spring of tlio year 1883 I went North to Dekota to invest, and February 1884 I went through I linois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia, through Waycross to Florida, and there was no place that suited me as well as Waycross, which is a railroad center, and lias the natural ad vantages to become one of the best towns in the State. I invest ed some in your beautiful little town, and have a considerable amount of property here which, as soon as 1 can dispose of, I intend to come there and in vest. If the Northern and Eastern people knew the kind of land and climate you have they would all sell out here and coino and invest there. This Northern land is ail rjghl, but the winters are too long and severe, lasting from six to seven mouths. We had very heavy snow storm on the night of March 26lh, and there is a foot of snow on the ground now. In the coldest weather the ice is from two to three feet thick ou the river, I will close hoping it will not be verv long betore I will be enjoying tho genial climate of Georgia. George Walters. Cedar Falls, Iowa, March 28, ’87. The Headlight is delighted to know it is so woll received in the land of “ice and snow,' and carries on its face an in- .„ vitatiun fromonr people to those METHoDisr cuuacu service. who read it to “come and abide Ihe ; service at the Methods with U s.” Here there is room for thousands, on lands that are cheap enough to come within the reach of all. Our winters Last Sunday Rev. Mr. Loyd, our able and beloved Presiding Elder, preached a sermon oil Foreign Missions, which was not only one of the most forcible we ever had the fortune to hear, hut was tbrillingly .interesting, and pronounced by friends, both crit ics and adutirers,aS a noble effort lit behalf of the-fiBosfer’s -cause:— After the sermon the congregation furnished the finances, $200 10, to carry the war against sin into for eign lands. SUNDAY SCHOOL convention. The Georgia State Sunday school Association trill hold its fourteenth annual session Americus, Ga., Wednesday, Thurs day and Friday, April 27th, 28th and 29th, 1887. AH County Asso ciations are expected and earnest ly requested to send delegates. One delegate for every three hun dred scholars in each County As sociation is required, whose names should bo forwarded to Rev. A. M. Williams, at Americus, and to J. C. Courtney, State Secretary, At lanta, Go. somewhere—tho precise location we do not know, (tbout the right of wny, but we presume that wilt be amicably arranged. Dough- county ha9 -i aised $16,000 of tho $25,000 asked of hor. Columbus about four feet and six inches long, and the horn on the tip of his tail was about a quarter of an inclt in length. The teptile was of dark reddish brown col or, reaembliug a chicken snake somewhat. It was found and has raised $51,500 being $1,500 Mr. more than, her quota. Dawson ' has raised her share, and Chat tahoochee county is iu the same category. Every thing is prop- itons for the early commence ment of work on this enterprise, and when once inaugurated, CoL Jordan will push the work with nil possible expedition.—Bruns wick Herald. WASE SUPERIOR COURT, Superior Court, with His Honor, Judge Spencer R, Atkinson, on- the bench, the Solicitor and the usual number of lawyers, conven ed last Monday morning. The Grand Jury waa sworn in and received an able and lucid church from Judge Atkinson after which it retired to weigh the mat ters of the county in the scale of reason and justice. Composed of intelligent, honest men, the pro ceedings, which will appear noxt week, will doubtless be interesting. The civil docket waa taken up and tho following cases disposed of up to Tuesday evening: Darnell & Susong va. W. F. Monroe—ver dict for plaintiff; Wm. Mosely vs. Ann Eliza Wosely, libel fbr divorce dismissed; Lemuel Wcathevy vs. \V. P. Hancock and T. P. - tie, claimant—verdict for plaintiff Tho dockets are heavy and the Court may bo detained most of the week. The Headlight ia under obliga tions to the efficient Clerk of Court, Mr. \V. M. Wilson, fur cour tesies. Full proceedings next week. highly encouraging. During the meeting now in session daily, fif teen have been united with tho church, making a total for tbc year of forty-six. Miss Jennie Smith, National Superintendent Railway Depart ment of “Woman’s Christan Tem perance Union,” will arrive this evening and Dike part in the ser vices now pending. The morning services each day- are highly en joyed by all who go. UR. J. E. B. LOVE. This gentleman, who has been our local passenger agent for so long, has resigued his position at this place to accept another else where. Joe leaves a host of friends be hind him, who wish him success wherever he goes. His familiar face will be. missed at the depot, not only by the local patrons of the road, but by hundreds of our northern visitors, who have re- the public advantages never before 1 ular subscription list the copies enjoyed, so highly appreciated. “* -«n The Blackshear Georgian, in alluding to us declares it has no ammunition to “waste on dead ducks ” No, brother, it would be useless, it takes something stronger titan gas to maicc dead ducks.' The iufallible editor of the Blackshear Georgian intimates in strong language that he nevet makes mistakes, still, he claint- that Cleveland's admistration is a mistake. What a pity it was that Editor Ellenwood was not elected instead of Mr. CTcvc-'.aud, a* President, are short and never very severe, while the piue. forests furnish millions of cords of wood to build firesWith that we may make our homes comfortable “while the bowling blasts rage without.” It appears to us that if there is one particular part of God’s earth blessed more than another, it must be South Geor gia. Here we have good water, good health, fertile lunds, im- ineuso forests for timber for houses, fences and manufactur ing purposes, good schools, pleuty of churches, ample rail road facilities and everything, apparently, a person may desire fur comfort on this earth, while the religious influences brought to bear upon every one who “tarries with us” will afford an opportunity to transfer the ceived many official courtesies affections of earth on “Eden’s at his hands.—Thomaiyille Eli- lands of rest,” beyond the dark terprise. UOHICIDE IS CLINCH. Information just reached us this week of a homicide in the lower part of Clinch county, near the Okefenoko Swamp; The difficulty occurrrcd three week ago. Mr. lianfoord Allen, Jr., and neighbor named Tumbliu, river. Let our brother at Cedar Falls come to us as soon as his private uffairs will ailow him to do so, and bring along others who desire to come where the trees are now dressed in Spring array, corn is up, vegetation growiugaud the macking-bird trilling his S a n.nsr sou-;. God bless our country, God bless our a neignoor namea iumDiiu, quarreled about burning the i Northern friends, woods. Alien turned to walk I M rite again, brother \Y sent out gratuitously will reach near five thousand readers. mean business, and wiQeclipsc anything ever published in South ern Georgia. . p-, : The Blackshear Georgian is nnerv with Mr. Cleveland be cause lie has not turned all Re publicans out, nud says if the !'"' Write again, brother Wa'lcri. Rvpublicnna were m power all woods. Allen turnon to waa the Democrats would bo turned iaway when rumbiln struck him | , ,, *l>,i, , wo vearp jj r I n the head with an ax, from Fine Florida Svrup and Msg- Clew! m'd i» renderin'- "got*i which Allen died a week after, nolia.hams, together with a ltn* of —- — rnr e-'M ” while our able chris-' Tumbliu has so far escaped family and fancy groceries sold | conferned.-Cnnstutioo. fore-.,I, wnue our aoie. enris . 1 under a quarautee at South A . ■ . tain brother would have lain to ar ^, * . ,, • <tharn v a 1 that ti-.A rW-1 Ihese men were connected by * W ood-sawn. Cross-cut ana Dte«- ofj Agricultural Furnace*, at Black . ton Hand-pawn, at Blackfthmu £ Lour Mitchell’*. .IF*. iiF THE NAVAL STOKES IXTKRE.iT. ’ reAaps the busiest, most cnegetic and most earnest of associate bodies in this state is the Naval Stores Manufacturer’s association, which was organized in Georgia last year. There seems to be nothing perfunctory- about the purposes of this as sociation. Tho officers selected to look after the interests of"the naval stores men huvo hot per mitted the gra$3 to grow under their feet. They have insisted on the rights of the men they- represent; they have instituted and pushed forward-investiga tions into abuses in ihe trade, and they have secured lower rates of freight over the roads iu this state. In fine they have pushed tint interests of the naval stores men so effectively that they have succeeded in etirring up some of the slow-coaches in Savannah and other nova) stores markets. This has been the result of their attempts to rectify certain serious abuses in the handling and-marketing of naval stores. They probably have a tough con test before them in this matter, but that they will finally succeed cannot be doubted. This much is carlaht, that (he agitation which has been tl^e ' result of the officers of the as sociation has already accom plished great good and has ben efited producers in all parts of ttie slate. The association is not only firmly established but is regarded as a necessity. A circular signed by President Johnson and Vice-Preident Brantley informs us that a con vention of naval stores manufre- turers of Georgia will be held at Jssup on Monday, April II. This convention has been called by the association for the pur pose of discussing various matters of vital importance to naval stores producers. The convention will also consider the several features of the pro posed naval stores bill which ia to bo submitted to the general assembly at its July session. It is understood that tbe proposed act shall remedy many glaring evils that aro the result of the present system of inspection at the ports, which, os is feared, has brought Georga roiin into f | suspicion so far us the trade is do otherwise trine you have preached, gooJ marriage and lived in a ntilo brother ’ each other.— \ aldnstn Tinf-p. ' •» - -;