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Court Calendar — Brunswick Circuit
Clinch—First Mondays in March and
October.
Appling—Second Mondays in March
and October.
Wayne—Third Mondays in March and
October.
Pierce—Fourth Mondays In March and
October.
Ware—Firat Mondays in April and
November.
Coffee—Tuesday after second Monday
In April and November.
Charlton—Tuesday after third Monday
in April and November.
Camden—Fourth Mondays in April
and November.
Glynn—Beginning on the first Mon
days in May .and December, and to con
tinue for two weeks, or as long aa the
business may require.
Thirty Men Able to Exterminate One
Form of Crime—Dally Life on the
Steamer Patrol.
A New York letter to the Chicago Tri
bune says: Down at the southern ex
tremity of the island, within a stone's
throw of Castle Garden, and over against
the pretty Battery Park, where the woful
tramps sleep at night, and, sullen eyed,
see-saw upon the swaying park chains bv
day, is a substantial structure which the,
city has erected for the Department of
the Docks and for laud housing of those.
who protect maritime commerce. It is
called “Pier A,” and is the first pier on
the New York side of the Hudson. In
the granite walled slip orbasin just north
of this Structure may be' found a neat
and rakish craft called the Patrol. She
is a seaworthy side wheeler, white as a
swan, and .with her brass mountings
flashing in the sunlight like a man-of-
war’s finishings. This craft is the actual,
home all* tbs year through of the New
York harbor police, only thirty in num
ber, officers and men all told, but they
are thirty of the brightest and bravest
men in any public protective service in
America. •
These harbor police form a portion of
the regular Metropolitan police of New
York, and officially comprise what is
known as the Twenty-fourth Precinct.
The Captain and Commander is Elbert O.
Smith, a man of splendid-physical pres
ence and bearing, an old New York po
liccman of bravery and brains, a gradu
ate from the United States navy, having
also served as Lieutenant in the Peruvian
navy, thus uniting all the necessary re
quisites for able land and naval service.
Whether cruising about the harbor or
f at “Pier A/’ waiting orders, naval
Municipal Officers.
Mayor—W. j. Smith.
Councilmen—Warren Lott, E. P. McCall,
Geo. R. Youmans, D. A. Williams.
Treasurer—W. M. Mallon.
Clerk of the Council—J. S. Williams.
Tax Assessor and Collector—J. E. Butler.
Marshal—J. P. Cason.
Night Watchman—S. H. Hinnant.
_ > any man-ot-war are invariably
maintained. The steamer is fitted with
cabins, offices, officers’ and men’s quar
ters, and while the regulations permit of
men having homes ashore and visiting
them when off duty, the regime of the
sea inexorably exists. The force con
sists of a Captain, three Sergeants, three
roundsmen, twenty-one patrolmen, an
engineer and pilot, who are also mem
bers of the harbor police, and ten civil
ians, who include the stewards and assis
tants, and the working crew of the vessel.
When lying alongshore the Patrol has
precisely the same telephone and tele
graphic connections as those of any other
New York precinct. Officers and men
arc on duty day and night in the same
manner; steam is always up for immedi
ate movement; the craft docs fourteen
knots an hour when desired, and in less
than one minute from the instant tele
graphic orders *re received the Patrol,
fully manned and equipped, is away from
her moorings, speeding to any desired
destination. In addition to her duties
as a police boat, she is a floating fire engii
of tremendous capacity, being furnish
with powerful engines and four pumps
for toe most effective fire service at
burning vessels, warehouses, or docks
and wharves.
County Officers.
Clerk of tho Superior Court—W. M.
Wilson.
Ordinary—Warren Lott.
Sheriff—T. B. Henderson.
Tax Collector—J. A. Cason.
Tax Receiver—J. J. Wilkinson.
County Treasurer—W. 8. Bailey.
County Surrogate—Jasper Eunice.
Coroner—J. T. Hale.
and fishing craft to quietly reduce brawl
ing and riot to demure and humble
order; unexpectedly appearing among
tbe young and old pirates of Hook Dock,.
WaUabout and South Brooklyn, and sup
pressing half-ready expeditions of thiev
ery; coming unaware upon easy-con-
scienced sailors and preventing the con
summation of the already-bargained-for
looting of the craft by “speculator” har
bor pirates; pouncing upon thieves’
boats at all hours of the night, and
securing both prisoners and booty—these
men, to whom every waterside character,
every wily fence or junk dealer, and.
every harbor thief is known, and to
whom every inch of shore, dock, slip and
’ k, pier-covered haunt is as an open
>k, in storm and calm, in fog and
shine, in crashing ice and placid summer
ebb of tide, at midday or at midnight,
seem tbe embodiment of omnipresence;
as they certainly are without mercy for
the merciless outlaws, they give no se
curity or rest in their nefarious pillagiiigs
and crimes.
A Child’s. Tears.
Once when a child was ill unto death
its mother kneeled and prayed to Heaven
that its life might lie spared. As she
prayed and wept an tmpel softly took its
place beside her and whispered:
“Heaven has sent me in answer to your
prayer. Here is the mirror of life;
watch well and tell me what you see.”
And tjien as the mother wiped away
her tears and held the mirror before her
the angel asked:
“What is the picture?’’
“It is that of a fair-faced boy of ten.”
“Are there tears in his eye*?”
“There are no tears.”
“Then the angels of Heaven are weep
ing for him. Look again and tell me
what you see.”
“This time it is a youth of fifteen. It
is the same boy ns before, but older
grown, and the face is not so gentle.”
“Are there tears in his cyesf”
“There are no teais.”
“Then there is sadness among the
angels in Heaven. When human eyes
are dry of team the heart is full of evil.’ -
Then the mother looked again, and
when the angel asked what she saw she
answered;
“Une just coming to man’s estate. It
is the same face as before, but it is in the
darkness, and I see lines of evil.”
‘Look closer and tell me if you see
tears.”
•There are no tears.”
‘Then there is grief in Heaven, and
heart-aches on earth. He who never
weeps has gone far wrong. Lobk again
and tell me what you see.”
“This time it is a man iu convict’s
garb, and his evil look appalls my heart.”
“Are there no tears iu his eyes?”
“There are no tears.”
“Then the angles of Heaven weep.
Without tears there can lie no repent
ance. I charge you to look once more.”.
“This time it is one lying dead in the
darkness—no watchers—uo one to weep
—nothing but the gloom of night
around him.
“And are there tears upon the face of
the dead?”
“There are no tears.”
“Then, alas! it is another soul con
signed to everlasting darkness! Turn
A. R. BENNETT.
(Near Grand Central Hotel)
WATCBOSS, C3-A..
DEALER IN
General Merchandise,
Gents’ and Ladies’ Furnishing Goods,
Gents,’Ladies’and Children’s Boots and Shoes,
Full Line of Family Groceries, Com Oats Bran
and other Plantation Farm and Mill Supplies.
PM Hoiiss, Otaitils anl Otkr Inn.
Saddlery, Stoves, Sewing Machines, Buckets,
Tubs., and Other Articles too Numerous
To Mention.
—-GtXV’E IMIS A. TRIAL.
A. R. BENNETT.
May 23-lSm
W. M. WILSON,
WATCROSS, - GEORG-I A.
DEALER IN
FANCY AND FAMILY
GROCERIES.
SPECIALTIES:
Magnolia Hams, High Grade Sugars, Coffees, Rice, Butter, Lard, Bacon, Dried
Fruit, Irish Potatoes, Segara, Pipes, Tobaccos, Canned Goods, Etc.
pSypriccs on all goods warranted to be, as lour as L the quality of goods can
be purchased anywhere. Connected with the store is a
BILLIARD & POOL R00 M
All Goods Delivered Free.
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MONEY TALKS AT
Hardware, Tinware, Agricultural
Implements.
Heavy Wagons and Harness.
For Mills and Turpentine Distilleries,
Buggies and Bugy Harness, Ranges,
Stoves, and House-Furnish
ing Goods, Guns,
Pocket and Table Cutlery, Powder, Shot..
Blackshear & Mitchell,
UHLFELDER * CO.,
Waycross, Georgia.,
Furniture of ah Styles MS
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CHAMBER SETS, IN PINE, POPLAR & WALNUT.
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Mattresses, Springs, Matting.
Though primarily the duties of the K'f “'"J \ o0 , k J? T ,hc lMt lime -
harbor police are to prevent and punish ". behold j -
harbor thievery, their services are re- -‘‘A child-my child-upon its bed of
quired in m^ny other important direc- •frkne.w. Oh. Angel of Mercy, I pray
tions. Running from New York to cou- *** s P are ris sweet young life.
tiguous resorts are scores of steamers
and'barges in tow, fitted up for the
of excursion parties. These are
quently the scenes of desperate encoun-
Are there te
Aye! there are tears!”
Then I shall kiss them away and the
nngels of Heaven shall rejoice as I bear
Waycross Lodge JSOIS, F. & A. M.
Meets in their hall 2nd and 4th Wednes
day* nt 7 p. m, Visitin
town are cordially invite
Pierce Lodge No. 07,1.0.0. F.
Meets at their hall in Waycross every
l*t and 3rd Thursday evening at 8 o’clock
p. m. G. P. Folks, N. G.
W. J. Carswell, Sec’y.
Knights of Pythias.
Meeth every Monday night in Lott’s
Hall opposite Methodist Church.
Warren Lott, C. C.
Jobs R. FiIasklin, K. of R. 8.
Iron Hall.
Local Branch, 301, O. I. H., meets
every Tuesday night in Uhlfclder & Co.’s
Hall. William Noble, C. J.
Joint P. Cason, Accountant.
tors, and always of all manner of turbu- *^0 innocent spirit within the golden
lence, while the excise laws are con- S* 1 * 08 * Detroit tree Prets.
stantly being violated* The Patrol utid " _ ’
her men must overhaul these craft and j Gopher,
set things to rights, which is seldom ac-1 The exigencies of climate form thelmb
complished wittlout the severest strug- its of wild animals and birds. When
gles with offenders. Prize fights occur winter is announced, the birds migrate to
at witching hours on barges or in shore- a warmer climate. As soon as it becomes
Yoa Mohke In Bailie
The London Dai’y Feita say*: Since
Moltke’a important speech at the Reich
stag the paper* axe full of anecdotes re
lating to the General, and the’following
* i* one of them, related by Bismarck:
“When on the evo of war even Moltke
became talkative, and when wc marched
in 1870 ho at once grew ten year*
younger, spoke with vivacity, took
pleasure in champagne and choice
cigars, and lost, all his pedantry ac-
quired while rest ng on the laurels he
bad gained in 1866. During the battle
of Konigsgratx, when victory was doubt
ful for hours, Bismarck approached'
Moltke, tormented by doubts and fears
-as to-the insult of tbe terrible struggle.
-Moltke ’sat silent on his. black steed.
He was observing the course of the bat
tle, and it was impossible to attract his
attention. Bnt Bismarck had a. little
. case in his pocket corns
one Of excellent, tho '*
side glens. These iqust be discovered
and broken up by the harbor police.
Vessels’ crews mutiny in the harbor from
bad treatment or bad food; or vessels
entering port have had some terrible
mutiny at sea; or fatal affrays happen in
the stifling holes of immigrant ships in
mid-ocean. Signal flags of distress com-,
mand the Patrol’s attention to all such
cases, and the offenders are brought be
fore United States Commissioners or the
foreign Consuls of the port. Riots
among the hard crews of the coal colliers
and nots along shore everywhere also
fall to their lot for quelling. When the
great yacht races occur the Patrol is in
variably called ujKin to preserve order
smon^ the innumerable attendant craft.
Vessels frequently arrive with hatches
battened over flaming cargoes, when her
engines and pumps arc instantly needed;
oud but for her services millions of dol
lars’ worth of shipping and wharfed
ocean freight would be destroyed by tire.
Tugs explode, flinging maimed and
dying men into the river. Catboats,
sloops, and lighters go down, and their
crews must be rescued. Collisions fre
quently occur in storm and fog where
her saving services must be had. Untold
other haps and mishaps are constantly
occurring where interests are so vast and
varied, furnishing the most thrilling ex
periences, and the best judgment, dar
ing, and endurance of which man is
capable are of netressity continually re
quisite on tbe part of'this handful of
brave men.
' In the every-day and never-ending du
ties of the harbor police, aside from the
service rendered maratime commerce by
the Patrol and her crew, the force is
divided into three sections and four
watcher --These watches are from 6:30
in the evening to 1 o'clock of the follow
ing morning; from that hour until 7:30
in the morning r again until 1 in the after
noon, and, finally, until 6:30
evening. At each of these hours three
light but strong twenty-one-foot row-
rithout speaking the General took
it, examined the two.dgn '
and t
_ j .cigars, and chose
the good one without thanks. But Bis
marck understood, him. He put spurs
to his horse and cheerfully returned to
bis post,, for, thought he, if Moltke is
still able to make choice of a cigar .with
such calmness of mind it means that all
is going on welL” . ^ .
. Dscle Jake Ziegler..
The Philadelphia Tinea says: Uncle
Jako Ziegler of the Butler Herald has
not drank intoxicating liquor for a
quarter of a century. He derives his
nickname of uncle from an incident at a
funeral, when the bereaved mother
asked him if he was ever a father. He
replied:
“Never, mad ame; but I expect to be
an unde before another sun rises.”
He is so popular at home that during
the war a pious old farmer, who daily,
prayed for the preservation of the
Union, and also that the Lori would
especially visit His displeasure upon the
Democrats and bring confusion upon
them, expressed his wishc* thus:
“All of them, Lord, except Uncle
Jake Ziegler, for everybody knows he is
all right-”
ters. But the gopher, as a Montana cor
respondent of Chamfer*'a Journal says,
“holds up” about the 20th of August,
when the weather is warm and pleasant.
Hundreds of them are sera on the 13th
of August, but on the 20th but few can
be seen, and by the 25th not one. The
writer mentions a singular fact associa
ted with the hybernation of the gopher:
The gopher appeal's to freeze jierfcctly
solid in our severe winters. Mincrsdrift-
ing through gravel in wiuterhaveseveral
times, to my knowledge, dug them out
curled liked a ball, but solid and cold
though dead. It is impossible to open
them out when in this condition; they are
like a block of wood. But place one
a log-tire, and soon he will
straighten himself; and first one hind-1'
and then the other will kick a little ai
Sir. G. sits up and looks dtound with
bewildered air.
Our fish act in a similar manner in win
ter. In fishing through thj ice—some
times the latter four feet thick—the tem
perature is usually low, say from twenty
to forty-five degrees below zero —the fish,
whether trout, grayling, or whitetish,
when released from the hook and thrown
on the ice, almost immediately stiffen
and cease jumping about.
Many of them stiffen or freeze
curved* form, as though stricken with tho
intense cold as they snuggled on the ice.
Take these same fish Home to a warm
kitchen, and they will, when thawed!
kick and flop about as though newiy
caught. I have seen this occur five hours
after being out of water, and have been
told they will Jive for twenty-four hours.
boats ’;
: sent
of these are
men for . , 1
tides ran stronger and the river thieves
are the more pestiferous. The contigu
ity bf.the headquarters steamer to points
on North River and Jersey shores render
but oni boat, ynanned by two patroln
necessary for North or Hundsoix R
service. These boats thus manned H
never idle for - one moment out * of the
twenty-four hours, of every .day in the
year. The men usually wear their old
and begrimed uniforms, are ariued with
savage revolvers and clubs, and the
boats are furnished with grappiinghooks,
tow-lines, dark lanterns, and powerful
glasses for discerning minute objects at a
distance, and much else appropriate for.
their peculiar and often exciting and
dangerous work.
In and out of.the docks'and slips;
against and with the tide; whirling in
strong.eddies that seethe about the sterns
of great ocean steamers; pulling under
■IM ' ‘ ‘ wheels;
fleets of
One Peculiarity or the Insane.
“One.of the peculiar freaks of insan
ity, said Keeper Henry Hoe&t, of the Erie
County Almshouse, “is the seeming re
versal of natural tendencies. 'For exam
ple, we have in the male wards fine col
lections of potted plants and climbing
vines, which grow so luxuriantly that
they curtain the windows. The men
tend these carefully, pluck away the dead
leaves, stir up the dirt in the pots, prune
the vines, keep them carefully watered,
and in divers other ways manifest the
tenderest watchfulness. Not so with the
women. Every attempt to introduce
plants and vines as« feature of the fe
male wards,savein the cottage where the
mildest cases are confined, lias proved a
fist failure. The women pull out the
plants by the roots, tear down the vines
and manifest other destructive tendencies
entirely at variance with the -nature of
the sex in general.”—Bo*ton Tranaeript.
Not Very Encouraging.
Featheriy (to* messenger boy)—“Did
canal ■■
outlandish crews
hauling the tawm
queer craft and ford
picious cargoes ;
Tori San.
Soy—1
iw; ft’s from Mr. Featheriy.’ —New
? . ' Not at Home.
Ktrong-minded woman to’a relative,
. who lias called on her—“My husband has
junkmen in their now got a position in the orchestra..
ing an account of sna- plays first fiddle. ” •
r . appearing suddenly’ Relative— ,“Not at home, does lie?”
upon barges hrhere -reckless characters \ • *\Yru bvt be doesn't play first fiddle at
are hustling innocent picnickers; bob- * home.’*
ting up here and there among the oyster j “That’s wh*t I thought.”— Siftings.
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Having all our Suits made under Personal Supervision, and con
sulting always the.prevailing requirements as to Fabrics
and Cut, we are able to offer superior in
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Job Lots and Extra Drives, always
the latest Metropolitan Fashions!
ISfSpecial Sizes in Suits to fit Fat, Thin, Short or Tall men.^
Our C. O. D. System
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Suits sent io responsible parties with privilege of examination before pay
ing. Money refunded in every case where satisfaction is not given.
OUR SPRING AND SUMMER SUITS, HATS-Sott, Stiff and Straw,
UNDERWEAR, NECKWEAR, FURNISHINGS, ETC.,
Excel any Similar Stock South
Prices always the Lowest. Consult us before buying.
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C.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
C. VARNEDOE,
VALDOSTA, GEORGIA,
Is headquarters for Millinery and Dress Goods in this section of Georgia. H
has in store and is conatantly receiving all the latest designs and .novelties in that
line. Ho is headquarters for
OTTSTOIM: - SHOES.
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an elaborate establishment dealing in specialties and first-class goods. Orders by
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Of Every Description Neatly
Executed at this Office. .
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tention at this office.
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GENERAL GROCERS
WAYCROS8, GA.
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BY THE OARLOiD.
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