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Wltytm gfadlbht. WAVCkOSS, --- - GEORGIA. JAMES M. FREES! AX. Entered la tbe roet Office it W»j“ trow u eecond clue null mzttcr. The largest Town Circulation. The Largnt County Circulation. Tbe LargestGeneral Circulation. The IlaanuaHT viaita more homes and la read by more people than any other paper published in thin section. Olciil Oroi trim. OAftl oral it Mnl Olciil Oral of Coffee. THE CROSS MARK. The red cross mark Von the margili of your paper denotea_A,tbat we want yon to renew yonr subscription at once. Way cross High School. This institution with a full role of teacher will .open on Monday, the 24th inst. Com petent teachers have been se cured, after considerable trouble on the part of the trus tees, and with the hearty co operation of the people of Southern Georgia we confident ly expect much good to Wav- cross front the High School, and great good to the rising generation from the training they will receive at the hands of the skilled and learned fac ulty. OPEXXXG THE SHOW. This paper will be mailed to sub scribers, postage free, at the following prices: One year .... $1.00 W* niohths * w' . 50 Throe months - - - . 23 Invariably In advance. NodeVtalion WlU bt made from the sbof* prices. Closed Barrooms. Tallahassee, Fla., October 5.— For the first time in fhs history of Tallahassee no barroom has been open during the • past two days. Licens expited October 1, and the county commissioners hnve taken no action on the petitions for granting license to barrooms. Pro- bihitionists are making desperate efforts to prevent the. issue of the licenses. The county one week without whisky will be tried as an experiment. Should the petitions . prove irregular, the county wilhbe “dry” for quite a while. Wareshoso to tile Front. We take pleasure to day in publishing tbe proceedings of » corporation meeting held al Waresboro rcently. Why our little sister 1ms remained be yond the borders of law and order so long (no reflection on lief people at all) we are at a loss to determine. For the qui etude of tbe town it" was not necessary, we admit, but when tbe strong arm of the law is thrown around a community a firm foundation is made, and a new era begins to dawn. Kind Hearted. . In granting pardon to John W. Brooks, convicted of violating the internal revenue law oi Georgia and sentenced March 15th 1887, to seven months imprisonment, the'rresidcnt says: “It seems to be the law is not administered in the best manner, when, ns in t hi« case, a man of previous good char acter and a law-abiding citizen is sentenced to seven months im prisonment for working for others fur one day in an illicit dis tillery, especially when he pleads guilty, shows evidence of sincere repentance, and discloses the name of his employers; and when, by his imprisonment, four moth erless children are left to t’ie care of strangers. A meeting of the citizens of Waresboro was held at the warehouse on Oct. 8tb and was called to order by D. H. Benett. J. M. Spencer was called to tbe chair and W. P. Spencer elected Secretary. An address was made by Prof. S, P. Settle about tbe gen eral interest of corporate laws' with a few complimentary notes added. Rev. G. B. Parker delivered an address as to the general ad vantages of corporate laws. Both of these addresses were couched in good language and contained much food for thought. The colored school teacher, Mr. Allen, represented tbe col ored people of the town on the subject of cinorporation. His address also was very good. On motion of M. C. Smith it was decided to make application to the Superior court for a Char ter of incorporation, to extend ■ one mile in every direction from the crossing of the county road and railroad in said town. After more than the requisite signatures to a notice .-alliii, an election, and transaction of the usual business,it was moved and carried to adjourn until next Saturday week at 3 o'clock. W.P .Spence, J. M Spence, Sec. Chairman. Is That Utght? We went to see one of our most popular merchants yesterday and asked him to advertise, but he said he said he could not—that it took just about all he couM dp to make both ends meet, and while he would willingly patronize us he saw no way to do so. “People have have come tome said he, “hnd begged that I would make advances for them to make their Crops for two or three years past, and some of them to-day tell, me they cannot pay me, the debt is an old one, and they must take care of the present.” “Will they ever pay you?” we inquired. *‘It is doubtful. I have more than a thousand dollars owing now for provisions and clothes that I let farmers have one and two years ago that X will never get. Whenever a debt? of this kind runs over from one year to another, my customer goes to another mer chant whom lie pays the cash but is seldom ever able to pay me for rations on which they lived dur ing the past year,” “Do you suppose those farmers or persons who owe you intended to pay Mien contracting the debt?” we ^sked. “Why, yes; they are honest. But it is just as I said, if a debt runs over a year it is a hard matter for a poor man to get enough aheadjfrotp present wants to pay for ha^bCen consumed,” answered the gloomy merchant. Where is the remedy for .you and your customers?” asked the Headljgiit man. “Sell for cash only. It may cause some to suffer in making, them do without the necessities of life but in the end they are out of debt have some money gained by econ- oney, and as they owe me nothin; I retain my customer and loose no old accounts. It is' better for all,” was the answer. “Did you say you would giv me fifteen dollars for my butt headed cow,” asked the gloomy merchant of a gentleman who came up and sat down in the store door just then and seeing there was a cow trade on hand, we retir ed. Now, we do not think there is any justice in people running ac counis with merchants, and rather than pay them move their trading. If you ow c a man try to pay him Trade right along with him, and every time you can spare twenty five cents let it go on the old debt, and stop. That’s our way. And then you swindle on one—the merchant is not a looser and all hands, inclueing your faithful wife, if you have one, is happy, besides, the merchant will be able to .advertise. Not a Legislator. Monday night soon after the train left Brunswick, Conductor Diok Harris, who was in charge, went through the roaches collect ing tickets. In the sleeping car he came upon a gentleman who handed him a pass. The conduc tor read the pass, and as is the custom, made a memoranda of it. It was issued to a member of the Georgia legislature, but for 6ume ca* se Conductor Harris suspected that the man holding the pass was not the one to whom it was issueJ, and under promise to return the ticket next morning re tained it. All during the night the conductor’s mind was npon the ticket He rememhered having handled it l»efore, hut could not Tecall the place. At Lo cust Grove a member of the legis lature who Condnctor Harris knew boareed the train, and said the man holding the pass was not legislator named on it. The pass was taken up and tlietraveler asksd to pay $11/20 fare. He as serted he did not have the money, and immediately after the train reached Atlanta the conductor caused his arrest. The passenger induced the otlieer to bring him into the city, where he secured the oney and paid the fare. Thousands Throng the Ex position Grounds. AtlaXTA, G.*., Oct 11.—Yester day dawned bright and clear, and the thousands of visitors who have lieen expected to honor the opening day of the Piedmont Ex position are here vjthout a doubt. They liuve been coming in for days, just to be liere in time. Whether the city will be able to accommodate tbe crowd, is al ready a serious question. A great many people have already taken the streets, hunting for lodgings, and before tbe week is out there will be tired crowds who will have no where to go unless some special anrange- ment is made by tbe city and those in charge of the exposition The city everywhere presents a lively appearance. There is bunting without end, streamer, and flying flags, and brass bands. The Opera House is going every night, a select va riety show has set up in Con cordia Hall, and shows of the circus variety are scattered over the city. The Piedmont Park reached by street car lines, 10c. fare, or by the railroad 25c. the round trip. The Richmond nd Danville is running trains every fifteen minutes from the Whitehall ciossing and crowded to its capacity. There arc a plenty of hacks, cabs, han soms, guerneys aud lively turn outs, to supplement other ways and means. The distance is not great, however, und those who care to do so can walk, and the pedestrian is in force ut tiie fair ground. At the grounds all the build ings are crowded, aud, us is generally the case with big shows, everything is behind. In the main building on the first Boor there is a great variety of exhibits. Augusta and Coluin bus arc rivals -in the way of fac tory displays, and there is until ing in the building than the exhibits of these cities. The Singer and Wheeler & Wilson make elaborate displays of sew ing machines. Thurber of New York, and local dealers have splendid exhibits of fane v groceries. A display that will make splendid show and attract attention, is that of Georgia marble companies. North Car- urlina comes in with a hand some exhibit of stone and slate, the electric light companies and the telephone company make a fine exhibit on this floor. On the floor above is the art department, every character and description, including the cele brated Seuey collection of valu able paintings. Near this building is the spa cious hall set apart for agricul tural, mineral and machinery exhibits. Right at the main en trance is a space set apart for Florida. The exhibit has beeu delayed getting here, as is the ease with others, and those in charge are working to put it in shape. It promise to be one of the most attractive exhibits of the fair and and yonr correspon dent will give u full description of it later. Farther on is Alabama, and the immense space assigned is being fijled by Birmingham, Anniston, Sheffield and Tusca loosa, .with all kinds of ores and machinery. Going further, is a very extensive exhibit made by the Richmond and Danville conipsny. In toe same space beyond conies the county exhib its, which will he a notable fea ture of the exhibition. The magnificent displays of Talbot, Snmter, Putman, Floyd, Bartow, Polk, and other counties are being rapidly put in shape, and will probably he completed hv to-uiorrow. The machinery exhibit; is too extensive for this report. The poultry building is being rapid ly filled with line \and fancy fowls from "all sections of the country. The display of fine stock cattle, etc., is unusually to-day the' erection of extra sta bles. The half mile track and the grand stand are nearest the muin entrance and of course at tract the ettiwd. On the ground every arrange ment has "been made tor tire comfort and convenience of vis itors. The- public comfort buildings .arc numerous, and lunch and .refreshment stands abound. The curious visitor will find ample opportunity for sampling and testing the rice beer and nerve tonic for which prohibition Atlanta is justly cci- bratcij. Fifteen thousand people visi ted the grounds and witnessed the openilig ceremonies. The president und others of the as sociation,, .Governor and staff, Mr Rancall and party, Senators Colquitt and Brown, the Second Artilery band and miilitary es corts, Means Cadets. Atlanta Rifles, Gate City Guard, ^Gov ernor’s Horse Guard aud Atlan ta Artillery, arrived on the grounds at 3 o’clock. The grand stand on which the open ing ceremonies were held was packed. m the horses, which- necessitates MgfHTinn aiiMii«iiii'iniP — TFares&oro Flashes. We are having a revival of religion in our little town. The citizens of Waresboro have made application for cor poral laws. Waresboro can boast of her fine scliool and one of the finest teachers in Georgia, Rev. A. M. Brett, of this place, is now traveling for Doll Cannon, of Woyeross. The students of the high school are going to have the academy painted at once. The trustees of the Waresboro high school have ordered patent seats and desks for the acad emy. Mr. Dave Miller of C. M. Sweat & Co., will move to Waresboro this week. We Wish him luck. D, F. Morrison aud J. W. Spencer, J r. left here a few days ago to pursue their professional courses. We wish them well. W. .. - HOT WEATHER S Country Merchants who cater to a trade that they are anrioxn to hold, ca-a The Modern She. Lorain, O., October 2.—On the Brecksville load, about about six miles from town, lives farmer Max Harmon, who came from Pennsylvania about one year ago. Harmon*» family consisted of a wife and three children. The oldest, named Mary, is a young lady nineteen years of age. who has .passed through one of .the strangest and most painful experi ences which ever bofel the lot of a human being. A short time ago she was a plump rosy •cheeked girl in robust health and of a sun ny dis j osition, to-day, through the influence of a most peculiar accident, she is in all but years a shrunken, peevish old woman. The st»»ry of this strange meta morphosis is as follows: Mary was engaged to he married to a man named Joseph Eberleii, who had followed the .Harmons fr in Penn sylvania arid afetrwards worKedfor Harmon god nui^le his home with the family. About six week ago the young couple earn.} t-> Clove*, land to make gome purchases and see the sights.J One of the young, man’s friends worked in one of the electric light establishments at the time. Eberlein proposed to take his future bride tnrougii the place and show her the imicniuery. it appear-* that a broken wire ol he- pan ter- or bustie had, u nper- ceivel worked its way ttrough her dress."While passing along the wire came in com act with one of the powerful electric machines, and her hand resting on an. iron bar at the'same time, completed the circuit, and she received a se vere shock, and fell insensible to the floor. In a few moments she revived sufficiently to be removed from the place and be taken to her home. J ’life- muscles of tier face were draWri and 'strained, hat it was thought that would soon dis appear. Medical aid was sum moned, For four days the girl lay in bed in a ^paralyzed condition. .Then she regaiued the use of her limbs, hut immediately began to lose flesh rapidly. The hair on the leftside of her head turned gray and began falling out. After four weeks Miss Harmon was.abie to be about and attended to most of her household duties as U8ud, hut in that time she had been transform ed from a young handsome girl to a feeble old woman. Her form which had l>eeu plump arid round ed, was thin and bent, and the skin on betj face arid body was dry and wrinkled.' She had been, a we ct ! tempered, a fleet Iona te gi rl, hut is iibw peevish irritable and selfish. Her voice is harsh and cracked, and no oue to look at her would imagine she was less than sixty years of ag«*. The Harmon family are horri fied and well nigh heartbroken by the fate of tlielr once hand.-ome daughter, while /oung Eberlein is almost frantic over the change in affianced hride. The physicians claim .that the electric current communicated direcrly with the principal nerves, of the spine and left sid$‘.of the head, and that the shock almost completely destroy ed their vita.ity. Strange to re late. the girls eye sight is hut slight ly a f Fee ted, hu’t her hearing is al most totally destroyed. Notwith standing her condition the physi cians Baim that her chances for living her allotted number of years qre; not materially lessened, although, she can never recover from her prematurely aged slate. Instances in which a person’s hair lias turned white in a single night from fright, grief or some excessixe shock are not rare but this is supposed to he the first case have no better medium than in medical history in which a per son has been known to step from , , . . ,, the bloom of vigorous youth into large, and the extensive stables tI)e ,i ecre pitude of old age within a have been found inadequate for week. Clinch County Legal Af fairs. R. V. O’Kane lias applied to the Ordinary for letters of administra tion upon the estate of James O’Kiine, of said county deceased. E. L. Moore, administrator upon the estate of John Moore, has ap plied to the Ondnary for leave to sell the land belonging to said estate. James M. Smith has applied for letters of administration upon the estate of Peter Smith, of said county. The Colored Man. Wayeross, an enterprising nd rapidly gruwing little city now gives us a Sunday-school convention. If the desperate negroes in that section could lie brought under Sunday school influences we would have fewer shooting and cutting scrapes reported from there —Times U nion. True, Brother, still the des perate characters of tlioes ne groes should not serve as any reflection upon Wayeross, or her resident negroes either, since two-thirds of the cutting mid shooting scrapes chronicled frptli this location are those in which -North Carolina, Soutli Carolina and liegroefrom oilier section play the leading role. Our colored citizens, proper, are quiet industrious people, and it is regretted that tiiev miist bear ilie reputations gained by tliis troublesome foreign.population Clinch Superior Court. Superior Court in Clinch county Iasi week was of unusual length,hut the business before it was well discharged. Quite a number of lawyers were pres ent, and Judge Atkinson worked like a heaver to clear the dock-- ets, and succeeded too, nearer than has been- done before for many years. Clerk Ecord, that' gentle manly clerk still sustains his reputation for keeping neat books, while Ordinary Corbitt is always ready to show np the County records in his office. No where in this broad land can a more efficient and popu lar sheriff be found than Sherifi Mattox; of Clinch county, lie is particular hr the discharge of his duty arid gives clear and accurate accounts of all duties entrusted to his care. The Grand Jury, composed of true and tried men of Clinch county, with Mr. J. J. Drawdv as foreman and Mr. W. S Fen der as clerk, did their work thoroughly, and while they may have sent a shower of fear into the bosoms of-some who.had broken the laws of the land, it is plain to assume that they acted with “Justice to all and malice to none.” ~ Clineh county is uoted for its hospitable people and we take pleasure in noting tbe progress of. her people in all' that makes,a community well up dith the advances of the day. Crimes iu all shapes are less frequent, moie attention is given to education and religion, while in all directions may be seen farmts carried on in tbe most improved maimer. . Fashionable Clothing. Having all our Suit made under Personal Sunervision, and consulting always the prevailing requirements aa to Fabrics and Cut,v we arc able to offer.superior inducements in the way of Job Lots of Extra Drives always the latest Metropolitan Fashions! . ^^Spccial Sizes in Suits to fit Fat, Thin, Short or Tall inen.^J Our C. O. D. Bystem is our most careful attention *, rules for self-measurement Rent frev' on request. Suits sent to lesponsible parties with privilege of examining before pay ing. Money refunded in every case where satisfaction is not given. Our Spring and Summer Suits Hals—Soft, Stiff and Straw, Un derwear, Neckwear, Furnishings, Etc. Excel any Similar Stock South. g&~?r\ce always the Lowest. Consult us before bay in 161. CONGRESS St. SAVANNAH GEORGIA B. H. LEVY & BRO. Hease state you saw advertisement in Headlight. J. UHLFELDFR, Wayeross, Cieorgia. Furniture of all Styles and Qualities! CHAM3ER SETS, IN PINE, POPLAR AND WALNUT. MATRESSES, SPRINGS MATTING. larpets, WMiwM8S.BaIy CtriaiBSJowtt Sis, . ETC., ETC. 0flF* , P , ease call and Examine our stock and be Convinced yflf Agents for LUDDEN & BATEri S. M IT. Pianos and Organs on Easv Terms, mav2012 n Parties will please say they saw advertisement in Headlight. Bargains! Bargains! R. HBHEMSTR1H THE OLD RELIABLE 1 ' DEADER IN Dry Good J, Bnnnts, Shoes, Hats, mid a full lino of Lelies and Gents furnishing goods. To Reduce Stock to make room for other goods I will reli at reduuad prices for tiie next few weeeks, A LAEttE ASSOEMEOT OF BLANKETS,"Keiseys, Sheetings, Worsteds, Calicoes for win ter, and everything else found in a first-class Dry Goods house. A fresh supple of choice groceries always in store. gjS Polite and attentive salesmen always glad to see you.Cal . Early. R. Hohenstein. Please say yon saw advertisement in Headlight. A. R. BENNETT. (Near Grand Central Hotel.) WAYCROSS, GEORGIA. DEALER IN Merchandise. Gent’s and Ludie’s Furnishing Goods also a Fall Lines of Genst Ladies’ and Children’s Boots and Shoes. a FuiiXa mmm of ■Family Groceries, Corn, Oats, Bran and other Plantation, Farm arid Mill Supplies. Patent Mm, Gieieals ail Ofe Necessaries. Saddlery, Stoves, Sewing Machines, Buckets, Tubs, and Other Articles too Numerous to Mention. GIVE ME A TRIAL. A. R. BENNE’ May 251-2ra Please state you saw advertisement in Headlight.