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JAMES itaflligW. - UJEOKGIA. FREEMAN. Office Entered In the Pest Office st Way- miit Ttic Urz_-at Town Circulation; The Largest County Circulation. STheLaryrst General Circulation. The llaaOMunT viaita more homea and Is .read by more people than any othhr pdpec phtiliahed in thie section. THE CROSS MARK. The red cross mark Tron the margib ot your paper denotes JV-that are went you to renear yonr subscription atonco This paper will be mailed to sob- eeiibere, postage free, at the following ' prices: 4 '< One year - - - . |1.00 Six months - - ...... Three months 25 Invariably in advance. Xo deviation will be made from the above prices. The Piedmont Expositou wns a success. j‘" y' r y , ~i Ex>^reaident Davis started for Macon last Sunday. Atlanta bit off more than she rOonld chear at the late exposition. . Some of • the pnpers • Georgia make loud complaints * ABtinst the police of Atlanta. The Legislature has adjourned but not until the exposition at At- .frntii was assured a success. Jacksonville, Fla., bada light , fpost on the 23d. Other places . In the slate were also Recipients. The State Fair opened at Ma con lost week with a large num ber of exhibits and a full atton dance. Tampa, Ela., reported sixteen new cases of yellow fever last Sunday. The outlook was not Savannah sold more tickets tothd State-Fair last Monday (than she did on the* lint May of the Piedmont. Another steamer was on fire pt Savannah last Saturday. Seven hundred bales of cotton were destroyed. Mr. Jackson Grimes ha* one hundred pairs of half-soles, red oak and hemlock leather hi 4 give away—only aix pairs eafch day Comceariy before the upplyfaili Mr. : Bangs, who shot and killed Col! ■William Mo Williams recently in Jacksriisville, Fla. has been acquitted of murder ** flythfc coronet's jury. 3jio purchases of the Bruns wick post office from the de partment iu September, 1886, amounted to $910.40. In Sep tember 1887, they amounted to $1,354,80, a gain of $413,40—an other evidence of ttie advance ***ArMMflhht City is making. Detectives have been ut work , in trying to feret ont the Ella- villc safe robbery, which occur- about three w^ekS ago, and are . about to fasten it ciose.at home, on one that would have been 14 least suspected, A negro has >, been offered $25 to implicate ' ai another- party. - «* •• Tlio Atlanta police have not ‘ ' yet 'learned who, with some blunt instrument, dealt Hiram , .Bay, who died there Friday, the H fatal blow on the head. Bay ..*. was drunk, and had a fight with ' aum one unknown/ 4 Bay was «- -somewhat noted character with pngiiietic tendencies. has been for several day* Sevang out a . ten', days' #pntqig|« in the city prison .at FfiAay a-Jnan was in sn-adjoiniiig cell for drunkenness. When he wns • ' aroused fromr hiastapor and be- gan to sober up,-he made the •'discovery that he was next door • neighbor to a woman, and an 44 acquaintance sprung up. She fold him bow. she drank a few glasses of beer and became a Victim to strong .'drink, aud so «mtks*l' upon her. sympathies that afteran afternoou of court ship thhytiecmne engaged, and agreed to marry as soon as Ro> contdr "Barter would let them put. .although they could riot see each other', they seemei^ to ‘ be satisfied that fate had decreed it thus, 4 and each bad pt lust found an affinity. The Homervllle Meeting. It was our pleasure to attend the meeting at Ilomcrville last Suturday, and were pleased to note the good behavior and ear nestness that prevailed. Up to that liine'the crowd was iiot large, the meetings haring all been held in the church un til the T1 o’clock service, still each train brought additions, and on 'Sunday, we learn, there was a considerable num ber present Two conversions were made on Saturday, while there were several at the prayer benches for spe cial prayer. We met there, Revs. Foster, of .Alapaha, Ellis, of Blacksbear, Parraway, of StatenviUe, Bo land of Charlton, and many others ready and willing to help. The Cram House had its share of the multitude to feed, and Mr. and Mrs. Cram,.assist ed by Miss Minnie, showed their skill in 'feeding the’..hun gry, and making all feel per fectly at home. We were treated just the same its any other niau because we kept the fact that we wore a newspaper man' to ourself. All the people living at Ho-' merville did their best toward providing for visitors, "and if there were any dissatified we failed to find. them. Sunday, it is'Said; the crowd went up over a thousand and the interest in ‘the meeting waxed warm, while we are pleased to note, some conver sions were made, and many others were deeply effected, Seme of our friends at Ho- mcrvillo asked us to publish the legal advertising of that county. If our friends will watch tbe86 columns all the time the question .will be an swered. A few webks since, one of the Tallahassee papers published a notice of a Keiffer pear, raised neat that place,' which weighed twenty-six ounces. John T. Perdue,-of Quitman, has raised one weighing thirty-one ounces: At .Atlanta Friday night, white man supposed to he J. L. McWilliams, of Panlersville, DeDalb county, was run 'over and killed at the. Central rail road crossing bn Mitchell street. The man wns crossing the track when a freight train backed down upon him. He was crushed to pieces. Sister Jennie Smith and Ad; einid Sherman,two ladies of the W.T. G.U, getting in some good; work for "their Savior at the camp meeting, as: was ex pected they would do. We learn tliat-those ladies will lead an all day’s meeting -at-Black- shear on the 1st Sunday in No-, vember. It is believed much good will be accomplished. “The Valdosta Times and the Wnycrbss Headlight are fur nishing their readers with, ruth er lengthy opinions of each other! Beep cool," boys; the officers will doubtless look after the legal advertising jou are growling about.—Waycross Be- portt-r. That is all right, brother, but while the officers are'look ing after the advertising, we will ‘ look” after the best means of getting it before our friends oyer in Clinch. At. Atlanta,. Saturday above the noise and tuuoil in the de pot a piercing shriek was heard. Mrs George Bryson, of South Carolina, was iu the depot with her .husband, aud mistaking tfie exposition train for one going to Augusta, they attempt ed to lioard it as it moved through the car shed.- The man got on all right, but the woman missed her footing and fell.. Her dress was caught by a portion of the cai and she was dragged-fifteen or twenty yards. Her 4 left foot was thrown across the track arid two of her toes were mashed off. She wns rescued from her perilous posi tion by Patrollman Newt Hoi- laud aud Watchman Flynn. Her husband had her placed in a carriage and driven to the house of 'a friend and medical aid summoned. F. C. Harrison's School. The people of Waycross are in formed that Mr. F. C. Harrison, so well and favorably known, contin ues his school in the school house near the residence of Mr. T. E. Lanier. His terms are only 60 cents per month, payable weekly and we .can commend him for his thorough teaching. We hope he will be sustained. Waycross High-School. This school opened its. Fall Sesson last Tuesday morning with Prof. Groff as principal and Miss Mamie Shine assistant, and an attendance of over one. hundred students. The school was adver tised to open on Monday, bnt the non-arrival of desks and seats pre vented this, hence the delay. The scholars with- whom wo have con versed are much pleased with Prof. Groff, while Miss Mamie does not need any commendation from us. CLINCH COUNTY’S AD VERTISING. A Note From the Propri etor. Mr. Freeman :—As I see the Valdosta Times man is after us regarding the Legal advertising of Clinoh county,and my name being used in that connection, I must say that I have made these people promises that will cost more than I expect out of it, but the Head light is entitled to the Fith Sena torial district, and in order to reach out we will have to get ter ritory at whatever price it may cost. Our friends demand it, and they must be protected. The Legal advertisement of that coun ty must be in the Headlight, pay or no pay. The county officers can recognize the Headlioht as their organ or not. Charges will bo nothing for advertising, but we would like to have about 500 sub scribers over there; and have very flattering promises. If Clinch was in Bro. Pendleton's Senatorial or Judicial district, wc would not say a word. -With due respect, l am, Wm. Parker, Prop. Headlioht. thought,thrilled them with sub limity of eloquence, enchanted them with the poetry and beau ty- of expression, and made them mentally exclaim,“what a wonderful man is that!” Mr. Helm'does none orthese things. He talks, to you calmly and makes you feel that it is you that lie is addressing. There is no vanity or self-exaltation. You never'think' 4 9!'him. He hides himself behind his subject too completely. He winds down into the. filthy slums -and sin-holes of Satan’s camp, and lays hold of the hardened old sinner, and with no attempt to cleanse him, he leads him, reek ing with thesins of a lifetime, to Christ, aud drops him in His bosom. ' To" the little child whose footsteps are hardly fa miliar with the paths of sin, he makes the way to Christ so plaintlrat they implicitly put their trust in Him and are 'saved before they know it. Ah, yes, there is something peculiar about him., It is the spirit of Christ! He is gone from amongst us, but we trust the perfume of his moral excellence will continue with us till the end. Tipo Candidates. There does riot appear to be much ddhhi anywhere that Mr. Cleveland will be re-nominated, and there is, therefore, very lit tle speculation as to who will be the next Democratic candidate for president. There is a good deal of speculation, however, as to who will be the next Demo cratic candidate for Vice Presi dent. ' The friends ot Postmas ter General Vilas and of the Commissioner of Pensions, Gen Black, are attracting attention by their efforts in the interest of their respective candidates; Gen. Black has not indicated by wofds or actions that he wonld liketobe his partv’s can didate for Nice President,' bat some *»f-the pension agents who are supposed to be acquainted with his wishes, are quite active in semiring notices favorable to him for that position, The am bition to be Vice President is an honorable one, and there is no reason why Gen. Black should not seek that office. He has tho.,ability -to fill it. In faot he Has ability to administer successfully- any; office iu the gift of ,the people. ; He.would, make a popular candidate. He is a Grand-Ar ray mau-aud no one of the old veterans has a.better war record. Republican papers without any apparent reason, show that that they recognize his popular ity and indicate they would no t like to - see him nominated for Vice President. Waresboro Notes. J. M, Spence and Co. have al ready shipped 140 bales of cotton. Prof. S, P. Settle has had a very sick child, but it is improving. Jas. F. Strickland, tho young man who got his foot crus hed at Waltertown mill is able to return to his father's. We had some very fine speaking at the Teacher’s Institute last Saturday and some of the finest music. Mrs. R. Wilds is very sick. We hope for her early recovery. The painter will goto work on the academy this week. The Trustees of ths High School are looking at the patent desks every day. Waresboro. Florida Times-Union. The mammoth trade edition of the FloridaTimes-Union is before us, composed of twenty-four pages, In which the condition, the trift and energy of that city is well dis played. In the face of the Yellow fever reports in that State the con tents of the edition we speak of is a pleasant mirror of thatState’s prosperity while aside from the vast array of advertisements con tained, a general review of the ad vantages Jacksonville has over Savannah is given by intervewing the leading merchants. Jackson ville's merchants claim that they can successfully compete with Sa vannah and we see no reason why our merchants do not look in that direction for better prices. The Times-Uoion is making a bold step for Jacksonville; it is an enter prising journal, cautions hut fear-' less, and where a, stake is driven in the future road .to prosperity if bends every energy available to that end. For the latest telegraph ic and general news, broad and comprehemsive view* the Times- Union can be relied upon. - ILLUSTRATED. WAYGROSS and SOUTHERN GEORGIA Bead and Get Ready for the Occasion. In a few days I will take the road again, and visit several places on the line of the S. F. & W. R. R: and B. & W. B. By, for the purpose of making pho tos of families and all other work in.that line that may be desired. I will oiily remain from one to two days at a place. I desire to say to the public that I have permanently loca ted and opened up a first class gallery at Waycross where all my work is finished up, and should I call at your door one hundred miles from Waycross and tell you I will make you fine photo and -finish it up at my gallery, don’t he afraid, and say, I don’t want any, and think to yourselves that because you can’t get it right then you do not care for it. The photograph business has improved like everything else. It is no trouble to come to your house and do good work the same as at any office. By per mission, . I refer you to the undersigned gentlemen of Way- cross, who are gentleman of un doubted integrity,as to my work and responsibility. We the undersigned know Frof. Lanier and can recommend him to the-public as a good pho tographer, and responsible for all contracts made by him: Dr. R. Roach, Dentist; J. W. Mailon, Merchant; T. E. Lanier Jewler , J. D. Smith Butcher; A. J, Miller Merchant; H. Kegg; J. W. Black- shear; C. J. Blacksbear; James M. Freeman, Editor Headlight. We are now arranging one of the most complete adver tising mediums eever offered to the public, in whicli, not only . yonr business njay be advertised to the world but the beauties of youriiome may bo shown to your friends aud relatives in lit lands. The report industriously cir culated that the Headlight “did but little or no job work” won’t hold water. Somebody is sneak ing, we are watching, and the “hit dog will yelp,” before long. In- Presbyterian Churcli. We are informed that our Presbyterian friends are now conducting a series of meetings at the Baptist church, which will continue through this week and as long thereafter as the interest manifested will warrant. Among those who will aid-'in these meetings, is prominently, Rev. B. Heim, of whom the Montgomery, (Ala.,) Monitor says: “Brother Helm is a pe culiar speaker, -life Have heard gifted orators in the pulpit, at tj,a the bar. on the hustings, who astonished their hearers with boldness and originality of Waresboro Teacher’s stitute, * Programme foe Satdbdav, Xov.5, *87. I. Should parent* he compelled by law, after entering pupils, to provide requisite books? By J. M.' Griffis and J. D. Thompson. II. ' Wiut is the best plan of teaching the dictionary"? By J. C. Jeffords, W. M. Carter and J. T. Miller. Ill: Can'the classics be recited best in the forenobn or the after noon? By Geo. W. Rickets on and Miss' Cora Miller. IV. Is one session a day pref erable to two? -By W. B. Spence and Miss J. C. Taylor. V. Blackboard exerciees, and how it should be conducted. By J: H. Thonjns and S. P. Settle. VL When, how and where are first impressions made ? By W P. Spence, Mr. J. Jeffords, and G. W. Ricketson. After tfie.first- meeting, last Sat urday, the institute passed the following: Resolved; 1. That this has been a most successful beginning of what we hope to be a successful issue. R -solved 2. That we rejoice that ever/ member present dis cussed with interesting and in structive remarks the subjects attached to their names on the programme. Resolved 3. -That we owe in a marked degree the success of this our first meeting of the institute, to the Misses Parker of Waycross, Ga., who presided so gracefully at the organ. Uesulved 4. That we further es pecially rejoice at the addition of so many ladies names as she “who moves with grace in all her steps, Waresboro. Waresboro and her pet enter prise, the High School, claims our attention to-day, with a programe for a second meeting of the Teach er,s Institute to take place on Sat- urdny.'Nov. 5th, 1887, at that place. It is a very interesting programe, and we are certain that the discus sions will be intertaining, and in structive, we may say, the means of much good will be done by their proper handling. Nothing less could be expected from anything that is conceived in the futile brain of . Prof. Settles, for if we ever knew a man that worked harder, for the advancement of an institution, the name has slip: ped our memory. Waresboro, in securing his servies has done well —the returns are coming in, and everything thatjpasess before the panoramic lights, tell us that the vote of the Board of Trustees in claming his undivided services was well cast. We wish every school in the county was as well equipped; we wish every teacher, every princi pal we will say, had the every wellfare of the student's life and salvation, at heart as we know this man hao. Then, we might well point to the radiant future as the time when education, the hand-maid of religion, should open up, tho chaotic darkness of this land. The Teachers Institute exercises last Saturday were extremely i tcresting. Every person embraced among the array of talent did “well his or her part,” and as our fair reporter cxultingly related the occurences she could scarcely refrain from wishing the day was pot a week. Waresboro can depend on us, at anytime. Her advancement is our pride, her achievements our vic tory. WE PROPOSE to issue the Headlight in a twelve page paper, if that much space is required, some time in the next six months, and will, for those whodesire it, have their houses of business and residences photogaphed and en graved so that an exact picture may be produced in these col umns IN OTHER WORDS, The photographs taken here by an artist will be sent to the cn* graving establishment and a cut will he made on which we can print pictures of yourself, your home or your business house. Now, n9 soon as we receive the estimates for such a venture, w shall canvass Southern Georgia, and those who desire their premises or business bouses photographed will have an opportunity of doing so. Besides the Cut, 0 Space will be sold, in which the editor or advertiser may wiiti a description of the home or farm advertised, all of which wil. will be printed or illustrated on tinted paper of a durable nature IT IS BUT NATURAL That we should give -Waycross the first pick for space and position, but we desiie it known that other cities will he canvassed for fav&rs. The work will be gotten up in artistic style and attractive beauty, while more than ■ three thousand cop cs will lie printed. is considered ally. our most faithful 1 r • Pleasant Yls'ons. The organ of sight, which is the source of so ranch pleasure as well us benefit to man, is very del icate. A great many persons, not appreciating this, are using cheap spectacles. These glasses, by'their imperfect structure and blemishes feriously injure and sometimes hi most destroy the sight. Hawkes’ Crystalized ^Lenses are the most perfect glasses in the world f being ) especially adapted for the preser- '* J ration and sometimes restorati* of the sight. IT WAS A When we began canvassing for our trade paper last Septem ber, some doubts were entertained as to our ability for handling an eight page paper, hut as some of our merchants came to ©ur assis tance,. we weathered the storm without any trouble and gave to this commuiuty the best gotten up edition qf that character ever pub lished in Southern Georgia. The public have said so; the press has said so; and now, we intend, in risking our reputation, to outstrip anything ever before attempted. Beyond a Doubt. IF WAYCROSS arid WARE County will help us as we shall deserve, we intend to have cuts of our Courthouse, our|Churc)ies, the cemetery, and all the beautiful seen- . erv of the town handsomely displayed ■ in toese columns. As an advertising* medium there can be no better published than one filled with beautiful * homes ard residences.