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Will be made file k-b'v, v .c pricea.
Tlic Vuldost# Times Jfus our
sympathy.
Mrs. Baldwin, of Bluckshear,
was quite ill lust week.
A cotton exchange is being
prgnnized at Valdosta.
Ohio is the cork that will first
hobble in the political waters.
Sixteen new cases ol fever were
reported yesterday from Tampa.
The Ldgislnture was in session
157 days. Just 107 days too many.
Governor Gordon, of Georgia,
bos opened the Fall campaign
in Phiq.
The Savannah News of last
Saturday reports a rise in 11a.-
Vjtl stores.
fifty thousand people liq.cd
Ex-President Davis’ joad tp frjs
stopping plac.e,
lion. W. Q. Prantly and
family, of Pierce, liavp r.4nPIP<}
from Atlanta.
The Legislature that has just
adjourned cost the State of Geor
gia obput $126,000.
Georgia railroad tics are selling
for one dollar apiece up north.
Mpney for somebody.
The general senlinjenf through
put the {Stjifc is that Colquitt will
i>e his own successor
Tfio'V., M. C. A ; , «f Savan
nah, celtbrated their first an-
pivprsnry last Sunday.
Blaekshcnr has shipped, up
to date, pver two hundred bales
ofppiton- Upland mostly.
president .Cleveland has issued
his proclamation spiting apart
Thursday, Nov 2-jt)) as Tha|)ks
giving day.
The editor of tl|p Smith villa
News went to the Piedmont Ex.
position and slept in a dry
gpods bo$.
The Exposition and State
fair l).oth being over it is in or-
tipi tP pfliffmence talking about
Plipgtpias.
, Mr#- Jiatclier, fvife of James
p. Hatcher,of \Vaj ne ppunty, is
dead. She wqs widely known
and liigll'y esteemed.
Gainesville’s three shop facto
ries turn out about 2.Q0Q pairs
per week, and yet they are be
hind with their orders.
ffltP Atlanta Constitution an-
nouneps (he arrival of a ten
pepts cippiiS; Have poq seen
any Utile Q|ips for five cents?
fhe peoplo of fleorgjn wi'l tlP
called on at the next geneyal elec
tion to vote on the question ot ad-
sling two new Judges to the
’ Sppreme
A lady recently died in Au
gusta, G». and her husband was
arrested on suspicion of having
poisoned her, hut a subsequent
investigation lias left the im.
pression that she died from
“drinking whisky straight.”
Poor husbands are often ac
cuse of what they are innocent
. _. ■»
Valdosta Times: ,‘W<e do not
care to ‘blow’ in vague generai-
ties about oar circulation.'
No, you are right about that;
it may be found out that your
circulation is gotten up for out
side appearances—free,for noth,
ing, like you offered to print
the presentments of Clinch and
Berrien counties’ Grand Juries.
It is said that t,he.Piedmont Ex-j ,Col. N.,.\I. Pufford, so well
position netted a cash Profit mf; kn.oyru iu this suction, has sold
$10,000' ItctdJesgpiying.over $150,- j ],is interest ip the Jesup Sen-
qqo fey the buildings and grounds. | tinoj t0 Ca pt . Stone, and retires
This success has caused a plan ] from journalism. Good-bve-
-to be started for a world » fair in , jj ewt ^ umy prosperity attend
Atlas fa in 1880. j you and your shadow never, get
Brunswick’s foreign exports ashamed to follow you any
fojr last month amounted to mor,e.
.$614,607. This is an increase of
A5J4.185 over the correspond
ing period of last year.
The St. Louis woojflu who threw
a hot pan-cake ft Mrs. Cleveland
while in that city, was fined $50
ill the police court. The woman
said she only did it in fun, but
it came rather high.
Puck says: It is well enough to
say that thirteen is an unlucky
number. But this country
started in business with thir-
tren States and seems to behold-
ing fier own up to going to press.
Brother Stone, of the Jesup
Sentinel, has pefurfled from his
ramhlings up about Macon and
gopu to work. You know she is
at Wes'yan college now, conse
quently business calls our broth
er in that direction.
The liquor men of Jacksonville,
Fla., have held'a meeting and pro
pose to close ffieir snluons on
Sunday. They will get up a peti
tion at an early day calling for an
election on local option, as they
arc npxions to have the question
settled as soorPos possible.
The hands on several sugar
plantations arc on a strike, and
sugar will piohably take a rise.
Something terrible is always
happening. Now “the lady we
board with will give us only
one spoonfull at a time.
file Valdosta Times says: “By
its coarse and personnljrejoincrtlie
IIeadi ioiit has put itself out of
the pale of respectable contro
versy." Isn’t that severe—isn't it
deplorable 1 Our brother evidently
refers t.o the fast that ue called the
Tipieg a i’gasrhag"
It he a surprise to njany to
learn that, the governor of the
Sta.te of Maine finds if one of the
biggest jobs of his life to enforce
prohibition in thpt State. Bribery
of the city officials is said to he
one of the means used to evade
the low.
Cnpt. Brooks, of Sayannah, the
expert who examined the bonk?
and accounts of the Jasper Mu
tual Loan Association, Mr, D. R
Kennedy, has concluded his la-
liors and submitted liis report,
which shows a shortage of $22,000.
Editor John Triplett, of the
Thomnsvillo Times, told Presi
dent Cleveland in Atlanta, that
we, the Georgia editors, were solid
for him for another term. The
President replied : ‘I* 4 0n ’f knqw
about any more terms; yog peo
ple got me into a bad scrape
before.”=rDarien Gazette.
To Qjt.tr Friends in -Clinch,.
We have no inclination to
look at -a-sheath, but at tilings
stripped of their sheath,” and
hence when the Waycross
Heapucht attempted a spe
cious appeal to the public for
sympathy in its effort to.ob
tain the legal advertising of
vour county in one column, and
in aii other declared that it was
in the field “for the money,”
we made a dignified and imper
sonal, but firm aud candid re-
viewof its claims at suificeut
length- to cover the accessary
ground. By its coarse and per
son#! rejoinder the Headlight
lias put itself outside the pale
of respectable controversy, and
we inust decline to handy ad-
Valdosta Times.: “This piper
hasn’ev.er been accused of hy.-
poerwy and double dealing" 1
The “sheath hadn't been re
moved jvlien that was written,
but if appearing before the peo
ple in one light and trying to
induce an Ordinary to giveliim
the Grand Jury presentments
to he published free, when said
Jury had awarded the printing
to another paper is not double-
dealing, then yrhat is it?
The editor of the Cuthhert
Liberal was at the State fair,
and as lie was standing, silently
taking in the crowd, a country
man stopped near and begaii
looking and pointing .at him.
Come to find out the trouble,
the rural siglit-secr was inquir
ing to what species the editor
belonged-
Mrs. E. A. Guthrie, of Cory-
don, Henderson county, Ky.,
wants to know the whereabouts
of her husband, Mr. Abner
Guthrie. Itis presumed he is
somewhere in Soutlieren Geor-
;ia, as she wrote to a post-mas
ter in Pierce county in regard to
the truant spouse, and may be
swindler or deserter from liis
family. Let the press pass him
around.
A Horrible Heath.
JamesE Hamilton, mailearrier
at Jacksonville, while carryin;
mail from Miami and Lake Worth
on the South Atlantic coast, met
with a terrible death on the
25th. Ilia route necessitates cross
ing IJillsboro inlet, which he does
in a rgjy-boat. While crossing on
Tuesday he was attacked by a
number of sharks and altnough
he fought Jhap) with the oars as
long as possible they finally cap
sized his beat anil literally de
voured him alive. A fisherman
itnessed his terrible death, out
was unable Jo render assistance.
TRIBUTE OF RE&PFCT.
Passed by the Ififfl* School
and Sunday School of
IFaresbavQ.
The
Court bench,
amendment passed each branch of
$he Legislature unanimously, and
should be unanimously -accepted
py the ppople who desire compe
tent courts;
Timcs-ypion: General Gordon
j; one pf the most efifftirP *pcak-
ece ip tt>p '‘is services
. bavp fiad a teHipg ifiltawcp to
• many saptjfffis from the time he
first rallied tfie Democracy of ‘he
Second Georgia District and re
deemed it froni Whitley’s do-
piination. Qnc pf his greatest
feats was bearding of Brother
F-ltoii in the Seventh Georgia
District and net ring the long licow-
iieaten Dcnioeracy there to victory.
If Gordon could make a thorough
canvass of Ohio, it would be a re-
liaHc jiciho-ra'io >1
The Dalton Citizen says: The
Georgia Legislature refused to
appropriate 200 to decorate the
State House in honor of the Pres
ident’s visit to Atlanta. This
body is getting very economical of
the people's piflney all at onpe.
If economy was its object it
should have adjourned t|vo
months ago.
Now, $iqca the Valdosta Time!
has glade such a miserable failure
in fastening uprfji us any crime, it
is excused and forgiven. We
have told the truth, we tliiuk, and
if, a? a God-fearing journalist, we
have angered «ur friend we are
sorry that circumstance compelled
the action.
While the old veterans were
sfipking hands njtfi Miss Win
me Davis, at Macon, last week,
largp plain gold ring was
crushed, while grasping the la
dle,s hand and driven Into the
flesh. She simply removed the
ring and the shaking went on
The “help us Cassias, or we
Bink” Btyle of the Valdosta Times'
appeal te the people of Clinch last
week was the weakest thing \gc
ever read. It says: “Wo made
dignified but impersonal, but firm
and candid review of its claims.”
Now, what clglms are referred to ?
Has ffic Times spy claims upon
the ffpe penplp fif Clinch county
It hgs afiifgTtlSPtl far the county, i
isArup, but have the clangs never
been settled 1 i'Djgnifipd, hut
impersonal!” “Wasn't the rafer:
cnees lo the “new pioprietor'
personal, and wasn’t the “blowing'
of the Tunes' own merits dignified
Deliver ns from such digrity.
Resolved I. That the offi
cers, teachers and pupils of
these sehools-learn with deep
sadness and sorrow of the death
of our former little friend and
schoolmate Miriam B.Spenee.
Respjved II. That in the sad
ness of our hearts we sorrow
not as tfioee without hope.
Resolved III; That it is our
desire tp testily as to her lovely
traits of character, which, had
she been spared would have em-
uently fitted her for a sphere of
usefulness to humanity and an
ornament to society.
Resolved. IV. That we tender
our sympathy to' her bereaved
parents and beg of them to re
member that their loved one is
with the redeemed.
Resolved V. That we present
a copy of, these resolutions to
the county paper for publica
tion,and one to" the family of our
beloved sphool mate, and oqe to
be forwarded hy the Secretary
of this Sunday school to th’e
Weslyan Christian Advocate.
Miss Mamie Davidson,'!
“ Ida Eason, I
“ Lula Eason. S
Mr. T. L.. Brett, 1
“ T. J. Jeffords. J
jectives with it. Our hooks #re
open to the inspection of the
eitjjtens of your county at any
time. We hay# never attempted
to “mislead" the people, ueither
have we ever offered to corrupt
an official.—Valdosta times.
Wc beg the indulgence and
forgiveness of the public for re
plying to the above weak, frail
effiorFat humor,but really when
the editor of the Times says
We have no inclination to look
at # sheath, but at things strip
ped of their sheath,” we are
compelled to “laugh out
meeting.” He is simply in one
of his humorous ways—he often
gets in, just such moods. Now,
then we will strip off the
slieafh,” and let linn take a
look at this: You never tried to
mislead the people or cor
rupt an official,” but to thwart
the action of the Grand Jury
few years ago. y-ou offered to
do the Ordinary’s printing
without charge, after the Grand
Jury had said he should give
the county advertising to the
Headlight. Didn’t you? S
we offered to do the Sheriff'
printing free but we made
the offer knowing that the Or
dinary was willing to advertise
with us, as the Jury recoin
mended and the Sheriff was
not. We made the offer be
cause it would have made the
costs on tlie Sheriff's sales less
would have lightened the bur
dens on those whose property
was advertised, and we hoped
to induce' the sheriff to adver
tise with US to that end. This
is truth stripped of any
“sheath,” and how does our
friend propose to meet it?
Again, when the Grand Jury
recommended that the present
ments pf that body be pub
lished in this paper you went
to Ordinaiy Corbitt and offered
to publish them without charge
ill order to*’mislead” the people
as to the action of that Jury.
This fact lias been locked ill
your besatn while you hugged
the delusive hope that your at
tempt to frustrate their wjlj was
safe.
We owe the Times no ill will.
It is a fine papcr-n-uvcll edited,
neatly piiuted,and reflects cred
it upon the editors and propri
etors, but when it attempts to
misguide the verdict of the peo
ple as to our intents and pur
poses, we propose to “strip of
the sheath” and let the truth
stand to tho world’s gaze.
ILLUSTRATED.
WAYGROSS and SOUTHERN GEORGIA
Georgia Pine lands.
The Atlanta Constitution
save: Six years ago Mr. D. C.
Bacon, of Savannah proposed a
scheme for buying up the pine
forests of South Georgia. About
$600,000 would have been re
quired. At least two million
could now be realized on that in
vestment had it been made.
There is money to he made
in buying Georgia pine lands or
holding them, at present fig
ures. The pine belt ie rapidly
diminishing and the reputation
and uses of pine are multiply
ing. Prospectors are buying
them up in vast tracts at very
low prices. So of mineral
tracts. We should not sell our
patrimony for a song. The
South is a new feature in the
coming field, and it will pay us
to watch and wait.
Charlton County Flashes,
'More frost.
Cane digging and cane grinding
in good running order.
Mrs.Flora McNarrall, of Upton-
ille, died of consumption Satur
day Oct. 22nd inst.,111 great peace.
The family have our sympathy.
Mr. J, C. Cavedo is off on a
visit to Atlanta for a few days.
He is expected home this week.
Mr. P. H. Raiford, the clever
telegraph operator at this point,
has been quite ill for the past
two weeks, but is improving now.
Another death is reported on
the Okefenoke. Send in the kil
ling particulars later.
Mr. J. W. Leigh has been killing
hogs recently. We will he sure
to call on him before the return
of warm weather.
' . Charlton.
. We are now arranging one of the most complete adver
rising mediums eetor offered to the public, in which, not only
your business may he advertised to the world but the beanties
of your home may be shown to your friends and relatives iu
stant lauji.
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
Coni.
Slavonic Notice
The members of Blnehshear
Chapter No. 9, will meet at Afa-
gonic Hall, on Wtjdnesde^
jQth inst., at 10 o’clock.
attendance is desired ns business
of importance will he presented for
An Old Schoolmate.
We had the pleasure last
Monday evening cf pjeeting
Miss Lula Ingrham,of the Wayt
clfoSS^Hfgh School, and found
in her an old schoolmate of
1880. Miss Lula and onryself
were of rather tender years
when we went to school to her
father, but her feat ures are the
same as in antebellum times
thus we knew her at a glance,
Again when the stQTTpa of the
war had passed away, we found
her an accomplished musician,
learned scholar and * Ghrsfc
Ian lady. Raised by parents
who were graduates of the besf
colleges in l|ie. Union, and
leaders in the Baptist congrega
tion and cfctireups of Albany
aud Atlanta, we do, not
she walks iu their paths scat?
tering_ instructions of the fine
art of which she is mistress, and
whispering, too, into the ear of
each pupil, the beautiful stony
of her Saviour’s love. The
trustees of the school have much
to be proud of in securing the
services of Miss Lula, while
Wholesale Burglary.
A telegram fpo»i Stockton, Ga v
to the Sayaiinuh Times of the 30th
of October, says;
On the night of the 27th the de
pot of the Savannah Florida and
Western at this place was broken
open. The store houses of J. F.
Fender were also broken into and
robbed of about $100 worth of
goods. The store of L. M C rews
was also robbed of a lot of goods
and the po.st-office was plundered.
On the same night the store of
Hansel & Allen >V»s burglarized
and about fifteen dollars worth of
goods i-aken. All this was dope
on thf? same night it being a rainy
one. The rogues also broke into
an uuoccupied store house, No
clue hag been discovered as to the
authors of these felonieB.
Late a; The Sfocton burglars
have been arrested. The parties
ere traced to Valdosta and cap
tured. The names of them were
Sol Hines, a Methodist preacher,
of Valdosta, Ga., and the other
was William Wright, an escaped
convict for whom $100 reward hud
been offered. A part of the goods
were„ reovered, alse the instru
ments they did the work with.
Wright was taken back to his.for
me? convict home at Albany, and
the .preacher is in the Brunswick
jail to au^iit the spring term of
the Clinch Cpnnty Court. No
money or goods,.except one jug
of whisky was taken from the
depot. The agent had the money
on his person.
IN OTHER WORDS
The photographs taken here by an artist will be sent to the en
graving establishment and a cut will be made on which we
can print pictures of yourseif, your home or
^ your business house.
Now, as soon as we receive the estimates for such a venture, we
shall canvass Southern Georgia, and those who desire their
premises or business houses photographed will have
an opportunity of doing so.
Besides the Cut,
Space will bo sold, in which the editororadvertiser inav writ 6
a description of the home or farm advertised, all of which will
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, hut we desire it known that other cities will he
canvassed for favors. The work will he gotten tip in
artistic style and attractive beauty, while more than
three thousand copies will he printed.
IT WAS A
the consideration of the members, i each scholar may ^est assured
Bv order qf W. F. Parker,
A. L Swe-^t; See.
H-IS
[of gaining an artist’s instruction
1 it Oiev but render obedience
GIVETHE5IA CHANCE,
That is to say, your lungs. Al
so all your breathing machinery.
Very wondeifu, machinery it is.
Not only the larger air-passages,
loading from them.
When these are clogged and
choked with matter which ought
not to bib there, your.lpngs cannot
half do their work. And what
they dft they canqot dq well.
Gall it cold, cough, croup, pneu
monia, patiijrh, consumption or
any of .flip family ftf tfiroat and
nose and head qnd lung obstruc
tions, all are had. AJ1 ought
to he got rid of. There is just
oue sure way to get rid of them.
That is to take Boschee’s German
Syrup, which any druggist will
sell you at 75 cents a bottle.
Even if everytning else has failed
you, you may depend upon {his
When we . began canvassing
tor 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 our assis
tance, we weathered the storm-
without any trouble and gave to
this community the best gotten up
edition of that character ever pub
lished in Southern <Georgia. The
public have sjiid 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 and WARE County will help us as w©
shall deserve, we intend to havojeuts of our Courthouse,
Our£Churches. the^cemetery, and all tfie beautiful scen
ery of the town baudsoihely displayed *
. ’ iu tpese columns.
As an advertising medium
there can be no better published
than one filled with beautiful
Homes ard residences.