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Pierce county hue <697.78 in
the treasury.'
Tlie State of Nety Vqyk has
gone Democratic.
The improvement recently made
in Mr. Child's Pliiladephia Ledger
ftmpunt to a revolution.
A New York paper, speaking
of a young man, says lie has a
bright future. He is probably
p speculator.
An organ says “tho ti.de is
running strongly in fuvor of the
republcians.” May be it is a
salf water tide.
Editor Sass, of the Washing
ton Sporting World, is wrestling
with a libel suit. Sass is
{nighty good name for an editor.
The President and ’Cabinet
arc preparing their messages for
the December cpssion of con
gress.
A newspaper may say a)! the
good things in tho vocabulary
about a man; may laud him to
tho skies, and make the people
think he feeds on the same meats
that mighty C'casar did. Ten
ghances to ono the poor newspaper
never hears a word of approbation
from this great man of its own
making. But let the remotest
Bquib appear of a contrary
opinion to the hero, and the editor
hears from him quickly, and by a
large majority.
Jgppy Lind the groat Swced-
ish singer is dead. She died at
the age of sixty-six. She came to
this country in the employment
pf P. T. Barnum, the great
phowman,and while in America,
she [pftcje it a rule to give a
large per cent of her salary to
charitable and religions institu
tions. She was u tfHP Christian.
As a singer her place can
never be filled.
Captain W.G. Raoul,formerly
pf the Georgia Central, gets
^20,000 annual salary as Presi-
(lent of t|ie Hpgican Interna
tional, anil lives most of his
time in New York. He has
beautiful 'summer home
Ashville, N. C. His salary on
flip Georgia Central was <10,000,
with <2,500 added for subsidary
foods. His defeat therefore,was
his gain.—Atlanta Constitution.
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The Grand Jury Present
ments of Pierce county show a
very creditable standing and
Bro. Ellenwood is happy.
Somebody gave Mrs. Cleve
land during the recent Southern
toor, a box of chewing gum.
She doesn’t indulge however.
The writ of errors applied
for by the Chicago anarchists
has been refused. Then, we
suppose they will lung on the
eleventh of Ibis month.
A Republican editor in New
York thinks the Southern tour
of President Cleveland accom
panied by his wife was inde
cent. He reserves his opinion,
however, as to the Western tour
of Fred Grant, accompanied by
his wife. Consistency, etc.
Illicit distillers visited the
heme of a white man by the
name of Morgan, in Haralson
county |ust Thursday night and
beat him to death. His wife
was also severely beaten. It
was supposed he had been act
ing as an informer. More rope.
J. E. Smith, the express mes
senger who recently killed two
train robbers near El Paso, Tex
as, has keen paid two thousand
dollurs by order of Governor
Ross, ns a reward for liis act.
He will probably g6t two thou
sand more from the express
company and one thousand
from the railroad company
making a total of five thousand.
Right profitable shooting.
The painting in the dome of
the capitol at Washing
ton is the largest in the
world, and costs fifty thou
sand dollars. The unfinished
frieze work at the base of the
ilomo is now being completed
by an Italian artist who is em
ployed by the government at
ten dollars per day. Those in
charge sent a long way for a
cheap man.
The jolly, veteran General
Phil Cook, attended the State
fair in Macon, and enjoyed the
pleasure of a ride in tho car
riage with Miss Winnie Davis
to the fair ground. The Gen
oral said to Miss Winnie that
she was known as the “daugh
ter of the Confederacy,” and
that if he were a younger man
lie would like to he the son-iu
liw of the Confederacy. The
charming daughter of the Presi-
den of the Confederacy laughed
at the General’s remark.—Haw-
kinsviile Dispatch.
Hawkinsvillo has received up
to Tuesday night last twelve
thousand four hundred and
ninety-four bales of cotton
The merchants say they have
never had a better trade, and
their collections were never bet
ter. Prohibition has not hurt
the town a dollar. The money
spent for whisky" this year in
in this part of the State will not
be ten per cent of the past ex
penfiiture. The colored people
have mure money than they
l|qve had any year since the
war.—Hawkinsvillo Disptch.
has been., thought that
among the editors of the
Westeri) frontier newspapers,
Wjis to be found tlie
greatest capacity for tfie use to
ward each other of the abusive
epithets with which the English
language 19. so liberally sup
plied. This is a mistake. The
men who edit the great dailies
pf New York now take the lead
tn the accomplishment of the
blackguard.
Nearly eyerybody who visited
^Hlantp during the exposition
gnd floundered around in the
mu j with little to eat and no
where fa sleep, yetuiped home
d^gusted wi th Atlanta and her
style, hat when they struck
kfacon, and found whisky and
fiber as free as water and inud,
iid all the trains crowded with
drunken men, tiiey were wil
Jing to retract all they had said
pgainst Atlanta, a r.d were wi 1-
ling to declare tlie.city aii ( Eden
compared to Macon.— Haw-
Jriusville Dispatch.
JJnl awful Imprisonment.
Charlotte Jones has been for
fourteen months, unlawfully de
tained in the Georgia penitentiary
as a convict.
The story is a -sensational one,
and shows gross carelessness on
tho part of somebody in authority.
Tlie woman was sent to the peni
tentiary from Decatur county in
1881 for assault with intent to
murder. Another strange fact
concerning her case was that she
was first seutenced for fifteen
year’s imprisonment and this was
afterwards changed by the court
to five years.
The matter was brought to
light yesterday by tha following
lettci received by the principal
keeper of the penitentiary.
Colonol J. R. Towers, Principal
keeper of the Penitentiary; There
seeme to be some mistake about
the term of imprisonment of Char
lotte Jones, colored, who was sent
up from this county at the August
term of our superior court in 1871.
She was first scut up for fifteen
years, but the term afterwards IV4s
amended to five years. I hope'
you will give it your attention.
The following are the minutes of
the court bearing on the subject:
The State vs. Charlotte Jones,
assault with intent to murder—
The defendant in this case being
sentenced to a term of fifteen
years at hard labor in the peniten
tiary, under a mistake ot the oourt
that ihe penalty in such cases ex
tenden to a term of twenty years,
when it was only ten years; it is,
therefore ordered that said sen
tence be ' reformed so as to read
five years instead of fif.cen years,
and tho clerk of this court is or
dered to send a copy of this order
to tlie principal keeper of the pen
itentiary, who will be governed
accordingly.
Done in open court October 8th f
1881 William O. Fleming.
Judge Superior Court Decatur Co.
Georgia, Decatur county.—1
hereby certify that the above is a
true extract from the minute of
tlie superior court at the August
pecial, 1881.
Witness my hand and seal, Oc
tober 29th, 1887.
C. W. Wimberly, Clerk.
The letter is written by Mr.
Wim l.erly,the clerk of the superi
or court of Decatur county.
At the penitentiary office it was
learned that Charlotte Jones tvfts
reoeived liy the principal keeper of
tho penitentiary in September
1881.
The order reforming tho sen
tence was passed October 8 1881
Colonel Towcre says that this or
der was uever received until yes
terday morning. He at once
ordered tlie discharge of Char
lotte Jones from theChatahoochee
brickyard, where she has been
illegally detained for iqore than a
. The case has caused a great
deal of comment and it is thought
that litigation will ensue.
A Man Found Dead in the
Woods Near Jexup:
Lost Sunday about 11/t’clock
a negro caibe in and reported
that be hod found a dead inau
iu the woods about one- mile
from town. In company, with
Drs. Dreardy & Hack, Mr. R. E.
Walker and W. T Knight, we
went out to where the unfortu
nate roan was, and found his
remains about forty yards from
the right-of-way of the S. F. A
W. Ry„ south of Jesup, and on
tlie east side of the road. His
remains bad been preyed upon
by the Buzzards and hogs, and
was nearly devoured. The poor
Hlow’s most iutimate friends
cold not have recognized him.
We found what was left’of him
lying apon bis book with both
arms extended above his head.
His hands and. arms had not
been moleste^. We body was
fifteen or twenty feet from
where we supposed he had
died. We closely examined the
little package of clothes he had
to see if there was any eluu to
his identity.
In the package we found
bible and testament of the Ger
man language. The name, A.
W, Sallman, 1886, was writ
ten in the bible. AVe also found
a card of a sailor’s boarding
house, Miss Louisa Cambridge,
Proprietress, No. 22 Elliott st.,
Charleston, S. C., and a little
nickle badge with the letters W,
U. M. A., at the top, and just
under tlie letters—an irnpros-
siou resembling a cot*oil hook;
under this was the figure 38.
There is pot the slightest
cause to suspect foul play. In
fact, every circumstance indi
cate that he died a natural
death. He is supposed to have
been between 20 and 25 years
old. Some ten days ago a tnan
went to tho Slater House
and asked for a cup of coffee
Miss Slater gave tlie oaffoe and
something to eat, but he ate but
little, saying he did not yant to
cat—that he was not long for
this earth, aiid orying, said
death would he welcome,—-and
he was ready to meet it. Indi
cations point to tlie dead man
as the same party. While in a
strange land, away from homp
and mother, and in a destitute
condition, the poor unfortunate
fellow breathed his last, per
haps thinking of distant loved
ones.—Jesup Sentinel.
er. Tbit friend of our corres
pondent also intends moving to
Ware county, and in him we
shall gain a valuable citizen.
We have room for all such, and
we hope the change may be
beneficial to the entire party;
still we would not advise Mr.
Settle or Mr. Miller to break
up and move to this country
without first investigating the
odds and disadvantages that
are found in new or strange
countries, because dissatisfac
tion might follow and the Head
light iu some measure be re
sponsible.
TWO UNPRECEDENTED, COMPLETE EXHIBITIONS B AIK OR SHINE,
WAYCROSS,
Thursday, Nov., 24th.
The World’s Greatest and Most Famous Tented Aggregation!
S. H. BARRETT’S
New United Monster Show.
The Cotton Tax.
The Baltimore Manufacturer’s
Record, in view of the fact that
the cotton tax collected during
and immediately after the war has
been declared illegal by the su
preme court, suggest that the
seventy-five millions of dollars
which were eolleoted from the
farmers of the southern states be re
stored to the eouth by congress
bo used as a fund for education
al purposes.
our opinion, it will be time
enough to discuss the uses to
which the cotton tax money is to
be put aftci it has been restored to
the states from which it was il-
legaly taken. The money belongs
to the Southern States and congress
has nothing to do but to restore it
to the states in which-it was col
lected. It is a fund which belongs
to the class which paid it.
Let the money be restored, and
then discussion as to its proper
distribution will be in order.
A Remedy Needed,
Many of our subscribers in as
many different directions com
plain to, us that they canoot get
their papers. We know that
we sometimes make mistakes,
and perhaps, fail to mail a
paper, hut "it is not probable
that we continue to do so, and
the fault must, therefore, be
with the postmasters and route-
agents, Now, every man con
nected with the mail service,
who ia acquainted with Us know
that we deeply sympathize with
this over-worked class of gen
tlemen, and never complain,
(would not do so now if our
circumstances did not compel
it,) but now we simply ask that
our rights as patrons of tlie
mail service be respected. Our
ioss by this annoya.icc.f miscar
riage and nondelivery) ia get
ting serious, and same remedy
must be applied, Our sub;
script ion in one direction has
fallen off fully fifty .per cent,
and the cause is charged to tlie
non-de!iverancc of the mail.
Gentlemen nndbrothers, this is
very annoying.
Timely Sugyestion.
The return of Jefferson Da
vis to Macon, lends the Haw-
kinsville Dispatch to remark:
'The timber resoursos of Irwin
county are valuable and im
mense. The people value their
lands very low. Lots of land
with 490 acres, covered with
yellow pine, may be bought for
one thousand five hundred to
two thousand dollars per lot,
and in many localities the
prices are leas. R. W. Clem
ents, the Clerk of the Superior
Court owns 11,000 acres which
he has offered for fifty thousand
dollars. One of the lots is No.
51, containg 490 acres, within
two miles of Irwinville. It was
upon this lot, among the pines,
and near a branch, that Jeff
erson Davis had camped for
the night when his camp was
surrounded by the regiment of
Michigan cavalry in pursuit of
him. The regiment divided,
and when the camp was discov
ered and surrounded about day
light, each party took the other
for Confederate cavalry, and a
flight took place. Two or three
of the Michigan cavalry were
killed by their own comrades.
It has been suggested that a
part of this lot be purchased
and enclosed to Commemorate
tlie event that is bound to make
it historic as long as the South
ern Confederacy is remembered.
David M. Gogan, living one
mile below Irwinville, says he
will furnish young sycamores
to heautify the park.
Daily National Hotel Reporter:
The hotels of Savannah, Ga., are
doing a heavy business this fall,
the Harnet House is leading with
the largest list of daily arrivals.
Coming to Georgia.
We have before us a letter
from Mr. I. I. Settle, of Rust-
bury, Campbell county. A r a., in
which we are informed that he
proposes at gq early day, prob
ably this spring, to move to
this part of the country. The
writer of this letter is the father
of our esteemed friend S.
Settle, Principal of Warpahoro
High School, and we feel that
in wel--oming him to Ware
county that we shall add a man
of strong force of. character,
who will labor as far as in him
lies the power, to bring our fiue
country to the notice of those in
the “Old Dominion,” to our
ranks, and to our citizenship.
The gentleman in his letter
takes occasion to thank the
Headlight for complimentary
notices of his Ssu’s work, which
we assure him Was unnecessary.
We neither desire nor deserve
thanks for doingourduty. We
have watched Prof. Settles'
course since we knew him, and
give voice to ou: thoughts as
the usefulness of the man, the
discharge of his duty, his
Great 8 Ring Circus! Enormous Menagerie!
Huge Theatre Stage! World’s Museum!
Classic Racing Carnival and Jo-Jo!
——-AN UNPARALLELLED CENTRALIZATION OF THE
World’s Illustrious Arenic Meteors!
_ 1
200 Phenominal Champions !—SOMatchless and Dazzling Acts
3 Big Rings, a Magnificent Theatre Stage, and a Grand Racing Circuit, that
Blaze with an Uninterrupted Succession of marvelous and Perilous Deeds!
Notably and Triumphantly Reinforced this Scoson with the Old World’s Most
Startling Human Phenomenon, the Czar’s Ou n Petted ppd Pampered Prodigj^
Oh, No, Colonel.
When the train bearing the
daughters of Hon Jefferson Davis
reached Sparta, Wednesday the
scene was one of lively interest,
and furnished an incident which
will, no doubt, be long remembered |
by those who witnessed it. A wed- [
ding had occured in the town at 3,
o’clock in the evening, and thej
fact being generally known that j
the daughters of ex- President
Davis would pass through on the I
afternoon train, the crowd which
numbered 200 or more, left the
church after the ceremony and re
paired to the depot. When the
train arrived a rush was made for
the rear of the car containing the
ex-President’s daughters and party.
After some delay Miss Winnie
appeared upon the platform anu
was introduced to the assembly
by T. M. Hunt, in response to
which came a storm of applause.
At this juncture Col. J. T. Jordan
stopped upon the platform and
with a neat little speech presented
Miss Davis with ft beautiful wreath
of flowers. The Colonel, however,
who is noted for his gallftntry,
seemed to feel that he had failed
to express the full warmth of Han
cock’s admiration for the “Daugh
ter of the Cofedcracy,” and straigh
tening his tall fo*m to its fullest
height, he asked if he might not be
permitted to kiss hey. There was
a merry twinkle in the eyes of the
Colonel, and he advanced, as
hough to perform the coveted
pleasuie, but to the amusement of
every body present, the young
lady threw her hands to her faco
and rushed into the car, laughingly
exclaiming, “No, indeed, Colonel,
you cannot play off such a trick
on me.”
The Dog-Faeed
Russian. Bey!!!
talents, and last but greatest of
all, the grace of God which has
lodgment in-his heart. In in
ducing Prof. Settles to accept
our country as his home, we
strengthen, our opportunities
tor educational work, and placed
in the hands of an adept the tu
telage of onr sister town's
people.
Our esteemed oorresp<Jh\l6ut
tells us of au aged friend of his
who is blind, and says that he,
Mr. Samuel Miller (the friend)
is a deacon in the church, and
an old newspaper man, Chair
man, of .the Democratic Com
mittee of his county, a member
of the Educational Board of
Trqstees apd
Waresboro,
Programe of the Teacher’s In
stitute to be held at Waresboro
Academy, Friday Evening, Nov.
18,1887.
I. The Art of Penmanship and
its utility—D. G Thomson R. M.
R. Griffis.
II. Is the art of Book-keeping
as necessary to every-one as a
knowledge of Grammar. J. E.
Overstreet, I. H. Thomas and
I. D. Sweat.
III. Is moral culture keeping
pace with mentaL T. C. Jeffords
S. P. Settle.
IV. Our foremost versus our l«.g
gard states in educating. the-
ipasxes. S. L. Lee, D. G. Thom
son.
V. The advantages of a large
school aver a small one. James
D. Sweat T. C. Jeffords, J. M. R.
Griffis, S. L. Lee.
VI The most advantageous
place for a high School. Where
is itT I. B. Sweat and T. C. Jef
fords,
A Word to \ho Public.
This is court week, and many
of our subscribers have promised
to pay us the amount due us at
that time. We have waited and
labored patiently, and if we fail to
meet you come up and see us.
We may not know you, but it is
easy for you to find us, while it
is quite difficult for us to remern-
efgcient teach- her ahoqt 2000 faces,
The Human Skye Terrier.
Alf miSOL^KD MYSTERY and SENSATION OF CONTINENTS!
‘‘Beyond all question Jo-Jo is the most extraordinary and absolutely interes-
ng curiosity that t\as ever reached these shores.’—New York Herald !
. Plavful, BirowmEyed, Doe-Faced Rov—Covered with Silken Hair from he%q
» foot!—A Prodigious Intellect Veiled behind the Visage of a Dog—Four Lan-
w uagea issuing from Canine Lips ’• No Pioture can Portray—No Pen Describe him!
Your Only Chance to See Jo-Jo,
HE COMES NO MORE !
By Command of the Czar he Returns to St. Pertersburg at i
SUMPTUOUS AND SOUL STIRRING
REVIVAL OF THE
Imperial Roman Hippodrome !
VIVID AND REALISTIC REPRESENTATIONS OF
LIFE IN THE “WILD WEST”
Monger Gathering of Famous Scouts, C 0 wboys, Indians and Bucking Bronchos!
3 Times the Most Stupendous
MENAGERIE
Ever Gathered and Exhibited Under Tents.
GREATEST, GRANDEST and BEST TRAINED HERD OF E LE?
PHARTS EXTANT!
EVE.ItY MORNING! Passing through the streets of the Cities
at 8 o’clock j where we are to exhibit, will be wen the most
Glorious Pagent that ever delighted Hnman Vision 1 An Illimitable
Line of Georgeous Pomp and solid splendor—'Unapproachable aqd
indiscribable !-—Worth coming lOO^pilea to witness !
to the entire
.combined show.
As 1 Children under
usual) 9 years of age.
Half price.
“NO EXTRA CHARGE TO SEE JO-JO.
Two Exhibitions Daily. Doors Open at 1 and 7. P. M*
PERFORMANCES BEGIN AN HOUR LATER.
Cheap Excursions on all Railroads. See Station Agents for Particulars,
Mail It. 25,