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j jf, ss Cook ran wns alsu GEORGIA. ^Republican by about 1,309 ma- -V. FREEarAX. i"*' 1 *- Bei,, g * Democrat tire ANOTHER LETTER. EnferSJnttc Port Office at Way" cross at Pet-end class mail matter. tlaifyU^MrtlMOaur YER^SON DVERTISING 1 GENTS gjfStSPmnpam BIMATBRESSSSaraiSJ FBEE ^SUttMTER t SOrS 11IUIL Official Organ of Ware. Official Organ of Charlton, Official Organ of Coffee. Publishes Legal Affairs of Clinch County. The ItirKCM Town Circulation. The Largest Conntv Circulation. Tho Largest General Circulation. Tlio HsAoMout visits more homes and is read hy more people than any other paper published in this section. THE CROSS MARK. The reifcrossinarkTTon the margih oi y6er paper dcnotesj^tliat we want you to renew i'onr subscription at once. This paper will be mailed to sub scribers, postage tree, at the tollowing prices: One year .... 41.00 Six months .... Three months - Invariably in advance. No deviation Will be made Irom the above prices. Four of the anarchists were hanged, one suicided and two had their sentences commuted to life iniprisoniieiit. Perham, of the Quitman Free Press, is in tears, and will not bn cotnfurted. The high taxes of the town will keep the circuses away. The Campbell County Beeord, published ut Busthurg, Va., is before us and is a neat seven col- umn folio. We put it on our ex- change with pleasure. All the business man of Quitman will close their houses of busincs .lie 24, Thanks- giving- day. Some of our peo ple will close up too, and go to the circus. Come over. Per Imps wc will give you a ticket. Wuvcross has a bottomless Well. It lias been suspected that the bottomless pit was in that neighborhood —Quitman fYeo Press. You are mistaken about the well, and if the bottomless pit is in this neighborhood, we may expect a protracted visit from you some day. The presentments of the Grand Jury for the past regular term of eourtwill not be published until after the adjourned term, which meets on the 19th of December. We make this statement in order that there may be no dssappoint- inetits. Gov. Rusk, of Wisconsin, says lie will call out . the militia to suppress the dens of infamy in the northern part of Hint State, if necessary. The horrible con dition of affairs described in the y.eteut newspaper articles is saiij ,to liay.o existed for many ycays. and the question natural ly arises: What have the courts beet) doing all tjiat time? Traffc in “white slaves” must have been notorious, if con ducted upon the scale alleged. The Board of Trustees at their last meeting appointed the follow ing commitee, to visit and ascer tain, the progress of our schools,' fit [ Mrs. H; Murphy, and Mrs- II. W. Reed for the ladies; and Messrs. W. J. Smith pnd T. H. Morton for the gentleman. While this com- tnitoe has been espeeinly selected, remember it is the Imperative duty of each person interested to visit the school once a hiontb at least, and ascertain for him or her self the status of the school. This will encourage both pupils and teachers. Chimneys have been erected during the past week and stoves purchased, which will secure the health of our students against midden changes .of the weather. chanees for success were against her from the very beginning of her canvass. Being young— only 21 years of age—and handsome, and having plenty of money, she entered the cam paign with a show of pluck and energy wich seined to promise victory. She rode from ouo vil lage to another in a carriage drawn bv four spirited horses, and, in the public balls, made speeches which, it is said pos sessed a great deal of merit. She was everywhere treated with the greatest courtesy ami won the praise of every one for her modesty anil courage. On the day of election many of her young friends went to the polls aud solicited votes for her. In tier ewn village she had a fine lunch- prepared for all who supported her. Hundreds of Republicans who liad never vo ted anybing but the straight Republican ticket sciatclicd their tickets, and placed her name upon them. She was beaten by only a few votes. Iu view of the fact that her party was largely in the mi nority, her canvass was a re markable one. If she devotes her life to politics she will cer tainly make a very successful politician. Miss Clark did not display the popular qualifications which enabled Miss Cook to come so close to victory. She was not good at speech making, and lucked the courage to ask for votes. She was, therefore, badly beaten. Miss Griffin it is said, lias the honor of being the first woman ever elected School Commissioner in the Empire Stale. The entrance of these girls into the field of politics may be only the beginning of a movement on the part of wo men in New York and, perhaps, in other States to secure pos session of the monor offices. They are filling very acceptably many positions to-day iu which they were totally un known a feiv years ago. It would not be very strange, therefore, if, in a few years, the names of women should appear Irequently on political tickets. The YaHosta Times Attempts ta lis ted the Peijle. - Clinch Counties Legal Af fairs. Sheriff Mnttox will sell on the First Tuesday in December before the court house door at Homer- villc, one dark bay mare about eleven years old. Sold as the of property James T. Touchstone, said county, in favor of’- P. J Simmons & Bro. Girl PoQtleians. Three girls.tyere candidates for tbe office of ..School Com % juissiouers in -different parts of . tlie State of New Vork on the Bth itist. Mias Ida M. Griffin was the Republican -candidate nt Cfewegn, Miss Nellie M. Qoolc the Democratic candidate at Walcott, and Miss Ellen A. Clark the Prohibition candi date at Maccdon. sMiss Grif fin’s district was strongly Re- piihticau, and she receive^ the all support of he* party nu . v l~- . - Into the Pond Mrs. George McNeil of Preston, Ga.committed suicide on the 8th by drowing. George McNeil, her hus band is miller for S. Bell, of this county, four miles north of Pres ton. The family arose early, Me Neil having to come to meet Mrs. McNeil's sister, who would arrive on the 6:55 a. m. train. As soon ns lie got up he took a boat and went up into tho pond to fish. He tookjthcra in the house .and laid them-on the hartli in the cdok room.- His« wife became angry* and began to abuse him, saying she could not *aep anything clean for him. He, in reply, began cursing. She said she would drown herself, and ljc told her that he didn’t care a d—m it she did. She immediately ran out of the bouse nndjumped into the pond where tho water was ten feet deep. McNeil and his wife’s sister both saw her when she jumped in. McNeil can’t swim, but he and wife'a sister made efforts to save her by handing her a long pole. Either from a determination to commit suicide or exhaustion, she tnade no effort to catch hold. . She was. fibbed out iu a very short time by some of the neighbors who arrived. The unfortunate woman’s sister. Miss Carreie Thornton;who was present, say& that she is sat isfied that she did not intend drowning herself, bat thought she would be rescued by her husband. They had not been getting along very agreeably} were continually having little spats, and she had threatened to drown herself several times he'ore, when at last she repeated her threat no attention was paid to it. TUB SHOE SSOM1 TO TOCS. Tk. BKAELIGBT IU, KmrSUrpt . a. Skills With Xaglect No tWflh- ■Uldlnttliilinei Kiteann ». to Main Him SOIm Sad. We are beginning to weary over this prolonged controversy with a paper that claims to be too dignified to bandy epithets with us. There is nothing to be gained by it, we know, but we will uncover *lie attempts of the dignified Times to mislead the people as to our intents, to the gaze of the public. The last is sue of the times contained a let ter from Slierriff Mattox in which it is’plain to be seen that that gentleman believes we liavesaid the last Grand Jury of Clinch county recommended the publication of the legal ad vertising of that county in this paper, when we said nothing of the kind; nor can Editor Pendleton show by any previ ous issus that we ever claimed as much. We did say, and say it again tiiat tbe Grand Jury of said county, some two years ago made such a reconimeiulation, and that tlie Ordinary publish ed a notice in this paper that legal notices front’ his office would appear in the Head light. Sheriff Jeffords think it was, sefused to obey sucli recommendations,and con tinued to advertise in the Times while the Ordinary was with us. The Headlight made no blow or bluster about- this partial victory over the Times, then, and when court commenced in Clinch’ county nt. its subsequent term the Times was there in full force when the fight for the legal advertising was again opened and awarded’ to the Times, but sucli would not have been the case had not the pro- pi ietor of the Headlight been called away to attend the bed side of n sick son at Jackson ville, leaving the field open to his opponents, and perhaps causing his friends to think lie had retired from the contest, The Letter which the Valdos ta Times published from the proprietor of this paper to Sber- itf Mattox, does not contain any other importation than we have already ’given. We offered tr do the advertising of that coun tv free, and to-day supplement our previous offer with alimade proposition. We are a ble to do what we propose, and expect to discharge our promises. If the Times never proposed to the Ordinary to publish “the little county printing from that office,” as we charged, we have been misinformed. If the Times lias been in the habit of pub lishing the Grand Jury’s pre sentments free we make the same offer, and as ’ the Times denies that it ever of fered to publish ''‘the little county priuting from that of- fice”without charge we now of fer to the Ordinary and Sheriff of Clinch county the use of these columns without charge, We make this offer not "to the officers, but to the people of Clinch county, believing that when they have found 'their comity affairs in this paper they will be better satisfied. The Headlight .has never charged, or intimated that Sheriff Mattox Jhas ever failed to discharge his duty as a pub lic officer,^notwithstanding the attempts of the Times to that end. The people of Clinch county are taking notice of this affair. They are beginning to open their eyes;-We haw friends there and we shall protect them, if we can. Below is; another latter to the Sheriff, and while tbe proprietor makes that to him the same'-is to the Ordinary. No fee n§ed accompany the -Je- gut notices from Clinch comity. Me. Mattox:—As we learn it was the sheriff before -you who refused to give his adverti sing to the Headlight when it was recommended by the another proposition. The law prescribes other ways to pay; hence xh«s proposition. The Headlight proposes (as per haps yon have seen,) to make tho legal advertising free for every citizen of * your coun ty. Should it cost them a cent after December the 1st 1887, it flvill be through tho gross neg lect of theit<£fficials. Remem ber this is strictly private. There are so many counties in the state we could not afford to make such liberal terms to all. We simply do this to enable your people to get with one dollar , what has be-'n costing two dollars and fifty cents. Coffee, Clinch and Ware have to] pnll together in all their po litical affairs. The Headlight has to do their political fight ing, and while-tlrey are looking for that they can see their legal advertising without the neces sity of liufltrng up another pa per. The Headlight is pros pering like a green buy tree, the Valdosta Times and others notwithstanding. Wm. Parker, Proprietor A Convict at Eleven. Probably the youngest murderer in the state was sentenced at Au gusta, Ga. on the 8th in the su perior court for a life term in the penitentiary; Charles Henry Lock- sly is the boy’s name, and he is only eleven years of age and as black as polished ebony. It will be remembered that about two months ago Mr. Milo Thomas, a wellkno'wn young man of this city was stabbed and killed by the boy above mentioned. At the time, he was in front of the Central railroad depot, when the boy passed and held up a cigarette picture. In order to tease him, Ml. Thomas took it from him, when the boy cursed Ipm. Mr. Thomas caught and slapped him, when the boy in turn quickly drew a large pock et knife, with which he killed Thomas instantly. Messrs. M. Foster and Judson Lyons appeared for the defense and Solicitor Wright arid Hon. M. P. Carroll for the prosecution. The Jury, after being out two hours, returned a verdict of guilty of murder, but rec ominendej life imprisntinent, to which he was sentenced. The boy received the sentence withindiffer ence. A Charitable Appeal in Be half of the Insane. We make ail extract from an article contained in * the Sc entific American of Nov. 12th The State Insane Asylum at Millcdgeville.Ga., contains near 1500 patients, many, regard less of their mental infirmities are able to-read and crave liter ature. The asylum has a hall fitted up for a library, but the State makes no provisions for books. To’ supply this need contributions of books, maga zines, periodicals and the like are solicited. No doubt this is new field Jor charity, but we trust there pre many who will willingly render aid. We know by personal observation that there are thousands within the walls of our asylums whose minds are not a chaos, but arc persona ®f learning,. and for months at'h; time are as rational 03 any one. and to be confined within the blank walls of an insane asylum, with nothing to while away the time,ft, to say the least, very hard. In very home ill tlm state there are books laid aside never to be . opened after tlie first perusal. Let these books be gathered togeth er an£ by fill appointed com mittee be forwarded to Dr. T. O. powell, Supt. of' the insane asylum at Milledgevillo, Ga. Let every toyrn in the state ap- appoint a'committee to . receive, these hooks, and let every min ister herald, this appeal from theipulpits By rendering such aid, we shall lighten the bur dens of iriaav poor unfortu nates, who by the will.of a just Cr.eator, are doomed to spend the rest- cf tbeir days .within the Walls of an insane asylum; V-—-' 0WU you-avizh to reach the mechanic’' advertise an tho- grand jury, .ve beg to make you Headlight. Unjust to Printers. Mr. C. M. Milford the former foreman of this office gave us a very {dcasnnt call last Tuesday. He is looking considerably better than lie did when he left here two montlis ago. He has been spend ing the time in Florida. He is one printer among the few on this continent who is purity a gentle man.—Baxley Banner. It would have been better for our brother had he learned tlie printers trade himself, and then; perhaps, he could write the En glish language in be.ler style than he now does, and he might too, learn that there are as many gen tleman iu tne printing fraternity among newspaper scrib blers or any other profession. Printers have filled positions our brother can never hope to occupy, and ithc had Iearnd to be a print er, the necessity ot his taking two articles from cur columns which appeared in his last issue, without credit, would have been avoided. We can name qnite a number ol printers who are “purily gen tlemen.” TWO UNPRECEDENTED, COMPLETE EXHIBITIONS RAIN OR SHINE, WAYGROBS, Thursday, Nov., 24tli, JOSEPH ABN OLE. A Strong Certificate From Texas, TEXAS—Llano count; To All To Whom ' Come Greeting.—We the undersigned citezens of Llano county, Texas, take great pleasure in stating that we were personally well acquainted with Joseph Arnold during his residence ‘ this county up to the time he was j rested and carried back to Georgia covering a period of seven or eight ears, and that his character as an lonest, honorable, peacable and law- abiding citizen is good, withrut stain or blemish, and compares favorably with hat of any citizenrin the county: G W Shaw,Tax Assessor; W J Rogers; M C Roberts, Sheriff Lano; A W Har- groW; J A Leact, Druggist; W A H Miller. Attorney at Law. E C Bon ham. Co. Judge; Ja8 Flack, Attorney a.t Law; Knight Stith, Attorney at Law; G McCrerry; J T Warden, Farmer and Inspector; Ben A Ligon, Deputy Sher iff; C C Curro, Deupty Sheriff, Moore, Foster & Co., Bankers; J S Atchison; J M Jensins, Merchant; Jenkins & Wright. R LD; J A S Williams; JW Reed, Tinner; W L Dalrymple, Attor ney at Law; R H Lanning, J of P and Cotunty Commissioner; John C Oat- man, Attorney at Law; OF Golson; N R Porter, Butcher; E L Handy, Livery Man; J G Phillips, Butcher R A Mclnnis, Merchant. _ Tiie State Op Texas County Op Llano, , 1, M. M. Hargis, clerk of the County •court, in and for the county of Llano and State of Texts, do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the persons whose names subserfbed above, and that they are all citizens of the County of* The Worhl’a Greatest an,l Most Famous Tcnteil Aggregation 1 S. H. BARRETT’S New United Monster Show. Great 3 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! 200 Phenominal Champions !—SOMatehless and Dazzling Acts I 3 Big Rings, a Magnificent Theatre Stage, and a Grand Raring Circuit, thai Blaze with an Uninterrupted Succession of in an clous and Perilous Deeds! Notably and Triumphantly Reinforced this Seoson with the Did World’s Most Startling Homan Phenomenon, the Czar’s Own Petted and Pampered Prodigy— M The Dog-Faced i Husssam Boy!I! they j entitled their statements to full credit. I further certify that I am personally acquainted with Joseph Arnold, and have never seen or heard anything against his character or his standing. In the community where he lived he was considered an honroable, good citizen and his charcter was un- i peach able. Given under my hand and seal of the County Court of Llano county, Texas, this 26th day of Sept 1887. M. M. Hargis, Cleric, Countv Court Llano County, Tex. A Meeting of Naval Store Men, The IIeadligiit is in receipt of a circular from the Naval Stores Manufacturer’s Protective Asseci ation, from which we clip the fol lowing : A general convention of the Na val Stores producers of Georgia, Florida and South Carolina is hereby called by the above Asso ciation, to be held in Jesup, Ga., on Friday, Novem her 25th, 1887. All manufacturers are earnestly requested and specially invited to be present on that occasion. There will be a thorough and in teresting discussion of the Naval Storse question, the numerous evils under which producers are now suffering will be reviewed; and a strong effort will be made to inaugurate some practical and business-like measure' to save the Turpentine industry from destruc tion. Let every Naval Stoics Manufacturer come to this con vention. It is just as well for pioducers to remember right here that unless they ‘‘come out of their holes” for once, and co-oper ate intelligently with their other fellow-producers in this direction their burdens will become heaveier and even more grievous, 3 until, finally, every dollar of capital invested in the producing business wilt be sunk and lost beyond re call. The Verdict Unmnlmou*. W D. Suit, Druggest, Bippus Ind., testifies: * I can recom mend Electric Bitters as the very, best remedy. Every bottle sold has given’ relief in every case. One man took six bottles, and was cured of Rheumatism of 10 years* standing.” Abraham Hare, druggest, Bellville, Ohio, affims: “The best selling medi cine I have over handled in ray 20 gears' experience, is Electric Bitters.” Thousand .of others have added their testimony, so that the verdict is unanimons that Elec.iric Bitters do cure all diseases of the Liver, Kidneys or Blood. Only a half dollar a bottle at—Folks & Morgan’s Drug Store- The Human Skye Terrier. AN UNSOLVED MTSTEICY and SENSATION OF TWO CONTINENTS! “Beyond all question Jo-Jo is the most extraordinary and absolutely interes ting curiosity that has ever reached these shores.'—New York Herald ! A Plavfnl, Brown-Eyed, Dog-Faced Bov—Covered with Silken Hair from head to foot!—A Prodigious Intellect Veiled behind the Visage of a Dog—Four Laiw guages issuing from Canine Lips! No Picture can Portray—No Pen Describe him! Your Only Chance to See Jo-Jo, ~~ HECOMESNO MORE! ‘ By Command of the Czar^ie Returns to St. Pertersburg at an Early Day. SUMPTUOUS AND SOUL STIRRING— REVIVAL OF THE Imperial Roman Hippodrome \ VIVID AND REALISTIC REPRESENTATIONS OF LIFE IN THE “WILD WEST” Monster Gathering of FamousScouts, Cowboys, Indiana and Bucking Bronchos 1 3 Times the Most Stupendous JVEEJST A-GrELlIE . - _ Ever Gathered hind Exhibited Under Tents. GREATEST, GRANDEST AND BEST TRAINED HERD OF ELE PHANTS EXTANT 1 EVERY MORNING) Passing through the streets of the Cities at 8 o’clock i where we are to exhibit, will be seen the moat Glorious Pagent that ever delighted Hnman Vision! An Illimitable Line of Georgeous Pomp and solid splendor—unapproachable anil ndiscribable !—Worth coming lOOmiles to witness ! 1 to the entire As L Children under combined show, usual} 0 years of age. gJtTSO EXTRA CHARGE TO SEE JO-JO. Half price. Two Exhibitions Dailj\ Doors Open at 1 and ,M. PERFORMANCES BEGIN AN HOUR LATER. Cheap Excursions on all Railroads. See Station Agents Tor Particulars, Marti M 25, Vina 26,