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Newspaper
Waycross Headlight
Location
Waycross, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1887
Page
1
A fragmented message expresses severe heat illness and digestive distress. The writer claims improved health after finalmente eating prune and asks public to know they are well and to contact Bend y Collins.
Special notices urge every person possessing Gemini Syrup to spread the word about its supposed benefits for consumption, asthma, pneumonia, and other lung threats. It claims three doses will prove its value and warns against using it without direction, promoting sales at 10 cents a bottle in the United States and Canada.
Dax Receterr a notices its plan to attend hearings for 1887 tax returns. Dates and places listed include Waltertown May 6 Wareshoro May 7 Waycress May 14 Glanmore May 14 Illwood May 18 Braganza May 21 Denton May 27 Sweat May 23. Winks and TR-W-C sign off.
Gentlemen owing to a disease described as itch or mange in Illinois and Georgia, solicit Spirit Oil orders in quantities of small and large sizes. J A Carpenter signs for Tompkins Medicines. local merchants in Waycross Savannah and Blackshear advertise hardware, stationery, and extra sugar deals with reduced cash prices and C O B shipping terms.
Fragmented OCR of church notices lists worship times prayer meetings and Sunday School schedules. Names such as Rev and Superintendent appear with miscellany directions and dates for services on second and third Sundays and prior to major holy days. The document preserves multiple congregations and event timings with inconsistent punctuation.
Mrs Phabe Chesley Peterson of Clay Go tells how she escaped years of kin and pain and now endures no pain or soreness after a breakthrough treatment. Residents report a dramatic improvement and relief from chronic discomfort. This personal account highlights a medical breakthrough claimed by local sources.
A list of jurors for the November term 1887 includes names such as Juxley vino Sam Salisbury Johns Mae Davis Robert H. Murphy Joseph Starling Those Swe Robert Thrift Joel Drakes John H Bagley AB Douglass Geo W Broxton Dan DSoullivant Henry Waldron Martin J Inman Andrew J Music John E Wilson Panel Smith and others. Also notes true copy from Superior Court Edward H Craw Austin Lewis C Wilcox David J Miller LB Thom sravne LP format DJ Marie James Kniss LP Stewdly 3 Miller Pasiel Corbitt J Bias a Stanfield W Murray J Fatarn HH Morgan Sam F Rowell Randal D Cason Wm F'Taten Sylvester T Turner M Bennett Ww T James Jr Sam L Henderson and Bee a ue Toe. Ware iN minutes show clerk notes. The Georgia Coffee County notice states the official advertisement will be published in the Wareness Heapiicar instead of Hawkinsville Dispatch, dated May 2 1887. J J Hall Sheriff and Elijah Paulk Ordinary signed for Coffee County.
Local notices mix social events, ads, and town chatter from Waycross Georgia. The piece mentions a High School closing program, a public lecture by Miss Jennie Smith, civic happenings, a cautionary note to editors, book promotions, and a fatal shooting incident near Jesup involving a Black man named Joe Smith and engineer Crawford.
From Willacoohee correspodent details a Sunday School picnic planned for Friday at the Methodist church with transport by buggy and wagon to grounds near J. J. Wilkinson’s home on Kettle Creek. Also notes local items including soda water by Merman Hammond, aligator incident near Ware and Clinch counties, and assorted trades.
Mr T B Marshall of Coffee County visits home after florida trip. He has long served as President of the Sunday School District Association and was recently re elected with Mr Estes of Blackshear as Secretary. The State Association’s choice is praised by those who know them. Also lists sales of ladies slippers oils and plaid ginghams.
The Columbus Southern engineer locating corps camps one and a half miles outside Albany. They report the line will run parallel to the 8. WR. R., east of the city park with a connection to the B. & W. R. R. The route spans just under 87 miles to Columbus, promising regional development. Dougherty county’s pro rata is nearly complete, about 3,000 to raise.
The 1886 General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South designated the third Sunday in May as Children’s Day with a collection for needy Sunday schools. In Waycross, Children’s Day will be observed at the Methodist Church next Sunday at 11 o’clock with services and an appeal for parents and friends to attend and contribute.
An editorial urges expanding the Waycross cemetery with five to six acres to prevent crowded, irregular interments. Proposes subdividing land into 20x30 ft plots, fencing, numbered lots, and reserves for paupers, with plans kept for deed records. Also mentions a local hens story and religious revival news from Blackshear and Live Oak.
Engineer Jenkins halted No. 63 at Big Tide Creek to save a man clinging between rails on the trestle. The stout traveler, trapped as the express bore down, was rescued moments before disaster. The unnamed man survived, praising the engine crew’s swift actions.
The excursion to Cumberland and Fernandina on the 26th and 27th inst is expected to be well supported. Low rates have been secured, encouraging young men to bring their sweethearts and ensuring older passengers can join as well.
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