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Newspaper
Waycross Headlight
Location
Waycross, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1887
Page
2
Local items from the Valdosta Times cover state news and political chatter, including Georgia legislative costs, a fall campaign launch in Ohio, cotton exchange talk, and shifts in local journalism. Mentions of expositions, port economics, Jacksonville liquor talks, and various editorials flavor the column with regional gossip and stray anecdotes.
James E Hamilton, a Jacksonville mail carrier, met a horrifying death while crossing Hillsboro Inlet with mail from Miami and Jake Worth on the South Atlantic coast. His rowboat was capsized by sharks and he was eaten alive after a long struggle with the sea predators. A fisherman witnessed the event but could not help.
The Blacksspear Chapter No 9 records resolutions mourning Miriam B Spence a former pupil. They praise her character and express sympathy to her parents while requesting publication of the resolutions in the county paper and to the Weslayan Obituary Advocate. Members will meet at Magonic Hall on Wednesday Nov 10 at 10 o clock for important business.
The Valdosta Times reacts to a rival sheet’s attack by offering a candid defense of its editorial integrity. It accuses the Times of attempting to mislead the public and influence county advertising, cites past offers to publish ordinances and grand jury notes, and vows to reveal the truth without embellishment.
Last Monday evening the narrator met Miss Lula Ingraham, a former schoolmate from 1860, at the Way I chose High School. They recall early schooling together, her unchanged features, and her later roles as musician and scholar raised by college graduates. The school trustees praise her service and assure satisfaction.
A Waldosta Times article questions a newspaper’s handling of Grand Jury presentments. It argues the sheath and wording were altered to influence readers and accuses the rival paper of double dealing by seeking free publication while conceding printing rights to another outlet.
Six years ago D C Bacon of Savannah proposed buying South Georgia pine forests requiring about 600000 dollars. Now at least two million could be realized from that investment. Prospectors buy vast pine tracts at low prices as the pine belt diminishes and uses multiply. The South emerges in the growing field and warrants watching and waiting to avoid selling patrimony cheaply.
Local notes report further frost affecting cane digging and grinding. Flora McNurrall of Uptonville died of consumption on October 22 in peaceful terms, with family sympathy offered. J Cavedo departs for Atlanta for a short visit. P H Raiford remains ill but improving. A death is also noted on the Okefenoke. J W Leigh has been killing dogs recently.
A Stockton telegram reports on October 27 the Savannah Florida and Western depot, J F Fender and D M Crews stores, and the post office in Stockton were robbed. Hansel and Allen shop stolen goods. about $100 value, plus a $15 haul from another store. Detectives traced suspects Sol Hines, a Valdosta preacher, and William Wright, an escaped convict. Wright returned to Albany. Hines jailed in Brunswick awaiting Clinch County Court. One whisky jug recovered. money stayed with the agent.
An advertisement extols a patent remedy, claiming it cures cold, cough, pneumonia, catarrh, and throat and lung obstructions. The copy asserts all illnesses of the airways can be removed and endorses Poe Car ip as a 75 cent bottle solution. It emphasizes reliance on this remedy despite potential doubts.
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