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Newspaper
Waycross Headlight
Location
Waycross, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1887
Page
2
A collected summary of local and national items mentions Pierce county holding 697.78 in the treasury, New York's political leaning toward the Democrats, and a mix of editorials and notices. It covers editorials on journalism, a singer Joplin Lind, corporate salaries, and regional incidents including a prison case clarification and a fatality near Jesup with details of the deceased.
Subscribers report widespread paper delivery failures across routes and post offices. The editors acknowledge possible mailings errors but blame postmasters and route agents for miscarriages and nondelivery, urging respect for subscribers and a prompt remedy as subscriptions drop significantly.
Hawkinsville Dispatch notes Irwin County timber value and low land prices. A 490 acre lot near Irwinville, No 51, once hosted Jefferson Davis’s night camp as Michigan cavalry pursued him. The article cites Clerk Br Clement’s 11,000 acres for sale at fifty thousand dollars and mentions plans to commemorate the historic event with a park. Daily National Hotel Reporter recalls Savannah hotels busy in fall with Hornet House leading arrivals.
A letter from I S Settle of Rustbury Virginia plans relocation this spring to our area. The writer, father of Wargghoro High School Principal B P Settle, praises his character and aims to boost local knowledge of the Old Dominion. The note also mentions Samuel Miller, a blind deacon and elderly friend.
A correspondent notes plans for a friend to move to Ware county and urges caution. The writer warns against breaking up the party without examining odds and disadvantages of a new country, implying potential dissatisfaction and responsibility for the Heap-LinHT.
A Baltimore paper urges restoring seventy five million cotton tax funds to Southern states for educational use after Supreme Court nullified the levy. A Sparta wedding tale follows with ex President Davis’s daughters passing through, Col Jordan’s wreath, and a playful kiss request declined by Miss Davis.
Waresboro hosts a teachers institute with Friday evening sessions on penmanship, bookkeeping and grammar led by D G Thomson R M Griffis J E Overstreet I H Thomas I D Sweat and S L Lea. Talks cover moral culture education methods and school advantages, noting court week and urging subscribers to pay due amounts.
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