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The State Campaign.
PuMlohed Every Thursday Morning.
Jno.H. ilODQ-SS, Editor and Publisher
Perry, Thursday, April 10.
Georgia Chautauqua at Albany
from April 20 to 27, inclusive. Spe-.
daily low round-trip rateB over the
Central.
Confederate Veterans’ Re-Union
at Dallas, Texas, from April 22 to
28. The Central of Georgia will
provide speqial accommodations at
very low round-trip rates.
The Georgia Fruit Growers’ As
sociation will be in sessipn Thurs'
day, April 10th, to oonsider business
questions concerning the shipment
and sale of peaches and other fruit.
It is accepted as a faet that a fair
crop is assured. The Macon Tele
graph says flying ants appeared sev
eral days ago, and that according to
other judgment there is no further
danger of damaging cold this season.
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Whatever the alleged errors of
which Mr Dupont Guerry may
have been gqilty in oonduoting his
campaign as a candidate for gov
ernor of Georgia, he cannot be
charged with any effort to deceive
the people in any degree. He has
advocated continually such methods
of government as would, in his
judgment, best serve the material
and moral interests of the state,
and in all his declarations he has
displayed the courage of his oonvio
lions.
A Veterans' Re-Union. Special.
'The Macon Camp Confederate Vet
erans have arranged with the Central
of Georgia Railway Company for a
special train to the Confederate Vet
erans’ reunion at Dallas, Texas. This
train will leave Macon at 4:16 o’clock
Saturday afternoon, April 19, reach
ing New Orleans at. 8 o’clock next
morning. The party will Bpend Sun
day in that city, leaving that night,
roachiug Dallas Monday afternoon.
Arrangements are being made for
short stops at Shreveport, Beauvoir,
the home of Jefferson Davis, and
Montgomery.
All who desire to go on this train,
which will afford all first-class con
veniences and oomforts, can got full
information by addressing J. M.
Mallory, T. P. A., Macon, Ga. In
formation concerning official plans
of the veterans cau be obtained of
the Secretary of R. A. Smith Camp
Confederate Veterans, Macon, Ga.
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Mr. John Bennett Dead.
Mr. John W. Bennett, a deputy
sheriff of Bibb oounty, was shot in
Macon last Saturday night by Mr.
Richard 0. Rioe. Several hours la
ter Mr. Bennet died. Mr. Bennett
is a brother of Mr. W. F. Bennett
of near Perry and was reared in
Houston county. Here he was held
in the highest eeteem as a youth
and young man, and as an officer in
Bibb oounty he had performed ex
cellent service. The incident of his
death was most deplorable, and the
-bereaved wife ahd relatives have the
. tenderest sympathy of mauy friends.
The shooting was in a saloon, and
there is some discrepenoy in the
statements made.
It appears that prior to the shoot
ing, there had been some unpleas
ant words between Messrs. Bennett
and Rioe. It is said that only a
"few moments before the shooting,
after some declaration not reported,
Mr. Rice said to Bennett, “if I had
a pistol, I would shoot you,” where
upon, Mr. Bennett sftid,| “you
haven’t got nerve enough to shoot
me, I’ll give you my pistol,” and
handed the pistol to Rice. Then
the pistol shot wfts fired.
Rice says he had seen Mr. Bennet
take the cartridges from the pistol
that afternoon, and he supposed the
.weapon was still empty.
There will be a legal investigation.
AEr. Rice is in jail.
—The railroad authorities are
to be commended for advancing
the morning train so as to arrive
in Perry at 8 o’clock, and hold
ing back the last afternoon train
nntil 5 o’clock, so as to accom
modate jurors and others attend
ing court this week from Fort
Valley and along the line of the
Perry road.
The action of the state democratic
executive committee in Atlanta’for
mally opened the state oampaign
The order fixing the primary vote
for June 5 th is by authority, and
objection thereto is without value,
and serves no good purpose whatev
er. The official ballot requires that
the names of all candidates be print
ed thereon, and that each voter
scratch all except those for whom he
desires to vote. Other regulations
aB to the methods of management
are as heretofore. Voters must have
registered to entitle them to vote.
All white persons of legal age enti
tled to suffrage under the law can
vote, provided they agree to support
in the election the nominees of the
primary.
For governor, three candidates,
J. H. Estill of Savannah, DuPont
Guerry of Macon and J. M.Terrellof
Greenville, The first named is ed
itor and proprietor of the Savannah
Morning News, and the other two
are lawyers. The Home Journal es
pouses £be cause of neither, but will
say that all are competent and wor
thy to fill the exalted position they
seek. It rests with the candidates
and their partisan friends to per
suade the voters.
For secretary of state Hon. Phil
Oook is the only candidate.
For comptroller general Hon. W.
A. Wright is without opposition.
There is only one candidate for
attorney general, Judge Hart.
For state treasurer Oapt. R. E.
Park may have opposition.
For commissioner of agriculture
O. B. Stevens, the present incum
bent, is opposed by R. T. Nesbitt, a
former commissioner.
State School Commissioner R. G.
Gleen is opposed by Mr. Mersitt of
Valdosta, Dr. Mark Johnson of Mill
ed geville, and Rev. A. J. Beck of
Decatur.
There are two Supreme court jus
tices and one prison commissioner
to be voted for.
Wherever terms of Superior court
judges and solicitors expire, they
must be nominated. In this circuit
the term of the judge does not ex
pire, but we must select
to fill the unexpired term of the Into
Hope Polhill, deceased. For this
office'Solicitor Wm. Brunson, Rob’t.
Hodges and Walter Grace, all of
Maoon, are candidates.
The committee makes request that
a candidate for U. S. senator be vo
ted for; There is no opposition to
Senator A. S. Clay.
The state committee made no ef
fort to control the time or method
of holding county primaries.
Candidates for oongress may be
voted for in the state primary. In
this district there is not any an
nounced opposition to Hon. E. B.
Lewis.
Joe Hall in Perry.
The first political speech listened
to in Perry this year was delivered
at the court house last Monday dur
ing the noon reoess of court, by Mr.
Joe H. Hall of Macon. The speak
er was introduced by Mr. L. L.
Brown of Fort Valley.
For more than an hour he held
the close attention of the large au
dience, about 200, devoting himself
to the issues involved in the present
campaign for the governorship of
Georgia. It is impossible for ub to
give in the limited space at our
command even a synopsis of the
campaign.
He contended in behalf of the
best interests of Georgia that Hon.
DuPont Guerry should be nomina
ted and elected governor because
he positively represents the best
material and moral influences of the
state, contending that a mistake is
made when Mr. Guerry iB viewed
in his candidacy only as a prohibi
tionist. He presented briefly Mr.
Guerry’s platform, contending that
the men bthind Mr. Terrell are ex
erting themselves in behalf of the
baneful influences which Mr. Guer
ry insists should be overpowered.
The speech was well received,
and the opinion is that votes for
Mr. Guerry were made,
Following Col. Hall; Mr. B. M.
Davis of Macon, delivered a short
and forceful speech in favor of Mr
Guerry’s candidacy.
"Minetree Nows.’’
■ By Sundrop.
Owing to the rain the farmers
were late planting oorn, but are now
about through and are thinking of
planting cotton.
Messrs. Tom Pitts of Heard, and
Tom Wellons of Perry, visited
friends here Sunday.
Dr. and Mrs. Story of Kathleen,
spent Sunday with his mother at
Minetree.
Miss Etta Jackson of Crawford,
spent a fdw days last week with
Misses Mary and Pearl Oorder.
Plie grandest event of the season
was an oyster supper and dance at
a^sobcitor tjl0 residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Gurney Monday night, March 31st,
given in honor of the bride and
groom, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Johnson,
The oysters were plentiful and other
refreshments were served. The ta
ble was beautifully decorated with
brie a’, wreath and sweet violets.
The dancing was carried on in
the rooms and those who did not
care to dance were entertained with
other amusement by our fair hostess.
The hours seemed to fly, and ere
any one dreamed it was so late the
clock struck twelve; then the guests
departed, declaring they had spent
a most enjoyable evening.”
A Questionable Incident.
One day last week, the first day
of April, we believe, a tdlogram was
sent from Zebulon to the effect that
the Guerry olub of that town had
requested Mr. Guerry to withdraw
from the raoe for governor, in order
that further embarrassment of his
friends might be avoided. This
telegram was prominently published
in at least three daily papers of
Georgia.
Later it has been publicly assort
ed that there never has been a
Guerry club at Zebulon, and that
the author of the telegram has been
throughout the ^campaign a parti
san political friend of Mr. Terrell,
u candidate for governor.
Over his own signature Mr. Guer
ry declared several days later that
he had not reoeived the telegram
alleged to have been sent him.
Even if this telegram was intend
ed to be an “April fool” affair, it
was, to put it mildly, of questiona
ble propriety, and calculated to do
an honorable and most worthy gen
tleman much political injury. Of
course Mr. Terrell cannot be held
responsible for this incident, even
though one of his close friends did
it. However, the papers that were
“taken in,” owe their readers an ex
planation, if they were willing to be
just.
The Plant System of railroads,
traversing south Georgia and the
state of Florida, has been absorbed
by the Atlantic Ooast Line Railway
Go. The combined systems cover
3,000 miles of railroad. Under the
new arrangement the Southern Rail
way secures the transportation of its
trains from Savannah to Jackson
ville and from Jesup to Jacksonville.
—Through the Home Journal
Mr. Walter J. Grace of Macon
announces to the people of Hous
ton his candidacy for the office of
Solicitor General of this judicial
circuit. He is a cousin of Mr. J.
H. Grade of near Elko, and is de
servedly held in high esteem.
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Georgia Day, Charleston Exposition,
April 15th.
Tickets on sale from all ticket sta
tions April 14th, and for trains
scheduled to arrive Charleston fore
noon April 15th, final return limit
April 17th, 1902.
For further information ask your
ticket agent.
Good for Rheumatism.
Last fall I was taken with a very
severe attack of mscular rheumatism
which caused me great pain and an
noyance. After trying several pre
scriptions and rheumatic cures, I de
cided to use Chamberlain’s Pain
Balm, which I had seen advertised
in the South Jerseymen. After two
applications of this Remedy I was
much better, and after using one
bottle, was completely cured.—Sal-
lie Harris, Salem, N. J. For sale
by all dealers in Perry, Warren &
Lowe, Byron.
—You’ll get a 50 cents meai
for 25 cents at Isaac’s Cafe,Third,
street, Macon, Ga.
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GEORGIA—Houston County.
0.0. Duncan, Executor estate of Mrs.
A. A. Havis, deceased, has applied for
dismission from said trust.
This is therefore to cvfce all persons con
cerned to appear at the May term,
1902, of the court of Ordinary of said
county and show cause, if any they
have, why said application should not
be granted.
Witness my official signature thin
April 7,1902.
SAM. T. HURST, Ordinary.
WHEN RIPE FOR THE HARVEST,
TOUR GRAIN SEEDS THIS MACHINE.
The best on the market. I also sell Reapers, Binders,
Mowers, Rakes; in fact all of D. M. Osborne’s Harvesting
Machinery, and Harrows of every description.
I make the best Flour and Meal on the market. If
want anything I sell, write me and I’ll come to
■VTTX. G-A-ZtsT PLOW
The best Steel Plow on the market. Sold by
M* BALKCOM, Acfhjt Macon, Ga.
Pianos
At Greatly
Reduced Prices.
Fifty new Upright Pianos will ciose out at
greatly reduced prices withiu the next few
weeks. Among them such celebrated makes
as
Steinway, Sohmer & Co., Kranicli
& Bach, Stultz & Bauer, Bush
& Gests, Lester and Royal.
Oall at once and secure one of these bargains
F. A. GUTTENGERGER & CO.,
452 Second st., Macon, Ga.
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