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Sidewalk Gleanings. LOCAL MEWS OF TOWN AKD COUNTY —Don’t worry about it. “It is said the “blind tigers” in Houston, are peripetetic in their 'habits. —Several Houston Masons are attending the distriot convention at Americus. —The rain last Sunday evening was heavier north of; Mossy creek than on this side. —Mr. W. J. Mobre returned home last Saturday from a visit to friends in Jones- county. —Mr. Joe W. Kuna and wife left Perry last Saturday for their home in New Orleans, La. \ —The peach harvest in Hous ton will be about completed this week; that is, the rush will be over. —Mrs. S. J. Neil of Fort Val ley is in Perry visiting the family •of her brother, Judge Sam T. Hurst. —Miss Gladys Riley has been in Perry several days, visiting Miss Georgia Hurst and other friends. ’ —Miss Fannie Moore returned liomh last Saturday from an ex tended visit to relatives in Jones county. > —Mr. T. H. Battle is again on duty at Holtzclaw’s drugstore having returned from a trip to New Tork. .—Mrs. Engeni(i Whitehurst anc. - Mrs. Holleman of Maoon are vis iting Mrs. T. D. Gurr, three miles east of Perry. —Rev. Albert S. Dix preaohet: ' to a fairly large congregation at •, the Faotory Baptist church last Sunday morning. - —Messrs. M, A. Edwards and E, K. BrasOfion returned home last Thursday evening from their trip to Atlanta. —Miss Nello Norwood returnee f home last Monday from Telfair county, near McRae, where she liad been teaohing sohooi. » -—All Perry families are expeot ed to attend the Veterans’ reun ion at-the armory next Friday Apd’help provide the dinner. , —It may hot be generally ’known, but there Are at least two .peach brandy distilleries now in operation in Houston oounty. Rain followed the full moon ■ laBt Sunday afternoon, and that night and next morning the tem- . jerature was decidedly cool for $. , —We regret to say that the of fleers of the. Houston county fair pi laBt year are not making any preparations for another fair this 1 yeiu*. ' . —Mrs. Godfrey ICegg and Mrs "-'.R. M. Culler of near Perry have . been visiting relatives in Fort ■ Valley since Thursday of last Week. Small. Farms. The Veterans’ Reunion. Next to diversified crops,' the continued prosperity of any agri cultural county or section depends upon small farms cultivated by their owners. Houston is improving on this l ine. Of course we do not mean in any degree to discount the good 'arming on progressive lines be- : ng done by many who cultivate i arge farms, but merely to say that the greatest degree of gener al prosperity will be attained by the cultivation of small farms by men who own them. One day last week an object les son on this line was presented. In company with Mr DanFol- lendore we rode five . miles hi buggy and saw the crops of seven or eight farms. Of all these we are satisfied the best corn.and cot ton we saw'was on Mr. Follen- dore’s farm. In an unpretentious house, he fives on a small farm that has been paid for with the proceeds of his own labor, assisted by members of his own family. Op erating only a one-horse farm, he arid his son do all the work, there by keeping the expenses of the farm at the minimum. It is true that' his home is not pretentious, and the luxuries that wealth affords are not thereabout. But comfort is there. There is meat in the smoke house, corn in the crib, hogs in the pasture, ex cellent crops in the fields. Enough to supply the needs of this year from last year’s crops, and now iu the fields an abundance for next year’s needs besides the cotton that will yield several bales,—a surplus of corn, peas, potatoes, cane for syrup and a few hogs for sale. There are others in Houston making money on one-horse farms and there is room for many more. —Just now the indications are that Houston oounty will produce a “bumper” cotton crop, and al ready some of the farmers are fearful that the price will be cor respondingly low. That would certainly be regi’eta]fle, but it would again illustrate the faot that it is not good policy to de pend upon cotton money to buy farm supplies. Nevertheless, most Houston farmers will make enough corn for home use, if the crop is fairly good. The hog crop is ger erally promising, and there is good chance for plenty yields of hay, peas, potatoes and syrup. Reports to the committee on ar rangements indicate that a con siderable . number of Houston Veterans will attend the reunion at Armory. Park in Perry next Friday, July 25th. While there will be a dinner furnished by those who attend, the reunion of Veterans will be the main feature of the occasion, and upon .the vetrrans themselves depend its success or failure. Perry people not veterans are oxpected to attend, extend cour tesies of the town to the visitors •and help the veterans in provid ing the dinner. No detailed program has been arranged, but we are instructed to say that the order of exercises will be somewhat as follows: Meeting of veterans at 10 o’clock a. m. for re-organization of Hous ton Camp No 880, U. 0. V., and for the transaction of other busi ness. A speech by ReV. J. W Sim mons. At the proper hour, a picnic dinner in the grove. After dinner there will be war experiences given by Veterans Pierce, Leverett, White and oth ers. During the day there will be music by the Perry cornet band, and probably a parade by the Perry Rifles. ItUs hoped and expected that every section of the county will oe represented by a liberal attend ance of veterans, and that they will all come with the idea in mind that it is their affair, and not that they are guests. We understand that quite a number will attend from Fort Valley and vicinity, and it may be that a few who entered the Confederate service from Hous ton, but now living in other coun ties, will attend. The Daughters of the Confed eracy of Houston Camp will be present. A very pleasant reunion is an ticipated. Do Tow —Seven Houston young people, Misses Pearl and Aurie DtiPree, near Newman, May and Kate Hodges,and Messrs. Carlton Sasser and Weltou DuPree, are attend ing a house party in Jones county, Mae Haddock, guests of Miss Mat- tie Mid die brooks. . —Mr, and Mrs. 0. 0. Irby, who had been visiting the family of Mi;. J. J. Marshburn, left Perry Tuesday afternoon- to return to .their.home'At Union Springs, Ala. V-MivS. B. Burr, editor of the Fort Valley Mirror a number of years ago, died at his home in Bafnesville on the 12th inst., and the burial was at Fort Valley next Wt ‘ _ 4-Mr. J. A. Hickson and daugh ter, Miss Beulah, and Misses Nel lie Cheek’ arid Estelle Hiekso'n attended' Dooly county camp , meeting last Saturday, Sunday and'Monday. —At —Misses May and Kate Hodges v went to Jones county last week to . attend a,house party, the guests of Miss Mattie Middlebroeks. Later ■ they will,visit the family of their ' cousin,. Mr. Sam H. Haddock, the Methodist Church in at 1 o’clock p. in. on .Wednesday, July 80th, Mr. Hous- ;; ton Parker Houser and Miss Ele- <" anora Edyards will be, married. The invitations were issued last week. ' / . ■■ —Mr. J. A. Perdue of Upson county, is visiting his brother; Mr. A. L. Perdue, near P< He Is a progressive farmer, v will movA to Houston' if he and v move to Houston if fie can secure a satisfactory farm for • wit year. ' —A new traction engine in charge of Mr. A. II. Tharp at traoted considerable attention as it passed from the depot through town last Tuesday afternoon. It will be used in running a saw mill. .'7 —Early in August the county board of education . will meet at Perry, and pass upon the examina tion papers of those who desire to teach. It is likely that teachers for the next year will be elected at that meeting. —Houston Veterans will enjoy themselves in ’ reunion at Perry Friday, July 25th. , Others not veterans, will join in making the ■picnic dinner and in enjoying the occasion!- —It|may be that Tax Receiver Stafford will have liis tax before the county commissioners at the meeting of that body ori the first Tuesday in August. —Last Monday we heard a far mer of .near Heard say that there had been but two days’ plowing in his crop since the 2nd of July- too wet to plow. V —Work on the Perry telephone exchange is progressing satisfac tofi-ly, and, the phones will soon be ready for business; —If you don’t tell the reporter what you know that is of local in terest, he’ll probably ‘‘make up” something. —The first new-crop meal we have heard of, was sold in \ ' / ' / • W% sell “Old Hickory,” “Tennessee, “Owensboro” and “Brown,” and We save you $5.00 to $10.00 on each wvgon. We buy them cheaper because we pay cash and get all the discounts, which we will be glad to divide with our customers. HEARD BROS, 350-352 Poplar St., Macon, Ga. Peaches are here now, and if you need anything like Cra/te wtoAls, ZFxeserv’iri.g' Settles, ^xuLit Jars, —The jury commissioners will meet at. the court house on the first Monday in August for the purpose of reviewing the jury lists of Houston Superior court. The commissioners are J. H. Grace, C. B. Wellborn, F. M. Houser, T. II. Willingham, J. G. Brown, Jas D. Fagon. Teller Q-lasses, Taj: ICu-ToToexs, Etc. You will find tliem at my place of business. Fred. M. Houser’s. 36in —White, smooth, Pretty Sea Island at 6/ yd. Try.it. L. M. Paul’s. -Crate. Nails. F. M. Houser. Free to every subscriber to the Hoxbe Journal. An Art Work worth One Dollar. J WE PAY FOR CANVASSERS’ NAMES. For 5 or more natnes and addresses of book canvassers now canvassing, and 6 or more with past experience, with statqmorft of success and ability of each, we will mail to any one Bonding those names a splendid art wo.tk in six colors, 12xJB inches, price One Dollar, enti tled 7 “On Picket Duty in the Philippine Islands,” and made from a photograph taken on the spot. • N.D.Thompson Pub. Co., St. Loiiis, Mo, HOUSTON SHERIFF’S SALES. Will be sold before the court bouse door iu the town of Perry, Houston county, Ga., between the legal hours of Bale, on the first Tuesday in August, 1902, the following property, to-wit: to-day (Wednesday) by Mr. J. F. Aylor. r—Afactofy an Perry would in crease business wonderfully. Also at the same time and place, that one acre of land more or less, containing a dwelling house, situated in the village of Gnnoville in the 9th District of Hous ton county, Ga., bounded north by Pub lic road, east byScuffletown Road, south by lot of Will James. This property be ing the land whereon Defendant now resides. Levied on being sold, as the property of Defendant to satisfy a fifa from Justice Court 528th district G. M. said county in favor tf F. W- Gano vs W. Bailey. Levy made by Constable B. Simpson, turned over to me for sale- Also at same time and place, all that tract of laud lying and being in the sixth district of Houston county, Ga., and described as follows: Parts of lots Nos. 108 and 117, containing 150 acres more or less, bounded on the north by lands of Jrio, H. Giles, east by lands of the estate of Thomas Hardison and Jno. F. Lowe, south by public road from Tay lor to Byron, west by lands of O. C. Bateman and John H. Giles. Said prop erty being the lands whereon Henry G. Hardison and Mrs. Ella M. Hardison now reside. Levied on and to be sold as the property of the said Henry G. and Mrs. Ella M.Hardison and found in their possession, to satisfy a fifa from Macon county superior court in favor of Mary N, Lewis vs H. G. Hardison Whisky Co., and |EUa Hardison, principal, and J. D. Hardison and J. W. Hurdle, security; and subject to a mortgage held by Secu rity Investment Co. of Bridgeport Con necticut. ; July 9th, 1902. ; M. L. COOPER, Sheriff: AT AND BELOW NEW YORK GOST. A Slaughter of Colored Lawns and* Wash Goods. All to go at and Less than cost. Silk Stripe Grenadines Silk Linens Silk and Ootton Tissues French and Persian Lawns Colored Organdies Hosiery, Wash Silks Ladies’ Gauze Vests Madras, etc. W. TD.JDJ^rsr. means the same on shoes th*at Sterling does on silver. If you want a GOOD shoe try Selz Royal ..Blue Shoe. We guarantee every pair to give'satisfaction and good wear. Selz stands behind ns and we stand behind Selz shoes.. If we cannot fit you in stock, your'order will he filled in a few days. Give us a trial, and. if our shoes do* not give perfect satisfaction we will make it all right. See tnaf'the name Selz is on your shoes, for : Vl• . Selz Shoes Make Your Feet Glad. SEIFERT SHOE STORE, FORT, VALLEY, GEORGIA. fsm ' '• • \ mw&.