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JOHN H. HODGES.Propr. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROCRESS AND CULTURE. 01.60 a Year in Advance. VOL. XXXL PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA„ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1902. NO. 38. Public Schools and Good Roads. Athens Tribune. In the gr^at movement that is being m&de^throughout the coun try for the advancement of rural schools, the question of good roads must not be. lost sight of. These two movements must go hand in hand if rural schools are to brought up to the highest standard of efficiency. We may train teachers in nor mal sohools and fib them in every way for the work they are to per form in the school room. We may build good school houses and equip them thoroughly with the most modern equipment. We may raise the curriculum of the rural schools to a point where the course of study will be much high er and better than at present. All these things may be done, and yet the problem remains of how to get the largest possible num ber of children to attend the schools. This is a problem, too. There are mnay drawbacks to a steady, full attendance of scholars upon rural schools, .but none that are worse than bad roads. At times tne roads are simply impassable and the children do not go to school. Their education is thus retarded in a very serious manner. With good roads throughout the rural districts the attendance upon the rural free schools would be greatly increased. Several of the counties. in Georgia are carefully looking into this question; some of them have already done much towards providing the necessary good roads; all of them should take up the matter and give it se rious consideration. America’s Hay Crop. / There is probably no crop that varies more than hay, ranging from 45,000,000 tons to 06,000,- 000 and the acreage varying from 40,000,000 to something over 50,- 000,000; and this crop pays the farmer annually from $400,000, 000 to $500,000,000, according to the price jmd quality of the hay. It is the most profitable crop the farmer can raise, and it is har vested at less expense than any other crop he can-put in his land. He usually realizes at least $10, 000,000 more from hay than from wheat, and often gets more out of it than from corn, so that it is readily seen that the hay crop is of a great deal more impor tance to everybody and every thing depends on a favorable start. There are also direct reasons why the condition of the hay crop is of a great importance to grain spec ulators. The failure of hay now would make large drafts on the coarse grain supply and would mean higher coarse grain prices while a very favorable hay prom ise now aiid good results later would alleviate in a very great ex tent the shortage in corn this summer and fall. The time was when very little importance was given this wonderful product, but that has passed, and there is good logic in the importance now at tached to the hay situation at the present time. It is not at all sur prising that grain men are now calculating on the prospects for a second crop of hay this season, neither is it surprising at the in terest shown by the producer and shipper of this valuable product —Hay and Grain Reporter. Fortune Favors a Texan, “Having distressing pains in head, back and stomach, and be ing"without appetite, I began to use Dr. King’s New Life Pills,’ writes W, P. Whitehead of Kenne- dale, Tex.,and soon felt like a, new man.” Infallible in stomach and liver troubles.' * Only 25 cents at Holtzclaw’s Drugstore. The Oldest Library in the world. No archaeological material of greater value and more impor tance was ever brought to Ameri ca than that of the library of day tablets which recently arrived at the University of Pennsylvania. Ever since the discovery of Ashur- banapal’s library at Nineveh, more than twenty-five years ago, scholars have known that Baby lonia once contained many libra ries, for in these the copies for the Assyrian library were v made. Twelve years ago Professor Hil- precht,as he rode over the mounds at Nippur, pointed out the place which in his judgment should contain the temple library. On the recent campaign the same large group of mounds south of the temple, and in close proximi ty to it, proved to contain the temple library of Nippur. About twenty-five feet beneath the sur face w,as fouud a series oJ>rooms, from which were taken over six teen thousands cuneiform tab lets. Only one-twentieth part of the library has thus far been ex cavated. Professor • Hilprecht es timates that the library will yield, when completely excavated, at least one huudred and fifty thou sand tablets. The very great im portance attached to this discov ery is that every tablet belongs to the period prior to Abraham, for the library had collapsed under the ruthless acts of the invading Elamite hordes, 2285 B. 0., which was shortly before, or about the time, the patriarch left Ur for the Chaldees. Considering what slight records we formerly possessed of the period prior to Abraham— only a few chapters in Genesis— and that here is a library of many thousand volumes belonging to that early period, we can, in a measure at least, begin to real ize the importance of this find.— September Woman’s Home Com panion.! O© O- An Odd Industry. In an interesting trade report a foreign consul in eastern Rourna- nia points out that the yield of attar of roses this year is from 20 to 95 per cent less than in 1900. He makes out a lamentable case for those who grow roses to sup ply the famous essence. Prices have fallen to an extraordinary degree in the foreign markets “Reports have reached here,” he says, “that some of..the so-called better brands have been offered abroad at about $180 per kilo (two and one-half pounds) a price that would not cover the first cost of purchase on this side.” The main cause for regret is that the rose fields belong to peasant proprie tors, who are also distillers of the essence, and the ruin of the in dustry means their undoing.' It is suggested that strong influ ence is telling against this trade. The taste in perfumes in recent years has undergone a revolution. The rose is itself more cultivated than ever, but the commercial purposes of the queen of flowers has fallen into the background. «^00- 1 A Boy’s Wild Ride For Bile. With family around expecting diim to die, and a son riding for life, 18 miles, to get Dr, King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, W. H. Brown, of Leesville, Ind., endured death’s agonies from asthma, but this wonderful medicine gave _ instamt relief and soon cured him. He writes :“I now sleep soundly every night.” Like marvelons cures of Consumption, Pneumouia, Bron chitis, Coughs, Colds and Grip prove its matchless meirt for all Throat and Lung troubles. anteed bottles 50c and $1.00.Tnal bottles free at Holtzclaw’s drug store. Thirty My patrons in Houston County are my references. Ship me your Cotton. C. B. WILLINGHAM, Cotton Factor, ^Esicon., Q-eoxg'ia,. Candidates A Foot. Spartor Ishraaolito. . Politicians understand the bus- ness of “taking time by the fore- lock”in the littlu game of politics. Here it is, more than two years till the next presidential election, and the candidates have already begun to lay their Jlwires for the nomination. For the Republican leadership, Roosevelt is planning and scheming, showing himself around over the country, ..attitud inizing, pawing the air and utter? ing great swelling words. Among the Democrats David B. Hill is at work for the nomination with his usual cunning. He has captured the party machinery in his State, and will no doubt go to the con vention with a solid delegation. He is sufficiently sharp aud unre liable to be a great favorite with Eastern Democrats.—Then, there is Tom Johnson in Ohio. He has captured the leadership in his State, and will go to the conven tion with its delegation as a neu- cleus for a considerable following. Bryan, the best and greatest man in the party, seems to be out of the race on his own motion. The Ishmaelite would like to support a Southern man—Bacon, for instance. It is tired with this everlasting subordination to Yankeedom. Why should the Democrats of the south pass by better men of their own, to sup port aliens? Let the Georgia del egation to the national convention cast the vote of the State for A. O. Bacon. But as between Hill, of New York^and Johnson, jof Ohio, the Isnmaelite would be for the lat ter. He seems to have no Repub lican fringes on his Democracy You can actualy tell by looking at his tracks in what direction he is going—a fact which different iates him very widely from Hill and most other Yankee pol cians. The fact that Bryan friendly to Johnson’s candidacy would go a long way towards re conciling Southern Democrats to his nomination. Bryan’s indo ment carries more weight with is country. ~\ Emile Zola did not learn to read till he was 8 years old and is a self-educated man, his moth er being indifferent as to weather or not he attended school. W. A. DAVIS. BEN. T. BAY. GEO. H. LOWE, W. A. DAVIS & COTTON FACTORS, CO, 405-407 Poplar St. MACON, GEORGIA BEST SALESMEN IN THE CITY They are active, and courteous. accommodating. Send them your cotton; they are honest in thilf dealings and wise in their judgement. "W\ cSs CO., / MACON, GEORGIA. — OXFORDS... Men’s Oxfords, 12.00 to $5.50 Ladies’ Oxfords, 4.00 I 3.50 Boys’ Oxfords, 1.26 „ 2.00 Misses Sandals, 1.00 “ \ 2.00 ♦ Child’s Sapdals, 80c. “ 1.25 Infants’ Sandals, 50c. “ 1.00 We have these Oxfords in all leathers and we can please you. MACON SHOE 408 3rd Street. CO* Subscribe for the Home Journal Healthy Kidneys Mean Long Life. If you want to restore your kidneys to their former healthy state, take Smith’s Sure Kidney Cure. 60 cents at Cater’s Drugstore. :— Butte, Mont., is famed through the northwest from the fact that it has but a single tree. More are to be set out and cultivated. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Han Always Bought Bears the Signature of Men’s Spiring and Summer Suits. Our Suits are garments of surpassing excellence* well worthy of a place in any man’s wardrobe. They are made of the most fashionable fabrics by skilled tailors,' producing stylish suits which fife and look welL at prices from $7,50 to $20.00, R. L. CHEEK & CO.. 410 Third Street, MACON, GEORGIA