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gGSHI III X have just received fresh lots of DflV&Eam, - Dove Shoulders+ .[■ * Dope Breakfast Bpeon, Swift’s Premium Earns (every ^nc^uar^nteed.) . I have Fresh Oat Meal, and all the Vegetables and Fruits the markets afford. Every order a^ t Respectfully, Reunion of the First Regiment Geor gia Volunteer Infantry. 9 Claud'Chat. m B. Sims. Speoiul Mention : . 1 per HAM LOAF > can We are ready to meet the de mand for Mules and Horses, mak ing a specialty of animals FOR A reunion of the First Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, O. S> A„ (vol. J. M. Ramsey) will he held on ruesday evening, Oct , 28, 1902, at Columbus, Ga., during the state re union. All members, who are able, are requested to attend, as this may be the last reunion that will be held by the regiment. Our comrades are growing old, and many are dying! each year. So let us come together once more and talk over old times. Jno. B.i Goodwynn, Pres. Harry Krouse, Sec, The regiment was mustered into the Confederate States’ service on April 3,1861, at Newnan, Ga., and was composed of the Newnan Guards, Newnan, Ga., Southern Guards, ColumbuB, Southern Rights Guards, Perry, Oglethorpe Infantry and Walker Light Infantry of Au gusta, Washington Rifles of San- dersville, Bainbridge Independents, Bainbndge, Dahlonega Volunteers, Dahlonega, and Quitman Guards, Forsyth, Ga. USE. We handle good stock only, and our PRICES ARE RIGHT. Call at our Sale and Feed Stables and we can suit you. G. W. Thames & Co. Got*. Third & Poplar Sts. MACON, GA. HORSES AND MULES Wholesale and Retail. Fine Horses and Large Mules a Specialty. Largest Supply, Lowest Prices, Best Stock. Feed and Sale Stables Years of! experience and olose attention to business enable us to sell Horses and Mules oheaper than any other firm in the south. Cotne to see us and be con vinced. Thanks for past patronage, we ask a continuance of same. Yours for business, J Waterman & Co., 030-634 Fourth. Street, (Above,Union Depot.) "HACON, GA J. H. Davis, Pres. W. D. Dav, ) v PrnH J. D. Mabtin. Cashier. J. H. Ghaoe, J v ' rres ' The Houston Banking Company. Doo3 a general Ranking business. Interest al lowed on time deposits. The business public ure invited to give up a call. Located in Ma sonic Buildiug, west side Public Square. J. D. MARTIN, Sr., .TlOWEHiJR, Perry, Ga. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry Repaired. ^Satisfaction Guaranteed. Office in Masonic Building. H. A. MATHEWS. A, C. RILEY. MATHEWS & .RILEY, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA. Practice in all the Courts. Loans negotiated and Land Titles abstracted. Collections on all points. Security Bonds furnished. C. Z. McAETHtTR, DENTIST, FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA. Office over Slappey’s Drugstore. W. Hi HARRIS. DENTIST. Successor to Dr. W. A. Blasseugame. 0-FI0J2 OVER DOW DAW BANK, FORT VALLEY, : GEORGIA ISli-'V- 413)4 Third St. (Upstairs.) Only One in the City MEALS TO ORDER. -Regular Meals 25c We cater to the best clas3 trade. lierig Heeded if) Macon. A place to rest afiet shopping. Mrs. GEORau’S place. CASTOR IA For Infantsand Children. Value of American Farms. The census bureau has issued a bulletin giving the condition of ag riculture in the United States for 1900. It shows that there were at that time 6,739,667 farms in the en tire country, which were valued at $16,674,694,247. Of this amount ,660,198,191, or over 21 per cent, represented the value of buildings, and $13,114,492,066, or over 78 per cent, represents the value of lands and improvements other than build ings. The value of farm implements and machinery was $761,261,660. and of live stock $3,078,060,041. These values, added to the value of the farms, gives a total value of farm property amounting to $20,- 614,001,838.—Southern Cultivator. BXGABE. Well, we have not let you all hear from Claud in quite a while, so we will inform you we are still alive. Cotton picking is about oyer with and everybody Seems to be in a good'humor; Gilevs tbev are thinking offtaking a ’possunvhunt 8o we nan have ’posaiimjand'.’tater. . The health; just tip top, and the girls look like roses gathered from the tbps of the mountains. We are havi'fi& koiiie; verpleas ant weather nowadays. It is time to begin with parties again and Claud'young folks are having their shAre. There were four during one week. There was no party for last Thursday night, but quite a number of our crowd staid awake to see the moon eclips ed. It was a Show to some, as they had never seen it eclipsed before. Some are invited to a marriage for next ThursdifyV October 28rd, but promised hot to' tell the names yet. " . \ Mr. and Mrs. Fi?8d‘ Smith visit ed Toy last Thursday rtfterhoon. Mrs. Kennedy of Roberta is visiting her daughters at Claud this week. Mrs. Scarborough has been the guest of g.Mrs. Martha Hartley this week. Mr9„ Jerry McGee and little daughter, 1 are the guests of - her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Han cock. : o. : Mr. A. W. Tabor visited Lizel- Superior Seed Wheat. I have for Sale 200 Bushels of j North Georgia Blue Stem May Wheat. Call at Farm 8 miles east Perry, or addsess, ' C. A. Thurmond, Perry, Ga. A Remarkable Offer, The attention of ouf readers is di rected to the announcement in this issue of special clubbing rates with Young People’s Weekly, one of the best papers of its class published in America. Our arrangements are ex clusive, and on terms that enable us to offer that paper and The Home Journal for the price of a single subscription to this paper alone. Our readers will surely appreciate this very liberal offer, and we invite them to make it known to such of their friends as are not already sub scribers. Two papers for the price of one,is an inducetnentjseldomjoffer- ed, especially when either is well worth the price asked for both. All subscriptions, accompanied by the cash, should be sent to this office. During the year ending June 30th last, it is officially reported from Washington, that 17,299,230 chil dren attended the public and high schools in the United States, not including those attending colleges, technological schools and bther in' stitutions for special instruction. A Confederate monument will be Uuveiled at LaGrange bn October 30th. It was erected through the efforts of the Daughters of the Con federacy of that city, is a beautiful work of art and cost $1,600. James Younger, formerly a mem ber of the James band of outlaws that was notorious 26 years ago, committed suicide last Sunday in his room in St. Paul, Minn. GEORGIA STATE FAIR Valdosta, Ga., October 29th to No vember 9th, 1902. The'Central of Georgia Railway offers the following low rates from all ticket stations'Within the Mate of Georgia to- Valdosta, Ga., and re turn, for this occasion: ..For individuals;'one fare for the round trip,, plus 50 cents admission. For military companies and brass bands in uniform, twenty or more, on one ticket, one cent per mile in each direction. Tickets on eale October 29th to November 8th, inclusive; final limit November lOtjb, 1902., . For further information, apply to any Central of Georgia Railway agent or representative within the state of Georgia. la Sunday,. Wonder-what the at- tractiQii upau May be he .will tell us in the MLfotenre-. . Misses Fannie and,; Laura Da- vidspn visited relative,8 at Claud this vfeejt.,. fcu<t efc* & Mr. Jim 3Dax8ey..,qf; Crawford county was with,' Claud folks last W9ek. o; v Mr, D. JJ,,,,Gaifner attqqded.fhe fair in Atlanta last Saturkay. , Miss Emmie Lee Sawyer is.pro^- greasing nicely with her musio class. .10— 19. --You’ll get a 50 cents meal f., - ° > Wk- at Isaac’s Cafe,Third, street, Macon', Ga.' Bears the Signature of Theodore Roosevelt on Ml Presi dency.” Before his nomination for .the vice presidency pTheodoy.e Roosevelt wrote expressly for The.$outli’s Compan ion an article on “The Presidency.” It will be published in, ,the number for November .6tjjjJhis ^eing one of the remaining wbe&ly issues' of '1902 sent free from the-time-of subscrip tion to every .new subscriber who at once sends $1.75 ,fpp. The Corapan* ion’s 1903,. yqlurae,'ll When this arti cle on “The Presidency” was written no one could havdforeseen or dream ed even that its iduthqr would so soon be called upon to take up the duties of the grealj office^ For this reason alone what Mr. Roosevelt has. to say possesses extraordinary inter est, and will be eagerly awaited by persons of all shades r of political opinion. A twenty-eight-page prospectus qf the 1903 volupao/pf -The Youth’s Companion and sample, copies of the paper wilf bd : shnt free to‘ dtiy'lid- dress. i The YouTtfe'Companion, lM Benkely Boston; Mass; Special Rajir^rd !Pia4seng.qr Rates. The Central of' Georgia Railway Co. will sell low rate excursion tick ets for • dfcbteij&tls specified below. Ask any railway £gqnt for addition al information. ;; MeetingJInited Confederate Vet erans, So.ns, find Daughters-of Veter, ans, Columbus, jQctdfeer 29th and 30th. One cent 7 per mile in each direction,.nt gfe-r* •' Southern ’Ibter^tftte^'-Fair,^'iAtlani t fare for *6un d,fcrfp plus 50, ; - ; ©@ats .for admission forftlndLvjduhls'p for mili tary companiGS-fihid! rbrass bands in uniform; 20 Hl 6v more on* 'ope tipket, one cent a mile each way. Final limit 10 days. tfi-. South Georgia should be given the speakership of thp House of Representatives.' There are three candidates;-; Fronden Mitchell of Thomas county,; Nekton''Morris of Cobb, and Emerson George of Mor gan. | If You Want a good Mule or Horse, Pall on O. M. Branan, 620 Poplar street, Ma con, Ga. ~C. M. Brauan, the “Cheap Mule Man,” 520 Poplar street Maoon, Ga., is ready to serve you. TAX COLLECTOR'S APPOINTMENTS. 'x/- SEJOOND round. Orange Sorgham Seed for sale, Apply to J. T. Walker, near Bonaire, Ga. —Genuine Texas Seed Oats. F. M. Houser. CAPODINE Curek-C .. rWit p.t GEORGIA, Houston County: W. L. Menus has applied for adminis tration ou the estate of Geo. W. Lane, late of said county, deceased. ThiB is therefore to oite all persons concerned to appear at the November term, 1902,Af tbe court of Ordinary of said oonnty and show cause, if any they have, why said application should not be granted. Witness my offloinl signature this October 6,1002. SAM T. HURST, Ordinary. GEORGIA,. Houston County. Mrs. Laura O. Powell has applied for administration on the' estate of J. E. Powell, late of said county, deoeased. This !a therefore to cite all persons con cerned to appear at the November terra, 1902, of the court of Ordinary of said county, and show oaUse.if any they have, why said / appliontion should not be granted. Witness mv official signature this October 6,1902. SAM, T. HURST, Ordinary. Seasonable Seeds. T parry a full line Seed Rye, Barley, Red May, Blue Stem and Ourrell’s Prolific Seed Wli^at, Georgia and Tennes see grown Winter Turf Oats, Hairy Vetch, Crimson Clover, Burr Clover and Red Clover, Grasses for Fall, Winter and Spring use, all varieties Gar den Seed, Flower Seed and Flower Bulbs, Onion Sets, &o. Canary Birds -fine singers— aud Cages. Write for prices. H. Wri .Seedsman, 7 7*— : : — 306 Third St>, Jin con, Ga. I will be at the following named places and dates for the purpose of oolleoting state and county taxes for-1902: Perry, Monday, October 27th, all day. Fort Valley, Tuesday, Oot. 28, all day.. Barrow’s Mill, Wednesday, Oct‘. 29 p. m. Taylor’s, Thursday, Oootober 86, a. m. Henderson. " M p. m. Elko, Friday. Oot. 31st, a. m. « Grovania, Friday, October 8l, p. m. Hoyneville, Baturday; November 1, a. m. Heard, Mouday, November 8, a. ffl. Kathleen, “ \“ «* p. m. Bonaire, Tuesday, November 4th, a* m. Wellston « “ •• p. m . LaVilla, Wednesday, Nov. 6tb, a. m, Byron *' “ “ p. m. Powersville, Thursday, Nov. 6th, a, m. Eva, " “ ** p. m. J. O. Davidson, T. O. H. O. • Executor's Sale, GEORGIA—Houston County, By virtue of an ordgr from the court of Ordinary of said oounty, at the regu lar Ootober term, 1902, we will sell be- foie the court house door in Perry, Ga., on the 1st Tuesday in November, 1902, within the legal hours of sale, the fol lowing real estate, belonging to the es tate of Mrs. Emily Greene, late of said oounty, deceased, to-wit: One house aud lot in the town of Fort Valley'Go., Hous ton county, bounded as follo.wa: on the East by extension of Green streetjon the North by bouse and lot of W. H. Harris, on the West by House and lot of Wm. Hall and on the South by Houee and lot of Capt. J. A. Houser. Also 50% acres of land near Fort Val ley Ga., in the 9th Diet, of said oounty. aud state, being one-fourth (%) of Lot No, 264, East fourth. Bound on the S orth by public roa'd, and the old Brilt ace, on the West by lands of Mrs. Emily G. Houser, South by lands of es tate of W. I. Greene, and East by lands 1 of the estate of J, M. Culpepper. Said described really sold for distribution among the heirs at law of said dcooViriou.' Term, . F. O. Houser, y Exeoutors. GEORGIA- Houston County. t O. C. Richardson, administrator of the , estate of T. N. Bowman, deceased;' ‘has applied for leave to sell the lands belong ing to said estate. This is therefore to oite all persons con cerned tp appear at the November term, 190^, of ttye oourt of Ordinaryof said county,and show Cause, if any they have, said application should holt be why granted. Witness my , official . signature this Ootober 6,1902. SAM. T. HURST, Ordinary. The Best of Leathers The Best of Workmanship Shoes which Fit the THEY LOOK WELL WEAR COMFORTABLY AND ENDURE. The above describes our New Stock of Shoes fresh from the factories. We sell only for cash, which enables us to sell Good Shoes at cheap prices. Try us once. Merit of our Shoes will bring poii back,, Lester-Whitney Shoe Cd., 516 Cherry Streei. - MACON", GA; Two hundred young men and ladies #9 , to qualify for paying positions, ’ If you are interested, write us for our handsome illustrated catalog. THE LANIER SOUTHERN BUSINESS COLLEGE, Macon, Ga, G. W. GANTT; W. F. v HOLMES ' • -- Successors to Moorb & HoiiMEs, . ..... ' COTTON FACTORS, ; . m. Mules, Horses and Farin Supples. - ' \ ' 'MI Deering Beapersj Binders, Mowers, and H alt es- SEND US YOUR COTTON AMD GET BEST RETURNS ■i safe