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s— jriic Houston »omf ^ouraat PEr*RY, CA. ja*PuWi^«eJ every Saturday bj~e» 3VE^vn-x-xiv. Jlatcs of Subscription. \)St Yeak* • • Six Months, ........ XaKEE MoXTHS . .SAW) Si.CO S .50 VOLUkE IV PEKRY', GA.. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1874. -NUMBER 46. 1 Col l lo 21 OL 27, professional Cards. kwcrtad atone dollar a line per annum if paid in advance, otherwise, two dollars a line. A. S. GILES, jy >; ornov at X>avc pebby, hoestox cocxty, ga. Office in tliu Coart Honre. -1,1 attention Riven to Isisijc.s in lire fiupe County Courts of Honeton Comity, ftbft. . . lv# -^BSEir B. N OTTIN ail AM, ^.ttornoy at Xiaw. PEIiltY. aEOBGlA. ■particular utt< ntion given to tire collet> inn of cla nut in Houston and adjoining OGtltte* ~ / .- Inv «tm;: ts for 1 nebm :• Tlien- is a ci.tsi 6! iuynstere who, though they have suffered sufficiently during the past year to tetich them wisdom, ought to have, a wise word said to tiiem concerning "th^ir invest ments for the future. M. by, a'as! t unwisely, will never have anything to in vest iigaittjgtnd will have lidthing bu> i hi-ir late Born wisdom to show for tlieir money; but there is always considerable class—iwitfowef*find or phans, professional metT with small Seminas’ El t ry of Mar hal Hester r. TribiLie’rf iittojt; jjcit;*'.] C. J. HARRIS, ^ttora otr »t Xj w, JiACON.GEORGIA. lVJJJ, practice law in Etiaated cn.ru in the HmShtiMorth.) Macon Circu.ttb wit: Bibb Hoaatep, Crawjord and Twiggs. J. A. EDWARDS, At tor n e y &t Law, MAP.8HAELVJLLBGFOROIA.' W. H. REESE, Attorney at Law. JLUtSEALLVlIXE GEOItGIA. /rysiarcia! attention given to cnaeo in ant raptcy. ; DUNCAN & MULLER, Attorneys a t Xraw, PEKBY and FORT VALLEY, GA. C.'Dnnran. Perry, office on Pnblie S’qnr.ic A. I. Miller, Fui t Valley- office in Mathew's Ball fi.rtuues; farthersard mechanics who have something laid by for la " rainy day, and modest men of business, who getting a little more money than they care to nse, wish to “salt it down”— who really need some rides to go by, in ord r to insure tbii.- future !isaf< There are till- e clas es of invest in the vaiijns popular securities;. 1st. ."ip dilators, wlio cure . nothing about the intrinsic value of a security pro vided tin y can, iu some way manipu late it so as to get a profit out of it iu the rapid Lauding, or take the ad van- tlie. mahipuhttion of others; B. IU1. DAVlS. attorney at X»aTO PERKY. GEORGIA. W ILL practice iu the Courts of Houston and adjoining counties; also in the Su preme ciurt and V. S. District Court. U. M. Gb'WN, Attorney at Law BYRON. 8 W. R, R. GA. #3-Specisl attention given to collections. E. W. CROCKER, Attorrey at X t v. FORT VALI.3 Y, GA. JS'frBetthrt aid 111) iis) laws 81 < • in; .litre at Jirti.Invi A 11's. Dnring the first day of the examine pbeal So names, who is a, member oi the Mobile-bar, stud Mr. Hester, the United States detective, who was the eouiplainant. Hester, it turns out, was for a short time during the war one of the crew of the Snrnter, tbeD commanded by Admiral Semmes Tile story was told by the Admiral sis The El .-e ion Lavra j Moor fa A recent article :n the Rome Coa- I saw wife puil out fthe bottom * iier, (which we have lost or mispLiced) drawer of the old family bnrean this J tion greiit interest was.exeitml by the impressed ns as containing some sen- j evening, anil went soltly out, and mui-j inntnaTrecogintion JP'^Admrrtf Ba> sible views, am', coming from the sac- dered tip and down, aflril I knew that tion it does, leads ns to hope that it J she had shut it up and gone back to may accomplish desirable results.— her sewing. We have some things The Courier advocates the enactment laid away-in that drawer which the ■if an electiou'Iaw tor the wuoie State j gold of kings could not buy. and yet aud discusses the subject with a good I they are relics tl at- grieve us until deal of ability. A rabidly enforced j both onr hearts are sore. I have not I. J. I2ATWICK. C. F. DANIELS. J O ESSO N D3. DBKTTIST, PERRY AND HAWKINSVILLE GA. in liiB Officein Firiy.overtlieolS (Inn etor ind one-fourtli, or the latter half, of each in -’)i tr ail] It- given to bis practice in HaulhnsvilJc.-.ai tire. Hudspeth's. * ' auiriSF: APPLETON’S AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA. New Revised Edition. Entirely rewritten by iho ablest writers on every subject. Printed from new tyAe, aud illostmt- ed with Several Thousand Engravings and Mans. 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It will be coiupL ted tn Bixteen'large octavo volumes, each containing JontSOO pages. itLly illustrat d with seve»ai thousand Wood Engiaviixgs. and with numerous wlored lithographic Maps. follows: The Sumter haviBR ht ; en od a ernise ami Imrued out her boilers |mt iuto Gibftilttr. the admiral hop ins: to get them repaired or replaced, •Findiug that there was no shops thare, it wits impossible to get ani work done,. :n.l in the oieauTm thriH* federal ves-elsaiTivid =nl l l.a k- uiled the Snrnter. After consulting with Mr. Masuu, who was then the Confederate agent iu Loudon, Som- uies determined to dismiss the crew except half u d«zen men who were to I -It iu eha’ge of the vessel and retnru . .i the Confederate States. He placed midshipman Armstrong, of Georgia iu command, aiui Hester, who had join eil the'Samter after tfer arrival at Gt- 1 oralder. ue made master mate. No oug after .ie left, the admiml learueu trom bia officers that Ht ster. hail kil led a man on the Sumter. When he g. t -he particulars, it appeared that oislol shots were heard during the night, aud when the others on ooard went to ascertain the cause they foiimi mat out- ol the cre-v had been mur dered in his berth, uud that .Hestei was the uuj mau who could li-Vi committed me detd. The question® once arose as to tlie jurisdiction oi the H.itish civil authorities in the case, aud it was deo.ded that the Slim ier .being a regutariy corn missioned ship oi war, carrying the flag of a uu- iiou to which be.ligereut lights had been accorded, tlieBrithish authorities could take no eognizahee of the : case. Hester therefore escaped. Three or .u11r years ago lie called on the admir al. litre iu Mobile fov some fry or, which w.s giauiid in- Mr. Hester says that the mau whom he shot on board the Sumter bail pro- posed to cleliver that vessel over to the commander of the federal ship that was blockading 1, e, and iha it >• a iu 'pititectiug tue properly of the con federal- -bites that lie fciljtsl him. H.- says futher that the matter was inves tigated by the British authorities, aud he was exlionorated from all hiame. He then returned to Rieh- inoiid and reported to Mr. Mallory, who compl m n ed 1 im tor what h-; 2d. Business men who invest for di rect or indirect biisinesK results; and, 3d. -Iivestors for iucorne, that shah benceived surely and regularly to supply tile menus of life. suppose a faiirbml scheme55 shifted Speculators look to.see how they can make tiny ihiug ..nt- iif it. Schemes more numerous than we have space to describe are entered ' upon to . peculate in lands. ' iti contracts, in bonds, iu anything. Business men to forward their own inter csts, lo lp it along. It will open 11] heir land to settlement- and improve ment, raise the value of their proper ty along the line, li.ejp tlieir market-.-, facilitate their bu'siuess intercourse, iiml benefit them in so many ways, that they subscribe to the stock, or take the bonds; yet they will often do i; without the remotest expectation that he road will pay as an investment, ui that they can even, in any dir. et way. ;et tlieir money back. To these men f speculation aud bi smess, we liiive uoihitig to nay. They know tbeii owu risks -lud will take car • of them selves;' but the third class, of invest ors are always called upon to aid the project, and, they are of course nui- formly bitten. Wi ll iiu eiperimen' in railroads, or Yin nitfactories, or any sort of hustness eu'erpri.s -, the iuve-t- or for income hits n ithiiig, or sluuild hiiye nothing to d*>.. ;No |>romise ol large dividends should seduce him; fio trust in the proposed m ipjgeuieiit no show of confidence nii-tbe- part of shrewd business men, should be per mitted to throw him off l.is guurd. j had doiream i oflered- him -tae com Ele shouhl let every unt'ried enterpriseliinand of a-water-batt.cvy oiLibe_James • any ' riyoi'- This he declined and nf»er ; L ,l"gul voting can be earned on mart nstrn- visit to iiis famTlyh Tissuhimecj coin- mand of ft blockade-rumor, with wiiicli h’e'Tein'aiiied'to the Close Of tliK alone, and touch nothing, und eircums'anees, that lias not demo tp/l-its ability to earn the iDcoin" pro mised in his luind. or expected in his bond, or expected in his dividend All new railroad bonds should lye If the business world eannot build its 'railroads'witliont calltng’for helpfrorn I take it for granted that neither registration law is the ouly remedy for the ballot frauds and swindles that- iniye heed so c-immun in the South iuce the negroes, have been made vo ters. We have several times lately been upon the point of suggesting to tie new Legislature the necessity of enacting such- a law for the whole' S ate; but somehow or other we were aider the' impression that such, a movement would be strenuously op posed by the members from North Georgia, where the basis for election frauds does not exist. We are. glad therefore! to see the Courier take the lead iu the matter, anu trust that ah our North Georgia conteuiporarie- wiff joiii in pressing.tbk*. euTicimiht di a law which will redeem every county and district i.-i the State, from even ihe fear of the evil results of illegal voting. . ; - We might cite several instance) where a registration would have pre vented the most outrageous fraud-, but it i- o :'y reevs. r ,• to ref« r to the recent el-ctiou iu Thomas County, wheie there were three httndreci more Radical votes cast thau then are colored voters iu the connty—not- withstanding it was known that tw< or- thyeie hundrvd negr..es failed ti vote, while many oihers; voted witi the Democrats. A registration law would have prevented all this, and fin Democrats would have received tin majority to wnich they were, really en titled. First and foremost, the law slionlc require every votei to pay his poll tax and, upon presentation ot his tax re ceipt, be allowed to register his name and he should be compelled to regi- terat his oW)i preeinct. This woiih effectualiy put a stop to all repeatiu aud illegal voting, and would be a fair ior one race as for another.. Wi have, such a law iu foice iu Chathau; nnty, and Audit to work most ad mirably. Without, it, indeed, illega votes would have long sihee placei the city and county in the . hands o; Radicalism, and our community wuuh have been iu a condition similar t> that of New Orleans. We trust, a - the very least-, that? tlie (General As secilily will pass such a law for those, ciiinties—such as D iugberty. H > is- tou; Decatur an l Thomas—where U- shunued )is a teuipbUimfrtlf m^rp'tbo.post-ipa-itei geueval nor .tlmatcoy- uev general has any idea of the dial- ilhng’for help from those vviiodi ive no money to lose, let them remain unbuilt until, it can. Nothing will suffer by the delay. The gland desiderata with all in vestors for income art the genuine security in the payment of interest, and punctna'itv. For these, in the natural order of things, we ways to pay in one way or anf>tl >' ‘ ti ,. eil au(1 S;lt down on a stone to er. a premium, Iu other words»* - ‘ .... acter of the man who is rejj^entioe^ng lilies" were compiled Iff him: both their de])artments in Alabama aud who has usurped almost the entiie control ci one of tlie counties of this Suite. * : ..y- : • kli A Grecia' lib" end, Wlieu Bacchus was a boy he jour- ^b ive "l lu '- vl ‘ d ti'vongh Hellas to go to Naxili/ ,ue Y I and as the wav was very l<>ng, l he ligh percent; hand in baud Price and Style of Finding-, xtracti pi Fall Moi la Fnu Hu volumes doyv rt*ay, buccmuug vuiiuuco, completion, vriil be issued once iu two hx extra Cloth, per volume, - • $5 00 I^.Libi^ry Ltkther, per vol. - * 0 00 f Turkey 31orucco, i>er vol. - - "w —-f ltussi^, extia^tlt.pervt'L - Sou , 3Iorocoo, antique, gilt edge, per vol. 10 00 Li 1 uil Kusr'iti, jkti' vol* - * - - 1«00 volumes dow ready. Succeeding volumes, ' - pages of the American Cyelopjedia L-owinij type; xllustratious, etc., will be sent Srsvi* on ai'plit atiou. ITRST-CLASS C.YSYASSKG AGENIW W.OITED. Aitdrtsfi tlie Publifiliers, D. APPLETON i CO.. «? i E5I R:\raciray. ?>. T. to get these we hiust exeeprft'^'iflfitter- ate rate of; interest,. ’ ages of uife’-est walk with risk; and with risk the investor for income should have just. nS little to do as possible. N > new banking institution, no new manufactory, no new railroad,-,no ueAV-stpamship - line- no new business en erprise of any kind: or- to put the. whole matter ; in its briefest form and trnest light, no experiment should ever receive a dol lar from him. J There is alwajs good batik stock for sale lit- its value. There are alway.4 good railroad bonds in the market at their valiie. There are Govi raiment and State bonds always to be had for their value. The inves tor for income inn-tt be content with moderiite interest, for the'sake of se curity and for tbe sake Vif purietnali^ ty, and lii the stock of well-establish ed ban king'institution, iu tbe bends of old.and prosperous railroads, and iu State and National securities, lie -cim always find what-he wante. Bet rer than any of -tL-ese investments is ihe mortgage, on real estate for money loaned. Laud, when not too near he Mississippi river, does not rnn away. Tens of thousands of business men invesf in "“-bonds-and.-mortgages to lusure themselves, agaiust losing their all h the handling, while inves tors for income are beset oh every, hand by them to. engage iu new schemes in which they do uurdare to , put their own money. The great foes'which' investors for rest. As he sat- there with his eyes upon the ground, he saw a little plant sprang up between hi* feet, and was so rniich pleased with it- that he deter mined to take it- wRh him ami plant it in Naxia He took it up and car ried it away with him; bnt, as the sun was; very hot h - found a bird’s skele ton, into wbicb he thrust it, and went oil".. But in his liarid the plant spronted so that it started ont of ihe bones above and below. This give him fresh fear of its withering, and Recast about for a remedy. He fotihc’ a linu’s bone, wbicb wait thicker than the bird’s skeleton, and he stiu-k the skeleton with the phiut iu it iuto the bone of the lion Ere long, however, the plant gtew out of the lion’s bonfe likewise. Tlieu he found the bone of an ass, larger still than th’>to the lion, so he put it into the lion’s containing the bird's skeleton and the plant into the ass’ bone and thus made his way to Naxia. When about to set the plant, he he found that tlieroo's had entwined themselves around the bird’s skeleton aud tbe lion’s, bone, aud the as>’bone; and, as tie conld not take it out with out damaging the mots, he plauted it as it was, apd it came up speedily. uud bore, to his g‘eat _jpr, the taper the most delieibns grapes, from which he made the; first wine, and give it to ui'u to drink.. But be hold a miracle. snccessftiily than elsewhere; blit i- 'eueral law, while it woald secure a nnform system Uir oighout the State, would, in- our opinion, be far mart productive of good results than mere ly local enactments. Jin tfiegjdpfltj3i|^ays, ‘wh.ea~the--pp-; est and intelligent v> te-r, each intent upou governing ihe.couutry tn accord ance wiih the Constitution and tin- best interests of the. people—if, In those days, the ballot box was consid ered' ihe- palladium of tour lib.ertje.-- and every safeguard placed around it, kept pure in these latter d.iy'C when ignorance votes at the diciatiou of knavery—-when aliens and usurpers use tlie misguided negroes as bliud tools of a corrupt faction-r-j3avan>Uiji Netrs. dared look at them fora year, bat I remember each article. There are two worn shoes, a little chip hat with part oi the biim gone, some stockings, pants, a coat, two or three spools, bib of broken ciockeiy, a whip and sever al toys. Wife—poor thing—goes to that drawer every day of her life and prays over it, aud lets her tears fal. on ihe precious article!, but I dare not go! Sometimes we sp°ak of little. Jack, hut not often, lt has been a long luie, but somehow we can t put i.vvr grieving He was s. ch u b Bfcof tn- saiue iuto oar Jives ‘hat L.o _oing away has b. c.i like covering our every day existence with a pall. Sometimes, >ihen we sit alone in the evtning, 1 writing anJ she sewing, a child on the sire* t wi.l call out as our boy used to. •tnd we will both start up with beat ing hearts and a wild hope, only to dud theduikness mote of a burden chan ever. Itis so stilt and quiet now. I look up at the window where his bine ey< s used to sparkle at my c.imi i:g, but he is not there. I listen for his pattei- iug feet, his merry shout and his rin - dig laugh, but there is no sound.— There is no one to climb over my tuees, no one to sparcb my pockets iud tease dor presen s, and I never inti the chairs turned over, the broom down or ropes tied to the door-knobs, 1 want some one to tease me for my inife: to ride on my shoulder; to lose uy ax; to follow me to the gate When l go, and be there to meet me when I viine; to call “good uight” from the ittieb d now empty. Aud wife, she uisses him still more; there are no lit- .e feet to wash, no prayers to say; no voice teasiug for tumps of sugar or sobbing with tbe pain of a hurt toe, .nd she would give her own life, al- nost, to awake at midnight and look icross to the crab aud sec our boy there as he used to be. So, we preserve oor relics, and vhe,. we are dead we hope that stran- ■ers will bundle them tenderly, even f they shed no tears over then:.—.V. Quad. I.J. TRAY WICK &0.* dealebs nt GROCERIES AND COUNTRY PRODUCE, 40 THIRD STREET, : j. XXDE90N, F’esldcnt »^.E. Bro-wii, Ot-Juer. cash capital. $100,000. iPLANTERS’ BANE. FORT VALLEY. GEOROIA. j Traasacti a Gem-ral Bjmkjas. L'isconot, anJ Lxcbmaga Btuinc&s. - Parti-ular attention' given - Notes. Plaits, Coupons, o the collectiot L'ividcnds, etc. Directors. W.V. J. ASDEBSOX, | R.L. DntSAaD. L. M. Fsxto I W.n.tloLLissjtao), VV.A. ilsrHKn MT^kCOJiT. - - GEonGxa.. OLIVER DOUGLASS & CO. D'ASLi33 IN 33: 5E5. 3D -W J\. 3EaL 33; STOVES, TINWARE, —AND— [OUSE FURNISHING GOODS. The Largett Stock of POCKET AND TABTE CUTLERY In Macon. A. ML WATKINS, WITH CURRIER. SHERWOOD & CO,- 476 & 673 Broome Street, "S'CD 3F2. IS: ^ BOOTS & SHOES,- AT WHOLESALE. F. S. JOHNSON, SR. HOLMES JOHNSON. F. S. JOHNSON, JR. T o O -vil to 1> Aera nrs- Ye-txLw people really like the dev il,—at least we are led to b.-lifcve thar ShocM gllnrd r. Gainsvilh- (Texa ) Gazette; “Three uen went to the house of toe Estes •rothers—three bachelor brothers liv ing together—at Post Oak Tavern ilonbigtie county, and there took breakfast, after which the straDgers ook two of the Estes brothers out i'ud murdered them, nbont one-half nils from the tavern, and left. The •■ame night, when friends were sitting ip with the corpses.- the same party- hat murdered the two brothers, re- urued' and dragged the remaining • irother out of the house to &-distance <>f fifty yards, and there murdered him. The parties-were unknown to the citizens of the county in which the murders were committed. The F-s- tesdirother3. repoft says, bore an un enviable reputation. Of this we know nothing. Q NEW KARDWARE HOUSE. New c? oods. MACON GA. UR STOCK OF GOODS IS NOW OPENED AND ARRANGED. bought- it for Cash, we can and will sell as low as ethers in tlie trade. ANOTHER CHANGE. FIFTH AND LAST GIFT CONCERT In aid of the Public Library, Kentucky Postponed to November 29, 1874, DRAWING CERTAIN AT *371x20.©. '• LIST OF GUTS. One Grand Cash Gilt $250,000 One Grand Cash Gift 100,001 One Grand Cash Gilt 75.000’ One Grind Cash Gill oO.thiO One Grand Cash Gill 25.000 5 Cash Gifts, tS20,l'00 im-h, loo.ot.O 10 Cash Gifts, 11.00!) -ach. 140,000 15 Cash Gills, 10.000 each, 150.000 20 Cash Gills, 5,000 ea<-h, 1UO.OOO 25 Cash Gills, 4.000 each, 100,000 30 Ca h Gifts, 3,000 eaSi, 30.000 50 C»ch Gifts, 2,000 each, 100,000 100 Cash Gifts, l.UOO each, 100,000 210 Cash Gilts, 500 cacti, 120,000 500 Cash Gilts, 100 each. 50.000 19.000 Cash Gills. 50 eat-h. 950 010 Grand Total 20,00n Gifts all Cash 2,250,000 PRICE OF TICKETS. Wtole Tickets S5P Off Half Tickets 25 00 HAYING Teutha, or t ach Coupon 5 00' 11 Whole Ticketsfor . oOU.OO 22 J Tickets ior 1,000 00 We offer among other things,— H. Diston’s Saw Mill Goods cf all kiuds, lools of every kind, Ruggv and Wagon Material. ’ Rubber and Leather Beltings, Fairoauk’s -Scales." Wooden Ware, Hollow Ware, Iron and Steel, Tabic and Pocket Cutlery Builders Materials j£2rln short, All Goods usually kept in such a business. Ths Parker Breech-Loading Cun, 2z8~ J *or Tickets and in'ormatio y ndrlress THOS, E. JjRAMLE-rTE. Act xr AND 3IANA02K, Public L’brary Budding, L :ui vil’.e,. Togetlwr with tbe best unites of English Mnzz’.t^Loacling Gnns, Hazzards Powders. We represent Dupont's and greatest iuterestih-lhe human mind. In many eases-this in-iy be but a sort of forecMsting curiosity.—a prnrlent al outlook, as it were,—bub it is very o. - ten an entirely disinterested desire'for kuowledge .Satiuiu research is an absprbiug pursuit, if we are toj.idg- it by the books that nave been written on the snject. ‘'The Bibliotnecii D )i- bolic-a,” compiled by Mr H mry-Ker not, and j-is- published by Scribner. Welford & Armstrong (who bave no connection, we trust, with what is known as the “Satan e Press’’), is a enrious compilation of the titles aud character of some seven Lu id red vol umes that treat, .directly or indir. ctly, of his Infernal Lowness. It lias always been c msidered nec essary to understand, us far as possi ble, the nature and habits of the Evil One, for it is well known that no ua- tion ever prospered that did not pos sess a vigorous and potential . devil.— Biif there Lave been great mistakes made iu regard, to the per -onatity 6 . 'this being. Indeed, uI:hon D h it WoadMorai)hr-V.D tIi u I oi- Some one who tried it says;' “J dis covered many .years ago that wood conld be made to last longer than iron in the ground, but thought the pro cess so simple and inexpensive that it was not worth while to make any stir about it. I would as soon have -pop- 1 vr, basswood or quaking ash as aey kind of wood for fence posts. After having been set seven years they were as sound when token out as when first pntiu the ground. Time and weather seem to have no effect on them. The posts can be prepared for less than two cents apiece . •' This is the recipe. Take boiled linseel oil and stir in pul verized charcoal to the consistency'of paint P.it-a coat of this over the timber, and there is not a mau .who will live to see il rot. THe 3Pra ; tt CS-lm., si,33.cL Excelsior Plow! And have them of all sizes on hand. ;2£f~0afl and See Us. F. S. JOHNSON & SONS, No. 31 Third Street, near City and Central Banks, Maion, Ga.' CAMPBELL & JONES. Warehouse and Commission Merchants, MACON, GEORGIA. EARLY IN Commission on sung like bird’s; after drinking a little ,. - . r ,. , „ more, they became vigorous and g:d- incotoe are to light constantly are , ’ “ ,.. . , . , - . I l:,nt like lions; but when they fiiaUK their own greed, their owu igu< r -nee and their own credulity. If they will believe nothing touchiug an invest ment that has not been proved. :f tl.ey%ib make it a rule uever to touch When men first drank of it, they fire’ I scarcely credible in this age of — ' discernment, there have been people who thongot the devil was a woman! One of the vr-.rst devils of whom re- more still they begap to behave, like Two Months Free Tell your neighbor that he ought to cord has been made is Doorga, the wife of the Hi-.i.loa Siva, but we can-) nothin believe that her h'lsbai-d is; r.-ally responsiole for h<-r crimes. j Audit is well that the ordinary dev- ; from one location to another. The To Folia a Sa rtFonts- Procure at the hardware store a polishing iron, that with a bulge at both ends is the best and will cost SI - Iron the linen as usual, then place it on aboard, pass a damp cloth over the liuen and rub with the pol ishing iron until the desired decree of glossiness is obtain-, d. The iron shoulii not be very ■ hot, or it wall scorch;, if it is too cool the polish will be long coming. Gum arabic dissolved and i.dded in small qnahrities to the starch improves it; a lump of sugar is almost as good;-and so is sperm, or soap, or butter, or white wax. Hiv > n Vtlreel)- Sjme apiarians are talking of a wagon with frames f»ra large number of hives, that can be moved nbont T O MEET TBE DEMANDS OF THE TIMES, WE DETERMINED in the Spring c... ttempt a redaction in the rates of Sloragc Shd C< Up ton, and now announce he following changes OL D R .1 TES j PRESENT RATES;- Commission .11 per cent Commission per cent Storage .. . .5(Je per bale. | Storage. 25c por Biil-.- Thankful for the liberality of or.r friends in tha, part, wp must look to them for in creased patronage to emible us to adnere to the low rates wehnve ina-ignated. Ma. -J. W. Stdbus, a priiuineat Granger and Piaaiar ot Rii)b County,. will ba onr VYeigher the present sts-son. \Ye guaran-te par best efforts for the interests all who favor us with business, ya-1 he usual Advances made oil Cotton in store. CAMPBELL & JONES T. T.KfifiUS, Manufacturer and Retail Dealer in COOKING STQ ES„ SHEET IRON, TIN WADE, ET CETERA ■gDEPATRING, ROOFING, GUT TERING, &e., done at short no-' tice and iu the best manner. T. T. MARTIN, ff- • Perry, Ga.- FU8HITURE FREIGHT FREE ^N entirely New aud Elegant Stock of runaKrxTimsj Just received a^d for sale at Fort Valley' in:l Macon prices. jss-SUY AT HOP^E. -ssr MERCHANTS, READ IT! IT’S MEANT-FOR YOU!! W E NOW OFFER TO DEALERS AS*LARGE AND COMPLETE A STOCE Groceries and Provisions. an experiment, if they will rein -mb r j ^ RoJ .^ Hoyts Jodexal- and ilh* not a woman. How few, iu such | benefi-s elaimed are to take advantage • * ' “ »-JSfSst8 — . -- ‘ match for the dev-j first of the maple and widow blooms: that perfect security of their principal ... Ti i • t „ | a ease, woitld he a better than higher 'rate of int.:re.-t, Cllu S ett wo months subsenpnort ireei^,., - whttfc f en ,| q i pe devfl V opl»I have ] next comeback_ to tfift ppshards and upon it, and-stop reading the adVer- i by sab^ntfigg by the tenth ofPecem- earetess enongfairto let St. Dnn- white clover: then off to the forests tisements of new schemes in the news-. her, and paying In advance. The pa-1 s t an SP j w her by the nose with a pair? for the basswood and other fl'.wt-rs: papers, they will, win u the door of j xvfll hp sent at on ce, and continued j of hot tongs,, or to allow Mai tin Lu- tbm for the blossoms of the tulip tree the next panic shuts, have their coat- i until January 1876. tails safely under their anus, anil may | *.-l- J 1 portumty pass, as this is tbe tost ex- turn aronud anu examine the sttuari; _. tionat their hesare.—Scribner for Be- J traordmary offer cetalcr, ihie time next-year Don't let the op- j ther to find out that she was in the and finally back to the fiilds of buck- habit of stealing ruts and cracking wheat and flowers of Autumn . This make before them against his bed-post.—Scribners. plan lias been panned in a small way for December, for some years. As akyone wocld wish to sflect feosl Our Goods are Fresh. They.are Full Weight. They are Bought Right and will be Sp!d the Same Way. We Can’t be UndersoM by any House in ine Soutli. Seymour, Tinsley & r Co., MACON. GA. Gew^ysiifa A llcab-x- can be furaishc-d to order at any • hue, on short boiiee. I t-aa be found izr the Jay time at my store, next to the Hotel- :t night, at lay residence, adjoining that Dr. Ilavis.' Furniture Made to Order, and rEjsiired at short. notice. BURIAL CLOTHES, Ready-made* for Indies, gentlemen and- children always rin hand. GEORGE PATEL, PERRY. G A.. JOHN B. C0F1ELD. F Jiot.ee rrrT-rr & Tfviirait Fashes' Perry Georgia. Uie all styles of nictarc-s at the lirvea '' prices, and guarantee iffidfiu.-t.on. He la Cites everyboilr to . call auff examine his o: eel ns, aart to oorapure his wort with that of say price aad style ot wort he deles' on Carroll Stn T IP Stairs, -vrLere he has good sir-light * GtlierwlBP. iiRipIy inei^red losetrctLoae DIXIE W OKKS, FIRST STREET, CORNER OF CHERRY. WABER003LS; Poplar Street, Between Third and Fourth S-tveets, -Gr JAr ISAAC'S HOUSS.. Macon, Ga. Hole] aiui Bestmirast. Board §3 Per Day. Baggage Free to and from t>.c Kt ase. Liberal terms made for iunilies </x others. by the. week Of a longer period. . C. J. Mariellan in tbe ofEce. E. ISAACS. .' J. B. Watchmaker &. Jevjelsr, Fu-rr, Ga. rjAS ox uaxd the best stock or fixe Ll JEWFLlty <: all L:iever 1 ror.-ht to Perry; wllJi te ■ S-r, at Xew York la taii 1 Vl«o GoU aad Watch- a a 0 I elects. 1 laau V. are, aud tLe CtCeb. ated O -cw.-ta.-les. Va- S.'.ll VACTIOX Gcaraut ed fate- GUERNSEY, B.uuklB & IIEXDRIX, DOORS. SASH AND BLINDS,YYENDOW AND DOOia FRAMES, BALLS TER-S NEWELPOS tS, SCROLL WORKS, BLILDERd HAKD- WAEE. GLASS. OILS, PAINTS, PUTTY, EiC., ETC. A full line of the above always iu stock, and suppm d to city and country 02 rbort u-jtiea J ,,UP 27 > 633 - 1 1 PE2RT, GA. A LI^pn^eut mt-3 Ffiunla ioep th‘_*ir pror.~: ty Injured, t.’iLttiic Eire Fletd may be Atom if hall it* vctrrorr, UEQZU1A HOME 1SSCRAXCE cf €• Limbus, Ga. .'apital and A^aeta HIE EQUITABLE FIJE INS- V t fShsliYiile, Tmn.