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VOL II.
Ci EO RGIA PRESS A SSOCIA TION.
Tpe twepty-first animal meeting
of the above association will be held
in the city of Macon on TUESDAY,
** 0 . wmilaww,"'
J. \Y. Chapman, 9j>et\J3ecy,
An unfortunate Maine baby, that
happened to he born on the day of
i*w grand-parents’ golden wedding,
was named Anna Yersary.
For a newspaper to successfully
boom a town the paper must be
boomed first The game of you tickle
me-and-I-tiekie-yoiris very popular
at this season of the year*It takes
money to run a newspaper, or run
for office.—Montezuma Record.
Newnan has produced a thirteen
year old boy preacher. He appeared
before a crowded house a few even -
jugs since, gave out a hymn, led in
prayer and delivered y gruud sermon,
using as a text the parable of the
ten virgins.
There will be a grant] military
display at Macon. 20th. 21st. of May.
The.Covington and Macon railroad
will sell tickets from all stations at
reduced rates- Tickets on sale for
train No. 2 leaving Athens at one
.o’clock p. m. May 18th, and continue
on sale May 19th,, 20th., and 21st.,
good to return through 22nd. Ex
cellent music by Second ArtiTcry
band. There will be five hundred
men ip. uniforms. It will bo a grand
di-play Let a 1 attend that can.
To thore young men gww
dissatisfied with farm life and
anxious to rush to the cities, wo
command the fact that there are
now. In the city of Atlanta ale rug
tulily ouo thousand young men—
able, intelligent and trustworthy—
who are out of employment and
roaming fruit’essly from store to
store in search of a situation at
wages barely enough to give them
food and lodging. Young man,
st'ek to the farm!—Greensboro
Herald.
THE MODEL JOURNAL.
The May number of The Southern 1
Gultiyaior with'accustomed prompt
ness is on enr table, freighted with
»-n abundmec of interesting, enter
fuining and instructive matter,
Emphatically it is a model journal
in every respect. The Cultivator
gets brighter and tetter with each
issue, commanding the, confidence
and veneiation of the people of the
South. A pioneer in the cause of
agriculture and progress, it has ;
reason to be proud of its grand
record. Each number is a volume
io itself in intrinsic merit. At 81
per annum it is the cheapest and it
is the best journal in the South.
Address, The Cultivator Publishing
Co., Drawer M, Atlanta Ga.
Th€ Allowing Programe . u found , j I
in . the Maeon Evening News of the
13th. ‘The Georgia Pm ss Association ;
raeets at Macon on the 28th of May j
which meeting will be the 21s :|
annual convention. By courtesy of
the Central railroad of Georgia
the members of the association will
excurt to Kansas Ciiy. and other
points of interest. The programe
of the excursion is as follows: Tues-
29th, in Birmingham. ■ T° U; ™ Thursday T in
Memphis and a steamboat ride on
the Kansa« Mississippi City, Saturday river; a Friday^ trip Horn
Kansas City to I opeka, Kansas and
return, Sunday in St. Louis, reach ,
Nashville Monday even ng and
remain until Tuesday noon: then
leave Nashville for Chattanooga,
leave at upon for Atlanta.
< 'Oi if AMBITION IS TO MANX A VERACIOUS WORN, RELIABLE IN ITS STATEMENTS CANDID in
its conclusions, and just in ITS VIEWS.’*
Cs.pt J. L. Hardeman, son of IIo
Thomas Hardeman, cf Macon, lms
j *>«>en nomiaied for the Lcgishuine
| eiamiiia jo fill the vacancy h from ** Bibb " caused ‘
v ”'
The new Military post, near At
lanta. will be known as “Fort Mc
Pherson,” in honor to the memory
of James B. McPherson brigadier
general United States, who was
killed near there July 22, 1SC1.
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“Mill you please give me some
thing to eat?” said the tramp. “We
have nothing Lr yen today,’ said
the housewife, “1 am sorry,” said
the tramp, “for it will not be con
venient for me to call to-morrow.”
The New Ilmne Rewing Machine
Co’s agent are not like the tramp
fur they will make it their business
to call tomorrow if you will only
drop a hint that you are thinking of
buying a New Ilomc Sewing Ma
chine.
They tell down east of a poor fel
low who owned a remarkably fat hog
and who also owed a rich man. The
hog was about all the property the
poor debtor had worth levying on,
and the law exempted a man’s only
pig. One clay the creditor meetui >l! e
debtor said: “You need another
pig ; let me send you a nice little
The poor man was astonished.
“Why, 1 oivc you fur the hog I’ve
now,”, he stammered. “Never
mind: you need another one, and
I’ll send it,’ and ho did, and the
little pig was put in the pen vby .thg
■'/ Dip to>t ore. A -• *
the constable came arm attach
the fat hog, took it away, and
the law avul the rich man were
The stock-holders of the Coving
ten and Macon road held their an
meeting m this city on last
Wednesday and elected the following
board ot directors;
John E. Jones, of Mac r., J. S
Baxter, of Mac >n. W. C, Levereit,
of Machen; John C, Key, of Monti
ee'lo; W. Ii. Ross, of Macon: A.
Palmer, of Macon; W. A.
Broughton, of Madison; N.E. Harris
of Macon; E. K. Peeves, (J. G.
and A. II, Hodgson, oi
At a subsequent meeting of th
John E. Jones was elected
president; John C. Key, vice Presi
A. Craig Palmer, secretary and
assistant treasurer.
These gentlemen need no endorse
ment. They are men of established
character, intelligence, practical and
successful business experience and
have the perfect and absolute con
fidence ot the people of their resp vo
tive communities, as gentlemen of
the soundest integrity and highest
standing ia social .and financial cir
cles.
it is purely Georgia board, and ie
but another evidence that,the Oov
n and Mucou ia wilat c!ai:ns to
^ a rart!] “ develop'the Georgia company,
organized to material
h of Ule gection of coantr ,
th h which ifc passes, and be 'a
and im ^ rl dnt . f actor in
eoritribnting to the prosper,ty ot the
^ ]eaivJlh o solid advancement
° t ^ e g{. a , c
Tfae stock holc!er 3 can rest assured
that the newly elected offi , e rs and
will faithfully and ably
t thc ; f ln eorests, successfully
m J tht {; . & M „ keep its ailairs
q h tbvc9nd : ti , )ri) an j make it
oQeof ^ ^ , ai and b et
paying railroad enterprises and in
vegtinentsmtbeS(ate fjf Georgia.
„yj ilC0IlKvcring X ew 2 .
ta*u»a« jcarkuuacf/£:-.cireainifcsi»a-.
GRAY, GEORGIA, SATURDAY. MAY IS, 18S9.
The Road Congress will mod in
Atlanta on the S2d of May, and each
county in the State is urged to send
delegates to this important meetiug.
^ *»«■ °f
Georgia are pitching mto the pi evi
dent because of Ins lack of recog
nition of tlieir race m dishing out
spoils.
'the croakers always discourage
some one whose faith is strong. The
nay to build up a city is for every
body to pull together, whether their
opinions coincide or not.
A man has just died at T.an casta,
Pa., after fifty-three years of illness.
\s iicn a boy of 10years he became
afflicted with rheumatism, and
from that rime until his death was
confined to In's bad. Ifis body was
•that of a boy with the head of a full
grown man.
On April-23, 1803, W. W. Taylor,
of Crawford county left home, say- ;
ing that he would return in twenty
years. On April 26, 1889, true to
Ins wor 1, Mr. Taylor passed through
Macon, and reached Crawford
c .imty that aleruoou in time to
^ ce P 1, * s appointment,
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LeCOITTE NURSERY,
SMITHYILLE, - — GA.
All Kinds of Fruit Trees For Sale,
SPECIALTIES:
LkContk and Kxeffeii Pears.
Japan Persimmon and Grapes
{©•’Special prices to Aujances.
Send for Catalogue Free.
W. W. THOMPSON,
Proprietor.
Mmac
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jA ** $>' ts' i$f
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custom, oeobou
PRACTICES IN OCMULOEE
OmcE in Court House,
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Loans Negotiated
On Farms & Town Property
IN BIRR AND ADJOINING COUNTIES
' L- J- ANDERSON A CO.
SUCCESSORS TO
BJ. 13 TTESTES&G 0
clS Second St. Macon Ga
• • M. J. T. SMITH, - -
KQNTlCmo, - GA.
Office in building formerly occupied
by Dr. Dozier. When not at office
can be found at Monticel'o Hotel,
All of my Drugs arc Fresh.
April 1st tim.
-SIM IIEL
HOHTICELLO, - - GA.
Mr.s. W. A. Sheuill, Proprietress.
(0)
X OFFER REDUCED RATES FOR MONTH
LY BOADERS. t HAVE COMFOUTABi.E
room's and kick new bed’s.
3—7 -’89.
BUY YOUR
Trunlis- Satchels. Pocket
Books- and Fancy! cat her
GOODS,
FROM THE FACTORY AT
FACTORY PRICES.
Macon Trunk Factory,
J. Yah & Co. 410 dim St. Macon G a
TilTllT FREE
F ET3S3 Kara ll
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Rodgers Worsham & Co.
420 and 422 Third St, Macon, Ga
We offer our services to the farmers of Jones and Jaspar
Countios for the seasou 188S and 18&9.
Wcl.ave now in stoclc pure TEXAS RUST PROOF OATS
GEORGIA RUST PROOF OATS, RYE and BARIEL
WE ALSO HAVE A LARGE 8TOCKOP
BASGZSy©and TIBS
FLOUR, GRAIN, BACON, TOBACCO’
etc., at tiio LOWEST PRICES.
Wo Lave made the best trades of our liyes in
?eriilizcrs
and we assure planters that their interest will be served by
calling on us before buying elsewhere.
For next season we are GENERAL AGENTS « Middle Geor
gia fur
II fe MILLER& CO Id., famous Bono Fertilizer*.
^ J-V VjP 4 - KJ aa n JL.J 1 IV VC/iAi p iv VU AUA
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SOLUBLE BONE DUST” the best acid sold.
MACON OIL and FERTILIZER CO,, cotton seed meal.
\\'o Iiav r e also imported a very large lot of genuine
QeHJVIA ft jC\lKIJ AND J/flf^lAJE OfPojXS'j.
Kstimates made to Aliianoe Clubs. All farmers are cordially in viled
to call or write us for prices etc.
RODGERS, WORSHAM & CO.,
- 9-2 Gin. 420 and 422 Third 8h\,Ma£On, Ga.
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Formerly of BERND BROS. Suoeessor to BERND & KENT
MANUFACTURER OF
Mm, flffless, Cellars, Etc,
AMD DEALER IN
Leather, Saddles,Harness
and Shoe Makers’
Supplies.
Wjrj, BUY Hides; Sheepskins, Furs, Beeswax, Wool, Etc
CALL AND SEE ME BEFORE YOU BUY.
410 CHERRY ST. Ml
MACON, • GEORGIA.
March 2nd 1880—tf