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' Tiie weather t
—Big Indian was on a boom Thursday ever
Tuesday. j 1885, but that di
: j —Several “swear-offs” were re- y oun g gentlemen
corded last week. tIieir
■ , , ■ , , those ladies whc
; , “iSf ^ s rep °2 receive them.
; for 1884 wxU probaly appear next , TI ,e yom® lhc
week. - ! congregated at £
—Miss Stella Harris, of Fort f At the residen
Yalley, is visiting Miss Callie Brunson the call
, Brunson. by Mrs. BruD
—The good citizen .never talks ^ sse s Callie^Bi
against the county or town in . ^, zie ■
winch ha lives. Maggie Tharp, o
Stella Harris, of
—Miss Florence Davis, of ~\f r j ;
Washington county, is visiting rel- was dispensed bj
atives in Houston. I sisted by Mrs. V
—The Houston Sheriff's Sales! Misses Juliette 3
for February are published in; county, Eugenia
the Home Journal. ! Houston Factor
—No business changes of any j Hatcher,^ of Mf
importance have taken place in i _
Perry for the new year. Claud Hill, of Pi
_ . . - u At the residem
-Public spirit is generally Tharp> the recex)i
found hand-m-hand with mdividu- OTer ^
al enterprise and prospeity. j B " g m
—The heaviest rain that we Morgan, Misses '
have seen for several years fell | ria Tharp, and
here Tuesday morning just before | Smith,
day. j At Judge'W. 1
—Eev.. H. B. Felder, pastor of; a cordial welcon[
the Methodist Church at Bethany,! a11 . cal ] er3
has been in Perry this week on ( ^ ss dda / SOtl ' lI]
business. j — ora kwirt.
At every hou
—There will be preaching cat j were serTed . L
the Methodist church next Sab- tasty deC orations
bath by the new pastor, Eev. L. and the delicioi
A. Darsey. hanked by such t
—It is thought by many that the beauty as only fei
warm rain immediately following dainty fingers knc
the freeze Saturday night, saved and execute,
the oat crop from in j my. - " The editer of th
—We hear that several ladies and d * d no ^ i°* n
gentlemen of Perry and vicinity r °nnd, though he
will attend the World’s Exposition specia.1 irmt
at New Orleans some time in Feb- and thorougl
uary next. call at the resides
Tharp.. The pari
-Mr. D. M. Hughs and family, j decorated ^ t h
of Twiggs county, spent ^yeral ^
days m Perry last week, the guests rieties of
evergre,
of Mrs. H L.T)ennara,'mother of our attention was
Mrs. Hughs. china service—the
—The directors of the Public painted. „ This wa
Library are makin:
The election for county officers
was held at the various precincts
in Houston county yesterday. The
early hour at which we go to press
this morning prevents a report of
■* 4V.11
i>. D. BATEMAN, Ass’t Local Editor.
the carefnl consideration usually
t accorded.
r . --The Perry Cornet Band wiil
play for the masquerrde party to
morrow night The String Band
' will furnish music for the grand
! march, and for . the rest of the
; evening
—Ed. Knight, a young white
man, was sentenced yesterday by
the County Court to pay a fine of
§40.00, or serve 12 “month in the
chain gang, for larceny from the
house, in stealing meat from the
store of Mr. M. T. Davis.
—Mr. Sam. Felder has decided
that it will be advantageous for
him to learn the printer’sjtrade.
He is now at work in this office,
and we have reason to believe that
he will become a rapid and careful
compositor.
—Owing to the inclemency of
the weather, Houston M. and F.
College was not opened Monday,
but on Tuesday there was a fair
attendance, with the prospect of a j
fine school.
i
—The following officers have
been elected to serve Houston
Lodge No. 35, F. A. M., for the
ensueing year: A. S. Giles, W. 1
the full vote,
j The election was exceedingly
: quiet, and a very light vote was
polled. The vote at Perry was
123, and basing our estimate on
those figures, the entire vote poll
ed in the county will be very little
more than 509.
As there was no opposition to
the regular democratic nominees,
we are entirely safe in saying the
following officers have been elect-
Our section is extremely healthy
at this time. I don’t know of any
sickness at'all.
Christmas is over, and the darky
is how busy moving. He general
ly becomes dissatisfied and moves
when he makes a short crop ‘and
fails to pay out, as he ’thinks that
settles his debts. There is more
moving this season than common,
but I hear no complaint of a
scarcity of labor.
Some of our farmers have com
menced to put in their spring oats.
I think there wil^be a good area
planted, but not as much as ought
to be. Some planters have not
seed enough, and have no money
to buy with, therefore will not sow
as much as they would otherwise.
On Christmas eve a good portion
of the adult citizens of the two
Fifths, and the Upper Eleventh
district, met in tRe club house at
Idyl Wilde park and put up a
Christmas tree for the children.
When evening came the children
gathered in large numbers at the
club house, anxious'to see the tree,
as some of them had never seen a
When the doors ■
—During the year we hope tnat
our friends throughout the county
willi keep us posted concerning
of interest that
the occurrences
come within their knowledge. In
remote s actions of the county a
marriage may be performed or a
death occur, and the editor will
know nothing of it unless be is in
formed. We desire to faithfully
report the happenings in Houston
county, by accident or intent, but
our friends must help us, or we
will surely fail to get it all. We
hope to secure a correspondent in
the neighborhood of every post-
office in the county, and from oth
er sections.
—Mr. W. H. Ezell spent Sun
day with his parents at the thriv
ing village of Byron.
PJ3BBV ACADEMY.
Mr« J. H. Houser and Miss
Thigpen will open their school at
Perry Academy on Monday, Janu-
■Bry Goofis. €toiiii;ig. Shoes
lints, Hardware. Etc-
J. H. Hoaser, Ordinary; E. S.
Wellohs, Clerk Superior Court; J.
W. Colyer, Sheriff; W. Brunson,
Treasurer; B. D. Brown, Tax Be-
ceiver; C. D. Anderson, Tax Col
lector; W. L. Carr, Surveyor; A.
B. Schilling, Coroner. Only two
of these are new officers, Messrs.
E. D. Brown and C. D. Anderson.:
Mr. Houser was Tax Beceiver, and
is elected Ordinary ;~Mr. Brunson
was Tax Collector, and is elected
Treasurer; Judge A. S. Giles and
Mr. W. J. Moore retire from the
offices of Ordinary and Treasu
rer.
Tjiese newly-elected officers are
all good and competent men, and
Houston county will be efficiently-
served during their term-of office.
As the past proves, the people of .
Houston have the happy knack of
nominating and electing good men
to office.
Tuition, $1.50, $2.00, and $2.50
ir month.
Incidentals, 10 cents per month.
Christmas tree,
were opened old Santa Clans ap
peared in full dress. The presents
.were too numerous to mention, and
were not confined to the children,
—the young married, old widowers
and bachelors received their fall
share. It is sufficient to say that
the tree was a success, and those
present enjoyed themselves finely.
After the presents were all distrib
uted, the hall was lighted up and
the young people “tripped the light
fantastic toe” till about 11 o’clock.
Everything passed-off nicely. I
am happy to say I did not see a
man at all undere th influence of
liquor, or who misbehaved in any
way. This is saying a great deal
to the credit of those in attendance,
it being Christinas.
Well, I see our Bepresentatives
have repealed our “new road law”
FRESH CABDES.SSEDS.
A large lot of Landreth’s cele
brated Garden Seeds, shipped di
rect to us from Philadelphia. Call
early for a good selection.
Miller & Giilbert.
To Close Out.
Wishing to realize on stock of
goods and fixtures recently pub-
chased of Philips & Davis, I offer
same for sale at a liberal discount
for the next ten days. This is a
splendid opening for anyone wish
ing to ongage in the mercantile
business’. Stock all new, salable
anti well selected. Can give suita
ble terms to responsible parties.
If you mean business and wish to
Is now undsr my control, and I pro
pose io.meet the public demand for a
Commissioners’ Court.
Ton can get a good horse and buggy,
or Carriage and Pair, at any hour of the
day or night, at reasonable rates. The
Old Stable is furnished with new stock.
I ask a liberal share of patronage.
Respectfully,
C. H. MOOBE,
Jan. 1—tf. Perry,-Ga.
The County Commissioners’
Court of Houston connty met pur
suant to adjournment this January
5th, 1885. Present—Elbert Fagan,
J. G. Brown, M. G. Greene, W. D.
Croom, and W. M. Gordon, pre
siding.
Minutes of the last meeting read
and confirmed.
Ordered that Ben Davis be re
lieved from poll-tax, he being over
age. Also, that Forest Swift be
relieved of poll-tax, he' being un
der age. -
On motion adjourned to the 1st
Monday in February, 1885.
D. H. Culler, C. C. C-
—Daring the years 1883 and
1884 there have been 142 prison-
the Mirror is extended to Mr.
Mathews.
—Nearly all the negroes who
have gone-from Houston to Flori
da to work on the railroad, will re
turn fbefore the farm crops are
planted here.
—See notice of the opening of
Mrs. Houser’s school, in another
column.
—Visitors from gFort Yalley,
Byron, Montezuma and Hawkins-
ville are expected’jSto attend the
masquerade party here to-morrow
night.
^-Mr. E. J. McGehee, who for
several years past has been con
nected with the mercantile estab
lishment of L. Picard, of Perry,
Loans on improved farms in Houston
county, procured without delay and at a
low rate of interest and expense. Apply
to A. S. GILES,
Dec. 11th, 1384"—tf Perry, Ga.
Money To Loan.
I have hadplacod in my hands a. few
thousand dollars to be loaned -on - im
proved farms in Houston connty, at rea
sonable interest, and on liberal terms as
to time. -
W. D. NOTTINGHAM.
Nov. 27-Sm. - Perry, Ga.-
LAND FOR RENT-
make an investment that will pay
you handsomely, apply at once.
Anyway, will offer for the next
30 days the entire stock at 10 per
cent, below cost.
Now is your time to secure bar
gains. For particulars for the en
tire stock apply to
C. A. Davis, Macon, Ga.,
or, M. T. Davis, Perry, Ga.
sjisrrBcrti.
tjioyne’s Great Blood Bemedy
has no equal for Blood Diseases.
The demand for it is daily increas
ing, and its merit is recognized
wherever it has been introduced.
We are now sole proprietors, and
assure the public that it shall be
prepared, as heretofore, under our
personal supervision.
Mileer & Gilbert, Druggists.
- Protect Your Honor.
We have a mortgage on it, and
not on your lands, goods and chat
tels. We mean what we say. We
are pressed for money, and must
urge you, one and all, to come for
ward and settle up.
Miller & Gilbert.
preparations
for a theatrical entertainment for
the benefit of the Library, to be
given at an early date.
—A special session of Houston
County Court was held Tuesday
for the trial of minor offences
against the law. The transgres
sors were all negroes, but one.
«—We are glad to note that Mr.
J. G. Brown, who has been quite
indisposed for several weeks, was
able to attend the session of the
Commissioners’ Court last Mon
day.'
:—The invitations have been’sent
out for the grand masquerade par
ty at the court houseFriday night.
received but little attention.—
In some districts the overseers
work the roads, and in some they
don’t. Every grand jury has pnt
in some excuse as to why the roads
had not been, worked. The last
grand jury came out with the fun
niest exouse-of all. They said the
roads were in bad fix, but consoled
themselves that it was on account
of the dry weather; that the roads
had not been worked when there
had been rain enough to wash
them' upy y tL i Invaa too dry to work
them, etc.
tne past, what may the public ex
pect in-the way of roads? I assert
that our public roads are in worse
condition than, they were thirty
years ago. If so, we are making
progress backward, andthe furnre,
in this direction, is not promising.
Our road commissioners are gen
erally grand jurors/ Tn~ reporting,
on therioads they-axe- interested
parties,' and shouidHbe-disqualified
to act on their own cases. I hope
the public will look to their inter
ests and work the roads, as I have
to travel over some very bod ones.
Liberality.
Feagin, Ga., Dee. 30, 1884.
Two valuable plantations for rent:—
One on HaynevilU; road, and .a half
miles east of Fen;.-, the other three miles
from Perry, anil adjoining the former
dace on the northeast corner, and better
! mown as the Riilen. Place. Good par
ties renting these plains can remain on
them, if they wish, until they are sold.
For farther particulars apply te W. M.
Boon, Agent, Perry, Ga.
view to locating a home in that
state. Our best wishes are with
Jim,'in whatever section'he may
cast his lot.
—The following are the officers
of Perry Chapter No. 65, B. A. C.,
for the etisueing year: Dr. J. B.
Smith. H. P.; T. M. Killen, K.;
Dr. F. A. Toomer, Scribe.; A. S.
To judge'frm^ntererfey Giles, C. H.; J. D. Martin, P. S.;
W. M. Gordon, It. A. - C.; George
Paul, G. M. 3rd Yeil; J. A. Hafer,
G. M. 2nd Yeil; W. D. Pierce, G.
M.*ist Veil; 1Y. D. Day, Treasu
rer; A.. B. Schilling, Sentinel.
| —Since Jonuary 1st very few
fanflgrs have been seen in Perry,
and we infer that they have been
busy at home'preparing for active
operation on their farms when the
weather will admit We know of
no reason why the farmers of
Houston County should not be as
independent and prosperous as any
people in the world
—Hon. J. F. Sykes, of near
Byron, State Senator from this
distret, was in Perry yesterday.
Mr. Sykes is well interned upon
topics of state interest, his ideas
are good, and in him the 23d dis
trict has a faithful and able repre
sentative.
W. C. DAVIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
PEBEY, GEOEGIA.
EsSP Loans on farms made on
reasonable terms.
chain gang, and one awaiting trial
before the County Court for unali-
cicinsjnisehief. SheriffGblyer~lias'
been a humane, jailer, and an effi
cient officer throughout. He is
the. only sheriff since the war who
has not been attacked by prisoners
in an attempt to break out of
MiODLE GEOilQIA.
Uilledgeville, Ga., -
COEPS C¥ ESSTKO-rrUBS. 12. This In itifn-
tiou having complete. I a aiusdjofal r ail Term w-th
over 300 stnrlsniz, wili ra-nt»«n after the holidays,
ou J V.N. lid.. 1SHJ.
R-jC-O-O.
HOUSS A1723 LOT ?02 SALE.
My residence and a spacius lot
in Perry are offered for sale at a
reasonable price, and on easy
-terms. Apply to me at Perry, Ga.
b. A. Jobson.
~ CHSISTMAS GOODS!
We invite the ladies to examine
our beautiful line of Photograph
and Autograph Albums, Christ
mas Cards, Scrap Books, Papeterie
and Picture Books. Nothing like
4hem -ever-before brought to Perry.
Mttt.tr & Gilbert.
Gordon’s Hall. A reporter of the.
Journal was fmpiished with a
complimentary ticket* and was on
hand. ’ The cornet band played a
few airs outside, and the perform
ance began, and was mirth-inspir
ing from the first rise of the cur
tain to the close of the last act.
The performers were Masters
Mack Day, Edgar Brunson, Frank
Cooi. er, Charley Clint Duncan, and
Timi Killen. As the price of ad
mission was only 5 and 10 cents,
the receipts were not. very jarge.
It was announced that another
would be given - soon. Success to
the little “show men.*’
—From the Telegraph & Mes
senger we learn that sixty-three
negroes from Fort Yalley -reached
Macon Monday night, on their
way to Florida to engage in rail
road work, pther negroes from
Geneva, and Butler were with
them, the entire party of seventy-
eight'having been employed by a
company of contractors. Houston
could spare more of the same sort,
but she needs an increase in the
number of-good white farmers, to
cultivate her fertile acres. ’
—The e:irth hereabout was al- j
most entirely covered with sleet {
in the field, was .inspired by the
hope that they could thereby make
several dollars. ..They expected to
be bought off.
It is rumored that Mrs. J. L.
Byington will take charge of the
uew hotel at Fort Yalley, which
has just been opened. Her many
friends and old-time patrons in
Perry would be delighted to know
that such is the fact.
—Mrs. Ludie Hemingway, who
had been visiting her mother, Mrs.
Harriet Giles, left Perry last Fri
day morning for her home at Jack-
son, Mississippi, accompanied by
her nephew, Master Charlton
Giles. Charlton will attend the
exposition at New Orleans before
he returns to Ferry.
—On the night’of "December 31,
the following officers of Perry
Lodge No. 76, L O, O. F., were
elected for the ensueing term:
Jno. H. Hodges, N. G.; Walter N.
Boler, Y. G.; T. J. Anderson, B.
Sec.; L. S. Tounsley, P. Sec.; A.:
B. Schilling, Treasurer. The in- j
stallation took place last night. j
—Mr.pL K. Bainey left Perry j
last Taesday morning to accept a j
position in the office of the Daw
son Journal. Edgar has been in
the Home Journal office for a lit- Mr. J. N. Barker, a member of the.
tie more than two years, and it is U. A. & S. Club, and one of the
with genuine regret that we part 'best farmers in the Upper 11th
with him. He is a good composi- district. The iumip measured 233r
tor, true and faithful, and we pre- inches in circumference and weigh-
dict success for him wherever he ed 5 pounds. Mr. Barker also lias
may go. The best wishes of our in his garden mustard that will
entire force follow him. measure 5 feet across one head.
—If yon vant quick returns and full
prices on Bides, Furs, Wool, Boots, But
ter, etc., send for our Price- Current.
Consignments solicited.
R. L. WILLIAMS & CO.,
Gexebaxi Comnssiox Msb chants,
Office, 169 William street, New York
the benefits that will surely result
to Fort Yalley from the inaugura
tion of this enterprise.
>»**
—At the last regular meeting of
Blackshear Lodge No. 1454 K. of
H. the following officers were
elected for the ensueing year: A.
B: Schilling, Sitting Past Dictator;
J. B. Duncan, Dictate*; W. D.
Day, Vice Dictator; C. F. Cooper,
Assistant Dictator; A. S. Giles,
Chaplain: B. N. Holtzclaw, Be-
j porter; J. D. Martin, F. Beporter;
j It. Picard, Treasurer; G. W. Kii-
! len, Guide; J. A. Hickson, Gaard-
i ian; W. L. Bainey, Sentinel.
The champion big turnip was
sent to this office last Friday by
•Rongli on Corns.’’ for Coras, Dunions. 15c.
Thin people. “ Wells’ Health Boncwer” restores
health and vigor, cures dyspepsia, etc. $1.
ISAAC HASnUMAX. SVVi)h& Zt CAT IS.
HAR3E$fo:& DAVIS,
Affnviteyi: nir Law,
106 CnksEv st., Mvjox.G a.
Practice in Fibb, Houston and Jones
connt es —f-ltowheiv by special contract.
B. AL Davia w2l be in Lb- office ib Perry
every Saturday. -
■Rough on Toothache,” instant relief. 15c*
Ladies who would retain freshness and vivacity
don’t fail to try ‘-Wells’ Health Benewer.”
! all the ice had disappeard at poor. : —We hear o£ very “ few farmers
Much rain has fallen since, and j who rent land that have changed
our local weather prophets predict j their base of operations for the
much more of the same sort doing: present year. Ibis is a good
■ January, February and March, 'sign.