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itifai sunshiny weather “We Rare been enjoying some PEE.it ~
rinst passed was all the beautiful weaiaiarfor the past tew DU
seriated, on account of, days, arid it would Be more enjoy- p n
inky days: lately expe-: able were if not for the dense fags jlEpiu [jfV (]0-
We have had Idvelys thafcprevail gsriy fa tae morning. I ' .
days* tire: sides pre-j Gur forming rriptyjk are. very j ui'O
unbroken canopy of j busy BrSriking up their lands and ! . j- -y— -,
when a small snow-like i miviinx their composts. and some
aonally floated by iikej orf our most forward fermfirs arei — U - 1 - X " L —
: peace, and every fever] preparing to put iri their "early j < AHD !
qy Breeae srieotedfaap-l cant. begun t§e maK
d take in with, joy triose j oe£a new year, and we wish, for! Or
*■ iiienLa bmlntiful harvest. j ScSQ lT2i
igpeapteofFowersville also Iri ahd around*; —
¥ were-pleasantly eriter- .Byron arri getiing vary busy with, ©8
musical and social ai- their sprmg sawing, just now, and HEXES* EEC!
fc oil fast Thursday gl an tfaglriffii potato® Some are jariAWiiLBuy
tim resSfeiiiGe of Mis. to Imro plants already up. TATiLGt^ EGG
m. MissdXe^foher We ^ informed that Sim J. P. Ero<ince -
rung wav, made ail who ~ t r , -4 (
, j , t , r Gani. one of Byron e oldest ana j _ _ • ...
! ? snr ^.° 8 ,. 8E ^ ™ best citizens, has accepted a posf-i —-li?L—_
i ^Tr 3 ' n tian as section. master on the! Ho,LiStQn.,S r :
nd talented Miss Clara, - ^dfand railroad* fifteen
BftlW TWg render- r nr x ^^withmtfap legal i«
?. .’ . . miles abaye Colnmhus, and to I before the court In
rusicfor tile occasion- whfeIL place he will more his fom-? f Wcm S° n
its charms, and same- ‘ *, * 4g Tr> . , , ■ iffsrasg property, i
,. . 1T - j, liy m a tew days. Me nas bad. nn— Thre« acres of L
°o hris MiSo Clara., (jgj- gjg charge, on the Southwest- eoraer bflot 5o.
j-chat and promenading v- • - . , T , - - T more or less* beim
441 ri f t em division of the Central rail- lot ifo. 92. Ail in
n , T , , . road, a section at this place lor the; Hem-ion eounr-.
Qrr ail TOrrrmon rn rhorr nrrmartrc nr'T M 1
jpitairg* Thubsday, Febhdaby 10. j Monday nisht
The price of admission mil be
Sf cents for everyone* whSiL em
braces supper privilege* (oysters
.mop:
Croamaciras chairman, pro tern
Qn. motions ordered* that Tilda
dmrciiwell be allowed §1.50 out
of pauper fond; also that Trios. J.
Wtasombe allowed $3.00 out of
sgTwg fond; also thatr Columbus
Self bet TTTrrrpased te $E00 par
Soliciting Camnriites: Mrs. J. month.
B-. Smith, Mrs. Bara Cos, Misses Petition of IV. P Anderson e± aL
Katie MB&O} Mamie Holtzriaw, to grant an aider for a public road
Cal Tie Brnngnn, Mr.. W.,G.. Pavia to beopened at the county line^
Beeorating Gommitfeei Mis® dividing Hriristac , and Crawford
Mattie Tharp, CnmftTia Smith. Tda Counties about^halEa mile fixun
Bottirigham* Ploririe Cox, Stella Oscar Yinson’s Mill: ordered that
Duncan. saidpetitian takeitsregni ar course
Master of Ceremonies: CoL C. Qrdered tiiat P B. Mathews be
C: Duncan. relieved of doable tax; also that Ai
3i is a ^fed; feet that the «up- Smith have a rebate of $1.50 in
per will be worthy of . the excellent Ordered that Dick Holle-
taste of the ladies of Perry. The man be allowed $1.50 out of the
; amusements will be typicaL of the pauper Sind,
season. Ordered that D. JEL Criiler,
All are invited to attend, and it nTerk of County Commissioners’
is insisted that ail who can do m he purchasing agent for
sriouid appear masked It-willbe gn ppii m f nr p oor House,
readily acknowledgnL that, com- following urnned pssons I
plete success depends upon the appointed road eommiBsion-
number and variety of the mask^ ers forthe years 1SSP and 1888:
characters represented arid it: is 528th District; Misha Bassett Pr.,
hoped tiiattiiis feature of the a& Z zch Hrirper and foel B. Griffin;
fwt will not fie negected Them j- ^ .3^,^. 1^.;
is no reason why many married aGQffan £ James Bams; 771st
people should not appear masked. Distrif4M:E Etheridge McD:
The party wid be for the bene- andT..H. Willingham; 760th.
and this fact should be an indnc^ ^ ^ w Dis _
ment for all our citizens to attod ^ ^ Eeddill& J W Warren
The pleasure afforded widbe fell ^ ^ Hartiey-; 928th District,,
compensation for the low price ^ ^ gmoakj Bright Harper and
charged for admission and supper. „ r 6 I9th District. J.
G. T. Midler.
Perry* Ga., Feb. 1st, 1887.
Hew rimv
The undersigned have this day
formed a partnership under the
firm name of Holtzclaw & Gilbert
We have purchased the accounts,
notes;, etc., of Miller & Gilbert
and assumed their liabilities, and
will eo&dUct the drug business
formerly owned by them at the
same old stand We respectfully
solicit a share of the public pat
ronage
H. H. Hodtzcdaw Jb.
C..E. Giebebt.
Perry, Ga., Eebruary 1st 1887.
cabbage, eoilards, lettuce, mustard
tnrnips, radishesand onfons are up
and groririg.
—We have seen this week Irish,
potato plants that came up from
potato® which remained in the
ground all winter.
—Mrs. Mary A. Houser left
Perry Tuesday for Macon, to
spend several weeks with her son,
Mr. J. H Houser.
—Miss Eunice Borwood returns,
ed home last Friday, after spend
ing a month with relativ® and
friends in Macon.
—Mrs. Ella Borris* of Smith-
ville, Ala., returned homeTuesday
after spending a week in Perry
with her aunt, Mrs. C. H. Moore
—We do not know exactly what
the acreage devoted to watermelon
culture near Perry will be this
year,, but we suppose the area cov
ered will be fully as large as it
was last year.
—A fair audience was- moder
ately well pleased with “Peck’s
Bad Boy” and “That Awful Girl*"
in “Fun in a Grocery,” at Day’s
Stall Tuesday night. Part, of the
proceeds:went into the treasury of
the Perry Public Library.
—It is currently rumored and
credited that a Houston widower
wilIsoon.be married id a Perry
widow, and also that a Houston
widower will, wed a young lady
near Perry before: another month
is- added to the age of time.
—Mr. G. P. Marshall tells us that
his house cat recently climbed up
the chimney out of his dining
room and then directly down the
other side of the same ehiinney into
the kitciiem The cat was shut up
in the dining-room, and the strange
feat was doubtless performed in
order to get out
—The Houston Factory cotton
mills will be in fall operation
within ten days. Some work is
being done now* and we under
stand it is the intention of Messrs
Dennard & Hugh® to put in new
machinery of the most improved
pattern* and largely increase the |
Capacity of the mills
—Eeeent acts- of the County
Commissioners of Houston county
have been unfavorably criticised ,
on the streets of Perry within the ,
last two weeks. It is intimated
that a hill of particulars of the
grievanc® talked about will be ,
presented, to the nest grand, jury.
If the complaints made can be
certainly do hot deserve the com
mendation, ofour people In the
eriticisms coming to our ears, all i
are alike censured '
—-Dnringthft -month nf January (
just passed* $2,271*26 was received ;
at ffie Perry postofSce forr money .
orders and postal notes that were •
sent off Of this amount ^>12.26
gret to know of his early depart
ure. Mta tkirr and fomily have
(he best wish® of their many
friends here.
Miss® Sallie BewnianandEslie
Bateman, who are now attending
Wesleyan Female College, at
Macon, spent last Saturday and
Sunday with, their parents of this
place.
Miss Erila Wright* of Maean, re
turned home last Monday. She
bad been the guest of Miss Allie
Eewman, of Byron. B.
February 8th, 1887.
The friendsofMr. Edwin Sledge
wiil leam With regret of his death*
which oeeurredlasir Friday night
at 11 o’clock Mr. Sledge lived
in Houston all his life*. He. was
4fl years of age, and leaves a wife
and one child to mourn his loss.
Thus jpman crrtr down in the prime
of life* not knowing when the
dr®d monster death cometh.
The bereaved cm® have trie sytn-
pathy of trieir many friends.
Trie odious odor of the guano
fills the entire element: around
Pawersvill'e. Judging from the
amount being hauledaff; there will
be a large area of cotton planted
in this vicinity. Major Culpepper ,
ordered 670 sacks for himself and
neighbors. Trie intensive system
of farming will be largelyihdnlged
in around PoWersville the present
year. Mr. J. H. Ml Cliett \rill be
-furnished guano form different
firms for test trial. Ha wiE nse
2,000 pounds per acre* Xour cor-
respandehl liop®!© be able to give .
your many readers an interesting ,
report of the- intensive- and experi- ,
ruenta] farming in this neigh hot- .
hood ere the present year closes. .
Mr. L. P. Warren one day last
week killed 1*200 pounds of pork,
. which he sold far 6i cents per
pnnrrd; hp. haft more to kill; and
you say therete no money in rais
ing hogs.
AH SI L. Allen wears a disap
pointed look; Bnth, his daughter, ;
has a Ettie sister
Prof Lamar is at his post teach.- '
ing the young idea how to shoot.
The Professor is a fine educator. 1
The most succ®sftd farmer in 1
onr midst* Mr* SI B. Head, is -
going into the dairy and stock 1
business* He has converted about. -
600 adr® of his land into a stock :
farm. Mr. Head certainly can see :
money in that busine®, ae he new
er embarks in anything that is not
profitable* Perhaps it would not
be amiss, and prove interesting; to
many readers to give a brief
sketch of “Hapoieoris” career in '
farming siriije tile close of our late ,
war. Mr. Head’s property, like .
many others, consisted in money
and negroes* and at: the close of
the war His negroes were taken
from him* and as everybody was
“broke 7 ’ thereby* no one was able i
to pay hiifr the money he had loan- f
edout Directly after the dose ;
of the wait Mr. Head settled on
one of the poorer Iota of laud in ^
My office in the future wiE be
at the Drug Store. At night I will
be at the residence of my father.
EL M* Hoxzclaw* M. D.
Mr. George Paul has perfected
a plan whereby he can sell, furni
ture on the installment plan He
requires a small cash payment,
and the remainder in stipulated,
’monthly installments. All who
desire to buy furniture this way
shouid eall on him at once* Mr.
Paul’s stock of furniture is large
and varied, embracing aE things
h'Cedfol. He proposes to sell low
down for cash, and invites the
“Comparison of his prices with
other, markets. He also has a foil
line of coffins and burial caskets;
calls 1 promptly attended to at any
time
—On Tuesday of last week SEr.
J. D. Martin, agent here of the
Home- Insurance Company, of
Hew York, paid to Mr. IL W.
Johnson $1,518, trie amount of his
insurance on. his dwelling and fur
niture* destroyed by fire about two
Greeks ago. Mr. Johnson Eves
near Xork,- in this county, and is
one of Houston’s most progressive
formers, and we are glad to note
that he has been reimbursed, to
some extent at least, for his loss.
—We direct the attention of our
’readers to Mr. 0. H. Moore’s ad
vertisement iri this paper. Besides
a fall and choice stock of dry
goods and. groceries, he keeps sew
ing. machines, oils and fixtures,
Dixie plow fixtures, fresh garden
seeds, and other seasonable goods.
He also proposes to buy country
produce of all kinds* eggs* hid®,
beeswax, tallow, etc. His- prices
are iri conformity with the times*
and goods of best quality* Give
him: a trial* is aE Mr* Moore: asks*
—Mr J. W. Clark is now offer
ing for sale a patent churn dasher
that is claimed to be superior to
any dasher ever before sold iri
Perry. Trie motion is two-fold* trie
flasher revolving when it is forced
down and again when it is drawn
np. The increased agitation, thus
caused is said to save, much: fane
in getting the butter Tlie dasher
is sold for one dollar. Gall at Mr*
Clark’s store in Perry, and see it
—The arifale concerning Kaffir
Pkab JopbsAl: I again en- _
deavdr to give yon a few of the p
happeniiigs from about here; but apart a]
you must not expect mfi to write
as long a letter as “Liberality,” or the eatai
“Sophy Beelsy’ dr “Sub.:” for they ^°fjf
live at a town, or- at a postoffice, March t
anyhow; andyouknow, Mr. Editor,
there is more news at such, places, be 'aDon
than out in the country, where
there is no postoffiee, no store, nor —
anything to make the p®ple gath-
er L am young, it is true* but I Bobert 1
will do my best That is. the way ph&rifa 1
to do* isn’t it, Mr. Editor? Thisii
Miss Cliiford Gilbert opened her
school at Pine Level Academy on and shir
the 3rd Monday in January. She
HOW -uH& it) piipilS man'’ Sr
Master Lon iVellons* of Perry, |
is faying ploughing this year E0 GEOE
is working with Mr. E. Stafford
I expect Lon had better carry plied for
along a “tater” to eat trust:
This i
Messrs. Julins S. McGeriee and eemedt
Gardher L. Dent; of Crawford Goil]
coniity, liavd moved into one settle- appKcafe
merit They are working on Mr. 27 iggy
Jake Sard’s place, and are keep
ing bachelor’s hall We Eke to 3m -
see young men like these move GEOS
into out rieighborhood ’ J". W.
Most of our farmers are: done a^as^j
putting rip compost
c - l a r c ^ Thia n
E nave heard of biit few who coneenn
have sowed their garden, seeds ^ 8S7 - o{1
a county* i
yet have-, wi
Hoping to be able to write yon
a long and interesting letter be- 2ff> 1^7:
fare a great whEe* E will close w
Tours respectfully;
Pbow-Bot. GEOE
•J. m HOUSEfl;
Ordinary:
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102 60
10i40
17 40
cient, faithfui and accommodating,
carefully guarding against trans-
ist, iu trie strictest sense of that
j —The atteitibn off onr readme wiiri thisboan
is (Erected to the dissolution; of We. desire to
l before buying else-
t and. wiE saVe you.
son’s horse. Mr. Brnnsori thinks
lie pays too much, for repairs of
his own property. The workmen
take sides with Mr. Houser. i