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Feaget, Ga, Feb. 11,1887.
DeAS JOTJEJTAX.j
some yerv warm
weather for the season of the year.
It looked very much like corn-
planting time, but it has turned
somewhat cooler.
There are a great many cases of
measles in our section at this time;
they are affecting our schools to
some extent; the health otherwise
is good.
Dr. Joseph Palmer has moved
down on his plantation. He is
going to try farming this year, and
see what he can make oat of it
The spring oat crop is looking
fine; stands good.
Well, Mr. Editor, I see in the
Journal an intimation that there
has been something wrong going
on about our commissioners’ court
I don’t know what it is, as the
JoubkaIi is not yery full on it I
guess the complaint is that they
have paid too much for the whis
tle. The present system of letting
out public work will make it cost
more than is necessary every time.
Ton may notice property when
put «p to the highest bidder, that
the first'bid is very low, but when
some one bids above, the other
party will raise his bid, eta, until
probably the value of the proper
ty is reached. So it would be in
letting out publie contracts. If
these sealed proposals were done
away, or, in other words, secret
bids, it would be better for the
county. It is just as natural for a
bidder to try to get as mnch for
doing a job as it would be for him
in buying to get an article as
cheap' as he can. Now, I think
when this secret business is done
away with, and everybody can see
a contract let to the lowest bidder,
and give him a chance to lower his
bid if he thinks he can make mon-
I venture to say
Deab Journal:—We are llaving
We have had some cold rainy weather now, and
and beautiful those who are fixing to plant early j
corn crops had better wait a while, 1
I think. The grain crop through j
j very well:
’ and near Perry are in bloom. effet that recent acts of the Com- burglars. The front door was
* —The rain Tuesday ini«»far»«a ^, prised open jjy means^ of a bar of
i somewhat with farm work in this
vicinity.
—Miss Minnie Bice, of Macon,
^ is in Perry, the guest of Miss
' Stella Duncan.
; . —Mr. Frank CL Houser is now
a proprietor of the Harris House at
a Fort Valley.
I —It is believed that not a few
i peaches hereabout will be nipped
i. in the bud by cold.
’’ —The “village” of Centerville
in Houston embraces a larger area
than any town in the county.
0 -Misses Katie Killen and Florine
e Cox spent last Saturday and Sun
day with relatives in Macon.
r —Bev. George T. Chandler will
1 preach in the Presbyterian church
b. in Perry nest Sunday morning and
at night. All are invited to at-
tend.
—Mrs. J. W. Clark and Mrs.
I Susan Harold left Perry Taesday
1 morning for Quitman, where they
will spend several weeks with rel
atives.
—Miss Fannie Guttenberger, of
j Macon, spent last Sunday, Hon-
e day and Tuesday in Perry,visiting
the family of her uncle, Judge \Y.
D. Nottingham.
2 —Besides the visitors in mask,
Dr. C. B. Mann. Mr. Geo. S. Biley
- and Mr. J. S. Branson, of Macon,
1 attended the masquerade party in
Perry last Monday night.
—The town authorities of Perry
recently proposed to buy a eer-
} tain acre of land on the outskirts
of the town. The owner of the
land refused to take less than three
hundred dollars for it The trade
’ is off.
—We have heard of complaints
. to the effect that in many instances
. public roads in the county are in
jured by being plowed into by
l farm hands. Bead Gommission-
r ers have full authority to correct
the evil.
’ —It is quite likely that the un
favorable weather last Monday
’ kept many people in Houston
from planting early corn. We
learn however, that some com was
planted in gardens in and near
! Perry last week.
; —Some deserving poor family
of white people can secure a home
and the use of a few acres of land
free for the remainder of this year
by writing to Dr. .J. Diekson
Smith, Atlanta, Ga, He desires
an occupant for the dwelling house
on his farm near Perry.
—We regret that “Samson”
failed to give his true name in the
letter sent ns for publication. We
must hold the boys to the rule, as
well as the older writers. Write
again, Samson, give your true
name, in addition to the adopted
! one, and your communication will
be published.
—An accident to the engine at
I the shops of the Perry Manufac-
: taring Company, Monday, caused
! a temporary suspension of a por-
[ tion of the work. The piston rod
j broke and the cap was blown off
I the cylinder. The damage done
• was slight, and the engine will be
| put to work again as soon a new
! rod can be forwarded.
j —There are 128 pupils atiend-
; ing the schools in Perry; 65 at the
: college, 27 at Miss Katie KDlen’s
; school,29 at Miss Maggie Gordon’s
j school and- 7 at Miss Nettie j
I Hook’s school, Of those attend- !
;ing Miss Katie Killen’s school,;
j two are girls from Jones county,
i In addition to the'above there is a I
) negro school on the western bor- j
der of the town, which is attended j
by about 50 pupils.
■ I
—At about sundown last Sunday
evening fire broke out in the woods I
, nearly in front of the Dr. Patterson |
settlement; on the Fort Valley j
. road, about three miles from!
Perry. The fire burned rapidly,!
driven west by the wind. Damage i
to Mr. L. D. Norwood’s and -Mr. j
D. W. Buff’s houses was prevent- j
ed by firing against the approach- j
ing fire. The burnt section was!
about equal to one mile square, I
being woodland belonging to Dr. j
Patterson, Mr. L. D. Norwood andj
Mr. D. W. Buff, north of the Fort]
; Valley road. Besides foe woods j
burnt, about 100 panels of fanes
on Dr. Patterson’s -farm were de-j
stroyed. By prompt and energet
ic work Mr. S. L. Norwood savedl
here is looking
Mr. L T. Woodard, Justice of the |
’ MBCHiDISE,
Z. B. Gunn’s, to Mr. J. B. Hunt's J PERRY. GEORGIA.
Heard is Tinting rd-i SOW ISVOiSi! TIME!*
atives in Dooly county. j 25 BAERELS GEORGIA
Bev. Geo. W. Thames, of Craw-1 CANE SYBCP,-BY THE BAB*
ford, preached a very interesting {BEL,—B5 Gts.
sermon at Pine Level, last Sunday j Jan. 20—
morning: a. J Houston Sheriff’s Sales.
Mr. E. S. Wellons and wife, of I m ftoSra: Toe*iay in March, 18S?x
Perry, speilt last Sunday with Mr.! within t'a? legal hours of sale; I will sett
IT -r - | before the court house door in the town
H. - tafford and Wife, i ofPeny, Houston county, Ghc, the foI-«
Miss Louisa Stewart, of Taylor j lowing property, to-wil:
county, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. |
S. L. Thompson. j more or less, being the northeastTialf of
Mr. Elbert Pollock, of Chattoo- gjjflllfe %
ga county, spent last Monday and property o? J: IL Wnnberlvj to satisfy a
Monday night oith bis brother-in-
law, Mr. Enoch Holland. stable, and famed over to me ter sale.-
Theronng people (and a few old
ones too) through tins Vicinity en- landAo. 156, containing 2Q2J4 acres mofd
ey by so doing,
if foe letting out of the jail cells
had been advertised to let to foe
lowest bidder on foe day that they
opened the bids, they could have
been built for mnch less. A four
thousand dollar job is a big job.
Letting out a job of work to the
lowest bidder before the court
house door, if it did no other good,
would give everybody a chance to
see what it- was likely to be let at,
so that a man could make a bid if
he thought there was any money
in it for him. Then, after it was
let, you would not hear it said that
it could have been done for less.
In opening of these sealed bids, if
a person was present and proposed
to take the contract lower than foe
sealed bids, would foe commis
sioners accept his bid, or would
they not accept a bid unless it was
a sealed bid?
Ltbebalttt.
Mb. Editor.—If you will par
don us for foe trouble we give you
and allow os a small space in your
most valuable Journal, we will
try to give you the locals of our
city and surrounding country.
Jno. G. Brown Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. G. Brown, has been dan
gerously sick with hemorrhagic
fever, bat we are giad to know he
is mnch better.
Nearly everybody and their
cooks, have had the measles, but
all are out again.
On Sunday last we attended
preaching at foe Methodist church
here, and listened to a most elo
quent sermon, delivered by- Bev.
J. W. Domingos. He preached
from foe 14th chapter, 1st and 2nd
verses of St. John. We heard foe
sermon most highly spoken of by
several.
Oar Sunday School was also or
ganized on that day with foe fol
lowing officers, viz: Superintend
ent, Mr. Alex. Graves; Secretary,
Mr. Thomas Bentz; Treasurer,
Will Biley. With such compe
tent and lively officers foe school
is sure to prosper and grow in in
terest.
Farmers generally, are about
lne village bearing this name is
in the northern portion -of Hous
ton county, immediately upon the
road leading from Macon to Hawk-
insville, one mile east of D. F.
Gunn’s, or now better known as
La Villa, where a new post office is
j regularly established. Center
ville is an uprising and flourish
ing village, composed of some of
the best farmers and citizens of
any section of the county, and hav
ing two store houses, two public
cotton gins, one steam saw mill,
two public schools with abont 80
pupils in attendance, two hundred
inhabitants, society excellent and
inviting. The paoducrion is chief
ly cotton, as is demonstrated by
foe amount of two hundred bales
being annually ginned and mar
keted, though a bountiful supply
of peas, corn and. pototoes is al
ways raised for home consump
tion, together with a fair amount
of sugar cane, syrup, eta, which
always has a ready demand and
a good market price given. Up
to now our municipal government
is incomplete, though we have a.
temporary marshall, who is vigil -
ant, and foe best of order prevails
throughout. Becantly three new
families have moved into our
midst, and our arms are out
stretched, and would gladly wel
come more; as energy and enter
prise is -foe mother of success ;
all such we cordially in vita
We might say more for our
place, if It would not be consider
ed boasting too much. In foe
persons of our physician, archi
tect and building contractor, we
have energy, enterprise and ge
nius. While foe one is adminis-
Me mtenated he coma open up
much to foe people, but he would
desist. I say that is not right.
He is a part of foe law; he has a
right, and it is Ms imperative duty
to speak out. So, hereafter, let
him bold his tongue, or speak out,
Our officers should not be thus
criticised without a causa
Yesterday was St. Valentine’s
Day, a day of gaiety and frolic for
foe young, espeeiallyin our towns.
The inconveniences foe young
people have to contend with in foe
country often causes a failure in
their amusements. A Valentine
Party, for foe pleasure of foe
young people, was given *at foe
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Beuben
Smith last night Several young
people of Powersville participated,
and spent quite a pleasant rime at
foe party.
In conclusion, let me say to
Plow Boy, not to be discouraged
in his efforts to write. His letters
are good, and they are a credit to
foe paper; and to any plow boy.
Would to gracious we had more
just such plow boys. I have a
plow boy, bathe won’t plow with
his pen. So I say-to Plow Boy,
go ahead with a determination to
snceed, and some day it may be
that foe people can call out anoth
er “Bill Arp.” Sub.
February 15,1887.