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' ,OCAL NEWS. PErby, Thursday, August 23. SIDEWALK GLEAKIliiGS, iocal News of Town and County. --Notice change, in the adver tisement of L. F. Gater & Go. —The Perry Rifles have a target practice and parade this afternoon at A o’clock. —Several of our citizens attend ed camp-meeting in Dooly county last Sunday. —Rev. W. E. Vaughn attended the Eoo.ly county camp meeting several days this week. Miss Lena DeLoach, of At lanta, is visiting Miss Gene Kendrick, of Henderson. —The cotton crop in Houston has been considerably damaged Within the last thirty days. —The tax rate of Terry is prob ably less than that of any other town in Georgia of similar size. —Tax Collector Storey will soon he ready to collect the state and fcounty taxes of Houston county. —The showers continue almost daily, and our farmer friends are ready to cry enough, for the pres ent. —There will be a match game of baseball at Henderson next Saturday, between Henderson and Vienna clubs-. —Quite a number of the Perry people will attend the Sunday School picnic at Providence church to-day. —Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Anderson Spent last Sunday and Monday With relatives and friends in and near Hawkinsville. —During the last week the wet weather has seriously interfered With the hay harvest in this section of Houston county. —Two communications, without signature, received this week are not published because we do not know who wrote them. —There have been fewer sheriff Bales than usual in Houston coun ty this year, and the fact speaks loudly in favor of our people. —Mr. A. H. Woodard, of Dempsey, Ga., came up to Houston on Wednesday of last week to spend several days with his rela tives. .—The watermelons nenj on the Perry market are not of very good Quality, though some better oues are expected when the late crop ripens. —Mr. J. E. Tucker of Heuder- hon, arid Mr. G. F. Clark, • of near that town, Spent last Sunday in Perry, the guests of Mr. L. S. Tourisley. —If Perry continues through the season to receive cotton in propor tion to the way she has com- inenced, ho town in the state of its size will equal its receipts. ,;v'\ ’“'■'--'•-h: .... In a short talk with Mr. C. Ski The editor of theHoME Journal! Solomon last Friday^ we were j was one Q f 135 p80 ple who went oh j The weather is.pieasant, and ev Strengthened in our belief that all jthe Perry train to Fort Valley last j erybody seems cheerful, the horses and mules needed in j Thursday morning to attend the I Houston county can be profitably barbecue tobejgiven therein honor! t>, Death of 3Irs, J. T. Byron. Grant, of York and Vicinity. —Col. and Mrs. D. G. Hughes, 5f Twiggs county, reached Perry Tuesday night, on a visit to his daughter, Mrs. E. L. Dennard, Who has been quite sick for about two weeks. Mr. Frank Lowman and his son Master Tommie, of Atlanta, spent several days last weak with the family of Mr. J. W. Colyer- in Pbrify. Mr. Lowmanis a brother of Mrs. Col yen —Quite a pleasant sociable was enjoyed by the youug people of Perry last Monday night, at the residence of Capt. F. M. King. It Was given in honor of two vis iting young ladies, Misses Lizzie Driskill and Mabel Boon. —It is among the probabilities that the Citizens of Perry will soon petition for a S unday train on the Perry branch railroad. We are entitled to the increased mail fa cilities this would give us, and we believe it would pay the road to dm a Sunday train; V , —Mr; arid Mrs; P; B. McKenzie, of Eufaula, Ala., are Stopping in Perrp a few days with relatives. They are on their way borne from Atlanta, where Mrs. McKenzie has been undergoing treatment for stammering; it is thought with ben- ; 6 ficiai results. —Mrs. L. W. Malsby, and four children, formerly of Perry, but now of Lakeland, Fla., is visiting relatives near Perry. Mrs. Malsby OMce up to Georgia before the yel- &ver outbreak, and being probably remain until il excitement ha? subsided. raised on Houston farmes. As onr readers know, Mr. Solomon owns a large plantation in the western portion of Houston county, bordering on the Macon county line. On this plantation there is a large track of swamp land that yields a native growth of grass that affords splendid pasturage for stock and cattle. Mr. Solo mon uses this as a stock farm, and has raised some as nice horses andeows as can be seen in Geor gia. He now has eleven fine young colts, five of which are mules. He also has a splendid Georgia raised stallion, some of the best cows in the state—brood mares, a large number ofrhogs, etc. Mr. Solomon is not exclu sively a stock farmer, but says that a colt can be raised as cheaply in Houston county as anywhere in the most favored section devoted to tliafc business. He offers hia rec ord in raising colts as a proof of the assertion. . The eleven young colts spoken of above will probably be placed on exhibition at the Idyl Wylde fair in Houston on the 28th or September, and at the state fair at Macon next October. W e do not advocate exclusive stock farming injHoustou, but we insist that every horse ahd mule nededin Houston can be raised here by Houston farmers, and the cost of raising will scarcely be appre ciated. At least one colt can be raised every two years on every two inule farm in the county. The spontaneous growth of native grasses through seven months of the year will furnish ample prov ender for colts almost without cost, and on swamps this continues through the entire year. For the other five months, hay from the summer harvest and growing grain can be used at small cost. Of course this is not intended to mean an exclusive stock farm, but simply as an auxiliary to the usual farm However, we are inclined to the belitf that the large tracts of land adjoining Ocmulgee river, Big Indian, Flat, Bay, Mosssy, Lime stone, and other large creeks could be profitably devoted ex clusively to stock raising, provided of course that strict business forms the basis of oparations. It is our purpose at an early date to visit Mr. Solomon’s stock farm, and then we will have some thing more to say on this subject, based upon Mr. Solomon’s expe rience in the business. —One month and five days yet remain before the agricultural fair at Idyl Wylde park opens. This fair is in behalf of the farm ing interests of Houston county, and our farmers should see to it that it is a success. The two fairs that have been held there were complete, and in point of merit fully equal to any state fair we ever saw. This year the meritori ous articles should be more nu merous than heretofore. Our farmers neechaot stand back be cause of their intention to contrib ute to the county exhibit at the State Fair—they can exhibit at both. Don’t let the idyl Wylde fair need your exhibit on Septem ber 28th. —Prof. E. A. Luster left Perry Monday afternoon to take charge of the high school at Noreross, Ga. He carries with him the high es teem and best wishes of every cit izen of Perry and vicinity. He came here in 1884 to take charge of onr college. He served the school acceptably, and by his own motion assumedt he management of the Perry Manufacturing Com pany, upon the organization of that enterprise. * He is a thorough scholar and a perfect gentleman, and he is sure to win friends at his new home- May success re ward him.- —Sheriff Colyer will be a farm er next year. Last Tuesday he became the owner of the Judge Davis farm, near Houston Factory, and he will make his home there January next, as sooiras he is re lieved of his present official posi tion. Mr. Colyer has made an ex cellent officer, and we doubt not he Will be a successful farmer. His farm is one of the best in Houston: county, and we congratulate him on his good . fortune in securing such a valuable and delightful home. Our only regrer is. that lie will not continue to be a citizen of Perry. However, we will still claim him as a Perry man of the arrival of the Atlanta & Flor ida railroad. Shortly after our arrival the town was f ull of people. The bar becue pits, tables, stand, and the entire paraphernalia of a grand gala day were in a beautiful grove about half a mile west of the business portion of town. There we found ourselves less than J mile from the tufffiinus of the A. & F. road. The grove is a part of an'extensive oak forest, and the woods were full of people. After several trains arrived from Atlanta* over the new road, it was estimated that the people present numbered all the way from 2,000 to 8,000. The nearest that we can come to the crowd is that “the woods was full of ’em.” At intervals during the day the crowd was regaled with excellent music from two brass bands. The welcoming speech was de livered by Mayor A. C. Riley. In reply Col. G. TV. Adair captured the crowd. Then railroad news was given in the speeches of President Jacob Hass, and Gen. * Manager H. C. Harris. The dinner was abundant, and splendidly prepared, consisting of 9,600 pounds of barbecued meat, —beef, pork, mutton, and ..kid— 6,000 pounds of bread, 150 baskets of dainties, 2 barrels of pickles, 500 watermelons. This bounteous feast was spread upon 2,000 feet of tables, arranged in a most con venient manner. Three tons of ice were used to keep the crowd cool. This writer tested the spread thoroughly, and we are constrained to say the barbecue was a complete the most extensive sve sucees ever saw. The bicycle tournament, though a side show—25 cents admission— was thoroughly enjoyable to all who 5 witnessed it. The crowd was immense, but we did not witness a single act to call forth unfavorable criticism. Fort Talley was full, arid the guests became full of an elegant barbecue dinner, and the day was full of pleasure-to all save those who kept an eye single for a chance to find something to grum ble about All honor to Fort Talley for her grand barbecue. Fort Talley is in Houston, and so are we. —Twenty bales of new cotton were purchased by Maj. Brunson in Perry last Saturday. Up to and including last Saturday Maj. Branson has received 42 bales of new cott m this season, against 2 bales received last year. Several other bales besides these bought by Maj.Brunson have been received in Perry this season. The cotton season opened nine days earlier in Perry this year than last, and if the last two weeks is a criteri an, the crop will be gathered and sold at least by the first of November. —Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hickson and their children went up to Barnes- ville,on Monday of last week, called there by a telegram informing them that Mrs. Elizabeth Reviere,mother of Mrs. Hickson, was dangerously ill. Before their arrival Mrs.Reviere died, and they attended the fune ral and returned home several days later. The many friends pf Mrs. Hickson here deeply sympa thise with her in'this sad bereave ment. —Mr. T. D. Gurr told us yester day that caterpillars iu large num bers were eating his cotton. We also hear similar reports from oth er sections of the county. There is much cotton in Houston that is now growing vigorously, and to this the damage by caterpillars will be very great. It is antici pated that the “top crop” will be nearly entirely destroyed. —Sixty-three bales . of cotton have been received in Perry this season, some of it from farmers, who have heretofore patronized other markets. The cotton buy ers in Pefry are as liberal as any .buyers in the state, and this fact is' drawing patronage to Perry from sections of the county that have heretofore been wedded to other markets. —The present term of the school at Oemtervilla will' close on the 31st insi, Friday of next week, with . „ appropriate public‘exercises.. The editor of the Hose Journal Every m thankfully acknowledges the invi tation to attend, and will be on hand. A Byron correspondent • of the Macon Telegraph has the following I in regard to the death of this good The following delegation _ Mm ]ad g , vho died in village iast owereville attended the District gafcMay morning: demand. ■ Meeting of the Congregational Methodist Church held at Fort Talley on last Friday, Saturday and Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. W. Ef Warren, Mr. and Mrs. A. 0. Cliett and two daughters, Leila and Nellie, Prof. J. M. Lamar, and T. J. Burden and lady. They claim to have had a splendid meeting, . The Primitive Baptists held their regular meeting on last Sat urday and Sunday at Fellowship church. Elder John Bassett was with the meeting, and preached to a very large congregation on both days. Elder Bassett is well known to the people of Houston county. He is now a resident of Pike coun ty. He is a native of South Caro lina, though he lived ; forty years in Houston coupiy, and 'served twenty-three years as pastor of Fellowship church. He has pass ed his three-score years and ten, but is vigorous and bright in mind. He can see to read fine print with out glasses. We are sorry to report Mr.- Zach Hayes as having typhoid fe ver. We hope he will soon be up mingling with his many friends. Mrs. W. E. Warren and Miss Neta Allen will leave in a few days for a pleasure trip among the mountains of North Georgia. They will visit the Piedmont Oha- tauqua arid Balt Springs before their return. Several of our citizens attended the grand barbecue at Fort Talley, and report one of the biggest times Fort Talley ever had. Mr. Ransom Bell, of Burke couuty, a brother of Miss Lizzie Beil, who is visiting relatives in Powersvilie, spent several days with his sister and other relatives the past week. Mr. L. P. Wari’en is on the sick list. He can get - no returns- for his watermelons, and that may have something to do with it. We have heard several of our citizens say that they would com pete for the different premiums at the Idyl Wylde fair, but they hear no one is allowed to compete ex cept members of the chib. The Hoi-is Journal was full of good reading matter last week. We were so very busy with our melon shipments that we failed to make a report. Aug. 21, 1838, [We are glad to be able to, cor rect the false impression alluded to above by. our correspondent, in regard to the exhibits and premi ums at the Idyl Wylde fair. In the premium list of the fair, re cently printed at this office,, under the heading of “General Rules,” it is distinctly stated that competition is open to the county. It may be that the rules at the recent melon and fruit picnic of the club misled some, a3 in that instanae the prizes were restricted to the club. We believe that our correspond ent, “Sub,” will take pleasure in setting the club right with his people, and we know that the management of the fair will be de lighted to have competitors from among the progressive farmers and housewives from in and around Powersvilie. Send to. any one of the officers of the club and get a premium list, see what you want to compete for, and get : it ready by September 28th.—Ed. —The protracted meeting com menced at Sandy Run last Thurs day night night was concluded Tuesday night. . Revs. W. <J. Rob ertson and W. E. Taughn were ear nest in proclaiming the gospel, and we understand the meeting was a good one. Thero were three ac cession f-b the church. Mr. Rob ertson will begin a protracted- meeting at the Houston Factory Methodist church to-night. —An article descriptive of Houston county appeared in the August number of the Southern Empire, published at Americas by the Georgia Bureau of Imimi- gration. The article in question originally appeared in the Home- J OURNAL. — —On next Sunday at 11 o’clock a; in,, Rev. W. E. .Vaughn will preach a sermon to the Perry Rifles, in the Methodist church heiie. Mr. Taughn . is the regular Chaplain of . “Mrs. J. T. Grant, a most esti mable lady, died of fever here this morning. She was a consistent member of the Baptist Church. In the mission society, the Sunday school and the church she was a zealous worker, ever ready and willing to do something for the the cause of the Master. The sick and distressed she was wont to soothe and to aid. Truly, Byron has sustained a great loss. Our people extend their sympathy to the stricken , husband and little boy.” Gur citizens remember Mrs. Grant; hee Miss Carrie Peddy, as the daughter of Mr. G. W. Peddy, the worthy Superintendent of the Poor House of Houston couuty. She was much beloved for many noble traits of character, and our the;illnes of Uncle Dave Pernien- people heartily sympathize with the bereaved husband and son, parents and sisters. Haynevllle News, We reckon it is about time “Savannah” was bringing np her corner, as she has not sent in any “chips’ i: iri some time. Plenty of rain now, and no more grumbling among the people. Plenty of -cotton to pick, and “dead heads” are in demand. Our protracted meeting closed on-last Tuesday. No additions to the church, but we had a good meeting, and everybody seemed to be warmed up. Rev. W. J. Rob ertson filled the pulpit on Sunday at his regular appointment during the protracted meeting, and preached a most interesting ser mon to a large and appreciative congregation. ..Many favorable comments were passed upon the sirmon preached here on Monday night by Rev. W. E. Taughn. We feel proud of our pastors and be lieve they have won the confidence of our people. They are true, honest and Christian gentlemen. We were glad to see so many Henderson and Hickory Grove people attend our meeting. Come again. Dr. W. H. Roberts has gone to Monticeilo, Ga,, on a recreation trip. Miss Lula and Master Eddie Graves, of Henderson, returned home a few days ago, after a pleas ant visit to friends> and relatives of this place. Mr. W. S. Riley carried to mar ket to-day the first bale of cotton that has been baled in this com munity this season. We are glad to note that Mrs. Willie Means is recovering from the accident that befell her in lighting a lamp and accidentally dropping a match into some pow der near by. The particulars i do not fully know. Willie should be more careful whole he puts his powder. ' • Grovania has been kid off in town lots. This station will be a great convenience to our people. Savannah. Aug. 21,1888. —The attention of our readers is called to the advertisement of Henderson Academy, which ap pears in another column of the Home Journal. Prof. J. G. Meadors is principal of- tlite school, and the fall term opens next Monday. Prof. Meadors is thor oughly equipped as an instructor, and the patrOns of Henderson Academy are. delighted with his management of that institution. —A farmer near Perry received notice several-days ago that a eftf.’ load of melons shipped by him, on which the freight charges were about $83, had been sold for 830. These melons were small and the commission merchant advised agairist the shipment of such mel ons. . —We hear of very few garden ers who have succeeded in getting stands of. rutabagas. Whether, it is owing to.fhrieeed or the seasons we are not informed. --For Syrup Kettles or Cane Mills, apply to C. H. Moore, Perry, Ga. Editor has moderated towns along t very Cottoii picker; The weather some. Several of the boys went down to tiiei.Dooly Camp Meeting. Capfe. R. L. Marshall keeps busy with his ginnery. We hear of some sickness in and. around our community. Several of onr citizens visited Fort Talley last Week. The pea crop is reported good iu this section. We hear the hog crop is ing quite promising- in our munity. The new road has reached dele, and we may now look for another passenger, or accommoda tion train at an early day. A good-number of our citizens visited the Central City on last Tuesday to be present at the meet ing of the Farmers State Alliance. We are quite sorry to hear of look- eom- Cor- ter’s fariaily. Under the skillful treatment of Dr. L. J. Thomas we predict their speedy recovery. The York Farmers Alliance, through Capt. R. L. Marshall, have purchased their supplies of bag ging. and ties. They got rock bottom prices, despite the trust, and its sinful rascality. Mi. W. B. White has sold his farming interest ’to Col. R. W. Johnson, and will take an appren ticeship on the railroad under Sec tion Boss J. B. Huff. Success to you, Bill. Old Uncle Jake Sasser and family, with Mr. Dick Minchew and family; spent the day with Capt. Marshall’s family Sunday. Independent got another letter from his sweetheart a few days since, which doubtless accounts for his good humor this week. . Mr. J.' B. Huff has moved, and is now happily located in the town of Wellston. Independent. Aug. .20th, 1888. ; —Messrs. J..B. James, of Fort Talley, and D. B, Wimberly, of Henderson, represented the Hous ton county Alliance in the Georgia State Farmers Alliance convention that assembled in Macanlast Tues day. Members from nearly every sub-alliance in the county also at tended the convention, illustrating the fact that the allianeemen of Houston are deeply interested in the order. They propose to keep up with the procession, and to keep fully posted. They are sure to get their full share of the good re sults that the alliance is to bring about. -r-The ‘population of Houston county was showh by. the United States census of 1880 to be 23,- 414, an increase of 3,001 during the preceeding ten years. If this ratio of increase is maintained—«• we have reason to believe the in crease is greater—the population of the country will be shown by the census to be taken in 1S0O to be more than. 27,000. We believe there are that many people here now, and there is a possibility that we may regain the represent tative lost in 1880. Previous: to that time Houston was rated as one of the six most populous cotinties in Georgia. —Road Carts very cheap. C. H. Moobe' Aug. 3~4t. Perby Ga. —Fresh Goshen Butter Bologna Sausage at L. M. Paul’s. For Sale. One lot of Household & Kitch en Furniture, at my home on Washington street, Perry, Ga. 2t £ J. G. Ti$scheb. —A new lot of Road Carts for sale cheap. C. H. Moobe. : As some of oqf he* G. S. & F. R. R» have been written up, I concluded that I would say something about our (m the near future) progres sive and enterprising little town’ Bonair. Bonair is on the G. S. &. F. R : . R., twenty-two miles south of our “Central City,” siii rited on a beau 1 iifnl elevation, east of the noted Sasser mount. We hope, at an earlyl'day) to seq Bonair a flourishing town. The music of the saw and hammer can already be distinctly heard. A large school house is being ereetedj and in September ‘a school will be opened, with Mr. F. M: Walker as principal. We understand thaf we will also soon hear the heavjr blows of the sledge hammer and the riug of t-lie anvil. Mr. J. O. Watson .expects to open a store of general merchan dise, and will be able to duplicate any bill from Macon. . Our community is “made up” of men who are thrifty arid enterprise ing, such as j.,0. Watson j Jacob Sasser and his sons, C. H. Thomp son, Niel Brown, Greene Watson,' J. N. Barker, William Talion, our,’ clever little “baehelorj” N. J. Hunt , and many others. With such names as these to “back” our town, success k srire. . . . “Madam Rumor” has already softly whispered:—Not there! noj; there!! ye lover of health—ho who makes his home at Bonair shall be deprived of the most priceless gem, that sparkles in onr casket of earthly jewels. We would say in reply to the above that our climate i3 salubrious and oUr water is pure! Why, only a mile or so up the R. B., on the plantation of our enter prising farmer and merchant, Mr.’ W. S. King, we have a mineral well, noted for its healthful prop- properties. We have strong men and fair ladies, on whose, cheeks the rose of health blooms as bright; ly as at ririy spot on Georgia, soil. Tery near Bonair, lives a geri- man <vho has resided there from early manhood^ has reared a large family of healthy and prosperous children, has lived his three score years and ten, and is still a vigor ous and healthy man. Parties looking for a good loca tion would do well to invest at Bo- Tebitas. Solid Leather Shoes for Ladies and Gentlemen, cheap at C. H. Moobe’b r —Syrup Kettles cheap. C. H. Moore. \ —Pork Satisage and Fresh Fish every Saturday. fl M. Paul. C. E. CAilFUELI,. D. B. JONES. CAMPBELL & JONES, -ANL> DEAXIEBS IN- PLANTATION SUPPLIES; Nos, 554 to 5(J0 PopIar.St., Macon, Ga, 25^5!on are invito,! to maAe onr house headquarters when in the city. GEORGIA—Houston uounty: Mrs. C.. B. Means, administratrix of the estate, of-F.N. Means, .late of said! county, deceased, has applied for dis- mission from said.trust:* This is tlifcrefore to cite all persons con cerned to appear at the November term; 1838, of the court of Ordinary of said coun ty, and show cause, if any they have, why said application should not T ' ’ Witnessmy - 2nd, 1888: 3m. ■. .r. -