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m m G2.00 : Annum :n Advanc. Published Every Thursday Homing. /V JOHN H. H32SSS.Editor aadPablisher. iy School Closed. ..We have received from Secreta- And eh, hour sad it made the ry Nesbit another lot of premium j scholars feel, Avben they shook lists, which show the special pre- j hands with Prof. Renfree, after i- ' The Columbus Exposition. T;ic Success of the Great Show Sow -Ixawred. Tits Attractions. — I PEREt, ThUUSDAT, SeI'TEMBEE 5. tniniB's oHored by McIntosh coun-* delivering a grand speech to the ty. These Special premiums - ag-. scholars. I don’t think there was gregate $450, as follows; Best j hut one scholar who did not shed jfe The senate has under conside ration a bill to declare trusts un lawful. The repubiicatis .of Yirginia are hot harmonious arranging for the presidential campaign. • It is now believed that the hew Georgia State Capitol will be ready for use by January. 1st, 1889. This -year has been very much like other years—many remarka bly unusual things have happened. A begueab passenger schedule from Macon to Cordeile is now op erated on the Geoi gia Southern & Florida railroad. Senator Yojobhees asserts con fidently that the vote of Indiana will be democratic in the presiden tial election by a fair majority, - Excessive rains have considera bly damaged the cotton crop in Arkansas and Mississippi. Much damage has also resulted in Geor gia. "'Cl ; —»—o—•— r The presidential electors in Georgia have not yet reached the Conclusion that there is any need for campaign speeches in this state. ■ I WHILE the democrats are confi dent of success in the coming pres idential election, there is no lack ^ of vigor in the management of the campaign. Speaker Cablisle, and' Hon. Prank Hurd, of Ohio, are expect ed to attend the Georgia State Pair at Macon, and deliver speech es on the tariff question. Capt. Jim Dense, formerly a well known conductor on the South- Western railroad, died suddenly, of heart disease, at his home in Macon last Saturday. The" Republican Bull of the Woods, is the title given the Hon. James G. Blaine by the Atlanta •Constitution. Just what the ap pellation implies, we are unable to say. The avowed candidates for Pres ident of the next Georgia Senate are, J M. BuPree, of Montezuma, Robert Whitfield, of Milledge- ville, and Fleming DuBignon, of Savannah. sspgj#? Several houses in Macon were struck by lightning last Sunday, and in Bibb county a mule and several cows were killed, and two or three people were prostrated by strokes of lightning near them. In an extensive patronage that is constantly increasing, the Hotel Lanier, at Macon, Ga., is reeiving its just reward of merit. Mr. I. D. Crawford is an exceptionally able and popular hotel proprietor. The person who remarked that the New York Star as a democrat ic champion combines the execu tive ability of a battering ram with the business end-of a hornet, was nob far out of the way. It is a great Star. . — Grand Master Workman Pow- berlt, of the Knights of Labor, asserts publically that the present protective- tariff, as advocated in the republican platform, is antag onistic to the interests or the work ingmen of this country. bushel 3weei potatoes, 825; best bushel of eo- a (for bread) in ear, 825; best bushel turnips, 810; best bushel field peas, 825; best bushel •ground peas, S25; best two dozen stalks of sugar cane, 859; best in dividual exhibit or farm products, 850; best scuppernong wine, not' less than 1 gallon, $30; second best scuppernong wine, §20; best ex hibit of rice in all its various forms', §50; second best exhibit of rice, 810; best busbel of,clean rice, 0; best bushel of rough rice, 850. These premiums added to the regular premiums considerably in crease the value of the prizes to be contended for, and we think the inducement is -sufficient to cause the exhibits of the farm to be more varied and comprehensive than those of any fair heretofore held in Georgia, Besides the ten counties that will contend for the Si,000 prize for the best county exhibit, there is already assured an extensive lin e of individual exhibits, covering the entire field of industry in Georgia. Beyond doubt the agricultural ex hibit will be the largest and best ever seen in Georgia, and the man agement have ample reason to be lieve that the other departments will be equally, full. The programme of amusements will be unusually full, and every visitor will be pleased. Surely the fair will be a full and comprehen sive exhibition of the manifold re sources of. Georgia. We are satisfied the people of this section of the state will attend the fair in large numbers. But this is not all that is desired. The products of Houston and adjoin ing counties should be fully rep resented in the exhibits. The trouble and expense of getting sample products ready is as noth ing compared to the benefit and pleasure that will come from win ning a prominent premium. Go to work at once, and add some thing to your county exhibit, and if your product is especially mer itorious, duplicate it and contend for the premium for an individual exhibit. The railroads and express com panies are extremely liberal in fix ing low passenger and freight rates. Those convenient to Perry can get premium lists at the Home Journal office. R. A. Nesbitt, Secretary, Macon, will furnish applicants all neces sary information, tears, and his cup was almost full, ready to ovpifiow. While we quiet ly acquiesced in our teacher’s de cision to close his school, we think he acted wisely. Diphtheria is a fearful diseasg, and he was afraid it iivould get ahiongst his scholars, and continue to spread. Several children have died near Echecon- nee, and there are others quite sick. Though our school house is lo cated in a somewhat secluded spot, many are the mfemorie3 of happy hours we’ve spent there among the hills. By energy, firmness and kindness, Prof. Renfroe governed his school well, and was highly es teemed by the scholars. Waverly Hall stands a noble ed ifies, in my estimation, proving very clearly what can be accom plished by energy and faithful work with little capital; and then, too, when I reflect a moment that he who wa3 the principal worker Was found dead (pronounced heart dis ease,) three or four hundred yards from Waverly Hall, the building that proves of such vast benefit. Though Prof. Pearce has been dead several years, Waverly Hall stands a monument to his enthu siasm and zeal for education. He was loved by his scholars and they still miss him. Preaching at Waverly Hall once a month. There is a structure which every body is building, young and old, each one for himself. It is called- character, and every act of life is a stone. If day by day we are careful to build Our lives with pure, noble, upright deeds, at the end they will stand a fair temple, honored by God and man. Trusting that at the proper time Waverly Hall will re-open with a larger school than ever. Yours truly, School Boy. year- will be fairs at Augusta, Columbus, Macon and' Rome, and at northern fairs the Georgia car will show the Yankees what we are produc ing in the Empire state of the south. Sfe iHCT-itrihe ned Vico; TWs iBEO Mprcedented Though the yellow fever at Jack sonville Increases in number of cases, the record shows that the disease is not of a malignant form, Forty-three hew cases were report ed Tuesday. Dp to Tuesday night the record showed a total of 338 cases and 37 deaths. Efforts are being made to depopulate the city as far- as practicable, but there is trouble in getting transportation from the city. The service of vol unteer physicians and trained nurses is being accepted. Some few negroes have died with the disease. Tuesday it Was reported that the disease had become con tagious in portions of the city, as well as epidemic. Commissioner Henderson, of the Georgia state department of agriculture, is considering the question of supplying the' weekly papers of Georgia with supple ments containing the monthly crop reports from his department. He is seeking information in order tomalcnlate the cost to the de partment, and his decision will be made known in a short while. This plan would give a wider circu lation to the report? than any oth er, and a large majority of the farmers would then receive free each month much valuable "agri cultural information. The sup plements, if they are furnished, will contain valuable reading mat ter of an agricultural character, besides the crop reports. Probably there will not bo a campaign speech this year advo cating the election of the demo cratic candidates for governor and other state offices c£ Georgia. There will be ho need for such President of the United States, is engaged in:active campaign work in’ northern ' and eastern- states. His speeches prove that his mind is exceptionally strong, showing as he does the iniquities of a protect- riff. condition of political affairs. President Jackson, of the G ‘= i gia State Farmers’ Alliance, has .vl'f.grapbsd from Washington City Unit ho is hopeful that means Can of relief from the bagging trust will be devised and made effective. Local Items. ♦ —We were shown yesterday, pin (taken from a feather bed that was being renovated) that is uu- like anything of the kind we ever saw. The head of the pin is a separate piece of wire, wrapped around the pin, and fastened with solder, seemingly. Such pins have not been in use within the memory of those of our citizens who are now past middle age. —On Thursday before the 3rd Sunday in October a Missionary ship will be constructed in the Perry Methodist church. The occasion will be the anniversary of the Woman’s Missionary society. An attractive programme is be ing arranged, and we are safe in saying a very pleasant evening is in store for all who will attend. —The rain that fell here last Sunday afternoon was one of the heaviest of the season. The flashes of lightning acconpany- ing the rain were almost contin uous and extremely vivid, while the thunder was almost deafening. No damage has been reported. —Our people should remember that there will bs a magnificent barbecue dinner at the Idyl Wylde fair—Friday, September 28th. The admission fee, 50 cents, pays for the dinner. Be sure and attend, and carry with you some article for exhibition. —It is intimated to us that some exceptionally fine stalks of cotton —now growing in this immediate vicinity—will be with the Hous ton county exhibit at the next state fair. —-We regret that a communi cation from Waverly Hall School Boy reached us yesterday two late for publication this week We hope our young friend will write again. ' The preparations for ths Chat tahoochee Talley Exposition, which will open- in Columbus Oc tober 4th, have so far progressed as to assure a brilliant success. Most elaborate and extensive prep arations for the great show have been made. All necessary build ings have been erected at the city’s cost, and very liberal sub scriptions from citizens have ena bled the management to spare no expense in arranging the grounds. The exhibits will be fine and nu merous, and the success of the special features of the exposition are already assured. There will be a military prize drill on the opening and second days, and no less than ten of the leading com panies of the South have already entered. There will be a great fe-union of Confederate Veterans; a tournement: manufacturers’ day; pyrotechnic displays, to be furnish ed under contract with one of the most celebrated fire-works firms in the United States; a genuine old-fashioned southern fox-chase, and similar entertainments. The racing will be unusually fine, no expense has been spared in the preparation or the race course. The track is simply perfect, and was built iq eliptical form and af ter ‘the most approved models. The exposition i3 inter-state in its scope. The prosperous city of Col umbus is the metropolis of the Chat tahoochee Talley,and here the three Great States of Georgia, Alabama and Florida will unite m friend ly competition. These, with their sister states, will co-operate in making a grand display. Exhibit ors have rarely had offered them such inducements as this Exposi tion will afford. Premiums are liberal, the purses are generous, and the attendance will be phe- nominally large. The many novel and distinctive features and at tractions, and the very exhaustive display from all quarters, will render the occasion one of profit to the exhibitors, of pleasure to visitors, and of gieat instruction to all who attend. The railroads, with their usual liberality toward such enterprises, have fixed the rate at one cent a mile for passengers, of one rate for individual exhibits, and no charge either way for county ex hibits. This will insure a great attendance. Columbus is a live city, and nothing will tend more to bring her into notice and add to her prosperity than this Exposi tion. -CALL ON- oqeb, mmm & oobb, cl. m insurance Agents 422 Second Streep MACON, GA. SESSION 1838-89. FIRST TERM opened Monday, Aug, 27,1888, and closes Dec. 22,1888. SECOND TERM opens January 7, 18S9, and closes June 14,1889. RATES OF TUITION: S1.50, S2.50, and 83.50 per month. Good board can be secured in respect able families at from $5.00 to §9.00 per month. For further particulars address J. W. WIMBERLY, Pres, Board, or M. A. EDWARDS, Sec’y. Aug. 23—. • C. E. CAMPBELIi. D. B. JONES. CAMPBELL & JONES, Colon Commlssian Msrctilts, COTTOIsr • FACTOR, MACON GEORGIA. Prompt Personal Attention to Business. LIBEEA.L MONEY AT LOW RATES. t c ’til Nov. 1.. BOBHBT COI/EMAX. JOHN N. BIBCH. EOUVAB H. BAT. COTTON FACTORS AND DEALERS IN ,5 Groceries and Mrs* Nos. 409 and 411 POPLAR STREET; MOON; GA. Consignments of Cotton Respectfully Solicited. Liberal Advances IViade on Cotton in Store. 83T* Full Supply of Groceries, Planters’ Sup ./ties an-iiD.'.gging and Tia^nlwaya on hand. -AND DEAUEBS tS- PLANTATION • SUPPLIES.. Nos, 554 to 539 Popliff St., Macon, Ga. 1ST* You are invited to make oar house headquarters when in the city. W. IS. ft 0, S. SPARKS, COTTON FACTORS. rr-sixiEziy street, maoon, gjl.s Ca, HATE ON HAND AT THE LOWEST PRICES. Will do A Promise- MULBEEKY STBEET, Wareiionsemen Ahj. 9.—3m. MACON, GA. Office at Sparks’ Warehouse,- Auc MACON, GA. 9 th, 1888. —We are informed that Hayne- viile Sub-Alliance, and the other citizens of that vicinity, will- do their full duty in getting up the ecuuly exhibit for the state fair. —A communication from Houser’s Mill, received last Satur day, has been misplaced, which accounts for its non-appearance in the Home Journal this week. To Publishers. A thoroughly competent printer desires the position of foreman in a weekly newspaper office.' five first-class references. Address Printer, care Home Journal, PEBP.y, Ga. County Commissioners’ Court. The County Commissioners’ Court of Houston county met pur suant to adjournment this 3rd day of September, 1888. Present—J. G. Brown, H. S. Feagin, I. F. Mnrph, L. Blewster, and W. D. Croom, presiding. Minutes of last meeting read and confirmed: Petition of Stephen Coleman et ah, for a public road commencing at the top of the hill on the east side of Big Creek, on the Hawk- insville and Henderson road, and running northeast to the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad de pot, through the lands of Dr. Means, John Houser and Dr. Kezar. Said petition ordered to take its regular course. On motion adjourned to October 1st, 1888. D. H. Culler, C. C. C, The tax digests from alb the comities in Georgia have been re ceived by the Comptroller Gener- The value of taxable property aggregates 8327,863,331, an in crease of 811,258,002 over the re turns of last year. The returns of taxable railroads aggregate 829,- OOOjOOO, making the grand total of taxable property in Georgia 8357,- 863,331. 'The increase in value of taxable railroad-property is $4,000,- 000, which added to the increase of other property, makes the total increase 815,258,002. The republicans publicly de elare that a protective tariff is beneficial to the country generally, and to the workingmen especially. Their circulars to the manufactu rers asking for contributions to the campaign fund, however, as sert positively that -these manu facturers receive the chief bene fits 01 a protective tariff. See? It'is said that there has been more thunder and lightning in Middle Georgia this summer, than daring any other summer within the memory of the oldest inhabi tants. Dental Notice. —Dr. W. E. Bunn is now at his office at the King bumting on Main street, lately occupied by Mrs. G’Nann, prepared to do any and all classes of dental work. If you need the services of a dentist, call on Dr. Bunn. Houston Sheriffs Sales* Will bo sold before the' court house door in the town of Perrv, Houston county, Ga.,on the first Tuesday m Octo ber noxt, within the legal hours of sale, the following property, viz. One-fourth undivided interest in lots of land Noe. 102,176,188, 177, 178, 3?9. 186,137, 189,199, 203, 20-1, 214, and 100 acres of lot 53, in the aggregate 2732q, acres, all of said land lying in the 5th district of Houston county, and known as the “Smith Place.” Levied on as the property of James S. Iverson to satisfy a fi. fa., issued from the City Court of At lanta* Ga., in favor of Adams & Co.,- vs. Pemberton, Iverson & Co. J. W. COLYER, Aug. 30, 1888. Sheriff. COMHISSIONBES’ SALS OF LAUD. GEORGIA—Houston County: Under and by virtue of an order grant ed by the Superior Court of said county, at the April term, 1888, thereof, in the case of Mrs Ida Smith vs. Joe. B. Irby et al., petition for partition of lands, we, the Commissioners appointed by said, court,- will sell before the court house door in Perry, Houston county, Ga., at public outcry, within the legal hours of sale, on the 1st Tuesday in October,- 1888, the following lands, to-wit: 450 acres, more or less, situated in the origi nal 13th district of said county,- (now in the Lower Town district), said 450 acres being parts of lots of land Nos. 190, 191 and 192 of said original 13th district, and known as the “old Irby place,” and lying about two miles, east of Perry. Said lands sold for distribution. Terms cash. A. L. Muleis, ) F. M. Ring, t Commissioners. T. D. Gunn, ) Aug. 29th, 1888, . COHMISSIONEBS’ SALS OF LA1TD. GEORGIA—HOUSTON COUNTY: Under and by virtue of an order grant ed by the Superior Court of said countv, at the April term, 3888, thereof, in the case of Adolphus M. Rutherford et al. vs. Rosa L. Rutherford et aL, petition for partition of lands, wo, the Commissioners appointed by said court, will sell before the court house door in Perry, Hous ton county, Ga., at public outerv, within the legal hours of sale>on the 1st Tues- : day in October,18S8, the following land?, to-wit: The whole of lot of lancINo. 125, and the west half of lot No, 182, both of said lots being in the 10th district of said county, and containing together 303% acres mere or loss-. Said 'lands being known as the “Rutherford place, or plantation.” Said lands sold for dis tribution. Terms cash. Jambs M. Davis, ) t) ohx B. Hunt, f Commissioners. James D. Thabp, ) Aug. 29th, 1888. AND We are better prenared than ever to meet the demands of the' trade. The patronage of the planters of Honston and adjoining counties is solicited. All First Class Groceries Always on Hand. BAGGING AND TIES AND RUST-PROOF OATS ARE SPECIALTIES. DAT IS & BALKCOM, .. July 26. Mulberry Street, Macon, Ga. TO SUIT THE SUMMER FINANCIAL STATUS. 50 DOZ. PAIRS LADIES' HOSE, S CerLtg per SFaAr. A Large Lot of New Prints, Yery Pretty Patterns. NEW SUMMER GOODS JUST RECITED, WILL BE SOLD AT EXCEEDINGLY LOW PRICES. —I ALWAYS KEEP IN STORE A FULL STOCK OF— Orjf 'Goods, Slothing, Hats and Shoes, C3-2500B23IBS, . HARDWARE, SUTLER! ETC. lUesr* Call and examine myGoods before bnying elsewhere. W. ID. DD-A-TT, LEADER IN i,OW PRICES. PERRY, GEORGIA. I LEAP ALL OfBlBS -IN STAPLE # FANCY GROCERIES, ll/TY STOCK is complete in every particular—all goods cf the very best quality,- ITjL and Prices Low Down. 1 can furnish the farmer with PLANTATION SUPPLIES, g ——Or the Housewife with CHOICE DELICACIES FOB THE TABLE. —' BEST FLOXJE EJ THE MA11KET. MEATS OF THE CHOICEST QUALITY. UNADULTERATED SUGAR. CANNED GOODS CONFECTIONERIES and FRUITS in Season/ CROCKERY, GLASS and TINWARE. I can now procure loans on lands at LOWER RATES than ever before offered in Houston County. Commissions ifi fact,every thing usually kept :by a first-class Grocer. Give me a ? share of your patronage, and you will not regret it. L. M- PAUL, Q-*-, . , “PERRY HOTEL, - Feemw 9 tf ^ropiiotQ?.' POLITE ATTENTION GITEN ALL GUESTS. COMFORTABLE ROOMS: - TABLE SUPPLIED WITH THE BEST EDIBLES THE MARKET AFFORDS. RATES: $2-00PER DAY- reduction by the week, or by the month. =^3’