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NEWS. IMrt , ThUBSRIt, i>icEMBEk 20. SIDEWALK GLEANINGS, l,«cal Hews of Town and County. During thfe last teii days or two weeks, we have knowH that if was possible that the Houston Female College and —Next Tuesday! 1. —Houston calf show at Perry to-day. r-May Christmas be thoroughly enjoyed by all. —Rev.W.lE.iVaaghn has peen among! his friends in!|Perry this week. —rrThe. HoHa Joubnal extends a ’cordial Christmas greeting to all its friends. —Maj. Ezell, of Byron has been circulating among his friends at Perry this week —Miss Fannie Sandlin, of Hen- dersoir,has been liiPefjy this week, theijjuest of Miss Speight. . judge J.M., Davis and fami ly will liVe in Perry- next year, if they can secure a suitable house. r --—Mr. Rufus E. Tounsley, of Qcala, Florida, is in Perry visiting hiB father, Capt. S. j&£ Tounsley, and other relatives. . -s^be Bacon, % little negro boy, killed 23 blackbirds at one shot last Tnursday morning, on Mr. W, D. Pierce’s farm. —tCoL G. G. Duncan was called to Sou|h Carolina last Saturday, oh professional business. He re turned Tuelday night. —Miss Lena Ezell, of Byron, passed through Perry Monday to attend Miss Gertrude Coleman’s Wedding j|t Henderson to-day. —Judge A. S. Giles returned home Monday morning from East man, where he attended the South Georgia Conference as a delegate. *—Iik«t Thursday Mr Geo. Wi Singleton killed seven hogs that Vlighed 2,076 pounds, an average ttf a fraction over 286 pounds each. . "—Hits Lorena Schilling, of Perry, was among the guests at the marriage of Miss Henrietta Buff, at Hickory Grove last Tues day; —Miss Annie Inabinett, St Or- angeUfiS South Carolina, is in Perry visiting her cousins, Misses Nettie hnd Frankie Hook, and 6th- fer relatives. —Mr. and Sirs. F. M. Houser, and thte^ children went down to Savannah Tuesday, on a short vis it to xelatives. They will return ta~ih0rrow. —Rev. W. E. Vaughn has a great many friends in Houston who Sihtehrely regret that lie was not returned here for another year by Cohference. At about 12 o’clock, noon, last: Last Friday evening one of the •Tuesday, Mr. J. A. Peed, of "Win- most pleasant entertainments that Chester,.Macon county, was mar- our community Mai Hver enjoyed, Perry Academy ried to Miss Henrietta Buff, at the cceui’red. By 7:30 o'clock quite a schools would be consolidated, with, residence of the bride’s mother, at crowd had gathered to participate Profs. Kennedy and Tigner as Hickory Grove, Rev. J. W. Do- j in the pleasures that such an occa- jbint principals. THe arrange^ mingos officiating. jsioii affords. Feagin, Wellston There were no attendants,' Echeconnee and Centerville were though a large number of relatives! all represented, and added mnch is. Kennedy iand Tigner closed their schdols at the College : and at th J Academy last Friday. The spring term will be opened Parly in January. —It is hoped tftfi the Christ mas weather to which we were treated last Sunday, and Monday bull not. be .re-produced while Christmas is with us next week. —Mrs. W? B- Fitzgerald, df Rd- 'chelie, left Perry last Monday for home, after spending about two weeks- here with the family of her father, Mr. McD. Felder. —We ave satisfied onr peo] pi extend the full hospitality of their Ihdmes to the alHancemen who will- meet in convention at Perry on the 3rd day of January. ,v-U. W. Dbmingos, of Mar shall ville, 'was in Perry Tuesday, on his way home from the confer ence at Eastman. He will remain for the next year pastor of the chur*h®6 at Marshallyille and Mon- tozoma. —The largest hog yet reported this season was killed in Perry last Thursday, by Mr. George W, Killeivr- The hog weighed. 395 )ponnde net^-and two pigs killed at the same frnje weighed 210 and 215 pounds respectively. —A proiujiien;t allianeeman in forms us Ih^lt Is not the desire of the cohhty alliance to hold a county alliance fair iff Houston next year. Thai organization wonts a Houston county fair, and wift help-make it a success io tike fall ability of its members. •—Xiieuts. T. E. Artepe and J. T. Flynn, of the Southern Cadets, of Macon, have consented to come down and act as judges in the Potty Rifles drill contest fiext Tuesday night. Our people will be glad to- honor representatives from the southern champions; arrange* ments for the consolidation have not been fully completed; yii we Mrb informed that a consolidation will probably be agreed to. It is not our. purpose to enter into specific?’] ‘details, beyond the fact that it is proposed to place the college building in charge of Professors Kennedy and Tigner for the next term, they. Id Me un trammelled by eitner board of trustees. It is farther proposed that the academy Shall not be used for school purposes. It is then farther contemplated that this ar rangement shall be perfected and made permanent before the expi ration of the coming term. The principals are to be equal in power .to control the sel^ol/ and Thetrus- tees to be called upon only to elect one or both of the joint principals whenever a vacancy shall occur. Each board to elect one principal —but neither board to have the power to say which is chief, nor to ’designate any assistant This is only an outline state ment of the proposed consolida tion, as we understand it. //It can be changed’ if desirable, before a permanent consolidation is made. If this plan is not satisfactory, some other can be agreed upon. Whether or not we are to have obe of two schools; wb are emphat ically in favor of any plan that will thoroughly eliminate, church denorn^.nationalism from the man agement of the schools in Perry. The College is owned and con trolled by the Baptists, and the Academy is owned and controlled by the MethOdiits. This fact has been exceedingly hurtful to the educational interests of Perry, though we do not presume to say where the fault chiefly lies. Perry is not large enough for two first-class schools, and , we will never havedhe- school • advantages that properly Mlohg id. us until we have a school that" is strictly first-'class. This can never be as long as bur churches War against eachiother in this matter. By all means let us agree to consolidate the schools. Can’t the two boards of trustees come to gether on common ground, and work.for. Perry in this matter? The Military Entertainment. Masquerade, Prize {lxitl and Oyster Suypihj The following programme 'will be observed ht the military enter tainment at the court house on next Tuesday night, 25th inst.: Masquerade from 7:30 to 8:30 o’clock. Prize drill, by the company, be gins at 9 o’clock. Bayonet drill immediately after the prize drill. Oysters and coffee will be served at any tipie desired, beginning at 7 o’elock. Admission free, and all invited. Oysters and coffee cheap. T. O. O. F. Election. ‘ r- • ' r “’ The members of Perry Lodge No. 76,1. O. O. F. are earnestly requested to meet at their lodge room ddrly neit Wednesday night, 26th inst., the occasion being the semi-annual election of officers. The presence of every member is desired, as oth,er. business of im portance also demands attention: and friends attended the marriage- After the ceremony," the guests partook of a most elegant and bountiful dinner. Directly after the dinner, the groom and bride proceeded to their future home, where they, with a number of friends, enjoyed a. delightful sup per, prepareclby the Mother of the groom. The happy couple begin mar ried life under bright auspices, and with theirjmany friends we ex tend cordial. congratulations, and best wishes for their future wel fare and happiness. Wants Tlie'm to Join; Editor HoatE Jouibwi: Can yon not induce your correspond ents “Sub,” Mr. J. T. Walker, or some of the enterprising alliance- men to join the Premium Corn Club? Should fifty or one hun dred farmers come into this club and make a reasonable effort to se cure the premium, it would show the farmers what their lands are capable of producing under hot sun and dry climate. While this is but a small, effort in the way of intensive farming, it is large enough to show whether or not it is better" to grow 200 bush els of COrn "on 20 acres, or on five acres. Should it be ascertained that the latter plan is most profit able, then let us by all. means adopt it, thereby requiring less la bor to obtain the same amount of corn, and leaving 15 acres or land for small grain, pastures, etc. Gentlemen, send in your names to the editor of the Home Journal, and let’s see hoW much corn to the acre ban be gr-own on Houston lands. Yours, etc., PLANTER: [We have received a number of signatures to the agreement, and whether or not others sign, the premium will be contested for: However, the objeet is too praise worthy to lack foi; members, and we feel confident a number of oth ers will sign.—Ed.] Half Sheet Next’lffeetl. The Home Journal will appear in halfr&Meet form next week, in order that our printers may be un trammeled in their enjoyment of Christmas. Our readers have al ready received 50 full copies of the Home Journal this year, and we dare say they Will not begrudge our printers the short respite that the half-sheet issue allows them. On the 4th day of January the first issue in the new year Will ap pear, and then throughout 1889, as heretofore, we will strive earnest ly to do our fusl duty to every reader of the Home Journal. —Rev. W. J, Robertson has been returned to Perry by Conference, to serve next year the Perry, Houston Factory and Sandy Run Methodist churches. His many friends will gladly welcome this fact We are informed that "the Henderson; Hickory Grove and Hayneville churches have been added to the Short Circuit, though the published conference reports gite no light ori the subjebfc: -UA fact very complimentary to the managers of the Houston coun ty exhibit at the late state fair has just come to our knowledge. Not a single article in that : exhibit was either lost or broken. From the exhibit special exhibits were made that won $42 in premiums, every dollaS: of which has been paid to the pcrsqhs (oris held for them) furnishing said articbes to the ex hibit. ^ :■ - "-T" .. —The eitizens of POrry paid more for coal this season than would have been the case had they bought before the cold weather came. They will possibly buy seasan*. 'i —Mr. Frank Hardy tells us that his crop of cotton this year is an average of 11 bales to tli'e mule on a nine male farm, in the Lower 14th district of this county, the John Fprt place. —New postoffices in Houston county have been established at Bonair and Kathleen, on the Geor gia Southern and Florida railroad. Messrs. Cornelius E. Brown and James O. Wardlaw are thfi post masters. —A new schedule oh the Perrv Branch railroad went into effect last Monday. It suits our town people^ The midday train reach es Perry at 11:50, and the after noon train leaves at 4:10: The fall schedule appears in another c'dlumn'. —A iarge number of negroes, possibly one hundred, attended county court last Monday, as par ties at issue, Witnesses and inter ested spectators. In the several cases tried, the charges were all a gainst negroes. —Judge A. L. Miller is now a bona fidehitizen of Perry, having this week moved with his family ihto the ~ Warren House on Ever, green street; which he recently purchased. ,We cordially welcome the Judge and Iris family as a de- <rid§d acqtrisiliomted^rr^ ----- z —Mr. ifeniy Clark; Who died at his home in Heridersah last Sin-' day night, was .2 Brother, df our fellow townsman, Mr. &W. Clark, «n'r> the cordial sympathies of their many friends go out to the be reaved relatives. —Try the He No Tea: L-. M-. Paul.. to .the pleasure of the occasion. The oysters were nicely pre pared, and .thO Bhpper was a grand success in evefy respect. After the youhg people had partaken of the delicious repast, they repaired to the ac.ademy; where they “trip ped the light fantastic toe” until the “wee Bma’ ” Hours of the night. We ican tr dly exclaim with the poet: “The Ianips shone o’er fair women, and brave men; A hundred hearts Meat happily: and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love • to eyes which spoke again, And all went merry as a Marriage bell.’ The Echeconnee band furnished the music for the occasion. This was Bonair’s first entertain ment, and long will it be remeni bered by all who were present. Last week Bonair was surveyed and laid off ili town lots by Messrs. Lively and Solhlia. We now have, a post-office es tablished, and Mr. . C. E. Brown has been appointed postmaster. Our school will close next Wed nesday, 19th inst. Mr. Walker, the present teacher, has been em ployed for another year, and will open his schdoi on the second Monday in January. Miss Carrie Owen; a charming and accomplished young lady from Troy, Ala., is visiting the family of Mr. J. T..Walker.. We extend our heartfelt sympa thy to'the young ladies who were so sadly disappointed last Sunday evening. Cheer up, cheer up sad hearts, “Into each life some raui must fall,’ some Sundays must be dark and dreary; PeilikpS next Sunday will be a fairer day, and then you will see them all. Veritas. . Dec. 14,1888. Byron Notesi Everything quiet. . v Progressive farmers are. plowing preparatory to next year. There will be during Christmas week, at Byron Academy, an old folks’ .“spelling bee.” At the same time Col. W. C. Winslow will de liver'an addless. The whole coun try are invited to attend. Come— everybody: Thursday night, Dec, 29th, is the time. Guano dealers are beginning to hum, and say they Can’t sell until the alliances become fully organ ized on this question, as regular dealers are afraid to invest for fear they will get left by the alliances. Mr. V. E. Walton’s residence on Railroad street has been finished. Tlie M. E. peonage will be ready for occupation by the 1st of January. ; Col. C. C. Richardson will soon put the, mechanics to remodelling his mother’s residence, which is situated In one of the prettiest groves in Southwest Georgia. We believe ofir people will enter heartily into a county fair, and to compete at the next state fair. — ; Byron High ScIiool=--5tli 'Year. •/ ;—rjoy ■ The. Board of Trustees ofeByrofi High School have again elected Prof. E. H. Ezell as Principal/ of said school. The spring term will open on the second ‘Monday in January; under as auspicious, cir cumstances as ever before ;undeed,. more so: The standard .Of ;educa- tion is equal to the best, aha ivitH skilled teachers, both in literary and musical departments; thO friends, trustees and patrons feel that" they will have one of the beht schools in the state. Board lh private families can be secured at low rates. Christmas Goods, AT S. L. SPEIGHT’S. . I hhve a choice, selection of Dolls, Toys in greht iFafiety, Fire works, Fruits; Confectioneries; etc: Be Ahre and see- whalr l have to offer before purchasing elsewhere. Prices low down. , .- * S. L. Speight, Perry, Ga. 10 Barrels Florida ©ranges; at 25 cents per aoz. at L. M. Paul 5 s. It becomes my duty to again chronicle a sad event, which oc curred in our village on . Sunday night, just after midnight. I speak of jtjie death of Mr. J. H. Clark. He li'a'd beeE suffering a long time, and while his death was not looked for so suddenly, it' would have been almost a miracle if he had recovered. He leaves a sorrowing wife and four children, besides a host of relatives and friends to mourn his loss. He was a good,citizen, and his place will be hafd to fill. He will be buried to-day at 10 o’clock a. m. There is no otherAickness in or near onr village. The doctors say it is distsessingly healthy. Crops are about all gathered and most of thb monOy spent, and the people generally are looking for ward to the good( ?) time of the next year, that is when credit opens. There is sonde preparation being made for Christmas, which comes apace. The ladies of the Metho dist church here are getting up festival for Christmas night. There wijl be a Christmas tree and oys ter snppftr. The admission will be free to all; but all are requested to buy their suppers from some of the tables, which .will be loaded with delicacies and presided over by some of our charming ladies, The whole affair will be, at the acadehiy, and a full.honse is];want ed, as the funds arising from the supper will be devoted to improv ing the Methodist church. There was a quie$ paarriage near^oitr];village on last||Thursday afternoon^at 3:30 o’clock,;the|con- tracting parties being Mr. James H. Haddock and- Miss Minnie West. There weie no] cards; But a host of relatives and|near neigh- boss were there. Mrs. Mimms,the mother of the bride, sprea'd before them-a most bountiful slipper, to Which ample justice was done. The ceremony.-was performed by Judge C. Pearce, in..-a most im- preesive manner. The young gen tleman hag caged a beautiful bird, and like Rip VanWinkle’; I wish they “may live long and prosper. Speaking of marriages, there is to be another one at the Methodist church in this place on Thursday next, at "11 o’elo_ck, a. m., wheniMr. J. T. Ellis, of Hayneville, will lead Miss Gertrude Coleman, of our village, to the hymeneal altar. According to Madam Rumor, this marrying business f is [hardly, begun. The ladies must have been putting in extra good time during the latter part of this leap- year. Miss Lena Ezell; of Byron, is in our village, the guest of Miss Ger trude Coleffian. More anon. Sophy Reels. Dec. 18,1888. : —— -—Prof. J. W. Dozier and fami ly left Perry Tuesday afierndon for Macoh, where they will make their future home. Prof Dozier has accepted a business position there, and while we regret that the force of circumstance carries him and his family, we congratulate Macon, and wish for them a futur’e replete with happiness and pros- The people cf Perry, especially the boys, are hereby officially noti fied that it is uhlaWfiil to “shoot” fireworks of any kind within the business portion of the towD. The section wherein the “shooting” of fireworks is prohibited by a special ordinance includes Carroll street from T. J. Anderson’s store to the Home Journal corner, Main street from the Gordon tesldeflee to Washington street, and Commerce street from Mr. T. M. Killen’s res- idehefe to the Bateman hbtise. This ordinance will be rigidly enforced by the marshall and his deputies. By order of council. Jno, H. Hodges, Mayor! L. S. Tounsley, clerk. penty^ -At the Henderson Methodist church to'-iday; Mh J. T‘. Ellis, of Hayneville, will be married to Miss Gertrude Coleman, of Hen' derson, daughter of Dr. J. T. Coleman, of Henderson. Our con gratulations and best wishes for their future welfare are Cordially extended. —The many friends of Rev. T. B. Russell will regret to learn of liis death at his home in Fort Y al- ley last Sahday. He was truly a good man, in the full meaning of the term. Houston Couuty Alliance. The next regular quarterly meet ing of the Houston Coiinty Alli ance will assemble at thO Court honhe in Perry, Ga., on Thursday, January 3d; 1889, ht 12 o’clock. It is heedless to say that the im portance of the meeting demands the presehce Of the best business talenf. of the olileh The session is expected to con tinue for two days. J. B. James, President. J. M. Griffin, Sec’y. —The editor of the Home Journal desires to purchase one hundred pounds of new home made lard. —Go to the Fair Store, 408 and 410 Mulberry street, Macoh, Ga., for your Christmas Goods, China Plates, Cups ana Saucers, ^ Dolls, etc. t j 1. —Extra Bargains at the Closing Out Sale hVery Saturday. C. H. Moore, Perry, Gal —All kinds of Fruits in season, at L,H. Paul’s. —Don’t fail to come to the Closing Out,Sale Every Saturday. C. H. Moore, Perry, Ga. —Anj excellent assortment of Domestic Dry^Gobds and Shoes just received. S. ij. SpeigOT, Perrf, Ga. —Just received a nice line of Stoves', dt .L. M. Paul’s. —Full line of best Groceries Canned ’Goods and confectiona ries,-at 1 "- S. L. Sfeigat’s. —Pigs’ * Feet, Dried Beef Toungnes ’and Dried Beef;’in strips, at L. M. Paul’s. —-Choice Fruits and Table Deli cacies, at S. L. Speight’s. —Fresh Buckwheat Flour, Prunes, Currants and Citron, at L. M. Paul’s. ioKiii —TO MY- iiig Out .Sale! and Manicure Setls, iii loathe plush, Baby Setts,"|Ladies’ Work Boxes, Cuff and Collar Boxes,Odor Case:-, Shaving Setts, Plush Jeyr elry Boxes; a ltirge lot of choice Colognes and Handkerchief Ex tracts, YaSes, Wafer; oettl, Mus tache Caps, Bronze Lamps, a lot of beautiful Plush and Leather Photograph and. Autograph AJ-* bums, and a number or other "arti cles that would make useful and elegant Christmas presents: Our stock of Christmas Cards is large; and all are of new and|iiniqho de signs. These goods are fifty per cent cheapen than ever before, and are within the reach of every one: Everybody invited to cllll and ex amine our stock. No trouble io . show the goods. w „ Holtzclaw & GiEBERT, 2t.Perry, Ga., —Best Bd'citiviieat iii aiiyTqdiiii t"ty desired. S. L. Speight: Dental NbtiBB. —Dr. W. E. Bonn is nowT&t hid office at Ihe King building 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- deBtist; call on Dr Bunn. WE ABE PREPARED TO PROCURS KM QW F&sjit IN HOUSTON AND BIBB COUNTIES, At iowEBT iiM Micofr, GeoRgiA: "We are represented by E. N. Holtzclaw*, Perry, Ga^inall applications in Houston*. i. ha ye about '25 BnabiteiM Genuine PeerieiS COTTON T& U ots. a SELLS ELSEWHERE FAR SI’. Get your Cotton Seed airily at the * VARIETY TOLL ONE-TENTH. One bushel of meal is worth two bushels of whole seed as a fertili zer. E. J. FULLER, lessee. PERRY, GEORGIA. J. L- HAHOEMAM. m AUCTION, But Simply a Closing Out Sale. Everything at a Great j i9g DRY-GOODS, GROCERIES,! PLOW CASTINGS,of every name ’ MACON, and number, . SEWING" MA CHINE FIXTURES and NEE DLES of All Kinds. J8®” DON’T fail to give me a call, and I will certainly try- to please you. Respectfully, ' C. H. MOOKE, Perry, Ga. HARDEMAN & NOTTINGHAM, Attorneys at bur, 306 SECOND STREET, MACON. GE0B8UU Offices formerly occupied by Hffl A Will practice.ill the c:-nutiefi of Bibb and I nd elsewhere by special c o tract. ©F; We ©a ©lliSm n Avenue; - - GEORGIA; Ms Diseases of the Eye; Throat anB Nose; far, SpeciSrll3rI —Cranberries and Gelery at - • L. M. Paul’s. Subscribe with the hew year. —The Yariety Work’s will be closed next Tuesday and Wednes day, Dec. 25 and 26, for Christmas. Take due notice and govern youiv selves accordingly. PEHBI RAIIBOAD SCHEDCi.E. Baii}-, Except...Snuday. Leaf 6 Perry at 7:95’* a. m. Arrive,at Fort Valley 7:50 a. m". Leave Forty alley at, II :C>5 P. m; Arrive ..at Periy, at 11:50 P. m! Leave Perry at 4:10 p. m. Arrive at Fort Valley 4:55 p. m /Leaye Fort/ Yulley at.§^d)0.P..M Arrive at Perry at 8:45 p. it. , That hacking cough can be so quiet ly enrfeii by Shiloh's Care. We q-naran- tee.it: SdeepIiEss night's; made miserable by tliat-ternble cough; . Shiloh’s Curb is the ir yotU W:u,ii xou sctfeb with Dyspepsia and Liver Coniplaint? Shiloh*s Vitalizer is guaranteed to cure you. - Renew your subscription now. Are Keeping- Abreast of - tlie Tiihes, and Bargains: Ladies' Kid Gloves, 2 button, good quality, at 35c. per pair: Zephyr Shawls at 50c., 75c., and 3L00. , New lot of jersey Janets; from 65c. to $2.75. Toboggan Caps and Hoods at 25c’. tb 50c., Large lot of Towels, small sizes, at New York cost". IN DRY GOODS; Check Homespuns at 6c and 8c peT yard: ri TT Vl 111 An /lh C h .L.. j A A*: I ./.I IN HARDWARE Shi Dixie Plow Stacks, Complete, at $2.75. Good Bark Collars at 35c. each. If lb. Dundee Bagging, at 13a per yard; ~ We keep a full lihe ofi Misses’, Boys’; Ladies’ add Gentl^ coes; Fresh Georgia Cane Syrup, at 40c. per gallon. 135^ Come and see our Goods .and get prices./ £=,- SF. <Sc @iS., PERKY, - ; E"fe« R6IA: