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“Observer” .Replied Again.
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%fao. H. HOpdiSh,'ISd'tor end Publisher.
Ifiil i — ——
Mr; Mitchell-Rogers, of the. firm
of lodgers, Wovsliom & Co.. f
Macon, Go., is enthusiastic over his
■&ad innu-curation of jub eitl- sibner!sj secoud article which ajp-
•pears'in the Journal of the 18th
v1 ■
Perry, Thursday, July 25.
agricultural ’ Tati;
lield in Worth county, Go., open
ed at Poulan yesterday.
. .. a ..—i ► ■ ^ ^ . ..
Musi •WOONEOL'K, wife of Thofifas
^ WbcrlfoBf, has eiithred Suit for
MiVorcein KbJrSuperior Court.
The Piedmont ^Chatauqua is
’progressing, satisfactorily, and
large n urn bers ■ fiat tend the daily
sessions. ... .
The prohibitionists of MaBsa-
^chusetfg will liold a state conven
tion iat Worcestef on tlie 4th day
•of September next.
By legislative -enactlhent Booly
•county has been changed frciin the
‘Oconee to the Southwestern Su
perior Court/Gircuit.
During last year the Woman’s
Missionary Society of the South
Geor
Macon •<
Chhfeixmfc'o "collected
Of tliis . amOvint tlie
raised SI,143.
5>a. Mdfr&w, -the acquitted mur-
debhb^df the late, Capt. F. W.
-D&Hvson, of Charleston, has been
expelled from the state organiza
tion of physicians of South Caro
lina,
eiglft Targe laud companies
. -Ht Birmingham, Alabama, have
been consolidated into the Bir
mingham Ladd Coihpauy, with a
capital stobk of thirty million dol
lars
A ijill has been introduced in
the GeorgiaLegislature to author
ize payment for the publication pf
grand jury presentments, when the
publication 5s recommended by the
£rand jury and ordered by the
bourfc.
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A state convention of coroners
Avas held at Atlanta last Monday,
and the legislature . will be memo
rialized to change the law defining
the duties and compensation of
boronersv
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There will soon be another lo
cal ’option election in Rome, Ga.,
Where three such elections have
already been held. Rome has
been under prohibition law for
.ahoui w<6 yearA
CoilMissiuifER' Tanner’s meth
ods of increffemgthe pension roll,
' ; a pd re-rating pensions, will be in
vestigated by & qommissidfi under
birder of .Seretary Noble, of the
Interior Department.
Land office decisions recently
rendered displace the “sooners”
who entered Oklahoma and se-
cured land before the hour when
the territory was fomally opened
to settlement.
ture in Georgia. ’Tie is so ‘thor
oughly satisfied that Georgia will
profitably produce jute, that his
fii’m have decided to devote'S1J300
” vr ! or ,81,500 to its cultivatidh ..here.
1 'Mr. Rogers will sooh go to Wash
ington City, armed with aietter tcr
the Commissioner of Agriculture,
through whom he proposes to get
-a large quantity of jute seed direct
from India. He will also ask for
clirectMiformation as to when jute
itncl cotton are planted in India,
and from this knowledge it wjll be
determined when jute should be
•planted here.
Rogers, Worshafo Ob. will
themselves plant a lot of the seed,
and distribute the others to farm
ers in counties adjoining Bibb,
wh6 will undertake to plant shS
‘cultivate thoroughly.
If this proposed new crop can
be successfully grown here, an
added industry of great magnitude
wilTbe established, and much pos
itive benefit to our farmers will
follow. ;
In a recent interview era this
subject, Mr. Rogers said;
“I have been very much 'eucotu*'-.
aged regarding the raising of jute
in Georgia by a conversation had
with Mr. I. C. Plant, of Macon. •
“Mr. Plant tells me hevaised on
•three-fourths of an acre on h'is
•swamp farm below Macon, fully
one ton of jvte. Mr. Plant also
states that he had a freshet which
did not affect the jute, and that he
is satified that creek and river bot
tom, lands are the most suitable
for jute.
“Now, in this event, we can use
lauds-for a jute crop on which corn
and other crops are so often de
stroyed by inundation, and are al
ways & risk to plant.
“It is reasonable to suppose
that a farmer Can produce one ton
of jute from one acre- Now, if he
sells this at, the factory at 2 cents
per pound, it pays him $40 per
herd.
There are two pounds of jute
used per yard in bagging, so, there
fore, the raw material will cost tlie
manufacturers 4 cents per yard.
Ask any manufacturer iii this state
if he can’t make good profits sell
ing this bagging at 6 cents per
yard, which is about half the price
we now pay,
“I have also, had irefy encour
aging talks with many good farm
ers.”
i THE American Building and
Loan Association of Minneapolis,
Minnesota'; is Said to be a fraudu
lent coffeern, and an agent has re
cently duped Citizens of Cuthber-t
to the extent of $250.
A Lottery drawing in behalf of
the Confederate Veterans’ Associ
ation took place in Atlanta last
Tuesday. Three thrfeand tickess
At one dollaf each were sold, and
Cash prizes t© the amount of
$1,000 were drawn.
A BILL to tax dogs at the rate of
$1 .each has been introduced in the
Georgia legislature. The bill pro-
• \ s ides ffliai? the collection of the
s'pecihT lax v?ill nbt be enforced
where’,a dbg' is fetdrned for taxa
tion at a’Valuhfion’ of $50; Dogs
should certainly be taxed;
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As a special order, the Georgia
legislature’will next’ Wednesday
discus# S'bill 5 tb abolish' fire dis
tinction’between grand ancT petit
jurors. The‘bill should not pass,
unless the qualifications of all ju
rors ard raised to a' higher stand
ard.
the complaint is not"auswered by I State op Ohio, City of Toledo, ) !
saying, “we will ‘deliberate’ on tlie j , Lucas County, S. S. j !
matter next month,” but one Of tb'ei; Frank J. Cheney makes oatji j
cemmissior, ers’ ii consulted, and he "‘that lie is the senior partner* of the '
larks iir reply to “Anti-Ccminis- t at .once proceeds to investigate ine fi rm F. J. Cheney & Co:, doihg j
matter, and has the necessary re- j business in the city T>f dlcdCao, j ^
pairing done. .He is allowed no county and strife aforesaid, and
moreiper (Rem for such ^service if that sai5 firm will pay. the sum of
Judge John T. Clarke, of the
Pataula Circuit, was killed by a
passenger train at Smithville last
Monday. He had left his home at
Cuthbert that morning to hold
court at Macon for Judge Gustin.
During a delay at Snfithyille, he
went into a car on. the Montgom
ery train to speak witfi friends,
and remained there until the train
was in motion. In attempting to
get off ire lost his foothold, fell be
neath the moving train, and was
crushed to death. His head was
almost severed froin his body. He
was 53 years old, and one of the
best men in Georgia.
A “fake” is nvade public from
Brunswick to the effect that aii or
ganized mob^of 27' arnied 1 mfeh at
tended 1 thh'tVials of Tour Woolfqlk
3$ Maeo#and" at Perry, pi edged to
kail thVpiisoi&r in case a verdict
off not guilty should'' be rendered.’
Hon. A. M. Foute, of "Bartow
county, will soon introduce a bill
The Supreme Ooifrf of Geor
gia has decided in a test case,
Snook vs. The Atlanta and Florida
Railroad, that the change of name
or route of a proposed railroad
annuls subscription contracts; and
subscribers cannot be forced to
pay.. Snook subscribed to the
stock of the Atlanta and HawkinSe
ville railroad, and when the name
and route were changed, he refused
to pay, and suit was brought, and
decided against him in the City
court of Atlanta. Judge Simmons
rendered the- decision overruling
the judgment of that court.
The North American Salt Com
pany has been incorporated' in'
New York; with the capital stock
fixed at $11,000;00(X It ifi Said'
that five-sixths'of the subscriptions
to the stock came from England;
The purpose of the company is to
gain control of all the salt-pro-
diicing properties on the American
continent.
inst. He starts out by saying that
we were mistaken. . We do not
cl'aim'fo be infallible, "but we do
claim tb be open to .conviction;
Now, if be will show us wherein
we were mistaken, we will with
pleasure retract every wprd. One
of the greatest ti-fiits in the make
up of a high-toned gentleman is to
acknowledge tin error when he ‘is
convinced of being mistaken. He
says that he did nbtsay anything in
bis former article tending to im
peach the official record of any
officer. We place a different con
struction on his language. Here
is what he said: “When, the com
missioners were 'elected by,.the
grand -jury, maDy thought they
saw-jobbery and trickery, and were
'nbt cbhterit until the commission
ers were elected by popular bal
lot.” W® think this is a direct
charge, and a very grave one, too.
In consequence of this (thought-
to-be) “jobbery and trickery” of
the gfrand^ury, (according jib his
language,) is why the people, de
sired a change in the method of
efffictiirg the commissioners. We
think differently. We are satis
fied that a change was desired
from the simple fact that 'the for
mer plan was incompatible with
our form of government, and not
in consequence of any “jobbery or
trickery” of the grand jury. In
his assumption to speak for the
people, he concludes that they
were not only dissatisfied with the
former plan, but also tb 'Sn election
by popular ballot, from the fact
that representatibh on the board
was not properly proportioned
According to his conclusions, the
people are dissatisfied with both
methods of selecting commission
ers, and he asks, “What’s the mat
ter with the government?” .. We
reiterate the question. Ab for our
selves, we sefi hoiking the matter
with our local government', what
ever.
It isj'Ahti-Commislioner” timt is
finding fault. He says “there was
no need, to cite instances in proof,
etc.” When the probity of our
grand jury is assailed by such
grave charges as “trickery and
jobbery” ive think it qiiite essen
tial that they should be supported
by at Itsdsfc a shadow of proof;
This; liowever, wfi fail to find'. He
says he only objects tb the system
of management, and not the man
agement itself. The system by
which the commissioners are gov
erned is prescribed by law. First,
they are required by lau to, give
notice; iii a p iilhic gazette, that a
contract for a’public job is to be
let out; second, that it is to be let
out to the lowest and best bidder,
reserving the riglit; However, to
make a selection of the bicls. If a
bid be riiade by a person who is
financially or otherwise incapaci
tated to comply with the stipula
tion; public, economy requires d re
jection of all such bidders; though’
they ; be far below another, who, in
the judgment" of the commission
ers, is fully adequate to’ the task?
Why does he ohj'ect to this' sys
tem? Has .Fe failed tb lectire a
publife job? “Jobbery” seems to
have been predominant in ffis
Cranium at the time of writing his
former article. We do not. ask the
db6ve qVestion.witha view pf Cast
ing any reflection, whatever; far
be it from us. In the rejection of
bids in' Some instances, no doubt,
much has been saved to the county.
A council of five' men are better
qualified to adjudge’ of the compe
tency of bidders' than one man is,
finder any eifcumstaiices whatever.
We will have to cite the building
of ofij new jail under the “one
m?;n” system.’ We remember that
the lining to the cells soon fell
JOHNSON & ESTES,
SlA-CON, GEORGIA.
, . Gi ... ; : i.:.. ~ ' * ’g f .'• • :
554 to 560 Pdplar Street, Campbell & Jones’ Old Stand.
he “rides in a buggy” than if he
were to adopt the pedestrian style.
The Ta,\y provides that the commis
sioner be paid three dollar's per
diem for such service, irrespective
of'the motive power employed, in
ONE ’HUNDRED "DOLLARS
for each and every case" of-eatarrh
that can not be cured by the use Of
Halle Catarrh Cure.
F§anK J. C&eney,
Sworn to before me and sub-
! •' A
-his transmission 'to and from the! scribed in ihy presence, this 6th
f I I O /1a ’tTTII AMA W1 A m 4». 9 * awII a T-V «• /*■ n A ? A T- I 1 A A A»S Is AM A I'l 1 O O
place’where his duty . calls hiih.
As “Anti-Commissioner” is an ad
vocate of expeditious work, we
rather think he would object to
the pedestrian style of migration.
If the distance be Tar, the latter
style'is the most .expensive to the
county. For instance, if one of
the Commissioners of Perry Were
called to the iron bridge to have
Some Work done, it would be much
cheaper to the county for him to
take a Pullman pKlace ear if he
choosefi, in order to make the round
trip in one day, instead of at least
three by the pedestrian style.
In regard to his 'mathematical
problem as to the cost of wisdom,
We will ’rfce'rely kay that the wisdom
with which our county commis-
'Sioners are possessed was im
bued from on high, and was a free
and unmerited favor, bestowed by
the “giver of every good aud per
fect gift,” and that, t6o, prior to
their being elected to office, hence
it costs the county nothing. If
wisdom be engaged at the helm of
our financial barque, she will land
safely oil the shore of prosperity.
He persistently claims that the
“one man system” is cheaper, and
equally safe and expeditious, but
fails as yet to give any proof of his
assertion. We claim that frugali
ty, or one of it3 ( synonyms, should
be the Watchword of our people
•'generally, therefore we would be
under many obligations.to “Anti-
Commissioner’.’ if he : will show su.
by force of argument a more fru
gal and exemplary system of local
government.
He says he voted for both, of the
Pei-ry members, and may do. so
again, but in this ho.Bays, , ‘ r a ma r
jority of the.people.do , not agree
with iga'e.” ...The two Perry mem-
bvrs got a majority of the votes;
how, then, was the will of the peo
ple defeated? A majority of votes
expresses the will of the # people.
Were the people under special ofi-
ligatipns to the Perry men j contra
ry to their will? How was it?
July 20,1889., Observer.
Obituary of Mrs. Watson,
Died in Houston county, Gaij
on the 20th inst., Mrs; J. O. Wat
son. For a long time slie Mas been,
in feeble health, and was. confined
to her bed several months. She
Buffered much during her protract
ed illness’; but endured it all with
Christian fortitude. She .wiis a
member of the Primitive Baptist
church, itiid was loved by all who
knew her. Those wlidjjvisited her
often while she was sick said she
was the most patient sick person
they ever saw. Many of us might
have fretted under the like paixis
and privations, but net so With Her.
Her kin'd Husband had all done for
her thut could b’e to save her. Alasi
his efforts only prove how vain is
human skill when death' is Maim
ing its victim. During .her last
days she expressed herself as .be
ing ready for the change, and in
softest tones of sweetest melody
often sang of Heaven, and only a
few minutes before she died re
quested her husband to sing, and
gently and peacefully passed away.
We believe she is gone -to the
home where rorrows never come,
and where the. inhabitants shall
no njore say “l am sick.” But in
the life of her husband and chil
dren what a desolation has cornel
We sympathise with them.in this
trouble, and hope that God will
bless them all, overruling this dis-
pehsation to their good. When
you are done with life’s trials, may
day of December, A. D., 18S6.
[seal.] 'A: W. ’Gleason,
(Notary Public,
. Hall’s'Catarrh Cure is taken, in
ternally,,aud- acts directly , bpoh
the blood and .mucus surf aces.. of
the system. $end ~ for testimo
nials Tree. , . . ...
P.-J. Cheney & Co!,
. Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
P. M SOLOMON. GEO- S- RILEY. JEFF. BUTLER
Salomon. Riley & Butler,
DEALERS IN
GROCERIES
ies
JL t.
WILL OPEN BUSEIvESS AUG. 1st.
THIRD 8TRET, &ACON, GA,
AGUE PATRONAGE IS SOLICITED
—AND
466 Mulberry Eireet, Macoir, GeWvgia,
TVyjfli -EEIENDS in old, .Jloust'on
JLVjL mil linij ire at the above-named
stand, where I mil be glad to serve them
if they need; Anything in .my .line.
, Besides a stork of L
I keep an assortment of the leading
b auds of
..• .
Such as HuiiVe sfi:-yeaj-. old,- Nelso^i
Cqruity Rye, Gibspn’.& JiXXX. Pufo OTil
Nrith Carolina Corn, and other brands.
FILLING A specialty;
All orders promptly niicnded to-
j; isk tnrsosi
WfLlT I
Ice
I KEEP
and
. ... .. . I y^ou be re-united in that better
down and came near killing a prxs-1 f! i • A A J
^ ^ ® v., v . world where you sorrow no more,
cner. Suppose He had been kill
ed/the county would have been
subject for damages. The poor
fellow hollered Tfianfully; and' re
ceived" help'in" timfe to' save His
life. We are" satisfied that a board
'of eoihinissioners VoulcT have had
a better job’ dbn'e, and” thereby
Henry W. Grrady delivered saved Hundreds of dollars'.to"” the
cbuuty. Uuder the' judicious
n&nhg&fifeixl of the commissioners
we now have a jaif that will last
for all time to come, hence there
will be no more “good” jobs for
repairing jail.
“Wheti'a-compfaint of heed for
and never _part again!
A FRIEND.
auotlier “greatest speech off Hid
life” last Tuesday at Elbertan,’ aft
which place- an extensive assem
blage celebrated a semi-centenni
al in'which the people of several
counties were specially interested.
—Sidetracks are sorely needed
On the Perry Branch railroad dur
ing the watermelon season! Every’
day em'pty cars are left' at the mel
on farms on the line, and the load
ed cars are pushed into town when
the train'returns to Perry. This
entails-much extra' work aheftroub
le upon Condiietor Driggers/ and
the train'ctew.. .
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If is qhoted as a fact that the.
elides of Georgia, have grown sixty
million dollars richer since I860,
mons
FOR EVERYBODY,
rv- I KEEP
Fionr, and all kinds of
Family Groceries.
i . KEEP,
Dry Goods and: Shoes;
i keep,
STRAW HATS...
from the best to the cheapest.
1 KEEP
All Kinds of Flow Stocks;
and castings for same,
I KEEP
Everything Kept in a Variety
•Store!
Cali on iuefbr lee and Lemons. Chcaj)
&s the Cheapest.
W m MOORE!
Perry, Ga.
EITHER FOR CA£H OR OW TJ,ME. .
A PULL LINE DF'PESTiGRADES GP AMM02sliTEJ>GrANO (
ACID PMOSPHATE afld COTTON SEED MEAL, alhayf on band.
. Mr. W. S. FELDER, of Perry, will if;e with us, and would be
/pleased to have his friendsk rememberffifm. A .; ‘ r
FINDLAY IRON
V 5
MACON, tlEOftfflA',
C. B FINDLAY; ProprieftJtt
Also, successor to A. B. Far<juhar & Co., aiul 1’. W. Wi
, Central City Iron Works.
-Manufactured and Dealer rs-
Cna Into
Steam Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, Shaftings.- Pulleys/ Sugar Mills, Syrup Kettles,
Horse Powers,- Mill Gearing. Castings aod Machinery..?6f every ’/description.
Steam, Gas .and "Water Pipc. aud Fittings, Brass goods, for water or steam
Steam Gauges, Hancock Inspirators- Belting, Babbit Metal, etc, etc.
FINDLAY’S RENOWNED COTTON SCREWS',
'For Steam, Water, Hand or Horse Power,
. packs Up or DCWii
FINDLAY’S
J; X. b . GOlTON 'mm
FULL Y WARRANtSd.
Steam Engine 3 of all makes;. Boilers, Separators
Impaired.
and all k.nls of Machinery
OLD INSPIRATORS MADE NEW*.
Brick Makers' Maekmerk.
L/
The different parts of the‘'SWOltD” umchiEje made and kept in stock at manu
factur'eris pripes.
TIME AND
BY ORDERING
IF YOU WANT
FIRST-CLASS
GROCER I ICS,
Hats, Siloes,
je, fbr instance, which has
been washed ilp, or otherwise reu-1
;d impassable or dangerous,
, *
- - : ,ca-
million dollars poorer.
M . ■ HP it be of while the.coaDiry fe grown' fifty
-mis and cities. The bill will Mr.. PowbEiSt.Y now proposes iqpdfel impeYtance—the repairing ofi
’ wide/- however, that eonhfies,; rehabilitate tk'h ' waning' strength
-own8*cf dfetticts bJ^eady under a ■ of the Kni.edits or Eabor b : f
proMbitiod law/will u/t 1
1 p thi^^asSage of this hil
CONFECTIOfVERIES/
Frnits in Season/ di
nars! Tobacco, Eta,;
Examine iny stock before purchasing.
Besides a fidl stock of
STANDARD GOODS,
I will always have on hand some
Specialties^.
at remarkably low figures .
2Sf“LQokout for changes in tms ad-
vertisemant. - '
s; l. speigSt,
perry, Ga.
FREIGHT, >SAVED
, FROM ME. • .
Barrow aijid Truck^TtUieels especially designed ,fbr Brick Mnliters ; coHsiantiy on
Bandj-i All the patterns of the- late /Central City L'on Works,” including the
patferhs;of the Farquhar Engines,..are pwhed and useiksolgly by* ine. Corres
pond, or call when you wish anything iii the way of cartings, machinery or rt-
paii-e. _
0. 33. ■r±±T3D3li,AL'#,
PINDLAt IEOH IVOBKS, SIbcod, Gn.
S@“Send for Gireulars and Price Lists, , . ......-
>dHQLTZCLAW I BlkBEFtr,l>>
PERRT; - r : . . rihoRGiA.
Oils, <3-la.ee a£id-
STATlbkjEKT AHD ^EgEUAUSlY,
I_ia3oape : , LaDncLp ' 3-opdd:s^ EtcJ
PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY CORlPOUNOED.
^^r&peciiii attehtibn given to PACKAGE OBDEBS. and PBfCE^ GUARAN
TEED. Give us a trial. ■ / ! • -
HOLTZCLAW & GILBERT.
AND SEE
nSTE'W
doesn’t cost anything to LOOK AT THEM, and GET
CHALTIES. finfl 25c,' EEt) TABLE
Isaac Hardeman, B. M. Davis,
J. ^i. Hardeman, W. D. Nottingham.
■Hardeman. Davis & Nottingham,
Attorneys at Law, ,
Macon, - - ; - Georgia,
j Will ,pra&tiCc m the State and Federal
Courts. Ojliefe 105 Cotton Avenue,
ZMT^
It
PRICES.
, AsL-tb see the 7c.
DAjiTXSK. .
A heaiitifal Hue of White mjkI JFigTifecI LA\YXS and
Cheek MUSLIXS Uom 5c. to 25e, jef yard.
Can offer special inducements ifkLaces and Eidbroideiies,
Lace Flouncing^' Embroidered! Bobes, Penangs, Sateens
and Qress Goods.
Xew Style Ribbons, Pariisols and Fans.
Oa.srsim.4xs &rx3 r
4 , For Men’s and Boys 5 Suits.
1 A full'stock of Shoes! and all Staple Dry doocls, Grocer
ies and Hardware; -- - . . - _. ..
Jail. 24,1889.
PEERY, GEORGIA.
PERRY,
GEORGIA,
-DEADER JN =—_ .
rasifw
Parloi‘ Siiits/CTiatiiber.Siiits, Bedsteads, Cliairs/Tables
Safes* Mattresses, Bureaus,
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