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PtM, i-WQ 'DC-yiHS A YEAR.
Euforcii the Laws.
j Whenever abased '’’at law are
; noticeable, crimes ’are 'committed,
; and criminals go fisa, unpunished,
Tlie State Soad.
Be Just. Be Generous.
.-fPvblished Every Ylvsirs&Sy iornSag T the .laws ate complained of as in- Western and Atlantic railroad,‘to
’efficient. This is £. superficial take'effect when the present lease
The legis-.e.t&s of Georgia arej Success! It sounds.,real nice,
necessarily taking wide range in l and no doubt'the sensirdeh of ob-
discussing the bill to lease, the tabling it is delicious. AH men
desire and work for it. It is ob-
5 o no.H. HODGES, Editor and Publisher. yiew Q £ t | ie situation.
'• —-r—: *— ; are amply strong.
Perry-, Thursday, -August 15.
The laws j expires. In behalf of the lessees
The fault is: Senator Brown claims at the hands
not' ! with'th.e law's, but with the
men chosen to execute the laws.
' A HEW Presbyterian church, to j Of course ' there may be weak
cost §5,000, will soon be erected in j points in the laws that permit de-
Hruos. '• | lays in the courts, to which law-
■ ~T* — j abiding rhek object. Yet these
. A ' neW"f dlling mill at Borne, ! are m i uor objections, and could be
. Ga., is making'ten tots of option l ^j^-recg
. "ties- a day. j Whenever a law remains unen-
The average Yankee republican forced,Ike caused* directly trace-
fpolitician dearly loves the negroes
—at a dis^aheb.
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To-morrow is the day on which
Tnorhas G. Wbolfolk was sen-
: tenced to be hung.
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Several “first” bales of new cot
ton have been received in several
sections of G%6rgi&.
Senator J. E. Brown has re
covered sufficiently to leave At
lanta for a health resort.
The good- crops this year will
wonderfully enhance the' indepen
dence of Georgia farmers.
K splendid $7,000 hotel is being
built at Tifton, on the Georgia
Southern.-and .Florida railroad.
About $35,000 have been sub
scribed to the capital stock of a
Icotton factory to be built at
Waynesboro, Ga.
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A negro adweVTiist, of Adairs-
r vilie, Ga., has predicted! that the
, world will come to au end to
morrow. lookout?
The semi-annual convention of
the Georgia State Agricultural So
ciety met at Cedartown Tuesday.
The-session continued through
m
A republican caucus at Macon,
Ga., last Friday night endorsed L.
A. Hause as a candidate'for post
master, when Col. Hardeman’s
terpa expires.
Last Fridhy .Judge Gustin im
posed fines to the amount of $1,600
on U gamblers in Macon; against
whom the grand jury -had found
indictments.
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c Queen Victoria, of England,
has sent to Mr. SMison, at Paris,
a phonograph into, which she has
spoken warm congratulations to
.the famous Ameritiaii inventor.
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The French Senate Court found
Gen. Boulanger guilty of coiispir-
icy, and attempting treason agatost
the: state. When last publicly
noted, Boulanger was in England.
A bill providing for the pay
ment of grand jury presentments,
when so -recommended, h&s passed
the House of Beprentatives, and
will become a law in due' course
bf time.
able to the failure of some offi
cial, or officials, to perform faith
fully a duty required by the law
giving them authority.
All observing men know of
crimes'committed thht could have
been prevented if the officers of
law had performed their full duty
immediately previous. Of course
this condition is most ‘noticeable
in cities, bat the smaller towns
and the rural districts are not ex
empt from abuses of the law >that
would not occur if tha'officers were
at all times dilligentin the perform
ance of their duty.
As much as officers are to blame
at all times, the full measure of
censure should notfalways fali up
on them. Citizens who are them
selves law-abiding are not at all
tim§s as ready as they should be
to report violations of law. Citi
zens who know that the law has
been violated, and the guilty par
ty, are often backward.about testi
fying before grand juries, and
this writer has known of instances
where white men were remarkably
“forgetful” when .questioned con
cerning a violation of law of which
it was’almost’certain 1 they knew.
Then grand jurors are not al-
ways'as strict as they should be in
applying the law to indictments
placed in their hands. Then,
traverse jurors do hotf always ren
der verdicts in accordance with the
law and the testimony. Sympathy
often defeats justice.
All these things serve to li
cense crime, '"and the. laws are.
blamed .when £tlie fault actually
rests upon the officers, and in a
upon the people' who
elected the officers.
The laws are sufficient td check
crime and punish criminals, if'they
are enforced as provided.
SHIP
Assistant Postmaster General.
Glarkson eidorses the action of
Postmaster Lewis, of Atlanta, in
appointing a negro to - a clerkship
in the same room in which a yotlng
’ white lady was serving.
Duelling is a felohy in Alaba
ma, and Gov. Seay will make re
quisition on Gov. Gordon for
Calhoun, Williamson, and the sec-
6nds who participated in the duel
bn Alabama soil last Saturday.
Of course the' requisition will be
honored.
. Dn. S. T; Lattimeb, of Macon,
died at the Hotel Lanier Tuesday-
morning from' the effects of an
b.verdose of aconite,- taken through
., mistake.- In the dark he took
What he thought was a half-tea-
spobnful of paregoric,- but which
he afterwards learned was aconite.
. Judge Ingram, of the Supreme
Court of - New York, decided in a
case - tried the other day, that a eor-
jborated company forfeits its char
ted whenever it becomes a Member
of a trust'. The North Liver Su
gar Befining Company has - thus
fosf its charter.
The American international
Congress which will meet ib Wash
ington next fall, will visit the prin
cipal points of interest through-
Out the country, and an excursion
through the south will be ar
ranged.- Amolig other things it is
thought desirable to visit a model
Southern farm, and Mr. J. F.
Hanson, the Georgia delegate to
&e congress, has been asked to
Suggest such a farm. It isnot un
likely that? an excursion over the
Georgia^ Southern and Florida
AfifroSS will be tendered and- ac-
Hon. W. J. Northen, of Han
cock, president bf the Georgia
State Agricultural Society, has
been' announced a candidate for
governor of Georgia. The an
nouncement was editorially made
in the last issue of the- Sparta
ishmelite. Mr. Northen is well
qualified;to make a most excellent
governor. We defer further com
ment until the campaign opens.
Senator F. G. Dubignon, of Sa
vannah, is also considered a can
didate, but he refuses now to
make, a positive announcement.'
If the Georgia legislature would
submit to the people a constitu
tional amendment granting more
autonomy to the several eounties,
and proriding for a salary to leg
islators; there would be less grum
bling by the people about the
length of the sessions and the ab
senteeism of members. Annual
sesions of a biennial legislature do
not constitute a model example to
the people concerning the efficacy
bf laws’.
The tax digest of Bibb county
shows chat two citizens of the
county own oyer $100,000 worth of
property, 17 are worth over $50,-
000, and 66 are worth $20,000 and
over. Nearly all of these are citi
zens of Macon,'and one is a citi
zen of Houston #ounty. _ Mr. D.
F. Gunn’s property in Macon is
returned for taxation at $90,1)00;
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There are many politicians in
Georgia who' are really anxious to
know whether Henry Grady will
be a candidate for governor or for
congress.. Just now it, really
makes no difference, but iir can be
safely calculated that any cam
paign’ into which he enters as one
of tlib' chief actors will be lively
in the extreme.
of the state a large sum for “bet
terments,” else the right to remove
all improvements is claimed. The
question is a big one, and that both
parties may receive justice, a most
fircnbte in vsbtigation of all the par
ticulars must be made. An ex
pression of opinionjbased separate
from ; ’a careful study of the facts a's
they actually exist is not worth
much,. .However, apart.from what
the irighfe of the lessees ^re fes to
the improvements made to the
road bed, bridges and trestles of
the state road, the fact stands out
plainly, to our mind, that the road
should be sold, and not again
leased.
The state has no inherent right
to own property that enters into
competition with the legitimate
business of citizens bf the state.
The citizens are taxed to maintain
the government, and it is not - just
that the state should own proper
ty that in any way is likely to les
sen the legitimate money-making
ability;6t any of its citizens. Fur
these reasons alone, if there wfre
no others, the road should be sold.
It is not just to invite the invest
ment of capital in Georgia, on
which taxes are levied, when the
state owns au untaxable railroad
that is a competitor. It is true
that benefits are derived from the
revenue yielded by the road, but
these benefits are not commensu
rate with the injustice done'. The
railroad affairs of the state will
never be smoothly conducted in
strict justice to all as long as the
state is directly interested 1 , as pro
prietor, in the operation of a
road.
The W. and A. road has cost the
state, in legislative talk,, and com
mission work and travel, almost as
much as the interest on the invest
ment would amount to, and will
be a political bone of contention
as long as Georgia owns it.
By all means, sell the road.
The tax digests of the several
counties in Georgia show au ex
tensive increase in the aggregate
Valuation of taxable property; yet
they fail ..utterly in ; showing . the
true value of the property in
Georgia. The figures could be
doubled, and the showing would
be nearer correct. The fault lies
in the fact that the market value
is thought to be one J tiling, and
the tax value entirely different.
The irimedy should be applied
through the paid work of county
tax assessors chosen by state au
thority. The doubling of the tax
valuation would not increase the
tax to be paid, as the rate would
be decreased in equal ratio with
the increased valuation.
The political and social treat- •
ment the negroes receive at the-
south constantly grieves ; the
northern humanitarian dema
gogues, yet no effort has been
made to induce them to find; more
congenial homes at the .north!
On demand the assistant GV S.
treasurer at New York will 5 issue
currency of small denominations firs.
Herman Bohneield was stabbed
to death by Levy Lowenthal, at 3
o’clock last Sunday morning, in a
gambling saloon, on Fourth street,
Macon. L’owehthahjvas arrested.
The killing grew out of a quarrell
over a game of cards. The Macon
News severely condemns the city
authorities for. neglect of duty in
failing to suppress the notoriously
public gambling dens of the city.
This condemnation was published
a week before the killing, and re
peated more emphatically last
Monday. The News is right, and
is endorsed by all law-abiding mor
al men. .
Mr. Patrick Calhoun, leading
counsel for the ■ Central railroad,
and Mr. J.D. Williamson, president
of the Chattanooga, Borne and
Dalton railroad, called each other
names before the railroad legisla
tive committee one day last week.
Friends were selected, and several
communications passed. A duel
resulted, last Saturday, near An
niston, Ala. Pistols were used..
Calhoun fired once*, and William
son five times. The seconds thefi
interfered, and all were happy.
Wounded honor has been ap
peased, ahd ahother fiasco is
laughed at;
tainable by sB who are capable of,
properly mingling sense, energy
and correct methods. Commonly
used it means the acquirement of
an amount of money sufficient to
buy all that is needful of the crea
ture comforts, and more.
Many me.b apparently believe
that success cannot be secured un
less the efforts of some other per
son to obtain the same goal are de
feated. They work on the line
that some one , just above them
must be pulled down before they
can take a step upwkrd. This
method is as selfish as it is unjust,
and while it may win money, will
never earn happiness.
. No'success built. Upc-D the ruins
of others’ aspirations can ever be
satisfying, nor can such success
ever be complete. Such a method
cannot win the approval and. con
fidence of one’s neighbors, without
which the mere accumulation of
wealth is ever dearly bought. No
man ever wrested riches from the
world unaided, and as aid is re
ceived so should it. be given.
Work earnestly, constantly, and
with a View to being fixed above
the possibility of want, but never
work for that which can only be
secured by pulling down another.
This line of thought is applica
ble alike to neighboring towns and
communities as to individuals.
On this line genuine satisfaction
alone can be vf6n--~certainly the
opposite line Will not lead to hap
piness,
Let all thy work be seasoned
with justice and generosity.
The Mayor to Mr. Singleton.
Mr. Editor: I notice in your
last issue a protest against what
is termed by Mr. Singleton “That
School Bill.”
It is not my intention to defend
the bill, but simply to reply to
that clause which refers, to the
mayor. While it is a matter of
perfect . indifference to me, as
Mayor of Perry, and I suppose it
will be to my successor, whether
the mayor is made a member of
the board or not; the ob
jection is in. my opinion weak, to
say the .least of it.
Mr. S : . forgets that there are to
be five or six members of the board;
and all entitled to a vote, and with
out the mayor some one of that
number would cast the. deciding
vote. , And again, “the thing
would be in the hands of one man.
If this puts things in the hands of
one man, why our Georgia Legis
lature, and; in fact; all other or
ganizations are in the sanie sad
predicament, and should be abol
ished. So the ohe inaq affair
can’t be the trouble, and it must
be the mayor; and in answer to
that will refer Mr. 8. to tlio books
of the toWn, and think he Will pos
sibly conclude that the mayors df
Perry have been men as capable of
casting as fair and intelligent a
vote on any matter as Mr. S., and
if called upon to cast the deciding
vote in matters 'coming before the
school board, would be capable of
doing it with as little hurt to the
persons or property of the citizens
of Berry as Mr. P.
Bespectfully,
W. 0. Davis, Mayor.
—Bepresentative B. N. Holtz-
claw has introduced in the House
of Bepresehtafeves a bill to regu
late the shipment of watermelons
and fruits. Tb e bill provides that
the railroads shall, on application,
and within reasonable time, ‘fur
nish -refrigerator cars for the ship
ment of fruit, and that penalty
attaches to .failure. The other
features of The bill protect the
shipper without ’ being unjust to
the railroad. A copy of the bill
has not. yet been furnished us for
publication.
An attempt to overthrow, the
Hawaian government was made by
about 250'insurgents at Honolulu,
oh tlie SGtli of July. The insur
gents were under the leadership of
two half-breeds, Wilcox and Boyd.
At first they 'were partially suc
cessful in their efforts, but were
finally defeated and' made prison'
Dr. W. H. Eelton, representa
tive from Bartow county, has pub
lishes an open letter addressed to
the president and secretary of the
Cassriile Farmers’ Alliance. The
alliance' in question had passed
resolutions instructing the Bartow
representatives to vote in the leg
islature against all propositions,to
appropriate money to higher edu
cation; and to vote all such appro
priations to common schools. In
his reply Dr. Felton refuses to
obey these instructions; arid at
length gives his reasons for re
fusing.
A special' court is in session at
Purvis, Mississippi, to try'the par
ticipants in the late SuUivan-Kib
rain prize fight. The offense is
punishable by fine or imprison
ment, either or both, as the pre
siding judge may determine. Sul
livan, the. referee; and several rail
road officials high in authority,
will be' fried. V ^
Hon. Primus Jones, of Baker
county, has marketed' fourteen
bales of new* crop cotton this sea-
—If you feel ally apprehensions
Seven rioters were killed, and 1 of cramp colic, don’t delay any
in exchange for gold coin,-ori dux-1 as many wounded. None killed j time, but take a dose ^ of Lamar’s
rency, when asked for in 3h.Hu? not • on the government side, and very j Diarrhoea Mixture, and repeat it if
' ffew wotmded: Accessary.
The careless striking of a match
near a barrel p£ benhine in a Chica
go packing house caused a fire
that destroyed $300,000 wdrth of
property.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, 1
. Lucas County, S. S. j
Frank J. Cheney makes oath
that he is IliO senior partner of the
firm of F. J. Cheney .& Co., doing
business in the city of Toledo,
county and state aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDBED DOLLABS
for each and every case of catarrh
that caDnot be cured by the rise of
Hall’s Catarrh Cure. -
Frank J. Cheney,
Sworn to before me and sub
scribed in my presence, this 6th
day of December, A. D., 1886.
[seal.] A. W. Gleason, ,
Notary Public,
. Hall’s Catarrh Cure fs taken in
ternally, aod acts directly upon
the blqod and mucus surfaces of
the system. Send for testimo
nials free, j
F. J. Cheney & Co.,
H Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, 75c. „
WAREHOUSEMEN iBJQiflJSi MERCHANTS,
And General grocers,
461,4CS, 465Mulberry Street, - - - MACON, q.^.
With renewed fatalities for handling COTTON, we again offer o ir -er/ieea to
the planters of Houston And contiguous counties.
ST Advances Made on tOTTON in ST0BE at S Per Cent. ^
The Underwriters have fixed the rate of
'insurance on cotton in our 'warehouse
LESS than any other house in the City.
We give onr.personal attention to all business, and treat all patrons with fair
ness and courtesy,
All first-class supplies constantly on hand, apd Bust Proof Oats a specialty.
Aug. 15 6ms. ^ mYB* & BALKCa#
W§ are Now Ready
-TO-
em YOUR COTTON
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RERRY VARIETY WORKS.
Ei J, FFLLEJi, Lessee.
WHAT ^ KEEP.
1 Keep
Ice and Lemons
FOB EYEBYBODY.
I KEEP
Flour, and all kinds of
Family Groceries..
1 KEEP
t>if Goods and felloes.
I KEEP.
STRAW HATS.. *
from the best to the cheapest.
I KEEP
AU Kinds of Plow Stocks!
and castings for same.
I KEEP
Everything Kept in a Variety
Store.
Call on me for Ice and Le’mbns. Cheap
as th§ cheapest. .
(k m MOORE,
Perry, Ga.
IE YOU- WANT
FIRST-CLASS
GROCERIES,
Hats, Shoes
CONFECTIOKERIES;
Fruits in Season,’ Ci
gars*' Tobacco, Etc.
Examine my stock before purchasing.
Besides a full stock of
STANDARD GOODS,
I Veil always have on' Hand some
at remarkably low figures.
^“Lookout for changes in' this ad
vertisement.
S. L. SPEIGHT,
<, ' PERBT, G A
Farmers, Read!
WE DESIRE TO IMPRESS
Upon the Planters of Middle 'Gfour.ti tlint we :T> -i • .
# “HAMMEB DOWN” prices ' t0
iiffssitiis Hi i-sifiMaiai
and particularly, so to those who are conmpelled to purchase on time-
, The past season the “FARMERS’ ALLIANCE” was entirely i c -
ffioyed by the merchants in Middle Georgia—we alone duotin^ them
prices.
We Sold to them at Exceedingly Lpw Prices.
In this way we have caused merchants of Macon, and all aronnd
Macon, to abandon, to a large extent, the ruinous time prices formerly
charged. * ’ - J
m Etipeci to Kill Completely the Old Time Prices
in 1890.
So, therefore, our OPEN BID to the. Alliances of Middle Georgia
will be made known to them on application. If your local merchant
refuses to meet said terms, Confer with us, and close your trade. The
above refers to
Ht¥fttftt«8% Iff Ittiwtetj
wif|tss» iiif%
On FERTILIZERS we have a regular time price, which will be
lower than ever before sold at. We have purchased several thousand
tons of GEORGIA CHEMICAL V/ORKS and CHARLESTON
ACIDS* also, COTTON SEED MEAL, MILLER and LISTER’S
PTRE ANIMAL BONE FERTILIZERS, GERMAN KAINIT, Etc,
RODGERS, WORSHAM & CO-,
420 and 422 Third Streetj Macon, Ga.
J 0H IS SON | ESTES,
MAOON, GEORGIA'.
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554 to 560 Poplar Street; Campbell & Jones’ Old Stand!
Cotton-Factors*
AND DEALERS IN
PlastutlQS Supplies.
~ EITHER FOR CASH OR ON TIME.
A FULL LINE OF BEST GRADES OF AMMONIATED GUANO,*
ACID PHOSPHATE and COTTON SEED MEAL, always on' hand.
Mr. W. S. FEIjDER, of Perry, will be with us, and would be
pleased to have his friends remember him, ...
- ' FCH)LAY IRON WORKS,”
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MACON. gegbgIa;
G; D. FINDLAY^ Proprietor.
Also, successor A. B. Farquhar & Co., and R. W. Wilt & Go., of the late
Central City Iron Works.
-Mantjpactukee Amo Deaueb in-
Steam Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, Shaftings, Pulleys, Sugar Mills, Syrup Kettles,
■ Horse Powers,.Mill Gearing. Castings and Machinery of every description.
Steam, Gas and Water Pipe, and Fittings, Brass goods, for water or steam
_ Steam Gauges, Hancock Inspirators, Belting, Babbit Metal, etc, etc,
FINDLAY’S RENOWNR-D COTTON SCREWS/
For Steam, Water, Hand or Horse Power.
PACES tJP OR DOWN. '
FINDLAY’S CELEBRATED
i X. L COTTON
fully Warranted.
a
Steam Engines of all makes, Boilers,. Separators, and all kinds of Machinery
/ Repaired.
6LTD INSPfRATORS MADE NEW.
The different parts of the “SWOED” machine-made and kept in stock at maim
faeturer’3 prices.
TIME AND FREIGHT SAVED BY ORDERING
FROM ME.
Barrffiv and Truck Wheels especially designed fbr Brick Makers, constantly
hand. All the patterns of the late “Central City Iron Works,”
patterns of.the Farquhar Engine^, are owned and used solely by. tne.
pond,or call when you wish anything in the way of eastings, machinery o
pairs, '
O-
and 1