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ill I II PEiuw, Thursday, December 26. 1 EADS, NEEL SCO. yvrBHA-VE now in store one of the VY largest and most complete stocks of V' FINE CLOTHING. tad Gents' F to be found in any southern store. YOU.CAM GST JUST; WHAT YOU WAMT -AT THE EIGHT PRICE. Mr. WALTER P. HOUSER, who has been with us for the past year, will be glad to wait on his friends at our place. mm* & ©<a> 68 AND F(JR- CLQTHIERSj HATTERS NiSHERS. 557 CHERRY ST., MACON, GA. Payne & Willingham. We have a new and magnificent stock of Furniture and Carpets, bought since we were burned out. Cali and see the largest concern oi the kind in Middle Georgia. Wholesale and Retail Store next to former stand, Cherry street, Macou, Ga. —For cotton at Kathleen, I will pay Macon prices, freight deduct ed. J. H. Davis for the least —The best shoes money, at S. L. Speight’s. '__C. F. Cooper & Co. will pay as much as anybody for cotton seed delivered in Perry. the LABttESf. We have the largest furnitur concern in Middle Georgia. Fur niture and Carpets at Wholesale and Retail. ' Payne - & Willingham, Macon, Ga. We will give as much as any body for Cotton Seed, delivered at Perry. 0. F. Coopek & Co. —Smoke the J. F. •: L. A., the best 5 cent cigar in the world, at S. L. Speight’s. YORK HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. The Spring Term of this school will begin on the 6th day of Jannary, 1890, under the same management as hereto fore ‘Pupils entering this school shall have special care taken with them m their respective studies The public term will date from January 20th. It is urged, and is very important, that pupils enter the first day of school. For furth er particulars apply to . E. E. MILLER, Principal, or J. M. Frederick, Pres. Board Trustees. NOTICE^ - GEORGIA—Houston County: - Sealed proposals will be received by the Clerk of Commissioners’ Court up to the first Monday in January, next, for a Superintendent to take charge of the poor-house for the year 1890. By ordef of the Board, this December 2nd, 1889. . >T . M. DAVIS, Clerk. \ <1 WACHTEL’S »o THIS WEEK- SMOKING JACKETS, SILK MUFFLERS, GLORIA and SILK UMBREL LAS, GOLD AND SILYER HEADS. The finest line ever shown in this market. Our line of . GENTS’ FINE NECKWEAR is immense, at prices; to suit every body, Call early and make your selection, at WACHTEL’S 515 CHERRY STREET, MACON, GA. A Good Farm for Saie. —A happy New Year to all. —Hon. R. N. Holtzclaw was in Atlanta on last Friday and Satur day. —The adjourned term of Hous ton Superior Court will begin next Thursday. —The grand jury to investigate the Miller murder will be in ses sion next Thursday. —A good way to start the new year is to renew your subscription to the Homs Journal. —The front of Mr. W. D-Day’s residence was brightened by a new coat of paint'last week. Messrs. Brunson & Houser are having the Ingalls house, on Macon street, thoroughlj' repaired. —Mr. Clifford King, of Mar- shallville, visited relatives and friends in Perry last Sunday. —Judge. P. B. McKenzie and. family, of Eufaula, Alabama, are visiting the family of Mr. C. H. Moore. —The sale of holiday goods m Perry last week was larger than has been usual so many days before Christmas. -—Rev. Wm. J. Boberfcson paid a short visit to relatives at Boling broke, Monroe county, last Satur day and Sunday. —Mr. and Mrs. W. Brunson, Jr., of Vienlia, are iu Perry, spending the holidays with his parents, Maj. and Mi’s. W. Brunson. —Mrs. C. W. Battle, and chil dren, of Culloden, are visiting her parents Mr. ancl Mrs. C. A. Thompson, near Perry. _—Probably every dinner table in Perry held a well cooked tur key yesterday, judging from the number of those fowls sold here. —Six commissioners for the Port Valley free aeitools will be- elected by the citizens of that city on the 8th day of January next. —Messrs. John Cooner, Ed. Houser, George Hatcher, and —— Houser, of near Myrtle, spent last Sunday evening in Perry. —-The reception to be given to night at the residence of Mr. W. H. Norwood will be one of the most pleasant social events of the season. —The many friends of Mr. F. A. Jdbson are glad to'welcome him back from axY extended business trip to Alabama. He : arrived on Tuesday night. -—Miss Gabriella Richardson, of Carrollton, Ga., is in Perry visiting her auntSj- Mrs. Camilla King, Mrs. M. G. Ragin, Miss Aun King, and other relatives. —The Buzzard Boost ferry is now in good repair, and all who desire to cross Ocmulgee river at that point will be promptly ac commodated. —Messrs. T. S. Felder and C. C, Duncan, Jr., students at the State University, are spending the holi days with relatives and friends at home—Perry. —The young people .enjoyed a “pound party” at the residence of Mrs. W. L. NRainey, hear Perryj Monday night.’ Quite a number from town went out. Not only have better crops than usual been made in Houston this year, but many farmers have told us that the crops ^gre made cheaperrthan ever before. —Invitations have been issued for a dance at the Harris House, Fort Valley, next Monday night. Several young ladies and gentle men of Perry will pi-obably at tend. —Master Frank Tounsley, who is now a typo in the Pulaski Be- corder office, at Cochran, is spend ing Christmas with his father and uncle, Messrs. S. A. and L. S. Tounsley. —Miss Belle Houston, of Sa vannah, who has been attending Wesleyan Female College, at Macon, is in Perry spending the holidays with her sister, Mrs. F. M- Houser. —Some who opposed the adop tion of the Perry public school system, have been heard to say, since the election, that the public schools will enhance the value of property in Perry. —It is not definitely known whether or not there will be ser vices in the Perry Methodist church next Sabbath, but hopes are entertained that Bev. ■ Mr. Morehouse, the new pastor, will arrive in time to conduct a service there on that day. —Bev. D. F. Biley, recently of Albany, preached two very good n , . sermons at the Perry Methodist we arrive ar JIt Nine hundred acres of level, pinsland; h ch last Sundav, morning and ^ne xaaei ma we ail ive at a cor la going to his new appoint-! cIusIon o£ , tr “ th m 1 det ™f 1 1 Houston county—known as the Walk-! ment at Savannah, lie stopped over j no sense from the acknowledge er place—3 miles from the G. S. & F• here with the family of his sister, 1 merits of the former. In fact, we believe we can truthfully point rived when retrospection is natu I ral, and should be, to all, benefi cial. The man or woman who can look back upon a year of successes upon the ventures in which they have been engaged, will entertain feelings-, of justifiable, pride, and they will be stimulated to - greater exertions than ever before to make successful the .lines of work in which they may propose for the coming year. The man or woman who, at the end of the year, iu casting accounts finds the loss side of the ledger the heaviest, ought to look back. It is only in a retro spective view, carefully and thoughtfully taken, that the causes of loss may be traced. If they have been providential, there can be no reason for murmuring, com plaining, or abandoning a field to which they, may be peculiarly adapted. If mistakes or negli gences are found, they should be marked on the page of the year’s operations, and care taken to avoid the errors and take up the neglect ed duties, so that reasonable suc cess may. crown the labors of a coming year. Thus retrospection benefits the people in all classes of pursuits. We started out to take a view of our county’s standing at present, as the light falls upon ’it to irs, and note what is shown, and what we believe can be shown, by anoth er year of earnest labor. For the year 1889, as a whole, Houston county has been admira bly progressive. No interests have been especially lagging, though no doubt many mistakes have been made and ma'ny golden opportu nities neglected, and viewing from the light of the past, no one will pretend to deny that the progress might have been much greater. S Iu none of the pursuits- attempted has signal failure marked the close, and it should be gratifying that in most a high degree of success has been achieved. We cannot devote space in this article to all the different indus tries of the county. Houston; is essentially an agricultural county, and as ail our other pursuits hinge upon this one great industry, it is of it that we would write, as we believe in rendering “honor to whom honor is due.” That our farmers have been successful and progressive in a marked degree, is apparent on all sides, and their success is felt, in a proportionate degree, by all other classes. What has contributed most-to their suc cess? Some daim one thing, ‘and some another’, and still others, perhaps, differ with these, as to roads which have led to this end, and perhaps all see correctly, as no doubt many different causes have tended to complete the. suc cess. We will not pretend to. try to determine what cause worked the greatest good to the greatest number. The good result is here, and we, in common with all others, should make it our chief concern to see that the good works of 1889 are not lost in making up the record of 1890. However, it may not be amiss to note particularly a few things that have been in. the line of progress: First we take organized effort and interchange of ideas, the noting of results and the disseminating of that knowledge to others at stated periods, which must always be helpful to men who propose to go forward and upward. In being the means of thus bringing to gether and conveying to farmers much needed intelligence, the al liance has played a very important part. The sub-alliances of Hous ton county are composed of gbme of the best men in the county, and their conservative action in carry ing out their plans and their obli gations to each other and to the public at large, stamps the order as a benefactor, and we gladly ac knowledge and render to it its just meed of praise. But in casting about in this matter of cause and effect, we should not overlook . the fact that there are other good farm ers and good men outside the pale or this organization, who have con tributed greatly to the county’s success agriculturally, aud it is but just that theV receive recogni tion and praise commensurate with the results they have shown. Taking these two classes as a basis of investigation," we must search deeper for the great under lying cause of prosperity. In fol lowing and noting the methods of the latter class, we arrive at a eon- pi from the acknowledged nn enlarged upon and made to suit a community as well as an individ ual. Assuming this view to be true, we believe we can point. out one thing that has contributed immeas urably to the present prosperity. It is the simple principle, business. Some farmers have, of themselves, conducted the year’s operations upon business principles, and they have been successful. *The alli ance has wisely imposed an obli gation to business principle upon some who had not heretofore ob served it, and they, too, have been successful. This disposes of the majority of the people in our coun ty engaged in the pursnit of ag riculture, and inspires us with the hope, almost the assurance, tha the darker days for our county have passed, and that the broad sun light of prosperity is upon us to stay. Barring providential interfer ence or hindrance, those farmers who find themselves not in. a much better condition financially, at the close of 1889 than they were at the close of 1888, have continued to follow the long ago discarded the ory that there was “money in farm ing” for the simple ploughing and digging. If they continue to fol low this line, to the utter disre gard of the principles of business, they will continue to be -Behind at the closing up season, and yet they may have labored most arduously and sought honestly . to meet their obligations. Many a'worthy man has been branded “no good” when his only fault was inattention to business' details. This class can certainly study the past to their brnefit. ' At this most suitable season, let us all take a backward glanee and see what relation each pursuit has Rome to' the others durffig” tire year. If we do this conscientious ly, aitl with the dermination to have past experiences guide'and control, or shape our coming ef- j forts, we need entertain no fear as to the.success that awaits us. Houston county, at the close of 1889, is one of the most prosper ous counties in the state of Geor gia. If the people labor as care fully in the coming year as they have in the one now closing, we expect to be, at the close of 1890, prouder than ever of our glorious old county! last I and tra- Judge Gustin was Monday, and drew gi verse jurors to try the negroes! now in jail charged with the rnur-j der of Oapt. Wm. Miller, about ! two months ago. • The grand jurors will be sum moned at once to appear next Thursday, the 2nd day of Janua ry, and the traverse jurors to ap pear on the Monday following. The lists of jurors drawn appear be low: GRAND JURORS. J D Houser, J A Everett, W E Bunn, F M King, S T Neil, GMT Feagin, O M Houser, PERRY, - mm N B Head, S L Speiglitj W S King, J I) Marshal], B M Bateman, J Q Ellis, Josiah Bass, S H Rnmph, C B Wellborn, W E Brown, Elisha Etherid ge •J W Mathews, L F Cater, -O C Spence, T V Fagan, C E Gilbert, H P Everett,. B W Johnson, J M Heard, J G Davis, TM-KiHen, B L Marshall, Witnesses have been'summoned to appear before the grand jury on Thursday, the 2nd day of Janua ry. Evidently the positive . trial of the case will begin Monday, the 6th of January. TRAVERSE JURbRS. . A J Garvin, Hardy Powell, John A Thornes, John F Logan, JSE Etheridge, G W King, PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY GOMFOUNOEC. :.sS“Speeial attention given to PACKAGE ORDERS, and PRICES Gl TEED. Give ns a trial. ~ •- HOLTZCLAW & GILBERT. 1 A Cfaiload’i’of!Fine Will Be in Perry about ✓ ist i <=>< Will 11 them cheap, for < 8 w * Ha™.ior on time, Waif and see them. Z B Mean i J B Jones, Z. Sims, W M Barker, M S Means, G F Clark, C H. Bichards, C J Hanse, J F Barker, E W Bridges, F W Hardy, SL Norwood, J F Scarborough A S Martin, WWHiley, W M Chunn, D H Holleman, G M Scarbor’gh J D Watson, J F Hautman, T J Graves, J G Leverett, John M Pitts, D M Thompson, jp. JVCA^K,SEri;jk.E,3L ! . P.ISRKY, .GISOBGIA- '' , . ' . ' 1 m Stephen Coleman,Wm Joiner, W H Bartlett, B L- Braswell, J M K Barfield, E W Leaptrot; Houston Superior Goiu-t. An adjourned term of Houston Superior Court will be convened in Perry next Thursday. This term was originally order ed for the purpose of trying sever al civil cases that w*re continued for legal cause from the last regu lar October term. The term will be continued the following week for the purpose of trying the pris oners now in jail charged with the murder of Capt. Wm. Miller, in the lower part of Houston county. The following jurors will serve next week: G. W. Quick,. J. W. McLemore, B. T. Stafford, Aaron Tharp, Me. M. Bainey, Joseph Burnaiu, H. J. Ulm, W. H. Glosier, L. A. Houser, W. S. Biley, Railroad". For price and terras, apply to ; w Brunson. S. F. BIVINSi Eayneville, Ga. W. B. White, A. F. Smith, M, G- Rigby, Jno. B. Lane, A. J. Long, Cap Spillers, J. F. Pierce, N. G. Hunt, M. J. Nelson, R. W. Hartley, John Cordev, W. N. Boler, Burney Smisson, E. F. Davis. —Many of our citizens say they never before knew so long a season of mild weather at the time of year as we have experienced during the month of December. This fact has been beneficial to farmers in planting grain, and in completing their harvesting. On the other hand, they have not been able to kill all the hogs that were'ready for slaughter, and some pork has spoiled. Nearly all agree that the weather will make things even in this line, either before the winter months have passed, or during the early spring months. In either event, it is believed that the oats planted in the early fall will es cape any cold that may coine, and give the husbandmen good yields. — —About two weeks ago Willie Follendore saw a hawk with a chicken near the Buff mill, on Bay creek. He frightened the hawk away, and took the chicken. He then made a snare and baited it with a wing of the chicken. The snare did its work, but the hawk escaped when being taken from the snare. Willie prepared again to capture the hawk, and several davs —During the year now closing, Mr. D. Follendore, at his business as a shingle-maker, has served-the following patrons, in the amounts which respectively follow their names* This work does not em brace the time from April to Au gust, which time Mr. Follendore devoted to his crop. It is only just to Mr. Follendore to say that all' his prtrons were fully satisfied with his work: S. T. Neil, 32,500; S. J. Hose, 6,000; W. D. Day, 13,- 000; Hawk Murray, 13,400; G. W. Singleton, 9,000; J. H. Houser, I, 500; John Noble, 1,750; G. W. Killen, 500; J. G. Davis, 2,220; E. J. Fuller, 6,450; W. G. Edwards, 111,315; C. P. Marshall, 25,075; A. A. Smoak, 23,000; D. Thompson, 8,460; D. Follendore, 2,400, making a total of over 250,000 shingles. —Annually barrels of ruta baga turnips from near Savannah, and other places, are sold in Perry. There is no need for this, as such tubers can be grown here as well as anywhere else. Last Saturday Mr. N. P- Miller brought to town the largest ruta bagas we have seen this season. What Mr. Miller has done, any other Hous ton farmer can do- This is a mi-, nor item, but it serves to. illustrate the fact that the acme of agricul tural excellence can *be reached only by producing on the farm ev erything possible .that can be prof itably sold. . •_ At the recent session of the South Georgia Conference of the M. E. Church, at- Americas, Perry was honored in the selection of Judge A. S. Giles, as one of the conference delegates to the Gener al Conference of the M. E. Church South, to be held in St. Louis in May next. Probably no more rep resentative body of men'than this conference will show, ever as sembled, . and the selection of Judge Giles is a just recognition of his worth. Our section will be ably represented. w!l w° 0 } CLOTH, 42.^1..wide, at 45c. per yard f “ “ 36 in. wide at 25c. per yard All Wool FLANNEL SUITINGS, 42 in. wide at,50c. per yard Men’s and Roys’ GASSIMEEES, from 25c.. to $1.25 1 per yard. Men s COBKSCREW a D d BLUE-FLANNEL SUITS atSIO.OO 1 lOFneo^ nr\ /-I ill /""'Y /~\ Cl Ci .4' TtTTTAT'k rN t i < -ri « . .-j Double-Barrel $10.00 to $15.00. f ju/ujo ailu VJlllb » li I ) I » 1 > Pi I y. Qjj Men’s and Boys’ SHIRTS from 50e. to $1.25 each. BREECH-LOADING SHOT GUNS, from Large lot of PORCELAIN PLATES, CUPS and SAUCERS, cheaper than granite. , T tfH 5 ^hfijip as the cheapest,, all the standard Dry Goods," JNoaons, Hats, Shoes, Clothing, Hai’dware, Crockery and Groceries. ©^“Examine my stock, end. get prices. - Jim. 24,1889. PERRY, GEORGIA. GEORGIA, PERBY, -DEALER XKA ■F TJ iRHtNT X T IT Tt E, m OASR OR ON PSTALLMiTi ParB)r Suits, ChamteSiiits, Bedsteads, Cliairs 3 TaMes Safes, Mattresses,"Bureausjetc. of alldescriptioBs. Dee89 Complete Undertaking Department. I ECOM >! —Our readers will be glad to ieam that Dr. S. A. Biley, who was stricken with paralysis several weeks ago, at his home in Hawkins^ ville, is steadily improving. Of him the Dispatch and -News said, last week: “Dr. Biley i s gradually getting better of his paralysis, but he is now afflicted with two car buncles on his paralyzed leg. But for this his recovery would be faster.” - Mule Stolen. later it was fom snare—a string around his neck, d.dead in the drawn. A black mare mule, medium size, about. 16 years old, shoes oa front feet, t-sro teeth out of lower jaw. Stolen from my stable oa "Its.. Sandlin's place, near Henderson, on the iaghR^ ] Afair rewar-1 ” • of Ine mme. f n'Hht or the 17th inst. 1 be paid :or the return _ - HGnG GLARE, col., juendoraon, Ga. Liberal reduction b And GrENEHAL GROCERS, 401, 403, 465 Mnlbcih-y Street, - - - MACOW, GA. With renewed faciiities for handling COTTON, we again offer our services to tile planters of Houston and contiguous counties. Advances Hade on COTTON in ST0B2 at 8 Per Cent. ^ The Underwriters have fixed the rate of INSURANCE,ON COTTON IN OUR WAREHOUSE l LESS than any other house in the City. •. - “We. give our personalattention to all business, and treat all patrons with'fair ness and courtesy. , All firsfc-ela^s supplies constantly'on hand,and East Proof Oatan specialty,’'.. BAYI&&BALS:eOM. %mBBiB&E, i GENERAL HOUSE FURNISH. . • . ■ 572 CHEBBY STREET, MAuON, GEORGIA. - JOB WOES) We Have a Complete Stock Full Assortment of Stationery, and do Atlanta prices in this class oi GIVE US J 2 mm o t: ! si Xj. ■S Wi mi POLITE ATTENTION GIVEN ALL GUESTS. C( ROOMS. TABLE SUPPLIED WIT! EDIBLES THE MARKET RATES; $2.00PER BI IDS. week. mmm