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LOC5X iNEXVS, Tncr.sdai\ Jjjtuabv 23. Sidewalk Gleanings. Use Whitewash Freely. Local !Ve\i*s» of Town and County —^County Coart lastMdnday. session. * EADS, NEEL SCO. ■E HAVE now in store one ef the w largest and most complete stocks or FINK CLOTHING, HATS And Gents' Furnishing to be found in any southern store. 70V CAM GET JUST WHAT YOU WANT AT. THE^ SIGHT PSIOE. Mr. WALTER E. HOUSER, who has been with ns for the past year, will he glad to wait on his friends at onr place. 1SI & d®. CLOTHIERS, HATTERS AND FUR NISHERS. 557 CHEERY ST., MACON, GA. foii sale ou best. The dwelling house and lot in Perry on Swift street, formerly ownedGiy Judge W. D. Notting ham. For particulars call on J. W. Clark or A. B. Schilling, at Perry. L. Picaed, Macon, Ga. —The best shoes for the least money, at S. L. Speight s. —C. F. Cooper & Co. will pay as much as anybody for.cottoD seed delivered in Perry, jj ■_ We will give as much as any body for Cotton Seed'delivered at Perry. C. F. Cooper & Co. —Smoke the J. F. L. A., the best 5 cent cigar in the world, at S. L. Speight’s. —The Southern Farm and the Home Journal will be furnished together one year for $2.30. The Farm is the agricultural paper es tablished at Atlanta by Henry Grady. The price for it aloneds $1 YOU CAN SAVE MONEY InIPurchasing A PIANO OR AN ORGAN. [For particulars,apply to the editor of TEE HOME JOURNAL. «0WACHTEL’S -ttlWl&SASl THIS WEEK- SMOKING JACKETS, SILK MUFFLERS, GLORIA and SILK UMBREL-' LAS, GOLD AND SILVER HEADS. The finest line ever shown in this market. Our line o£ GENTS’ FINE NECKWEAR is immense, at prices to suit every body. Call early and make your selection, at —Spring oats are being sivelv sown this week. —La Grippe has apparently be come epidemic in Perry. —There are 93" pupils now at tending the Perry Pablic School. —Work has been commenced on Mrs. Hook’s new residence on Main street. —Wild flowers blooming in the woods make the season appear spring-like. —Mr. E. L. Dennard’s ljandsome residence on the Riley place is nearing completion. - —Miss Janie Tharp, of the 10th district, is in Perry visiting her cousin, Miss Nora Killed. —Miss Marianne Jones, of Fort Valley, is in Perry visiting Miss Florine Cox, and other friends. We have the very best authori ty for the assertion that no one thing will conduce more to the exten 1 bealthfulness of one’s premise* ; than a liberal use of lime white wash. It has been suggested that in view of the mildness of the pres ent winter—the almost total ab- [ sence of anything like freezing! A Happy Marriage. —Mr. Calvin W. Felder, of Americas,-was in Perry Tuesday, visiting his mother, Mrs. Anu Fel der. —Messrs. S. B. Brown, Jr., and W. M. Kersh, of Fort.Valley, spent last Sunday evening visiting in Perry. —It is rumored that the busi ness of manufacturing curry combs will soon be resumed, in Perry. —Madam Rumor is not commu nicative just now, concerning the next marriage in which Perry will be directly interested. —Mr. John F. Logan has been commissioned postmaster at Oak Lawn, to succeed Mrs, _H. C. Reed, resigned. t -The proposition ,to give tjie Home Journal twelve months for $1.50, cash in advance, will not be kept open always. —We understand that Postmas ter Reed contemplates putting new lock boxes in place of those now in the Perry postoffice. —Quite a large quantity of job work was turned out of the Home Journal office last week, and we are still crowded with orders. —Back-bones, spare-ribs, sau sages and other “hog-killing” deli cacies have been plentiful in and around Perry during the past week. ^ At about eight o’clock Tuesday flight, January 21, at the residence of Dr. and Mrs. jJ. C. Gilbert, pa rents of the bride, near Houston Factory, Dr. Henry M. Holtzclaw was married to Miss Clifford Gil bert. The ceremony was per formed by Rev. J. C. Brewton, of Pern*. Directly afterThe marriage* the weather—will cause the germs of assembled guests were invited into disease to propagate and increase i the spacious 'dining-room to par- , " / '1“ , ... , 1 . f. ° .... -vr i, i , , f of the Journal a few items, in with astonishing ramdity. No take of a most elegant supper.; i un- c , , , ,, .I garcL to the big hogs killed in and rtonht tin a fnut iin= roncor! Hib 'jjjg occasion was exceedingly ° ° PowersTille Reporter. SdStsiby Sub. Mr. Charlie McCrary, who was appointed to take charge of the railroad agency at Powersville, ar rived last Friday, -and took charge of the office. He is also telegraph operator. Mr. W. C. Lewis and family spent Sunday here, the guests of Mn and Mrs'. R. M. English: We will now give to the readers doubt this fact has caused the much-quoted saying that “a green Christmas makes a fat church yard.” Every nook and .cranny of the outdoor premises, especially where the sun does not shine freely du ring some portion of the day, should be thoroughly cleansed and sprinkled with good, fresh lime. Again, the weather this winter has not been sufficiently cold to at hll retard the propagation of the vermin common to yards and out houses. "2 A good dressing of lime whitewash will perform, wonders in ridding the "premises of these pests. No yard can be kept thoroughly clean where lime is not used to some, extent. Besides these various arguments in favor of the use of lime to pro mote health and cleanliness, it is one of. the best and cheapest beau- tifiers known. If a person is finan cially able, they, should by all means use paint when needed, but as as a substitute for paint, in ren dering the surrounding attractive, andenhancing the value of prop erty, lime whitewash has no equal. This is a'most important matter, and should be attended to without unnecessary delay. - Use lime and the whitewash brush freely and frequently. pleasant, throughout, and at its conclusion the bride and groom entered a cerriage and [[came to Perry, their future home, accom panied by a number of relatives and friends,*who had attended the marriage from Perry. Last night the Perry Rifles sa luted the happy couple, (the groom being the honored surgeon of that organization,) and they were given a reception at the residence of Judge’ H. M. Holtzclaw, father of the groom. These two young people are too well known to the readers of the Home Journal to need any fur ther designation at onr hands. They are fully- capacitated to en joy the happiness that should be theirs, and to merit all good that may come to them. With, sincere congratulations, the Home, Journal wishes for them complete happiness and pros perity through a long and useful life. Heavy Hogs. —The moonitss, the fogites, the man with rheumatism, and he with aching corns, have, all failed to fore tell the character of the weather this season. —The “pop” of the' parlor rifle is becoming annoyingly frequent in Perry. The nuisance can and should be abated* as it is attended with considerable danger. —Mrs. Wright and her daugh ter, Miss Lila, of Savannah, are visiting the family of Rev. N. D. Moorehouse. Mrs. Wright is a sister of Mi’s.'Moorehouse. —Persons who are experts in the sport of angling, tell us that the continued warm and open weather will cause bream to bite. Get out your rods and lines and give them a trial. —More mules have been in and through. Perry this season than for several years past. A number of our farmers have replaced their old stock with young and vigorous animals. This is a very encour aging sign of prosperity. A gentleman said in our pres ence in Perry last Monday that he had seen no person who could rec ollect when so many large hogs had been killed in Houston coun ty in one season. The.following are the weights of some of the heavy ones reported to us: Mr. J. G. Davis, of Perry, killed 4 hogs last Thursday that weighed m the aggregate 1,303 pounds, the heaviest weighing 372. Mr. McM. Rainey, who lives near Perry, killed a hog on Thurs day that weighed over 400 pounds. Mr. T. D. Gurr, who lives about four miles from Perry, on the road leading to HaWkinsville, killed one Thursday that weighed 470. Mr. G. G. White, of Wellston, writes us that he killed five on Thursday that aggregated 1,497 pounds, the heaviest weighing 378 pounds, and the lightest one 264 pounds. Several of oui> correspondents report other heavy hogs, and others will be mentioned next week. When alFare in we will aggregate the number and* weight, and give the [average. —Every Sabbath afternoon, at 2:30 o’clock, a young people’s prayer meeting is held at the Perry Baptist church. These services are calculated to do . great good, and we are glad to note that they are uniformly well attended. —The fence enclosing the Perry Methodist church is soon to be re built, and where the four gates now are, will be arranged turn stiles of the most approved pat tern. We understand the church building will also be repainted. —Some of the early gardens in Perry are well advanced. We no ticed English peas in bloom sev eral days ago.' Other vegetables, such as turnips, mustard, etc., were in an advanced stage of growth in the same garden. —The weather turned so sud denly warm again on, last Friday and Saturday that grave ap prehensions are-felt for the safety of the.-immense amount of . pork butchered in Houston' county on last Thursday. We trust that onr people trill not suffer any great loss in this respect, as, after hav ing fed so much corn to the hogs, the.lossof the pork would be a most serious hurt. -A gentleman of Houston who recently made a visit into Dooly county, says that he saw, near Unadilla, a pen of the largest and fattest hogs he ever saw anywhere. They were the property of Mr. W- A. Hudson, who is still waiting for weather cold enough to make it safe to butcher, when the readers of this paper will probably be in formed as to the weight of Dooly’s champion hogs. The same gentle man told us that he saw on_ike farm of Mr. Alfred Hudson, near by, a piece of “new-ground” land that, in the matter of roots, was equal .to Carter’s famous oat patch. He gives it as his candid belief that ther§. was not room on the surface of the patch to stack the roots. Mr. Hudson will at tempt to cultivate this ground the present, season, and if it produces from seeding as well as it did from nature, he will certainly be blessed with a bountiful harvest. —We have been requested to ask those persons who are putting out poison for cats, to desist, several very fine mousers have fallen victims to. the practice with in the past week When a mer chant has reared a good mouser for his store, its death is a serious loss. Probably the act was thought less, and if so, we- trust this peti tion will prevent a repetition. Let the valuable cats live and shoot the worthless ones. If the poison ing resulted from poisoned rats be ing eaten by the cats, care should be taken in future to so dispose of the rats that the mousers can’t get them. —Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Jobson, of Macon, came down Saturday night on a visit to the parents of Mr. Jobson in Perry. Charlie’s nu merous friends here will be glad to know that he has been tendered and accepted a responsible posi tion in the employ of .the G. S. & F. railroad. He returned to Macon Monday morning. Mrs. Jobson —The corner store in the Clark block of brick buildings has been Let’s Clean Them Out. The Macon Evening News of last Tuesday!; after, giving an ex tended account of various recent burglaries, and others attempted, has .the following to say in regard to suppressing the evil: “The negro dens that glut this city should be raided and cleared of their swarms of vagrants, thieves and vagabonds, who have no abode andl no [visible means[of support. They lie up all day in these dens, and at night swarm out to' devour whatever they can find. Let the official orders go out to the police to raid these dens, ar- rest'all loafers and [ idlers found therein, and sentence them to the chain gang as heavily as the law will allow.” Although burglaries are not fre quent, nor loafers very numerous in andjuround Perry, fstill there are enough of both, to create a feel ing of uneasiness. All small towns, as well as the larger cities, have places where loafer* and vagrants congregate. Perry has at least one, possibly more, and it would be well, as a precaution in the line of safety, if our town officials would have a cleaning out.: Our close proximity to Macon makes it convenient for thieves to slip ouFfrom the city, do their work here and ''return, and they may [always be found at [[these- re sorts. Let us have the law so enforced as not only to drive them out, but keep them out of our town. Home —The editor of the Journal was vigorously fondled by “La Grippe” last Saturday and Sunday. The performance was intensely disagreeable throughout, and a general soreness now remains as a feeling reminder. This mala dy is facetiously called “the fash ionable disease,” and the incident recalls the fact that we always re garded fashion as the near relative of humbug. If “la grippe” is a fair sample of fashion, we are now ready to declare emphatically that fashion is a nuisance that should be suppressed as quickly as pos* sible. —The meeting of the “Numma Hook” Domestic Missionary So ciety at the Methodist church last Sunday morning was a most inter esting and instructive service, and was well attended. These meet ings, held on days when there are no other religions exercises in town, are growing in interest and use fulness. The order of. exereises is about one hour in',length, consists ing of songs, prayer, reading, reci tations and short addresses. The membership is rapidly growing, and those not now engaged in this, good work, are cordially invited to become members, and all are. res pectfully invited to attend the meetings of the feociety. —Probably $40,000 have been paid by Houston farmers for Ken tucky mules and horaes within the last sixty days. Every dollar of this money could have been kept in Houston had onr farmers be gun raising mules and horses ten years ago. Houston farmers ean around Powersville: The big hog of Powersville, which was raised by Mr. Zach Hays, was killed last Thursday, and was weighed by Mr. W. E. Warren, netting 605 pounds, at two years and three months old. Now, if Houston county, or the state of Georgia, can b'eat the above, let us have the report. Mr. Hays killed 2,000 pounds of pork besides the big hog. Mr. T. J. Burden killed on last Thursday [about 4,300_lbs. of meat. Hog No. 1 weighed 385 pounds No. 2 345, No. 3 260, and averaged so on through six. : f • Mr. W. E. Warren killed one hog which ^weighed 315 pounds net. Mr. Henry English killed one which netted 310 pounds. Mn O. A. Cliett killed seven nogs which netted in the aggregate 1,600 pounds. Mr. Jack Hardison says [he] has killed enough meat " to run] him through the present year. He killed one hog that weighed 370- pounds, and says-he made 17 gal lons of lard from that one hog. Mi. J. T. Lisenby has killed more than meat enough to do him the present year.' * Wq have never before known so much meat killed in any one sea- Xcar Tharp's Mill. BY BLOW BOY. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17,1SS9. An election will be held at Pow ersville on next Saturday to fill the office of Justice of the Peace, Hr.‘ W. B. Goff having resigned and moved to Monroe county. We have heard of several candidates for the -office, Messrs. J. T. Lis enby, Jack Hardison and Joe Barnes having been announced. All the above are worthy gentle men, and either of them would make an efficient and acceptable officer. Large quantities of guano are beiug delivered at Powersville. On last Monday Messre. J. H. M. Gliett, O. A. Cliett, B. F. Chunn and Willi* Chunn received a car load of twenty tons of the Plow Boy brand. Jan. 21, 1890. " Yorlrites to the Front. The following concerning York citizens appeared in the last issue of the Fort Valley Enterprise, in “York Yarns, by Sydenham.” The facts related show that Houston farmers can make money if they will, and that the' farmers’ wives can help themselves considerably. We are always glad to see such items "published: ‘Last year Mr. R. W. Johnson, from one acre of sugar-cane, after saving three thousand stalks for seed, made four hundred and three gallons of fine syrup. How. is this for the old andworn-ont lands of old Houston?. Mr. Johnson’s corn crop averaged fifteen bushels per acre. Dr. L. J. Thomas made four bales of cotton on six acres, and his corn crop averaged seventeen bushels per acre.- Mrs. R. W. Johnson sold one hundred and six pounds of butter, and used for home comforts per haps half as much more. She sold one hundred and forty dozens of eggs, and raised over one hundred chickens, and would have sold good many more if Bob hadn’t got so many mad fits on him, and eat up so many eggs. Mrs. Doctor Thomas sold over one hundred and fifty pounds of butter, and kept a full supply for home consumption. This lady would also have sold many eggs had a close watch been kept upon the Doctor, and he been kept in a good humor, for nothing appeases his wrath half so easily as a dozen .of half-cooked eggs. What section of our county can beat this record? No news circulating scarcely. Nearly all the fanners say they are behind with their, work. A cold wave struck us last Thurs day morning, but the weather is spring-like now. Farmers are - busy preparing their lands for another crop. I guess they have big intentions now. The prospect for a fine grain crop is booming now, the fall crop. Rev. J. C. Brewton filled his ap pointment at the Factory Baptist church last Sunday. Mi'. J. M. Heard attended ser vices at Sardis church, in Bibb, last Saturday and Sunday. Mr. H. O. Parham has moved into the house recently vacated by Mr. Blewster. We give him a cor dial welcome. Clerk E. S. Wellons and- lady, of Perry, spent last Sunday after noon with Mr. and Mrs. H. Staf ford. Mr. W. M, Stripling has been employed by Clerk Wellons to help him in his office. Mr. H. C. Parham spent the lat ter part of last week in Monroe county. We understand that he will go after his better half this week. The Champion Debating Club has gone into summer quarters un til next September. Misses;Beulah and Eva Sande- fnr are attending school in Perry. We have no school at Pine Level dow. - .The “Lamplight” Literary Soci ety has been organized since writ ing you last. It meets every two weeks at the different neighbors’ houses. We hope much good will be done by this work. The scene of a “Jack ’o’lantern” parade was presented to the eyes of the occupants of a neighboring house a few days ago. Bo eager were they to capture one, they seized their gun and started for one, but finding their hunting in vain, they reversed. After invest igating the matter, they found it to be a crowd of boys in the far distance with torches, bird thrash ing, much to their regret and sor row. Below yon will find a partial hog report. Mr. J. D. Tharp has not finish ed killing,- but has butchered 23 that netted him 4,600 pounds. Dr. J. C. Gilbert’s pig balanced the beam at 440. Pretty good. Mr. Y. E. Heard lost his steel yards weight so, couldn’t weigh his Mr. T. B. Braddy killed 12 that made 3,385 ponnes of meat;4made 1,385; heaviest 364 Mr. H. Stafford killed 2,000 pounds of pork; heaviest 410; how is that for high? Mr. J. M. Heard killed 10- that made 2,485j?ounds; heaviest 320. Mr. J. B. Hunt killed 4,200 pounds of pork, 10 averaged 202 each; heaviest 308. There were five hogs in this community that made 1,842 pounds of meat. Jan. 21st 1890. ABSGif/TELY PURE JfflGHNK.SMI, W ™»F —The gallows on which the two condemned murderers Ed. Johnson nd Jim Butts, are to he hung on the 13th of next month, is now being built by Mr. C. C. David. It will be erected in the jail en closure, at the back of the jail, and will be surrounded by a separate enclosure sufficiently high to make profitably supply, within three - , . . _ . . . ,, -o- , , in fhe execution exclusively private. 5, the Houston demand for , ,,, , completed, and Messrs. Holtzclaw |£®“es and the^lf only I ? he P^n of the gallows structure f- * l _ - - .Its r.n poFtIip np;r wa avat ca cr for & Gilbert are now engaged in put- try; Taie tlie ab ’ oye a s the aver- j is one o£ the best J® e ™ r f -°. r A choice stock of Dry Goods, Motions, '-Shoes, Hats: Clothing and Groceries, cheap for cash, or on time. HICE LOT OF GEORGIA CAHE SYRUP. Parlor Suits, Chamber Suits, Bedsteads, Cliairs, Taules Safes, Mattresses, Bureaus, etc. of all descriptions. —Mr. F. A. Jobson, artisan, can now be found in the store-room on the south side of Carroll street, next to J. D. Martin’s, and recent ly vacated by Mrs. M. C. Hook. Mr. Jobson has recently spent muclfof his time travelling in Al abama, bat now tells us that he ex pects to remain at Perry. This will no doubt prove welcome news to many of his patrons. Mr. Jobson needs no word of commen dation from us. —Mr. W. L DuPree, who 101 more than a year fpllowed his trade - as blacksmith in our town, has lo cated at Unadilla, on the Georgia Southern & Florida railroad. Mr. DuPree was an excellent citizen, and while we sincerely regret to partwithhim and-his family, we wishforhim abundant success at his new home, and heartily com mend him to.the good people of that section. FOR SALE. Any person desiring to purchase fine half-jersey heifer, eight months old, can find a seller by ap plying at this office. La TGrrippe. ting in their stock of drugs, [paints, | a „ e annual expenditure, and one Subscribe for the HoiiE Journal. y -[]j remain a week or more. convenience, and reflects'credit chemicds, etc. After they have j mmion“ dollars h^Tbeen sentlo j "? 011 ^iU of the architect, tilted up and arranged their stock,! Kentucky from Houston since the i a f f v c [ °^, clt,zeD3 ?7 erloc *- Tt-ifli rnpir nivn im-nr/vt-prl pn t.Iip ract tnafc the PTPC.nnnn I war.for mules, with their own improved counters and shelving, we have no doubt but that the interior will prove as pleasing to the eye as the exterior, which will make it then th PlorGHISG. Will do Ploughing by; hand- j or hoar, §1.50 per day, the day 20 cents somest store-room in the town. I per hour. L. F. Cater. ed the fact that the execution will not take place onFriday, the usual “hangman’s day.” The 13th falls on Thursday. —Yesterday morning the weath er had a decidedly colder tingej On account of the “Grippe” and a contractto saw lumber, I shall close np the Variety Works for a short time. I shall make a number of need ed repairs while closed, _ and when I open again shall bo. better prepared to attend to my customers than e„ver be fore. I will ask the patrons of the grist mill to wait pa tiently for a short time. E. J. Fcllee, Lessee. . 20,000 pomids'of well cured meat'-Lpr sale, for money or cotton. To good parties I will give lbs. of meat for 1 lb. of cotton delivered Oct. 1st', 1890. Large lot of Dixie, Haiman and Ferguson Plow Stocks, and ail castings and other parts to same. Bark Collars, Hames, Swingletrees, Traces, heavy and light Back-bands, and a full lot of plows of every description. landreth’s Fresh Garden Seeds. [JPgP I burn all old seeds at the end of each year, and so have nothing hut fresh seeds. P CALL AND GET PRICES. XjJ IF 1 - catee, PERRY, GEORGIA. Jan. 23,1890. ^HOLTZCLAW S GILBERT,^ PERRY, - - - - - GEORGIA. DEALERS in DRUGS, MEDICINES, Fa.irL^Soils| <3-la,ss SH-d- ZF’-m.tt'sr, STATIONERY AND PEKFUMERY, Hia.aM.ps, Lamp G-oood-s, Etc. PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY GGBIPOUNDED. ^“Special attention given to PACKAGE ORDERS, and PRICES GUARAN TEED. Give ns a trial. HOLTZCLAW & GILBERT. GEOBO-E IP.A.TJILi, PERRY, GEORGIA, —TyriAT. iff IN - H 1 U OST11? W K, FOfl CASH OR ON INSTALLMENT. Dec89 Complete Undertaking Department. ^FLANDERS S COMPANY, (Successors to FLANDERS BROTHERS,) Warehouse and Commission Merchants 5 Poplar Street, Macon, Georgia. We offer our services to our planting friends and COTTON dealers as 3 Factors and Commission Merchants, pledging personal care and promptness in all business entrusted to our care. Our CHARGES for handling COTTON will be 50 Cts. Per Bale, where there are no acceptances or advances. This includes storage, and commis sion fisst month. Bagging and Ties furnished at lowest prices. Liberal Advances Made on Cotton in Store. ' Respectfully, b FLANDERS~& OO. tea "v 3§iSi WAREHOUSEMEN. it COMMISSI MEtP.il And GENERAL GROCERS, - 461, 463, 465Mulberi7 Street, - - - MAlCOjNT, GrA.. ! With renewed facilities for handling OOTTON, we again offer our services to the planters of Houston and contiguous counties. -S? Z2T Advances Hade on COTTON hfl&TOSE at 8 Per Cent; TheU nderwriters have fixed the rateof INSURANCE ON COTTON IN OUR WAREHOUSE LESS than any other house'in the City. We give our personal attention to all business, and treat all patrons with fair ness and courtesy. All first-class supplies constantly on hand, and Rust Proof Oats a specialty. ls ' 15 ^ ma ' DAYXS & BALFCOM. JOHNSON & ESTES, MACON, GEORGIA. 554 to 560 Poplar Street, Campbell & Jones’ Olcl Stand. ©ottos, Factors, AND DEALEBS EITHER FOR CASH OR ON TIME. A FULL LINE OF BEST GRADES 1 ACID PHOSPHATE and COTTON SEED ! Mr. W. S. FELDER, of Perry, will be v pleased to have Lis friends remember him. Full Assortment ommercia] Stationery, and duplicate Macon or Atlanta prices in this class oi Satisfaction guaranteed. CtUE us j. trial order