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Perky, Thursday, February G. EADS,NEEL&CO'. W g H.VV.E now in store one o£ the largest and most complete stocks —Perry elm trees are in bloom. —LeConte pear trees si e bloom ing in Perry. —Our farmers are not visiti town much now. FfNE CLOTHING, HATS And Gents^ ■ Furnishing .to be found in any southern store. YOU CAN GET. JTJST-WHAT YOU WANT AT THE SIGHT PSICE. Sir. WALTER V. HOUSER, who has bf*en with us for the past year, will foe jji.ul to wait- on his friends at our place. SS MIL 4 ©<3>, CLOTHIERS) HATTERS AND FUR NISHERS. 557 CHERRY. ST., MACON, GA; SEED XBISH POTATOES. Buist’s'Seed Irish Potatoes for sale at the Drug Store. —For early composting get your Acid from C. H. Moore, Perry, Ga. for sale ok bent. The dwelling house and lot in Perry on Swift street, formerly owned by Judge W. D. Notting ham. For particulars call on J. W. Clark or A. B. Schilling, at Perry. L. Picard, Macon, Ga. for sale. Any person desiring to purchase a. flue half-jerSey heifer, eight months old, can fiud a seller by ap plying at this office. —The best shoes for the least money, at S. L. Speight’s. —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 funded together one year for $2.-30.iSB he Farm is the agricultural paper es tablished at Atlanta by Henry Grady. The price for it alone is $1 -Farmers can secure in Perry all they need of ^merchandise and money, at low prices and on rea sonable terms. / > YOU. IniPurchasing OR For particulars,apply to the editor of THE HOME JOURNAL. <*I WACHTEL’S ^ H" THIS WEEK SMOKING JACKETS, SILK MUFFLERS, GLORIA and SILK UMBREL LAS, GOLD AND SILVER HEADS. The finest line evor 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 STREE I, MACON, GA. — ; -job o —Thebe are 103 pupils now at tending the Perry Public School —Ordinary Honser was espec ially busy in his court last Mon day.^ - —The prospect for an excellent oat crop in this county is first- class. —Judge W. J)- Nottingham and wife, of MacoD, spent last Monday in Perry. —Judge A. L. Miller will move to Macon with his family on the loth inst. -It is Dot apprehended here that the 1890 fruit crop will be killed by cold weather. —It- will not be the fault of our farmers if plentiful crops are not harvested this year. —Madam Bnmor don’t talk some more about prospective marriages in and near Perry. Mrs. P. C. Smith, of Macon, spent the greater portion of last week with relatives in Perry. There will be’religious service next Sunday in the Baptist and Methodist churches in Perry. During tlie month of Janua ry, 1890, Ordinary J. H. Houser issued 26 marriage licenses. —It is always in season for citi zens of Perry to speak good words and do good deeds^for the town. Several communications that we expected failed to reach the of fice in time for publication this week. - —If the weather theory oE the fogites” is correct, there will be a heavy frost Here on the fourth of next April. —Mrs. W. Brunson spent last Thursday and Friday in Macon, with the family of-her brother, Mr. J. B. Riley. -The milch cow standard , in Houston county is fully 50 per cent, higher than it was six or eight years ago. —Ed. Johnson and Jim Butts, the condemned murderers of Capt. Wm. Miller, will be hung at Perry next Thursday. -Mr. R. W. Gamble, of Macon, spent Saturday and Sunday in Perry with'the family of his uncle, Mr. -F. A: Jobson. —There is no good business rea son why a fruit canning factory should not be established at some convenient point in Houston coun ty- —If the quality and condition of the work stock used constitute a criterion, our farmers are certainly on the highway to positive pros perity. —Hisses Minnie and Eunice Norwood retnrned home the latter part of last week from a visit to friends in Montezuma and Mar- skalville. —Some Houston farmers have planted corn this week. The first report of snch work came from near Bonaire,—on Mr. J. O. Wat son’s farm. —During the year 1889, the Home Journal received more ad vertising patronoge from mer chants of Macon than from the merchants of Perrv. —We are inclined to the upin- ionthat the arooftnt of home-made pork and lard in Houston county now is greater than at any time within the last twenty-fire years. —Houston-raised corn, oats, hay, potatoes, pork, peas," horses, cows, etc., are decidedly better and cheap er for Houston farmers than snch products of any other section of the world. Observation has tHught ns that the spirit of personalism and sec tionalism is al together too prom inent in Houston, ns well as in oth er sections-of Georgia, it is the acme of patriotism to serve tb We are*reliably informed that. j n j!, e p- onr f 0 f Ordinary of the failure of the Home Journal Houston county Judge J. H. to reach its destinntian at post- Houser, transacted the following offices below Kathleen recently was occasioned by the imperfect Oper ation of themail grabs at- the . sta tions on the Georgia Southern & CVsiiinissioQ&rs’ Court of Hous ton county met pursuant to ad journment, this Feo. 3rd 1S90. business las: Monday, which, by j p iese nfc and presiding I. F. Murpb, Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. i ‘j, i83g. state oi conty-m -preference to selr, r . ulro , H p The ma il is car- or the immediate section of oar ^^ath by the fast express ti tin. residence, as human nature is in- which d6es D? t ston at any of the tensely selfish. stations between Macon and Cor- It cannot be expected that a man will serve another to his own hurt, or bis county tb the decided- disadvantage of his own section, yet it is emphatically wrong for a man to seek his own aggrandise ment by pulling down another, or to advance the interests of bis own immediate section by decrying the advantages of other sections of his co an ty or state. Every citizen of Houston t-can serve the county without injury to himself or his district. With the county on the highway to prosperity, every ener getic and intelligent citizen will secure his share of that prosperity in equal ratio with his own merits. In matters of business no citizen of Houston should be willing to speak ill of any town or section of tl^e county, but whenever aDy por tion of the county is mentioned, a good word for it should be spoken, This will not in any degree debar the individual citizen from the right of serving his own personal interests. Nor will it prevent any one from extolling the advantages of his own immediate section. If a man seeks agricultural in vestment in the county, the citizen of one section can extol the ad vantages of his section without limit, but he should not speak ill of any other district ''in order to make a comparison favorable to himself or to his community. This can be applied with equal force to the towns, and no man should be guilty of the personalism or sec tionalism such-action would em body. Serve Houston as a citizen of the county; ype^k in the highest terms, if you please 1 of your own section, its natural advantages, its people and its climate, but for the sake of justice make no unfavora ble comment npOn other sections and other peoplo-that are presum ably as good as those with whom yon are directly located. This thought can be carried fur ther and made applicable to polit ical affairs. Every citizen has the inherent right to advocate whom he pleases for office, but no one has the right to advocate any man because he is a citizen of a certain section. Making this application a county affair, we assert emphat ically that our officers are elected to serve the county, and not any specific section thereof.- To serve the people, and not to serve the officers themselves. We should nev er elect a man merely because he needs the salary of the "office, but because he is fully capacitated to perform the duties of the office ef ficiently and to the benefit of the county. It was never intended that a county officer shonld espe cially represent any district or sec tion, but the entire county. Therefore when an officer is to be chosen, the locality of his resi dence should not be considered at all, but only his fitness for the of fice be is offered to occupy. De cide for whom you will vote by the measure of personal fitness, and. not by reason of the place of his reridence. Serve the county in preference to any special section thereof. —Perry gardeners have calcu lated that spring time has come. At least that is the inference to -be drawn from the fact that many of them have planted the full list of garden seeds. —The readers of the Home Jour nal will he faithfully kept posted as to the status of political affairs, and all other local news of interest will be promptly made public in attractive shape. —But for the faet that the Mill er murder trial cost Houston about two thousand dollars, there would have been more money in the ;caunty treasury on the 1st of last January than on the 1st .of .Janua ry 1SS9. The congregations attending -Directly after Jim Butts was frustrated in his~ attempt to es cape from jail at Perry on Monday of last week, he declared that he would not be hung, and that he would kill himself in preference. When the next meal of victuals was given him he refused to eat or drink, and until the Thursday fol lowing he. did not 1 taste food or water. When Sheriff Cooper dis covered that Butts had failed to eat several successive meals,, be told the prisaner that snch a game wonldn’t work, and that he would force him to take nourishment if he continued to refuse to eat. Butts finally yielded to the pangs of hunger on Thursday, after fast ing three days. Since then he has been eating regularly. N watly :-;xy:cutki> „ . , - , were nnsualiy large, and excellent -AT THIS OFFICE.- sermons were preached by. the This is the best time of the pastors. The sacrament service V ea r to subscribe for tbe Home was held at each of the two Tn-rn\-*T churches—Baptist and Methodist. —We have been requested by Ordinary J. H. Houser, to an nounce, that disabled ex-Confeder- ates who are entitled to pensions under the laws of Georgia,can now secure the necessary blanks for making application, by calling at Ms office. —Our bank and public school system are helping Perry consid erably. Now let oar people or ganize a real estate and improve ment company, and we will have an invincible trio constantly work ing for the good of the town. ■At the regular monthly meet- Llie churches in Perry last Sunday ing of Perry town council, held last Monday night, the sum of one hundred dollars was appropriated, for tbe purpose of making repairs on the Perry public school build ing- dele, bnt depends upon “grabs” tos take the mail bags from the hooks upon which they are placed by tbe postmasters along the line. Of ten these grabs fail to take the mail bags, but stike with snch in accurate force as to knock them off the hooks and hurl them forty or fifty feet from the track. When this occurs, of course that mail is noUdelivered promptly at the right place. The postmasters have doubtless done their duty in tbe premises and reported this condition of af fairs to the superintendent of rail way mail service fpr this division, Most likely this cause of com plaint against the mail service will be remedied at once. It is hurtful to & publisher whenever his papers fail to reach the subscribers promptly, and we are determined to do our duty faithfully in sending off the Home Journal. We desire our readers to report to us promptly every failure, and we will doonr best to ascertain the cause, and have, the remedy applied. The Home Journal for points on the G. S. & F. railroad are sent from Perry to Kathleen, and when ever the “grab” fails to catch- the bag there, onr subscribers at points below fail to receive their papers promptly, and according to com plaints made, on several occasions they never received them at all, This faulty mail service surely should be corrected. Tbe govern ment is paid for carrying the mails, and the service should be perform ed promptly and correctly. request, he reported fur, paeiiea- tiou in the Home Journal. T. TE. Means was appoint- 3 ad ministrator of the estate of Dr. ?vL H. Means, deceased. Mrs. S. E. Means appointed guardian of mi nor children of Dr. M. H. Means, deceased. Mrs. S. E. Means grant ed 12 months support for herself and minor children, from estate of her husband, Dr. M. H. Means. Mrs. Alice L. Bragg granted 12 months support for herself and minor children, from estate of her husband, J. P. Bragg, deceased. F. M. Honser, C. H. Thompson and H. S. Feagin. Minnies cf last nu-etin and confirmed. It is ordered by the court, tbn the tax collector of Houston conn ty refund to the following named persons the amounts annexed.'to their names, as errors on digest, over-valuation, over and under age, etc. ‘ To wit: To B. G. Smith, Adm’r, non-resident, over-charge on land, $24.35; Elbert Oliver SI, over age; Robert Jackson §2, over age; Dudley Woolfolk, $2, undef The will of Isaiah Walton wastage; Dick Pearce, $2, over age additted to record, as proven i’n' Stansil Howard, S1.80, error on di- A War-Time Belie. We were shown a few evenings since a war-time relic that has been carefully preserved by Mrs. A. S. Giles, of Perry. It' is a lady’s hat, plaited and sewed to gether of Houston county palmet to, by Mrs. Giles, who was at that time Miss Susie Ragin, one of the Confederacy’s fairest and truest daughters. The bat is in affair state of preservation, even to the trimming, which was put on by Mrs. J. R. Rice, now of MaeoD, but at that'time Miss Anna Fay, Perry’s highly-esteemed milliner. This much-prized memento re calls pleasantly to mind tbe days in which southern girls were suf ficient nnto themselves in the mat ter of dress, from the homespun dress of dainty, though substan tial pattern, to the most becoming of head-dress. They were then, as now, the most charming as well as the noblest women on the globe. -Correspondents of the Home Journal are requested to observe tbe fact that communications that reach Perry later than Tuesday night will be too late for publica tion that week. We are generally ready to go to press directly after noon Wednesday, and usiially all the copy necessary to make up the paper has been prepared before 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. Houston road commissioners and overseers should determine now thfit farmers' shall not this year discommode the traveling public by ploughing into the public roads.. This nuisance can be prevented if the commissioners will issue tbe proper orders, and then report to the grand jury next April all who violate them. -The indications now are that the Houston county political cam paign will be exceedingly lively, with numerous candidates in the field. The price for announcements in the Home Jouraal will be the same as heretofore—So each—re gardless of the time of insertion. common form; G. M. Walton and D. F. Clark executors*. J. F. Holly appointed guardian of-Lucy Ann Henderson, a minor. J. E. Jones was appointed guar dian of James D. Bateman, a- /mi nor, G. W. Downing, former guar dian, having resigned. J. W. Taylor, guardian, of Miss Cora L. Woodard, was granted let ters of dismission from the trust. Robert O. Johnson was appoint ed temporary edministrator on the estate of W. P. Simmons,deceased He was also granted leave to sell the personal property of the estate. Will of Elijah Tinson was ad mitted to record as proven in com mon form—Daniel M. Yinson ex ecu tor. The case of Mrs. C. M. Holle- man, for twelve months support, was tried, and by consent of both parties appealed to the Superior court. From Bonaire. SUMMED UP BY BILL HOUSTON. —Our connty surveyor occupied considerable time last Monday in locating the exact lines of a lot on the south side of Carroll street. The difficulty was in positively determining a starting point that was known to be absolutely cor rect. Bonaire High School openecUon February 3, with Mr. J. E McDon ald as principal. Mr. McDonald is ft young man, abont 24 years of age, and is fully competent to fill the position. The farmers of this section are further advanced with their farms now than ever before at this time of the year. The oat crop is par ticularly line. I wish to say to the people of other sections that there have been some hogs killed around Bonaire, and as we have seen nothing said about the Bonaire hogs, we men tion. a few. We haven’t any four or six hundred pounders, but we have some fine hogs, nevertheless. Mr. J. N. Barker killed 12 that weighed'2,885. Mr. J. T. Walker killed 7 that weighed 1,500 pounds. Besides these, a nitmber of others killed plenty of meat to. do them this year. A grand bird hunt took place a few days ago in Mr. J. I. Jones’ field. Mr. R. G. Watson was- the champion shot on that occassion. I think Mr. W. did his best shoot ing on that day, but he says not. Mr. B. H.'King called on his best,girl again the other day. The boys say he means business. Messrs. R. G. Watson and C. H. Thompson visted the little town of Bonaire a few days ago. It seems, from the amount of gnano that is being hauled out to the farms, that the farmers are de termined to make or break this year. The melon growers of this sec tion are making big preparations for a melon crop this year. The public roads throughout- this section are in good condition, and will stay so, unless we have more rain than we have been having. Mr. W. H. Talton has killed two hogs that weighed 800 pounds; How is that for a young man just 21 years old? Mr. J. L Jones caught a very large wildcat tbe other day, and now the old gentleman wants to go everyday. Misses Lena and Mamie Feagin have both been quite sick, but we are glad to note that they are im proving. February 4tb,1889. g«sh I Ordered, that Mary Goodrow be allowed $1.50 per month out of pauper fund. The citizens /in the neighbor hood of the contemplated public road from J. .F Renfroe’s pla^e to the G. S. & F. railroad, near Max well’s bridge, on tbe Echecounee creek, having made a favorable re port in relation 'to working the same; it is therefore ordered by the court, that the said road lead ing from the plantation of J. F. Renfroe to the G. S. & F. railroad near Maxwell’s bridge and inter secting with the Macon road at that place be and the same is here by declared a public -road; and that the road commissioners of said road district are hereby noti fied, and instructed to apportion hands to work the same, and ap point an overseer for same. Objections being made to the court to the laying out of a portion of the road from the Dr. Edge- worth place to'A. J. Houser’s mill, the clerk of this court is ordered to notify A. F. and B. F. Murray to be at our next cohrt, (March) for the purpose of trying to reeon- silethe objections to same. W. D. Tharp, road commissioner of the Upper Fifth district, reports that the public road from near D. F. Gunn,s to the Factory road near Dr. S. D. Smith, has been opened and put in proper repair, The 4th quarterly report of Connty Judge A. L. Miller, re ceived, and referred to Martin and Houser, commissioners, for exami nation The report of W. Brunson, county treasurer, from January 10th 1889 to January 13th- 1890, was received and adopted, (has been published). The tax collector of this county came before the boai d for final set tlement. Owing to a press of busi ness his case was referred to Chair man Martin and Commissioner Houser to examine and report io the next meeting of the board. Ordered that T. J. Sanders be appointed road commissioner of the Lower Fourteenth district, in place of J. M. McKenzie, resigned. On mont-ion court adjourned to the first Monday in March next. J. M. Davis, Clerk. 20,000 pounds of well cured meat for sale, for money or cotton. To good parties I will give 1] lbs. of meat for lib. of cotton delivered Oct. 1st, 1S90. Large lot of Dixie, Haiman and Ferguson Plow Stocks, and all castings and other parts to same. Bark Collars, Hames, Swingletrees, Traces, heavy and light Back-hands, and a full lot of plows of every description. A choice sto.clc of Dry Goods, ^Notions, Shoes,. Hals, Clothing and Groceries, cheap for cash, or on time. AICE LOT OF GEORGIA GAXE SYRUP. andreth's Fresh Garden Seeds. I burn all old seeds at the end of each year, and so have nothing but fresh seeds. CALL AND GET PRICES. IL-IEL CATEE, Jan. 23,1890. | - PERRY, GEORGIA. <*!HOLTZCLAW & GILBERT,!* PERRY, - - - - - GEORGIA. -DEALERS IN- UParlsn-ts, Oils, <3-la,ss a,n.d. 3?TjLtt3r, STATIONERY AND PERFUMERY, T-iazm/ps, Lamp G-ooods, Etc. PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED. jess-Special attention given to PACKAGE ORDERS, and PRICES GUAR AN TEED. Give ns a trial. HOLTZCLAW & GILBERT. O-EORQ-E Didn't Happen Here, —With good general laws as authority,. Houston county can serve herself better than any state legislature. Hence our next legis lators shonld attempt to place local legislation within the power of the respective counties of the state. =1 -A public insinuation against the' honesty or faithfulness of .a public official is decidedly improper and nnjnsr. If a knowledge-of wrong doing is ascertained, an in vestigation should be demanded and vigorously prosecuted. —Mr. W. H. Smith, of this connty, recently ploughed up in his field in the Lower Fifth dis trict a silver coin, about the size of an American half dollar, that bears date of 1304. It is supposed to be a Spanish coin. This is the most ancient coin of - which we have any knowledge. We cannot allow, without pro test, such a slander as the follow ing to be perpetrated against the reputable deacons and fowls of Perry:' : A good deacon in the town of Perry tells a startling story re garding his curious experience while killing some fowls last Wed nesday morning. Ho was prepar ing for an extensive dinner, and killed three fowls; the last one in stead of flopping around like an ordinary hen, and -dying when its head was cut off, got up, walked abput ten feet, laid an egg and gave up the ghost. In the mean time the head cackled for near a minute ^before 'it, too, became quiet.” ‘Even though the Atlanta Con stitution published this item last Monday, we declare that nothing of the sort ever happened in or near Perry. Of course we do not know everything that happens,-but we are satisfied concerning the above, because the item has about gone tibe rounds of the Georgia press, after serving the country press throughout Michigan, and the towns to which the occurrence has been credited cannot be enu merated on the digits of a man’s two hands, j Perry will not quietly rest undeT-anything so time-worn as that.. Kien-eEABE fertilizers. I have on hand for sale a lot of Georgia State Grange Guano, and Baldwin’s Acid Phosphate.^ These high-grade fertilizers have*no-su periors ou : ihs market, and Iasi year.tuo demand was so great it coold not be supplied. Buy early, or you may fail to gs. t these snpe- . L riot fertilizers. Ti W. Brunson, ~ SEED IKISHDOTATOES- B cist’s Seed Irish Potatoes for sale at the Drag Store. E3SSH GAP,DEI-1 SEEDS. A-fail stock oil Baisl’s Fresh Garden Seeds for sale at the Drug; —Best Acid Phosphate for com- | Store.' i posting, at C. TEE; Moore’s. —The Belford Company, of New York City, desire agents' in this and every other community, to sejl the.forthcoming life of Hon. Jefferson Davis. Those desiring territory are requested to commu nicate with the publishers at. once. See the advertisement in another eolumn. PERRY, GEORGIA, —DEALER IX- mm •. -’-falsi IE 1 TT IE?, IDsT I T TJ IR, 333, Parlor Suits, Chamber Suits, Bedsteads, Chairs, Tables' Safes, Mattresses, Bureaus, etc. of all descriptions. - Dec89- Complete Undertaking Department. <*3FLANDERS & COMPANY,!* (Successors to FLANDERS BROTHERS,) Poplar Street, Macon, Georgia. We offer onr services to onr planting friends and COTTON dealers as Factors and Commission Merchants, pledging personal care and promptness in all business entrusted to our care. Onr 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, FLANDERS '& .CO. ! And GENERAL GROCERS, 461, 4-63, 465 Mulberry Street, MACON,. GA. With renewed facilities for hanl/iur COTTON, 'we again offer our services to the planters .of Houston and contiguous counties. Advanses Mads on COTTOiT in’STOES at 8 Per Cent. j ThoU ndorwriters have fixed the ratoof INSURANCE ON COTTON IN OUR WAREHOUSE LESS than any other, house in the City. ' We give our personal attention to all bu ;iness, and treat all patrons with faii- ness and courtesy.. All first-class supplies constantly on In i 1, and Ruse Proof Oats a specialty **““ DAVIS & BAlkcoii. JOHNSON & ESTES MACON GEORGIA. 554 to 560 Poplar Street, Campbell & Jones’ Old Stand. EITHER FOR CASH OR ON TIME. A FULL LINE OF BEST GRADES OF AMMONTATED GUANO ACID PHOSPHATE and COTTON SEED MEAL, always on h Mr. W/S. FELDER, of Perry, will be with us, and would pleased to have his friends remember him. can be so quick ly cured by Shiloh’s .Cure. We gnarar- ' tee it. Holtzelavv ‘c Gilbert, Perry, Ga. ith Dyspepsia an-i Liver Complaint? Shiloh’s Vitaiizer ;? guaranteed to cure you, Holtzclaw i Gilbert, Perry, On. We Have a Complete Stock and Full Assortment of Commercial ry, and duplicate Macon or class ol work. prices in t I " raiiteed. kl Subscribe for the Hows Jockn vl * ..-~..r£-L- '-Tk-v.,-;'.-r ■ ; J. 1RIAL ORDER