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'UftiSi local nevts, Perky, Thursday, August 2L Vehicles Cheap. Jf yon want a hnggy, wagon or road cart, he sure to call on me. I have a lot of good vehicles which X will sell cheap. C. P. Marshall. Perry, Chi. SHINGLES! SHINGLES! My sawed shingles are sotd un der a guarantee. They are equal to the best drawn shingle.- Sold in any quantity. Call and see samples. _, „ C. P. Marshall, Perry, Ga. ”7 Good House for Sale. I will sell at a bargain my dwell ing house and lot in Perry. Ap ply at once. L. S. Tounsley. LUMBER. t I can now furnish undressed lumber of the best qualtty, in any qnantity desired. C, P. Marshall, Perry, Ga. _I can supply e awed shingles of a very superior quality, in any quantity desired. Call at my store and see samples. C. P. Marshall, Perry, Ga. —Ice plentiful, at 0. H. Moore’s, Perry, Ga. —Corn and Fodder for sale Apply at farm 2 miles from Perry, on Hayneville road, or address W. M. Boon, Perry, Ga. —Go to C. H. Moore for Ice and Lemons. 3t. COWS FOR SALE 1 have for sale half a dozen good ,nilch cows with young calves. They can be seen on .farm near perry. S.L. Norwood. Sidewalk Gleanings. 101:111 -V* *» » ul T«wn att«t COUUJ}-| Sunday School Celebration Providence Church. —The hay harvester was at work j near Perry last week. About three hundredpeopele as sembled at Providence church last i Thursday morning to attend the m _ armers are paying 50 joint annual celebration of Provi- IckL^ 100 P° Dads ^teuton Lee and Myrtle Sunday schools. ** I It was the pleasure and privilege —The Perry Bides will capture of this writer to be in attendance, a prize at one or more of the fairs There were people from Fort in Georgia next falL Valley, Perry, Dennard, Powers- -nu x> t, ... „ , , ... ville, and other sections of the —The Perry Public School will L4 will open on the 1st Monday in .. , „ . c . , . .. . * At about 11 o’clock Mr. Wesley September, for the fall term. a, . . , . . j Short, master of exercises, placed We are informed that Miss the programme in the hands of Maggie Gordon will open a private I Mr. C. G. Gray, President of the school in Perry next Monday. Houston County Sunday School —Farming lands in Houston are Association, who called the meet, appreciating in value, especially I in 8 to order - and requested the those adapted to fruit culture. children to occupy the fronts seats. m The exercises were as follows: The Peiry marxet is better Song—“Coronation. 1 supplied with watermelons now Scripture-lesson and prayer by than at any other time daring the Dr W L Green Beason - Song. —Nearly all the negro cooks of Address—Original greeting, by Perry have forsaken their work in Master Bobert Marchman, of Hyr- town and gone to the fields to pick tie Sunday school, cotton. Song—Footsteps of Jesus. Many farmers believe that Address-Master Clarence Hatch, nearly aU the cotton in Houston er > ° Evidence Sunday school will be gathered by the middle of L 1 S ° n f- Are y° u washed 111 Noyember. -Blood s’ Recitation—Miss Willie Hnrst. —The agreement to close the Song—Some Sweet Day. stores in Perry at fi o’clock every Address—Prof. A. M. Patterson afternoon expired by limitation of Grady Institute, Fort Valley, last Friday. Song—Down where the Living —Mr. George Paul is having his ■ ^ aters Flow. the For Sale Cheap. An excellent 50-saw Brown Cot ton Gin Feeder and Condenser, in first-class running order. Call at my farm one mile east of Perry. W. D. Pierce. dwelling house, recently purchased of Judge A. S. Giles, repainted in side and out. —Fully one bandied and fifty names have been added to the sub scription list of the Home Journal since last Jannary. —The house-keeping interests of Perrj people would be admira bly served by the establishment of a laundry here. Who’ll start the enterprise? —The farmers generally say that Address—Dr. W. L Greene. Song. Adjourned for dinner, to which all were cordially invited. The exercises were resumed at o’clock p. m. m Song. A short talk—by J. H. Hodges. Song—BrigbkJewels. Address—C. G. Gray. Song. Benediction, by Dr. W. I. Green, at 3 o’clock. It was apparent throughout the HERE WE ARE At the Variety Works Again We can now furnish Lumber, Meal, Hoe Handles, Brooms, Cof fins and Toothpicks. We shall have two gins this year, and can gin your cotton on the fly. Don’t wear your hands ont shelling corn, when yon can shell it at the Va riety Works free of charge. E. J. Fuller, Lessee. Z. SIMS, XDIEZT TIST PERRY, GEORGIA. £g*Oflice on Main street, lately occu- lietl by Dr. W. M. Havis. j'irst-class work, trices moderate. Jratr ronage solicited, ap!28 ly THE GRIST MILLS AT Give the Very Best Returns in MEAL AND it oxr CAN SAVE MONEY In Purchasing PIANO OR For particulars,apply to the tlitor of THE HOME JOURNAL. We have for sale, in any quan tity, the following standard legal blanks: Iron-clad i\otes. Mortgages. Landlord’s Liens. Bond for Titles. Warrantee Deeds. Administrator’s Deeds. State Warrant and Mittimus. Summons—County Court. Enforcing Lien. Forthcoming Bond. Magistrates’ Summons Possessory Warrants. Magistrates’ Subpceuas. Summons of Garnishment. Complaint on Accounts. _ On short notice we will furnish any other blanks called for, at the same price for wl ich they can be bought in Macon or Atlanta. SUBSCRIBE ADVERTISE FOR. IH [OME JOURNAL W O XL XU V EXECUTED IS OFFICE — d that the le promineDt in the cotton crop will yield much ,, ' , , ,. - . , ... , the celebration were infused with less than was expected a month ... , ., a , m . . .. .. a desire to promote the Sunday Too much rain directly after , . , „ ,, , ,, , ,, . .... school cause, and all the speeches the drouth is said to be the cause. I ,, , were on that line. —About fifteen bales of new The addresses of the two yonng crop cotton were, brought to Perry men, in the behalf of the schools, last Saturday, but some of our were decidedly good. Being origi- merchants say the trade was not nal, they indicated strong interest brisk in accord with the crowd. in Sunday school affairs, and dis- —Within the next six weeks the P^ ed mach tfllent and kaowl - pnblic roads of Houstoifi county ea ®®‘ . . , ., . must be given sufficient attention . The singing was decidedly good, to make them’pass the scrutiny ln harmonious accord with the that will be devoted thereto by the 8wae * ^ nes o£ the °, r g an - next grand jury. ' I The dinner was elegant, consist ing of a great variety of substan- —The pastor, Rev. N. D. More- tial and dainty viands, most appe- house, will begin a series of pro- tizingly cooked, and hospitably traded religious services at Hons- served under the shade of the ton Factory Methodist ohnroh, trees A11 ate heartily, and (Andrew Chapel,) next Sunday, enough remained for as many The services will probably con- more. It was a typical Houston tinue through the following week, connty picnic dinner, and better ,, , ., than that no people can furnish. -There are several local ^tton^^.^ ^ entirdy plea8Ent buyers m Perry, and we ™PP°H thr hoat> tbe hoats exerting themselves to that end.. We were convinced that the peo- others will come here within a short while. Our merchants know that it is to their interests to make, , fl flf p rovMenoe and M t , and Perry a good cotton market, and L nelghborhood8 are thoroughly they are determined that it shall 1,.^ ^ gg importance of Sunday be The cotton receipts this year h* nd determined do tbeir sofarare considerably ahead of Ljj 0fcher communities the receipts at this time last year. might ^ emulate their —The semi-annual scarcity of pie. negro cooks and house servants is Directly after 3 o’clock this now troubling the honsewiveB of writer waB obliged to bid adieu to Perry. The negro women have his friends there, and tarn home- qait town work, and are piebing ward, hoping that he may many ootton, consequently, oar wives times hereafter meet the good are their own cooks and chamber- people at Providence, maids. Suppose our people bold The prosperity evidenced by the a pnblio meeting and see if it is bountiful dinner, is fally deserved not practicable to secure white by the good people who prepafed cooks and home maids from some | it. of the oitiea ,, - „ _ _ —Our people are alive to the Mr. C. G. Gray, President of the bnslneas interest8 of theHouston Connty Sunday School perry demand another railroad Association, is determined to do oot , et and tbt) ind i ca tioiis are that all in his power to increase the m- ^ win be 8ecured . We terest felt and manifested in the are informed tbat tbe Empire and Sunday school cause throughout I j) ab u n road desires to purchase the county. , First, he desires f°j j be p err y branch road, bat- our bring about increased and regular p8ople woald muob pre £er for attendance, and then the interest is tbem to build an i nde pendent line sure to grow. He is now receiving througb p erry to Fort VaUey. reports of attendance from a nnm- H owever> onr ways and means her of sohools, and desireB snch can j in jttee have not yet made a re- from all. port to the citizens, and! it is best —Mr. Clinton Meyers, of Wil- not to talk too much until we have liamsbnrg, Ohio, was in Perry I a few facts before us. Monday in copapany with Capt. J. B. James, of Fort Valley. Mr. -Daring the past ten years we Meyers desires to purchase land to have noticed that onr formers be devoted to fruit culture, and he P^ to anticipate, trouble; scarci- came to Peery to lookat the Judge ^ oi labor, disaster to crops, and Miller farm. Capt. James believes other calamitous ^occurrences of that within a few years Ohio fruit like character. Ninety-mne times men will own thonsonds of acres out of every hundred, the antici- of fruit orchards in Houston conn- ? a ‘ ed troable DOT “ lzed, or was greatly magnified by -In onr county court last Tues- Jar troubles are anticipated, and we day Pete "Williams was-tried and | hope and trust they will grow acquitted on the charge of assault beautifully less as the time of fnl- with intent to murder, the found*-1 fillment draws nigh, tion being a difficulty at Beech Haven about June first He was —Last week we saw a mower found-guilty of carrying conceal- cutting grass for hay near Perry, ed weapons, and fined *50. He Doubtless there will be mnch was arrested near Tennille, and more snch work done in Houston bears the reputation of being a within the next six weeks. We in- had character, a professional gam- sist that our native glasses will bier. His chief witnesses were make as good hay as can be har- several negro women of Macon. I vested anywhere, and tbat onr Tbe county paid witness fees in] formers can make Houston hay this case to the amount of about! a merchantable commodity that niTtoen dollars. ' will yield excellent profits. Several Sides to It. Many merchants of Perry say there is no need for them to adver tise. That they are well known and customers will go to their stores anyhow, when they want to bay. Several days ago, a gentleman said to us in Macon: “You must not have any merchants in Perry, judging from the columns of the Home Journal.’ - In answer to his question why the Perry merchants did not ad vertise, we could not reply satis factorily. Our meechants have a perfect right to do as they please, but we are satisfied they stand in their own light-in failing to advertise continuously.. Comparing the columns of the Home Journal with other papers, we find that the Perry merchants advertise less than those of any town of similar size in Georgia. Perry most surely suffer from this lack of advertising. If people out side are not solicited to come here, they will be strongly inclined to go where they are cordially and con tinually invited to go. The Home Journal receives four or five time more patronage from Macon than it does from Per ry, and yet our merchants insist that the editor shall continually use his paper to benefit Perry. This we do, and do it most cor dially, but we insist that every word we say in behalf of Perry is a greater help to every merchant the town than to the Home Journal. We constantly talk through the paper, thereby striv ing to help the merchants of the town, yet for lack of home patron age we are forced to make frequent trips to Macon. This is not as it shanld be, and we are satisfied a change would prove greatly bene ficial to our merchants. Of course this does not apply to all the Perry merchants, as some of them are liberal abvertisers, and they know that it pays them. This not written in a spirit of complaint, but simply to show onr merchants that they are looking at only one side of this subject. Look at it from all sides. Con sider not only the money you will pay for advertising, but the influ ence you will exert on outsiders, the evidedee of enterprise yon will display, the attention yon will at tract to Perry, and the increased business that will snrely come. You can leave out entirely the en couragement your greater patron* age would be to the editor who is constantly striving to serve the in terests of Perry and the country surrounding. Eclieconuee Gamp-meeting:. The annual meeting at this pop ular camp-ground opened last Fri day and closed Tuesday evening. The grounds are incorporated, and belong to the Macon district of the Methodist Epicopal church. Dr. O. A. Clark, presiding elder, was in charge of the meeting, as sisted by minister from Macon, Byron, Perry, Marshallville. and other points in and out of the dis trict. Though situated in Houston, there were several tent holders from Bibb connty. From the opening to the close the attendance was good, the min isters earnest,devout and eloquent, and the services very interesting. The religious feeling of the people was thoroughly aroused. On Sunday about 2,000 people were in attendance, and is is said 800 were there from Macon. Sev eral policemen were on dnty, and we are informed that there was very little rowdyism displayed, mnch less than last year. We expected Rev. D. D. Bate man, who was there from Saturday evening to Monday- morning, to give ns an explicit report, but he has been sick since Tnesda ymorn- ing, and unable to do so. Rev. N. D. Morehouse-went np from Perry Monday, and remained until the meeting closed. Concerning the future of this camp-ground, the Macon Telegraph says: “The surroundings are attract ive, and theplaee is bound to grow popularity. As soon as the pres ent buildings shall have been paid for, it is intended to erect another arbor and several more tents. The planting of shade trees, such as maple and elm, and the sodding of the grounds in Bermuda grass, are also talked of. It is not at all un- I seeing from afar. Jnsf now sTmT- likel y that chautauqua assemblies may be held in the near future at Echeconnee, Its nearness to Macon making the location desirable for that purpose. It is believed that the Central railroad company;real- izing that its passenger traffic to Eeheconneeis of considerable im portance, and can be made more so by increasing the accommodations there, will do a liberal part toward making the plagp attractive to ’vis itors.” Griping pains in the Stomach promptly releived by Lamar,s Di arrhoea Mixture. Honor to Whom Honor is Due. Editor Home Journal : I believe in giving public praise when it is due, therefore I again ask the use of your columns. [ want to thank the good people of Fort Yalley for their kindness to me. I had several invitations to the late Veterans’ re-nmon, and went. I.met with a more cordial reception than the Griffin man did. Charlie Gray met me when I walk ed into town, but Monroe didn’t. He was afraid I would ask him for that 75 cents he borrowed from me in Perry. Col. Troutman, Frank Houser, Cops Winslow, and several other prominent citizens cordially in vited me to go home with them and take dinner, but I couldn’t find any of them when the dinner hour came. Col. Troutman’s son came to me and said his father had been called out of town, but Uncle Wesley afterward told me Col. Trontman was out in the suburbs, dodging me. I then went out to Uncle Wesley Houser ? s. He met me at the gate and talked there a long time, every now and then saying something abont the mighty good hotel there was in town. After abont an hour, he excused himself to go in the house to put on a clean collar. I waited a long time for him, but he didn’t come out, and I went back to town. The first man I saw was Uncle Wesley, and he was so changed in appearance that I didn’t know him. I tried to get the borrowed money-1 went after, but couldn’t. I expect 1 would have been obliged to walk back home, but Henry Harris met me and offered me a cigar, handing out a bunch. There’s nothing lit tle about.me, and'Itook the whole bunch; Those cigars came in just right. I sold ’em for enough to bay my dinner and a railroad tick et to Perry. -I was treated real nice at Fort Valley. Several days ago I sold a cus tomer a box of meat, and was praised for giving good weight. The scales had been fixed to weigh cotton, and I couldn’t ehage them, as the man was looking at me weigh the meat. He slapped me on the back and said: “Brun son, you are an honest man; your weight is less than that marked on the box.” I could not say a word, or change the weight—but changed those scales to meat weight as soon as he was gone. Then a bale of cotton was brought np, and before I could make anoth er change, I had to weigh the cot ton by meat weight. That fellow slapped me on the back, saying “Brunson, yon are an honest man That cotton weighs more than did when I put it on the wagon at home.an hour ago. I’ll bring you 27 more bales.” I’ve got the biggest stock of goods I’ve had in 3 weeks, and at Elko the biggest I ever had—there. I’ve got almost anything you may want—at big profits—but I’m making a run on 187 dozen patent combination towels. Yon don’t need either soap or water; the tow el does the whole business. I sell dozens of them to every merchant in town, and they all have clean faces. Jndge Holtzclaw tried themi but he don’t buy any more, as he is obliged to use a heap of water when he washes his face. Sam Norwood and Jeff Houser bought 7 dozen of these towels, but I don’t believe they use ’em right, as their face are hardly aver clean. Frank Houser and Col. Barron use these towels all the time, and are de lighted with them, but they don’t suit Uncle Wesley. He has to use sandpaper. No well regulated family ought to be without these towels. They are cheap, save lots of soap and .take off the dirt in a hurry. I mention these gentlemen be cause they deserve praise. They are energetic men, and successful. My cook said to me the other day: “Mars. Bill, you jes got to quit askin’ so many folks to din ner, ’cause it make me cook too mnch an’ wash too much dishes. If yon don’t yon’ll have to pay me more money or get another cook. I don’t mind you askin’ Mars. Wes ley Houser and Col. Troutman, as I don’t have to wash the plates they eat ont’n. An’ I don’t mind Mars. Frank Houser cornin’; he leaves half tbe wenson steak and other good thing on his plate, and that" helps out my short rashuns.” Not a bale of cotton has been sold in Perry this season for less than 10| cents a pound, and 12 has been paid. The highest mar ket price will be paid throughout the season. My stock of groceries, plantation supples, bagging and ties, domestic dry goods, shoes, etc., is complete and cheap. I am anxious to encourage indus- it Personal Jleiition. —Mr. S. L. Speight went down to Vienna Tuesday on business. —Mr. Skm. Felder, of Atlanta, is visiting his brothers and sisters in Perry. —Miss Alice Slappey, of Fort Valley, is in Perry, the guest of Miss Hattie Speight —Judge A. S. Giles, of Macon, was circulating among his friends in Perry last Monday. —Messrs. C. P. Marshal] and L S. Tounsley went down to Cordele on business. Tuesday. —Miss Florine Cox has return ed home from a visit to friends at Fort Valley, and at Ceres. Miss Mary Gamble, of Cnthbert, is in Perry visiting the family of her uncle, Mr. F. A. Jobson. Mr. B. F. Avant, who has been visiting relatives in Alabama, re turned home last Friday night Mrs. J. M. Nelson returned home last week from Cnthbert, where she had been visiting rela tives. —Mr. J. W. Colyer is the Hous ton member of the democratic ex ecutive committee of the third congressional districl- —Mrs. W. Brunson, Jr., ofMa- con, is visiting the family of her father-in-law, Maj. W. Branson, in Perry. Will, was here Snnday and Monday. —Miss Mattie Tharp, who has been visiting her sisters, Mrs. Wil lingham at Macon, and Mrs. Wor- then in Washington connty, re turned home the latter part of last week. —Mr. L. F. Cater left Perry last Tuesday for New York, where he will purchase his fall and winter stock of goods. Mr. W. G. Day leaves Perry to-day for the same place, for the same t purpose. —Mrs. M. A. Hodges, of Hawk, ins ville, who has been visiting the family of her son in Perry, has gone to the eastern part of the county, to visither nephew, Mr. H. E. Talton, and her sister, Mrs. W. H. Talton. —Mrs. Woodburn, nee Miss Hattie Simmons, of Rochelle, is visiting the family of her mother in Perry. Her sister, Miss Ola Simmons, who has been visiting in Rochelle, returned to Perry with her fast Friday. —Miss Hughes, of Hepsibah, Ga., and Miss Annie Price, of Florida, who have been visiting relatives in Houston, the family of Mrs. S. W. Allen, of Oak Grove, returned to their respect ive homes last Tuesday. Maj. J. W. Dixon, of near Marshallville, in Houston county, was one of Houston’s delegates to third district congressional con vention at Hawkinsville last week, and on his way home last Friday, paid oar office a short but very pleasant visit. —Mr. B. W. Scott, of Cordele, formerly a citizen of Perry^ pass ed through Perry in a buggy last Tuesday, on his way to Milledge- ville. He stopped an hour or two here, talking with his old acquaint ances. BALKCOM, RAY & DINKLER, 453 MULBERRY STREET, MACON, GEORGIA. WHOLSALE DEALERS IN GROCERIES MB PLANTATION SUPPLIES, Corn, Oats, Hay, Bran. Meat; Sugar; Coffee, Bagging a^n'd. lies, AND A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF CANNED GOODS. Write to us, or call at the store,and we whl guarantee satisfaction in every particular. J COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANT, 451_Mulb e riy Street,. : : : MACON, GA. Strict personal attention to all business. AMPLE ARRANGEMENTS FOR HANDLING COTTON?^ LIBERAL ADVANCER AT LO WEST Tf.A'TRs; PROMPTNESS AND POLITENESS ARE MY MOTTO. I -solicit your patronage and guarantee full satisfaction. O. La BEN JrBOE. C. IL AULTMAN, RENFR0E 1 CO., 310 Second Street, - - Macon, Ga. RETAIL DEALERS IN BOOTS AND SHOES. Vew Goods! Good Goods! .Low Prices! l5g§L,Give us a trial, and yon will be sure to come again. Polite and prompt attention, and orders by mail attended to with the greatest despatch possible. W. J. ROSS S CO., Wholesale Manufacturing and Retail Dealers in Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, ROAD CARTS, HARNESS, WHIPS, ROBES, BABY CARRIAGES, ETC. ——o 414 and 416 SECOND STEET, MACON, GA. i A Card. Some persons are circulating the report that the Variety Works have agreed to charge two dollars per hale for ginninig. This, is to certify that all such stories are false, no matter who tells them. We have" not entered into any .com bine or trust with any one; we pro pose to gin for SL50 without re- gard to what others charge. We are not troubled abont others, and hope They will not be troubled abont us. Thanking all of onr old custom ers for past favors, we solicit their patronage in the future, and wel come the many new faces that are coming in daily, We .have two 60-saw gins, and shall by strict attention to busi ness try and not let odr customers cover ns so deep that we cannot get ont Let it- roll in, and remem ber the price is S1.50 per bale. E. J. Fuller, Lessee Perry Variety Works. —See the advertisement else where in this paper of Messrs. Balkcom, Ray & Dinkier, dealers in groceries, plantation supplies, etc. The firm was twelve months ago Davis & Balkcom; then changed to Balkcom & Ray, and now the firm has been increased by the ad. dition thereto of Mr. Dinkier. They are thorough business men, fully worthy of confidence, and will sell the best goods at lowest prices. Schofield’s Iron Works, Manufacturers and Dealers in ENGINES, BOILERS, SAW MILLS, COTTON PRESSES, IR ON AND BRASS CASTINGS ON AN Y PATTERN. A Specialty of Shafting, PuUeys and Mill Gearing, Iron Pipe Fittings Brass Valves, Lubricators, Packing Jet Pnmps, and a full line of Machinists’ Supplies. Manufacturer's agent for THE CELEBRATED HANCOCK INSPIRATOR. ESTOur facilities for Boiler Building are unexaelied. J. S SCHOFIELD & SON, MACON, GEORGIA. 3^E-A.C02iT STOEE IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN. CHINA, CROCKERY EARTHENWARE, GbORGIA’S PRIDE THE OLD RELIABLE Glassware, Silveware, Woodenware, 'Fable and Pocket Cutlery, Lamps, CHANDELIEPS, OIL STOVES, TINWARE,Etc, ARTISTIC POTTERY, HOUSEKEEPERS’ NOVELTIES. Sole agents for City of Macon for the [Celebrated Buck’s Brilliant Cooking Stoves and Ranges. 368 Second Street, 164 & 166 Cotton Avenue, * Their store is on Mulberry street, try, and all men and boys—women Macon, Ga. too—that have worked hard and made some money, are cordially invited to come to my store in Perry and spend it This is a sure way to encourage industry. I love working boys, for they are sore to be successful men. Respectfully* W. Bbukson. ITEWM AU 7 S ■'^Tla.olossile and. , ZBotail Millinery and Fancy Gnods Emporium, 555 CHEERY STREET, 1UCON, GEORGIA. Headquarters for the Ladies! 1 8 THE LARGEST Millinery and Fancy Goods Establishment in Macon. Ladies visiting the city should not fail to call and examine onr beautiful and extensive stock. It will pay every customer to do it, as we guarantee s. saving of Subscribe for the Hohe JOUBKAL 25 per cent, on every article 3°ld by us- Ladies who are fond of delicate perfume and one that will remain prominent for seveal days, should use Shepard’s B. B. Cologne. It excels all others.