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I.OCAX. kews. Pebkv, Thursday, August 28. Closing Out. j a - closing out my .business in Porrv preparatory to removal to Vienna. I will sell at cost, for ccsh only, and all those who owe me will please come forward and settle. My business here will be closed on the first day of Septem- Respectfully, S. L. Speight. A Card. Some persons ape circulating the report that the Variety Works have agreed to charge two dollars per bale 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 S1.50 without re gard to what others charge. We are not troubled about others, and hope they will not be troubled about us. Thanking all of our old custom ers for past favors, we solicit their patronage iu 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 our customers cover us so deep that we cannot get out. Let it roll in, and remem ber the price is $1.50 per bale. E. J. Fuller, Lessee Perry Variety Works Vehicles Cheap. If you want a buggy, wagon or road cart, oe sure to call on me. I have a lot of good vehicles which I will sell cheap. C. P. Marshall. Perry, Ga. SHINGLES! SHINGLES'. My sawed shingles are sotd un der a guarantee. They are equal to the best drawn shingle. Sold iu any quantity. Call and see C G P. Marshall, Perry, Ga. Good House for Sale. will sell at a bargain my dwell- | house and lot iu Perry. Ap- ■ at once. L. S. Tounsley. LUMBER. ■ can now furnish undressed aber of the best quality, in any mtity desired. C. P. Marshall, PerryGa. - -I can supply sawed shingles of >rv superior quality, in any ,nifty desired. Call at my store l see samples. C. P. Marshall, Perry, Ga- ' hereTwe are -- It the Variety Works Attain, Ve can now furnish Lumber, al. Hoe Handles, Brooms, Cof- , and Toothpicks. We shall •e two gins this year, and can your cotton on the fly- Hon t 1V your hands out shelling corn, >n you can shell it at the Va y Works free of charge. E. J. Puller, Lessee. the GRIST MILLS AT Give the Very Best Returns ip MEAL AND FLOUR. YOtr CAN SAVE MONEY In Purchasing r particulars,apply 1° the or of . E HOME JOURNAL. we for sale,"in any quan following standard legal lad Notes, ages. ord’s Liens, for Titles, intee Deeds, aistrator’s Deeds. . Warrant and Mittimus. -County Court. Dining Bond, cates’ Summons sory Warrants, rate^’ Subpoenas. . ms of Garnishment, lint on Accounts. . ,rt notice we will furnish r blanks called for, at price for which they can t in Macon or Atlanta, Sidewalk Gleanings. L03AL asWi-O? TOWN AND COUNTY. —Court of Ordinary nest Mon day. —Commissioners’ Court Monday. —Sheriff’s sale next 'Tuesday only one. —The fall term of the--Perry Public School will be’opened next Monday. —The time is at hand for the citizens "of Perry-to take active steps toward establishing a steam laundry here. —It has been remarked that spiders were never more numerous in this section than during the last several weeks. —The indications are that we will have some more weather with in a few days, unless there is an unexpected change. —It is not improbable that the erection of .two new brick store houses will be commenced in Perry within the next two qr three months. —The business men of Perry need not expect to have benefits— railroads for instance—thrust npon them. Such things have to be worked for. —A cotton seed oil mill and guano factory could be profitably operated at Perry. Determined energy and enterprise will bring about such things. —There are people in Houston who pretend to believe that i pub lic act to benefit Perry would be hurtful to the other sections of the county. This enmity to Perry is without reason. —Nearly every day new sub scribers to the Home Journal come to us unsought. This is gratifying evidence that our paper is serving the people of Houston county satisfactorily. —The Central railroad ticket of fice at Fort Valley was robbed of $104 and about 100 tickets last Saturday night- The burglar en tered the office through a window, which he forcibly raised. -On and after next Monday the Perry postoffice will not be opened until 7 o’clock every morn ing. This will give -ample time for any letters that come on the night train to be answered by re turn mail. The Lists-Revised. h tzjji - The jury commissioners of Hous ton comity . were in session last Monday iu the clerk’s office in the court house. These commission rs. J. G. Brown, D.F.‘ Gunn, 0. F. Cooper, M. A. Ed wards, and Judge .I. H. Davis, with Mr. E. S. Wellons as exofficio clerk. They revised the jury lists of the, of the county. They worked about five hours steadily, and carefully performed the service for which they were appointed. Erom the old list of jurors and the tax digest for 1890, they se lected the names of 601 competent and worthy men to serve as jurors during the next two years. Of these 182 were chosen as grand jurors. The entire list contains 25 or 30 names less than the old list com tained. As this fact indicates, some names were dropped. A few new ones were put on, and a few changed from the traverse to the grand jury list, and a few the oth er way. The full work of the commission ers was not completed, and anoth er meeting will be held next Mon- day. Before that time Clerk Wellons will copy the names into the jury book, alphabetically, and arranged in two separate lists, traverse and grand. Besides this, he will write each name selected on a separate slip of paper and divide them, as directed by the commissioners, in to grand and traverse jur yboxes. Next Monday-the commissioners will examine the work done by Clerk Wellons, and then sign the book, certify to the correctness of the service performed, place the names in the boxes and seal them carefully. Complaint has reached -this office that the road from the Felder, residence to the Perry branch is not in good condition. This road is within the jurisdiction of the town authorities, And we dare say it will be put in good order at once. —If our memory serves us cor rectly, the Library directors ap pointed a committee last spring to arrange for a theatrical entertain ment. Such an affair would be pleasing and profitable, during the first week of’ Houston Superior court. —The growth of a town or com munity will not be as it should while the people thereof are di vided in opinion concerning public affairs, and thereby unity of action is prevented. The people of Per ry should consider this fact thor oughly. —For the first time a Sunday train was put on the Perry branch railroad last Sunday. The train leaves Perry at 9 o’clock a. m. and connects at Fort Valley with the train that reaches Macon at 10:45; and leaves Fort Valley at 5:15 p. m., arriving at Perry at 6 o’clock p. m. Though next Sabbath is the fifth Sunday in August, and there are no regular appointments for preaching in Perry, we under stand that Rev. J. C. Brewton will preach at the Baptist church. Rev. N. D. Morehouse will preach at Andrew Chapel, Houston Fac tory. —A member of the Empire & Dublin railroad surveying corps inspected the topograyhy of Perry and the surrounding country last Thursday and Friday, in company with onr local “construction” com mittee. He was well pleased, and says there is no reason why the rail road could not be built to Perry. —Perry was temporarily forsa ken by the young neople yester day (Wednesday). Early in the morning they left town in buggies, wagons, and other vehicles—a laughing, happy crowd. At Beech Haven, on the G. S. & F. railroad, near Hayneville, they enjoyed the day in " delightful picnic style. Particulars have not yet been re ported. —The “Indian Doctor" who fur nished the “powders” that came near fatally poisoning two mem bers of the S. F. Dasher house hold two years ago, is now a pris oner iu Houston county j..il. He There will be a tub race on Big Indian creek to-day (Thursday) at. 4 o’clock p. m. Seven young men of Perry have entered for the race, and a silver cup will be given as a prize for the winner. The start will be made at a point about 150 yards above the bridge, and the race will be about 100 yards, the home line being about 25 yards above the bridge. We understand the prize will be placed on the bank at the home line, and the winner must be in his tub when he reaches the home line, and then get* out and secure the prize. There’ll be lot’s of fun. The entire race can be seen from the western bank of the creek. All are invited to attend. Give Us Onr Share. Subscribers to the Home Journal have not been asked for money for the paper since last winter, and not many of them then. Now, however, we must ask all who owe subscription to pay on nr before October 1st, if. practicable. A bank note against the editor must be paid early in October, and we call on onr patrons to "assist us. The subscription price will be SI.50 a year to all who pay before or during the October session of Houston Superior Court. —Notwithstanding the fact that Willis F. Price was burnt out last January, he is again.handling cot ton at the same warehouse, Fourth street, Macon, Ga. The house has been repaired, made safe, and Price gets the best price for all the’cotton he handles. Jake Heard manipulates the scales, and the weights are exactly in accord with the heft of the cotton. No cus tomer of Mr. Price lost a cent by the fire, and no one will lose here after by any act of his, or any mis fortune that comes to him. Willis Price desires to sell Houston coun ty cotton. The warehouse charges are only 50 cents a bale, • —Through the efforts of Rev. J. C. Brewton the Southwestern rail road authorities have been peti tioned to discontinue the Sunday train that has just been put the Perry branch road. The train in question was put on in answer to a petition of Perry citizens, and now a counter petition goes forward. It is presumed that the authorities will act in accord with the desires of a majority of our people. The editor of the Home Journal was not asked to sign the first petition, and he declined to sign the other. Our personal desires in the prem ises are not strong, and unless our mail is to be opened directly npon arrival Sunday evening, we dire very little abontthe Sunday train. —Elsewhere in this paper ap pears an advertisement of the new drugstore, Dr. L. A. Felder, pro prietor. A. full line of drugs, the best patent medicines, superior perfumes, toilet articles, etc., are for several days Sheriff . Cooper was very reticent concerning the identity of the prisoner. The “Poctor” will appear in Houston Superior Court next October, un der an indictment already among the court pap.ers. kept constantly on hand. The pre- was captured early last week, but scription department is presided over by Dr. Wr K. Griffin, one of the most careful and competent druggists in the state. Read the advertisement. The jurors drawn t * serve at the next term of • Houston buperioi Court have been summoned by Sheriff Cooper. The court will convene ou the first Monday oc Oc tober, and the following is a list of the jurors: GRAND JURORS. E L Dennard E Y Steadman T N White T P Tucker C S Cutts Miles Fitzgerald Bright Harper J H Hodges G W Killen J T Hartley A A Smoak 1 T Woodard _L P Warren A B Greene A H Daniel A W Murray J B Hunt J B James J W Dixon AH Tharp W D Day B F Murray F O Miller D J Permenter B C Kendrick. W D Pierce O E Houser L A Rumph Jas A King W L Newman. TRAVERSE JURORS—1ST WEEK. F M Parker W G Jordan Jno T Leary J B Irby S H Simmons J H M Cliett J C Thompson W D Tharp G >T Brown C D Anderson, Jr Jas Harper J J Moore W M Franklin J W Prater J T Reynolds James Hesters J C Henderson A C Cliett J F Renfroe J F Troutman, Jr A Bryant C W Tucker Jesse A Smith Daniel Calhouu Lewis Clewis J J Smith JF George S F Newel H J Peavy W C Wright J H Baskin Howard Hill Geo Thompson T J Tooke. TRAVERSE JURORS—2ND WEEK. A R Dayis S T Floyd Frank Dize C D Dennard J T Lane W S Riley G C Hartley E T Parham E J Fuller T J Gatlin N L Hesters J W Bartlett T S Kennedy E Ragin H E Talton Augustus Cooper Taylor Leverett J A Hickson John Keller W W Richards A E Graves Littleton Spradley W E Green J S Hancock C F GatliD Holt Baff W B DnPree A G Hardison J W Rushing Napoleon Smith W A Stubb3 J F Houser 'H D Clewis L W Fulwood T J Anderson John Wasner. Festival at Andrew Chapel. We have been requested to an nounce that the ladies of Andrew Chapel (Houston Factory Metho dist church), will give an ice cream festival next Saturday even ing, for the purpose of aiding in the repairing of the building. The ice cream, cake and other del icacies will be served in the after noon, commencing at about four o’clock, in order to give all an op portunity to aid in a good cause. We have also been requested to state that there will be plenty of cream and polite attendants as late as 11 o’clock, so that those from Perry who desire to attend, may not be afraid of being too late. Everybody invited, and a pleas ant time is promised to all pa trons . —Deputy Tax Collector T. M. Killen says he will have his tax books ready this week, and will begin the first round of the pre cincts on the 8th of September. He began work on the • books last Friday, and on account of the com plicated fractions, the job of cal culating the amonnt of tax has been exceedingly tiresome. The state and county rate combined is S8.96 on the $1,000 of property. Mr. Killen simplified his work by first calculating the tax on the sev eral amounts from $1 to $80,000, and then from this table he made the amount d e by each tax payer. —Col. Troup Taylor, of Atlanta, has been in and around Perry since the early part of August, continu ing his search for phosphate a few miles south and south-west of Per ry. Col. J. L. Warren, of Savan nah, was prospecting with him last Friday and Saturday. Excellent fertilizing properties have been discovered, but it seems that it is believed better will be unearthed. Col. Taylor will remain here about about two weeks longer before he returns to Atlanta. It is firmly believed that fertilizer works will soon be established at or near Perry. —While the editor was in Fort Yalley a short while last week, he was informed that a letter woald be sent to the Home Journal this week, in which a correct report of Maj. Brunson’s visit to Fort Val ley would be given. It is claimed that the Major’s article last week slandered several of the good citi zens of Fort Yalley, and they are unwilling to rest under the insinu ations of inhospitatality hurled at them. As the letter failed to reach us, we must still give Major Bronson place at the head of the procession. —It has been positiyely assert ed that two new stores—general merchandise—will be opened in Perry within the next two or three weeks. Onr little town is solidly an gradually growing. We have now completed a public ginnery which wdl commence work in a few days, and two new residences will soon be in course of construction, as the lumber has already been placed on the ground. Cotton in this section is opening very fast A great many claim that the crop is half open, now and the farmers are very much dis couraged at the present prices, and- a probability of a short crop. Prof. E. H. Ezell and family left last Friday, the 22nd inst. for Bntler, Ga., their fntnre home. About the 1st of July he was ten dered the Presidency of the Butler Male and Female College, which position he accepted at a fixed sal ary, having resigned qs principal of the Byron High School, because of having to teach the school on its merits. The people of our town were very much grieved to give up Prof. Ezell and his family, for we never knew them but to like and love them, and what is Byron’s loss is Butler’s gain. The good and energetic people of our town did not become dis couraged when informed that Prof. Fzell had sent in his resignation as principal of onr school, but set to work and have succeeded in ob taining the services of Prof. D. G. Lae, of Cartersville, Ga., at a sala ry of $100 per month. Prof. Lee is now with ns, and will open the fall term of the Byron High School September 1st. He has been high ly recommended to us as a first- class teacher iu every respect, aud we can assure the public, and es pecially those who have been so kind as to patronize our" school in the past, of a good school and a good teacher. Two other teachers have also been secured to assist Prof. Lee, but we are unable to give their names just now. We are informed that a music room will be added to the academy, and other necessary improvements will be made at once. Those who may wish board, can get same on reasonable terms by applying to Mrs. A. M. Jackson, who has been keeping a boarding house here for some time,and she gives her special attention to all students for the schools. Mr. S. J. Heath, our old railroad agent, has again accepted the agency at this place, Mr. W. F. WaltoD having resigned. The peo ple of onr town extend to Mr. Heath a hearty welcome, and are glad to know that he thinks so much of our town and its people as to accept the agency here the second time. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Hodges are spending a few days with relatives at this place. Mrs. M. J. Proctor, after a pleas ant visit to her sister, Mrs. R. H. Baskin, of our town, left for Co- lumbns to-day. Aug. 26th 1890. -Mrs. S. L. Feagin, of Macon, is visiting relatives- in Perry. —Mrs. H. M. Hollzciaw, Sr., is visiting relatives at Macon. —Mrs. N. P. Miller is in Huntsville, Alabama, visiting her sisters. —Mrs. N. E. Gox returned home last Saturday from Atlanta, where she spent several weeks with friends. Miss Mattie Ainsley, of Amer icas, is in Perry visiting her grand parents, Dr. and Mrs. B. F. Tharp, and other relatives. —Miss Annie Norwood, who has been m Macon visiting her sister, Mrs. E. F. Bronson, returned home last Saturday. —Miss Maggie Gordon opened a private school last Monday at the residence of her father, with 8 pu pils in attendance. —Mr. T. J. Tooke, one of onr Upper Town prosperous farmers, has hauled shingles from town this week to recover his house, on the “Whetstone” place. ■Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Branson returned home last Wednesday evening from Twiggs county, where they spent ten days visiting relatives of Mrs. Brunson. Eclieconnee News. WRITTEN BY, P.HELYX. Cotton picking is in f alf blast, and hands are scarce. The crop will all be harvested in September this year, and it will leave the farmers with a long winter rest. Now while they are resting let them prepare their gardens, nnd have an early vegetable crop for market, to help out. the cotton shortage. The merchant sticks close to his business, and he makes a success otit; and if the farmer will leave his gun in the house and his dog in the yard, and stick squarely to his farming busi ness, he will make a success of it. Misses Mattie and Lizzie King visited relatives in Crawford coun ty last Saturday and Sunday. Rev. R. E. Story is on the sick list. Mrs. Wm. Thompson, of Scot land, returned home last Wednes day. Mr. J. A. King and wife visited relatives at Feagin last Sunday. Mr. A. McD. King and family visited relatives at Feagin last Sunday. Mr. John Story leaves here to day for Bntler, where he will enter the Butler High School. What is our loss is Bntler’s gain, for Mr. John Story is a very highly es teemed gentleman, and we wish him much success in his studies. Aug. 25,1890. —Within the next two or three weeks Messrs. Payne & Willing ham will move their immense stock of furniture into the new store on the corner of Second and Cherry streets, Macon, Ga., two doors be low the store they now ocenpy. They will occupy in that store four floors,210 feet long by 40 feet wide, making the largest furniture store iu the South. Messrs. Payne & WilliDghein know the furniture business thoroughly, and iu style, price and completeness their stoek is unsurpassed. See their adver tisement in this paper. ■■ —Mrs. Charity Anderson, and her son and daughter, Mr. Hardy and Miss Corn, were in Perry Sat urday and Sunday visiting rela tives, the family of Mr. T. J. An derson. —We are informed that Judge G. F. Gober, of the Blueridge cir cuit, will preside in place of Judge Miller during the second week of Houston Superior Court, and that he will sentence Tom Woolfolk. —The many friends here of Mr S. Jj. Speight regret that he -will, soon cease to be a citizen of Perry. He will go down to Vienna about the first of September and enter into mercaetile. business there, but his family will remain here until October. —Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Cade re turned to Perry Tuesday night from New York, where Mrs. Cade took a finishing course at the Grand Conservatory of Music. She is now fully prepared to teach, and is ready toinstrnct a few pupils in vocal and instrumental music, at reasonable rates. —About two weeks ago, Mr. W. T. Smith, son oli the late Warren Smith, left home for a business visit to Macon. He failed to re turn in due season, and last Satur day his wife received a letter from him, dated Sherman, Texas. It is presumed here that he will not re turn, and that his departure for the, west' was the result of financial complications. —Mr. J. W. Wood, late of Sooth Carolina, is now a resident of Perry—living with his family in Mrs. Hook’s house on Swift street Mr. Wood is running a brick-yard at Perry, and has contracts for erecting one or more brick stores in Perry this fall. We gladly wel come him to our town. —Mr.'M. J. Nelson has moved with his family from Eva to Fort Yalley, where he has just com pleted a handsome residence. He is an excellent citizen and pro gressive business man, and will prove a valuable acquisition to the citizenship of our thriving sister town. He was in Perry Tuesday night and early Wednesday morn ing. —Mrs. M. C. Hook has, in her store on Carroll Street a choice stocK of fashionable millinery and fancy articles for ladies’ toilet use. She wiR also trim hats and bon nets in the latest styles, with best materials. Her prices are in ac cord with the times. The ladies of the town and country are cor dially invited to call and examine her new goods. See the advertise ment in another colnmn.-. • —Frank Smith, son of a res pected negro carpenter here, re turned to Perry Monday after an absence of ten years. On Tues day night he was arrested, by Mar shal Tounsley, on a requisition by telegraph from Monteznma. It is not known here what the charge is. Frank says he “ain’t done noth ing,” but that the trouble is some thing, about a key that he lost, or hid. He don’t talk much. —It is a remarkable fact that less than half the cotton of Hous ton eonnty is ginned and packed on the farms where it is grown. A few years ago there was a gin and a press on almost every farm. —Dnrmmers who come here say that Very few towns the size of Perry contain as fall and choice stocks of goods as onr merchants i carry constantly. Cramps in the! lv relieved by Lamar’s Diarrhoea mSSSe SSSffl CORNER CHERRY AND SECOND STREETS, ' MACON, GEORGIA. PAYNE & WILLINGHAM. BALKCOM, RAY & D1NKLER, A 450 MULBERRY STREET, MACON, GEORGIA. WHOLSALE DEALERS IN Corn, Oats, Hay, Bran, Meat; Sugar; Coffee, ^Ba.g’g'iELg’ a,ELd. Ties, AND A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF CANNED GOODS. iW Write to us, or call at the store,and we will guarantee satisfaction in every particular. •. COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANT, 451 Mulberry Street, : : : MACON, GA. Strict personal attention to all business. .gEil AMPLE ARRANGEMENTS FOR HANDLING COTTON. LIBERAL ADVANCER AT LO WEST RATES. PROMPTNESS AND POLITENESS ARE MY MOTTO. I solicit your patronage and guarantee full satisfaction. O. L. RENFROE. C. R. AULTMAN. RENFROE & CO., 310 Second Street, - - Macon, Ga. RETAIL DEALERS IN BOOTS AND SHOES. New Goods! Good Goods! Gow Prices! B@fL.Give us a trial, and you will be sure to seme again. Polite and prompt attention, and orders by mail attended to with the greatest despatch possible. ®i -I