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joirrv S3. HODGES, Proprietor. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE2 ~- : - ." • ■ : PRICE: TWO SOLLABS A Year. VOL. XXI. PERKY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 14, JR9L. NO. 20. A ARE YOU Wm TO BOY THIS SIE-A-SOHSr? DO YOU WANT !ii% mrirt l&MMtat f®E% «*M* i>V«8898s» CMtai Ml ■«®« l®y !«!«% ttw«Ia® ittwig, m OS MACHINISTS’ SUPPLIES, Be sure and write us before buying. We can take care of you.' ' MALT,ARY BROS. & CO., MACON, GEORGIA. GEORGIA Houston County. T. D. Warren, administrator of tho estate of C. A. Warren deceased, has ap plied for dismission from his trust: Tiis is therefore to cite all. persons concerned to appear at 'the August term, 1891, of the Court of Ordinary of Hous ton county, and show cause, if any they have, why said apqlication should not be granted. Witness my official signature tl April 30, 1891. J. H. HOUSER, Ordinary. GEORGIA—-Houston Oountt: Mrs. O. M. Holleman, administratrix of estate of B. Holleman, deceased, has applied for dismission from her trust: This is therefore to > cite alTpersons concomed to appoar at the July term, 1891, of the conrt of Ordinary of said count}, and show causo, if any they have, why said application■' should not be granted. ^ Witness my official signature this the 30th of March, 1891. J. H.-HOUSER, Ordinary. . GEORGIA—-Houston County : All persons concerned are hereby noti fied to be and appear at thecourt of Or- pinary, to bo hold in and for said county on the first -Monday.-in June next, then and there to show cause, if any exists, why W. S. Polder should not be dismiss ed from his trustns administrator on the estate of Mrs. 0. M. Felder. lath of said county, deceased,'; as. prayed for by him m petition'this' day filed in -the office of- this cxrart. 1 Witness my-official signature this 27th dayof Fab. 1891. J.H.-HOUSER, Ordinary. Georgia—Houston County: W: M. Edmnndspn,. administrator es tate of John Edmundson, deceased, has applied for dismission from his trust. < This is therefore to cits all persons concerned to appear at the June term, 1891, of the conrt or Ordinary of said county, and show cause, if any they have, why said - application should not be granted. Witness my official signature, this March 2,1891. J.H. HOUSER, Ordinary. GEORGIA—Houston County: _Daciel M. Vinson, executor of estate of •Elijah Vinson, deceased, has applied for dismission from his trust: This is therefore to cite all persons iaai° flrne <l to appear at the June term, icDl, of the court of Ordinary of said county, and show cause,if any they have,. w “y said application, should not be granted. Witness my official signature this March 2, 1891. ' J. H. HOUSER, Ordinary. Banff little fortun** h«v* been mad eat - tot ns, by Aana r«rw, Austin, ClOadar.Allarcc. Wertiowyouhow iw ,ii m n kttnlleltd£ Co.,Itox SSO I'orti’aud^MttlBO J. B. EDGE, Physician and Surgeon, Perby, Georgia. Office adjoining Perry Hotel Can be found qt office during the day, and at Hotel at night. All calls promptly an swered day or night. Z. SIMS. 3DE3 3ST TIST, PERRY, GEORGIA. SSfOffice on Main street, lately occu pied by Dr. W. M. Havis. First-class work. Prices moderate. Pat ronage solicited- apl281y ©p. IK). HI. l&MSgRs; 33 23 XG TIST, 306 Second Street, Macon, Ga. SPECIALIST. CBOWJTS AND BBIDGES. J. W. PRESTON. A. S. GILES. HOPE POLHILL. 1 SBESTON. GILES h POLHILL, ATTOBtvEYS AND COUNSELLOilS AT LAW. Office,'No. 510, Mulberry St., Macon,- Ga. _ Will practice in all the State and United States Courts of Georgia. J. Ii. Hardeman, W.'D- Nottingham. HABDEHAN * NOTTINGHAM, Attorneys'at Daw, Mao oh, Geoboia. Will praotioe in the State and Federal Courts. Office 552^ Mulberry Street. “ ONWARD. W. A. Havenor, in Tlmea-Democrat. • Onward to the grander— ’35s a song Ilove to sing, - Cheering all the weary hearted; Onward to some higher thing. Onward to the golden, . To the happy and the true; Not to fame and hoarded riches, . But some deed of good to do. Onward to therighteons— All who go at duty’s call Here T write them down as heroes, Though they battle but to fall. Onward to the noble, With a spirit not to yield, With a heart for any weather. And the truthfnl for a shield. Chicamanga Battle—1863. Prom a Soldier’s Diary. j. m. wwmm 9 Attorney|atjLaw, Perry - - Ga. Will practice in all the courts of this circuits' m. m Attorney at Law, Pebby, - - - Ga Will practice in' all the Coarts |of his cirrcuit. PERRY BRANCH SCHEDULE. Daily, Except Sunday. LeavePerry at 8:15 a. h. Arrive at Fort Valley 9:20 a. m. Leave Fort Valley at 11:35 p. M. Arrive at Perry at 12:40 a. m. Aeave Perry at 3:05 p. M. Arrive at Fort Valley 4:10 P. M. Leave Fort Valley at 5:15 p. it. Arrive at Perry at 6:20 p. M. EBM Or Cuter*.. TERRY BI’F’a CO., nashville,tenn. r,u K v- 0 N, C: A Children Cry for Pitcher'oCaetoria. Friday, September 18th 1863. A regular fall day; cold, cloudy, wihdy, and"still'extremely dry. March-from bivouac about 7 o’clock a. m., to line of battle, re porting to Gen B. R. Johnston in the vicinity of Peeler’s mill Con- sitierable skirmishing, and some firing, by one Section of our bat- jtery at Pea Vine creek. A running fight of perhaps three or four miles under Gen. Forest Quite a spirited charge and fight by our: battery with dismounted cavalry (said to have been Minty’s Federal brigade) about 1 o’clock p. m. near Reed’s bridge. • One driver (J. Streeter) of my detach ment was shot through the body and killed; the first Confederate soldier, I think, of the day. We go into action several times, and bear the brunt of the fight. Silence a federal battery beyond Reed’s bridge, disputing passage of our troops over same. Kill and wound a few of the enemy, a few horses and one cow;, some of our infantry also^wounded. Cross over to west side of Chiea- mauga river, out by Jay’s steam saw mill, thence out near Alexan der’s ford, And beyond, bivouaciug for the night in line of battle in the woods, the Lord only knows where, but supposed to be in the vicinity of Lee and Gordon’s road. Saturday, September 19th, 1863. Morning opens fair and cold, and' at daylight we arise from a cold slumber, and build fires, hav ing lain all night without blankets. Water and feed horses—do net unharness. About 10 o’clock a. m. we change position further to the right; and about this time the battle begins heavily on the right; 11 o’clock fir ing heavily on the left of the line; o’clock p. m., fight continues with redoubled fury, mostly infan try engaged; enemy fight stubborn ly ;lines seem to sway back and forth times; 3 o’clock, fighting des perately on both sides; seems to be tit for tat—who can'and who shall. From 7 to 8 o’clock, after night, furious beyond description; all in the dark together. Our men charge and drive the enemy from a strong position; capture some artillery. Yelling of our men ap palling; my hair will never get back together again—all on end. What I call a hair-raising fight; a kind of sensation created in man’s make-up which might be termed by some the all-oyers, but which I denominate to myself down right fright. Ready to run if you knew where to go and not be seen; a de sire to hide and stay, hid; lie down by a big log and then crawl nnder- to make sure it is on top. This is the truth I am writing in my little private history. The out come of my-feelings on the spur of the moment, expressed without reservation. ' - The battle , ceases at 8 o’clock p. m. Both armies panting and bleed ing-lie down nnd watch each other ’till next morning to renew the deadly conflict. Our army fights under every dis advantage, the enemy having se lected his position, stretching along thetyicinity of Chicamanga river for several miles to Lee and Gordon’s mills. ~The enemy during the day are driven back about a mile, inch by inch, so to speak, and with a dog- gedness-nevei to herforgotten. I catch (or steal) a chicken on the battle field at night, and broil it on the coals and eat it, being very hungry. Oar battery is not called into ac tion during the day, not much ar tillery used, owing to the thick, heavy woods, and low lands in onr front -Sunday, Septembeb 20th 1863. (bloody day.) At 3.o’clock a. m. we move out and report to Gen. Buckner. He orders ns to Gen. Hood, having no position on his lines for ns. Gen. Hood assigns us to Gen. Robert son’s Texas brigade. We stumble around in the woods, and the dark, and finally get into position at day light. . This sort of business is enough to make a fellow almost curse the day he was born, but we shiver and watch the coming morn; now the sharp crack of the rifle, the sullen boom of the cannon; the storm, the storm of battle hanging in the balance. Skirmishing conttnues till abont 10 o’clock a, m.„ when the battle opens all along the line. About 11 o’clock'our battery and several others of the battalion rush into the fight, which-is 'des perate—chaiges being made on the Yankee breastworks in the w&ods. We move, as it were, through sheet of fire, leaden hail, (and I verily believe some brimstone) all manner otdeath missels flyingthick and fast—shell, solid shot, grape, minnie balls and spherical case shot, (or as the boys say, “special case shot”) together with falling boughs and trees cat dowu by the cannon; helHtself, seems to me, turned loose on earth, with the devil and all his imps in full com mands ’Tis one confused "mass—men falling fore and aft; brigades charging and yelling, while others are melting away, or falling back before the murderous fire. But the Yankee works are car ried, and the enemy fly for dear life toother and stronger posi tions. -On comes Gen. Hindman, I be lieve, with his division -swinging around to the left for aflank move ment; all is wild excitement with the unharmed; but oh, the‘groans and piteous appeals from the wounded and dying of friend and foe alike. And 1 would pray have my eyes closed against the bloody Beene, and my eurs stopped against the agonizing cry for_that help which could not then be rendered. Horrible! horrible!! horrible!!! Our battery does not fire a gun, although so exposed, owing to the thick woods and our infantry just iiTfront of us, whose support we were, if driven back in the desper ate onslaught. We get a few hoises killed, also one man wounded, (A. A. King) by a fragment of shell. A tree as large as my body cut down just above my head by a cannon ball, falling on Nelson Lane, myself and horse, the horse saves us the blow; perhaps broken beads. At 'same moment almost, SergJ. Fry, only a few paces from me, "has one cat down over himself and horse, but fertunately none ot us much hurt. After this the battle abates for a short while—we move to the left in the adjustment of the lines, when perhaps 2 or 3 o’clock p. in., it begins again with a fury beyond all description, and continues till about dark. Enemy occupy a high ridge, his artilery posted thereon; and our men mane the most desperate charges almost in the annals of -warfare; bat he is driven from his position with the loss of his artil lery and many prisoners; also wounded and dead left on the field, and retreat at night in confusion to Chattanoga, as was developed dur ing the night and next morning. We again bivouac in line, with the wounded and dying of both ar mies all aronnd ns; the impress of which can never be erased from memory, except by death itself. This ends my private history from my own private standpoint of the great and bloody battle of Chicamanga; and reluctantly ex claiming “Yeni, vidi, vici,” mnst say the chicken I broiled on the coals and devoured Saturday night was tHe only pleasant part of my performance as an actor and histo rian on said field; and easily be comes my crowning war and battle experience from the 18th of-March 1861, up to now. A level er of any undue egotism, an eye-opener, to the rigors of war, over commensu rate with my most combative tastes, or even the whole twenty- three years of my existence, from babyhood'to the present time. _ And now I will gently draw the curtain down over the old battle- scarred forest, to hold its bloody tale forever; and await the pleas ure of Bragg and Rosencrans to dramatize another act and materi alize another bloody page of his tory, more fully. establishing or (Jemonstrating “man’s inhumanity to man.” TRAINED TEACHERS. Savannah News. THE IMMIGRATION PROBLEM, j THE NEXTPRESIDENTIAL FIGHT i oarannah News. Trained school teachers are need-1 It is becoming more and more! Taking the late republican con- Monro • Advertiser. ed in this state. The public school system cannot be greatly improved, however mnch the appropriation for the public schools may be, un- iil competent teachers are obtain ed. The State Teachers’ Associa tion, while in session at Bruns wick, considered the best method of providing competent teachers. Such teachers cannot, of course, be had by simply advertising for em. An offer of much better ies than those now paid them Would not secure them, because they are. not to be had; Even in -those of the northern states in which there are normal schools, and in which a great deal of at tention has been given to training teachers, there is a great want of competent teachers. In this state there are no schools which give special attention-to the prsparation of men and women for the occupation of teaching, and the salaries paid to teachers, out side of the larger towns, are not such as to induce those who would make good teachers to think of preparing themselves for teaching as a life'work. Some of the most progressive members of the teachers’ associa tion favor the establishment of normal schools, and the chancellor of the state university has a plan for making the training of men for teachers a feature of the universi ty. Now, that the need of - better teachers is being brought to the attention of the people, there is grouud for hoping that the agita tion of the subject will be contin ued until some plan is adopted for providing such teachers as are nec essary to make the public school system a success. The first thing to do is to agree as to the plan that should be adopt ed for meeting the demand for better teachers. , Having settled that question, the next step would be to get the leg islature to appropriate the money necessary for carrying the plan in to effect. It would not be an easy matter to get the legislature to ap- priate money for a school in which to train teachers. A very large proportion of nearly every legisla ture elected in this state believes that no special training is needed to be a teacher, and not a few leg islators are convinced that the public schools cost more than they are worth. It would not, therefore, be an easy task to get the legislature to provide for normal schools, or for a training school for .teachers at the state university. But agita tion will accomplish wonders, and if those who wish to see the stan dard of the public schools raised, will work together, harmoniously and energetically, they will finally accomplish their object. No doubt as good results as pos sible are obtained from the public schools as they are now organized and conducted,, but how much reater results would be obtained from them if they were in compe tent hands in all parts of the state. By agitation the annual public school appropriation has been greatly increased . within the last year or two. And if the agitation is kept up and .wisely conducted, the public schools, within a com paratively few years, will be upon a mnch higher plane than they are at present. clear that congress has not yet f vention held at Cincinnati es an found a satisfactory solution of [index, one may, to some extent, the immigration problem. Once infer the line upon which that the prevailing sentiment was that party proposes to fight in the next immigration should be wholly un restricted. The favorite expres sion of holiday orators was that this was the land' of the free, and the refuge of the oppressed of ev ery other land. Holiday orators don’t talk.that way now. And the reason- is that public sentiment has undergone a change. Too many of those kind of people who want to; make trouble,'or who are candi dates for jails, asylums and alms houses, have already been admit ted to our shores, and the propor tion of this kind is increasing. The state department recently, made public a report which shows a vfiry unhappy condition of af fairs. The number of undesirable immigrants is increasing rapidly, while that of the desirable ones is contest for the presidency. The inference gathered from the acts, doings, eta, of that body is that Blaine or Harrison will doubt less be the nominee, and that in that deal Harrison is somewhat in the lead. And if that straw points the breeze correctly, then the winds are favorable to the democ racy. The Cincinnati convention gave the people to understand that the dead force bill would be the cannon with which they would throw their heaviest shot and shell in the next national political battle The tariff they seemed to regard as having been put at rest for the time, or as having been disposed of satisfactorily. The cnrrency question they propose to shift off A Young Man’s Fancy. Large allowance is to be made for the sweeping assertion that’Tn the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” It certainly is cot true of the ma larial young man, .whose fancy, if he has any, is of the dull and heavy variety. The malarial young man marches around as the captive of General Debility. The readiest and most obvious means of escape are afforded by S. S. S., which, without any flourish, routs Gener al Debility and his malarial allies. What is true of the young, man is true of the young lady, and the whole host of sufferers, S. S. S. is a specific for malaria. 'A German physician proposes that the manufacturers of pre served meats should be compelled to-stamp their cans with a legible date mark. For a year or so, he says, canned meets may remain perfectly wholesome, but after decreasing. The question which'the track and dodge. And all this means, if it means anything, that the republicans propose to make ttje next campaign a perfect cru sade against the south, and there by stir up again, if possible, the sectional feeling attaching to the late war. Could we ask anything more fa vorable to the democratic party than such proposed basis of opera tion? The McKinley tariff has already added, and is daily adding,strength to the democratic party in the north and west The more con servative republicans, and the younger men of those sections, who look upon the late war omy through history and tradition, are looking, not back to those dark days, but out upon the busy world for channels of thrift and prosper ity, and in thuB looking they real ize the iniquity of the tariff, and are ready to champion reform on that line. For this-reason the high protec tive republicans will not be able to blindthem Jto their interests with the thin vail of sectional feeling. And while this is true of the pres ent tariff law, it is equally true that the infamous force bill has greatly crippled the republican party everywhere. The day for successful political war upon the south is in the bur ied past, for the conserative repub licans will have none of it. And every effort of the republicans in that direction but makes the breezes more favorable to demo cratic success in-the next national contest presents itself is this. Shall we continue taking the refuse of the population of Europe, or shall we take only such as we want, We are no longer glad to receive all who come. The greater part of our public lands are taken up,'and coming generations of natives will gradually occupy all that is left, It is folly, therefore, to receive in to the country immigrants who on ly swell the pauper and. criminal classes of our cities. The labor troubles with which we are afflicted are largely due to the foreign element, particularly those labor troubles in which there is a resort to violence. About all the discontented laborers who have been causing disturbances in the coke regions of Pennsylvania for a month or more are Hungari ans. _ A very large part of the Hunga rians, Poles, Russians and Italians who are coming to this country now are not settlers. They do not expect- to stay. Their purpose is to save a little money and return to their native land. It is evident, therefore, that they cannot make good citizens. They are, in fact, no more desirable than the Chi nese, who are excluded. Congress'mnst take hold of this immigration problem and solve it. And the people will not be satis fied with a partial solution. They feel that they have something to give immigrants of the right -sort, and to those they offer a warm welcome. - But they don’t want the undesirable immigrants upon any conditions, or under any cir cumstances. Tht South’s Wraith. A good old story is told again of P. T. Barnum. Some years ago, when he was in New York-with the circus, a young woman called at his office and asked to see him. She was granted an interview, and told him she had a cherry-colored cat which she would sell him. Bar naul told her to bring it--audhe wouldgive her SlOO for it. The next day she appeared at the office with a covered basket. Barnum lifted the lid and found a black cat inside. “Where’s the cherry cat?” said he. “Why, that’s the one,” said the young woman. “A black cherry cat.” Barnum handed her S100, told her to leave, and gave orders never to admit her again. It was probably the first and the last time he was sold at his own game. The estimate of tho population of the United States for the year 1900, by Hon. Carroll D. Wright, superintendent of the department of labor, gives as the approximate figures 76,639,854. This is the re sult of a careful - consideration of the estimates made by several oth er reliable individuals, the; known rates of increase, and the various circumstances that bear upon the growth of population. “The great‘king’ pines of Maine long since disappeared,” a veteran lumberman tells the Kennebec, Me., Journal, “andthe business of importing Southern pine lumber has sprang up to supply the de mand for large timber which is now so scarce. Although even more lumber is obtained 'from the Maine woods than ever before, "it is mostly small stuff.” — ' FOa DYSPEPSIA Use Brown’s Iron Bitters. Physicians recommend it. All dealers keep it-.H-OO per bottle- Genuine has tradi-mark and crossed red lines on-wrapper. Mr. J. If. Esfcil], President Morning News Co., Savannah, Ga., says: A member of my family that it deterioates in a way defying! who has been a martyr to Nen- alike precaution and explanation. I ralgic Headaches for twenty years, u , ir-r-7?**’ -,, I has found in Bradycrotine an in- Rub your lamp chimneys, after fallible remedy. washing, with dry salt, and yon - will be delighted with the new The bodyguards of Queen Yicto "brilliancy of your lights. ria'a/e called Beefeaters. Gentleman to idle negro—Boy, can'you hold my horse a minute? Negro—Wat yer gwi’ gim me? Gentleman—I’ll give yon a dime. Negro—Can’t do it—hasn’t got time. Gentleman—What have yon got to do"? Negro—Ain’t got nothin’ jest now. ’Sides no dime ain’t ’nongh to hold no horse. Gentleman—How much do you want? Negro—I can’t ’ford ter hole no horse for Jess’n er quarter. Gentleman—You can just step to tnen. Negro—Dat’s all right. And he leans against a post with supreme indifference. That’s a sceneVrom real life.— Montezuma Record. According to the New York Tel egram twenty-nine states of the Union now have statutes forbid ding the sale of cigarettes to mi nors under "the age of sixteen, and the reports show that ’where the law has been rigidly enforced tbe effects have been marked, and even with dilatory enforcement the asy lum and hospital reports show; a marked diminution in the number of cases.of brain paralysis. The London authorities are thinking abont beginning public improvements bn a vast scale in order to furnish work for the un employed. No city and- no conn- try can afford, asserts the Atlanta Constitution, to have - large num bers of its people suffer when they are willing to work! If relief will come in no other way, tbe govern ment mnst take action. To cut our grain jn California,” says Senator Stanford, “we are us ing a machine wliich reaps a / swath forty-two feet wide, threshes the grain as it goes along, pnts.ii in-bags, which man stitch up and drop in the field, and the same ma chine rakes the straw in and burns it for fuel upon that reaper.’’ Harriett* Journal. Few people realize hour great a source of wealtfi'the . cotton crop of the south is. According to the census reports the sooth Mnre ceived nearly $8,000,000,000 for cotton in the last twenty-fiveyears.. And cotton brings the cash. . There is always'a market for it The corn crop of the country is a very valuable one, but in many sections it cannot be sold, because it is too far away from market The price of it is often so low that it will not bear transportation. And the south is gradually be coming the manufacturer of her cotton. In 1881 she manufactured only 180,000 bales. In 1890 she manufactured 500,000 bales, an increase of folly 75 per cent How many years will it be before she will manufacture the bulk of her crop? And the south is not behind the north in the increase in the pro duction of coal and iron. Indeed, she is far ahead of the north in that respect. She is now produc ing as much coal, iron . and -pig iron as the whole country pro duced twenty years ago. TLe amount of coal the south produced in 1870 was only 2,600,000 tons. In 1890 she produced nearly 18,- 000,000 tons. Is not the .increase wonderful? In 1870 the whole country produced only. 15,000,000 tons. In 1870 the south produced scarely any iron ore. In 1890 her production of this ore amounted to 2,917,529 tons. Twenty, years ago the production of the whole conn- tsy was but very little more. The south is moving ahead rap idly. The showing she will make in 1900 will astonish the civilized world. A Tariff Lesson. Excbsoge. How rapidly monopoly tariff taxes, under the plea of protection to industry, are stampeding the western farmers clear over into the brambles of free trade, is pointedly illustrated by the com mercial congress held lately in Kansas City. This body was a volunteer ag gregation of western men oi all- parties convened to battle against the causes of the general industri al depression in the westemstatea, and there was not o single voice raised for the policy of protection. There were free traders, and reve nue tariff men with “incidental protection,” but there were no apologists for the McKinley pro tection to monopoly. The most significant fact was the adoption of a free trade platform a tariff for revenae only—over the revenue tariff plank with inci dental protection, by a. vote of 66 to 55, and then the adoption of the free trade platform without the formality of a division. Tbs most that any delegate thought of in the line of protection, was a revenue tariff with protection as an inci dent It mnst be •• obvious to the sup porters of the present oppressive tarifi taxes that there is now ho hopeful party in any of the states west of Ohio clear through to the Rocky Moan tains, that ‘defends the McKinley law; and if the re publicans shall enter the contest of 1892 pledged to that tariff, they will surely lose the bulk of the old republican states in the-west, - Says the New Orleans New Del ta: From all over the section of Louisiana which is devoted to-the cultivation of cotton -comesthe news that the planters- have de creased the acreage of that staple and diversified" their crops to a greater extent than ' heretofore. This determination is the result of the low price of the fleecy staple the present year. This is a. wise move on the part of the planters, as nothing tends, more to keep the farmer poor than the oneifcrop sys-. tern. 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